Revolt in Guatemala as Barillas Faces Riot in Guatemala City
A Guatemala City riot during the national holiday leads President Barillas to deploy infantry and artillery, with reports of 500 lives lost and executions, later denied. The unrest centers on opposition to Barillas and his allies, as clashes erupt in the plaza and around the governor’s residence.
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St. Louis
Mexico
Guatemala
Acapulco
Guatemala City
Barillas
Illas
Col
Jobon
Sanchez
Train Collision Near Kens Kills Three in Fog
Akron Ohio September 30 a foggy night collision one mile east of Kens on the New York Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad between a freight and a passenger train of the Michigan section excursion party bound for the national reunion at Bennington Vermont. Three killed outright and 24 injured many fatally. Fire and wreckage described with passengers trapped and heroic efforts to rescue them. Names include William Maxwell Meadville engineer and Mrs Alice Mick and Laura Van Anken among the injured.
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Akron
Kens
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
Michigan
Olin
Bennington
Pittsburg
William Maxwell
Meadville
Weeman Stephens
Clayton Glass
Willoughby Deway
Richland
Mich
Pimmere
Alice Mick
Laura van Anken
Ann
A. M. Johnson
Muskegon
Perew
J. Marquey
Chrisman
Reed
Board of Trade
Blair
Neb
Farmer Baldwin
Santiago
Chili
United States
Carrollton
Samuel Otris
Halifax
Marianna
Ark
Cat Island
Chicago
Kington St. Bridge
Carrie Green
Rufus Perry
John Sheldon
Henrietta Murrell
Smithville
Jeremiah Coughlin
New York City
He George
Washington, C
Joseph Loubat
New York
Cardinal Gibbons
Bestood
Keene
Pegbence Orrigan
Witenessew
York
Alliams
Jefferson Davis
Jackson
Miss
Davis
John Girock
Shamokin
Penn
Oscar Clack
Richard
Fother
Charles War
Hornwell
Emmons Blaine
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mayer
F.B. Wallace & Co
Broad St
Morris H. Smith
Jeffersonville
Ind
Holyoke
First National Bank
Clearfield
Farmers’ Alliance
State
St. Paul
Hich Poe
Ernest Bock
Europe
Columbia
Sydney
Willi Georgen
Washington Insurance Company
Providence and Security Insurance Company
New Haven
Chaudfiere
Ont
Stanley
House of Commons
Sir John Macdonald
Behring Sea Fisheries
Maurice Daly
George Slosson
Slosson
Daly
Chris Buckley
San Francisco
Montreal
Jake Rudolph
Ottawa Strikers Clash With Police at Chaudiere
At Chaudiere Ottawa yesterday strikers tried to stop Perley & Pattee and J. R. Booth workers from loading lumber onto barges. Police used batons as clashes left two strikers dangerously injured. No arrests were reported amid scattered protesters and thrown stones.
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Ottawa
Ont
Chaudiere
Perley & Pattee
J. R. Booth
Toy & Pigmentee
Yenersey
United A
Park Place Disaster Jury Finds Indictment Not Warranted
New York Oct 2 The grand jury investigating the Park Place collapse reports inability to decide if overloaded floors or an explosion caused the calamity. Tenants accused of knowing the building unsafe are blamed for not reporting it. Recommends better building inspections and restrictions on explosive storage. Evidence does not warrant an indictment.
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New York
Grand Jury
Park Pl
Polish Count Von Kaisertren Shoots Self in New York
Alphonse von Kaisertren a Polish count shoots himself in the left breast at his home 130 East 12th street and dies. He had a military bearing and came from an old Polish family. His finances worsened, and his wife urged him to earn money by working at a boarding house. He left a note and went to a small lary where he persisted in trying to earn money rather than rely on others.
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New York
Alphonse von Kaisertren
East 12Th St
Count von Kaisertren
Poland
Brn
Cartridges Await Strikers in Savannah Tense Day
Savannah, Ga October 2. Savannah expects trouble as a result of the great strike and has prepared by swearing in a large number of special policemen. Last night large details of well armed officers were stationed to confront potential unrest as new men are brought in.
