Ottawa cabinet clash over US Canada recall and retaliation
New York dispatch reports most Canadian ministers attended a cabinet meeting after President Cleveland’s message. Sir John MacDonald faces pressure over British requests for full Canada US trade relations and possible retaliation. Ministers debate canal favoritism and St Clair Flats joint ownership plans with the United States while Lord Salisbury urges caution to avoid a rupture in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Bowell
Cleveland
Congress
John MacDonald
United States
Canada
Dominion
Lord Salisbury
Sir John
St. Claire Flats
Blaine Urges Delay on Retaliation Bill After Fishing Season
The Ellsworth view from The Mail and Express notes Blaine favors delaying any retaliation measure on Canadian fishing exports. He argues avoiding new powers for the president may spur Canada to seek justice, and postponement would spare U S commerce and home transportation lines, while rights on the Pacific coast should await the new administration.
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Blaine
New York
Mail and Express
Ellsworth
Canada
United States
Pacific Coast
Democratic convention renominates Mark A. Smith for Congress
In Tucson on September 5 the Democratic territorial convention unanimously renominated Mark A. Smith as delegate to Congress. A proposal to endorse Governor Zulick’s administration sparked heated debate and was voted down, dismaying Zulick supporters. The May territorial convention also rejected endorsing his administration.
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Tucson
Ariz
Mark A. Smith
Congress
Zulick
Gary Senior
Meyer Zulick
Six Men Vie For Governor At Republican Convention
In Denver on Sept 5 about 400 delegates converge for a lively Republican convention with six candidates seeking the gubernatorial nomination. In New Haven on Sept 5 Democratic lawmakers nominate Luzerne B. Morris of New Haven for Governor. Prison officials urge parents to encourage boys to learn trades as only nine of 56 1 2 cents convicts at the eastern Pennsylvania penitentiary last year had trades when admitted. Sunday School Teacher asks about duty in a West Ender quip as a Europe returnee jokes that duty is something you only pay if you have to.
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Denver
Connecticut
New Haven
Luzerne B. Morris
Eipiter
Eastern Penitentiary
Pennsylvania
Tie
West Ender
Europe
Philadelphia
War vote sparks tense East Carondelet school row
In Louis, Sept. 5, East Carondelet voters backed the war faction in a school election. African American families mobilized, threatening to insist on integrated schooling or pursue court action. A colored school run by Stewart saw only three students as tensions rise about segregation and future access.
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Gr. Louis
East Carondelet
Stewart
Home Returning General Harrison and Party Enroute
Gen. Harrison and wife with Judge Woods and daughter left for home on the Wabash road at 12 20 this morning. They were escorted to the depot by local officials and friends, greeted by cheering crowds at stations including White House Liberty Defiance, and greeted enthusiasts as the train passed.
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Toledo
Gen. Harrison
Judge Woods
Wabash Road
Wiliam Cummings
Miss Cummings
Judge Scott
Hamilton
White House
Liberty
Defiance
Trouble in Philippine Islands Over Tax Resistance
Spain reports a tax revolt in the Philippine Islands where ten thousand Indians refused to pay local levies and attacked officers. In the ensuing clash a policeman and several rebels were killed, shocking the government and raising alarm over the unrest.
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Philippine Islands
Mapnio
Japanese Inundations Drown 46 and Destroy 180 Homes
Reports from the City of Rio de Janeiro describe a severe storm Aug 4 in Tokushing Awa province causing floods at Mayosagori. Inundations wrecked 180 houses and left 46 people dead, as Japanese authorities relay the events. Separately, Gardner confesses opium theft. 120 pounds turned to justice, part of a larger 2,230 pound theft from the Ogdensburg custom house. In Atlanta a wedding pair prompt a groom’s disappearance. the best man steps in to wed the bride.
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Rio de Janeiro
Tokushing
Awa
Mayosagori
Chicago
E. A. Gardner
Capt. Black
Ogdensburg Custom House
Gardner
J. W. Stone
Nathaniel H. Lytle
William Comminsky
Practical joke leaves man disfigured at Ohio depot
In TIFFIN Ohio on September 5 Edward Borer slept in a Baltimore and Ohio depot at Republic. Operator H H Anderson painted stripes on Borer’s face with caustic marking paint. The chemical burned deeply and may cost him sight. Anderson was arrested.
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Ohio
Edward Borer
Baltimore and Ohio
Republic
H. H. Anderson
Borer
Anderson
Army Navy instructors bill approved under suspension
The House passed under suspension of the rules a bill to increase the detail of army and navy officers to state colleges and universities for instructors in military tactics. The measure stems from a campaign led by Minnesota’s governor and the University Regents.
