Mexico to Aid Ezeta Form a Central American Republic
San Francisco reports Diaz of Mexico would back General Ezeta to establish a united Central American republic. Ezeta seeks Mexican aid to regain prestige in San Salvador and overthrow opponents, with Guatemala the main geographic obstacle. Local officials discuss potential political unions and the danger Ezeta faces abroad.
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San Francisco
Diaz
Mexico
Ezeta
San Salvador
Cienfuegos
Guatemala
Charles Page
Morrow
McKinley Opens Indiana Campaign in Harrison Presence
Indiana campaign kickoff features Governor McKinley delivering a warlike tariff critique to a packed Tomlinson Hall crowd, with ex President Harrison introducing him. He defended Harrison era prosperity, attacked Democratic tariff policy, and highlighted sugar treaty provisions benefiting Hawaiian sugar interests.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
McKinley
Ohio
Tomlinson
Hawaiian Islands
United States
Islands
Ezeta Arrives in Los Angeles for Federation Talks
General Antonio Ezeta and lawyers Rubens and De Queseda reach Los Angeles en route to Mexico to discuss opening negotiations with several Central American states on a general federation plan.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Antonio Ezeta
Rubens and
de Queseda
Mexico
Will Electrocute Wilson
Syracuse New York September 26 Charles brief item notes plans or discussion surrounding electrocution of an individual named Wilson with minimal context.
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Wilson
Syracuse
N. Y
Charles
Wilson to be electrocuted for murder of detective
F Wilson was sentenced by Justice Williams to be electrocuted at Auburn state prison during the week beginning November 6 for participation in the murder of Detective James Harvey.
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F. Wilson
Williams
Auburn State Prison
James Harvey
Kaffirs threaten Delagoa Bay town amid arms distribution
Several thousand Kaffirs threaten to attack Lourenco Marques. The government has distributed arms among the white population for defense as serious trouble is expected.
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Lourenzio
Delagoa Bay
Theovernment
Under Grave Suspicion in Creston Husband’s Role in Wife’s Death
Charley Mason a photographer in Creston Iowa is under suspicion of murdering his wife who died after a night of illness. The wife exhibited severe vomiting thirst and possible arsenic poisoning. Mason stayed with her through the night and fetched a doctor only after midnight. A post mortem and stomach analysis were ordered to determine whether poison was administered before death or by embalmers.
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Creston
Charley Mason
Mason
Des Moines
Woman seeks divorce after husband takes children to Mitchell
Mrs. Ella E. Payne sues George E. Payne for divorce claiming he abducted their six children, first to Mitchell then back across the prairies toward home, with alimony granted pending the trial. Sheriff cannot serve papers as husband reportedly moves assets and may have vanished toward Texas with the children. The case indicates the mother’s deteriorating mental state amid the family separation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella E. Payne
George E. Payne
Mitchell
Goffy
Payne
Texas
Murder in Cleveland Shrouds City in Mystery
James B. Caven, 50, general freight agent for the Valley railroad, was shot five times and died in the street. Neighbors heard shots and a woman's scream but police have found no clues. He lived with his daughter on Kennard street and was described as a man of exemplary habits.
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Cleveland
James B. Caven
The
Valley Railroad
Caven
Kennard Street
Lenz Safe in Persia Letter Reassures Friends
Chicago dispatch reports Frank Lenz the Pittsburg bicyclist touring the world is alive. A letter from Teheran dated April 14 says he was 1,200 miles from Constantinople and had logged 14,501 miles with kind treatment from locals.
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Chicago
Frank Lenz
Pittsburg
William Amory
Lenz
Teheran
Persia
Constantinople
Red River Valley drainage awards four ditch contracts
At the capitol the Red River Valley drainage commission awarded four ditch projects. Muskinka in Travers county goes to Coughren and Riley for 8 cents per cubic yard Rabbitt ditch in Grant county to Plaisted and Bushnell at 6 4 9 per cubic yard Otter Tail ditch in Wilkin county to Johnson and Plaisted at 7 15 16 cents per cubic yard Kennedy in Norman county to T C Rhinehart at 7 34 cents per cubic yard.
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St. Pau
Red River Valley Drainage Commission
Capitol
Muskinka
Travers County
Coughren & Riley
Rabbitt Ditch
Grant County
Plaisted & Bushnell
Otter Tailditch
Wilkin County
Johnson & Plaisted
Kennedy
Norman County
T. C. Rhinehart
Italy Won’t Cede Papal Temporal Power
A Rome dispatch to The Times reports Premier Crispi ready to concede to the church as long as Italian sovereignty over the land is preserved. The correspondent notes Italy will not give up the pope’s temporal power.
