Miserable Disaster As Western Reserve Sinks With Passengers
The steel steam barge Western Reserve sank after splitting in two near Whitefish and Keweenaw during a gale. Only one man reached shore alive, Harry Stewart, wheelman from Algonac. Captain Minch and several family members are among the missing. fourteen men are reported missing from the crew, with details from survivor accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
Western Reserve
P. Minch
Iroquois
Whitefish
Keenenaw
Minch
Grand Marais
Harry Stewart
Algonac
Mr. Minch
Peter Minch
Charles Minch
Florence Minch
Mary Engleberry
Albert Mayer
Vermillion
William H. Seaman
Cleveland
Charles Wills
Saginaw
Fred Eggleston
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charles Tebeau
Sant Beach
Mic
Daniel O'Connell
R. Longfield
Daniel Stickney
John Wilson
M. Coffee
Albert Davenport
Lake Superior
Nine Perished as City of Toledo Capsizes off Pierport
The schooner City of Toledo owned by Manistee Lumber cleared Manistee for a lumber run. In a northwesterly gale it drove ashore at Pierport eighteen miles north of Manistee and turned over. Captain John McMillan and six crew members were lost. his two eldest daughters were aboard. The vessel lies bottom up near Pierport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manistee, Mich
City of
Toledo
Manistee Lumber Company
Pierport
Here
John McMillan
Steamer Toledo Sails Through Storm At Sea
The Toledo under Captain McKenchey arrived at Ashland Wis port minus its consorts Guiding Star and Oneonta. Off Manitou Island a fierce storm broke the tow line leaving two barges adrift. Search for the missing schooners and their seven man crews continued after a day and night of hopeful cruising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
Wis
Toledo
McKenchey
Guiding Star
Oneonta
Manitou Island
Novelty in State Conventions at Milwaukee
The Wisconsin state Democratic convention featured a single ticket vote on re nominating officers by acclamation, which passed unanimously amid enthusiasm. The platform followed a standard Democratic line and was adopted without dissent as brief speeches by the nominees energized the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
President Harrison Accepts Republican Nomination Letter
Washington Sept 6 President Harrison’s letter of acceptance outlines party pledges, defends protective tariff and subsidies, advocates bimetallism with a silver dollar, and urges foreign policy unity. He criticizes Democratic positions on free trade and education parental rights, praises Blaine, and closes with praise for veterans and national prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harrison
Blaine
Foreign Relations Committee
The Peerless Nancy Hanks Sets New Record
Independence Iowa September 1 Nancy Hanks shaved two seconds from her Chicago trotting record to 2 05 4, racing at Independence's kite shaped track. Trainer Doble provided warming miles before her trial as two horses paced her, she hit 30 seconds for the quarter and finished the mile in 2 05.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Nancy Hanks
Chicago
Nancy
Doble
Distinguished Editor George W Curtis Dies at Home
George William Curtis editor of Harper's Weekly died at 2 30 yesterday morning in West New Brighton New York. He was seated in his easy chair with his son Dr F G Curtis by his side and his wife and daughter present but not summoned. Death was painless and he remained conscious until near the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George William Curtis
Harper’s Weekly
West New Brighton
F. G. Curtis
West Newton
Mass
Labor Day Parade Marks Chicago Holiday
Labor celebrated its national holiday in Chicago with a monster parade of organized workers. The procession was reviewed at Lincoln Park by judges officials and business leaders, followed by picnics with speakers games and prizes. Banks and exchanges closed city wide.
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Chicago
Lincoln’s Monument
Lincoln Park
Board of Trade
Fatal Copperhead Encounter Strikes Frostburg Family
Mrs. Martha Hardcastle and her 13 year old daughter died after a copperhead bit them while gathering berries in swamp near Frostburg. The incident occurred as the women screamed for help and the daughter was also bitten. Grief threatens to push Mr. Hardcastle toward insanity.
