Senator Sherman Presses Resolution on Anglo Canadian Grievances
Washington reports outline Senator Sherman urging investigation of U S relations with Great Britain and Canada and arguing the president can address grievances since 1885 without a retaliation bill. Separate items note a post office panel revoking inquiry into The Tariff Reform Advocate and a Costa Rica U S trade tariff rebate policy. Senator Manderson introduces a homestead entry bill protecting veterans who abandoned a declaration to reapply within six months.
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Washington
Sherman
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Congress
Manderson
Oates Seeks Adjournment By October First
Representative Oates of Alabama says caucus likely to adopt a concurrent resolution to adjourn Congress on October 1 after introducing a proposal to end the session on the 20th. He cites an almost unanimous demand for adjournment.
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Congress
Washington
Oates
Alabama
President approves acts and notices to be reported
The President approved measures including a New York appraiser warehouse project an aid act for the First National Bank of Portland Oregon funds for the revenue cutter Corwin and removal of William L Bradford political disabilities. A lighthouse keeper at White Fish Point removed nets and piles tied to them owned by Canadians within a one mile limit.
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Washington
Dthe
New York
First National Bank
Portland
Ore
Corwin
William L. Bradford
Treasury Department
White Fish Point
Lake Superior
Senator Stanford Battered by Rare Sleep Disorder
News from Europe reports Senator Stanford is suffering a rare illness causing alternating wakefulness and sleep. He cannot sleep or stay awake for long, experiences near-somnambulism, and cannot walk alone without risking a fall as the condition progresses.
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Washington
the Post
Europe
Stanford
Carlisle Renominated by Acclamation in Sixth Kentucky
In Covington at Odd Fellows hall on Sept 19 John G. Carlisle was renominated by acclamation to represent the Sixth Kentucky district. Carlisle presented a rallying speech as both Democrats and Republicans were defeated. Farm and Labor party members in Minneapolis claim Union Labor carried Arkansas by 9000 votes, noting no coverage in Twin Cities papers. They allege fusion between Republicans and Democrats against Labor.
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Kentucky
Cincinnati
Lon
John G. Carlisle
Odd T Fellows Hall
Covington
Carlisle
Minneapolis
Farm and Labor Party
Union Labor Party
Arkansas
Twin City
Republican State Central Committee Organizes Campaign Plan
The Republican state central committee met at 2 p.m. to organize the committee and map the campaign. Stanford Newell elected chairman and Joel P. Heatwole secretary. Helena Montana September 19 reports Thomas H. Carter nominated as a delegate to Congress by the Republican territorial convention.
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Montana
Helena, M. T
Thomas H. Carter
Congress
Novel Case Challenges Spine of Paris Medicine Academy
A patient with bone disease underwent radical chest surgery removing most of the breast bone and several ribs to halt disease progression. The procedure saved the patient’s life and allowed physiologists to study the living heart directly through the exposed chest. The Arkansan artery and related structures were partially involved in the operation.
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Paris Academy of Medicine
Arkansan J
Great Artery
Ayeler
Noted Clergyman Attacks Physicians Over Infanticide Claims
From New Brunswick and New York reports Rev. M. W. McDuffie denounces physicians and lawyers for alleged ruin of young girls. He cites fears of 500 infantile murders yearly and cites a Florence mission letter showing many inmates were first corrupted by family doctors. The sermon provoked strong public reaction.
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New York
the Herald
M. W. McDuffie
New Brunswick
N. J
Remsen Avenue
Noted Mormon Fugitive Surrenders and Is Sentenced
Apostle George Q. Cannon, evading law for over two years, surrendered to U S Marshal Dyer in Utah. He pleaded guilty to two indictments for unlawful cohabitation and was sentenced to seventy five days and two hundred dollar fine on the first, plus one hundred days and two hundred fifty dollar fine on the second, then sent to the penitentiary. The case stirred strong sectarian anger among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lake Crry
Utnah
George Q. Cannon
United States
Dyer
Cannon
Congress
Utah
Nevada
Sandford
New York Cotton Market Build Compress to Send to Europe
A New York company forms to build a large cotton compressing plant to control cotton shipments to Liverpool. No existing compress in New York prompts reliance on Norfolk for compressing before export. Prospects praise better freight rates and higher profits if the plant operates locally.
