Quay Philadelphia Delegation Concludes Conference Ride
United States Senator Matthew Stanley Quay and Philadelphia aides including Walter Lyon and David Martin completed a late night conference at the Continental Hotel. They prepared for the Pennsylvania State Convention while Harrison’s Louisiana appointments spark controversy and New Jersey gubernatorial tensions heighten.
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Quay
Andrews
Leach
Martin
Philadelphia
Harrison
Louisiana
New Jersey
United States
Matthew Stanley Quay
Republican State Committee
William H. Andrews
Internal Revenue
David Martin
Frank Willing Leach
Continental Hotel
Indian Rock
Wissahickon
Political mess in Louisiana over New Orleans port post
Special Telegram reports President’s Louisiana appointments to ex Governor Warmouth as Collector and John Patty as naval officer spark party strife. Herwig’s anti lottery ties clash with White House aims. contrasts risk tipping Third District to Democrats. Warmouth’s plantation wealth and family ties add to tensions shaping local Republican power.
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Louisiana
Brower
Washindtton
Yarmouth
New Orleans
John Patty
Harrison
Collector
Herwig
State Committee
Hero
Goleman
Washington
Warmouth
H. ©. Minor
Minor
Pinchback
Lewis
Patty
Kellogg
Coleman
America
Mississippi
Thisroperty
Republican leaders plan Harrisburg trip for national slate
National Committee members J Sloat Fassett William Cassius Goodloe and others prepare to depart with Chairman Quay and Jacob Wildmore. The group will caucus in Harrisburg and Philadelphia delegates convene for an 8 pm session as part of a high level Republican mobilization.
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Sistant
Republican State Committee
Beaver County
Republican Committee
Jacob Wildmore
Senator Quay
Hamilton
Internal Revenue
A. L. Conger
Ohio
Samuel Fessenden
Connecticut
J. 3. Clarkson
Iowa
Clarkson
Wanamaker
Dudley
Garrett A. Hobart
New Jersey
William W. Dudley
Indiana
Hamilton Disston
Democratic County Committee
Allegheny County
John F. Ennis
Girard
New York
Dividing the Colored Vote League Sets September Meeting
Harrisburg crowds report the Democratic Colored League of Pennsylvania plans a September 13 convention to extend organization and divide the negro vote for the Democratic party. Prominent colored men from the region and other states are expected to attend the gathering to discuss strategy and representation.
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Democratic Colored League
Ihe
Diatatch
Harrisburg
Democratic Colored League of Pennsylvania
Democratic Party
Ng Ae
Ponnagiasia
Aintead
Entie
Abbott Favor Strong in Democratic Gubernatorial Contest
A telegram from Trenton reports the Democratic gubernatorial race growing heated with Leon Abbott rallying support in 21 counties. Abbott aims to topple Edward Young of Jersey City, aided by Senator McPherson and factions led by Ross and Nels Pidcock. If Abbott prevails, he is seen as a likely future U S Senator.
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Quay
Sayt Bie Papa
Harrisberg
Leon Abbott
New Jersey
Trenton
N. J
Edward ©. Young
Jersey City
McPherson
Young
Hudson County
Abbott
Ross
Barnes
Dabile
Republican State Convention Seems Spiritless At Haggispoes
A special telegram from Haggispoes notes the Republican State Convention will be uneventful with no fight over platforms. Speaker Boyer is expected to be nominated for State Treasurer by acclamation while Philadelphia delegates and City Senator Penrose appear. The gathering aims to complete business quickly with a Tuesday afternoon caucus led by Representative Brooks.
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Boyer
Penrose
Philadelphia
Brooks
Desperate Dervish Charges in Egypt Battle
General Grenfell reports a fierce clash where 3,000 dervishes attacked the Egyptian line. British infantry and Twentieth Hussars repelled them as Egyptian cavalry and horse artillery performed well. Casualties: 17 killed, 131 wounded. some dervishes taken prisoner. The plan calls for permanent occupation of Sarras and a possible push toward Berber as Soudan strategy.
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Cairo
Grenfell
Hussars
Sarras
Dongola
Disasters in China and Japan Reported by City of Pekin
The City of Pekin arrived from Hong Kong with word of widespread suffering in Lou Chow China after a major fire. Rice prices are low aiding some relief while floods in Japan washed away hundreds of houses and caused multiple drowning deaths in Amagi and Hitka areas amid a railway completion banquet celebrations.
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San Franscisco
Car
Pekin
Hong Kong
Honolulu
Lou Chow
China
Japan
Amagi
Hitka
Forger Succeeds in Raining Funds to 85600
Frederick Wrecker of Yorn Pennsylvania is accused of forging Jacob Reichley’s name on notes totaling about 8600. Banks holding pieces include Western National Bank 1340 City Bank 450 York County National Bank about 200 and First National Bank others unseen. He confessed to Reichley and Swyser and fled Friday.
