Haitian Revolution Ends as Legitime Banished
Admiral Gerhardt reports Legitime accepted terms and embarked on a French corvette. Hippolyte forces occupy a town Friday morning amid fears of riot, with French and English captains under orders to prevent violence. The Galena sails from New York for Haiti and Minister Frederick Douglass awaits further instructions from the state department.
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Washington
Navy Department
Gerhardt
St. Nicholas Mole
Legitime
Hippolyte
Diplomatic Corps
United States
Galena
New York
Hayti
Frederick Douglass
Abdication in Port au Prince Prompted by French Gunboat Entry
A cable from Port au Prince reports Leitime abdicated on Thursday and boarded a French gunboat. A temporary government formed, Hippolyte's Northern army planned to enter the city, and the U S steamer Kearsarge moved closer as Admiral Gereardi exerted control.
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Gereardi
Brainimore
Port Au Prince
Leitime
Hippolyte
United States
Kearsage
Gherardi
Crete Rebellious Again Amid Crete Turmoil
From Lonpos to Paris, August 26 reports show renewed insurrection in Crete after Persian promises failed. Seven commissioners proposed tax cuts autonomy and court reform but were rejected by the porte. Christians and Muslims would share offices by population, but the plan collapsed then fighting resumed.
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Lonpos
Crete
Porte
Chakir Pasha
Behring Sea dispute prompts Quebec indignant gathering
News from Victoria and Montreal detail pursuit of the Rush by the Bush and Sapphire in Pacific waters, with 1,600 and 1,300 skins seized. Montreal businessmen plan an indignation meeting to urge Ottawa to act against the United States over Behring Sea issues. Ottawa reports settling the Mattie Winship case with a $2,000 payment and dropped proceedings.
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State Department
Lincoln
Victoria
B. C
Sapphire
Cox
Pathfinder
Dominion
Montreal
Quebec
Ottawa
United States
Ont
Department of Justice
Mattie Winship
Great Weather Prevaricator Promises Knighted by Queen
Ottawa August 26: Professor Ezekiel Stone Wiggins, weather prophet and finance official, claims he will be knighted by Queen Victoria for scientific service. He cites his earth's recession from the sun as proof, notes his duties limit research time, and says the honor would grant him the title Sir with no heir.
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OtTawa
Dominion
Ezekiel Stone Wiggins
Queen Victoria
John Macdonald
Wool Manufacturers Rally for Tariff Revision
In Boston on August 26 the National Association of Wool Manufacturers called a conference for September 15 to discuss tariff revision. The American Wool Reporter notes mixed expectations from the 1883 revision and its ongoing impact on the wool industry.
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Boston
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
American Wool Reporter
Marriages Between Chinamen and White Women Shocks Chicago
In Chicago within three weeks ten Chinatown men wed white women. The latest union united Sophronia Scherer to Sing Ham, a Mason City tea merchant, at Hip Lung's hotel on Clark street with Rev. George Walker officiating. A rejected suitor, George Cooper, was arrested for brandishing a revolver and threatening the bride's life.
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Cniiaco
Chicago
Sophronia Scherer
Sing Ham
Mason City
Hip Lung’s
Clark Street
George Walker
Fourth Baptist Church
George Cooper
Epidemic of Hog Cholera Rages Through Indiana Counties
An outbreak of hog cholera sweeps Wakasi and Brazil areas in Indiana on August 26. Farmers rush to cull stock. losses run into thousands daily. In Wakasi the disease spreads to nearly every neighborhood, the worst seen in the region. In southern Clay county hogs die within days from a new sores disease, unlike any prior illness.
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Wakasi
Ind
Brazil
Clay County
Promotions and Appointments of Post Office Officials
E C Fowler of Maryland was promoted to chief clerk in the first assistant postmaster general’s office. P H Bristow of Iowa becomes appointment clerk in the same office. In Massachusetts, the Democratic Convention date is set for October 2 in Worcester with Nathan Matthews Jr of Boston as presiding officer.