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New York
Liverpool
Norfolk
Europe
Train Collision Injures Crew In Illinois Whisky Freight Wreck
A passenger train from Lafayette collided with a Lake Erie & Western freight at Hoop town Illinois. The whisky laden freight from Peoria was badly wrecked. One or two trainmen suffered serious injuries.
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Lafayette
Ind
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Lake Erie & Western
Hooptown
Ills
Peoria
Thurman Delays Acceptance Letter In Ohio Speech
Judge Thurman told a United Press reporter at 1 p.m. in Columbus that he has not written his letter of acceptance and will not finish it before the end of next week.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thurman
United Press
Explosion Injures Three in Republic Iron Yard Fire
In Republic Michigan on Sept 19 a dynamite cap explosion in a burning Republic Iron warehouse injures A Damradt P Labeau and F E Butler and wrecks the building. The fire’s cause is unknown. Meanwhile in Memphis on Sept 19 a criminal court judge instructs the grand jury to indict members of the cotton bagging trust despite their nonresidence.
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Republic
Mich
Republic Iron Company
A. Damradt
P. Labeau
FE. Butler
Grand Jury
Menrnis
Criminal Court
Divorced Himself With Cold Lead in Courtroom Shooting
Samuel Pruett shot his wife and J. C. Blacklidge in the IxoKono Indiana courtroom where a divorce trial between Pruett and his wife was about to begin. The incident unfolded during the ongoing legal proceedings.
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IxoKono
Ind
Samuel Pruett
J. C. Blacklidge
Pruett
Harrison Solidifies Connecticut Support Amid Mugwump Shift
The Philadelphia Press notes no Mugwump organization remains in Connecticut this year. Free traders join Democracy, but some Mugwumps will back Harrison. Republicans united and energetic since 1880, with Connecticut's manufacturing base wary of Mills legislation that could cripple industry.
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Harrison
Connecticut
Philadelphia
Presa
Yellow fever hits Jacksonville as caseload climbs
Jacksonville reports thirteen new yellow fever cases and two deaths by noon amid dubious tallies and physician reports from Gainesville to Fernandina. The Gainesville Guard sickness rises. Fernandina appears clear and Tampa reportedly free. The Jacksonville Evening Metropolis suspends operations as staff illness spreads.
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Tampa
Jacksonville
Fla
Gainesville
Fernandina
Ternandina
Jacksonville Mayor Opens Cleveland Fever Relief Office
A. B. Smith of Jacksonville Florida arrives in Cleveland Ohio and opens an office to solicit contributions for yellow fever relief. He praises treatment received in the North and notes free transportation and express shipments offered by rail and shipping firms. He left Florida July 2 and remained to aid the fever-stricken region.
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Cleveland
Ohio
A. B. Smith
Jacksonville
Fla
Philadelphia Urges Military Cordons to Stop Fever Spread
The Philadelphia surgeon general received resolutions urging Washington to enforce strict quarantine and, if needed, establish a military cordon to prevent yellow fever from spreading beyond current limits. Additional reports note New Orleans quarantine lifting amid protests and Jacksonville records 52 new cases and 7 deaths in 24 hours.
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Wallington
Marine Hospital Service
Philadelphia
Washington
Epwin H. FirLer
Jacksonville
Fla
Board of Health
Ex Judge Terry to Prison for Contempt in California Case
Justice Field denied Terry's petition to revoke his sentence for contempt of court. He claimed no intent to disrespect the court or assault the marshal, but Field found his statements not aligned with observed facts. Settling Switchmen demands in Twin Cities proceeds toward a later meeting. Bishop Hare seeks signatures from Sioux Indians at Pine Ridge and Rosebud agencies. Crotty clothing store foreclosed on a $10,000 chattel mortgage as fall stock arrived.
