West Virginia mine mystery ends with cannibal note
In Corttmms West Virginia a decades old mine disaster yields a skull and a bottle containing a penciled note from four men describing their cave entrapment and cannibalism. The note, dated November 2 140 percent, claims Beo Ayers Tom Ackerson and John Ewing killed Ben Ayers and that Ewing ate a foot. Burial details follow as local residents recall the eerie tale.
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Corttmms
W. Va
David Snyder
John Ewing
Ben Ayres
Tom Avkelson
Joe Gimney
Johning
Tom Ackerson
Beo Ayers
Ewing
Ackerson
Wien
Wisner
Bettie
Andy
KILLED BY A MARSHAL IN EMPIRE CITY SHOOTING
Reports from Empire City describe a fatal shooting after a test drive incident. Will Mitchell died from gunshot wounds after a confrontation with Marshal Cole who opened fire as Mitchell collapsed. The incident sparked calls over justification and violence by law enforcement.
Bouts Arranged for Mariiton Hall Tuesday Night
The athletic tournament at Hamilton Hall Tuesday evening will start at 8 20pm with bouts: Wade Watts vs Jim Finney five rounds, Seouy Kane vs Hoo Youngman six rounds, Ramsey vs Bob Hall four rounds, Frank Tucker vs Harry Bredshew four rounds, Jesse Harper vs Richardson four rounds, and Seouy Kane vs Jack Pittsbergstad two best to three. Some changes possible in last two bouts but first three will proceed as listed. The program also includes wrestling and the Big Four quartet feature.
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Fleet
Mariiton Hall
Scolly Kans
Dick Cooley
Hamil
Tomercow
Wades Watte Va
Jim Finney
Seouy Kane Ve. Hoo Youngman
Ramsey Va
Bob Hall
Frank Tucker
Harry Bredshew
Jesse Harper
Richardson
Seouy Kane
Jack Pitzgerstd
Fo Riley
Aca
Kinetoscope Losses From Big Fight Debacle
News from New York on February 24 reports the kinetoscope company estimating losses between 70000 and 2500 due to the failed pugilistic carnival. Don Stuart started arrangements with sinews of war supposedly supplied by the kinetoscope people. Managers of Fitzsimmons and Maher allegedly controlled the promoter’s fate, with potential earnings of 6500,000 if the event cleared a long slate of rounds.
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New Yerk
Don Stuart
Fitzsimmons
Maher
Jameson in England Arrives with Jameson’s Men
The steamship Victoria carried Dr. Jameson and 250 of his men to Davenport from Port Natal. Crowds greeted the arrival despite secrecy. Reports say Jameson and his officers are not formally arrested yet but are under military arrest.
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Victoria
Dr. Jameson
Davenport
Port Natal
Lithographers Strike to Hit 12 Cities in Canada and U S
New York reports a Central Labor Union announcement that a general strike of the International Lithograph Artists and Engravers Protective and Insurance Union will begin. About 1,000 workers will go out, with 500 in New York and Brooklyn. other affected cities include Buffalo Louisville Cincinnati Chicago Detroit St Louis Rochester Milwaukee Boston Cleveland and Toronto.
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New York
Central Labor Union
Internaonal Lithograph Artists and Engravers’ Protective and Insurance Union
Canada
Brooklyn
Buffal
Louisville
Cincinnati
Chicago
Detroit
St Louis
Rochester
Milwaukee
Boston
Cleveland
Toronto
Booths successor will lead Salvation Army in US
Booth Tucker and his wife are named to take charge of the Salvation Army in the United States, succeeding Mr and Mrs Harlington Booth. In other items, a Langston man Cox is found guilty of perjury in a land case, with potential prosecutions to follow. Snel Clary dies at 68, remembered for not actively campaigning for Harrison in 1840 and for bequeathing his campaign bet to Mrs Dimmick on her marriage to General Harrison.
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Booth Tucker
Bill Harlington Booth
Salvation Army
United States
Guranm
C. T
Robert 8. Cox
Langston
Mra Dimmick
Anglo American Company Eyes Siberian Gold Deposits
Viapryoseem reports Feb 2 and 4 that Anglo American Company agents arrive to work Eastern Siberia alluvial gold. They plan to purchase abandoned claims and seek to extract gold using improved machinery and processes, advancing exploration and investment.
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Viapryoseem
Siberia
Corbett's Gaily Shot at Fite Derksrr, Mich
Corbett the pigilist and his company played 2 packed honoc at the Lyceum the ater night. Corbett said he expects nothing from Fitzsimn mone. he has shown he does not want him and never will. He can help it. A Baleide at 98 Fears of Age. Lexineray Ky Feb 24 The oldest Baptist preacher in the State, Rev Beary Maer of Powell's Valley, committed death by own action last night. He would have been 100 in June and had been a minister since he was 13.
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Fite Derksrr
Mich
Pigilist
Lyceum Theater
Fitzsimnmone
Agai
Lexineray
Beary Maer
Powell's Valley
Jone
Hax
Breeden for Mex Meybrick Liberated Likely Next Week
There is strong reason to believe the Home Secretary has decided to release Mrs Meybrick, convicted some years ago at Liverpool for poisoning her husband. An official announcement is expected in the near future, possibly next week.
Fire Horror Claims Seven in Maryland Row House Blaze
In Barrons Maryland a four story granite front residence on Charles street housed thirteen people when a November morning fire trapped occupants. Seven died from asphyxiation and burns, five were injured, including a fatal jump. Firemen and neighbors saved others using ladders as Houdini escapes and heroism emerged amid charred debris.
