Crisis in Constantinople Prompts Talks on Sultans Deposition
Dispatch from Constantinople reports rising anxiety as powers discuss depos ing the sultan to restore order. A British fleet watches Thasos while an Armenian massacre trial ends in acquittals, provoking outrage among foreigners and ruling out guarantees for safety. The Turkish government counters European charges.
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Constantinople
Thasos
Great Britain
Ircles
Europe
Italian Bark Monte Tabor Wrecks Off Peaked Hill Bar
The Italian bark Monte Tabor from Trapani to Boston with salt wrecked at Peaked Hill bar in fog. Captain Declocasca and mate reportedly killed themselves by throat cutting. several crew members died or disappeared. Survivors are being cared for by nearby life savers.
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Highland LiGcnt
Mass
Monte Tabor
Trapani
Boston
Peaked Hill Bar
Declacasca
Louis Genfrio
Rappillo Giavonni
Oliver Maniflo
Eppelette Braggi
Bornello Cappello
Peaked Hill
Daly Returns From Portland Prison With Ireland Rally
John Daly, recently released from Portland prison for complicity in a dynamite plot, arrived at Queenstown near Dusuin on Saturday. He denied dynamite use and spoke of fighting for Ireland as a patriot. Amnesty Association held a demonstration and read an address to Daly who said he would align with no party or faction.
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Amnesty Association
Dusuin
John Daly
Portland
Queenstown
Here
John Redmond
Patrick O’brien
Timothy Harrington
Daly
Ireland
Dynamite Plot Nipped in the Bud
London reports arrests in Glasgow Rotterdam and Boulogne sur Mer of Edward Bell J Wallace John F Kearney and P J P Tynan believed to thwart a broad dynamite conspiracy. Police seize internal machines ciphered letters and plans including a planned attack on Queen Victoria.
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London
Edward Bell
Glasgow
J. Wallace
John F. Kearney
Rotterdam
P. J. P. Tynan
Boulogne-sur-Mer
France
Wallace
Kearney
Bell
Central Police Court
Rotterdam Re
Queen Victoria
Sons of Veterans Elect Officers at Indianapolis Meeting
The Sons of Veterans held morning reports and debated resolutions, endorsing concurrent encampments with the G A R or appointing five reps if not adopted. Officers elected include James L. Rake for commander in chief and L P Kennedy as council in chief, with Indianapolis chosen for next meeting.
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Louisville
Sons of Veterans
Russel
Ladies’ Aid Society
James L. Rake
Pennsylvania
L. P. Buckley
L. P
Maine Republicans win by large margin in state elections
Maine voter returns show Republicans carry the state by about 50 000 with Congressmen Reed Dingley Miliken and Boutelle re elected. Democrats will hold fewer than six House seats and none in the Senate. Governor Lewellyn Powers (Rep) wins. other party nominees listed.
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Aveusta
Maine
Vermont
Congress
T. B. Reed
Dingley
Milliken
Boutelle
House
Senate
Gold Standard Wing
Lewellyn Powers
Houston
Marvin P. Frank
Portland
Luther C. Bateman
Auburn
Ammi
Ladd
Calais
William Henry Clifford
Thomas B. Reed
Nelson Dingley
Lewiston
Seth Miliken
Belfast
Charles C. Boutelle
Bangor
Rich vein of gold found on Grand Encampment Creek
In Rawnys Wyoming on September 14 reports a July discovery by A H Huston and Ben O Courleton on Grand Encampment Creek about 45 miles southeast of the town. A pay streak 22 inches wide at 12 feet yields gold assays from 6 200 to 10 000 dollars and the vein runs for miles with 40 to 50 claims filed. Many parties head to the camp as outfits form to exploit the find. Editor McMicken calls it the greatest mineral region in Wyoming or northern Colorado, in the same zone as Hahn's Peak and the North Park mines.
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Grand Encampement Creek
Wyoming
Rawnys
Wyo
Grand Encampment Creek
Colorado Line
A. H. Huston
Ben Ocourleton
McMicken
Colorado
Hahn’s Peak
North Park
Train Crash Destroys Mad River Bridge Kills Four
A Mad River and Arcata road train plunged six cars into the dry river bed when a bridge span failed. Four passengers died Annie Holland Sandy Cameron Miss Kirk of Riverside Unknown Child. Ten others injured, some fatally.
