Death by Own Action Shocks Railroad World in Washington
Franklin B. Gowan prominent Pennsylvania railroad officer was found dead in Wormley's Hotel Washington. Police say he shot himself amid mystery surrounding his death. His family and peers express disbelief, noting his strong disposition and recent legal work before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The Philadelphia-based Gowan family and associates are stunned by the suicide in the nation’s capital.
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Wasmiatox
Franklin B. Gowan
Laveyer
Pennsylvania
Wormley's
Toay
Mr. Gowan
Gowan
Wahington
Wormley’s
Abe Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Lo’elock
Philadelphia
Rowdenca
Mount Airy
McGowan
Rewting
Sid Mresident
Daniel S Conmings
Girard National Bank
Ui Imost
Ste Gowen
Asd
Seedom Not Blameless in Offical Duty Case
A garbled report outlines a sergeant at arms investigation into financial misconduct and overdrawn accounts within the office. Names such as Lewin, Elliott, Reed, Cheatham, and Gifford appear amid accusations of forged votes, public funds misused, and overpayments. The piece also shifts to flooding near a bridge in Pennsylvania, noting damage to the Cotemaugh River area and the plan to replace a temporary structure.
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Serens
Evening Star
Lewdom
Ehethimry
Otter
Macy
Bud Hut
Silewe
Mein
Leedim
Siliott
Lewin
Lalit
Hatter
Tom Mamiber
Congress
Clint
Sieat
Twedens
Con Tos
Bes
Adams
Investiicn
Arcoma
Reed
Cheatham Cehran
Eovcus
Gifford
Reail Houk
Lew Beauth
Cotemaugh
Moorleraie
Johne
Pennsylvania
Kilrain Found Guilty On Assault In Porvis Trial
A Kilrain assault case in Porvis Mississippi produced a mixed verdict with the jury finding Kilrain not guilty of murder but guilty of assault and battery after a trial. He was sentenced to a fine and two months in county jail, then admitted to bail at $1,000 pending appeal. The proceedings included testimony from Mayor Hobinson and other witnesses, and the defense offered no witnesses.
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Porvis
Miss
Kilrain
Hobinson
Dawson
United States arrests Bavarian murderer Schrieber in Minneapolis
Reports from St. Paul dated December 14 state Michael Schrieber, the Bavarian murderer, is now a United States prisoner after papers for his arrest were received in Minneapolis. He was arraigned before U.S. Commissioner O'Dell and committed to await the arrival of the district attorney, as foreign requisitions could not apply to federal authority.
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Curiaco
Charles C.dix
Commercial Hotel
Cronin Court Room
Dix
Longnecker
St. Paul
Minn
Michael Schrieber
United States
Minneapolis
Schrieber
O'Dell
Schreiber
United
Edison Era Before the Photo Dream in Moos In the Airy Realms
The piece compares early notions of invention with Edison and 19th century ideas. It recounts Abbe Migne’s 1880 account of L Scott’s phonautograph, its mechanism, limitations with the human voice, and hopes it would supplant stenography. It also notes Cyrene de Bargeran’s Moon voyage fiction predicting reading winds and a lunar book, plus Vade-Mons’ tales of frozen speech aboard a ship.
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Aha Migne
Scott
Baron Munchausen
America
Columbus
Beane Michogaary Wepc
Edison
Abbe Migue
L. Scott
M. Scott Mears
Richard Bredo
John Mandeville
Nova Zembia
Sir Richard
Hadibras
Mandeville
Ile
Trista
Bla
Mowsky
Tareng
Tag
Munchagwn
Ciicsgn
We Had Him There and Other Odd Tales of Signs
A garbled collage of humorous snippets from old newspapers recounts curious scenes. A judge recalls a riverbank incident with General Washington, a door sign causes a reader to miss a cue, and a prisoner pleads with a magistrate in a polite exchange about a mother’s memory.
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Dona
Detroit
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Douglas Ave
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