Peruvian guano discoverer Luminaries and a New Jersey lotus pond
Pan Wert Bulletin notes Treornitos Landreau, Peru’s guano beds discoverer, living in poverty in Lima. Mentions a New Jersey pond hosting the sacred East lotus, though slow to mature. Senate Irrigation Committee ends its inquiry after a 12 thousand mile journey. Census chief Porter estimates eight million colored people in the U.S. Proposes winter literary circles for youths to stay intellectually active.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treornitos Landreau
Peru
Lima
New Jersey
Depth records at sea and census of churchgoers in New York
Reporters counted worshipers on the last Sundays in New York churches, totaling 164 526 attendees with 97 277 women and 67 249 men. Weather noted as unpleasant. A year ago eleven prize fat women were exhibited in the country, now six remain. fat woman market described as firm with upward tendency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Water proof pockets and gas flotation coat idea proposed
A French inventor allegedly created a water proof pocketed coat system with carbolic acid to generate gas after immersion. Meanwhile in Steep Falls Maine a multi role village figure runs a general store barber shop sexton gravestone maker and livery stable, supplying villagers with soda candy coffins and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steep Falls
Russian Caspian wells exhaust oil supply faster
A San Francisco paper claims the Caspian field has surpassed Pennsylvania in output but is rapidly depleting. It also estimates that $12,000,000 yearly is drained from San Francisco’s 40,000 Chinese residents to China through wages, with daily earnings totaling 1,040,000 monthly and over 12 million annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
China
Old Baltimore post office log moved to Monument Square
Workmen removed the log structure that served as Baltimore's last post office after 159 years and set it next to the rear granite building now dedicated as the new post office. The quaint 14 by 15 foot structure stood twelve feet high and was filled with oyster shell and mud between the logs. The article also recounts a Black Flag proclamation offering bounties for French and native soldiers' heads, notes California forest-fire losses at about 25 million dollars, discusses cattle herders blamed for conflagrations, extols humane treatment of horses, and mentions the O'Sullivan family arriving in the United States with 27 members including Nora, the 15 year old who spoke with Father Callanan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Tonquin
Knights Templar events and political notes from Washington
From Washington: Ed ward O Leech named Director of the Mint. Knights Templar parade with over sixteen thousand in Washington. President Harrison reviews them from the White House. Ecuador’s new minister Caamano introduced to Harrison. Key races and rail data, crop conditions, and assorted crimes and disasters across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tur
Edward O. Leech
District of Columbia
Knights Templar
Harrison
White House
Ecuador
Senor Caamano
Blaine
Iowa Knights
Mount Vernon
Illinois
J. P. S Gobin
Pennsylvania
Hugh McCurdy
United States
Treasury
News in Brief from the East and Nearby Rivals
Reports from New York, Pittsburgh and surrounding areas note several incidents. Two young women, Mary Sweeney and Annie Roach, reportedly ingested poison on the 7th with unknown causes. A massive fire destroyed Oliver Brothers’ machine shops in Pittsburgh, causing about 200000 dollars in losses. Connecticut’s October election saw the prohibitory amendment defeated by about three to one. A laborer unearthed about 20000 dollars in banknotes in Lincoln Park, tied to a 25 year old bank robbery. A Buffalo man, Charnes Orris, allegedly killed his mother and attempted suicide. Oil dealer firm W A Robinson & Co of Providence failed for 300000. Judge Davy ruled the Auburn execution law constitutional and Kummler to await execution. Western Union posted profits and surplus in its annual report. Samuel J. Cresswell, Philadelphia