Milancipole Lawyer Linked to Forged Securities Case
Frank Collam of Rewkwell & Collam, a noted attorney, is accused of forging John T Blarigh’s name on a note for 270,000 dollars as part of a large fraud involving forged stock certificates and about 277,000 dollars in notes and securities. The Securities Bank case centers on Collam and accomplices, with signatures attributed to him and a plan to settle the matter amid fear of legal penalties. Collam faced interrogation with Attorney Col Tom before the bank officials and local authorities, describing the alleged scheme and his remorse.
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Conteasea
New York
Miavreporis
Minn
Ang
Frank Collam
Rewkwell & Collam
Fe Nt
Blaislei
Bilaldell
Algorn
Frank F Davis
Curtiss
Securstas
J Frank Crotom
A Street Railway President Arrested for Stock Forgery
Eben Allen, president of the Green Line Street Car Company in New York, was arrested for forging certificates of stock for about 70 shares. He confesses nothing, but directors vow prosecution to the full extent of the law. He is about 60, with a wife and children, and has long been a prominent figure in business society.
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Green Line
New York
Eben & Allen
Green Line Street Car Company
Hip
Allento
Ailyn
Powlings
Europe
Flo
County Treasurer R H Stedman Faces $11500 Deficit
A committee reports the books of county treasurer R H Stedman show a deficit of 11500 with July 11 1889 balance listed as 50 siz but true cash balance at 61735 differs by 11000. Errors range from 100 to 1000 across funds revealing widespread accounting misstatements and playful miscalculations.
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Vinton
Ila
Ang
R. H. Stedman
Fragmentary note on Hart's Island mystery observation
A damaged OCR fragment notes David's Island authorities attempting to keep a letter secret while one of them was seen on Hart's Island in the morning. The text is incomplete and unclear about who acted and why.
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David's Island
Hart’s Island
Pennsylvania Republicans Nominate Henry K Boyer for State Treasurer
In Harriscra, Pennsylvania, the state Republican convention met at the opera house with full delegate attendance. Henry K Boyer of Philadelphia was nominated for state treasurer by acclimation amid speeches lauding national and state leadership, and the convention adjourned sine die.
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Henry K. Boyer
Harrwucra
Repubicans
Opera House
Bing
Walter Lyon
Alleghany
Frank Weach
Phitstatphon
Lyon
Quay
Pennsylvania
Union Army
Republican Party
Grovernor Beaver
Luton Cankron
Henry Ko Boyer
Philadelphia
Habeas Corpus Action Repeats in Burke Case
In Chicago late yesterday a writ of habeas corpus was argued before Chief Hubbard. The petition seeks to compel Burke’s delivery to authorities, challenging the status of the messenger and custody. A new petition requests no writ in Burke’s favor and cites the messenger’s commission and station.
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Chicago
Ang
Julie Bikar
Hubbard
Thrush Corporation
Huchingon
Governmento
Minitoba
Gerat Hritam
Ns Rais
Meskenger
Uratel Stave
Son Plutely
Tan
Hatchard
Dew
Collins
Offeer
Burke
Finois
Ordenzo
Chef Hubbard
Hubbant
Hergear
Thas Preweiling
President Harrison Arrives amid Enthusiastic Welcome in Boston
The president arrives by rail to greet crowds at the station and hotel. Lt Governor Brackett and Mayor Hart lead a formal reception with state and federal officials. A grand banquet and a concert on the common attract tens of thousands, with the presidential party departing for Bar Harbor next morning.
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Brackett
Kneeland Street
National Lancers
Roxbury
Bugle Corps
Germ Dalton
Marder
Hurt
Windom
Cal Marstild
Then & Creary
Trumenst Street
Vendom
Tullong
Winiam
Halford
Cadeta
Massachusetts
Tere
United States Army
Fanoutl Halk
Bagle Corps
Vendome
Hotal
Beert Tary Halford
I’ress
Brookline
John A. Chandller
Proctor
Hart
Walker Blaine
Mall of the Common
Bar Harbor
Resolutions Adopted At West Superior Waterways Convention
West Superior Wisconsin heard a lake and river theme as delegates adopted resolutions urging Congress to restore regular Mississippi allocations while also seeking extensive funding for the Great Lakes waterway system. The gathering, aimed at revitalizing Great Lakes commerce, adjourned after a largely unanimous vote amid some Dakota criticisms of the committee report.
