Inauguration of Kentucky Governor Taylor
William S. Taylor was inaugurated governor of Kentucky at noon in a simple ceremony amid a December blizzard. Chief Justice Haz elrigg administered the oath as Governor-elect called for repeal of the Goebel election law, while Democrats began serving notices of contest against Republican electees.
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Frankfort
Ken
William
Taylor
Kentucky
W. O. Bradley
Elect Taylor
Hazelrigg
Mine Explosion Kills Thirty Two at Carbonado Washington
A mine blast in Carbonado Washington on Saturday night leaves thirty two dead and six injured. Two men were rescued at 5 AM after spending the night entombed. Governor Roberts orders a full inquiry into the cause while Superintendent Davis suspects a pocket of gas ignited. The crew consisted of 76 miners, with 44 escaping or being rescued.
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Carbonado
Wash
Governor Roberts
Davis
Cattle Quarantine Line Expanded in Northern States and Texas
Washington reports the agriculture department will issue a January 1 cattle quarantine order targeting regions with splenetic or southern fever. The new line runs east from San Francisco through California and into South Carolina Georgia Florida Mississippi Alabama Arkansas Louisiana with parts of North Carolina Tennessee Texas Oklahoma and California shaded. Boundary adjustments may follow state cooperation.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
California
San Francisco
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Indian Territory
North Carolina
Tenneceee
Texas
Oklahoma
Loving Cattle Syndicate Appraisers Named
George B Lov ing of Fort Worth Tex heads a plan to unite about 50 southwestern ranches under one manager Three appraisers W H Stevens Kansas City Charles Goodnight Texas Panhandle and J W Light Chickasha will inspect the ranches and report in January
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Kansas City
George B. Loving
Fort Worth
Tex
W. H. Stevens
Charies Goodnight
Texas Panhandls
J. W. Light
Chickaeha
Cotton Crop Estimate Shrinks Across States
Washington reports the cotton crop estimate at 8 900 000 bales and notes a smaller yield than earlier figures. Pro productive areas in thousands of acres are listed for Louisiana 178 Texas 6042 Arkansas 17 Oklahoma 199 Indian Territory 290 Mississippi 2744. Yields per acre range from 185 to 256 pounds among states with Mississippi 249 Louisiana 256 Texas 185 Arkansas 193 Oklahoma 185 Indian Territory 225.
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Washington
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Mississippi
Oklahama
Ludian Territory
Texas Statute Trial In Cleburne Overseen By Judge Hall
The Burton Lingo Lumber Company and co plaintiffs sue W H Coan et al in district court seeking damages for failing to quit the lumber business in Cleburne under a contract. The suit, the first under the Texas Statute against trusts, claims $7410 as the consideration paid.
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Cleburne
Tex
Aguinst ‘Trusts
Hall
Burton-Lingo Lumber Company
Et al
Sweeping Antitrust Bill Introduced in Both Houses
A sweeping anti trust bill was introduced in both houses, aiming to curb monopolistic practices. The proposal seeks stronger enforcement powers and broader definitions of illegal restraint of trade.
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Richmond
Mom Lan
Virginia enforces daily fines for corporate violations
The law imposes a daily penalty from 500 to 5000 dollars for each offense while denying corporations the right to operate in the state. Article products are deemed contraband commerce under Virginia statutes.
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Virginia
Mattox Convicted in Fifth Murder at Pouce City
Clyde Mattox, the slaver of five men, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary for the killing of Lincoln Swienley, a ranger known as a dangerous man, during a barroom fight at Pouce City last spring.
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New Kirk
C. T
Clyde Mattox
Lincoln Swienley
Pouce City
Fatal Runaway Accident Kills 16-Year-Old Mack Robinson
Bryan Texas December 9 A fatal runaway near Malisonville killed Mack Robinson a 16 year old boy. A mule team pulling a wagon became frightened and ran into a tree throwing him forward where the wagon’s doubletree crushed his head.
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Bryan
Tex
Malisonville
Mack Robinson
Robinson
Senator Hayward Dies at 69 in Nebraska City
United States Senator Hayward died Tuesday morning in Nebraska City at age 69. A longtime lawyer, he built wealth through land investments in Nebraska and Kansas. His first entry into national politics came with his election to the Senate.
