Early News Highlights From Around the World
A survey of diverse notes from Florida to Greece covers early orange ripening, Queen Victoria's rivals, editorials on immigration, and the German Emperor’s nickname in London. Reports include civic plans in Washington, cultural displays at Corcoran Gallery, and rural life trends across the United States and abroad.
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Florida
Italy
Washington
Henry Warp Beecher
Wiiltiam
London
Morell Mackenzie
Covington County
Miss
Buenos Ayres
Cambaceres
New Mexico
Colorado
Mr. Edison
Phonographic
Dominion
British West Indies
Cuicano
New York
Boston
England
Nile
Jefferson City
Guy C. H. Corliss
Supreme Court of North Dakota
Adams
Monroe
Andrew Jackson
van Buren
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Buchanan
Lincoln
Robertson Gladstone
Tur
Brazil
Tui
China
Bismarck
Michigan
Richard A. Proctor
Grant Allen
Bayard
Florence Bayard
New York Sun
Congress of the Three Americas
Pennsylvania
United States
New Grenada
N. G
Eiffel Tower
Chattanooga
Philadelphia
Mexico
Olga
Greece
Rare hydatid cyst of the liver treated by modern drainage
A German laborer, John F. Bersenbruch, age forty four, suffered severe right side pain from hydatid cysts of the liver caused by tapeworm ova. Dr. Charles F. Bevan and colleagues performed a liver drainage operation at the city hospital, removing about a gallon and a half of pus and easing the patient’s pain. If recovery continues, the case will be noted as remarkable in surgical annals.
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Baltrimore
John F. Bersenbruch
Man
Bersenbruch
City Hospital
Charles F. Bevan
J. W. Chambers
Thomas S. Latimer
W. F. Smith
John Branham
Annals of Surgery
Universal suffrage decree in Brazil reports changes
Rio Janiro November 22 The Provisional Government issues a decree establishing universal suffrage across Brazil. Citizens who can read and write may vote while exchange remains. The United States reportedly recognizes the republic. The navy swears allegiance to the republic under Baron Coruba and Viscount Maracua. Generals Coelho and Darume appointed to govern Mato Grosso and government secretary duties. Parliament to meet in December to select a president.
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Rio Janiero
Dom Pedro
United States
Coruba
Maracua
Matteo Grosso
Jacques Darume
Hatfield seeks peace with McCoys to end vendetta
Anse Hatfield declares he wants peace and is ready to settle the quarrel with the McCoys if detectives stop pursuing blood money, claiming they seek only blood money.
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Charleston
W. Va
Anse” Hatfield
McCoys
Dark Day for Chicago News of Smoke and Tornado Rumor
On November 22 Chicago faced a heavy smoky atmosphere causing near dusk darkness. A rumor of a tornado near Peoria Illinois sparked sensational chatter across the city.
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Chicago
Peoria
Pope open to arbitrate Irish question if asked
Berlin dispatch reports the Koelnisch Volks Zeitung says the Pope is willing to arbitrate the Irish question if invited by the English government or the Parnellites. The statement reflects a potential diplomatic path in the Irish issue during the period.
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Berlin
Koelnisch Volks Zeitung
Gloucester Man Killed While Handling Wet Iron Gaff
Frank Foster died instantly when attempting to shut off an electric light with a wet iron gaff in Gloucester Massachusetts. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Gloucester
Mass
Frank Foster
Malietoa Reinstated as King in Samoa
Dispatches from Samoa via Sidney report Malietoa reinstated on the 9th with cheers. Proclamations by British German and American agents recognize him as king. Fears of famine in Samoa are ended.
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London
Samoa
Sidney
N.S. W
Malietoa
Navy Cable Reports Admiral Gillis Sailing From Montevideo
The Navy Department received a cablegram from Admiral Gillis indicating plans to sail today from Montevideo to Ric Jansire. The message confirms a late 19th century transit update involving U S naval command.
