European Powers face Armenian massacres drive fear of discipline
Telegrams from Berlin to Constantinople report mass killings of Armenian and Christian teachers between Jazeroum and Trebizonde and a spreading Zeitoun revolt. Dispatches note Ottoman orders, growing international pressure, and potential naval actions as crisis escalates across the Levant.
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Cologne Gazette
Constantinople
Jazeroum
Trebizonde
Zeitoum
London
The
Daily News
Jrzeroom
Porte
Standard
St. Petersburg
Mediterranean
Vienna
Fremdenblatt
Austria
Levant
Great Britain
Bahri Pasha
Philip Currie
Zeitoun
Moosh
Lritjeh
Michael Herbert
Forakh
Bitchli
Brenansis
Kurbel
Tcchoukourhissar
Tchoukourhissar
Rome
Alexandretta
Syria
Tragic murder amid insurance plot in Wichita
Henry Leonard, a Wichita merchant, was found fatally harmed in an alley near the police station. Irene Williamson and her 19-year-old son Orville were arrested after evidence tied the crime to a plan to collect a $5,000 life policy Leonard had taken out payable to the mistress. The case involved alleged conspirators and a brutal attack with a hatchet and club. The divorced husband offered an alibi.
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Wichita
Kan
Henry IL Leonard
Irene Williamson
Orville
Leonard
Eight hundred join New York building strike over wages and union recognition
The Board of Arbitration considers a strike by eight hundred Housesmith and Bridgemen's union members in New York as workers at J. B. & J. M. Connell and Milliken Bros. demand a wage scale from 3.50 to 2.50 dollars and union recognition. They threaten a sympathetic stoppage involving 5 000 to 10 000 trades if nonunion replacements occur. The mediation board met Monday to review the dispute.
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Board of Arbitration
New York
Housesmith and Bridgemen‘s Union
J. B
J. M. Connell
Milliken Bros
Iron League
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Nebraska Surplus Grain Fed Within State This Year
Omaha reports most of Nebraska's surplus grain will be used for local feeding. Corn acreage reached 6,564,112 with a yield of 123,740,054 bushels, up 110,000,000 from last year. Wheat acreage stood at 1,400,520 yielding 17,756,794 bushels. Large flocks of sheep along Union Pacific lines total about 275,000, with 75,000 at Shelton and 200,000 between Schuyler and Wood River. cattle are arriving from the south and are fed at many stations on Nebraska railroads.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Shelton
Schuyler
Wood Liver
Union V Pacific
Mexico
Colorado
Supreme Court Upholds Rail Unions Conspiracy Convictions
The Supreme Court affirms the conviction of W. N. Clune and other American Railway Union officers for conspiring to obstruct mail passage on the Southern Pacific during the 1894 strike. Judge Brewer delivers the opinion. The sentence by Judge Ross was 18 months in prison.
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Washington
W. N. Clune
American Railway Union
Southern Pacific
California
Supreme Court of the United States
Brewer
Ross
Pan Hellenic congress forms federation drive
The Pan Hellenic congress met in Atlanta on Monday at 10 30 a m to form a federation of Greek letter fraternities. About 50 fraternities were represented from southern states and colleges from the east and northwest attended.
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Atlanta
Gia
Pan- Hellenic Congress
Exposition Grounds
TF. Davies
Sucb
Statehood Convention for Oklahoma Set in Shawnee
Sidney Clarke. chairman of Oklahoma's statehood executive committee, calls a statehood convention to convene in Shawnee on December 4 1895 to push statehood efforts.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
O.J
Sidney Clarke
Statehood
Shawnee
New Trial Sought in Holmes Murder Case
Philadelphia reports the defense's bid for a new trial in the Holmes murder case was heard before Judge Arnold. A controversial affidavit by a supposed Blanche Hannigan prompted perjury questions, with Shoemaker facing subornation of perjury charges after an impersonation ruse.
