Storm swept coast wrecks and rescues unfold
News from Sept 11 reports seventeen vessels ashore with sixteen crews cared for at the Virdin house. A three masted schooner wrecked just outside the inner bay with ten men clinging to rigging. Atlantic City and Ocean City endure widespread damage as hotels, piers, and beaches suffer flooding and rescue efforts continue along the Jersey shore.
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Lewis, del
Virdin House
Inner Bay
Rng
Hiladelphia
Dayton
West Jersey and Camden and Atlantic Railroad
Associated Press
Atantic City
Pleasantville
Atlantic City
Camden and Atlantic
Sauisaury
Ocean City
Atlantic Hotel
Congress Hall
Hugh
Stokes
Annapolis
Seaman Bush
Swan
Perkins
Scott
Dressel
Moore
Drossell
Bush
Carr
Lilly
E. Schmidt
Philadelphia
Mate Thompson
Helen Hasbrook
Baltimore Fig
Parker
Arthantic City
Long Port
Holly Beach
Continental
Sea Isle City
Grassy Island
Anglesea
Seaphail
N.J
Shrewsbury
Seabright
Cyclone-Torn Vessels Linger At South Street Piers
Shipping along the South Street piers shows vessels badly damaged with torn rigging and dismantled spars as waves pound the sides. Telegraph wires to Sandy Hook remain down causing anxiety at the Maritime Exchange. Reports from the Jersey Shore indicate sixteen wrecks between Barnegat Light and Sandy Hook.
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New York
South Street
Sandy Hook
Maritime Exchange
Jersey Shore
Barnegat Light
Destruction of Seaside Mesoris in Storm Ravaged Coast
Descriptions from Somers Point New Jersey on September 1 report a fierce storm severing connections between Atlantic City and the mainland by yacht and steamer. Fires rage amid the destruction as burning buildings are demolished to prevent a wider blaze.
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Somers Point
N. J
Atlantic City
Atlantic Ey
Oases
Brutal Murder Reported in Abbeville Case
A brutal murder was committed in Abbeville near LA Fayette Louisiana in September. Officials report a violent fatal incident with unknown assailants and ongoing investigation.
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LOK
LA Fayette
Abbeville
Regulators Kill Man After Cabin Raid and Lynching
A man aged 36 was killed after regulators surrounded his cabin and forced entry. A pursuer killed by a man in a brutal assault. six young daughters were also slain. The coroner’s jury could not identify a suspect. Rosemond
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Pormier
Ile
Fred
Whitman
Rosemond
McAuliffe Wins Seventh Round Over Killen at Golden Gate
In San Francisco September 1 at the Golden Gate Athletic Club McAuliffe defeated Killen in the seventh round. McAuliffe weighed about 203 pounds with Paddy Ryan and Don Riordan as seconds. Killen weighed 195 pounds with Professor Anderson and Dave Campbell as seconds. The bout featured a late flurry and a disputed foul claim before the referee ruled McAuliffe the winner and Killen not down when the punch landed. McAuliffe drew the only blood of the match.
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San Francisco
Killen
McAuliffe
Golden Gate Athletic Club
Paddy Ryan
Don Riordan
Professor Anderson
Dave Campbell
Pat
Subterraneous Commotion At Yellowstone Geysers
Sept 11 report from Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone Park notes a subterranean disturbance followed by gas and steam eruptions in the upper basin. Large geysers including Giant and Giantess show furious activity, linked to a great Atlantic coast storm.
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Yrllowstone Park
Atlantic
Stanley Carrying the War Into Africa
Brussels dispatch says Henry M. Stanley marches toward Mombassa after campaigns through Umjoro and Uganda tribes. He allegedly establishes British East Africa Company authority from the Upper Nile to the east coast. It is uncertain whether Emin Pasha joins the expedition at the coast.
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Brussels
Grograpsigal
Henry M. Stanley
Mombassa
Umjoro
Uganda
British East Africa Company
Upper Nile
Emin Pasha
Stanley
Senate investigating committee hears railmen on meat rates
The Senate dressed beef committee in Kansas City adjourned after a brief session. Railroad men testified no special rates were given to packers. Retail butchers testified and the panel noted that butchers profit about 5.55 dollars per hundredweight when selling to consumers after buying from packers.
