Jury Uncertainty Hangs Over Cronin Case At Chicago Court
Reports describe tense courtroom scenes at Judge McConnell's Chicago court as juror selection continues for the Cronin murder case. Officer Robinson's testimony is highlighted as a key link in the expected evidence chain while defense and state challenges expand and jurors are examined amid liberal initial seating limitations.
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Cronin
Chicago
McConnell
Robinson
William Reynolds
Edward H. King
J. J. Goodheart
John Morgan
Reynolds
King
Goodheart
Morgan
Burke
Mr. Forrest
Talesmen
M'Coxnell
Impaneling a Jury Delayed by Public Concern
The speaker warns that public opinion may hinder jury selection and argues that only jurors with proven intelligence and character should hear the case. He notes nine days have been spent attempting to impanel a jury and stresses the need for impartiality in weighing law and evidence.
Discovery of Cronin murder evidence at Carlson cottage
Chicago dispatch reveals Officer Isaac Robinson's account of monitoring the Carlson cottage on Ash Avenue. He says two men, later identified as Kuntz and Cooney, were detained after appearing to move items from the cottage on May 7, later released without charges. Robinson's suspicions of murder grew as blood stains were found and Lieut. Scheuttler confirmed the scene.
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Robinson
Carlson Cottage
Wing
Venice
Chicago
Cronin
Dr. Cronin
Kuntz and Cooney
Lakeview
King
Issac Robinson
Ash- 7 Avenue
Carlson
Ing
Captain Wing
Kuntz
Cooney
Haengeon
Goin
FIEST
Captain Wine
Es Wing
Cropin
Scheuttler
Laraabee Street
Oficer Robinson
Strategic defense move in Cronin trial at Carlson cottage
An attorney for the defense and three men allegedly removed blood stained flooring from the Carlson cottage during the Cronin trial proceedings. Lindgren warned them, Carlson confronted the intruders with a revolver, and the group fled with the blood stained wood.
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Curiaco
Cronin
Carlson Cottage
Forrest
Poyias
Carlson
Cinthe
Edison Honored at Paris Banquet by City Officials
Municipal authorities hosted a gala in Paris to honor Mr. Thomas A. Edison. The reception was described as a brilliant success and drew notable figures and attendees.
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Paris
Thomas A. Edison
OHIO CAMPAIGN BEGINS AS NEAL TAKES CHARGE FORAKER TO BE REBUKED
James E. Neal, Democrat state chair, arrives to lead Ohio Democrats for Campbell. He predicts a vigorous campaign and cites colored voter dissension as a factor against Foraker. General Conger calls outlook bright, notes Campbell weaker than Hoadley and argues free trade harms Democratic standing.
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Columaus
James E. Neal
Democratic State Executive Committee
Ohio Democracy
Campbell
Foraker
Bishop
Hoadley
Ohio Democrats
A. L. Conger
Toledo
Conger
Leap to Death in Rag and Paper Warehouse Blaze
A large rag and general paper stock warehouse in Rubany New York burned completely this afternoon due to spontaneous combustion in a pile of rags. Fifteen workers leaped for safety, with one man killed by inhalation of the flames. Mrs Ellen Mack and others suffered multiple injuries. total loss estimated at 80000 dollars with insurance.
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Rubany
N. Y
P. J. McArdle
Esrhe Swartz
Ellen Mack
Ellen Frank
Sam
Ellen McShane
Missing Allegheny Merchant Otterson Believed Drowned
Gus L Otterson wallpaper dealer of Allegheny City may have drowned after going to New York on business. He was last seen September 15 at the Hotel Royal with two Allegheny City women. A body matching his description was found in the North River at West Tenth Street and taken to the morgue awaiting identification.
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Allegheny City
Dispatch
New York
Gus L. Otterson
Philadelphia
Hotel Royal
Henry Smith
Otterson
North River
West Tenth Street
Bostoux
Boston
John L. Sullivan
Congress
John
Hugh O’brien
Hart
Crescent Beach
Mee
Five Arrested in Missouri Prize Fight Case
Detectives Burke and Fitzgerald arrested Thomas Kelly Edward Kelly Thomas Allen Dan Daly and Archie Flint near St Louis on a warrant from Sheriff Crume Troy Lincoln county Mo. They were charged as fugitives connected with the Kelly Daly prize fight held about two years ago near Foley Mo for the Missouri middleweight title in which Daly defeated Kelly.
