Dock Laborers Rally Seek Docks Backed by Cardinal Manning
London reports show thousands of unemployed dock laborers gathering at gates demanding the dismissal of strikebreakers. Cardinal Manning and the Lord Mayor advocate amicable settlement as dock companies sign terms, with guards and police protecting workers. In Orleans and Missouri, race tensions surge as white mobs target black families, while Judge Sawyer frees Deputy Marshal Nagle in a habeas case, with an appeal pending.
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Cardinal Manning
United Dock Companies
Victoria Dock
San Francisco
Cal
Sawyer
United States Circuit Court
David Nagle
Nagle
United States Supreme Court
Spanish prisoners held for slavery in Morocco incident
Maprio report states the captain four sailors and one passenger from a Spanish vessel captured by the Nat westis off Morocco have been moved inland to be sold into slavery. The Spanish government will demand the prisoners be freed from the sultan of Morocco.
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Maprio
Natwestis
Morocco
Breeh steamer Statesman lands Nobreza crew near Brunswick
The Breeh steamer Statesman from Liverpool, commanded by Capt. Edgar, arrived in New Orleans on Sept 18 with eleven crew members rescued from the Portages bark Nobreza. The vessel had been bound for Braunswick, Louisiana in ballast and was taken off the ship on Sept 11 in latitude 24 42 N, longitude 60 45 W.
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New Orleans
Statesman
Edgar
Liverpool
Nobreza
Lisbon
Braunswick
Vesel
Chinese envoy Tuey Gwok Ting arrives in San Francisco
San Francisco on September 18 reports Tuey Gwok Ting, newly named ambassador to the United States, aboard the steamer Gallie from Hong Kong and Yokohama. He travels with a large delegation of Chinese dignitaries and plans to depart for the east within a few days.
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Cal
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Tuey Gwok Ting
United States
Washington
East
Stone struck Prime Minister Crispi during drive in Rome
In Rome on September 14 Prime Minister Crispi was struck above the eye by a stone thrown while he rode in a carriage. The assailant was arrested and found to be deranged upon police examination.
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Rome
Crispi
Farmer Henry Peters Found With Throat Cut On Market Street
Henry Peters a 55 year old farmer from Quincy HL was found on the stairs to a lodging house at 614 Market Street with his throat cut. The windpipe is severed yet he survives. Authorities consider whether the injuries result from attempted suicide or homicide.
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St. Louis
Henry Peters
Quincy
Market Street
Peters
Mormon Recruits Arrive in New York En Route to Utah
One hundred fifty four Mormons arrived in New York from Europe. About half were women. They immediately proceeded to Utah for relocation and settlement.
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New York
Europe
Utah
Religious Rioting Flare Up At Rohtak Festival
During a religious festival at Rohtak Mussulmans and Hondoos clashed in a dispute that sparked rioting. Reports from Anavarvingus detail the unrest as railway brotherhood committees in MN and ML coordinate security and responses.
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Anavarvingus
the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad
Striking Labor Leaders Promote Temperance amid Strife
In a global labor struggle John Burns and Ben Tillett, both abstainers, urged temperance among workers. Records show 1290 strikers pledged total abstinence, with Burns appealing to stop wife beating and support children. Autonomy and self-reliance for workers promised, aiming for steadier wages and reduced tavern spending.
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Lonxpox
John Burns
Ben Tillett
Cleny
Burns
Jailbreak at Old County Jail Free Ten Inmates
At about 1 am guards found prisoners prying a wall opening and escaping. Ten inmates fled including a boy sent to reform school for twelve months on larceny and Rube Smith serving six months for wife beating. buckshot shots failed to stop them.
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Meuskoerr
J. T
Washington
Rube Smith
Heir in Germany Leaves $200000 to Street Vendor
A poverty stricken street vendor, living by selling matches, inherits $200000 from an uncle in Germany. The heir Steindle is described as a cripple who has long discussed his wealthy relatives in the old country.
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Germany
Steindle
Ex-Congressman Warner Seen For Pension Office Post
Waslington observers believe ex-Congressman Warner will take the pension office though no official acceptance has been made. Politicians question why the interior department would be turned over to Missourians, noting widespread Missouri representation from Noble downward. Deputy commissioner Smith, a Missourian, now acts in Tanner's place and re rated himself, netting over $6000.
