New York Capitalists Buy San Xavier Mines Near Tucson
New York capitalists have closed the purchase of seven San Xavier mines from Boston owners. The mines, extensively developed, lie 16 miles south of Tucson Arizona. Count Manfred von Matuschka of Silesia and Miss Ella Walker of Detroit were married in Detroit on Tuesday. Miss Walker is a granddaughter of Hiram Walker founder of Walkerville distillery in Ontario.
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San Xavier Mines
Boston
Tucson
Manfred von Matuschka
Silesia
Ella Walker
Detroit
Mich
NO STRIKE Af PRESENT. Tieup of Chicago Street Car Lines
Cubanco Sept 28 employees of the Chicago City Railway extending talks to West and North Side lines. A united action is planned with meetings held at once. The reinstatement of discharged workers prompts no immediate visit to directors but a press appeal for settlement. No strike likely within a week, though rumors persist if Superintendent Bowen discharges leaders. President Mahon monitors and aims to avoid a strike, using it only as a last resort.
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Mahon
Street Railway Men’s Organization
Rye crop outlook shows US harvest near 25 million bushels
Final returns to the American Agriculturalist indicate a US rye crop of about 25,000,000 bushels, down from 28,000,000 earlier projections and well below 1894 and 1895. Pennsylvania and Western regions show gains amid overall disappointment, with Europe confirming shortages especially in Russia and France.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Russia
Germany
France
Pingree in Venezuela Concession Mission Sparks Comment
Governor Pingree Colonel Eli R Sutton and General A L Bresser travel to Venezuela to seek large concessions from the government. Eugene Bresler, Bresler's brother, confirms a private business motive and says the party works to obtain a concession for their group.
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Associated Press
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Eli R. Sutton
Venezuela
A. L. Bresser
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Man Kills Two Then Commits Suicide at Supper
In Webst er City Iowa at Osmund Peterson's home a man named Vincent Munson shot Peterson and a guest named Larson after being teased about his affection for a sister of one of the men. Peterson is gravely wounded and Larson critically injured. Munson fled to a cornfield and then killed himself with a pistol.
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Larson
Munson
Withdrawal of Troops Expected at Hazleton Strike Area
Hazleton Pa September 28 quiet in the strike region with collieries to resume tomorrow some for the full week others part of it. The Fourth regiment is to be withdrawn and a conference will decide on removing other troops. Jury failure to reach a verdict delays conclusions and another jury session is planned with a verdict expected.
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Coal shippers balk at rates hamper next week charters
In Cleveland on September 28, coal ship pers refuse to advance rates after becoming accustomed to free coal movement. There is little charter activity as expected freight improvements lag and vessel men grow discouraged.
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Absconder Hill Linked to Buffalo Bank Heist Found Dead
Buffalo, Sept 28. Lewis E Hill of Buffalo whose body was found in the Chicago river was a former paying teller at the Elliott Square bank. He vanished a week earlier with 2000 dollars from the bank. Half the amount was later returned by Hill and the rest by his brother.
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N. Y
Lewis E. Hill
Chicago
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Hipple Blames Assistants for Shortage in Accounts
Pierre South Dakota Sept 28 Ex Auditor Hipple arrives and says the accounting shortage arose from trusting others work as correct though it was wrong. He asserts he settled in full and will make good any shortage.
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Renewed Tribal Activity in Khyber Region
Renewed activity is reported among the tribesmen in the Khyber region. Sydekabar with representatives of the various tribes has gone to the city to persuade the ameer's commander-in-chief who is an Orakzai to help his co-religionists.
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Khyber
Sydekabar
Retired the Scotland Postoffice
SCOTLAND, Sept. 28. The post office here was entered, the safe blown open, and between $800 and $900 in stamps and money taken. No clues reported.
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Army in Britain needs a stronger force
London reports a coincidence as York grants the Duke of Cambridge the freedom of the city while Glasgow honors Lord Wolseley. He states the army is strained and out of gear and calls for a larger, high quality force to defend Britain and coal stations abroad, arguing the navy alone cannot suffice.
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Want Tracy for Mayor Nomination by Regular Republicans
New York sept 25 leaders of the regular Republican party in New York county held a secret conference. Lemuel E Quigg presided and announced a resolution urging ex Secretary of the Navy Benjamin F Tracy to let his name be used for mayor of Greater New York at the city convention. The measure passed unanimously and will be reported to General Tracy.
