Mine Disaster Terrible blast traps Crested Butte miners
A deadly explosion at the Crested Butte coal mine in Gunnison County Colorado traps fifty eight miners, with only four escaping. Rescue efforts race against time as air ventilation is restored and bodies are recovered, while officials assess fault and danger at the fire damp plagued site.
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Denver
Con
Crested Butte
Gunnison County
Colorado Coal and Iron Company
Crested Buttes
Gunnison City
Denver & Rio Grande
John Angus
Gunnison
Cameron
Ever Chamber
Oin
John McNeil
Col
Chamber
Storms lash southern England with shipping disasters
London reports violent gales in the channel causing several maritime tragedies. Three men drown in Plymouth Sound after their boat swamped. Telegraph lines and telegraphs delayed. In Belfast a granite monument toppled, a woman killed by a chimney collapse, and a child swept into Logan River. Darwin fire buries a man under a wall collapse, and in Liverpool a man is blown down with a fractured skull.
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London
England
Plymouth Sound
Belfast
Logan
Darwin
Liverpool
Accident by a Falling Wall at Hebrew Free School
A wall coping and top of the rear wall of the Hebrew Free School on East Broadway collapsed this morning onto the roof of the extension below where fifty pupils aged three to seven were, injuring several slightly. Neighbors heard screams as frantic mothers retrieved their children and calm gave way to panic.
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New York
Hebrew Free School
East Broadway
Remarkable Wedding Sealed In Martinsburg Court
In Wheeling on January 25, Rev John Longstreet presided at a Martinsburg ceremony where Jane Catharine Payne, long viewed as an old maid storekeeper, married Annie Hinton after adopting masculine attire and planning to change her name to J C Payne with a legislative proposal pending.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Martinsburg
John Longstreet
Jeb Stuart
Jane Catharine Payne
Jane
Winchester
Paynes
Jane Catharine
Annie Hinton
J. C. Payne
Thirteen Member Paterson High Class Mourns
Miss Susie A Hooper the sole colored graduate of Paterson High School class of thirteen died before the year ended. Her friend Maggie Wright had written a theme on The Number Thirteen and the funeral drew a record crowd among the colored community.
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New York
Susie A. Hooper
Paterson High School
Maggie Wright
Miss Hooper
Paterson
Dynamite scare alarms London police in large anti assassination sweep
January 25 report says hundreds of pounds of dynamite linked to the O'Donnell Vengeance Fund are being distributed in small quantities across London with plans for simultaneous explosions. Detectives patrol pubs frequented by Irish Nationalists while public buildings are searched and guards posted. One citizen aiding the arrest was shot. suspect Block linked to Police Commissioner Klubeck case. Several arrests follow including Schaffhausen and brothers William and Joseph Till.
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London
Home Office
O’donnell Vengeance Fund
Block
Klubeck
Schaffhausen
William and
Joseph Till
Bold robbery at Dayton railroad office with dynamite
Early today burglars entered the Brown street railroad office in Dayton and overpowered the watchman, tying him to a chair. They opened one safe with keys and blew another with dynamite, likely taking under $500. A nearby blacksmith shop was burglarized, sledge hammers taken, and stolen tickets were found scattered in the street.
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Dayton
Brown Street Railroad
Corry Herald Owner Arrested Over Indecent Mail Matter
Erie report states Frank H Heath former proprietor of the Corry Herald and chair of Pennsylvania Greenback Committee of 1882 was arrested on charges of indecent matter sent by mail. He posted 1500 bail for a February hearing in U S Court in Pittsburg.
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Erie
Frank 8. Heath
The
Corry Herald
Pennsylvania State Greenback Committee
United States Court
Pittsburg
Miner Robert Eddy dies in blaze after spree
BEARDSTOWN ILL January 24 Richard Eddy a coal miner was roasted to death in his sleep last night amid the ashes of his own house near La Grange after a three weeks spree.
