Bitter Senate Debate on Southern Condition and Yellow Fever Aid
The week in Congress featured a bitter Senate clash over Southern society, election outrages, and infectious disease prevention. House actions included approving conferees’ report on sundry civil appropriations and hearings on railway service, with further bills debated and some passed.The week closed with Senate tariff discussion, Benet circular debate, and House relief for Talapus wreck survivors.
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South
House
Fignti
Stallith
Foreign Relations Committee
Aly. Male
Gen. Benet
United States
Hale
Indianapolis Journal
Secretary of the Treasury
Brooklyn
Sowden
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Industrial Christian Home of
Utah
Ar. Hale
Washington
Ali. Allison
Tragic Farm Murder as Girl Shot in Indiana Home
A farmer in Vy Indiana reports a deadly shooting at his farmhouse near Valparaiso. An unknown robber fired a gun from a kneeling position, killing his young daughter Dessa as she stood with her siblings in the sitting room. The weapon was found intact, one barrel discharged. a robbery motive is suspected but no suspect identified.
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Joseph Wilson
Ind
Niles
Valparaiso
Wilson
Lev
Dessa
A Young Murderess In Chicago Poison Plot
A thirteen year old girl Ninnie Hatzenbergz and neighbor Mrs Elizaveth Snyder were arrested for poisoning her mother brother and two sisters with rat poison in Chicago on October 4. The girl claimed Mrs Snyder urged her to act and the teah was poisoned during dinner. The brother and two sisters survived after antidotes were administered. the girl remains seriously ill. Mrs Snyder denies involvement.
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Chcaco
Ninnie Hatzenbergz
Elizaveth Snyder
Twters
Minnie
Actis
Uatacubery
All Chinese Certificates Void
The secretary of the treasury notified port collectors by telegraph that the Chinese exclusion bill has passed and outlines its provisions. It declares that no certificate of identity shall be issued henceforth and that previously issued certificates are void and of no effect. A circular to customs collectors sent with the bill directs strict enforcement.
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Wasuixerox
D. C
Treasury
San Francisco
Collectors of Customs
Lake Michigan storm sinks St. Clair crew and rescues
A severe Lake Michigan gale capsized the barge St. Clair off Port Sanilac. Four men and one woman drowned despite lifesaving attempts. two others, Maurice McKenna and John Rose, were rescued. Capt. C. H. Jones and other crew members were named among the lost.
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Port Saxinac
Mich
Lake Michigan
Sand Beach
St. Clair
C. H. Jones
Bay Ity
Henry Anderson
Australia
McFarlane
Cleveland
Louis Fintan
Bay City
Julia Greawreath
Schewaing
Cook
Maurice McKenna
John Rose
Detroit
Plough
Hearbor
Port Sanilac
Tno
Duluth
Minn
James A Walker
Kingston
Regina
Isle Royal
Walker
Brandon
Jennie
Toclock
Engle John Dodds
Twenty Three Drowned In Ship Collision Off Pernambuco
The Earl Femyss sinking after a collision with the Ardenchapel off Pernambuco on Aug. 26 caused the loss of the wife of Captain Calquhoun, three children, and nineteen crew members. Survivors were picked up by the Creadmore. The Ardenchapel went to Fernando Noronha for repairs.
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Pernambuco
Earl Femyss
San Francisco
Cowo
Archapel
Liverpool
Alvaita
Earl Wemyss
Calquhoun
Ardenchapel
Wemyss
Creadmore
Manilla
New York
Arden Chapel
Fernando Noronha
Desperado and Murderer Bill Jacobs Captured Near Pearsall
Texas officials arrest noted desperado and train robber Bill Jacobs after a year on the run. Sheriff Dougherty Dan Lewis and Charles Everett trapped him at a wayside shanty ten miles south of Pearsall, then moved him to Austin. Jacobs faced charges for Deputy Sheriff Lee Pool’s Milam County murder and the Pearsall killing, with a bounty potentially paid.
