Orren Sperry Surrenders After Embezzling 80000
The Jamestown man aged 70 who allegedly embezzled 80000 twelve years ago returns and turns himself in to authorities. The piece notes his age, past fortune, and the unlikely prospect of trial if money had remained in his possession. It also critiques Home Rule politics and comments on Midway plaisance and international reactions.
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Orren Sperry
Jamestown
Mr. Sperry
Mipwar Plaisance
Ireland
Plaisance
Economy as death toll warning in a bygone disaster critique
An old warning echoes after the Ford’s Theatre wreck, blaming unsafe clerical occupancy and a stalled congressional appropriation for new quarters. The piece argues railroads should embrace electric lines and cites the Brooklyn Bridge as proof that new infrastructure boosts, not ends, travel demand.
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Ford
Congress
Canadians Offer Free Homestead Incentives in Western States
A Boston Globe report states over 300 Canadian agents recruit immigrants in Western States offering a $10 bonus to heads of families and $5 to each member to settle on free Canadian homesteads. The piece argues the effort backfires as the US gains able bodied Canadians bringing industry and capital.
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Canada
Boston Globe
World’s fair cuts staff as grounds near completion
The directors begin reducing force on the exposition grounds after a month of open operations. Many workers will be dismissed as the site becomes a pleasure ground rather than a workshop. Some odd jobs remain but can be handled by permanent staff.
Trouble In Samoa Over Ma lietoa Mataafa Succession
Ma lietoa faces a rebellion as Mataafa returns to Samoa to reclaim the throne. The Tripartite powers led by the United States Britain and Germany seek a policy to preserve autonomy while a German warship protects foreign interests amid rising unrest and calls for intervention.
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Malietoa
Mataafa
Gresham
Samoan Islands
Samoa
Tripartite Alliance
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Metter
Brightest Part of My Trip to New York
A Southern paper's New York fashion correspondent shares a reader letter about visiting Lord & Taylor's. The timid shopper finds warm, attentive service and affordable, quality goods, calling the trip the brightest part of her New York visit.
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New York
Lord & Taylor's
Good Templars Officers Elected at Des Moines Convention
The Good Templars International Convention set grand Worthy Chief salary at 10000 dollars yearly with fees capped at 8000. Officers elected include Right Worthy Chief Templar Dr D H Mann of New York Right Worthy Counsellor Joseph Malins of England and others from California Virginia Wisconsin and Wisconsin city state.
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Good Templars
Good Templars’ International Convention
Des Moines
D. H. Mann
New York
Joseph Malins
England
America A. Brookbank
California
R. W.G
5. E. Bailey
Virginia
B. F. Parker
Wisconsin
George B. Kalsegenstein
Trial Set in Arthur Strike Damage Case at Toledo
Judge Ricks fix s September 15 for the trial of the suit by the United States against Chief P M Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers seeking 2200 000 damages. The Toledo session will be before a special jury with argument scheduled for Monday. The case has drawn broad attention and discussion.
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Arthur
Ricks
United States Circuit Court
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ann Arbor
Toledo
City Tests Amick Cure for Consumption at Ward's Island
The recorder will detail tomorrow the Amick cure tested on charity patients at Ward's Island under city direction. Dr W R Amick of Cincinnati funded medicine and promises free supplies. three of four patients were cured or greatly improved.
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New York
Recorder
Ward's Island
W. R. Amick
Cincinnati
Amick
Natural Gas Discovery Near St Louis At Plant Site
A sizable natural gas find lies near St Louis as an artesian well at a beef and provision plant vents gas under strong pressure. The shaft drops 300 feet with 700 feet of water present, gas bubbling at the top after ignition caused workers to retreat. The firm plans a second well to fuel operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
S St. Louis
Train Wreck in Tunnel Kills Three on Long Island
An Excursion train carrying about 1000 passengers from the Sheepshead Bay races derailed in a tunnel near Parksville on the Bay Ridge division of the Manhattan railroad. Three were killed outright, five died later, and about 100 were injured, many fatally. Police and doctors rushed to aid victims as ambulances from Brooklyn hospitals arrived.
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Long Island
Sheepshead Bay
Parksville
Bay Ridge
Manhattan Railroad
Coney Island
Manhattan Beach
Sheepshead Bay Race Track
Brooklyn
Ford Building Disaster Verdict Names Four Officials
Coroner's jury pins blame on Ainsworth Covert Sasse and contractor Dant for the Ford theater collapse that killed Loftus. The inquest faults government oversight in war department building repairs and argues tragedy might have been prevented with proper supervision.
