Death of Hon Samuel Sullivan in Public Services Career
The obituary notes the death at 11:30 pm of Hon. Samuel Sullivan after a long public life in public services and literature. He remained conscious for about half an hour before passing, caressing his wife’s arm as he weakened, with Mrs Cox Mel Mardenbargh and J N Kearney among those present. A burial plan had not yet been decided.
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Ifis
Careas
Hie Senicken
Efin
New York
Samuel Sulvan
Cox Mel Mardenbargh
Wmr
On J Kearney
Renief the Statesman
Comel
Wwe
Urna
London
Tecalls
Pitsbars
Biography of Cox the New Jersey Congressman and Statesman
A compact portrait of James Cox later known as Sunset, tracing his rise from New Jersey politics to long service in Congress. It notes his education in Brown and law study, his early journalism ties, and his shift from law to public life. The piece highlights his roles as speaker pro tempore, his war Democrat stance, and Lincoln’s high regard for his parliamentary skill and candor.
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Merde Adtadnos
Atigag
Columbus
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Chonantowan Po
New York
Pelodot
New York City
Congress
Mito
Nw York
New
Cox
Thia Ma
Jerhey
Atyno
Ted
Horace Gerechey
Ind
Congressmaan Atvitce
Dare
Forts
Ianeter
Turkey
Repub
Ohio Statesman
Statesman Wiersvenina
Larrolly
Death of Representative Cox Triggers Capitol Mourning
Washington Sept 11. The vows of the death of Representative Cox were received here with sincere regret. He had many warm friends in this city and was better known here than in the district he represented. His life’s chief interest in Congress was the life saving service, which he helped establish and for which his efforts were tireless.
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Washington Curry
Sept
Cox
Bere
Congress
Life Saving Service
Jury Decisions Promise Trial Acceleration
Judge McConnell stated that a juror admitting bias and pledging impartiality cannot be immediately removed, risking a quicker verdict. The remark follows defense objections and could shorten peremptory challenges as the trial advances.
Death toll rises in Mississippi frontier unrest
Advices from Charleston Mississippi report about forty eight hours of killings including George Allen the Leflore county incendiary who was hanged The total number killed up to date is estimated at 100
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Hillead
Corveyville
Miss
Charleston
George Allen
Leflore County
Funeral of 8. 8. Cox in New York Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for 8. 8. Cox are set for tomorrow at the Presbyterian church on Tenth street and University place. Pallbearers include Gen. Sherman and ex-Attorney General Garland with alternates such as ex-President Cleveland and Governor Hill. Letters of sympathy arrive from notable figures. municipal flags will fly at half-mast.
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Cox
Presbyterian Church
Tenth Street
University Place
Sherman
Morton. T. Agnew
Dawes
Kimball
A. Walker
Garland
Houna
Sympathy From Jews Memorials urged for Reinstein
Washington telegram from Si mon Wolf president of the Jewish order O K B asks for memorial services across the order for the late Hon. & Cox a friend of Israel in and out of Congress. He sends the telegram to Alexander Reinstein the order secretary.
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Washington City
Simon Wolf
Jewish Order
Alexander Reinstein
Order
Cox
Israel
Congress
London Dock Strike Picket Tactics Stir Legal Debate
London authorities discuss legality of dock pickets pressing workers to stay away. Chief Monro vows protection for employers while weighing if picketing crosses from advisory to intimidation, amid calls for precise evidence of who urged what.
Atrocious Outrage near Lafayette Civil Case Brutalities
A Lafayette area coroner's inquest reveals a mob of about thirty maskers attacking Rosemond Carmier and his 15 year old daughter. Rosemond is shot and his head crushed while the daughter is found with her throat cut. The mob also lashes two Black residents and robs a Black teacher, with fear of further acts on Tuesday night. Authorities suspect other injured parties but lack full details.
