Taxpayers in Arms Over Railroad Tax at Princeton
In Princeton Kentucky a fresh shipment of firearms reaches Union county to arm Lindle and Caseville taxpayers resisting railroad tax collection. About 700 are now armed with Winchesters and dynamite awaiting Collector Blackwell and 100 deputies. Blackwell plans to proceed if needed with military power. The armed residents vow to resist to the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Union County
Lindle
Caseville
Blackwell
A Chickasaw Rebellion Threatens Stonewall in Nation Turmoil
On September 22 Chickasaw chief Blue leads a rebellion with a marauding band terrorizing citizens. They seized postmaster George H. Truax and his squaw wife at Stonewall, binding them and destroying the home before fleeing. Neighbors freed the couple as eastern Chickasaw Nation faces scare and disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall
Chief Blue
King Blue
George H. Truax
Truax
For a New Railway Union
Baltimore September 22 Delegates to a national convention of railway employees called by the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen have begun arriving They are non committal about the convention aims and whether it seeks to supplant the American Railway Union Local trade unionists suspect ulterior designs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
National Convention of Railway Employes
Brotherhood of Railway
American Railway Union
Competitor For American Phosphate Deposits Seen in Algeria
Consul Grollet at Algiers reports to the state department that Algerian phosphate deposits promise strong competition to American phosphate in European markets. The ore is easy and cheap to mine, enhancing potential supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Grollet
Algiers
State Department
Algeria
Young Vaughan Receives Unique School Sentence in Larned
In Larned Kansas on September 22 Ray Vaughan fourteen pleaded guilty to petty larceny. Judge Vandiver handed down a distinctive punishment requiring six months of school attendance with failure to attend risking sheriff custody and county jail confinement for the full term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larned
Kan
Ray Vaughan
Vandiver
Anti-Tammanyites Plan Unified Nominating Conference
The executive committee of 70 urges all anti-Tammany groups to forgo a city ticket and form a conference committee to meet with 70. The aim is to name a single candidate acceptable to all anti-Tammany organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Committee of 70
Negro labor migration to Massillon strikes zones
A Birmingham dispatch says three hundred black workers have left for Massillon Ohio to fill striking miners’ jobs, with a thousand more to follow. Ohio strikers allegedly threaten violence against the southern workers if they reach the sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Birmingham
Ala
Republic
Massillon
Ohio
Working For a Reduction near Seaconnett Mills
In Fart River Mass on Sept. 22 most workers returned to the Seaconnett mills after management refused to restore the old wage scale and announced operating under a reduction. A few stayed away but vacancies were filled quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fart River
Mass
Seaconnett
Passer of gilded quarters bound over in Iowa case
Frank Lord was bound over by Federal Commissioner Hobbs in the sum of $1,000 for passing gilded silver quarters on the people of Floyd county for $10 gold pieces. Quite a number were found in his possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dulvegon
Frank Lord
Hobbs
Floyd County
Judge refuses injunction against sugar trust case
Boston September twenty second. Judge Barker refused to grant the injunctions against the American Sugar Refining company as requested by the attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Barker
American Sugar Refining Company
President Nunez Dies in Colombia
Coton Colombia Sept 22 official announcement states President Rafael Nunez died Tuesday morning from gastric fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Nunez
Coton
Colombia
Rafael Nunez
Republic of Colombia
British ship Senegal sinks in Pacific mystery
San Francisco reports the Senegal, an iron British merchant vessel with captain and young daughter aboard, vanished in the Pacific near 30.17 N 119.8 W after sailing from San Diego to Tacoma with ballast sand. C Olson of the Mary C Russ saw its red light until dawn March 18, then she disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific
C. Olson
Mary C. Russ
San Diego
Tacoma
Thompson
Olson
Disgraceful Dismissal of Austrian Consul General
Vienna cablegrams report Dr. Anton Von Palitschek former consul general to the United States in New York was dismissed in disgrace from Austria Hungary's consular service. He allegedly forced Austrian exhibitors to pay for space at the world's fair and embezzled 15000 from a Hungarian donor to three hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Vienna
Anton von Palitschek
United States
New York
Manufacturers Hall
Palitschek
Death by Melancholia Shocks Waukesha County Leader
Edward Drummond treasurer of Waukesha county died by his own hand at McBride's sanitarium in Wauwatosa while receiving treatment for melancholia. A well known farmer and merchant from Stone Bank, he had won the county office two years earlier and was nearly sole Republican victor besides one other. His illness followed his wife’s passing about three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Edward Drummond
Waukesha County
McBride
Wauwatosa
Drummond
Stone Bank
Freight rate cuts eyed on grain schedule across railroads
Eastbound freight agents report growing unease and expect open reductions soon. Principal cuts appear in the grains schedule, with roads not filing preferred charges against rivals, but widespread reductions suggest grain shipments are not advancing beyond the authorized schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Modus Vivendi With the Quirinal
Dispatches from Rome report Austrian and Prussian ambassadors urging a modus vivendi with the Quirinal. Emperors Francis Joseph and William reportedly support an understanding between the Vatican and the Italian government.
