GOSSIP OF GOTHAM Tammany Men Aim for Congress
There is little evidence of insubordination by W Bourke Cockran in New York's delegation. Cockran is described as an orator and gentleman, not a traitor. Tammany aims to repeal the silver law, pursue tariff for revenue, and win offices for loyal democrats, per Mayor Gilroy's statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bourke Cockran
New York City
New York
Cockran
Washington
Tammany
Gilroy
Omaha & St. Louis
Council Bluffs
Pattensburg
Gault
Barnard
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis
Union Pacific
Omaha
Wabash
New York Mayoralty Reflected In McClellan’s Reluctant Post
The piece notes George B. McClellan’s resignation from active mayoral duties, comparing it with past NYC leaders. It cites Gilroy, Grant, Hewitt, Grace and the era’s political drift, suggesting McClellan’s stance undercuts party plans and underscores the office’s perils and neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wever
New York City
Moore
Board of
Alatermen
George B. M’clellan- Mied
Gilroy
McClellan
Bie
New York
Grant
Hewitt
Grace
Gotham
Society Swell Targets Frederick Gebhard in Suitor Conspiracy
A curious conspiracy taunts Frederick Gebhard as rival suitors seek Lulu Morris. Gebhard, a gentle, educated, aristocratic man with shrewd financial sense, is praised for temperance and oratorical promise while speculation swirls about a future career aiding reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Gebhard
Lulu Morris
Gebhard
Lulu Morrising
Gebbard
New York Talks of Buying Philadelphia Zoo Inmates
A New York alderman proposes purchasing Philadelphia Zoo to move its animals to Central Park. He argues the plan could work, with a special train and experienced keepers, but doubts Philadelphia would consent to the bargain. The idea is regarded as highly unlikely amid the city’s historic pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen of
New York
Zoological Gardens of
Philadelphia
Central Park
Historicauy
Youthful Millionaire Elliott Shepard Aims Navy Service
A teenaged Elliott F Shepard, heir to wealth, faces a possible Navy enlistment. Friends and family express surprise, noting no prior inclination toward military life. The young man continues his duties irregularly due to holidays, with plans for the autumn unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott F.shepard
Sam
Shepard
Elliott
Young Elliott Shepard Expected to Grow Into Clever Gentleman
The text portrays Elliott F Shepard as heir to a great name with elaborate education in languages music mathematics and art. He enjoys horseback rides boating and sports and possesses a quiet courteous manner. Vanderbilt's guidance shapes his schooling, suggesting he may not pursue a naval officer’s path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Shepard
New York
Young Elliott
George W. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Elliott F. Shepard
United States Naval
Sunday Beer Ban Leaves Philadelphians Thirsty in City
A Philadelphia tale recalls Sunday liquor bans making residents unable to buy drinks at home while New Yorkers could. A visiting group sought alcohol on a Sunday, failed for two hours, found “speak easies” hidden in the shadows, and finally traveled to New York for refreshment. David Wechsler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New Yorker
New York
David Wechsler
Giant Triassic amphibian fossil found in Hungary
A nearly complete limestone preserved labyrinthodon specimen from Huezel Weitz Hungary reveals a frog like giant from the Triassic. The skull spans eighteen inches and weighs three hundred twelve pounds with the missing jaw and forearm. Total fossil mass with matrix weighs eighteen thousand six hundred pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huezelweitz
Hungary
Southwick
Barnett
St. Louis Republic
A Turk's Narrow Escape From a Hidden Craftan
A Turkish tale recounts Schampeddin the moliah spotting a moonlit figure in his garden. He fires at it with bow and arrow, only to learn next day he killed his own craftan hung out to dry by his wife. He praises Allah for avoiding self harm and his narrow escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schampeddin
Allah
Phare du Bosphere
Incipient Policeman and Urchins in a Street Scene
A collage of humorous vignettes and quips from the Harvard Lampoon and Chicago Tribune. Edith attends church for the first time and JT dislikes the organ due to lack of a monkey. An incipient policeman and fruit stand banter frame a playful urban moment with street urchins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Harvard Lampoon
Chicago Tribune
A Discouraging Proviso in Texas Siftings
Gus De Smith-Well and Tom eloped with a rich girl. The father telegraphs forgiveness if they stay away. The tale hints at strained prospects and parental disapproval in a small town gossip frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus de Smith
Tom
Texas Siftings
Filial Respect and School Pride in Jokes of the Day
Demorest's Magazine quotes humorous exchanges on education and manners. A mother treads pride as daughters and sons compare schooling while a washerwoman pun highlights social habits. A playful sketch of romance amid older collars and naive proposals appears in short quips.
