Endicott and Sheridan clash over army officer orders
A full report on Secretary Endicott's order to send officers with four years of detailed service back to their regiments, provoking protests from General Sheridan and other generals. The piece also notes plans for naval vessel design boards, Indian Territory post office issues, and forthcoming Interior Department changes.
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Endicott
Sheridan
Schofield
Pope
Gregory
Davis
Army
Washington Notes on Justice Department Sparks and Postmaster's Young Appointee
Washineton reports expose Senator Hoar's claim that the Justice Department was gutted since Democrats took power as unfounded. Most old staff remain, with few removals expected. Also noted are a 19 year old Illinois postmaster candidate deemed competent, possible new House doorkeeper hopefuls, and the Election Division seeking male replacements after October 1 due to workplace atmosphere concerns.
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Washieton
Hardihood
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Department of Justice
Sherman
Jaine
Arthur
Brewster
Blaine
Navy
War
State Department
Wissmann Discovers Rich Kasai Region In Africa
Despatches from Lieutenant Wissmann report a dense population along the Kasai river to its Congo junction and a six hour battle with Bakoutou cannibals. He notes wealth in ivory and rubber forests, a wrecked canoe with seven drowned, and a Kasai that averages up to ten thousand yards wide. The explorer places the Kasai’s Congo junction about 400 miles farther downstream than previously mapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brusses
Wissmann
Stanley
Kasai
Congo
Africa
Mr. Stanley
Virginia Democrats Helped by Colored Voters in Virginia
Discussion centers on J Ambler Smith and John Wise and rivalry with Mahone in Virginia politics. Analysts say Cameron opposes Mahone methods, white Republicans tire of Mahone bossing, and Wise once boasted of meeting colored voters in his kitchen.
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Washington
J. Ambler Smith
John
Wise
Gore
Virginia
Cameron
Philadelphia
Mahone
Toolace
Fitz-Hugh Lee
Congress
Went to Town for the Small-Pox
A lumberman returning from Chaudiere river district recalls a French Canadian host who explained his son’s folly was caused by smallpox. He had his family immunized by local physicians, then went to town to get the disease, trading safety for a dangerous plan that killed three of his children and left the boy foolish.
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Bancor
Chaudiere River District
The Pedigree of a Thief in Port Jervis
Ex Sheriff Winner of Sullivan County arrested a youth named Moffatt for stealing a watch. Moffatt is linked to a lineage including a county court murder trial in 1872, a hanging in 1875, a 1877 burglary sentence, and later a state prison term for highway robbery.
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Port Jeryss
Sullivan County
Moffatt
Monticello
Paris Wedding Unites October 1 Mile and Dr Palmer
Paris reports the October 1 Mile Nevada marriage to Dr Palmer at the Church of the Peres Passionistes. Rev Father Watts Russell presided with a large American colony audience including many notables. An eloquent farewell was delivered and music featured a string band and harp accompaniment by Miss Moore.
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Paris
Mile
Nevada
Palmer
Wedding Feast Ends Night With London Cake Marvel
A couple and friends left the church for a hotel reception where a grand repast followed. The wedding cake from London weighed 160 pounds and incurred a 28 franc customs duty, described as a marvel of architecture and confectionery.
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Paniment
London
Elopement Tangles Miller Whitworth Family in Philadelphia
Wealthy miller David C G Whitworth discharges clerk George Ullman after a daughter Mary 16 marries the clerk at Ursinus College. The couple wed under the old license law. Whitworth seeks divorce but Mary resists separation claiming she is his wife. Ullman to remain with wife despite age dispute and claims consent.
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Philadelphia
Penn
David CG. Whitworth
Arcola
Montgomery County
Mary
George Ullman
George
Ursinus College
Whitworth
Ullman
Remarkable Ghost in Concord Seeks Pie in Masked Visit
In Concord Massachusetts a masked cloaked stranger has frightened residents after a reported scare. A series of sightings and a burglary at Captain Frank W Holden’s Hubbard street home heighten the mystery as police investigate. The town awaits answers while residents fear night streets.
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Concord
Mass
Concord Transcript
Frank W. Holden
Hubbard Street
The End of the Husking Party Romance
A historical note laments the decline of corn husking festivities once common on rural farms. It contrasts old communal gatherings with a Maine invention described as a corn pumping machine that supposedly replaces twenty five workers, signaling the fading charm of country life and rustic courting traditions.
