SIMPLY IMREISE: Norton the ex judge charged with hotel fraud
A long, sensational profile on Marcus P Norton ex judge and alleged millionaire now charged with defrauding a hotel. The piece traces his rise with ocean to ocean railroad fantasies, patents and legal actions, lavish living, mounting debts, and a publicly visible fall culminating in an arrest and bail. It notes forged wealth claims, failed ventures, and creditors including a heavy claim by Vice-President Philbrook.
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Vermont
Marcus I. Norton
New York
Atlantic
Pacific
Tinmouth
New York State
Twonderoga
Lake Superior
Judge Norton
Newton
Boston
United States
Maverick Bank
Knox
Norton
Stow
Ruel Philbrook
The Judge Talks of Millions and Medical and Gold Ventures
General Norton, residing on a fine Park Street estate in Newton, faces accusations of unpaid bills and dubious financial schemes. He claims vast royalties from steam fire engines and patents, presets as president of multiple railroads, and ownership in gold mining ventures, with family wealth cited at hundreds of thousands and millions. He describes loans, notes, and real estate deals involving Senator Ferry, banks, and various companies, while his secretary Lewis C. Lillie allegedly mishandles affairs and a foreclosure action looms over the European and North American railroad property.
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Ocean
Hoosac Tunnel
Great American Lakes
Marcus P. Norton
Bennington
Middletown Springs
Tinmouth
Boston
Montreal
Massachusetts Central Railroad
Hoosack Tunnel
Lake Champlain
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
Rutland, Burlington and St. Albans
Central Vermont Railroad
Rutland
Chicago
Kingston
Grand Trunk Railroad
Canada
Great West
Northwest
United States
Northern Pacific
Canada Pacific
Pacific Coast
Liverpool
London
Havre
Bremen
Atlantic
New York
Switzerland
America
The
Great Ocean-to-Ocean Company
Philbrook
Troy
N. Y
Congress
Roscoe Conkling
Grant
Wyoming
Judge Norton
Norton
Post Office
James
Europe
Scythia
Gartiela
Lille
Ferry Brothers
Maverick
Udge
Stuttgart Bank
Union Utemple Church
Furnture
Porary
Park and
Church Streets
Newton
A. C. Denny
Garden City
B.F. Bradbury
Washington Street
Manufacturing Medicine Company
Crescent Beach
Northern Pacific Railroad
Leadville
Effec
Io Rome
Ottawa Iron Company
Senator Ferry
Ferry
Ottawa Iron Works
White & Co
Michigan Barge Company
Lassell
Michigan
National Exchange Bank of Boston
National Exchange Bank of New York
Hartford
Bunker Hill
Hall
Detroit
Consolidated European & North American Railroad
Maine
Ervingdeekaee
Hote F
Lewis C. Lillie
Maverick Bank of Boston
Sone Eokuowe Fesse
Dodge
Bay State Club Dinner Promises Notable Guests
The Bay State Club plans a distinguished dinner at the Revere House next Saturday at 1.30 o'clock with Judge William C. Endicott and Hon. James Grinnell among expected guests and other state officers and congressional candidates noted. Broad canvassing by John Hurley reports strong Cleveland support in Worcester County and widening turnout in New York, Indiana, Ohio, and beyond.
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Bay State Club
Piper Heldseck
Regina Victorias
Revere House
William C. Endicott
James 8. Grinnell
John Hurley
Democratic State Central Committee
Cittes
Worcester County
Hurley
Cleveland
Hendricks
New York
Empire State
Daniel Manning
Tilden
St. Lawrence County
Fire Island
National Committee
Blaine
Buffalo
New York State
Indiana
Ohio
Kilpatrick
West Virgin
Buckey State
Maine
Indiana State Prohibition Council
St. John
Hocking Valley
Butler
Garfield
Oho
Neuman
Robinson
Jobson
Supreme Judge
Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette
Halstead
Smith
Carl Schurz
Commerccial Gazette
Mulligan Etters
West Virginia
Republcans
Elkins
Jacob Welnreich
Dayton
Fat Contributions For Democratic Campaign Funds
Letters from across the country report donations to the Democratic campaign fund sent to treasurer Charles J. Canda. From Omaha to New Haven contributors pledge money, describe efforts to win Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, and other states, and express hopes for Cleveland and Hendricks. Recipients include workers, clubs, and citizens urging victory and noting political shifts.
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New York
Democratic
Charles J. Canda
Omaha
Neb
Bradford
Blaine
Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
Cleveland
Hendricks
Canaan
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Ohio
Bangor
Newport
Columbus
Ife
Warren
Youngstown
Stileidie
Ohlo
Akron
Cedar Rapids
Cickel
Iowa
Plainfield
N. J
Cleveland and Hendricks
Nebraska
Gage County
Hartford
Conn
Windward
New Haven
Connecticut
Waller
Westfield
Good Cause
Titusvile
Pena
Isena
Democratic State Committee
Oswego County
Wournees
United States Senate
Harper's Weekly
The
New York Times
Democrats Elect Their Ticket Quietly With Little Opposition
Reports from Georgia sections indicate a quiet election day resulting in the Democratic State ticket. H. D. McDaniel was elected governor, W. A. Wright comptroller, R. M. Hardeman treasurer, N. A. Barrett state secretary, and Clifford Anderson attorney-general.