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West Superior
Wis
Mississippi
Congress
Great Lakes
Great Lake
Committee On
Royal mutual admiration at royal yacht gathering
Emperor William of Germany and Prince Henry, with the Prince of Wales, inspected the Royal yacht squadron in London and dined aboard. The Prince toasted the emperor and voiced confidence that the German army and British fleet would help preserve peace. The Kaiser praised the British fleet as the finest in the world and said Germany has an army to match Britain.
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Wilhelm
Prince of Wales
London
William of Germany
Prince Henry
Royal Yacht Squadron
Germany
Europe
Dividend Declared on Cross of the Fifth National Bank
The comptroller of the currency declares a fourth dividend of 10 percent for the Cross of the Fifth National Bank of St. Louis which failed on November 7, 1887. This brings total paid in claims proven to 44 percent on $1,046,025.
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Westmington City
Aug
Fifth National Bank of
Record Rainfall Surges Across Regions in 1680 Spring
Washington reports signal service officers note unusually heavy spring rainfall. Frankford Missouri shows 9 inches in 24 hours, Wauson 6.4 inches, Frederick Maryland 6.25 inches, Bolling Virginia 6 inches, Grampian Hills Pennsylvania 3.7 inches near Johnstown, New York 6 inches. tallest 31.4 inches in Vandris Louisiana in June 1896.
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Washington City
Signal Service
Frankford
Wausoon
Frederick
Bolar
Virginia
Grampian Hills
Pennsylvania
Johne Wn
New York
Tul‘ed
Xandris
Quiet Wednesday in Cincinnati After Busy Trade Day
Fragmentary report from Cincinnati notes a quiet day following a period of action and market chatter. Officials described low activity with sparse bidding and subdued trading across local exchanges.
Streator Arbitration Deadlock Ends with Compromise
Arbitrators J E Williams and L J Gage rule Tl cents per ton as fair for mining coal near Streator while W P Raid pushes for 77 1 2 cents and won’t go below 75. two-member majority award expected to bind both parties. Wholesale murder reported in Montana near Corvallis Butter Root valley. victims identified as Gillie Jones and wife among four killed.
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Gage
Williams
Reng
Carcano
Auz
Minora
Streator
J. E. Wiliams
Lyman J. Gage
William P. Raid
Montana
Herena
M. T
Cillie Jones
Corvallis
Butter Root Valley
Mdotana
Ini
Fatal Wreck on Omaha and Republican Valley Line
A serious rail wreck occurred near Weston Nebraska on the Omaha and Republican Valley branch of the Union Pacific after a bridge weakened by heavy rain gave way. Freight train 85 with a switch engine ahead derailed, killing engineer Mitrbell and injuring others including Conklin, Morgan, and two Krmen. several crew members were crushed or drowned.
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Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Weston
Neh
Omaha
Republican Va Ivy
Union, Pacific
Wreck on Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
A construction train carrying Italians and steel rails stalled at Ebied station when a bus line due collided, smashing the station front. Rails and cars twisted. three Italians Antonio Kiterno Derand Dolanno and Fran Callo crushed. Kiterno expected to die.
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Braprorp
New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
Vaterlay
Ebied
Nnn
Antonio Kiterno
Derand Dolanno
Frane Callo
City Rises From Ashes After Major Monday Fire
Spokane repair crews assess quake of Monday blaze as telegraph service improves. Firefighters blow down walls while removing doors and planning rebuilds. Banks reopen in temporary quarters and city bans wooden buildings and price gouging as Mayor orders enforcement.
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Spokane Farls
Sioux Reservation Opened to Settlement Joy Spreads
A message from Branding Rock Agency reports the Sioux commission gathered enough signatures to open the great Sioux reservation to settlement. The event triggers widespread celebration across the northwest as South Dakota foresees a boom and long-sought land access becomes a reality.
