Tenth Annual World Greatest Street Carnival Opens in Western City
Crowds flock to Brae West Western City for the Tenth Annual World Greatest Street Carnival. Festivities run Oct 2 to 7 with one fare or one fare plus 3 dollars for railroads across the state. Exhibits include electrical displays, art galleries, aquariums, and a grand Sousa concert band led by living bandmaster Sousa. Notable soloists include Madame Campanani and Inez Carusi. Tickets 25 cents grant access to major attractions and performances.
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Bern
Soma
Sousa
Tragic Wabash Road Collision Kills Twelve in Indiana
A freight and passenger train collision near Wabash Indiana results in twelve deaths with many injured. The crash occurs as engineers fail to notice signals causing cars to derail and ignite, wrecking multiple cars and trapping occupants. Rescue crews report extensive damage and no survivors in the most impacted coach.
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Kingsbury
Thompsun
Green
Freman
Sera
Exsu
International action eyed on silver question by Democratic leaders
A Washington AP dispatch reports that administration hints and Cleveland support boost Democratic senators toward passing the silver bill. An international conference on bi metal standards is seen as likely, with pressure to repeal the silver purchasing law and oppose any compromise. European powers previously stayed aloof, expecting the U.S. to handle silver alone.
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Washington Dispatch
Associated Press
Cleveland
Chicago
Saya
United States
Europe
Ivf
Prospects of a Compromise on Faulkner Amendment
Washington report says a compromise on the Faulkner amendment to repeal the Sherman law may extend to grant the secretary of the treasury power to sustain the gold reserve. The move aims to win more Republican backing. the amendment would cap coinage of silver and limit government action toward silver monometalism while preserving silver use until expectations from the International Monetary Conference are tested.
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Washington
Calazo Daily News
Secretary of the Treasury
Faulkeer
Dust and Devastation on the Santa Fe Line
Freight traffic collapse cripples town growth along the Santa Fe route. A dust famine grips Perry and nearby settlements. residents suffer unfit water and food as heavy dust chokes the air. An elderly man died from dust-related illness on the prairie, highlighting the crisis’ severity.
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Theanta Fe
Perry
Looner Lynched Over Cherokee Strip Land Plot
An American syndicate sent A A Youmans of Carthage Missouri to the Cherokee Strip to seize claims. After a confrontation with settlers, Youmans boasted of killings and was hanged from a tree as a warning to others seeking Strip lands. The incident occurred as tensions rose among claim seekers and local residents.
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Youmans
Carthage
Chicaske
Possible War Looms as Matabele Advance Toward Fort Victoria
Reports from Mashonaland indicate worsening border conditions with Matabele Impis moving toward the Matapo hills near Fort Victoria. English cavalry volunteers depart the Transvaal to assist allies as fears rise of a new African war affecting the chartered company’s holdings under King Lobengula.
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Mashonaland
Transvaal
Fort Victoria
Matabel
British South Africa Company
Matabel Impis
Matapo Hilis
Matabel Land
Chartered Company
British South Africa
Lobengal
Bomb Kills and Injures Sailors in San Francisco Feud
A dynamite blast at a Water Front boarding house in San Francisco killed two and wounded several others in a feud between union and non union sailors. John Tyrell was arrested as authorities investigate the attack on Curtins’ place, long a flashpoint in the dispute over berths for non union men.
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San Francisco
Seamen's Union
John Tyrell
John Curtins
Curtins
Ates
Rio bombardment resumes as rebels shell Rio de Janeiro
A London bank manager’s cable from Rio dated 10a m reports the rebel squadron renewed bombardment of Rio. Forts reply, warships retire out of range. damage heavy and crew losses claimed aboard rebels ships. Shipping blocked at Santos to curb Peixoto government revenue. negotiations reportedly inching forward in Buenos Aires dispatch.
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Rio
Santos
Peixoto
United States
Buenos Ayres
New York World
Rio de Janeiro
Mellos
Arrests of Anarchists Reach Vienna and Beyond
Police say Saturday raid ended a potential anarchist outbreak as bombs revolvers and leather coats were seized. Papers show links between Vienna suspects and English and American anarchists, with bombs built per Herr Most rules. Reports also claim Russian anarchists in contact with Spanish groups.
