Percinarium and Rookery Tales in Old City Snippets
The Boston Transcrip ridicules a Chicago term percinarium and laments mischief of crooked writers on bankers. It notes a New York man who weds a widow after a suicide attempt as curious. It praises Chicago schools for straight writ ing margins and recounts Barnum humor with Dr Collyer’s church and a preacher’s quip about front seats.
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New York
St. Louis
P. T. Barnum
Dr. Collyer
Barnum
Whiskey and Tobacco Outlook Improves in Revenue Report
The Kentucky paper notes a favorable Whiskey and Tobacco outlook driven by a U S revenue report showing a nearly 250000 dollar drop in liquor and tobacco tax receipts for the last fiscal year versus the prior year, signaling lower consumption according to the internal revenue commissioner.
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Kentucky
United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Beacon Dedication Honors Tennyson on Isle of Wight
A mixed English and American assembly unveiled a memorial beacon in Downs, Isle of Wight, honoring Alfred Tennyson. The cross shaped monument sits above the sea, inscribed with lines urging purity and truth, echoing the poet’s call to right the wrong.
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Mr. Tennyson
Downs
Isle of Wight
The
Tennyson
Self control saves patient after wrong bottle incident
Dr. Wier Mitchell recounts a nurse calmly responding to a patient who swallowed from the wrong bottle. A nurse screamed aconite and cried. another stood calm, drank a dose herself, sought emetic, and summoned a doctor and stomach pump, saving the patient.
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Wier Mitchell
Afridi Rising Intensifies Northwest Frontier Unrest
The Afridis, one of the region’s strongest tribes near the Khyber Pass, threaten a broader tribal revolt. Once loyal to the British, they now appear to coordinate with other tribes under Muslim fanatic influence. The terrain hampers operations and the government must shield remote outposts to avoid cascading reverses.
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India
Afridis
Khyber Pass
Klondike Gold Rush Fervor Builds At White Pass
News from Alaska notes three thousand prospectors with two thousand tons of freight awaiting at White Pass to cross the mountains toward the Yukon river. Similar numbers are en route from San Francisco and Seattle, with many hindered by season. Secretary Bliss issued a formal warning about severe privation and danger for this venture this season.
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Klondike
White Pass
Alaska
Yulgon River
San Francisco
Seattle
Bliss
Department of the Interior
Contraries and Compassion in a Siamese Remark
Travelers note how contrariness appears in views from Siam. The king of Siam, hearing stuffed animals were killed by the crown prince of Austria, quips that he loves animals but does not kill them, instead keeping them, in a pointed contrast between cultures.
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Siam
Austria
Whisky Giveaway Promises in Alaska Sale Prohibition
Despite prohibition on whisky sales in Alaska, the ad notes one can legally give it away with each dollar sandwich. The statement hints at a loophole or promotional gimmick tied to a local business practice.
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Alaska
Daring Robbery Involving Murphy Brothers Near Cascade
Two Murphy brothers, living alone four miles southeast of Cascade, were tied and gagged during a bold daytime robbery. Masked suspects searched the house for wealth, stole valuables, and fled on a gray horse after rummaging the property.
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Murphy Brothers
Cascade
Dunvere
Murphy
Murphys
Hog Cholera Tests Planned by Dr Dodge in Iowa
Dr R P Dodge of Atlanta arrives in Iowa to perform tests and demonstrations on hog cholera and swine plague. He promotes a new cure and a universal preventive, operating under the Iowa Agricultural Society and Vice President John Downie. Tests are free and endorsed by Georgia's agricultural department. Dodge will stay through November 1.
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Downie
State House
Agricultural Department of Georgia
Dodge
Behrens Defense Seeks Disinterment in Husband Death
Davenport Sept 26. Attorneys for Mrs Christina Behrens seek disinterment of her husband’s body for test to support theory he died by slow poison or self inflicted death. They argue stomach fragment not organ of deceased. mayor refused permit as cemetery lies outside city.
