Spain and Germany Crisis Dominates European Dispatch
The narrative notes King Alfonso's peril over Caroline Islands demands, German control moves on Yap, and Spain's ultimatum amid fears of war or revolution. It also covers arctic expeditions, Ireland and France election issues, and global economic shifts including US business and labor unrest.
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Alfonso
Spain
Caroline Islands
Caroline Group
Lord Randolph Churchill
Sheffield
Ireland
Prussia
Baltic Sea
Dublin
Walsh
France
Howgate
Eek
Canada
South America
Munster
Germany
Windthorst
Madrid
Yap
Liberal Party
Berlin
Carolines
Senor Canovas del Costello
Senor Segasta
Senor Canovas
Notable Obits and Early 20th Century News Briefs
A mixed bag of items reports personal tragedies monarchic and political notes. It covers a 15 year old daughter attempting suicide, a Virginia man revealed as a brother to a sister and family gender questions, Gwin's death in New York at 80, Mrs. Grant and Jesse Grant sailing to England, Jewett elected president of a railway, Judge Eakin's death in Missouri, Dr Tying's passing, Wall the NY socialite failure, Major Stafford's death at 98, Drum denying policy antagonism, Sims ill health, Upson's death in Coldwater, the President’s return and White House plans, Cleveland visit anticipated, and a horse purchase for 5400 dollars.
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Erie
Lieut. Hanks
United States
Perry
Lawrence R. Paine
Winchester
Virginia
Rebecca Paine
William M. Gwin
California
New York
Sgrtoris J
Jesse R. Grant Sa
England
Grant
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Appomattox
Hugh J. Jewett
Chicago and Atlantic Railway
John R. Eakin
Arkansas Supreme Bench
Marshal
Missouri
Stephen H. Tying
Irvington
N. Y
E. Berry Wall
King of
Aaron Stafford
Oneida County
Drum
Endicott
Genselt
George Robert Sims
Upson
Michigan
Coldwater
Canada money glut as Bank of Montreal holds vast funds
The money market in Canada is glutting. It is estimated the Bank of Montreal alone controls eight to ten million dollars. Cohoes knit goods mills face downturns and the trade outlook is brighter than in years. Knights of Labor petitioned Wabash Railroad General Manager Tallmage at St. Louis on the fourth of the month, delivering their ultimatum demanding rein...
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Canada
Bank of Montreal
Cohoes
N. Y
Knights of Labor
Tallmage
Wabash Railroad
St. Louis
Prohibitionists set meeting in Cedar Rapids for governor candidate
The Town prohibitionists will meet at Cedar Rapids on Sept. 28 to nominate a candidate for Governor. Judge G. W. McKvaine, Republican candidate for the Supreme bench in Ohio, declines to run due to ill health.
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Cedar Rapids
G. W. McKvaine
Supreme Bench
Ohio
Waterways Convention and Horse Challenge Highlight Weekend
W. H. Crawford for J. I. Case matches Phallus against any horse in the world in a Cleveland trotting race. The Waterways Convention at St Paul on Thursday drew Governor Hubbard and ex Governor Bross among others with talks on river and harbor improvements. The meeting adjourned as resolutions urged a $25 million annual river project and support for canals, lighthouses, and snagboats. Socialists in Chicago drew thousands last Sunday, marching to Ogden's Grove for a picnic with bands playing.
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W. H. Crawford
J. I. Case
Phallus
Frances
Harry Wilkes
Cleveland
St. Paul
Hubbard
Minnesota
Bross
Chicago
William Warner
Kansas City
Platt B. Walker
Mr. Chase
Omaha
Ignatius Donnelly
Senator Eustis
Louisiana
Congressman Hatch
Missouri
Hennepin
Murphy
Iowa
Clark E. Carr
Illinois
Mississippi
St. Anthony’s Falls
Cairo
Hennepin Canal
Sault Ste. Marie
Red River
Yellowstone, Fox
Wisconsin
Chippewa
St. Croix
John T. Altgeld
Alleghenies
Frye
New York
Florida Ship Canal
Congress
Ogden’s Grove
Eld
Multiple Disasters Reported From Storms Fires and Shipwrecks
A ferry capsized in the Fox River at Oshkosh Wisconsin drowning six of eleven aboard. A hailstorm in Erie County Pennsylvania destroyed crops and broke windows across the area. A mine shaft collapse in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania killed four miners and injured others. Fires in Philadelphia Arratt's mills and in other cities caused substantial losses including 30 000 75 000 and 225 000. Poisoning from sausage killed one and endangered two in Dover New Hampshire. Other fires and accidents damaged plants and property across several states including Maryland Kentucky and Vermont.