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Senate
Kansas City
First Arrest Under New Miscegenation Law
Kansas City September 11. Judge White cited a new state law banning interracial marriage. The first arrest under the measure was Charles Hodgson and a colored woman, married September 6. Miscegenation has been reportedly widespread here, with many more arrests expected.
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Kansas City
White
Charles Hodgson
Territorial Appointments List from Washington Territory
The president announced appointments including Scott Swethlund as receiver of public monies at Vancouver Washington Territory and Walter Stables as Yakima Indian agent. Also named were Warren Robbins Idaho as agent for Nee Perces Indians and other territorial posts.
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Washington
Scott Swethlund
Washington Territory
Vancouver
W. TI
Walter Stables
Yakima
Warren 1D
Robbins
Idaho
Nee Perces
Lost Cat Boat Crew Feared Lost Off New York Coast
A cat boat carrying Rev Cox Regy George M. Stafford Jaco Smith and Capt Dan Croft left a New York area harbour for Long Island before a storm. High winds hampered telegraph searches and current reports fear they are lost at sea with no contact returned.
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New Haves
Conny
Rev Cox
Regy
George M. Stafford
Jaco Smith
Dan Croft
New York
Long Lsland
Long Island
Explorers Stanley and Emin Pasha Move Toward Coastline
The account describes Stanley and Emin Pasha attempting a march from Zanaibar via a west route toward Vietana Nyanga, then turning north to reach the lake shore with Emin Pasha. After securing supplies on the lake, Stanley departed with Emin Pasha left behind and aimed to reach the eastern tea coast by late October.
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Dom. Stamtoy
Hupaskia
Zanaibar
Con Oatutewie
Stanley
Albert Nyanan
Vietana Nyanga
Emin Pasha
Watay
Harders
Mombasea
Tea Coast
Tanner's Trust and Tanner's Pension Office Crisis
Washington reports that Corporal Tanner is to leave his post as Pension Commissioner amid disputes with Secretary Noble. President Harrison weighs replacements, with General Brown of Ohio and Mayo Pool of Syracuse mentioned as contenders. Deputy Smith acts as commissioner as parties confer at the White House and with Senator Hiscock on possible reassignments and office changes.
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Washington
Corporal Tanner
Tanner
Harrison
Milwaukee
Rosencrans
Register of the Treasury
Rosecrans
Smith
Pension Office
Noble
Commissioner Tanner
Marshal Ransdell
Post
Mayo Pool
Syracuse
Gen. Brown
Ohio
Pension Bureau
Bureau
White House
Tracy
Commissioner of Pensions
United States Marshal
New York
Ay Vinge
General Rosecrans
Rowe Crane
Brooklyn
Hikcock
Jool
Foster
Treasury
Charles Brown
Cincinnati
Resignation of James W. Tanner as Pension Commissioner
The president accepts the resignation of James W. Tanner from the post of commissioner of pensions. In his letter Tanner cites differences with the secretary of the Interior over pension bureau administration. He states his goal is thorough and satisfactory administration, prompting his decision to resign.
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Tanner
New York
James W. Tanner
Secretary of the Interior
Administration Pension Bureau
Pension Disbursements Rise in July and August 1889
Washington reports from the pension bureau show $34,700,000 advanced to pension agents on requisitions for July and August, while agents disbursed $11,486,000 in the same months. Over half of these payments covered cases authorized in the prior fiscal year but paid later due to shortfalls, drawing from the 1890 appropriation and reflecting increased pension outlays in mid-1889.
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Washington
Pension Bureau
Multiple global incidents reported in terse telegrams
Telegraphic summary of diverse items: deaths and funerals in New York and London, a suicide in Constantinople, a town fire in Winthres Short Lake, Vega the bandit jailed in Sonora, a Petersborough MP dead, iron plant sale to English buyers, Armenian village brigand clash, a Chicago jury attempt in the Cronin case, Hungarian rioting conviction in Uniontown, Baltimore cruiser trial, dynamite shell device tested in Syracuse, a murder confession in Easton, Oakland factory boiler blast, dock labor unrest in London, and Henry S Ives stock fraud case proceeding in New York.