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Maine
Treasurer Wrongly Held Funds of Irish Emigrants in Fall River
Five Irish emigrants to Fall River Massachusetts pooled earnings and installed a young woman as treasurer. They saved about 600 dollars before the treasurer and her partner vanished. The couple later appeared in Cohoes New York under the name Brown. A stormy confrontation followed as the man returned from the search.
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Troy
N. Y
Ireland
Fall River
Mass
Cohoes
Brown
Democrats Celebrate Nomination of General Jones for Lieutenant Governor
In New York on September 30 the Democratic State Committee HQ at the Hoffman House was quiet as General Jones was named second on the ticket to satisfy party leaders. Governor Hill remained restrained. several visitors called, and the executive committee was not set until Friday noon to form a working group. Jones visited the rooms and planned a Utica reception by leading citizens, while Hill heads to Albany that afternoon.
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New York
Democratic State Committee
Hoffman House
Hill
General Jones
Thomas Spriggs
Utica
Townsend Cox
A. B. Parker
Kingston
Ira Wales
Albany
O’brien
Fierce Prairie Fire Ravages Dakota Counties
In mid autumn fires sweep McPherson and Campbell counties in central Dakota, destroying buildings and crops. Estimated losses reach about 200000 dollars in McPherson as hundreds are left homeless while vast grasslands burn across the Bad Lands and Red River valley with limited feed for livestock.
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Farco, Dak
McPherson
Campbell
New
Aberdeen
Missouri River
Red River
No More Clandestine Marriages in Pittsburgh
Pittsburg residents confront the new marriage license law as aldermen in Pittsburgh and Allegheny City report couples rushing to wed before the act takes effect. One pair moved up a ceremony scheduled for next month to avoid the new requirements.
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Pittssura
Pittsburg
Allegheny City
European Crisis Looms as Powers Fray Over Turkey
The week centers on the Eastern question as Russia and Turkey edge toward conflict. Wars and mobilizations hint at Europe-wide turmoil while Britain, Romania, and Bulgaria maneuver to safeguard interests and honor treaties. China, Tonkin, Madagascar, and Burma figures touch regional strains amid looming global tension.
Irish and British politics stir boycotts and ballots
In a turbulent view of Irish affairs, clashes over boycotts and coercion acts feed tensions between Parnell and Chamberlain while election timing shifts toward December. Khartoum’s fall is doubted by the Sudan gentry, Shaftesbury’s death is mourned, and other obituaries reflect a era of reform, empire, and religious disputes.
Russia Threatens Occupation of Bulgaria and Roumelia
Constantinople October 5. Russia declares that failure to settle war debts will force a military occupation of Turkish territory. The note warns the Porte that only a satisfactory settlement will avert seizure of guarantees. Ambassadors meet to review claims as Bulgaria and Roumelia tensions rise and front reports remain unconfirmed.
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Constantinovgie
Russia
Bulgaria
Roumelia
Adrianople
Seven Navy Ward Discharges Reinstated by Whitney
New York Oct 3 Seven veterans discharged from the Brooklyn Navy Yard last spring due to low appropriations were reinstated after the Veterans Rights Union raised the issue. Secretary Whitney responded favoring preference for honorably discharged soldiers and sailors when equally qualified, confirming such status should not hinder employment and should be treated as a recommendation. He invited reports of any law violations.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Veterans Rights Union
Whitney
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Military
Naval Service
United States
Grand Army
Republic
W. C. Wurmery
Commodore Chandler
Octogenarian attacked then recovers from blood poisoning
An elderly Lansing man was attacked and diagnosed as hopeless by his physician. Relatives prepared for death by arranging a coffin and digging a grave, but the patient later began to convalesce.
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Irhaca
Lansing
Cholera toll rises as Spain reports 416 cases and 162 deaths
Across Spain yesterday 416 new cholera cases and 162 deaths were recorded. Reports from Belgrade note Bulgarians occupy Bourgas, a key Black Sea port, as regional tensions flare. Leaders arrested in Berlin and a string of European figures figure in a day full of political and military developments.
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Spain
Servia
Bulgaria
Roumania
Gladstone
Midlothian
England
Belgrade
Bourgas
Principa
Amelia
Black Sea
W. T. Kunkel
Berlin
Kitchener
Khartoum
Palmer-Nevada
Prince of Wales
Prince Alexander
Nicholas of
Baseie
Fo Pasha
Khedive
Egypt
Herr Berg
The
Folkething
Bixsponte
Chi
Heilstebroe
Tragic double suicide in Central Park shocks New York
In New York on October 3 a German man killed his lover in Central Park then shot himself. The pair were identified as George Bessendorf, a printer from Jersey City, and Maria Steno Koch, wife of Dr. Edmund J. Koch of New Jersey Free Press. Police and morgue later confirmed the two died from self-inflicted shots. Letters and notes reveal a planned mutual death after a doomed romance. The accompanying article recounts the lovers’ troubled affair and the woman’s marriage to Dr. Koch.
