Low Opens His Campaign at Cooper Union Meeting
Seth Low, candidate for mayor, opened his campaign at a large Cooper Union mass meeting. Speakers included Joseph Larocque, Carl Schurz, State Senator Charles Guy, and Low, who argued for city independence, official accountability to voters, and a platform focused on local interests over national party issues.
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New York
Seth Low
Culfsens
Union
Cooper Union
Charles Stewart Smith
Joseph Larocque
Carl Schure
Charles Guy
General Tracy
Henry George
Tammany Hall
Chicago
England
Tammany
City of
Coffee War Resumes Between Woolson and Havemeyer Groups
In Toledo Ohio on October six the Havemeyer Arbuckle coffee dispute is renewed with new grounds and conditions. The Wholesale Grocers association issued a secret circular urging members to avoid Woolson Havemeyer suppliers. Woolson reports speak of retaliation and intensified price cutting as tension spreads through business circles in Ohio.
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Toledo
Havemeyer- Arbuckle
Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Fire destroys eighteen buildings in Medora Illinois
A blaze started behind Robing's hardware store at 2 a.m. spread quickly and by 4 a.m. had wiped out the hardware store and seventeen adjoining buildings. The fire caused about 100000 dollars in losses with insurance covering half. Several people sustained burns and injuries.
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Medora
O Sullivan Resigns From Tammany Hall Over Corruption
New York Oct 6 W J O Sullivan a member of Tammany Hall general committee tonight resigned from the organization. He says the group has surrendered all claim to true democracy and is corrupt in politics, influenced by corporate interests and no menace to the integrity of city and state legislatures. He adds that Mr Croker is not a Democrat even in the loosest sense.
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New York
W. J. O'Sullivan
Tammany Hall
Croker
Embrace the Chicago Playm New York Conventions Endorse Platform
The article notes New York state wide convention activity shaping endorsements for a platform. It mentions Chicago and New York gatherings, with emphasis on regional shifts in alignment and political signals.
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Chicago
New York
New York State
Two Women Arrested in Camden for Child Deaths
Camden, N J Oct 6 Two colored women Mrs Mary Sammon and Mrs Jennie Layton were arrested on suspicion of involvement in the deaths of three children. Coroner Lippincott ordered the arrests after examining a foster child Joseph Breckenridge aged 2 and noting possible carbonic acid burns. Post mortem tests and possible disinterment of Layton children may follow.
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Bent
Joseph Layton
Erastus Layton
Breckenridge Bey
Layton
Hopes of Bimetallists Move Amid Silver Currency Debate
London editorials urge publishing details of French and American demands in the silver currency correspondence. The Daily News notes rumors of active home and Indian government talks including a silver reserve share, higher legal tender limits, and reopening Indian mints. It deems an end to disruptive agitation desirable.
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London
Tim
Pfcent
The
Daily News
America
Bank of England
Siver
McGrew Life Insurance Judgment Split Between Courts
Honolulu court awarded Mrs. Alphonse McGrew $5000 against Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York for her former husband Henry McGrew. San Francisco judge previously ruled in favor of the executors, creating competing claims as to the policy proceeds after the 1894 death and divorce. The insurers face further doubt over who should receive the funds.
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Honolulu
San Francisco
Bahra
Alphonse McGrew
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
Henry McGrew
McGrew
Baldwin to Prospect Alaska Coast for New City
Major M R Baldwin former congressman will leave Duluth next week to prospect Alaska coast for a future city He plans to visit coastal points during winter and in spring travel to Yukon and Klondike He will search Coral Islands for quartz leads and may go to Copper River where recent discoveries rival Klondike potential He believes another San Francisco may soon arise on the Alaskan coast.
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Duluth
M. R. Baldwin
Alaska
Yukon
Klondike
Copper River
Baldwin
San Francisco
Alaskan
Suspected Counterfeiters Arrested in Milwaukee
Milwaukee officers arrest two men giving names Ernest Saxton and Robert Hackett on suspicion of counterfeit currency. They reportedly operated in Chicago where the counterfeiting ring was extensive. Detective Koeller returns with a box of $100 in fake coins and moulds found at the accuseds room.
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Milwaukee
Ernest Saxton
Robert Hackett
Chicago
Koeller
Three Men Killed in Home Stake Mine Blast
Three men were instantly killed at the Home stake mine when two blasts failed to explode and another went off as they investigated. The victims were Charles Fannell, Charles Gustafson, and Charles Dalsair, buried under a mass of ore about six feet deep.
