Prince Albert Victor Plans Royal Tiger Hunt in India
The Prince, known as Albert Victor, prepares for a big game tiger hunt in India. He will be accompanied by elephants and beaters, with expert marksmen ready to protect the royal party. An incident in London involving Lady Reay shows public intrigue over the prince’s travels.
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THE
Dispatch
Lexpos
Prince Albert Victor
Carl
Eddie
India
Albert Victor
Royal Hunt
Marke
Tee
Conan
Jade Heay
London
Prince Albert
Maybrick
British Columbia
Jubiles Plunger
Bigler Seen Likely Democratic Candidate for State Treasurer
Ex-Collector E A Bigler of Clearfield County is expected to be nominated by the Democrats for State Treasurer at the upcoming convention. Allegheny County opposition is viewed as a protest over patronage but not a vote killer, with leaders optimistic Bigler can unite the party. Republicans and Prohibitionists field candidates while planning strategy ahead of a six week campaign and a Harrisburg meeting of state party bodies.
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Bigler
Bofer
Philadelphia
E. A. Bigler
Clearfield County
Allegheny County
Allegheny
Internal Revenue
Pittsburg
Friends of
Wallace
Harrity
Hensel
Scott
Democratic Party
Thin City
Ragner
Quay
Popes Eng
Nifin Tim
Tatesd
Boyer
Fitler
Hastings
McManes
McMane
Prieces
Democratic State Committee
Harrisburg
Eisner
Democratic Societies
Democratic Battalion
Capane
Mrs Hamilton Faces Bigamy Claims In Trial
Special telegram from Atlantic City reports a looming indictment against Mrs. Hamilton for bigamy. Her estranged husband Hamilton travels to consult New York lawyers while bail talks and a court起date loom. Doctor Crosby notes patient improvement in the case of Nurse Donnelly. Prosecutor Thompson seeks full medical clearance before bail.
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Jorhua
Atlantic City
N. J
Hamilton
New York
May's Landing
Noll Cottage
Crosby
Donnelly
Thompson
Snow
Perry
May’s Landing
Jury selection in Gronin murder trial stalls amid prejudice fears
The Gronin murder case jury pool faces delays as prosecutors and defense spar over Irish and German jurors. Judge Wing presses questions to weed out biased talesmen while the panel remains unpicked with two held over. A 50 juror special venue is issued as spectators and officials monitor the tense proceedings.
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Sproval
P.H. Gronin
Talesmen
Young Lillibridge
Lathrop
Senator Kennedy
Mr. Mills
Lillibridge
Louis B. Shaw
Elmer Dick
Shaw
Perem Challes
John F. Karnstin
Charles J. Hile
William Thoms
Wing
Karnstins
Talesman
O'Sullivan
E. W. Bagley
Joe Lam
Belgium
Fort
New Jersey
Judge Hamilton
New York
Children Drugged in Mystery Case With Pills Found
Police questioned a man named Connelly after a group of children were found drugged. Several pills were consumed by each child and the remainder hidden. authorities seek the source while families keep children indoors under scrutiny. Connelly denies giving any pills.
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Lene Mrene
Connelly
Woman Tosses Vitriol at Suitor in Public Carriage Incident
A dramatic confrontation on a city street ends with Miss Rubens arrested after throwing vitriol at Howard Hemmig as he attempts to subdue a frightened horse. Hemmig, later required to bail for wife desertion, recounts a tale of contested marriage claims and alleged threats amid a tense, sensational feud.
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Hemmig
Atile
Howard
Hemmhigh
Seliowes
London strike crisis looms as trades unions prepare
A massive London dock strike nears, with 17 days of stoppage and a hoped general action on Monday. Leaders face Norwood’s hard line over sixpence per hour, while unions receive substantial donations from global sympathizers and plan mass meetings at the Thames Embankment and Hyde Park.