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Washington
Minnesota
Senate panel hears Knights of Labor on printing notes
A Senate finance sub committee heard a Knights of Labor delegation argue for using hand presses instead of steam presses for printing U S notes bonds stamps in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
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Senate Finance Committee
Messrs. Hiscock and
Harris
Knights of Labor
U. S
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Deadlocked Over Army Appropriations Dispute
Washington Sept 6 There is another disagreement by the conference committee on the army appropriation bill The Senate conferees insist on Hawley ordnance amendments while the House conferees refuse to concur All other differences have been adjusted.
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Washington
Conference Committee
Senate
House
Missing Bank Teller Sparks Loss at Bank Nationale
In Quebec on September 5, Receiving Teller Andy vanished from Bank Nationale after an informal directors meeting. The disappearance followed a shortage of about $12,000 in cash, prompting a bank inquiry into possible internal irregularities and the abrupt flight of the employee.
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United States
Quebec
Andy
Bank Nationale
Famous War Correspondent W W Curtis Dies in Washington
W W Curtis formerly a war correspondent for The New York Times died in Washington. He was born in Ohio and had for years been active in business there. Also reported a strike by all members of the State and Metal Roofers union seeking recognition, with about ten thousand workers involved. A tug reports the schooner Adele Thackery off Delaware Breakwater with yellow fever aboard and two men dead.
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W. W. Curtis
The
New York Times
Ohio
New York
State and Metal Roofers’ Union
Delaware Breakwater
Del
Argus
Adele Thackery
Cape
The Mouse and the Sage Moral Tale
A Mouse pleads for remedy to its trouble before a Sage who counsels contentment. The Sage notes that larger size would provoke mockery with the word Rats. Moral: some afflictions are better endured than amplified.
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Detroit
Free Presa
Centennial Exposition Opens With Military Splendor
Buffalo hosts the greatest fair since the centennial with Joseph Salter pressing the opener. The Ohio Centennial Exposition features electric railways, a vast range of exhibits from 1600 fowls to 800 pigeons, 600 cattle stalls, 400 swine and sheep entries, and pedigreed horses. The art gallery includes Munkacsy's Christ Before Pilate. a floral exhibit stands out amid towers and halls covering 60,000 square feet and a central 66 by 66 foot tower rising 160 feet.
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Joseph Salter
Itry
Swine and Sheep
Munkacsy
Christ
Ohio Centennial Exposition Opens With Magnificent Military Display
The Ohio centennial exposition inaugurated in Columbus with a grand military parade reviewed by Governor Foraker. The 12,000 seat auditorium hosted the opening ceremony as Mrs. Foraker started the machinery by electricity. Cincinnati reports the tenth week opening with 20,000 attendees and favorable weather.
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Ohio
Buckeye
Ohio National Guards
Cincinnati
Logan Monument Drive Seeks Ten Cent Donations
Detroit September 65 A G A R general committee circular asks each comrade in the national order to donate ten cents toward the Logan monument fund.
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Detroit
Mich
The
Florida Doctor Predicts Yellow Fever Spread to South
Dr Gray of Palatka Florida, surgeon for a railroad, visited the health office to retrieve baggage from the fumigator. He warned that yellow fever would reach St Augustine within days and spread across the South, with no end to the plague until November frosts.
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Gray
Palatka
Fla
Florida
St. Augustine
South
The Indian Fight Was Exaggerated Denial
Denver report denies a claim that 100 whites were killed by Indians. It notes a skirmish in Paradox valley days ago between a band of southern Utes and some Piutes, with several killed. Details have not yet reached Denver.
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Denver
Colo
Paradox Valley
Meeting Arrangements For Carlisle Leader In Virginia
Lexington Virginia September 5 Hon J Randolph Tucker said a large mass meeting would be arranged to hear Mr Carlisle around the 20th inst A separate item notes a personal quarrel in Woopsyiler Mississippi where Captain J S Lewis editor of The Republican hero shot and fatally wounded J C Johnson A third line states the total number of books in American public libraries is 21000000
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Lexington
J. Randolph Tucker
United Press
Carlisle
Woopsyiler
Miss
J. S. Lewis
J. C. Johnson
Russia Seeks Cotton Crop Growth in Central Asia
The New York Sun reports Russia imports about 360 million pounds of cotton yearly, mainly from the United States and Egypt. Recent czarist acquisitions in Central Asia are seen as well suited for cotton growing with Khiva and Bokhara already cultivating the crop amid a broad irrigation program to expand land for cotton.