iron magnate, died in a dentist's chair from oxide gas. At Ticonderoga a coffin reportedly bears Lord Howe’s remains from 1758. New York Greenbackers plan a convention October 21. Mrs Louis Petschke of Buffalo committed suicide by Niagara Falls, blaming her husband’s cruelty. Connecticut returns show the prohibitory amendment defeated by 27226 votes. Johnstown death toll rises with ten bodies recovered and typhoid fever illness above two hundred in the valley. A natural gas explosion in Davis’ Switch, Pa, kills Mrs Daily and three children. Mr Daily badly burned and devastated. A report denied gas shortages in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sweeney
Annie Roach
New York
Oliver Brothers
Pittsburgh
Connecticut
Devault
Lincoln Park
Red Bank
N. J
Sherman
Charnes F. Orris
Buffalo
N. Y
W. A. Robinson & Co
Providence
R. L
Jupge Davy
Auburn
Kummler
Durston
Auburn Prison
Western Union
Samuel J. Cresswell
Philadelphia
Ticonderoga
Lord Howe
Battle of
Yeas
Johnstown
Patrick Daily
Davis’ Switch
Numerous Calamities Mark Seven Day News Sweep
APrairie hire nearly destroyed Estherville Indiana, as several farm residences burned but residents saved the town. Jounx Devourt shot Lulu Williamson and killed himself at Barton Illinois. Flames at Bates House Indianapolis caused 35000 in damage with two hundred guests frightened. Republicans expected majority on Montana joint ballot securing two US Senators. WilliamM Epwards & Co Cleveland wholesale grocers damaged by 125000 fire. Robert Berries killed mother in Lexington to gain child, then fled. Gas well near Jerome Indiana burned several badly. one man died from pipe collapse. Over two thousand tons of raisins shipped from Fresno. Celery crops harmed by frost near Kalamazoo. Cronin murder case in Chicago sees jurors increased to eight. Rocky Mount Virginia nearly wiped out by fire. Zephaniah Webster Bunce dies at Port Huron aged 101. Mexico Missouri incident of arson attempt. Chicago mother and infant die by carbolic acid. Robert Branton fatally shoots wife and suicides in Salt Lake City. Eighteenth Chicago Fire anniversary noted. Cotton compresses and sheds burned at Savannah damaging hundreds of bales. Stevens County Kansas appeals for aid after crop failures. Pasadena fire department refused service, killing three children. Ohio Valley gas scarcity leads Pittsburgh manufacturers to coal. Typhoid outbreak in Aurora West Virginia affects nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estherville
Jounx Devourt
Lulu Williamson
Barton
Bates
Indianapolis
Ind
Montana
United States
Williamm
Cronin
Chicago
Rocky Mount
Zephaniah Webster Bunce
Port Huron
Mich
Hartford
Conn
Mexico
Fritz Katz
Robert Branton
Salt Lake City
Taylor & Lowe
Savannah
Stevens County
Kan
Fire Department
Pasadena
Cal
Ohio Valley
Pittsburgh
Aurora
W. Va
Polygamists Threatened by Dominion. Severe Storms Hit Europe
Reports describe SlRMONS migrating from Utah to the Canadian Northwest with potential polygamy prosecutions. A British Isles gale wrecked buildings and injured many. the City of Paris lost passengers at sea. In Windsor and Inverhuron Ontario, a fatal shooting and drownings occurred. French election totals are listed. Damaraland ordered German quit. Yaqui Indians killed Mexican soldiers. Jura floods affect villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Dominion
Great Britain
Ireland
Paris
Queenstown
Windsor
Ont
Joseph Marshall
France
Chamber of Deputies
Damaraland
Africa
Inverhuron
Daniel McLeod
Mexico
Sonora
Department of the Jura
Indictments in Cronin case and multiple 12th events
Six men led by A J Hanks and Mark Soloman bailiffs were indicted for attempting to bribe jurors in the Cronin murder case in Chicago. Bailiffs confessed. Other items report a lynching in Hernando Mississippi, a fatal railroad accident, a large lumber loss, a hotel fire in Rice Colorado, club standings in baseball, fires destroying Serpent River Ontario and Norwood Kentucky, and vote tallies from a South Dakota election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Hanks
Mark Soloman
F. W. Smith
Tom Kavanaugh
Jeremiah Donnell
