Captain Gooch Leaves After European Romance Ordeal
An English captain staying at Hotel Brunswick departed for Europe after a two week visit filled with lavish spending and mystery. He financed a splurge with a solicitor handling bills and a London contact Mr Camp who plotted a yacht party to reconcile with an English actress who had deserted him. The episode ended with Gooch sailing home, regretful only that he had not reunited with the actress before departure.
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Wagner
Brunswick
Captain Gooch
Aubrey Plantagenet
Europe
Mr. Camp
London
Gooch
America
Amerca
Camp
England
Sory
Sose
Kieht
Cal Dod Tor
Tor
Captain Gone
Feain
Gayety
Death of Mosby Guerrilla in Detroit Bicycle Tragedy
Detroit August 1 d T Huet a 50 year old boot and shoe dealer at 3 Grand River Ave was struck by a motor car on Fifth Street Grand River Ave and died after being rushed to hospital. He rode a bicycle when the crash occurred his skull crushed He was known as a Confederate guerrilla fighter serving with Mosby’s band and was fourth in command.
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Detroit
D.t. Huet
No. 3
Grand Riverave
Fifthstead Grand Riverave
Hurt
Mr. Hurt
Mosby
Epidemic of Robbery Plague Hammers Washington City
Washington police battle a rising sheep of robberies and depredations across the area. A notable roundup began when three alleged cattle thieves were caught in an old steamboat boiler on the Potomac, with confessions tying others to the raid on a Waller. Officers traced suspects to Hyattsville and Montgomery County, naming Peter and Harris among the accused and detailing a wider organized cattle theft ring tied to the Fourteenth Street corridor.
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Naid
Washington
Potomac
Myatteville
Gibson
Hyatteville
Montgomery County
Peter
Chares Harris
Peter Gaskins
Macon
Gary
Hyattsville
Gideon
Statal Syoreak
Jesse Gib
Harles Gal
Rabid mongrel terrorizes Tenderloin, bites two men
A rabid mongrel dog caused chaos in the Tenderloin area, chasing residents from two buildings and a horsecar. It bit two men, including Police Officer Buchena, who shot and wounded the animal after it dodged a catch on Twenty-sixth Street. The dog was killed as panicked crowds fled.
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Twenty-seventh-st
Seventh-ave
Sixth-ave
George Greeley
West Twenty-seventh-st
Greeley
West
Twenty-sixth-st
Joseph Williams
Williame
Williams
Tornado Hits Detroit Church Construction Kills One
A tornado damaged the United Presbyterian Church at Grand River and Alexandrine in Detroit during a noon storm. Laborer Frank Sernovey was buried and killed. foreman Chris Johnson and bricklayer Jesse North were badly injured, with Medokfek and others escaped largely unharmed. Johnson and North survived after hospital care and were expected to recover.
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Detroit
United Presbyterian Church
Grand River
Alexandrine Aves
Atrick
Frank Sernovey
Chris Johnson
Jesse North
Medokfek
Sernavey
Casate
Johnson
North
Harper Hospital
Hoth
Prisoner Escape at Lucas County Jail A Bold Breakout
A morning breakout at Lucas County prison freed nine inmates after they overpowered a turnkey, seized keys and handcuffs, and locked the guard in a cell. Escapees include John Mundy awaiting murder trial and Patrick Daly among others, triggering a wide manhunt and police pursuit.
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Killoran
Russeld
John ‘Mundy
Patrick Daly
George Reece
Robert McClelland
Richard Reynolds
Henry Utringer
Findiay
Onio
Anerisis
Tem
Assassination of U S Deputy Marshal Whitt in Madison County
In Asheville North Carolina on August 11 1890 Zebulon Whitt United States Deputy Marshal was killed on Hanjo Branch Madison County. Four men including Jeff Mace John Flasher and Newton were involved in luring him away and shooting Whitt after disarming him. One bullet struck his heart and he died instantly. The assailants fled or went into hiding with threats against Whitt and his brothers.
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United States
Marshal Whitt
Asheville
N.C
Zebulon Whitt
Hanjo Branch
Madison County
Whitt
Jeff" Mace
John Flasher
Newton
Insurrections in Spain Spark Republican Uprising
Madrid Aug 17 Republican bands rise in Valencia and Castellon de la Plana as government rushes troops to Cuba. Gendarmes ordered to shoot on sight. Chavar attacked, mayor captured, arms and money seized. Gandia sees demonstrations. telegraph and telephone wires cut. Cubans debate Spain's fate and the risk of broader republican outbreaks. Campos awaits troops as Gomex strengthens.