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San Francisco
the Chronicle
Eureka
Cal
Mad River
Arcata
Annie Holland
Sandy Cameron
Miss Kirk
Riverside
Li Hung Chang Sails From Vancouver for Hong Kong
Li Hung Chang left Vancouver at dawn aboard a steamer bound for Hong Kong after meetings with Chinese deputies and local officials. He discussed Chinese railroad projects and noted Canada would provide material for China’s railways. A fusillade of firecrackers greeted the departure.
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Li Hung Chang
Vancouver
B. C
Hong Kong
Board of Trade
China
Canada
Receivers Authorized to Pay Interest on Bonds
Union Pacific receivers authorized by Judge Sanborn to pay coupons due February 1, 1896 on Oregon Short Line first mortgage 6 percent bonds and 6 cent interest from default, plus November 1, 1895 and May 1, 1896 interest on Union Pacific Coal company first mortgage 5 percent bonds. January 1, 1896 interest on Union Pacific first mortgage 6 percent bonds expected to be authorized soon.
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New York
Union Pacific
Sanborn
Oregon Short Line
Union Pacific Coal Company
Prominent Birmingham Man Ends Life in Iowa Well
Ottumwa Iowa September 14 Smith Culbertson eighty prominent resident of Birmingham committed death by own action by jumping into a deep well. Despondency due to ill health driven him to take his life.
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Ottumwa
Smith Culbertson
Birmingham
Bryan Campaign Opens with Three Louisville Speeches
In Louisville on September 15, William Jennings Bryan spoke to large crowds at Phoenix Hill Haymarket and Willard's Hotel after arriving aboard his party train. Police protected him as cheers and protests erupted along the route, with 20 officers clearing a path to the platform for the Democratic nominee. Ex-Congressman Asher G. Caruth introduced Bryan.
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Louisville
Wm. Jennings Bryan
Phoenix Hill
Haymarket
Willards Hotel
Bryan
Chicago
Willard’s
McKinley
Asher G. Caruth
Bryan Starts on His Campaign Tour in Lincoln
In Lincoln Nebraska on September 13 a brass band and silver clubs led by a brass band saw William Jennings Bryan off at the depot as he began a campaigning tour through the south and east aboard the Missouri Pacific train to Kansas City. Mrs Bryan will not accompany him to the south but is expected to join later.
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Bryan
Laincoln
Neb
William Jennings Bryan
Missouri Pacific
Kansas City
Sheep Raisers Call on McKinley
A special train with eleven cars carried about 1,000 Cadiz and Harris county residents to Canton Ohio for a wool growing region visit. Attorney General D A Hollingsworth introduced the delegation and Major McKinley responded.
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McKinley
Canton
Cadiz
Harris Counties
D. A. Hollingsworth
Ohio
Major McKinley
Slavin Beats Kilrain in Quick Bout at Baltimore
In Baltimore last night Jake Kilrain and Frank Paddy Slavin fought at the Euarck Athletic club. The long standing feud with Kilrain was settled in a two and a quarter minute bout as Slavin delivered an easy victory.
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Slavin
Kilrain
Baltimore
Jake Kilrain
Frank
Paddy
Euarck Athletic Club
Hoboken
Leavenworth Refuses Hotel Stay For Lt Charles Young
Lt Charles Young of the Ninth Cavalry, the only colored officer in the U S regular army, was denied hotel accommodations in Leavenworth Kansas and had to go to Kansas City. A West Point graduate on duty as professor of military science at Wilberforce University he reported for promotion examination and faced widespread feeling over the refusal though he made no formal complaint.
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Charles Young
U. S A
Leavenworth
Kan
Ninth Cavalry
United States Regular Army
Kansas City
Young
West Point
Fort Leavenworth
Wilberforce University
Gomez Plans Second Raid From Guasimas De Agramonte
Maximo Gomez camps near Guasimas de Agramonte about 26 miles from Puerto Principe and organizes cavalry for a proposed second raid westward. Insurgents burn the Lopez tobacco plantation near Artemesia, Pinar del Rio, worth $150,000. The government names Joseph A. Springer as acting consul general in place of General Fitzhugh Lee.
Stewart resigns from church role and withdraws police bid
J J Stewart, president of Fort Scott Kansas street commissioners, asked that his name be stricken from the First Methodist church trustees roll and will withdraw his resignation as police commissioner at the governor’s request. The church had urged enforcement of the prohibitory law and his move is to relieve church embarrassment.
