Grosvenor Sits Out Presidential Outlook From Republican View
General Grosvenor releases an electoral tally estimating McKinley carries New England and most Northeast states for 275 votes, with 64 others in play. He lists likely Bryan opposition states including Missouri and Tennessee and notes some lines of possible results across the South and West.
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Athens
Grosvenor
New England
McKinley
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Ilinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
South Dakota
Kentucky
Oregon
Washington
California
Kansas
Nebraska
North Carolina
North Dakota
Wyoming
Louisiana
Tennessee
Missouri
Texas
Virginia
Bryan
Watson
Sewall
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada
South Carolina
Utah
Missouri Democrats See 55000 Bryan Lead in State
State Chairman Cook reports to Democratic HQs in Washington on polls and committee estimates showing a 55000 plurality for Bryan in Missouri. Washington congressional committee expects nearly all Democratic nominees to win, with two districts as exceptions.
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St Louis
Cook
State Central Committee
Washington
State Committee
Bryan
Congressional Committee of
Cyclist Shenkenberger Breaks Milwaukee Chicago Record
E S Shenken berger of the Fowler Cycling club broke the Milwaukee Chicago record with a time of 6 hours 12 minutes on the Milwaukee to Chicago course, despite heavy headwinds.
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Cutcaco
E. S Shenkenberger
Fowler Cycling Club
Pioneer Physician Dead in La Crosse Wisconsin
Dr. P B McArthur died at La Crosse after weeks of illness. He was a pioneer Wisconsin physician and longtime resident of La Crosse since 1855.
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la Crosse
Wis
McArthur
Wisconsin
Eecrosse
Moderate trade gains persist says Bradstreets
New York, Sept. 21. Bradstreets notes a continued moderate improvement in trade with speculative wool purchases, renewed wool manufacturer buying, reduced surplus cotton goods, stronger demand for seasonal fabrics, and early revival expectations in iron and steel. Dry goods sales rise in Boston, Chicago, and St Louis. Norfolk to Chicago apparel and hardware gains noted. total US business failures reach 315, up seven from last week and 97 from last year.
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New York
Bradstreets
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
South
United States
Three Battleship Contracts Awarded After Bids
Acting Secretary McAdoo received Secretary Herbert's cable from Brest confirming awards for three battleships. Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia lands one at 2,650,000 dollars, Newport News Shipbuilding at 2,595,000 dollars, and Union Iron Works of San Francisco at 2,624,595 dollars per board recommendations.
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Washington
McAdoo
Herbert
Brest
France
Cramp & Sons
Philadelphia
Newport. News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Virginia
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Board of Bureau Chiefs
Bids Opened for Torpedo Boat Construction at Navy Yard
Bids for building several torpedo boats authorized by Congress were opened at the navy department in Washington in the presence of a large crowd. Proposals came from many interested firms.
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Washington
Navy Department
Hill's plan succeeds in moving wheat to Duluth
Dututh Sept 21 J J Hill's plan to carry wheat through Superior under Minnesota inspection succeeds. The steamer Mariposa loaded 33000 bushels at the Great Northern elevators in Superior and sailed to Duluth. Wheat was Minnesota inspected at Sandstone and weighed by a Duluth weighmaster. The Superior board of trade said all loading men were on the Great Northern payroll and could not interfere with the road's duties as a common carrier.
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Dututh
J. J. Hill
Superior
Minnesota
Mariposa
Great Northern
Duluth
Superior Board of Trade
Will Postpone Court to After Election
Omaha judges met in conference and agreed it would be difficult to secure a fair jury if juries are summoned before the election. The district court will not reconvene until Sept. 28, and attorneys fear political influence could taint jury service and trials.
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Omaha
District Court
Purse Posted for Corbett Fitzsimmons Fight in London
The Bolinbroke club offers a purse of 8000 dollars and 1000 dollars for expenses for each fighter for the Corbett Fitzsimmons match to be fought in London.
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London
Bolinbroke Club
Leadville Riot Follows Emmett Mine Attack
Five dead and about a half dozen wounded mark the riot’s toll near Leadville Colorado as Emmett mine defenders repelled attackers. Citizens meet to seek stringent measures while cavalry from Pueblo Cripple Creek arrives and more troops are expected. The Coronado fire damage stands at 25000 dollars with 12500 insured. 3000-dollar houses burned. Strikers are rumored to hold 5000 Winchester rifles. officials fear further clashes unless managers halt imports.
