Navy moves to redistribute ships for training value
Washington dispatch notes the Boston, Yorktown and Concord reassigned among flag officers. Secretary Tracy defends moves as practical, preserving the squadron of evolution as a training fleet while sending vessels to China and other stations to match needs and shallow rivers. The Petrel’s transfer and cadet practice vessels are discussed as part of fleet modernization efforts.
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Washington, D. C
Boston
Yorktown
Concord
Gherardi
Walker
Tracy
Navy
China Station
Ae Pe
Asiatic
North Atlantic
Enterprise
Herald
Annapolis
Naval Cadets
Pacific
Samoa
Hawaii
Behring Sea
Chillan
Newark
Evolution
Actor M B Curtis Arrested in Patrolman Killing
San Francisco September 11 officers at Southern station found Patrolman Grant dead with a head wound. Maurice Curtis, alias M B Curtis known as Sam of Posen, was found handcuffed and fleeing. Curtis denies the shooting after a night of drinking with theatrical friends and a struggle witnessed across the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Southern Police Station
Grant
Maurice Curtis
M. B. Curtis
Sam
Posen
Editor Bundy Dead at Grand Hotel in New York
Maj. Jonas M. Bundy longtime editor of the New York Mail and Express died last night in the Grand Hotel from apoplexy due to Brights disease. Born in Beloit Wisconsin, he trained as a journalist in Milwaukee and rose to editorship in New York after service in the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jonas M. Bundy
New York Mail and Express
Grand Hotel
Bright
J. M. Bundy
New Hampshire
Beloit
Wis
Matt. H. Carpenter
Harvard
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
The
Sentinel
New York
New York Evening Post
Evening
Desperate Fight Ends With Outlaw Surrender
Purcett I T Sept 11 A posse of United States deputy marshals Swain Cook and Elkins cornered two desperadoes 26 miles south of Purcett after a days chase. The outlaws fired first but surrendered under a white flag and were found fatally wounded by their own fire. Cooley previously jailed for horse stealing broke jail. Riley a Chicago Negro was among seven murderers sentenced by the Cherokee council to be shot but escaped.
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Purcett
I. T
Cooley
Arkansas Popieg
Love's Golden Dream Gets Lovers to St Louis
Ida Van Camp and Luiu Price of Lebanon Indiana defy disapproving parents to wed after eloping with Thomas Derh of Faribault Minnesota and Gus Jared of Pihang. Parents threaten penalties, but the couples insist on marriage as they return to face the family disputes.
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St. Louis
Ida van Camp
Luiu Price
Lebanon
Cupid
Thomas Derh
Faribault
Inn
Gus Jared
Pihang
Romantic union seals pairings after parental consent
Uproar over lovers ends with a wedding as telegrams confirm relationships. Young couples, deemed of good character, have opposition withdrawn, and the brides with parents travel to Belleville. A joyful wedding ties Medart to the brides, then a reception at Lebanon celebrates the happy unions.
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Belleville
Lebanon
Wearied Widow Leaves Note in Carbolic Acid Tragedy
The body of Mrs. Margaret C. Fick of 43 East 8th Street was found in her New York apartment after she ingested carbolic acid. A revolver lay under her clasped hand and a German note requesting death was found. William Ephert of Brooklyn, a friend of her husband, notified police after present at the scene. Mr. Robert will arrange burial.
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New York
Margaret C. Fick
East 8Uth St
William 8. Ephert
Lynch St
Brooklyn
Jay Gould Seen on Wall Street After Western Trip
The Recorder reports Jay Gould appeared on Wall Street yesterday for the first time since his Western journey. He looked haggard, deathly pale, with sunken eyes, described as an overworked man. Observers noted a remarkable improvement since Saturday as he stepped from his private car, and recall that five years ago he retired from business for health reasons while his son Gene J. Gould managed affairs through the panic last November.