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Fox River
Oshkosh
Wis
Erie County
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Arratt
Shenandoah
Allan Line
Cape Race
San Francisco
Kimball Carringe Company
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad
Cincinnati
Oss
Lynn
Mass
Albany
N. Y
Louisville
Baltimore
Thomas H. Brown
Chicago
Putney
McMillan & Co
Dover
N. H
Standard Oil-Works
National Oil and Naphtha Works
Cleland
American Oil-Works
Tusville
Alabama
Missouri
Alaska
Montana
Arizona
Nebraska
Nevada
Eeateae
Gallornig
Hampshire
New Jersey
Connecticut
New Mexico
New York
Delaware
N. Carolina
Florida
Ohio
Georgia
Oregon
Texas
Utah
Kentucky
Vermont
Maryland
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Wyoming
Berea Conference Rejects Political Candidacy Ban
The Northern Ohio Conference defeated a resolution inhibiting any Methodist preacher from seeking political office, 57 to unknown. Discussion followed as Bishop Merrill argued ministers have no right to engage in politics and a separate resolution declared the Conference not responsible for individual acts. Nearby reports note unrest over three mysterious deaths in St. Joseph Illinois, a tragic case involving Miss Belle Hasty and the Peabody family.
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Northern
Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Berea
Merrill
Chi Dgo
St. Joseph
Illinois
Hiram Peabody
Belle Hasty
Peabody
Silas Peabody
Mr. Peabody
Miss Hasty
Mrs
Disturbing Crime and Executions Across States
The report notes John Lchrum of a Pittsburg-area farm valued at 30 000 hanged himself after losing work and feeling slandered. In Michigan Ypsilanti Professor Al Lodgman survived a suicide attempt by shooting. U S troops moved to Rock Springs Wyoming after Chinese miners were killed. many arrested for murder and arson as 34 bodies found. Chinamen along the Union Pacific were told to leave and join refugees in Evanston. A mob in Tennessee killed street-car driver Polk Mitchell after freeing John Williams from jail. A Washington Arkansas dispatch describes a jailbreak murder plot to burn prisoners alive in Pike County Jail.
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Tallmage
United States
Bradstreet
Sheboygan County
Wis
England
New York
Massachusetts
Jefferson
Clearfield
Pennsylvania
Hungary
Pittsburgh
Utica
Mohawk Valley
Manistee
Michigan
Mahoning Valley
North Carolina
Indiana
State Board of Agriculture
Kankakee
Texas
Pottawattamiees
Iowa
Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Berlin
Chicago
Ogden’s Grove
Indianapolis
Mich
Dundee
Scotland
J. M. Ivy & Co
Rock Hill
8. C
John Lchrum
Pittsburg
al. Lodgman
Ypsilanti
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Unmm Pacific
Lea’ P
Evanston
Calloway
Union Pacific
Charles Williams
Polk Mitchell
Ironyclad
Williams
Washington, Ark
Tamoh
Pike County
Murfreesboro
Polk
Thieves at Nantasket Beach Loot $44000 Jewelry Hidden Safe
Reported mob action at Nantasket Beach Massachusetts where attackers blew open a safe in the Ocean View Hotel and carried away 44000 dollars in jewelry. Hugh McHenry and Howard Pierce arrested in Topeka Kansas on unrelated charges. Mrs Walkup’s poisoning case moves to the district court term after waiving prelim.
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Nantasket Beach
Mass
Ocean View
Hugh McHenry
Howard Pierce
Topeka
Kan
Mrg
Walkup
National Finances Debt Summary From Public Ledger
Recapitulation of the debt statement issued shows the 1st instant totals for interest bearing bonds at 4 percent and other series. Principal and interest figures include Navy pension fund 3 percent, Pacific Railroad bonds, refunding serenae, and total cash in Treasury. The general account lists roughly 492 million dollars in total.