Steamer Sausalito Crashes at Sausalito Dock
The Northern Pacific Railroad steamer Sausalito, traveling 15 miles an hour with full steam, crashed into the Sausalito slip and depot causing about $20,000 in damages. The slip, hydraulic aprons, concrete blocks, and lifting gear were ruined due to a machinery defect preventing the vessel from stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Sausalito
Nekoosa builds state’s largest pulp and paper mill
In Grand Rapids Wisconsin, a pulp and paper mill near Nekoosa costing 590000 has just been completed. It is described as the largest and finest in the state. The mill began pulp production this week and will start papermaking next week. The Columbian paper machine from the world’s fair is among its equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Wis
Nekoosa
Here
Dakota Christian Indians hold 24th conference at Cherry Creek
The 24th great annual conference of the Dakota Christian Indians met in Cherry Creek on September 22. About 300 delegates attended from 18 Presbyterian and 12 Congregational churches, serving roughly 2,000 members with 29 ministers, 19 of whom are Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Indians of
Dakota
Cherry Creek
Prominent Colored Man Revisits Mexico for Colonization Contract
William H. Ellis, a notable Black resident of San Antonio, holds a Mexican concession to colonize rich lands in northern Mexico with Black families from the United States and travels to Mexico to finalize terms of his agreement with the Mexican government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antoni
Texas
William H. Ellis
Mexico
United States
Western Style Carhold Up on Fifth Avenue
A masked gang of about 40 halted an open car near Abingdon square crying fire. They robbed 12 passengers including stealing a gold watch and $25 from a woman. Police captured two suspects as the others fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
Abingdon Square
Terribly Maltreated Miner Tortured by Highwaymen
Helena Montana reports miner John Randolph bound and gagged by two masked robbers in Skillys Gulch near Marysville. The men heated a red hot poker and scorched his feet and legs then thrust it into his ear before chloroforming him and ransacking his cabin in search of treasure that proved absent. Randolph identified one assailant as a man he had helped recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mon
John Randolph
Skillys Gulch
Marysville
Randolph
Arrested a High Roller in Minneapolis Paymaster Scam
A man using the name A. G. Highton, described as a Oregon millionaire mine owner, was arrested for passing a worthless check to pay for a special car from Duluth to St Paul. In St Paul he presented a $1,000 check to Captain Carson of the Merchants hotel for Hinckley fire victims and in Minneapolis a $20,000 check to C. A. Pillsbury for the same purpose. He claimed heavy drinking affected his actions and that his checks were valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
A. G. Highton
Oregon
Duluth
St. Pauli
St. Paul
Captain Carson
Merchants Hotel
Hinckley
C. A. Pillsbury
Kept on an Island Brings Tale of Abduction Near Trempealeau
Mary Hight of Danville Illinois told Deputy Sheriff Von Rohr she was held prisoner on an island opposite Trempealeau for three months and forced to endure outrages by tramps and river rats while her captor took the profits. J W Neimeier is in the county jail awaiting grand jury investigation as the session continues and the case likely heads to trial this term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona
Minn
Mary Hight
Danville
Ills
J. W. Neimeier
von Rohr
Trempealeau
Neimeier
Norweigian man found dead in yard near East Eighth street
Sept 22 report of an unidentified Norwegian found dead by taking carbolic acid in a yard at 131 East Eighth street. A notebook with a drawing of the Erickson murder scene was found, suggesting a potential clue. Police seek to identify the deceased and link to the Decatur street butcher murder unresolved last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sr. Pavus
East Eighth Street
Erickson
Decatur Street
Iowa soldiers' home books show $300 shortage found
