Blaine Daughter-in-Law Ill Cited to Return to Stage
The Blaine family saga unfolds as Marie Nevins Blaine lies ill in New York with inflammatory rheumatism. Daniel Frohman continues to support her career, despite public claims of a reconciliation, while relatives allege religious prejudice fueled the rift and describe the couple's past devotion and later separation.
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Daniel Frohman
Bas
Leither
James G. Blaine, Jr
Wie
Marie Nevins-Blaine
James G. Blaine
Blaine
Dr. Doremus
New York
Dispatch
Charles Doremus
Lexington Avenue
Maine Statesman
Elsine
The Color Line Fat ch in Victorian Society
The color line is not drawn here as in the South. Black boxer Peter Jackson dined this week by special invitation with Lord De Clifford and Sir John Astley, among a few other sportsmen and members of the aristocracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Jackson
Lord de Clifford
Sir John Astley
Conspirators Held in New York Fraud Case
Mrs. T Anns Swinton and her son Josh Mann were jailed in the Tombs on $1,500 bail each after being charged with obtaining $500 from Robert Ray Hamilton through false pretenses and a sham marriage. Judge Hogan said probable cause existed to send them to await grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
T. Anns Swinton
Josh Mann
Grand Jury
Robert Ray Hamilton
Bogun
Granny” Swinton
Dolly
Hamilton
Ackett and
Ross
Jerome
Rogen
Mahone to Speak in Abingdon as Campaign Opens
Petersburge Va September 7 General Mahone Republican candidate for Governor will deliver his maiden campaign speech at Abingdon Southwest Virginia on the 23rd. He is active on campaign matters and pushes Republican protection circulars statewide. Langston, who recently signaled support for Mahone, declined an interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersbore
Mahone
Abingdon
Virginia
Republican National Committee
North
Langston
Mahone Meenak
Washington
Heme
Ohio
Boyer
Cary
Prisney
Delamater
Quay
Andrews
Republican State Committee
Beaver
Hads
General Hey
Fuller
Offic
Fitler
Hastings
Brierly 18 Disguised The Maover In America
Special telegram from Boston reports Alberti Brierly the Liverpool merchant connected with the Mrs Maybrick case has been in Boston disguising himself as A Brown of Montreal. His brother used the name Thompson. They stayed at the Hotel Thorndike Sunday to Thursday then planned to Montreal and on to New Orleans. They work in cotton trade and sought Southern planters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Dispatch
Bostox
Alberti Brierly
Liverpool
Maybrick
Scythia
Boston
A. Brown
Montreal
Thorndike
Albert Brierly
Mr. Thompson
New Orleans
Southers
Albert
Coal land sale links to new Ontario and Western branch
John B. Kerr of New York and E. B. Sturgess of Scranton bought half of Howell Spencer’s 737 acres in Forest City Pennsylvania for 180000. The tract lies on the Ontario and Western Carbondale and Scranton line, needed for track sidings and coal mining and shipping facilities at a key Forest City station on the new branch from Hancock to the Lackawanna fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John B. Kerr
Ontario and Western Railroad Company
E. B. Sturgess
Scranton
Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton Railroad Company
Forest City
Howell Spencer
Philadelphia
Ontario, Carbondale and Scranton
Ontario and Western Company
Hancock
Lackawanna
Death on the Track Near Moundsville
In Wheeling on September 7 a fatal railroad accident near Moundsville on the Ohio River line killed King Gatts and his wife, both about 70, who were crossing a roadway carriage when an north-bound express struck the vehicle. The couple died instantly and one horse died soon after. Mr Gatts was a leading wealthy citizen of Moundsville.
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Wheeling
Mroundsville
King Gatts
Gutis
Derek
Mutiny Aboard Liberia Arrives From Sierra Leone
The bark Liberia docked in New York from Sierra Leone with Captain Page reporting mutinous crewmen during the voyage who allegedly threatened to kill him and seize the cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Page
Prohibition Vote Shapes Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Fight
Republican leaders predict a strong Boyer majority aided by party organization and anti Democrat sentiment, while Democrats insist Bigler has a chance aided by a large Prohibition vote. Prohibitionists plan statewide campaigning with paid meetings and targeted voter turnout as the fall election approaches.
