Liberals Abandon Grand Reception for Gladstone in Newcastle
Reports say Gladstone will travel quietly to Newcastle with private arrival and no public demonstration as Liberals adjust campaign plans. John Morley and Harcourt press the Liberal push while Tories claim leadership disputes and pending seat contests in Manchester and Morley’s Cambridge speech sparks labor rifts.
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Lospex
Gladstone
Scotland
Newcndle
Fasque
Sir John Gladstone
Enti Nnd
Glenalmond Coldere
Newcastle
Wiraph
Cond
John Morley
Cambridge
Wm. Harcourt
Ashton
Harcourt
Parcourt
Ice Eee Rentaiets
Battle Scarred Warriors Honor Lucknow Siege Veterans
In London a banquet honors 34 surviving veterans of Lucknow and Dewa, with six Victoria Cross recipients among them. The event recalls the 1857 relief efforts, while many attendees are now aged and few remain alive to toast the memory.
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Lowxteexe
Hotel Metropole
Ory
Lucknow
Sir William Olpherts
England
Banaud
Sackinow
African Eldorado Promoters Seek Capital in Mashonaland Boom
A syndicate led push follows Lord Randolph Churchill's Mashonaland expedition. Promoters seek £50,000 capital stock as public interest grows amid a surge in American rail speculation and market boom signals.
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Lord Randolph Churchill
Mashonaland
England's Poor Army Faces Savage Criticism From Forster
Noted military critic Arnold Forster blasts the English army in a searing letter. He condemns cavalry without horses artillery without guns and infantry undertrained. He calls the militia fraud yeomanry obsolete and suggests reforms may oust fossils like the Duke of Cambridge and Lord Wolseley.
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Wolseley
Loroox
Hampshire
Arnold Forster
England
Forster
Duke of Cambridge
Lord Wolseley
Beatrice Cameron Vows Spark Suicide Tragedy
Lorpes lies London this week a quiet tragedy unfolds as Joseph Barber former cashier at Low’s Exchange older 26 commits suicide driven by love for Beatrice Cameron. Barber’s letters to Cameron grow obsessive and grotesque as he reveals his passion before his death.
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Lorpes
London
Joseph Barber
Low's Exchange
Beatrice Cameron
Exchange
Miss Cameron
Manudlin
Separated mother seeks return of child in habeas corpus case
Susan Salmon filed a writ asking the court to reclaim her son Curt Salmon nine from John B. Salmon. Allegations claim abandonment and poor care at a city asylum with Sister Rosamond allegedly refusing surrender. A writ also targets the child’s placement with Lulu Barton Nelson three, adopted by Mrs Last and now cared for by William McNeely after a cruelty proceeding.
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Susan Salmon
John B. Salmon
Curt Salmon
St. Joseph's Orphan
Troy Hill
Allegheny
M. Rosamond
Rosamond
Mary Nelson
William McNeely
Lulu Barton Nelson
It Sweeney
Anti-Cruelty Society
Alderman Warmer
McNeely
Ancient murder tale surfaces in dying confession
In Tarentum on September 26 a 23 year old disappearance case reemerges through an elderly woman named Stumpf who says two Armstrong county men dragged John Mawhinny from Schenley and murdered him. Mawhinny vanished from Allegheny township after working at Schenley and a body was reportedly dumped in a well. Authorities in Armstrong county and Mawhinny’s friends pursue the unproven confession now.
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Tarentum
John Mawhinny
Allegheny Township
Westmoreland County
Schenley
Armstrong County
Stumpf
Mawhinny
Indy
Saloon Keeper Faces License Revocation Action
Mrs Sabina Kigean filed in the Quarter Sessions Court to revoke the Braddock liquor license of Enoch Jones. She alleges violations including furnishing liquor to temperate men and selling to visibly intoxicated individuals on June 18.
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Sabina Kigean
Quarter Sessions Court
Enoch Jones
Braddock
Court Orders Jones Show Cause Hearing on License Revocation
A rule to show cause was issued against Jones regarding his license. The court set October 8 for the hearing on whether the license should be revoked.
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Jones
Michael Davitt Visits Chicago On Private Irish Politics Tour
Michael Davitt, famed Irish agitator, arrived in Curcaco and stays with Alexander Sullivan. He travels with his wife and two children and reports his visit as private with no agenda to speak on Irish politics. He plans to settle domestic troubles in Ireland at the next general election and says Parnell will be excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcaco
Michael Davitt
Alexander Sullivan
Davitt
Associated Press
America
Ireland
Grant Statue Unveiling Draws 25000 in Lincoln Park
Twenty five thousand men from leading military and civic organizations are expected to march in the unveiling ceremony of General Ulysses S. Grant's bronze equestrian statue in Lincoln Park. The procession will start from the Lakefront at 2 PM and proceed to the park for a program including remarks by Judge W. Goudy and Judge Walter Q. Gresham, with responses from Mayor Washbourne and Secretary Taylor.
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Curcaco
United States
Ulysses S. Grant
Lincoln Park
Lakefront
W. ©. Goudy
Washbourne
Secretary & Taylor
Board of Lincoln Park Commissioners
Walter Q. Gresham
Federal Cour
Very Unique Will: Owen Cane Leaves Property to Mrs Travers
A unique will filed for probate identifies Owen Cane of McKeesport as the testator. The instrument, dated September 7 1801 in Pa, lists small payments to John Clark and John Maley, with the balance to go to a creditor and then be left to Mrs Travers. Cane was injured, carried to Brannon's house, signed his own name, with a scrivener signing for him at the bottom.
