Train Disaster Kills 104 Near Mexico City
A catastrophic Inter Oceanic line wreck near the Mexico City area kills 104 and wounds nearly 100 as a 1500 passenger pilgrimage train plunges from a steep curve into a chasm. Rescue crews, helped by Americans aboard, evacuate the injured to the capital and a military hospital. Investigators blame engineer negligence for failing to brake. the incident echoes a prior 1681 rail tragedy in Mexico.
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Crry
Mexico
Inter-Oceanic
Sacre Monte
Inter Oceanic
Loo
Timamita
Tensago
Bfe
City of
Diaz Masy
Soca
San Morelos
Cusrtia
New York City Building Collapses Kill Five, Injure Nineteen
In New York City two construction incidents toppled structures. A corner at Forty third Street and Tenth Avenue collapsed during demolition, burying several workers. At Orchard Street, a central wall of four double tenements fell, creating a 50 by 30 foot gap. One man died and twelve were hurt within hours as rescuers cleared the wreckage.
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New York City
Forty-third Street
Tenth Avenue
Orchard Street
Missouri War Claims In Butler Amendment Highlights
Senator Butler’s deficiency bill amendment totals 1 408 342 dollars covering depredation claims from Missouri and Kansas. Names include Belcher Vernon Bell Cal lard Clay Carlisle Iron Greene Davis Bates Graham Jackson Gearrell Keithly Legg Lynch Longacre Mayer Robinson Wall Withers Dunlap and others with amounts from 55 to 2 160 dollars. Also mentions Raiff of Company H Fifth Volunteer Cavalry and Prof Doremus endorsing Dr Price’s Baking Powder as pure.
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Butler
Wasaiyetes
Houston County
Pleasant Longacre
Cass County
James Mayer
Iron County
John Robinson
Wabster County
Joseph Wall
Pettis County
George Withers
Cooper County
Joseph Dunlap
Greenwood Coun
Im Raiff
Company H
Fifth Volunteer Cavalry
Broad Briefs From Across The Nation In One Wire
Governor Holcomb is seriously ill with la grippe while St Joseph Milling goes to a receiver. A Portland warehouse fire causes 75000 in losses. McClernand, aged 83, is near death. In Hartford City a glass works strike erupts over wages involving 260 workers. A Glenville fire cremates four children as Tom and Dora Meadows attend a dance. Waxelbaum & Son in Macon, burned out recently, also enters receivership. Steamship King Don’s fate is sealed after December voyage. Pens NL Coal cuts miners’ pay with a looming March 4 strike. California Senate rejects Hawaiian annexation resolution. National Council of Women urges organization for government reform. Silver Cliff ore strike yields 8100 feet with 16000 to 20000 ounces per ton. New York delegates strike in sympathy with electrical workers at major hotels. February coinage totals 6692100 dollars with standard dollars 200 silver dollars. A Kimball saloon brawl results in 4 wounded and 1 killed after mass gunfire. In Franklin Washington a miner dies after a struggle following a consented hold. Telephones: Phoenix Shirt Factory, 122 East Sixth.
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Governor Holcomb
Nebraska
la Grippe
St. Joseph Milling Company
Portland
Ore
John A. McClernand
Hartford City
Ind
Sneath Glass Works
Glenville
Ala
Tom
Dora Meadows
Macon
Waxelbaum & Son
Kingdon
Jones
Hamburg
Philadelphia
Chariston
Pens, NL. Coal Company
California Senate
Essembly
Congress
Hawaiian Islands
Senate
the Nations
Council of Women
Silver Cliff
Col
Geyser Company
New York
Board of Walking
Hotel Savoy Annex
Missionaire C. T. Yerkes
New Astor Mansion
United States
Dixie
Kimball
Norfolk and Western Roand
West Virginia
Frank Marion
Joseph Beans
Franklin
Wash
John Williams
Silver Democrats Urge Unite For Free Coinage Policy
A March report from Are Wasarveton outlines a Democratic silver manifesto led by Mr. Bryan. Fifteen states signed as the push for free coinage of gold and silver at 16 to 1 intensifies party unity efforts and presses newspapers to back bi metallicism while warning of financial bondage under gold standard and urging immediate action.
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Wasarveton
Bryan
United States
Democratic Party
Kansan Ingalls Addressed in Missouri House
Jeffrison Ortz Missouri March 2 An ovation greeted John J Ingalls in the Missouri House. A resolution invited him to speak and was adopted with a cheer Speakers escort fetched him to the chamber and he spoke in good humor. Tubbs bill cutting the insurance superintendent salary to 2500 passed. Major Bittinger bill to fund Blair and Benton statues reported favorably.
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Missouri
Hot of Representatives
Jeffrison
St. Louis
Mr. Ingalls
Ingalls
Senator Ingalls
Dr. Tubbs
Major Bittinger
Blair
Benton
Statuary Hall
National Capitol
Missouri Solons Pass Bill Cutting Telephone Hates
The Missouri House suspended rules to pass a bill cutting telephone charges in St Louis Kansas City and other cities. Ayes 72 Nays 25. Rates set St Louis 60 Kansas City 35 St Joseph 30 and other cities 25. Senate adjourns. university funding up to 87800. Deputy U S Marshal and posse capture Harvey Carter near Crosby Creek Ind Ter and locate Wilson and Smith.