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Fort Scorr
Kan
J. J. Stewart
Board of Street Commissioners
Morrill
First Methodist Church
Stewart
Armour Receives Major Japanese Order for Beef
Kansas City packing house Armour & Co. has secured an order from the Japanese government for 18 carloads of corned beef. The shipment, one of the largest yet for the plant, should be ready to ship in about ten days and is believed to be for use by the Japanese navy, though no formal confirmation is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour
Kansas City
Armour & Co
St Joseph Coopers Strike Tightens Amid Apple Season
In St Joseph on September 15 the coopers remain on strike with none returning to work. Employers offer compromise but workers demand a 6 cent raise to match other cities. One shop stays open and a barrel famine threatens during peak apple season.
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St. Joseph
Denver Committee to Mexico Investigates Labor in Free Silver Region
The Denver Trades and Labor assembly will send a committee to Mexico to examine labor conditions in a free silver country. The panel includes T. W. Taylor, the assembly president, and Charles N. Monaghan of the Knights of Labor. They depart next Thursday.
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Denver
Mexico
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly
Chicago Assembly
T. W. Taylor
Assembly
Charlies N. Monaghan
Knights of Labor
Tom Johnson Declines to Run for Congress in 1996
Cleveland September 14 Tom L Johnson announced he will not seek Congress this year but remains a believer in a government currency not backed by metal. He says his candidacy could harm the Democratic party and issued a letter declining to run.
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Tom Johnson
Cleveland
Tom L. Johnson
Congress
British Fleet Anchors Off Kavala Bay Near Salonica
The reinforced British fleet is at anchor in Kavala bay northwest of Thasos, off the coast of Salonica. The warship contingent arrived off Cavaloa coast yesterday, signaling a strengthened maritime presence in the area.
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Kavala Bay
Constantinople
Thasos
Salonica
Cavaloa
Death of Dr. James Marshall in Iowa
Dr. James Marshall president of Coe College in Orp o Ark Rapids died suddenly of pneumonia after a short illness. Also reports describe the Des Moines state fair crowd of 75,000 watching two mogul locomotives wrecked for entertainment.
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James Marshall
Orpark Rapids
Coe College
Des Moines
Bank assets fall short in Centerville case
Sioux City reports the Centerville South Dakota bank in liquidation shows liabilities likely to reach four to ten thousand dollars more than originally stated. Receiver Turnbull says assets are not as promising as first believed.
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Sioux City
Centerville
S. D
Turnbull
Cadahy's Safe Cracked at Sioux City Branch Office
Burglars cracked the Cadahy Packing company branch office safe in Sioux City on Sept 18 and took 70 dollars from the money drawer. A roll of several hundred dollars lay ignored in a pigeon hole nearby.
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Cadahy
Sioux Crtry
Cadahy Packing Company
Gold standard Democrat plans for congress in Sixth district
Ottumwa Iowa September 12 W R Hollingsworth of Sigourney chairman of the Sixth district gold standard Democratic committee says a convention will be called soon and a gold standard Democratic candidate for congress will be placed in the race.
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Congress
Ottumwa
W. R. Hollingsworth
Sigourney
Sixth District
Gold Standard Democratic Committee
Youngerman seeks return of library tax funds
Conrad Youngerman filed a district court suit in Des Moines to invalidate the 3 mill tax levy that raised 40000 for the new library building and to have the money returned as illegally collected.
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Des Moines
Conrad Youngerman
Youngerman
Decomposed Body Found Floating in Summit Lake
William Hagedorn, a respected German citizen from Crestox, was found dead in Summit Lake on September 13 after leaving home the prior Tuesday. Authorities believe he died by his own hand due to financial troubles.
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Crestox
William Hagedorn
Summit Lake
Hagedorn
Dynamite Explosion in Ellsworth Township Affects Home
In Ellsworth township Emmett county B Palsey placed dynamite under his pillow connected a battery and pressed the button. The explosion shattered windows tore a roof hole and left the room spattered with blood brains and feathers.
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Websster City
Ellsworth Township
Emmett County
Palsey
Poisoned ice cream at Bondurant wedding sickens 26
Des Moines reports 26 people poisoned at a Bondurant wedding after consuming ice cream bought in the city. Health authorities have seized samples for investigation. no fatalities yet, though several victims are seriously ill.
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Des Moines
Bondurant
miners face looming clash at Carbondale mine
Des Mores Sept 11—serious trouble is expected as the Carbondale mine brings in a large number of Italian and Negro miners from Pennsylvania to work for 80 cents a ton year round. The old miners are aroused and tensions rise.
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Des Mores
Carbondale
Pennsylvania
Mandamus Sues Council Over Building and Loan Certificates
Des Moines reports the state executive council will be mandamused by many building and loan associations denied certificates to operate. Of 115 associations filing amended articles, 35 have been approved.