Ottumwa Man Missing and Burlington Police Warning
Des Moines dispatch reports Ottumwa resident Sam Speicher, 70, missing after leaving the American house. Sightings traced near First Methodist Church and Col. Brett's area as searches continue. Separate Burlington arrest warrant issued for Timothy Cox by ex-wife Matilda Cox over cruelty and desertion with custody of three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Sam Speicher
Libby
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Col. Brett
Mr. Culbertson
Sam
Jefferson Street
Speicher
Burlington
Timothy Cox
Matilda Cox
North Sixth Street
Cox
Iowa Democrats renominate Horace Boies for Governor
Des Moines hosts the Iowa Democratic State Convention. Horace Boies is renominated for governor by acclamation amid speeches on platform themes. The gathering names Bestow, McFall, and Cleggett for other offices, adopts a platform denouncing Republican policy and calling for monetary reform, pensions, temperance license taxes, and nonpartisan state budgeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Horace Boies
Charles D. Fullen
State Central Committee
Howard A. Johnson
Presbyterian Church
Fullen
Henry Vollmer
Davenport
Cato Sells
W. W. Dodge
Burlington
Gov
Boies
Bestow
James McKee
Davis County
G. B. McFall
Oskaloosa
McFall
Perry
Albia
Cass
Judge Preston
Cedar Rapids
Charles Goldsmith
Sac City
George W. Crozier
Knoxville
W. J. Babb
Mount Pleasant
Cleggett
Thomas Bowman
Council Bluffs
J. P. Knoepfier
Allamkee County
Committee On Resolutions
F. Couch
Iowa
Grover Cleveland
United States
Chicago
Congress
Democratic Congress
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fairfield
Charles A. Walsh
Ottumwa
Death in hay load accident at Coon Rapids
John Huttan aged 78 died after falling from a hay load while loading near Coon Rapids. He had retired to Coon Rapids with his family after renting his farm. He left a wife two sons and four daughters. James H Miller of Burlington, father of nineteen, was adjudged insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Huttan
Coon Rapids
James H. Miller
Burlington
Ends His Troubles with Death
West Point Nebraska August 23 Charles W Jankele committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart at age 19 the act said to result from family troubles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Neb
Charles W. Jankele
Iowa State Labor Report Shows Average Wages by Trades
The Labor Commissioner’s report lists annual averages for Iowa workers across trades including bakers at 45.20 and barbers at 588.21 while several crafts such as machinists 678.95 and printers 3610.22 are detailed. Women wage workers refused to provide statements, some citing concerns wages could fix social status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sovereign
Queer Case of a Keokuk Girl
The Keokuk sheriff arrested Lena Stainton after a grand jury indictment for stealing a diamond pin and money from Mrs. W. G. Hedges. The theft occurred last September while Lena served in the visiting family. Circumstantial evidence pointed to her guilt but she denied it. A $25 reward led to her surrender of the pin, with City Marshal William Timble paying the reward and promising no prosecution. She left briefly and returned recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Lena Stainton
W. G. Hedges
Lena
Creston Pioneer Captain M H Way Dies in Kansas City
Capt M H Way a Creston pioneer and former mayor dies at his Kansas City home. His remains return to Creston for interment at his old home. He built Creston’s first schoolhouse, financing much of its erection, and later ran a local business after mayoral years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
M. H. Way
Kansas City
Supposed Murder Stuns Winnebago County
Excitement grips the county over the alleged killing of John H. Harmison near Stein Post Office. He was dragged from bed to an old shed, killed, and placed kneeling with hay-bale wire tied to the roof. Details remain unclear as investigators probe the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago County
John H. Harmison
Stein
Train collision at Valeria derails three coaches
A southbound Chicago Great Western train struck an open switch at Valeria and left the tracks. Three coaches toppled onto their sides while the engineer, fireman, an express messenger, and one passenger sustained light injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Great Western
Valeria
Jealousy Linked to Farmstead Suicide in Grant Township
Anthony Harrison, 30, a Grant township farmer in Winnebago county, was found dead in his shed hanging by a wire. A note in his pocket states death by his own hand and cites jealousy as the motive. He leaves a wife and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Harrison
Grant Township
Winnebago County
News in Brief Summaries from Iowa Events and Crimes