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Hamberlain
D. T
Nort West
Branding Rock Agency
Great Sioux
Dakota
City Breaks Mormon Rule In Salt Lake Victory
The city recently seized from Mormon control in Utah. A November election produced a Gentile majority for city government with six Gentiles elected to the House and two to the council, altering the political balance after forty one years. Mormons feel defeated and discouraged.
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Salt Lake
Utah
House of Representatives
Victory or Death in Egypt Battle Ends in Rout
Reports from Loxpon describe a brutal clash on the Nile lines with heavy civilian casualties. The Dervish leader Wadol N'yumi was killed while rallying his forces, as the invaders suffered massive losses and retreated with about half their 6,000-strong force wiped out.
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Loxpon
Eglany
Egypt
Nile
Thom
Wad Ol N' Yumi
Arbitration Collapse in Streator Wage Talks
Arbitration panel Rand Read Williams and Whitlams failed to agree on a settlement for Streator mining tensions. They proposed separate plans including a sliding scale tied to Chicago coal prices and a basic rate around 70 to 75 cents per ton, with daily wage talks to continue or the panel to issue a final decision.
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Chicago
Aug
W. P Rand
Lyman J Gage
J E Whitlams
Streator
Col Read
Willams
Boby Wire
Tar-load of proficons reaches Spring Vauchey mines
Aug 7 reports a second carload of coal is shipped from Chicago amid liberal farmer donations. Miners work the seven foot coal vein with machinery despite a third-vein rainers lockout. Operators cite no price troubles and say nine men in the vein can earn as high as 3 a day.
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Vauchey
Ill
Chicago
Spring Valley Miner Twins’ Starvation Report Debunked
A Spring Valley report claiming twin babies of a miner died of starvation is disputed. The Herald asserts the family had nourishment and medicine supplied, with four doctors approving care, denying the claim of parental neglect.
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Spring Valley
Herald
Workmen's troubles in Germany police suppress meetings
London reports that German police enforce strict measures against workers gatherings across major cities. In Munich a planned meeting to hear a Marxist Socialists congress report was blocked as police posted prohibitions and kept participants away.
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Munich
Herr 'Vultmer
Paris
Terrible Yachting Disaster In Burratn NY Exposed by Naphtha
A naphtha launch aboard the Cedar Ridge owned by L. L. Crocker of East Buffalo exploded and burned killing four, including two Crocker children Ethel and Leonart, and injuring Charlotte Crocker and Miss McLean. Howard Crocker and carpenter John Rubenstein perished. rescue efforts saved others as widespread flames battered the craft. The accident, caused by naphtha leakage and a lighted match, destroyed the vessel and left a widow and five children.
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Burratn
Cedar Ridge
L. L. Crockar
East Buffalo
Ethel
Leonart L. Crocker
Howard Crocker
John Rubenstein
Charlotte Crocker
McLean
Peter Coalmeyer
Bills McLean
Mr Crocker
New York Central
Caleb T. Isma
Mice Jean
James
Hyeses
Charles Schweigel
Mr. Schweigel
Crocker
Charlotte
Miss McLean
Detroit
Sioux Commission Secures Indian Land Deal Amid Contention
Fort Yates Aug 6 press dispatch reports the Sioux commission led by ex Governor Foster Maj Gen Crook and William Warner reaching a signed agreement with the Brule and other Sioux bands. The pact grants about 11 million acres for 21 million surrendered with staged payments and a $3 million trust fund earmarked for education and long term settlement. Six reservations Rosebud Cheyenne River Crow Creek Lower Brule Pine Ridge Standing Rock are to receive the unsurrendered lands in trust with annual interest for education.
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Sioux Commission
Wasu
Foster
Crook
William Warner
Bronx
United States
Lani Tho
Indiana
Rosebwil
Cheyenne River
Crow Creek
Lower Brule
Pine Ridge
Standing Rock
Double Edged Labor Law Report From Pittsburg Case
A treasury department report from Walter Lyon United States district attorney at Pittsburg confirms twenty five English glass blowers violated the all contract labor law. The glass blowers worked at Chambers McKee glass works in Jeannette PA and were procured by a Rights of Labor assembly in Pittsburg through a similar assembly in England.
