Burglary Ends in Double Shooting at Birnbeck Saloon
Two burglars shot during a raid on Michael Birnbeck's saloon at 2010 Archer avenue. Birnbeck fired the first two shots, wounding both intruders. one died later, the other jailed suspect Michael Owen survived a cheek wound. Beecham, the second man, died hours after in Chicago. Coroner's jury absolves Birnbeck. Another robbery at 3071 Main street ends with one thief and two accomplices taking a small cash haul and a bottle of Hennessy.
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Aurora
Caicaco
Michael Birnbeck
Archer Avenue
Birnbeck
Twenty-second Street
Michael Owen
Sherman Street
Petterson
Beecham
Chicago
Michigan City
William Heffron
Main Street
Sneak Thief Reported Missing Diamond In Aurora Jewelry Store
A stranger entered L. M. Bird’s jewelry store in Aurora on Friday afternoon asking to view diamond rings. While the clerk was away to receive a package the thief disappeared with a $6500 largest diamond. The clerks fired two shots at the fleeing man as he escaped into a lumber yard.
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Aurora
L. M. Bird
Robbery at Santa Fe Depot in Carrorron
Early Friday a lone highwayman robbed J. B. Stockton the Santa Fe depot operator in Carrorron Mo. He demanded cash from the drawer and took $5 from his pocket and a gold watch and chain. The thief walked away and no arrest has been made.
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Carrorron
J. B. Stockton
Santa Fe
Farmer swindled in three card monte near Litchfield
Martin A. Ritchie of Hilis Ills north of Litchfield fell for an old game. He met two strangers in a three card monte setup, won $1,000 but received an empty box when the con men were to pay, and the $5,000 he displayed was kept by the swindlers.
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Hilis Boko
Martin A. Ritchie
Litchfield
Robbers Loot Pennsylvania Store and House
Thieves raided Lewis Davis' store near Shamrock and also robbed his house on Friday night. They carried off goods valued at 20000 and set the buildings on fire. The Davis family escaped in their night clothes.
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Reeapineg
Lewis Davis
Shamrock
Blood Feud After Texas Train Stop Ends in Fatal Shootout
At Arlington a gunfight erupted after the 8:45 p m Fort Worth train arrival. Hargreaves and two sons confronted Harvey Spears and Bill Smith. George Hargreaves died, Smith and Spears were killed. The old man and Walker were wounded. The feud grew from a stock dealing lawsuit. Spears leaves a large family.
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Arlington
Dec
Fort Worth
Smith
Spears
Walker
Winchester
Evangelist fined after prayer for cholera and smallpox
In Hamilton Ontario Edward Best prayed aloud from his window for divine curses on his neighbor with cholera and smallpox. He was arrested, fined ten dollars, and an appeal by the county judge was dismissed.
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Hamilton
Ont
Edward Best
McGlynn Restored to Priestly Functions by Papal Delegate
In Washington the case of Father McGlynn of St. Stephen's church New York ends with his restoration to priestly duties after satisfaction of the pope's delegate Mgr Satolli. Elsewhere Harry Flann pardoned by President Harrison released from prison after embezzlement conviction.
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Washington
Father McGlynn
St. Stephen's Church
New York
Mgr
Satolli
Catholic University
Father Burtsell
McGlynn
Mer. Satolli
Dr. McGlynn
Cleveland
Father Kessel
Church of the Holy Redeemer
George F. Roesch
Henry W. Wolf
West Fifty First Street
Fire devastates blocks in Brooklin. Duluth Missaba & Northern offices ruined
A blast in the Chap n Wells hardware basement at Brooklin sparked a major fire that destroyed the Fergusson block inclining the Chamber of Commerce adjacently. The Duluth Missaba and Northern railroad offices suffered heavy losses plus legal libraries, with insurers footing limited sums.
