Indpendence talk and odd rail fare notes across nations
The passage previews independence sentiment for Cuba framed as a right and broad political critique of Spain, mentions a South London railway ticketing tweak with nonrefundable half-tickets, notes California stone coal equivalence and a gold yield from dried fruit, asserts trolley cars as thunderstorm refuges, cites Japan’s $25 million shipbuilding pledge at Glasgow as a fraternal symbol, and remarks on the yacht trophy carrier left under a Chelsea bridge, dismantled and rusting.
Lancet denies Duke of York baby death report
The London Lancet denies reports that the Duke of York's baby son has died. It says the Indian prince is a fine child, notably intelligent, already repeats several words. Gossip should let him grow up in peace as he may be a future king.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Duke of York
Eminent Authors and Penny Editions Spur Sales
Emilio Castellane would have opposed a complimentary letter to a man throttling liberty in Cuba yet he is not the Castelar of fame for Spanish tyranny speeches. Hayling sold 25000 Merrie England copies at a shilling and 700000 at a penny. Mr Blatchford of London issued a three penny edition for news agents. After this sale he will be the author of 75 000 copies sold, not counting foreign editions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emilio Castelae
Cuba
Castelar
Hayling
Blatchford
London
Leading NYC merchants foresee strong fall season
Interviewed merchants in New York City on the approaching fall trade report a decidedly hopeful business outlook. The consensus is for continued improvement and the best season since 1890, with iron and steel dealers already noting a boom in sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Hypnotism Theory Denied by Medical Experts in New York Congress
Eminent physicians and specialists at a medico legal congress in New York last week emphatically denied the idea that crime in Crimea is induced by hypnotic influence. They hope other authorities will support this view. Hypnotism would be less popular with criminals if it did not occasionally excuse evading justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crimea
New York
Smithsonian Prize Awards For Essays On The Atmosphere
The Smithsonian Institution plans to award several thousand dollars in prizes and several medals for essays on atmospheric subjects. Foreign savants won the largest prizes, yet the American institution credits itself for extending the contest beyond U S scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institution
France’s Third Republic Emerges From War and Revolution
The article traces France’s path from the 1870 surrender at Sedan to the 1871 end of the war, proclaiming Guinbetta’s declaration of a republic and noting the Third Republic’s lasting stability compared with prior regimes. It emphasizes France’s permanent break with royalty and its new political era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon Iit
Sedan
Paris
Guinbetta
Republic
France
Louis Xvvi
Washington Monument Vandalism and Naval Trial Notes
News digest reports on the Oxnard sugar bounty court action, Secretary Carstale Hins’s receipt of Mandergon’s appeal, and approval of Commander Bradford and Lieut Mulligan’s report on the St Louis trial in the English Channel. It notes continued vandalism at the Washington Monument and lists cadet admissions at Annapolis including HR W Vincent, AB Buchanan, and others from multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waarhington
Carstale Hins
Mandergon
Bowler
Oxnard
Court of Claims
Herbert
Bradford
Lieut
Mulligan
United States
St. Louis
Washington Monument
Capital
Annapolis
W. Vincent
Pennsylvania
A. Buchanan
Indiana
Wyman
Illnois
C. W. Safih
Towa
D. H. Wells, Jr
Utah
FL P.rang
Mississippi
P. Kearney
Missoul
Prominent Deaths Reported Across States in Obituary Notes
John Chase of Cheyenne Wyoming proprietor of the Inter Ocean hotel for fifteen years dined. Eugene A. Shefeld of Warsaw Indiana a Freemason Odd Fellow and Grand Army man is dead. John H. Reynolds former preacher editor of Kanens died at the asylum where confined for two years. Henry M. Battles aged 50 a Fourteenth Minors cavalry veteran died at Coldwater Michigan. Circuit Judge Artwell H. Hurley died in Portland Oregon of pneumonia contracted during a Mount Adams ascent weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Chase
Cheyenns
Wyo
Eugene A. Shefeld
Warsaw
Ind
John H. Reynolds
Kanens
Orsawa Tomiensine Asylum
Henry M. Battles
Fourteenth Minors Cavalry
Coldwater
Mich
Artwell H. Hurley
Tortland
Mount Adam
Calamities, Accidents, and a Fire Reported Across Towns
