Abilene Reflector Highlights International and Local News
The Abilene Reflector notes the Princess King’s conversion to Christianity, the Russian czar’s reception in Kiev and St Petersburg, and Russell and Co. receiving a large payment for war services. It reports on a proposed treaty reforming Cuban customs, Spain accepting the February modus vivendi interpretation, and US claims settlement against Spain. It covers Lady Coleridge rumor denial, a fatal accident near Ashland, an Idaho cougar attack, rising cougar numbers, and border health talks in Montreal with a police inspection plan for train departures.
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Spain
United States
Cuba
Mixed Notes on Riel Graft Expeditions and Postcard Change
Steverany Bayan discusses Canadian citizen status for Louis Riel and treason concerns. Kant Peters reports five German missions in Africa securing river access, with more military than farming value. El Paso notes Michoacan placer gold finds with new diggings halted by high water. New postal cards differ in design and wording, showing Jefferson instead of Liberty and revised address-only side text.
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Steverany Bayan
Louis Riel
Furston
Riel
Kant Peters
Berlin
Pan
German East African Society
Africa
Nile
Congo
Zambesi
Avistaten
el Paso
Tex
Michoacan
Liberty
Jefferson
United States
World at Large Personal and Political News
A digest of global events includes Parnell being toasted by Dublin's Lord Mayor. deaths of Mary Josern at a Richmond convent sister of A. M. Keiley. political shifts with Waterways Convention leadership. various European and American incidents from labor strikes to shipwrecks, uprisings, and court actions.
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Hanquet
Parnell
Dublin
Mary Josern
Visitation Nuns
Monte Marin
Richmond
A. M. Keiley
United States
Austria
Coxpresstanx Wearen
Kansas City
Hubbard
St. Paul
New York
Frank P. Cotsas
Norman J. Colman
St. Louis
Cocxr Tovsrot
Kansas State News Highlights Diverse Local Activities
Mrs Lovelann, divorced wife of H D Loveland now married to Frankie Morris, defends her former husband in a public card praising him as a kind father. Reports from Topeka describe a jail fight between Cuastixe Hootes and another prisoner. Fort Leavenworth farm yields crops with 1880s planting plans. Articles of incorporation filed for the Ladies Benevolent Home of Wichita. Governor’s encampment inspector request prompts General Miles to offer an army officer. Seventh Indiana Veterans meet Topeka, September 30 to renew bonds. Kansas Second Cavalry reunion plans surface with talks of organizing veterans. A young man from Shawnee County drew $20 draft and vanished with about $13,900 in funds. Pension examiners appointed for Lawrence board. Quarantine against Missouri cattle lifted except for certain counties. A bloody hat in Topeka stirs mystery. Eighty Fourth Dinors reunion invited at Topeka. Walkup case: arsenic dose linked to poisoning. Mowney trial set after murder in Winfield. Brown family seeks missing heir with reward. Newton to get gas works. New Kansas patents issued for back-hands grip, typewriter sigler, magazine sun, centrifugal separator. State Board of Agriculture suspends August report due to insufficient data. Freight train derailed near Wichita with no injuries. Kansas post offices update with several new, discontinued, and renamed offices.
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Dearie
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Ladies Benevolent Home of
Wichita
Sedgwick
United States Army
Kansas State
Miles
Martin
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Seventh Regiment
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Kansas
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Eightyfourth
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Alonzo Collins
Clement Smith
Sligner
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Hampton
Magazine Sun
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Leavenworth
State Board of Agriculture
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Deerhead
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Jacob Poppen
Marydel
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Edgar M. Hodson
Mertilla
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William H. Ehey
Shaw
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Harvey Eckley
Meadowrock
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Taos
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Sanday
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Riot at Rock Springs Wyoming Drives Out Chinese Residents
Reports detail the September 5 riot in Rock Springs where whites attacked Chinese laborers, burning Chinatown and killing several. Dozens of Chinese homes were destroyed and many missing or wounded. Governor Warren sought federal troops. miners fled the town as a mob pursued Chinatown, with casualties confirmed by a coroner’s jury.
