World Notes From December 6 1889
The item reports the American Bank Note Company’s output of twenty thousand million postage stamps annually. It notes six thousand Christian conversions underway and mentions Hannibal Hamlin’s survival, Brazil’s revolutionary context, an Australian federation rumor, and unrest in Spain and Portugal. It also cites global gold production exceeding a hundred million dollars, with major gold from Australia, California and South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Bank Note Company
Thianp
Brazil
Australia
Ndt
Spain
Portugal
Continents
California
South Africa
Africa
Swillishing associations cover UK with massive memberships
The London report notes about two thousand five hundred swillishing associations in the United Kingdom with over six hundred thousand members. Last year receipts reached an estimated 100 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acconpixne
London
United Kingdom
Orange growers consolidate with Norida Fruit Exchange in Florida
The article notes near total consolidation among Florida orange growers with the Norida Fruit Exchange. It estimates 1.5 million of an 1.8 to 2 million waxes will be handled through the exchange this year, signaling major industry centralization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Norida Fruit Exchange
Great Eastern Demolition Concludes Historic Ship
The Great Eastern lies dismantled on the Mersey banks, its hull being broken for old iron after a failed career. Launched thirty years ago it suffered a disastrous steam-box explosion that killed ten. The leviathan measured 691 feet by 83 by 60 and weighed 22,500 tons, marking the impracticality of ships of its size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Eastern
Mersey
Phonograph Mail Service With Mexican Government
Thomas A Epison wins a contract to supply the Mexican Republic post offices with phonographs to transmit messages. Instead of letters, Mexicans will speak into a phonograph and a wax impression of the tone is sent to the recipient’s local post office for immediate playback. The system aims to expand far reaching use in correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Epison
The
Republic
Princess Isabel and Brazil's Republic Debate
An article discusses Princess Isabel as a key figure in Brazil's upheaval and a feared successor to Dom Pedro. It notes Isabel as a follower of a noted Spanish figure and hints at potential religious persecution were she to ascend. The piece asserts the republic removes those fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prixcess
Isabel
Brazil
Isabella of Spain
Columbus
Isabella
Dom Pedro
New Republic
Portugal King Bypasses Traditions for Newborn Manuel
Turson, born to Portugal's king, receives the single name Manuel amid customs of long name lists. The two year old brother has eighteen names and others in the family are similarly named. The infant may be limited to one name to avoid exhausting the supply, with Love names possibly to follow.
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Turson
Portugal
Manuel
Bankers Record On National System And Public Service
The report notes 3 519 national banks the largest number since the system began with capital of 620 174 365 and circulation of 203 662 732. Forty one banks liquidated in the year and two failed. It also cites 295 Life-Saving Service stations and 528 disasters causing 6 416 779 in losses with 5 054 440 saved and 3 426 persons saved. Navy enlistment of aliens urged against by Commodore Walker. There were 249 business failures in the week ending the 29th and the Post Office cost rose to 63 751 871 with revenue 7 608 856 over the prior year.
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Life-Saving Service
J. G Walker
United States
Hazen
Fires and disasters sweep nation with large losses
A broad survey of fires and calamities reports multiple blazes across the country. In Idaho Blackfoot the main building of the insane asylum burned with five inmate deaths, while Brooklyn Hecla iron works burned causing $200,000 loss and 1000+ jobs lost. Lynn Massachusetts fire destroyed 296 buildings and $7,000,000 in damage. Leechburg Pennsylvania fire destroyed 25 buildings. a steamer Santiago burned near Nantucket with no deaths. Boston wholesale district fire cost $5,000,000 with six missing. Maryland and Virginia storms, wrecks on Lake Michigan, and other fires and crimes are noted.
