Jim Younger Dies by Own Hand After James Band History
St Paul reports James Younger formerly of the James gang died by suicide amid despondency over ill health and failed marriage hopes with a Boise woman. He left a farewell letter and letters to a beloved, with relatives opposing the union and a pardon obstacle cited as key.
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St. Paul
James Younger
James
Northfield
Minn
US 76
Younger
Piru
State Board of Pardons
Boise
Ida
Jim
Cole Younger
Farmers Murderous Freak In Mascaine Louisiana
Otto Neimeyer a 60 year old farmer shot himself after a street chase that began with a quarrel with his wife in a crowded Mascaine Louisiana street. Police pursued the pair as she fled the buggy then Neimeyer ended the chase by shooting himself in an alley. No motive is known. the couple reportedly had a happy marriage until the quarrel Saturday.
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Mascaine
Otto Neimeyer
Neimeyer
Richmond Plans City Coal Sales After Low Bid
Richmond Indiana on October 20 authorized a city committee to market coal after reporting it could import Pittsburg and Allegheny coal at 4.82 dollars per ton, more than two dollars cheaper than local dealers. The council gave the go ahead to proceed.
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Richmond
Ind
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Roosevelt rides with daughter amid improving injury
President Roosevelt rode horseback for the first time in weeks, joined by his daughter Ethel and away from the White House for a couple of hours. Doctors report his injured leg no longer troubles him. Duchess Marlborough consults doctor in Vienna about catarrhal affection. a month stay is deemed sufficient for cure.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ethel
White House
Vienna
Get
Isidor Mueller
Duchess of Marlborough
Convention Session Opens In Wilkesbarre For Arbitration Talks
Delegates to the anthracite mine workers convention gathered at the Nesbitt theater in Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania to consider proposed arbitration of the coal strike. The meeting began at 10 a m with delegates arriving amid instructions on the arbitration plan.
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Wilkesbarre
Anthracite Mine Workers’ Convention
Nesbitt Theater
Lincoln signitures mutilated for autographs in Illinois history
Charleston Illinois October 20 examination of old Coles and Edgar county circuit court records reveals papers signed by Abraham Lincoln during his early law practice were cut to remove his autograph. Lincoln signatures fetch high prices. Two strangers attempted to view back files but left after the deputy clerk guarded the records.
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Charleston
Lils
Coles and
Edgar County Elreait
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Ilinois
Troublesome Doukhobors on march toward Yankton
Winnipeg reports a rumor of 1000 Doukhobors marching to Yankton to demand food from authorities. A German merchant cites the claim and notes they camped near Devil's Lake on Thursday night seeking local support. Threats of burning the town if demands fail are alleged.
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Winnipeg
Man
Yankton
Devil's Lake
College Football Scores From Saturday
Saturday results show Yale 1t over Penn State at New Haven and Harvard Cadets 14 to 6 at West Point. Princeton 23 over Washington and Jefferson, Brown 15 over Pennsylvania, Washington 33 over Rose Polytech 0, Cincinnati 6 over Indianapolis 0, Indiana 16 over DePauw 0, Purdue 5 over Champaign 0, Northwestern 12 over Chicago 0, Cornell 6 over Carlisle 10, Notre Dame 27 over Michigan 6, Wabash 22 over Crawfordsville 6.
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Chicago
Get
New Haven
Pennsylvania State
Yale
West Point
Harvard
Cadets
Princeton
Washington and Jefferson
Philadelphia
Brown
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Rose Polytechnie
Washington
Cincinnati-Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Bloomington-Depauw
Indiana
Champalen
Purdue
Ulinois
Northwestern
Ithaca
Carlisle
Cornell
Toledo
Michigan
Notre Dame
Crawfordsyle
Franklin
Wabash
Mail bag stolen on Cleveland and Pittsburg train found
A mail bag containing checks and money orders totaling 50000 dollars stolen en route from Pittsburg to Cleveland was recovered on the river bank near East Liverpool depot. The bag appeared cut open and rifled.
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East Liverpool
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Former Governor Viter Urges Vote For Lorimer in Sixth District
Former Governor Joseph W. Viter spoke to a large crowd at a big tent gathering in Chicago urging voters in William Lorimer's Sixth congressional district to reelect Lorimer to Congress.
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Chicago
Joseph W. Viter
William Lorimer
Sixth
Lorimer
Congress
Kansas City Stallion Oh My Oh Me Dies Suddenly
The lowa bred stallion Oh My Oh Me owned by G B Palmer of Denver died suddenly Saturday after recently turning down a $5,000 offer at Louisville.