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Duluth, Missaba and Northern Railway
Brooklin
Pennsylvania
Col- DuLoth
Chap'n & Wells Hardware
Chamber of Commerce
Fergusson
Massachusetts Investment Company of
Boston
Schiller-Hubbard Company
Duluth, Missaba and Northern Railroad
Brooklyn Blaze Destroys Levy Bros Dry Goods Store
Panic-stricken women fled as a three story triangle building on Broadway and Myrtle avenue burned. The Levy Bros store, tied to Philadelphia owners, faced $100000 in losses with several customers fainting and three residents badly burned in a separate Columbia Place flat fire.
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Brooklyn
Broadway
Myrtle Avenue
Levy Bros
Philadelphia
Etruria Captures Ocean Race Over City of Paris
The Cunard liner Etruria beat the Inman line City of Paris in a sea race across the Atlantic. Etruria reached Old Head of Kinsale at 4 15 a.m while City of Paris was at 8 45 a.m about five hours later.
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Yorrk
Dee
Etruria
Cunard Line
City of Paris
Inman Line
Old Head
Kinsale
Ocean Greyhounds
Inman
Liverpool
Paris
Struck by a Train Near Latrobe Fatal for Father
Latrobe Pennsylvania December 26. George Austraw and his son of Ligonier were struck by train No 7 while driving to Latrobe to take the Pacific mail for Pittsburg near Bradenville. The father was near death and the son badly injured. horses were killed and the buggy demolished. Austraw is a prominent Ligonier valley citizen. The injured were taken to a Bradenville house and physicians summoned from Latrobe. The Inter-American Railway Project reports surveys for a continental railroad linking North Central and South America with a practicable route found despite unresolved official details.
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Latrobe
George Austraw
Ligonier
Bradenville
Pacific Mail
Pittsburg
Austraw
Ligonier Valley
Inter-American Railway
New York
North America
Central and
South America
Sawmills Destroyed in Bridgeport New Jersey Fire
Smith & Conover sawmills at Bridgeport New Jersey burned Saturday morning in high winds. Firefighters failed to check the flames as buildings and sheds containing valuable machinery and several thousand feet of time were destroyed. Loss over 20000 with small insurance due to high risk.
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BridgEton
N. J
Smith & Conover
Man Found After Week in Shed Near Wells Street
Simon Furcher lay starving and freezing for a week in a shed at 88 Wells Street. He crawled in to sleep last Thursday, removed his boots to ease his feet, and awoke unable to stand. Doctors say his limbs may need amputation at the county hospital.
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Chicago
Simon Furcher
Wells Street
Failure in Corsets
Worcester Mass December 26 The Solon Bryant company corset makers of Worcester have assigned to M F Dickinson Jr of Boston The immediate cause is a creditor refusing to renew a maturing note The officers say indebtedness is not large assets roughly equal to liabilities capital stock was 25000
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Worcester
Mass
Solon Bryant Company
M. F. Dickinson, Jr
Boston
Fourteen Years for Abduction in Brooklyn Case
Sylvester E. Wilson, manager of the Female Base Ball team, was sentenced to fourteen years for abducting Abbie Sutherland, a player. He was denied a further stay and taken to Sing Sing on Friday morning.
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Brooklyn
Sylvester E. Wilson
Abbie Sutherland
Brooklyn Ju”T
Mining Tycoon Sends Christmas Nugget to Railroad Chief
In Durango Mexico on December 26 Maximilian Damm a local mining capitalist sent a natural ore nugget to C P Huntington president of the Southern Pacific Railroad company as a Christmas present. The nugget contains 3000 dollars in silver and 1000 dollars in gold.
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Huntington
Durango
Mex
Maximilian Damm
C. P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Executive Departments Close for Weekend Break
All executive departments in Washington closed at noon Saturday and will reopen Tuesday morning, delaying government business during the weekend.
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Washington
Gas Coal and Wood Scarce in St Marys Ohio
The supply of natural gas coal and wood has given out here as cold weather drives suffering. Residents cope with shortages and seek relief amid winter hardship in St Marys Ohio.
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St. Mary’s, O
Fire Opens at Reading West Mahanoy City Mine
Fire discovered in the Reading company's West Mahanoy City colliery Friday night has burned into the inner workings and reached the Buck mountain vein. A nest of sixteen boilers and several outbuildings have sunk into the mine as timbers burned away, with damage running into the thousands dollars.
