Broad Briefs From The Nation In A Tumultuous Era
A chaotic morning in Greely Colorado saw a jail riot freeing W D French, linked to a recent murder. Reports span from Madrid to Belfast noting yellow fever, Canary Islands health, Madrid bomb, and London police tracing Jack the Ripper clues. Other items include Cuban pensioners, New York mill fire, and Washington Territory statehood efforts.
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Greely
Colorado
W. D. French
Harry Woodbury
Cushing
Belfast
Lonuses
Spain
Canary Islands
Santa Cruz de la Palma
Thomas Nines
Adams and Westlake Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Markets News Roundup from New York and Chicago Trades
The New York money market closed at 8 percent with 6 to 8 percent trading ranges and steady government bonds. Wheat and flour futures show modest activity. corn, oats, and barley demand steady to higher. In Chicago, prices for wheat and flour reflect mixed futures with No 1 hard old at 1.36 to 1.50 and No 2 at 1.20s, while pork and lard markets ease and dairy prices edge up for creamery and cheddar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Yorks
Duran
New York Produce Exchange
City Mills
W. Sat
Eastern Creamery
Cheddar, Tern Hat, LLC
Iic
Canada
Diphtheria cases and a Mesmerism case headline Pittston dispatch
Miss Christine Hornberger, a 27 year old from Pittsburgh’s south side, seeks court relief alleging mesmerism by a man she refuses to name. Anti Cruelty Society agent Michael Dean will pursue the matter. Also reported are diphtheria cases, a pension fraud heist, a fatal blow in Pottstown, a church floor collapse, a self inflicted wound, and a mining accident in Shenandoah City with Patrick Redding killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittspurag
Christine Hernberger
South Side
Ja Iy
Mexo
Cua
Michael Dean
Anti- Cruelty Society
Mss Hornberger
Sven
Hornberger
Suon
Miss Hornberger
Pittburg
Callane
la Ted
Mexico
Cuba
Phy Siavana
Scarnel
Dean
Anti-cruelty Society
New Year Casualties in New York and Brooklyn
A New Year’s night spree left multiple wounded and dead across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Cornelius O Connor lay dying after a brick strike by an unseen Elizabeth street gang member, while John Sweeney suffered bruises. John Weary was shot and killed near N Tenth Avenue. A drunken brawl near Forty eighth Street and First Avenue ended in Michael Crow’s stabbing death as police reported numerous arrests and many minor injuries from shootings, stabbings, and fights. Benjamin Gutthelp, F W Kersing, Michael Larkin, and Patrick Fitzgerald were among others shot or harmed in the city’s volatile night, with fires causing substantial property loss noted at several locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Brooklyn
Cornelius O'Connor
Elizabeth Street
O’connor
John Sweeney
Sweeney
John Weary
Tenth Avenue
Heary
William
John
Forty-eighth Street
First Avenue
Michael Crow
East Forty-eighth Street
James Crow
Alex. Christie
Eleventh Avenue
Benjamin Gutthelp
Second Avenue
Eichtieth Street
F. W. Kersing
East Eidith Street
Michael Larkin
Fifty-fourth Street
Patrick Fitzgerald
Grand Street
South Fifth Avenue
Prince Street
James Sullivan
Avenue A
Broadway
Watson Bros
Smith
Fires in St Louis Kill One and Injure Several
A three story saloon and tenement at Sixth and Morgan streets burned yesterday in St Louis. Mary Bushaicker, a waitress, was instantly killed leaping from a window. Lizzie, Mary Davis, and Mary Westland were carried to the dispensary in a dying condition from burns and suffocation. Patrolman McFarland nearly suffocated while aiding lodgers but was saved by a fellow officer. John Daly and his wife escaped down a rope from a third story window. The blaze caused extensive damage with losses around 82,000 for the building and contents and no insurance. A second blaze hit the Richardson Drug company six story brick nearby, with stock losses about 750,000 and buildings 150,000. Benzine and oil explosions stirred fear at the hotel vicinity but no spread occurred. Insurance on the big building and stock totals 650,000, largely via H M Blossom's agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Sixth
Morgan Streets
Mary Bushaicker
Lizzie
Mary Davis
Mary Westland
McFarland
John Daly
Hugh Sellers
Mamoth
Richardson Drug Company
Fourth Street
Clark Avenue
Fla
H. M. Blossom
Smallpox in Onondaga Penitentiary Report
Syracuse N Y Jan 2 It has been determined beyond a doubt that smallpox exists in the Onondaga penitentiary Frank Clark a tramp leaving the disease in its worst form and three other men showing symptoms Clark will be taken to the pest house and the penitentiary will be rigidly quarantined There are over 300 convicts in it and all are greatly terrified The terms of forty two have expired and these are very indignant that they were not allowed to go out last night.
