Fragments News Roundup From Diverse Topics
A kaleidoscope of brief notes covers flour production, lobster catches, monuments, and oddities. Highlights include Brigham Young statue casting plans, New Hampshire asylum staffing, a cherry tree's circumference, and a Russian wolf hound trend in South Dakota. Also noted are a professor’s pay, Panama Canal politics, and a 106 year old Hungarian shepherd.
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Minneapolis
Brigham Young
Chicopee
Mass
New Hampshire Insane Asylum
Wa. J. Thompson
Gloucester
Cleveanda
Four men hanged on one scaffold in Louisville
In Louisville on Friday morning Stephen Hite, Nelson Lewis, Grant Thomas, and Dennis McCarthy were hanged from a single scaffold with nearly 1000 witnesses. The drops occurred at 7:54 to 7:58, all four dying within minutes, Thomas the last living at 8:06 and all pronounced dead by 8:09. The event was described as one of the most brutal executions in state history.
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Louisville
Stephen Mite
Nelson Lewis
Grant Thomas
Dennis McCarthy
Hite
Lewis
Thomas
McCarthy
Feu
Burke dies in Joliet prison from quick consumption
Burke, imprisoned for complicity in the Cronin murder, died at Joliet penitentiary Friday evening from quick consumption. He had been sinking since January 1890, starting in the cooper shop and moved to lighter work after a severe cold worsened last summer.
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Burke
Joliet
Patrick Cronin
Chicago
Cooper Shop
Colorado Silver Miners Idle
Denver reports a string of mine closures as silver prices fall with about 90 mines idle. Thousands of workers lose jobs daily, threatening Colorado’s trade conditions though diverse resources cushion the impact.
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Colorado
Denver
Col
World’s Fair Appropriation Held Void by Court of Appeals
Frankfort Kentucky December 10 The court of appeals ruled the appropriation for the Worlds fair unconstitutional and void The commissioners who enacted the act have spent over 25000 of their own money expecting reimbursement but now face loss from the invalidated measure.
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Frankfort
Court of Appeals
Bessemer Men to Work
Bethlehem Iron Co rail mill to restart next Monday after shutdown. The Bessemer mill employing 975 men will run at least two weeks to cover Christmas, with efforts to keep it operating through the winter.
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Bessemer
Bethlehem
Bethlehem Iron Co
Gold Excitement in Oklahoma Kiowa Reservation Boom
The Wichita mountains area about seventy five miles southwest is stirring with gold fever as miners report rising activity. The main hurdle is Eldorado lies inside the Kiowa and Comanche Indian reservation, a restricted zone hindering the rush.
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Oklahoma
Reno
Wichita Mountain
New
Eldorado
Kiowa and Comanche Indian Reservation
Texas Masons Decline US Jurisdiction
Houston, Dec. 10. The grand chapter of Texas Masons voted 165 to 145 to remain independent from the grand chapter of the United States, which has governed all except Rhode Island since 1851. The Texas chapter will continue its separate jurisdiction.
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Texas Masons
Houston
Tex
Grand Chapter
United States
Texas
Rhode Island
First Sioux Indian sent to national insane asylum
December tenth report from Sioux Falls South Dakota states Hard Hearing Foot a Rosebud Sioux Indian was moved from the county jail to Washington D C to be confined in the National insane asylum He is described as mildly crazy and would be the first Sioux to be taken to an insane asylum by the government.
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Sioux FaLls
Foot
Washington, D. C
Young Foot
Official Vote of New Mexco In Santa Fe Count
The official count of New Mexico is completed. For delegate Joseph, a Democrat, has 15 799 votes while Carton, a Republican, has 15 220. Joseph's majority is 579, a sizable Republican gain not previously seen.
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New Mexco
Santa Fe
N.M
New Mexico
Joseph
Carton
Geia
German Chancellor faces dissolution hints amid army bill clash
Berlin dispatch reports mounting pressure over the army bill as Chancellor Caprivi weighs dissolution of the Reichstag or resignation. Rumors swirl of Caprivi’s retirement, successor talk centers on Eulenberg Miquel Loewe Haenke Waldersee, and unity amid opposition votes is uncertain. Impending moves could reshape government, with public sentiment near explosive as talks of withdrawal intensify.