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Mandamus
Des Moines
State Executive Council
Bryan to Speak in Iowa Campaign Tour Dates Set
Chairman Curry of the Democratic state central committee says W. J. Bryan will appear in five Iowa speeches before the election with a Des Moines stop. Senator H. M. Teller of Colorado is also secured for a week of campaigning and will likely speak Friday.
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Bryan
Iowa
Des Moines
Curry
Democratic State Central Committee
W. J. Bryan
H. M. Teller
Colorado
Foley Named for Treasurer in Iowa Fusion Ticket
Des Moines September 11 Democratic state central committee filled the vacancy on the fusion state ticket after Charles Ruegnitz declined to run for treasurer. The committee considered H J Ostdyke of Ottumwa and John Foley of New Hampton and decided to ask Foley to run.
Populists Indorse Democratic Ticket at State Convention
Des Moines Sept 12 The Populist state convention drew nearly 300 delegates with Charles Lloyd named temporary chair and W H Robb permanent chair. General Weaver and other leaders spoke as the platform backed free silver and Populist doctrine. no ticket was nominated and Democrats were indorsed in a single resolution under an agreement between party leaders.
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Des Moines
Charles Lloyd
Third District
W. H. Robb
Eighth District
Weaver
Democratic Electo
Convict Casey Recaptured by Iowa Officer
Clinton report says Officer John Monihan recaptured James Casey a convict who escaped from Anamosa penitentiary on September 2 Casey had been sentenced from O'Brien county for burglary and had served five months of a two and a half year term.
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Casey
Clinton
John Monihan
James Casey
Anamosa Penitentiary
O’brien
State Fair Debt Remains After Des Moines Event
Des Moines reports the State Fair association ends the year with about a $15,000 debt, same as last year. Directors decide to pay last year’s unpaid premiums and leave this year’s bills unpaid.
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Des Moines
State Fair Association
Bricklayer Sammel Mather Killed by Switch Engine
Norfoix Neb Sept 14 Sammel Mather a veteran bricklayer about 60 was struck by the Elkhorn Valley switch engine and died about an hour later. He leaves a widow and four grown children.
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Norfoix
Neb
Sammel Mather
Elkhorn Valley
Mother and Daughter Drowned at Thompson's Mill
Dusveaver Iowa September 14 Mrs William Wyverberg and her 20 year old daughter drowned while attempting to cross a submerged temporary creek bridge near Thompson's mill. The horses stepped off the embankment and the mother was carried downstream a mile. The daughter's body remains missing.
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Dusveaver
William, Wyverberg
Thompson’s Mill
Hog Cholera Ravages Iowa Hog Stocks
Sept 14 Mason City Iowa. Hog cholera hits hardest in years with large herds wiped out. Preventives or cures fail to slow spread, turning the outbreak into a calamity for farmers counting on hogs to profit from their big corn yields.
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Mason Crry
Certificates Sought by Iowa Building and Loan Firms
Des Moines Sept 10 The executive council admits 35 of 118 Iowa building and loan companies passed under the new control law. Refused firms unite to file mandamus actions to force certificate issuance with The Guarantee of Ottumwa leading the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moinxes
Iowa
Ottumwa
Lawsuit Seeks 92000 Over Rail Rebates
William Henkel sues the C R L and P Railroad at Iowa City district court for 92000 claiming he shipped stock since January 1862 and was promised lowest rates and rebates but alleges the railroad gave rebates of 15000 per car to other shippers, causing 2000 in damages to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crepar Rapids
William Henkel
Iowa City
C. R. L and P. Railroad Company
Peculiar Suit at Cedar Rapids
J B Farnsworth sues Clinton Iowa chief of police to receive a reward for the capture of escaped convict Casey from Animosa penitentiary. Farnsworth says he was with Casey before learning his identity and aided in capture. Hearing set for September 16.
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Cedar Rapids
Crepar Rapids
J. B. Farnsworth
Clinton
Casey
Animosa Penitentiary
Farnsworth
Anamosa
General Miles Narrowly Escapes Train Mishap at Ottumwa
General Miles U S A Senator Sherman and dignitaries rode through Ottumwa Iowa when a sudden train start endangered them. Miles paused for his dog Rex and was dragged a few rods before leaping aboard. He escaped serious injury by a narrow margin as the train sped away.
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Tumwa
Ottumwa
General Miles
U.S. A
Senator Sherman
Rex
Examining Insurance Firms in Iowa Officials Say
Iowa officials begin a long delayed inspection of all state insurance companies in Des Moines. Chief Stewart Goodrell and four experts report companies show good financial condition but light business. inspectors will work ten days on Des Moines firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
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