Assassination of Chicago Mayor Carter Harrison
Chicago October 31 report states Mayor Carter Henry Harrison was assassinated at his home at Ashland and Jackson Boulevards. Four shots were fired, three striking him including abdominal and chest wounds while a fourth hit the left palm. The assassin fled. forty five minutes later Patrick Eugene Prendergast surrendered at Desplaines Street steps.
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Mayor Harrison Slain in Chicago Home in Insane Attack
Carter H Harrison, Chicago mayor, was shot at his home by an apparently insane assailant, Prendergast. The murderer fled by streetcar and surrendered. Harrison died from abdominal and chest wounds after a moving final view of his betrothed Miss Annie Howard. The city mourns as a funeral is planned with Graceland cemetery interment.
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Battle at Melilla Ends with Spanish Loss of General Margallo
Maprio reports a Friday and Saturday battle before Melilla in which Gen Margallo was killed leading Spanish troops. Gen Ortega's reinforcements drove Moors from trenches as heavy fighting continued. Madrid sources note renewed Moor resistance and a garrison sortie of 2,000 with Ottoman-scale casualties.
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Attendance at the Fair
Chicago observed weekend crowds with 240 732 paid admissions on Saturday and 146 821 on Sunday. Weekly total reached 1 554 572 and grand total since May 1 stood at 21 322 422 guests.
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Funeral in State for Mayor Carter Harrison in Chicago
Chicago mourned Mayor Carter H. Harrison with a city hall in state ceremony attended by 80 000 to 100 000 people. Police, fire department escorts, and a 200 piece Chicago Musical Union band led the solemn procession along Ashland Avenue to La Salle Street and the county building. Floral tributes filled the rotunda as officials bid farewell to the late mayor.
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Fire destroys Moss Rose saloon in Darras with two cremations
Moss Rose saloon on the public square burned Monday morning in Darras Texas. The second floor housed cheap lodgings and two men perished in the blaze identified as Z M Brown and his son W H Brown farmers from eastern county.
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Moss Rose
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House approves transfer of battleship Illinois model to Chicago
The House agreed to the Senate joint resolution transferring the model of the battleship Illinois on display at the world’s fair to the city of Chicago.
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Senate
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Fire damages Peninsular stove works in Michigan
The finishing department building of the Peninsular stove works in Detroit was destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening with losses of 50000 and 50000 insurance. Several firemen were injured by a falling wall and an engineer lost his left arm below the elbow in the gearing of a fire engine.
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Peninsular Stove Works
Warship Urano Hit by Shell at Rio De Janeiro
The Urano was struck by a shell while leaving Rio on October 15 and arrived at Desterro badly damaged with forty crew killed. A separate note from San Francisco reports 319 unemployed men heading south in a long tramp toward New Orleans with no money.
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San Francisco
Obsequies for Chicago Mayor Harrison Draw Immense Crowd
The funeral processions for Mayor Carter H. Harrison drew crowds estimated between 300 000 and 500 000 as they wound from city hall to the Church of the Epiphany and then to Graceland cemetery. A massive parade included police, militia, officials, civic societies, and the Chicago Hussars, with a grand hearse drawn by six black horses and a full escort. The service at Epiphany was led by Rev. T N Morrison Jr followed by burial at Graceland.
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Halsted Street
Depositors Victimized In Connusville Banker Swindle
Michael Kozak a Slav banker and steamship agent has vanished with 15000 dollars of depositors money from Connusville Pennsylvania. A letter to his wife from Philadelphia says he will not return. Also reports the death of Maj. Gen. Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale master of ceremonies and former equerry to the prince of Wales in Bangor.
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Repeal of Sherman law purchasing clause as Senate bill passes
Washington reports the House concurred with the Senate amendment by 193 to 94, ending the purchase clause of the 1890 Sherman act. The bill was signed by the President at 4 25 pm after final engrossment. The vote breakdown shows Democrats, Republicans, and a populist supporting concurrence and opposing blocs. The measure establishes a bipartisan move toward bimetalism and declares policy to maintain gold and silver as standard money with equal value. The bill repeals the purchase provision and enshrines mixed metal currency safeguards.
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Robbers Kill Ackersons in Neb
In Werepine Nebraska on November 3 two masked men invaded M. Ackerson and wife at their home six miles east. Ackerson died instantly after resisting. Two hired men were shot but survived. Mrs. Ackerson was beaten and later died. The robbers, believed after money, left empty handed.
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October coinage totals at U S mints reach ten million
Washington reports October coinage from all U S mints amounted to 7 72 140 pieces valued at 10 003 900 dollars. The totals reflect production across multiple facilities and mark the month’s monetary output.
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Six Die in New York Boiler Explosion at Dry Dock Stable
Six men were killed and a dozen injured after a boiler exploded in the stables of the Dry Dock and Battery Street Railway on East Twenty fourth Street. The blast, likely due to overpressure, wrecked two stable fronts, dropped debris into a saloon, and caused extensive property damage and horse fatalities.