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Terry
California Supreme Court
San Francisco
Justice Field
Sioux Fas
Dak
Hare
Pine Ridge
Rosebud
Bishop Hare
Sioux Nation
Dubuque
Iowa
D. S. Crotty
Yellow fever talk in Nashville aims to ease local quarantines
The Tennessee capital prepares for a full discussion on the Florida yellow fever outbreak and efforts to lessen quarantine hardships in certain areas. A separate report from Cantox Ohio describes a man dying of a sudden lung failure while walking with his fiancée, with the woman fainting nearby. The English Society for Psychical Research endorses telepathy as a proven explanation for many psychological phenomena, asserting mind to mind influence beyond bodily channels.
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Nashville
Tenn
South
Florida
Cantox
Ohio
George McCurdy
English Society For Psychical Research
s-Grobe
Queen Natalie's Revenge and Balkan Conspiracy Rumors
London September 19. Rumors from Sofia and Vienna claim the Bulgarian cabinet plot against Finance Minister Natchovich was part of a wider conspiracy to kill the entire cabinet, with Kisseloff attempting an early execution. Russian agents are blamed as King Milan’s Austrian cabinet faces pressure for a Russian-backed premier. Queen Natalie is described as a Russian agent influencing events and the marital split.
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Londox
Sofia
Vienna
M. Natchovitch
Bucharest
Ciurgovo
Kisseloff
Balkan
Bulgaria
Servia
Milan
Natalie
Schooner Theresa Brings Large Black Cod Haul Near Queen Charlotte
Victoira reports the schooner Theresa arrived from Queen Charlotte Island with nearly 3,500 black cod in pickle. Captain cites large banks five miles offshore in 210 fathoms and halibut banks one mile out at 100 fathoms with fish six to seven feet long in abundant quantity. The vessel was loaded in a single day.
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Victoira
B.C
Theresa
Queen Charlotte Island
Irish Emigrant Home Riot Arrests After Disturbance
Irish inmates at the emigrants home riot in Riotons Guascow on September 19. Police fought to quell the disturbance, breaking twenty batons. Sixty five inmates were arrested with fifty three sentenced to one month in jail.
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Guascow
Cited telegrams report czar seeks Turkish sultan’s ear on Bulgaria
The Cologne Gazette’s St. Petersburg correspondent says the czar asked his brother Grand Duke Sergius to visit the Sultan of Turkey en route to Jerusalem to advise him on Bulgaria. Albert Reiss of Liesingg fails. 2,000,000 florins in liquidity. Vienna banks involved. A Greek fleet heads to the Gean Sea to shield sponge fishers from Turkish injustices. Paris reports fifty Germans expelled as suspected spies.
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Berlin
Cologne Gazette
St. Petersburg
Sergius
Jerusalem
Turkey
Bulgaria
Vienna
Albert Reiss
Liesigg
Orient
Atneks
Gean Sea
Russian Fleet to Start Black Sea Maneuvers
St. Petersburg reports the Russian naval fleet will begin maneuvers in the Black Sea toward the end of September, signaling intensified naval activity and strategic posture along the southern theater.
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St. Petersburg
Black Sea
Moonshiners Shot Dead in Arkansas Encounter
In Hot Springs Arkansas on September 19 two deputy U S marshals killed two moonshiners Ted Bates and John Gressam near Backbone mountain Clark county thirty miles from Hot Springs. Bates and Gressam residents of Black Springs Montgomery county had long operated illicit distilleries three miles north of Black Springs and were being pursued as government raids disrupted organized gangs.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Black Springs
Montgomery County
United States
Backbone Mountain
Clark County
Ted Bates
John Gressam
Bates
Gressan
Two Negroes Shot Dead in Incendiary Language Case
In Opelousas Louisiana on September 18 a mob seized two black men Jean Pierre Salet and Didacre from their huts at Ville Platte Prairie and killed them in the woods alleging incendiary remarks. The murder has stirred intense local excitement.
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Louisiana
Opelousas
Ville Platte Prairie
Jean Pierre Salet
Didacre
Plumbers Strike Over Wage Demands in Indianapolis
The boss plumbers face a heavy workload building gas houses this season while journeymen fitters press for a wage rise from $2.50 to $4.50 daily. The union called a strike with about sixty men out after arbitration failed and bosses refused higher pay.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Shelby County feud ends in deadly duel between farmers
In Bimminallah Alabama on September 19, prominent Shelby county farmers Alexander Matlock and George Turner, brothers-in-law, settled a long feud with a duel on a public road. Each fired five shots. Turner was mortally wounded and died, while Matlock escaped unharmed.
