Active Fights Across State In Lively Primary Mood
Boston observers report heated campaigning as primary meetings near. Focus splits between Bryan prospects and biennial elections, with Morse in flux and Osborne allies stirring, while Republicans push Winslow and Crane in key counties across Bristol Worcester Essex Middlesex and Suffolk districts.
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Col. Winslow
Crane
Winslow
Bristol County
Worcester
Boston
Lowell
Haverhill
Beverly
Newburyport
Essex
Cambridge
Somerville
Malden
Woburn
Newton
Middlesex
Norfolk
Plymouth
Raymond
Macecabe
East Boston
Files
Swallow
Charlestown
Burnham
Revere
Col. Benton
Bemont
Maccabe
James A. Bailey, Jr
Arlington
George H. Mellen
Senate
State House
Fitchburg
Rep. Weymouth
Smith
Jones
Wellman
Everett
Melrose
Shute
West
Beacon Hill
Mann
Boston crooks captured in Nashua with jewelry loot
Deputy Marshal Wheeler and Inspector Flood nab two Boston criminals in Nashua after a house break in Boston. Charles Corgass and Fred Gillispie, about 18, confessed to stealing nearly $500 in jewelry and $80 cash from 1774 Washington Street. They were joined by farm hand William Taggart, then arrested while negotiating a team hire to flee to Manchester. Moran, the third man, later captured in Nashua with police help. The case links to a larger gang. Boston officers plan to transfer the suspects tomorrow.
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Nashua
N. H
Boston
Wheeler
Flood
Eaton
Charles Corgass
Fred Gillispie
Weston
Massachusetts Reformatory
Washington Street
John Moran
Gillispie
Hanson
John Griffin
William Taggart
Griffin’s
Taggart
Manchester
Flander
Watts
Moran
Wise
Gaddis
Emma A. Wilson
Hot Springs
Ark
New Hampshire
Bosre
Bank chiefs among embezzlement arrests in New Orleans
Henry Gardes president and Walter Girault cashier of the American National Bank were arrested on embezzlement charges. T H Underwood of Robinson and Underwood was also arrested as an accessory. The arrests followed testimony from the U S bank examiner who investigated the failed bank.
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New Orleans
Henry Gardes
American National Bank
Walter Girault
T. H. Underwood
Robinson & Underwood
United States Bank Examiner
Hollis D Gates Falls to Suicide on Farm Day
Sunderland August 28 Hollis D Gates 56 a well known farmer committed death by own action while temporarily insane today by hanging himself in his barn a brief notice of his death and state of mind at the time.
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Boston
Bryan
Commonwealth
McKinley
12Th
Elijah A. Morse
Henry A. Thomas
William C. Lovering
Col
Thomas
Bristol County
Congressman Morse
Martha’s Vineyard
Beacon Hill
General Court
George Fred Williams
Corbett
Williams
Chicago
Wolcott
Willams
Sunderland
Hollis D. Gates
Life Saved After Giving Up Doctors Say Arnold's Balsam Reaches
Boston man Michael Towle credits Arnold's Balsam with saving his wife after three doctors failed. She suffered severe diarrhoea and dysentery, was near death, and began to improve within hours of taking the remedy. He urges others to use the medicine and approves sharing the letter.
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Arnon
Michael Towle
Boston
Arnold
Chamberlain to Meet Olney on Venezuelan Boundary
Washington officials anticipate a prearranged meeting between Secretary Olney and British Secretary of State for the Colonies Joseph Chamberlain during Chamberlain’s forthcoming New England visit. The aim is to align on arbitration over the Venezuelan boundary while preserving diplomatic channels and settled districts.
