Contempt hearing in Debs case delayed in Chicago trial
Disputed contempt proceedings against President Debs and A. R. U. officers resume in Chicago with Judge Woods presiding. Special Counsel Edwin Walker announces a supplemental information filing as testimony starts, while defense seeks a jury trial. Separate briefs note treaty talks with Spain and local grain and livestock market updates as of Sept. 6.
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Chicago
Caicaso
Debs
Dndga Woods
United States
Edwin Walker
Milchrist
Gregory
Woods
Republic Recognized Reason for Hawaii Tension
Honolulu dispatch reports U S recognition of Hawaii by Grover Cleveland and Queen Liliuokalani’s successors. Dole’s government hails the move while royalist backlash grows. Schutzen club threatens to withdraw support if members remain unassigned, signaling brewing trouble within the administration.
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Schutzen Club
Imperial Edict Urges China to Save Korea From Japan
The Chinese emperor issues a public address claiming Korea paid tribute for 200 years and received protection. It says Japan’s actions violate treaties and international law, urging Chinese officials soldiers and subjects in Korea to drive out Japanese forces and end the bondage. The edict warns of severe punishment for any laxity and calls for immediate bold action.
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Korea
San Francisco
Ching
China
Koran
Iran
Japan
Tewson
Japum
Feeding the Singry and Restoring Cou Milestone Doves
The article notes the lowest city food area with a long serving line. Three cooks handled meals all day, aided by 96 waiters. Over 2,000 meals were distributed to the crowd.
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Ariory
Nn Furch
Relief supplies flow to Pokegama fire victims
The St Cloud Relief Party delivered a catload of provisions to Pokegama amid widespread destitution. Aldermen Deleo and Stewart helped, finding no tools or clothing, as residents wore scorched garments. A second relief car—provisions and clothing—was readied at Great Northern yards for dispatch to Pokegama, where a well 24 feet deep held only evaporated water.
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St. Cloud
Croup
Minn
Sept. T
Pokegama
John Deleo
Great Northern
Kelsey
G. W. Stewart
New Brighton
Lynching in Watertown South Dakota after assault
In Watertown a man hanged himself to a lamp post after assaulting Mrs Bons who fled to a neighboring home following a failed break in on August 31. The suspect, described as a small man about 80, with a close cropped beard, weighing 150 pounds, was found near Castlewood and held in custody briefly before the lynching.
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Watertown
Will Bons
Castlewood
Freight Train Wreck Near Arcadia Wipes Out Train Sets
Arcadia Wisconsin September 6 westbound freight wrecked three miles above Arcadia as it hit a burning bridge. Engine and 18 cars wrecked and burned. livestock including sheep hogs and cattle perished. Fire spread rapidly and many cars burned to ashes.
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Arcadia
Wis
Army Captain W H Goodwin Trust Trial News
Captain W H Goodwin of Company G Fourteenth Infantry faces a court martial over drunkenness. Widely known in Northwest circles, his army record is described as strong and his social ties extensive. Vancouver Washington reports the case with emphasis on his popularity and extensive acquaintances nationwide.
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Vancouver
Wash
W. H. Goodwin
Fourteenth Regiment Infantry
United States Army
Northwest
National irrigation policy debated at congress session
The irrigation congress in Dexvern discusses preferred national policy over state control. Idaho's Rep. Sweet advocates national government management and funding for arid-land surveys and reclamation, warning against tax transfer to states and landlordism amid talk of a bill to clarify federal objectives.
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Dexvern
Colo
National Ibrigation Congress
State Irrigation Commission
National Congress
Representative Sweet
Idaho
The
National Irrigation Committee
Sweet
America
Congress
Logging Camps and Forest Fire Hit Grantburg Area
The Empire Lumber logging plant 24 miles north of Grantsburg Wisconsin suffered severe losses. Fifteen freight cars 41 200 ties 800 000 feet of logs and 700 head of oxen were destroyed. A.Wilber his wife and two children perished while escaping on a raft. Ed St. John lost 12 dams camps and 60 cattle. Grantsburg remains shrouded in smoke as fires burn northward. Governor McKinley spoke at the Auburn fair grounds in a nonpartisan address addressing the New York Republican campaign.
