Pointer the Winner Beats Patchen in Trotting Meet
Fifteen thousand spectators at Washington Park Chicago watched Star Pointer defeat Joe Patchen in three heats on Saturday. Pointer led from start to finish, clocking 2:02, 2:04 and 2:04 for the heats, with Patchen second in two heats. Pointer surged in the stretch to win the first heat by a nose and finished strong to take the overall race.
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Trouble Among Cherokees Full Bloods Fight Dawes Talks
Report from Chelsea I T says the Keetown Society, Cherokee full bloods, threatens personal harm to Cherokee commission members if they enter an agreement with the Dawes commission. Keetowa society, with around 660 members, wields district politics and fears of armed resistance grow as negotiations loom.
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St. Louis
Chelsea
I.T
Keetown Society
Cherokee Commission
Dawes Commission
Keetowa
Muchi
Five Children Drowned in Toronto Harbor Chaos
A crowded float capsized off Toronto Sunday, drowning five children aged 8 to 18. Albert Driscoll 8 Gertie Harvey 11 Jack Bethel 10 and two unnamed youths perished. three others were rescued. The raft measured 12 by 6 feet and was made of rough tin. Twenty-one children crowded aboard as they moved toward the deep channel.
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Toronto
Albert Driscoll
Gertie Harvey
Jack
Bethel
France Seeks Reciprocity Treaty With United States
Secretary Sherman notes French overtures via Ambassador Patenotre for a reciprocity treaty under the new tariff law. A preliminary study shows 1896-97 imports from France worth 67 million dollars would incur 82.4 million in duties under the new law, but 31.6 million if reciprocity is granted, a saving of less than 1 million.
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United States
Sherman
Patenotre
France
Hnis
Bomb explosions alarm Constantinople as Armenian suspects blamed
Explosions through the Armenian community shake Constantinople on Thursday. One blast near the poties headquarters failed to detonate while a man named Garavbet was arrested at the Imperial Ottoman Bank. A second bomb killed and wounded several in a road between the Vizierate and the state council house. Police arrests followed and palace guards tightened security amid citywide panic and rumors of a widespread plot.
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Pera
Garavbet
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Galatea
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State Council
Illinois Woodman Fight Telegram About Fulton Invasion
Governor Tanner declines to investigate an armed invasion report tied to the Lyons militia in Fulton. He notes no official complaint and says action will be taken if facts warrant, following J W Potter of Rock Island's telegram regarding rumors from the Woodman fight.
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Woodman
Cubans Start Five Expeditions From New Jersey
Under the eyes of Pinkerton detectives Cuban filibustering expeditions have left Atlantic City within months. The latest, described as leaving on Wednesday, allegedly included twelve rapid fire guns six dynamite guns and 60000 cartridges. The cargo was landed on a mud scow towed ashore eight miles to a steamer for transfer.
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New Jersey
Atlantic City
N. J
Pinkerton
California Gold Fields Barely Quieting Amid Excitement
Trinity County experiences rising gold fever with about 1,000 newcomers. Reports flood in of rich strikes, including Coffee Creek headwaters where $28,000 was reportedly taken in twelve hours, signaling further excitement.
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Trinity County
California
Redding
Coffee Creek
Tragedy in Ann Arbor student killed by train
Miss Agnes Warren of Springfield was killed Saturday near Ann Arbor Michigan while walking on a railroad track with two companions they failed to hear an approaching locomotive Warren was a University of Michigan graduate living in 1806 context unclear but the tragedy highlights the fatal accident near the summer school scene in Ann Arbor Michigan
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Springfield
Mich
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Miss Warren
University of Michigan
Hanging of Harvey Deberry in Memphis for Rape
The first legal hanging of the year in Memphis occurs on Thursday with Harvey Deberry, a Black man, executed for the attempted rape of a young girl. The case marks a grim milestone in local justice during a tumultuous period.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jegal
The Week in Trade Wheat Surges on Actual Transactions
Dun and Co weekly trade review reports broad improvements in telegraphic market signals across the nation. Wheat rose 1.18 cents for the week on active export demand while corn holds steady amid a potential push to market last year’s surplus. cotton slips slightly on crop optimism. Failures show 228 in the United States versus 280 last year, and 86 in Canada vs 27. The week highlights stronger dry goods markets and mill resumption after suspensions.
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Dun & Co
Weekly Review of Trade
United States
Canada
Bad Wreck in Lima Ohio Injures Dozens of Passengers
A disastrous collision near Lima at the Junction of the Lima Northern and Lake Erie and Western railroads injured nineteen people. A Lake Erie freight crashed into a Lima Northern passenger excursion train returning from Toledo, overturning two cars and injuring many prominent locals. The Lake Erie engine derailed and the locomotive was wrecked amid the chaotic scene as passengers suffered injuries.