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Coma
Madrid
Cuba
Valencia
Castellon de la Plana
Chovar
Chavar
Gandia
Denta
Alicante
Topal
Spain
Isabella
Prim, Serrano
Lopete
Cubone
Thhose
Mancey
Charles V
Republias
Hajeles
Avlumm
Keheverria
Alfonso Xil
Saimeron
Speni
Feliye
Thoray
Europe
Togo
Carl Christinists
Cabelliste
Alfonsiate
Ixanella
Leon
Ameden
Serrano
Topets
Castelar
Salmeron
Zorrilia
Vy Y Margal
Barcena
Coggeshall bolts GOP and forms Independent ticket
Henry J Coggeshall breaks with Oneida County Republican leaders at the district convention and accepts an Independent Republican nomination. Frederick G Weaver is chosen as the regular nominee for State Senate after Coggeshall’s walkout, with division and new organizing plans shaping the party race in Utica and Rome.
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Oneida County
Frederick G. Weaver
Rome
Tauroraphe
Tribune
Henry J. Coggeshall
State Senate
Senate
Coneshall
Albany
Frederick G Weaver
Queida County
Weaver
Coggeshall
Utica
James H Flannagan
Canal Division
Josiaherry
Uttea
Perry
Oneida Square
Coxgeshalt
Alebany
Sangerfield
Coggie
Cogrerhall
New York
Henry J
Conventon Hall
Armstrong Hall
Charles S. Horsburg
Utlea
J. B. Jones
Jones
Coggenhail
Oneida
Bunty
Anit
Colney
Politi
Tale Ping
Fuali
Independhant Republican
Inn Nowse
W. #. Williams
Marshall Pavey
Independent Republican Party
W. B. Willams
Horsburg
Utien
Robert Jackion
Wollestown
Charles B. Thompson
Holland Patent
Philip Smith
Taberg
Beaides
George S. Klock
Charles G. Ward
Briggs
Lightning hits church worksite. worker killed, others hurt
In Detroit a noon thunderstorm struck the United Presbyterian Church under construction at Grand River and Alexandring Aves. One workman died and about six others were injured to varying degrees.
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Detroit
United Presbyterian Church
Grand River
Alexandring Aves
Dartmouth Students Arrested for Forgery in Baltimore
Two Dartmouth College students Georges Day of Haverhill Massachusetts and Henry K Balch of Hanover New Hampshire were arrested in Baltimore on charges of fraud and passing forged checks. They had recently appeared in Washington where they defrauded hotels and cashed forged papers. A clerk from the War Department, David Currier, previously cashed Day’s $100 check which proved forged. Police found multiple forged checks in their possession. They faced probable extradition to Washington for trial on the forgery charges.
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Daltimore
Baltimore
Oday
Dartmouth College
Georges Day
Henry K. Balch
Day
Haverhill
Maneule
Hanover
Washington
David Currier
War Department
Ph 1
Norman Brooks Will Witness Testimony Sparks Probate Challenge
Winsted Conn August 1 testimony on Norman Brooks will challenges its execution. Edgar N Closey filed the document for probate in Salisbury with lawyers Warner & Landon. Witnesses claim the signer differed from the man seen in the coffin. Brooks’ widow states he did not go to Salisbury on January 1. Exhumation of Brooks’ body occurred a week after burial.
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Brooks Himseli Winsted
Norman Firooke
Norman Brooks
Edgar N. Closey
Warner & Landon
Salisbury
Beles
Brooke
Cloaey
Clorsey
Norman Ratate Crostey
Brooks
Edewart Barton
Warner & Tlendon
Five Killed and Six Injured in Explos ion near Meharty
Five laborers died and six were wounded in an explosion on a railroad extension between Meharty and McGee's mills in Clearfield County. The blast opened an abandoned coal mine filled with gas, killing the men who were trapped by the gas while the injured escaped. The deceased and injured were foreigners, most of them married.
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Clearfield
Penn
Meharty
McGee's Mills
England's Political Play At Westminster Boosts Liberty Leaders
London Aug 17 The political scene in Westminster shows Much Ado About Nothing on stage with little public interest as Parliament debates imperial affairs and foreign policy. Lord Salisbury warns the Sultan against coercive actions while the China missionary atrocity provokes criticism of British policy and evangelizing methods. The Unionists tout finances, Liberal leaders privately reassess Newcastle plans, and Irish conferences end with McCarthy reelected as chairman amid Healyite Dillonite compromises.
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caBue
the Tribune
the Tribune Avspciation
London
Westminster
Dored
Lord Rosebery
Armenia
China
Lord Saliabury
Chitral
Sir Charles Ditka
Lord Salisbury
Porte
Chester
Lonl Salisbury
Gove
Exeter Hall
Church Missionary Society
Preas
England
Bulgaria
Prince Ferdinand
Sofia
Russia
National Union Conservative Associations
Primrose League
Party
The
National Union
House of Lords
William Harcourt
Newcastle
Dean
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Ha- Vn
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Wax Cross
Arderius
Gener
Havana
Hall
Congress
Man Sherman
Charley W. Hackett
Republican State Committee
John C Davies
Sherman
Waid
Coggerhall
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William P. Dodge
John P Jones
Tie Coggeshall
Robert Lewis
John C. Davies
Whaver
Republican Party
Becaue
Ned
Runnymede
John Lackland
John
Dartmouth
Salifburt
Ial
McCarthy
Healyites
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Omagh
Healy
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