Lincoln man presided at thirty three murder trials
Han Wert Bulletin notes Jopar Gasby of Lincoln Nebraska has sat as presiding judge in thirty three murder trials. Massachusetts enacts a new law to stop girls under fifteen from begging or peddling. Joux G Warirrrer from Amesbury Massachusetts has never left Washington state. A statistician claims thirty two million handclasps could encircle the globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jopar Gasby
Lincoln, Neb
Massachusetts
Joux G. Warirrrer
Washington
Amesbury
Mass
Expert girls in Troy factories earn collars wage
Expert female workers in Troy linen collar factories can earn from twenty five to thirty five dollars weekly by making high quality men's linen collars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Prohibitionists to Name National Ticket Next Year
General Clinton B. Fisk of New Jersey says the Prohibitionists will nominate a National ticket next year. He emphasizes unity and political strategy within the movement ahead of national elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton B. Fisk
New Jersey
Minnesota man sells land for thirteen thousand dollars
A Minnesota man sold thirteen acres for 13 000 dollars. He noted the land originally cost him years ago with six chickens and a rooster as his only investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Italian Immigration Surges With Record 121 Percent Rise
A Tur Italian note reports a sharp 121 percent increase in Italian immigration this year, the highest percentage among the arrivals. The report highlights the rapid growth and its notable impact on local demographics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
Postmasters Earning Under 1000 A Year Count 50,582
The total number of postmasters in the United States earning less than $1,000 per year is 50,582. Of these, 48,003 are paid between $400 and $520 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Campaign plan outlined for September in Chicago
Mr Moopy states he will start his regular campaign in September and begin meetings in Chicago. He expects Mr Sankey to accompany him for most of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Moopy
Chicago
Mr. Sankey
Ingenious Electrician Unveils Telephonic Trumpet
Harry B. Cox of Fernbank ten miles from Cincinnati introduces a telephonic trumpet enabling ordinary voices to be heard over distant miles at sea. The device promises maritime communication advances for sailors and coastal towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry B. Cox
Fernbank
Cincinnati
Warwick girls send $142 to Fresh Air Fund fair
A group of young girls from Warwick New York raised 142.28 for the Fresh Air Fund by hosting a charity fair. The girls hope to grow into capable women through their philanthropic effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
N. Y
New York Tribunes
Death of Hunter reduces living ex Speakers to seven
The death of R. M. T. Hunter of Virginia lowers the number of surviving former Speakers of the House to seven: Robert C. Winthrop N. P. Banks Galusha A. Grow James G. Blaine S J Randall J W Keifer and J G Carlisle remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. T. Hunter
Virginia
Robert C. Winthrop
N. P. Banks
Galusha A. Grow
James G. Blaine
S. J. Randall
J. W. Keifer
J. G. Carlisle
New Congress to Welcome 141 Fresh Members
One hundred forty one new members and Senators will join the next Congress. Forty nine are lawyers, thirty eight have legislative experience, and thirty two hold college degrees.
New York Reporter Receives Gift After Assault Abroad
Joan M. Watt, a New York reporter, was head injured while with O'Brien on a Canadian tour and has been given a $1,200 purse and a diamond ring by home-rule sympathizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan M. Watt
New York
O'Brien
Streetcar Conductor Repaid With Fifty Dollar Silver Change
A man tried to dodge fare on a Boston street car by offering a conductor a fifty dollar bill. The conductor demanded silver and received fifty dollars in silver coins, returning excess change to the passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Corinth man with longest beard claims world record
Hensen of Corinth Mississippi is very proud of his long gray beard which he says is the longest in the world. He is sixty years old, six feet two inches tall and when he stands erect his beard touches the ground. It has not been cut for eleven years and continues to grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prove Hensen
Corinth
Miss
Hensen
Immigrant Lineage Linked to Arlington in Plymouth Record
Plymouth Massachusetts residents note a Somerset House register inscription linking Mrs A P Wyman and descendants to Arlington. The piece lists presidents living in Brooklyn and cites Attorney General Garland’s view that the Alien Act covers mines and real estate, with aliens allowed limited stock in American mine owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset House
Plymouth
Mass
A. P. Wyman
Esrandson
Arlington
Garland
ICC Upholds Mileage Tickets and Fares Against Discrimination
The Interstate Commerce Commission allows common carriers to issue mileage passenger tickets with charges that are reasonable and free from unjust discrimination. It rejects privilege for commercial travelers at lower rates and holds that charging one person more than another is discriminatory regardless of ticket form. New York underwriters report a six month disaster period rivaling only the Chicago and Boston fires, with losses centered in New York. They attribute the surge to industrial conflict and antiarchy influence led by Jar Most and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inter-State Commerce Commission
New York
Chicago
Boston
Jerr Most
Shadows Haunt Engineer On Moonlit Rail Ride
An engineer on a night train battles nerves as shadows along the track spark fear in him. He misreads every silhouette as 1 man or obstacle, while curves and hillsides cast eerie shapes that unsettle his performance.
