Boundary Change Shifts Towns Into Mexico Under New Survey
Frontero merchant PF. P. Carrellu reports the boundary survey moved the line beyond the old mark. Frontero’s Custom House sits four miles south of the prior boundary and was ordered moved. Rich mining properties once under US laws now lie in Mexico, threatening duties on ore smelted in the United States. Survey workers faced water scarcity and desertions amid hardships.
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San Antonio
Texas
PF. P. Carrellu
Frontero
Mexico
United States
Texas Cotton Crop Report Signals Sharp Fall in Yield
The Dallas News reports Texas cotton likely to fall well short of last year’s 2,409,000 bales. Across 126 cotton counties and 14 neighboring districts, yields may drop 25 to 30 percent due to reduced acreage, bo il worms, rust, and adverse spring and summer weather. Marketed picking now covers 40 to 50 percent, with top crops unlikely. The Gutha station analysis points toward about 1,700,000 bales for the season.
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Galveston
Dallas News
Texas
Indian Territory
Tragic Cincinnati Death of 4-Year-Old Katie Leesman
Four year old Katie Leesman died after choking on a marble sized piece of Nine. Witnesses described the moment her mouth filled and she collapsed on the sidewalk as her breath failed. The vivid scene prompted horror among onlookers.
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Cincinnati
Katie Leesman
Katie
London bookseller profits from rare English settlement volume
A young London dealer paid £5 for a rare early English settlements book and sold it for £75. A later buyer offered £50 to regain it, with talk of American buyers willing to pay £1,000. In New York, M F Sweeny cleared 6 feet 4.5 inches in high jump, lowering the world record, while A P Swarner and Jr Mitchell marked records in broad jump and hammer throw.
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London
North America
New York
New York Special
M. F. Sweeny
New York Athletic Club
Hebrews in Pittsburgh Credit Squeeze Hits Mill Workers
Reported in Pittsburgh the Hebrew community extended credit to pack peddlers who then sold on credit to Homestead mill workers. The Carnegie strike left workers unable to pay creditors, causing the failure of about six firms within a week with aggregate liabilities exceeding $200,000.
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Pittsburg
Carnegie
Three Die In Denver Region Freight Train Wreck
A Santa Fe freight train wreck near Eden, Denver, Colo, claims Engineer Miller Flraman McCune and Stakeman Buchanan as victims. The incident follows reports of widespread illness and distress in several ports, including yellow fever concerns in Santos, Brazil.
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Denver
Colo
Philadelphia
Santos
Brazil
South
Epidemic in Americas Causes Mass Death and Delayed Shipping
An epidemic rages in the Americas with dead piled in trenches while claims compare losses to cholera. About 347 vessels await discharge of cargoes from around the world and are expected to remain for a year or more.
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Santos
Turops
Desperate Escapee Eludes Arrest in Arkansas River Habitat
Jack Thorne alias Jack Smith, an escaped convict long hunted since the death of Matt Mitchell, hid in Arkansas river bottoms near Crittenden County opposite Memphis. Employed earlier by the Ragsie Fishing and Hunting Club at Baggie Lake, he defied officers, resisted arrest, and briefly fought off deputies near Earle before being pursued.
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Memphis
Tenn
Matt Mitchell
Arkansas
Jack Thorne
Jack Smith
Crittenden County
Baggie Club
Arkansas State
Little Rock
Smith
Thorne
Earle
Frank Williams
Bears
Bir
Lynching of Alexander Bell in Tennessee after attempted assault
Report from Nashville recounts Alexander Bell, a colored man, entering the residence of Mrs. J. Jones in Mount Pellia County and attempting to assault Miss Sallie Jones. He was shot during capture, arrested again, then killed by a mob after resisting officers. Miss Jones sustained only minor scratches.
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Alexander Bell
Tennessee
Nashville
Tenn
Mount Pellia
J. &. Jones
Indy
Sallie Jones
Bell
Phil Homan
Ninard
Miss Jones
Career of a Bigamist in Detroit Records Thrice Married
Mary Howell, 17, who has thirteen children, was released after prosecutors could not produce a man to swear to her bigamy. Formerly Mary Ross of London Ontario, she wed Buckingham at 14, then Robert B. Howell, then an apparent legal marriage to M J Brown in Detroit City Hall, with growing troubles through each union.
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Detroit
Mich
Mary Howell
Shoe
Mary Ross
London
Buckingham
Robert B. Howell
Uowell
Kentucky
M. J. Brown
Major Brown
Ann Arbor
Crawfordsville
Ind
Baptists
Ballsach
E. F. Volkenburn
Volkenburn
Ballinch
United Brethren Church
State Baptist Board
Dastardly Bombing Targeting Non-Union Men in Homestead
In Homestead Pennsylvania a dynamite bomb was hurled into a boarding house housing non union men. The blast damaged the building yet no serious injuries were reported among sleepers on the upper floor. Deputies increased patrols and the Striker's Advisory Committee offered 160 dollars for the arrest and conviction of the assailants.
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Homestead
Whe Ifsure
Skeletons Unearthed In Whitechapel Dig In Deal Street
A sharp discovery in Deal Street Whitechapel reveals a rough box containing the dry bones of three adults. The scene, noted for prior crimes and tied to the Suck the Ripper murders, drew crowds as police investigated a historic atrocity unearthed during building work.