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Yorn
Frederick Wrecker
Jacob Reichley
Western National Bank
City Bank
York County National Bank
First National Bank
Wrecker
Reichley
Albert Swyser
Large Fire Destroys Spokane Falls Depot and Western Union
A large blaze at 7 o'clock destroyed the Northern Pacific depot at Spokane Falls and the Western Union office. All connections with the site are lost and no wire service updates are available tonight.
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Spokane Falls
Vaton
Portlaxn
Orn
Western Union
Northern Pacific
Bold British Sealer Black Diamond Escapes Rush
The British sealer Black Diamond, seized by the US revenue cutter Rush, escaped to Victoria after a crew disobeyed orders to sail for Sitka. Captain Thomas and Lieutenant Tuttle clashed over papers as the vessel diverted to Behring Sea and then Victoria, prompting surprise from Assistant Secretary of State Wharton.
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Black Diamond
United States Revenue
Rush
Sitka
Victoria
Wharton
Diafatch
B. C
Thomas
Tuttle
Bush
Ounalaska Harbor
Ounalaska
Behring Sea
Vie
John Haw
United States
Hammley
Hawkins
Victorias
Washington
State Department
Mr. Wharton
Canadians Satisfied as Cabinet Refuses to Comment
Ottawa reports no received report on the Black Diamond escape from the United States. The news reached Cabinet Ministers tonight and left them satisfied, though they declined to offer details. Mr Powell, Minister of Customs, telegraphed for particulars.
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Ottawa
Ont
United States
Powell
Senatorial Panel Arrives, Denies Alaskan Indian Outrages
The Dawes Stockbridge committee investigating Indian affairs in Alaska arrived after five weeks traveling in Alaska. Senator Dawes said reports of outrages were greatly exaggerated, while the panel declined to discuss their report.
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Alaska
Caicaco
Senatore Dawes
Massachusetts
Stockbridge
Michigan
Dawes
American schooner Vidette seized near Guysboro
An American dispatch reports the seizure of the schooner Vidette by authorities in Canadian waters near Guysboro. No further details are provided.
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Havirax
Guysboro
Vidette
Secretary Tracy III Advised to Remain Quiet at Home
Secretary of the Navy Tracy fell ill with a severe dysentery on Saturday night and has been confined to his room. Dr Ales urges strict quiet and no outings for the present.
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Washington
Tracy
Ales
Manitouda Burke Passenger Escort Through Dakota Amid Crowds
Martin Burke travels through Manitoba and Dakota under guard en route to Chicago. At Grafton a crowd of about 300, mostly Irish, surrounded the sleeper seeking access and threatening vengeance for Dr Cronin's death. A man drew a revolver but was restrained by Lt Ross and officers.
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Cronin
Dakota
Ross
Geinen
Burke
Collins
Broderick
Lieut Ross
Chicago
Runaway street car in New Jersey injures officials
A Jersey City and Bergen Point line street car on its first trip with a new patent brake went out of control on a steep hill when the brake rope snapped. The car ran away toward a herd of cows and struck officials including Deputy Thomas Elite, leaving them bruised.
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New York
Jersey City
Bergen Point
Thomas Elite
Te Wenn
Samoan Delegation Passes Omaha En Route to Chicago
A five member Samoan delegation traveled through Omaha on the Burlington this morning bound for Chicago to perform with a circus. The report notes their appearance resembles other natives of their age with coarse features and distinctive cheekbones.
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Omana
Nep
Omaha
Burlington
Chicago
Two Murderebes Declared Insane In Trenton Slaying
An elderly man James McCaren, who killed iceman John Shea on June 3, was sent to the State Lunatic Asylum at Trenton. He had long been deemed eccentric but harmless until the fatal act. Report also notes Patrick Coffee of Jersey City, who killed his sweetheart, may follow McCaren to the asylum.
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Walter Lyon
Allégheny
Lyon
Henry K. Boyer
Interior
Senator Quay
Trenton
N. J
James McCaren
John Shea
McCaren
Shea
Lee
Patrick Coffee
Jersey City
Weill
Yaldell
Flemon
Strom
Pittsburg
Yeldell
Hoek
A Reduction of Differentials Across Transcontinental Route
Omawa Nes August 4 The terms of settlement of the trans continental difficulties were made known today. The result shows a reduction in its differentials allowed the Canadian Pacific of about 30 cent on all Salas from Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Toledo Pittsburg Buffalo New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore and common points to and a coast points. The differential on business rating at St Paul and common points and destined to Pacific coast points and vice versa remain unchanged.