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Homestake
Charles Fannell
Charles Gustafson
Charles Dalsair
Circus train wreck near Hutchinson kills one
At 2.20 this morning the Lemon Bros circus train derailed at the west Hutchinson yards. A foot stable car jumped the track and was demolished. Four circus employees were aboard the wrecked car. William Baughess of Osage City was killed and Albert Ward of Bureksa Kane is badly injured and expected to die. The other two wounded.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Cot
Lemon Bros
Hutchinson Yards
Tfoot
William Baughess
Osage City
Albert Ward
Bureksa, Kane
Forest fires threaten Kingston and Wilmot area
Fires rage south and east of Kingston with several farm houses and barns burned. A wind shift could put Kingston in immediate danger while Wilmot is surrounded and may burn without aid. Residents have fought the blaze day and night.
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Cairo
Midh
Kingston
Wilmot
Canudos Falls to Government Troops Enclosing Rebel Leader
Rio de Janeiro August six government forces defeated the Canudos stronghold held by Antonio Conselheiro and captured the rebel leader after a fierce engagement.
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Rio Janeiro
Canudos
Fanation
Antonio Conaelheiro
Antonio Conselheiro
Weyler Refuses to Resign Amid Havana Demonstration
Madrid cables report Captain General Weyler offering his services to the government and stating he will not resign. In Havana a large orderly protest, up to 20,000 people, honored Weyler with decorated streets, bands, and deputations seeking continued leadership and renewed campaign.
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Madrid
Senor Sagasta
Weyler
Cuba
Spain
Havana
Central Park
Captain Generals Palace
Canovas
Debate on Spiritualism draws national crowd in Anderson
In Anderson Indiana a National Spiritualistic debate gathers a nationwide audience. Moses Hull for the National Spiritualistic association defends Modern spiritualism while W R Covert of St Louis argues it is a delusion. Tonight Hull continues and Covert will reply with accusations of fraud.
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Anderson, Ind
Anderson University Chapel
W. R. Covert
St. Louis
National Anti-Spiritualistic Association
Moses Hull
National Spiritualistic Association
Hull
Covert
Peebles
San Diego
Cal
Spiritualists’ Association
J. D. Haganan
Adrian
Mich
Anti-Spiritualistic Association
John Pence
Indiana
Lynching at Hernando over alleged seduction case
In Hernando Mississippi a mob of about seventy armed men abducted Henry Crower a 28 year old colored man from the Justice office and hanged him from a tree. Crower had confessed to seducing Doyle Ferguson the 15 year old daughter of farmer Joan Ferguson. The mob rode away toward the Ferguson home and Crower was strung up by 2 PM.
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Hernando
Henry Crower
Doyle Ferguson
Joan Ferguson
Justice Philips
Fergusons
Crower
Opium Addiction Ties Collapse Leads to City Return
New York police were alerted that Ralph Houghton, who vanished days ago, has been found and identified as an opium user. He, visiting his sister from Cleveland, was so deteriorated that his mother flew in and arranged his return home. He will be sent back to Cleveland today.
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New York
Ralph Houghton
Cleveland
Thought Hanna President. Judgment on Citizenship Test
In Jersey City on October 6 an applicant for citizenship faced a judge who asked the question Who is the president of the United States This led to the applicant being told to step aside after misidentifying the head of state The report highlights the scrutiny applicants face in naturalization proceedings.
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Jersey City
United States
Huespeth
Citizen Hip
Hanna
Death of an Aged Indian Woman in San Diego
Mary Ortes an Indian woman died yesterday of old age in San Diego California Her daughter puts the age at least ten years though estimates previously ranged from five to eleven years Mrs Ortes was born in Old Town and lived in the area all her life
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San Diego
Cal
Mary Ortes
Daghter
Haiti Eyes Gold Basis Debt Plan Aimed at Consolidation
Washington note from W F Powell United States minister to Haiti describes a proposal before the Chamber of Deputies to consolidate Haiti s debts into a single national loan. The plan seeks a 4 million dollar gold backed loan at 6 percent with sinking fund from coffee and import duties. The move signals a shift toward closer ties with the United States and reduces reliance on existing merchants and the Bank of France.
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Washington
DD. C
W. F. Powell
United States
Haiti
Sherman
Chamber of Deputies
Republic
Powell
Bank of France
Old Spanish Land Grants in New Mexico Court Ruling
In Santa Fe the United States court of private claims trimmed the Salvador Gonzales claim from 40 000 acres northeast of Santa Fe to 200 acres and confirmed it. The Fer andes de Two grant petition for Taos townsmen was partially supported though the San Miguel del Bado ruling restricts confirmation to lands actually allotted. The case proceeds to the US Supreme Court.
