Twelve annual convention opens in Washington with updates
First Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson welcomed attendees as the twelfth annual convention of the United States Railway Service Mutual Benefit Association began in Washington. The secretary’s report shows 76,128 in benefits paid, 151 new members, 51 dropped, and 4 deaths in the past year.
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United States Railway Service Mutual Benefit Association
Washington
Stevenson
Congress
National Board of Health
Amelia Jackson
Jackson
Colonel Ellsworth
Alexandria
Ellsworth
Patent Office
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Lamar
John Tyler
President Tyler
General Land Office
Cutting
Bayard
Comptroller of the
Through Car Service Opens Toledo to Bowerston Line
Central Ohio timetable notes through car service from Toledo to Bowerston connecting with the Pennsylvania System for all points East. Through service extends to Cambridge Marietta and Bowerston as well as Akron Youngstown and Pittsburgh with MD Woodford and James M Hall listed as general manager and general passenger agent.
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Toledo
Bowerston
Pennnsylvania System
Cambridge
Marietta
Akron
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
M.D. Woodford
James M. Hall
Gen
Agais
Brooklyn officials face conspiracy charges in Kings County
Brooklyn supervisors Larkin Gallagher and Car roll were brought to the Brooklyn police court for examination on conspiracy to defraud a local plumber by inflating his bills. Bail was set at $5,000 each.
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Larkin
Gallagher
Carroll
Brooklyn
Kings County
N. Y
Buffalo
John T. Oliver
Oliver
Frank Golden
Atlas Line
Alva
New York City
Brentano
Morosini
Edmunds
Salem
Mass
Prosene
Middle Village
Maspeth
L. 1
Massachusetts Prohibitionists
T. J. Lothrop
John Blackmer
Commonwealth
George Kemplin
John L. Kilburn
M. Fairchild
William W. Sherman
Dexter Brown
Methodist Church
Oneonta
Ed Carlin
Ohio
Philadelphia
Sacramento
J. L. Mathews
Imperial Coal Mines
Montour
Mathews
Connecticut
Lounsbury
James I. Howard
L. M. Hubbard
Alexander Warner
Thomas Clark
William Sterns & Co
Laca
Empire State
Sandy Hook
New Castle
William Grant
Lester York
J. W. MacNaughter
Allegheny City
City of Rome
New York
Liverpool
Providence
R. I
American Pharmaceutical Association
Charles A. Tufts
Dover
N. H
Henry J. Munger
M. W. Alexander
St. Louis
N. A. Kuhn
Omaha
A. D. Sheppard
Boston
John W. Maiseh
Progress of Pharmacy
C. Lewis Diehl
Louisville
Watertown
Edwin Potts, Jr
Ing
Nation faces flood of business failures in week
Reports show 178 total failures in seven days ending Sept 10 across United States and Canada with Lowell, Reading, and Vermont results. Separate items cover a shooting in Lowell, a pistol accident in Reading, election returns, and various local incidents across several states.
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United States
Canada
Lowell
Mass
John Shay
Lth
Hoe
Reading
John Bachman
Francis
Vermont
Ormsbee
Shuttles
Seely
Edmunds
Board of Managers
The
American Bible Society
Wth
Bible House
New York
Oak Island
Boston
Duncan C. Ross
Charles Walsh
Ross
Walsh
William ¢. Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Kins County
N. Y
Jacob Rease
Pittsburgh
Bessemer Steel Company, Limited
Steel Company
Bessemer Steel Company
Jessemer Louis Rothenberg
Long Branch
N. J
Cambria
Frank A. Foster
New Haven
R. O. Smith
G. G. Minor
Cincinnati
GM Barger
Nashville
Tenn
M. M. Walbridge
Chicago
Knowlton
Detroit
Mich
Newton’ Stevens
Postmaster Stevens
Utica
William Reach
Wallace Ross
Llarry
Tragic double shooting and local deaths dominate Liberty reports
In Liberty Virginia two young men Wilson and Fizer fought over a mulatto woman. Wilson fatally shot Fizer and is suspected of wounding the woman whose body was found with a head wound in a nearby orchard. The piece also notes a Chicago University trustees meeting to dissolve the institution and various other national items.
