Flood of Eloquence in Congress Fails to Spur Quick Action
Washington reports the ninth week of the current session yields a bleak outlook for speedy financial settlement. Senate debates continue on the election bill amid hints of compromise. House leaders anticipate a restrained week focusing on committee work and hearings on banking, merchant marine rehab, and foreign affairs with limited debate before adjournment.
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Washington
Ont
Congress
Senate
Teller
George
Morgan
Burrows
Henderson
Dolliver
Fitch
Fellows
Richardson
Committee On Banking and Currency
Davis
Kansas
Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Goodman
Committee On Elections
Whitely v. Cobb
Alabama
Committee On Foreign Affairs
McCeary
House
Expect Half a Million Attendance For Chicago Day
Chicago day organizers predict a monster attendance at the World’s Fair Grounds with paid admissions this week totaling 1,500,000 and a grand total near 20,000,000 as foreign nations contribute materials for a rope of all nations to adorn the Columbian Liberty Bell.
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Chicago
Cacao
Tucker
Odell Position Vacant in Pittsburg
Odell, general manager of the Baltimore and Ohio and of the Pittsburgh and Western, is said to have offered his resignation to join the Northern Pacific in a like role. Coal pits reopen with smaller pits resuming old wage rates in parts of England. larger pits keep current wages.
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Pittspuro
J. Ll. Odell
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg and Western
Northern Pacific
London
Taffordshire
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
Beant Eaters Capture Third Straight NL Pennant in 1893
The Boston club secured the National League pennant for the third consecutive year as the 1893 season ended with Saturday's results. Boston ties the Chicago record of 1880 81 82, marking the sixth pennant in Boston history while Chicago also claims six champions. The final standings show Boston atop a crowded table with Pittsburgh Cleveland Philadelphia New York Cincinnati Brooklyn Baltimore Chicago St Louis and Washington trailing in various positions.
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Boston
Bostons
Chicagos
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Clevelands
Philadelphias
New Yorks
Cincinnatis
Brooklyns
Baltimores
AMG &J. Louis
Louisvilles
Washingtons
Exhibition Base Ball Games in Chicago Cincinnati and Milwaukee
First Chicago beat Brooklyn 6 to 4 with Donnelly and Schriver for Chicago and Sharrott and Lachance for Brooklyn. Second Chicago lost 1 to 7 to Brooklyn with Griffith and Anson for Chicago and Daub and Dailey for Brooklyn. Cincinnati defeated Cleveland 11 to 5 behind Dwyer and Murphy for Cincinnati and Cuppy and Zimmer for Cleveland. Milwaukee defeated Boston 10 to 1 with All-American for Milwaukee and Nichols and Kittredge for Boston.
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Chicago
Brooklyn
Donnelly
Schriver
Sharrott
Lachance
Griffith
Anson
Daub
Dailey
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dwyer
Murphy
Cuppy
Zimmer
Milwaukee
Boston
Nichols
Kittredge
Carsey
Kelly
Supreme Court to Hear Notable Cases in October Term
The October term opens with 11 murder cases from Fort Smith Arkansas and a major mineral land case Borden v Northern Pacific. Prominent matters include Ah Sing et al versus Geary Law and the Edmunds Tucker act funds dispute. Lemon and rail rate disputes raise questions on state power to assess railroad property and fix freight rates. The court may be short one member with Horn awaiting confirmation. Justices Field Brown Brewer and Jackson are in Washington.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Appeals
Ah Sing
United States Court For
Northern District of California
Lemon
Lake Shore
Ann Arbor
Fort Smith
Ark
Borden
Northern Pacific Railroad
Montana
W. H. Horn,blower
New York
Samuel Blatchford
Field, Brown
Wright to Lead Census Bureau Amid Labor Post
Washington Oct 2 Hon Carrol D Wright commissioner of labor to be appointed in a few days to head the census bureau succeeding James H Wardle of New York He will retain his labor post as census work must finish before the next fiscal year begins
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Porter
Old Place
Washington
Carrol D. Wright
Census Bureau
James H. Wardle
New York
Strike and boycott loom at Anheuser Busch brewery
In St Louis on October 2 the Brewery Drivers and Firemen union demand Adolphus Busch sign the wage scale. Busch refused, a strike and boycott against the Anheuser Busch brewery are decided upon. Other brewers may join Mr Bunch in a nationwide dispute likely to intensify.
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St. Louis
Adolphus Busch
Mr. Busch
Anheuser-Busch
Mr. Bunch
Edwardsville suit seeks 25000 in damages from Big Four
Edwardsville Oct 2 John Henry a merchant of Alton Junction has brought suit against the Big Four Railway company for 25000 damages for personal injuries from the Wann disaster the first major legal action arising from last winter's collision and oil explosion.
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Edwardsville
Ills
John Henry
Alton Junction
Big Four Railway Company
Telegraph Panel Favors Catholic Sunday Schools Debate
The Telegraph denounces Archbishop Hennessey’s comments on the school question and urges him to set up Sunday schools for Catholic children attending public schools.
