Edison testifies on electric chair death in Kemmler case
In New York a hearing before the Kemmler case referee features Thomas A. Edison as witness. He supports the lethal power of alternating current and asserts a 1,000-volt Westinghouse current could not carbonize a body in minutes, detailing human resistance and the potential for instant death with proper application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sommier
New York
Kemmler
Thomas A. Edison
Kemmiler
Smith
Edison
Westinghouse
Herzog the Confidence Man Foiled at Grand Pacific
Joseph Herzog a California vineyard con artist was captured after a failed scheme at the Grand Pacific hotel. He fled with a satchel of bricks, returned by back stairs, and was locked in his room by a detective. He later obtained 25 dollars to pay his bill and departed with the decoy baggage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herzog
Cuibaco
Joseph Herzog
California
Grand Pacific Hotel
State Street
Napee
Commander D W Mullan of Nipsic visits Danver
Commander D W Mullan U S N who commanded the Nipsic the sole U S gunboat not wrecked at Samoa passed through Danver en route to Annapolis by navy orders. He recounted leaving Apia May 9 with the Alert, deciding to return due to risk to 200 men from storm and Nipsic's unseaworthiness and rudder loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nipsic
San Francisco
Samoa
Auckland
New Zealand
Apia
Alerg
Alert
Kimberly
Annapolis
Flooded West Virginia county tally and damages
In West Virginia’s flooded district 18 deaths are confirmed with possible more in Jackson County. Commissioners report bridge damage around 25,000 dollars while county losses may reach 150,000 dollars. Many farmers will need aid as taxes may be unaffordable this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Parkensauac
W. Va
Jackson County
Fatal melee at Binet station over crabs not valid
In Greenville Mississippi on July 23 a brawl among colored residents at Binet station escalated with pistols knives and razors. Isiah Jackson was killed Lincoln Miller wounded and several others hurt in the fracas.
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Greenville Miss
Binet Station
Isiah Jackson
Lincoln Miller m
Bell Company Victorious in Federal Patent Dispute
Judge Blodgett ruled for Bell Company in the Cushman Telephone case. Cushman must turn over all telephones to Bell and pay costs, with the decree directing payment of a fine. The long running litigation centers on patent management between the two firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Company
Caucase
Blodgett
Bell
Cushman Telephone Com
Cushman Company
Police raid on green goods shop uncovers elaborate deception
New York July 2 police raided the green goods shop of W C Burns who swindled a countryman under the alias Kills. The shop was fitted like a hall with desks and panels designed to deceive victims.
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New York
W.C. Burns
Kills
Pseudo Messiah Plague Hits Liberty County
In Saavannan Georgia a child is found murdered in a remote area amid a frenzy around Orth and Bell preaching. Authorities say the cult followers refuse to name suspects while the coroner probes the group’s rites. Edward James leads the congregation after Orth’s asylum commitment.
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Saavannan
Liberty County
Orth
Bell
Edward James
Hogan Missing Aviator Report In Jackson
Detroit dispatch notes Harvey Flower of Jackson, who knew Hogan from boyhood, saw Hogan in Jackson last Thursday and spoke with him Hogan asked Flower to keep quiet about his location Both men claim they have knowledge Hogan is in hiding to recover from an accident
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Detroit
Journal
Jackson
Hogan
Harvey Flower
Electric Flashes and Miscellaneous News Briefs
Reports from various locations note Austrian infantry gains to a war footing of 6 000 more troops. Liverpool Cup at the July meeting goes to Veracity of New York. Four tinsmiths from Germany to Milwaukee timer work are sent back. Chauncey Kniffin 22 fatally shoots his wife Annie 15 and himself. A party of 42 workers tours English and European manufacturing centers. Western Cut Nail association considers centralizing mills in a single organization.