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Prince Murat
Dragoons
France
Orleans
Cleveland
John C. Black
Pensioner
Edmore
Mich
Dush
Neilbrook
W. W. Cush
John Carr
Bert Smiley
A. G. Green
Josiah Richardson
Joseph A. Byington
William Levins
Idaho
Sidney Weeks
Treasury Department
Secret Service Division
W.G. Hards
Chicago
Berlin
Adelbert
Bavaria
London
Jack the Ripper
Drury Jane
Whitechapel
Little John Gill
Bradford
Yeh-Ho-Na-Lah
Ewei Hsiang
China
Dublin
Father Kennedy
National League
League
Schofield
Mmchofield
W H. C. Bartlett
United States Military Academy
Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York
West Point
Nicol Pasquale
Angelo Dugergin
Paine
Brown
Ballinasloe
Manderson
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Republican Party
United States Civil Service
BOUS
Sion
Washington, D. C
Percy H. Adams
James H
Tweed
A. Wolf
Beelauan Street
Creats Island
Fran de
Winton
Bey
Leopoldville
Francis de Winton
Germany
Bes
Ieaca
Orange
Louw
Daniel
Trenton
N. d
Dispatch
London Daily Telegraph
England
Blaine
United States
Harrison
Brooklyn
John Haywood
Oscar Topison
Haywood
Gladestone
Naples
Ion
Grenfell
Gordon
Vatican
Lfe
Manchuria
Quilon
Flr
Malabar
Syracuse
N. Y
Onondaga Penitentiary
Frank Clark
Clark
Natchez Strikes Snag Beached Near Lake Providence
The steamboat Natchez, owned by Thomas P. Leathers, struck a snag near Lake Providence and beached in shallow water on the opposite river bank. It valued at $190,000, could be replaced for $75,000, and is partly insured. No lives were lost. Judge Ely in Boston finds no evidence of homicide in Margaret Mullen arsenic death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rew Oceans
Natchez
Thomas P. Leathers
Lake Providence
Boston
Ely
Margaret Mullen
North End
Hat Factory Burned in Roxbury Fire
Guyer Brothers hat factory in Roxbury caught fire destroying building and machinery. Forty workers narrowly escaped with hats coats and personal effects lost. Total damage estimated at ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostox
Guyer Brothers
Roxbury
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Watan
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William Price
Athens
Tenn
James Ford
Nathan Gilsebrist
Toledo
Buffalo Provision Market
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Aurtis
Ile Dienss
Macangie
Harry
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Lily
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Charles Hunsicker
Burns
James Sweeney
Pottstown
Swartz and Weand
Joseph Reghner
John Q. Gantz
Willam Herbert
Conrad Schmearer
William O'Brien
Thomas Taylor
Willl
Lewis
Jarlisse
Stoughstown
Newtown Goodhart
Sinagrove
Norris Glover
Edith
Shenandoah
Patrick Redding
Shenandooah City
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Ellen Killduff
Navy Street
James Ryan
William Dunlap
Johnnry
Nelson Street
Henry
Nealy
Turlap
Wells, Richardson & CO
Burlington, Ct
Samkel Hutchixson
South Cornish
Geo
Anport
Sioux City, Iowa
Seee Evizasetu C
Uvarz
Quecee
Peter Greenland’s
Water Street
Episcopal Church
Episcopa Church
High Street
Hazel and
Laure
Drug and
Signature Hop Plaster CO
W.H. Pickett & CO
I. A. Jamieson & Co
Suerman
Dewett’s Stove
Gate
Maine
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Vermont
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