Murder trial recounted in secret habeas corpus hearing
Chalkley Le Coney, accused of murdering his niece Annie on September 5, faces a secret habeas corpus examination. Witnesses Murray and Smith corroborate the crime scene and threats, while prosecutors indicate most of the case remains to be presented before the grand jury next week.
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Chalkley le Coney
Annie
Smith
Parapetrura
le Coney
Jenkins
Logue
Garrett W. Murray
Murray
Colestown
Cooperstown
Chalk
Garrett
Isrard
Civil Service Reform League Adopts Strong Resolutions
At the National Civil Service Reform League convention in Philadelphia on October 2, Sherman B. Rogers reads resolutions condemning the current administration for appointing partisan heads and compromising the civil service law. The group lambasts the railway mail service changes under Harrison and cites 1,199 post Civil War changes vs over 2,400 in seven months of Harrison. Resolutions are adopted.
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Philadelphia
National Civil Service Reform League
Sherman
Rogers
Presen
Civil Service Commission
Messrs
Bonaparte
Potts
Cleveland
Harrison
Secretary Tracy Faces Insubordination Rumors At Navy
Secretary Tracy signals possible court martial for naval officers amid alleged mutiny linked to Captain Shepard. He vows to release correspondence with Shepard soon, suggesting widespread insubordination and tension over prior command decisions and Haitian mission setbacks.
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Tracy
Shepard
Haiti
Fred Douglass
Department
Negros Should Leave the South Says Ex Senator Brece
Ex Senator Brece arriving from Mississippi says the condition of Black people in the South is dire and offers no hope for the future. He urges the colored population to relocate to Western states and territories where opportunities may exist.
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WasnineTex
B. K. Brece
Mississippi
South
Washington
Tony Sessa
Western
Bond set for two men in Rock Island train disaster case
Engineer Twombley and Fireman Laclodhe, held by the Coroner's jury for criminal responsibility in the Rock Island suburban train disaster, were admitted to bail at 25,000 each. Twombley obtained bail from two road officials. Laclodhe failed to secure bondsmen. The men are to be tried for murder in the first degree. Victim Michael O'Connor died this afternoon.
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Curcaco
Twombley
Laclodhe
Rock Island
Nnce
Michael O'Connor
Hurtranft Declines Candidacy For Penalon Commissioner
An ex-Governor Hurtranft writes from this city denying any interest in a Penalon commissioner run. He states under no circumstances would he accept the position if offered. The message was received by a local centreman as of October 2.
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Penalon
THE
Hixgtor
Hurtraut
New York Seeks National Help for Grant Monument
The New York Grant Monument committee plans to appeal nationwide for funds to complete the $500000 memorial on the Hudson. G A R posts across the country will be urged to raise money via campfires and entertainments, with local figures General Egbert Vicle and General Edward G. Serrell leading outreach and design selection set for November.
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New York
Grant
Hudson
Lafayette Post
Grant Monument
Wall Street
United States
Egbert Vicle
Edward G
Serrell
John Hamilton
Charles H. T. Collis
Greener
Riverside
Monument Association
Messrs
N. de Brun
James Renwick
W. E
Designs for Hudson monument competition announced
The article details a contest with 65 submissions for a mausoleum observatory at a bold Hudson promontory site. Prizes included 11,000 for second place and a complex plan featuring a 120 feet square base, tall cupola, and an equestrian crown, with artist names kept in sealed envelopes.
Prize Awarded for Design Motto 1822
The Expert Committee awarded first prize of 1500 dollars to a design bearing the motto 1822. The motto appears to have been suggested by the designer as part of the submission and the committee’s decision reflects its perceived merit and historical reference.
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Bers
Monument design details for Grant birth year statue
The article lists Ware of Columbia College James E Ware George Post and Prof 8 Wolf of the New York College as participants in a monument contest. It describes a proposed granite structure 215 feet high and 125 feet square at the base with an immense crest urn atop and notes the design is limited by cost with two siloons showing that larger expenditures are not intended.
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Grant
Seteka Ae Eee
Scott
Ilinois
Spring Valley
Braidwood
Mr. Scott
Todes
Ajoing
Monument design described with emblems and prize details
The text outlines a monumental mausoleum design inspired by Victor Emmanuel's tomb featuring the motto D O M and a Goddess of Liberty at its apex. It notes the fifth prize and gives measurements and layout of the vault and surrounding apartments, with the first prize as the basis for the eventual monument.
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Victor Emmanual
Milan
Econ
Peona & Age
Liberty
Destructive hurricane hits Campeche coast in Mexico
Dispatches from Mexico City report a cyclone that swept the Campeche coast last Monday. Telegraph wires were prostrated and the storm battered Carmen City, toppling trees and crushing houses. Twelve foreign barges were driven ashore or submerged. vessel names and death toll were not reported.
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St. Louis
Mexico
Campeche
Carmen
Official Pension Figures Show Rise in Certificates Issued
Washington October 2 A Pension Office statement shows 8 705 original pension certificates issued in July August and September 1888, compared with 13 660 in the same three months of the previous year. The monthly totals were 4 008 in July, 4 231 in August, and 4 231 in September.
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Washington
Pension Office
Miners Clash Over Wages In Illinois Strike
John McBride and Illinois Miners Progressive Union officers publish an open letter to Governor Fifer in response to Pennsylvanian operator W L Scott. They denounce Scott's wage proposals, present counter offers for Spring Valley and Streator coal, and call for arbitration to resolve a six month strike with no swift end in sight.