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Idaho Insane Asylum
Blackfoot
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hecla Iron Works
Lynn
Mass
Leechburg
Orr Nantucket
Santiago
Potaro & Moss
New York
Boston
West End
Long Branch
Windhorst
Atlantic
Eve Shannon
Home For
Hebrews
Hartford Carpet Company
Thompsonville
Conn
Numerous incidents reported from Canton to St Louis
A Canton Kinsley iron works employee was accidentally shot and baked in an oven on the 25th. Fires destroyed Kehler Brothers' mill and buildings in Edwardsville. Bandits robbed an express car on the Choctaw Nation line with 40 to 50 thousand dollars. A Chicago fraud case touched Frederickson Land Company. Cronin murder trial developments occurred on the 25th and 26th. Local bankruptcies and bank suspensions, lynching, cholera an outbreak near Seymour. Whaling fleet arrived in San Francisco with a poor catch. Obituary notes include John K B Emery of Baltimore. McLeod & Anderson collapsed in Louisville. St Louis hosts National Silver convention with 350 delegates.
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Canton
James H. Carney
Kinsely Iron Works
Edwardsville
Kehler Brothers
Choctaw Nation
Ind. T
Abram H. Lichty
Mount Carroll
Seymour
Ind
Salt Lake City
Hans Jacob Olson
Preston
Wis
Cronin
Chicago
Beggs
Burke
O'Sullivan
John KB. Emery
United States
Baltimore
McLeod & Anderson
Louisville
A. J. Gensren
Peoria
Thomas Davidson
Arcola
St. Louis
Foreign Intelligence Report From Across Europe and Americas
A broad digest from markets and ministries notes 25th trials of fifty women in Hungary for poisoning husbands, a sunken steamship India near the geah Sea with only captain and two survivors, Italian Parliament opened in Rome, death of Hon George H Pendleton in Brussels, gold hoard recovered near Andros, Haitian revolt reports from Port-au-Prince, Vienna bankers Kerpier fail, Bochum explosion kills fourteen, Aldershot fire losses, Brazil readsopts old flag, France recognizes republic, Quebec storm damages streets and blackout, Ontario execution of W H Harvey for wife and daughters shooting last March.
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Grosse Beeskerck
Hungary
Constantinople
India
Rome
Humbert
Europe
George H. Pendleton
Ohio
Germany
Brussels
Andros
Greece
Port-au-Prince
New York
Hippolyte
Messrs. Kerpier
Vienna
Bochum
Aldershot
Eng
Brazil
France
Quebec
Can
W. H. Harvey
Guelph
Ont
Minneapolis Tribune Building Fire Claims Ten Lives
The eight story Tuy Minneapolis building housing the Tribune and several papers burned the evening of the 30th alt. Ten people died including city editor and Prof Edward Olsen. Loss estimated at 300000. Also reports on elections, relief funds, disasters and political nominations from various locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuy
Minneapolis
Minn
Tribune
The
Edward Olsen
South Dakota College
Vermilion
Tribune-Star
Pioneer Press
Evening Journal
Svenska Tidende
New York
Charles H. Turner
Kremer
Johnstown
China
Sodo
Kauldamachi
Cronin
Chicago
Longenecker
Wing
London
Eng
Japan
Sennichimae
Cheeseborough
Sluchir-Hama
Oil City
James
Charles Fisher
Ed Hoff- Inan
Atoms
Lebanon
C. Halsted
Mabel Brown
Republican Caucus
House of Representatives
Washington
Thomas B. Reed
Maine
McKinley
Ohio
Cannon
Illinois
Burrows
Michigan
Henderson
Iowa
Mr. Reed
McPherson
Pennsylvania
A. J. Jalmes
End of Cronin Trial Eyewitnesses and Rebuttal Proceedings
In Chicago on November 26 the Cronin trial continued with milkman Mertes testifying about his first conversation with detectives regarding the man seen at the Carlson cottage on May 4 and the driver’s appearance. Painter Fralich identified Kunze as John Krogel and confirmed work dates around May 4. Other witnesses challenged Carlson’s claim that Burke rented the cottage and notified O Sull ivan. Detective Crow said Mertes did not recall the May night drive. The defense rested. rebuttal witnesses included Dr Curran, Lyman’s later denials, Captain Schaack, Officer Crow’s reporting, and Alfred Kettner’s testimony about Koch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGco
Cronin
William Mertes
Forrest
Carlson Cottage
Mertes
J. W. Fralich
Kunze
John Krogel
Carlson
Burke
O'Sullivan
Iceman
Crow
Dr. Cronin
Coughlin
Dr. Curran
James Lyman
Executive Board
Lyman
McConnell
Schaack
Officer Crow
Alfred Kettner
Peter Koch
Lincoln Avenue
Dan Coughlin
Alibis for the Defense Smashed in Cronin Case
Witnesses Bailey Dawson and Colonel A C Babcock testified to disputing alibis for John F Beggs in the Cronin murder case. Dawson said May 11 not May 4. Daly and others challenged alibis at O Sullivan and Danahy s saloons. Court adjourned to Friday morning due to a juror s illness.