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Camle
Dispatch
Loxpoy
London
Dock Laborers’ Union
Burns
Charles Morgan Norwood
Norwood
Shaw Lefevre
Society of Compositors
Seamen's, Firemen’s and Dock Laborers’ Union
Melbourne
Australia
Samuel Plimsoll
Lady Ripon
East
West India
Dock Companies’ Committee
Thames Embankment
Hyde Park
London Dock Strike Sparks Labour Movement Crisis
Labourers in the London docks strike for pay and conditions after a lengthy campaign by unions led by Burns and other leaders. At Yarrow & Co and 5,000 ironworkers join the walkout, with 110,000 dock workers idle and tens of thousands of related workers affected as the strike enters its 17th day.
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London
Lords’ Committee
Burns
Wades Arms
East End
Jeremiah Street
East India Dock
Yarrow & Co
Isle of Dogs
Nobleman Mandeville Reputedly Named in Assault Case
King the cabman who drove Lord Mandeville to Bessie Bellwood's apartment after a dispute over a debt saw the singer in Bow Street court with Mandeville as a witness. Bellwood was fined 3 guineas and bound for six months. Mandeville, bankrupt and estranged from his American wife Miss Yeongea, faces public exposure as a disreputable noble. Bellwood’s remarks imply her debts were paid for the noble’s wife and family. The piece notes Mandeville’s rise and fall, with ties to aristocracy and potential future dukedom if circumstances change.
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Loxpon
King
Lord Mandeville
Bessie Bellwood
Bessie
Bow Street
Mandeville
Yeongea
Bellwood
Duke of Manchester
Jubilee Plunger’s Memoir Exposes Heavy Losses and Gullibility
Loxipox reports the Jubilee Plunger’s new book claims he lost large sums to money lenders gamblers and blacklegs. He describes underage debts, notes exchanged for cash, and weekly losses up to £50,000 with £16,000 to £17,000 nightly gambling at the Field Club.
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Sammis
Railroai
American Securities Demand in London Sending Markets
Americans were in demand due to rate changes and Treasury bond purchases. Northern Pacific preferred led buying ahead of book closings. Milwaukee stock rose modestly while foreign equities stayed quiet. English railways lagged on strikes. crops in England reported 42 percent damage with France and Germany affected.
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London
DIE Watch
Loxpox
Northern Pacific
England
France
Germany
British Columbia resources to be shown to London capital
War artist Frederic Villiers sails from London on the Sardinian to join the Governor General on a tour of British Possessions in America and to Vancouver, aiming to reveal provincial resources to London financiers.
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London
British Columbia
Frederic Villiers
The
Graphic
Quebec
Canada
America
Vancouver
Herbert Spencer to Resume Work Soon
Herbert Spencer's health has improved and he has taken a house in St John’s Wood. He plans to resume work on his sympathetic philosophy, currently ruralizing in Wiltshire and working on an autobiography. The Corsican patriot Pascal Di Paoli’s remains were exhumed from St Pancras and sent to Corsica.
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Dispatch
Loxpon
Herbert Spencer
St. John’s Wood
Wiltshire
Pascal di Paoli
London
St. Pancras Church
Corsica
Anarchist Confessor Berge Held for Trial in City
Albert Nicolet has confessed to a seer of the Anarchist manifesto circulated recently in Switzerland. He will be tried for the offense in this city.
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Berge
Albert Nicolet
Espn
Switzerland
Maybrick's Condition Deteriorates in Woking Hospital
Loxpon August 31 reports the Maybrick excitement has subsided. Mrs. Maybrick was moved from Liverpool jail to Woking prison and placed in a hospital. Doctors say she cannot live long. friends believe her invalid condition will soon end her plight.
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Dispatch
Loxpon
Bes
Liverpool
Woking
Sullivan's Grief Moves Boston Boxing Star After Mother's Death
Boston report details John L. Sullivan's deep sorrow at his mother's passing. He mourns at the beach when notified, reflecting on missed last words and his past dissipation. Friends stay with him as he vows to quit drinking and honor his mother's plea. Burial set for Monday with full expenses promised.