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Washington
Navy
Navy Department
Gillis
Montevideo
Ric Jansire
Butcher Thinly Battles Another Into Boiling Vat Fatal Fight
In Baltimore on November 23 Henry Brunier seventeen a butcher at John Weitzels shop died at 1245 AM from severe scalding after John Fisher another worker threw him into a vat used for hog bristles. Fisher is held for answer to murder charge. Brunier described a mid conflict that escalated into a struggle ending with his fall into the boiling water. The men had been friends until the quarrel.
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Baltimore
Henry Brunier
John Weitzel
John Fisher
Brunier
Fisher
Weitzells
Brazil confirms pensions and overhauls government offices
Rio Janeiro reports the Provisional Government has confirmed imperial pensions and ordered payment from revenues. An imminent decree will overhaul government officeholders and install successors. Most former Emperor officials pledge allegiance. Ministers of Uruguay and Argentina were honored after recognition of the Republic.
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Rio Janeiro
Uruguay
Clergy Warned by the Pope in Brazil Crisis
The Vatican instructed bishops and clergy through Monsignor Spolverini in Rio de Janeiro to abstain from political meddling after Brazil’s government change. They may press the new regime only to secure freedom to reform religious duties as in the past.
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Vienna
Politischoe
Brazil
Monsignor Spolverini
Rio de Janeiro
Prison Revolt in Layoulute Prison
A violent inmate uprising in Layoulute prison in Tunis freed prisoners who seized chains firearms and weapons. Jails guards fought the convicts as troops arrived the resultant clash left multiple prisoners and soldiers dead.
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Tunis
Layoulute
Not a Soul Escaped. Tug Fearless Wrecked at Umpqua River
DRAIN OrE November 23 The tug Fearless of Coos Bay commanded by Captain James Hill ran onto North Spit at the mouth of the Umpqua river Tuesday evening and broke up. None of the fifteen crew and passengers aboard escaped during the wreck on the return from Astoria where she had carried Chinamen recently discharged from Coos bay canneries.
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Fearless
Coos Bay
James Hill
North Spit
Umpqua River
Astoria
Young man in Weymouth buries child alive
Walter I. Prey, 22, described as a half idiot, killed the three year old son of Philip Fisher by burying him alive in the yard yesterday morning. He confessed and showed the burial spot. The body was exhumed last evening and Prey will be examined in court tomorrow.
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Weymouth
Walter I’. Prey
Philip Fisher
Prey
Drowned Woman in Pigeon River Near Newport
Mrs. B. A. Proffit, wife of a Cooke County citizen, was drowned in the Pigeon river at Newport last night. She attempted to ford the stream in a buggy and was washed downstream, sinking within a few feet of her husband.
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Pigeon River
Knoxville
Tenn
B. A. Proffit
Cooke County
Newport
Dr Tal Mage Secures Corner Stone for Tabernacle In Athens
In Athens on November 23 Dr Tal mage reported securing a corner stone for his new Tabernacle from Mars Hill and preached there yesterday. He met Premier Tri coupis yesterday and will seek an audience with Queen Olga of Greece and former German Empress Victoria.
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Athens
Greece
Dr. Talmage
Mars Hill
Tricoupis
Olga
Victoria
Germany
Natural Gas Blast Levels Braddock Home
A two story brick dwelling on Robinson Street Braddock Pennsylvania was blown apart by a natural gas explosion at 11 this morning. Two people were fatally burned and six others seriously injured. The accident was caused by a leak in the main.
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Pittsburgh
Robinson Street
Braddock
Brooklyn Elevated official shot by exasperated woman
New York on November 23 Stephen Pettus secretary and treasurer of the Brooklyn Elevated railroad was shot and killed by Hannah Southworth. The homicide followed alleged repeated deception and persecution of the woman by Pettus.
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New York
Stephen Pettus
Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Hannah Southworth
Pettus
Desperate New York Letter Carrier Tries to Kill Family
James Smith, a New York letter carrier, driven to despair by disease and alleged cruel treatment by his wife, attempted to kill himself and his two babies. One child is dead and the other dying as authorities investigate the tragedy.