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Owen Cane
McKeesport
Mo’ . Pa
John Clark
John Maley
Scrivener
Cane
Mr. Brannon
Attempted murder at Manisox shocks Wisconsin the State Journal
In Manisox Wisconsin on September 26 P W Meshan a paper solicitor tried to kill E Wissler assistant bookkeeper of the State Journal Company Five shots were fired Wissler disarmed Meehan whose hand was hit and Wissler was grazed on the groin Meehan is described as insane.
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Manisox
Wis
E . Wissler
State Journal Company
P. W. Meshan
Wiesler
Meehan
Wissler
Delayed by a cipher in borough fight at McKee's Rocks
In a county court session a misdated publication and a cipher set back the McKee's Rocks borough project. Judge Ewing commented on needed borough government while noting opposition and railway interests, with a street sprinkler and dust issues amid local disputes.
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McKee’s Rocks
Frank Thompson
John 8. Robb
George Davis
A. H. Clarke
Clarke
Clark
Chartiers Oe
Bridgeville
Robb
Ewing
Esplen
Smith
Pittsburg
Qudes Ewing
Neel Ein
Raical
Teresa
Verdict in Clark case ends with one guilty and a split verdict
The trial of Charles R. Clark Cora Wyatt and Emma Clark for accessory to murder of Gilkinson concluded with Clark found guilty, Mrs Clark in disagreement, and Cora Wyatt not guilty. Judge Ew ing ruled wife coercion is a question of fact for the jury.
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Charles R. Clark
Cora Wyatt
Emma Clark
Gilkinson
Harry L. Gohring
Enq
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Commonwealth
Ewing
Clark
Trial Lists and Oil Rights Case Highlight Fragmented Docket
The document lists common pleas cases including Hill and Co versus Pickers Gil Jr and others, multiple civil actions, criminal court Commonwealth versus Patrick Fitzpatrick and many others. It notes an oil rights dispute in North Fayette township where Francis and James Laronere seek an injunction to stop a nearby oil well planned within 50 feet of a property line.
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Hill & Co
Pickersgil, Jr
Garrison
McCully & Co
Montooth Band
Napoleon
Mitchell
Reed
Davis
Proon
Walker
Woog
Shea
Friday
Gearing Va
Herron
Etul
Hunter
Éolumpts
Tron and Steel Company
McKeown
Hamilton
Frazier
Agent
Wallace
Painter
Scott
Sohrader
Reed Metal
Francis
James Laronere
W. P. Black& Co
Julius Cromby
North Fayette Township
Cromby
Black & Co
Chett
Vankirk heirs seek removal of executor in Orphans Court
William Vankirk and James and Mary Stevenson filed in Orphans Court yesterday to remove John Russell as executor and trustee of the Stephen Vankirk estate of Shousetown. The petition alleges misconduct and requests removal and appointment of a new administrator.
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Orphan's Court
William Vankirk
James and
Mary Stevenson
Stephen Vankirk
Shousetown
John Russell
Estate Trustee Seeks Sale to Satisfy Alleged Debt
Russell alleges the estate owes him money and seeks sale of real estate to pay the debt while the estate trustee is to distribute principal per the will rather than veto income. The dispute centers on entitlements and proposed liquidation.
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Russell
Mrs McWilliams Sues Pennsy for 25000 in Railroad Death Case
Mrs. McWilliams filed suit yesterday against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company seeking 25000 damages. Her husband Thomas MoeWilliams was killed April 30, 1891 at Wilmerding station while awaiting a passenger train. He had bought a ticket and was struck and killed by a train.
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Jenny Hubbard
Suil
Eteree
Misa Kaeeeman
Robinson
Allegheny
Melvin Gaines
John Lawrence
Hugh Wallace
Sharpsburg
Justice of the
Sentences In Criminal Court Include Harsh Penalties
The court imposed varied penalties for assault and battery and larceny. Mary Carroll fined six cents, John Lewis twenty three dollars, Seward McCreary ten dollars, C N Richards five dollars, George Luther six cents, Robert Shearer twenty five dollars, and W W Johnston nine months labor for larceny. Charles Kelly Clark received seven years in the penitentiary after assaulting a girl at a picnic.
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Mary Carroll
John Lewis
Seward McCreary
C. N. Richards
George Luther
Robert Shearer
W. W. Johnston
Charles Kelly Clark
Naturalization calendar and court actions in Common Pleas
The Common Pleas Courts plan daily naturalizations ahead of fall elections with Saturday as the final naturalization day. Several trials and filings occurred including W L Perry versus Pittsburg Union Passenger Railway, F Saner versus FE, A Richards et al, and Schlecker et al. Mohr v Philo mena Biber addressed property damage from tearing down a fence near Srenisas. Eugene Aymar of Aymar Roland transferred assets to Marty L for actors. The deed of ment was filed in the Recorder's office.
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Common Pleas
Mortons
W. L. Perry
Pittsburg Union Passenger Railway Company
F. . Saner
A. Richards
Alles Bailey
Schlecker
W. E. Mohr
Philomena Biber
Garfield Episode and Conkling’s Silent Burden
A historical essay reflects on Roscoe Conkling after the Garfield catastrophe. It discusses his anger, perceived injustice, and alienation from the Garfield administration, noting how secrecy and rumor shaped perceptions of the political figure and his stance toward the president.
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Conkling
Garfield
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Parnell
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To-Morrow
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Shepard
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