Stormy session over secession ties in Pittsburg delegates
The third party Prohibitionists defeated the nonpartisan wing at the Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention in Philadelphia. A move to amend the constitution failed, prompting talk of leaving the organization. Voting irregularities and heated exchanges marked a day of fierce debate and crowding as delegates adjourned amid cheers and threats of secession.
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Mra Watson
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Pittsburg
Dtepatch
Philadelphia
C. M. Foster
Johnstown
Swift
H. C. Campbell
Allegheny
Cynthia
Holcomb
Bucks
Afrs. Palmer
Monroe
Campbell
Dr. French
Union Ties Strain After Conference Yet Resolved to Stay Connected
After debate the group decided not to break ties with the union though relations between wings remained tense. The treasurer reported 8500 on hand and 9012 in expenses for the year. A large evening attendance heard prayers by Mrs. A P Reid and remarks by Frances E Willard after poems by Misses Hin Die and Weber. Willard received floral tributes as unfinished business was tabled and the convention adjourned.
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Susquehanna County
Chase
Campbell
Teller
Susquehanna
Holcomb
Wheeler
8. Clements
F. D. B. Chase
T. A. Fernley
E. D. C. Marr
H. H. Forrest
Frances Willard
Johnstown Union
Lebanon County Union
Watson
Pittsburg
A. P. Reid
West Chester
Marie Hindie
Clara Weber
Philadelphia
Frances E. Willard
International Conference Delegation Plans South Itinerary
Secretary Blaine confirms that the International American Conference will arrange a more extensive southern tour in January while avoiding October travel. The group visited Holyoke and Albany regions, touring the Holyoke dam and paper mill before resuming toward Albany with delegates Bliss and Henderson accompanying the party. Mr. Flint left New Haven for a rapid trip to New York.
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Washington
South
North
Blaine
Springfield
Mass
International Congress
New Haven
Arsenal
Armory
Morgan Envelope Works
Smith & Wesson Arms Works
Holyoke
Hoosier Politician Critiques Administration After Indiana Visit
Hon. W. R. Myers of Indiana, ex-congressman and two time Secretary of State, voiced mixed views on Governor Harrison's administration during a stop in Wasumer Town. He cited voter apathy, state pride, and criticized most federal appointments, praising only John C. New Albert G Porter and J N Huston.
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Dispatch
Wasumer Town
W. R. Myers
Indiana
Congress
Harrison
Hoosierdam
Lara
Washington
John C. New
Albert G.porter
J. N. Huston
Young Haswell Backed by Uncle in Bond Heist
Portland dispatch reports George Haswell and his uncle William C Haswell aboard an eastbound train with $80,000 in unregistered government bonds. Haswell, a rich Hartford native, allegedly stole $90,000 in bonds earlier, spent $10,000, and handed over $50,000 when captured, with the uncle now his captor.
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Dispatch
Portland
Ore
George Haswell
William C
United States
Hartford
Conn
Haswell
Ske Seeell
Wild West
Police arrest man on suspicion in Bluff and Magee robbery
Officer Trudy Shawl arrested Harry Taylor late last night on suspicion of involvement in the robbery of Mrs. Hughes at Bluff and Magee. The cash value cited is $155. The item seized or details not specified. Local sales ads for jackets and cloaks appear on the page.
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Offcer Trudy Shawl
Harry Taylor
Hughes
Bluff and
Magee Street
Died
Between st resid urd street st 1030 P. Dr Friday Oca l. Te Woop Mountson aged 89 years, funeral hereafter. Hosiery store ad text references present but unrelated to death notice.
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Friday Ocal
Te Woop Mountson
Confiscation hints for Panama Canal amid delays
A Dispatch report outlines Panama Isthmus turmoil as Colombia discussions rise of confiscating the canal concession. Paris investigative moves unclear while locals say little progress since collapse. laborers discharged and work suspended to avoid forfeiture.
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New Yeas
Panama
New York
Dispatch
Great Canal Company
Paris
DeLesseps
Nunez
The
Republic
Colombia
France
Europe
Ees
Shooting on a Portland Sleep Car Leaves Two Wounded
A Pullman porter William Jones shot Thomas McDevitt and the 15 year old son of McDevitt aboard a sleeping car. McDevitt, an officer, was wounded in the side and the boy in the chest. Jones fled as officers pursue him. The youth’s condition is critical.
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Portland
One
William Jones
Thomas McDevitt
Jones
McDevitt
Hanged By Priest and Justice Held for Murder
Special telegram from Marienfield Texas reports Father Andrews a priest and Justice of the Peace Coons were held to the grand jury on murder charges in the death of Lorenzo Essers a Catholic school student. James Gross another student was implicated with Peters and Andrew in leading the boy to the ground where the body was concealed and burnt. An inquest previously ruled death by hanging. The body was exhumed and the neck found broken.