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New York
California
S.S. Cox
London
Whitechapel
Constantinople
van Hass
Wrixtres
Man
Short Lake
San Francisco
Vega
Barney Martin
Arizona
Altar Sonora
John Wentworth
Fitzwilliam
Petersborough
Uniontown
Puntapecrita
Baltimore
Delaware River
Syracuse
Easton
Margaret A. Dillard
William H. Bartholomew
Oakland
Henry S. Ives
Ives
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Two Murderers Lynched by Morganton Mob
A mob of about one hundred men broke the Morganton jail at 2 am and hanged Franklin Stock a white man and David Boone a Black man. Stock had ambushed Robert Parker a college student who killed Stock’s brother. Boone had shot a man at a camp meeting. Townsfolk vow to hunt the lynchers.
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Rare
N.C
Morganton
Franklin Stock
David Boone
Stock
Robert Parker
Boone
Strike Talks Paused as Manning Delays Interview
The Strikers Pause reports Cardinal Manning has postponed his interview with dock company directors to tomorrow due to overwork. A day’s rest is being taken to recover.
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Loxpon
Cardinal Manning
Uhis
Horse Nomenclature and the Farmer’s Pony Names
A National Stockman writer discusses how horse names reflect owner character. He argues horse appellations reveal traits, warns against silly or harsh names like Snap, and urges choosing decent, fitting, hopeful names for work animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Stockman
Tian
New Wyoming Water Legislation Proposal Urges State Control
Engineer Mead and the irrigation committee present a plan for a state controlled water code. The proposal calls for a Board of Control to manage all water rights, a centralized bureau for claims, and a court of review to reduce delays and expenses. It argues water is public, needs local tailoring, and prioritize multiple uses without privileging any single interest.
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Mead
Irrigation Committee
C. H. Burritt
Burritt
California
Arizona
Wyoming
Yaming
Commonwealth
Department of Water Supply
Colorado
Salvation Army faces internal strife and defections
Our Salvation Army debate shows friction as key leaders resist a hardline stance and public morale hinges on credibility. The piece highlights Captain Stacy and the front lines against street life, with only one open conversion reported, Josiah A. Casebeer, northern Carbon county delegate.
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Our
Salvation Army
Charlowe
Stacy
Josiah A. Casebeer
Carbon County
Army seances draw Casper editor into Cheyenne Corps
The Casper Weal editor attends army spiritual seances led by Major Champlin and joins Cheyenne Corps No. 1 after a change of heart. He reportedly sent for a Chinese tom-tom to perform in street services and is described as already married, amid rumors of his true conversion.
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Casper Weal
Army
Champlin
Casebeer
Cheyenne Corps No. 1
Ile
Denver
Tom
Ihs
Worse Than Brute In Trinidad A Brutal Crime Reported
A 12 year old girl from near the Spanish peaks told authorities in Trinidad of repeated assaults by her step father. The girl described escape attempts and beatings, and the mother Mrs Mekels arrived and learned of the case. Sheriff Burns organized an investigation as John Mallen was jailed as the alleged perpetrator. Local physicians confirmed the testimony.
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Trinipan
Colo
John Mallen
Trinidad
Vietor
Burns
Mallen
Mekels
Louisa
First snow falls as Edison aids Paris poor
The season starts with snow in Dak and Paris. Edison, before sailing to Berlin, donated 10 000 francs to Paris poor. In New York, 154 Mormons arrive from Europe, many women, bound for Utah. A Bartlett stage robbery near Leesville yields an empty Wells Fargo box.
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Paris
Thomas A. Edison
Berlin
New York
Europe
Utah
Conusa
Cala
Bartlett
Leesville
Tanner's Resignation From Pension Office Accepted
Sept 13, Wasittaron reports Commissioner Tanner's letter of resignation is public. He cites policy clashes with the secretary of the interior and states the investigation into pension office affairs found no personal or official integrity questions. President Harrison accepts the resignation to take effect when a successor qualifies.
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Tanner
Wasittaron
Secretary of the Interior
Pension Bureau
Harrison
Cam
Warner
Missouri
Gary
Poole
Syracuse
Charles E. Brown
Cincinnati
Powell
Nots
Noble
Klowell
Scere
Helther Linward
Halford Wethal Tee Deedio
Tay
Turner
Aulacai
Fereutis
Dock dispute reaches compromise over wage offer
The conference between Cardinal Manning and dock company directors concluded with a willingness to accept the proposed compromise. The dock companies agreed to adhere to the earlier wage increase set for January 4.
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Lobos
Bestween
Cardinal Manning
Bln
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Tts
Joe McAuliffe
Patsy Killen
Africa
Ina
Corporal Tanners
Board of Control
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