A two week inquiry by a special committee in Marshalltown Iowa into the Iowa soldiers' home led to a near final count of a $300 discrepancy. The shortage stems from lax handling of veterans pension accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshalltown
Iowa
Americans Prepare U S Contractors Outfit for Nova Scotia Railroad
Monroe Strange Lee & Co of New York fit out two steamers to carry 150 span of mules and a full contractor’s outfit along with 300 men to Yarmouth North Carolina for work on the South Shore Railroad from Yarmouth to Shelbourne. It is claimed to be the first American contractor outfit sent into Nova Scotia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Battmore
Monroe Strange, Lee & Co
General Railroad Contractors
New York
Yarmouth
N. C
South Shore Railroad Company
Shelbourne
Guard Stabbed by Convict at Ohio Penitentiary
Col umbus Ohio Sept 22 W T Goetze a Belmont county guard at the Ohio penitentiary was stabbed in the neck and groin by convict William Moore of Cincinnati and is in the hospital Doctors cannot yet say the result of his injuries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ColumBus
W. T. Goetze
Belmont County
Ohio Penitentiary
William Moore
Cincinnati
Missouri Pacific Reported Dismissing Railway Workers
The Missouri Pacific allegedly discharged 14 firemen and 6 engineers at this end of the line and 8 to 10 firemen at Van Buren on grounds of strike involvement or sympathy. About 25 more names are on a discharge list, with unions warning of a general strike if reinstatement does not occur by September 26. Most affected run on the Fort Smith branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri Pacific
Litre Rock
Misouri Pacific
van Buren
St. Louis
Fort Smith
Chinese May Rebel and Mukden Threat Rumors
The Times notes Chinese potential rebellion as Japan advances on Vidju and possibly Mukden. It says capturing Mukden would be seen as divine omens against the emperor and would likely accelerate political concessions to avoid catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
the Times
Mukeen
Mukden
Senator Hill Dodges Question On Gubernatorial Candidacy
At his summer home near Albany Senator Hill refused to confirm or deny he will run for governor if the party sees him as the best aid. He gave a cautious, noncommittal reply with a wry smile when asked by an Associated Press representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Hill
Associated Press
Quackenbush Accused in Forged Mortgage Scheme
Middletown New York reports John M Quackenbush acted as agent for I F Atterbury of Maysville Missouri in selling mortgages for four years. It is found the mortgages were forged victims in Warwick total about 80000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
N. Y
John M. Quackenbush
I. F. Atterbury
Maysville
de Kalb County
Warwick
Celebrated His Golden Jubilee
Father A. I. Coquet of the diocese of Oregon City marked 50 years as a priest on Thursday. The pope elevated him to monsignor and granted the dignity of domestic prelate in recognition of his long faithful service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Or
A. I. Coquet
Oregon City
Policeman Killed by Blown Electric Wire
Pittsburg reports officer Peter Dillon of the Allegheny police killed instantly at 2 30 p m after grabbing a live light wire blown down across a street while attempting to clear the obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Peter Dillon
Allegheny Police Force
Miners Stand On 69 Cent Columbus Scale Pact
Pittsburg September 22 miners in the Pittsburg district claim the Columbus scale fixing 69 cents a ton is a contract. They warn that any wage cuts by operators who signed the scale will be challenged in court to enforce the agreement through its expiration date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Sheriff shot in political dispute near Seigler station
Sylvania Ga Sept 22 Sheriff L B Brooker of Scriven county was seriously shot by George Seigler and his son at Seigler station five miles from Sylvania. The elder Seigler is possibly fatally injured and the son has a wound to the arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvania, Ga
L. B. Brooker
Scriven County
George Seigler
Seigler Station
Sylvania
Seigler
Girl Sentenced for Horse Stealing in Webb City Case
