Destructive cyclone devastates Wilkesbarre Pa
A powerful cyclone struck Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania at 5 PM causing widespread destruction. Hundreds of houses unroofed and demolished, at least ten people killed, many injured, with 400 houses ruined and property losses near a million dollars. The city darkened, depots and streets chaotic, relief efforts underway as Ninth regiment assists police.
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Wilkesbarre
Wilkasbarre
Father McAndrews
St. Mary’s Church
Ates
Main ‘Street
Five Points
Nettie Thompson
Levi Martin
John Fritz
Peter Redlenmsyer
Eliza McGinley
John
James Kern
Adam Frantz
George Hamilton
Franklin Wiers
John Housch
John Long
Delaware and
Hudson River Railroad
James McGinley
Bertie van Denmark
Frank Faulred
Barrett
Mary McGinley
Isigh
Georgia Alliance Inquiry Targets Felix Corput
The state alliance convention in Atlanta on August 21 disclosed a major probe into Felix Corput of Rome, ex-president of the state exchange. Corput denied the charges as affidavits from a prominent stockman suggested he sought a personal percentage in exchange transactions with a Baltimore guano firm, prompting his earlier resignation. A committee continues the investigation amid rumors of crookedness.
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Atlanta
State Alliance Convention
Alliance
Georgia
Felix Corput
Rome
State Alliance Exchange
Corpat
Exchange
Wreck near Boston leaves thirteen dead and many injured
Reported railroad accident near Quincy and Boston details show thirteen killed outright with two dying later and over thirty wounded. A jack used by track workers caused the crash as new rails and sleepers bent and broke. Victims include Miss Ella Bard and Mrs. Abbie Abbott of Louisville. Judge I W Edwards suffered severe injuries. Officials cited possible failure to remove a track jack and unclear danger signaling as contributing factors.
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Boston
Slater
Quincy
Ed. Sentinel
Ella Bard
Quincy Hospital
Abbie Abbott
Louisville
Kentucky
I. W. Edwards
Judge Edwards
W. BR. Abbott
Oscar Fently
Mary Fently
Susie Fently
Saratoga
New York
W. R. Bott
Eloi Fentry
French
Globe
Welch
An African Colony Anxious to Whip the British Lion
Lonpoy Aug 21 South African advices say Lobingula king of Matabeleland rouses for war over British privileges. He can muster 30000 trained fighters and 4000 guards though the king is wary. A property defense league denounces socialist Britain. Dr Peters reaches Wolbach to Berlin for a full report. Other foreign items note fever deaths of missionaries and Chubh Sing pardoned after hostility. Bank of England discount at 4 percent.
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Dr. Peterson
Berlin
Lonpoy
Lobingula
Matableland
South Africa
Zelius
Property Defense League
Great Britain
Peters
Wolbach
Wurtemburg
Brynz
Sierra Leon
Switzerland
Gates
Jaderquest
Five Die In Mt Penn Gravity Railroad Wreck Near Arapine
A Mt Penn gravity railroad train fell from an embankment at 11 this morning in Arapine Pa. Five people are reported dead including Elgar Dean a lawyer Miss Holman a milliner and Miss Gier of Allentown. Several others are injured and rumors mention more fatalities. The failure is blamed on a brake nut issue.
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Arapine
Mt. Penn
Eolgar Dean
Hayti Invasions Spark Dominican War Talk Near Santo Domingo
A cable report from Santo Domingo says about 800 Haytian troops crossed into Dominican territory on August 20. Dominican forces repelled the invaders with 23 killed. Dominican casualties were light. President Ulise Heureaux convoked his cabinet to consider war. The dispute centers on a 1875 76 treaty granting Hayti land and duty free imports in exchange for annual payments and loans that Hayti has defaulted on.
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Hayti
New York
Santo Domingo
Hanava
Ulise Huerreaux
Huerreaux
Francisco Leonte Vasques
Manuel Doj
Garven
Double tragedy and romance headlines from three states
The report details D Jordon the bank bookkeeper fleeing Little Rock with a widow and cashing stolen drafts, a fatal shooting of Mrs Mathers in Goshen by Sam Wilson, and a Grand Rapids man Woodruff attempting murder then self harm after a refused romance.
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Little Rock
Ark
Jordan
Bank of Little Rock
Latham
St. Louis
Murder at Lakeside Park in Indiana trial by ax
At Lakeside Park near Warsaw Indiana William Taylor killed William Barber a Chicago businessman while walking with a woman along the lake shore. The act followed a dispute over the same woman, with Taylor striking Barber repeatedly with an axe.
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Lakeside
Gosuen
Ind
Lakeside Park
Here
Wm. Taylor
Wm. Barber
Chicago
Barber
Lake Shore
Taylor
Eight Hundred People in Colorado Suffering for Want of Food
In eastern Arapahoe county near the Kansas line Denver reports 500 to 800 settlers in danger of starvation as crops failed this year. A committee sought aid from county commissioners while the first settlement only three years old lacks resources and faces a hard winter.