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Dusogve
the Telegraph
Hennessey
DeArmond Pushes Repeal of Federal Election Laws
Washington dispatch notes heated debate on repealing federal election laws. DeArmond argues repeal would empower people to govern locally, while Harris and Morgan oppose. Lacey condemns the timing as partisan maneuver amid party splits over silver. Talbert clashes over tone as Chicago and New York election issues draw comment.
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Washington
House
Lacey
Rep
Congress
Democrats
Talbert
South Carolina
Mr. Lacey
New York City
Chicago
New York
Black
Ill
Tracy
Scared by Indians at Cheyenne River ranch raid
Information from Ziebach county reports 400 to 500 Indians returning from Montana halted at Thomas Beverley's ranch near Cheyenne River. Beverley struck an Indian with his Winchester when he returned, injuring him. The party then gutted the Creston post office store. Settlers fear due to multiple bands near the reservation.
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Hor Springs
Ziebach County
Montana
Thomas Beverly
Cheyenne River
Beverley
Creston
Five at One Time Hanged in Mt. Vernon Georgia
Five North Carolina swung on a single Mt. Vernon scaffold in Montgomery county. Three defendants killed merchant Alexander Peterson and robbed his safe last July. Another hanged for killing a 5 year old child and the fifth for killing another Black man. Public spectacle with thousands present. first county execution since the war.
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Mt. Vernon
Georgia
Atlanta
Montgomery County
North Carolina
Governor McConnell Opposes Pan American Bimetallic Meeting
Sept 30 Gov Mc Connell will not appoint delegates to the Pan American Bimetallic convention at St Louis. He says the meeting aims at dividing the United States into trade districts or pitting regions against the east, opposing genuine Americanism and urging less sectionalism. Union Pacific in good condition. Earnings to June 30 totaled 19,958,058 with a year decline of 1,962, the system's earnings 44,240,708 down 306,927.
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Borsee City
McConnell
St. Louis
United States
Union Pacific
Wasu Hineton
Union Pacific Road
Secretary of the Interior
Denver Guards Captain Arrested In Locker Theft Scandal
Captain Arnold Kolbe of Company K Colorado National Guard has been placed under military arrest on charges of appropriating property and clothing from lockers of other companies at the armory. Several others are implicated though no other arrests have been made. Court martial set for October 4.
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Denver
Arnold Kolbe
Company K
Colorado National Guard
Argument Against Repeal Sparks Senate Debate on Silver
In Washington on September 30 the Senate heard petitions from Wharton Barker and business firms urging protection of silver as money. Debate followed over the repeal bill with Harris Morgan Allison contending about the Sherman act, international monetary agreements, and the possibility of free coinage, ending with an executive session.
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WasHinaTon
Senate
Cameron
Rep
Wharton Barker
Philadelphia
Harris
Dem
Tenn
Morgan
Ala
Allison
France
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Congress
Dalton Gang Located at Wagoner Dispatch Says Gang There
A Kansas and Texas union crossing at Wagoner Oklahoma Territory reports that the outlaw Bill Dalton and his gang are in Wagoner and request officers. An alleged associate named Chaney was arrested near Wagoner and sent to Fort Smith.
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Dalton
Str. Louis
Wagoner
I. T
Missouri, Kansas and
Texas
Kansas and
Arkansas Valley
Bill Dalton
Chaney
Fort Smith
President Peixoto commands 5000 loyal troops in Rio de Janeiro
Reports from MontEvIDEO state President Peixoto controls in Rio de Janeiro five thousand well armed troops loyal to him. Observers believe this force could block rebel warships from landing and establishing a foothold in the city.
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Montevideo
Peixoto
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Germania Arrives With Noted Passengers Including Royals and Cricketers
The White Star steamship Germania docked in New York on September 80 bringing Lieutenant Henn owner of the yacht Galatea E C Little United States consul general at Cairo Prince Lubecke of Russia and Australian cricket team members aboard.
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New York
White Star
Germania
Henn
E. C. Little
United States
Cairo
Prince Lubecke
Russia
Major Reading colliery fire rages near St Nicholas
A fierce blaze sweeps the Boston Run workings of the Reading company near St Nicholas in Mahaney Valley. The colliery is a key Reading plant employing over 50 workers. Fire crews battle the blaze as flames threaten operations and nearby areas.
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Mahaney Puan
Boston Run
Reading Company
St. Nicholas
Mahaney Valley
Reading
Supposed Lynchers Exonerated in Missouri Mob Case
In Nevada Missouri on September 30 six men thought to be involved in the mob that hanged William Jackson a black man on September 16 in Rich Hill were fully exonerated by the evidence presented and discharged.
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Nevada
William Jackson
Rich Hill
Anarchist Lab Found as Police Probe Expands
In BaRoELonia on Sept 80 police uncovered a complete chemical laboratory with crucibles retorts and materials for high explosives including bomb molds. Investigators continue to search for anarchists linked to the operation.
