Watterson’s Pen Meets the Riot Act on Southern Senators
Louisville editor Henry Watterson in The Courier Journal denounces Southern senators who obstruct silver repeal. He predicts Democratic ruin, cites the extra session and the loyalty of mine owners as motives, and warns that the people and God will condemn the corrupt path.
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Louisville
Henry Watterson
Courier-Journal
Democratic Party
Grover Cleveland
John An
Watterson
Mexico
Central
South America
Supreme Court Affirms Conviction of Former Editor Shannon
The Iowa supreme court upholds the Polk district court ruling in the conspiracy case against O. E. Shannon former editor of the Des Moines Graphic. He was convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary for blackmailing Dr. Kirkendale of Stuart.
Prisoners Escape From County Jail After Floor Breach
Punesix A T October 20 report that eight county jail inmates escaped Tuesday evening by breaking through the floor. Three were recaptured. Officers pursue the remaining five including two horse thieves a forger a cattle thief and other prisoners.
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Punesix
A. T
Cabinet split over Weeks extradition policy in Costa Rica
A San Jose dispatch says most of Costa Rica’s cabinet favors refusing Weeks extradition until a treaty with the United States is arranged. The report notes the stance as of October 20 and reflects a diplomatic standoff pending formal accord.
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New York
San Jose
Costa Rica
United States
Hawkes Pardoned by Governor Ignites Barnecroft Outrage
Barnecroft Iowa reports outrage after Governor Boies pardoned Alden S. Hawkes the noted confidence man, forger and insurance swindler who was sentenced three years ago to ten years. Hawkes is sought in multiple states and known to have several wives and aliases.
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Barnecroft
Boies
Alden S. Hawkes
Hawkes
Freeland and Esley Win Lower Brule Agency Building Contracts
M A Freeland and W J Esley of Onawa Iowa bid 23000 to construct 19 additional buildings at the new Lower Brule agency location. The total contracts let for buildings at the new agency now reach 86000.
Yellow fever cases rise with 46 new infections in Brunswick
In Brunswick on October 20, 46 new yellow fever cases were recorded along with two deaths and 18 discharges. Of the new cases seven were white and 29 were colored. among the deaths one was white and one colored.
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Brunswick
Lord Dunraven Sails for Liverpool on Brittanica
New York reports Lord Dunraven and his party departed for Liverpool aboard the Brittanica on Wednesday.
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New York
Lord Dunraven
Liverpool
Extraordinary Accident at Carcado Streetcar Collision
An extraordinary street railway crash occurred at Washington Street and Fifth Avenue when two West Side cable trains locked in a knot caused a double collision. Eight cars derailed and a ninth lifted to a roof, yet all passengers escaped serious harm except a 14 year old boy with injuries to his limbs. Women fainted on the sidewalk amid the wreckage and fear.
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Washington Street
Fifth Avenue
West Side
Train wrecking attempt near Augusta Wisconsin
An unsuccessful effort to derail an eastbound Omaha road passenger train occurred two miles east of Augusta Wisconsin on Tuesday night. A section crew found and arrested a man hiding near the Kempton switch as lamps were smashed. authorities believe would be wreckers were at work. The next eastbound train planned to remove ties at the same spot to prevent further incidents.
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Augusta
Wis
Omaha Road
Here
Kempton Switch
Fairchild
Lamplighter Yo Tam Bien Clifford Race Postponed to Next Week
Chicago officials announce the Hawthorne match race among Lamplighter Yo Tam Bien and Clifford is moved to next week. Bets placed on a four day post arrival basis may face complications. A possible protest over Lamplighter’s 5 pound allowance after his rapid travel is noted.
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Chicago
Lamplighter
Yo Tambien
Clifford
Hawthorne
Evergreen man convicted for sending a duel challenge
A circuit court in Evergreen Alabama convicted Wright Mills for sending a challenge to Samuel Coker to duel. The jury set two years in prison as punishment, marking the first conviction under section 3,787 of the 1886 code. Mills is described as a respectable farmer with good connections.
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New York
Evergreen
Ala
Wright Mills
Samuel Coker
Mills
Accident claims life of boy in North Dakota hunt
Wilsow City North Dakota October 20 Albert Johnson eleven son of Ole Johnson of Rugby and his cousin Joseph Linn nine were out hunting when a gun carried by Linn discharged the entire charge struck Johnsons face tearing off his right cheek and part of his forehead. He died instantly.
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Wilsow City
N. D
Albert Johnson
Ole Johnson
Rugby
Joseph Linn
Young Linn
Johnson
Railroads Restore Salaries To Prewar Levels
News from St. Paul reports the Milwaukee and St. Paul road has restored workers' salaries to the old figures and the Union Pacific has matched the move. The step follows rising business and a brighter outlook.
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St. Paul
Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
Union Pacific
Steinblock Family Dies of Gas Poisoning in Kaiser Hotel
A dispatch reports Mr Steinblock his son William and daughter Ida died from gas asphyxiation at the Kaiser hotel after leaving Hampton for the world’s fair. The mother remains at home.
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Hampton
Beck estate worth millions to fund education charity
New York October 20 The West Farms millionaire Charles Bath gate Beck died a week ago leaving a sizeable estate estimated at five to six million dollars The will not yet filed but reports say Becks bequests total nearly 600 000 dollars to several legatees and the remainder is to be divided into seven parts for educational and charitable purposes
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New York
Charles Bathgate Beck
West Farms
Prairie Fire Near Renville Destroys Homes and Stock
A prairie fire seven miles north of Renville Minnesota caused great losses of buildings stock and hay. Many farmers are reported homeless as the blaze continues to rage tonight.