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Rnches
Davenport
Christina Behrens
Behrens
Smith
Novak Indicted for Murder in Alaska Case
Frank Novak is indicted by Benton County Grand Jury for the murder of Edward Murray. Conspiracy and arson charges are not included. Novak was captured in Dawson City, returned, and Attorney Milner vows a defense revealing Novak in a favorable light. A venue change will be sought.
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Benton County
F. Murray
Cepar
Frank Novak
Alaska
Dawson City
Edward Murray
Milner
Novak
William Murray
Family Quarrel Ends in Double Shooting and Suicide Near Vincent
Mons Minson, a young man three miles south of Vincent, shot his two brothers in law L L Larson and Osmund Peterson during a family quarrel over a love affair. He fled to a house and shot himself, dying instantly. Larson and Peterson were wounded but expected to recover.
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Vincent Mnesuits
Font Doper
Mons Minson
Vincent
L. L. Larson
Osmund Peterson
Harding
Minson
Larson
Peterson
Fortune for a Prisoner in San Francisco County Jail
W F Karron now jailed for embezzlement inherits two claims. He receives one half of James Karrons $500000 estate, with the other half going to Linnie Karron the Sioux City barber. The uncle's bequest was left to the two nephews, including the imprisoned Karron.
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San Francisco
W. F. Karron
James Karron
Montana
Nevada
Austin
Linnie Karron
Sioux City
Iowa
Oskaloosa Failure Adjusted in District Court
The McIntire Bros. & Wilson collapse leads to a district court settlement. Mahaska County Bank receives its full $12,000 claim, other creditors pay pro rata with about 50 cents on the dollar likely. J I Farwell & Co. failed to establish priority on $11,000 claim.
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Oskaloosa
McIntire Bros. & Wilson
Mahaska County
J. IB. Farwell & Co
Iowa Beats and Trials Highlight Monroe to Keokuk News
John Steele received life imprisonment in Albia for first degree murder of neighbor Jacob Werner. C. J. Stevens faced a breaking and entering verdict in the Eldon bank robbery case, while Kate Ensminger died by chloroform in Des Moines. Keokuk reports the Davis will ease settlement and a $100,000 lawyer fee. Ottumwa notes Iowa Central plans year expansion from Story City toward Sioux City, and Oakville to Muscatine extensions.
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John Steele
Albia
Monroe County
Steele
Jacob Werner
C. J. Stevens
Wapello County
Eldon
Stevens
Kate Ensminger
Des Moines
Whitechapel
Keokuk
John M. Schlattery
Macomb
Catherine Sower
Burlington
Andy Burnett
Creston
Davis
H. H. Trimble
Palmer Trimble
Ottumwa
Iowa Central Company
Story City
Sioux City
Oakville
Muscatine
Iowa Antismoking Law Test in Newton Court
Peter Gottard a Newton restaurant keeper was fined 25 dollars and costs for selling cigarettes. He contests that a cigarette box is an original package and argues he may sell under the interstate commerce act. The case has been appealed and a cigarette trust attorney may be involved.
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Iowa
Newton
Peter Gottard
Cigarette Trust
Gottard
Sutherland Boy Killed While Stealing Ride
Willie Hoyt, about 18, of Sutherland, was riding a freight train from Sioux Rapids to Sutherland under a sleeping car when he fell and was run over. His right leg was severed at the hip and he died about two hours later. He had a habit of stealing rides in this manner.
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Sutherland
Willie Hoyt
Sioux Rapids
Pardoned Conditionally in Dusuggur Case
Bernard Hansen has been pardoned conditionally on judge and prosecutor's application. He killed a street car conductor with aid from Leo Aboon, who escaped on a second trial. Hansen was serving a twenty year sentence from 1891.
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Dusuggur
Bernard Hansen
Leo Aboon
Hansen
Stevens Sentenced to Three Years in Bank Robbery Case
Orrumwa Sept 24 In the district court Charles J Stevens was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary as a member of the gang that burglarized the Bradley bank at Eldon. Stevens was the city marshal of Eldon who instigated the crime.