Startling Evidence in Cronin Case Revealed in Coughlin Trial
Chicago reports new evidence in the Cronin murder investigations. Detective Flynn, after delaying, states he found two pen-knives belonging to Dr Cronin with Coughlin's revolver, hidden in a safety vault and later identified by T T Conklin. The prosecution seeks fresh evidence as the trial nears conclusion.
Mechanics and Industries and Industrial Shifts in Britain
In Britain the annual unemployed coal dust quantity is estimated at 28 million tons. Westinghouse forms a British unit to manufacture patented appliances. Northern labor moves south for war-like opportunities, with Alabama as a favored field. A new fiber from okra stalks claims superiority to jute. Wages in English towns and a five room house cost are noted. Casting and casting molds face heat and fit issues. A sheet metal house concept is outlined. Electric lighting demand grows, stressing cost efficiency alongside first cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Westinghouse Electric Company
England
Turner
Alabama
Florida
Hull
Leeds
Bradford
London
Society of Architecture
Paris
Cronin murder trial moves to closing jury stage
Cuero December 2 The State's Attorney Longenecker resumes his address in the Cronin trial detailing Camp 20 conspirators and the chain of events from February to April including Beggs Coughlin O'Sullivan and Burke. Judge Wing prepares to address the jury emphasizing circumstantial evidence limits and cautions against bias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Longenecker
Cronin
Judge Wing
Stray Squeaks and Quickwit in a Tiny Town
A collage of street smarts and shy brags as youths joke about catching up a message note to Harlem, a teen warns about wait times, a wedding request sparks a music choice, and a familiar choir soprano connects with memories.
German Bark Germania Wrecks Off Long Branch
A fierce gale drives the iron bark Germania ashore at West End Long Branch and breaks her in two. Captain Windhorst and several crew die. four survivors rescued by life savers plus a shoreman who saved two more from the surf. Survivors blame drunkenness and poor seamanship aboard the Germania. The Bremen firm Watzen & Co. owned the vessel, 800 tons, built of iron. wrecks along the Atlantic coast prompt fears for other ships in the sound.
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Long Branch
New York
Germania
West End
Captain Windhore
Namera
Patrick
Postmaster Nunnally
Asher Wardell
Green's Pond
Wardell
Charles Denning
Gustave Hillen
Hillen
Windhorst
Watzen & Co
Bremen
D. H
Atlantic
Floods Hit Five States Cause Two Deaths and Major Damage
Reports from Maryland Delaware Southern Pennsylvania Virginia and West Virginia describe widespread flood damage to buildings bridges roads and orchards. The only fatalities occur in Huntington West Virginia where a Chesapeake and Ohio railway bridge collapsed after an engine and five cars were driven onto it, with engineer R N Freeman and fireman Candiff drowned and other crew injured.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Virginia
West Virginia
Sussex County
Dorchester
Wicomico
Worcester
Somerset
Accomac
Northampton
Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
R. N. Freeman
Candiff
Winter's Arrival Cold Spell Grips Northwest
Extremely cold weather prevails across the Northwest with temperatures reported as twenty degrees below zero in Minnedosa and fourteen below in Fort Union, ND. Bismarck and Moorhead show subzero readings, while Rapid City and Sioux City rise to near freezing. Other cities record eight to sixteen degrees above, reflecting wide regional contrasts.