Joseph Konen
Cronin
Chicago
Robert Breas
Hernando
Miss
J. N. Raines
Brooklyn Tabernacle
T. DeWitt Talmage
D. D
Horton City
E. Cartwright
St. James
Rice
Col
Hames
American Baseball Association
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Athletic
San Antonio
Tex
David Mencia
Alphonse
United Tramways
Gordeaux
France
Norwood
America
Peoria
Bert Meyers
Lansing
Mich
Peter Quinn
George Ruby
John ‘T. West
McMillan
Shell Prairie
South Dakota
Mellette
McClure
Congress
Gifford
Pickler
Jeffries
Booth
Prohibition
Bribery Plot Threatens Cronin Jury Haul
A special grand jury indicts six men in a corruption scheme to fix the Cronin murder jury. Bail set at 5,000 dollars. Key figures include Hanks Soloman Smith Kavanaugh O Donnell and Konen with witnesses Tschappat, Alexander and others. The conspiracy spanned August 1889 and subsequent days, aiming to secure an acquittal for the accused. The case centers on offers of up to 2,000 dollars to jurors via intermediaries and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Cronin
ChicaGo
Cronin
McConnell
Luther Laflin Mills
George Tschappatt
Page Lord Refining Company
Erie Street
Mark L. Soloman
Soloman
Tschappat
Solomon
Tschappet
Mr. Page
Page
Alexander L. Hanks
Veniremen
Hanks
State Attorney’s Office
Frederick W. Smith
Thomas Kavanaugh
Jeremiah O'Donnell
Horton
John A. Roche
Grand Jury
Joseph Konen
Mer
George Tschappat
Louis Alexander
H. C. Maley
R. H. Nicholson
Sam Herzog
H. Wolf
Eddie Hoagland
George Schlagel
Ed Brodie
Lake Street
la Salle Avenue
Connecticut
James Reynolds
New Haven
Smith
Hynes
Thomas Cavanaugh
County Insane Asylum
State Board of Charities
Clan-na-Gael
Jeremiah O’donnell
South Chicago
Westside
Kavanaugh
Jury bribery plot in Cronin case shocks Chicago officials
The Cronin jury tampering scheme implicates Bailiff Hanks and Fred Smith in offering jurors money to fix outcomes. Key figures including Joseph Konen and Mark L. Soloman are named, with promises of up to $5,000 for acquittal. Judges and attorneys deny knowledge while vowing investigation as arrests proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kavanaugh
O’donnell
Calumet
Cronin
Alexander L. Hanks
Sheriff's Office
Cincinnati
Coughlan
Hanks
Solomon
Mark L. Soloman
Tenth Ward
Matson
Joseph Konen
West
Madison Street
Longenecker
Fred Smith
Smith
East Chicago Avenue
Schuttler
Triangle
Tom Kavanaugh
Forrest
Chicago
Foster
Beggs
Pioneer Wisconsin jurist Mortimer M Jackson dies at Park Hotel
Madison October 14 Judge Mortimer M Jackson pioneer Wiscon sin jurist and twenty one year United States Consul General at Halifax died Sunday afternoon at the Park Hotel He was the first elected Supreme Justice of Wisconsin but declined the honor He served as Attorney General and later as circuit and Supreme Court judge His consular service at Halifax included seizing war material and reporting on fisheries His resignation came in 1882 after twenty one years in Halifax His wife died while there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Mortimer M. Jackson
Wisconsin
United States
Halifax
Park Hotel
Jackson
Rensselaerville
N. Y
David Graham
New York City
Milwaukee
Mineral Point
Harrison
Union
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Supreme Bench
Supreme Court
Republican Party
Lincoln
Secretary of State
Congress
Great Britain
Fishery Commission
Serpent River Fire Devastates Ont. Village
A fire swept Serpent River Ont nine miles from Baciur Sve Marine Mich Oct 14 leaving 400 homeless. The blaze started at Cook's lumber yard and a NW wind spread it to docks and warehouses. In two hours forty buildings were destroyed and over 5,000,000 feet of lumber burned. Homeless families camp in fields as the town vanished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serpent River
Ont
Baciur Sve
Marine
Mich
Cook
Storm devastates Mound Junction in Illinois Central depot collapse
A severe wind and storm hit Mound Junction near Carno NL on Saturday evening. Several homes were blown down including the Illinois Central’s nearly finished depot. Trees blocked tracks, requiring hours to clear. No injuries reported, but project delays loom.
