Coldest Weather in Years Hits Central West and Texas
Kansas to Missouri reports the severest cold in years with 10 below snowbound regions and up to 24 below in Iowa. Cattle losses mount as trains blockaded, Indians suffer, and towns from Seward to Belgrade brace for continuing winter conditions.
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Kansas City
Arbuckle Mountains
Indian Territory
Missouri River
Kansas
Auditorium Tower
Sergt. Frankenfield
Texas
Georgia
Mississippi
Arkansas
Tennessee
Vicksburg
Qu’Appelle
Northwest Territory
Gulf of Mexico
Minnedosa
Winnipeg
St. Paul
Duluth
Carlisle
Kaskaski
Fairpury
Preston
Boone
Davenport
Milwaukee
Bellaire
Ohio
Ten Drown in Sydney Yacht Party Tragedy
A yacht party near Sydney N S W ends in disaster when a squall capsizes the vessel. Of twenty three aboard, thirteen were rescued while ten passengers are believed dead after the craft overturned near the harbor mouth.
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Sydney
N.S. W
How Herz Made Millions in Panama Scandal
Paris reports describe Cornelius Herz blackmailing Baron de Reinach over Panama corruption funds. Herz extorted up to 10 million francs, pressed for 4 million more, and leveraged threats to publish evidence. Reinach died amid claims of murder or suicide, while Herz rose to over 5 million dollars in assets across Paris, Frankfort and London.
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Baron de Reinach
Panama
Paris
France
Baron Reinach
Cornelius Herz
London
Herz
Reinach
Frankfort
England
Cholera Strikes Hamburg Area With Growing Toll
Two children in Horgeschstrasse fell ill with cholera on Thursday and two more in the same house on Monday. Eppendorf hospital treats thirty eight cases, eight of which are highly virulent. One death occurred at the hospital Monday as disease progress continues slowly. General uneasiness grips mercantile circles amid lingering losses.
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Hampure
Horgeschstrasse
Eppendorf
Fatal Shooting in Filley Man Arrest Stuns Brarsley
In Filley near Brarsley Nebraska on Monday morning Samuel T Chichester was shot and killed by George Townsend inside a boarding house. Townsend fired five bullets after Chichester allegedly tried to shoot him leading to a fatal confrontation. Townsend offers no explanation for Chichester's action.
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Brarsley
Neb
Samuel T. Chichester
George Townsend
Filley
Chichester
Townsend
Trainsman Baker Froze To Death Near Collins Station
Harrisburg reports a Pennsylvania road track hand named Baker found dead from cold at Collins station after falling from a freight train while returning from Marietta. He crawled to the deserted tower seeking an operator but perished in the night cold.
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Harrisburg
Baker
Collins Station
Marietta
Corser Real Estate Firm Skirts Failure After Wheat Loss
Minneapolis declares a wheat failure of 250000 triggers the collapse of E S Corser & Co, a major real estate firm led by E S Corser. Liabilities total 1000000 with assets around 1015000 including near million in real estate. An assignee will be appointed. creditors hold cautious views as wheat speculation drives the crisis.
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Minneapolis
Minn
E. S. Corser
Corser
E. E. Corser & Co
Northwest
Mr. Corser
Lester B. Elwood
Walter E. Badger
Austin B. Belknap
Chicago
Heiress Found by Advertising in Indiana and Bigamy Arrests
In Erzit Indiana marks Myers of Albany New York sought information about Minnie Cooper the last Cooper heir with an estate valued at fifty to seventy five thousand dollars Mrs Sam McCloskey of Staunton claimed to be the missing heiress after reading notices and traveled to the city She wrote to Albany and was told she is the heir Meanwhile in Indianapolis Silas W B Jones age seventy eight is jailed in Kokomo on bigamy charges He came from Portland Oregon with a wife and new claims of divorce and an Oregon warrant was previously sought.