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John Ruhl
Myrtle Gallagher
John Rheinfrank
John Rubl
Bridgeport
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Armstrong
Railway Company
Plead Not Guilty in Mayor Harrison’s Assassin Arraignment
Patrick Eugene Prendergast, accused of assassinating Mayor Harrison, was arraigned before Judge Horton in Curiaco on November 4. He pleaded not guilty and stated he had no attorney, though he expected to hire one soon. Bailiffs restrained a crowd as Prendergast trembled and clutched at the jailer’s arm.
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Prominent Nebraskan John G Higgins Dead
Omana Neb Nov 4 Hon John G Higgins a notable Nebraska lawyer was found deceased at the foot of his Columbus office stairs. A coroner s jury ruled death by falling down stairs. Higgins born in La Salle IL studied law at Chicago Univ and held posts including Grand Island land office receiver under Cleveland editor of the Columbus Democrat county judge and Gov Boyd s private secretary
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Chicago
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Murder of Servian ex Minister Velimirovitch
Breierapie, Nov. 4. M Velimirovitch formerly Servian minister of justice was found dead in his residence with his head severed and body mutilated. A large sum of money and valuables were stolen. No clue to the killer. Authorities believe robbery was not the main motive, suspect political hostility from his time as minister of justice.
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M. Velimiraovitch
M. Velimirnovitch
Ministry of Justice
Murderous Compact: Two Minnesotans Plan Wives' Death
In Barnum Minnesota George Hecker shot at his divorced wife five times but she was uninjured and Hecker hanged himself in jail. S K Lake, jailed for attempted murder, had conspired with Hecker to kill their wives and then die by suicide. Lake failed where Hecker succeeded. Also reported is the Pension depository milestone in Cincinnati with 1.5 million to Rule Knoxville and 2.1 million to Walton Louisville, making the sub treasury the largest such depository in the United States.
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Carlisle
William Rule
Knoxville
Tenn
C. J. Walton
Louisville
United States
Taxation of Greenbacks Bill Introduced in House
Washington November 4 Mr Cooper Indiana introduced a bill authorizing states to tax national bank notes and greenbacks and all other notes circulating as money. Cuicaho Illinois November 4 Herbert Wagner aged 10 died at his home 455 South Leavitt street after a tin tube wad blower severed an artery while he blew paper wads through the device.
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Death of a Chicago Banker in Pasadena Cal
James W. Seoville president of the Prairie State National Bank and one of Chicago's wealthy citizens died early Thursday morning in Pasadena California.
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Ocean Horror Aboard City of Alexandria Tragedy Near Havana
News from Havana reports the steamship City of Alexandria burning off Cojímar after an explosion. Approximately 34 to 35 people are feared dead, with 60 initially reported drowned but later accounts stating some survivors reached Bacuranao safely. The vessel carried 400 hogsheads of rum. tugs assisted and retrieved nine survivors aboard. Herr Leibenger a German cabin passenger among the dead.
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Germany
Big firm fails in Chicopee wholesale dealer of cotton and wool
S Blaisdell Jr & Co a Chicopee wool and cotton stock wholesaler founded in 1850 with Halifax to California and Sweden to Spain as markets announces failure. Annual sales were 2 to 3 million while liabilities total 275 thousand with notes and endorsements at 235 thousand. The cause is inability to find a market at any price.
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Chicopee
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Halifax
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Sweden
Spain
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Senate Passes Chinese Extension Bill Asylum of Residence Rules
Washington November 4 The senate spent the session debating the house bill to amend the Geary act prohibiting Chinese entry. The measure passed in its original form with six month deadline for laborers to obtain residence certificates and suspended proceedings for violations except criminals. The act defines laborer as skilled or unskilled labor and merchants, with certificates to include a photograph name residence and occupation.
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Senate
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AFL Calls Thirteenth Convention in Chicago
The American Federation of Labor issued the call for its thirteenth annual convention to meet in Chicago on December 11. Signed by President Gompers and the executive council, the call states the gathering will review last year’s events and press for law enforcement and protective progressive measures for wage earners.
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Amercan Federation of Labor
Chicago
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Tragic Self Sacrifice on Illinois Central Train Near Highland
St Louis man J W Kamme committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a moving Illinois Central train just after it left Highland. He was struck within ten feet, his body torn in two, and he died instantly, leaving a wife and nine children.
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Capetown engagement leaves Matabeles slain in hundreds
Advices from Cape Town report 500 Matabele killed in a clash with British soldiers. British losses were light with two colonists killed and six wounded as machine guns mowed down natives before they broke and fled under a hail of fire. Roy Longwell, jailed in Creston Iowa, escaped ten days ago then returned after a World’s Fair visit to resume his six month sentence.
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