A Curious Jam of Odd News And Ventures
A collage of brief items from the era notes Wiggii family misstatements, Aston ordering a baby carriage, Nova Scotia apple crops, a San Francisco dwelling, Paris fund totals, a farmer near Albany weighing 55 ounces, and French rifles promised for next spring. Also reported are a New York servant ring, a Castle Garden redheaded count, Ramiz Puttam’s farm income, a cider barrel accident in Greensville, a cancer scare for Joan Roacu, lemon water curing headaches, anarchist threats, a Philadelphia burglar denying NY alderman ties, and various curious odds about England, yellow ochre near Williamsport, a towering Bartholdi Statue light, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Wiggii
Europe
Aston
Nova Scotia
Janes C. Fivev
San Francisco
Tur Pasteur Institute Fund
Paris
Albany
N.Y
New York
Philadelphia
Sulllivan
England
Lonsdale
Williamsport
Bartholdi
Simon Cameron
Senate of Polk
David L. Yulee
Yreka
Siskiyou County
Cal
Sabine Pass
Kalamazoo, Mich
Henry Grorce
Abram S. Hewitt
New
Supreme Court narrows state power over interstate rail fares
Washington reports a landmark Supreme Court decision on interstate commerce. The court holds Illinois may not regulate railroad charges for traffic crossing state lines, stressing the importance of federal control to maintain free commerce. The Wabash case affirms continuous transportation across states and rebuts state attempts to divide charges by state lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Illinois
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad Company
Elder and McKinney
Peoria
New York
Issac Baily
F. O. Swanell
Gilman
Miepers
Sureme Court of
Congress
Supreme Court
Munn
Twelve Year Old Murderer Shocks Missouri Community
In Lebanon Missouri Otto Hillig a farmer near the city was fatally shot by Charles Molott twelve year old neighbor boy. Molott after a earlier stone throwing incident obtained a shotgun at his home and killed Mr Hillig with a single blast. Police investigate motive and circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Otto Hillig
Charles Molott
Molott
Mr. Hillig
Two Italians duel over country girl in woods
In Reapixe Pennsylvania two Italian men quarreled over a young countrywoman. They drew rifles in a woodland duel, one was badly wounded while the other escaped with the girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reapixe
A Curious Way to Commit Death by Own Action
A strange death by own action occurred near Burlington Mica October 25. E. J. Wilcox aged 60 waited until family retired then took a dynamite cartridge under his arm and stepped outside. A terrific report and fragments scattered in every direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
Mica
Here
E. J. Wilcox
Dwelling Wrecked by Natural Gas Explosion
In Detroit Michigan on October 25 a house near New Baltimore Maryland owned by John Lafaber was wrecked by a natural gas explosion. His wife sustained slight injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mica
John Lafaber
New Biltimore
Geronimo Arrives at Ft Pickens With Warriors
Geronimo arrives at Ft Pickens on Santa Rosa Island opposite Pensacola and is confined there with fourteen other warriors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pensacola
Fun
Geronimo
Ft. Pickens
Santa Roland
Lena Fairbanks Sent to Reform School for Horse Theft
Howett October 25 Lena Fairbanks a 13 year old girl was sent to the reform school at Adrian today for horse stealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howett, Mica
Lena Fairbanks
Adrian
Ice on mill pond prompts caution to boy skater
City editor notes ice about an inch thick on the mill pond and warns reporter to keep a boy with skates away, urging swift action. The tense exchange hints at potential danger and a precautionary stance from newsroom leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Cashier
Sumerville's Shakes Report Water Rise From Quake
Caageston, D. C., Oct. 24. A minor seismic tingle at Sumerville today followed a larger Friday quake. Water in wells rose unusually with a depot well increasing 34 feet, while the general rise ranged 6 to 8 feet. In one case water climbed 15 feet then receded. Observers note water escaped from fissures or geysers formed on August 31 night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caageston
D. C
Summerville
Celestial Fireworks Meteor Explodes Over Atlanta