A mangled ledger of misfortunes lists Chauncey Brown suffocated in a well at Lytleville ML, Mrs. King struck dead by a train near Spaulding Tl, Rev. Anderson injured by a runaway team, Theresa Maselike killed in Cooperstown ND, Richard Galloway bitten by a mad dog in Arcola IL, George Miller and Ralph Leacock drowned saving others, Ben Stillman loses life savings in a lamp fire, Lizzie Marks injured by an electric car, Herman Hassler shoots his brother, Keystone Mining mill burns in Keystone SD with $35000 loss and three men rescued from a shaft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chanitty Reovera
Lytleville
Chauncey M. Brown
King
Spaulding
Elgin
Anderson
Dubuque Town
Theresa Maselike
Cooperstown
Arcola
Richard Galloway
George A. Miller
Deer Creek
Topela
Kan
Ralph Leacock
Dewings Lake
Adrian
Mich
Ben Stillman
Marion County
Hampton
Ala
Lizzie Marks
St. Lotia
Herman Hassler
Hollowaysiie
Charles
Keystone Mining Company
Keystone
S. D
Criminal Doings Rise From A Century Of Crime
A collage of violent incidents spans multiple states. Moses Nelson of Clayton Missouri is found in Blumphis with his throat cut. Squire Daniel Kemp of Galveston Indiana is fatally shot by his crippled son Frank. Postmaster Ridgley of Springfield Missouri is held as a suspect in a separate case. The Cherokee Bill execution is postponed on appeal. Warfield, a local man, dies by his own hand after crop losses. Tense racial tensions flare near Montgomery Alabama as a minister faces threats. A Augusta Iowa farmer shoots himself, a district court hears Crocker’s murder case, and Fort Sheridan reports a fatal shooting at the guard house. In New Orleans, Stansbury fires at O Malley after a dispute over a published article. Saginaw Michigan investigates a farmer’s death tied to a hay press. Mrs Janie Powell is shot in Virginia amid a row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Kemp
Galveston
Ind
Fanay
Frank
Ridgley
Springfield
Gaya Hogan
Allen
Cherokee Bill
Fort Smith
Ark
Supreme Court
Tyo-tim Warfield
Elkton
Neegroes
Stokes
Montgomery
Ala
Samueel Haines
Augusta
Towa
King
Crocker
Harvey Booth
Stansbury
Saginaw
Mich
Alexander Kidd
Joseph Lcher
Mra
Janie Powell
Pittslyvania County
Allen Adkios
Notable Crime and Violence Report From Transcribed Debris
A garbled 19th century crime roundup mentions Adkina party members, multiple shootings, stabbings, and arrests. Names include Enagene Wilson, Lydia, Claude Swenick, Joseph Mooney, and editor IL McCreaty. Reports speak of murders in progress and prisoners dying or missing funds in several locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adkina Party
Oluridb
God
Enagene Wilson
Lis Paramour
Lydia
Wile Hama
Blingel
Pletvel
Indiracpolis
Howard
Holmes
Tayloryitle
Claude Swenick
Joseph Mooney
Mooney
IL McCreaty
Gainesville
Sun
Florida
Pototke
Stein
Alp Wyatt
Iran
South Buld
Daniel Griffin
Robert Dudley
Albany
Griffin
Ben Binnlls
Dudley
J. D. Marden
Adams Express Company
J. R. Bennett
Cliyicliet
Vandalia Line
Aterra Haute
Cincinnnati
Nye County
Nev
Phil Woote
Longstrest
Foreign Gossip and Literary Notices Abroad
A survey of cultural and academic items includes Gladstone's planned analytical preface to the People's Bible history, Morris's new Kelmscott romance, and Lang composing a life of Gibrot Lockhart. Also noted are a papal infallibility anniversary subscription in Italy, a boat race challenge by Sir Charles Duke and R. McKenna, and a Roman watchtower found near Rheinfelden. Deposits in Irish banks rise, a Sorbonne chair for Algaco history is founded for Dr Rudolf Rouss, and Turkish port authorities complicate American Bible House packages bound for mission stations despite sealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Iself
William Morris
Christopher
Goldbind the
Kelmscott Press
Andrew Lang
John Gibrot Lockhart
Sir Walter Scott
Quarterly Review
Ttaly
Charles Duke
R. McKenna
House of Commons
Rhine Crom Basel
Constauer
Rheinfelden
Ystrid Meurlg
Wales
Algaco
Sorbonne
Paris
Rudolf Rouss
Strassburg
Asia Minor
Beayvont
Samsun
Bible House
Constantinople
Rio Grande Sierra Madre Pacific railway announced
The new southwest raid will be named Rio Grande Sierra Madre Pacific railway, capitalized at 5 000 000 dollars. Other items mention the Kansas Populist state central committee deciding not to call a convention to nominate a chief justice candidate, and a water company in Oinsla Neb suing a street railway for 200 000 dollars for damages caused by electricity. The Toledo Peoria Western Railway annual meeting in Peoria reelected the old board and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Southwest
Rio Grande, Sierra Madre & Pacific Railway
Kansas
Porter, Wittgefelle & Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wahlequah
I.C
Interior Department
Edward Burnette
New York
St. Joseph
Ambrose
