American heiress and cathedrals amid colonial era chatter
In a garbled report, an American heiress is linked to replacing a city’s bishop at a Dug land cathedral tower, while a Philadelphian firm wins an order for forty locomotives from Rusala and English rail schemes in Africa are debated. Connecticut law offers a game warden share for reporting off season shootings as bird extermination debates continue.
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Dugland
Rusala
Cho
Africa
Connecticut
Wild animal preservation and deer fees spark state attention
States push wildlife protection while Michigan bans non-residents from deer adout without a $20 house fee and locals pay 60 cents. The era of unregulated pothunting nears end. In climbs related to Snowdon, J H Burrows of London holds 160 ascents since 1878, W Brown of Gloucester 100, T Halliday of London 70, and magistrates deny a license to the Lotel on the top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Snowdon
J. H. Burrows
London
W. Brown
Gloucester
T. Halliday
Comic Dog Parade by Chinese Rainmakers Sparks Laughs
Report describes Chinese rainmakers dressing a dog in comic attire and parading it during arrests, believing laughter will please the gods and induce favorable outcomes. It claims Chinese rainmakers are as successful as Americans and less explosive in prejudice.
Curious cricketing dog and global strife notes
A London area dog displays keen fielding instincts at cricket relying on a bat touch. Brazil deploys forces to Trinidad signaling a tense Monroe Doctrine stance. The piece also cites Joseph Arch’s sworn election expense of 4760 dollars versus typical parliamentary costs around 7000, and a Massachusetts congressman’s postage stamp expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Trinidad
England
Joseph Arch
Massachusetts
Opening in Egypt for American furniture trade
The Washington dispatch notes Horace Lee Washington, United States vice-consul general in Cairo, reporting to the State Department on an opening for American furniture in Egypt. A Rouen report via Consul Bigelow states world wool production did not rise and actually declined. Ye Sung Su, Korem minister to the United States, died of cholera in Doren after nearly a year away. A Sewell engineers’ report criticizes Washington printing office conditions, warning of continued delays and potential catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Horace Lee Washington
United’ States
Cairo
Department of State
Egypt
Mate Department
United States
Bigelow
Rouen
State Department
Doren
Ye Sung Su
Washington, D. C
Z. S. Sewell
United States Engineers
Treut Sewell
la Not Hautenad
Ford Opera House
Masques and Miscue Notes From A Dated Chronicle
Perconal Mention runs through a crowded column of short items: Mascagni works on a Shakespearean score while Harry Wright, ex Phillies coach, dies in Atlantic City. The Sioux City Journal’s W. B. Sammons weds Clara Perkins, daughter of Congressman George Perkins. A bank president in Mount Vernon Illinois leaves wealth to his stepsons, and his heirs contest the will. Washington figures and university updates mingle with obituaries and local accidents. The Humboldt steamer foundered off Cape Mendocino. Great Falls fires devastate the Inter-State Savings stock. multiple tragic incidents are noted across towns.
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Mascagni
Minsle
Harry Wright
Philadelpha
Atlanticity
W. B. Sammons
The
Sioux City Journal
Clara Perkins
George D. Perkins
Jeremiah Taylor
Mount Vernon, Ill
D. D
C. M. A. Haho
Hia Bait Brothers
James McLaughlin
Bremarck
N. D
J. B. Ginter
C. Q Lord
J. B. Tauey
Duluth
Washington
Lord Roberts
E. H. Barnard
Lick Observatory
San Francisco
Erst
Great Yorkes Observatory
W. J. Hussey
Stanford University
Prof. Barnard
Julian Pauncefote
Earl of Westmeath
Montreal
Newport
R. 1
Jeaye
Ottawa
Bir
Julian
Canada
Quebec
Niagara
Cal
Pittefield
Maes
New Lea County
New Country
Iwitols ‘Legislaturre
Amboy
Cananlty Reporf
Andrew
Melville Essimine
