Kouts Disaster Coroner Blames Dispatcher and Engineer
Valparaiso Ind Oct 14 The coroner s verdict on the Kouts disaster states deaths resulted from careless or negligent acts by the train dispatcher and the engineer of fast freight No 48. It censures the company for allowing the crippled engine to precede the passenger train by a few minutes and condemns engineer Dorsey for failing to provide sand while running at high speed in fog. Undertaker arranged by the company received the bodies.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Koat
Dorsey
Trafalgar Square Mob Demands Mayor Interview
London October 1 unemployed crowds again formed a ragged procession to the mayoral mansion to demand an interview with Lord Mayor Sir Reginald Stanson who refused. The mob then moved to the Standard office hooting editors. Police charged twice seizing and recapturing a black banner as the crowd rallied and dispersed.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Mansion House
Reginald Stanson
The
Standard
Daily Tribune Tongue Lashes Cleveland Scandals
The Minneapolis Daily Tribune criticizes President Cleveland and his wife as a crowd on Hennepin Avenue burns an effigy of A. J. Blethen, then tears down a Cleveland portrait at the Tribune office. Mayor Ames and other Democrats join the turnout.
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Minneapolis
The
Daily Tribune
Cleveland
Grover Cleveland
Hlennepin Avenue
Clark House
Ames
A.J. Blethen
Tribune
New trustees named by Gov Church for asylum fight
Yankton Oct 14 Gov Church appoints five trustees W J Quigley F A Gale D N Gross Robert Cox M T Woolley who qualified yesterday An injunction is ready for service as soon as they act Court action expected within 24 hours Public mood favors immediate settlement of asylum affairs and supports Church over Supt Cravens
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Yankton
Church
Supt
Crav
Police officer shot during railroad car robbery arrest
In Philadelphia a police officer named Boyle was shot while trying to arrest a Pennsylvania railroad car robber. Initial reports claimed death, later updates say he is not dangerously wounded. In Philadelphia Virginia, a fire gutted Murray Wilson’s manufactory on North 1th Street at seven this morning, causing heavy damage and smoke fatalities to Mrs. Coleman who worked there.
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Philadelphia
Boyle
Pennsylvania
Murray Wilson
1Th Street
Sprague Building in Baltic Destroyed by Fire
WILLIAMANTIC Conn Oct 14 The Sprague five story stone building at Baltic was totally destroyed by fire this morning. Nine hundred hands were left jobless. The loss is estimated at a million and a half with $250000 insured. The gas works in the rear were also destroyed.
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Williamantic
Conn
Baltic
Detroit Clinches Fourth Win in World Series Opener
Detroit defeated St Louis 4 0 to take a commanding lead in the world championship series. King pitched for the Browns and was hit hard early as Detroit scored four runs in the first inning. About three thousand fans watched the easy victory in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburg
Detroit
Louis
King
Browns
Detroits
St.Louis
Detroit Handily Defeats Browns 8-0 in St. Louis
Detroit scored repeatedly with hits and errors against St. Louis. Thompson, Richardson, and Dunlap drove runs while Gleason and O Neill misplayed balls. White Dunlap and Rowe starred in the field as Detroit blanked the Browns 8-0.
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Baldwin
Richardson
O'Neill
Ganzella
Rowe
Thompson
Robinson
Dunlap
Bennett
White
Hanlon
Latham
Browns
Gleason
Comiskey
Detroits
Bushong
California Forest Fires Raging Across Bay Area
Fires sweep Alameda San Mateo and Sonoma counties near San Francisco. Thirteen acres burned farms destroyed mills leveled and vineyards timber destroyed. Dozens of families displaced as crews battle flames with immense anticipated losses.
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San Francisco
Alameda
San Mateo
Vera Cruz
Bay of San Francisco
Santa Cruz
Sonoma County
Presidential arrival in Missouri for Springfield welcome
President and Mrs. Cleveland arrived on time at Springfield amid cheers from a large crowd. A formal reception was held under the depot veranda before the six o'clock departure, with a notable greeting from West Plaine officials and a hundred delegates of the State-wheel granger at the depot. The afternoon route would pass through swampy terrain toward Toxie Black Rock and Marion in Arkansas.
