Balmaceda Ends His Life In Argentine Legation
The Herald reports Chilean ex President Balmaceda shot himself in the temple in the Argentine legation in Santiago at 8:30 am. After fleeing attempts and a nervous period, he entrusted letters to the press and his mother before dying. The Junta guards the legation as crowds gather outside.
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New York
the Herald
Valparaiso
Balmaceda
Chile
Santiago
Victor Echauren
Linderos
San Antonio Bay
Condel
Senor Urriburria
Legation
Junta
Senora Urriburria
Carlos Walker Martinez
Senor Concho
Maeda
Senor Melchor
Judye Aguerra
Supreme Court
Regation
Concon
America
Anes
Phcill
Alccrecea
Barbosa
Viel
Patrick Egan
Senor Arripurna
Adios
Eee
Mantiago
Balmacreda
Hampton crowd protests verdict in Hains murder case
A large Hampton Elizabeth City crowd protested the Thornton Hains murder verdict. The meeting condemned the jury, urged impartial enforcement of laws, and mourned the loss of life, with about 1,000 attendees unable to enter the courthouse.
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Hampton
Tampton
Lampton
Elizabeth City
Ton
Leger
Commonwealth
Joseph T Heffing
Dr. Cocke
W. J. Weymouth
Marion
Nurner
Lipscomb
Washington
Milwau kee railroad man arrested for murder in Chicago
W A Higgins secretary for the Milwaukee and Wisconsin Railroad company was arrested in Chicago on a murder charge. He and Arnold a Milwaukee freight agent were drinking when an old colored woman dancing in Simon Caprassa's saloon was set afire by a lighted match. Higgins fled after the incident and was later taken into custody. Milwaukee authorities were notified and an officer accompanied him back.
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Chicago
W. A. Higgins
Milwaukee and Wisconsin Railroad Company
Milwaukee
Higgins
Arnold
Elkhart
Simon Caprassa
Martin Steel
Triggins
Polie
Minurder
Sliggins
Central Station
Biggins
Democratic Surge in Iowa's Northwestern Heartland
Spencer Iowa hosted the largest Democratic demonstration in the region's history as Congressman Springer of Illinois spoke for an hour and a half addressing loyal counties in the Sith Congressional district. The event marked a shift in a Republican stronghold with twelve to thirteen counties showing heavy Democratic interest.
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Lowa
Spencer
Springer
Hinois
Iowa
Innocent Man Convicted in City Murder Case
Sidney Bell, convicted of murdering Samuel Jacobson, faces doubt as confession from witness Charles Schuur claims falsity of trial testimony. Bell's lawyers cite a new witness alleging gambler Max Schwiartz killed Jacobson during a visit to his sister, dated August 16, 1800.
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Santfrancisco
Sidney Bell
Samuel Jacobson
Big City
Charles Schuur
Bell
Max Schwiartz
Jacobson
Umirder
Schwartz
Gunmin O TY Sept 21 crowd on streets and camps
The report describes a chaotic day in Gunmin O TY with crowded streets filled by schooners carriages and riders. It notes 2000 armed individuals at Langston, plans for claims or fights, and a continuous line of camps around reservations as about 80 000 people wait nearby.
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Gunmin O TY
Langston
Green Ville
Richmond and
Danville
Liberty
White Man's Bar Closed by Sheriff in Greenville
Greenville September 18 Special. The White Man's Bar owned by M Sher nan was closed today under sheriff attachment for 419. There is a mortgage on the saloon and its fixtures, said to be costly. The saloon is the third closed by the sheriff in a week.
Devastating floods in Spain kill thousands in Toledo region
Reports from Madrid describe catastrophic floods across Toledo province with Consuegra and Almeria hit hard. Estimates place dead around 2000 to 3000, with hundreds of homes destroyed, crops ruined, and widespread looting fears. Government and Queen Regent raise relief funds as scenes of distress unfold.
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Madrid
Spa
Toledo
Consuegra
Almeria
Bank of Spain
Famine Threat Looms as Zemstvos Aid Lags in Eastern Provinces
Reports from Tamboff and adjacent provinces say Zemstvos provide seed and grain until January but expect severe food shortages after. Tax collection halts salaries of local officials. famine spreads across districts with destitution rising as frost nears. Poison bread and price gouging by merchants add to crisis while officials donate salaries to a famine fund and debates arise over transportation from America and Egypt.
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St. Petersburg
Morshauck
Pingk
Dnieper
Famine Fund
America
Egypt
Polk denies tar and feathers tale in Kansas veterans report
Col. L. L. Polk returns to Washington from a Western trip and described as false a story he faced threats of tar and feathers. He denied apologizing for joining the Confederate service or praising a cotton picker strike, saying he uttered no sentiment that could be misinterpreted. The Augusta Chronicle recorded his remarks.
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Washington
Col. L. L. Polk
The
Alliance
Whit. Foundation
Kansas
South
Polk
Katsas
Augusta Chronicle
Jones Nets Candidate in Albany Picnic Address
The Citizen's alliance, linked to the Farmers' alliance, hosted a picnic at the fair grounds in Albany. Lieutenant Governor Jones did not attend, and State Lecturer Spaulding announced that Jones is no longer in the gubernatorial race this year.