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Berlin
Germany
von Caprivi
Center Party
Reichstag
Caprivi
Count von Eulenberg
Miquel
Loewe
von Haenke
Count von Waldersee
Kaiser
Count von Caprivi
Prince Bismarck
Center
Ation
Poisoning scare sparks new arrests at Homestead
Reports from Homestead on December 13 describe forthcoming indictments against individuals tied to an alleged poisoning plot aimed at non-union workers. Carnegie Steel Co. lawyers remain reticent. leaders deny the accusation while promising a strong case. Officials disclose confessions from cooks planned to poison non-union workers for $5,000 to shut the mills.
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Homestead
Pitrspurgh
Homestead Steel
Carnegie Steel Co
Carnegies
E. Y. Breck, Esq
Beatty
Louisville
William H. Gaches
Iomestead
E. Y. Breck
Carnegie Steel Co., Limited
Farrell
Louisvill
Gov. Patterson
Robert Beatty
Exposition Spending Surpasses Earlier Estimate
Cuicano December 12 More money has been paid out for the World’s fair than expected after congress voted to move the exposition to Chicago Auditor Ackerman reports expenditures to December 1 total 12 460 935 61 dollars with receipts of 14 229 451 98. Available balance on December 1 was 636 668 33 about enough for two weeks at current spending rate. Souvenir coins are due and nearly 2 000 000 in exposition bonds remain unsold keeping machinery well lubricated.
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Elkin
N. C
Boston Post
Boston & Albany
London Museum
Rosa Bonheur
Madison
Ind
Marie Antoinette
South Dakota
Bates County
India
Sophonisba Breckenridge
Kentucky Congress
Jiagara
Chicago
Wo vEs
Russia
Boston
Emits ZoLa
Alexander Dumas
Benjamin Poor
Aymond
Monroe
Cuicano
Congress
Ackerman
Prominent Chicago Firm Faces $20,000 Deficit in Departure
Curicaco December 12 L Scheck a member of Bryan Scheck Hirst fled the country leaving about $20,000 in shortage for the firm and clients. Last heard from he was in New Orleans. A Hebrew Society figure of Chicago, he lived lavishly and assigned assets to debtors. A widow received a library bill of sale while another widow held a deed to lots as indemnity. Scheck likely in City of Mexico.
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Curicaco
L. Scheck
Bryan, Scheck
Scheck
City of
Mexico
Gas Escape Endangers Family in Lima Residence
In Lima Ohio on December 12 coal gas from a stove filled Frederick Herold's home nearly suffocating several family members. One woke ill and aroused others. two daughters were unconscious. Medical help saved one, but the youngest daughter remains critically ill and may die.
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Lima
Frederick Herold
Ahlwardt Reduced Sentences in Libel Trial
London reports Rector Ahlwardt was initially sentenced for libel against Loewe and for calumny against gun makers and Kruhne, with a total seven months. The Berlin court accepted non malice pleas, reducing to five months with estimated costs of 2500 dollars.
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Ahlwardt
London
The
Telegraph
Berlin
Loewe
Kuehne
Young farmer killed near house. arrests made
Louisville Ky Dec 12 At Mays field Albert Colley a young farmer was shot and killed Saturday night near a house of ill repute Dave Sherrill and two other Negroes who quarreled with Colley were arrested for the crime
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Louis Svville
Maysfield
Albert Colley
Dave Sherrill
Colley
Escape From Knox County Work House Stirs KnoxvitLe
Twenty five inmates overpowered a guard and escaped from the Knox county work house in Knoxville Tennessee on December 12. The group was described as largely colored. Several residents in the surrounding suburbs report robberies carried out by men fitting their description during the incident aftermath.