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Beardstown
Ill
Richard Eddy
la Grange
Rumor of Mrs. Tabor's Private Marriage Surfaces
DENVER January 25. It is rumored that Mrs. Tabor the ex-Senator's divorced wife wed last evening to William Ortman of Philadelphia and departed shortly after for St. Louis en route to Cuba with plans uncertain.
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Denver
Col
Work of the Wind: church destroyed and shipwrecks reported
January reports describe a gale that demolished a Catholic church in Hamilton Leitrim manor and left the Welsh coast wreck of the schooner Luther with four crew drowned. The events are dated January and attributed to strong winds across the British Isles.
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Dustin
Hamilton Leitrim
London
Luther
A Devastating Hurricane Wrecks London Streets
A hurricane last night caused immense damage across London and beyond. Roofs collapsed, vessels wrecked, and many lives were lost or injured. telegraph lines and lamps failed, with widespread disruption of rail and sea traffic. Amid the chaos, a Paris theater gaslight incident caused panic and injuries.
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London
Westminster Aquarium
Haymarket
Atlantic
Paris
Portsmouth
Hastings
Monmouth
Wye
Monnow
Southampton
Eastbourne
Newcastle
Leeds
Durham
Darlington
Isle of Wight
Newry
Ireland
Nokomis
Murphy
Londonderry
Baltimore
Lough Foyle
Blanswell
Hythe
Frisia
Plymouth
Dover
Port St. Martin Theater
Bernhardt
Fire Destroys Furniture Store and Adjacent Buildings in Xenia
A cellar fire at J. B. Monroe’s furniture store in Xenia started at five this morning. Firefighters battled flames that spread to nearby shops including Eli Arnold’s grocer, Montague’s drug store, the Democrat News office, Flemings building, Wolfe & Peterson hardware, and Sowards pianos. The Republican office and Knights of Pythias hall were affected. Total damage about 75,000 dollars, partly insured.
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Xenia
Xena
Monroe
Ile
Eli Arnold
Montague
Democrat News
Flemings
Wolfe & Peterson
A. Sowards
Shawnee Preserving Co
Esquire Neville
Republican
Knights of Pythias
Wolf & Peterson
Penitentiary Fire at Stillwater Minnesota
A blaze broke out at the state prison in Stillwater at 12:30 today. Offices burned first and spread to the main building. two thirds destroyed. Prisoners moved safely to a secure yard as company K guards reinforced with companies C and D. Loss estimated near $100,000 amid strict evacuation.
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St. Pau
Minn
Stillwater
Younger
Desrado
Hubbard
Miners Shoot Mining Boss in Rosita Death
At 10 o clock this morning O Kurtz a mining boss was shot to death by Frank Williams and John Gray miners Resulting from a row at a dance last Monday night Williams was ejected from the hall for disturbance Both men Williams and Gray are likely to be lynched before morning by local residents in Rosita CAL
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Rosita
Cal
O. Kurtz
Frank Williams
John Gray
Williams
Gray
Burglars Make a Good Haul in Brooklyn Jewelry Store
Burglars broke into the jewelry store of E. B. Hayden at 205 Fulton Street Brooklyn and took about $5,000 worth of jewelry. Police suspect the same gang responsible for a $25,000 Maiden Lane raid a week earlier.
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New York
E. B. Hayden
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Maiden Lane
Twenty-two of Simla crew drowned in Channel collision
The ship Simla was sunk in the English Channel after a collision with the ship City of Lucknow. Twenty-two crew members perished, and the City of Lucknow has reached Gravesend with news of the loss.
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Loxpon
Simla
Lucknow
Gravesend
Brigan tine 8S Musson Arrives As Crew Stranded At Sea
Halifax January 27 report says Brigan tine 8S J Musson arrived in tow with part of crew badly frozen. Two vessels carrying sugar for the Nova Scotia refinery were abandoned at sea. Cargoes valued at 75000 dollars and insured.