At midnight in Atlanta a four foot long meteor with a rotating motion lit the sky as clouds cleared. The iron like body burned intensely, then burst into about a hundred pieces over the eastern horizon, accompanied by a loud explosive sound and a citywide sensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
St Louis Wins World Championship in Sixth Game
In St Louis on October 24 the sixth title game between St Louis and Chicago concluded with St Louis 4 Chicago 8, clinching the world championship for St Louis and bringing their series winnings to 13,910. Earlier the local series saw St Louis lose to Chicago 6 5, marking a fifth straight defeat for the Maroons at Browns hands as the Browns captured the city American Association and world titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Chicago
American Association
Maroons
Browns
Clerk Shoots Self at Andi tor's Office
Robert W. Alston, a clerk at the Andi tor's office, announced his intent to end it all then fired a .38 pistol, killing himself at his desk. The shot singed his hair and shattered his skull. he died forty-five minutes later. Son of Colonel Bob Alston of Atlanta, his act followed reports of nervous low mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasa HinoTon
Robert W. Alston
Government Service
Bob Alston
Atlanta
Train collision near Detroit injures crew and burns two
Detroit October 24 A passenger train on the Detroit Grand Haven and Milwaukee line collided with a freight train near Detroit Both engines wrecked Engineers Augustus Odell and Fireman Omas Barrett leapt to safety and suffered bad bruises Baggageman John Hennessy and Thomas B Alexander were horribly burned Fireman John Smedly was fatally hurt Freight engineer Nicholas Lamb was badly cut and scalded
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit, Mica
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee
Detroit
Augustus Odell
Omas Barrett
John Hennessy
Thomas B. Alexander
John Smedly
Nicholas Lamb
Joliet Clerk W J Carter Shoots Self in Lafayette Park
Wm J Carter a Joliet Ill businessman shot himself at the base of the Shakspeare statue in Lafayette Park in St Louis. The act followed unrequited love with a Joliet woman. He is critically injured. A letter indicates he pursued the relationship despite hopeful and despondent moments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Wm. J. Carter
Joliet, Ill
Shakspeare
Lafayette Park
Carter
Joliet
An Old Man Murdered Near Pacific Missouri
The body of Alexander McVicars eighty, well known locally, was found with two bullet holes in the head and throat cut from ear to ear in a ravine near Pacific Missouri. He was last seen with a young man Webster Jackson, suspected to have killed him for the old man's money. Jackson escaped and is at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paciic
Alexander McVicars
Pacific
McVicars
Webster Jackson
Jackson
Missing bookkeeper at Shourds firm linked to $10,000 shortage
William Holmgrau, book-keeper and cashier for Shourds, Storey & Kasper jewelers, is missing. Accounts show a $10,000 shortfall. He served the firm eight years and has not been seen since Tuesday. Suspected to be in Canada. his duel position allowed ongoing peculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
William Holmgrau
Shourds
Storey & Kasper
Holmgrau
Canada
Holmgran
Drought Kills Twenty Million Sheep in South America
Panama reports The Buenos Ayres Standard tallying drought losses across the pampas. Over 20,000,000 sheep died from disease in the Llanos, with immediate losses near 5,000,000 pounds, though total impact will be higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Buenos Ayres Standard
Llanos
Wake candle fire harms infant in Arcotte home
In Dover on October 24 a wake at Joseph N Arcotte’s house ended in tragedy when a lighted candle toppled on an altar for a six months old child. The altar caught fire and the infant was severely burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
N. H
Joseph N. Arcotte
Immigrants Arriving in September Surpass Last Year
WasHinton reports 40 041 immigrants arrived in September, up from 27 771 in September 1885. For the first nine months this year arrivals total 294 720, compared with 268 688 in the same period last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton
Bureau of Statistics
United States
Gladstone Attacked by Wasps Delays Church Attendance