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Pottsville
Reading Company
West Mahanoy City
Buck Mountain
Byrnes Denies Resigning To Join Secret Service
New York reports Superintendent Byrnes rejects rumors of resigning to join the U S Secret Service and vows to stay with the New York police for life, denying protecting Cleveland from cranks. G A R captain Hodges is court martialed for carrying a Grand Army flag at a Democratic procession and reprimanded. Mrs E T Noland seeks a pardon for her husband, the state treasurer in prison, while three men die from gas in a Muscatine coal mine incident.
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Byrnes
New York
The
Secret Service of the United States
Mr. Byrncs
Mr. Cleveland
Caicaco
C. H Hodges
Fairfield
Noland
Jefferson City
E. T. Noland
Francis
Muscatine
J. M. Kidd
Maine
Emer Rosenberry
Alfred Simon
Alma
Fire destroys Rogers store and dwelling near Asbury Park
At 3 o'clock Saturday morning fire wiped out A I F Rogers store and home in Hamilton two miles from Asbury Park. Six family members escaped unharmed as wind saved nearby houses. Loss estimated at 150000 with no town fire alarm or engine available.
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Asbury Park
N. J
A. I F. Rogers
Hamilton
Fire Claims Elderly Woman in Brooklyn Home Blaze
A three story brick dwelling at 35 Quincy Street in Brooklyn caught fire in the early hours from an overheated cellar oven. Elizabeth Rogers aged 87 asleep on the second floor was burned to death. The loss was small.
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Brooklyn
Quincy Street
Chester M. Rogers
Elizabeth Rogers
Governor Grants Christmas Pardon To Prisoner Inmate
Governor Winans pardons William Walker a 79 year old Black inmate at Jackson prison after 27 years behind bars He had been enslaved for 40 years before his conviction in Detroit for complicity in a murder and is to receive a home from Detroit’s Robert Porter son of Walker’s former owner and rescuer in slavery days.
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Worcester
Mass
Diana Douty
Bainbridge Douty
Charlton
Daviss County
Harrison
Lansing, Mich
Winans
William Walker
Jackson Prison
Detroit
Robert Porter
Two Men Drowned Crossing Ice on Walkill River
UNIONVILLE New York December 26 Two men named Sullivan and Evermont drowned while crossing the Walkill River on ice just over the Jersey line after attending a dance at Sidney Highlands Thursday night. Both men broke through the ice and were unable to reach shore.
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Unionville
N. Y
Dee
David Sullivan
David Evermont
Jersey Line
Sidney Highlands
Fiz
Notable Engineers and Figures Listed Across Cities
ALBRECHT BECHER a renowned mechanical engineer is in New York while JOHN TOWNSEND a veteran tragedian is in Hamilton Ontario Mrs M A Newcows a famed army nurse is in Effingham Illinois and General J N Dent brother in law of General Ulysses S Grant is in Denver Colorado.
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Albrecht Becher
New York
John Townsend
Hamilton
Ont
M. A. Newcows
Effingham
Ill
J. N. Dent
A. 8. Grant
Denver
Cola
Formation of gigantic brass trust nears completion
A Waterbury Conn dispatch reports preliminary work on a giant brass trust is nearly finished. Most brass concerns have agreed to join and the trust will be formally organized next month in New York.
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New York
Waterbury
Conn
Failure of a Hotel Man
Joseph A. Nutter proprietor of the Madison Avenues hotel at Madison avenue and Fifty-eighth street has failed and given up the hotel management. Liabilities are said to be large and assets small. He will not call a meeting of creditors at present.
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New York
Joseph A. Nutter
Madison Avenues
Madison Avenue
Fifty-eighth Street
Blaine Improves After Night Comfort Report
Washington dispatch details Blaine resting comfortably after an unclear incident. A United Press reporter notes Blaine was better by morning, with details remaining vague and unconfirmed at press time.
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Blaine
Washington
Dec
United Press
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