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Halifax
J. Musson
Nova Scotia
Prisoner Allowed to Attend Funeral Unattended
Frank Steele, a life prisoner at Kentucky State Penitentiary for murder, was permitted to attend the funeral of his father, Judge Steele, recently without an escort upon relatives pledging he would return to the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Steele
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Judge Steele
N. O. Times
Convict Strips Before Sing Sing Transfer
A New York convict, before reaching Sing Sing on the train, removed all outer clothing and gave it to a friend to deprive the State of it. He walked from the station to the prison, over a mile, in his underwear.
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New York
Sing Sing
N. Y
Axe Murder Attempts Over drunken quarrel in West Virginia
January 28 report from Wheeling describes Stephen Morris attacking miner John Craft and his wife with an axe after a drunken quarrel at Craft’s home. Craft dies soon, Morris is jailed, neighbors rescue ends the assault, and lynching talk follows. Craft and Morris are named local figures in this brutal incident.
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Ainey
John Craft
Craft
Morris
W. Vaday
Stephen Morris
Gale wrecks and wrecked vessels off southern coast
London reports a continuing gale that has driven many ships ashore with loss of life. A snowstorm hit Scotland overnight and railways are blocked. The Australian bark 1 Fand's ends.
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London
Scotland
Death of South Carolina Congressman E W Mackey
Washington January 28 Hon E W Mackey of South Carolina died at 4 this morning after a three days illness from inflammation of the bowels He was the state s only Republican member He was born in Charleston in 1846 and had held various trust offices since the war prevailing as a party leader He was elected to the present Congress over Samuel Le independent with 18469 votes to 10017 for his opponent
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Washington
E. W Mackey
South Carolina
Charleston
Congress
Samuel le
House
Senate
Cook
Sumner
California
Blanchford
Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Secretary of War
Wellborn
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Hopkins
Pittsburg
Young
Chattanooga
Virginia
Mississippi
Lamar
Reece
Sherman
Housse
Springer
Fitz John Porter
Havana
Alexandria
Hatch
Missouri
Committee On Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
F. W. Rockewell
Massachusetts
Robinson
Ray
Porter
Lincoln
Mr. Kay
John Pope
Mr. Thomas
Illinois
Bishop Simpson
M. E. Church
Ohio
Mitchell
Philadelphia
Hoar
Committee On Judiciary
Utah
Mackey
Buhler
Messrs
Pendleton
Hill
O’hara
North Carolina
M. W. Mackey
Oldest Woman in St Louis Buried at 108
Funeral services for Mrs. Ann Dalton aged 108 were held at St. Lawrence O Toole Church with Father Talton officiating. Born in Kilkenny Ireland in 1775 she married at eighteen and at twenty had her first daughter Margaret who survives.
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St. Louis
St. Lawrence O’toole’s
Father Talton
Ann Dalton
County Kilkenney
Ireland
Margaret
Big Horse Cheyenne Chief Ends Own Life in Oklahoma
In Indian Territory a Cheyenne leader named Big Horse killed himself with a revolver last week after a long urinary illness. He died instantly from a self inflected shot to the head. Big Horse was regarded as kindly toward whites and helped guide his people toward progressive efforts.
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Little Rock
Ark
Indian Territory
Big Horse
Richmond Democrats Override Governor on Two Bills
In Richmond Virginia on January 28 the Democratic two thirds majority passed two bills over the Governor's veto. One bill strips the Governor of the power to appoint lunatic asylum directors. The Senate resolution demanding the resignation of United States Senator Mahone was adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Senate
United States
Mahone
Rioters' Appeal Sparks Hanging of Judges in Effigy
Citizens of Mineral Springs Howard County outraged by a Supreme Court appeal ruling hanged Justices Erkin and English in effigy atop the scaffold prepared for the three rioters slated for execution.
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Little Rock
Arrk
Mineral Springs
Howard County
Supreme Court
Erkin
English
Two Young Children Die in Orchardburg House Fire
In Orangeb County, Columbia 8 S C January 28 two children aged one and four years of Ishmael Irick were burned to death after being left alone in a house that caught fire. Parents returned to find the house and its contents reduced to ashes.