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Nebraska City
Neb
United States
Hayward
Nebraska
Kansas
Senate
Captain J C Ayres Killed In Bicycle Accident
Washington December 11 Captain J C Ayres was killed by a bicycle fall and being run over by a team. Ayres was appointed to the army from Wisconsin and graduated from West Point in 1871. He had served in the ordnance department since 1876.
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Washington
J. C. Ayres
Ayers
Wisconsin
West Point
Ordnance Department
Freight Trains Collide In Sour Lake Accident
Beaumont Texas dispatch reports a collision of freight trains at Sour Lake Station. Ligon was killed and three train crew members were seriously hurt in the wreck.
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Beaumont, Tex
Sour Lake
Pagi Ligon
Baldwin Convicted in Federal Embezzlement Case at Ardmore
E M Baldwin, a noted railroad man from Bald win line, was convicted in Federal court in Ardmore on charges of embezzlement. The Dec 11 verdict marks a pivotal outcome in the local federal proceedings.
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Ardmore
J. T
E. M. Baldwin
Brumby Improves as Typhoid Patient Sees Gain
Washington dispatch reports Lieutenant Brumby is ill with typhoid fever but shows slight improvement.
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Brumby
Washington
Receivers Appointed for Mercantile Co operative Bank
New York December 18 receivers have been pointed for the Mercantile Co operative Bank of this city.
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New York
Mercantile Cooperative Bank
Glass of Fashion Glove Styles and Bodice Fashions
The article describes four button glace kid or castor gloves for street wear. It notes a coat back with basque effects and a bolero front on a new gown bodice, and mentions panne velvet with oriental coloring and a green lace vest and yoke. Camel hair cloth is praised as a soft day dress material.
Fashion Items Highlight Late 19th Century Trends
The New York Sun notes若 fur shades and silver fox trims are in demand for young women, with bohemian style jackets featuring broad tails, velvet edges, and chinchilla collars. Hats favor pigeon and sea gull motifs in millinery, chokers with ostrich plumes, and a low crown novelty from Paris.
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Paris
New York Sun
Items of Interest From an Old Newspaper Page
Fire engines noted by Pliny. Icelandic horses shod with sheep horn. A Kan gas death of a 10-year-old girl weighed 311 pounds at death after birth 5 pounds. Rome league Against the Abuse of the Knife setback as president stabbed a man in a railway carriage. Theaters use a pew machine with perforated cylinders and fans to create realistic stage snow.
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Iceland
Kangas
Rome
League Against
Pew
Master Gilbert
Pacins
Pimlico
Harry K. Devereux
Cleveland
Daniel
Bumps
Robert J
New York
Millsdale
Mich
A. E. Alvord
Syracuse
Prestoria Wilkes
Anderson Wilkes
Henry Titer
Admiral Dewey
Bingen
Boreal
Gcolonel Kip
Madison Square Garden
Mield
The PUNSTER Then and Now in Laugh Lines
A collection of quips on worth, careers, and vanity drawn from the Chicago News. The snippets reflect on aging fame money value and behavior with playful irony and wordplay.
Poisonous African Arrow Drug Ties to Heart Effects
German researchers study a potent poison found on East African arrows. Brieger reports the drug acts mainly on the heart, harming cold blooded or anemic individuals and rapidly killing warm blooded ones. Scientists see possible medical uses as a tonic if rendered safe.
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Robert Koch
East Africa
Briexer
Berlin Institute For Infectious Diseases
Brieger
East
Africa
New York Herald
The Death Penalty and Humane Methods Debate
The article discusses the age old question of a life for a life and the humane method of execution. It notes the hangings historically used in the United States and contemplates adjustments to ensure immediate death.
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America
Lethal Chamber Death Described in Japan
Chambers Journal discusses a proposed Japanese lethal chamber method where a condemned person is confined and air is rapidly withdrawn to cause painless death. It notes animal experiments suggesting the process is painless and warns that the principle could enable other air deprivation methods.
