Senate Hearings and Debates on Silver Coinage and Election Laws
Senators debated free coinage restoration and repeal of federal elections laws while proposing a Wisconsin statue in Washington and considering a popular vote on free silver coinage. House members argued for and against federal election supervision as a Carlisle report noted 106 G4 hinamen nationwide.
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Spectacular Gallery of 19th Century News Snippets
A sweeping array of incidents including political impostor claims at the White House, a Louisville and Asheville train wreck with multiple fatalities, prairie fires in Indian Territory, and a New York bank operator's sudden death. Other items report fires destroying Casa Grande business district, a miner’s death in New York, a train robbery conviction, domestic tragedy in Florida, and various accidents, crimes, and legal cases across the United States.
Wild storms and crime blot the era’s headlines
River of frogs floods Pine Bluff streets while counterfeit bills circulate in Chicago. Fires devastate farm homes near Winchester and Jefferson township. A mass lynching occurs in Mount Vernon as fraud, theft, and murder probe sweep the nation. The World’s Fair debt and attendance shifts are noted amid a storm of accidents and political unrest.
Rail Freight Collision Kills and Injures Several Near Edgewood
A freight train collision near Edgewood results in multiple deaths and three serious injuries. Other reports note a fatal cemetery quarrel in Brooklyn, two cemetery workers killed by sickles. Banking reopenings include Kentucky National in Louisville Findlay Farmers and Union National in Rochester. United States Court of Appeals at St Paul upholds lower court on Trans Missouri Freight Association as a trust. Standard silver dollar production for week ending Sept 30 shows 541 668 dollars, down from 12 925 dollars the previous year.
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Mints
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Nominations Withdrawn and Notable Deaths Reported
The president withdrew Leopold Morse’s nomination as consul at St. Christopher, West Indies. Willis D. Machen, ex senator, dies at Hopkinsville Kentucky at age 84. Dr L P Dople dies at Farmington Minnesota from hiccoughs aged 60. Kansas counties nominate women for coroner and county posts. A bill seeks a 1900 world exposition in New York to honor Christianity. Sister Loretta, Georgetown convent directress, dies after fifty years of service.
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New York City
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West Indies
Willis D. Machen
United States
Hopkinsville
L. P Dople
Farmington, Minn
Hiccoughs
Kansas
Register of Deeds
National
House of Representatives
New York
Loretta
Georgetown
Multiple World News Items From A Dated Dispatch
A synagogues fire in Kalwarya Poland kills nine and wounds about a hundred. US pressure forces Turkey to compensate American missionaries. Greek Laurium ruins unearthed. Reconciliation talks between William and Bismarck fail. AnaRcmsT Partas sentenced to death for Barcelona bombs. France honors sailors on the Menam river run. Austria tightens censorship amid Czech agitation. A severe Jalapan storm causes many deaths and injuries. A silver coin hoard found near Perth Canada. Golden Dragon hotel collapsed near Berlin killing seven. Three Canadian bridges destroyed by floods.
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Senate Debates Silver Purchases and Rail Traffic Pool
The senate debated a repeal bill reviving the 1887 free coinage act and remitting 20 percent import duties for goods from nations accepting the American standard dollar. A rail pool traffic bill was introduced, and the House resumed discussion of the federal election repeal bill with Mr Northway opposing. Deaths, disasters, and political shifts fill the day with local crimes, storms, and government moves across the nation.
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Mississippi
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Mount Pleasant
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Chicago Gunfight Ends as McGrath is Killed by Police
James McGrath, a notorious West Side figure, was shot and killed by Maxwell Street officers after a string of shootings that wounded Officer Michael Fleming and bystander Edward Jackson. McGrath’s death comes after a quarrel with Thomas Behan and a police pursuit on Canal Street.
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Maxwell Street
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Henry Street
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Bank of Halsted Robbed by Three Men in Minnesota
In Halsted Minnesota the Bank of Halsted was raided at about 3 pm by three men who held cashier A A Eckern at gunpoint and escaped with about 850 dollars in cash and some coins. A posse pursued toward the river and crossed into North Dakota but the robbers remain at large.
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Fatal Church Crush in Poland Kills Nine
A false fire alarm at a Kalwarya synagogue near Suwalki caused a deadly stampede. Nine people died near exits and about a hundred were injured, with fifteen wounded severely as worshippers panicked and crowded to flee. The rabbi and caretakers restored order after ten minutes of chaos.
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Three Men Die In Kentucky Train Wreck
A Louisville and Nashville wreck near Hazel Patch Kentucky on the Knoxville branch between passenger train No 43 and freight No 80 killed Express Messenger Jim Kelly Mail Agent Smith and Fireman Lew Ryan instantly. Freight engineer Arthur Pearce was badly injured and may die. no passengers harmed. The collision occurred after the passenger engineer failed to meet the freight at Hazel Patch as ordered.
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WRECKED BY ROBBERS THREE KILLED FOUR TRAINMEN HURT
A Gulfport Mississippi wreck on September 29 left four injured: Frank Goffin Mobile engineer badly injured his hand. George Morgan New Orleans fireman crippled head and leg. John G. Arro New Orleans mail agent head crushed. Joseph Hughes Mobile mail agent internal injuries. Three unknown menaced fled. A mail sack lay on the track with contents scattered.
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Deadly hurricane devastates Louisiana and Pensacola region
Reports show extensive loss of life and destruction from a hurricane sweeping across Bayou Cook to Plaquemines Parish and coastal Florida towns. Casts of casualties include residents of Pointe a la Hache and Bayou Shute with damage to markets, churches, rail lines, and levees, amid rising death tolls and emergency alerts.
Disaster in Kingston apartment leaves multiple injured
In a Kingston residence a floor collapse trapped nine people and injured many. Rescue workers freed victims as the room’s panic and debris overwhelmed occupants. several suffered internal injuries and bruises while some escaped. An investigation began to gauge injuries and causes.
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