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Columbia
S. C
Ishmael Irick
Orangeburg
Seamen Picked Up After Simla Collision
Twenty three crew members of the Simla, sunk in the English Channel by a collision with the City of Lucknow, were saved by a passing vessel off the Isle of Wight and landed at Dunkirk. A few sailors remain unaccounted for.
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London
Simla
English Channel
Lucknow
Isle of Wight
Dunkirk
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Rothesay N B January Night
Three distinct earthquake shocks were felt at Rothesay on Sunday night following events in New Brunswick at St. Joan and nearby areas. The tremors occurred on January 28 and were reported from the St. Joan region and Rothesay. Authorities or observers noted the unusual seismic activity in the Saint John area.
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New Brunswick
St. Joan
N. B
Rothesay
French writer estimates world doctors at 193000
A French writer estimates the world contains 193000 doctors and laments that two common affections, asthma and catarrh, resist expert treatment despite great efforts.
Blanco County man grows twenty five pound sweet potato
W A Kemp of Blanco County Texas raises a sweet potato weighing twenty five pounds, a remarkable oversized crop.
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W. A. Kemp
Blanco County
Tex
Heat River in Yellowstone Park Clarified by Explorer
A report from San Francisco notes a river in Yellowstone Park that runs hot on one side and cold on the other. The feature attracts curiosity as travelers wonder about the geothermal phenomenon and its location within the park.
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Yellowstone Park
San Francisco
Senate Deepens Greeley Expedition Relief Vote
The January sessions report House joint resolution for Greeley expedition relief passed after defeating expense limits. Postmaster General discussed mails with lottery firms. a subcommittee will study prohibiting lottery ad mails and certain money orders. Various bills and resolutions were referred or adopted in a busy week.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
House
Greeley
Senate Committee
Sawyer
Wilson
Jackson
Greaterength
Sharper Sells Ring After Finding Glove in Street
A bold con man, who discovers a glove in the street and senses a heavy wedding ring in a finger, sells the ring for a few dollars to the man who watched him pick up the glove, continuing a noted confidence game pattern in Chicago.
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Chicago Tribune
Ancient Glass in Tombs and Pompeii Shown
A discussion notes glass found in a tomb dating to 2240 B C and cites a Pompeii tomb with a depiction of glass blowing. The contrast marks early use of glass making and its visual representation in antiquity.
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Pompeii
Blind Potsdam man runs business with same vigor as sighted
About ten arene ago Henry Austin of Potsdam New York became totally blind from an eye disease treated poorly yet he remains spirited and independent. He travels alone signs documents and conducts many mercantile operations with success. He is a noted judge of cows and buys large herds in Canada each year to sell in the United States.
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Henry Austin
Potsdam
N. Y
Canada
Ohio Senate and House bills and actions in Cotomars
Ohio lawmakers introduced and passed numerous measures across the Senate and House. Proposals include appointing bank officials as notaries with conflicts barred, lighting the State Library, hindering local tax evasion, transferring surplus taxes to funds, establishing a State Board of Health, and authorizing bonds for civic projects. House actions include police appointments, real estate taxation parity, and various appropriations and public works bills. The period also saw township trees, ditch maintenance, and tax reforms debated, with several measures referred or postponed.
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Cotomars
Senate
Ohio
W. E. Ho
Columbus
Central Insane Asylum
Kite House
Ford
Congress
House
Hovss
Springfield
Ment
Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Burnett
State Board of Health
Batavia
Clermont County
Mahoning County
Mahoning River
Youngstown
Hovasre
Crites
Young
Stevenson
Statehouse
Ahe Board of Health
Crawford County
Agricultural Society
Butler County
Hovis
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home
Xenia
Headly
Middletown
Tuscarawas County
Blanchard
Putnam County
Reed
Portage County
W. H. H. MelIntire
Guernsey County
Dayton
Midddletown
Rochester Township
Lorain County
Russell
Finance Committee
Judiciary Committee
Washburn
Love
Beverly
Washington County
John Warey
Hocking County
Local J E Stump kills seven foot six inch gray eagle
J E Stump of Madison Township Muskingum County killed a gray eagle measuring seven feet six inches from tip to tip. Nine prisoners in Newark county jail planned an escape by breaking cell locks but Sheriff Hall discovered the plot and stopped the break.