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Renville
Minn
Trenton Dedication Marks Washington Crossing Monument
Trenton New Jersey October dedication of the battle monument honors General Washington and the 1776 Delaware crossing. Govs Flower Pattison Werts Morris and others attend with ex governors and dignitaries amid cannons and music. tablets and statues unveiled, poems read, and crowds fill the city.
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Trenton
N. J
Washington
Delaware
Warren Street
Roswell RB. Flower
New York
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Fuller
Vermont
Reynolds
Russell
Massachusetts
Werts
New Jersey
Morris
Connecticut
Brown
Maryland
Abbott
Green
E.H. Doty
Jamesburg
van Wart
New Jersey Society of Cincinnati
Clifford Stanley Simms
Society
Hugh H. Hamill
Association
Blair McClenachan
J. Lapsley Wilson
Philadelphia
John Taylor
Monument Association
John Russell
Joseph B. Shaw
William L. Dayton
United States
The
Hague
Cleveland
Richard Watson
Gilder
Century Magazine
New Men in Control Ives Syndicate Wins Northern Pacific
The Ives Belmon t committee wins control of the Northern Pacific Railroad before the election. Their director slate includes Isaac W. Anderson August Belmont Charles T. Barney William L. Ball J Horace Harding Robert Harris Marcellus Hartley Brayton Ives Johnston Livingston Donald Mackay August Rutten Wilbur F Sanders Winthrop Smith. Only two current directors remain Barney and Bull, aligned with Deutsche Bank of Berlin.
Worp's Fair Grown Up Newsboys Take Free Illinois Central Train
About two thousand five hundred ragged street lads gathered for a fair on October 20. The event featured a free train ride arranged by the Illinois Central railroad for newsboys and bootblacks. Mrs. Lewis D. Webster led the station group with Waifs Mission teachers directing the youths.
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Illinois Central Railroad
Lewis D. Webster
Waifs
Condition of A. K. McClure Deteriorates With Bright's Disease
Philadelphia reports the ailing A. K. McClure's condition worsens as acute Bright's disease of the kidneys develops, compounding prior ailments. The patient is said to be desirous, with little expectation of long withstand.
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Philadelphia
A. K. McClure
Bright
Farmers Loan and Trust Forecloses Northern Pacific Mortgage
Farmers Loan and Trust of New York has filed foreclosure actions against the Northern Pacific on the second general and consolidated mortgages. The suit aims to force sale of the road while receivership suits proceed. Judge Jenkins orders consolidation and receivers continue operation of the road.
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Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Milwaukee
Farmers Loan and Trust Company of
New York
Northern Pacific
General
Consolidated
Jenkins
Deadly Gas Claims Three New York Officers and Man
In Central Park a cottage near the croquet grounds housed three policemen and a young blacksmith. They were found unconscious after daybreak from gas that leaked during sleep. three died and the fourth lay dying at Presbyterian hospital.
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New York
Central Park
Presbyterian Hospital
Bridge Builders Suffer Fatal Accident at Eldon Iowa
A bridge project on the Des Moines River in Eldon Iowa left one man dead and three fatally injured with twelve others seriously hurt. The workers were assembled on the new span when the disaster occurred about 12 miles southeast of Eldon.
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Eldon
Orrumwa
Here
Des Moines River
Brooklyn Officials Halt Corbett Mitchell Fight
The Brooklyn mayor and Kings County sheriff agreed to stop the Corbett-Mitchell bout from being held at theee Island Athletic Club in December.
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Kings County
BrookLyn
Ee Island Athletic Club
Decemb
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Holds Reports and Memorial Service
Chicago hosts the second day of the WCTU annual convention focusing on department reports. A memorial service honors several deceased members from Illinois Wyoming Louisville North Carolina Danver and New Jersey Cambridge Mass. Separately bankers at Chicago convention adopt a resolution calling for immediate repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase clause and dispatch it to the Senate.
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Chicago
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Ferry Allen West
Ilinois
Annette Northrup
Wyoming
Jennie Cassidy
Louisville
O. B. Gaus
North Carolina
C. M. Chapeleigh
Danver
Loy
A. ©. Thorpe
Cambridge
Mass
Bankers’ Convention
American Ec. Association
Senate
Loss of $22,000 from timetable safe en route to New Orleans
General Manager Antisdell of the American Express company confirms a money package stolen last Tuesday. The $22,000 was taken from a timelock safe between New York and Cleveland while en route from New York to New Orleans.
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St. Louis
Antisdell
American Express Company
New York
New Orleans
Cleveland
Council keeps Jackson Park open beyond Oct 30
Cuicano reports the administration council will continue admitting visitors to Jackson park for an indefinite period after October 30. Columbus Day will be observed that day, not a closing day.
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Cuicano
Council of Administration
Jackson Park
Hart Steamship Seized Over Excursion Contract
United States Marshal Dolf of Marquette seized the steamer Eugene C. Hart at Escanaba on a libel by Fred Richard of Mernominer for damages due to breach of an excursion contract.
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Mernominer
Wis
United States
Dolf
Marquette
Eugene C. Hart
Escanaba
Fred Richard
This Place
Charles Fair Travels Eastward With Wife By Santa Fe Train
In San Francisco on October 20 reports state Charles Fair was not jailed by his father and is now traveling east with his wife aboard a Santa Fe train, not confined to a madhouse.
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San Francisco
Charles Fair
McAuliffe and Maher Fight Ends In Draw In San Francisco
In San Francisco on October 20 at the Grand Opera House a four round bout for the California midwinter exposition drew with McAuliffe and Maher both unable to gain a clearance.
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San Francisco
McAuliffe
Maher
Grand Opera House
Builder John Thomas Chappel Declares Insolvent
Lonpox October 20. John Thomas Chappel builder and contractor has failed with liabilities totaling £225,000.
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Lonpox
John Thomas Chappel
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