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Minnedosa
Carcaco
Mercury
Bismarck
N. D
Fort Buford
Moorhead
Minn
Rapid City
5. D
Sioux City
Fort Assinaboine
Mont
St. Vincent
Huron
Mich
Heirs to Forty Six Millions Claim Irish Estate
W I Moffitt of Eau Claire Wisconsin, father in law of Julius Ingram the lumber man, learns he is an heir to the Moffitt estate in Ireland valued at 46 million dollars. The estate will go to five families, with members in Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eau Claimre
Wis
Moffitt
Julius Ingram
Ireland
England
Illinois
Indiana
Record potato harvest sets Michigan yield per acre
An Allegan County man on seven acres harvested 1,225 bushels of extra merchantable potatoes at about 175 bushels per acre. Cull potatoes raise the average to roughly 225 bushels per acre and sold at thirty cents a bushel. In Denver a Colorado blizzard killed thirty Mexican leaders and five American cowboys, with cattle and sheep losses smaller than first feared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland, Mich
Allegan County
Mich
Denver
Col
Colorado
Great Lynn fire leaves city in ashes and ruin
Ten million dollars in losses, over six thousand workers displaced, and two hundred families left homeless after a massive fire in Lynn Massachusetts that destroyed a square mile of the shoe district. Firefighters from Boston and nearby towns battled eight hours as mills and blocks burned, with many banks and newspapers wiped out. The mayor called for aid and relief committees as manufacturers contemplate rebuilding or relocating.
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Lynn
Mass
New England
Shoes
Boston
Portland
Fourth Ward
Mower
Almont Street
Mower's
Bennett & Barnhard
Central Avenue
Salem
Marblehead
Item
Bee
Press and News
Central, Security and
First National
Lynn Institution For Savings
Consolidated Adjustable Shoe Company
Central Square
Bennett & Barnard’s
Fuller's
Daily Bee
Begen-Green
The
Daily Item
Union Street
H. W. Currier
C. O. Beebe
B. F. Spinney
Titus & Buckley
Earl's
J. O. Brown
Ashcroft
Kirtland
Buffum
C. J. Little & Co
Cushing & Downs
C. E. Harwood
D. S. Boynton
John S. Bartlett & Co
F. E. Eller
Exchange Street
M. F. Abbott
Doak
Spring Street
L. S. Johnson & Co
First National Bank
Broad Street
Sawyer & Chase
W. N. Breed & Co
Beach Street
Breed & Co
D. Potter & Son
Joseph Breed’s Sons Lumber
Massachusetts Militia
A. Fuller
Library Square
Titus
F. W
Breed
Taylor & Co
S. K.& A. H. Jones
S. N. Breed & Co
Newhall
French Mission Caravan Reaches Mtoni After Kilata Meeting
Dispatches say the French mission caravan arrived at Mtoni last Sunday after meeting Stanley at Kilata. He was eight days from Bogamoyo and reportedly has no ivory in his possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Africa
Mtoni
Stanley
Kilata
Bogamoyo
Miner dies after fall in Tamarack mine shaft
Thomas Moore fell from a bucket as it descended to the bottom of No. 3 shaft at the Tamarack mine in Calumet Michigan on Monday night and was instantly killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet
Mich
Navy
Thomas Moore
Tamarack
Destruction of British Steamer Santiago At Sea
News from New York reports the British steamer Santiago was destroyed by fire at sea after sailing from Hull on November 17 with a mixed cargo valued at 140000 dollars. The ship was worth 350000 dollars. The crew and passengers were saved.