Public debt and weather notes plus sensational war trophy
Our public debt statement shows July totals with cash items and treasury figures. The Signal Service notes July as the hottest month in fifteen years with record rain. various military, diplomatic and financial items follow, including a Cheyenne finger necklace at the War Department and rising business failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Treasury
Hamilton
John A. Logan
Washington
Signal Service
War Department
State Department
John 8. Miller
Rio de Janero
Various U S News Items From The East A Mix Of Crimes Disasters And Politics
Reports from Gallitzin to New Brunswick describe a Hungarian coke drawer murdered as a traitor and a fatal illness in Whitehall New York. A hurricane and lightning cause damage in New Jersey while immigrant totals rise in Castle Garden. Stroudsburgs Lutheran church destroyed by lightning and a New York Republican convention set for Saratoga. A Massachusetts law targets underage begging, a chaotic Irishman plots harm in New York harbor, and labor groups meet in Newport Buffalo and New York discuss civil service reform. A stallion dies in Elmira and a coal oil explosion frightens children in Etna. Tragedies, political gatherings, and labor activity fill the period with weather and disaster notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallitzin
Enitor
H. W. Wilkins
Whitehall Times
Whitehall
N. Y
New Brunswick
N. J
Castle Garden
Stroudsburg
New York
Saratoga
Massachusetts
New York Harbor
Tus
National Civil Service Reform League
Newport
R. I
Sct
George William Curtis
United States
Anl Canada
Buffalo
Knights of Labor
United Labor Party
New York City
Noxwoop Crier
Elmira
Prolific early 1900s dispatches report deaths and disasters
A roundup of incidents includes the death of Colonel Edward Robertson, Louisiana congressman, in Baton Rouge on the 21st at age sixty four, a Maryland Prohibition convention nominating Summerfield Baldwin for Governor, a California cabin fire killing two, Kentucky election violence in Clay County with six dead, and a regional earthquake across several states with no major damage. Additional items note counterfeit silver dollars in Chicago, extreme heat with prostrations in Chicago and New York, a cross country bicycle journey to San Francisco, a Minneapolis wall collapse killing six laborers, a major Evansville fire, lightning fatalities in Belleville NL, a lynching in Arkansas, dueling train accidents, and widespread weather and crop concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Robertson
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Maryland
Glyndon
Summerfield Baldwin
Baltimore
California Gulch
Col
Kntucky
Clay County
Illinois
Missouri
Tennessee
Indiana
Kentucky
National Educational Association
Chicago
James H. Canfield
Lawrence
Kan
New York
GrokGge W. Neuuis, Jr
San Francisco
St. Anthony
Minneapolis
Evansville
Ind
Henry Vanceer
Belleville
Josefh HL Rainey
Georgetown
S&s C
Lroxarp
Lockport
Ark
Bunker Hill
Stanley
Logansport
John Ladner
Bay St. Louis
Greenwood
Via
Jestica Minto
United States Supreme Court
Brook
St. Louis
Clarksburg
W. Va
Buidijes
Bud Macy
Coryville
Cincinnati
Tampa
Fond
Wabash
Wabash Valley
Mason & Son
Liebrandt, McDowell & Co
Herrick
Daniexl
Lafayette
John Mackessey
Dayton
Craig
Mllnois Supreme Court
Texas
Mary Wilson
Bahr
Green Bay
Wis
Severa
Indianapolis Sentinel
Calumet and Hecla
Houghton
Mich
Carroll County
Wittorp Wooprourr
Twelve Apostles of the
Mormon Church
Sth
Millbrook
Lake Manawa
Kansas
Cascades
Northern Pacific Railroad
Ellensburg
W. T
Sara
Valle
Gulf of California
Tur
Mille Lac
Minnesota
White Earth Reservation
Wisconsin
Columbia River
Oregon
Cook County
Leyden
Ochs
Vin Pelt
Wasserman
Varnelis
Wren
McClaughry
Casselman
Geils
McCarthy
Oiver
Hastings
Neb
Boodler Trial Ends With Two Year Sentences In Chicago
Chicago verdict convicts all defendants of conspiracy to defraud the county. Jury returns after six hours. seven named men receive two-year sentences while four others are fined one thousand dollars each.
