President Cleveland's Tudor Haven estate put up for sale
Public notice announces the sale of the Tudor Haven tract on Monument River, property of President Cleveland, excluding Gray Gables villa and surrounding lands. Restrictions require expensive homes as neighbors and imply a planned new substantial villa on the bay shore.
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Gray Gables
Buzzara
Horace W. Crowell
Boston
St Ure
Bay Shore
Moses Williams
Mexico
Arrest of American Col Foster Shocks Mexican Army Circles
A prominent American, Col D W Foster, long serving in the Mexican army, has been arrested by government order. The public has no details, but he is said to face severe punishment. A petition to President Diaz is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Mexico
Col
D. W. Foster
Col. Foster
Diaz
Guthrie Strips Sufferers Fill Territory Amid Hard Times
The Cherokee Strip lures settlers with empty pockets and no means of support. Daily reports speak of deaths among the poor, ruined by rushed migration. The Denver section notes a sensational tale about the famed prisoner Thatcher Graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Cherokee Strip
Lungey
Cod
Pine log replaces body in grave hoax claim
Chas N Chandler of Thomas Center and Stephen Norse visit Grave's old home claim the coffin at the grave was opened despite the widow’s protest and a pine log found inside. They allege the doctor’s body was secretly replaced and that he now lives abroad amid rumors of officials in a secret organization.
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Colfir
Chas. N. Chandler
Thomas Center
Conun
Chandler
Stephen Norse
Survivors Tell Harrowing Tale Of Lost Schooner
Captain Winfield Carson and Mate Henry of the schooner Charles E. Young arrive in Baltimore recounting a northeast hurricane that wrecked their ship after leaving Savannah on October 4 for Philadelphia. Eight crewmen clung to rigging for forty two hours, with no food or water, until a rescue schooner appeared on October 14. The vessel was valued at $15,000, cargo lumber owned by FE B Hunting & Co.
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Charlies E. Young Kell
Baltimore
Winfield
Carson
Henry
Charles E. Young
Savannah
Philadelphia
Mth
Charles EB. Young
FE. B. Hunting & Co
Kansans to settle German colony in Maryland shores
About fifty German settlers from Butler County Kansas, led by Pastor Gyr, are due in Baltimore then join a community along the Nanticoke River near Vienna Dorchester County Maryland. They begin building log block houses for winter shelter as storms lash the region and Rev Burkhart guides the group.
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Kansas
Baltimore
Butler County
Gyr
Lutheran Church of
Bratford
Kan
Nanticoke River
Vienna
Dorchester County
Maryland
Burkhart
Feuding Bengal Tigers Kill Each Other at Providence Park
In Roger Williams Park menagerie Prince and Princess, two royal Bengal tigers, fought fatally with Prince killed and torn apart. Park commissioners earlier received a £3600 bid from New York Central Park for the pair.
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Providence
R.I
Royal
Bengal Tigers
Roger Willams Park
Prince
Princess
Park Commissioners
New York Central Park
Riot at Whiting Station House Ends in Fatalities
In Whiting Lake County a clash between Poles and Italians escalated with police failing to quell the riot. John Poshanski was scalped alive and another man was fatally wounded by a dagger thrust. A large number of arrests followed the melee.
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Shirteen
Valparaiso
Ind
Whiting
Lake County
John Poshanski
Siude
Storm Rips Mexican Coast Near Guadalajara
A Pacific coast storm near Guadalajara caused widespread flooding in tropical territories, destroying villages and triggering massive losses. About 160 lives are reported lost with many bodies recovered as search efforts continue for the missing.
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Mexico
Guadalajara
Pacific
Here
Tropics
Fraud Charge Targets George B. White and Co
A Boston Herald report says a warrant is out for George B. White of W. & White & Co tanners on charges of obtaining by false pretenses about 200000 from Boston banks and 400000 from New York Philadelphia and Pittsburgh institutions. The firm once valued at 1250000 reportedly has only 300000 in assets and could not cover a 100000 check now.
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Boston Speciall
Ene Herald
George B. White
W. &. White & Co
Tanners
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Mablitfes
Biennial Census of Iowa Crops and Local Incidents
A wide sweep of notices details Wess anniversary in Bedford, Lamson death in Des Moines, and crimes from Denial of venue to horse stealing. Industrial and civic items include corporate filings, a Muscatine church fire, a deadly railway wreck at Dayton, a diphtheria quarantine, and a major biennial census of Iowa crops with county and crop tallies.