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Sereniae Co
Esas Decsas
Navy Pension Fund
Pacific Railroad
SRA
Aterest
Treasury
Eetsecene Rere
Eeeeseae
Ete Ovene
Apinime T—Ld
Eaveesece
Aes Wees
Sa Peecesaars
Coe Eeneanats
United States
Ceara Ee Weer
Treas Ry
Eeee
Administrative Appointments by Cleveland Era Officials
A Washington telegram reports the Postoffice Department using a full state by state schedule of presidential and fourth class appointments under Mr. Cleveland. Included are details of new offices, with emphasis on the administration's appointment patterns since coming into power.
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Cleveland
Farmer Gilbert McBride Found After Two Days Near Spring
Gilbert McBride, 50, brother-in-law of Samuel R. Finney, disappeared near St. Clairsville. Found semiconscious a few yards from a spring after crawling through fences and surviving on thirst and cold for about two days. Doctors say recovery is expected.
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Gilbert McBride
Samuel R. Finney
St. Clairsville
McBride
Texas Hollow tragedy ends in murder suicide near Ironton
W. E. Booth attempted to kill two women at Texas Hollow near Ironton then killed himself at his father’s house. He had married Alice Montgomery a year earlier against her in laws wishes. After family discord and threats Booth shot at Mrs Montgomery and Mrs Willis, missing the first shot and wounding Mrs Willis slightly, before killing himself with a head wound.
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Texas Hollow
Ironton
W. E. Booth
Alice Montgomery
Booth
Two Swindlers Cheat Wealthy Farmer Near Painesville
John Frank, a well to do farmer near Painesville, was approached by two well dressed men who proposed land speculation. He withdrew 2500 dollars from a bank, joined by a third man who hoped to cash in a lottery ticket. The trio fled with Frank’s pocketbook after the bank visit, the pair giving notes for the amount in a failed ruse.
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John Frank
Painesville
Frank
Death of Akron Farmer in Wagon Accident
John Waltenberger, a wealthy farmer near Akron, died after a wagon wheel ran over him when two colts bolted as he unloaded groceries. He endured ten hours of agony before death. He leaves a wife, a grown son, and a widowed daughter. He was 50. Estate valued at $40,000.
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John Waltenberger
Akron
Rane
Waltenberger
Terrific hailstorm devastates Hendrysburg area
A fierce hailstorm on August 30 struck Hendrysburg and nearby areas with a two mile wide path moving from northwest to southeast. Five minutes of fury shattered northwestFacing windows, blew down the old mill, damaged crops including one third of corn, fruit, and tobacco and produced unusually large hailstones up to ten inches long.
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Hendrysburg
Woman sues for damages over assault in Knox Township
Miss Mima M. Wilson of Hammondsville sues Isaac N. Swickard in Common Pleas Court for 5000 damages claiming a felonious assault on August 4 1885 and dragging her four feet. The case stirs Knox Township as both parties are prominent locals.
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Mima M. Wilson
Hammondsville
Common Pleas Court
Isaac N. Swickard
Miss Wilson
Swickard
Knox Township
Articles of Incorporation Filed for Several Organizations
The Secretary of State records articles of incorporation for The Thomas Paper Company of Middleton with $150,000 capital stock, the Kent Humane Society of Kent, and the Soldiers Monumental Association of Fostoria with ex-Governor Foster among the incorporators.
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Thomas Paper Company
Middleton
Kent Humane Society
Kent
Soldiers” Monumental Association
Fostoria
Foster
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India
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Puritan
Genesta
Atlantic
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Shebpshead Bay
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Milwaukee and Northwestern
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W. T
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Capt
Cheyenne and
Arappahoe Indian Reservation
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Socialist Party
L. Leffinwell
presi+nt
M. Thompson
Risaville
A. F. McClelland
G. Fornaker
W. P. Smith
Parsons
Kansas
Kattowitz
Prussian Silesia
W. C. Rogers Shoe Manufacturing Company
Eeneeas Beerves
Milwaukee
Eesmeaterre
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Louis
Detroit
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Bref Barrie
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Siti
Charity Hospital
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Thomas H. A.jen
Alen
Montgomery
Ala
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Westphalia
Germey
Loar
New Hampshire
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