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J. E. Stump
Madison Township
Muskingum County
Newark
Sheriff Hall
Putin
First Soup Best Bet Says Hotel Waiter
The column notes a hotel waiter’s belief that the first soup on a bill of fare is always the best. It cites winter meat needs, widespread freezing deaths, and causes like destitution and intoxication, while mentioning a Paulsen brother’s skating feat and a tax idea on woodland preservation. It also covers wine importers, glove fasteners, and a New York mechanic who became a wealthy landlord.
Michigan crews wintering up north face severe cold toll
Large numbers of crews remaining in the North last fall are now succumbing to intense cold weather, signaling regrets over their wintering choices as deaths and illnesses mount.
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Michigan
Ancient trees and their claimed ages listed
A catalog of traditional tallies assigns remarkable ages to several trees: the yew at thirty two hundred years, the cedar at two thousand, the oak fifteen hundred, the spruce twelve hundred, the walnut nine hundred, the maple five hundred, and the elm three hundred.
Limelight Rock Dazzles Utah Miner At Salt Lake
A limestone discovery near Salt Lake City emits pale blue flashes with each hammer strike. The first observer, a miner, believed he had struck the infernal regions as the rock flared at every blow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
Open woods prescription for nervous children noted
The article cites Dr Felix Oswald's first prescription as the open woods and a minerly playmate. It adds that the most placid females of the genus homo are found among the well fed but hard working housewives of German Pennsylvania.
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Felix Oswald
Pennsylvania
Eagles Hunted as Snow Drives Birds from Kentucky Mountains
Deep snow and cold drive eagles from Kentucky mountains into bluegrass settlements. Report notes many gray and bald individuals have been shot, including several very large specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Blue-Grass
Remarkable Seckos Display Tree Mimicry Tails at Smithsonian
The Smithsonian collection features seckos with tail tricks. One lizard sports a tail that imitates a tree bark, another has a leaf-like tail used for protection and detachable if threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Smithsonian
Wire from Fairmount Bridge Shows Superior Material Quality
Pieces of wire cable from the Fairmount Suspension Bridge, removed in Philadelphia after about forty years of use, tested to equal the best wire of that size now on the market in tenacity elasticity and ductility. The find underscores lasting quality of old industry standards and offers a benchmark for current materials. No dates or institutions are specified in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmount
Philadelphia
Wentworth Falls Rivalry Elevates Waterfall Wonder
A New Southars letter to the Baltimore Sun extols Wentworth Falls as more than Niagara. It mentions two cataracts, 700 and 800 feet, totaling 1500 feet, with a valley fifty miles wide beneath and a single outlet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore, Sun
Wentworth Falls
Niagara
Decline of Wood in Shipbuilding Cited by The Times
The London Times highlights a shift in shipbuilding from wood to iron, with steel gradually rising in prominence. The annual returns emphasize wood nearly disappearing as a material, while iron becomes the general choice for vessels and steel gains ground year by year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
London Times
Salt used to melt snow on tracks aids horses heals
Reported claims say salt melting snow on horse tracks is not harmful to horses' feet and may even cure scratches if feet are washed and dried at stables. It is also suggested that much sewer gas is destroyed when salted melt water runs off.
Tomato canning output across the United States
Last year the United States canned 76,645,896 tins of tomatoes with wholesale value around 6 million dollars. Maryland produced about half, New Jersey over a fifth, with fifteen other states including Delaware California and Ohio as key packing states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Maryland
New Jersey
Delaware
California
Ohio
General Gordon’s Unarmed Command and the Protective Cane
General Charles Gordon commanded a division in the Chinese army at age thirty. He led from the front unarmed, signaling with a little cane as he waved to direct troops. His soldiers believed the cane to be a magical wand ensuring protection and victory in battle.
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Charles .Gordon
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