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Straton
St. Louis
Burke and Fitzgerald
Thomas Kelly
Edward Kelly
Thomas Allen
Dan Daly
Archie Flint
Jesse P. Crume
Troy
Lincoln County
Kelly-Daly
Foley
Ed Kelly
Missouri
Kelly
Riots at New Castle Lead to Arrests and Warrants
Four arrests were made this morning of alleged American rioters from Saturday night’s clash in New Castle with warrants issued for eight more. Hawkins, one of the injured, is jailed under treatment while Owen Kavanagh is seriously stabbed and recovering. The killer’s identity remains undetermined as 140 Poles and Slavaks worked at Tasker, worsening worker tensions over Hungarians replacing striking men.
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Minetos
D.L
New Castle
Hawkins
Owen Kavanagh
Janynosky
Tasker Works
Flywheel Burst at Steel Works Causes Massive Damage
A 30 foot diameter six ton flywheel burst at the Pennsylvania Steel Works in Harrisburg. Fragments damaged a nearby building and injured a man as a long iron piece embedded in a wooden post. Estimated damage ranges from ten thousand to fifteen thousand dollars.
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J Harbrisburg
Pennsylvania Steel Works
Sooidéat
Veterans in Gettysburg Gather For Pennsylvania Day Reunion
Veterans from eastern and central Pennsylvania arrive at Gettysburg camp Samuel Harper as Pittsburg and Baltimore and Ohio contingents bolster attendance. Officials estimate about 50 000 veterans by Thursday for Pennsylvania Day with monuments inspected and dress parade held as crowds fill the town.
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Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Pittsburg
Gettyspure
Samuel Harper
Stevens
McCormick
Philadelphia
Post Il
Norristown
Huntingdon
Columbia
Mechanicsburg
Marletta
Easton
Pittslore
Roxiore
Williamsport
Kiltimore
Ohio
Ark
Associated Press
Thursda
Gettysburg Transportation Tickets Exceed Eleven Thousand
Harrisburg dispatch reports Adjutant General Hastings issued 11 057 transport tickets for Gettysburg survivors of the three days fight. A $50 000 state appropriation funds veteran attendance at the monuments dedication with railroad companies giving 1 cent per mile travel. Governor Beaver and Hastings travel to Gettysburg to oversee the dedication.
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Harrisburg
Hastings
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Beaver
Gener
Pentsylvania
Roadmasters' Association Holds Seventh Annual Denver Convention
The Roadmasters' Association of America begins its seventh annual convention in Denver with sessions on standard track joints frogs and maintenance tools. Officers include President W. Craig and Secretary H. W. Reed, with notable members from Pittsburg Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia Reading among others.
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Denver
DeEaves
Cox
Rostmasters’ Association of America
R. Cuttrer
P. Nolan
J. F. Jordan
Robert Black
Swinney
J. Doyle
W. Craig
J. Burnett
James Sloan
H. W. Reed
G. W. Bison
Pittsburg
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. W. Salmon
The
Philadelphia and Reading
J. O Mandeville
Destruction in Mt. Hope Cemetery Rocks Kennebunk
A Kennebunk exploration reveals at least a dozen graves broken into in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Footstones toppled and coffins disturbed indicate deliberate acts, initially suspected as vandalism by a wild mob before further investigation.
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Kennebunk
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Dying Statesman Cox Fortifies Legacy in Crisis
New York September 9 Congressman Samuel Sullivan Cox lies critically ill at his home after acute pneumonia set in four days earlier. Doctors say his condition is grave and his remaining hours are uncertain. Cox earlier urged admission of four territories as new states, challenging party opposition and shaping his notable career.