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Omawa
Nes
Chicago
Detroit
Toledo
Pittsburg
Buffalo
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
St. Paul
James Buckner Dead Veteran Politician Dies At 76
James F. Buckner Sr. died here today at age 76 from paralysis. A Virginian by birth, he served 14 years in the Kentucky Legislature and was elected Speaker of the Lower House as the youngest in that body's history. He also served in the war and held three terms as Collector of Internal Revenue.
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Louisvi LyLe
James F. Buckner
Kentucky
Oe Panenteace
Wit
Senaiel
English Tourist Vanishes in Scotland After Climbing Goatfell
Edwin Rose, an English traveler, left a Broddick Bay hotel on July 17 to climb Goatfell. A man named Annandale abducted him and returned alone with Rose’s bag. Rose’s body was later found beneath a pile of stones, apparently cast from a cliff. No murderer has been located.
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Londow
Edwin Rose
Broddick Bay
Scotland
Annandale
Rose
Brother slayings at church picnic shock Missouri town
From Caruthersville Missouri reports Boze Wells a farmer shot and killed his brother in law Henry Oliver during a church picnic cited as the scene. Domestic trouble is named as the motive.
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St. Louis
Caruthersville
Boze Wells
Henry Oliver
Boulangist Leader Among Second Ballot Winners in France
Second ballots across cantons without clear results yield 12 Republicans and 30 Conservatives elected to Councils General. M La Guerre, Boulangist leader, wins in La Afraid of the Insurgents. Dispatches from Crete report Riga Pasha orders troops withdrawn to forts to avoid clashes with insurgents.
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Paris
M. la Guerre
Lowpox
Crete
Riga Pasha
Mastodon Tooth Found During Louisville Water Works Excavation
A workman at the Louisville water works enlargement unearthed a mastodon tooth from a caisson excavation. The tooth measured 14 inches in circumference and 53 inches from crown to broken end, weighing about 1 pound 1 ounce.
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Louisville
Boiled to Death in a Kansas City Refinery Vat
Frank Martin an employee of the Kansas City Dem and Refining Company fell into a vat of boiling liquid this afternoon and was killed. The incident occurred at the company plant in Kansas City. The death is reported as accidental with investigators notified.
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Kansas City
Frank Martin
Gad Ends Sailing Trip Drowns In Massachusetts
Pomeroga Massachusetts August 4 Fred Allen and Marets Howe were drowned when a sailing boat overturned during a voyage. A gust of wind capsized the craft and others aboard were rescued or unharmed.
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Pomeroga
Mass
Fred Allen
Marets Howe
Author Wilkie Collins Relapses From Illness
The novelist Wilkie Collins, long ill, has suffered a relapse on August 5. The report notes his serious condition and ongoing health struggles as his caretakers await further updates on his recovery.
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Lorpox
Wilkie Collins
Desperate Hold Up on Wabash Western Express Near Harlem
Two youths armed with revolvers robbed the St Paul sleeper on the Wabash Western Express near Harlem, Kansas City, taking $175 and two gold watches while passengers surrendered. Conductor John Roach fought back. burglars escaped as the train sped toward Kansas City. Authorities and deputies pursued, with patrols around the Missouri River bridge and searches in area towns. Investigators seek the Young desperadoes, believed by locals to be Jesse James affiliates.
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Wabash Western Express
Kansas City
St. Paul
Harlem
Coech
Wabash Western
Missouri River Bridge
W. H. Bonnell
Spe
Brandolph
Leeson
Tomlinson
Arene
Train Robbery Claim Blurred By Weakened OCR Text
Fragmentary OCR snippet mentions a pursuing crowd, a thief, a revolver, and Jesse with possible train robbery context. Details are unclear. no verifiable names, dates, or locations present.
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Jesse
Petroleum in Michigan A Grand River Oil Discovery
News from Portiaro Michigan reports oil found near the head of Grand river. An expert confirmed a seam in the rock with oil gushing from the region and potential for development. The town of Paence is excited by prospects of a share in the new oil field and local business hopes rise.
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Portiaro
Mica
Grand River
Bi Landard
Did Not Stop For Orders Collision In Virginia
A Virginia Midland Railroad crash near Burleys Virginia left Fireman Fred A. For dead and Engineer Charles Davis badly hurt. Engineer Ernest Hayes and Brakeman M A McDonald are missing presumed under wreckage. Fireman Kelly and Brakeman McClain of Alexandria injured. Cause cited as south bound crew failing to stop for ore. Both engines and cars damaged.