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Atlanta
H. D. McDaniel
W. A. Wright
R. M. Hardeman
N. A. Barrett
Clifford Anderson
Abandoned at birth finds father after twenty years
A young woman raised by a South End family learns as an adult that her birth parents, long believed dead, were a poor clerk and his wife. A distinctive handkerchief tipped off the truth, leading a wealthy manufacturer to acknowledge paternity. A private settlement, not disclosed to the wife, resolved the matter.
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Doston
South End
Hns
Jady
Wone
German Youth Found Dead in Red Star Steamer Belgenland
Carl von Wickstedt, 19, a German passenger aboard the Red Star steamship Belgenland, was found in a dismembered state after an eight day wave-induced injury. He was taken to Castle Garden Hospital. The Red Star Line manager called him a stowaway, noting no captain’s logs will be released. He is listed as en route to a brother in Hartley Michigan and is unlikely to be returned to Germany if he recovers.
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New York
Carl von Wickstedt
Belgenlant
Red Star
Castle Garden Hospital
Red Star Line
Eickstedt
Coblentz
Prussia
Duisler von Eickstedt
Hartley
Mich
Germany
Blaine Welcome Marred by Tragic Explosion at Loveland
October 3 Morrow C Ohio train stop at Loveland drew 2000 people to greet Blaine. He offered thanks and left without speaking. A premature blast injured three men, with George Hamilton fatally losing both arms and another man badly injured.
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Morrow
Loveland
Blaine
Cleveland
Hendricks
Obie
George Hamilton
Inebriated Hogs on Corn Fermentation in Hamilton
In Hamilton on October 3 Mr. George G. Creamer spilled corn juice that fermented in a cement cellar. His workers poured it into tie piles and drank the improvised liquor, becoming intoxicated for about an hour in a humorous scene with varying moods.
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Hamilton
George G. Creamer
Girls Afflicted by the Jesse James Fever
Five girls aged fourteen to sixteen were arrested in Chicago on larceny charges after forming a group to commit theft. The incident centers on a juvenile crime wave linked to sensationalized figures and a local crackdown.
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Chicago
Young Delinquents Formed Chinese Five Bandits
A group of youths described as a Chinese five formed a band for pillaging and other disreputable acts. They planned to chloroform the Chinamen and rob them. The children were dressed and showed depravity rare for their age. All confessed and were sent to the Bridewell under $100 bonds each.
Heroism saves six men from suffocation at Susquehanna caisson
Havre de Grace Md October 1 The rescue of Patrick Kelly and five colleagues Maguire Shordel Dillion Welsh and Connor trapped in a submarine chamber under 280 pounds of air is credited to superintendent John O'Brien and assistant Jonathan Burns. They devised a planked false lock and bailed the water to free the men. All rescued safely aside from a minor head wound.
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Havre DE Grace
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Susquehanna River
Patrick Kelly
Maguire
Shordel
Dillion
Welsh
Connor
Jock
Wen
John O'Brien
Mr. O'Brien
Jona Burns
Hnggard
O'Brien
Burns
Garrett's Twenty Millions Divided Among Three Children
John W. Garrett's will filed in Baltimore county Orphans Court leaves about 20 million dollars to his three children Robert Garrett Thomas Harrison Garrett and Mary Elizabeth Garrett with trusteeship and equal division of assets. It provides a 100000 annual security allocation or an investment to yield 36000 yearly for Baltimore's poor, 50000 yearly for benevolence education and public works, and 10000 shares of the railroad stock held for twenty years to align with city and Johns Hopkins interests.
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Baltimore
John W. Garrett
Orphans Court
Baltimore County
Deer Park
Robert Garrett
Thomas Harrison Garrett
Mary Elizabeth Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
City of
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland
Battle in Salinas City Ends in Mob Rule and Assassination
Terrible clash unfolds as a mob attacks Monterey Salinas city hall. Judge Pantos is seized and killed, police chief slain, multiple deaths and injuries reported. City remains under mob control with further killings feared.
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Monterey
Mex
Salinas County
Mexican National Railroad
Pantos
Salinas
Navy details reform」
Secretary Chandler issues orders to split detail and navigation bureaus. A new advisory board including Secretary, Near-Admiral Nichols, Commodore Sicard, Commodore Walker, and Commodore Sehley will recommend all future ship and squadron cruising orders and officer details to the secretary. The change eases Walker’s workload and removes potential favoritism concerns.
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Washington
Chandler
Navy
Bureau of Detail
Bureau of Navigation
E. T. Nichols
Ellef
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Montgomery Sicard
Bureau of Ordnance
John P. Walker
Winfield Scott Sehley
Bureau of
Walker
Commodore Walker
Ruling Makes Enforcing Iowa Liquor Law Difficult
Muscatine Iowa October 1 Judge Hayes ruled in the indictment case under the new prohibitory liquor law that buying liquor is illegal and subjects buyers to indictment. He warned that any person bought for elimination of sellers could face charges and that organizations encouraging purchases could be guilty of conspiracy and subject to punishment. Experts say enforcing the anti liquor law may be nearly impossible under this ruling.