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Wassinetos Ciry
Treasury Department
Walter Lyon
United States
Pittsburg
Lyon
Chambers & McKee
Jeannette
England
Coke strike tightens in western Pennsylvania region
In Scornpalk Pennsylvania only two or three small collieries operate as Charlotte furnace closed down due to coke shortage. About 18 men were laid off as coke train crews on the south branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad were suspended. Several furnaces and industries in western Pennsylvania face shutdown without additional coke supplies.
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Scornpalk
Charlotte Furnace
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Branch
Pennsylvania
Girls Return to Work After Hosiery Mills Strike
About 75 of 100 girls who walked out at the hosiery mills have resumed work this week. The remainder refuse to return and threaten further action. A separate note mentions an incident involving a Grand Duke Peter’s nephew and a botched crime in a distant city, with garbled details.
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Reavixo
Beventy
Sng
Tve
Peter
Onar
Wad
Prin
Priscos
Momborg
Bureau of
Engraybik Mared
Nes
Hog Cholera Report Questions Inoculation Theory
Washington Citr Aug 8 The commission appointed by Secretary Ruark with Prof Burrill of Illinois University examines hog cholera. The long report offers little value for farmers. It approves Dr Billings theory of inoculation but warns it could worsen the disease. Hope lies in medical science advancing to reduce annual hog losses of about 20 million. Further experiments are advised.
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Washington Citr
Ruak
Burrill
Sinois University
Billings
Mnebranka
Cincinnati Saloon-Keepers Postponed In Court
In Cincinnati police court yesterday afternoon Jordan Thombs attorney for the saloon keepers arrested for violating the Sunday closing law asked for leniency. Judge Ermeton continued the cases for thirty days to allow offenders a chance to derive their winerity.
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Cincinnati
Jordan Thombs
Ermeton
Treason Plot Behind Dervish Invasion Revealed
An early report describes a wide conspiratorial scheme linking Egyptian army factions and Wad-el-Njumis forces to a planned treasonous crossing of the Nile. The narrative notes deserters, betrayal by officials, and a last minute disruption by Col. Woedoise preventing the invasion at the river.
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Dervirh
Triad
Wade N?jump
bin Shields
Cairo
Wal-el-N'jumi
The
Nile
Egypt
Wodehouse
Wad-el- N' Jumi
Woe Oise
War in Crete Dominates Greek Action Demand
Athens orders naval forces ready as clashes flare in Crete. Moslem and Christian groups clash at Heraclion with ten dead on each side. Greece urges powers to restore order or face prompt action to defend Greek subjects amid Turkish arming of Moslems on the island.
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Athens
Heraclion
Ae Go Seument
Greece
Crete
Behring Sea Dispute Emerges Over Black Diamond Seizure
Aug 7 Loxpon report notes renewed debate between England and the United States over seal fisheries in Behring Sea following the Black Diamond seizure. The St James's Gazette condemns the act and urges an end to political tricks, hoping Julian Pauncefote’s London presence accelerates settlement.
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Behring Sea
Loxpon
England
United
St James
Zotta
Atlantic
M‘nister
Washington
Pres
Gaztte
Julian Pauncefote
London
European press mocks American Republics Congress in Washington
London reports Aug 7 that the proposed congress of American republics in Washington attracts European attention but few expect major results. German press ridicules the plan as mimicking European diplomacy while Vienna’s paper questions the feasibility of a vast American federation, calling it grandiose.
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London
Washington
Vienna Tazellatt
Waterways convention opens in West Superior
The National Waterways convention convened at 2 p m with Judge Bolon H Clough as presiding officer Temporary chair E P Bacon of Milwaukee and secretary FL Searle of St Cloud. Leroy Adams of Buffalo named permanent chair W J Street secretary and officers were chosen. A banquet followed as speakers urged lake river canal links and deep draught vessel access.
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West Superior
West Sursnion
Wis
Bolon H. Clough
E. P Bacon
Milwgukos
FL 2
Searle
St. Cloud
J. J. Hill
Dallas Donnelly
Leroy Adams
Bugato
W. J. Street
W. F. Phelps
Duluth
George F. Merrill
Aakland
Ice
J. & Dugham
Uno
N. P. Rangery
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