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West Plaine
Springfield
Cleveland
Caboot
Missouri
Granger Organization
atToxie
Black Rock
Marion
Arkansas
Crow Creek agency not facing serious trouble says Gen Sherman
Gen Sherman stated last night that trouble at Crow Creek agency was not serious and, from his knowledge of the area, expected no major disturbance. He warned against linking it with the Crow Indian agency where a horse theft expedition against the Piegans occurred. He noted Crow Creek residents are Sioux, not Crow, and reported no trouble at Lower Brule agency.
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Washington
Sheridan
Crow Creek Agency
Crow Indian Agency
Crow Creek Reservation
Lower Brule
British Ship Monarch Wrecks Near Mindoro Island
A cable des patch from London reports the Monarch bound for New York from Manila wrecked near Mindoro. Captain Corbitt and three crewmen drowned. the remaining crew were rescued.
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New York
London
Monarch
Manilla
Mindoro
Corbitt
Charles Edwards hanged at Clarksville for May murder
Clarksville Ga October 14 Charles Edwards was hanged for the murder of Wim Echols on May 29. A separate item imitates an advertisement praising Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for women and notes mortgage lending by Davison Bros. & Seaman with favorable rates.
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Clarksville
Charles Edwards
Wim. Echols
Malherbe
Death interrupts presidential visit in Memphis pageantry
Oct 15 1890 Memphis coverage reports a fatal incident during a presidential reception as a crowd watches the president and Mrs. Cleveland. Judge Bilett introduces the speech but a sudden collapse claims the life of Podge oett, a local dignitary, as medical staff and relatives attend. Festivities are halted.
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Menenis
Tenn
Memphis
Cleveland
Gayols House
Court House
Bilett
Podge Oett
Dy iPrait
Presidentia Party
Madriel
Jadie Miletus
Laren
Eiletun
Wiestrichen
Eisia
Trouble With The K of L Assembly In Minneapolis
Delegates to the general assembly gathered in Minneapolis with only about half present as committees ran late and caucuses continued into daylight. Rumors said Powderly resignation was prepared and would be accepted unless constitutional changes ousted Barry and Bailey from the executive board. Sessions were riotous with personal insubordination charges and a Michigan delegate denounced mob law amid a tense afternoon debate on constitutional amendments.
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Minneapolis
Minn
General Assembly
Friends of Powderly
Messrs
Barry and Bailey
Barry
Michigan
Pownderry
Printers strike widens to 700. Burgoyne & Co. threatens lockout
New York on October 13 reports bylines that seven hundred printers, pressmen, electrotypers and related workers have joined the strike, with Burgoyne & Co threatening to lock out 350 employees unless a Harper’s compromise is declared. Brewers sign a circular opposing union-only hiring, pledging mutual protection among thirty-six firms if a strike or boycott occurs.
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New York
Trow Printing Company
D.J. Little & Jo
Burgoyne & Co
Harper & Bros
Harpers
Brewers
Land Commissioner Sparks Warns of Unchecked Land Misappropriation
Washington October 14 Land Commissioner Sparks in his annual report to the secretary of the interior states there is no new word to recall regarding the vast misappropriations of public lands under improvident laws and inefficient administration He notes that past year operations under inadequate funds show results that confirm early warnings about the broad scope of reform needed and that only a portion of the issue has been fairly explored.
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Washington
Sparks
Secretary of the Interior
Farm Loans Offer From Davison Bros and Seaman
Davison Bros and Seaman advertise farm loans with money available for loans on improved furse at low interest. Call to apply for a loan.
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Enery
Davison Bros. & Seaman
The Odd Fragments Spark An Abstract News Card
A garbled OCR fragment yields a brief, unreadable snippet. No clear events, names, or places are discernible. The readable text hints at a miscellaneous clerical page item with no actionable details.
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F. Weller
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L. C. Gale
Randall & Wheelock
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