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London
The
Times
Rome
Crispi
Italy
Enthusiastic New York Democratic Convention Opens
Delegates gather in Saratoga amid rain and sun as Hill is named temporary chairman. Whitney's candidacy looms while Tam many supporters back him and Hill may yet be inserted by a gallery stampede. Hill delivers a combative address attacking Republican boasts and urging unity to restore Democratic strength in New York. The convention adjourns after temporary organization.
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SaRaToGa
N. Y
Grand Union
Senator Hill
Hill
Whitney
Mr. Whitney
New York
Tammany
Kings County
Gaynor
Murphy
Empire
Cholera Fires Destroy Sixty Houses in Blasseki Poland
In Kalisch district Russian Poland sixty houses in Blasseki were burned in the night and were totally destroyed as cholera devastates the area. Many inmates in the afflicted houses were ill at the time of the blaze.
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Warsaw
Blasseki
Kalisch
Russian Poland
Fragmentary report describes people burned to death during dread disease
The text notes victims overcome by illness and weakness were unable to help themselves and were burned to death. It remains a partial OCR fragment with limited details on location or time.
Hanna han nominated for congress at Chicago convention
John B. Hannahan was nominated by the Democratic Second district convention in Chicago. He is vice grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and a notable figure in labor circles. He secured labor support and defeated his opponents easily.
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ChicaGo
John B. Hannahan
Hannahan
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Sentence of strikers in Lima train case
Judge Knowles convicts 7 railroad workers and 15 others from Lima and Butte in a contempt case tied to the Union Pacific railroad strike. They receive 30 day terms and a $100 fine, with the Lima defendants among those jailed for interfering with train operations as receivers ran the line.
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Butte
Mon
Knowles
United States Circuit Court
Lima
Union Pacific
J. H. Calderhead
American Railway Union
Fred Walker
L. D. Garvin
Silver Bow
W. B. Dye
H. Barton
George Boomer
Railroad Held Responsible in Illinois Suit
In Springfield in September 1886 Judge Allen decided a major case involving a barge laden with cotton that burned near Cairo. The Cairo Vincennes and Chicago railroad was sued for negligence for leaving the barge for 18 days after arrival, exposed to sparks. Lancaster mills of Clinton Massachusetts won $35,867 as a test case. other claims total around $60,000 including costs.
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Springfield
Lls
United States
Allen
New England
Cairo
Ill
Cairo, Vincennes
Lancaster Mills
Clinton
Mass
Railway union men sentenced in California case
In Los Angeles Judge Ross sentenced Gallagher and Buchanan, American Railway union strikers, to eight months in county jail and a $500 fine. They were part of a group that attempted to intimidate non union workers on the Southern Pacific during the strike.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ross
Gallagher and Buchanan
American Railway
Southern Pacific Railway
Debs Case Arguments Begin in United States Court
In Cubano on September 26 the government opened its case against President Debs and other American Railway union officials. Ex-District Attorney Milchrist led the opening to cover the morning and afternoon sessions.
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Debs
Cubcano
American Railway Union
United States
Milchrist
Pullman Plant Chooses Hiawatha City for Site
The Pullman Company Operative club resolved to locate its manufacturing plant in Hiawatha Kansas after talks with Topeka and Lawrence. Workers will be brought from Pullman immediately and temporary shops will start at once. Surplus city power will be used from the waterworks while shops are built. The first product will be an improved bicycle for sale. Property owners along business streets plan new buildings to meet demand for space.
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Hiawatha
Kan
Pullman Company Operative Club
Topeka
Lawrence
Kansas
Chinese marauders attack Siberian railway station
Times from St. Petersburg reports Chinese marauders raided the New Usuresian section station of the Siberian railway, plundered the telegraph office, and killed eight Russian employees. Authorities fear the incident may be used as a pretext in the Korea conflict between China and Japan.
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London
The
Times
St. Petersburg
Siberian
Korea
China
Japan
Ascension Church may lose $100000 legacy over second will
Chicago report states the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension could forfeit a $100,000 bequest from Isaac Clarence Marsh due to a second will found Monday that directs the property to the deceased’s relatives if the church remains high church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Ascension
Isaac Clarence Marsh
High Church
Trial of Mayor Bemis Remains in Omaha Courtroom
The case to remove Mayor Bemis resumed in Omaha before a full audience of sightseers. The mayor continues to summon witnesses to rebut the complaints detailing alleged misconduct in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bemis
Omaha
Accidental Shooting Near Leap Claims 14 Year Old
Leap Sept 26 Willie Scanlon 14 son of Dan Scanlon of this city shot himself while returning home from a bunt. A ball passed through his neck severing the jugular vein as he slipped while climbing a bank.