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Jones
Albany
N. Y
Citizen's Alliance
Farmers’ Alliance
Spaulding
Indissoluble Laws Rule Divorce in South Carolina
Judge Jas F Izlar rules foreign divorces cannot dissolve a South Carolina marriage and that a Florida decree does not grant status to a SC citizen who returns home. The decision upholds indissolubility of the marriage bond and warns against extending foreign divorce effects into SC.
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Izlar
South Carolina
Thomas M. Peoples
Florida
Rowland W. Peoples
Colleton County
Georgianna White
Bar
Stewart
Ieney
Law
United States
General Assembly
Tam
Caroline Peoples
Tom
Lolley
I Russ and Ly
Eng
Ivler
Sarah Ann Caller
Westbury
Penzance
England
Wardlaw
O'Neall
Boyce
Thomas M Peppes
Vineulo
Carolina Oaw
South Carolin
Coosaw case ends as court bars claims on phosphate beds
United States court issues final decree in the Coosaw litigation declaring the 1870 act grants exclusive mining rights in Coosaw River for twenty one years and denies further claims to phosphate beds. The order dissolves the receiver, awards $125 compensation, and allocates costs to parties.
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Charleston
S.C
United States
Simonton
South Carolina
Coosaw
Coosaw Mining Company
Coosaw River
Weather crop bulletin reports mixed cotton damage
The weekly weather crop bulletin notes South Carolina cotton scalded by heat and sun, Alabama crops benefited by rains, Mississippi crops suffering from dryness, Louisiana prospects improving with rain needed for cane, Texas favorable for picking, Tennessee drought harming late crops. A separate fatal shooting at a Connecticut practice shoot ends with Peterson arrested after a loaded rifle incident injures Bibbington and Malone.
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Washington
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Texas
Tennessee
Tate Cornu
Jury Versus Prosector Sparks Turbulent Meeting Night
After the Hans Hannegan indignation session, jurors held a second meeting to punish Prosecuting Attorney Lipscomb. They headed to Old Point to confront him, found Lipscomb at the Hygeia House, were repelled when Mrs. Lipscomb fired a pistol and drove them into the street. More trouble is anticipated.
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Lipescenil
Haseron
Val
Lipscomb
Whd
Old Point
Hygeia
Emancipation Day Observed In CAMGAGO With Address
A mass meeting and picnic at Osgood grove marked Emancipation Day in CAMGAGO. Orator Thomas E. Miller of Beaufort County SC praised Lincoln and urged the South to educate the partly spoiled youth to sustain the Union, warning failure would undo Appomattox.
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Camgago
Osgood Grove
Thomas E. Miller
Beaufort County
South Carolina
Abraham Lincoln
South
New South
Appomattox
Stranger Than Fiction Soldier Found Alive After 29 Years
William Newby, once reported killed at Shiloh in 1862, appeared alive in Illinois. He had been wounded and captured, spent years in southern poorhouses and camps, then wandered before recognition by comrades and family. His widow’s pension remains pending. discharge from service is awaiting War Department action.
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Washington
Bureau of Pensions
Willian Newby
Illinois Volunteers
Stephen G. Micks
Illinois
Shiloh
Newby
Belle Isle
Andersonville
Ile
Key Weuss
Fia
Shreveport
Cincinnnati
Shawneetown
Lil
Ooto
Kankakee
Meleninsborough
Tramilton County
White County
Hin
Itis
Secretary of War
Ilinois
Fatal railroad assault in Prosverney on gambling spree
Sam Young, a Negro worker on the C and G Railroad construction train, was found on the tracks near Prosverney with a severely battered head. Robbed of hat money and a dice set, he described being struck by a yellow man with a new pick handle during a gambling dispute. doctors think he may survive.
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Prosverney, S.C
Sam Young
Young
Phe Negry
Drs. Langford
Riot and Fire Reach Shanghai Foreign Quarter
United States consul general J A Leonard reports a riot in Shanghai on September 2 with warnings to the mission and foreign property, followed by a September 3 riot in another district where all foreign property burned but no lives were lost. Admiral Belknap sent ships to Tehang and another port. Foreign residents remained under arms.
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San Francisco
China
Vancouver
J.A. Leonard
United States
Shanghai
Admiral Belknap
Burial Service for Shaik Family at St Michael's Church
Two thousand people filled St Michael's Catholic Church to attend the solemn burial of Gottloib Shaik his wife and four children who suffocated in their Sedwick street home Friday night. The community expresses deep bereavement with many tearful mourners attending the service.
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Smicago
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Gottloib Shaik
Sedwick Street
Ingaduine Mail Coach Plunges in Mountain Pass
The Ingaduine mail coach overturned in a pass between Lenz and Albala and rolled into a deep ravine. Two ladies passengers were killed and three others were injured in the accident occurred on September 18.
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Benne
Lenz
Albala
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