London October 24. Mr Gladstone while near a tree at Hawarden Saturday stirred a wasp nest. He was bitten causing his face to swell and preventing his attendance at church today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gladstone
Hawarden
Costa Rica Volcano Irazu Shows Activity With Smoke
Advices from Panama dated October 17 report smoke rising from the Irazu volcano near Cartago, Costa Rica, challenging its former status as extinct and suggesting volcanic activity is unusually high this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Panama
Irazu
Cartago
Costa Rica
Twe Apaches Ditched
New Orleans dispatch reports a special L&N train carrying U S troops and Apache Indians was ditched near Rigolets last evening. No injuries are reported and details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Louisville and Nashville
U. S
Rigolets
Shocking Violent Earthquake Reefed City Structures
A second powerful earthquake struck causing widespread alarm from morning to evening. Buildings cracked, plaster fell, scaffolding collapsed, and workers fled streets. No fatalities reported. several injured by falls. The quake rattled across the state and reached Washington, D C, with strong effects on tall structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lestoy
Cotton Exchange
Somerville
Orgin
Florida
Virginna
Washington, D. C
Veil over Liberty statue during preparatory ceremonies
New York reports a temporary veil covering the Statue of Liberty face for the October 28 ceremonies. A 50 by 17 foot canvas will be replaced by a large French flag. Work advances include torch lighting fixtures, reflector cases, and electric wiring to illuminate the statue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Status of Liberty
M. Bartholdi
Rance
Wedded in a Window in Indianapolis Show Window Marriage
A Morgan City couple Otto Myer and Eva Johnson wed in a store show window after a local clothing firm offered furniture as a prize. The ceremony, witnessed by about three thousand people, drew strong cheers as the bride and groom appeared amid a harbor of curiosity and public curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Otto Myer
Eva Johnson
Morgan
Caere
Milies
Felled by an Axe at Night Near Verba Farm
Martin Soukup, described as slightly demented after a lightning stroke, attacked two women saving furniture after setting fire to Verba’s barn near the city. He felled Mrs. Sourar and Mrs. Newt with an axe. both were injured. Neighbors restrained him until authorities arrived. Soukup had been drinking and faced threats from locals over whisky sales.
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Seba Cepar Rapros
Martin Soukup
Verba
Sourar
Newt
D Por
Soukup
Aceet
Wetro
Ngaene
Robbers seize Amex agent in Vermonville office raid
Three unknown men stormed the American Express Company office in Vermonville Michigan seizing Agent W M Baile tying him and gagging him then rifled the safe taking about 800 dollars. Charles Hall heard a disturbance and freed Baile after finding him bound near a safe leg. The burglars escaped with little detail but Baile was unharmed.
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Vermontville
Mich
American Express Company
W. M. Baile
Charles Hall
Baile
Businesses Failures Nationwide Reported This Week
New York Oct 22 The latest weekly business failures show 182 in the United States and 16 in Canada, total 188, vs 179 last week and 190 two weeks ago. Casualties in town and Middle States are light, while Western Southern and Pacific states report higher than average numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Canada
Middle States
Pacific
Appropriations Committee to Meet in Washington on Nov 22
The clerk of the House Committee on Appropriations will notify members to attend a November 22 meeting in Washington. With a short session ahead, Chairman Randall aims to have appropriation bills ready for House action soon after the assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
Congress
Randall
House
Rumors of Czar Household Turmoil End in Fatal Shot
In Loxpox on October 21 rumors swirl about the Czar’s household amid alleged hallucinations. It is claimed the Czar shot an adjutant dead during a rapid approach. Vienna reports a rumor of the Czar’s death after a palace incident involving Count Reutern who rebuttoned his tunic and was shot as the Czar feared a weapon.
