Budding presidential booms ride on six state contests
A Washington dispatch outlines Republican momentum in six key states, with Ohio and New York shaping the outcome. It notes McKinley’s aid to GOP hopes, Campbell’s possible leverage for Democrats, and mentions Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Iowa, Nebraska, and involved alliances as pivotal in the looming election. The piece also hints at potential presidential bids by Flower, Boies, and others, depending on state results.
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Cpoctal
Wasuxetos
Harrican
Repub
Tahoe
Tealeo
Massachusetts
Apleewal
Hhotch
Macewhusetts
Iowa
Nebraska
Republican
Itomcratic
Alliance
Ken Asain
McKinley
Campbell
Russell
Cleveland
Boies
Flower
New York
Pennsylvania
Pattison
Plans of Powderly Push Ballot Reform, Constitutional Convention
Philadelphia reports Grand Master Powderly avoiding politics while backing ballot reform and a constitutional convention. He denies any pact with Senator Quay and questions why he alone is made a campaign issue, noting the Knights of Labor delegates backed his nomination.
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Philadelphia
Workman
Windsor Hotel
M. H. Butler
Senator Quay
Watres
Powderly
Quay
Knights of Labor
Butler
Gregg
Morrison
Pattison
Democrats
William Weihe
Association
Weihe
Weibe
Republican Club League funds clash with Scranton Convention
In Philadelphia on September 20, President Stuart rejected $6,000 in dues offered to admit 600 clubs not on the League roll. The money aimed to back 500 Philadelphia clubs and 100 Robinson clubs in the Sixth District, with many more clubs to be organized locally.
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Phtmadelpria
Republican Club League
Stuart
Scranton
Congressman Robinson
Hastings Declines Run for President of Republican League
West Chester Pennsylvania September 20 Special J Major L G McCauley asked General D H Hastings if he would allow his name for a compromise presidential candidate The general replied September 12 that he is not a candidate and would not accept the position This declination leaves peace makers to seek another candidate or let Johnson and Dalzell fight it out with both seemingly willing
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West Chester
L.G. McCauley
D. H. Hastings
Republican League of Clubs
Hastings
Johinson
Dalzell
Republican Clubs Expand as Robinson Gaining County Support
New Castle Sept 20 Special Twenty more Republican clubs organized in this county with all delegates instructed for Robinson giving him 9 percent of Lawrence County votes.
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New Castle
Robinson
Lawrence County
A Malicious Widow Involved in Domestic Row
Elizabeth Moody a young widow was arrested in Povenkiersie New York on malicious mischief charges after a summer stay at the Carpenter House in Stanfordville with her one year old son. Mrs Charles Carpenter accused Moody of provoking a confrontation that led to a physical altercation and orders to leave the home.
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Povenkiersie
N. Y
Elizabeth Moody
Charles Carpenter
Stanfordville
No Enthusiasm for Garibaldi Fetes in Nice
Paris reports Garibaldi fetes at Nice will lack enthusiasm as few delegates attend and prominent Garibaldi Union members are abroad or absent from the city.
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Paris
Garibaldi
Nice
Garibaldi Union
Land Rush Sparks Frontier Settlement Drive and Disruptions
Guthrie reports a rush to enter the new county lands as surveys proceed and settlers crowd the border. Officials warn against fraud while Kickapoo land access expands, reducing congestion at other borders and easing potential clashes amid a boisterous race for homesteads.
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Carter
Kickapoo Reservation
Akibkapos Reservation
Towa Reservation
Pottawatomie
Sac and Fox
Murdered by His Son Prompts Deathbed Reward
In Memphis a dying father names a reward for his son’s arrest after being shot during a dispute over estate division. William Young of Grayson VA died days after signing a $200 reward on his deathbed. John Young was captured in Jonesboro AR and is en route to the scene.
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Memphis
Jenkins
Bristol
Tenn
William Young
Grayson County
John Young
John
Ellis
Walso
Jonesboro
Ark
Not a Political Move Judge Cooley Resigns for Health
Judge Cooley left the Inter-State Commerce Commission due to poor health. William R. Morrison arrived in Chicago to join Knapp and Veazey, denying claims politics forced the resignation. Morrison saluteed Cooley as persevering and dedicated, noting he pressed on despite illness.
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Cooley
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Chicago
William R. Morrison
Knapp
Veazey
Judge Cooley
Mr. Morrison
J Cooley
Judge Cooley Confidence Amid Commission Debates
The speaker notes the man with full confidence in the press system, signaling strength in the act creating the commission. He doubts final rulings have reached the highest authority yet and expects future cases may reveal a few mistakes.