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London
Deal Street
Whitechapel
Suck the Ripper
Moonshiners under heavy guard en route to Louisville trial
Ashland Kentucky United States Marshal Lafayette Lovejoy led a transport through town of twenty seven heavily manacled moonshiners from Pike Floyd Martin and Buchanan counties bound for Louisville. They operated in the Big Sandy region for years and officers report several clashes with outlaws amid seizures of eight stills and hundreds of gallons of liquor.
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United States
Louisville
Ashland
Lafayette Lovejoy
United States Court
Big Sandy River
Pike
Floyd
Martin
Buchanan
The Sharon Divorce Case Settled After Thirteen Years
The Sharon divorce case in San Francisco concludes after long litigation including a death and insanity findings. The Supreme Court dismisses the appeal from Judge McShafter's 1899 judgment, declaring the marriage between William Sharon and Sarah Althea Hil be valid and authorizing costs to be collected.
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Sharon
San Francisco
United States
Supreme Court of
Bank
Judge McShafter
Pen Sa Wet
William Sharon
Sarah Althea
Field
United States Supreme Court
Sullivan
Sarala Althex
Des Moines and Dubuque News Snapshot hits crime and weather
Iowa items report a Des Moines footpad spree with assaults and thefts on West Grand avenue and a Burlington body dispute ending fatally. Dubuque sees jail escapes and a bond scam. Chicago Sun strikes back at liquor enforcement. a Des Moines lawsuit over an aero lite case intrigues lawyers.
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Jonn P. Flaring
Dubuque
West
Thomas Kanna
Iowa
Kossuth County
Miss Roopy
Dubuque County
Roddy
Caldwell
H. C. Patterson
Fairfield
Harrow Manufactory
Ther Publishing House
B. W. Stephens
Columbia
Iowa Reports
Des Moines
Pub Higher
Sunday Sun of Chicago
Express Company
Saunders
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Farley
Burlington
Charles Saunders
Protecting Iowa Farms A Bold Missouri River Channel Change
A group plans to dig a 16 foot deep canal from the Nebraska side to divert the Missouri River away from the Iowa bank near Bellevue and Mosquito Creek. The project aims to flood new land while endangering hundreds of Iowa farms and is opposed by Nebraska and Iowa interests with possible arrests to halt progress. Charles L P Benjamin of Omaha area holds large Nebraska stakes in nearby J & M park.
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Missouri
Missouri River
Iowa
Bellevue
Neb
Nebraska
Mosquito Creek
Isut
Charles LP Benjamin
Gimaha
J & M Park
Murdered cousins trigger late 19th century feud in Iowa
In Mitc County near Fremont two Clark brothers were killed in a feud with Guy Helms. Myron Clark died instantly. Barn Clark died hours later after fleeing to a relative’s home. Helms surrendered to authorities as a crowd threatened lynching. Separate items note Iowa National Guard plans for Chicago dedication events and a chase of tram thieves in Council Bluffs.
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Mitchasky
Fremont
Remunirt
Geyius
Byron Asd Arn Clark
Clark
Guy Dfelms
Clark Dboys
Mfelms
Jielms
Clark Brothers
Helms
Fielms
Chirk Brothers
Gatog
Caria
Aorithbar
Fin Walt
Helins
Guy
Ialms
Myron Clark
Barn Clark
Oliver Helms
Shsvietha
Hlotms
Sigourney
Weather Amid Forecasts Points to Early Winter Arrival
The Weather Letter from 1892 predicts a warm spell into November followed by a cool change and significant storm waves late October into December. Winter is not expected to begin in the north until mid December with harsher weather expected in January and February across regions including Santa Fe Denver and the Black Hills meridians.
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Pacific Coast
Great Central
Great Central Valleys
Santa FL
Denver
Black Hills
Weather Bulletin Reports Widespread Excess Rain Across Mississippi Valley
Last week’s weather bulletin notes general excess precipitation across the Mississippi Valley and northern districts east of Missouri. Many regions report below average rainfall, with 10 to 15 inch deficits along Florida and the Texas coast. The report mentions crop conditions across multiple states and notes frosts, harvests, and drought impacts on various crops.
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Mississippi Valley
Pingo Texas
Maine
Atlantic
Maryland
Florida
Texas
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Arkansas
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Ichigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Towa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Oregon
Kentucky
Corpatta
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John L. Sullivan
Chicago
Sioux City
Minister of Marine
Copp
Admiralty Court
Ruseslan
Decatur
Elmer Mans
Kuns
Sugar Netining Concern
Yonkers
National Sugar Refinery of
Gainesville
Jefferson McKey
Cordelia Reynolds
MceKey
Denton County
Dallas
McKey
News OF
Res Moines
Chicago Sunday Sun
West Grand Avenue
Wm. Lueltto
S Vludgeon
Metter Sato E
Agoo Oleh Imselr
Iowa Norma Monthly
John Y. Stone
Supreme Court
Goddard
Peter Hoagland
H. W. Winchell
Hoagland
Stevu T. A. C. Sharpe
United States Infantry
War Department
National Guard
Sharpe
Reveille
Lieut
Algona
Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
Green
Iowa National Guard
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Traor
Ward Farnum
Alce Campbell
Loledo
Board of Commissioners
Inpsovpg
Prophet Foster
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Atlanta
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W.poster
Potter
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