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Vienna
Count Reutern
Reutern
Ex-manager Bradley jailed for Pullman Palace theft
At Anteaco on October 21 F J F Bradley, former manager of the Pullman Palace Car Company, faced arraignment for embezzlement and pleaded guilty. Judge Collins sentenced him to five years in Joliet penitentiary. papers ordered and Bradley moved to Joliet on the noon train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anteaco
F. J. F. Bradley
Pullman Palace Oir Company
Lyon
Bradley
Collins
Joliet
Ingersoll Ill but Not Slain by Torture of Throat
News from New York reports Colonel Robert Ingersoll is ill with throat trouble but showing no serious symptoms. He will remain at home for several days and a second operation to remove the throat tumor has not yet been decided. No political engagements are possible this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Ingersoll
Wall Street
Smuggling duties collected on training ships Sara toga and Portsmouth
In Newport R I Oct 21 a Deputy Collector boarded the ships Sara toga and Portsmouth and collected duties on contraband found by inspectors. The amount paid, nearly 800 dollars, came after protests. Ships leave tomorrow and the protest will go to the Secretary of the Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. 1
Saratoga
Portsmouth
Kerr shoots brother after domestic scandal at Wyoming ranch
In Cheyenne Wy, October 22, ex Speaker J. B. Kerr of the Wyoming House and his brother were shot at their ranch. Details are scarce, but officials say a domestic scandal preceded the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyromine
Kerr
Wye
House of Representatives
Maine Veterans to Have their Beer
Aveusta Mt Oct 21 The Law Court ruled unanimously that beer destined for sale at the National Soldiers Home is not seizeable by state officers in transit. The decision holds no state law is violated by home sales and state courts lack jurisdiction over liquors for sale at the Home, reversing Portland Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aveusta
Law Court
Soldiers’ Home
National Soldiers’ Home
Portland
Skinners' Company Sells 35000 Acres in Londonderry
Londonderry news reports the Skinners' Company has sold 35,000 acres to tenants under the Ashbourne act. Terms align with other city company sales and follow the act's provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londorn
Skinners’ Company
Londonderry
Ashbourne
Record of Fifth Championship Game in St Louis
In St Louis the fifth game of the championship series ended with Chicago defeating the home team 38 to 10. The series now stands Chicago eight to St Louis two.
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St. Louis
Chicagos
Gold Discovery Near Graylock Mountain in Massachusetts
Norta Adams Massachusetts October 22 report a gold find in a gulch on the east side of Graylock Mountain. An experienced Western miner notes quartz veins in the area and two old mines have reexamined the site. Local capitalists are reportedly interested, eyeing the vein’s extent.
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Bay State
Norta Adams
Mass
Graylock Mountain
A Schoolmaster for Governor N e w a r k N J Oct 22
The Greenbackers of New Jersey met in Newark and nominated Erastus Potter a Port Oram schoolmaster for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Erastus Potter
Port Oram
Fire at Curiaco lumber yard and varnish warehouse
A blaze at Jacobs' lumber yard and the American Varnish Company warehouse in Curiaco caused $85,000 in damage. Injured are Henry Steck, Stephen George, and an unnamed varnish worker. Steck's condition is critical, the others are dying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Jacobs’ Lumber Yard
American Varnish Company
Henry Steck
Stephen George
Steck
Tunnel collapse buries two men near Biatineron
Davin L. and his son William L. of Milport Carvon County died when a tunnel under Sterling Slate near Biatineron collapsed this morning. They fell about one hundred feet and were buried under earth. Recovery will take months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biatineron, Pa
Davin
William
Ourren
Milport
Carvon County
Sterling Slate Neeter
Prominent Lawyer Evades Law With Canada Visit
Eugene M. Converse, a well known young attorney from Batttle Creek Michigan, fled to Canada taking $4000 from a mortgage collection for Eastern parties. A confession letter was received. He had prior minor breaches of trust, but friends aided him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek, Mis
Eugene M. Converse
Canada
Cox Nominated for Congress in Ninth District
New York Oct 21 S 8 Cox tonight accepted the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Ninth District and addressed the committee of notification with a brief speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minister Cox
Congress
New York
Cox
Ninth District
Committee of Notification
St Louis defeats Chicago in fourth game of series
The fourth game of the seven game series between St. Louis and Chicago was played in St. Louis. St. Louis won 8 to 5 to even the series at two games each.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Kladno Feared as Bo-Prises Town Threatened
Loxpon October 23 reports Kladno a Bohemian town under threat as every street is built over iron and coal veins. The fragmentary dispatch notes widespread danger and structural concerns amid the town’s industrial base.
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Loxpon
Kladno
Pos Siok Atep
Truss Fall Kills Boss Carpenter in Eris Pennsylvania
A crew of car penters at a work site in Eris Pennsylvania encountered a fatal accident when a truss collapsed. Boss carpenter William Kreyer died instantly andJohn Schnell was fatally injured along with three others sustaining minor injuries. Authorities investigated the collapse and secured the scene.
