Doings of the Day Two Executions in One State
Beuniful Happenings in Every Knows Hom ephere chronicles two New York state electric chair executions. George H Smith murdered Philip Richmeyer in Albany while Charles N Davis killed six year old Maggie Shannon in Cohoes. Both were executed on the same day with witnesses present. Davis went first at 11 87 a m followed by Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Smith
Charlies N. Davie
Dannemore
N. Y
Geo. H. Smith
Philip Richmeyer
Albany
Chas. N. Davis
Maggie Shannon
Cohoes
Clinton
Charles N. Davis
Fire Devastates Oil Regions South of Toledo
A massive fire has raged in Ohio oil fields south of Toledo since Monday night, destroying derricks tanks and other property near Mermil Cygnet Lucky and Mungen. Telecomm lines are down and reports are scarce. Heaviest losses include Sun Oil with nine derricks and four tanks Palmer Oil twelve tanks Ohio One two miles northeast of Mungen. Estimated losses range from 150000 dollars upward. fire now largely under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Sun Oil Company
Palmer Oil Company
Vega Ohio
Io Oil Company
Ralph Bros
Mungen
Kessler Train Robbery Suspect Brown To Testify
Allegan Michigan dispatch reports Noble County Indiana officials have taken Jim Brown from Kankakeeville with no confession on the Kessler Indiana Lake Shore train robbery dated September 11, 1898. Brown, tied to the alley gang, is suspected in the two months prior Chicago and West Michigan train hold up at Fennville Michigan. Authorities say Brown’s statement matches existing evidence and he is expected to testify for the State.
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Kessler
Allegan
Mich
Noble County
Indiana
Kendallville
Jim Brown
Lake Shore
Ind
Alley
Fennville
Brown
Horrific Accidents And Murders From Ohio And Pennsylvania
In Pittsburgh on the Monongahela a game of keeping house ends tragically when two young girls vanish and return with brimstone in a box. Marian consumes part of the pretend feast and dies in agony. Delia is fatally poisoned. A separate tale from Salem, Ohio describes a widower coerced into marriage by a nerveful mother in law. In Tyler Texas a mob burns a Black suspect after confessing rape and murder. A Youngstown Ohio mother burns her 8 year old son with gasoline stove, leaving him severely burned.
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Marian Henderson
Delia Maloy
Monongahela
Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh
Henderson
Delia
Marian
Harry Dobbs
Salem
Ohio
Miss Florassey
Cait
Flora
Youngstown
Mra
W. J. Greenwald
Ray
WAKES THE BRITISH LION Juasin's Action Destabilizes Power Balance
The Orient crisis deepens as Shanghai reports fifteen Russian warships leaving Vladivostock for Corea and Fusan while London notes Russia gaining rights to anchor at Port Arthur and build railways on the Liao Tung Peninsula. London papers warn such moves threaten China, Manchuria, and Peking, signaling a near confrontation among great powers. The Japanese fleet reportedly recalled, British ships bound for Corea, and tensions rise as statesmen seek a way to restore balance.
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Juasin
Orient
Shanghai
Vladivostock
Chemulpo
Fusan
Corea
London Times
Hong Kong
Russia
Port Arthur
Liao-Tung Peninsula
London
Far East
Formosan
The
Lands Times
Rusala
China
Manchuria
Peking
Republican National Committee Calls Meeting for 1895
Senator Thomas Henry Carter issued a call for the Republican National Committee to meet December 10 in Washington at 2 p.m. at the Arlington Hotel to fix the 1896 national convention date and handle routine business. The committee opted for December 10 to accommodate West members and Joseph H. Manley’s request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Henry Carter
Republican National Committee
Washington
New York City
Arlington Hotel
Washington, D. C
Thomas H. Carter
Joseph H. Manley
Carter
James 8. Clarkson
William M. Hahn
Frisco Raises Funds for National Republican Convention
San Francisco launches aid drive with $9,000 pledged on day one toward a $100,000 goal as prominent figures from multiple parties back a Pacific coast convention. In Cuba, Maceo leads 3,000 Cubans against 1,800 Spaniards near Santa Clara with heavy skirmishes and Spanish troops massing at Cienfuegos Trinidad and Villa Clara.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
National Committee
San Juan
Holguin
Barajagua
New York
Antonio Maceo
Echague
Macoo
Santa Glara
Rego
Cienfuegos
Trinidad
Villa Clara
Games
Oders
Fortune is fickle daughter of Blaine seeks relief
Mrs. J. Geiser, once a Buffalo social figure and Chicago society lead, was arrested in Buffalo on insanity charges after recent hunger pleas. Once married to Captain Victor Myers, she rose to prominence, aided the 1893 World’s Fair, and connected with Mrs. Potter Palmer before later declines and a boarding house venture.
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J. Geiser
Potter Palmer
Truxton Beale Divorce Sought by Mrs Beale
Mrs Hattie Blaine Beale formerly Miss Blaine has left her husband after a long string of quarrels. She plans to sue for divorce on incompatibility while her husband travels in South America with Stude baker Wagon Company. Mrs Beale has joined her mother in Maine.