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Pre Sss
Cooley
Remarkable Civil War Pension Case Reappears After 29 Years
William Newby, a private in the Illinois Volunteers, was reported killed at Shiloh in 1862 but survived a head wound and captivity. He wandered in a demented state for decades, was recognized near his old home, and his widow has drawn a pension since his supposed death. The claim for his discharge and pension is stalled awaiting a War Department decision.
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Bureau of Pensions
William Newby
Ilinois Volunteers
Shiloh
Newby
Belle Isle
Andersonville
Key West
Shreveport
Cincinnati
Shwawneetown
Til
Kankakee
Ill
McLeansborough
Hamilton County
White County
Secretary of War
Thousands Attend German Church Dedication in Buffalo
Thousands of German Catholics filled a Buffalo church for its dedication as the German Catholic Congress nears opening. The ceremony featured Rt Rev Bishop Ryan blessing the exterior and Rt Rev Bishop Zarietti and Father Van Rossum leading inside services with German remarks. A heavy cannon heralded the host elevation while outside a torchlight process is planned with hopes for 10,000 clergy and 10,000 lay followers joining the clergical unity event.
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Burra
Ryan
Zarietti
St. Cloud
Minn
van Rossum
Canicus College
Church of God
America
German Union
Congress
Buffalo
Clerical Union
Prieten Verein
Secret National Assembly swindle rattles Kanawha region
Postoffice Inspector L. W. Naylor exposes a large swindle led by Robert F. Lively with George W. Rose and Henry Ash. The gang induced victims to join a secret National Assembly scheme to exchange gold for five times its value in paper, collecting thousands from residents in Kanawha Boone and Lincoln counties including Charleston. Lively eludes capture as deputies close in.
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W. Va
L. W. Naylor
Postoffice
Washington
Robert F. Lively
Spring Hill
George W. Rose
Henry Ash
Rose
Ash
United States
Lively
Kanawha
Boone
Lincoln
Harleston
St. Albans
Lincoln County
Boone County
Charleston
National Assembly
Chesapeake and Ohio
Mmncinary
West
Baltimore in Personal Crisis Club Sees Tragic Death
Charles Seibert a young German member of the Baltimore in personal crisis Club cuts his throat with a pocket knife in his boarding house cellar and runs into the street bleeding. The club formed a month ago and meets in a room draped in black with skeletons. The group imposes no binding rule to die by own action though the grim name evokes a ghastly joke. Seibert had become religiously fanatic in recent weeks.
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Baltmore
Charles Seibert
Baltimore
Suicidal Club
Dreary Society
Seibert
Desplaines Trustee Fatally Shot by Wood Engraver
Aaron Minnick a village trustee of Desplaines Illinois was killed last evening by Jack Thompson a wood engraver who also wounded Officer Robert Cain Thompson armed with a revolver was seen pacing by the village depot awaiting Detective Barchard who had watched him on suspicion of the Bravel murder Thompson shot Minnick in the stomach and Cain in the hip and Thompson is held in Cook County jail
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Desplaines
Inl
Jack Thompson
Robert Cain
Thompson
Barchard
Old Man Bravel
Cain
Minnick
Cook County
Fatal fall on elevated railway ends life of Armour worker
Kansas Cry reports John Roth, Armour packing house employee, died after leaping from a moving elevated train at Wyoming Street. He failed to reach the door as the car passed the platform and fell to the pavement, breaking his neck and dying instantly.
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Kansas
John Roth
Armour's Packing House
Wyoming Street
Roth
Saved by an Angel Fountain Memorial at Judson
A new fountain in the Judson memorial outer wall corner was dedicated to Duncan Dunbar past 40 years pastor of McDougal Street Baptist Church. He reportedly saw an angel amid a Spree river cramp, which revived him and steered his religious focus.
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New York
Judson Memorial
Duncan Dunbar
McDougal Street Baptist Church
Highlands
Scotland
Gol
Electric device stops runaway horses along lake front
Chicago on September 20, inventor A B Holson tested a new electric brake for runaway horses. A carriage with two horses and no driver sped along Michigan Avenue as spectators watched. A dry battery under the box, connecting to metal nostril balls, delivers a mild shock when a button is pressed, halting the horses.
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Chicago
Lake Front
A. B. Holson
Michigan Avenue
Holson
New European tensions raise alarm over Sigri incident and war mood
London dispatch notes a Greek Archipelago rumor of a British fleet landing men on Sigri sparks market panic and public nerves. The piece traces misinterpretation, worries over Britain’s motives, and a growing European peace strain driven by military displays and public sentiment.
Victims of Spanish Floods Cremated in Almeria
In Almeria 81 flood victims have been buried and many houses continue to collapse. Cremation of bodies intensified as petroleum fuels fires while relief efforts resume with disinfectants and street clearance under way. Riots feared if relief delays persist amid widespread misery.