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Baroelonia
Inspection Rules Drafted With Canadian Lines
Washington Sept 30 Dr Senner commissioner of immigration New York and Superintendent Stump of the immigration bureau have worked days drafting rules to enforce the agreement between the treasury department and the Canadian steamship lines for immigrant inspection.
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Washington
Senner
Commissioner of Immigration
New York
Stump
Immigration Bureau
Treasury Department
Canadian Steamship Lines
President nominates land office officials for Wyoming and Rapid City
The president sent nominations to the senate naming Perry Bickford of Wyoming as surveyor general of Wyoming and E D Ralph of South Dakota as register of the land office at Rapid City South Dakota dated September 30 from Washington.
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Washmarton
Senate
Perry Bickford
Wyoming
E. D. Ralph
South Dakota
Rapid City
S. D
Will Open Chicago University in Canada Tour
Montreal Sept 30 Professor Henry Drummond the celebrated Scotch author who has accompanied Governor General Aberdeen on his inaugural tour of Canada left for Chicago to open the new Chicago university.
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Chicago University
Montreal
Henry Drummond
Governor General
Aberdeen
Canada
Chicago
Cromwell says NP receivers will not pay Oct interest
New York Sept. 80. Mr. Cromwell counsel for the Northern Pacific Receivers says the lease of the Chicago and Northern Pacific has been cancelled and the receivers will not pay interest on Chicago and Northern Pacific bonds due Oct. 1.
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New York
Cromwell
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Promises to Cut a Great Figure in Denver Election
The American Protective Association has grown rapidly in a year and plans to influence the upcoming Denver election. It is said to dictate nominations on both Republican and Populist-Democratic tickets, with many candidates aligned or sympathetic to the group. Catholic Populists and Democrats have bolted, and Republican Catholics may follow suit.
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Denver
American Protective Association
Republican Catholica
McGrath Shot Dead by Maxwell Street Officers
James McGrath, a notorious west side figure, shot three men before being killed by Maxwell Street Police Officers Flemming and Butler. Edward Jackson was wounded in the nose, Beecham critically injured, and Flemming hit in the calf. McGrath, brother of another infamous felon jailed in Joliet, died at the county morgue. Jackson and Flemming were hospitalized.
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Butler
Edward Jackson
Jack
Chicago
James McGrath
Maxwell Street
Michael Flemming
Thomas Beeham
Henry Street
McGrath
West Eighteenth Street
Beecham
Flemming
Canal Street
Des
Waite backs settlers on Maxwell land grant fraud claim
Governor Waite, authorized by the state land board, forwards settlers petition on the Maxwell land grant to Washington. He declares extensive Colorado land seizures, including coal lands, were fraudulently entered and urges the Commissioner of the Land Office to grant remedy for the settlers.
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Denver
Waite
State Land Board
Washington
The
Land Office
Colorado
Tam
Maxwell
DaAyip H. Waite
Northeastern Guaranty Loan Company Scandal Unfolds
In St Paul the Hennepin county grand jury probes the Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company. J. H. Burke testifies to a fraud tied to about 3 million dollars in paper, much of it held by small eastern banks. W. S. Streeter, vice president, failed to post 50 thousand bail and was jailed in the women’s ward.
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Northerwestern Guaranty Loan Company
St. Pau
Hennepin County
Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company
J. H. Burke
St. Paul
W.S. Streeter
Dell Akin Remains in Jail as Funds Fail to Arrive
Scott Enroute to Nebraska reports Dell Akin still jailed with funds not yet arrived. Barrett Scott and Frank Campbell, extradition agent of Nebraska, departed for ONeill via Santa Fe after washouts blocked passage for days. Sheriff Cunningham of Santa Fe and Secretary Ferria of Juarez accompanied to claim the reward.
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Scott
Nebraska
Paso
Tex
Dell Akin
Barrett Scott
O'Neill
Frank Campbell
Santa Fe
Cunningham
Ferria
Juarez
Manderson vows granite federal building for Omaha
Senator Manderson stated that the Omaha federal building would be built of granite and that the contract would be awarded in a few days. He spoke to Nebraskans outlining the plan and timing for the project.
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Manderson
Washington
Omaha Federal
Typhoid Epidemic Fears Grow in Mesaba Range
A Typhoid Epidemic report from DvuLvuTH Minnesota notes one hundred cases in Virginia on the Mesaba range with 30 in Biwabik and growing danger of an outbreak across range villages due to unsanitary surroundings. Separately New Orleans reports Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago delaying his marriage to Miss Annie Howard of New Orleans from October at Biloxi to November.
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Minn
Virginia
Mesaba
Biwabik
Harrison
New Orleans
Carter. Harrison
Chicago
Annie Howard
Biloxi
Miss
Convention of Spiritualists Held in Cuicano
The national convention of spiritualists met in this city with 150 delegates representing 27 states in attendance. H. D. Barrett of New York presided.
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Convention of Spiritualists
Cuicano
National Convention of Spiritualists
H. D. Barrett
New York
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