Columbia
Wilnington
Del
Ivanlie R. Addicks
J. Edward Addicks
J. G. Eitel
National Wholesale Druggists’ Association
Denver
Dingeists’ Association
National Proprietary Association
Trust
Morton GOP Platform. New York State Convention
The state Republican convention closed in Saratoga with a ticket led by John Pilmer as secretary of state and James Otis for controller. The platform urged enforcement of the Sunday liquor law, preservation of the Sabbath, and condemned Democratic policies while endorsing a stable currency and Republican gains in Congress. The convention faced a near break over seating in Erie County but solidified support for Gov. Morton and limited friction over state committee enlargement and county Sunday option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratogd
N.Y
Nesalow
John Pilmer
Albany
James
Rob
Otis
Erie
A. B. Colla
Warren
GW. Adams
Oneida
DB. Hancock
Onondialgia
Court of, Appeals
C Eo Martino
Love
Republic
Congress
Morton
Democratic Party
Raines
New York
Saratoga
Malvany
Taan George Urban, Jr
Parsons
Mahany
Erie County
Roberts
Wheeler
Utiea
Wirner Miller
Noted forger Richard Lenox pleads guilty in Milwaukee
Richard Lenox, a renowned forger, pleaded guilty in Milwaukee to altering and passing forged pauper checks. He was sentenced to two years in the house of correction after fourteen months in jail. The bank preferred restitution to justice while Lenox's accomplices failed to appear, prompting his surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lennox Gem Tro Ycurn
Milwaukee
Richard Lenox
House of Correction
Hevas
Coroner’s Jury Finds Death From Injuries At Dunning Asylum
In Chicago on September 1 the coroner’s jury ruled that David Adam died from injuries received at the Dunning Insane asylum. The jury did not accuse anyone but the verdict is expected to prompt a grand jury investigation of the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
David Adam
Dunning Insane Asylum
Windy day damages at Glenwood with no injuries
In Glenwood Wisconsin on September 19 a strong wind toppled a smoke stack and knocked down awnings and window panes. Authorities reported the weather disrupted operations but no one was hurt as repairs began and power plants paused for safety checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenwood
Wis
Bank Fails to Open in Torry Oklahoma
Excitement grips Torry Oklahoma as the Hirst National Bank fails to open today. Attachments totaling 30000 were filed late last night. The bank held about 40000 in deposits and left customers awaiting word on their funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torry
Okla
Hirst National Bank
Iate Iast Oight
Young New York Lawyer Rescued After Hunting Expedition
Glenford McKinney a young New York lawyer who became separated from his father and companions during a hunting expedition in Northweet ralgrage has been found alive and well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenford McKinney
New York
Northweet Ralgrage
Fragmentary notice from Mayhew locals and court filings
A garbled OCR fragment references petitions and notices involving local wards and a court matter in Mayhew. Names and specifics are unclear, but the text indicates legal actions, filings, and a regional context with potential dates and involved parties.
Maybrick Daughter of Willian Chandler and May Brick
Maybrick daughter of William Chandler and May Brick of Liverpool was born in 1802 and tied to prominent relatives. A seventeen year old girl married James Maybrick, producing two children in 1882 and 1886. Suspicion of poisoning led to her conviction as a arsenic miler, condemned to life penal servitude after years of debate. she served six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybrick
Willian
Chandler
Uhigh Mason
Mobile
Ann
Ler Ghetts
Jamen
Liverpool
Eng
Chidren Baling
Thirl
Waybrick
Odd Fellows elects new treasurer amid reforms in Atlantic City
The sovereign grand lodge of Odd Fellows met in Atlantic City on September 20. Resolutions were introduced to revise the ritual of the patriarchs militant and to amend the insurance law of murder. Sovereign grand Treasurer snac A. Shepard of Philadelphia resigned due to ill health and Muckle of Philadelphia was elected to replace him. An amendment to allow ten showkeepers bartenders or professional gamblers to join passed 147 to 2 after a long debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muckle
Atlantic City
N. J
Sovereign Grand Lodge of
Odd Wellows
Sovereign
Snac A. Shepard
Philadelphia
Health authorities rate Royal baking powder best
Health authorities in several states conduct exhaustive tests on baking powders and uniformly find Royal superior to all others, confirming its leading quality and consistency across samples.