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Savannah
Armories Guarded as Strikers Threaten Disorder
Guards placed at armories to deter reckless strikers from seizing arms. Widespread tension cited with fear of disturbance at any moment. Thousands of ball cartridges distributed to the military as workers from York and other points prepare to fill positions. Authorities express confidence in rapid suppression of disorder.
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York
Dutiful Snakes Seized at New York Custom House
New York collector Hendricks swore in J J Couch as special deputy and maintained staff. A seizure of 60 boas and other reptiles followed, with five cases arriving on the steamship Advance from Rio Sanello. Snakes, bugs and birds were transported to the seizure room as inspectors argued over duties. The reptiles, averaging 22 feet, were moved to 600 Greenwich Street where dealers soon visited to purchase them and pay duties.
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New York
Hendricks
Custom House
J. J. Couch
Mr. Hendricks
Riosanello
Harbeck
Rooklyn
Hussey and
Britton
Wilbur
Isaac Jimbie
Isaac
Greenwich St
Uncle Sam
Montreal Reporter O'Brien Guilty of Libeling Prince George
Montreal correspondent R N O'Brien of Dunlap's Cable News Agency was found guilty of libelling Prince George of Wales with a fake despatch claiming the Prince debauched in Montreal. Jury recommended mercy. Crown to suspend sentence. O'Brien released on own recognizance to await sentencing.
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O’brien
Montreal
Prince George
R. N. O'Brien
Dunlap
Court of Queen's Bench
Prince George of Wales
Mercy
Pee
Windlonteg
Bridegroom Missing Delays New Jersey Wedding
Ida Faint of Elizabeth New Jersey was to wed James Hetherinson in New York. A physician officiated at her home as Hetherinson failed to appear by the set ceremony time, leaving Ida faint with shock after a last attempt to locate him.
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New York
Ida
Elizabeth
N. J
James Hetherinson
Hetherinson
Domestic dispute shelves Buffalo court with Bennett family drama
In Bufrato New York the Superior Court hears a high profile domestic case as Mrs Ensign Bennett sues her son George Bennett's mother for alienation of affections. The trial reveals disparaging remarks by the elder Mrs Bennett and ends with a verdict awarding $2600 to George Bennett's wife.
Trying to Get His Wife Locked Up Husband Escapes
Norwich New York Sept 29 The elopement of Warren McVettie 20 and Flora Eccleston 15 unfolds with crime origin in Guilford. After fleeing to a town they were separated and he was jailed for abduction. He feigned insanity at the Binghamton lunatic asylum and then escaped by crafting a sheet rope from a ward window. Authorities search as Flora’s father guards her location.
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Norwich
N. Y
Warren McVettie
Flora Eccleston
Guilford
Justice Ash
Ee State
Binghamton Etters
Rowleston
J. W. Bullock
Aristides
Walter Cutting
Pittsfield
Mass
Bank of
Treasury Department
Custom House
Europe
A. Judson Dunlap
New York
Terf
Field and Farm
England
Scotland
Australia
J. Dunlap
Ovid
Nathan B. Dibble
Danbury
Conn
Harvey Watterson
Courier-Journal
Louisville
Northwest
Montana
Stata
Los Angeles
Cal
Chili
Clytie
Alexander Haynes
Boothbay
Gloucester
Matinicus
Chattanooga
Tenn
Gadsden
Ala
Louisville & Nashville System
Boston
Melbourne
Goodland
Kan
Vera Cruz
Guatemala
Quezaltenac
Barrillas
Visi Quezaltenaga
Losaltos
Rea Brothers & Co
Pittsburg
Penn
W. White & Co
New Yorks
Malcolm W. Ford
Anhiattan Athletic Club
Hi Father
Brooklyn
Frank Perew
Whitefish Point
Lake Superior
Chicago
Perew
Marquette
Fifty Houses Wrecked by Butte Dynamite Blast
Burrer Mont Oct 3 Last night a mine shaft explosion at the Butte Copper Mine triggered a blast of 200 pounds of dynamite. Fifty houses were destroyed and many injured. Michael Adams an Austrian and a one year old child of Mrs Spoffs are in dying condition. Mrs Annales and her husband were seriously injured by debris. Adams was 30 yards away when the explosion knocked him down and caused brain concussion. A miner at the bottom was involved.