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Disci
Peter
Natural gas fight over burners and price ordinance
Mahon ing Natural Gas Company ordered out all number three burners and an ordinance to require new burners at reduced rates was introduced. Company officials threaten to shut off gas to Youngstown and to Pittsburg manufacturers if the ordinance passes. A citizens meeting formed a committee to revise the proposed pricing terms.
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Youngstown
Mahoning Natural Gas Company
Pittsburg
Purity meeting backs county plans to woo music halls
The Bishop of London led a crowded St James Hall gathering supporting county councils efforts to woo music halls. Letters of sympathy were read from Manning Archdeacon Farrar the Chief Rabbi and others. Addresses were given by Bedford Newman Hall Price Hughes and timeek. A resolution aligned with the meeting goals was passed.
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London
St James’ Hall
Manning
Archdeacon Farrar
En - Bedford
Newman Hall
Price
Hughes
Eimeek
Five Probably Drowned in Inverhuron Squall
Early Saturday Dan Mcleod of Inverhuron with his wife, son, and two hired men set out in two fishing boats for Golden Valley. A sudden squall capsized both boats. only wreckage washed ashore with damage noted.
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Tiverton
Ont
Dan Mcleod
Malcolm McKay
McLode
Inverhuron
Golden Valley
Land Commissioner rejects Barr homestead claim in separate residence ruling
Land Commissioner Groff rejects May Barr's 80 acre Dakota homestead entry arguing a husband and wife cannot maintain separate residences in one house to perfect separate entries. The decision notes similar General Land Office cases and implications for married couples living together on adjacent tracts.
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WasHinever
Groff
May Barr
Wasson
Mitchell, Dak
Barr
Michael Barr
Tme
General Land Office
Woman Commits Suicide at Niagara Falls After Note Found
A Buffalo woman, driven by family troubles, leapt into the Niagara River near the Third Sister Island bridge. A suicide note addressed to a person named Freddie was recovered with her hat umbrella and handbag. Her body was believed to have passed the Horseshoe Falls.
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NiaGara Falls
Sister Island Bridge
Buffalo
John
Louisa Perscher
Freddie
Ata
Horseshoe Falls
Convent murder case shocks Marienfeld Texas
In Marienfeld Texas two priests J H Peters and Henry Andrews ran a boys convent. Student James Gross revealed August murder of Lorenzo Esser who was buried at night by Peters and four students. Exhumed body shows neck fracture not from an eight inch rope. Peters and Coons bound over. search for Peters continues. Gross claims more murders occurred.
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Justice of the Peace Coons
Esser
Coons
Gross
Allen
Father Andrews
Eters
Disappearance of Purcell Endangers Cronin Prosecution
In Curiaco on October 11 a sensational report states James Purcell the state attorney stenographer vanished with key evidence against Dr Cronin. Purcell, a confidant of State Attorney Longenecker, held witness testimony and informant notes in shorthand. The notes remain untranscribed and the loss jeopardizes the prosecution as Purcell allegedly fled to Canada.
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Curiaco
James Purcell
Cronin Su
Purcell
Longenecker
Canada
Meron
Cronin
Jeel
Clan-na-Gael
Miss Murphy
Dr. Cronin
State Attorney’s Office
Victoria Medical School Students Riot Over Amalgamation
In Montreal on October 11 rebels at Victoria Medical School oppose its merger with Laval. Professors faced disruptions as a revolver was shown, doors were barred, and attempts to lecture failed. Riotous students barred entry and will be barred from Sunday mass.
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Montreal
Victoria Medical School
Laval Medical School
Coroner Busts Burglars on Ninth Street
About midnight Coroner McDowell, returning home, observed two men ransacking a Ninth Street store. He detained them in the act and sent the prisoners to Central station, where Julius Broderick and John Fowler were held.
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McDowell
Ninth Street
Central Station
Julius Broderick
John Fowler
Monarchs Meet in Berlin Amid Reserved German Welcomes
The Russian Czar and Emperor William dine and confer in Berlin with Prince Bismarck. Despite grand pageantry the populace shows limited enthusiasm while guards line the streets. A banquet at the White Hall and repeated toasts seal a cordial, cautious thaw in Sino-Russian German ties.
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Berlin
Bismarck
Europe
Russia
Germany
Grand Duke
George
Emperor William
Prince Bismarck
Count Herbert Bismarck
Czar
Lebster
Alexander Regiment
Carr Randen Gate
Aiilory
Vyborga
Princes Bismarck
William
Frederick
Derjaya
Rae
Kiel
Copengen
Reichsanzeiger
Emr
Boodle versus British divorce
Mr. Bradley Martin of New York presses for separation or divorce from his son Sherman's marriage to a woman much younger. The union is deemed valid under Brilaw, and dissolution would be difficult. Martin hosts guests at Shootingbox in North Scotland as he contemplates the unsettled suit.