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Larned
Coolidge
Santa Fe
Southern Kansas
Central Branch
Union Pacific
Robert Phillips
Kansas
Erzit
Ind
Marks Myers
Albany
N. Y
Minnie Cooper
Cooper
Sam McCloskey
Staunton
Samuel Weaver
Indianapolis
Silas
W. B. Jones
Kokomo
Jones
Portland
Ore
Stilper
Murray
Denver
Col
Oregon
Indiana
Explosion in Indiana farmhouse injures family
In Valparaiso Indiana on Monday an explosion from a stove blew out all windows and damaged the roof and walls. Mrs Bickel and three children were seriously hurt with gashes and possible blindness in the two children. The blast was caused by hidden dynamite in stove wood.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Andrew Bickel
Woman-stabbed Burglar by North Pennsylvania Street
Anna Crouse a domestic on North Pennsylvania street in Indianapolis wounded a burglar with a butcher knife after finding intruders. She stabbed him three times in the arm and shoulder as he tried to throw her aside. A passing streetcar conductor captured the fleeing intruder, revealed as Charles Jaycock, her cousin who wore a masked handkerchief.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Anna Crouse
Pennsylvania Street
Charles Jaycock
Union Miners Win in Coeur d Alene Riot Case
The jury in D W Leasure’s murder and conspiracy trial in Idaho superior court returned a not guilty verdict. The decision implies no conspiracy in the Coeur d Alene trouble and that union miners acted defensively. Leasure faced four charges including murder and mill bombing. other co defendants’ cases likely will be dismissed.
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United States District Court
Widow's child dies in accidental house fire in Exnwoop
Mrs. Million, a widow in Exnwoop Indiana, left her three children unattended while inviting neighbors to Christmas dinner. The youngest lit matches, setting his sister's clothes afire. Neighbors extinguished the flames, but the child died after four hours of agony. Authorities note thirty-one matches had been lit by the child before the fatal blaze.
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Exnwoop
Ind
Novel Deaf Mute Wedding in Peru Ind
In Peru Indiana on Monday a novel wedding joined Miss Malbuth and Mr Ora Brooks both deaf mutes. Reverend B F Cavins officiated by presenting questions on paper which were read aloud for witnesses and guests and answered by head inclination.
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Peru
Ind
Malbuth
Quarantine Placed on Executive Mansion Over Scarlet Fever
Medical Sanitary Inspector Dr. C. J. Osman and Orlando King visited the white house at noon Monday and nailed a quarantine sign reading Scarlet fever within. The action follows illness of President Harrison's 5 year old granddaughter Martena Harrison.
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WashineTron
C. J. Osman
Orlando King
White House
Executive Mansion
Harrison
Martena Harrison
Twenty Five Years a Justice Dies in Walasy
Walasy Ind Dec 27 Justice William L Russell longtime resident and public servant dies after week long illness at age 74 He served as a local justice for twenty five years and had lived in Walasy nearly fifty years.
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Walasy
Ind
Willam L. Russell
Russell
Shot by His Brother Ends in Death near Columbus
Frank Law, who was shot by his brother near this city on Christmas day, died Monday night. The incident occurred on Christmas Day and details indicate a family shooting led to the fatality, with authorities reporting the death in Columbus, Iowa.
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Columbus
Iod
Frank Law
Principal Fatally Shot in ColumBUS Incident
In ColumBUS Indiana on December 27 D C Truax principal of South Bethany high school was accidentally shot in the breast by his cousin Charles Seals and is expected to die.
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Columbus
Ind
D. C. Truax
South Bethany High School
Charles Seals
Will
Street Railroad in Receiver's Hands
Elkhart Street Railway of Elkhart Indiana with liabilities of eighty thousand dollars has been placed in receivership C W Fish continues to operate the road which has run five years but never paid a profit
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Elkhart
Ind
Elkhart Street Railway Company
C. W. Fish
Worcester Man Kills Family Then Ends Life
A Worcester man Henry C Varnum and his adopted daughter Florence were found dead in a Tainter street tenement. Mrs Varnum died en route to hospital, and Mrs Wright, her mother, is gravely ill. The weapon was an iron door hanger and Varnum died from a self inflicted knife wound. Authorities cite religious frenzy as motive.