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Iowa
Muscatine Church
Smathup
Fort Dodge
WM. A. Wess
Bedford
William Lamson
Starch Works
Des Moines
Algona
C.B. Bennet
Marcus
F. W. Dalch
C. P. Connolley
Council Bluffs
Frank Long
Dubuque
New Congregational
Muscatine
Blair Printing Company
Deas Moines
Capital Stock
John G
Victoria S. Blair
W. J. Pratt Grocery Co
George W. Bowers
Lyons-Osceola
South
George Williams
Solon
Des Moines River Bridge Collapse Kills One in Eldon
An accident on a Des Moines River bridge under construction at Eldon Iowa killed Ed Thompson and injured several other workers including John Fallon James Collins William Burke Cit Nichols Frank Defored W. D. Frantz and Jesse Nicholson. The old bridge section was deemed unsafe and seventeen men were present when the span fell.
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Iowa
Elders
Eldon
Des Moines
Ed Thompson
South Ottumwa
John Fallon
Mike Murphy
James Collins
Fallon
Murphy
William Burke
Cit Nichols
Frank Defored
W. D. Frantz
Jesse Nicholson
Thompson
Collins
Ottumwu
Ottumwa Murder Sensation Shocks Iowa Readers
Ottumwa faces a fresh murder scandal as 18 year old Melinda Amelia Cook dies after an alleged abortion. She accuses N. Ke Barton of Bloomfield and Otumwa officer Ed Walton of the crime, triggering arrests and a dramatic chase as Barton flees with $1,100 after a bank withdrawal. Walton is held for safety amid threats.
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Ottumwa
Melinda Amelia Cook
Eddyville
N. KE. Barton
Bloomfield
Iowa
Ed Walton
Barton
Walton
Attair
Burglar Shoots P. C. Spooner Son During Robbery
In Mondamin burglars drilled the Spooner store safe and readied a fuse but fled when S. G. Spooner appeared. A burglar shot the 19 year old victim below the right eye, through the nose and out the left eye. He is being treated in Omaha with no suspects yet identified.
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P. C. Spooner
Mondamin
S. G. Spooner
Young Spooner
Omaha
Davenport High Strike Over Field Meet Absence
Davenport schools face a walkout as high school students plan a strike to protest a decision denying attendance at the Rock Island Moline Davenport field meet on October 20. Girls join the protest and fear expulsion of the entire high school department may follow.
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Davenport
Rock Island
Moline
The Cyclone Thieves Strike Pomeroy Ruins
As the cyclone left Pomeroy, ghouls plundered wrecked houses and the bodies of the dead. Police now claim proof against two suspects after prior inability to reach the thieves.
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Pomeroy
Woman Seeks Damages Over Husband's Death in Bridge Fall
Ida M. Bradley sues Jackson County in Clinton County for 20006.00 damages claiming a bridge collapse caused her husband’s death. Jury awards 6333.32 to the plaintiff. Also mentions a young farmer killed after a wagon mishap near Davenport.
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Clinton County
Ida M. Bradley
Jackson County
Great Gotham blaze destroys Campbell wallpaper works
A huge fire in New York City destroyed the Campbell wallpaper factory and Nevins & Haviland plants along with several tenement blocks. The blaze, driven by a stiff wind, left four missing and caused an estimated loss of 3 million, with Campbell’s alone at 2 million. Firefighters escaped injury as buildings burned rapidly. The fire began in the Campbell engine room and spread across West 42d and West 41st streets, illuminating the city.
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New York
Wall
William Campbell & Co
West 42d Street
West 41St Street
Nevins & Haviland
St. Raphael’s Church
Fortieth Street
Tenth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Campbell & Co
Forty-secnd Street
Campbells
Fairs Prolong Open Gates for Public Passes
The Gates shall remain open as long as attendance justifies. The World’s Fair management decided to extend the exposition beyond the official closing time and allow visitors indefinitely while demand and weather permit. President Higinbotham cited rail track work and packing as reasons delaying removal of displays.
