Georgia voters elect governor amid durable Democratic edge
Georgia election results indicate W Y Atkinson will win the governorship by 30 000 to 50 000 votes as Populists gain seats in the legislature but do not overturn Democratic control. In the house about sixty of 175 members are Populists and in the senate seven are Populists with one Republican.
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Atuanta
George Yeaterday
A. J. Northen
L. Perk
W. Y. Atkinson
J. K Hines
Georgia
Atkinson
Senate
House
Prohibition nominees miss deadline for ticket inclusion
Philadelphia Prohibitionists face a setback as nomination papers for congress, senator, and legislative tickets arrived in Harrisburg a day late. Chairman DeWalt reports the papers were mailed Monday October 1 and received Tuesday before noon, but could not be added to the ticket because they reached Secretary Harrity after the 6 p.m. October 2 deadline. An investigation is now underway to determine the circumstances surrounding the late submission.
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Pineapetrata
Philadelphia
Harrieburg
DeWalt
Harrity
de Walt
Harrisburg
McKinley Tour Through Kansas and Nebraska
Governor McKinley resumed his cross-state tour moving from Kansas into Nebraska around 11 pm after a midnight start. He spoke in Manhattan at 7:30 am for five minutes and in City Centre where about 3000 supporters cheered his Republican policy contrasts. In Clyde Clifton and Belleville he faced questions on silver, the Beatrice leg reached by 12:30 pm and Lincoln followed an hour later.
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Ohio
Liscoty
Neb
McKinley
Kansas
Hutchison
Nebraska
Manhattan
Clifton
Clyde
Belleville
Democratic Party
Beatrice
Lincoln
Democratic Committee Solicitations Reported in San Francisco
The Democratic campaign committee in San Francisco was alleged to solicit contributions from federal employees. Major Webster, chief examiner of the civil service commission, instructed San Francisco officials to investigate and report. He asked James Erwin and Samuel Kings to cooperate with the inquiry.
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Washington, D. C
San Francisco Dispatch
Democratic Campaign Committee
Major Webster
Civil Service Commission
Commission
James Erwin
Post Office
Civil Service Board of Examiners
San Francisco
Fisherman Drowns After Boat Upset Off Cape May
Cape May Oct 4 Peter Exstrom a fisherman drowned yesterday when his boat upset. His partner Percy Haldeman was with him as the craft foundered in the sea. Rescue efforts were unsuccessful and the body was not recovered.
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Exstrom
Cape May
Peter Exstrom
Percy Haldeman
Fishermen Struck By Heavy Surf Near Cold Spring Bar
Two men rode daily to the fishing banks but a huge breaker capsized their boat at the Cold Spring bar. Exstrom, an expert swimmer, was swept under by a strong current. His partner grabbed the craft and clung on until rescuers arrived.
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Exstrom
Tragic Self Hanging Ends Southwick Life in Campen Ost
Early today Charles W. Southwick of Haddonfield hanged himself in a pump shed after a night gone awry. His wife found his body suspended from the rafters and efforts to revive him failed. Authorities say sunstroke illness and temporary insanity may have driven the act.
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Southwick
Defense of James Record with Actress Dispute in New York
Louis James the actor faced a divorce suit by Marie Wainwright, later dismissed for her no show. Depositions show a fifteen year acquaintance, living together from 1870, with no ceremonial marriage claimed by James. Wainwright later altered her marriage date from March 14, 1882 to December 14, 1882.
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New York
Louis James
Supreme Court
Marie Wainright
Miss Hendricks
Stiit
Yeatecday
Miss Wainright
James
Miss Wainwright
Boston
Henry Slaughter
Loninville
Misa Wainwright
Missing Long Island Man Found in Florida
Frank Hallock, who vanished from his Long Island home two weeks ago, is reported found in Crescent City Florida. He sent a letter saying he was drugged and robbed, then woke on a steamer to Florida with no money remaining. His wife and friends doubt the drugging tale.
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Long Island
Crescent City
Fla Smithtowy
S. 1
Frank Halcock
Fla
Florida
Hallock
New York
Presbyterian Church
Wild gas well near Wileyville rocks region
A monster gas well at Wileyville West Virginia reportedly went wild after a fall on a coal scuttle fatally injuring J R Rolph of Huntington L L. In other items unusual crimes and incidents include forgery arrests in New York and Philadelphia, a bismuth discovery near Ishpening, injuries in Idaho and California, a masked hold up in Fort Jones, and a rail line dispute over a spiked switch near Sandusky involving the Big Four and Columbus Kidawee Hocking.