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Knoxvitle
Tenn
Knox County
Attorneys seek habeas writ in Homestead poison case
Lawyers for Robt J Beatty applied to Judge Toney for a writ of habeas corpus claiming Beatty is unlawfully held on a false fugitive charge. They assert Beatty is a naturalized Louisville citizen and his family resides there. The judge took the affidavit under advisement and ordered Beatty brought before him Tuesday at 9 am for the hearing.
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Torneys
J. Tu Sty
Toney
Beatty
Louisville
Train Attacked By Bandits Near Charleston W Va
The Fast Flying Virginian was held up Monday night near Charleston by masked robbers. An exchange of fire left one robber dead and another badly wounded. the rest fled. Passengers and railroad men were unharmed. A posse led by the sheriff pursued the gang. Officers were notified around 1 am Tuesday.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Road
Charleston
W. Va
Inauguration of South American Undersea Cable Link
The bureau reports formal inauguration of a South American service connecting Africa and Brazil via a 2103 mile cable from San Luiz de Senegal to Cadiz and Teneriffe. The line links Brazilian and African coastlines with Spanish and Portuguese telegraph networks ending at Cadiz and the Canary Islands. Tolls are noted as six to seven francs per buck on principal routes.
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Cadiz de Canaries. Co
Pernam- 1
Europe
Death of Hon. Jas. J. Faran in Cincinnati
Hon. James J. Faran died suddenly at his Cincinnati home Monday night at 83. He edited the Enquirer, served multiple terms in the Ohio legislature including one term as speaker, and held two terms in Congress.
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Jas. J. Faran
Cincinnati
James J. Faran
Faran
The
Enquirer
Ohio
Congress
Pardon Expected for H. Clay King's Husband
Nashville reports say Tennessee Governor John P. Buchanan visited Mrs. H. Clay King last week. Locals believe the visit signals an imminent pardon for her murder husband before the governor leaves office. The landlady noted the impression of a forthcoming act and further mentioned Buchanan's plan to appoint a supreme judge if Turney resigns.
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H. Clay King
Nashville
Tenn
John P. Buchanan
Tennessee
Turney
Congress Debates Silver, Elections, and Treasury Posts
A tumult of Senate activity spans December 6 to 12 as bills seek to repeal election statutes, suspend immigration, and repeal the Sherman silver purchase act. Missouri census allegations prompt inquiry. nominations include Lambertson for treasury and McDill for commerce, with House business and rule fixes amid a quiet session.
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Washington
Senate
West
Missouri
Census Bureau
New York
House
McMillan
Tennessee
Outhwaite
Ohio
John G. Warwick
Jos. Silverman
Senator Hill
Finance
Five Civilized Tribes of Indians
Indian Territory
Rabbi Isaac Wise
Cincinnati
Caruth
United States
Harter
Williams
Chili
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Hovuse
Kilgore
Texas
Crisp
Secretary of the Treasury
Messrs
DeArmond
Cox and Johnson
Massachusetts
Treasury
Stewart
Genio M. Lambertson
Nebraska
the Treasury
A. B. Nettleton
James W. McDill
Town
C. Cheeney
New Hampshire
Switzerland
Peter S. Grosscup
District
Illinois
Charles C. Cole
District of C
Tumbia
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
James
Scott
Ilinois
The School Question and Satolli Mission
New York reports that Mgr Satolli’s visit aimed to unify American Catholic leadership but instead sparked division. An address on the school issue triggered dissent among archbishops, with only Archbishop Tredland backing his plan. Ongoing contention foreshadows Rome's involvement.
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New York
Mgr. Satolli
the Tribune
Conference of Archbishops
Treland
Mgr. O’connell
Mgr
Satolli
Rome
Archbishop Ireland
Ex-Detective Summers Charged With Purloining Express Funds
Ex-pinkerton detective Summers was arrested in Hatnisburg Mississippi on a Meridian express robbery charge involving a $5000 money package en route to Texas. The case ties him to the Southern Express Co. office theft and he is returned to Meridian after leaving New Orleans. Summers earlier fought boxers and later worked as a Pinkerton detective alongside Jackson in notable cases.