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Boyer
Bigler
Terris and Miss Millward Sail for New York to Tap Drama
In Loxpoy on September 7, Mr Terris and Miss Millward accompany an American company aboard the Steamer Ems bound for New York. They will perform the drama Roger. Late at Niblo's Theater, presenting a platform of stage talent aboard the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpoy
Mr. Terris
Green goods dealers nab two in act at Grand Union Hotel
New York detective Henry McArdle arrested James Donnelly of 1222 Third Avenue for engaging in green goods fraud. He and Frank Canuck of Independence Indiana were caught at the Grand Union Hotel with a box of counterfeit money concealed in folders. Canuck expected to pay 300 dollars for 3500 dollars in fake bills. Donnelly remanded. Canuck placed in officer custody to locate the house connected to the scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
McArdle
Donnelly
Grand Union Hotel
Canuck
Yorkville
Old Showman John V. O'Brien Dies at 51
Philadelphia report says John V. O'Brien, famed showman and former big circus owner, died suddenly at his Frankford home from asthma shortly after 2 am. He was 51. Once ran a colossal circus in 1876 and pioneered 25 cent admissions, later losing much of his fortune while running 10 cent shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
John V. O'Brien
East Harrison Street
Frankford
Elines
O'Brien
ANOTHER QUIET DIVORCE
John W. Penny of Detroit, former Neely & Co. carpet dept. manager, married Miss Jessie D. Taylor in New Haven. Penny says he secured a divorce from his first wife, who left him last winter and stayed in Williamsport, Pa. Miss Taylor’s father, overwhelmed by the affair, became insane and was confined to an asylum, from which he was released. Penny, after a second marriage license, claimed to be a widower.
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New Haven
Conn
John W. Penny
Detroit
Neely & Co
Misa Jessie D. Taylor
Penny
Williamsport
Chicago
Miss Taylor
Lynching of John Sigmond Shocks Gaston County Farm
In Gaston county near Stanley Creek, a laborer named John Sigmond was lynched after entering the Moore farm dwelling and assaulting a 12 year old girl. The factor of vigilante action followed a preliminary trial with at least 50 bullets reported.
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Charlotte
N. C
Stanley Creek
Gaston County
John Sigmond
Sigmond
J. B. Moore
Moore
Explosion at Dick Meyer sugar plant in Williamsburg
A massive fire and explosion at 1 30 PM devastates the Dick Meyer sugar plant at North Seventh and North Eighth streets in Williamsburg. The blast likely arose from finely powdered sugar igniting in the mills. Losses include 1 700 barrels of sugar plus machinery valued around 1 500 000 dollars, totaling about 2 000 000 dollars. Several workers were injured in the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dick, Meyer & Co
North Seventh
North Eighth Streets
Williamsburg
Gladstone Enthusiasm Amid Paris Exposition Visit
Loxpow September 7 Gladstone and Mrs Gladstone spent a week in Paris amid immense public enthusiasm for Edison. Parisians closed doors to many except close friends while the ex premier visited the Exposition with keen interest. He attends a banquet tonight and departs Hawarden Monday. Also in Paris this week Grand Duke George of Russia and Egyptian Princes. The Czarewitch is expected.