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Colorado
Denver
Oor
Arapahoe County
Kansas Line
Would-be murderer freed as bride to be marries
Louisvill e Ky Aug 21 Peter McCrary cemetery superintendent was tried for shooting Annie Staken six weeks ago. The victim survived after a sensational case. Staken avoided questions on the stand, and McCrary may go free despite the engagement attempt she made to end the match. A twist in the case is her decision to marry him despite the shooting.
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Louisvinlr
Peter McCrary
Annie Staken
McCrary
Miss Staken
Texas fever outbreak reported in Ashtabula area
Health officer Dr A W Hopkins of Ashtabula alerts that Texas fever is present after a local butcher buys drove of steers from the railroad to the slaughter house. Three sons of town citizens, driven daily along the path from the slaughter house, have recently died from Texas fever.
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Coutumbus
A. W. Hopkins
Ashtabula
National Farmers Congress to Convene in Council Bluffs
The tenth annual national farmers congress will convene in Council Bluffs Iowa on Tuesday next with about 600 delegates from every state expected. Elaborate preparations have been made for the delegates reception and the First Lady is to deliver the annual address. Also noted is the death of Volney M Wilson a wealthy Muncie Ind pioneer after a long illness.
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Corsor Burers
National Farmers Congress
Diradagtes
Brooxnixus
Mary
Uowell
Albany
N. Y
South Dakota College
Sons and Daughters of Our Republic
Muncie
NO GENERAL STRIKE JOINS CENTRAL WALKOUT
The supreme council of the Federated Order of Railway Employes decides not to join the New York Central and Hudson River strike. They condemn Webb’s conduct toward the Knights of Labor, affirm Powderly’s efforts for an honorable settlement, and outline their strike procedures and support for labor unity.
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Terre Havre
Ind
Supreme Council of the
Federation of Railway Employes
New York Central
Supreme Council
Unirep Ornport Ramway Emroyes
Tenne Havre
New York Central and
Hudson River
Knights of Labor
T. W. Powderly
Powderly
Webb
United Orders of Railway
Federated Orders
Buffalo
New York
F. P. Sargent
Terre Haute
Ils
Hudson River Road
Austin Corbin
Philadelphia
Reading
Pinkerton
W. H. Vanderbilt
Hudson River Railroad
Quree of Webb
Order of the Knights of Labor
Federated Orders of
G. W. Howard
Brothers
E. Wilkinson
Frank Sweeney
Terrance V. Powderly
Frank P. Lancent
W. A. Shernan
Chicago Strikes Threaten Stock Yards Turmoil Aug 26
Ottawa reports serious outlook as striking switchmen threaten trouble at the stock yards. Chicago officials order police to stock yards at midnight and ready all officers for duty. Freight traffic suspended, 150 car loads lost daily to packers, totaling over a million dollars in four days. Switchmen replaced. sentiment shifts toward possible broader strike as Powell and Knights of Labor warn of further action.
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Ottawa
Marsh
South Side
Chicago
Park Packing Branch
Stock Yards Switching Association
Chicago and Alton Railroad
Chicago and Alton
Pullman Proposes World Fair Site in Chicago Plan
Geo M Pullman offered to donate ground for all exposition uses in Pullman or nearby and to cover the city's 5 million bond issue. He proposed dedicating the grounds as a public park after the fair. The publics grounds committee deliberated and may report favorably to directors next Tuesday night.
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Chicago
Geo. M. Pullman
Pullman
Bonda
Committee On
Struck by a cyclone hits Paris suburb St Cloud
A violent cyclone struck St Cloud near Paris burying residents under wreckage. Twenty houses were wrecked and seven bodies recovered with many missing. A second report notes an explosion at a Walham government powder mill in Essex killing two and injuring several.
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Paris
St. Cloud
London
Government
Waltham
Essex
Lightning strikes convent chimney kills worker in Louisiana
In Baron Royce Louisiana on Aug 22 a lightning bolt struck the chimney of the new convent of the Sisters of St Joseph killing a colored man Lypolite Berhilo and seriously injuring Benny Droz and another named Tooney. In Atlanta on Aug 23 a Terre Blaute and Peoria freight train derailed on Sugar creek bridge injuring brakeman Reeves fatally. The weather blight discussion advocates Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and cure for various ailments.
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Baron Royce
Sisters of St. Joseph
Lypolite Berhilo
Benny Droz
Tooney
Atlanta
Til
Terre Blaute
Peoria
Sugar Creek
Thyee
Reeves
Albany Strike Rumor Sparks Knights of Labor Action
Albany dispatch reports Dennis Feehan editor of the Independent Citizen and district executive board member claims a strike order for Knights of Labor will hit the Central road tonight and affect other lines to halt freight Thursday. Central road gains forty new shop workers and several switchmen at West Albany as freight moves in larger quantities amid the dispute.