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Burrer
Mont
Butte
Michael Adams
Spoffs
Annales
Adams
Fatal Injury From Bucket Explosion at Shaft Incident
A shaft worker was fatally injured when the round squirrel shaft was struck by a bucket. A concussion was felt over a mile from the explosion site, indicating a powerful blast impact and serious workplace accident.
Hold Your Corn Until Prices Rise, Farmers Urged
A rough draft advises farmers to store corn and sell only what is needed for home use until foreign demand pushes prices higher. It suggests releasing more only as prices climb and then again locking up cribs. The plan, reported by the Morning News, may appear in the Farmer's Voice next issue.
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The
Morning News
Prairie Fire Rages Near Fort Yates Cause Great Loss
A prairie fire along the Missouri River, started by a buffalo bone seeker who set grass ablaze to aid his search, roared for miles 300 miles long and 100 miles wide. It destroyed farms, barns, granaries hay and cattle with losses feared near 500000 dollars and unknown fatalities.
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Ellendale
N. D
Fort Yates
Missouri
Buffalo Bones
Impeo Bie
Boston Wins 1891 National League and Association Titles
The Boston clubs are claimed champions of both the national league and the association for 1891. Doubts remain if protests by Chicago president James Hart could overturn games. Boston’s on field performance over three weeks drew praise and criticism for visiting teams succumbing to their dashy play amid Captain Anson’s off the ball remarks.
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Boston
James Hart
Chicago
South End
Whhich
Capt. Anson
Six Die After Tug Charles Parker Boiler Explosion
In Cracco a boiler explosion on the tug Charles Parker causes eight deaths, one missing, two fatally hurt, and at least 15 seriously injured as Parker and three other tugs attempt to dislodge the coal laden H. B. Pickands. Witnesses watch from river banks as the Parker sinks and debris injures bystanders. Known dead include Samuel Sawyers, Mrs Rice and Barbara Rice, Bartholomew Curtin, J C Moore, James Carter, Samuel Armstrong, and an unknown man. several others are wounded or missing amid the wreckage along Archeray bridge and Ashland Avenue.
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Crrcaco
Charles Parker
Parker
Pickands
Buffalo
Archeray Bridge
31St St
Joe Cullem
Illinois Steel Company
Ashland Ay
Archeray
John Rice
Nelson Morris’ Packing-House
Mary
Barbara
James &. Carter
Samuel Armstrong
Joseph Cullen
Oe Parker
Henry
Tug van Schack
Demaass
Dade
van Schack
Ames Cunningham
Trouble in Arkansas Riots End In Murders And Lynching
A Helena Ark dispatch reports rioting by rioters inciting a negro strike for higher wages. Deputies tracked 13 rioters near Cat Island. a volley was exchanged, two killed, nine captured, while pursuing prisoners near Hackley's land as a masked mob demanded surrender.
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Helena
Ark
Frank Mills
Jesse Hodges
Derrick
Cat’s Island
President’s Island
Mem- Dis
Hackley’s Land
Forest Fire Wipes Pilot Hill Area in California
Sacramento reports the Georgetown divide blaze in Eldorado county destroys farms homes and fences. Strong winds drive a fire 25 miles by 20 miles, leveling Pilot Hill and threatening Greenwood and Salmon Falls as 30 to 40 families lose all. Ben Patterson is named among the killed in a related atrocity.
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Pilot Hill
Sacramento
Cal
Georgetown Divide
Eldorado County
California
Greenwood
Georgetown
Salmon Falls
Diphtheria Outbreak Closes Coryrmans School
Diphtheria spreads in Coryrmans New York with 22 cases and three deaths. Public school shut down two weeks after illness began. doctors have yet to find a cause for the outbreak.