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Firin
Annie
New York
England
Scotland
France
Germany
Belgium
Waeewine
W. Va
Western Cut Nail Association
Commission to widen pension bureau probe in Washington
The pension bureau inquiry by the commission continues with no set finish date. They will expand the scope to include special cases and prepare records of cases with attorney names for possible inclusion in the final report to the secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Commission
Pension Bureau
Tanner
Goulds Opinion New York July 24
Tay Gould denies negotiating to buy the Chicago and Alton road stating he has all needed railroads now and has made no offer for the Alton. He believes the inter state association will continue despite Alton withdrawal and that dividend roads must maintain rates. He notes southwest crops except cotton are safe with ample business for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tay Gould
Chicago & Alton Road
Alton
Missouri Pacific
Inter-State Association
Alaska Governor Seeks 2600 Stand of Arms For Militia
Washington July 24 The Alaska governor asked the war department to supply 2600 stands of arms to equip territorial militia. No militia currently exists but arms would be issued if secured against loss.
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Alaska
Washingcton
War Department
Idaho Convention Debates Tax and Education Proposals
In Boise July 24 the convention spends most time on tax questions and compulsory education limits. Lawmakers may regulate railroad and express rates, a section against railroad pooling was removed, and a proposal to ban free passes to state officers was rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bors Crry
Chinese Sailors Exempt From Exclusion Act Says Solicitor
In Washeton on July 24 Solicitor Hepburn opines that Chinese enlisted as servants on U S naval vessels recently at Samoa may land in the United States. He argues their service ends on arrival at San Francisco and they are part of the ships crew, exempt from the exclusion act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washeton
Hepburn
United States
Samoa
San Francisco
Trial dates set for Boulangists and allies
The Boulangers Dillon and Rochefort face trial in the Senate court on August 8. General Boulanger and colleagues receive ten extra days to respond to the court summons before they are outlawed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulanger
Dillon
Rochefort
Senate
Briton Commander Plans General Dervish Advance
General Grenfell in Egypt reports to the war office his plan to launch a general advance against the Dervishes by the end of the current month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waeriu Baye Lonnan
Grenfell
Egypt
War Office
Extradition Case in Winnipeg Stirs Money Suspicions
A Chicago friend of a prominent Clan na Gael leader reportedly arrived in Winnipeg as Martin Burke fights extradition. State Attorney Longenecker notes large funds were needed for habeas corpus delays and suspects a connection, though he withholds the man’s name.
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Crtcaco
Martin Burke
Winnipeg
Longnecker
Clan-na-Gael
Chicago
Artin Burke
Suit Decides Widow Claim in Early Illinois Mystery
Judge Knickerbocker ruled in Cuiiaco that Naomi Fairchild could not be Colonel Walter Babcock’s widow. The suit arose after Babcock died in 1887 at Gardner Illinois, leaving an estate of sixty thousand dollars. Testimony about a secret October 7, 1871 marriage to Fairchild in a Wabash avenue house was deemed unproven, with sister Julia Brattan offering conflicting claims.
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Cuiiaco
Knickerbocker
Walter Babcock
Gardner
Ill
Sarah Dodge
Ono
Hattie A. Martin
Naomi Fairchild
Colonel Babcock
Wisconsin
Babcock Sheavers
Heavers
Wabash Avenue
Fairchild
W. H. Burns
Julia Brattan
Charges Filed Against Pension and Sixth Auditor Offices
Civil Service Commissioner Rosevelt announced charges against both the pension office and the sixth auditor’s office. He said men were discharged for being democrats and later stated it may violate the spirit, not the letter, of the law. The commission will investigate past and present cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoeevelt
Washington
Rosevelt
Pension Office
Sixth Auditor's Office
Transit of Chinese through United States from Cuba approved
The attorney general states there is no legal objection to Chinese nationals arriving in New Orleans from Cuba and traveling across the United States to China via San Francisco. The Chinese minister sought passage home and the Treasury may grant the request, aligning with an earlier Solicitor Hepburn opinion not accepted by the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
New Orleans
Cuba
China
San Francisco
Hepburn
Treasury Department
Mrs. Heron Safe Says Mission Board Denies Death Sentence
The Presbyterian board of foreign missions reports no evidence Mrs. Heron, missionary to Corea, has been sentenced to death for teaching Christianity. Officials call the claim unbelievable and a Gorean legation telegram in Washington says the state department also regards the report as unfounded.