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Washington
E. C. Fowler
Maryland
P. LH. Bristow
Iowa
Post Office Department
Massachusetts
Boston
Democratic State Central Committee
Worcester
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Committee On
Presidential party arrives at Deer Park in early morning
The presidential party including the president and Mrs McKee reached Deer Park at 8 49 am with Private Secretary Mal ford Marshal Ramsdell and Attorney General Miller. North Dakota central committee met in Fargo after the convention adjourned and elected one delegate from each senatorial district. An executive committee was chosen and set headquarters in Fargo with plans to reconvene next Thursday.
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Deer Park
McKee
Malford
District of Columbia
Ramsdell
Miller
North Dakota Central Committee
Fanco
18. C. Gearey
Cass
Judson la Moure
Venbina
D. A. Percival
Ramsey
George Winship
Grand Forks
Asabisher
Burleigh
Waldo M. Potter
Axtel Sets Mile Time at Washington Park Meet
At Washington Park on Friday the horse Axtel ran a mile in 2:14 to clip three quarters of a second from his prior record 2:14 3-1. The effort remains slightly under Patton’s 2:15 1-4 best for a stallion of any age.
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Culesco
Washington Park
Axtel
Ein
Patton
Train Derailment Wrecks Freight Train Near Duluth
A culvert washout derailment south of Minneapolis derails a freight engine and thirty cars injuring several trainmen. Journal Duluth special says details are not yet known.
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Minneapolis
the Journal
Duluth, Minn
Minnesota
Young Girl Alleged Inmate of St Peter Hospital Case
A Beardsley girl alleges she was lured by a Minneapolis man and abused before being hidden at St Peter asylum. The charges implicate hospital authorities and a prominent Minneapolis citizen, with the girl seeking to testify before the board of corrections and charities. Local incidents follow in Janesville and nearby towns, including burglaries and fires.
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St. Peter
St. Paul
Pioneer Press
St. Peter Insane Hospital
Big Stone County
Board of Corrections and Charities
D. Kemeter
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ortonville
Minneapolis
Kemeter
Beardsley
Kemerer
Duluth
St. Peter Hospital
Bartlett
William Campbell
Probate
Kemérer
Narrow Escape at CHEER Iowa Coal Mine Tower Fire
The Broomham coal mine tower in CHEER Iowa burned at 4:30 initiated in the boiler room. Five dozen men were working below and escaped through the air shaft. Loss estimated at 30000 dollars with 12000 dollars insured.
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What Cheer
Iowa
Broomham
Disputed Wisconsin Mineral Lands Battle Looms
Milwaukee August 26 Preliminary steps by W H Jacobs aim to wrest from Wisconsin Central railway section thirty three near ur ley where the Montreal and other iron mines lie He contends the section lies outside the twenty mile indemnity limit and has entered land under soldier scrip His father a millionaire has hired William S Vilas as attorney with a property value of about 3 000 000.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
W. H. Jacobs
Wisconsin Central Railway
Urley
Montreal
William S. Vilas
Adverse Ruling in Col Fletcher Case Reported
A report from Omaha Nebraska says the court martial finding in the Col Fletcher case has been forwarded to Washington and interpreted as adverse to the accused. The North Dakota Montana Republican conventions adjourn after completing tickets and nominations. In Helena Anaconda reports secretary of state and other state offices chosen with Blake retained as chief justice. In Fargo Cavalier county and Cass county nominees for agriculture and insurance join a slate of railroad and other commissions.
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Washington
Wharton
Behring Sea
Bayard
Col. Fletcher
Omaha
Neb
North Dakota
Montana
Helena
Mont
Anaconda
L. Rotwitt
White Sulphur Springs
R. O. Hickman
Virginia City
E. A. Kinnly
Missoula
K. J. Kaskell
F. I
Ilgerson
Cavalier County
Agriculture
A. L. Carey
Cass
Railroad Commission
F.S. Underhill
Stark
W. J. Hawks
David Bartlett
Griggs
Wisconsin Waits as Grand Army Encampment Looms
Wisconsin towns report a shortage of domestic workers as the Grand Army encampment nears. Employment bureaus struggle to meet demand while Madison notes Judge Levi M. Vilas’s condition has recently worsened.