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Newragans
Lafayette
Rosemond Carmier
Rosemond
Juan Judice
Resale
Littl
Winchester
F Ormer
Lucien Montgomery
Joseph
Toby” Cobb
Cobb
Ita
The Dressed Best Inquiry Adjourned In Missouri
Kansas City Mo Sept 12 The senate dressed beef investigation committee adjourned to meet at the chairman s call. Members returned home yesterday. Railroad men testified no special freight rates were given. Packers forced retail butchers to buy pressed product by selling below slaughter costs.
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Kansas Crirr
Senate
Packera F.H. Brice
Knife attack miss aimed at wrong man in Evansville
James F. Rose, son of Dr. W B Rose, was attacked in a saloon by a hotel runner who mistook him for another man. The assailant used a knife, cutting Rose’s face severely. He was knocked down, got up, and the attacker renewed the attack before being arrested. Rose is in critical condition.
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Ind
James F. Rose
W. B. Rose
John
Young Ros
National Conference of Charities Opens in San Francisco
The National Conference of Charities opened in San Francisco last night with many Eastern delegates in attendance including Bishop Gillespie of Grand Rapids and Governor Pond among the notable attendees.
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Conference of Charities
Ban Francisco
National Conférence of Charities
Gilleepse
Rand Rapids
Mick
Xa Mager
Desperate tramps captured after gunfire in Coshocton
A posse led by Sheriff Manner pursued two armed tramps through Coshocton on September 11. Marshal Hagans was wounded in the chest area, Lee Kinger took a thigh wound, and one tramp was captured after a river crossing amid a blaze of shots. The other escaped with a severe wound and was apprehended after surrender.
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CoLcunus
Coshocton
Isaac Hagans
Tuscarawas River
Marshal Hagans
Lee Kinger
Sheriff Manner
Posse
Jack
Rosa
Armour Defends Big Four Amid Senate Hearing
West's Committee hears St Ar mour of Armour Packing defend independence of Kansas City and Chicago divisions. Armour testifies about cattle slaughter, profits, and meat prices while denying any combine or special-rate agreements amid questions on overproduction and market competition.
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St. Armour
Armouur Packing ¢ Company
Senate
Armour
Chicago Packer
Chicago Armours
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Senator Vestey
Combine
Chicago
David Rankin
Atcagon County
Spring Valley Appeals for Special Legislature Session
A memorial signed by the Spring Valley mayor, city council, and coal miners asks Governor for a special legislature session. It argues a corporation can relocate people, claim property, and force mortgages, then paralyze the town by shutting business.
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Strinra Vallrgy
Spring Valley
F.for
Johnstown
Republican Party
Pugilist Ben Wilson Fined for Profanity in Chambersburg
In Chambersburg Pennsylvania on September 1 Ben Wilson a Black boxer from Bhaynokin was arrested for public profanity. He was fined 67 cents for eighty five oaths and imprisoned for seventy five days for each unpaid oath under guard statute.
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Chambersburg
Ben Wilson
Chicago aldermen election yields mixed party results
Elections in Chicago's annexed wards occurred yesterday. Of twenty aldermen elected, ten were Republicans and nine Democrats with a tie in the Twenty eighth ward. Local winners won mostly through personal favor, with politics described as minimal.
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Chicago
Unable to confirm murder suspect confession in Philadelphia
Mrs. Blard detained in Easton on suspicion of aiding Barthaengma in her husband’s death confesses to consent due to fear of separation as he planned to move to separate her from Barthaengmaw. case develops amid sensational headlines.
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D.tlard
Easton
Barthaengen
Thag
Barthaibmaw
Another Mysterious Murder In Whitechapel
London police found a mutilated nude female body in a railway arch in Whitechapel. The elderly victim, about 80, had been moved from another place and her organs were arranged on the ground. Experts say the work shows surgical knowledge and is unlikely by Jack the Ripper.