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Coryrmans
N. Y
Two Freight Trains Crash on Hudson Line Kills Fireman
Early today a collision between two freight trains at 167th street on the Hudson River line killed fireman John Leonard and injured Patrick Morrissey who supervised a stock car. One locomotive and nine freight cars were wrecked in the incident.
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New York
Hudson River
167Th St
John Leonard
Patrick Morrissey
Hurricane and Civil War Ravage Tanna Island
San Francisco reports from Monowali indicate Tanna Island suffered a hurricane and civil war devastation with two villages wiped out. A German ship, J W Gildemerston, and the Hilda cutter were involved as a storm and battle raged, with a canoe carrying 19 natives lost. Ottawa reports Russians seizing Cape Breton natives McLean sealing in Behring Sea waters, a vessel registered in the United States, complicating Dominion interference.
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San Francisco
Cal
Monowali
Tanna
J. W. Gildemerston
Ottawa
Ont
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Cape Breton
McLean
Behring Sea
Met
McLeans
United States
Closing-out sale at Elmendorf thoroughbred farm ends
Lexingtoy Kentucky October 2 The two day sale of D Swigert proprietor ends with 79 horses grossing $93895 mares selling at averages 900.60 stallions averaging 6587.50 ponies and draughts bring 1025 eight mares and eight head spl ay unsold. reserve bid 125 per acre for the farm kept from sale.
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Lexingtoy
D. Swigert
Elmendorf
Lexington
Slosson Defeats Daly In 500-Point Billiards Match
In New York on October 3, Slosson and Daly opened a 500-point billiards marathon at Slosson's Broadway parlors near 23rd. Nineteen innings produced modest scores with Slosson winning 500 to 305 after showing several tough shots. Amateur Foss may challenge in a 500-point game, while Slosson plays straight rail against balkline.
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New York
Messrs
Slosson
Daly
Broadway
Foss
Cruisers Boston and Atlanta aimed for Pacific service
Washington announces Boston and Atlanta will be sent to the Pacific for early service due to China tensions and growing naval needs. The ships likely head to Chili to relieve Baltimore and San Francisco, which require repairs.
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Washington
Boston
Atlanta
Pacific
China
Tracy
Chili
Baltimore
San Francisco
Violent incident and stock market shocks cross nations
Reports from CARLIst Newville and beyond recount a wife’s vitriol attack on her husband, a stallion sale for $15,000 in Pittsfield, and a bank shortage prompting suspension and arrests. Weather across Montana to Utah adds to a turbulence of crimes, fires, shipwrecks, and political shifts worldwide.
Live Cattle Trade to Europe Faces Weak Prices and High Supplies
Advices from British livestock markets show best American live cattle at low prices amid heavy home and Irish fed cattle supplies. Refrigerator beef is abundant and prices weak, dampening live cattle demand. Shippers report no major losses recently due to low freight rates. outlook hinges on market improvement and potentially lower rates. Weekly shipments from Boston and New York totaled 5398 cattle and 21030 beef quarters with beef cattle in full demand and lambs in ample supply. veal calves showed active demand and satisfactory prices.
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Boston
New York
Wheat Drops Sharply as Corn Steady and Oats Weak
Wheat opened at 1 and closed at day’s lows amid selling pressure and unrealized gains by a local buyer that never materialized. Weather delays and rain in the Northwest hurt quality while corn, oats, and provisions slipped, with near pork futures ending near lows.
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Liverpool
Armour
Boston Stock Market Latest Quotations
Market brief notes latest quotations from the Boston stock exchange with emphasis on Exatividend and related movements. Unclear details suggest a continuing price update for investors and observers of market activity.
Boston Market Report on Butter Cheese Eggs and More
Boston market update lists steady butter with liberal receipts and scarce fresh-made goods, notes warm weather affecting quality and supplies across Western and New York creamery orders. Cheese prices hold firm with New York and Vermont extra dairy, eggs steady with demand, beans and dried goods weak, fruits and grains priced across regions, and hay and straw costs provided for Eastern markets.