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Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Grand Army
Madison
Levi M. Vilas
Paris Up in Arms Over Berlin Emperors Visit Rumor
The French press vents anger at the Berlin fove feast between two emperors and the triple alliance. Paris crowds fear a joint Alsace visit by Wilhelm II and Franz Joseph, while Foreign Minister Spuller hurries to calm fears after no basis is found.
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Loxpon
Berlin
Paris
William
Francis Joseph
Alsace
M. Spuller
Puzzling Maybrick Case Discussed by UK Officials
Home Secretary Matthews Justice Stephen and Baron Halsbury with experts confer at the Home Office to decide whether to set aside the court judgment in the Mrs Maybrick case. The talks aim to determine propriety of action in the High Court matter.
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Maybrick
London
Matthews
Stephen and Baron Halsbury
Home Office
Railroad dividends and shipwrecks in brief notes
The Chicago Burlington and Quine Railroad declared a 1 percent dividend payable Sept. 15. Union Pacific gross earnings for June reached 3,205,898 with a 190,807 rise in net to 1,428,234. Commissioner Wallace to distribute 75,000 Congress funds to Cherokee freedmen, at Muskogee S. J. A British bark from Buenos Ayres to Barbadoes sank after a leak. crew arrived in Barbadoes. James F. Stokes’s wife at McGhee's Landing Miss. died instantly from a fall through a second story window.
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Chicago, Burlington and Quine Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad
J. C. Williams
Buenos Ayres
Barbadoes
Alls
James F. Stokes
McGhee’s Landing
Thieves and Buglar d Rage Reported Across States
From Greensburg Indiana to Mount Pleasant South Carolina and beyond reports tell of prison breaks and race tensions. Militia patrols and garrisoned towns follow an accidental shooting as fears of a mounting race war intensify.
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South Carolina
Mount Pleasant
Mt. Pleasant
8. C
Charleston
S. G
Fred Schaefer
Maisie Holmes
Shot Nurse in Delirious Fit in Winchester
Fred S. Nichols of Grove Street Winchester, delirious from typhoid fever, retrieved a revolver at 1:00 a.m. and shot his nurse Miss Smith through the heart. He fired two more shots at his father Stilman Nichols but missed. Miss Smith, a Boston-trained nurse, had been attending Nichols.
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Weston
Mass
Fred. S. Nichols
Grove Street
Winchester
Miss Smith
Stilman Nichols
Boston
Freight wreck near Meacham leaves one dead
Portland report says a freight train wreck on Oregon Railway and Navigation lines two miles west of Meacham involved three engines. One fireman killed. one engine wrecked. another badly damaged. Details unavailable. Immense Sparrow Point shipyards planned by Pennsylvania Steel near Baltimore as part of a steel industry expansion. In Charleston, W V a coal mine accident at Buckeye on Simons Creek kills S L Sasley and J L Fowler. families left behind.
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Crystal Palace
London
England
Portland
Ore
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Meacham
Blue Mountains
Sparrow Point
Bathmore
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Baltimore
United States
Iron and Steel
Charleston
W. Va
S. L. Sasley
J. L. Fowler
Buckeye
Simons Creek
Mercer County
Indiana
Vincennes
Ind
J. C. Lyons
C. W. Pauly
Montgomery
Ohio and Mississippi Railway
County collector accounts show $36000 shortage
The county commissioners’ committee in St. Joseph reports a shortage of 36000 dollars in the late county collector’s accounts. In New Bedford mills will close for six weeks due to wool costs and weak goods prices. San Francisco supreme court denies rehearing in Sharon Terry dispute.
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Thetaaud &Bort
St. Joseph
New Beptorp
Mass
Oneco
San Francisco
Supreme Court of the State
Sharon-Terry
Sullivan
Mixed early 20th century news items from several cities
A compilation of brief items: Headstone heads to laward en to entallun eight. Paris trial for Hiwlaiges. Comptoir d Escompte reopens Sydney Melbourne branches. Rome talks of Italian Abyssinia protection. Ohio river collision destroys Lame Duck. US Army desertion critique by St Louis reporter. Knoxville alder Hackenias dies from New Flat Creek wreck. French bank settlements and new sociétés immobilières. Chicago duel over Mrs Collins. Perry Thrall confesses to crime. 1864 murder case linked to Vanderventer. Oscar Coulter noted train robber captured. Tuscott arrest rumor debunked. Kilrain bond set in Purvis Mississippi. two Wisconsinians drown near Camplake.