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Reid
Reist
Remedy CO
Peoria
Jew Orleans
Pinkerton
Summers
Hatrisburg
Miss
Southern Express Co
Meridian
Texas
Meredian
New Orleans
Tommy Danforth
Audubon Club
Jackson
Eugene Bunch
Explorers Funding Northern Expedition Rumors Surface
Philadelphia reports indicate Pierre Peary and Louis Heilprin discuss renewed ventures to the frozen north. Professors andLieut. Robert E. Peary advocate expeditions while fundraising through lectures for a second Arctic visit.
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Philadelphia
Robert E. Peary
Secon
Louis Heilprin
TuNts Earthquake Shakes Nearby City Platform
An earthquake occurred near TuNts on Tuesday, with prolonged rubblings reported but no damage. No injuries were mentioned and local authorities noted the tremor as brief and minor in impact.
Two Die as Mancle Fire Collapses Wall
A catastrophic blaze in Alexandria Indiana leveled the town center, causing nearly a hundred thousand dollars in damage. Two people, John Fink aged 40 and Wilber Marty aged 15, died when masonry toppled, with four others badly injured and several buried under bricks.
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Mancle
Ind
Mundge
Alexandria
John Fink
Wilber Marty
Fink
Deputy Shot in Alabama Mob Tension
News from Greenville nine miles from Brraixenam reports deputy sheriff Henry Bargainer died from buckshot after attempting to arrest Asa Davis, a Black man. Davis and another Black person are in custody as crowds threaten a mob fatality. Unclear which assailant fired.
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Alabama
Brraixenamm
Ala
Greenville
Henry Bargainer
Asa Davis
Bargainer
Davis
Fight to oppose World’s Columbian Exposition catalogue contract
Chicago December 13. Typographical Union No 16 held a large meeting to discuss the contract for printing the Worlds Columbian Exposition Catalogue. A committee presented the report and after debate resolutions were unanimously adopted protesting the award to W. B. Conkey Co. for employing non union labor in all its departments.
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Chicago
Typographical Union No. 16
W. B. Conkey Co
Crusade Against Gamblers Expels Gentry From Charleston
Charleston West Virginia pages report a city wide crusade against gamblers bunko men and petty thieves. Following a mayoral edict police arrested or expelled all residents lacking visible means of support. The sporting gentry have fled rapidly days after the order.
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Charleston
W. Va
Bunko
Dunmore fire destroys Doyle & Sons store in Dunmore
The general store of John D. Doyle & Sons in Dunmore was burned early Monday. Loss estimated at $20,000 with partial insurance. Second floor tenant Joseph Maxwell died in the blaze. A separate brief from Miracle Window mentions Ireland being asked to remove glass believed to contain Mary and the Christ child amid church actions.
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Scranton
John D. Doyle & Sons
Dunmore
Jos. Maxwell
Minn
Ireland
Chat City
Mary
Bank Statements Called For Washington Currency Close
Washington December 13 reports show calls on the currency condition at the close of business as Pr ber &.
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Washington
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Ie Ona
Ana Si
Kilmers
Pasuggists
Ruggists
Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
ITH & CO
Prorietors
NEW Chi
Heice Giftrand
Standard Authority
the Times
Unators
Merriam A Publishers
Ringfield, Mass
U.S. A
Urang
LOGAN
Harrison, Ohio
City Hall
Farrison, C
Peter Ebertz
Joseph Bernhard
State Street
Biarkson, Ohio
John Knepfie
Market St
Harrison
Dearborn
Citizens’ Bank
General Banking
Frank Bowles
Ceshire
New Madrid
Jay Gould
Manor
Hungary
Panama Canal
France
Bruges
Belgium
Oldenburg
New York Sun
Atlantic
Eugen Richter
Stolberg
Aixlac Chapelle
Farner Torton
Father Torton
Moses Loria
Milan
Martin Burke
America
Berix
Heilprin
Peary
Tunis
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