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Liberty
Wilson
Fizer
Chicago University
Mutual Life Eiseance Company
Maine
Sth
Henry Metzger
Pittsburgh
G. F. Durant
Edgar Reed
Union Depot
Chattanooga
Tenn
Brewer
State Road
U Invention
E. L. Doheney
S. G. Mullins
B. F. Williams
John
Bridget Enright
Twenty Sixth Street
Chicago
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Barthold
Laclede Junction
W. C. Cooper
Congress
Ohio
Treasury Department
Fairchild
Sheridan
Howard
Fort Main
Kia
Geronimo
Fort Bowie
Courtney
Charleston
Jacksonville
Charles Spain
Everett Ellis
Irish Home Rule and Global Disasters Across Headlines
Reports cite Megan Bros. in Dublin failing with liabilities of 500000 dollars. Cholera deaths in Corea reach 3140, with daily deaths ranging 267 to 497 and bodies left unburied. Maynooth bishops back Home Rule, deny Protestant persecution fears. Jamaica hurricane wrecks coastal areas and kills and drowns residents. A Bristol colliery explosion kills seven. French biographer M Milland dies. In Tonquin, 700 Christians massacred and 9000 hunger deaths reported.
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Megan Bros
Royal Insurance Company
Dublin
Ireland
Corea
Conference of
Catholic Bishops
Maynooth
Mr. Gladstone
Great Britain
Jamaica
Bristol
England
M. Milland
French Academy of Sciences
Tonquin
Manhoa
Fatal Green River flood disaster near Roy Turner party
A wagon with a party including Roy Turner’s wife and child, two sons of John Nelson Turner, and two Hood men forded the Green river and drowned when the horses ran into deep water and the wagon overturned. No swimmers survived.
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Nein Fountain
Roy Turner
John Nelson Turner
Hood
Green River
International Association of Plumbers
Chicago
Knights of Labor
Priiutips
Nashville
Sandy Hank
Ith
Freehold
N. J
John Taylor
Dovernass
Boston
Wendell
Margie Comaford
State Street
Lizzie Carter
Matanzas
Samuel Reed
David Livingston
Thomas Reed
Fred Chapman
Maine
Arista Glover
Indiana
Davis Bros
R. B. Pollard
Surrender of Geronimo Ends Long Indian War in Texass
Telegraphed dispatches from Austin and New Mexico recount a deadly election day clash in Daleyville with the sheriff and two citizens killed and deputies wounded. General Miles announces Geronimo surrenders and will be relocated east with about 2000 others to quell further hostilities.
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Daleyville
Tex
Ireland
Sherif
Liam
Equata Garea
I. R. Graves
New Larevo
Mex
Lampazos
Marteras
Louis Green
Mounted Rangers
la Jaritta
el Coyote
Mexxico
Guadaljara
Don Miguel Lopes
Lopes
Monpova
Coyote
Rodriguez
Tuiculipas
Coahunila
Juan Hernandez
Fort Bower
A. T
Miles
Lawton
Skeleton Canyon
Here
Geronimo
Natchez
Mangirs Colorado
Bowie
FISHERY TROUBLES FORCE CANADA US TO HAND OVER VESSELS
The United States and Canada clash over seal vessels seized in Alaskan waters. Ottawa demands immediate surrender while Washington weighs judicial action and monetary damages. Canadian minister Foster argues for a clear Pacific waters understanding and stronger enforcement to protect fishing rights.
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Washington
Unitedates
David J. Adams
Sitko
Treasury Department
Oomalaska
Treasury Department Oflicais
Ottawa
Ont
United States
Arakan
Foster
British Columbia
Alaskan
Pacife
High Seas
Three Mile
Alexander
Russia
Alaska
Pacific
Boutwell
United States Treasury
England
St. Johns
N. F
Newfoundland
Canada
North America
Knights of Labor to reorganize at Richmond convention
At the Richmond Knights of Labor convention next month a plan to reorganize the order is likely. The proposed system would establish State assemblies with a national assembly, placing authority in State bodies but subject to reversal by the General Master Workman, keeping Powderly in control.
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Knights of Labor
Richmond
Order
Cleveland
The
United States
Powderly
Man Dies After Dog Bite on Sand Mountain
In Marshall County near Sand Mountain, Davies was bitten by his own dog while hunting. The dog was killed. Davies treated wounds at first, then developed severe poison symptoms. His limbs swelled and foaming saliva appeared before he died after hours of agony.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Davies
Sand Mountain
Marshall County
Cadets at West Point Courtmartialed for Rush Tradition
At West Point cadets are being tried by court martial for participating in a rush contrary to General Merritt’s order. Formerly returning cadets were greeted boisterously with silk hats and canes, often causing injuries. Cadets claim they did not mean to disobey, merely swept up in the excitement.
