Eloquent Americans and the Senate Orators Described
Washington correspondence profiles numerous U S senators detailing their speaking styles and influence. Gray Plumb Morgan Hoar Dawes Manderson Edmunds Stewart Harris Cameron Hawley Blackburn Bowen Ingalls Beck Call West Blair Brown Voorhees Cockrell Evarts Daniel among others, highlighting delivery, pace, clarity, and leadership potential.
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Washington
Senate
Gray
Delaware
House
Chamber
Plumb
Kansas
Senator Plumb
Senator Morgan
Senator Hoar
Rory Laorey
Senator Dawes
Senator Manderson
Edmunds
Wr. Edmunds
Stewart
Harris
Don Cameron
Senator Hawley
Blackburn
Hawley
Congress
Ingalls
Hancock
MacClellan
South
Bowen
Colorado
Tom
Senator Ingalls
Beck
Senator Call
Senator West
Senator Blair
Brown
Senator Voorhees
Cockrell
Senator Evarts
Evarts
Daniel
Virginia
Mail Robbers Caught in Chicago Mail Theft Ring
Chicago dispatch reports arrests of Fred Oberkampf and Thomas F. Mack in a long running mail theft case. Oberkampf admits robbing postal boxes and pilfering letters and securities valued around a million dollars. Mack cooperates. Recovered items include checks drafts deeds and banknotes from numerous institutions.
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Chicago
Thomas F. Mack
Mack
Oberkampf
Leopold Mayer & Son
L. & T. Co. Bank
Holis & Duncan
Chicago National Bank
Chicago First National Bank
State Savings Association
First National Bank
First National
Union Bank of London
Marshall & Illsley
Union Trust Co
Park National Bank
D. Kimbark
Judd
Berlin
Germany
Death of Charles Crocker Monterey California Railroad Millionaire
Charles Crocker vice president of the Southern Pacific Railroad died in Monterey at sixty six. A New York native from a poor family, he became a Sacramento dry goods merchant before joining the Central Pacific venture. He built a San Francisco residence and a New York City home, leaving sons Col Fred Crocker William Crocker George Crocker and a daughter Mrs Charles H Alexander.
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Monterey
Cal
Charles Crocker
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
New York State
California
Sacramento
Judah
Mark Hopkins
Hopkins
Lelani Stanford
Crocker
San Francisco
New York City
West Fifty Fourth Street
Calia
Fred Crocker
William Crocker
George
Nevada
Charles H. Alexander
Europe
Herod and Mariamne by Amelie Rives A Thrilling Drama
Amelie Rives Chanler writes Herod and Mariamne a tragedy on Herod the Great drawn from Josephus and Voltaire adventures. The September Lippincott's Magazine will publish the complete work. Critics praise its power imagination and dramatic construction though comments on its literary merits are awaited.
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New York
Amelie Rives
Virginia
Herod and Mariamne
Lippincott's
Herod the Great
Josephes
Voltaire
Herod
Critica
Tragic Sea Collision Sinks Geiser. 72 of 86 aboard drown
News from Sable Island describes a collision at 4 AM on August 14 between the Geiser and the Thingvalla. The Geiser sank within five minutes with 72 deaths from 86 passengers and 52 crew. The Thingvalla, disabled, reached Halifax after transferring 455 passengers to the Wieland. The Wieland later conveyed survivors to port amid heavy seas and fog.
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New York Special Dispatch
Wieland
Hamburg-American Steamship Line
Sable Island
Geiser
Thingvalla
Thingvalla Line
Halifax
Moller
Stettin
Gerypee Gandy
Rescued Passengers From the Geiser Listed by Route
A list of saved travelers from the Geiser includes Mrs. Hilda Lind from New York to Calsham Sweden and multiple steerage passengers like Fehann Larson from New York to Riser Norway Alfred Anderson from New York to Grimstad Norway Christoffer Flinseer from Chicago to Bergen Norway and others traveling to destinations in Sweden Norway Denmark Finland and Iceland.
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Hilda Lind
New York
Calsham
Sweden
Fehann Larson
Riser
Norway
Alfred Anderson
Grimstad
Christoffer Flinseer
Chicago
Bergen
Peter Johansen
St. Paul, Minn
Gosborg
Johann G. Tohansen
Iron Mountain
Mich
Stockholm
Paul Paulsen
Ironwood
Copenhagen
Denmark
Anders Wilse
Minneapolis
List of Geiser disaster victims from Minneapolis and Northwest
The Geiser tragedy lists seventy eight names of those who perished, including cabin passenger L Clausen and editor’s wife Ellen Seehus, plus many steerage travelers from Minneapolis and the Northwest. The list mixes cabin and steerage losses with officers crew catering staff and a note on fourteen saved from eighty six aboard.
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Geiser
Minneapolis
Minn
Thingvalla Line
Copenhagen
Norway
Sweden
Northwest
Jensen
L. Clausen
George N. Hammer
Bertha Irenfeld
Hilda Lind
J. C. Melberg
Albert Olsen
Ellen Seehus
Chicago
Skandinaven
Hilda Svelberg
Amands M. Anderson
Andrus Anderson
Johan Anderson
Louisa Anderson
Magnus Anderson
Elizabeth Berg
Hilda Bergstrom
J. Bocklund
C. Braate
Purser Gregersen
Askel Foss
Larsen
Engelbrecksten
Hensen
W. Sevensen
Raum
Collision accounts reveal chaos and courage on doomed ships
Second Officer Jorgensen and Chief Officer Petersen describe a dense fog collision between the Thingvalla and Geiser. Both ships fought to sheer away as the Geiser sank, crewmen scrambled onto decks, and screams filled lower compartments while lifeboat actions failed. A final note extols a chair designed for women to cook while seated.
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Jorgensen
Sond
Petersen
Geiser
Jorgensent
Iowan Outlaw Gallup Hit by Militiaman in Shenandoah
Dramatic mob tale from Shenandoah Iowa details Frank Gallup killed after fatally wounding two men and wounding others. A second incident describes Frank Phillips tarred and feathered by a mob for assaulting a child. both episodes sparked a rush of militia involvement and arrests as crowds paraded city streets.
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Shenandoah
Iowa Epeciat
Frank Gallup
Iowa
Frank Phillips
F. J. Pine
Phillips
Gallup
Iowa National Guards
Frank
T. E. Patterson
R. P. Smith & Son
Chicago
Patterson
David Campbell
Campbell
Bert Rice
Rice
H. Winfrey
Moroni Fletcher
Young Fletcher
Fletcher
Pine
Galesburg
Notable Deaths and Events Across Cities
Telegraphic items report the death of Isaac Strauss the renowned French musician and the passing of Vicar General Anthony Smith in Trenton New Jersey. Paris police uncover an anarchist conspiracy. New York stock manipulators cheer crop prospects. Linuiar Porter shot by oe Bradley at Plainville, Dou n. Gettysburg reunion for Farny Worth’s cavalry brigade set for Sept 26. Cincinnati launches vigorous reform campaign against concert saloons.
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Isaac Strauss
Anthony Smith
Trenton
Paris
New York
Linuiar Porter
Oe Bradley
Plainville
Doun
Gettysburg
Farny Worth
Cincinnati
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Senator Gray
Senator Vest
Pacific Coast
California Railroad
Pires
The
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