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New York County
Lemuel E. Quigg
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Benjamin F. Tracy
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Tracy
Continental Train Express Car Cut From Engine Incident
An incident involving the continental train saw the express car separated from the engine by error. Fourteen registered packages were secured but their contents and value remain unclear.
Warship warning over Morocco and U S claims
The U S cruiser San Francisco left Tangier after arriving to press for redress for alleged American citizen flogging in Mogador and to backmo rocco claims. If not settled soon, a U S squadron may be sent. In Minnesota, a night train hold up near Glyndon and Moorhead saw masked robbers take mail and dynamite, with 14 registered mail packages seized and the express car spared.
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Japan denies landings by Japanese at Honolulu
Washington reports deny a steamer Peking account of Japanese troops landing in Hawaii under a sergeant. Durham W Stevens, adviser to the Japanese legation, calls the claims false and aims to foster anti Japanese sentiment. He notes Japanese immigrants require Hawaiian approval and planter employment before landing. The warship Naniwai has left Hawaii, leaving no Japanese military or naval presence.
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Durham W. Stevens
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Wheeling Sails for Honolulu and San Francisco Sept 25
The gun boat Wheeling has sailed for Honolulu and carried dispatches ahead of the regular mail steamer. To fill crew vacancies, 40 men were drafted from the Marietta and Monadnock.
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Condemnation of Smith Expected by London Paper
The Evening Standard notes bankers protest against the Bank of England governor and says the public expects a decisive statement from the bank leadership. It argues a national institution should not be imperiled and the financial system would be shaken by vague assurances.
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Lord Farrar Backs Gold Standard for India Letter
Lord Farrar writes in The Times that the ultimate solution to bimetallism lies in adopting the gold standard in India. He argues for financial reform to stabilize currency and integrate India into a gold-backed system.
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Lord Farrar
Times
Indian Mint
India
Hood's Sarsaparilla Offers Superior Value for Medicine
Practice economy in purchases as with other items. Hood's Sarsaparilla promises more medicinal value per bottle, with 100 doses per bottle. Used as directed, it lasts about a month while rivals last about two weeks. Hood's Pills are the only pills to take with Sarsaparilla.
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Fever in New Orleans Shows Improvement Amid New Cases
Fifteen new fever cases were recorded in New Orleans with no deaths. Board of health reports indicate most patients are doing well, with about forty cases on the mend and many expected to be discharged during the week.
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Board of Health
Edwards Struck by Yellow Fever in Edwards Miss
Edwards Mississippi reports one death from yellow fever today, Mr. S S Toblin, with twenty three new cases bringing total to seventy six. A few more days may lay the fever over the town, with only three or four cases seriously ill under expert nursing care.
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8S. Stoblin
Edwards
Death of Rev. Father Van After Surgeon Murray Visit
Ocean Springs Mississippi September 28 Surgeon Murray traveled to Scranton during the day to attend Rev Father Van who died an hour later.
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Miss
Murray
Scranton
Father van
Irrigation Congress Promises Largest Attendance
Lincoln Nebraska September 28 Letters and telegrams show expectant attendees predicting the largest irrigation congress on record. Western states interest suggests possible radical changes in Western semi-arid farming methods with focus on irrigation. Economic and financial topics may also be discussed alongside irrigation benefits.
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Neb
National Irrigation Congress
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Magician Bancroft Dies in Charleston At 31
Frederick Bancroft, a Charleston based magician seen as a rising star, died at Riverside Infirmary after a typhoid illness. He collapsed after a stage appearance on Tuesday night and his remains will be taken to New York. Bancroft began his professional career in 1895, aged 31.
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D. C
Frederick Bancroft
Riverside Infirmary
Wilmington
Del
New York
Bancroft
Hamburg American steamer Arabia aground off Cape la Roche
A San Jean des Challens dispatch reports the Hamburg American Packet steamer Arabia bound for Hamburg from Montreal is aground at Cape la Roche and taking on water rapidly. Quebec has sent assistance. The location is considered dangerous and the vessel is in distress.
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Arabia
Montreal
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Cape la Roche
Manistique Matricide Suspect Ends Own Life
Victor Anderson, a well to do farmer, shot and killed his aged mother at Whiteside, twelve miles east of Manistique, then killed himself at noon. The motive remains unknown.
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Mich
Whiteside
Here
Victor Anderson
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