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Chambers’ Journal
Henry Irving's Loyalty to Friends Averts Derogatory Questions
Sir Henry Irving is famed for unswerving loyalty to friends. When pressed about colleagues or public figures he deflects queries with tact. At Greenroom club a journalist asked about Coleman, and Irving answered that Coleman is a particular friend of mine, avoiding negative judgments.
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Irving Ena
Sir Henry Irving
Sir Henry
Richard Mansfield
Greenroom
London
Coleman
Irving
Snake Venom Said to Cure Consumption
Dr. P A Gibbons of Morgantown West Virginia is credited with discovering a cure for consumption using copperhead snake venom. Mrs Johnston, a patient near death from consumption, recovered after being bitten by a copperhead and began walking and improving health dramatically. She crawled toward a spring house when a copperhead struck her in the face, yet she survived and improved. several relatives of her family died of consumption.
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Sag Hackor
Boston
Castle Square Opera Company
St. Louis
Frank Pixley
J. P. Sousa
Grand Opera
Maurice Gray
Chicago
Henry Jewett
Invisible
Weber & Fields
London
Kendals
New York
Miss Blossom
Richard Mansafield
Yorick
Anna Held
Papa
Richard Carvel
Theodore Burt Sayre
Charles O'Malley
James K. Hackett
Della Pax
Frohman
Cone Opera
Drury Lane
P. A. Gibbons
Morgantown
W. Va
Johnston
Plague of Smallpox in Tunis and Vaccine Failures
A report describes a smallpox outbreak in Tunis with 160,000 residents affected and 145 deaths in a single epidemic. It notes that high temperatures destroy vaccine efficacy, and French vaccines sent to colonies during summer often arrive inert despite ice packing.
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Tunis
France
The Negro In the South Concludes Washington Essay
Booker T. Washington argues that education property and respectable employment secure the negro’s destiny in the southern states as current business practice supports gradual progress and faith in the future.
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South
Booker T. Washington
The
Atantic Monthly
Black sand gold rush plan from Alaska claims rich returns
Seattle man i A Frederick touts a method to extract gold from Alaska black sand using hot salt water and mercury. He reports drilling 52 ounces in a day with three workers and aims to expand to Cape Nome to exploit vast untapped sands and ocean saltwater in the spring.
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Alaska
I. A. Frederick
Seattle
Klondike
Yukon
Cape Nome
Prospecting Boom Hints at Million Dollar Hydraulic Mines
The New York Sun notes that several large hydraulic mining projects could yield massive returns. It cites six companies racing to exploit rich surface ore with new tools and machinery, with some claims around Dawson promising from hundred thousand to a million dollars each.
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Dawson
New York Sun
President Steyn of the Oranges Free State
The Oranges Free State leader Steyn rose from wagon maker’s son to president after study in England and Scotland. Justice Buchanan first advised Europe training, Steyn returned in 1882 at 25, quickly advancing to attorney general and then judge, elected president after Reitz resigned.
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Steyn
Oranges Free State
Buchanan
Steyns
Bloemfontein
Europe
England
Scolland
Beasts Clash in Canterbury Bucks Deadlocked Fight
A Canterbury hunter witnessed two male deer lock horns in mortal combat. One buck fell to a fatal shot while interlocked with the other, which was dragged down. He killed the surviving exhausted creature and brought both heads to McAdam with horns still fused, unable to separate without destruction.
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Becks
McAdam
St. Andrew's Bedvon
New Ginna Method Sparks Glassmaking Revolution
A chimney maker in Anderson Indiana invented a rapid glassmaking process using a sand and charcoal vat. By forcing sand through the vat he replicated glass production in seconds, promising to replace slower traditional methods.
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Anderson
Ind
Vatican Manuscripts Reproduced for Wider Library Access
The Vatican Library has reduced barriers to its ancient manuscripts. Director Ehrle now plans duplicates of many valuable works with illustrations to benefit other libraries.
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Vatican
Ehrle
Chicago
Inter Ocean
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Loving Cattle Syndicate
Timate
Mattox
Senator Hayward
Captain Ayres
Baldwin
S Bank
Glass OF Fashion
Punster
Chicago News
President Stern
the Turf Review
Crescens
Minneapolis
Lake of the Isles
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