Wages of Sin and Murder of Mrs Menn at Laredo
Reported from St Louis and Dallas recounts the murder of Mrs Christina Menn of St Louis by her lover William Kunz also called O Harrold. The tale covers her elopement with Kunz, the death of her husband Fred Menn, and the fate of her stepdaughter Clara Fisher and niece Ethel Fischer amid bitter family strife and a fatal affair in East St Louis.
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East St. Louis
Sandusky
St. Louis
Caroline Menn
Laredo
Tex
William Kunz
O’harrold
Fast St. Louis
Ile
Mia
Menn
Kunz
Clara Fisher
Fred Menn
Louis Vanham
Michael O'Harrold
O’ Harrold
Dallas
Christina Menn
Schultz
Kuntz
Houston
Ethel Fischer
Norwegian Sailor Fires On Ship Crew Amid Mutiny
On the schooner Aunt Ruth off Marblehead coast, a Norwegian sailor named Pete attacked crew with a revolver. The crew overpowered him. he fired wounding Captain Adam Konna and Joe Konna. Pete was shot by another of the captain’s sons, bound to the mast, and jailed in Sandusky as the captain and injured sailors were taken to the Marine hospital.
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Toledo
Marblehead
Pete
Adam Konna
Joe Konna
Sandusky
Marine Hospital
Hundreds Hunt Negro After Charlottesville Assault
A Negro assaulted Mrs. J. B. Rail at her residence near Charlottesville Virginia. He struck her three times with a blunt instrument causing severe wounds and fled to the woods as armed men and angry citizens hunted him all day. Captain Woods warned against vigilantism during the pursuit.
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Charlottesville
J. B. Rail
Pittsburg Petition Faces Delay Over Funds
J Irving Pearce a leading hotel man vows to raise the money for a Pittsburg petition. Chairman Carter notes the petition will be hindered if Chicago refuses to accept the position. The committee cites poverty and favors auction as a way to cancel debts. Multiple committees are to begin fundraising.
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J. Irving Pearce
Carter
Pittsburg
Chicago
Debs Declares For Socialism And Co Operative Commonwealth
Victor L. Berger reported Debs from Woodstock Ills. argues labor must vote, condemns old party tickets as masters’ chains. Debs favors silver but says coinage won t fix the industrial system. He calls for overthrow of wage slavery and a cooperative commonwealth.
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Co-operative Commonwealth
Milwaukee
Victor L. Berger
Vorwaorts
Woodstock
Ills
Eugene V. Debs
Debs
Europe Must Move Quickly Or Armenians Face Destruction
Dr. M. M. Mangasarian warns that Armenian massacres in Trebizond Erzincum Moush and Diarbe kir fully confirm Turkish intent to exterminate Armenians if Europe does not act immediately. He warns there may soon be no Armenia left to save and urges swift international action. In Constantinople the Turkish government blames Armenians for the bloodshed while foreign consuls dispute reports. A fleet movement toward the Dardanelles is noted with expectations of a strong message to the sultan.
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M. M. Mangasarian
Society of Ethical Culture
United States
Trebizond
Erzercum
Moush
Diarbekir
Hakki Bey
Europe
Armenia
Constantinople
Porte
Dardanelles
Chicago letter carriers face mass discharge plan
Sixteen Chicago letter carriers are to be removed from service with others hit by various suspensions after investigations by special agents. The action comes after carrier defenses and oral statements in Chicago to Superintendent Machen. A postmaster Hesing letter confirms the decision.
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Washington
Jones
Chicago
Machen
Hesing
Remarkable Pension Fraud Case in Illinois
James H. Busby, held on charges of fraudulently applying for a pension under the name George W. Eaton, was arrested in Colusa and brought to Springfield. He claims Eaton left service and Busby took his place, with about twenty former comrades prepared to swear to his identity. Busby has been taken to Kansas City for pension proceedings.
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Springfield
Ills
James H. Busby
George W. Eaton
Colusa
Busby
Eaton
Kansas City
Erie Railroad Incorporation Under New Plan in Albany
Articles of incorporation for The New Erie Railway Company filed with the secretary of state in Albany. Capital set at 146 million dollars and a corporate tax of 182 thousand dollars—largest paid in state history. Directors include Temple Bowdoin, Charles H. Coster, John H. Emanuel Jr, A. H. Gillard, A. B. Hopper, T. W. Joyce, Walter Schuyler Kennys, J. P. Morgan Jr, Francis Lynde, Mortimer Fitzallen, W. H. Townsend, J. H. Tierney, E. B. Thomas.
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Albany
N. Y
Erie Railroad Company
Temple Bowdoin
Charles H. Coster
John H. Emanuel, Jr
A. H. Gillard
A. B. Hopper
T.W. Joyce
Walter Schuyler Kennys
Cincinnati Invited to Atlanta for Exposition Days
A fifteen member committee led by W A Hemphill from Atlanta arrived in Cincinnati to welcome Ohio and Cincinnati on December 4 and 5 designated as Ohio and Cincinnati days at the Cotton States Exposition. The group spoke on a change of addresses and Cincinnati is preparing for the visit.
