Anti German Demonstration in Madrid and a Fatal Underground Collision
Reports describe an anti German demonstration in Madrid with tens of thousands marching, banners raised, and speeches denouncing Bismarck’s son while a German embassy area avoided. A separate fire disaster at Earls Hert Station caused a fatal collision on the District Railroad and a major Hoxton blaze killed and injured multiple residents.
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Devilish dynamite plot endangers Rio Grande express
Denver officials report a major derailment attempt near the city limits. A watchman found a large quantity of dynamite placed on the track timed to explode under a fast night express. The explosive was removed, averting disaster amid ongoing strike-related sabotage.
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Poison Death Stuns Eupopia Mayor Bid
J R Walkup longtime Eupopia official and acting mayor dies after poisoning. Autopsy finds corrosive poisons. His wife, a young woman met at the New Orleans Exposition, is jailed. Coroner’s inquest continues with a daughter placed in her care. A cousin boy from New Orleans is also detained.
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Severe storm damages two oil tanks in Pennsylvania
A heavy rainstorm struck BrapforD Pennsylvania at 1030 pm with hours of rainfall. Lightning reportedly struck iron oil tanks at Giardina and Farnsworth, each 35,000 barrel capacity, near full. Estimated damage at least 100000 dollars, potentially higher if spread continues.
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Mysterious Box Sent By Mail with Discharged Gun
A registered mail box addressed to a prominent CuaTrancoGa lady arrived yesterday. The lid bore a bullet hole and a hammer attached to the lid would discharge on opening. The weapon had already fired in the mail pouch and would have fired again if opened.
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Night Fleet Inferno Devours Colorado and Sunk Ships
A fire at Plum Beach near Port Washington destroys the steamer Colorado and six nearby vessels. The Minnesota Susquehanna Congress South Carolina Iowa Lotta Grant and Fairplay burn to water and sink within hours. Stannard Co. bought the derelicts for iron and planks. total losses exceed $125,000, with at least $100,000 borne by Stannard.
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Fairplay
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Coloado
Stannard
Fearful encounter as inmate attacks sleeping daughters
A man escaped from his keeper climbed into the Hodgson home near Oxford Pennsylvania and assaulted two sleeping daughters. Robert H Hodgson and neighbors fought the intruder who was finally bound. The attacker, identified as Pierce, was taken to an asylum and Hodgson suffered severe injuries.
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Robert H. Hodgson
New Jon
Pierce
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Miracle sighted at Nevada home after infant death
In Albany Nevada residents crowded Mrs Thomas Wood’s home after an undertaker prepared a dead infant for burial. A white cloth over the child's face was seen to reveal a cross and chalice figures, wet with water but outlined clearly. Police kept order as the apparition faded by yesterday afternoon.
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Thomas Wood
Reminiscence of the Past Century in Virginia
In Warrenton Virginia a grave was unearthed while excavating a cistern at General Eppa Hunton's stables. It is believed to be Marzo an African chief and voodoo doctor executed for the murder of thirty slaves owned by John Chilton. Legends say Marzo promised salvation by supernatural power and a cyclone struck as he faced execution, injuring many.
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Failures Slow Across Nation With Light Losses
New York reports daily business failures to R G Dun Co showing 158 in the United States and 19 in Canada, totaling 177 for the week against 168 previous and 180 the week before. The downturn remains mild in most regions, with Southern states notably quiet while Pacific states show no improvement.
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Death from lockjaw in local girl after nail injury
A fourteen year old girl, Amy Phillipps of the Ohio and Issi road shops, was injured when a nail ran through her foot last Saturday. Lockjaw set in within a day or two, and after days of suffering she died. No doctor could relieve her, and she was buried today.
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President Cleveland in camp near Plattsburg
In Willis Pond nine miles from Prospect House President Cleveland and Dr Ward have been in camp since Monday. The president is in excellent health. A report that he is ill with Dr Sawyer summoned for consultation is false.
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Hat Makers Seek Union Label On All Goods
New York on August 23 reports hat makers and finishers meeting to create a union label and require its display on all manufactured hats. The group proposed blacklisting employers who refuse the label, with definite action planned.
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Monster Snake Terrifies Pierceville Area
August reports say a giant serpent 15 to 20 feet long, up to 10 inches thick, roams near the charcoal pits two miles south of Pierceville. James Wright and others describe a brown body with greenish spots, glistening in sunlight, as residents flee woods and fruit crops risk waste. Authorities search in vain. older residents recall a similar sighting nine years ago.
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Shipwreck of Haddingdonshire Off Point Reyes
The British ship Haddingdonshire from Astoria to Liverpool ashore off Point Reyes forty miles north of San Francisco. Eighteen lives lost. The cargo of 12,000 barrels of flour and 17,700 cases of salmon valued at $104,000 wrecked. Vessel launched in Glasgow October 1884, owned by J A Shepherd.
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From Prison to Trial for Murder in Joliet
Chicago reports a detective arrived at Joliet with a governor’s warrant for ex-convict Martin Fox Elias Wilson. Fox, freed after one year, was arrested at the prison door and sent to Tipton Indiana to await trial for the 1880 murder of John Nadlebrom. He had earlier served a three year term for burglary and was moved from Clifton Illinois to Joliet on an old charge. He collapsed when arrested for murder as he stepped out.
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New Cholera Remedy Maprio August 20
Spain reported 4109 cholera cases and 1541 deaths yesterday with public officials most affected among the wealthy. City of Granada logged 322 cases and 150 deaths, while the province saw 348 new cases and 125 deaths. Two Madrid doctors who traveled to Granada died. A physician who saved fourteen of fifteen second-stage patients with enema or ether treatment is authorized to apply the remedy in hospitals.