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Muscatine
Hayes
Temperance Alliance
Excessive religious fervor drives miner to attack kin
Drifting into a religious frenzy, Pennsylvania miner John Doyle knelt to pray after a mission service and began attacking his wife, chasing her into a neighbor's house. He then assaulted his sister and tore at Theophilus Gibbons before a crowd restrained him. Doyle was overcome and sent home, suffering from acute wala caused by religious excitement.
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Drifton
Penn
John Doyle
Theophilus Gibbons
Steel trade outlook brighter after Pennsylvania meeting
After the Pennsylvania Steel Company annual meeting a leading officer stated the steel trade in Pennsylvania looks bright. Demand is rising and though prices stay low there should be sufficient trade to keep tolls operating and all workers employed. The firm is the nation’s largest rail maker and its activity signals general revival in the industry.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Pennsylvania
French Vessels Fire On Chinese Forces In Bachninh River
Paris reports three French gunboats attacked a Chinese camp of about four thousand on the Bachninh river. French casualties were one killed and thirty-one wounded. Chinese losses described as great amid a panicked retreat. Separately Vienna and Berlin weigh a Danube Oder canal to connect the Black Sea and Baltic, cost estimated at 70 million florins.
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Paris
Bachninh
Welr
Europe
Venna
Vienna
Berlin
Black Sea
Baltic
Danube
Oder River
Moravia
Austrian
Prussian Silesia
Oder
Streslau
Seduectic
Germany
Austria
Fire on Volga steamer sparks wider blaze at Kostroma
A Volga steamer caught fire at Kostroma and drifted downstream, igniting other vessels loaded with oil. Firemen and sailors battled the blaze as several ships burned, resulting in multiple deaths or injuries and property losses in the millions of roubles. Also included is Lord Hartington warning to the Lords on the franchise bill and reform.
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St. Petersburg
Volga
Kostroma
Lord Hartington
Lords
London
Rawtenstell
House of Lords
Cen
A Hurricane Strikes Iceland
London reports a terrible hurricane hit Iceland on September 11 with nineteen trading vessels and sixty fishing boats lost and thirty-two vessels disabled. The death toll is not yet known but described as very large and the tragedy is deemed appalling.
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Iceland
London
Riot at Hong Kong docks as boatmen strike and clash with police
Uprising in Hong Kong on October 4 saw boatmen refuse cargo for French ships triggering a general strike. Police were attacked as order deteriorated until the military restored calm. Several natives died and many were wounded.
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Hong Kong
Colonel Stewarts Fate and Danish Palace Fire
Colonel Stewart reportedly killed by rebels after Khartoum-linked troops were stranded near Wada Gama. Copenhagen dispatch notes Christiansborg Palace burned with loss of the royal gallery and Parliament houses, most antiquities saved. Paris reports France favors England over Germany with strong Anglo French alliance sentiment at a recent banquet.
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Stewart
Carro
Khartoum
Wada Gama
Denmark
Copentiagen
Christiansborg
National Gallery
France
England
Germany
Paris
Belgians Demand a Republic Protest Delivers Turbulent Ride
In Brussels on October 4 a crowd escorted M. Dutre editor of the Nationale to the depot after expulsion. Shouts of Vive la Republique rang out as troops guarded the railway. Demonstrations occurred at the palace and the Patriot office.
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Brussels
M. Dutre
the Nationale
Garmoyle Fortescue case settled with Miss Fortescue pay
Dou Lay reports the Garmoyle Fortescue case settled. Miss Fortescue receives 125000 dollars and surrenders letters including those of Lord Cairns. Lord Garmoyle refuses cross examination. In Turin rioting spreads as poorer classes attack upper class members amid poisoning suspicions.
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Garmoyle-Fortescue
DouLay
Miss Fortescue
Lord Cairns
Lord Garmoyle
Russell
Turin
Here
Cholera Cases Reported in Italian Cities
In Rome on October 4 a report notes forty-nine new cholera cases and twenty-three deaths at Naples in the last day. Genoa records nine new cases and four deaths in the past twelve hours ending at noon today.
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Rome
Naples
Genoa
Egypt Faces Debt Refund Demands as Public Caisse Accounts Update
Cairo dispatch notes that the caisse de la dette publique has summoned the Egyptian finance minister and officials to refund revenues pledged for the unified debt redemption. In St Petersburg authorities report a 600 officer police force increase due to Nihilist activity and a 500000 ruble budget rise.
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Egypt
Camp
The
Caisse de la Dette Publique
We Caisse
St. Petersburg
Chinese Girl Enters Ohio Wesleyan College Ambition
Delaware Ohio October 6 The Ohio Wesleyan College admitted Miss Hu King Eng daughter of a prominent Christian Chinaman from Foochow to its school. At 17 she aims to gain English education and then study medicine to practice among the Woos of her homeland.
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Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan College
Hu King Eng
Foochow
China
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