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Bill Jacobs
Texas
Sherriff
Aust
Tex
W. €. Dougherty
Frie County
Dan Lewis
Bexar County
Chles Everett
Milam County
Frank Rhodes
Pearsall
Jacobs
Lawyer Who Has Skipped and a Murder Mystery
New York October 2 Jonas H Goodman a Broadway lawyer once trusted with estates has vanished from the city amid rumors of a $40000 discrepancy and racing losses He is about 40 a Albany Law School graduate with a once solid practice Smothered to Death Jacksonville Fla Oct 2 A M Beston s saloon burned and a Brown room sleeper smothered by smoke Murderer Chase Sentenced Portland Me Oct 2 Edward W Chase convicted and sentenced to life for the murder of Ida W Stevens
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New Yoas
Jonas H. Goodman
Broadway
Albany Law School
Tacksonville
Fla
Bebston
Tinuer
Brown
Chase
Portland
Edward W. Chase
Ida W. Stevens
City Night Toilers Newspaper Workers At Night In Chicago
A survey details Chicago night labor across newspapers bakers telegraph offices and related trades. Printers editors and reporters operate from sunset to sunrise, with about a thousand workers across five morning papers. Bakers number around 700. telegraph operators total about 250, many young men, some veterans. The piece notes sobriety reforms among printers, the pay advantages for bakers, and diverse night work from cabbies to watchmen and hotel clerks.
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Chicago
Hve
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Offices
New York
Lave
Pinkerton
Chicago Tribune
Going Through Life Kindness as the Guiding Recipe
A reflective note urges treating all people with consistent kindness regardless of wealth or status, portraying compassion as the essential approach to living well. The piece emphasizes universal empathy as a practical ethic for daily interactions.
Spotters and Conductors The Difference Between Eastern and Western Roads
A New Scheme contrasts spotters and conductors on eastern versus western railroads. It covers pay, job stability, access to tickets, and how conductor honesty or dishonesty varies by region, including methods to combat ticket theft and the progression of spotter careers. It notes risks for commuters and the use of cash fares and ticket tearing rules.
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Lecome
Harlem
New Hevon
Jersey
New York Sun
Pennsylvania Dutch Language Lies Deep In The Susquehanna Valley
A Boston Transcript excerpt describes Amish like life near Philadelphia in Pennsylvania as echoing early German rural culture. It notes a Dutch patois linked to Pfalzisch, with remnants of old German words and strong conservatism in daily life and religious books printed for generations.
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Pennsylvania
America
Ivania
Phila
Germany
Philadelphia
Europe
Dr. Baneroun
Dr. H. Harbaugh
Aiman
Boston Transcript
Unified Rifle and Machine Gun Concept for Armies
A London Car New York Timel article argues for simple uniform arms and ammunition. It warns against packing varied ammunition into positions as it weakens defenses and complicates transport. It calls for a practical machine to produce uniform lead and a rifle to fire it.
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Lumby
London
New York
Art of Selling Goods and the Conscience of Drumming
An excerpt from a Chicago News piece on selling goods outlines the secret of salesmanship. It emphasizes a born talent, strong digestion of an ostrich, and keen physiognomy to size up buyers. It advises tailoring approach to each person, studying target customers, and holding on firmly until a sale is made.
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D. D. Murchison
Victor Hugo
Bush
Chicago News
The Future of Armies and Military Training
Lord Wolseley argues that future warfare may favor small, highly trained standing forces over large masses. History shows that celebrated generals came from West Point educated soldiers, and deep study of military arts transforms natural talent into successful command.
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Jomini
C . Hannibal Perenne
Starsborough
Frederick the Great
Napoleon
Lee
Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Sherman
McClellan
Sheridan
Longstree
The Course of a Convict as Described by a Warden
A Brooklyn Eagle account outlines the convict intake process from sentencing to assignment. Prisoners answer basic questions, are searched, valuables stored, and issued prison clothing. After bathing, shaving, and fumigation of worn garments, they are cautioned on rules and sent to their cells, then put to work the next day.
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Brooklyn Eagie
Maddening to the Drill Master
A Chicago Herald piece condemns foot scuffs and heel clicks during drill as intolerable to disciplined officers. It argues soldiers must march erect with cleanly lifted feet, since any lapse provokes anger and undermines military bearing.
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Chicago Herald
Portrait Painter JAS CABLE W A Greaves Studio Ad
W A Greaves offers made to order frames and portrait painting services at his studio in Hall block near the Episcopal church.
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Ball & Thompson
Ovice
Beatty Block
Davis & Co
D. I. Ball
Notare Public
D.T Ball
Binsmior & Cable
Orice Water Street
Scofield
Hunter «<& Son
CHAS
Dinswoor
W. A. Greaves
Hall Block
Episcopal Church
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