Pittsburg
Marietta
Ohio
George Stonaker
William Byers
Victor Mining Company
Webbity
Misa Woodard
Adrian
Mich
Hudson
Thornton
Magnolia
Cape Mendocino
Great Falls
Mont
Eclipse Stables
Inter- State Sayings and Loan Association of
Minneapolis
Marshall Neving
Hostler
Rhode Island Defeats Biennial Election Amendment
In Rhode Island the constitutional amendment to establish biennial elections failed, with 7811 votes for and 11137 against. A three fifths majority would have been required for adoption, and the state and Massachusetts will stick to serial elections. The navy could call the steamer St Paul from among four American ships as a swift, strong reserve with armament comparable to the Minneapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
St. Paul
City of Parle
City of New York
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Chill aims to dominate South America amid regional tensions
Analysts view Chile as intent on regional dominance with a Peru alliance seen as a threat to Argentina and Brazil. The Argentine congress reportedly debated a hostile stance, while Chile’s growing army and navy prompt vigilance from neighboring states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Chill
Peru
Brazil
Criminals and Crimes Across States
In Omaha J C Catron of Mapleton Iowa was arrested for larceny after a threat in a police station. Caldwell Kansas belle Dollie Tuttle convicted of horse stealing. Mrs Lucy Lindsay murdered in Providence Rhode Island, believed a transient boarder committed the crime. Norwalk Ohio Walter Griffin planned elopement with minor TVon Lenore Garner of Moss Point Mississippi. they fled to Windsor Canada. Mandeville St Clay, former Lawrence county treasurer, returned to Ironton Ohio and met with county prosecutor George Elder of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
J. C. Catron
Mapleton
Iowa
Dollie Tuttle
Caldwell
Kas
Lucy Lindsay
Providence
R. I
Norwalk
Ohio
Walter H. Griffin
Tvon Lenore Garner
Moss Point
Miss
Windsor
Canada
Mandeville St. Clay
Lawrence County
Ironton
George Elder
Chicago
Domestic turmoil and violent crimes plague communities
A string of violent incidents and crimes unfolds across several locales. Charles Smith fatally wounds a child and injures others in Dedatur while a Sioux City merchant’s wife, amid jealousy, attempts self harm. A Crown Point letter reveals a straw bill and a fugitive in Mexico. Arthur J. Goodwin, ex Cripple Creek oil agent, is arrested in St Laws for embezzlement. James Cornell, a San Mateo rancher, is murdered by renegade Apaches. Violet Haskell, wife of Gin Cent leader B T Haskell, is found dead after a suspected suicide. Jasper Sharpe is attacked in Bertin and wounds his assailants. A New York colored gambling house raid ends with frantic escapes. More details reference a Redman shooting and other violent events.
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Truat
Dedatur
Charles Smith
Aleter-Lan
Wdan Buekert
Frederick D. Tutile
Sioux City
Crown Point
Ind
Harold IX. Orivelle
Stewart
Mexico
Arthur J. Goodwin
Cripple Creek
Col
J. H. Bristol
Gin¢iunati
B. T. Haskell
Deer Island
Ate
Jasper Sharpe
Bertin
George McClanahan
Kolves
Sharpe
McClanahan
New York
Olio
Daiky Redman Bf
Turbulent World News Mixed With Local Updates
Reports from multiple fronts describe tensions between Colombia and Venezuela over extradition, and a court verdict assigns fault to Lord Downshire in the Prince Oscar collision. Skirmishes flare in Santa Clara province with heavy casualties on both sides as Ecuador faces an assassination attempt on President Alfaro. Frontiers clash between Peru and Bolivia. Puno officials act to quell disturbances amid strained relations. Long items cover a British attache dispute, health meetings, local charity plans, a Charleston murder blunder, Lake Forest students’ heat complaints, Miles Standish memorial, Bering Sea sealing arrests, tobacco firm insolvency, Elwood tin mills reopening, and various technological, medical, and industrial notes.