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Lonnor
London
Whitechapel
Jack the Ripper
Lynchers Free Two Men in Burke County
A mob of about 180 men overpowered jailers at Morgantoo Burke county and broke open the cell killing Frank Stack a white man and Dave Boone a colored man. Stack faced charges for shooting Robert Parker last August and killing Eli Holder at Camp Fog Ground about two weeks earlier. Boone reportedly confessed while Stack protested innocence to the end. Warrant requests have been issued for three identified lynchers.
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Cuaruorre
N. C
Chronicle
Frank Stack
Dave Boone
Morgantoo
Burke County
Stack
Robert Parker
Eli Holder
Boone
Fragmented note on a threatened theft report
A garbled message hints at a robbery or threat near Michigan with a reference to a capture and a week prior, but the details are unclear and the location and names are unreadable.
Destructive Storm Strikes Ocean City Delaware Coast
A ferocious Tuesday storm devastates Delaware Bay coast from Rehoboth to Lewes. Dozens of ships sink or damaged with many lives lost. photographer Walter Field rescues a mother and child. residents flee rising surf, second-story evacuations, and widespread property ruin across Atlantic City Chelsea rail and waterfront hotels.
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Alacalem
Howard Pier
Walter Field
Yachts Scattered After High Tide Flooding New York
Riverfront inundation damaged the Harlem area flooding homes east of First Avenue. Dozens of yachts were lost or washed ashore with only a few remaining at the Harlem Yacht Club and nearby clubs.
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First Avenue
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T Yacht Clubs
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Yorkville Club
Tio
Destruction Wrought by Ocean City Storm
The Ocean City area shows severe damage from the storm with porch columns washed away doors and windows broken and furniture afloat. Seas Tuesday night reached into the second story of the Atlantic hotel and Congress Hall with six foot waves. A rescue train operated Tuesday night to save beach residents as men formed a human chain to carry women to safety, seating them on joined hands.
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Congress
Wasi
Navy telegram on Passaic disaster at Baltimore
Commandant Simpson reports from Annapolis that the monitor Pasay aided the Swan lifeboat with an officer and five sailors aboard. One officer and two men were rescued by a schooner, three men unaccounted, possibly picked up later. The Passaic was heading to Baltimore for a sham bombardment at Ft McHenry when the disaster occurred.
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Navy Department
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Annapolis
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Ft. McHenry
Capes wreck near Philadelphia claims crew members
The Philadelphia bound schooner Capes, with Captain DL Risley aboard, ran ashore on the Fourteen Foot bank Tuesday. Crews who went to the wreck are believed lost as the vessel spilled ashore and perished.
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Delaware Bay
Philadelphia Record
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Cal
Mariel
William R Grace
Philadelphia
Ashora
Capes
Masta Gore
An Bryan
DL Risley
Philadelphie
Reading backs two acres washed away
Atlantic City reports erosion event where two acres of land near the Reading mat area were washed away following flood conditions. Authorities investigate to assess damage and next steps.
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Atlantic City
Two Acres Hays
Fiery Storm Threatens Missing Boat Crew on Long Island
A tight near the harbor on Long Island ends with a missing catboat crew feared lost after a sudden storm. Search efforts continue as officials warn of exposure and dangerous seas.
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Long Island
Massive mine collapse at No 3 Co Herrs Poke Hollow
Sept 12 patrons report a large mine disaster at No 3 colliery in Poke Hollow. The cave in buries sections of the mine, endangers 152 workers, with 25 men escape unscathed. Estimated losses reach $160,000 as officials assess months of work to resume operations.
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Herrs
Poke Hollow
Botwin Iisfalia
Anuwnta
Co Harsinth Nouberkoot
Allen man dies in hunting accident
Elwart Bart aged 10? years, of Allen town, accidentally shot himself while hunting Monday evening. One side of his head was blown off and chest was instantaneous.
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Elwart Bart
H. B. Burt
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Rumor of a Famous Surgeon in Whitechapel Murder Case
A rumor alleges a renowned London surgeon involved in a well known Whitechapel murder. Officials deny or confirm the claim as investigators consider the doctor’s distinctive features and professional standing without naming him directly.
