Four condemned murderers to face electrocution at Sing Sing
Reports from Sing Sing describe preparations for executions of Slocum Smiles Wood and Jugie in the death house after midnight. Warden Brown enforces secrecy, guards vow to shoot violators, and observers set up on a trestle and a roof to watch the signal lights.
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Auburn
Slocum
Smiles
Wood
Jugiie
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Connaughton
New York Central
Vince
Sing Sing
Brown
Warden Brown’s Trip Mentioned on Way to Sing Sing
Telegram reports from Albany indicate Warden Brown traveled from Newburg to Albany to meet Governor Hill. He then departed for Sing Sing around 1 AM and was expected to arrive at the prison shortly after 1:50 AM.
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Albany
Warden Brown
Newburg
Governor Hill
Division of Labor in Post Office Reorganization
A Post Office reorganization seeks to free the First Assistant from political duties and place political tasks under the Fourth Assistant, Mr E G Bubbpas, while the First Assistant focuses on mail dispatch. The exact apportionment of duties remains unsettled and is described as not accurately reported previously.
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Selien Treee Sie
Iene Gomsient Ane Ieee
Flers
Rathbone
Washington
Wanamsker
E. G. Bubbpas
Greatest German singing festival fills Newark hall with 12 000 fans
New York reports the first test concert drawing about twelve thousand Germans to the Music Hall. Marie Ritter-Goecke and Maud Powell headline a massed choir performing Die Lieder and Samson and Delilah aria. Night crowd soaks up wedding march and Haidenroslein as attendees celebrate a weather perfect, orderly event. Next festival planned for New York in 1894 with constitution tweaks. A hospital tent treated several cholera morbus cases during the event.
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New Yor
Newark
Music Hall
Marie Rutter-Goecke
Maud Powell
Marie Ritter-Goecke
Samson and
Delila
Meerschaum Deposit Found Near Silver City Claim Filed
A large meerschaum deposit was announced in northern Grant County. Clark Rogers and Is Neff located a claim after Berlin and Vienna tests confirmed genuineness. The outcrop on Sapello Creek 25 miles north shows a principal 1500 foot vein eight inches wide with cubical blocks likely to be high quality.
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Berlin
Vienna
Silver City
N. M
Clark Rogers
Rogers
Neff
Sapello Creek
Gila
Chicago
Detroit to Host G A R Silver Encampment in August
Detroit backers raise $110,000 for the G A R Silver Encampment first week of August with 200 brigades assigned free quarters. Officials anticipate about 200000 veterans and friends to attend the grand parade as leading citizens from across the country join the reunion.
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Detroit
Conference of Rabbis Opens in Baltimore Tonight
Delegates of the Central Conference of American Rabbis begin sessions at the Young Men's Hebrew Association. The program includes a prayer by Rev. Dr. A. Guttmacher of Ft. Wayne and an address of welcome by Rev. Dr. T. of Har Sinai Baltimore, plus the annual report of President Rev. Dr. Isaac M. Wise of Cincinnati.
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Central Conference of American Rabbis
Young Men's Hebrew Association
A. Guttmacher
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Baltimore Hebrew Cotion
Har Sinai Congregation
Isaac ML. Wise
Cin
Ninety Open Saloons Defy Prohibition in Small Ohio Town
Alliance Ohio, a town of under 8000, hosts about 90 saloons despite a sweeping prohibition law. The conflict spans legal challenges, detective raids, fines, and shifts in tax and license practices, leaving the town polarized and financially strained as courts weigh excessive fines and enforcement.
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Alliance
Buckeye
Pittsburg
Judge White
Law and Order League
Ohio
United States
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Supreme Bench
Gulf Storm Rages Ashore Galveston Sounds Alarm
Galveston Tex July 5 reports one of the fiercest gulf storms in years. Winds of 40 mph with 26 mph at night, heavy rain, and floodwaters inundate streets. Telegraph wires down, city dark as electric lights fail. Damaged docks, rails, and structures. officials await full shipping loss estimates. A four masted schooner sighting with distress signals lacks verifiable details. life-saving crew reportedly rescued some aboard.
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Texan
Galveston
Tex
Gulf
Galveston and Western Railway
Twenty-second Street
Beach Hotel
H Hotel
Pagoda Bath House
Panic at Ravenna funeral in Corning for twelve victims
A crowd of about 5,000 attended the funeral from Harvard Academy for twelve Ravenna wreck victims buried in Corning. A panic followed when a window broke and cries of fire spread. the fire department arrived but no one was harmed. Dean Colgan led service with Rev. Bacon. bells tolled citywide. One more body identified as Fred Huff. six more to be buried tomorrow.