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Carno
Mound Junction
Here
Illinois Central Company
Illinois Central
Brooklyn Tabernacle Destroyed by Fire in 1872 Blaze
Fire swept the Brooklyn Tabernacle on Schermerhorn street killing no one but leaving the building a total loss. Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D D, led the mourning as parishioners and neighbors watched the flames consume the church and adjoining structures. Insurance coverage was noted and a fundraiser launched to build a larger church, with services planned in Brooklyn Academy of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn Tabernacle
T. de Witt Talmage
D. D
Schermerhorn Street
Talmage
Christendom
Holy Land
Tabernacle
Providence
Brooklyn Academy of Music
America
Trinity
A Thunderbolt's Target: Woman Struck Four Times
In SHanon Pennsylvania on October 14 Mrs Archibald Rankin wife of a county farmer was struck by lightning for the fourth time in ten years. She suffered no injuries beyond a loss of consciousness and remains sensitive to approaching storms according to local physicians who are puzzled by the repeated strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Shanon
Archibald Rankin
Rankin
Murder at Weatherly Aged Woman Shot by Boarder
In Harveton Pa on October 14, 55 year old Mrs. Walbert of Weatherly was shot and killed by William Stangley a 25 year old boarder after a quarrel the night before. Stangley locked a child inside a room to silence outcry and then fled the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherly
William Stangley
Harveton
Fought her mother ends in fatal self harm in MarsHall
A mother, Mrs Leavitt, attacked by her daughter, Mrs Reed, in MarsHall Minnesota. The daughter, with infant inside, escaped after two hours, then the mother set clothes on fire and died by her own actions. Nearby neighbors aided as the baby and Reed escaped to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall, Minn
Norwood Village Destroyed After Fire Explodes
Somerset Kentucky October 14 Norwood village four miles north of town was destroyed by a fire that began with a keg of gunpowder exploding. Only one house remains. Two people are missing. Loss amount not yet known. Oswego New York October 14 Congressman N W Nutting resigns while ill. Governor Hill orders a special election for November 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Somerset
Norwood
Here
Nutting
Oswego
N. Y
N. W. Nutting
Congress
Twenty-seventh
Hill
Death Comes to a Lineman in New York City
A Western Union lineman John Feeks dies while cutting down live wires on a Chambers Street pole in Manhattan. Public crowds, police cordons, a daring rescue lowering the body and a deputy coroner tally the grisly scene with burned flesh, smoke, and a wounded policeman struck by a wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
New Yor
Center
Chambers Streets
Chambers
Center Streets
Western Union Telegraph Company
John Feeks
Feeks
Chambers Street
Center Street
Schultze
Knights Break Ranks At Grand Encampment Session
Thousands of Knights gathered in Mount Vernon and Washington as the grand encampment announced officers. General Moulton of Illinois becomes Grand Standard-Bearer and Myron M. Parker of DC Grand Sword-Bearer. The ritual remains for three years. Hopkins of Pittsburgh presented a history tracing the encampment to 1816. A Mount Vernon visit and grand banquet closed the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Knights
Mount Vernon
White Plume
Red Cross
M. Moulton
Illinois
Myron M. Parker
District of Columbia
Henry M. Alton
Tennessee
Francis E. White
Nebraska
Knight Hopkins
Pittsburgh
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
New York
T Mb
Highway robbery for ten cents in Burlington Iowa
Lawrence Herrill, a young farmer's son near Burlington, is convicted of highway robbery for forcing August Brandmier to surrender ten cents and a five cent pocketknife. Defense cites insanity. prior similar acts noted. Sentence ranges two to ten years in the penitentiary with a motion for a new trial under consideration. Costs have run to several hundred dollars, making the petty theft costly for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burwington
Lawrence Herriil
August B. Brandmier
Herrill
Serious wreck near Bridgeport leaves one dead
A two-train collision two miles west of Bridgeport at 6:50 a.m. involved a freight train and a passenger train carrying about seventy miners to Wheeling Creek. Both locomotives, two passenger coaches, and eight freight cars were demolished. Five trainmen and thirteen miners were injured. one miner later died. The crash was attributed to a freight conductor's misunderstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Pittsburgh
Martin's Ferry