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Waslington
Warner
Interior Department
Noble
Smith
Tanner
Interior
Fatal Rail Accident in Curevco Ends in Tragedy
On September 15 in Curevco UK an Italian woman about sixty years old named Maria Sarai was struck by an incoming train while gathering coal at the Tinis Central line foot of Eldridge Court. She was hurled twenty feet, rendered unconscious, and died with her newborn child died en route to the sitter's home.
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Curevco
Tinis Central
Eldridge Court
Maria Sarai
Tragic Drowning Death Shocks Langdon Community
Della Walker aged 19 of Briaons Falls Vermont died by self destruction in Langdon New Hampshire last Friday night. Daughter of J C Walker she was known as a beautiful and accomplished girl spending vacation at home and planning to return this week. The cause remains a mystery and she was an intimate friend of two local girls Miss Winver of Keene and Miss Walker of Springfield Vermont who also took their own lives last winter after attending Vermont Academy.
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Briaons Fallss
Della Walker
Langdon
N.hs
J. C Walker
Emigrant Train Wreck Near Lynchborne Va
A Mormon emigrant train on the Norfolk and Western railroad derailed when a bridge gave way four miles south of Lynchborne. The special, carrying 160 people, had passed the engine and baggage car. Two cars fell into a creek. no fatalities and only 15 to 20 injured, none seriously.
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Lynchborne
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Ex-County Official John Hangan Returns. Asks for Bail
John Hangan, former county commissioner accused of wrongdoing who fled to Canada two years ago, returned to Chicago and appeared before Judge Horton. He requested bail for a future hearing and was held on $1000 bail.
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Crmwage
John Hannagan
Chicago
Canada
Nively brothers escape after jail assault in Somerset
In Somerset Pennsylvania on September 16 the Nively brothers, held on a death sentence for the murder of Farner Nunberger, overpowered the jail staff. A deputy sheriff was shot when a second officer came to aid, and the brothers fled with the sheriff's revolver.
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Somerset
Nively Brothers
Farner Nunberger
Rvolver
ZANZIPAR Police Destroy Konout Seli Town
Captain Wissman reports police destroyed the town of Konout seli between Bagamovo and Dar-Fasa laam. The action aimed to punish inhabitants for supplying arms to insurgents.
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Zanzipar
Wissman
Konoutseli
Bagamovo
Dar-Fasalaam
Masked Robber Seizes Wells Fargo Box in Forest City
A masked man robbed Wells Fargo & Co. in Forest City, demanding the treasure box and fleeing with it as the stage from Forest City to Auburn was halted. The incident occurred this morning in Sacramento.
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Sacramento
Cal
Forest City
Auburn
Wells, Fargo & Co
Bob Younger Dies in Stillwater Penitentiary
At Stillwater prison in Minnesota Bob Younger of the Younger brothers died at 10:45 p m from consumption after weeks of wasting away. He had been serving life imprisonment for murder tied to the Northfield bank robbery and had recently asked the governor for clemency, which was denied.
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St. Paul, Minn
Stillwater
Bob Younger
Younger Brothers
Northfield Bank
Lis
Asken
Roversor
Cranterd
Untitled fragment about prison official Deal Steindie
A garbled dispatch from Wis Sept 1 mentions Deal Steindie, once George to the state prison system, with unclear context about a district attorney and McArthur amid ongoing questions of his conduct.
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Miw Watknk
Wis
Deal Steindie
George
Nirador
Tistrict
Atle McArthur
Frost barely touched area with little damage
In St. Louis Missouri on September 18 frost appeared light with minimal impact reported in the local section. Affected crops and overnight plants showed negligible damage and farmers prepared for the day.
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St. Louis
Hospital Ward Tales From an Injury Night
A narrator recalls waking in a New York Hospital ward after a fall. He describes admission, the routine of meals, nurse rounds, and the social dynamics among patients and staff, noting the appeal and ambitions of nurses and the surprising kindness and order of hospital life.
Plankton Life Fills Gulf Stream Waters The author discusses minute marine life and whale feeding
Ralph R Tarr notes that Gulf Stream surface waters teem with microscopic creatures and juvenile forms of larger species. By netting and microscopic viewing, researchers observe jellyfish crustaceans and other tiny beings, which constitute the staple food for baleen whales relying on endless filtering.
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Gulf Stream
Ralph 8. Tarr
Popular Science Monthly
Mountain Pines and Winter Harp Echo on the Mountain
The poem evokes Mountain Pines as a lofty pine cathedral where seasons pass without human sound until winter’s dirge awakens reflection. The piece ends with a note about Chattanooga’s Waterphone device that detects water flow by sound, using a rod to transmit the sound to the ear without entering a house.
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Chattanooga
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