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Mrs. Beale
Mrs. Blaine
Truxton
Buns
Kate M. Sandford
John L. Sandford
William Goebel
Covington
Goebel
Sanford
Aince
TWO OF A MOB SHOT AT TIFFIN JAIL
A mob of farmers attacked the Seneca County jail in Tiffin Ohio to lynch murderer Lee F Martin. Deputies fired and killed two attackers. several others were wounded as militia reinforced the jail ahead of Shultz funeral day.
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Tiffin
Ohio
Seneca County
Lee F. Martin
Marshal Shultz
Shultz
Martin
Dunkard
Tug Morford explosion kills three in Chicago River
The tug T Morford exploded on the Chicago River, killing captain John Ferguson and engineer Charles Dick, with deckhand John Erickson among the dead. The towboat, valued at $18,000, wrecked, leaving Chicago harbor without its protection for winter. The grain steamer Tonia was in tow at the time.
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Morford
Kile
T. T. Morford
Chicago
John Erickson
Ireman
John Ferguson
Charles Dick
Tonia
Lake Michigan
Fire at Allen Pfeiffer plant injures two in St Louis
Fire discovered in the Allen Pfeiffer Chemical Company laboratory at 617 North Main Street spreads rapidly to surrounding properties including M. Wolfheim wood and tallow storehouse 416 Calvert Vane Paint 939 Front Bank Steel Plate Furnace 621 and Henry McCabe tobacco 023. Two firemen receive serious injuries from a fall from a tower as losses reach about 90000 in stock and 40000 in buildings. Other items touch on a Goebel case and a clergyman returning to the Episcopal faith.
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Allen Pfeiffer Chemical Company
North Main Street
St. Louis
M. Wolfheim
Calvert-Vane Paint Company
Front Bank Steel Plate Furnace Company
Henry McCabe & Co. Tobacco Factory
Alaska Boundary Rage Sparks Juneau Club Plan
Juneau residents push to form a boundary club to monitor Alaska boundary talks with Britain. Gen Ufield says the situation is overblown and that final decisions rest with foreign affairs officials from the United States and Great Britain. Engineers have gathered data this summer to aid those officials.
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Juneau
United States
Alaska
Yukon
Washington
Ufield
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Great Britain
Foreign Affairs
Wedded to the Coachman in Chicago German American society
Edna Pauline Schmidt daughter of Kasper G Schmidt the millionaire brewer married Herman the family coachman in a Chicago ceremony. Ride wall collapsed at Clyde Ohio as Elmore Manufacturing bicycle factory wall caved in injuring over a dozen workers and burying several. Spain ships torpedo boats and 1500 Mauser rifles headed to Cuba amid looming war materials flow.
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Clyde
Ohio
Elmore Manufacturing Company
Cuba
Spain
Havana
Markets Report From City to City Prices Across Regions
Cattle varying by market from Chicago to New York range largely between 2.50 and 9.00 for cattle while hogs fetch up to 8.50 in Milwaukee and New York pork prices reach roughly 3.00 to 4.75. Grain and dairy show wide spreads with wheat near 58 to 70 cents and butter around 16 to 24 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Riots Fire Tiffin Jail With Fatal Shooting and Lynch Threat
A mob of over 350 people attacked the Tiffin county jail in Bun fay night, breaking doors as guards opened fire. Two prisoners were killed, one police officer injured, and Sheriff Van Nest shifted Leander Martin to Fremont as Governor McKinley ordered militia from Kenton Fostoria and Clyde to restore order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiffin
Ohis
Bunfay
Morris Degan
Leander J. Martin
Miller
August Shults
Cig
Mutchler
Matz
van Nest
Henry Mutchler
Christ Mats
Falkner
Sweeney
Frebont
Sandusky Countail
McKinley
Kenton
Fostoria
Clyde
Treasury shows cash balance and treasure reserve figures
The Treasury reports an available cash balance of 182 193 608 dollars and a geld reserve of 93 201 087 dollars. Yancey Lewis of Ardmore Indian Territory is named United States Judge for the Central District to succeed Judge Stuart. A co pastoral installation at First Presbyterian Church occurs amid a large gathering. Appointment of a solicitor of the Treasury and a United States Judge in Alaska is anticipated. The State Department reports Ambassador Patenotre of France inviting participation in a French exposition to usher in the twentieth century. Attorney General Harmon appears before the Supreme Court in Greer County boundary matters and outlines his office stance on future recurring payments.
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Treasury
Yancey Lewis
Ardmore
I. T
United States
Central District
Territory
Stuart
T. DeWitt Talmage
First Presbyterian Church
the Treasury
Alaska
State Department
Patenotre
France
Harmon
United States Supreme Court
Greer County
Sota
Texas
Visit
Judge Long
United States Supreme
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Lynchera
Yyockum
Charles Yockum
Findley
Heriff Wren
Georgia
Augusta
Jease Thompson & Co
SIG
Walter C. Clapp
Wis
Bas
Reat
Ersingjan
Aleppo
Marash
Foo-Choo
Ku-Cheng
Newell
Rev. W. Bannister
Wiliam Blaisdell
Honolulu
Cleveland
Sandwich Islands
Tifa
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