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New York
Recorder
Jay Gould
Wall St
Gould
Gene J. Gould
George J
Edwin
Shootings Shock Dunboyne Plantation Crowd
In Plaquemine Louisiana on September 11 a negro named Scott Austin fired a double barrel shotgun into a crowd of Italian laborers at the Dunboyne plantation injuring six seriously. Austin claims the shooting was accidental and he was taken to Laquemine for safekeeping amid tense feelings.
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Plaquemine
Scott Austin
Dunboyne
Austin
Laquemine
New York Gambler Daly Robbed by Manager Hollingsworth
The Herald reports John Daly, famous New York gambler, robbed of an estimated 80 to 100 thousand dollars from his West 29th street gambling palace. Manager William Hollingsworth, trusted for years, allegedly took the money to cover Wall Street losses, then dared Daly to pursue action. Daly has not moved to press charges amid city prominence concerns.
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New York
the Herald
John Daly
William
Hollingsworth
Daly
West 29Th St
Wall St
Glingsworth
City of
Trunk Seized From Pittsburg Passenger at City of Paris
Memory. New York customs inspectors seized a trunk belonging to Miss Mollie Jones of Pittsburg who arrived on the City of Paris. She failed to declare it and the trunk held 10 valuable Paris dresses, several silk garments, lace, gloves, textiles, a fur gape, and other assorted items. All dresses are from fashionable Paris makers.
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New York
Mollie Jones
Pittsburg
Paris
Valley Stream farmer attacked and robbed in New York
Charles Noler a Valley Stream farmer drove to New York with produce and was assaulted by two men after leaving Carey Welch’s saloon. He was stabbed five times in the head and robbed of all his money. A second farmer William Sullivan was beaten and robbed. suspect Townsend was arrested when found with Sullivan’s watch and coat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Noler
Valley Stream
L. L
West Washington Market
Noler
William Sullivan
Charles Townsend
Sullivan St
Sullivan
Townsend
Train Wreck Near Beaver Brook Injures 23 in Denver
Denver daily dispatch reports No 314 of Union Pacific on the Graymont division wrecked near Beaver Brook at 11 am injuring 23 passengers, five likely to die. Express car left track on curve, rolled down 15 foot embankment, mail and two coaches followed. Many riders were Knights of Pythias returning from Aspen convention.
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Denver
Col
Graymont
Union Pacific Railway
Beaver Brook
Knights of Pythias
Aspen
Dynamite shell tests and city calamities across nations
Reports detail Dr. Justin's successful dynamite cartridge test near Perryville N Y with three shots, plus a Park Row disaster coroner’s verdict on failed iron columns. Other items note fires in Brooklyn and West Topsham, deaths of Lowell Hunt Spotswood and Spence Lowell, ship news from Honolulu, and various accidents and vanishings.
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Australia
New York City
Perryville
N. Y
Justin
Park Pl
New York
Myrtle Av
Bridge St
Brooklyn
Robert Trail Spence Lowell
D. D
Schenectady
James Russell Lowell
Col
T. B. Hunt
United Sates Army
Fort Munroe
Hawley
Proctor
Beedy
West Topsham
Edwin R. Spaulding
Bethel
Treasury Department
Toronto
Montreal
United States
Kentucky Railroad
Red River
Lexington
Thomas Hall
Ham
Tahiti
Volage
Papeete
Toronto, Ont., By J. Ross Robertson
George Allen
Ontario Beach
Rochester
N.Y
Allen
Frankfort
Alliance
William V. McKean
Philadelphia Public Ledger
L. Clarke Davis
McKean
George W. Childs
Tracy
Pensacola
San Francisco
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Prince Consort
Henry Prince
Jefferson Market
West 10Th St
Royal Tar
Sydney
Augusta
New England
Boards of Trade
Canada
Peoria Lake
Peoria
Ill
Mme
Kiefer
Tazewell
Board of Trustees
Napamaeiclanke