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Bimminallah
Ala
Alexander Matlock
George Turner
Shelby County
Turner
Matlock
Choctaw Claims Case Seeks Contempt Attachment
In equity court on Sept 10 the complainants led by W. H. Lamon requested contempt attachment against Henry KE McKee for failing to pay 146,500 into court registry. The motion was granted and the attachment issued.
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Washington
Equity
W. H. Lamon
Henry KE. McKee
Husband shoots wife then dies in split level home
At 2 45 pm Henry Thieme attempted to murder his divorced wife and step-daughter at 24 Moffat street then shot himself dying instantly. The wife was wounded in the right temple and likely to die while the step daughter escaped unharmed.
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Cnicaco
Henry Thieme
Moffat Street
Church Services Across Denominations Listed
Local church notices summarize weekly and Sunday services for St Marys Presbyterian Methodist Episcopal First Baptist Congregational Catholic and German Congregationalist parishes along with group meetings. Pastor names include Babcock McFarland Adkinson Winegar Brown Shevlin and others. Hours vary with mass at 7:30 am 8:30 am and services at 11 am 7:30 pm. Classes and prayer meetings appear weekly.
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ST. Mary's Church
Protestant Episcopal
Key
John Il
Babcock
Presbyterian
T. GC. McFarland
Methodist Episcopal
A. W. Adkinson
A. A. Brown
Canolig
Church of the “Holy Family
George Shevlin
Rey
C. Win
Wurrschmidt
Congregational Church
Mitchell W
T. U
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Tariff Reform Advocate
Committee On Post Offices
Costa Rica
New Orleans
Stanford Newell
Dudes
Hock
Long Island
Berry Wall
Charles H. Goldbeck
Switchmen's Association
St. Loui
Switchmen’s Mutual Aid Association
Christen’s Hall
Gainsville
Mayor Smith
Texas
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Twin Cities
Paris
France
Chicago
Atlanta Constitution
Constitution
Democratic
Reform” Party
Post Office
Oyal Sul Weiga
Rogan Baking Powder Co
N.Y
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
Pei
Satuday
Weer
Islue
Vrains
M. Excey
A. N
Duwi
Dily
Assenger
Tyler
North Dakota
Ghas
Harris
South Dakota
J. E. Jenkins
C. ¥. King
Territorial
Alloway
Grand Forks
Bartlett Tripp
Yankton
J. J. Garland
Sioux Alls
W. H. Francis
Bismarck
W. 13. McConnell
Fargo
C. M. Thomas
Deadwood
James Spencer
Huron
J.H C. Young
J. S. Smith
J. Robinsonn
D. Prescott
John
Sas
Ereseees Es Assessof
L. W. Adams
W. W. Gardner
John Cook
E. C. Malmsberry
LW. McCormick
CITY
T. F. Mentzer
D.W. Ward
Winstow Abbey
J._E. Gilbert
L. W. Lewis
Board OF Education
A. J. Edgerton
H. E. Kratz
Resurgam Lodge
Mitchell
Dakota
Masonic Hall
Geo. A. Johnson
W. M
L. Q. Hardesty
E. B. Bracy
H. P
Geo. H. Rathmah
Bernard Commandry
K. T
T. F. Bingiser
E. C
J. C. McBride
Chanka Lodge
LU. O
Jerome Wiltze
N. G
E. B. van Alstine
Mitchell Encampment
Oddfellows
J.M. Adams
C. P
H. J. Bingham
Ransom
G. A. R. Mitchell
W. Kress
W. Spellman
Adj
Ferguson Lodge
L. F
Od Fellows
W.S. Crandell
E. F Hughes
Wmn. McAvinney
Damascus Lodge
Odd Wellows Hall
D. Martin
C. Elmer Miller
Ellsworth Camp
O. C
Hall
Brothers Welcompeyeas Koren
Dal
Clark
Segt
Teal
Mitchell, Dak
Odd Fellows Hall
HW. Daniels
V. G
L. Chase
Ransom Relief Corps
Odd Fellows All
Secree
Marshal
the Mitchell Weekly Capita
Beyor
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