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Russia
Rusia
America
Sensational Sarah and Her Husband Jailed in Contempt Case
In San Francisco on September 5, the US circuit court upheld a prior ruling that the alleged marriage contract between Sarah Althea Hill and the late Senator Sharon was forged. Mrs. Terry raged at Judge Field, hurled vulgar language, and fought deputies as Terry was dragged out. Terry received six months and Mrs. Terry thirty days.
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Sharon
San Prancisco
United States Circuit Court
Justice Field
Sarah Althea Hill
Terry
Field
Marshal Pranks
Franks
Australian Supreme Court Allows Chinese Immigrant Entry
The Australian Supreme Court in Melbourne ruled in favor of a Chinese immigrant in a case brought against the government, a move seen as a blow to immigration companies profiting from Mongolian imports. The decision prompts immediate diplomatic tensions among Britain, China, and Australia amid protests over Chinese labor landings and broader imperial tensions.
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Londox
Australian Supreme Court
China
Triple lynching shocks Oxford North Carolina jail break
In Oxford a mob hanged Henry Tanner John Tanner and Alonzo Smith after seizing the Oxford jail. They had been held for the murder of Squire Grissom whose head was found severed earlier in June. The night attack followed jailhouse seizure of keys and escape into nearby woods.
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N. C
Oxford
Squire Grissom
Henry Tanner
John Tanner
Alonzo Smith
Smith
Tragic Night Near State Line Kills Three Poles
Three Polish men were killed instantly when they walked along the west track of the Western Indiana railroad to avoid a freight train and were struck by a Chicago-bound passenger train on the east track near the Illinois state line. The incident occurred about three-fourths of a mile from the line in Hammond, Indiana.
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Ind
State Line
Illinois
Western Indiana
Chicago
Veteran takes fatal strychnine dose in Dubuque incident
In Dubuque Iowa on September 5 Albert Lea fer a one armed veteran of the Sixth Town cavalry on furlough from the Soldiers home at Marshalltown drank strychnine and died. He was eighty years old, of German origin, and survived by a wife and ten children.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Albert Leafer
Sixth Town Cavalry
Marshalltown
City clash over auditor selection in Grand Forks
Grand Forks authorities quarrel over appointing an auditor as the mayor and city council refuse to recognize J. H. Sheperd. A different candidate is expected to be chosen amid the dispute.
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Grand Forks
Dak
J. H. Sheperd
Ward County votes to move county seat to Minot
Ward county commissioners voted to call an election on removing the county seat from Burlington to Minot. The move gains momentum as Minot accounts for over half the county vote, effectively settling the question.
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Mixon
Dak
Ward County
Burlington
Minot
Cranberry Harvest Hit by Crop Damage in Districts
Milwaukee special reports indicate cranberry crops damaged in several districts with losses up to 25 percent in jungle and unimproved marshes. Improved marshes with flooding facilities fared better. Buckwheat and corn also suffered in some sections as the cranberry harvest begins.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Say C.y
Red River Valley Road Finished in Winnipeg
The last rail on the Red River Valley road now Manitoba and Northern Pacific was laid at 65:80 to grade at the city end. Local government members will likely be invited to take the first trip over the new line.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba and
Northern Pacific
Red Wood Falls Man Dies After Wagon Fall
George Liebengath a Redwood Falls butcher suffered fatal injuries from a wagon accident Saturday three ribs pierced the lungs and caused hemorrhage. The incident occurred in Redwood Falls Minnesota.
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Redwood Falls
Minn
George Liebengath
Redwood Tvalls
Stage Art Advice on Confidence and Delivery from New York World
The New York World interview advocates mastering stage craft with calm control, clear voice, and deliberate phrasing. It urges performers to handle nervousness, project without shouting, and use facial visibility, advising actors to present their expressions to the audience.
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New York World
Fargo Letter Writings Stir North Dakota Debate
A fragmented note questions whether a representative penned a letter supporting John B. Raymond’s campaign. The text cites harsh campaign language and asks if the author wrote a letter that included the phrase we’ve got the yaa tem our place downed. The inquiry seeks clarity on the author’s role and stance.
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Fargo
North Dakota
Prentleman
John B. Raymond
Mr. Raymond
Nebraska Senate Hopeful Charles Manderson Backed Strongly
One of Daketats Prientis. Fargo Argus notes strong pressure to secure the return of son Charles Manderson to the United States senate from Nebraska. The senator is described as a live western man who understands popular sentiment and what is expressed by the slang "the ropes" at the removal capital, with belief that Nebraska voters value his services highly and will act decisively.
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Fargo Argus
Son
Charles
Manderson
United States Senate
Nebraska
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