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Jaretson City
St Louis
Kansas City
St. Louis
St Joseph
House
Senate
United States
Sam Farmer
Posse
Hughes
Harvey Carter
Crosby Creek
Ind
Ter
Wilson
Smith
Weekly trade review notes wait for London and cautious market
R G Dun & Co reports no gold outflow despite rising sterling, though the syndicate shows little effort to control exchange. London has sold about 40,000 shares this week as railroad stocks slide while trusts gain modestly. Foreigner selling predominates. daily gold redemptions average around 120000 dollars. Wheat up 13 cents on seasonality, corn marginally higher. exports northern markets cited, with weather dulling receipts. Weekly U S failures total 250, Canada 38. Price’s Cross Baking Powder touted for purity as a selling point.
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London
Dun & Co
Sterling Exchange
Atlantic
United States
Canada
ORDERED TO LEAVE CRISIS FOR MIXED M marriage
James Brown a colored man married to Myrtle Brickey, both in Emponta Kansas, received a red skull and crossbones kluklux note ordering him to depart under threat of death. Police confirmed no danger, but relatives and friends guarded the house overnight. The girl's father demands separation to end the union.
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Emponta
Kan
James Brown
Myrtle Brickey
Lottery Bill Passes In Ho And Senate
Speaker Crisp named Judge Broderick as the anti-lottery bill advanced with no visible opposition after senate passage. Other notes report two women killed near Pratt City, Chicago newspaper changes, a federal debt drop, a Boston welterweight draw, a Kansas veteran murder, a Missouri house inquiry, Buckner’s Army Salve ads, and local sale ads.
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Broderick
Crisp
Senate
Coals to Newcastle as California ships oranges south
Pomona March 2 A New England idiom is used as Southern California sends a carload of oranges to Florida to ease a post freeze shortage. hotel keepers in St Augustine and others order weekly shipments from Pomona Valley. shipments expected to run until about April 15 as northern travelers depart.
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Southern California
Florida
Pomona
Cal
Newcastle
Man
San Antonis Pratt Excel
St Augustine
Ponce de Leon
Pomone Valley
Patti and May Yohe Star in London Theatres
May Yohe and Arthur Roberts headline openings at the Lexpos Avenue theatres as rival first nights spark interest in Dandy Dick Whittington and Gentleman Joe roles. The Lyceum and Vaudeville runs wrap up tonight while Oudin memorial concerts spark £1500+ receipts despite influenza. Brahms joins Bologna Academy as Mme Albini's illness deepens and Adelina Patti resumes local triumphs at Nice.
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Patti
May Yohe
Dick Whittington
Lexpos
Prince of Wales Theater
Avenue Theater
Lady Francis Hope
Arthur Roberts
Seate
Avenue
Dick Whitton
Roberts
Joe
Santa Claus
Lyceum Theater
Artiss
Oudin Memorial Concer
Queen's Hall
Sunday Philharmonic Union
Johannes Brahms
Yas Academy of Bologna
Mme. Albini
Adelina Patti
Nice
Frozen oranges kill and danger warned in Indiana
Carrie Williams, four, of Newcastle Indiana, died after eating frozen oranges. Doctors report a spike in similar poisonings from frozen Florida oranges. Authorities urged destruction of frozen oranges shipped from Florida after a recent devastation news. Indianapolis board of trade plans to aid drought victims in Colorado with $3,000 and grain and breadstuffs shipments to Washington county. A relief store room will coordinate supplies for the needy.
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Newcastle
Ind
Carrie
Wm. Williams
Florida
Price
Colorado
Indianapolis
Not Enough Gold Sir Charles Hunter Sees English Shift
Sir Charles Hunter, an English baronet, has followed recent senate financial debates and told senators that England is turning toward bimetallism. He asserts the English belief that gold alone cannot supply the world’s full circulating medium, signaling a global shift in monetary thinking.
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Charles Hunter
Washrneton
England
Veto Campaign Gains Steam in El Paso Free Zone Debate
El Paso March 2 a Southern Pacific employee circulates a petition to President Cleveland urging him to veto a resolution barring foreign goods from being shipped in bond into the Mexico free zone. The effort is signed by railroad workers and others with interests in the zone, tapping border business concerns along the American side despite local opposition and anticipated injury to trade.
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el Paso
Southern Pacific Railroad
Cleveland
United St
Mexico
Ilan
Ell
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Kansas Avenue
Prof. Doremus
Bellevue Medical College
Dr. Price
Phonix Shirt Factory
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Silver Democrats
Solons
Weekly Review OF Trade
Brantvonam
Pratt City
Cosl
Lizzie Benford
Rena Jones
Chicago
Cuienco
New Democratic
Herald and Times
Times
H. H. Kohissat
New York Tribune
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Washinetox
Boston
Mass
Joe Walcott
Billy Smith
Aarons
Leavenworth
Patrick Glenn
Jorrenson City
Buckner
Pike
Buckien
J. K. Jones
Mme, Albini III
Flos
Rio de Janzino
Rio Grande de Sul
Rocent
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Santa Ana
Aes
Eka Steam
Sth and
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HIATT
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Farrow
Edison
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