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Nor
Creamery
Western Creamery
Franklin Co
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Vermont
New York
Lee Lo
Cape
Fancy
New
California
Coper
Einer Rene
Jersey
Peare
Bartlett
Seckle
Louise Bonne
Heldon
Hudson River
Concord
Delaware
Niagara
Cape Cod
Virginia
St. Andrews
Ruth Baga
Maine
N. Y.& Can
Minnesota bakers and commodity prices report chaos
A dated price ledger lists corn, oats, wheat and hops with varied regional quotes. It notes foreign and domestic wool, hides and skins values, plus tobacco and starch prices. The document reflects market fluctuations and commodity listings across multiple sectors.
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Mehide
Pacific Coast
Canada
Brighton
England
Texas
Cadiz
Trapani
Bond
Turks Island
Havana
Kentucky
Cohn and
Maas
Sumatra
Dowton
Ohio
Michigan
Missouri
Indiana
Australian
New Zealand
Cape
Watertown Cattle Market Arrivals and Prices
Week summary shows livestock arrivals at Brighton and Watertown: cattle 3708, sheep 12 3 038, reals 1123, hogs 26246, horses 470, Western cattle 3248, Eastern Northern cattle 460, Western sheep and lambs 444, Eastern Northern sheep and lambs 11849. Western heaves priced from 5 50s to 8 8 shillings per hundred weight. Northern cattle at 6 for choice dead weight. The beef demand in city markets is quiet with prices easy.
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Brighton
Watertown
Jay Gould Portrait Through a Studio Visit
In the Ladies' Home Journal Bogardus recalls photographing Jay Gould after a friend arranged the session. Gould arrived in light summer clothing and expressed he had no time to change. The photographer advised a black coat for a better portrait, but Gould persisted with his current attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Gould
Bogardus
Ladies’ Home Journal
Mr. Gould
He Loved Children
Brief topsy tale notes a mother’s anxious line about her youngest son who talks well for his age and asks if he has been seen. A friend suggests bringing the boy for a future visit, though a suggested late hour for meeting is politely declined.
Rumored Chilean minister to United States sparks recall move
From The Capital oct 2 rumors say Chill will appoint a minister to the United States within days as Balmaceda’s downfall leaves Egan in Santiago and a new envoy likely to request Minister Egan’s recall. The United States may deem Egan unneeded and act to keep relations smooth.
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Wastraton
Chill
United States
Balmaceda
Senor Lascans
Washington
Chili
Legation
Egan
Santiago
Seg
Ban
Italy
Baron Faya
Iq B
New Orleans
Utah Regenerate Yet Not Fit for Statehood Report
Washington October 8 The Utah commission filed majority and minority reports for the year ended Sept 1 1891. The majority notes disbanding of the People's party and alliance with national parties as a path toward enfranchisement and better governance. Significant figures include Secretary Noble. Polygraphy and social reform figures cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Utah Commission
Noble Majority
People of
Utah
People's Party
Guenecuae
Anas
Bonded Railroads Report Urges Quick Action on Debts
The third annual report of Commissioner Taylor to the interior secretary notes increased gross receipts for bonded railroads but decreased net earnings due to competition. Total government debt on bonds reaches 112,512,613 dollars. He urges a three member government commission to study settlement terms with railroads to protect government funds without harming commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Taylor
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Gorman Forces Halt To Presidential Move
Washington Oct 2 Senator Gorman halted a push by supporters to launch his presidential bid. Politicians rented rooms near Newspaper Row to form a German headland political club and machinery for a campaign. A circular urged a public meeting to note Gorman for presidency, signed by C C Lancaster, desiring influence. Gorman publicly opposed any meeting or launch. Lancaster pressed on, appointing a chair and moving resolutions.
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Washinaton
Gorman
Gormar
C. C. Lancaster
Aktanal J. Randall
Lancaster
Unclear fragmentary item referencing Barker and talkie machine
Fragmentary OCR text shows names Barker and Say, with indeterminate context about a talking machine and someone heading home. No clear events, dates, or locations emerge.
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