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West Point
N. Y
Merritt
Essim
Artesian Well Talks Spread in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas residents report changes in well water with muddy appearance and sulphurous taste and odor. R King near Pavilion and Frank Elliston of Bird Hill each observed the same issue affecting drinking water and mouth soreness.
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Fort Worth
Tex
R. King
Pavilion
Frank Elliston
Bird Hill
Mystery surrounds Victoria Morosini Schilling trip
Cincinnati dispatch notes inquiry from New York for an interview with Victoria Morosini Schilling who arrived in Dayton with a man once thought to be her husband. They stayed quietly at a Dayton hotel with meals sent to her room and avoided social contact. They left by coach Saturday morning for a 28 mile drive, then planned to take a train to Chicago.
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Cincinnati
Post
Dayton
New York
Victoria Morosini Schilling
Boy Overtakes Twist Of Fate With Iron Support
William Fay of Acton Massachusetts three year old was born with legs twisted. A Lowell doctor began treatment three months ago and the boy now walks with straight limbs under iron rigging to be worn until limbs are strong. Leading physicians call the surgery a triumph. A separate note urges towns to install drinking fountains for animals and people as a public benefit.
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William Fay
Acton
Mass
Lowell
Losson Journal
Optician Claims Philadelphia Glasses Widest Use
A Philadelphia optician says more residents wear glasses there than in Boston and New York combined, highlighting the city as a center for eyewear usage and sales.
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Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Wade calls Cutting affair exagerated and says no U S misjustice
President Wade of the Mexican Central railroad arrived home from Mexico and dismissed El Paso excitement over Cutting. He said the case was exaggerated by the American press and Cutting was justly punished for libel. He added Americans have not been unjustly incarcerated in Mexican prisons.
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Boston
Wade
Mexican Central Railroad
Mexico
el Paso Dispatch
el Paso
Greenland Coast Fishing Ban Strikes U S Vessel
The schooner Herbert M Rogers returns to Glouster from Greenland after weather and ice hindered halibut fishing. Governor and Danish warship patrol coast to bar Americans from traffic. Rogers carried 100969 pounds of halibut and reports no sighting of Seth Stockbridge, feared lost.
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Glovucrster
Mass
Herbert M. Rogers
Greenland
Vele
Logitopie
Rogers
Goothaab
United States
Denmark
Holsenberg
Cape Amelia
Straits of
Pelle
Seth Stockbrdge
Coyote Gang Surrounded as Mexican Front Prepares Move
From Matamoras and Saltillo reports a courier says Coyote's gang is boxed in by three detachments under Cols Algira and Teren and Capt George Tyres. Artillery and infantry from Mexico City and cavalry from San Luis Potosi are due to reach the frontier soon. Rebels counterattacks and arm gatherers push toward a planned decisive action within a month.
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New Lanreno
Tex
Coyote
Algira
Teren
George Tyres
Mexico
San Luis Potosi
Saltillo
Matamoras
Mex
Chaves Escondido
Maurizio Cruz
Renosa
San Miguel
Monterey Road
Camargo
el Murias
Brownsville
Martinez
Cruimas
San Carlos
Wedding Party Stricken After Copper Kettle Chicken
About fifty people at a country wedding five miles west of Decatur Illinois were poisoned after a nine oclock supper of chicken salad and boiled chicken. The chickens were cooked in a copper kettle and suspected copper alloy corrosion may have caused the illness. Doctors treat the sick with many hospitalized and the prognosis remains cautious.
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Decatur
Thomas W. Jacobs
Alice Glasgow
Fred
Dastardly shooting in Tonganoxi ends in death
In Tonganoxi, Kansas, a family quarrel led McKeehan to shoot his wife and father-in-law, Freeman. Freeman died almost instantly, the wife survived, and a lynching attempt was blocked by a deputy sheriff who moved the suspect to Leavenworth for safety.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Tonganoxi
McKeehan
Freeman
Mehkeehan
Mining unions reject merger into Knights of Labor assembly
Brazil Indiana reports residents favor the Miners' Federated Association's decision not to merge with the Miners' Assembly of Knights of Labor. The federation formed last summer as a state body, later expanding to include West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois. Its cornerstone is arbitration and it will not permit a strike until all arbitration avenues fail, with little disturbance where the order has taken hold.
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Brazil
Ind
Citzens
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