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Eris
Wm. Kreyer
John Schnell
Ohio Farm Fire and County News Highlights
A Montgomery County farm loss of 600 bushels wheat 700 bushels oats 20 tons hay and gear plus three horses and two colts totals 6000 dollars with no insurance except horses and hay. Other items note Fayette County drought Candor schools closed Jeffersonville and West Lancaster and a Dayton pension office case restoring an insane man to his friends. Ripley Huron County child death from scalding, Lima oil strike, Columbus lawman jail cases and a string of local incidents including prison fire damage and a Toled o counterfeit bust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Davis
Washington Township
Montgomery County
Ohio Farmers
Fayette County
Jeffersonville
West Lancaster
Notable Duplicitous Tales From Diverse Pages
A collage of short notices and anecdotes from an old Philadelphia and New York press roundup. It mentions Senator Mitchell of Vermont becoming a father and grandfather the same day, a rich New York woman proposing an asylum for injured polo players, census chief Francis A. Walker estimating the U.S. population near eighty million in 1, and the Frost family of Locust Valley tracing eight generations at their ancestral farm since 1660. Other items cover a Philadelphia philanthropist organizing servant girls, a fat man’s race prize in Pittsburgh won by a 350-pound butcher, an amputated hat incident on a Baltimore & Ohio train, Adelina Speech’s death in Rome, Hugo-like tales of John Templeton and Braham, and Elbridge T. Gerry’s leadership of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children with vast inheritances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Mitchell
Vermont
New York
Francis A. Walker
United States
Valentine Frost
Locust Valley
L. I
Moses Sterns
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
John Allison
St. John’s Run
Baltimore
Adelina Speech
Adelina Patti
Rome
Malibran
Chicago Journal
Glasgow
Thomas Lupton
Tom Lupton
N. Y
John Templeton
Templeton
Braham
Indepen
Elbridge T. Gerry
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Peter Goelet
Mischievous Quips and Regional Wit in Tiny Extracts
A collage of quips and short anecdotes from various papers includes jokes about grasshopper music, a Texas mule and lawyer fatality, turtle soup from pond water, theater jokes on being a speckled spectator, a beard measuring Court response, and a polite plea to say no. The items travel through French, Berlin, and American publications, ending with a punchy Irish remark on health from a New-city water cart drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown Herald
Texas
New Haven News
Berlin
Wes
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Castle Garden
Ramiz Puttam
Michigan
Greensville
Joan Roacu
General Grant
St 18
Buckner
France
Benedict Arnold
Boston
Ayr
Scotland
Burns
Rhodopis
Newburg
BacaElor
East Grand Forks
D. T
Tuz
Lucy
Joseph Ricbenbeck
John Lawrence Sullivan
Christiana
INTER
Earth At
Committee On Appropriations
Czar
Justice
Ingersoll’s Hiness
Maine
Boss Carpenter
Gro. E. Vocet
Cincinnati
Cutter Street
Ohio Valley
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Pension Office
Graham
Dayton
Chas. Cawlan
Secret Service
Rodgers
Caldwell
Fat Heeter
Ths
Trenton
Tuscarawas County
Heeter
Toledo
John Bennett
Michael Sweeney
Hall
John Brenner
West Township
Columbiana County
Brenner
Will
Industry
Wellsville
James Horgan
Eberly, Killaire & Co
Pennsylvania
H. L. Auvstix
A. P. Rich
Newark Salvatorists
Spitzer & Co
Wabash
Ind
Fostoria
Fremont
Prof. Link
Springfield
Lima
Tur Grand Lodge of
Cleveland
Ripley
Huron County
Dwight Bare
Clinton James
Brighton Station
Clinton
One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio Regiment
Crestiine
Chicago Junction
Ohio Powder Works
Youngstown
James Polley
Masonic Temple
Order
Grand Lodge of Ohio
Pearl and
Plum Streets
T. J. Nottingham Manufacturing and Supply Co
Henry Furst
Ohio Internal Revenue District
Order Torium
Boston Bulletin
Albany Journal
WN. Y. Sun
Charles
Sargaparilla
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