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New York
Central Park
Hisa Sweethear
Duggan
Seventy-fifth Street
Pilgrims
George Lessendorf
Bavaria
Ilis
Maria Steno
Theh
Hach
Bessendorf
Pavonia Avenue
Jersey Cry
City of
George Bessendorf
New Jersey
Jersey City
Maria
Bassendorf
Maria Koch
Edmund J. Koch
The
New Jersey Free Press
Dr. Koch
Koch
Liederhof
Siderholf
Schumper
Roe Eill Cy
Young Brooklyn man flees with $25,000 to Canada
Clason Graham of 80 Broadway, kin to Spencer Trask, sold for Spencer Trask & Co a batch of all certificates and cashed a $25,000 check in his own name. He fled to Canada after the firm detected the loss and traced the man to Springfield, Massachusetts where the money was recovered and the broker held.
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New York
Brooklyn
Clason Graham
Broadway
Spencer Trask
Spencer Trask & Co
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange
Trask
Graham
the Exchange
Nanal
Canada
Mangled by a Bear in Sunny Texas
A brief late report from Sunny Texas dated October 3 notes a tragic incident where a young girl, Misner, was teased or provoked before a bear attack. Details are limited in the fragmentary OCR.
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Sunny Tex
Bear Attack Sparks Town Pursuit After Child Attacked
A trained performing bear in a rage broke its fastenings and attacked a child. An elderly Black man rescued the girl by striking the animal with an iron bar. The bear fled into the street causing panic. About fifty men with shotguns chased and shot the bear. The child was severely injured, not expected to survive.
Longfellow Statue Design Chosen for Portland Site
The Longfellow Statue Association accepted Franklin Simmons design for a statue to be placed at Congress and State streets. The total cost is about 82000 with 87000 raised so far. 2000 more pledged and work to raise the balance starts now. The statue shows the poet seated with cloak, roll of manuscript, and left hand visible. Noted committee members include C P Libby, General John Marshall Brown, D P Baxter, Judge Symonds, and Harry Brown.
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Portland
Longfellow Statue Association
Franklin Simmons
Congress and
State Streets
Simmons
C. PF. Libby
John Marshall Brown
D. P. Baxter
Judge Symonds
Harry Brown
Girl 14 Fatally Entangled in Corset Factory Shaft
In New Haven on October 2 Amelia Williams, a 14 year old corset stitcher at Mayer Strause & Co, had her hair caught in a machine shaft. Her scalp was torn down to the forehead before the shaft could be stopped and officials placed the scalp back. Doctors arrived and she was made as comfortable as possible. A similar accident occurred years earlier at the same plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Mayer, Strause & Co
Amelia Williams
Miss Williams
Piegan Indians On The Rampage Near Fort Smith
Military headquarters report 200 Piegan Indians have left their Northwest reservation and begun a thieving expedition in southern Montana about 200 miles from Fort Smith. It is undecided whether to deploy troops from this department. if needed, troops may be ordered from Fort McKinney. Otherwise Dakota Department may drive the Indians back.
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Omahna
Northwest
Montana
Old Fort Smith
Fort McKinney
Department of Dakota
Knights of Labor Demand Demands By Next Tuesday
In St Louis on October 8 the Knights of Labor committee presented demands to street car companies. Presidents met coldly and the Knights will await an answer by Tuesday noon. They will not reveal their pendomins and plan to organize a bus and wagon carrying system to parallel street car lines and compete for passengers.
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St. Louis
The
Knights of Labor
Knights
Four Men Struck by Coal Car in Yard Tragedy
In Cleveland Ohio on October 1 Andy Devil Pat McMonahan James Guilty and Owen Gallagher were pushing a loaded coal car when an empty car rolled toward them. The engineer miscalculated speed and struck the group crushing Devil instantly killing him. McMonahan fatally injured. Guilty seriously hurt. Gallagher only bruised.