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Philadelphia
Holmes
Arnold
Shoemaker
Hohnes
Blanche Hannigan
Callowhill Street
Pitzel
Graham
Swetzler
Geyer
Hannigan
Rhea
Thayer
Rotan
Mr. Rotan
Milton Jackson
Nez Perces lands opened in Idaho reservation
Spokane reports the Nez Perces Indian reservation in Idaho opened at noon Monday with no disturbances. About 3,000 locations expected this fall as settlers begin marking quarters and foundations while the land office warns claims must be filed after locating. In Atlanta, S M Inman says the exposition will pay the second 25 percent installment to bondholders, with further payments planned by December 10 and December 20 to close the issue.
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Spokane
Wash
Nez Perces
Idaho
Land
Atlanta
S. M. Inman
Exposition Company
Not Long Warted Couple Die Within Hours of Golden Wedding
In Kenosha Wisconsin Mr and Mrs Samuel Grier a Wilmot couple both died ages 75 and 70 after celebrating their golden wedding last April A large circle of friends attended the ceremony The husband died of old age on Saturday evening and within hours the wife passed away peacefully
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Kenosha
Wis
Samuel Grier
Wilmot
Here
British and foreign fleets gather at Salonica bay
Reports from London claim the assembly of fleets off Salonica Bay pressures the Turkish government to halt bloodshed in Asia Minor. The sultan reportedly orders districts to quell disorders as commissioners are dispatched, while the powers seek to restore order without broad intervention. продолж
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Salonica Bay
Asia Minor
Marquis of Salisbury
Salonica
Constantinople
Anglo-Armenian Association
Porte
Anatolia
Rome
Syria
Aleppo
Kharput
United States
Alexander W. Terrell
Van
Terrell
Wali
Boston
The
American Board
Herbert M. Allen
O. P. Allen
Harpool
Ellen R. Allen
Bangor
A. N. Andrus
Poughkeepsie
Olive L. Andrus
Toledo
Jeffe M. Chambers
Anderson
Willam N. Chambers
Woodstock
Ont
Cornelius P. Chambers
William I. Williams
Turkey
M. Cole
Stark
N. H
Lizzie Cole
Littleton
N. Y
W. C. Dewey
Toulon
Seraphina Dewey
Cuxttaraugus
Charlotte BE
Ely
Mary
Anna J. Knapp
Marie
Mass
Grace H. Knapp
George C. Knapp
Bitlis
Clarissa H. Pratt
South Bridge
George C. Reynolds
Chicago
Martha W. Hkeynolds
Old Jayme
Conn
Daniel M. L. 'Hhom
Owatonna
Minn
Harrison Tomb Opened for Eaton Remains in North Bend
The historic tomb of President William Harrison in North Bend Ohio was opened to receive Arch Hrwig Eaton nephew of ex President Harrison and great grandson of the hero of Tippecanoe. Four generations of Harrisons gathered including ex President Harrison's relatives and an escort of railroad passenger agents from Cincinnati Louisville St Louis and the West.
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North Bend
William Tweary Harrison
Arch Hrwig Eaton
Benjamin Llarrison
Vippecanoe
Open Draw Tragedy on Central Viaduct Kills Fifteen
A southbound Jennings avenue trolley plunged through an open Central viaduct draw into the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. Fifteen passengers are dead with four missing. motorman Augustus Rodgers was questioned and released on $5,000 bond as authorities review how the open draw occurred.
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Cuyahoga River
Cleveland
Cleveland, O
Jennings Avenue
James McLaughlin
Trowbridge Avenue
Henry W. Mecklenburg
Mary Street
Edward Hoffman
End Avenue
John A. Sauernheimer
Professor Street
Bessie Davis
Sackett School
Noyes Street
Harry W. Foster
Root & McBride Co
Mentor Avenue
Minnie C
Lottie Voth
Branch Avenue
Martha Sauernheimer
Merchants Avenue
B. C. Page
Matthew Gallagher
Hamilton Street
Augustus Rodgers
Central Station
Hoffman
Rodgers
Financial and political tensions across markets and regions
The Dun & Bradstreet report notes limited local money-market disruption despite export fears and a slight week long stock gain. It highlights crop prospects, iron and steel demand decline, railway earnings, and rising failures in November with regional incidents in Brazil and the United States detailing fires and crimes.