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New York
James Smith
Orange Growers Consolidate in Florida Fruit Exchange
Jacksonville Fla Nov 23 Practically all orange growers in Florida have consolidated with the Florida Fruit Exchange. Arrangements were completed yesterday. Of an estimated 1 800 000 to 2 100 000 boxes this year at least 1 500 000 will be handled through the Exchange.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Florida Fruit Exchange
William H. Smith Convicted of First Degree Murder
In Pittsburgh on November 23, William H. Smith, a Black man, was convicted of first degree murder for shooting his wife and then attempting suicide about two months earlier, despite his earlier attempt to take his own life.
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Pittsburgh
William H. Smith
Stream of Flame In Natural Gas Blaze At Springs
Seven people were badly burned and one child killed when a gas flame from a well at Medical Spring near Barton County Missouri ignited crowds. A stand pipe toppled during a fight, sending a ten foot flame onto women and children. Mrs Willoughby and her infant were among the injured. The child died at once. Mrs Willoughby and three other women and children were burned but not fatally.
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Barton County
Henry Willoughby
Explorer Stanley reports treachery and peril in Victoria Nyanza
In a Sep 3 letter from the South End of the Victoria Nyanza Stanley details rebel treachery against Emin's government. He notes betrayals by his own people who sold rifles to slave traders, describes sickness and the deaths of many in his force, and recounts fights with nearby tribes as he nears civilization.
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Stanley
London
Victoria
Child Boiled in Lard at Missouri Farm
BIAMAN Mo Nov 25 A two year old child died after tumbling into a kettle of boiling lard while hog rendering at Lester Gaines farm. An eight year old boy was told to keep the child away but failed to do so.
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Biaman
Lester Gaines
Gaines
Edison Invents Battery Cell for Telegraph and Telephone
New York Nov 25 Mr Edison has devised a zinc cell filled with caustic soda solution by immersing sticks of caustic soda in water. The cell is non corrosive requires no cleaning and can deliver about ninety eight percent of its potential energy to the circuit.
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Edison
New York
Wll
Imperiled Miners in St Lawrence Mine
Butte Montana November 25 The fire in the St Lawrence mine has spread to the Anaconda and now rages furiously. All hope of saving the men on the 800 foot level is abandoned and the mines have been bulkheaded to smother the flames. The number of missing workers cannot be known until tomorrow's roll call. Five thousand pounds of dynamite remain in the 500 foot level and a cave‑in could be fatal.
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Butte
Mont
Nne
St. Lawrence
Anaconda
New Jersey Official Vote Plurality Set at 14253 for Governor
Trenton November 25 The certified returns show Abbott Democrat leads for governor by 14 253 the largest plurality besides 1867 when Parker had 14 597 Prohibition vote totals reach 6 853 from the recent statewide election results indicating strong Democratic support and notable third party voting.
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New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Abbott
Joel Parker
Daughters Die in Tennessee Poison Case Arrest Made
In Knoxville on November 25, a local sensational case emerges as Nelson Armstrong, a Black man, is jailed on charges of poisoning three daughters of Joan Vance near Strawberry Plains. The deaths occurred over three months under mysterious circumstances, fueling strong community reaction among the colored residents.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Nelson Armstrong
Joan Vance
Strawberry Plains
Armstrong
Kidnaped Heiress Alice Jackman Location Split
The St Louis report claims Alice Jackman the kidnapped heiress was not at Normandy Convent as thought. Instead she was placed on a train at Bridgeton near St Louis and taken to Chicago where she currently resides.
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St. Louis
Alice Jackman
Normandy
Bridgeton
Chicago
Budenbender’s Memory Bad In Chicago Fire Tale
Witness Budenbender swore Cronin was carried away by a gray horse, not a white one, claiming he saw the animal under electric light near the Windsor Theater. The theater burned April 30 and no electric light was present on May 4.