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Vienna
England
America
Herr Most
Spain
Warship Pousalka Sinks After Gulf of Finland Wreckage Found
Fragments of wood and wreckage float ashore in the Gulf of Finland confirming the Russian warship Pousalka with 10 officers and 150 seamen foundered after last leaving Reval for Helsing port. A sailor’s body washed ashore and heavy gales followed the voyage, with no further signals heard.
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Gulf of Finland
Reve
Helingsport
Rumors of Russian Succession Favor Grand Duke Michael
Berlin reports claim Tsar Nicholas II will designate Grand Duke Michael as successor due to his son’s sulky temperament and strong radical views including opposition to Jewish persecution. Grand Duke George, second son, is seen as uninterested in politics, leaving the czar’s affections with Michael.
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Russia
Berlin
Michael
Ezar
Rebel fleet commander Mello tightens Rio blockade
Montevideo dispatch reports Admiral Mello, leader of Brazil's rebel fleet, has reinforced the blockade of Rio de Janeiro and is forming a squadron for northern ports, with Para cited as a likely first destination. It cites Ruy Barbado’s letter claiming the navy defends the people against President Peixoto’s tyranny.
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Montevideo
Mello
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Para
Ruy Barbado
Rio
Peixoto
Scheme to found a Negro town in Cherokee Strip advances
The plan by Cherokee allottees and FE P McCabe to establish a colored town at Liberty in the Cherokee Strip has progressed. A town site has been surveyed and McCabe has dispatched a delegation of colored ex Methodist ministers and deacons into Southern states to proselytize for him.
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FE. P. McCabe
Kansas
Liberty
Cherokee Strip
Gilpin County Mines Condensed Weekly Report Notes
Condensed notes from the Weekly Report of the Register Call describe ore values across Gilpin County mines. Gladstone smelting ore yields hundreds per ton while milling ore runs about 100 per cord. Rock Island lode averages six ounces gold per cord. Carrol Jode at 150-foot level yields 5 to 12 ounces per cord. Hydrant lode sold for 10000 then conveyed the same day to Gold Dollar Mining for 25000. the Climax lode maintains a five-stamp battery at Polar Star mill. main shaft of Dougherty lode down 105 feet with ore assays around 60 per ton. August gold shipments reach 0 in gold resorts to Denver mint and September shipments total 25000 up to the flat. several large producers’ outputs are excluded from the listed totals.
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Register Call
Gladstone
National
Hecla
Dougherty Lode
Lake District
Corydon
Polar Star
Rock Island Lode
Ed Williams
Prosser Gulch
Gold Dollar Mining Company
Denver Mint
Fiske
Gold Extraction mill to boost Holy Cross mining camp
In the Holy Cross District miners are encouraged as Gold Extraction plans to complete its mill, creating a ready market for ores from Gold Park Holy Cross district. About twenty more mines will begin shipments, with ore values from 25 to 275 per ton, and several promising properties including Grand Trunk Hunk-a-Dora Pelican Pelican Extension Mollie Stockholm Cleveland and others poised to start. Fine weather aids efforts to open new properties before snow flies.
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Holy Cross
Denver Mining Record
Gold Park Holy Cross
Grand Trunk
Hunk-a-Dora
Pelican
Pelican Extension
Mollie
Stockholm
Cleveland
Gold Prize
Mayflower
Three Nations
Buckers
Comstock
Hagerty
Eastern capitalists buy Ophir gold properties near Ophir
A party of investors from Hartford New York Vermont and other states has purchased the Golden Crown Orceola Suffolk and Globe mines near Ophir in San Miguel county. The deal reportedly included a $100000 initial payment and plans to expand ore treatment capacity. The buyers returned to Denver with a 192 ounce gold retort valued near $3000.