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Czarowitek
Russia
Colombia
Venezuela
Prince Oscar
Lord Downshire
Belfast
Santa Clara
Guba
Alfaro
Quito
Ecuador
Department
Puno
London
Bvewing News
Almerle Hugh Paget
Washington
Tobin
Herve
Missouri
American Public Health Association
Denver
Richmond
Ind
Charleston
Ill
Wills Clark
St. Louis
Maggie” Dalton
Lake Forest University
Miles Standish
New England
Suanotum
Maas
Bering Sea
J. B. Marvin
Louis Alsen
Stulz, Lisberger & Co
Danville
Elwood
Ethelwynn
Spruce LV
Death toll rises in Wilkesbarre mine explosion
In Wilkesbarre a mine explosion trapped and killed five men, eight workers remain unaccounted for, including engineers. Rescue teams faced gas, damp, and fallen debris as officials fear the engineer corps perished. Miller and Blanchard are severely injured. Moss is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Blenchard
William Miller
Michael Moss
George Lafly
Joseph Murphy
Moss
Indy
Murphy
Miller
Blanchard
Engineer Corps
Baltimore
Wilkesbarre Baseball Club
Nile
Daniel Deese
William Jones
William Cahill
Llewellyn Owens
Blinebard
Chase
Eastman Eastman: Mrs. Goodale Hastman Visits New York
Dinnie Goodale Hastman wife of Dr. Charles A. Eastman arrives in New York with her husband to visit her father Henry R. Goodale. The renowned author and public speaker rekindles interest among literary circles as she contemplates a possible permanent move to the West and has drawn calls from Boston friends during her stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Goodale Eastman
New York
Dinnie Goodale Hastman
Charles A. Eastman
Ascension Church
Fifth Avenue
Henry R. Goodale
Bribery Probing Indicts Chicago Representative Gibson
Springfield reports five weeks of county jury sessions yield only one indictment. Representative M H Gibson of Chicago is charged with feloniously accepting 305 to influence a report by his subcommittee on building and loan associations. Gibson released on bail as the case proceeds. Chicago convention plans receive rail rate aid with one and one third fares for Mothers’ meeting set for Oct 23 to 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Sangamon County
M. H. Gibson
Chicago
Bunn
Interstate Building and Loan Association
Committee On Building and Loan Associations
Gibson
Chicago Kindergarten College
Not Paid for Their Trouble
Fort Smith Arkansas reports a robbery of the north bound express train at Canton Indiana fifty miles south of here last night. Six men cut the express car loose and pulled it up the track but failed to open the through safe. They took 85 cents from the local safe and did not molest the passengers. The train pulled out after the bandits failed to open the big safe. It is thought to be the work of the Christian brothers gang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
Canton
Ind
Here
Peroltte
Chriatian Brothers
Grannan a Noted Gambler Moves from Savehteen to New Orleans
Grannan, once a bell boy at the St. Charles hotel in New Orleans, rises as a top bookmaker after meeting Bookmaker Botay. He becomes a legendary gambler in America, wagering forty to fifty thousand dollars on races with cool indifference to wins or losses.
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New Orleans
St. Charles
Botay
Turt
Grannan
Presbyterian Synod to Open in Winona Next Thursday Evening
The state Presbyterian synod meets in Winona Minnesota beginning Thursday evening with Rev William Windlay of Duluth preaching the opening sermon. The program includes business sessions and a general conference on home missions, with multiple speakers from Minneapolis Duluth St Peter Mankato and St Paul among others. The conference closes after a Sunday morning Lord's Supper and a youth rally in the afternoon followed by discussions on church and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
State Presbyterian Synod
Eity
William Windlay
Duluth
Busi
Pesa
Minnesota
G. T. Thompson
Minneapolis
Gen. Mason
Henderson
Pringte
Kincaid
Roberta
New York
Creswell
Dayton
Cryer
Fletland
el Torrence
S Reynolds
St. Paul
Hunter
Moore
Messis
Hixson Confronts Ku Cheng Mandarin Over Trial Access
An American consul at Foo Cho, J Courtney Hixson, pressed a Ku Cheng mandarin for access to the trial of accused vegetarians. The dispatch notes the consul warned he would invoke powers unless admitted, despite British gunboats nearby. The Pall Mall Gazette reports the commission’s difficulty and the mandarins’ resistance. Also noted is the Denver Woman's Protective Association convention with new officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Cheng
Huninesa
London
Pall Mall
Jonquira
van Ideut
Waldo Bryans
United States
Detroit
Poo Chow
Pall Mall Gazette
J. Courtney Hixson
Foo Cho
Bigelow's Bond in Northern Pacific Case Approved
Milwaukee Oct 8 Receiver I G Bigelow with Northern Pacific railroad had his bond filed and approved by Judge Jenkins. National Trust and Surety Company of Kansas City and City Trust and Surety Company of Philadelphia appear as sureties in the sum of 500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bigelow
Milwaukee
I. G.bigelow
Northern Pacific Railroad
Jenkins
National Trust and Surety Company of
Kansas City
the City Trust and Surety Company of
Philadelphia
Insurance men detained in anti trust raid in Tennessee
J B Bowles J C Baird and J H Curry representing the Kentucky and Tennessee Insurance Association were arrested in Chattanooga on October 6 for violating anti trust laws. The arrest stems from a bid to coerce local agents into pooling rates through interstate agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
J. BE. Bowles
J. H. Curry
Kentucky and Tenessee Insurance Association
Tait arraigned after $17,000 bank fraud
Must Settle Now New York Oct 66 John QR Tait former Chemical National teller was arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields and released on $8,000 bail. He had spent seven months in the government insane asylum at Washington on certificates from specialists saying he was of unsound mind but authorities recently declared his reason unimpaired and he was brought back for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John QR. Tait
Chemical National Bank
Teller
United States
Shields
Tait
Washington
Phe Flotian and the Delayed Prize Fight Move
Moves to Hot Springs for the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout unsettled as Florida athlete clubs shift venue. Officials in Louisville and Minnesota impose orders to curb glove contests, with authorities threatening action to prevent the Moore Needham bout and potential militia deployment if fights proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Board of Public Safety
Taylor
St Paul
Det
Clougs
Minnesota
Dick Moore
Danny Needham
Royal baking powder proves safest and most efficient
A long-standing claim that the Royal baking powder remains the safest and most efficient option, backed by years of experience and official demonstration of its purity and wholesomeness.