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Hemingway Nominated for Treasurer by Mississippi Democrats
Jackson Mississippi August 20 The State Democratic Convention nominated Colonel W L Hemingway for Treasurer for a third time with W W Stone named Auditor The platform upheld fidelity to the U S Constitution home rule state rights no military interference in elections equal protection and impartial criminal law administration
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W. W. Stone
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Outrage as Grant Figurine Hanged in Wirt Village
A New Des Moines area report notes the hanging of General Grant in effigy in Wirt on Saturday night. Residents vow to investigate with strong detectives and subscription papers circulations to aid in catching the culprits. The excited crowd may take extreme action upon discovery of the perpetrators.
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A French Murder at Menetray Estate Ends in Discovery
In Paris on August 20 a wealthy unmarried woman named Menetray vanished. A servant Mercier claimed the lady joined a convent leaving property to be managed. Police found the body buried in quicklime in the garden. The servant and accomplices were captured attempting to flee.
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Fatal Hydrophobia Follows Bulldog Attack in August
In New Oblean, August 20, Philip Lowman and his son Mike faced a savage bulldog attack a month ago leaving severe lacerations. The elder Lowman died today amid hydrophobia symptoms, while the son now shows rabies symptoms after caring for his father.
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Maxwell's Body Ownership Battle and New Orlean Letter
Boston August 24 Dr E H Graham Dewey testifies Maxwell the St Louis murder suspect claimed the found body was not Preller's but a decoy. Maxwell's Westward move followed and Dewey questions his truths while Maxwell’s alleged link to Lord Farnham and a possible hidden motive loom. A New Orleans letter from Louis D Aubigney urges truth and surveillance of Harriet Steve and Preller's fate as detectives probe the case.
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Hoadly and Warwick Named Democratic Nominees
Columbus August 20 The Democratic State Convention nominates Hoadly for Governor and Warwick for Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. George Geddes and Michael Ryan escort Hoadly. J. W. Warwick is named for the second ticket post. Platform endorses Cleveland administration and seeks licensing reform, prison and canal improvements, and constitutional amendments. Governor Hoadly and Warwick emerge as leaders amid long nominating balloting for Supreme Judge short term and long term.
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Mansfield
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Michael Ryan
Hamilton County
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Was Mr Walkup Poisoned
In Emporia Kansas on August 24 funeral services for Hon. J R Walkup were held at the Methodist Church with Mrs Walkup maintaining innocence about any poisoning. The coroner's jury reviewed Dr L D Jacobs testimony and heard that Dr Gardner's analysis found no arsenic or poison in Walkup's stomach or body parts before transporting samples to Kansas City for further study. The jury adjourned to Tuesday morning as the case remains unsettled and Mrs Walkup stays in sheriff custody.
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J. R. Walkup
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Strange Case of a Wife's Devotion In Richmond
In Richmond a jail inmate dressed as a man was revealed to be Henrietta Hix wife of a Boston man who deserted her. She boarded a vessel as a cook to reach him, shared his cell until discovery, and the couple now awaits state clemency. The tale centers on marriage in Boston two years prior and a potential gubernatorial pardon.
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Richmond
Henrietta Hix
Boston
McGowan children reenact pig killing after barbecue
In Talladega County J H McGowan killed and dressed a pig for a barbecue last night. His three children aged eleven nine and four watched. The next day with no pig they planned to repeat it and the two older children killed and disemboweled the younger before the mother interrupted the grisly act.
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Advertiser
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Failure of Government steamer ends Hudson Bay route plan
The government steamer Alert failed to penetrate the ice off Hudson's Strait and reached St. John's disabled. The setback disheartens supporters of a proposed summer route via Hudson Bay and Straits to Europe for Northwest Territory products, ending belief in the project's feasibility per the Chicago Times.
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Short Jackets and Long Coats Describe Coastal Fashion
Harper's Bazar notes outfits suited to seaside wear including white serge and red green crossbars, sailor hats, velvet trims on collars and pockets, and new long blue or brown traveling coats with light colored plastrons. The garments aim for versatility from walking to yachting and autumn warmth.
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Harper’s Bazaar
Twain letter cites wife’s discipline and child rearing
The Hartford Courant reports Mark Twain writing that children are well governed and companionably charming, citing Hartford neighbors as witnesses. He credits his wife’s training, noting her method of delaying corporal punishment to avoid anger and asserting the child never leaves the scene until restored to happiness.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Charles Dudley Warner
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Hartford Courant
General Grant Reply Says to Omit In Presence of Gentlemen
A Civil War era anecdote recalls a rough talking staff officer boasting of a “mighty good thing” that he would tell the generals. Grant, calm and firm, suggests skipping the vulgar detail in front of the officers, prompting a quick rebuke about decorum. The tale appears in the J. Joseph (Mo.) Herald.
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Philology Notes On We Differ From Versus From We Differ With
Augusta Me New Age notes Watterson of Louisville Course Journal criticises Dana of New York Sun for choosing we differ with instead of we differ from and predicts Dana will respond with we take issue from rather than we take issue with, highlighting language quirks and philology mysteries.
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New York Sun
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New Age
Reform zeal harms others in hygienic reform push
The Indianapolis Journal notes that if those who practice what they call hygienic fare kept to themselves no harm would occur, but their reform spirit seeks to impose their views on others. The remark critiques preachy reformers compelling change upon society.
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Indianapolis Journal
States and counties listed by numbers in union
The thirty eight states contain 2290 counties with Texas showing 151 and Georgia 127 as the leading counts in the enumeration of state jurisdictions.
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