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Dispatch
Boston
John L. Sullivan
Uuman
Sullivan
Americans Want a Chance in Foreign Union Transfers
New York reports labor unions move to curb foreign workers joining U S trade unions. The Goldbeaters' Union raised transfer fees to 100 dollars, seeking to limit influx from Europe. Secretary Charles R. McLeod says the 300-member union controls most gold leaf output and fears wage disruption from new arrivals.
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the Dispatch
New York
Goldbeaters’ Union
Charles ER. McLeod
New York Goldbeaters’ Protective Union
Snsahl
Europe
Petition circulates for Carnot relic escort to France
In New York on August 31 officers and men of the Irish American Military Union circulate a petition for signatures to send to President Carnot of France. The document seeks to escort a relic to this country.
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New York
Irish American Military Union
Carnot
France
Enormous Bond Purchases Highlight Treasury Savings
Washington August 31. Since August 3 1887 to date the Treasury has bought 77 305 350 four percent bonds and 118 185 350 four and a quarter cent bonds totaling 195 490 700. Their cost was 226 852 875 and face value 269 724 322, saving 42 871 446. In the last ten days purchases reached 17 978 800, at a cost of age was A. When 6 329 000 was paid out for 4 055 0.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Murderer and Robber Sailed for Europe for Trial
A murder and robbery suspect, Paul Hammant, bound for Havre aboard La Gascoigne, charged with complicity in a 163,000 francs theft from a Paris banker. Fellow suspect Peter Lynch and others also departed, with mates Morand and others accompanying.
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New York
Europe
Paul Hammant
la Gascozne
Havre
Peter Lynch
England
Er Butz
Charles Morand
Umbris
Lawrence man completes swift Europe trip by freight train
John McDonald, 24, who returned from a Europe voyage after surviving the Nipsic disaster, bet he could travel to Europe and back faster than a cent fare. He left Lawrence on July 21st and rode freight and trams via London and the Milanese to London, reaching Boston in 18 days and then rode home by freight car. Kennedy had yet to arrive, so McDonald won the wager.
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Lawrence
Mass
John McDonald
Europe
Helis
United States
Nipsic
Samoa
McDonald
Thomas Kennedy
Europa
Kennedy
Boston
Borderer
Dept
London
Whitechapel
Liver
Furness
Thursas
Boston and Maine Railroad
All QuiSt at Honolulu Prisoner Trials Amid Revolution
The Zealandia arrived with no Samoan passengers. Honolulu reports quiet since July 30 revolution. Insurgent leader Robert Wailcox and associates faced preliminary treason and riot charges in police court and await Supreme Court trial. USS Nippon repairs underway after Samoa hurricane damage. crew aboard ship.
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San Francisco
Australia
New Zealand
Honolulu
Kimberly
Sanfoa
Robert Wailcox
Supreme Court
United States
Samoa
Fanning Island
Northwest Heatwave and Record Temperatures Reported
August 31 in St Paul and across the Northwest brings extreme heat with highs near 90 in the city and 94 in several towns including Fort Buford and Bismarck. Duluth remains cooler though the region records widespread hot conditions and minimal relief overnight.
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St. Paul
Duluth
Huron
Moorehead
Minn
Fort Bufort
Dak
Helens
Mont
Bismarck
N. D
Thie Fae
Complaint Filed Over Nail Keg Freight Rates
Hoad and Tichenor filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission against the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company alleging it charged 4186 for hauling a carload of empty nail kegs weighing 3850 pounds from Youngstown Ohio to Binghamton New York while offering to move a carload of nails weighing 24000 pounds for a lower rate between the same points. They seek redress for what they call a manifest gross injustice.
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Washmctros
Messrs
Man Held on Mail Theft Charge in Cambridge
Boston August 30 John F Gilfell a Cambridge letter carrier was held in 1000 dollars bail on charges related to opening letters addressed to a young lady and allegedly probing contents of envelopes including a dog’s character in a curious case of mail intrus ion and misconduct.