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Budenbender
ChicaGo
Cronin
Widsor
A Preacher's Vengeance Shot Kills Man in Tennessee
In Knoxville on November 25 Rev. M. Little of Elizabethton shot D. Hyder through the neck, causing fatal injuries. The minister says Hyder had ruined his daughter under a promise of marriage and failed to honor the agreement.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Rev
M. Little
Elizabethton
D. Hyder
Hyder
Sudden Death of an Old Soldier in Peoria
In Peoria Illinois on November 25 an unidentified man believed to be John Bamber, an elderly veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic, died suddenly at the Lakeview Hotel. Heart failure is listed as the probable cause. no relatives or background details are known.
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Peonrra
John Bamber
Lakeview
Cronin murder trial alibi efforts hinge on May 4 and 5
Chicago reports detail alibi testimony for O Sullivan, Kunze, Coughlin, and allies as witnesses recount May 4 and 5 events. Inconsistent statements, prior meetings, and the so called white horse characters shape the defense and prosecution battle in the Cronin case.
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Chicago
Cronin
Peter Koch
Kunze
James Hyland
Jeremiah Hyland
O'Sullivan
Niehman
Coughlin
Jeremiah
James
O’sullivan
Hylands
Michael Whalen
Dan Coughlin
East Chicago Avenue
Dr. Cronin
Tom Whalen
Stift
Whalen
Redmond McDonald
William Mulcahy
Carlson
Thomas Whalen
Patrick O’sullivan
Mulcahy
Matt Danahy
Clark Street
Chicago Avenue
Martin Burke
P. H. Nolan
Camp 20
Patrick Cooney
Burke
Winnipeg
William F. Coughlin
City Health Department
Danahy
John F. O'Malley
North Town Assessor
William Coughlin
O'Malley
James Lyman
Clan-na-Gael
Buffalo
Spellman
Peoria
Buffalo Committee
John F. Finnerty
Matthew P. Brady
John S. Mullin
Francis P. Gleason
Beggs
Republican Club
Grand Pacific Hotel
John Dwyer
Ohio News Roundup of Accidents and Appointments
State mining tragedies report two fatally injured miners Charles Bobbitt and Henry Nun at Nelsonville mine while a nine year old boy White is killed by a switch engine at Springfield. Governor Foraker appoints Wm. G. Sibley state librarian and Claude Meeker secretary with Col Mort Hawkins as adjutant general.
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Nelsonville Coal and Coke Company
Charles Bobbitt
Henry Nun
White
Springfield
Berrien
Carroll County
Foraker
Wm. G. Sibley
Meigs County
John M. Doane
Elecy Campbell
Claude Meeker
Mort Hawkins
Charles .Buien
Cincinnati
A. E. Jones
Walnut Hills
Toronto
Fostoria
Hartley Shaffer
Will Eakin
Wooster
Schaffer
Kansas
Congress
Plumb
Perkins
Peters
Kelly
Funston
Ohio
Mary Wallace
John Hicks
Iowa
William Hutson
Newark
Baily
Lancaster
Garfield
Cleveland
Institution For the Blind
Girls’ Industrial Home
Sandusky
Chas Cross
Milton Brothers
Pittsburgh
Minerva
Hiram Zerbe
Canton
Thomas Murphy
Tylersville
Nicholas Hiel
Tiffin
Joun Reynolds
Erie Railway
Galion
Toledo
Findlay
William Smith
William Farmer
Aggie Jones
Columbus
Evans
Ashland
Tur State Food and Dairy
Tos. Ashborn
U.S
Thomas
Knowles, Taylor , Knowles’ Pottery
East Liverpool
Lon Pottery
United States
Man Falls From Third Story Buried in Mud
Philadelphia man drops from a third story and becomes waist-deep in soft mud. He survives with minor injuries and jokes about a headlined presidential campaign. Separate quips note a rich man seeking a footer for his son and a cornet duet by Levy and Walter Emerson.
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Norristown Herald
Levy
Walter Emerson
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