Irish National Federation of America
Cooper Union
Thomas Addis Emmet
Far East
Queenstown
London
Yokohama
Leonard
Episcopal Church
Howard MacQueary
Canton
MacQueary
Cecil County
Mary Durand
Gen. Durand
France
Ast Harbor
N.J
Long Island Railroad
Oyster Bay
L. L
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Lowe
Ottawa
Can
Senator Hendricks
Fassett
New York Custom House
Canso
George Hughes
A. E. Mine
M. B. Smith
Lunenburg
Carlisle
Penn
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Habbel Chammie
Jerusalem
Ont
John Cararra
Allan
Julia Hodson
Cumminaville, O
Sertie Donahoe
Gusta Fatr
St. Jolie NB
Ohio's oil geyser from Hancock county makes world record claim
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reports Hancock county's new oil well near North Baltimore formed a vast oil geyser after drilling reached 2208 feet. It produced oil into 600 barrel tanks within 90 minutes and briefly surged with gas before oil flow was stabilized, with potential daily output around 70,000 barrels. Eyewitnesses hailed it as possibly the largest well on Earth, surpassing most rivals.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
St. Mary’s
Ohio
United States
Hancock County
North Baltimore
Cpt
Cains
Russia
Baku
Talking to death at a Chicago marble works
An undertaker and workmen faced a bizarre request when a tall, pale man sought a tombstone for his wife. He could not express the design, insisting on a precise inscription and spirit beyond experience, prompting a dramatic exchange before revealing his demand.
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Chicago
Inter-Ocean
Creatralia
Ill
Frazier & Leffel
Leffel
Willig
Neil
Monu ment Commemorates Wife of Thomas Phillips Near Boulder
The obituary notes ALICE first and last wife of THOMAS PHILLIPS was talked to death by friends. Thomas paid for a memorial stone to honor his late wife, directing its placement in a Clinton County Illinois cemetery near Boulder, preserving the factual claim of the monument.
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Thomas
Neih- Ots
Boulder
Clinton County
Ilinois
Going to Stay in Canada. (Texas Sistings.)
An inquisitive man on a New York Central train questions a fashionably dressed passenger about his travel plans. The dialogue reveals stops in Poughkeepsie Albany Niagara Falls and Montreal, concluding with the guess that the traveler will stay in Canada.
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Thomas Stevens
Albany
N. Y
Luby
Tracy
Army
Navy Department
O. C. Swanton
Sweden
Canada
Ottawa
New England
Swanton
Star of India
Dundee
Quebec
Niagara Falls
Emery-Fasig
Glenville
Simmicolon
Ferndale
Lea
Melbourne
Aus
Auckland
N. Z
San Francisco
New York
Furst Bismarch
New York Central
Poughkeepsie
Pim
Montreal
Hastings Morgan at mass meeting rebuts critics
Kate Field's Washington reports Hastings-Morgan asserted actions speak louder than words at a mass meeting. He targeted an unnamed critic and answered questions about practicing what he preaches, saying the speaker's speech was largely gesticulation.
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Kate Field
Washington
Hastings—Morgan
Fulton
Hastings
Townsend's Letter on Russell Harrison and New York loss
The piece recounts discussions about Russell Harrison and Benjamin Harrison in New York politics, detailing insights from Mitchener and Voorhees, and noting how Blaine and Harrison influence Democratic sympathy. It weaves in Clinton era politics, Lincoln, Seward and Franklin lore with Ben Franklin's illegitimate son William, and a Philadelphia inscription.
Bicycle Versus Trotter At Springfield Record Debate
Arthur Zimmerman’s 1 minute 6 4-5 second half mile on a bicycle rivals best half mile trotting times when starting from a standstill. The piece compares cycling and trotting records, notes time allowances, and cites quarter mile marks and private trials, with a table listing cyclists and trotters and their times.