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Cleveland
Andy Devil
Pat McMonahan
James Guilty
Owen Gallagher
A. C. Worthy
Devil
McMonahan
Guilty
Gallagher
Italian shopkeeper accused in Chicago abduction case
R De Bartolo, an Italian saloon owner at 252 Fourth Avenue, was arrested on abduction charges after telling how Molinaro Gaetano, 20, was beaten and restrained in a frame house May days by three men who tried to force medicine on him and fled, leaving wounds and a locked room. Justice Lyon set a hearing pending the suspect’s recovery.
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Cxuicano
Molinaro
Clark Street
Justice Lyon
Rolinge
Ate
Ialian
Fourth-avenue Place
Cranberry crop in New Jersey reaches record yield
John H. Blakely, president of the New Jersey Cranberry Association, reports an unprecedentedly large crop. A Burlington County bog covers nine six acres and yielded 1904 bushels in 1904. Few frosts occurred but did not damage the berries.
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Borpentown
N. J
John H. Blakely
New Jersey Cranberry Association
Burliington County
Dr O Donnell Calls for Massacre of Coolies in San Francisco
Dr C O Donnell a reform coroner leads anti Chinese agitation on the sand lot. He advocates dynamite and mass expulsion of Mongolians, praising killings in Wyoming and Washington Territories. Incendiary meetings alarm residents as a riot or conflagration in the Chinese quarter is feared.
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San Francisco
Denis Kearney
C. O'Donnell
Wyoming
Washington
O'Donnell
Hiang Vico
Meetings on Chinese Question Stir Portland Crowds
A Seattle dispatch reports two large Portland meetings Saturday night on the Chinese issue. Knights of Labor seek a peaceful removal, while another group leans toward violence, increasing tension. About 700 citizens pledged to aid law enforcement. Sheriff McGraw appointed deputy sheriffs and district captains to form twenty armed companies for riot security.
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Portland
Seattle
Washington
Oregonian
Knights of Labor
Opera House
McGraw
Justice of the Peace
Bellaire Street Car Strike Turns Violent with Dynamite Acts
Brevarne October 5. Bellaire street-car workers strike after the company refused to reinstate a discharged driver and grant higher pay. Workers quit en masse and attacked running cars with explosives or torpedoes, blowing out windows and injuring none so far, though disorder may worsen.
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Brevarne
Discharged laborers take possession of Yale town
A CPR train brought 1000 white and 1200 Chinese discharged laborers to Yale British Columbia. Contractors began paying off the whites, leading to intoxication and scenes of disorder as residents barred doors to keep the crowds from forcing entry.
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Yale
B. C
Yate
Here
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Wonderful Visitor From Planetary Spaces Buried in Pennsylvania
A meteorite fell in Jefferson township near the West Virginia line, witnessed by Ellis Jones, a mail carrier. He described a vast fiery train and a coal sized stone that broke into three grayish pieces, with crowds flocking to view the extraordinary fall near Claysville, Pennsylvania.
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Claysville
Penn
Washington
Allegheny Counties
Buckland
Jefferson Township
West Virginia
Ellis Jones
Mr. Jones
Train Crash Kills Woman as Carriages Derail at Canaan
A Quebec to St John express train derailed near Canaan station when a broken rail sent first class, second class and postal cars off the line. A Amherst woman named Tucker died after being crushed when the car toppled, an infant suffered a severe head wound, and many passengers, mostly women and children, were injured. Moncton doctors were dispatched to aid the wrecked train’s victims.
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St. Joan
N. B
Quebec
St. John
Canaan
Tucker
Amherst
Moncton
Highwaymen Rob a Girl of Her Hair in Cincinnati
Miss Flora Reis, 17, of Cincinnati, was attacked late in the evening as she walked home. A person in women's clothes pretended to seek directions then a second man in disguise approached. A cloth was forced into her mouth and her hair was cut by the attackers before they fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Flora Reis
Fifty Years with the New York Central Leader Retires to Anniversary
Major Zenas Priest, superintendent of the middle division of the New York Central, will on October 18 complete fifty years of service with the railroad. Directors recorded the milestone with a tribute to his character and service. Priest, 80 years old, is described as hale and hearty.
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New York Central
New York
Zenas @ Priest
Middle Division
New York Central Railroad
Ofvice
Phos
Priest
Rochester Scandal Involving Miss McFarland and Coachman
Rochester reporter details a sensational tale from Caledonia nine miles away. Miss Anna McFarland, valued at about $70,000, elopes with her 20 year old coachman John Barker, described as a handsome youth.
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Rochester
N. Y
Anna McFarland
Caledonia
Ming
John Barker
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