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Loxpow
Edison
Gladstone
Mrs. Gladstone
Paris
Hawarden
George
Russia
Czarewitch
Mob forms to free ex senator’s associate in Kentucky town
A night mob of armed Black men gathered at Mt. Sterling’s First Christian Church to free Tom Gallache, aide to ex Senator Williams, after he was jailed for attempted burglary of the ex-senator’s home. Nine were arrested and jailed, with reports of a planned lynching for Gallache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Mt. Sterling
Tom Gallache
Williams
Coshman
First Christian Church
Rey
No Extra Session Called By Cabinet Decision
Cabinet members at the White House debated an extra session for three hours. President wavering, Blaine and Rusk absent, but the majority suspected against calling Congress. The plan to reconvene was effectively abandoned with final replies awaited from missing officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Blaine
Bush
Policeman Kearney
Washington
Guiteau
Pittsburg Electric Power and Heat Company
Dibpaton
Blame
Rusk
White House
Guiteau Curse Tied to Policeman Kearney Death Recall
Special telegram from Washington notes Policeman Patrick H. Kearney, 62, retired, died at 342 Virginia Ave after a long service in DC police. Irish born, he enlisted in the marine corps at 21, served 12 years, and joined the force in 1866. He helped arrest Guiteau after Garfield’s shooting. His decline began in 1886, ending suddenly from bowel paralysis. Tales persist of Guiteau's curse following the arrest and conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearney
Washington
Patrick H. Kearney
Virginia Avenue
Ireland
Marine Corps
South Washington
Baltimore On Potomac
Garfield
Guiteen
Guitean
Injunction Sought Against Electric Power and Heat Co
Citizens file a bill against district commissioners to stop granting the right to lay wires for the Pittsburg firm. The company prepares an answer to the gas company suit as Chief Justice Bingham returns Monday to set a hearing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teleghan
the Dispatch
Washinecrox
Electric Power and Heat Company
Pittsburg
Bingham
Haytian government turmoil eyed for November return
Washington dispatch reports Minister Douglass expects to leave for Hayti at month end. A House of Deputies must be elected, government debt addressed, the Constitution revised, and a president chosen before a stable government can be formed. Douglass hopes the turmoil will ease once these steps are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Douglass
Hayti
House of Deputies
Legitime
Missouri Tariff Reform Picnic at Cogswell
The seventh tariff reform picnic in Missouri was held at Cogswell near Cleveland with about ten thousand attendees from eleven counties. Congressmen Dockey and Tarnsey spoke in the afternoon as delegations wore badges reading Cleveland 1892 amid strong enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas City
Cogswell
Cleveland
Dockey and Tarnsey
Chamberlain Address Delivers Conservative Care Message
Ex Secretary and Mrs Endicott joined Joseph Chamberlain at Eastbourne before traveling to Birmingham to hear his Monday address. The speech focused on Conservative care and public welfare, reflecting on party priorities and political strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxnes
Endicott
Joseph Chamberlain
Eastbourne
Birmingham
Joseph
Antwerp Explosion Toll Rises in Belgian Disaster
At Antwerp on September 7 the disaster’s death toll was expected to reach 160 with 250 killed and 300 injured. Firemen and troops labored through the night to control fires in sheds and factories of the dry dock area as six million litres of petroleum burned amid shifting winds. Subscriptions were opened for relief to those left destitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Ieterday
Ebeldt
Ieg
Zealand
Dympar
Mystery of Adams Child Linked to Chicago Kin
In Cariaco, a tale from Sioux City unfolds a forgotten family drama. Andrews eloped with Violet Adams, daughter of a Chicago resident, and their child vanished. The child was allegedly raised by a Norwegian Nelson family in Des Moines. The father later confessed, planning to claim a legacy. The girl, now with Dr. Brewer in Sioux City, is sought to find Chicago relatives.
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Cariaco
Hubbard
J. H. Brewer
Sioux City
Adamses
Chicago
Man Andrews
Violet Adams
Adams
Nelson
Des Moines
Brewer
Dr. Brewer
Sullivan's Reception Draws Vast New York Crowd
After numerous delays the Sullivan reception at the Academy of Music in New York drew a mixed crowd from Fourteenth Street to Third and Fourth avenues. Sullivan appeared late but displayed sharp speed and grace in the Mike Cleary bout, triggering ten minutes of enthusiastic applause as he spoke from the stage.