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Wileyville
W. Va
J. R. Rolph
Hantington, L. L
Sadecq
Orville
L. Hummel
New York
Ishpening
Jos Roberts
John Roberts
Moscow
Idaho
Denton
Tex
James
George Crutchfield
Will Mitchell
Baltimore
Florence Ingie
Grand Trunk Railway
B. F P. Kalk
Jakob Hennen
Philadelphia
Ricks
Lennon
Shore Road
Federal Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Columbus, Kidawee and Hocking
Big Four
Sandusky
Britain Acts Promptly to Protect Foreigners in China
The British cabinet met amid unrest in China and decided to send troops to protect British interests. Additional ships may join the fleet under Admiral Freemantle, and the Pekin legation could be guarded by blue jackets and Indian troops. Reports from Hankow and Shanghai describe anti foreign sentiment and preparations for defense.
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Loxpon
Pehe
William Harcourt
China
Freemantle
Pekin
Shanghai
New Chwang
Hankow
Arthur HD
Ravenhill
Pee Roa
Woo-Chang
Americans in China Interships Guard Plan Outlined
Secretary Herbert said written instructions were sent to Admiral Carpenter instructing him to coordinate with foreign fleet commanders to protect American and British interests. He noted five American vessels on the Asiatic station, rising to eight by December, with at least fifteen ports where citizens could be endangered and proposed joint distribution of ships with Britain to safeguard subjects.
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Shanghai
Ning-Po
Chusan Islands
Ing Po
Berung
The
Frankfort Zeitung
London
Admiral Carpenter
Wasuinotos
Herbert
China
Chinese
Carpenter
Bicycle Races At Maple City Meet Amid Rain
Four hundred spectators watched the Maple City wheelmen race meet in Honesdale. Heavy morning rain soaked the track, leaving the Novice one mile race as the only event on a decent surface. Winners include Dorin, Keller, Hartung in novice. Keller and Luckey in half mile. Dittrich and Dorin in the Wayne county mile. Vail and Keller in mile open. Vail, Keller, Luckey in the mile handicap. and Case winning the boys half mile.
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Scranton Tribune
Maple City
Robert M. Dorin
Benjamin F. Keller
Scranton
Christian Hartung
W. G. Keller
Wilkes-Barre
Jesse T. Luckey
Port Jervis
George W. Vail
Wayne County
Fred Dittrich
Honesdale
Hobert M. Dorin
Paul W. Gardner
Jesse T. Rarer
W. @. Keller
Deposit
J. H. Case
Benjamin Kellar
W. J. Birdsall
Honoadala
Brooklyn firm blamed after Philadelphia larceny claim
John Galvin and Adam Steinmyer of Brooklyn told Magistrate Gillespie they were sent to Philadelphia to steal two patent globes from Gill’s Glass works. They said the aim was to steal the right to manufacture the patented goods. Both men were held on two $600 bail for court.
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Philadelphia
John Galvin
Adam Steinmyer
Brooklyn
Gillespie
Gill's Glass Works
Gill
Brooklyn Glass
New York Wins First Game in Temple Cap Series
New York defeats Baltimore 8 to 1 in the opening Temple cap game at Baltimore. Loprea leads in hits for Baltimore with 0 and 0 runs, while New York posts 8 hits and 1 error. Esper and Robinson pair with Farrell for New York pitchers, Hurst and Emslie umpire.
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Plumes
Orioles
Baltimore
New York
Batimore
Esper
Robinson
Usio
Farrell
Hurst and Emslie
Carriage tongue fatality and rail crimes reported in Harrisburg region
Reports recount a carriage tongue strike killing John Mick in Harrisburg. Station looting at Pennsylvania Railroad and J C Saylor villa in Parkerford. A multi‑ton rock crushed George Hoffman near Easton. A Philadelphia & Reading wreck at Bowmanedale. Mrs Daily and six children recovering from Bologna sausage poisoning in Lancaster. Founders' Day set for Oct 24 at Lafayette College Easton with Yale's Arnold Guyot Cameron to speak. Coroner's inquiry and political appointments tied to local crimes and Antietam battlefield commission names.
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John Mick
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
J.C. Saylor
Parkerford
George Hoffman
Easton
Philadelphia & Reading
Bowmanedale
BE. Daily
Lancaster
Lafayette College
Arnold Guyot Cameron
Yale
Aoe O Ve Earneree
Criminaa Fineo
Pitteb
Mra
W. L. Jones
CAPT HOWGATE IN WASHINGTON
CAPT HOWGATE IN WASHINGTON is reported amid a disciplinary action involving an our nation weather official. The article notes the official’s placement in jail as part of the defaulting case and outlines the authorities involved and the expected legal process.
Howgate Returns to Washington as Calm Prisoner
Abram H. Howgate arrives in Washington after arrest and transfer to the marshal's office. He is cheerful and composed, reunites with his daughter Ida, and, placed in cell No. 2 near Guiteau, expresses no hard feelings toward arresting officers.