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Bradley Martin
New York
Sherman
Brilaw
Bradley Mi
Sherman Martin
Shootingbox
Scotland
Hany O Mn
Washington
George W. Oo
Sila Opnen Walling
Government Proclaims Ban on National League in Tipperary Area
The government issues a proclamation banning the National League across Tipperary and three neighboring parishes including the Smith Barry estate parish. A second proclamation tightens restrictions on importing arms and munitions into Ireland.
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Dysarm
National League
Tipperary
Smith Barry
Ireland
Woman sues father-in-law over marriage misrepresentation
In Toronto on October 11 a Hamilton woman Mrs. Joseph Brennan sued her father-in-law M. Brennan for misrepresenting his son's character and finances, claiming she was induced to marry him. The jury disagreed, ending the unprecedented case.
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Toronto
Ont
Joseph Brennan
Hamilton
M. Brennan
Fishing Schooners Report Complete Failure at Point Erquimaux
Quenerc dispatch from Point Erquimaux via the Signal Service says all fishing schooners have arrived and report a complete catch failure. Indications point to misery and hardship for inhabitants in the coming winter.
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Quenerc
Point Erquimaux
Wedding Anniversary Ends in Tragic Alcohol Famine
St Louis. October 11. Mr and Mrs Richard Ambrose vanished for a week and were found in their tenement. Mrs Ambrose lay dead on a straw pallet and Mr Ambrose near death from delirium tremens. Neighbors say the couple drank for days at a time every two months. The coroner’s jury ruled Mrs Ambrose died from alcoholism and starvation.
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St. Josuis
Richard Ambrose
Ambrose
Mra. Ambrose
Ceremonial Unchanged in Grand Encampment Report
At Washington October 11 the Grand Encampment committee on Ritual reported parts of its ceremonial draft back for amendments, leaving the current ceremony in force for three years. Sir Knight Hopkins presented a history of the Encampment from 1816 to 1859, noting its founding in 1816 by towns including Marblehead and Newburyport. The assembly approved a resolution to restrict parades and badges to Knights Templar or Masonic orders, amid concerns over other groups wearing rival insignia.
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Wasuinctos
Committee On
Knight Hopkins
Pittsburg
Committee On Correspondence
Massachusetts
Knights of Pythias
Tomb
Washington
Grand Jury Fails to Indict in Cormiere Murder Case
Lafayette October 11 Grand jury returns no true bills in the State versus Charles Guidey East Hiatton and Alicinde Landey case amid gravity indictments. The trio released from custody ending prosecution in the Cormiere tragedy as attorney Smeds weighs next moves and potential venue change.
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Louisiacs Grand Jury
Lafayette
Charles Guidey
East Hiatton
Alicinde Landey
Cormiere
Grand Jury
Edmond Pellerin
Edwards
Smeds
St. Martinsville
Supposed Murder Mystery Unravels in Carthage Ill
Special telegram from Carthage Ill reports a two year old alleged murder case linked to Patrick Judge and Richard Durham. An 11 year old New York orphan Joe Fowlette knew too much and disappeared after Judge’s conviction. A deep stock well in Durham’s yard yielded a quantity of something, and Durham reappeared last Friday night.
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Carthage
Int
Patrick Judge
Joliet
Pat Judge
Pat
Richard Durham
Durham
New York
Joe Fowlette
Morristown Woman Dies After Illness in Yonkers Visit
A Morristown resident, Mrs Albert son, traveled to Yonkers to visit her mother Mrs Edwin Parrot. She became stricken during the trip and died before medical aid could reach her. The death is announced by Special Telegram to The Dispatch.
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Kew
Albertson
Morristown
Yonkers
Edwin Parrot
Oie
Dunwell
Cork Ban
Visit to America’s Land of the Midnight Sun Noted
Fragmentary OCR mentions a journey to a distant land described as America’s land of the midnight sun. The text alludes to exploration and curiosity but provides few concrete details or identifiable names.
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America
Land
Washington Exposition Hotels Seen Ready for Crowds
Washington can accommodate the crowds for the proposed 1802 exposition says a Dispatch correspondent in Washington reports hotels will be expanded. Architects like Charles Kinkel model an iron tower and new theaters to handle visitors, with temporary lodging and improved streets ready once Congress approves the site.
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Washington Hotels
Dispatch
Washington
Congress
Rumored Servian Cabinet Resignation Emerges in October
Reports from Pristi dated October 11 claim the Servian Cabinet has resigned amid internal dissensions over the government's stance toward ex-Queen Natalie. No official confirmation yet.
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Prsti
Natalie
Government to Dispatch Commission on Panama Canal Works
Paris reports that a French Investigating Commission will be sent to Panama to inquire into the condition of the canal works. The government intends to assess progress and any issues affecting construction and safety.
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Colombia
Panama Canal
Paris
Panama
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