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Arthur Zimmerman
Springfield
Zimmerman
Maud 8
Sunol
Hartford
Checkers Column Notes and Solutions from 1891
Boston chess and checker notes report editor Edwin A. Durgin outlines club meetings at Tremont Street and Water Street locations, then presents multiple checker problem solutions by H. B. Washburn and James Lee. Problems feature positions, moves, and commentary on play, with remarks by a checker editor and players like Albert Sayler.
Boston Market Reports Broad Butter And Egg Prices
Boston market notes steady butter with firm demand, listing creamery, extra, and Vermont New York prices, plus fall in imitation creamery and lat varieties. Eggs show improved demand. prices for nearby and eastern regions cited. Beans, fruits, canned goods, and dry goods priced, with detailed quotes for apples, pears, peaches, onions, cabbage, hay, flour, corn, oats, and seafood items included.
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Boston
Franklin Co
Maas
Vermont
New York
New Vermont
San
Ohio
Aus
Tate
New Hampshire
York
Imarrow
Ravenstein
Astrachan
Sdeeneteda
Norfolk
BR. L
Bartlett
Del
Clapp
Rose
Hebrons
St. Andrews
Ruta Baga
Maine
Advertising the Post Office Circulates to Postmasters
Postmaster General Wanamaker issued a circular asking postmasters to provide local papers with news and items about the post office. The aim is to keep public interest in the postal system and indirectly boost business through advertising.
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United States Mail
Wanamaker
Swanamaker
Livestock Arrivals at Brighton and Watertown Week Past
Arrivals show cattle 3455 sheep 18802 veals 1063 bogs 25234 horses 450 Western cattle 20920 Eastern and Northern cattle 615 Western sheep and banks 620 Eastern and Northern sheep and lamb 12182 Prices range for western beeves up to 6 50 per 100 and 5 00 4 25 for common Northern cattle at 44e 54y0c dead weight Hides tallow skins and woolskins priced in cents Brighton hides 6 7 Dairyakina Brighton tallw 4 444 Woolskins 7 Country hides 5 s Sheared skins Country tallw 23 Calfskins 4 Lambskins 70 80c Market is quiet in city prices steady.
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Brighton
Watertown
Dairyakina
Ares
FORM CLUBS WITH WEEKLY GLOBE PRIVATE CIRCULAR
A call to form large clubs using the WEEKLY GLOBE new private circular. Readers are invited to send for the circular and free sample copies to start and grow club memberships.
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GLOBE
Weekly Globe
Piano sheet music selections and prices from a 19th century catalog
A catalog lists piano pieces and mandolin guitar songs with prices from 30 to 75 cents. Notable titles include Gottschalk The Last Hope 50 cents, Ul ler Slumber of the Sea 50 cents, Globe Lancers 60 cents, Happy Birds Waltz 50 cents, Memories of W N Gates 40 cents, Summer Dream 30 cents, Fauntleroy March 30 cents, Far from Home 75 cents, Waldteufel Estudiantina Waltz 30 cents, Spanish Dance 40 cents, Waves of the Danube Waltz 75 cents, Japanese Dance 40 cents, new songs Hope on Pear Heart 35 cents, Here the Old Man Sings 60 cents, Welcome to Spring 35 cents, The Heart Sailor 40 cents, Learning the Teese 40 cents, Here Below 40 cents, We'll Sing of Love 50 cents, Comrades 35 cents, Hot Down I'll Fly 40 cents.
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J. M. Gottschalk
E. Uller
Globe Lancers
William Bendix
E. Holst
Eal
W. N. Gates
C. Hatton
Chef d’Zavres
J. Wiegand
Waldteufel
Barker
Pear Heart
Nevin
Josephine Gro
Asmore
Fiat
Stephen Adams
Teese
Anesthetic Era Tales From a Dentist’s Clinic
A dentist relates a factual tale of a Black man and his wife seeking a tooth extraction. The narrative hints at gas as a mysterious charm and mentions the era’s anesthetic and pharmaceutical themes.
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Dalmellington
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