In Carthage Missouri on September 22 Lizzie Christy pleaded guilty to stealing a horse a buggy and harness from Webb City last summer and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carthage
Lizzie Christy
Webb City
Concord Sails from Saki to Chemulpo in Korea
A navy department cablegram reports the United States steamer Concord sailing from Saki Japan to Chemulpo Korea. The dispatch confirms transit between Asian ports with no incident noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
United States
Concord
Saki
Japan
Chemulpo
Korea
Bishop Samuel Fallows Receives Wisconsin LL D
The noted reform Episcopalian Bishop Samuel Fallows of Chicago has been awarded the degree of L L D by the University of Wisconsin on Sept 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Samuel Fallows
University of Wisconsin
Fort Smith Execution Sends Poynter to Hanging Mark
In Fort Smith Arkansas on September 22 John Poynter was hanged at the rail yard in the afternoon. The executions of Alexander Allen and Marshall Tucker were stayed and did not occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Smith
Ark
John Poynter
United States
Alexander Allen
Marshall Tucker
Millionaire Coal Operator Leisenring Dies in Germany
E B Leisenring a wealthy coal operator and president of Lehigh Coal and Navigation company died in Hamburg Germany on Thursday. He was known for his extensive influence in the coal industry and local business circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavucu Chunk
E. B. Leisenring
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Hamburg
Germany
Postmaster Guilty of Adultery in Circuit Court
John H. Weeks, postmaster at Danforth, was found guilty of adultery in circuit court and faces sentencing to the Sioux Falls penitentiary. The trial concluded on Sept 22 with the verdict and awaiting the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miter
John H. Weeks
Danforth
Sioux Falls
Breckenridge Protest Leads to Owens Nomination in Seventh District
The Democratic committee in Kentucky's Seventh district, chaired by Field McLeod, rejected Breckenridge's protest and declared William C. Owens the nominee by 255 votes after tallying county results. Breckenridge had claimed a majority of legal votes and called for an investigation citing discrepancies with 1892 and 1893 figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
Democratic Committee
Seventh Congressional District
Field McLeod
McLeod
Carroll
State Committee
Breckenridge
William C. Owens
Scott County
Cleveland
Owens
Desha Breckinridge and James Livingston in hotel knife fight
Desha Breckinridge clashed with James Duane Livingston at the Phoenix hotel in LexingTon. Livingston, a New York native and Kentucky Union railroad agent, struck first after Breckinridge branded him a liar. Breckinridge brandished a dirk, Livingston suffered a deep finger wound, witnesses noted a second man with a knife, and both were restrained as physicians treated the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LexingTon
Desha Breckinridge
James Duane Livingston
New York City
Phoenix Hotel
Livingston
Desha
Breckinridge
Matt Lane
Lane
J. Duane Livingston
J. Kennedy Tod
Kentucky Union Railroad
Owens
Cleveland Denies Favoring Lamont for New York Governor
Buzzards Bay September 24. President Cleveland refuses to discuss a published statement claiming he backs Secretary of War Daniel Lamont for governor of New York. The denial keeps Lamont’s candidacy in question as political chatter swirls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buzzards Bay
Cleveland
Dan Lamont
New York
Chinese Transports Reach Port Arthur Safely
Telegram from Tien Tsin says all Chinese transports have safely arrived at Port Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Tien Tsin
Port Arthur
Directly Sets New Two Year Old Pace Record at 2 07 3 4
Speedy two year old Directly, owned by Monroe Salisbury and driven by McDowell, races a mile in 2:07 3 4 at a Illinois track before about 20 000 spectators. Robert J also races, but fails to beat his 2:07 1 4 record as track conditions and crowd pressure influence his performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galesburg
Ills
Monroe Salisbury
Robert J
Directly
McDowell
Geers