Robert Berner arrived in Fort Dodge as special commissioner to investigate river land settlers' claims against the government. Several accidents and crimes are noted: a brakeman killed in Keota, a shooting leading to arm amputation in Creston, a jewelry theft in Charles City, and illegal fishing fines in Rock Rapids. A deer of labor and transportation news includes depot jubilee plans in Sioux City, a Davenport fatal fall, a receiver in the Iowa City packing house, and wage cuts on railroads. Also listed are reunions, contests, appointments, and a crop report noting Iowa top corn production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Berner
United States
Fort Dodge
Christ T. Perdue
D. M. Perdue
Rose Hill
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Keota
Philip Buckner
Henry Buckner
Creston
Union
Julia Dickinson
Fairpoa
N. Y
Tabor College
Edgar Wilson
France
Mr. Wilson
George Walker
Charles City
William Wilka
Fred Emmet
Charles Ball
F. Twisler
Theodore Thorson
R. Hicht
Theodore Vogel
Rock Rapids
Prage
Oskaloosa
Sioux City
Gus Wuppers
Davenport
Iowa City
Salvation Army
John Hoover
Burlington
Minburn
Reinbeck District Lodge of Good Templars
Iowa Falls
Lulu Osgood
I. W. Smith
Iowa State Agricultural College
Ames
Frederick Stein
Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Iowa
President Issues Proclamation Opening Cherokee Outlet Land
President Cleveland proclaims September 16, 1893, as the opening date for settlement and homestead entry in the Cherokee outlet lands in Indian Territory. Seven counties receive lands, with four acres reserved in each county seat for a courthouse, and a 100 foot wide strip set within the tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cherokee Strip
Wasukixeton
Indian Territory
Cherokee Outlet
Cherokee Strip Opening Plans and Cavalry Action
Map of the Cherokee Strip shows opening procedures with booths on boundary lines and required declarations for homestead or town lot entries. U S cavalry has driven out intruders as boomers react to the September 16 opening news. river rise endangers campers. Union Pacific to run a 400 Pullman train of Utah dignitaries to Chicago for Utah Day at the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Arkansas City
Kan
United States Cavalry
Cherokee Strip
Carkansas City
Guruing
C. T
Arkansas Valley
Salt Fork
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Salt Lake
Chicago
Freeing From Yellow Fever in Athens Opens City Gates
Yellow fever breaks out in Brunswick with 2000 people prepared to flee. Athens city council, faced with the telegram asking to admit refugees, consulted leading physicians and, on their advice, decided to open Athens to all Brunswick refugees. An epidemic is expected in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Brunswick
They Defy the Law in Gilberton Track Incident
Monday night residents tore up Schuylkill Traction tracks in Gilberton Pa to enforce a borough ordinance. This morning a large armed force tried to relay the rails under Assistant Superintendent Richard Amore. In the ensuing collision James Parfitt and William Hughes were killed. Evan Davis and Richard Amore were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manonry Ciry
Gilberton
Schuylkill Traction Company
Richard Amore
James Parfitt
William Hughes
Evan Davis
Fire destroys Masonic hotel at Harvey tolling $100000 loss
Caicaco August 23. Fire completely destroyed the Masonic hotel at Harvey shortly after 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The three story frame structure, completed about six months ago for world’s fair guests, was uninsured with a $100000 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caicaco
Harvey
Explosion at Bushnell sawmill kills worker in Stanton
The boiler at J. W. Willett's sawmill in Bushnell exploded Tuesday forenoon. W. XN. Eckhert died instantly and two other men suffered fatal injuries as the mill was wrecked.
Lost at Sea Storm Wrecks Cause Forty One Dead Forty Eight Missing
A hurricane on the Atlantic yields grim totals with forty one known dead and fifty eight missing. Vessel after vessel sinks or is wrecked as crews are swept away, with reports from Narragansett Elbridge Souther Empire State and other craft. Rescue efforts and drifting wreckage fill daily dispatches as weather settles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
New York
Narragansett
Philadelphia
Chase
Seavey
Elbridge Souther
Jane Baird
Empire State
Grant
Ella Johnson
Joseph Garland
Mascott
Fitz J. Babcock
Alf
William C. Bell
Rondout
N. Y
Andesea
N. J
George W. Pride
International Construction Company
Buttermilk Channel
Asbury Park
Mary
Lizzie
Nantucket
Melinda Wood
Gustav Peterson
Barnegat
Parapetomia
Albert Smith
Reading Railroad Company
Panther
Lykens Valley
Long Island
Union Sailors Kill Delegate in Dockside Clash at Detroit
In Detroit on a harbor dock the Seamen's union delegate O'Brien led a non-union attack on the schooner Reuben Doud crew. Captain Lennon fired in defense after O'Brien struck his wife and lunged again, fatally wounding the attacker. Lennon was jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
O'Brien
Mich
Seamen’s Union
Reuben Doud
William Lennon
Capt
Lennon
O’brien
Drowned while fishing ex cashier of Mawitowoc bank