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New York
Samuel Sullivan Cox
East Twelfth Street
Lockwood
Washington
Cox
Congress
Turkey
Sapaphoas Yieltor
Douglass
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Injunction Upheld Over Railroad Franchise Transfer
Justice Bartlett in Brooklyn Supreme Court extends the injunction preventing George C Wood and others from transferring the Chattard Railroad Company franchise and assets to any firm except the Ohio and Big Sandy Railroad Company The condition requires full stock issue of 2 000 000 to be allocated to the sinking fund and gold mortgage bonds The named individuals are barred from receiving 256 000 or any sum for property under the foreclosures
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Justice Bartlett
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Josiah J. White
George C. Wood
Chattard Railroad Company
Kentucky
Ohio and Big Sandy Railroad Company
Postmaster Refuses to Yield East Harrisburg Office
George B. Machen, recently appointed postmaster of the East Harrisburg post office, demands control of the office from S. A. Fishburn who refuses to surrender government property without Washington orders. Machen threatens legal action to dispossess Fishburn before the quarter ends October 1.
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Harrisburg
George
Machen
East Harrisburg
S. A. Fishburn
Cleveland
Fishburn
Washington
Murder in Sewell's Point Store by Six Robbers
In Norfolk Virginia T L Waller a Sewell s Point merchant was murdered during a robbery in his store. Six men namely William Henry Custis Hon Williams Samuel Stencil Coreling White George Pryor and Robert Custis are implicated with Custis alone first to be arrested shedding light on the crime.
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Norfolk
T. L. Waller
Sewell's Point
William Henry Custis
Hon. Williams
Samuel Stencil
Coreling White
Eorge Pryor
Robert Custis
Mob Hangs Suspect Wanted in Donophin County Cape Case
Dick Fisher alias Dick Rhodes, a black man sought in Donophin county Kansas for assault and horse stealing, was captured in Hiawatha and taken toward White Cloud where a mob of farmers seized Constable Sloane and hanged him.
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Hiawatha
Kan
Dick Fisher
Dick Rhodes
Donophin County
Kansas
Cushman
Sloane
White Cloud
Tramps Shoot Marshal in Coshocton Assault
In Coshocton Ohio on September 9 Marshal Hogan tried to drive drunken tramps away. They opened fire wounding him twice in the chest. A bystander was shot in the leg. A posse later shot one tramp in the neck, likely fatally, and captured two others after they fired at the officers.
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Ispactal Trlegam
Cosnoctos
Hogan
Coshocton
Dueling Arrests in Alabama Halt Plan
Hon. W. A. Huff and Captain Eoff Sims of Macon were detained in Bauem Alabama for a dueling plan. They were sent to Opelika for a judge and Huff was placed under peace bonds while Sims faced a $2.50 bail. Patterson remains in custody as the case unfolds.
Sullivan Eyes Congress After Boston Show License Row
John L Sullivan talks of moving to South Boston in the Fourth District and seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1890. He cites Pat Collins as his political backer and says he will manage his own campaign, quitting drinking and hiring a promoter to handle details.
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John L. Sullivan
Congress
Boston
John
P. A. Collins
City Hall
Rogers
South
Joe O'Neill
General Collins
Southton
Collins
West End Land Company
Old Colony Railroad Company
Massachusetts
Pat Collins
Ppi
Supreme Court
Richburg
Five Men Die in Boiler Explosion near Carbondale
At 8 am on John W. Snider’s farm near Carbondale Illinois a boiler explosion killed five men instantly. Snider Thomas Luget A G Lyget John Bri and Isaac Miller died. W G Snider escaped with fractures after a near miss. one man, A J Lyget, left with no family.
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Carbondale
Ill
John W. Snider
Snider
Thomas Luget
A. G. Lyget
John Bri
Isaac Miller
W. G. Snider
A. J. Lyget
Barnum Bailey Plans Nationwide Dime Museum Combine
The New York based project aims to centralize a museum network with branches in major cities including Cincinnati Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Providence Boston Philadelphia Detroit Pittsburgh St Louis and others. Jim Geary and Jobo J. O'Brien contend for Pittsburgh membership with a plan to enter each museum at a fixed valuation and share profits from the venture.
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New Youke
Barnum & Bailey
Thirty-fifth Street
Broadway
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Providence
Boston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Jim Geary
Jobo J. O’brien
Pittaburg
London Dock Strike Leaders Face New Terms
Directors of London dock companies stand by their terms to the strikers while wharfingers show willingness to raise pay by sixpence. A strike relief fund grows by 1500 pounds as leaders confer with Cardinal Manning.