President Cleveland Starts Machinery by Button at Gray Gables
In Buzzard's Bay Massachusetts on September 20 President Cleveland pressed a gold rimmed button linking Gray Gables to the Atlanta exposition motor. The action halted the machinery at Gray Gables and started the wheels of the exposition moving hundreds of miles away in Atlanta Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Athinty. Buzzard’s Bay
Mass
Gray Gables
Atlanta, Ga
United States
Opening Day Bright and Busy at South's Great Show
Atlanta on September 20 reports a bright clear morning for the opening of the South's great show. Northern visitors are greeted by warm September weather and buoyant crowds as parks awaken with completed booths, flags from the nations fluttering above, and doors reopened after days of preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Attempted Assault at Breckinridge Visitor Fled
Sept 20 report from Minnesia describes an attempted assault on a Breckinridge visitor who cried out during the attack. The assailant was identified after the woman’s screams drew others. Also noted: lawyers for Harry Hayward filed an appeal from a district court ruling denying a motion for a new trial in the Kate Ging murder case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergue Walls
Minn
Breckinridge
Maayward
St. Paw
Harry Hayward
Kate Ging
Minneapolis
Supreme Court
Wder
Hennepin County
Death of J C Wilson, Atehisen road receiver, in New York
J C Wilson, one of the receivers of the Atehisen road, died suddenly at the Holland House in New York this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Wilson
Holland House
New York
Perkins Case Ends With No Bill In Murdock County
The grand jury reported no bill against Lorn M Perkins, in a case that drew county officials into pursuit of truth. Mrs Perkins, insisting on innocence, spoke of personal strain and the death of Mya Howkins as a key memory. County officials weighed possible damages and future grand jury action, with insurers and W M Todd discussed as potential parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mintenpolia
Minnesota
Tendie
Michel
Lorn
M. .Perkins
David
A. Ludyard
Grand Jury
E . Nee
Frank Nye
Aledbert Hall
Mya
Howkins
Eatn
Stpleton
W. M. Todd
Perkins
Wand
A. B. Russ
Axell
Michigan Cyclone Destroys Property Across State
A September cyclone in Michigan left extensive damage with Charlevoix house collapse and widespread debris. In Hume township three lives were lost as a house gave way. Band Bereh saw most structures damaged. Band Bereh two houses and twelve barns destroyed. Near Kinda two children of Richard Tott were badly hurt. Royal Baking Powder ad accompanies the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Charlevoix
Austin
Hume Township
Band Bereh
Kinda
Richard Tott
Cholera News Reshapes View In San Francisco
Sept 20 report reveals true scope of cholera outbreak as officials struggle with censorship. Japan and North China face widespread infection with dire tolls. Siberian sources say Japanese ports are infected and over 17,000 have died in Japan since the outbreak began in the Fezcadores. China also reports firm foothold of the disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Japan
North China
Siberian
Itia
Fescadores
China
Rollover Suspect Held in Granddaughter Rape Case
A Vicious Old Man from Rolla North Dakota Andrew Helmer Sr a fremer near Rolla was arrested on a charge of rape of his fifteen year old granddaughter. The child says criminal relations have existed for several years. Helmer waived examination and was bound over to the district court. Raphael Carding a Mexican youth was arrested in Chicago today charged with smuggling in diamonds valued at $4 000 found in his baggage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolla
N. D
Andrew Helmer, Sr
Helmer
Raphael Carding
Chicago
Inmonds
Gome
Bia
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Attswoun
Tee
Wlgin
Spain
South London Practine Railway
California
Neaca ‘Brotherhood
Glasgow
Chelsea
Dacny
Moses
Nelson
Clayton, Mis
Blumphis
Nate
Mayhelek
Wesslan
Florence “Mnightiel
ODD Fellows
Michigan
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