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New York
John L. Sullivan
Academy of Music
Fourteenth Street
Third
Fourth Avenues
Sullivan
Curbstone
Muldoon
George
Mike Cleary
Grandmother Betty Wallingford Died at 93 in Mankato
Mrs Elizabeth Wallingford known as Grandmother Betty died at 93 in Mankato after a long life as the town’s elderly link to a Revolutionary War veteran. She born 1812 married Jonathan Wallingford in 1812, came to Minnesota in 1855, survived by ten children with one daughter in Mankato and a son in Seattle. Her death followed an old hip injury from years past, with all faculties remaining strong until the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elaine
Father Daly
Marie Nevins
Blaine
Dr. Winkoop
Bisine
Jefe
Mankato
Elizabeth Wallingford
Betty’’ Wallingford
Minnesota
United States
Jonathan Wallingford
Seattle
New Hampshire
PAYS DEAR FOR HIS BRIDE
In Jeffersonville Indiana Joseph Stultz receives a ten year sentence for subornation of perjury and elopement with Carrie Ashley fourteen year old daughter of a Louisville family. His sister is the girl's stepmother but not blamed. Stultz, long notorious, met the girl through his relationship and, with McClan, swore she was of age to induce marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Jeffersonville
Ind
Joseph Stultz
Carrie Ashley
Stultz
McClan
McCoy Hatfield Feud Convictions Sent Five Prisoners
In Louisville and Frankfort five men Ellison Mounts Valentine Hatfield Alexander Messer Des Mayhorn Plyman Mayhorn were convicted in Kentucky for murder in the McCoy Hatfield interstate feud. Each sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kentucky court. all are West Virginia natives. Authorities hope the convictions help end the feud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Yoke County
Frankfort
Pikesville
Ellison Mounts
Valentine Hatfield
Alexander Messer
Des
Plyman Mayhorn
West Virginia
Kentucky
Depew sails to New York with new stock of stories
Chauncey M. Depew departed on the City of New York for New York after exchanging his stock of American stories for a fresh batch of English and French works, which he will legalize for home consumption. He is in good health and spirits, and his previously injured leg is nearly healed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorpon
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
City of New York
London Strike Ends as Wages Delayed Until January
The London dock strike ends with companies conceding to demands but delaying increased wages until January. The cost of the struggle is described as enormous. An English Viscount was arrested and fined as a vagrant. Mary Anderson’s health reportedly improves. Gladstonians plan to oppose the Irish Catholic college. The Bishop of Chichester lauds no American minister’s blasphemy. The Shah’s train derailment is suspected not to be purely accidental.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bataten
Mary Andersen
Giadateninas
Irink College
Gladstone
Paris
Mary Anderson
Gladstonians
Catholic College For Ireland
Chichester
Strike settles after long London dock walkout ends in concessions
The September strike collapses as dock directors grant most demands after leaders Burns and Tillett accept an offer. Wages rise deferred while other demands become unconditional. Total cost estimated around £10.5 million, shareholders aloof. Continued on Seventh Page.
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Frohmans
Mr. Blaine
Emmons
Walker
Maurie Nevins
Adventuress
Ried
Major Coppinger
United States Army
Wall Street
Marie Blaine
Fifty-fifth Street
James
Augusta
Distatch
Valley OF Death
Great Lyceum Company
Harry Conway
Point Lookout
Long Branch
Wynkoop
Scudder
Alien McLane Hamilton
Frohman
Miss McCormick
City
Delmonioc’s
Fifth Avenue
England
Mrs. Swinton
Trianl
Mr. Hamilton
Brierly
Death
Fidler
Notee
Allegheny County
J. R. Johnston
Magee Cteck
Magee
Mr. Wallace
Conran Randall
Scott
Wallace
Cassidy
Randall
Democratic
Ellowene
John V.brics
Bisine and
Pittsburg Electric Company
Haytt
Clevsland
Chamberlain
M’coy-Hatfield
London
Will
Lospon
Burns
Tillett
Tower Hill
Pillett
Mansion House
Whitehead
John Lubbock
Ananias Hall
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