Jury Returns Fines and Prison Terms in Local Trial
The defense sees some acquittals with fines of 1000 dollars for Wren Geils Oliver and McCarthy. Others including Leyden McClaughry Wasserman Varnell Van Pelt and Ochs receive penitentiary sentences. The jury's verdict draws mixed reactions among the spectators and defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geils
Oliver
McCarthy
Leyden
Wren
McClaughrey
Wasserman
Varnell
van Pelt
Ochs
McClaughry
Olver
Casselman
Captain McClaughry
Adam Ochs
Mr. Sulliven
Mr. Grinnell
Civil Service Reform Address by Curtis at Newport
George William Curtis delivered the annual address for the National Civil Service Reform League in Newport. He stressed public sentiment as the driver of reform, cited pressures on the Cleveland administration, and noted partial progress and deep public interest amid partisan disputes. He warned reform requires steady public support and criticized actions in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George William Curtis
National Civil Service Reform League
Newport
R. 1
Lincoln
Cheirly
Democratic Party
Massachusetts
Curtis
Hill
State Civil Service Commission
Cleveland
General Grant
League
Baltimore
Foreign Intelligence Items Board Banished From Montreal Fire
A Montreal fire on the 2d left fifty families homeless. A warrant was sworn for William J. McGarigle on the 2d for conspiracy tied to Chicago police corruption. Reports from Asia describe deadly plagues in Nanking and floods in Chu Chou Fu. Executions near Shanghai and China’s population figures are noted. Paris mourns Xavier Pennster at seventy five. Cholera deaths rise in Chill. Essex Center Ontario endures a wide fire on the 3d. Hon. Allen Francis dies in St Thomas. A quarantine was set by Mediterranean ports on the 4th against cholera in Malta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Can
James Baxter
William J. McGarigle
Chicago
Nanking
China
Chu Chou Fu
Wenchow River
Shanghai
Purisier Xavier Pennster
Paris
Essex Center
Ont
Allen Francis
United States
St. Thomas
Malta
Week in National League standings and assorted incidents
The week end summary lists NL club records led by Detroit at 49 wins, with Chicago 46, Boston 43, New York 44, Philadelphia 40, Washington 40, Pittsburgh 29, and Indianapolis 23. Separate reports note a fatal stabbing in Nashville over two cents, weather impacts on crops across Illinois Indiana Wisconsin, and notable deaths including Axtraeus Harpy of Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Chicago
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Nashville
Tenn
Green Foster
William Ferguson
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Robert M. McLane
United States Minster
France
Axtraeus Harpy
Detroit, Lansing & Northern Railroad
Berwin
Alfred Krupp
Frederick
Essen
Wurrey
London
Hammond
Ind
Indiana Line
Milwaukee
Texas
Macon
Richard Woolfalk
Tom Woolliak
Wellsville
Amos Tern
Utah
Branchville
Frankliy
Lage Betininagy
England
Mexico
United Nes
The New Hawaiiian Constitution in Force Ex-Premier Gibson Escapes
A Port Townsend special reports King Kalakaua signed the new Hawaiian constitution on July 1 after postponing from July 7. The measure limits the monarch to salary and pardons powers. Ex-Premier Gibson reportedly fled Honolulu aboard a bark and is en route to San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibson
San Francisco
Port Townsend
Colusa
Honolulu
Kalakaua
Millbrook Wiped Out by Destructive Windstorm in Kansas
A west-northwest cyclone struck Millbrook Graham County near Solomon valley killing four residents and wounding several others. The storm also ruined homes in Hall City and Plainville as rain and damage swept the area near Sundown yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Millbrook
Graham County
Here
Atchison
Kan
Solomon Valley
Hall City
Plainville
Rock Fall Kills Four in Cascades Tunnel Work
At EllenspurG W T Aug 5 fifty tons of rock collapsed in the eastern Cascades tunnel under construction for the Northern Pacific railway. Four men died John Sullivan aged 25 Andrew Jones and John Myers 35 known as Jimbo and Henry Schmidt German injured later died. Wounded expected to survive. Workers blame contractor carelessness for insufficient timbering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellenspurg
W. T
Cascades
Northern Pacific Railway
John Sullivan
Andrew Jones
Wales
John Myers
Jimbo
Henry Schmidt
Last Revolutionary War Pension Granted to Widow Mary Casey
A Washington dispatch reports Commissioner Black allowed the likely last Revolutionary War pension claim. Mary Casey of Washington Ohio filed for her husband John Casey who served in the Virginia line and died in 1835 at seventy five. The delay was due to a technicality and the claim is now approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Black