New Brunswick man offers reward for quick cure with Chamberlain remedy
Mat McCabe of New Brunswick Illinois offers five dollars to anyone troubled with bloody flux who takes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as directed and is not cured promptly. He cites his own recovery and notes the remedy's daily sales exceed a thousand bottles with a claimed universal success when directions are followed. For sale by 8 B David.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mat McCabe
New Brunswick
Ill
McCabe
David
War State or Trade for Denver Boat Rstate
Four hundred and fifty head of cattle with a mixed bunch and a complete ranch outfit including cow horses. For sale or trade. Address H. and M., box 627, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Death by Own Action Shocks Copenhagen Nobility
In Copenhagen a sensational report says Count Sparre of a prominent Swiss family killed his mistress Elvira Madigan, a circus performer, on the island of Taasinge, then shot himself. The count, married, moved in aristocratic circles with his wife.
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Copenhagen
Count Sparre
Aeason
Elvira Madigan
Taasinge
Judiciary committee backs three judge supreme court plan
In Bismarck on July 24 the judiciary committee reported to the convention endorsing a supreme court of three judges, six districts with six judges, retention of justices of the peace, and six year terms for supreme court judges. The Scandinavian temperance society petitions the convention to prohibit intoxicating liquor manufacture and sale in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
South Dakota
Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court
Scandinavian Temperance Society of
North Dakota
Brighton Beach Races Record Fast Times at July Meet
At Brighton Beach on July 24 Gregory won the quarter mile in 1 17 with King William second and Mamie B third. Newberg captured the seven eighths mile in 1 31 14, Pomeroy second, Blanche third. Speculator led the seven eighths mile in 1 31 with MacAuley second and Khafton third. Theora won the seven eighths mile in 1 21 with Bonnie S. second and Saluda third. Keynote led the one and one sixteenth miles in 1 50 34 with Bordelaise second and Specialty third.
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Brienton Beach
Gregory
King William
Mamie B
Newberg
Pomeroy
Blanche
Speculator
MacAuley
Khafton
Theora
Bonnie S
Saluda
Keynote
Bordelaise
Specialty
Legislature Apportionment Debate Highlights North Dakota Session
Sioux Falls July 24 The judiciary committee report was the main feature. The legislative apportionment committee has finished its work and will submit it tomorrow. South Dakota lawmakers will have 45 senators and 123 representatives with concern over the large size of the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Fallts
Judiciary Committee
South Dakota
Martin Burkes Last Move Writ Granted
Martin Burke's attorneys filed for a writ of habeas corpus for the prisoner. The writ was granted and the court will consider the matter tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Burke
Wixserec
Advice to a Young Man From Surdette
A veteran voice advises a young man about overconfidence and growing older. The speaker notes the contrast between a youth’s positive certainty and an older person’s less assured opinions. He warns that true wisdom diminishes with age and suggests shedding premature knowledge by constant airing until it disintegrates.
Water Asp Substitute for Grace in Maine Town
The Lewiston Journal recounts the life of Bister Weymouth a leading exhorter in Blankmouth Maine noted for wit and speeches. Frost a suitor deceives Weymouths daughter joins the church and marries then abandons wife. While bathing their infant Weymouth orders sternly hold that baby under water to drown the Frost out.
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Bister Weymouth
Maine
Blankmouth
Lewiston Journal
Frost
Sister Weymouth
End of Question in Boukov Case Sparks Memory
In a Terre Haute press item Mr Boukov recalls his marriage of eleven years and a single quarrel that began about a year after the wedding as an auditor asks when it occurred. The reporter notes the exchange in a terse courtroom or public setting.
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Mr. Boukov
Terre Haute
Bonnet Bird Question Sparks Epistolary Banter
In a fragment from Potago, a speaker asks about a tiny stuffed bird in a bonnet. Biddy responds that it was put in the soup to enrich the flavor, revealing a quirky domestic exchange from the Epoch era.
Lewis Bros. & Co Proclaims Massive Dry Goods Failure
Philadelphia creditors face heavy losses as Lewis Brothers & Co assigns to Bliss of New York. Liabilities near four million dollars with assets stressed by banks across New England and city houses in New York Chicago Baltimore and Boston. The firm cites Johnstown flood losses and a founder’s death as aggravating factors while promising to settle with creditors after book review.
