England Shaken by Severe Earthquakes Across Regions
Two strong shocks struck England and Wales with widest seismic reach from London to Lincoln and Lancashire. The first at 3:00 p.m. lasted about 80 seconds, the second at 5:30 p.m. shorter yet harsher. Windsor and Cheltenham residents rushed outside. Hereford Cathedral suffered minor damage. One woman died of fright in Hereford, but no other fatalities reported. Telegraph lines stayed intact and observatories noted minimal readings.
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London
Wales
Midlands
England
Windsor
Cheltenham
Hereford
Lincoln
Lancashire
Taunton
Southampton
Greenwich Observatory
Stonyhurst Observatory
Escape attempt tied to Kentucky murder claim in England
Edward Richard Taylor, jailed in Oxford for six months on a robbery sentence, faced a Bow Street warrant sought by the American embassy for a Kentucky murder. He asserts guilt, but Oxford police doubt the confession. Authorities may arrest him after current sentence ends.
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England
America
London
Bow-street
Edward Richard Taylor
Oxford
Kentucky
Taylor
Bayard at Bristol Addressing Merchant Venturers
Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, American minister to Bristol, arrived to distribute prizes and speak at the annual commencement of the Society of Merchant Venturers technical school. He noted blood ties to Bristol merchants and urged British American harmony in a pro Anglophile address.
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Merchant Ventureca
Bristol
Thomas F. Bayard
Technical School
The
Society of Merchant Venturers
Bayard
Philadelphia
Merchant Venturers
Bristol Chamber of Commerce
England
America
Strikers Patrolling the Port Create Disturbance
Histona December 18. Strikers act by police to quell a disturbance as they patrol the port. The event highlights tensions between workers and authorities amid ongoing labor activity.
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Rronbread
Histona
Appeal for Cuba Leaders Seek U S Intervention
Ethan Allen president of the Cuban League of the United States urges immediate government action and recognition of Cuban independence. The league seeks nationwide subscriptions to support Cuban patriots, with a grand mass meeting at Cooper Union in New York next Monday and future cooperation by American Friends of Cuba reaching 8,000 marchers.
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League
York
Ethan Allen
Cuban League of the United States
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Cuba
Congress
Spain
United States
Darwin R. James
Broadway
New York
Cooper Union
American Friends of the
American Friends of Cuba
Grocers’ Hall
Franz Mayer
Mayer
Cullom
Mills
Cameron
Maceo
H. D. Rodriguez
Henry Lincoln Zayas
Friends of Cuba
Cuban League
Senator Morgan
Bradley T. Johmson
Chauncey M. Depew
Blumfield
Sickels
Balance of Trade Largely In Our Favor Hints at Gold Exports
The Dun & Co review notes holiday trade is large but skewed to cheap goods. Exports of cotton rise while wheat receipts stay heavy. overall imports exceed exports but gold movement remains restrained. Iron and steel developments, copper and coke production, and rail pricing influence markets. several failures recorded, and a Maryland execution ends a murder case.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Germany
London
Messaba Mountain
Carnegie
J. D. Rockefeller
Carnegie Company
Lake Erie
Rail Association
Philadelphia Dispatch
Bessemer Pig and
Gray Forge
Pittsburgh
Virginia
Alabama
Lake
Atlantic
Cameron
Senate Committee
Spain
St. Paul
Burlington
Rock Island
United States
Canada
Bloodthirsty mob lynches Arch Proctor and kin in Kentucky
A Logan county mob of about 200 men dragged Arch Proctor and his father Dink from Adairville jail and hanged them at a cedar tree near Nashville road after killing Bill Proctor who resisted capture. The three prisoners faced the mob without a chance to speak, as vigilante justice ruled.
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Bill Proctor
Dink
Adairville
Arch Proctor
Dink Proctor
Crafton
Nashville
Frightful Death at Virginius Mine Near Ouray
Five men were instantly killed in a mine accident near Ouray Colorado Virginius mine. Workers were repairing timbering from a cage when the cable stuck and the cage plunged 1400 feet to the shaft bottom, mangling and crushing the laborers in the wreck. All the victims were well known locally and left families.
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Ouray
Virginius Tome
Here
Wrecking Train Wrecks Near Delphi Indiana
A wrecking train on the Monon line near Delphi Indiana derailed after a flat car jumped the track. One man was instantly killed and several were injured, including Trainmaster McCannon of the Monon road. A second wreck occurred on the Wabash and Monon crossing earlier that day.
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Innla Napolis
Ind
Wabash
Monon
Delphi
Gurnsey
Agid Peveral
McCannon
Mougn Road
Quote ads and mottos from scattered papers
A collage of quotes and ad snippets appears from multiple papers listing remedies and business offers. Mentions include Hapgood Plow Co and St Jacobs Oil claims, a practical business college in Hannibal Missouri, and aphorisms attributed to Beecher, Franklin, and Ram's Horn.
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Hogland
Havana
Key West
Fla
Olivette
Muceo
Prats
Matanzas
Weyler
Bernal
Congress of the United States
Raleigh
Iowa
Des Moines
Drake
Gulf-Coast
Dun's
Commercial
Maryland
Upper Marlborough
James Smith
Mulatto
Margaret
Colorado
Hood
Louisville & Nashville
C. P. Armann
Gen. Pass, Agt
Louisville
Hane Traves
Buffalo Bill
Chicago
Ferry
Cincinnati Enquirer
St Jacobs
Chicago Standard
Ad. Sterling Remedy Co
Docron
Yonkers Statesman
St. Jacobs Oil
Hapgood Plow Co
Alton, TL
H. W. Beecher
Hannibal, Mo
F. L. Kelly
Timman
Ram's
Benjamin Franklin
California Fig Syrup Co
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