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Santa Fe
N. M
United States Court of Private Claims
Salvador Gonzales
Luis
Taos
Stuss
United States Supreme Court
San Miguel del Bado
United States
Forest Reserve Proposed for Turtle Mountains North Dakota
Fargo date line reports Colonel Lounsbery of the General Land Office ordered to report on a proposed forest reserve in the Turtle Mountains covering over 100000 acres from Belle Court to Bottineau. Legislature opposed in 1893 and settlers have moved in despite withdrawal from market in 1892. The U.S. court here faces over a hundred timber trespass cases.
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United States Court
Colonel Brown Resigns From Tammany Hall Executive Committee
Colonel William L. Brown publisher of the Daily News resigns from the Tammany Hall executive committee citing unsatisfactory conditions. He accuses John C. Sheehan of surrendering leadership and says integrity, purity, capability and devotion to Democratic principles should govern official positions. He notes William Hepburn Russell resigned yesterday.
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Tammany Hall
New York
William L. Brown
The
Daily News
John C. Sheehan
Brown
Sheehan
William Hepburn Russell
Crowding Out Gold Bugs in Nebraska
In Lincoln Nebraska Democratic state central committee chairmen filed a protest with the secretary of state arguing there is no National Democratic party in Nebraska and that the nominees should not appear on the ballot. Tomorrow the National Democrats meet to fill the vacancy caused by Judge J H Woolworth declining the supreme court nomination.
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Lincoln
Neb
Pahiman
Democratic State Central Committee
Nebraska
National Democrats
The
J. H. Woolworth
Arrest of Reverend Covert Sparks Religious Strife in Findlay
In Findlay Ohio on October 6 intense clashes erupted between Spiritualists and anti Spiritualists led by Rev W B Covert of St Louis. Covert was arrested for criminal libel after a speech allegedly libeled Mrs Garrett. He was arraigned before Justice Dwigging but released without trial.
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Covert
Justice of the Peace
Dwigg'ng
Fire at Brewer house in Erie area kills two men
The residence of Peter Brewer near North East Erie was burned yesterday. William Tarr and Franch Witherew were burned to death in the blaze.
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Erie
Peter Brewer
North East
William Tarr
Franch Witherew
Scourge of Yellow Fever Arms Eds for Help
The report from Washington and New Orleans on October six shows eleven new yellow fever cases and two additional deaths. Dr. Carter outlines freighter disinfection and frost-driven quarantine plans across Mississippi Alabama and Arkansas as Ocean Springs reports no new cases and Northern Louisiana works to ship disinfected cotton to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Board of Health
Carter
the Marine Hospital
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Baton Rouwe
la Fourche Parish
Fontainbleau
Louisiana
Thorne
Texas Pacific
Foster
Alexandria
Ocean Springs
Wasdin
Yarmouth
Chateau Yquem
Washington, D. C
Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service
Bilox
Scranton
McHenry
Edwards
Nitta Yuma
New York
Cranberry Pickers Claim Self Defense After Barroom Brawl
Joseph Lynch and John Butler of Philadelphia say they were assaulted after a work day at a hotel bar in New Egypt. They report a fight broke out when William Lewis and others attacked them, leaving their companion with broken ribs and severe injuries while the two cranberry pickers were battered and disrobed.
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Toms River
N. J
New Egypt
Ocean County
Joseph Lynch
John Butler
Philadelphia
Rose
William Lewis
Lynch
Train hold-up suspects rounded up near Moorhead
Officers have rounded up all men implicated in the Northern Pacific passenger train hold-up near Moorhead. A woman, subjected to the sweat box process, provided confessions and the information needed for the arrests.
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Fargo
N. D
Northern Pacific
Moorhead
Train Held Up Near Kansas City by Three Masked Men
Bandits halted a Chicago and Alton express train six miles from Kansas City as it pulled out of Union Depot at 8 30 pm. The robbery would be the third on the line within a year near Kansas City. Police and county marshal sent to the scene. some company agents deny the hold up. No booty details available.
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Kansas City
Independence
Pacific
United States Express
Chicago and Alton
Meat in Uruguay Under Uruguayan Meat Products
Consul Schramm reports from Montevideo on Uruguay meat products. Tasajo jerks beef exported to Cuba, Brazil, and the West Indies. Half the beef’s nourishing qualities are extracted. Last year 869,500 were slaughtered for tasajo, about 200,000 head for beef extract with limited nourishment.
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Washington
Schramm
Montevideo
State Department
Uruguay
Cuba
Brazil
West Indies
Kentuckian Draughton Sought After Fatal Kentucky Killings
Denver dispatch reports Jay Draughton alias Hiram Baker, wounded and in custody, en route to Paintsville Kentucky to face charges for killing Ben Cunningham and wounding Sam Rice. Earlier he killed his uncle R A I Draughton near Grant Colorado and was wounded in the same incident.