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Commonwealth
Coney Island
Ohio River
St. Louis
United States Army
Ald
Hackenias
Knoxville
Tenn
New Flat Creek
Comptoir d’Escompte
Bank of France
Societe Immobiliere de'Reconstitution
Comptoir d'Escompte
Chicago
Inter-Ocean
Charles Thomas
Marshall
Collins
Hubbard Court
Mexico
Perry Thrall
St’riday
Macon
William Vanderventer
Florida
Bill Daly
Paris
Port Scott
Kan
West
Thomas
Muskogee
I. T
Oscar Coulter
Coulter
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Fatal Colliery Explosion at Chell Colliery
An explosion at the Chell colliery in Hanley on August 20 killed three men. The incident occurred at Lonpoy and authorities began inquiries into the cause and circumstances surrounding the blast.
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Lonpoy
Chell
Hanley
Multiple Accidents and Political Nominations Across States
Reports from Indiana, North Carolina, Nebraska, Michigan, New York, Minnesota, and Virginia describe wrecks and fatalities including J C Lyons and C W Pauly in Montgomery Indiana, W C Perry's death after a balloon fall, a B and M derailment injuring eighteen, a dynamite factory explosion causing $6000 loss with no injuries, a major fire at Chautauqua causing $15 000 losses, and political shifts with nominations and conventions in Alaska and Virginia.
Cooley Rejects Proportional Tariff On Northwestern Roads
Judge Cooley issues a memorand um declaring the Burlington and Northern proportional tariff illegal as a local rate. He says it breaches law, urges rapid remedy by the railroad commission, and notes actions by Wisconsin Central Milwaukee and St Paul and St Paul and Kansas City.
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Burlington
Northern
Kansas City
St. Paul
Cariaco
Cooley
Burlington and Northern
Faithorn
Chicago, Burlington and Northern
Commission
Wisconsin Central
Milwaukee
Egan
Chicago
Northwest
Hamblin
Harris
Miller for Governor led North Dakota convention roll call
At Farco North Dakota Aug 24 the credentials and permanent organization reports passed. Miller received solid votes from Trail and Morton delegations and the roll call moved to unanimous nomination amid great enthusiasm. John Miller of Dwight Richland county is the gubernatorial nominee. Other nominations followed for state offices with John C Flutie secretary of state and L C Hansbrough congressman among those named.
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Forge
St. Paul
Globe
Allen
Miller
Harmony
Ivler
Fargo
Spencer
Walsh
Flittie
Trail
Bray
Grand Forks
Booker
Pembina
Richland County
North Dakota Persimmons
Farco
North Dakota
Committee
Morton
Col. Plummer
John Miller
Dwight
Tompkins County
New York
Dryden
N. Y
Ife
Dakota
Legislative Council
S. A. Stevens
Wisconsin saloon murder shocks small town
In Gagen Wisconsin Nelson shot dead a stranger who showed a roll of bills after being struck with a slingshot. Witness Barlow swore an affidavit and Nelson, who buried the victim and later moved the body, was arrested for the cold blooded killing.
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Appleton
Wis
Wisconsin
Gagen
Nelson
Barlow
Last of the Constitutional Convention Ends in Olympia
The constitutional convention at Olympia Washington completes its labors and delegates hasten home. No major business occurred except passage of a clause confirming all government patents in tide lands. Closing hours remain orderly with no indecorum.
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Olympia
Wash
Minnesota Lands for Settlers Open to Settlement
Washington reports the Chippewa Indian commission success will open about 3 000 000 acres of land in Minnesota to settlers, marking a major expansion of available homesteading territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Washington
Chippewa Indian Commission
Worsening condition and sinking of Mrs Maybrick
Severe hail storms swept Austin yesterday with many fatalities reported. In New York, Giblin one of the five wife murderers, has been reprieved. Crete reports bloody affrays while towns remain mostly tranquil apart from isolated outrages. The report mentions Princess Victoria of
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Maybrick
Austin
Giblin
New York
Crete
Princess Victoria
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