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Kansas City
G. B. Palmer
Denver
Louisville
Cairo Nearing End of Cholera Outbreak
London dispatch reports Lord Cromer stating Cairo is practically free from cholera as of the latest telegraph to the foreign office. Det. 20 notes improving health conditions in Egypt's capital.
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London
Det
Lord Cromer
Egypt
Foreign Office
Cairo
Chholera
Pension Bureau Announces Record Leave Case
Washington on October 20 1892 Commissioner Ware posted a striking order rebuking requestors for promotions. The document cites J B Wiggins of Georgia with four years annual leave fourteen days and no sick leave in eight years noting merit excellent and chief support. He will be promoted to a position yet to be specified.
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Washington
Pension Bureau
Wiggins
Georgia
Wirgins
Commissioner orders full bureau list of similar records
The message asks that day from $1,000 to $1,700 and directs the ebinets to furnish the connic stoner with the names of all others in the bureau with a similar record. My deputies, Mr. Davenport and Mr. Kelly, heartily concur. Kh. FF, WARK, 'Commi toner.'
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Davenport
Kelly
Postmaster Whipped by 19 Year Old in Indiana Village
Miss Virginia Dewey, 19, daughter of a New Richmond physician, entered the Crawfordville post office and whipped postmaster J W Tolland when his back was turned. She paid her fine at a justice's office. The act was to avenge alleged advances by Holland of New Richmond. Holland, a married politician, is engaged to a prominent society woman.
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Crawfordville
Ind
Virginia Dewey
Richmond
J. W. Tolland
Holland
Miss Dewey
New Richmond
Chicago man accused of forging check amid bigamy claims
J A Anderson of Lucas Iowa was arrested in Chicago on a nine fifty check forgery charge. Police say he admitted another wife and five children and lived with wife No 2 in Chicago. Wife No 2, who married him in Hudson Indiana, resisted belief in his guilt amid the allegations.
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Chicago
J. 1. Anderson
Lucas
Bri. K. Walton
Oaks
N. C
Anderson No
Anderson
Hudson
Englishman’s plunge fatal after river bet near Salt Fork
A young Englishman leapt from a Santa Fe freight car while crossing the Salt Fork promising momentum would carry him to the bank. He fell short hitting a rock and died instantly. In his pockets investigators found papers indicating he was the Earl of Lonsdale’s nephew.
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Wichita
Kan
Santa Fe
Salt Fork
Earl of Lonsdale
Coal interests plan 30 cent rise in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on Saturday the largest independent coal operators and the Pittsburg coal combine met to address high demand and decided to raise coal prices by 30 cents per ton amid a supply shortage.
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Pittsburg
Pittsburg Coal Combine
Railroad Right of Way Condemnation Allowed
In Toledo Ohio Judge Millard in probate court ruled that one railroad can condemn a right of way through the property of another railroad. In Stillwater Minnesota Granite shaft dedication honors Minnesota's first Swedish settlers with formal services.
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Toledo, C
Millard
Stillwater
Minn
New Scandia
Minnesota
Nationals Beat American Stars In Weekend Baseball Pair
In Omaha on Saturday the Nationals defeated the American Stars 6 to 4 with superior all round play. On Sunday the Nationals again won 7 to nothing over the American Stars.
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Omaha
Nationals
American Stars
Digestive cures promissory Golden Medical Discovery claims
A historical ad-like piece argues that excess eating causes indigestion and promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for dyspepsia and related stomach disorders. It includes testimonials about improved sleep and digestion, warns against inferior substitutes, and mentions Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for cleansing impurities.
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Dr. Pierce
Eight Men Die In Tug Nellie Explosion Near Mound City Ark
An explosion on the tug Nellie, bound from Memphis to Thebes, Ark, near Mound City kills two aboard and fatally injures another, with several more injured. The ship had eleven on board and was under construction work when three boiler flues failed causing a scalding blast. The dead are Joste Til and William Phillips. the seriously injured include Frank HIM and others.
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Memphis
Tenn
Fred Nellis
St. Louis
Mound City
Ark
Mire Joste Til
J. Lewis
William Phillips
Wille Gillem
Tom Manning
Thos, Ledger
Frank Him
Nellie
Plaquemine
Thebes
Ills
Wheeling
W. Va
National Tube Works
Benwood
Willian Anderson
Henry Westenhaver
W. H. Jones
Samuel L. Grady
Arthur Halfpenny
Frank Bartula
W. H. Parke
Ed Carson
Burke
Dozen Injured As Electric Car Collides at Grade Crossing
A dozen or more people were injured when an electric car collided with a freight cut at a grade crossing near East Liverpool. Several severely hurt include Frank Pacey Wellsville Anna Hallam Clarkson Walter Deville East Liverpool Milton J Piper Chester Harry Davidson East Liverpool and Harry B Jackson Chester. The motorman tried brakes but failed as the rear of the freight was struck.
