Genegal Triennial National Conference and Anniversary Observances
The article notes the Genegal triennial national conference in the United States with over 250 delegates and a 100th anniversary celebration in Swinycorne, N Y. Horatio Sam and George William Curtis A vast led the proceedings as moderator and key speakers. Delegations from Pittsburgh, Always and Allegheny attended along with home post stations.
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Santigen
United States
Washburp
Massatis
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Tyre Brotherhood
Republic
Psydelphia
Gay
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Mrers
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Russian Victory At Plevna Breaks Turkish Lines
Reports from the war front describe a decisive Russian assault near Plevna where Mukhtar Pasha’s army collapsed. Gen Heyman’s 10,000 infantry carried Solva-Tope and forced a Turkish retreat toward Kars while Turkish right flank units were overwhelmed. Turkish losses run into thousands with many prisoners and several guns captured. Russian gains include 32 battalions, 4 artillery brigades, 100 officers, 2,000 horses, and vast stores.
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Mukhtar
Heyman
sOlva-Tope
Kars
Heyhian
Lazarer
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Financial and Industrial Disclosures Highlight Bank Failures
PIKE Brothers & Co., a private banking house of New Orleans, has failed. The Anna Savings Bank of Sharpsburg near Pittsburgh, Pa., also failed. Official returns show grain stocks totaling 2,076,510 bushels, with wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley down from last year’s 6,103,358 bushels.
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Pike BrotHens & Co
New’ ‘Orleans
Laz
Anna Savings Bank
Sharpsburg
Pittsburgh
Senatorial Contest and Silver Dollar Bill Prospects
Freee Sr Natron Jones of Nevada urges unlimited coinage of silver and legal tender status for all debts. Procusack resumes Louisiana Senate bid. Ohio results show Bishop 261,236. West 239,847. Bishop by 21,889. Johnson 16,896. Bond 12,480. Thompson 4,863.
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Nevada
Procusack
Louisiana
Ohio
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West
Johnson
Industrial and
Greenback
Bond
Industrial
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Prohibition
Grant in England as political talks resume
Gen Grant remains in England with plans for a possible France trip after elections. The report notes Senator Bourne's family crisis and his pairing with Senator Kernan. It mentions John Baxter of Hooxville as successor judge for Ohio Michigan Kentucky and Tennessee and cites Mrs Gilman the New York scrip forger in an asylum.
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England
France
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Hooxville
Sixth Circuit Court
United ‘States
Emmons
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Bourne
Kernan
Gilman
New York Insurance
Gen. Grant
Ocean disasters and fires spark historic port and sea losses
The Olga rescued crew from the Cleopatra obelisk voyage after a gale near Cape Finisterre, with the loss of its second mate and five hands. The Wanpton Hall sank with twelve lives lost. Oswego Falls mills burned partially, $100000 insured. A massive Portland St John fire destroyed 200+ homes, 3000 homeless, churches, halls. Baxter perished. George Appold burned off Savannah. vessel scuttled. Mine explosion near Glasgow killed ~400. one survivor. Two Pittsfield boys killed by a loaded gun-barrel blast. Four Mississippi drownings near St Louis. Wood’s Museum in Chicago burned. loss ~50,000. U.S. commission with Sitting Bull failed to win terms.
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Savannah
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Glasgow
Scotland
William Downey
Pittsfield
Mass
St. Louis
Wood's Museum
Chicago
Sitting Bull speech and Senate actions in Washington
Excerpts recount Sitting Bull's defiant reply to a peace offer and promise to stay with the Red River people. The text shifts to Senate proceedings around Oct 19 22, with bills on presidential terms, pensions, and civil service, and House debates on Colorado, militia funding, citizenship for Indians, and currency notes.
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Merrill
Committee On Pensions
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Topeka
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Paddock
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Schleicher
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Mutiny Quelled Aboard New World Near London Harbor
Exiousin marines suppressed a mutiny on the American ship New World just after leaving London harbor and recaptured the vessel. The captain reportedly shot the ringleader dead. Separately a Wichita bank president was sentenced to five years for funds appropriation. Indictments followed against Trust Company officials for conspiracy to embezzle in New Jersey. A Texas land deed fraud ring prompted nationwide arrests and massive land sales. Samuel Husemeres and Edmund Smith received five year terms and a $1,000 fine for burning the Lebanon Valley bridge amid strike unrest.