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Lake Irie
Wheatfeld
Anarchist Threat Aimed at Mexico’s President
Beeville editor Gonzales reports an influential Mexican friend’s letter claiming an archist has just arrived in Mexico intent on killing President Ding. The letter says authorities monitor the anarchist who will be arrested at first action or once evidence links a suspect, from a Mexico City official.
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Mexico
Fop. Gonzales
Beeville
Texas
Qe Tallon
Ding
Offichal
Gonzales Veuches
Wheat prices surge past dollar mark in Philadelphia market
Quotations in Philadelphia's wheat market reached new highs as No. 2 red and Pennsylvania red sold near and above $1.00 a bushel. A striking contrast reports a test of a compressed air motor on New York's elevated line, with 2,000 pounds of air pressure powering a five mile trip in eighteen minutes. A Milwaukee man seeking work travels toward Chicago by freight train, is nearly killed after being dragged under wheels.
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Philadelpha
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Robert Kardia
Manhattan Elevated
New York
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Keetor
Fifty -Eighth Street
Charles Title
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Chicago
Massacre in Persia and a Fatal Ballooneer Fall
A Tabreaz dispatch reports Kurds raiding Salmas in Azerbaijan, destroying two Armenian villages and massacring 200 Christians and Mussulmans as Persia plans to send more troops. In Chicago, aeronaut Walter Allerd fell 800 feet after a parachute mishap, dying before onlookers. An Akron manufacturer, John F Sieverlifig, has assets and liabilities of 160000 each amid a silver note debacle.
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Salmas
Surko-Persia
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Chicago
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Yolen
Ohlo Man Faijé
John F
Murder at Sea Aboard Olive Pecker Kills Captain and Mate
Aboard the American schooner Olive Pecker off the South American coast six sailors killed Captain Whitman and First Mate Sanders after setting fire to the cabin and afterhold. The crew fled in fear as the vessel burned, with one man to be sent to Tavita for trial at the earliest date.
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Tavita Sos
John Lend
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Angiolillo Garrotted for Assassination of Canovas
Michel Angiolillo, the assassin of Spanish Prime Minister Canovas del Castillo, was executed by garrote in Vegura Prison. The sentence was imposed by a court martial after his trial the previous Sunday and confirmed by the supreme council of war. The executioner from Bourges carried out the garroting as a priest urged repentance.
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Belle Plaine Farmer Robbed in Chicago Daylight
George Gilmore a Belle Plaine Iowa farmer stock raiser and merchant, was robbed in a Chicago saloon in broad daylight. He carried $1,100 and was dragged from the saloon, relieved of all his money, and later held by police while an inquiry proceeds. He says a single beer preceded his blackout and he recalls nothing until waking penniless in police custody.
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Chicago
George Gilmore
Iowa
Gilmore
To Want for Thirty Millions Treasure Hunt Vessel Returns
The schooner Aurora, voyage from View Victoria in April under Capt. red Thickett and Mrs. Treyan searched Cocos Island for buried treasure. They failed to find treasure. Charles Hartford claims to know where $89,000,000 lies and seeks foreign associates to aid the plan.
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Viewteria
Red Thickett
Treyan
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Victoria
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Rate on Corn to Be Higher for Eastern Routes
Presidents of eastern railroads ordered a 20 cent per 100 pounds rate increase on corn shipments from Chicago to New York effective September 6. During Jake navigation the rate will be lowered to 10 cents.
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Chicago
New York
Bicyclist Breaks McCall's Record in 1878 Event
A passerby account notes a cyclist at Crystal Palace London in 1878 breaking McCall's running record during a four mile theatre outing. The report mentions a stitched shirt and a covered mile in an 1878-5 timeframe, capturing a historic athletic achievement.
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Stirt
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Market quotations for cattle hogs and grains across cities
The report shows city by city feed and commodity prices including Chicago Milwaukee Detroit St Louis Cincinnati Buffalo New York and more. Cattle hogs sheep and grain values are listed with price ranges and grade notes across shipping and common categories.
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Chaien
Tadianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
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Milwaukee
New York
Fusion ticket fuels Populist convention clash
Two hundred delegates from across the state attended a Populist convention where fusion with the Democrats was approved for a joint ticket. The day featured speeches by ex-Senator Getter and W.R. Emerson of Lucas County, with debate on reform, railroad policies, and court proceedings amid calls to curb monopolies and tax burdens.
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