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Leadville
Colo
Michael Daugherty
Emmett
Coronado
Daugherty
Pueblo
Cripple Creek
General Brooks
Want Work Anyway Ishpeming Miners Seek Pay Plan
Ishpeming Mich Sept 23 The Lake Angeline miners facing indefinite closure seek to extend work on due bills. They propose to continue for a reasonable period using due bills until the company can cash them. Local merchants offer to accept the due bills and hold them for cash when available.
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Ishpeming
Mich
Lake Angeline
Canadian Pacific to discuss eastbound rates with Chicago lines
Curiaco September 23 The Canadian Pacific signified willingness to meet the Chicago St Paul lines in conference on September 20 to consider eastbound rate arrangements. The Chicago St Paul routes seek an agreement to avoid being at the mercy of the Soo line while the Eastern lines withhold consent to meet rates via Chicago.
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Curiaco
Canadian Pacific
Soo Line
Eastern Lines
Chicago
Republicans nominate Shattuck for Congress in Ohio district
In Cincinnati on September 22 the Republicans of the First Ohio district nominated State Senator Shattuck for congress, replacing O P Taft who declined. Shattuck formerly served as general passenger agent of the Ohio and Mississippi railway.
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Taft
Cincinnati
Ohio
Shattuck
Congress
O. P Taft
Ohio and Mississippi Railway
Protest Against Armenian Outrages in Manchester Meeting
Eight thousand people gathered in Manchester to protest Turkish treatment of Armenians. The Bishop of Manchester presided over the meeting.
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Manchester
Annual Report Featured at Dallas Odd Fellows Meeting
Grand Sire Stebbins presented the yearly address as the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows gathered in Dallas Texas on September 23. Governor Culberson welcomed visitors and local leaders offered addresses of welcome. A touching march by orphans and widows closed the reception before the closed afternoon session.
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Stebbins
Dallas
Tex
Sovereign
Grand Lodge, Independent Order of Oda
Charles A. Culberson
State of Texas
W. S. Blanton
Barnett Gibbs
Holland
A. Kellar
San Antonio
C. F Hunter
M. L. McCracken
State Assembly
Daughters of
Rebekah
John W. Stebbins
New York
M. D. Herring
Waco
Odd Fellows of Texas
Grand Lodge
Grand Sire Stebbins
German Catholic Convention Opens With Mass in Detroit
The German Catholic national societies opened their convention in Detroit after a high mass. Father Strauss welcomed delegates and messages were sent to the Polish Catholics in Buffalo. President Weber outlined the year’s events and committee lists. The treasurer reported 540 local societies with 47,458 members and $295,355.36 spent on sick and benefit funds.
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Detroit
Father Strauss
Buffalo
Weber
Central Verein
Verein
Will Work Among Union Men
Denver trades and labor assembly plans a four member mission into the Middle states to advocate silver in labor unions. John D. Vaughan John W. Bramwood from the Typographical union John J. O Neill from the Clerks union and John Heartz from the Bricklayers union will visit Chicago St Louis Detroit Indianapolis Cleveland and other cities.
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Denver
Denver Trades and Labor Assembly
Middle States
Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Indianapolis
Cleveland
John D. Vaughan
John W. Bramwood
Typographical Union
John J. O'Neill
Clerks Union
John Heartz
Bricklayers Union
Post Office Bans Mails to Chicago Bucketshop Operators
Washington Sept 23 The post office department issues an order prohibiting mail use by roughly 60 Chicago bucketshop firms and individuals after an inspector reports most have been indicted by Chicago grand jury.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Chicago
Massacres Reported in Rock and Sears Provinces
U S Minister Terrell at Constantino ple cabled the state department with news of serious massacres at Rock and Sears in the province. No details were provided and officials suspect a transmission error in local names.
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Vasarsotos
United States
Terrell
Constantinople
State Department
Harpoot
Rock and
Sears
Poison castor beans strike Cott family in Wisconsin
The Cott family of Snert Lake Wis underwent a castor bean poisoning. George L. Cott his wife and two children were treated by three doctors overnight. The wife and boy remain seriously ill while the girl who ate one bean recovered.
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Snert Lake
Wis
George L. Cott
Leprosy Suspected at Bellevue Hospital
A man identified as George Fleming a 40 year old homeless German baker was found to show signs of leprosy in Bellevue hospital waiting room. He was moved to Willard Parker hospital for treatment after the discovery. Fleming says he has suffered the affliction for about ten years and has slept in charity houses.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Willard Parker Hospital
George Fleming
Cannot Stay the Cholera Sweeps Iowa Hog Herds
Cholera continues to devastate hog herds across Iowa and nearby sections. Attempts to stem the outbreak fail, remedies prove ineffective, and losses threaten hog supply as infected herds die rapidly this fall.