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Baltimore
Frostburg
Martha Hardcastle
Hardcastle
Fire destroys Rocky Bar. Boise reports massive 150 homeless
Boise Idaho September 5 The first authentic news of the Rocky Bar fire reached the city Sunday revealing the town was swept away leaving nearly one hundred fifty people homeless. Counties and towns in southern Idaho contribute to a relief fund with money blankets and clothing en route to sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise City
Ida
Rocky Bar
Five Men Drown When Rowboat Capsizes in Wisconsin Storm
A rowboat carrying five men from Wilson's Island capsized in a Bayfield storm. All five men perished, with names Fred Conlee Fred Masher Ira Richardson Charles Thorn and one unnamed crewman.
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Bayfield
Wis
Wilson’s Island
Fred Conlee
Fred Masher
Ira Richardson
Charles Thorn
Fresno Plots $10,000 Reward After McWhirter Killing
Fresno business leaders pool a $10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the assailants in the Monday assassination of Louis B. McWhirter, as the city remains on edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fresno
Col
Louis B. McWhirter
Myer Knocked Out by McAuliffe in Carnival Opener
In New Orleans on September 6 the carnival opened with a fifteen round bout where Billy Myer faced Jack McAuliffe. McAuliffe delivered a knockout, ending the match.
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Myer
McAuliffe
New Orleans
Billy Myer
Jack McAuliffe
Cholera Crises Aboard New York Quarantine Vessels
At New York quarantine the Normannia Rugia and Moravia harbor a cholera outbreak with multiple deaths and new cases among steerage and crew. Bodies cremated at Swinburne Island. steerage moved to Hoffman Island for cleansing and ship disinfection while passengers fear for their lives.
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New York
Rugia
Normannia
Moravia
Swinburne’s Island
Swinburne’s Island Hospital
First shovelful of earth lifted for Chicago drainage canal
About 1,000 Chicago and other citizens gathered twenty seven miles southwest of Chicago to witness the ceremonial start of the drainage canal linking Lake Michigan to the Mississippi. President Venter wielded the nickel plated shovel to place the first earth in a box for preservation amid speeches by Wenter Cooley Eckhart Carter Harrison and others about future canal size and vast benefits to the Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook
Will Counties
Lake Michigan
Venter
Drainage Commission
Fresh cholera surge in Hamburg toll hits 733 cases
Hamburg reports 733 new cholera cases yesterday, up from Thursday by 52, with 201 deaths, down 46. Burials reach 15, yet hundreds remain unburied as wagons fail to cope. Prayers for abatement draw crowded services as city endures unprecedented desolation.
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Hamburg
Shipping lines adjust emigrant passenger policy
New York reports that the Guion line steamer Alaska sailing from Liverpool to New York will not carry emigrant passengers. Inman line steamers will carry only first and second cabin passengers in September. Cunard line will bring no steerage passengers until further notice. Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique will not carry emigrants until further orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Guion Line
Alaska
Liverpool
Inman Line
Cunard Line
Compagnie Generale Trans-Atlantique
Abating at Havre and Paris
Havre reports heavy rain and cooler air while cholera deaths total fifteen with hopes for continued abatement. Paris notes the epidemic appears to be subsiding but government preventive measures remain strict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Paris
Mine unrest flares at Coal Creek and Olivers
Miners at Coal Creek and Olivers grow aggressive with firing at pickets since Sunday night. Troops from Nashville and Harriman are headed to the mines as all union miners quit work, weakening operations ahead of the busy season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal Creek
Tenn
Camp
Carnes
Jellico
Oliver Springs
Farris
Knoxville
Olivers
Nashville
Harriman
Epworth League Board Meets in Cleveland for Secretary Race
The national Epworth League board, aligned with the M. E. Church General Conference, met in Cleveland led by Bishop Fitzgerald. It has twenty eight members, two from each US district. The meeting focused on electing a general secretary and relocating headquarters from New York to Chicago in the Methodist Book Concern building on Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
National Board of Control
Epworth League
Fitzgerald
General Conference
M. E. Church
United States
Board of Bishops
New York
Chicago
Methodist Book Concern
Washington Street
Ousting A E Stockwell as Mutual Bank assignee
Hearing before Judge Bregg reveals that Iron Hall accounts were padded through false entries in Feb 1891 to Apr 1892, with sums exceeding $100 000, leading to ousting Stockwell and appointing a receiver for the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bregg
A. E. Stockwell
Mutual Bank
Iron Hall
Fire Rages Through Pratt Street Sash Factory
A fire at S H Tinley’s sash door and blind factory at 761 West Pratt Street in Baltimore triggered a general alarm. The blaze swept the building and spread to neighboring Sherer & Sons factory and Duffy’s saw mill, with losses over 50 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
S. H. Tinley
West Pratt Street
Sherer & Sons
Duffy
Religious meetings draw 3000 to Hobbs station in Ind
Mrs Woodworth presents power meetings at Hobbs station in TrpToN Ind. A crowd estimated at 3000 converts many reported trances and prolonged unconscious states during the two week series. The gatherings will continue for an indefinite period.