Mary Casey
Ohio
John Casey
Virginia
Mary Clark
Miss Josie Holmes Released on Own Recognizance
Miss Josie Holmes exchange clerk of the defunct Fidelity bank was released from jail on her own recognizance after signing a $2,000 bond to appear at the next term. United States District Attorney Burnet said her cooperation and information about the bank justified the release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Josie Holmes
Fidelity Bank
United States
Burnet
Wilson
Dynamite Attempt On Steamer Queen Captured Bomber
At ten oclock yesterday an explosion attempt on the National line steamer Queen failed. A man named Thomas J Mooney fled in a small boat but was captured at police headquarters with the weapon and a large dagger and revolver. He denies ties to the longshoremen strike and no motive is stated. Damage to the ship was trifling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queen
National Line
Thomas J. Mooney
Mooney
Suspected Wife Murderer Shot by a Mob in Arkansas
A mob of about 100 armed men seized Leonard Boyd from Jacksonport jail near Newport on Tuesday. Boyd fought back by grabbing a rifle, fired twice, and was then shot by the mob, who fired over 200 bullets into him as they ran him down. Separately, Rev L G Adkinson, former Moore’s Hill College president, was elected president of New Orleans University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasserman. Geils
A. L. Brown
Newport
Ark
Jacksonport
Leonard Boyd
Boyd
L. G. Adkinson
D. D
Moore's Hill College
Madison
Ind
New Orleans University
Kalakaua's Power and Ex-Premier Gibson in Hawaii Saga
An Aug 8 San Francisco report outlines ex-Premier Gibson's flight after acquittal on treasury robbery charges and Hawaii's evolving constitution. It notes Gibson's claims on a strong but risky constitution, a nobility property gate, and looming elections, with King Kalakaua still nominal ruler.
Notable Coffee County hunter and farmer profile
The Augusta Gazette extols Elijah Youngblood of Coffee County Georgia for killing 906 deer and 240 wildcats while running a farm that yields corn potatoes and bacon. At sixty one he claims any man unable to make a living in the county should not live and notes the hardship of eleven starving families since 1840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijh Youngblood
Coffee County
Augusta
Elijah Youngblood
Tragedy at Milwaukee Steamer Launch Amid Dock Collapse
The steamship W H Wolf launch at Wolf and Davidson yard on August 8 in Minwacker Wisconsin ended in disaster as a timber dock platform collapsed under 80 spectators. A giant wave drenched the crowd and many were swept into the river. Thirty three injured. five dead including Rev Clayton C Smith and Miss Shook. Coroner to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Minwacker
Wis
W. H. Wolf
Wolf & Davidson
Northwestern Fuel Company
Mary
Eddie Zerbel
Charles Warwick
Collin Finnister
John Leissenfeldt
Georgia youth held for murder in wholesale family killings
Thomas G Woolfolk, son of Captain Woolfolk, is held by a coroner's jury in Macon for the alleged murder of his father, stepmother, and five other relatives. Witnesses describe bloodstained scenes and a late night escape from the house as authorities move to determine motive and charge. The case shifts to Atlanta as the suspect denies guilt amid looming lynching threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Macos
R. F. Woolfolk
West
Macon
Atlanta
Fatal Bayswater Fire Kills Five As Warehouse Burns Over Million
A massive blaze at William Whitely's warehouse in Bayswater London destroyed part of the store. Estimated losses exceed $1,000,000 with no full insurance. Three workers and two firemen died when a bridge collapsed. several others injured and multiple bodies recovered from the ruins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpos
William Whitely
Queen's Road
Bayswater
Whitely
Millbrook cyclone destroys seventy nine buildings in Kansas
Millbrook Kansas suffered extensive damage last Thursday as a cyclone demolished seventy nine structures including hotels schools churches stores and homes. losses reach about eight thousand dollars and a relief committee is organized to aid affected families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Millbrook
Kan
Beatitudes Lesson From Sermon On The Mount
The August 14 1887 Sunday school lesson analyzes the Beatitudes from Matthew 5 1 16 with focus on spiritual light and Christian conduct. It notes Jesus preached from a hillside near the Sea of Galilee chose the twelve disciples and spoke of blessedness for the meek poor in spirit and peacemakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Sea of Galilee
Mark
Luke
Wassetz
God
Christ
Sinai
Heaven
Earth
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