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Washington
Virginia Midland Railroad
Burleys
Charlottesville
Fred A. For
Charles Davis
Enineer
Ernest Hayes
Brakman M. A. McDonald
Kelly
McClain
Alexandria
Weaver Isidor Basso Arrested for Damaging Silk Mill
Isidor Basso a weaver at Joseph Loth Co silk ribbon mills on One Hundred and Fiftieth Street and Tenth Avenue was arrested Saturday on charges of wilfully destroying machinery and silk ribbons. He appeared in Harlem Court this morning as the firm’s attorney presented evidence showing acid marks on a sieve and machinery. A finished ribbon and a stained mill part were cited amid ongoing mill hands strike tensions.
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New York
Isidor Basso
Joseph Loth & Co
Fiftieth Street
Tenth Avenue
Jance Welde
Harlem Court
Teneeh Kk
Anya
Atus
The Queen a Colonel Honor in German Command
Victoria receives appointment as commander of the First Dragoon Guards of Berlin from Emperor William, while the Duke of Cambridge gains honorary colonelcy of a German infantry regiment. In return the Queen names the Emperor honorary admiral of the British navy, a rank not granted to any German prince since Frederick the Great.
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Loxspaw
William
Dragoon Guards
Berlin
Duke of Cambridge
Frederick the Great
Poisoned on boiled tongue narrow escape in Lawrence
Thirteen people fell ill after eating boiled tongue at a boarding house in Lawrence Massachusetts. Proprietress Miss Chapman was among the victims. Doctors treated the group for several hours and the meat was sent to a chemist for analysis. No evidence of deliberate poisoning yet.
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Lawrence
Mass
Burke Started 800th Extradition Trip With Burke Suspect
Chief Hubbard of Chicago and officers Col lins Ross and Broderick took Martin Burke, the Cronin suspect, by the Manitoba to Chicago. They plan to reach St Paul early tomorrow and a late Monday night. Witnesses from the trial were moved south with the procession.
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Wisniree
Hubbard
Chicago
Collins
Ross
Broderick
Manitoba
Martin Burke
Cronin
St. Paul
Mystery Murder in Sleep: Burglar Slashes Widow Smith
In Indianapolis on August 4, Mrs. Mary Smith, a widow, was sleeping when a burglar cut her throat with a knife or razor. She woke to pain and screamed. her son helped, but the burglar escaped. The wound was deep but not fatal, and no robbery occurred. She is expected to die.
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Sypianapolis
Mary Smith
Farm dispute ends in fatal shooting near Verpickis
John Gibbs once from Missouri and David Erwin from Illinois rented a farm near Verpickis. A quarrel over crop division led to Erwin being shot with a concealed gun, killing him instantly. Charles Gibbs, son of the murdered man, reported the shooting and the concealed weapon.
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Verpickis
Lyd
Ter
John Gibbs
Missouri
David Erwin
Illinois
Erwin
Charles Gibbs
Pioneer Missouri priest Father Hamill dies at 76
Kansas City reports Father Hamill, pioneer priest of Missouri, died at Shackleford aged 76. His church service spanned 41 years in Missouri, much of which was devoted to founding and organizing new churches.
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Kansas City
Father Hamill
Missouri
Shackleford
Fleeing Yeldell Flemon Back to Edgefield for Trial
Yeldell alias Flemon is sent back to Edgefield where Judge Pressley will preside as trial opens today. Deputy Strom reports bribe offers from Pittsburg men to permit his escape, while Colonel Echols defends Yeldell and asserts fair treatment.
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Yeldell
Flemon
Edgefield
Strom
Pittsburg
Columbia
D. C
Lyon
Pressley
Nelson
McFeat
Echols
Richardson
Beaver
W. C. Benet
Ovation for Yeldell as crowds greet prisoner in Washington
Detectives Dennison and Fitzgerald with South Carolina deputies returned after escorting John Yeldell to Washington on Thursday night. Yeldell was held for a week at the railway station area amid crowds of colored people eager to see him. He was placed in jail in Washington as the crowds gathered to view the prisoner.
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Strom
Aes ST Ee Ee
Ie Prietor
Pittsburg
Columbia
Fitegerald and Dennison
Washington
Dennison and
Fitzgerald
John Yeldell
South Carolinas
Yeldell
Rington
Special Delivery Letters Debut in New York
Postmaster Van Cott announces a Sunday special delivery of letters with a ten cent fee, marking the first such service and promising continuation beyond the usual weekday hours from 9 to 11 A M as a growing number of letters arrive for expedited handling.
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New York
van Cott
Howe
Very Day in Cincinnati The Saloons All Closed
Cincinnati notes a quiet Sunday after the Owen law. Few saloons operate via side doors. Six arrests reported with no trouble.
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Cincinnati
Ciincinnati
Ce Ae
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