Terrible Disaster in English Channel Rocaley Sinks
Report of the collision between the French brig Rocaley and the Thomas Dang in the English Channel. Survivors saved from the brig, which carried 115 souls and no cargo, with 21 saved from a crew of 22. Survivors landed at Paya on November 8.
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New York
Dac
Thomas Dang
Liverpool
Rocaley
English Channel
Sisson
Dana
St. Pierre
St. Milo
Paya
A Chat With Sturlata Plans Baltimore Departure
Sturlata, freed from the penitentiary, will leave Chicago for Baltimore around 5 pm possibly staying awhile. She renounces Carrie Watson, saying Watson misrepresented her. She thanks friends who supported her and plans to heed their advice.
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Baltimore
Chicago
Sturlata
Depuyster Street
Carrie Watson
Carrie
Late Cincinnati Murder Leaves Driver Dead and Conductor Critical
Cincinnati report says John Cosgrove died from wounds after Shafer shot him during a streetcar dispute over fare. Conductor William Swift is in precarious condition. Shafer claims intoxication denial and says self defense. Shafer fled on foot, altered appearance, and expresses some remorse while maintaining justification.
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Cincinnati
John Cosgrove
Shafer
William Swift
Shnafe
Illinois coal production totals and labor stats for year
The Illinois coal industry report by Col. Lord shows 49 counties mined, 639 mines, 110,593 acres controlled, 12,329 acres worked out, 23,339 men employed, 10,508,781 tons produced, an 182,893,188 increase in value at $15,310,521, capital at $10,896,540, estimated annual capacity 21,035,435 tons, 800 casualties and 134 fatal accidents. Archbishop Croke urges continued Irish parliamentary effort and restraint to seek freedom for Ireland under an Irish flag.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Lord
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Curious case stirs club meeting with a Hebelike girl
The club president teases a local tale about a 19 year old girl from a town a hundred miles away. He describes her beauty as Hebe like Venus like Minerva and Psycho in mind while noting she sings and plays well. An unmarried member in love agrees. The room erupts in laughter as the president adds more odd details.
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Hebe
Venus
Minerva
Sha
Menagerie Shaken After Train Wreck Near Xenia
A Little Miami railroad wreck two miles north of Xenia released wild animals from a traveling Anglo American show en route to Detroit. A hot box fire overturned cages, animals were thrown into panic, locals feared a mass escape, but the crew halted the engine and calmed the scene by noon. The wreck caused alarm as light from the fire frightened beasts and drew farmers from miles around.
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Cincinnati
Little Miami
Detroit
Xenia
Complicated Delinquent Case Emerges in Clinton Wis
A chaotic report from Clinton Wisconsin describes Frank Dubois released by officers after a disputed identity. He stayed at Charles Deans residence with Gertie Fuller, was questioned, then discharged. Delia Smith denies any link to Hudson or marriage schemes and claims she was hired to marry Gertie.
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Clinton
Wis
Frank Dubois
Dubois
Stockbridge
Appleton
Charles Dean
Gertie Fuller
Waupun
Gertie
Indiana political talk on Hendricks McDonald Voorhees
A newspaper interview records views on Indiana politics with Hendricks McDonald and Voorhees as central figures. See how ex-soldier support and tariff stance influence the old ticket and potential shifts among Republicans and Democrats. Jurists Jordon Bundy Bearss weigh in on current public favor.
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Voorhees
Manson
Hendricks
Annie
McDonald
Indiana
Tilden and Hendricks
J. H. Jordon
Morgan County
N. L. Bundy
New Castle
A. C. Bearss
Peru
Jealous husband’s tragedy ends in insane asylum
In Milledgeville Georgia a man named Robert Humphreys once driven by irrational jealousy killed his daughter after mistaking her for a seducer. He fled, was captured, sentenced to death, escaped, lived as a farm laborer, later found insane and committed to the state asylum. A commission determined his insanity after new evidence.
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Milledgeville, Ga
Wrrest
Robert Humphreys
Humphreys
Catoosa
Dcath
State Asylum
Missouri Senator Bland on silver coinage and national banks
Wastmaron-Crry Dec 8 Bland of Missouri says Congress will not stop silver coinage. He supports using silver certificates as currency, extending bank charters only to handle stringency, and prefers gradual extinction of national banks. He favors calling in trade dollars and converting them to bullion.
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Wastmaron - Crry
Eollar” Bland
Missouri
Congress
Treasury
Bland
Maj Nicker son defense in divorce case accuses wife
Washington City reports Maj Nicker son late army officer files answer to his wife's divorce suit with a general denial and counter charges. He details alleged conduct by Mrs Nickerson and claims she left with their daughter for California then Germany, accusing her of desertion and seeking support. He cites a letter from a former servant alleging the marriage was one of convenience. The piece also notes unrelated dispatches about Tonquin War and other items.
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California
Fort Vancouver
W.T
Germany
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