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Council of Administration Deciacsa
Congress
Chicago
Council of Administration
Higinbotham
Widow Julia Seymour Conkling Dies in Utica at 83
Julia Seymour Conkling widow of Senator Roscoe Conkling died at her Utica home of apoplexy. Born in Utica in May 1837 she was sister of the late Gov Horatio Seymour. Her heritage combined honor and patriotism with Revolutionary ancestry. She married Roscoe Conkling in 1855 in Utica despite his political clash with Horatio Seymour.
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New York
Utica
Julia Seymour Conkling
Roscoe Conkling
N. Y
Julia Seymour
Horatio Seymour
Honr Seymour
Miss Seymour
Conkling
William Batchel der Inventor Ends Life in New York
William Batchelder aged about 50, inventor of a shoe-nerging machine and other devices, hanged himself in his New York bedroom using a broad leather belt attached to a gas bracket. The death appears self-inflicted and occurred within his residence.
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William Batchelder
New York
Himelf
City Marshal Havensack Elopes With Wife and Funds
Sioux City city marshal W. B. Havensack eloped with a woman not his wife and took $100 in special taxes he collected, leaving creditors unpaid. He reportedly wired money to himself and his wife from Chicago.
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W. B. Havensack
Sioux City, In
Chicago
Worst Gale in Years Devastates Lakeshore Regions
A northwest gale battered lakes and coastlines, wrecking ships and telegraph lines. The propeller Dean Richmond with 18 aboard is missing near Dunkirk, and the four masted Minnehaha with six crew perished near Arcadia. Georgetown South Carolina also suffered heavy losses with at least nineteen drowned at Magnolia Beach.
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Latter-Day Marine
Dean Richmond
Lake Erie
van Buren Point
Dunkirk
Buffalo
Richmond
Logan
Bottsfords
Port Huron
Minnehaha
Arcadia
Manistee
William Packer
Packer
Frankfort
Mani
Starke
Onekama
Lake Huron
Lake Superior
United States
Georgetown
South Carolina
Magnolia Beach
Pauley’s Island
Debordean
Multiple Unconnected Incidents Reported Across Cities
Reports detail a Temple Texas building fire with large loss. a Boston arrest of Joseph Munbeia for counterfeiting. Malvern Arkansas robbers looting 1200 pounds. receivers named for Omaha waterWorks. Also Mexico outlaw clash kills eight. Topeka and Kansas events. Pacific and river disruptions. Vancouver overdue steamer Mignora. Canadian Pacific officials alarmed. Winthrop flood threat. Missouri River erosion above town. widespread summer landslide.
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Kimball
Temple
Tex
Joseph Munbeia
Boston
Iron Mountain
Malvern
Ark
American Water Works Company of
Omaha
Ilan
Mexico
Eva M. Blackman
Missouri
Winthrop
Kas
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Department of Jamenteo
Alexander T. MacDonald
Chihuahua
Sonora
Chihuhua
Frontier Free Zone
Charles Bathgate Beck
Westfarms
Board of Presbyterian Missions
Peabody Home For Old Women
The
Home For Incurables
Society For the Prevention of Crime
New York Hospital
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Columbia College
Karin
Wabash, Ind
Catharine Greek
Milan
Casablana
Mellilla
Mellla
Melillla
Madrid
Tangiers
Denver
de Tt Thatcher Graves
Rio de Janeiro
Banta Cruz
Arout
Pallas
Macon
Huntsville
Ardnure
Sherby White
Gusymus
Cape San Lucas
St. Johnus
Martha Luther
Narrows
Lacey Stone
Lucy Stone
Ead
Chicago and Northwestern
Dayton
Erb
Ed Bates
Lake Peosta
August Wallin
Charles E. Ames
Arthur
Westfield
LeMars
H. C. Curtis
Shimer
Young Ames
Ames
H. ©. Curtis
McHenry & McHenry
Peter Sutter
Sutter
McHenrys
Grinnell
Iowa College
Iowa Agricultural College
Towa College
McLaughlin
the Agricultural College
Franklin County
Iowa State News
Rock Rapids
Lyon County
Hell
Government Bureau of
Russia
Postville
Dysart
Carroll
Clinton
Keystone
Miles
Charles City
St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Clark
Augus
Big Blaze
Gotham
Campbell Wall-Paper
Chattanooga
Georgia
Bill
Richardson
Jim Dickson
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