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W. L. Scott
Illinois
McBride
Miners’ Progressive Union
Columbus
John McBride
Mr. McBride
Peter McCall
James McNulty
William Scarfe
David Ross
Progressive Union
Fifer
Pennsylvania
Spring Valley
Ilinois
Scott
J. McBride
Streator
Canadian Governor General may not finish term
Ottawa reports suggest Lord Stanley may return to England to campaign in British Parliament elections as Salisbury’s ally. Queen Victoria favors the Earl of Fife as Governor General. Interference led to Lord Lorne’s Canada posting, not the Duke of Manchester. Parliament may seek a 1,000,000 dollar appropriation for a Governor General residence in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Lord Stanley
Canada
England
Lord Salisbury
Victoria
Earl of Fife
Dominion
Lord Lorne
Duke of Manchester
Half the Town in Flames at Fairport Fire T
A large blaze at Levi J. Deland’s salaratus works in Fairport New York near Rochester broke out tonight. By 11 o’clock the fire was out of control threatening nearby business property and risking widespread destruction. Two steamers were dispatched from Rochester as local equipment failed.
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Fairport
N. Y
Rochester
Levi J. Deland
Mammoth Salaratus
Jealousy Drives Telegraph Operator to Suicide
Edward L. Mann a veteran Western Union telegraph operator in Louisviln, shot himself through the head this morning. Jealousy over his wife’s birthday party and a night of drink fueled the act, with the coroner calling the death temporary in innocence in the verdict.
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Iosner
Louisviniz
Edward L. Mann
Western Union
Ex President Cleveland Addresses New Academy Cornerstone
Grover Cleveland joined Bishop Potter and Dr. John Hall at the New York Academy of Medicine ceremony as the cornerstone was laid for a new building on West Forty-third Street. The four story structure will cover 75 by 100 feet and cost about $150,000, exclusive of fittings.
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New York Academy of
New Yeurs
New York Academy of Medicine
West Forty-third Street
Bishop Potter
John Hall
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Jacobi
Alfred L. Loomis
Two Giant Gymnasts Arrive Aboard From Liverpool
The Naucke brothers, towering over seven feet and weighing about 1,000 pounds combined, arrived on the Wyoming from Liverpool. They faced limited berth space and slept on deck while a specialty company prepared beds to accompany their tour across the country from New York to San Francisco.
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Dietator
New York
Wyoming
Liverpool
Naucke Brothers
Ned Penk
Deee Naats
Europe
Hamburg
Emil
San Fran
Life's Romance Ends in Despair of a Stenographer
Mrs Emily Howard a former government clerk and teacher attempted suicide by three gunshots in the Simmons Hardware office in St Louis about midnight Her wounds were not fatal She had lost her job and faced social distress amid a troubled marriage to B Haven a Chicago drummer whose family conflict reportedly included a violent street clash with her mother in law prior to her departure east in search of him
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St. Lous
Emily Howard
Simmons Hardware Company
Idiy
Ome
Man
Wes
My. B. Haven
Chicago
St. Louis
Howard
Emily
Convention Debates Name Change for Protestant Episcopal Church
New York October 2 The general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America meets triennially with many visiting delegates. A key issue is the proposed change of the church name. Dr Organ Dix was nominated for a leadership post after taking the chair he pledged to carry out the will of the home. The House of Bishops met in the Memorial House but kept their proceedings secret.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church of America
Organ Dix
Elliott
Maryland
Dix
House of Bishops
Memorial House
Democratic Convention Chooses Matthews Leader and Rusell for Governor
Worcester Massachusetts October 2 The Democratic State Convention opened with P A Collins as temporary chair and committees appointed. Nathan Matthews J of Boston named permanent chairman and addressed the gathering urging tariff reform and free wool. EB B Maynard nominated William E Russell of Cambridge for governor and the nomination was made unanimous.
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Worcester
Mass
P. A. Collins
Collins
Nathan Matthews
Boston
Matthews
EB. B. Maynard
William E. Russell
Cambridge
Woodruff Seeks Release by Writ of Habeas Corpus
Judge Baker of the Criminal Court issued a writ of habeas corpus returnable tomorrow, demanding the State to produce the detainee. The move argues Woodruff is entitled to liberty after confinement in the jail.
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CubaGo
Gas trench fire in Dayton injures workers
In Dayton on October 2 a natural gas trench was tapped and escaping gas ignited by a spark from a passing electric car. The flame filled the trench as workers fled, with foreman Brite Martin badly burned according to witnesses.
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Dayton
Iby Bare
Brite Martin
Badihie Toce
Young Speer Daughter Weds Privately in Camden
Miss Catharine Speer daughter of W. W. Speer wed A. B. a young salesman in a private Camden ceremony after eloping. The groom and bride were at the Central Hotel in Allegheny as the Speer family faced questions about the match.
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Catharine Speer
W. W. Speer
A. B
Camden
Central Hotel
Allegheny
George
Virginians Choose Governor as Bitter Convention Declares
In RiceMaxD Virginia on October 2 the anti Mahone Republican Convention ad and report detail a bitter campaign. The document notes the convention’s choice of a Virginia governor and reflects sharp political divisions.
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Ricemaxd
Elias
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