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Marias Champlin
Dames EK. Armiger
James Champlin
Horace E Manuel
New York City
A. 5
Abeli
McAtee
Mrs. Arminger
Dows
Alice Williams
Charles Street
Eleanor
Virginia
Arimiper
Mr. Arminger
Richard Tley
Mr. Riles
Irish Demands Meet in New York for Release of Prisoners
A New York meeting at Grand Opera House gathered Irish and Irish American figures to press Britain for the release of prisoners. Edward O Flaherty chaired the event with Judge Fitzgerald and John R Fellows among speakers. Resolutions urged immediate liberty for prisoners in British jails and for the U.S. government to act on behalf of American citizens and international decency.
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New York
New Youk
Grand Opera House
Edward O'Flaherty
Pane
James Fitz
Judge Fitzgerald
John Henry McCarthy
Board of Aldermen
Jake Jerolomon
John R. Fellows
William Lyman
Irish National Alliance of America
O'Donovan Rossa
John P. Brophy
Father Smith
Boston
James J. Haggerty
Ancient Order of Io E
M. J. Li
P. J. Byron Sud
MT. Sharkey
Fitzgerald
Republic
Ireland
Great Britain
Settlement possible in Manitoba school dispute
Sir Donald Smith met with Premier Greenway, who signaled concessions to Roman Catholics if the coercion bill is withdrawn and Manitoba settles the school question independently. Smith may advise dropping the remedial bill, paving the way for general elections on other issues. Harris held for bank robbery in Savannah. bail set at $5,000.
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Donald
Dominion
In Oregon Reed admirer sends 24 pound salmon to speaker
A Reed admirer in Oregon sent the speaker a 24 pound salmon. Reports note efforts by Dingley on seal-killing bill and a Cripple Creek mining district richness study. Argentine wheat crop damaged by rain and postal bill amendments sparking inspection changes.
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Dingley
Ways and Mesas
Geological Survey
Cripple Creek
State Department
Congress
Cleveland
Daughters of the American Revolution
Ohio Battlegrounds
1St
England
George D. Robinson
Springfield
Naas
Jame Golden
Little Rock
Charleston
Ber
Weyler
Davis
Richmond
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago Union League Club
Carthage
Verrine
Washington
New York
Russia surveys Canada as model for Siberian railway prospects
An analysis notes Siberia as a vast resource region with gold graphite lapis lazi, coal and iron near Nerchinsk Nikolaevsk Amur fish yields of 8 million pounds, and cites Canada’s 4 000 000 population building a transcontinental railway in four years. It argues Siberia could mirror Canada with lower relative costs and strong resource development.
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Siberia
Canada
Nerchinsk
Nikolaefsk
Amur
Khabarofka Museum
Canadian Pacific Railway
Pacific
Atlantic Ocean
Russia
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Canadien Railway
Siberien
Heatwave Devastates Australia Across Colonies
The New York Sun reports an unprecedented Australian heatwave with Sydney reaching 110 degrees and several colonies over 100. Victoria and South Australia also record extreme highs, Bourke records 39 deaths in two days, water and stock vanish, vineyards scorch, and bushfires force evacuations as horses, birds, and livestock perish under searing conditions.
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Sydney
Victoria
South Australia
New South Wolves
Bourke
New York Sun
Mercer Bill Aims to Make Fourth of July a National Holiday
Representative Mercer introduced a bill in the House to declare July 4 a national holiday. He notes Congress only created a D C holiday and cites historical views by Puritans and early lawmakers. Mercer argues no act currently makes the Fourth a national holiday and seeks to fix that omission.
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Mercer
District of Columbia
House
United States Congress
Territories
Congress
Washington
Coffee experiment in San Joaquin valley may boom ranches
Col Charles F Crocker plans a coffee plantation in the San Joaquin valley hoping for a future boom if the effort succeeds. He imported 1,000 yearling Arabian coffee plants aboard the San Juan via agent Samuel Howe who died mid voyage. The plants are boxed and prepared, to be planted this fall, though six years pass before bearing fruit. Scientists doubt coffee will thrive there due to moisture needs.
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Charles F. Crocac
San Joaquin
San Francisco Chronicle
Pacific Mail Company
San Juan
Central America
Col. Crocker
Samuel Howe
San Joaquin Valley
Rockefeller Dines With Carpenters In Wall Street Tale
John D Rockefeller shares a noonday meal with carpenters at a stable project near Yonkers on the Hudson. The multimillionaire steps from his carriage house to join the workmen for lunch, inviting the group to eat together and bond over the impromptu feast.
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John D. Rockefeller
Carpenters
Wall Street
Uorrytown-on-the-Hudson
Turndig Into Bone Ossification of Edward Forrest in Had son Mass
Edward Forrest of Had son Massachusetts is described as ossifying since last July with legs hips affected and constant pain relieved by morphine. He weighs about 110 pounds now, born in San Francisco 96 years ago, previously in poor health for 24 years before ossification set in.
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Edward Forrest
Hadson
Mass
San Francisco
New York Recorder
Crime to Steal Dogs in West Virginia Legal Quirk
In Morgantown a dog theft case ends with a judge ruling dogs are not property under law. James Shack is declared guilty of stealing a chain and sentenced to jail. A separate note claims a Kokomo resident will move a $60,000 stone house to Peoria, with moving costs around $1,000. Pope Leo XII advice article ends with a Verona gossip item.
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James Shack
Morgantown
Franklin Barnes
Sudge Haywood
Aod
Kokoto
Ind
Peoria
Ill
Preesher
Thors
Leo XII
Verona
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