Kelly and Hamilton Wager Homes on Sullivan Bet
In Baltimore on September 5 a dramatic bet arose over the Sullivan Bett fight with saloon keeper James J. Kelly and George Hamilton risking their homes after the stakes grew from a small sum to 2000 to 1000 in favor of Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
James J. Kelly
George Hamiliton
Kelly
Sullivan
Mars to disappear behind moon during Sunday sky display
Dr. J. Morrison of the nautical almanac office says the next astronomical exhibition occurs Sunday at 1 21 mean time when Mars, now visible in the southern sky, will disappear behind the moon's dark limb and reappear on the bright limb around 2 02 a m. Dates computed for Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Morrison
Nautical Almanac Office
Navy Department
Mars
Baltimore
Jersey City ballot box stuffer sentences handed down
Twenty one Jersey City ballot box stuffers were sentenced to six to fifteen months. Counsel for the defendants moved for an arrest of judgment, but the motion was denied and the prisoners were sent to jail. Trials had been in progress about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
Notable Oldest Figures and Notables Listed Across the Nation
A roster of distinguished seniors and eminent professionals is reported, naming Dr. A. M. Catlin in Rockford Illinois as the oldest registered physician, along with others including Col. Lathrop M. Taylor of South Bend Indiana, Prof. Jean Roemer in Lenox Massachusetts, John W. Hopkins aged 104 in Bremen Indiana, Rev. William H. Withington oldest Harvard graduate in Jackson Michigan, Judge William E. Deck in Denver, Mike Cushing the prize fighter in Fort Hamilton, Lewis B. Myers of Wa bash Indiana, Mrs. McGurry of Sharon Pennsylvania author of McGuffys Reader, George Vernon oldest locomotive engineer in Bordentown New Jersey, Augustus Bradley first president of the Louisville St Louis and Texas Air Line in Louisville, Ke Lewis ex minister to Portugal in New York, and Daniel Dougherty noted lawyer in Philadelphia.
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A. M. Catlin
Illinois
Rockford
Lathrop M.taylor
South Bend
Ind
Jean Roemer
Lenox
Mass
John W. Hopkins
Bremen
William H. Withington
Harvard
Jackson
Mich
William E. Deck
Supreme Court of Colorado
Denver
Mike Cushing
Fort Hamilton
Lewis
Portugal
New York
Daniel Dougherty
Lawer
Philadelphia
Mount Grivola tragedy leads to three deaths in Aosta valley
A Berlin banker named Broka and two guides fell to their deaths while climbing Mount Grivola in the Aosta valley Italy. The incident broadened bystanders' reports as the party dashed on the rocks.
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Berlin
Broka
Mount
Grivola
Aosta Valley
Italy
Hosterman Publishing Company
Springfield
Peoria Transcript
Harrison
Loon Lake
United States Official Pursues Resignation Over Prison Breaks
Utah Marshal I S Parsons received a telegram from Attorney General Miller requesting his resignation after allegations he allowed a wealthy Mormon inmate released for visits to his wives. A Fresno vigilante group forms after the McWhirter assassination. A Kansas City hotel burns, insurance set. Venezuelan revolutionaries advance. John Jossey, Lula Butler murder during a nearby meeting. Mrs Ella Welsh dies from incessant laughter.