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Denver
Jay Draughton
Hiram Baker
Paintsville
Ben Cunningham
Sam Rice
Draughton
R. A. I. Draughton
Grant
Col
Strike in Worsteds at Bradford Mills in Philadelphia
About 200 of 300 Bradford mill workers strike over a ten percent wage increase demand. The Dobson firm, dress goods and worsted cloth manufacturers, refuses now but offers a ten percent raise by year start if new orders raise prices.
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Philadelphia
Bradford Mills
John
James Dobson
Platform collapse injures thirty at Independence line station
In Kansas City several people were injured when a platform collapsed at the Fifteenth Street station of the Independence Electric railway. About thirty riders, many seriously, were hurt as crowds of suburban residents returned from carnival celebrations.
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Kansas City
Fifteenth Street
Independence Electric Railway
Henry George Democracy Recognized in New York
A telegram from Idaho Democratic Committeeman Saintice declares the Henry George Democracy should be recognized as the regular party in New York City. The message was reported from New York on October 6.
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Henry George
New York
Ainstice
Idaho
Tobacco Industry Makers Plan Local Smoking Tobacco Output
Local manufacturers in St Louis announce plans to begin producing smoking tobacco, signaling a new phase in the ongoing struggle between western tobacco companies and the American Tobacco Company.
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Bt. Louis
Western Tobacco Companies
American Tobacco Company
Beer Brews Threaten Chicago War Over Prices
Chicago reports a brewing war on the horizon with an unofficial plan to cut beer prices by about 50 cents per barrel and to further reduce to match conditions if the conflict escalates.
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Chicago
Ut Ia
Fire Destroys Old Prison. Two Prisoners Die
In Opelika Alabama on October 6 a blaze consumed the old dulling facility leaving two African American inmates burned to death. Local authorities reported the fire fully destroyed the structure and are investigating the incident.
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Opelika
Ala
Weather and Events Snapshot from General North American News
A morning roundup lists weather trends including cooler pairings and forest-fire devastation in Canadan towns, with General Weyler not resigning and Yellow Jack spread noted. Sports mention Baltimore’s Temple Cup win. Eddie Ball heads to Europe. Local items cover weddings court lists jurors and firemen social events.
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Weyler
Low
Baltimore
Eddie Ball
Europe
Piremon
Steamship Arrivals from October Listings
Steamship lines show arrivals and sailings between New York and European ports. Vessels including Noordland Paris Le Havre Southampton and Antwerp, plus Veendam and Veendam from Rotterdam and Hamburg are noted with arrival or departure at New York and Southampton.
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New York
Paul
Bouthampton
Noordland
Antwerp
Remanic
Liverpool
Trave
Hremen
Paris
Lalon
Maje
Detachments Shuffle Marblehead Commanders
Washington dispatch reports Chief Engineer A B Willits detached from the Marblehead and ordered to Thurlow Massachusetts to relieve Chief G Willis who is assigned to the Slarbiekuad.
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Washington, Dct
A. B. Willits
Marblehead
Thurlow
Eteel
Kine Sincer G. &. Willis
Forest Fires Raze Ontario Villages Across Twenty Five Miles
Ottawa reports forest fires sweeping Casselman South Indian and Cheney, with four bodies found near South Indian and many homeless residents. In Chicago a fire at Dexter Park pavilion spreads through Halstead and nearby streets damaging 28 residences and stores and injuring several people.
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Casselman
Cheeney
Chicago
Ottawa
Ont
Deetalla
South Indian
Cheney
South Indiana
Livielle
Died in Sleeping Car Aboard Chicago-Erie Train
Mrs William J Work awoke to find her husband dead in their sleeping car berth aboard the Chicago and Erie train arriving at Dearborn Street station. A physician aboard said he had been dead for several hours, with the cause noted as lung illness. The man had summered in New London Connecticut and traveled from Mansfield Ohio with his wife.
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Chicago
William J. Work
Chicago and Erie
Dearborn Street
Tiis
Six Girls Die In Fire At State Industrial School
Six girls were burned to death in a fire at the girls cottage of the State Industrial School in Plankinton on October 6. The victims include Nellie Johnston 18 Mabel Fobvert 9 Bessie Kerby 14 Eva Warner 16 Christina Bergman 11 and Tillie Hooper in charge of the sewing department. Twenty five others escaped in nightclothes as the lamp exploded and caused $25000 damage to the building.
Weather Forecast for the Middle States and New England
In the middle states and New England today fair to partly cloudy weather with slight temperature changes and a fall in the north. Fresh variable winds, mainly west and south, with local rains. Friday brings fall weather, variable winds, cooler temperatures, and rain in the lake region at night.
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the Herald
New York
Ovd
Middle States
New England
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Joseph Laroque
Orl Schurz
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Major Baldwin
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Court of Private Claims
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Forest Reserve
Findlay
Chicago and St. Louis
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