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Boston
John F. Gilfell
Cambridge Ice
Youngady
Tessa Dog
Appointments Issued From Summer Executive Quarters
The Mountain Capitol at Deer Park announces several appointments: John Watson of Nebraska as Attorney for Alaska, Edward Mitchell of New York as Attorney Southern District of New York, Willis Vandeventer of Wyoming as Chief Justice, Wheelock G. Veasey of Vermont as Interstate Commerce Commissioner. Ex-Senator Davis hosted a dinner with President and Mrs. Harrison and other notable guests.
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Deer Park
John ©. Watson
Nebraska
Alaska
Edward Mitchell
New York
Southern District of
Willis Vandeventer
Wyoming
Wheelock G. Veasey
Vermont
Davis
Harrison
McKee
Stephen B. Elkins
Samuel Spencer
James KE. Campbell
Ohio
Camden
West Virginia
Arrest Report Muddied by Incomplete Telegraph
Chief Inspector Rathbone of the Postoffice Department has received no telegram announcing the arrest of Algernon Granville, editor of the People’s Iyane, on a charge unknown in the fragment. The item appears important but lacks full details. Public note warns against assuming an arrest.
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HixctTow
Rathbone
Postoffice Department
Algernon Granville
People's Iy Ane
Soba Importass Cah
Glassblowers Protest Wages Cuts Across Associations
Philadelphia dispatch reports escalating tensions between glasblowers and manufacturers associations over wage cuts and factory terms. Master Workman John Coffee and union leaders deny readiness to concede and plan to mobilize after the June shutdown while mills in Millville and 14 firms hold firm on old conditions. Union officials travel to New York and Boston for strategy.
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Philadelphia
Glasblowers
W Toee & Aoe
Millville
N. J
John Coffee
Suealty
Awe
Scala
Seeee Ee
S “i. Catee
Re A. M. Wright
Knights
New York
Boston
Jay Gould Backs Government Telegraph Scheme as Feasible
Jay Gould endorses a postal delivery of telegrams as practicable and beneficial to the public and telegraph firms. He notes discussions by the Postmaster General and Dr. Norvin Green with Wanamaker, saying the plan has long been considered and is favored by the Post Office. Gould spoke from Irvington about the ongoing negotiations in Washington.
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Norvin Green
Washington
Wanamaker
New York
Jay Gould
Gould
Green
Irvington
Postoffice Department
Colored cadet Young passes West Point reexamination
Special telegram reports Charles Young, a first class colored cadet, failed to pass in June and was given until August 28 to makeup deficiencies. He completed work satisfactorily and has now advanced, marking a notable return for a minority cadet amid a busy travel day as Catskill trains and river traffic swell.
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Poughk
Charles Young
West Point
Eg Aylbrae
Saloma
Catskill
Ulster and Delaware
Catekill Mountain
Albany
Mary Powell
Hudson River
United States Marshal appoints several deputies in district
The Hon. D. M. Ranadell, recently named U S Marshal for the district, announces several new appointments to his office. Soomay L Williams is named chief deputy, B McCaffey deputy at the Police Court, and John I Leonard deputy, with half a dozen others in subordinate posts. Major Williams is a reappointed official from Indians, Mirey a South Native, Todiamapolis, and Endirua figures also noted.
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Washington
D. M. Ranadell
United States
Soomay L. Williams
Uty
B. McCaffey
John I. Leonard
South Niiied
Gang Of Horse Thieves Reported In Dutchess County Area
A gang of horse thieves has operated in Dutchess and surrounding counties over two months stealing valuable stock. Rewards offered for recovery and capture. Detectives and farmers’ groups pressed for requisitions with little success as authorities pursue suspects linked to Waterbury and Dover Plains among others. One man identified as William from Dover Plains is jailed. another known as Sweat Tom is sought along with an associate in New York and Connecticut. Police continue pursuit as government moves to action.
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Nethiel
William
Dover Plains
Dutchess
Geni
New York State
Connecticut
Nis
Buckley
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