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Washington, D. C
Olney
Joseph Chamberlain
Chamberlain
New England
State Department
Lord Salisbury
Julian Pauncefote
United States
Miss Endicott
Cleveland
Mr. Chamberlain
Armenians Surrender After Bank Siege in Constantinople
In Constantinople on August 28 Armenians seized the Ottoman bank. After clashes with troops and mobs led by softas, several clerks were killed and hundreds of Mussulmans attacked Armenians. Director Edgar Vincent and others fled to a roof. hostages were held as negotiations with the revolutionaries continued. The Armenians surrendered last night on terms allowing them to keep revolvers while relinquishing bombs and obtaining safe conduct out of the country. Vincent’s yacht Bulnare carried them under guard. Victims count remains uncertain.
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Constantinople
Edgar Vincent
Softas
Michael Herbert
Tewfik Pasha
Amenian Revolutionary Committee
Vincent
Yildiz Kiosh
Vincent Acordingly
Mr. Vincent
Bulnare
Imogen
Eight Hour Law Upheld Test Case In Washington
Washington today upheld the eight hour law as Contractor Winfree was fined $100 in Police court for violation. He appealed the conviction, marking a test case in enforcement of the new measure.
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Washington
Winfree
Robbers surrounded after post office raid in Southwest
Nine men who robbed the Separ post office are reported surrounded in Skeleton Canyon Cochise county Arizona by a posse of United States marshals under Marshall Hall and two companies from Fort Bayard and Fort Grant. Troops from Fort Bayard departed to join the pursuit. A citizens' posse had joined posses from Deming Lordsburg and nearby towns. The robbers are said to hold a fortified position with arms and provisions.
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Silver City
N. M
Separ
Nogales
Skeleton Canon
Cochise County
Arizona
United States
Marshall Hall
New Mexico
Fort Bayard
Fort Grant
Marshal Wall
Department
7Th Cavalry
Lieut. Clark
Deming
Lordsburg
Bad River Indians head to Washington over allotment dispute
A large party of Bad River Indians led by Chief Black Tomahawk arrived in Pierre and wired the Great Father in Washington. They accuse Cheyenne agency agent Couchman of unfair treatment and press to resist being moved from allotments to the reservation under closer control.
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Pierre
Black Tomahawk
Washington
Couchman
Cheyenne
Fire at Zanzibar Palace Quenched by British Sailors
August dispatch reports the palace fire in Zanzibar has been quenched as British squadron sailors clear debris. The flagship St. George will remove most of the sultan's battery personnel. Business remains suspended and leading Arabs allied with Said Khalid anticipate property confiscation.
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Zanzibar
St. George
Khalid
Millions for Offense in Cuba Operations
Madrid reports the cabinet has allocated 30,000,000 pesetas for next month's military operations in Cuba. The decision ranks as a major fiscal move, signaling intensified action and resource commitment by the government.
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Madrid
Cuba
Trouble in the L A W Bulletin over editor Sterling Elliott
Boston reports a revolt within the L A W as Utah division members demand Elliott resign as editor and president, arguing the league must stay out of politics. Western wheelmen push for silver and challenge his editorial stance advocating money reform. Elliott refuses, defending the bulletin as wheelmen’s organ for gold standard advocacy and good roads.
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Boston
L. A. W. Bulletin
Sterling Elliott
League
Utah
Elliott
Bulletin
Wheelmen
Money Tight as Trade Slows Amid Banking Strains
Bradstreet reports general business flat for the week with exceptions in Baltimore, Louisville and Kansas City. Gold imports and lower foreign exchange rates offer scant optimism while banks lift call loan rates and curb outsider loans. Exports and total bank clearings show declines. business failures rise sharply versus prior weeks and years.
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Bradstreet
Baltimore
Louisville
Kansas City
United States
Montreal
Fatal Balloon Ascension At Missouri Fair Ends In Death
At a village fair near St Louis in Missouri a female aeronaut's parachute fails during a balloon ascent. The parachute breaks loosening the airship which rises then disappears. The woman falls from 3000 to 4000 feet and dies after a fatal plunge through an elm tree. The piece ends with an advertisement for Dr. Fowler's Ext of Wild Strawberry.
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Louis County
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