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Stevens
Orrumwa
Charles J. Stevens
Bradley
Eldon
Condition of Iowa Banks Reported Strong at Des Moines
The Iowa auditor begins annual distribution of state and savings bank reports. Banks show excellent condition with higher cash on hand than five years, deposits up by 1.5 million, fewer overdrafts, and rising assets. Auditor urges legislature to regulate real estate security held by banks.
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Iowa
Des Mortsrs
State
Savings Banks
Savings Bank
Yellow fever spreads amid outbreaks and protests across several cities
Health boards seek Governor Foster’s aid for 25 000 to fight yellow fever. New Orleans reports 12 new cases and two deaths as Cairo Illinois faces two cases. Louisville sees two cases with officials predicting no spread. Edwards Mississippi notes 80 deaths, eight new cases, disease spreading rapidly. A Beauregard school riot ends with fire set by incendiaries but saved by firemen. Summary tallies 140 cases and 6 deaths.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Foster
St. Louis
Cairo
Ill
Post-Dispatch
Guiteras
Louisville
Lovell
Epwards
Miss
Beauregard
Chef Gaster
Austria Would Intervene In Spain United States Conflict
Vienna officials would act immediately if Spain and the United States go to war. The ultimatum news stirs excitement in political circles with broad belief such intervention would be unjustifiable.
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Londoy
Daily Telegraph
Vienna
Spain
United States
Ex-Chief of Police Eduardo Velasquez Dies by Suicide
City of Mexico reports that former Police Chief Eduardo Velasquez shot himself in the head and died instantly. Authorities note unclear pistol procurement and that the act drew general approval.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Eduardo Velasquez
Great Britain Egypt Evacuation Prompted Sultan Discussion
Dispatch from St Petersburg notes a clash of views among chancelleries in Paris Berlin Vienna Rome and Constantinople over Britain’s Egypt evacuation. Russia backs the sultan and proposes a conference at Constantinople or St Petersburg to settle autonomy with Egypt under sultanic suzerainty.
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Paris
Politique Coloniale
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Vienna
Rome
Constantinople
Turkey
Great Britain
Egypt
Russia
Seventeen Miners Die in San Pedro Mine Disaster
Seventeen workers were buried alive when rock and dirt caved in at the San Pedro mine in the Corvalitos group, twelve miles from El Paso Texas. The mine, among the oldest in the group, is rich with silver and the incident occurred while men were at work.
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el, Paso
Texas
San Pedro
Corvalitos
el Paso
Mexico
Illinois Miners Die After Williamson County Mine Explosion
An explosion of gas in Williamson county coal mines leaves one man dead, three fatally injured, six severely burned and bruised, with one miner trapped and presumed killed in the shaft.
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Illinois
Marton
Williamson County
Bridge washout wrecks Bangalore Mysore line
Clouds washed away the Maddur bridge on the Bangalore Mysore railroad causing an engine and five passenger cars to plunge into the river with heavy loss of life.
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Madras
Bangalore-Mysore
Maddur
Ant habits and a tiny Shetland pony in Milan
The piece notes ants showing humanlike habits and mentions a Shetland pony owned by Marchese Carcano in Milan, twenty four inches tall with its back only an inch above the owner’s knee. It also reports an Italian anarchist group decreeing ten rich deaths monthly to redistribute wealth.
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Marchese Carcano
Milan
Italy
London Bankers Protest Bank of England Silver Plan
A large meeting of London bankers protested Bank of England plans to carry one fifth of its reserve in silver under certain conditions. Prominent bankers attended though some were absent due to heads not being in London. A resolution against the plan was adopted, described as unprecedented.
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London
Bankers of London
Bank of England
Train Wreck in India Kills 150 Near Maddur
Reports from the mangled Bengalore Myrose line near Maddur indicate 150 people killed, many natives, and about 100 injured. Seventy escaped. The crash followed a bridge collapse on the railway during the disaster.