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Cincinnati
W.A. Hemphill
Atlanta
Ohio
Green Bay suits seek 95000 against railway for fire damages
Green Bay attorneys filed eleven complaints against the Minneapolis St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie Railway for 95000. They allege sparks from the defendant locomotives started last year's northern Wisconsin fire that destroyed property worth hundreds of thousands. Also, dispatches from Constantinople say American Board missionaries in Khartoum face great danger, naming Rev C F Gates and others with homes in Chicago Warren Bangor and Maine.
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Green Bay
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Boston
Didjratches
Constantinople
Khartoum
Turkey
American Board
C. F. Gates
Chicago
Ills
Mary.e. Gates
D.D
Susan Wheeler
Warren
Mass
Emily M. Wheeler
Bangor
Maine
Letter War Over Silver and German Vote Shapes Illinois Politics
Intercepting correspondence shows Postmaster Hesing and Secretary of State Hinrichsen clashing over free coinage as Hesing warns the German-American vote, a decisive bloc in Cook County, could swing elections. The dispute touches Illinois politics, Democratic strategy, and the party’s stance on monetary policy.
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Springfield
Ills
Hesing
Chicago
William Hinrichsen
Democratic State Central Committee
Hinrichsen
Bland
Bryan
Stone
Illinois Staats Zeitung
Cook County
Democratic Party
Hinrichsen Defends Democratic Principles Over Free Silver
Hinrichsen argues the Democratic party is alive but split over free silver policies and Cleveland's influence. He blames the contrast for defeat on administration policy and questions German-American class labels while affirming the party’s core principles and broad voter base in Illinois.
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Hinrichsen
Democratic Party
Aser Vant
Cleveland
State Committee
Palmer
Lane
Illinois
Lesson of the late election drains Free Silver Democrats
Senator Harris, head of the Free Silver Democrats six man executive panel, warns the 1896 campaign faces slim chances unless bimetallic teams are reorganized for a strong national convention push for free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold. Colleagues named include Senators Jones and Turpie and Governor Stone with others.
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Washington
Harris
Jones
Arkansas
Turpie
Indiana
Stone
Missouri
William H. Hinrichsen
Tlinois
Casey Young
Tennessee
Franxport
Brown
Market roundup and mining issues across U S cities
Money on call and mercantile paper hold steady as government bonds quote firm. Chicago Board of Trade lists grains with mixed results in wheat corn oats and park futures. Live stock at Union Stock Yards shows varied hog and cattle ranges. Also reports a 30 miner rescue in St Louis and a New York cab driver strike amid foreclosure moves in Milwaukee.
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Sterling Exchange
United States
Pacific
Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Cape Cod
Rich widower seeks wife sparks local scare in Crawfordsville
In Crawfordsville on November 15 a 70 year old Danville man Abe Eastos arrived seeking a wife. He listed dozens of names from a helper, proposed at multiple stops, and faced refusals from several women including a threatening widow. He plans to continue the campaign until successful. Also reported a $10,000 diamond robbery on the Big Four line with a suspect named Big Ed Ryan pursued by detectives.
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Abe Eastos
Danville
Ind
Thousan
Potias
J. L. Ensight
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Ed” Ryan
Ensight
Belt Crossing
Wabash
Converse
Pearl Pence
John Pence
State Auditor Daily Report Near Printer Opportunity
Indiana. November 16. The annual report of State Auditor Daily will soon be ready for the printer. William O Connell, settlement clerk, reports progress and provides a summary of state receipts for the year. Net receipts total 5 780474 62. school tuition receipts 355 211 69. soldiers and sailors fund 31 001 98. Disbursements include attorney general fees 28784 88. hospital and prison costs. monument construction payments 12668. The report details yearly disbursements and includes hospital maintenance costs and the last legislature’s expenses.
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Indianapolis
State Auditor Daily
William O'Connell
Central Hospital For
Northern Hospital For
Eastern Hospital For the Insane
Southern Hospital For the Insane
State Prison
North
South
Governor Matthews News of Son's Death in Atlanta
Indianapolis dispatch reports Governor Matthews learned his son Seymour Matthews, who ran the government exhibit at Atlanta, Ga., was dying and left for the city. Seymour died an hour after the governor departed. The governor has two daughters and Seymour had worked at the Smithsonian for eighteen months.
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Indianapolis
Matthews
Seymour
Atlanta
Seymour Matthews
Seymour Mattews
Smithsonian Institute
Manion
David Kennard
Swayzee
Kennard
Firewater Too Much for Him in Marion Death
Local report notes Cammelus Awta wantaw an Indian of the Miami tribe on the reservation east of Marion died by self inflicted gunshot. Statement cites firewater as the motive. he was once wealthy but mismanagement ended his fortune.
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Marion
Cammelus Awtawantaw
Here
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