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New York
Santiago
Hull
Elderly man choked to death in Ohio Falls
Philip Hoffman aged citizen living in Ohio Falls near Jeffersonville Indiana died after choking on beefsteak Tuesday. The incident occurred in Jeffersonville with Hoffman succumbing almost instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
Philip Hoffman
Ohio Falls
Uprising Reported in Hayti From Prince Frederick Arrival
The steamer Prince Frederick brought news of a Haytian uprising against Hippolyte. About 5,000 armed men are said to be engaged in the movement as of November 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prince Frederick
Port-au-Prince
Hayti
Hippolyte
Abram H Lichty Defaulter In Local Estates Case
Mount Carnett November 27 Abram H Lichty administrator for several large estates and guardian for numerous heirs is said to be a defaulter for amounts from twenty thousand to six hundred fifty thousand with whereabouts unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Carnett
Abram H. Lichty
Wanamaker Call for Postal Reform and Telegraph Link
Postmaster General Wanamaker submits his first report urging businesslike reforms in the Postal Service. He proposes a Fourth Assistant Postmaster General to oversee railway mail foreign mail money order and registry divisions and advocates a graded postal district system with supervisors to lift department morale. He favors postal telegraph contracts and five year terms with public bidding and calls for civil service apprenticeship, expanded free delivery, and savings banks at smaller offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanamaker
Washerox
Harrison
Times
Post-office
Western Union Company
Post-Office Department
Postal Department
Postel Savings Banks
Eight Die As Destructive Cyclone Ravages South Carolina
A cyclone swept Buford County on Thursday causing extensive damage. A farmer's home collapsed killing the father mother and four children. A nearby factory fell, claimed two lives, and twelve others were injured. Miss Mattie Cheve was lifted by the wind and remains missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotter
8. C
Buford County
Washington
Mattie Cheve
Dime Museum Rifle Trick Ends in Fatal Shootout
William F. Sartelle of Worcester, a Lynn dime museum performer, was killed when a rifle trick went wrong. He loaded the gun with a lead bullet and invited a spectator to fire, but a pasteboard substitute was not used this time and William Flannigan fired the fatal shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
William F. Sartelle
Worcester
William Flannigan
Sartelle
Heavy Snow Strands Trains Across Northern Indiana
One of the heaviest snow storms in years hits Stuck in the Drifts area with trains delayed. The Cincinnati Wabasha Michigan line morning express abandoned. Chicago and Atlantic trains late Grand Trunk twenty one trains stuck in drifts. Snow depth ranges six inches to two feet across northern state. Four young girls blown to atoms in ElliorrsvfLur West Virginia after finding a keg of powder explosion. mother loses reason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley
Peyton Wilkes
Greenville
Ore
National Silver Convention
St. Louis
Berwin
Ardmore
Ind. T
Santa Fe
Erdman Delorme
Huuntington
Ind
Cleveland
National Dairy and Food Commissioners’ Association of the
United States
Colorado
South Carolina
Caredo
J. Donson
Osgood
A. Bishop
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Tur State
Cronin
Chicago
Martin Burke
Dan Coughlin
Longenecker
Hugh Dunn
Elliottsville
W. Va
David L. Dows
Lake Michigan
Buford County
N. G
Washington
New Amsterdam
White Caps
Wanasu
Cincinnati, Wabasha& Michigan
Chicago & Atlantic
Grand Trunk
Drunken man found frozen to death in doorway
In Youngstown on Thanksgiving Day Charles Reynolds drank heavily and slept in a doorway. He was found dead in the morning with exposure from the cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Younastown
Charles. Reynolds
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Fan Wert
Hulletin
John A. Arnold & CO
Prop
Hannibal Hamlin
New Hampshire
Vermont
Ticker
Lamvert Moss
Essex
Dom Pioro
Turke
Yale College
Andrew Young
Windsor
Detroit
Queen’s
Connecticut
Reynolds Bridge
James Bunnell
Foreign Intelligence
Chiscagco
Bailey Dawson
A. C. Babcock
John F. Beggs
Gleason
Pacific Hotel
Dawson
Babcock
Nieman
Hyland
Hylands
Simon Olsen
Danahy
William Coughlin
John O'Malley
Olsen
Fred Swanson
Robert Stanton
Minnehan
Frederick Ebersold
Rohan
Patrick Dinan
Captain Schaack
Smith
Jaror North
Chief Hubbard
Barney Flynn
T. T. Conklin
Ague
B. F. Carberry
Swanson
O'Malley
Dwyer
Mechanics and Industries
Cuero
le Caron
Clan-na
Mahoney's
Lake View
O’sullivan
O'’Sullivan
Dinan
Ile
Winnipeg
Harlem
Tyes
Basurat
Pedalsome
Miss Sophia Shrilltone
Mr. Pedalsome
Sophia Shrilltone
Winter
Wisconsin
Ilinois
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