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Almeria
Madrid
Camunas
Villsfranca
Consuegra
Italians Celebrate with King Hubert Telegram Reading
In Rose the Mayor read a telegram from King Hubert at Ports Pia during local celebrations marking Italy’s twenty year anniversary since Italian troops entered Rome. The king expressed happiness that the commemoration has become a national tradition and pledged resolve to defend rights.
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Rose
Ports Pia
Hubert
Rome
Italy
Insurgents Capture Sana Capital of Yemen Province
Insurgents in Yemen seize Sana the provincial capital. Grand Vizier planned to move Hedjaz troops amid raging cholera. Rumors say Kurds are killing Christians in Armenia.
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Constantinople
Yemen
Sana
Hedjaz
Armenia
French Army Review Praises Chiefs but Calls Reforms
The Temps criticizes recent maneuvers noting cavalry underuse but lauds the French army as capable with General Saussier as de facto head. It urges freeing the force from encumbrances while affirming troops’ confidence in their leaders.
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Snys
Saussier
Synod directs aid to starving without creed distinction
The Holy Synod orders food assistance for the starving regardless of creed and to aid sufferers before giving money. The government Saratoff has provided food and shelter for German immigrants in the famine area.
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St. Petersburg
Holy Synod
Saratoff
Compromise Between Church and State Reached
Berlin delivers a report that Chancellor Von Caprivi and the Papal Nuncio at Munich have struck an agreement. The Centrists will back the Government in exchange for concessions on education and the re admission of Catholic orders.
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Lexpos
the Chronicle
Berlin
von Caprivi
Munich
Russian propose trade treaty with Persia
The Russian Minister to Persia has been instructed to negotiate a trade treaty to remove Persian marked English goods. About 1,000,000 roubles worth of cotton textures bearing the mark crossed the Persian frontier in 1890.
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OrEssa
Persia
Russia
To Abolish the Passport Decree
Berlin correspondent reports the German government plans to repeal the passport decree in Alsace Lorraine and abolish the regulations altogether.
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Lexpos
Berlin
Vers Saya
Alsace-Lorrain
Agop Pasha Dies in Horse Riding Accident
Constantinople reports Agop Pasha once Minister of Finance was thrown from a horse today and killed. The sudden death ends a noted career in public service and finance.
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Agop Pasha
Constantinople
Fears of famine and world food shortage
An American Agriculturist study warns of a vast deficit in global food supply with Europe and Russia facing severe breadstuffs shortages. It cites suppressed Russian data, dwindling rye stocks, and expected higher prices, while noting rising U.S. exports and farmer cooperatives forming to mitigate impact.
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New York
America
Europe
Russia
Konstantinovka
Ministry of Finance
Germany
Baltic
Canada
Ireland
United States
Gigantic World’s Fair scheme from Kansas lawyer
William B. Felts of Russell Springs Kansas pitches Queen Isabella's Theater a floating palace for the World’s Fair. The 200 by 400 foot complex would include a hotel theater 24 shops and 24 cafes with daily trips between a city landing and the exposition grounds. Valued at 2 400 000 dollars and deposits requested from county treasurers to gauge support.
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Anilene
Kann
William B. Felts
Russell Springs
Kan
Felts
Leader of Mexican Revolutionists Executed in Battle
San Antonio dispatch reports Juan Macorito who arrived from Nie r Mexico states government troops intercepted revolutionists north of that area. A fight ensued with casualties on both sides and Catarino Garza, the movement’s leader, was seriously shot and hanged from a tree. General Ruiz Sandoval fled to the mountains with a small group as pursuers close in.
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Chicaco
San Antonio
Texas
Juan Macorito
Nier
Mexico
Catarino Garza
Ruiz Sandoval
Garzas
Railroad wreck plot confessed by Charles Howard
Charles Howard confessed to planning to wreck the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago express last Monday night. He piled ties on the track near Whiting Indiana but the engineer Pierson acted quickly preventing a crash that could have cost many lives. Howard worked for Standard Oil at Whiting.
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Chiscaco
Charles Howard
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Crown Point
Ind
Howard
Whiting
Pierson
Hart
Standard Oil Company
Prairie Fire Claims Two In Emmons County Tragedy
Word reached PBrsmarck North Dakota that George J Johnson and his son, living about 60 miles south in Emmons county, were burned to death while fighting a massive prairie fire. The blaze, fueled by unusually long grass, raged from Winchester on the Missouri river and swept about 50 miles southeast, destroying grain, hay, and buildings.
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Pbrsmarck
N. D
George J. Johnson
Hamburg Mach richte Withdraws Bill to Nix Drunkenness Law
In Benin on September 20 the Hamburg Mach richte, urged by Prince Bismarck, advises pulling back the drunkenness prevention bill to avoid debate in the Reichstag.
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Benin
Hamburg
Prince Bismarck
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