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London
Londpow
Cardinal Manning
The Forged Fortune Hunter Passes Through Fargo
Leonard Miles alias Miles, a London bookkeeper, was seized by detectives in Fargo on forgery charges. He claimed a good salary at Woodall & Company, with a father in Australia in reduced circumstances. Rumors tied him to nobility as he mingled with Jamestown society before a swift unraveling.
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St. Pav, Moen
Oswal Riddel Miles
Leonard Morris
London
England
Fargo
Miles
Woodall & Company
Australia
Leonlion
Howell
Archibald
Jamestown
Legion
Jimtown
Divorce Conspiracy Witnesses Echo Grand Jury Action
The New York report notes prominent figures in the Flack divorce conspiracy visiting the General Sessions building as witnesses before the Grand Jury. Civil Justice Ambrose Monell remains home due to illness, while Sheriff Flack and others press ahead with questioning as Referee Meeks reviews testimonies from Cameron and Mrs. Smith among others.
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Grand Jury
Sproial
Dispator
New York
Flack
General Sessions
Ambrose Monell
Hisck
Wright
Will
Colonel Fellows
Mies Cameronith
Hank Semats
Smith
Meeks
Keenuiying
Ten Miners Die in Colorado Coal Mine Flood
A sudden influx of water from an abandoned adjacent shaft flooded the White Ash coal mine near town. Ten miners were trapped as the surge cut off all air, with work to recover bodies expected to take two to three weeks. Names learned tonight include Allen Murphy and Jack Morgan among the deceased. three brothers and four others were later identified among the victims.
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Colorade
Gotpex
Cox
White Ash
Gilli
Wrk
Mr. Allen
John Murphy
Jack Morgan
Wrecked by the Waves at Rockaway and Nearby Shores
A special telegram from New York notes the ocean roared ashore at Rockaway Beach surpassing Sunday. Higher tides swamped Wainwrights pavilion and lifted Lay's gallé. A sausage family’s shanty was submerged, and Brighton Beach faced extensive damage to the breakwater and 200 yards of asphalt walkway. Trains paused as sand filled Marine Railway tracks.
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Rockaway Beach
Dispatch
New York
Wainwright
Common
Coney Island
Brighton Beach
Marine Railway
Shot Ends Baseball Row. Woman Arrested
In Charlotte on September 9 at the colored baseball grounds near the city, William Pettus, a colored youth, was fatally shot after a bench clearing dispute sparked by an umpire’s call. McHenry provoked the melee, stones were thrown, and Pettus was wounded when a woman, Pettus’s assailant, fired a pistol. The shooter was arrested.
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Dispatch
Charlotte
N. C
William Pettus
McHenry
Treasury debt figures in fresh light reveal misreadings
Secretary Windom rejects claims that July and August 1889 raised public debt by 7 million. Treasury books show a small reduction in interest and a stable debt level, with apparent increases caused by monthly disbursement accounting and timing of appropriations rather than actual debt rise.
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Windom
Treasury
NO DESTITUTION ON THE YUKON RIVER REPORT
San Francisco reports debunking a claim that 400 miners on the Yukon River Alaska were starving. The Yukon has been navigable since April with trading posts and abundant fish and game, according to Lieutenant Cantwell of the revenue cutter Corwin.
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San Franscisco
Yukon
Alaska
Cantwell
Revenue Cutter
Corwin
Mormon sugar factory organized by prominent leaders
President Woodruff and George Q. Cannon headline a Mormon sugar manufacturing venture. The group forms a company to start full operations within a year, aiming to unite church leaders and Gentiles by constructive collaboration.
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Sart Larz
Woodruff
George Q. Cannon
Antwerp Explosion Death Toll Refined to 106 In City
Official figures undercounted the dead after Friday’s blast and fire in Antwerp. The final tally lists 106 fatalities and 79 injuries. Several cathedral windows collapsed and many victims were blown apart, including five English visitors.
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Antwerp
New Federal Appointments Announced by President
Washington September 9 The President tonight announced several appointments to federal offices including George Webb of Cetus for the seat at his cabinet. The action comes as part of a broader administrative reshuffle and signals potential shifts in staffing across key agencies.
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George Wew
Cetus
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