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Trasken
Wichita
Kasee
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Loan and Trust Company
Paterson
N.J
Texas
Sanvel Husemeres
Edmund Smith
Lebanon Valley
Congressional Proceedings Highlight Senate and House Actions
Senate debates bill to pay 50 percent of customs duties in legal tender notes and welcomes Henry Spofford as Louisiana's senator. House handles contested Louisiana election seating, passes oath for J B Etam, and refers Spofford credentials to Privileges and Elections, with Kellogg and Fustig credentials also in scope. The president forwards nominations, including John M Harlan for Associate Justice.
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First Husband Returns and Chose to Remain Last
In Indiana county a man believed dead returned home prompting a family dispute. The wife, having remarried, faced a final choice after a planned meeting of the two men. She chose her first husband to be her lasting spouse, the other man leaving after his divorce was granted.
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Desa
Curious Bengal Judgment Sparsely Carries Four Deaths
A Sessions Judge in Bengal convicted four men of murder but chose one death sentence for the group explaining that one capital punishment would suffice as an example. He noted all four appeared equally culpable yet imposed death on the oldest and strongest, with the others jailed for life. The High Court did not confirm the sentence.
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Tweed Confession and Great Robbery Exposé Across Pages
The New York Herald publishes a three page confession by William M. Tweed, claiming the political machine began under John Hoffman and others in City Hall. A separate report recounts a tramp’s perilous roof ride on a Union Pacific train from Cheyenne to Green River, ending with injury and fatigue.
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Herald
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Hoffman
Charles G. Cornell
John T. Hoffman
Peter B. Sweeney
Matthew T. Brennan
William M. Tweed
Thomas J. Creamer
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Stephen J. Wiliams
Albert G. Mattoon
Willam M. Graham
George Beach
John I. Hubbard
W. J. Humphrey
James Wood
West
Union Pacific
Cheyenne
Green River
Jarrett & Palmer
Sherman
A Murderous Tramp in Roxbury Assaults Woman
A tramp visited a Roxbury home and ate two breakfasts, demanded payment of 25 cents, and drew a pistol. He threatened the woman and fled after the husband pursued. Officer Wyant chased with a dog. the tramp shot at the dog and then shot the officer, fatally wounding him in the right lung. The suspect was later pursued from Washington.
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Centenarian Ellen Berry Struck in New York Court Scene
Mrs Ellen Berry aged about 106 and a lifelong smoker faced Tombs Police Court after a dispute with neighbor Mrs Julia Fleming. Berry's daughter and granddaughter accompanied her as Fleming was accused of assault and the judge admonished both sides to respect the elderly.
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Analysis of Petroleum and its chemical origins
The article explains petroleum composition as mostly carbon and hydrogen and traces the formation from protocarburet of hydrogen to naphtha and heavier oils. It discusses coal gas production of coal oil, hydrogen release, and the condensation process yielding carbon oil. It mentions costs and dangers, including possible explosions, plus scattered notes on related topics and unrest in Syria.
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Bedouin Raiders Overrun Nazareth As Pasha Retreats
Pasha of Acre tried to rally forces but 2,000 Bedouin horsemen forced a retreat. Nazareth residents panic as Arabs steal in and around the city with scarce Turkish troops defending the area. Raiders dominate the region amid ongoing war.
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Scalp War Story Reported By Union Newsreader
An account from the New Haven Union describes a brutal scalpings scene during conflict. The victim recalls a Jinjin attacker snatching the scalp and the extreme pain as the headpiece was torn away. The survivor says the experience lasted like a week in memory.
Judge Hill Dies on Bench During Knoxville Trial
In Crawford county at 6 o clock Thursday evening Judge Barnard Hill presiding over a Superior Court session died on the bench after a guilty verdict in a criminal case. The jury had not completed the verdict by value, advised by the judge to retire and finish it. An attorney later found the judge slumped in his chair with a deathly pallor, and he died without a struggle.
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Superior Court
Knoxville
Crawford County
Barnard Hill
Atlanta
Fruit Culture Expands to Vast Acreage and Tree Counts
Landmark figures show about 4,500,000 acres dedicated to fruit culture with 112,000,000 apple trees, 28,000,000 pear trees, 112,275,000 peach trees, and 741,260,000 grape vines. Estimated total fruit crop value reaches $138,217,000, roughly half the wheat crop, with peaches valued at $50,400,000 and strawberries at $5, etc.
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