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Searned
Washington
Guiteau
jAbram H. W. Howgate
Weather Bureau
New York
Drummond
United States Secret Service
Deputy Bostwick
United States Marshal’s Office
Bostwick
Marshal Robinson
Howgate
Misa Ida
Miss Howgate
Springman
Hoe
Crocker
Captain Howgate
Murderers’ Row
Garfield
Mason
Magmoch
Marshal Boatwick
Mr. Bostwick
Hammond
Captain Crocker
Wilkes-Barre Clouts Boston in Exhibition at Athletic Park
Nearly 3,000 spectators saw Wilkes-Barre defeat Boston 8 to 4 in an exhibition game. Meekin pitched effectively for Wilkes-Barre while Stivett and Staley struggled at key moments. Batter ies were Meekin and Rogers for Wilkes-Barre and Stivette and Staley for Boston. Umpire Kittrick.
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Wilkes-Barne
Wilkea-Barre
Boston
Athletic Park
Meekin
Stivetts
Staley
Wilkes-Barre
Wilkes- Barre
Rogers
Stivette
Tenay
Kittrick
Shot for revenge: son mortally wounds man on streetcar
In New Orleans on St Charles Avenue, Thomas Bweeney shot and mortally wounded Thomas Sweeney, ten years after Thomas Sweeney killed Ferguson. The attack on the electric car was witnessed by about a dozen people and labeled a cold blooded crime in the city’s recent history.
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New Orleans
Thomas Sweeney
Ferguson
Sweeney
St Charles Avenue
Sty
Thomas Bweeney
Feud Sparks deadly attack on motorman during postal duty
A motorman was shot at his postal post in a feud between the Ferguson and Sweeney families that spans ten years over politics. The Fergusons accuse Conrad Hoppe of inciting Sweeney to kill old man Ferguson, Hoppe was later killed by the killer’s brother, and the shooter was arrested.
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Ferguson
Sweeney
Fergusons
Conrad Hoppe
Hoppe
Eloped With Drummer Glennan Wife Disappears
Mrs. Glennan wife of Surgeon A H Glennan of the Marine Hospital service abducted their children and sought a divorce and has disappeared. Drummer Arthur Silling, named co respondent, also vanished as his wife and mother-in-law arrived seeking him. They report Silling was faithful until two months ago when he met Mrs Glennan and fell in love.
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Washinatoy
Glennan
A. H Glennan
Marine Hospital Service
Arthur Silling
Silling
Mra Glennan
Benham Honored by Union League for Rio Janeiro Blockade
Philadelphia October 4 The Union League Club honored Rear Admiral Andrew E. K. Benham with a gold medal for his courage in upholding the U S flag during the Rio Janeiro blockade in the rebellion. The medal’s obverse names Lincoln Seward Stanton Grant Meade Sheridan Farragut Porter and Worden plus Bright Stewart Mill and Laboulaye. The inscription reads Union League July 4th 1776 1868 and To Andrew E K Benham for valor and patriotism.
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Philadelphia
United States Navy
Union League Club of
Benham
Union League
Admiral Benham
United States
Rio Janiero
Mellos
Admiral Bonhams
Lincoln
Seward
Stanton
Grant
Meade
Sheridan
Farragut
Porter
Worden
John Bright
John Stewart Mill
Laboulays
England
Andrew E. K. Benham
Poeta
Rio
Flying Jibs Breaks Harness Record at Oct. 4 Meet
Ten thousand spectators in coats and wraps watch Flying Jib surpass the record set by West Mont, clocking a half mile in 59 seconds and the full mile in 1:39. The crowd erupts as starter Hooper praises the pacer for weaving two 69 second halves and beating the 1984 mark.
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Cainnicorne
Robert J
West Mont
Chicago
Tielding
Hooper
Results of dull trade suspend twenty at Colebrook furnaces
The Lackawanna Iron and Steel company suspended twenty men at the Colebrook furnaces and forty at the Cornwall ore roaster due to dull trade. Ex Governor Andrew Curtin is reported to be sinking rapidly and not expected to live until morning.
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Colebrook
Levanox
Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company
Cornwall
Curtin
BelLaronte
Andrew Curtin
Pennsylvania
Fresh Foreign Facts Report Czar's Condition Uncertain
British channel fleet to Gibraltar for reinforcement of the Mediterranean squadron. Birr garrison officers acquitted of assault on two servant girls. Evictions at Waterford Galway area followed by explosions and a horse blaze. Italian frontier authorities arrest a French forest inspector named Tourtel and the mayor of Saorge. Marriage Cearwitch to Prince Alix delayed due to cane illness, rescheduled to June.
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Gibraltar
Birr
Ireland
Waterford
Coan Galway
Marqui
Clanricards
Tourtel
Saorge
Cearwitch
Princecas Alix of
Forecast for Eastern Pennsylvania Regions
Weather forecast notes fair conditions in eastern Pennsylvania with cloudy periods and coastal showers. North portions expected showers with west winds, cooler in southern portions, and generally fair elsewhere with variable winds.
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Pennsylvania
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J. A. Moore
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Arnold B. Spink
Steelton
Pattison
Antietam Battlefield Commission
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Janiero
Flying Jibs
Weather Forecast
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Bach
Lackawanna Ave
H. A. Kingsbury
Spruce Street
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Dorflinger
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