Colored people rally in Tennessee over rail coach outrage
The Colored People’s Expanse Association of the Western States convened in the city as ministers gathered from across the region. E Love and five others arrived reporting the harassment of a party traveling on the East Tennessee Virginia & Georgia railroad and forced from a first class coach at Duxury. The convention spent the day debating southern treatment and passed a resolution urging the president to extend protection to the race equal to other workers.
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Fist Association of
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Territorists
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Tiga
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad
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Touzha
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United States
Inter State Law Repeal Sought By Maine Hearing
United States senate committee on relations with Canada opened public hearings in Boston. Representative Morse of Canton testified that customs laws hinder enforcement and urged Canada to align tariffs and fisheries talks for a reciprocal treaty. He also said interstate commerce law burdens American railroads by pushing traffic to Canadian lines and called for repeal.
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United States Senate
Canada
Morse
Canton
Ours
Convent
Mculty
Widow's Suit for Breach of Promise Stirs Hoporix NJ
Miss Anna Holts of Hoporix New Jersey sues Charles Bunkie for 1 000 damages in a breach of promise suit after a rapid sequence of events. Holtz, sister to Henry Holtz a Hoboken druggist who died by his own hand, became engaged to Holtz. After Holtz's death the marriage was postponed and Bunkie then courted and married the widow within a month. The pair have since run the drug store together.
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Anna Holts
Charles Bunkie
Miss Holtz
Henry Holtz
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Sunkie
Holtz
Sunkle
M Auliffe Stops Killen in Coast Fight
In San Francisco Pat Kil len heavy weight champion of the north west met Jon McAuliffe ax champion heavy weight of the Pacific coast at the Iden Gate Athletic club. McAuliffe weighed 208 pounds Kil len 105. The bout went McAuliffe’s way from the start with Kil len on the defensive. In the fifth Kil len was put on the ropes and could have been KOed but McAuliffe did not press. The fight ended in the seventh round with an uppercut as Kil len clung to the ropes.
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Complaint Against a Caneus In Berlin Trade Debate
Protests by Berlin exporters condemn the methods of Mr Edwards the American consul and cite his ignorance of German as evidence of mismanagement. Merchants fear trade with America suffers as officials clash over procedures and policy.
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Edwards
Fragmentary Note on Billing and Sale
A damaged OCR fragment mentions bills and a sale with unclear details. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, leaving only scattered references to financial actions and a possible auction context.
Tanner Resigns As Commissioner In Chicago Amid Cabinet Pressure
A Washington dispatch reports Corporal Tanner’s resignation as commissioner of peacons to the president last night. Mutual friend Daniel Ransdell aided discussions with Dudley and others at Tanner’s suburban home as telegrams influenced the move. Speculation says Tanner may enter the pension business in Chicago and accept no other government post.
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Rumors Fly Over Pension Chief as Cabinet Debates Tanner
In Washington on September 1 rumors spread that Pension Commissioner Tanner may be ousted. Secretary Noble pushed for action after a pension inquiry, while Tanner denied resignation or suspension. Cabinet meetings and informal talks, with Vice President Morton present, continued into the evening as possible successors were discussed.
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Speculation on Treasury and Pension Posts
A Washington City dispatch says Tanner may succeed Gen Rosecrans as register of the treasury and that Congressman McKinley has been offered the pension commissioner post. McKinley leaves Chicago for New York to attend the funeral of Can Sam Cox and then to Washington City, but is thought likely to decline the post to pursue the Speakership.
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New York
Cansamin Cox
Ashington City
Bie Ming
Alleged Offer to Maj Warner Stirs Kansas City Rumors
Kansas City dispatch reports Major William Warner may have left for Washington after a telegram from the President and Interior Secretary seeking his appointment as commissioner of prisons to succeed Commissioner Taton. The note references charges against Sherman and an arrest in Canada, with unclear details.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
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