George Barnet former cashier of the failed State Bank of Mawitowoc Mambowoc Wisconsin was found dead in the river on August 26 in an apparent accidental drowning during a fishing trip. He was 44 and left a wife and child. The bank’s president Mr Barnes had died already.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnet
State Bank of
Mawitowoc
Mambowoc
Wis
George Barnet
State Bank
Mr. Barnes
Feminine Notes and Oddities Span News Snippets
Two women walked from Muskegon Michigan to Chicago and another from Dallas to Chicago. Indiana bureau lists seventeen vacancies for women in medicine. An Morrison advanced student misnamed carnivorous animals as equator cow horse wolf and goat. Connecticut charcoal burner Mrs Jervsna Linx decorates her sod home with bookshelf and carpet. Henry Bergh Circle Kings Daughters eight members reports chloroformed four thousand eighty nine cats seventy one dogs six wounded sparrows one rabbit one possum last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskegon
Mich
Chicago
Dallas
Tex
Indiana
Morrison
Jervsna Linx
Connecticut
Henry Bergh
King’s Daughters
Fact Crazes and Stats from a Flawed Text
A garbled passage notes a tobacco plant yielding 360000 seeds and Greenland whale with a heart a yard across. It claims Mecca sees every year cholers, a third of humans speak Chinese, 25000 women decorate china in the US, and describes the Khwajah tunnel in India at 6400 feet elevation, 12800 feet long for double rail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mecca
United States
China
Khwajah
India
Khwajah Amran Mountains
Inetia
Feathered His Nest Loots Banks and Flees to Mexico
E M Donaldson, once a Marion Kan and Sioux City official, fled with about 300000 in stolen funds from Union Trust and eleven Iowa banks. He built a banking empire, then collapsed, leaving receivers in control of Kansas and Iowa institutions as a deputy marshal hunts him in Mexico. Meanwhile Indianapolis figures faced embezzlement charges amid a web of misappropriations and arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Napoleon
E. M. Donaldson
Union Trust Company
Sioux City
First National Bank of
Marion
Kan
Iowa
Mexico
Kansas
Donaldson
Joseph L. Hosmer
Suncook
N. H
New Hampshire
New England
Union Trust & Mortgage Company
Union Banking Company
Capital
Greensburg
Jetmore
Holt, Kan
First National of
Hosmer
First National Bank
Ida Grove
Holstein
Sloan State Bank
Sloan
Danbury
Cushing
Castana Savings Bank
Castana
Schaller Savings Bank
Schaller
Aurelia Savings Bank
Aurelis
Bank of Modale
Modale
Trust Company
James Doughty
W. A. Latimer
Indianapolis
Ind
Theodore P. Haughey
Indianapolis National Bank
Hawkins
Haughey
Schuyler C. Haughey
Indianapolis Curled Hair Works
Indianapolis Glue Works
Francis A. Coffin
Indianapolis Cabinet Company
Percival Coffin
A. T. Reed
Young Haughey
Coffins
Reed
United States
van Buren
Albert T. Reed
Farmer dies after feud with son-in-law near Ivory Station
John Sehneider, a prosperous farmer from the hills near Ivory Station, was fatally shot by his son-in-law Frank Mueller Sunday morning after a quarrel over work. Sehneider had attempted to stab Mueller during the dispute. Mueller answered with a shotgun, and Sehneider died from his injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
John Sehneider
Ivory Station
Frank Mueller
Schneider
Mueller
Farm accident kills farmer as he falls on pitchfork
Oak Lasp Aug 21 A farmer John Abel who lived west of the city fell from a hay mow onto a pitchfork and died instantly. Ohio River very low Aug 22 The river is at a historic low hindering steamers and leaving hundreds unemployed. crossing by horse and buggy is only option after fifty years of steady crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Lasp
John Abel
Gatopeuis
Ohio
Death of Dr Theodore Kunz in Montero over morphine dose
Dr Theodore Kunz, a Swiss native practicing in Montero, was found dead in bed from an apparent morphine overdose likely by mistake. In Fort Doper, grasshoppers move eastward daily from north to south, flying high with no immediate damage noted despite increased numbers this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montero
Theodore Kunz
Switzerland
Fort Doper
Bloodshed in Mexico in Romero political fight
Bloodshed in Romero Mexico leaves seven dead during a political clash between Garza Galan and Cardona factions. The incident occurred as rival candidates for governor confronted each other in the street. Local authorities in LarEdo Texas report the fatalities and ongoing investigations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
LarEdo
Tex
Romero, Mex
Garza
Galan
Cardona
Governon
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Shepard Men
Philly
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Travelin’ Gentlemen's Union
Demorest
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George
Miss Oldboy
Polk City
John Lenox
Charles James
James
Lenox
Walton
Canada
A. J. Ross
Liberty
Waltons
A. J. Cross & Co
West
Randolph Street
S. N. Maine
Montgomery County
Dunn and Bradstreet’s
Maine
Cross
Cross & Co
Democrats
Iowa State News
Labor Statistics
Lost
MOB
Missouri
Ohio River
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