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Wyo
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W.T
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Wednnesday
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Coal Department of the Railroad
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Wyoming Territory
Washington
Endicott
Massachusetts
Drum
Bayard
United States
Drump
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Chicago
Attingbourne
Kent
England
Attack on Chinatown by Wyoming Miners Sparks Deadly Fire
A mob of about 140 white miners in Wyoming stormed Chinatown burning thirty nine Chinese company houses and driving 400 Chinese workers into the hills toward Green River. Seven Chinese were killed and many wounded before authorities could act. Separate items report moonshining probes in Tennessee, a federal deputy shot while investigating illicit distilleries, drownings in Wisconsin, and new land contest rules allowing wider initiation of cases.
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Rock Stames
Wio
Udien
Chinatown
Tey
Green River
Sheriff Young
Green Riveren
Public debt statement shows August decline and cash balances
The September statement from Washington reports an August debt decrease of 2.88 million. Total debt less cash in Treasury amounts to 1.4737 trillion. Gold bullion and certificates total 126.37 million. silver dollars and certificates 74.54 million. Customs receipts for August rise to 17.26 million, internal revenue 9.07 million, miscellaneous 1.71 million. Total receipts about 93.06 million, down 35.25 thousand from August. Expenditures in August fall by 1.75 million. For two months this fiscal year receipts are down about 6.0 million while expenditures fall 4.75 million.
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Wasmxaroy
D.C
Treasury
Ausust
Aggies
Anzast
Snl
Corner Stone of Perry Statue Laid at Newport
The corner stone ceremony for a statue to Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry was held with Masonic rites. The statue stands twenty five feet high, weighs about four tons, and depicts Perry on deck directing sails. The monument faces the Perry mansion and features the Latin inscription We have met the enemy and they are ours. Also reported: James T. Heand, the Texan shooter of Tom Davis, was paraded to police headquarters. Grant Memorial service planned for Oct 1 in Washington.
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Lake Erie
Newport
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Lire
Perry
Lawrence
Perry Mansion
New York
James T. Heand
Tom” Davis
Hotland
Holland
Davis
Tragedy on the Potomac A Senator's Son and Mrs Stella Drown
The Potomac tragedy near Chain Bridge claimed John H. Morgan son of Senator Morgan of Alabama, and Mrs Emma Stella of 2116 G Street NW. Morgan and Stella in a double canoe capsized at 7:15 pm as Lulu McCarthy witnessed the distress. both victims disappeared after a sunken rock struck the craft. Rescue efforts failed. Stella is 40 and employed in the General Land Office. Morgan, a strong swimmer, died attempting to save Stella, while McCarthy stayed nearby after turning downstream to practice paddling. Mrs. Stella's sister, Mrs. McCarthy, hosts the family at 2116 G Street. Morgan's mother remains unaware of the death to avoid shock.
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Stella
Wasiumxerox
Potomac
John H. Morgan
Senator Morgan
Alabama
Emma Deus Stella
Gstreet
N. W
Washington Canoe Club
Sola
Mia Stella
Lulu McCarthy
Chain Bridge
Mr. Morgan
Sir Stella
General Land Office
McCarthy
G Streets
Mangan
A Kirkwood Blacksmith Fatally Wounds Woman Then Is Shot
In Kirkwood Missouri a blacksmith I A Bauchel aged about fifty fired on Mrs. Randall after a rejected advance. He fled the shop firing on Sheriff Allen who returned fire, mortally wounding Bauchel. Randall suffered a minor leg wound and was taken home. The assailant died last evening.
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Kirkwowit
St. Louis
Ilnhe- Democrat
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Here
Missouri Pacific
Sherif Alien
Biuchel
Doxey and Mrs Johnson Arrested in Doxey Murder Case
A fever grips the town as Robert Doxey and Mrs. Walsh Johnson are arrested on the eve of departing the state for the murder of Doxey’s wife, four weeks earlier. Details allege Doxey bought poison, gave pills to his wife, and Johnson aided. the body has been exhumed for toxic analysis while magistrates remand both without bail.
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Miss
Doxey
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