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East Liverpool
Get
Frank Pacey
Wellsville
Anna Hallam
Clarkson
Walter Deville
Milton J. Piper
Chester
Harry Davidson
Harry B. Jackson
Treasury detects new counterfeit ten dollar note
The treasury department found a counterfeit $10 note from the 1901 series. It is a lithographic print on two sheets with silk threads between them. The Clarke and Lewis portraits and the buffalo image are blurred and scratched, and the engraving work is very poor.
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Washington
Treasury Department
United States
Clarke
Lewis
Shaw Speaks at Detroit Aiding Business Leaders
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw received a great ovation at Light Guard armory in Detroit after addressing a Business Men's association meeting. Led by William Livingstone the event drew about 250 prominent local business figures in a night program.
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Detroit
Treasury
Shaw
Light Guard Armory
Business Men's Association
William Livingstone
Detroit meeting opens with Corlies and Shaw address
A political gathering forms in an ante room before moving to the platform as the band plays America. Representative John T. Corlies is introduced as chairman and speaks on local politics and his bid for re election. Secretary Shaw is then introduced, the audience cheers as he speaks, and bankers host him at a reception at the Detroit Eldl.
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Troit
America
Livingstone
John T. Corlies
Shaw
Armory
Detroit
Eldl
Democratic coal plank defended by ex Senator Hill
Ex Senator David B. Hill in Ithaca defends the Democratic plank backing government ownership of coal mines. He says he stands by the plank as the permanent solution while not committing to a timing for government action. The remarks were part of a broader national discussion on the coal strike.
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Ithaca
N. Y
David B. Hill
Death of Mrs. Catherine Hirst in Louisville
Mrs. Catherine BE Hirst former national president of the Ladies of the G A R L died suddenly of heart disease at her Louisville home aged 50. The report notes her leadership in the organization and her passing in this city.
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Louisville
Catherine BE. Hirst
Ladies of the
G. A. RL
Hirst
Fire wipes out PD Wilson furniture factory in Baltimore
Fire destroys much of the five story PD Wilson & Sons furniture plant in Baltimore with losses estimated at $125000. Old war monitors Canonicus Nahant Lehigh Montauk and Jason face sale after condemnation. Police pallbearer Oscar Brown of Chicago dies after being struck by a train minutes after a funeral.
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Pd, Wilson & Sons
Baltimore
Canonicus
Nahant
Lehigh
Montauk
Jason
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Chattanooga
Tenn
Oscar Brown
Chicago
Carpenters’ Union of
Colorado Springs
W. 8. Stratton
R. A. Haleel
John Obl
Roosevelts Order on Political Contributions Quay Case
President Roosevelt issues the executive order based on civil service guidance about political contributions. A circular from the Republican state committee of Pennsylvania signed by M S Quay urged federal officers to donate, then withdrew the letter after concerns about improper solicitation. A separate circular used the treasurer’s signature and faced similar scrutiny.
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Washington, Dct. Co
Roosevelt
Civil Service Contineelon
Mittel
Libhinet
Ccutl Service Commission
Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania
Obie
Pennsylvania
Republican State Committee
M. 8
Quay
Qany
W. RR. Andrews
Senate Committee On
Anmlewa
Senator Quay
Andrews
Republican State Executive Committee
Hon
Chan
Congress
Oho
Circulars Prohibited by Civil Service Act Declared Unlawful
The Roosevelt White House statement from October 18 1902 warns federal officials against soliciting or receiving political contributions. It cites section 11 of the Civil Service Act barring officials and employees from any political solicitation. The note directs strict obedience to the act and permits discretionary contributions by individuals.
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Executive
Civil Service Act
Congress
United States
Naval Service
Treasury
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Beresford sails from New York for home
Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford has sailed from New York for home. Nine petrified bodies found in the cemetery at Mount Vernon New York Infant Asylum are described as white marble and solid as rock. Philip Nesdal a American mine owner at Navidad Mexico has been murdered presumably by matters.
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C. B
New York
Home
New York Infant Asylum
Mount Vernon
N. Y
Philip Nesdal
United
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