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Ophir
San Miguel County
Denver
Republican
W. J. Scoutt
S. B. Bishop
Hartford
Connecticut
Arthur Fitch
New York
BE. Webster
Vermont
H. D. Watson
Kearney
Nebraska
H. L. Goodwin
A. L. Goodrich
Hartford Courant
Parkhurst
Hartford Times
W. A. Scott
United States Investor
F. L. Martin
Colorado Springs
Golden Crown
Orceola
Suffolk
Globe Mines
A. J. Clark
Green
Saginaw
Michigan
Scoutt
Bishop
Iteh
Telluride
Cripple Creek News On Rich Mattie D Ore and Hagerman Plan
Cripple Creek correspondent reports the Mattie D ore from Princess company yielded up to 18 ounces of gold and 1% ounce of silver per ton with an eight inch high grade streak and milling ore. Hagerman's visit sparks talk of a large reduction plant at Colorado City and resuming the C M terminal plan. Little Emma strike at Mineral Hill is confirmed. M P Stevenson to run Colorado Springs mill using Portland Buena Vista ore.
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Cripple Creek
Mining Record
Mattie D
The
Princess Company
Hagerman
Colorado City
C. M
J. J. Hagerman
Little Emma
Mineral Hill
M. P. Stevenson
Colorado Springs
Beaver Park
Gilpin County
Portland
Buena Vista
Ore prospects and mining reports from western fields
An underground survey reports the Sylvanite vein cut by a lower tunnel with expected further vein intersections as the upraise progresses about fifty feet. The Jordan tunnel runs 650 feet with a promising vein of dark blue copper and fron pyrites. A gold ore body was found at Madeline-N-Wot mine and Supt. Kenyon readies for future returns. Placer diggings on the Big Horn near Hot Springs, Wyoming, excite locals as the Shoshone Reservation area is involved. Jumbo mines below Breckenridge mill daily ore and yield about 350 dollars daily from an 10 stamp mill. company placers prove highly valuable.
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Crested Butte
Jordan
Madeline-N-Wot
Stopes
Enoch Kenyon
Big Horn
Hot Springs
Wyoming
Breckenridge
Roanoke Riot: Eleven Killed in Jail Mob Shootout
A Roanoke Virginia riot leaves eleven dead after militiamen fire on a mob trying to break into the jail. Mrs Henry Bishop of Cloverdale was robbed and assaulted as the crowd gathered, the negro suspect Thomas Smith captured earlier. The mayor and militia maintained order, with crowds dispersing after dark and a funeral for the deceased arranged.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Henry
Bishop
Cloverdale
Thomas Smith
Roanoke Light Infantry
Major Trout
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Trout
Woods
Hastings
Smith
J. Allen Watts
State Senate
Mob Executes Man in Roanoke After Jail Escape Attempt
A lynch mob in Roanoke Virginia seized a prisoner from Sergeant Griffin and two officers, hanged him from a hickory limb, and shot him. The body was later burned in Mayor Trout’s yard after militia withdrew. Indignation spreads as Captain Bird and Mayor Trout flee, with Buckner acting mayor.
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Roanoke
Virginia
J. Allen Watta
Judge Woods
Griffin
Franklin Road
Tenth Avenue
Stealing a Mint: Philadelphian Thief Hides in Darby Den
Henry Cochran stole 134000 dollars in gold from the U S mint in Philadelphia. Acting as a weak minded man, he lived years in a Darby house with a tunnel to the street. Secret rooms held crucibles, dies, disguises, and religious items. Cochran used a smelting room and trap doors to escape. He posed as a devout Presbyterian while concealing his crimes.
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Henry Cochran
United States Mint
Philadelphia
Darby
Secret Service
Drummond
Cochran
Ike
Fever strikes Sea Islands after August storm disaster
Fever sweeps Sea Islands east of South Carolina as hundreds fall ill from stench and unburied corpses. Graves washed open by recent rains expose remains, prompting Surgeon MacGruder to telegraph for aid.
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Sea Islands
South Carolina
MacGruder
Self Destruction Rates Across Regions Highlight World Crisis
An English doctor reports global self harm statistics estimating one attempt every three minutes. Saxony shows the highest rate with 469 crisis reports per 1,000,000 deaths, while Portugal records the lowest with 16 per 1,000,000, indicating regional variations in self destruction.
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Saxony
Portugal
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