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Corning
Corxing
Harvard Academy
Academy
Yne
Dean Colgan
Catholic Church
John 8. Bacon
Presbyterian Church
Fred Huff
Drowning of Young Sterritt at Chautauqua Not Recovered
The body of young Sterritt, reported drowned at Chautauqua yesterday, remains unfound as a search party led by his Titusville merchant father continues. Boats sweep the lake as the mother endures acute anguish amid a fruitless hunt.
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Chautauqua
CravuTauqua
Titusville
Eas
Sani
Pennsylvania Farmers Alliance Gains Ground in State Politics
The Pennsylvania chapter of the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union grows to about 30 000 members with over 300 sub alliances. It works to unite with the Grange, merge with Northwestern Alliance, and prepare for independent political action led by a broad farmers' coalition.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian Alliance
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Crawford
Indiana
Dauphin
Somerset
Berks
Potter
Adams
Armstrong
Lycoming
Greene
Franklin
Keystone
Grange
Alliance
Order
Old Grange
Connie
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Erie
Beaver
Mercer
Lawrence
Alliance and Industrial School
Michigan
National Alliance
St. Louis
West
Northwest
Morgan
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
National Order
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Monroe
Venango
Washington
Somerset County
E. H. Werner
J. C. Potts
State Alliance
Pennsylvania Farmers’ Alliance
Toe Disraton
Zemin Alliance
Kentucky
Ohio
People's Party
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Alliance
Anti lottery clash sparks bitter political revolt pledge
A New Orleans dispatch reports Democratic factions in Louisiana split over accepting a $1 250 000 annual extension from the Louisiana Lottery Company. Orator Rev B M Palmer warns of revolution to oppose the lottery while supporters vow to fight to the end, with parishes pledging hardened resistance to gambling influence.
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New Orleans
Democracy
Grand Opera House
Louisiana Lottery Company
Democrata
Repubeg
Stape
Princier
Grandpera House
B. M. Palmer
First Presbyterian Church
Lincoln and
Bienville Parishes
Ndt
Return of the Itata Shipper Sparks U S Seizure Action
Chilean insurgent steamer Itata, escorted by the US steamer Charleston, arrived off Point Loma and was seized by Collector Berry for sailing from San Diego without clearance. The vessel carried army stores, cattle, clothing, and ammunition, while passengers were aboard on a mission to Washington. Proceedings aim to bring contempt charges against officers and crew.
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Itata
United States
Charleston
Point Lome
Santa Fe
Berry
Bailache
Higgins
San Diego
Todd
Churchill
Remy
Army
Stata
Robert
Minnie
San Clemente Island
United States District Attorney
Cole
Los Angeles
Marison
Silva de Paulma
Esmeralda
Col
Juara Sincillian
Washington
Quique
Balmaceda
Colector Berry
Iquique
Jefferson Democratic Delegates Nominated in Jefferson County
Jefferson county Democrats met in Steubenville and nominated a full county ticket including W. J. McConnell for Representative and E P McConnell for Sheriff. They also chose delegates to the State Senatorial and Judicial Conventions and endorsed Governor Campbell for renomination.
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Steubenville
Jefferson County
Court House
H. H. McFadden
Oliver J. Beard
W. J. McConnell
Mingo Junction
E. PP. McConnell
Robert M. Francy
Toronto
J. F. Mitchell
Andrew Roe
John Eeea
W. Ault
T. J. Lawrence
Hammondsville
James E. Campbell
Washington Eyes 1892 Democratic National Convention Here
Secretary Lawrence Gardner of the National Association of Democratic Clubs says a new large hall in the North Side Market Association building could host the 1892 Democratic National Convention and possibly both major parties if accommodations are assured. The National Committee meets February 22, 1892, to decide.
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Washington
Lawrence Gardner
National Association of Democratic Clubs
National Committee
North Side Market Association
Italians and Hungarians at War Fatal Stabbing Incident
A late night feud between Italian Peter Mazello and Hungarian John Dudish in Hazeton ends with Mazello dead from heart region wounds and Dudish mortally wounded. Mike Dudish, jailed, claims both sides fought after Mazello snatched a watch, leading to a stabbing with a bedsileto and a fatal beating.
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Hazeton
Peter Mazello
John Dudish
Mazello
Dudish
Mike Dudish
John
Ieuds
Hi Mike Dudish
Heroism of a Widow's Son in Lamp Explosion
Butl, July 5. Mrs. Margaret McCarthy lies dying tonight after a lamp exploded. Her son Michael grabbed his mother to rescue her but was badly injured and crippled for life in the attempt.
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Margaret McCarthy
Michael
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