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Ainsworth
Dant
Covert
Sasse
Washington
Frederick B. Loftus
Ford
Theater
George W. Dant
Frederick C. Ainsworth
William G. Covert
Francis Sasse
Loftus
United States
War Department
Ford Theater
Supreme Court upholds John Crerar will and large estate
The Supreme Court of Illinois sustains the late John Crerar's will denying Canadian and Scotch heirs a share of over 2.5 million dollars in residuary bequests. Crerar died October 10 1889 leaving an estate exceeding 1.4 million to cousins and others. Executed by Huntington W. Jackson and Norman Williams the will funds church and society bequests and the Crerar library project. The ruling follows prior appeals and court reviews.
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Supreme Court of
John Crerar Public Library
Tuley
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
Chinese Ambassador Among City of Peking Passengers
Chen She Lam, said to be an ambassador of the imperial Chinese government, carried from China on the City of Peking, aims to gauge public opinion about Chinese residents and Geary act enforcement will travel to Chicago for the World’s Fair then proceed to Washington. He refused to discuss identity or plans.
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Peking
China
Chen She Lam
United States
Chicago
Washington
Chen She Lum
Diverse 19th Century World News Recap From May
Reports include fires in New York sweater shop casualties. European and American political moves. Pope Francis matter. Chinese registration under Geary Act. Blatchford paralysis and bishops consecration. Viking ship replica arrival. Minnesota Mesaba flood. Queen/royal visits in New York. travel and rail bandits. Armenian verdicts in Angora. Cunard Servia collision. Duluth finance mystery. and New Orleans flood threat from Mississippi jetties.
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New York
N the I Council of the Nobles of
Dientio Eivine
France
Cleveland
Little
Bour
Kansas
Samuel Blatchford
United States Supreme Court
John McKim
Frederick Graves
China
Japan
St. Thomas’ Church
Norway
Mesaba
Minnesota
Virgina
Internal Revenue
Miller
United States
William J. Elliott
Columbus
Ohio
Vitrol
Mer. Satoli
Catholic University
Washington
West
St. Paul
Edwin Booth
Grossman
Strater
Europe
Duke of
May Calvin
Mary Modeker
Jasper County
Carthage
Missouri
Provo
Thomas Jensen
Tommy Tront
Battlecreek
Athens
Scaramanga
Great Britain
Schneidamenbuh
Russia
Topeka
Santa Fe
Cimarron
Heneesy
Oklahoma Territory
Bob Wyatt
Yeses
Dalton Gang
Cesarness
Marsoran
Angora
Thoumalan
Kevana
Gimeric
Cunard Line
Servia
Dutton
Liverpool
A. McCallum
O'Brien
London
McCallum
Servis
A. Bailey
Meissing
Duluth
Minneapolis
Bailey
Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Signal Service
Dunn
Colorado and Wyoming Appointments and Local Incidents
The report cites federal appointments in Colorado and Wyoming including a surveyor and a postmaster while noting a hospital patient’s drowning near Boulder and a poison occurrence at St Joseph’s hospital. It also mentions Canon City railway times, a mine accident injuring A. Mount Sneffies foreman W T Coates, a hurricane impact on Canon, Denver market prices, and an personnel reshuffle in the police.
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Colorado
Morton
James Belcorbyn
Fairplay
Cleveland
Han Appoin D. Robinson
Frank P. Arbuckle
Denver
A. Wyoming
Wyoming
Thompson
Pueblo
Wesley Eddy
Boulder
New St. Joseph's Hospital
Canon City &T
Cason City
Cripple Creek St
Canon
Supreme Court
Colorado Fuel and Iron Camp
Walter G. H. Phelps Fribe
Coryel
Cattle Sanitary Board Sets Fees Amid Territorial Disorder
Inspectors face charges of three cents per bead and one cent per hide driven from the territory under the cattle sanitary board plan. In Santa Fe youth Marcineo Vigil is reportedly killed with Desilerio Gall Padilis and FE Gareis suspected, while Romero's disappearance in the city prompts authorities to tag suspects. A California eastbound wreck near Holbrook after a broken rail halts service, leaving Oscar J. Frost and Fireman Da injured. Three tramps stealing tracks cause fatalities and one escape.
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Korees
Maine
California
Holbrook
Arizona
Deval Oscar J. Frost
Wyoming and Finland seek land and irrigation expansion
A Cheyenne man joins a departing group aiming to settle a colony in Wyoming. Finnish research official Edw Bjorkenhelm and Chicago financier Jander plan to locate land along the Laramie to irrigate thousands of acres along the Platte. They envision a plant system to raise river water, costing about twenty feet tall, to irrigate remote tracts.
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Marschal Carr
Weed Station
Edw
Bjorkenhelm
Ceculture
Finland
Orismaia Agricul Isi Laramie
Jander
Chicago
Ing
Laramie
United States
Platte River
F. H. Harvey
Platte Valley
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Brooklyn Bridge
India
Berlin
Haffline
Koch
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St. Gall
Ward McAllister
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