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Worcester
Mass
Tainter Street
Henry C.varnum
Florence
Vermort
L. L. Pollard
Wright
Varnum
F. F. Hall
Varnums
Phillips
Mr. Varnum
Keefe
Pool altercation leaves man near death in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville Indiana on Monday Cal Wilson a Black man was struck over the head with a billiard cue by Henry McNamee after a comments during a pool game. Wilson is reported dying from the injuries.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Cal Wilson
Henry McNamee
Wilson
Elopers Chase From Knightsville In Brazil News
John Hall of Knightsville eloped with 15 year old Lil lie daughter of farmer George Herman on Sunday. The father and officers are in pursuit.
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Brazil
Ind
John Hall
Knightsville
Lillie
George Herman
Drownings On Icy English Rivers Reported
London reports multiple fatalities from unsafe ice as four sisters drown at Rochedale and three at Wansted, with additional deaths noted across England amid ongoing ice danger and hazardous conditions.
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London
England
Roche‘dale
Wansted
Foster May Be a Bank President
Secretary Charles Foster has received many invitations to enter business after leaving the treasury on March 4. He has not decided yet which path to choose, but several national bank presidencies have been offered and he is likely to accept one.
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Red River Valley
Hennepin County Savings Bank
Nicollet and
First National and Security
Foster
Washington
Charles Foster
Drowned While Rescuing Others on Loch Aneilcan
Gen. Rice plunged into icy Loch Aneilcan near Iverness to rescue a young woman and a gentleman who had fallen through the ice. He was swept under the unbroken sheet and drowned while attempting the rescue.
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Epinsure
Dee
Loch Aneilcan
Iverness
Gen. Rice
Death of Jacob Henrici Leader of Harmonist Society
Jacob I Henrici founder of the Harmonist community in Economy Pennsylvania died at his home on Sunday at 4 PM. The article notes changes under junior trustee John Duss including wage reforms and potential succession plans. It traces the society to George Rapp and the Harmony and Economy settlements, detailing membership decline, land holdings of about 2500 acres, industries, and a wealth figure cited around 80 million pounds.
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Tsarmonist Society
Pirrsburgh
Jacob Ilenrici
tTlarmonist Society
Father Henrici
Mr. Duss
John Duss
Duss
Gross
Karlbach
Bavaria
Harmonist Society
Father Rapp
Wurtemberg
George Rapp
Rapp
United States
Zelionople
Butler County
Harmony
Beaver County
Henrici
Brush with bandits near Alazan creek in Texas
A New Laredo telegraph reports Lieut West and U S troops encountered bandits along the Mexican line near Alazan creek. The clash occurred Christmas Eve nightfall. one bandit was killed and another wounded. troops fired back, capturing arms ammunition and horses. The bandits fled into darkness and scattered by morning. Further details awaited.
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United States
Wyoming Fire Consumes Church and Homes
Nine Wyoming residents left homeless after a five thirty afternoon blaze that destroyed the Meth odist Episcopal church six stores seven dwellings and three barns. The village lacking fire protection saw a building blown up with gunpowder to halt the flames. Estimated loss reaches $100000, largely insured.
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Rocuester
N. Y
Wyoming
Wyoming County
Methodist Episcopal Church
Attorney seeks $1,000,000 indemnity in Hallinger case
New York December 27 attorney Peshal says he will file a claim for indemnity before the British minister for Hallinger's death claiming the man was a British subject and was illegally executed and naming $1,000,000 as the amount.
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Hallinger
New York
Peshal
Fire damages Palmenberg factory in New York
A blaze at the J. B. Palmenberg sons factory at 89 to 91 West Third street caused about 30,000 dollars in stove losses and 10,000 dollars in structural damage on Monday.
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New York
J. B. Palmenberg’s Sons
West Third Street
Stovi
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