Online
Chandler
Dredging Complete Opens Direct Coal Route at Allouez Bay
West Superior Wis Sept 22 dredging of the new channel linking the natural entry with Allouez bay is finished. The first cargo of coal arrived at the Northwestern coal railway dock. The channel cuts through the Wisconsin point peninsula to provide a direct course to the coal docks opposite the ore docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
West Superior
Wis
Allouez Bay
Mammoth
Northwestern Coal Railway
Wisconsin Point
Des Moines Faces Severe Storm with Hail Flooding
Des Moines endured the heaviest rainstorm of the season with hail. The city recorded 1.52 inches in 15 minutes, overwhelming sewers and flooding streets and cellars while hail damaged numerous windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Dearth Persists in Argyle Water Shortages Alarm Residents
Argyle Minnesota reports ongoing drought since last June with streams and wells drying up. Paving concern that without rain in coming weeks, residents will face significant suffering and inconvenience due to water scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Argyle
Minn
Heavy Timber Fires Raging in Minnesota Towns
Smoke blankets St Coup Minnesota as timber fires rage in Brockway Albany and surrounding areas. About 200 men battle flames in Brockway while five miles of tamarack swamp burn near Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Coup
Minn
Brockway
Rice
Albany
Harbor Work Bids Opened for Duluth and Superior Projects
Bids opened by Major Sears for harbor work totaling 105000 dollars in Duluth and Superior. Williams, Daugherty & Upham submit the lowest bid for Duluth work while C. S. Barker offers the lowest bid for Superior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Major Sears
Superior
Williams, Daugherty & Upham
S. Barker
Iowa hearing on rate raise ends with likely denial
Des Moines Iowa Sept 22 The shippers and jobbers finished their hearing before the railway commission and it appears the commissioners will refuse the request to raise low rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Marines
Railway Commission
Saloon license rate raised in Haywarple county
At a special election in Haywarple Wisconsin the saloon license increased from 200 to 500. The new rate takes effect July 1, 1895. Votes: 154 for 500, 87 for 300, 8 for 350.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haywarple
Wis
Temperance Meeting Draws 300 in Amherst Opposed to Resubmission
Three hundred people gathered in Amherst to oppose resubmission. Supper was served to 250. Prominent ministers and citizens gave addresses in a spirited local gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherstt
S. D
Lincoln Mayor Weir Endorsed by Democratic Convention
Tecumseh dispatch reports Mayor Weir of Lincoln was nominated by the Democratic congressional convention for the First district. He also stands as the Populist candidate in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
The
Bee
Tecumseh
Neb
Democratic Congressional Convention
Weir
Lincoln
Hathaway Named Superintendent at Northern Hospital
OSHKOSH Wis Sept 22 Dr David G Hathaway of Milwaukee has been chosen by the state board of control as superintendent of the Northern hospital for insane in this city The appointment is regarded as an excellent one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wegge
Oshkosh
Wis
David G. Hathaway
Milwaukee
State Board of Control
Northern Hospital For
Navy court to probe Adams grounding at Mare Island
Secretary Herbert names a court of inquiry to meet at Mare Island navy yard Tuesday to investigate the grounding of the United States ship Adams in the Bering Sea during sea patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert
Mare Island Navy Yard
United States
Adams
Bering Sea
Saloon License in Hayward Raised to 500 Dollars
At a special election in Hayward Wisconsin the county saloon license was increased from two hundred to five hundred dollars. The new rate becomes effective July 1, 1895.
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Taxpayers IN Arms
Kentucky
Senegal
Wisconsin
Montana
Fallows
Ashland
Young Breckinridge
Dan
Naval Court of Inquiry
Hayward
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