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New York
Lewis Bros. & Co
Lewis
Cornelius Ns Bliss
Philadelphia
Bliss
New England
Boston
Providence
Hartford
New Haven
New Bedford
Fourth National
Ninth National
Central National
Central Trust Company
Conshohacken
Bullock
Lewis Brothers & Co
Chestnut Street
Second
United States
Chicago
Baltimore
George W. Wharton
Joseph W. Lewis
Henry Lewis
Wharton
Cornellius W. Bliss
Bliss, Fabayn & Co
Johnstown
Cambria Iron Works
Jealous Lover Kills Sweetheart Then Takes Own Life
In Penia near Peru Indiana, July 25, Jess Overman fatally shot his sweetheart Miss Maggie Smith, daughter of a prominent physician, and then killed himself. Jealousy is given as the motive.
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Peru
Ind
Penia
Jess Overman
Maggie Smith
Minnesota Dakota Wheat Crop Estimate
The Whe Martlet Record estimates Minnesota and Dakota wheat production at eighty to eighty five million bushels, about one million more than last year. Harvesting has begun in the southern portion.
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Minn
Minnesota
Dakota
Burke counsel seeks absolute writ in habeas case
The application to make the writ granted yesterday absolute is argued before a full court. The court will last the day and possibly to MOP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnions
Burke
Parnell Commission Hears Land League Accounts
London July 26 The Parnell commission entered a long recess as Hardcastle the accountant testified that the books of the land league covered its entire existence. He could not confirm misappropriation of 75000 pounds missing due to absent ladies league books. Soames for James said he could not estimate how often witnesses were paid. The sum remained large and evidence was concluded. The court adjourned until October.
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London
Parnell Commission
Hardcastle
The
Land League
League
Ladies' League
Soames
the /ames
Sexton
Toronto Archbishop Elected Amid Telegraphic Ticks
The July 25 dispatch reports Bishop Walsh of London Ontario elected archbishop of Toronto. Other items include the national building associations convention forming a national body, naval officers in Berlin and Kiel arrested for bribery, and an English syndicate buying several breweries in Patterson New Jersey for 2.38 million dollars. The Navy contracts cover 428 tons of steel plates for the battleship Maire, and Georgetown University rector Rev. Father Curley dies in Washington. Proximity to Providence sues Lewis Bros. Co. for 600,000. local banks hold 150,000. War department tests for a new knapsack design lead to a 2000-item order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Walsh
London
Ont
Toronto
Curenco
Berlin
Kiel
Parrenson
N. J
Hatterson
Deen Park
Department of Justice
Washington
United States
Providence
Lewis Bros. & Co
War Department
Ordnance Bureau
Army
Races Opened at Saratoga Amid Fine Weather
The Saratoga Racing Association opened in ideal conditions with large crowds. Winners included Geraldine in five furlongs with Time 1 01, Hanover in the mile at 1 40, Successor in five-eighths at 1 40, Longdance in mile and three-fourths at 3 08, Vivid in three-quarters at 1 16, and Brait in three-quarters at 1 18 with other results listed.
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Saratoga
Saratoga Racing Association
Geraldine
Fordham
Maori
Hanover
King Crab
Mollie
Successor
Pearl
Lina
Longdance
Flood Tide
Vivid
Dalesman
Redstone
Brait
Lion
Dilemma
Nets French Duel
After church in Trenton two men James Cook and Sol Dorsey quarreled, drew pistols and both were killed in a police blotter item reported by The Times Democrat Monroe Louisiana specials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
the Times- Democrat
Monroe
Trenton
James Cook
Sol Dorsey
Only Her Sixth Marriage Certificate Tale
A Philadelphia Record item describes a brisk clerk and a young woman seeking a marriage license on the ninth, clarifying she means the day of month. She lists a string of would‑be husbands, each dead or vanished, ending with a hopeful note about No 6 and a joke about a Polish writer and a ring.
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Bird
Philadelphia Record
Duponscher
Hlinvis
Barry
Aper
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Hersog
Nipsio
Denver
MOGAN
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Grace
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