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Leap
Willie Scanlon
Dan Scanlon
La Crescent Gets New Weekly Newspaper
Hogan Minn September 25 A new paper The Northwest a weekly has been started at La Crescent in the county. The county now has eight papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crescent
Hogan, Minn
the Northwest
Refineries Close Half Under Havemeyer Order
President Havemeyer of the American Sugar Refining company orders immediate shutdown of one half of its refineries and next week to close the remaining plants due to large refined sugar stocks and the new tariff effects.
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New York
Havemeyer
American Sugar Refining Company
Indian Land Adjustment league plans Chicago Indian teaching colony
The Indian Land Adjustment league led by William Lloyd Garrison of Boston intends to form an Indian colony in Cuicasco. Three Blue Jacket girls from Venita Illinois will study and teach music in Chicago during the coming winter as officers push for a flourishing settlement within the next few months.
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Cuicasco
Indian Land Adjustment League
William Lloyd Garrison
Boston
Blue Jacket
Venita
IL. T
Chicago
Ellsworth Forgery Charge Dropped in Chicago Case
The forgery charge against Caroline Ellsworth daughter of Milwaukee millionaire Isaac Ellsworth was nolle pressed. Chicago merchants accused her of obtaining goods with forged checks, and the case was settled out of court by her father.
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ChicaGo
Caroline Ellsworth
Milwaukee
Isaac Ellsworth
Miss Ellsworth
Holmes death verdict notes unknown killer in brake beam accident
States Minn Sept 26 The coroner's verdict says Holmes died after being struck with a club by an unknown person while on a brake beam Saturday, causing him to fall under the wheels.
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Minn
Holmes
Fire Devastates Cape Vincent Jerome Hotel District
A severe blaze at 2 a.m. destroyed the Jerome hotel and much of Cape Vincent’s business area. The Hotel Algonquin eight stores the telegraph office and the post office were consumed. Loss estimated at 150000 dollars.
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Cape Vincent
Watertown
N. Y
Ambassador Bayard to Sail From Southampton Oct 6
Private advices say Ambassador Bayard will sail from Southampton on October 6 for the United States. He was granted leave of absence months ago and can return home at his pleasure.
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Washington
Ambassador Bayard
Southampton
United States
Bayard
Glenessling sunk in East River fire at Furman Street pier
The iron ship Glenessling lies at the river bottom near Furman Street pier after sinking shortly after midnight to extinguish a board fire from unknown causes. Cargo losses are estimated at 25000 dollars with vessel damage near 20000 dollars. Raising operations start immediately.
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Brooklyn
Glenessling
Furman Street
Maine Starts Contract Trial Voyage From Brooklyn
New York Sept 26 The new battleship Maine begins her contract trial trip leaving Brooklyn at 7 30 am and passing Sandy Hook at 8 43 am Captain F M Bunce commands. Quintard iron works representatives aboard. Maine provisioned for two weeks with possible extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maine
Brooklyn
Sandy Hook
F. M. Bunce
Quintard Iron Works
President appoints Duffield as coast and geodetic survey head
Washington September 26 General William Ward Duffield of Detroit Michigan is named superintendent of the coast and geodetic survey succeeding Professor T C Mendenhall who resigned The post carries a yearly salary of six thousand dollars
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Washington
William Ward Duffield
Detroit
Mich
Coast and Geodetic Survey
T. C. Mendenhall
Postoffice Changes in South Dakota and Minnesota
A new post office opens at Idylwild in Turner county South Dakota with special service from Childstown. The Tausen post office in Clay county Minnesota has been discontinued.
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Washington
Idylwild
Turner County
S. D
Childstown
Tausen
Clay County
Minn
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Mr. L. O. Tinkham
L. O. Tinkham
Newhall
California
Hood
American Republic
Mkinley
Tomlinson Hall
Harrison
Gov. McKinly
Republican Party
America
Sugar Trust
Senate
Great Sugar Trust
Democratic Party
Louisiana
South Dakota
David B. Presided
Atest
U.S. Gov't
S. Gov’t
Gathanon Royal Baking
Railroad
Illinois
Will
Pullman
Russia
Indian Colony For
Mendenhall
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