Steamer Africa sinks with all on board near Cove Island
A Free Press dispatch from Stokes Bay reports the steamer Africa of Owens Sound lost with the entire crew after a gale near Cove Island on Lake Huron. The Severen of Toronto witnessed the vessel roll and vanish north of Loyal Island. twenty miles offshore the ship disappeared. The crew endured twenty hours in rigging before rescue by local fishermen. life boats and life reserves were recovered from Loyal Island.
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Detroit
Mich
Stokes Bay
Owens Sound
Larsen
Toronto
Anderson
Owen Sod
Huy
Aldwin Lerrest
Win
Mano
King
Oakville
Leo
Cook
Torowa
Africa
Lake Huron
Cove Island
Loyal Island
Afrien
Ife
Hfe
Prominent Buffalo Officials Charged With Embezzlement
Last night three men were arrested in Buffalo on embezzlement charges for padding city payrolls with dummy names. Howard D. Herr cashier of the department of public works John M. Danaby deputy superintendent of streets and Joseph Burke former inspector now a saloonkeeper face the accusations. Salaries cited were $1 500 annually for each. total figure alleged runs into thousands of dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Cet
Howard D. Herr
Department of Public Works
John M. Danaby
Joseph Burke
Herr
Danaly
Michael Danaly
Hrestock
Edgar Saltus Married in Paris Embassy Church
The World's London special reports American author Edgar Saltus married yesterday at the English embassy church in Paris to Miss Elsie Welsh Smith, daughter of John Welsh of Philadelphia. Saltus notes she is accomplished, a keen horsemanship enthusiast, a crack shot, and very pretty. Her aunt is married to Thomas Wan ninker, eldest son of John Wanninker.
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Edgar Salton
New York
London
Edgar Saltus
Paris
Elsie Welsh Smith
John Welsh
Philadelphia
United States
Saltus
Thomas Brown Wannanigker
John Wanninker
Massacre Trial in China and Mill Fire at Sauk Center
In New York on Oct 11 a Kucheng commission report states 140 Chinese participated in the Hwang mission aries massacre with 59 tried and 46 convicted. 32 cases await viceroy revision as consuls await orders. In Sauk Center Minnesota a wildfire destroyed the Little Sauk flour mill owned by W McNiece causing estimated losses of 15 000 to 20 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riviern
New York
Kucheng Commission
Hwang
Sauk Center
Minn
Little Sauk
W. McNiece
Here
Wholesale Grocer Reported Dead in Fort Worth
A Fort Worth wholesale grocer, J. W. Eg sleston, was found dead today. The filing names Tuther Hoaz a riates as a party to the incident. The details include a reported loss of 00,000 and related assets, with the case pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
J. W. Egsleston
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Taina’ 4
Voritign Na
Ratite Iim On & Pension
Sventa
Anf
Fron
Telegraph
Proan
Archbishop Chappelle
Santa Fe
N. M
Brich
Hylan
Ritey
Presbytorian Synod
Hixzson
Woman's Protective
Wohian’s Protective Association
Cartin G
Onstedgont
Helle Kempler
Saginay
Treneurer
Mary Davigson
Bloomington
Elot Springs
Gram
Imerida ‘Athletic Club
Stuart
Sous Hot Springs
Little Rock
Govi Clarke
Dallns Telaghin
Morida Athletic Club
Hot Springs
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