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India
Bompay
Bengalore-Myrose
Maddur
Gobin Declines Salary as Grand Army Leader
Harrispuno Pa September 26 Gen J B GObin of Lebanon new G A R commander in chief orders economy by serving without salary. Previously the head received 2000 annually while adjutant general drew the same and the quartermaster general 1200. The move saves national expenses and future administrations may not restore salaries.
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Gobin
Harrispuno
Grand Army of the Republic
J. B
Lebanon
Quartermaster General
Landslide Kills Forty at Sulphur Mines Near Girgenti
Forty people die and many are injured in a landslide at the sulphur mines near Girgenti. The disaster is reported by Romer on September 25.
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Romer
Girgenti
Pacific steamship reports annexation ratified in Hawaii
The City of Peking arrives from the Orient via Honolulu with news Hawaii ratified the annexation treaty on September 10 with no opposition. Also notes coroner's jury verdict blaming a Topeka dispatcher and Lang office negligence for a Santa Fe wreck near Emporia Kansas that killed thirteen.
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Peking
Orient
Honolulu
Santa Fe
F. R. Smythe
Marine Hospital Service
Walsh County
North Dakota
Sweden
Smythe
E. A. Nye
Danville, HS
Hankow
China
Nye
War
Calhoun
Treasury
Des Moines Daily News
Andrew Smith
Donalds
D. C
Smith
United States
McKenna
Congress
Hammerfest
Europe
Norway
Falk
Prof
Andree
Karosvars
Austria
Sensation in Spain over De Lome Weyler deception
Madrid reports a diplomatic uproar as Spain faces sharp U S disapproval. Officials in Weyler’s camp misread American warnings, and Olney and Cleveland messages contrast with Spanish bulletins. San Sebastian and Madrid fear Madrid may stall negotiations to avoid foreign intervention.
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de Lome
Weyler
Madrid
United States
Washington
Olney
Cleveland
San Sebastian
War ships for Hawaii prepared to checkmate Japan
Washington reports the United States intensifies alert on Hawaii with orders for gunboat Wheeling to sail from Mare Island to Honolulu and Yorktown already en route. Philadelphia to stay at Honolulu to monitor Japanese Naniwa as a precaution amid suspicions of a potential coup.
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United States
Japan
Washington
Sam
Hawaii
Wheeling
Mare Island
Honololulu
Philadelphia
Japan Prepares Military Stand Against Hawaii Annexation
A San Francisco report states Japan has landed about 1,000 troops in Hawaii in recent months to resist U S annexation. The City of Pekin carried 174 soldiers posing as laborers and the Hawaii senate ratified a tightening annexation treaty on September 19.
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Mawaihan
San Pracisco
Japan
Hawaii
United States
Pekin
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Prospect of Washington conference fizzling
Washington officials acknowledge some correspondence with Great Britain since the July note but say nothing in new replies justifies Ottawa’s conclusions that the Ottawa report threatens to abandon the conference over U S insistence on Japanese and Russian representation.
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Washington
Ottawa
Lering Sea
United States
State Department
Great Britain
Buck Milgore Dies In Texas Judge Kilgore Remembered
United States Judge Kilgore former Texas congressman known as Buck Milgore died yesterday in Arpmonk I T. He drew fame in the Fifty first congress for kicking in a green chaise door locked by Speaker Reed during a Beene filibuster.
End of the bituminous coal strike and miners’ wage gain
The bituminous coal miners strike ends after ten idle days, with about 150 000 miners back to work in Pittsburg district at a 20 percent wage increase. Fights continue but a key target is the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company seeking 65 cents a ton. Also noted are miner family ties from Augusta county VA and a note on a Pneumatic Tube Library system in the Congressional Library.
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Pittsburge
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company
Pittsburg
Alexander R. Bell
Augusta County
Cushing
Fifth Virginia Regiment
Stonewall Brigade
Congressional Library
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Towa
Agricultural Society
Mrs. Behrens
F. Novak
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