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United States
I. S. Parsons
Utah
Miller
Potter Hotel
Kansas City
Kas
Fresno
Cal
McWhirter
American Social Science Congress
H. L. Wayland
Philadelphia
Andrew D. White
Ithaca
I. B. Sanborn
Concord
Mass
Anson Phelps Stokes
New York
Venezuela
South American
John Jossey
Lula Butler
Forsythe
Lula
Jessey
Ella Welsh
Cincinnati
Moorish Corsairs Seize Spanish Vessel And Cargo
The article reports Moorish pirates capturing a Spanish ship, taking its cargo and eleven crewmen. The Spanish government moves to rescue the hostages and punish the captors. Other items note political nominations in several states, a cow injuring Gladstone, Lodge’s Senate bid, a railway president funding a life policy, an Arabian wedding in Cincinnati, threats against Frick Lovejoy and Carnegie, and a fatal injury from a road accident in Virginia.
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Mississippi
C.K. Hooker
W. H. Ratcliffe
People’s
Texas
Joseph Abbott
Indiana
Charles L. Henry
Maryland
George A. Baker
Charles Herzog
A. W. Spotts
Gladstone
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Dawes
J. H. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Cincinnati
Denver Evening Times
Pittsburg
Frick, Lovejoy
Carnegie
Frank Erret
L. B. Cashey
Adamsburg
McKeesport
Erret
Cashey
Congressional nominations in Eleventh Illinois race
On Saturday September 3 the nominations are announced for Eleventh Illinois with Truman Plautz listed as Democrat contender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Truman Plautz
Four Little Girls Born at One Time in Yankton
Mrs. Ted Dineer of Yankton reports four daughters born simultaneously weighing five pounds each and all doing well. Maude Littlefield of Cleveland, 14, has disappeared leaving a note asking her parents to wait for honor. The Cleveland mob stopped moving the Perry monument. a new site is being considered. A Detroit water closet plant area burned. loss $80,000, insurance $25,000. Diana the copper goddess atop Madison Square Garden will be shipped to Chicago for a World’s Fair building. Mrs. Harrison plans wintering in the south. President Harrison says federal aid only for state quarantine. twenty day order issued. A Democratic rally in Bloomington, Illinois Oct 10 with Grover Cleveland attending. Eighteen bodies from the Western Reserve washed ashore at Deer Park, Michigan. Secretary Rusk in Chicago to observe iodide of potash trial for cow lumpy jaw. $2 per pound, cures one case if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
John JF. O'Neill
Ohio
G. L. Griffith
South Carolina
George W. Murray
Minnesota
O. M. Hall
Henry Feig
Nevada
F. G. Newlands
Michigan
J. Maurice Finn
Hugh O'Donnell
Homstead Advisory Committee
Mark Baldwin
Homestead
Bishop Paret
Protestant Theological School For
Washington
The
Daily News
Lincoln
Ills
C. A. Higgins
D. Bd
Henderson
Manchester
Loon Lake
E. Lawrence Godkin
New York Evening Post
Harper's Weekly
George William Curtis
Supreme Lodge
R. of P
Aldine Lodge
Shaw
Johnes. Sullivan
New Orleans
Ted Dineer
Yankton, 8. D
Maude Littlefield
Cleveland
Monument Commission
Soldiers’ Monument
Brick & Sherwood Water Closet Manufacturing Company
Detroit
Diana
Madison Square Garden Tower
New York
Chicago
Harrison
Plattsmouth
N. Y
Bloomington
Illinois
Grover Cleveland
Western Reserve
Deer Park
Mich
Rusk
Corbett Nearly Arrested in Charlotte for Sabbath Desecration
Reports say Corbett narrowly avoided arrest in Charlotte North Carolina for Sabbath desecration as police watched and he left town at midnight. Governor Pattison urges citizens to clean up amid looming cholera threat.
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Corbett
Charlotte
N. C
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Frank J. Carpenter
Wilmington
Delaware
Iron Hall
Samuel Hyslop
Hudson
Wis
Bayport
Mich
John Heldun
Henry Peters
Heldun
Edward Hollister
Alton
Ill
Regents’ Park Baptist Church of
London
George C. Lorimer
Chicago
Rocky Bar
Idaho
Lake City
Colo
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Jordan Box
West Stipe Square
Fairfield, TA
Anderson & Co
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F. N. Gisborne
Cyrus W. Field
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Villa
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