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Rh. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Tariff Compare Shows 1894 Law Worse Than 1890
The New York Tribune analyzes two years under the 1890 tariff and the first year of the 1894 act. It finds higher per capita tariff taxation, greater inequity, insufficient revenue, and calls the 1894 law disastrous and dishonest in framing and effect.
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The
Tribune
Washington
United States
Sugar Trust
Cleveland
N.Y. Tribune
Leadership Gap in Democratic Party Cited by St Louis Globe-Democrat
The editorial argues the Democratic Party lacks commanding leaders to unite and steer the party. It criticizes Cleveland and cabinet figures as unpopular with the rank and file, notes widespread distrust of Olney Carlisle Bayard and others, and laments the party's drift without a capable leader to heal factions and set policy.
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Cleveland
Carlisle
Olney
Herbert
Bayard
Eustis
New York
Maryland
Kentucky
Ill
Gorman
Stevenson
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Press Opinions On Democracy And Politics
A collection of editorial quotes from Chicago Tribune Chicago Times-Herald Albany Journal and New York Advertiser. Opinions rail against Grover Cleveland attitudes Democratic governance deficits and Republican strategies in the 1896 campaign.
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Cleveland
Buzzard's Bay
Chicago Tribune
Grover
Chicago Times-Hertel
Albany Journal
Grand Old Party of Progress and Patriotism
N, Y
Advertiser
Murder Mystery Cleared Up in Sioux City
The August 25 murder at a Sioux City resort is cleared by confessions from Skid Gallagher and Alexander Chapin, both recently jailed in Nebraska for 15 years each for the Kas family attempted murder. Gallagher aided by hammer, Chapin fired the fatal shot while Noack was misidentified.
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Sioux City
Max Noack
Ora Minter
Hugh Hammond
Skid” Gallagher
Alexander Chapin
Papillion
Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
Kas
Sarpy County
Noack
Hammond
Chapin
Gallagher
Former Capitalist in Trouble
Arthur Rhys of Sioux City, once a prominent capitalist, was arrested on a forgery charge. Unable to post bail, he went to jail. Rhys, born in England, helped organize the Central Stockyard Company, an early Sioux City venture, and lost much of his and his wife's fortune due to alleged partner manipulations.
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Arthur Rhys
Sioux City
Rhys
England
Central Stockyard Company
Sick Girl Steals a Horse Heads Home Mile After Mile
A 15 year old girl, Mollie Molloy of South Sioux City, was arrested for horse stealing. In preliminary hearing she claimed illness and needing nursing, took the horse and rode about 100 miles to Brunswick Nebraska, nearly starving both herself and the horse on arrival.
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Mollie Molloy
South Sioux City
Brunswick
Neb
State sees record crops despite rainfall deficit
The weather bureau reports March to September rainfall at 21.82 inches, 3.51 inches below normal, yet the state grows its largest crops in history. Deficiency appears in springs, streams and wells, with many streams and lakes drying up.
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State Weather Bureau
Montague Arrested in 1898 Double Farmhouse Murder
George Montague was arrested on charges of killing his sister and her husband Martin Schultz on their Cherokee area farm in August 1898. A fellow worker alleges Montague confessed. authorities say the killings were for money.
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George Montague
Martin Schultz
Cherokee
Montague
Iowa Health Board Reviews Sabula Wedding Poisoning Case
At a Des Moines meeting the state board of health fully discussed the Sabula wedding poisoning where 108 guests were affected and eight died. Cause attributed to putrid pressed chicken. trichinae and poisonous ice cream tests negative.
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Des Moines
State Board of Health
Sabula
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