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Iowa Fatls
AQD
Burglars Agree to Five-Year Sentence in County Burglary
Burglars captured while looting M. J. Chapman store at Alma Center will appear before the county judge for sentencing. They will serve five years at Waupun prison. The burglary is described as one of the boldest in the county's history.
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Nature
Dr. Pierce
Buack River
Fats
Wis
M. J. Chapman
Alma Center
Waupun
Rosebery warns intervention in Turkey could cause war
Lord Rosebery argues Britain should not intervene in Turkey without agreed powers as Russia maintains its 1895 stance. A Vienna report notes seven deaths in failed assault on the sultans private apartment. Constantinople reports police say bomb finds and arrests of Armenian committee leaders disrupt the revolutionary network.
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London
Turkey
Great Britain
Lord Rosebery
England
Russia
Vienna
The
Daily Mail
Yieldiz Palace
Constantinople
Times
Scutari
British squadron to reach Lemnos as Russians prep for sea duty
On the Bosphorus Constantinople reports the British Mediterranean squadron is due at Lemnos Island on Saturday. Russian Black Sea squadron vessels are actively preparing for sea duty. An official communique bars meetings of foreigners and orders exile for non trusted outsiders.
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Constantinople
Lemnos
Stalini
Italy's Flying Squadron Ordered to the Levant
A Rome dispatch reports Vice Admiral Canovaro, leading the flying squadron, is ordered to the Levant with all possible haste. The move is confirmed in London on September 21.
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Levant
London
Rome
Canovaro
Gladstone Letter on Czar Memorial Wariness
A London dated letter from Gladstone discusses a proposed memorial to the czar and hopes the czar’s heart and mind may be awakened to the mischief caused by the late Russian foreign minister Prince Lobanoff Rostovskys policy.
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London
Gladstone
Prince Lobanoff Rostovskys
Post Office Clerks End Session Elect President for Fifth Term
The National Association of Post Office Clerks adjourned after a stormy session and set its next meeting for Baltimore on October 6, 1897. President Benjamin Parkhurst of Washington was re elected to a fifth term.
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Baltimore
Denver
National Association of Post Office Clerks
Benjamin Parkhurst
Washington
Secretary Carlisle and Mrs Carlisle to Stay with Clevelands
Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle have left for Buzzards Bay to be guests of President and Mrs. Cleveland after a visit to Bak Harper in Me. on September 18.
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Bak Harper
Carlisle
Buzzards Bay
Cleveland
Battle of Antietam Monument Unveiled at Gettysburg Site
At Hagerstown Maryland ceremonies honored the dead of the Philadelphia brigade from the Antietam battle. Governors Hastings of Pennsylvania and Lowndes of Maryland attended as a granite shaft of Vermont marble 75 feet tall was unveiled. The base measures 14 by 22 feet with a six by six inch die detailing 545 fallen men. The monument cost 15000 dollars and the site 10000 dollars.
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HaGerRstown
Antietam
Philadelphia
Hastings
Pennsylvania
Lowndes
Maryland
Vermont
Nile Expedition Nears Dervish Stronghold
British Anglo-Egyptian force led by General Sir Herbert Kitchener, about 15,000 men, arrives at Barja on the Nile after a taxing eight mile march from Farg, heat intense but troops in fine condition. They are 15 miles from Kerma where Dervishes are said to concentrate a large cavalry and infantry force. Scouts have not yet seen Dervishes that day.
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Barja-On-The-Nile
Herbert Kitchener
Fareig
Kerma
Grave full of bones found near Holmes Wilmette home
A grave containing many human bones was found in the woods between North Evanston and Wilmette, near the house where H. H. Holmes lived. Evanston’s A. H. Parker reported the find. Police suspect the remains are Holmes victims, buried more than two years ago without a coffin or clothing.
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Wilmette
Ill
CuicaGo
Evanston
A. H. Parker
H. H. Holmes
Timber thieves killed in Ozark County clash
News from Mansfield Missouri reports a violent encounter between federal officers and timber thieves on White River. Four thieves were killed and a deputy marshal was fatally wounded during an ambush investigation over timber valued at about fifty thousand dollars. Special Agent Turley led the inquiry and a posse staged the operation.
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Mansfield
Ozark County
United States
White River
Turley
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