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Wis
Grantseung
Wik
Empire Lumber Company
A.wilber
Ed St. John
Grantsburg
Weinley
New York Town
Auburn
N.Y
William McKinley
Auburn Fair Grounds
New York State
New York
Bangor
Pittsburg
Populist State Convention Nominates Ticket
Des Moines Sept 6 The Populist state convention nominated a ticket led by Sylvanus B. Crane of Davenport for secretary of state J Bellanges of Des Moines for auditor Aaron Brown of Fayette for treasurer and A W Weeks of Winterset for attorney general The same day the Fourth district Republicans named A B Kiefer of St Paul for re election to Congress with a platform backing drug bimetallism reciprocity labor protection and trust crushing.
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Des Moises
Sylvanus B. Crane
Davenport
J. Bellanges
Des Moaines
Aaron Brown
Fayette
A W. ©. Weeks
Winterset
SuituwarTax
Minn
A. BR. Kiefer
St. Paul
Death Toll in Hinckley Tragedy Reaches 800
Hinckley Minn Sept 6 The death list grows as bodies are gathered from the burned district and adjacent territory. About 463 known dead in the district with more being brought in. Acknowledged totals suggest the toll could exceed 500. Workers dig trenches to bury the corpses and place bodies in boxes alongside. Multiple trenches already in use and more needed for the coffins and remains.
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Hinckley
Hisckury
Minn
Standx
Feat
Fire relief pours in for Minnesota fire victims
The St Paul relief effort reports over 7000 dollars in cash and two carloads of clothing and provisions for fire sufferers. Local groups including AOUW, Odd Fellows, and Masons contribute sizable sums. Donations to General Bend at the Metropolitan theatre block, and at 127 East Third Street, fund and pack clothing, furniture, and wagonloads of provisions. A Minnesota-wide response includes a baronette shipment to Wisconsin towns. A set of recommendations urges more perishables, clothing for cold months, children's toys, stoves, utensils, and lumber to rebuild. Mayor Eustis indicates Minnesota towns may contribute up to 250000.
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St. Paulo
St. Paul
Odd Fellows and Masons
General
Mistravous
Eustis
Minneapolis
Mille Lacs County Fire Relief Amidst Destruction
In Mille Lacs County Minnesota on September 6, no lives were lost in the fires though many were made homeless east of Milaca. Princeton village and Mille Lacs County contributed 500 dollars to Hinckley and Pokegama sufferers with private subscriptions expected to raise about 500 more in food and clothing. The United States Railway Service Mutual Benefit Association held its annual session in Cincinnati with hundreds of delegates as Mayor extended welcome to President Nightingale.
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Minn
Mille Lacs County
Milaca
Princeton Village
Mille Laca County
Hinckley
Pokegama
Crncignati
United States Railway Service Mutual Benefit Association
Nightingale
Nevada Senator Jones joins Populists in a shock switch
The Evening Blar reports Senator John P. Jones of Nevada, after 21 years in the U S Senate, renouncing the Republican Party to join the Populists. His move leaves Nevada’s delegation solidly Populist, alongside Senator Stewart and Representative Newlands. Jones cites money standards and falling prices as core issues, and says his views have not changed, only his party affiliation. He left Washington for New York amid questions about the change.
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Wasiiseron
John P. Jones
Nevada
United States Senate
Republican Party
Tonet
Jones
Washington
New York
Stewart
Newlands
Associated Press
Congress
West
Colorado Populist convention in turmoil over Waite Barula pairing
Chaos erupts at the Purploa Colo Populist state convention as credentials favor Waite Denver and Barula Las Animas delegates. Patterson, anti Waite, is silenced after five minutes. several delegates walk out. In Wisconsin Kerrick residents flee advancing fires threatening their town and homes as wind shifts slow the danger.
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Thomas M. Patterson
Waite
Sped
Patterson
Ed Holden
Wisconsin Lown
Superior
West Seeertor
Wis
Kerrick
Minnesota
Wresant
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