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Reiang Ney
Supt
Haymond
Central
Albany
N. Y
Dennis Feehan
Independent Citizen
District
Assembly
Geners
Knights of Labor
Central Road
West Albany
Bissell
Gathering at Springfield to Nominate a State Ticket
Sraisemenp Ohio August 26 Arrangements for the democratic state convention here this afternoon are complete. Theodore Cromley of Pickaway appears likely for secretary of state. Judge Blandida of Cleveland is favored for supreme judgeship and Leopold Keifer of Miami for the board of public works. Governor Campbell was expected but remains in Columbus due to illness.
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Sraisemenp
Ohio
Theodore FE. Cromley
Pickaway County
Blandida
Cleveland
Leopold Keifer
Miami County
Board of Public Works
Campbell
Columbus
Major McKinley Nominated for Congress in Eis District
In Eis District, Massinton, Ohio, Major McKinley was nominated by acclamation at the sixteenth congressional convention this afternoon.
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Major McKinley
Eis
Massinton
Ohio
Needham Impostor Postmaster Fraud Arrest
Lyman B. Needham, once jailed on theft charges, is accused of impersonating a government officer to steal small sums from country postmasters. A. R. Holmes traced the scam, leading to Needham’s arrest on a federal charge of impersonation and attempted fraud. He awaits Toledo trial after arraignment before U. S. Commissioner Leonard.
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Lyman BE
Needham
Darrow House
Nesdham
Ohio
A. J. Grannan
Detective Bureau
Cincinnati
A. R. Holmes
Post Office
Cass
Washburn
Henry County
U. S
Leonard
Toledo
Otto Bolman
Tariff debate noted by Wood in Hammond speech
Thomas J. Wood argues in Hammond that high protective tariffs harm 65 million Americans by restricting world markets for surplus farm and manufactured goods. He advocates a revenue tariff around 400 million dollars, warning it finances government but burdens farmers and consumers while starving protected industries of broader markets.
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Hammond
Ind
Thomas J. Wood
America
A Human Tiger at an Institute for Feeble Minded Youth
Willim Richardson, a 21 year old inmate at a state institute for feeble minded youth, suffered a violent epileptic fit. He fought officers before being bound and jailed, later expressing remorse and no memory of his actions. He will be sent to Marion county and then to the insane asylum.
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Willim Richardson
Restivuts
Blake
Richardson
Viberg
Tom Wilkinson
Marion County
Death of Prof Sanborn in Richmond Ind Former Fort Wayne teacher
Professor Daniel W. Sanborn died suddenly at St Stephen's hospital in Richmond from a complication of diseases after a grip infection. He taught elocution and oratory, had no known relatives, and left an invalid wife. Rumor suggests starvation due to his reticence and failure to eat, with a recent nervous prostration episode preceding his death.
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Daniel W. Sanborn
St. Stephen's Hospital
Richmond
Sanborn
Fort Wayne
New York State
Richmond Palladium
Professor Sanborn
Labor Day Parade Marshals Set March Route and Meeting
Marshals for the Labor Day parade finalize a citywide route beginning at Barr Street by the city hall and extending through Washington Hanna Holman Calhoun Jefferson Rockhill Wayne and Columbia back to Barr. Marshals must report by Wednesday night to Grand Marshal Jaap at 79 East Columbia Street. marshals meet at Carpenters' hall Wednesday evening to assign parade positions. Trades and Labor council meets tonight for delegates from participating organizations.
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Barr Street
City Hall
Washington
Hanna
Holman
Calhoun
Jefferson
Rockhill
Wayne
Columbia
Barr
Superior
Jaap
East
Columbia Street
Carpenters’ Hall
Trades and Labor Council
Death of Carrell Rossiter in boardinghouse considered
Carrell Rossiter a 25 year old unmarried man employed in A L Bond photographic rooms on Butler street was found dead in his bed at Mrs Ryan’s boarding house on West Washington Street. Cause of death congestive liver. Rossiter from Oberlin Ohio recently arrived and respected as moral and industrious. He had been at Christian church with a East Washington Street resident prior illness. Remains to be shipped to Oberlin for interment. Parents notified from Mackinac Island by telegraph. Coroner Kesler to hold inquest.
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Wasumeton
Hoar
Senate
Quay
Mr. Hoar
Spooner
Committee On Rules
Edmunds
Aldrich
House
Washington
Senator Quay
Congress
Washineron
Messrs
Allison
Evarts
Plumb
Hale
Alien
Committee On Judiciary
Washineton
McKinley
Beck
Kentucky
Blackburn
Ingalls
West
Evarta
Carrell Rossiter
A. L. Bond
Butler’ Street
Mrs. Ryan
West Washington St
Young Rossiter
Oberlin
Ohio
Christian Church
East Washington Street
Mackinac Island
Kesler
Fireman Fractures Jaw and Foot in Decatur Train Fall
John Smith, a fireman for the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad, fell from the tender of a locomotive attached to a freight train near Decatur. He suffered a fractured jaw, severe foot lacerations potentially needing amputation, and a torn tongue. He is hospitalized at St. Joe under Company Surgeon Mc Oscar. his father arrived from Avilla to be at his side.
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John Smith
Grand Rapids
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