Chronicle-Telegraph
Wheeling Creek Coal Works
Ruined by Frost Wipes Out Fleming County Tobacco Crop
Frosts over three nights wiped out an estimated 100000 pounds of Fleming County tobacco. The county auditor’s report shows an average crop around four million pounds, with this year slightly higher. Much of the crop was unseasoned and damaged in open sheds and frames before curing. In Pennsylvania, Coke workers and miners in Connellsville pledged aid to Illinois and Indiana strikers, urging local assemblies to collect twenty five cents every two weeks to support the strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flemingsburgh
Illinois
Indiana
Piitsbuurgh
Connellsville
Scottdale
Pickpockets Make a Big Haul on Pan Handle Train
Newark Ohio residents report a railcar theft on the Pan Handle line Friday where pickpockets robbed passengers, vanity purses and pockets, netting nearly 1700 dollars in cash and valuables. Police investigate the incident and warn travelers to guard possessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Pan American delegates to tour the South in January
Springfield Mass Oct 12 Pan American excursionists touring New England were joined by local officials and taken to arms plants and mills in a day of visits. They toured the National Armory Smith & Wesson works and a dam and paper mill, then proceeded to Albany for a governor’s welcome and club hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washtaton
Blaine
Springfield
Mass
New Haven
Buttington
Arsenal
Armory
Morgan
Smith & Wesson Arms Works
National Armory
Brightwood
Wassun Car Factory
Chili
Manufacturers’ Association
Holyoke
Connecticut River
Albany
N. Y
Capitol
Governor Hill
Henderson
Fort
Axtell Is King The Famous Three-Year-Old Wins Laurels
Terre Haute Ind October 12 Axtell the 8 year old stallion with Farmer John beat the 3 year old Sunol record by 141 seconds finishing the mile in 2 12 Williams driven and carried aloft after finishing Axtell sold Friday night to Colon el Conley of Chicago for 105000. A syndicate including W P Ijams A E Brush J W Conley and F T Moran arranged the purchase and predict greater feats ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Terre Haure
Axtell
Farmer John
California
Sunol
Williams
Colonel Conley
Chicago
Conley
W. P. Ijams
A. E. Brush
Detroit
J. W. Conley
F. T. Moran
Tragic gas explosion kills Daily family at Davis Switch
A Davis Switch residence where Patrick Daily, his wife, and three sons perished in a natural gas blast during supper. The gas fed from a pipe from a nearby oil well caused the house to ignite instantly. Daily survived with severe burns and deep trauma as rescuers failed to save the victims.
Typhoid Breaks Out After Flood In Conemaugh Valley
Johnstown Pa Oct 12 Pestilence follows the flood as typhoid fever and related illnesses afflict residents. About 200 are sick and around twenty deaths are attributed to the disease in the past month. Dr Matthews of the State Board of Health cites debilitation and poor shelter in temporary shelters as spread factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnstown
Conemaugh Valley
Matthews
State Board of Health
Horrible double murder in Mexico City unfolds
A Mexican man attacks a pregnant woman during a quarrel. the knife kills the unborn child and the mother fatally stabs the assailant. The murderess is arrested. Also reports rail construction totals, a rumored buried treasure, a boating accident near Tiverton, and Annie Miller found guilty of second degree murder in Smeturort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciry
Mexico
Smeturort
Annie Miller
Dutch Annie
Bill Haltron
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pan Wert Bulletin
John A. Arnold & CO
Senate Committee On Irrigation
Robert P. Porter
Ubs
Fristan d'Acunha
Rio de la Plata
Caspian Sea
Pennylvania
O'Sullivans
Nora O'Sullivan
Our Lady of the Isolary
Castle Garden
Callaman
Ther
County Kerry
Tates
the News of
Piqua
Henry Hoffman
Lawrence Huter
Clem Studebaker
South Bend
Kansas
Garraum
Ty Baltimore
John Hisenberg
G. Ower Sons & Co
Locust Point
Woman's Congress
Denver
Julia Ward Howe
Grand Central
Apvces
Fleming County
Rockford
Rock River
William Moore
Jesup
Arine
Oxley Bros
Corwith
Orrica
North Dakota
Hansbrough
C. G. Casper
James Laird
Provistrionists
Hastings
Neb
Rev
C. E. Bentley
Lithut Terre Haute
C. L. Williams
Independence
Mr. Williams
Robert Baley
Carrollton
Foreign Intelligence
Dr. Talmage
Bismarck
N. D
Havre
Miller
L’angelus
American Art Association
Bagdad
Washingdton
John Henry Haynes
Turkey
State Department
Mesopotamia
Crete
Athens
Flemingsburgh, Ky
Davis Switch
Bravrorp
Mr. Daily
Daily
Railroad Gazette
Canada
City of Mexico
Tiverton
Dan McLeod
Golden Valley
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