Morning News Roundup of Distracting Local and National Items
This morning's notes include the robbery of poet banker E C Stedman by a colored burglar, outbreaks of mosquitoes across major league cities, Captain Morrison's seizure tale from the schooner Annie W Hodgdon, crops in Worcester county, labor shifts in Pittsburg and Beverly, a large judgment for Samuel G Snelling's estate, a New Hampshire railroad hearing debate, postponed races at Franklin Park, Mrs Cleveland visiting Marion, burglar arrests in Arlington, Wright and Ditson's tennis tour, the largest vessel launched at Wilmington, rain delays on Fitchburg railroad, a Miller's Falls washout, Buckner's Kentucky majority forecast, and Gentiles gaining Utah legislature seats.
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E. C. Stedman
New York
Bostons
New Yorks
Detroits
Chicagos
New Haven
Morrison
Annie W. Hodgdon
Gloucester
Worcester County
Pittsburg
Knights of Labor
Plumbers’ Union
Illinois
Indiana
Tennessee
New York Republican
Saratoga
Black Diamond Steel Works
Penn
William R. Pattangall
Lynn
Beverly
Samuel G. Snelling
Lowell
New Hampshire
Stilson Hutchings
Washington Post
Hazen
Franklin Park
Saugus
Books Must Be Opened In Star Chamber Debate
San Francisco August 2 The Pacific railroad commission resumes examination of Mr. Stanford who argues that government aid and first mortgage bonds fall short to build the Central Pacific railroad. He lists company resources totaling 46 062 000 with 41 485 000 from bonds. He asserts county aid did not concern CP and refuses full book disclosure. The chairman warns against star chamber style inquiry and a court petition seeks production of the books. The hearing continues tomorrow.
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San Francisco
Stanford
Pacific Railroad Commission
Central Pacific Company
Central and Western Pacific Companies
Ogden
Yuba
Sonoma
San Mateo
Los Angeles
San Joaquin
Central Pacific
Commission
Central Pacific Railroad
Pattison
Star Chamber
United States Court
Civil Service Reform Gossip From the Capital
Washington August 1 The president has not yet named a successor to Mr Briggs as Boston port appraiser. Rumors point to Mr Kittridge, with no promise given. Treasury action and Maynard statements indicate no recommendations yet. Also notes on bank chartered at Waterbury and land office grants in Wisconsin.
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Washinctton
Sprcrap
Presidnt
Briggs
Boston
Lamont
Kittridge
Treasury Department
Maynard
Post
Department
Fishery troubles prompt Canadian glare at Gloucester schooners
The Gloucester schooners Argonaut and Colonel J. H. French face possible arrest if they pass through the Straits of Canso after sei ne boats were seized at Souris. Captain P. A. Scott answered Admiral Luce’s six questions on fishery rules, with details on ports for provisions, entry and clearance, repairs, and cruiser authority. The exchange leaves Luce unsatisfied.
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Haufax
N. S
J. H. French
Souris
Straits of
Canso
P. A. Scott
Luce
United States Navy
Richmond
Scott
Canadian Fishery Protection Service
Bay of Chaleur
Gaspe Bay
Port Daniel
Miscou
Paspebiae
Gaspe
Magdalen Islands
United States
Magdalens
Dominion
Admiral Luce
River and Harbor Improvements Across Maine and New Hampshire
Major J A Smith reports on river and harbor works in Maine and New Hampshire, noting spring freshets slowed progress and detailing bids and needed funds for projects from Moosenbee bar to Saco and Penobscot bays. The summaries cover dredging, breakwaters, channel widening to 300 feet, depths up to 11 feet, and total appropriations with next-year requests.
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Washington
Sixer Au
J. A. Smith
Maine
New Hampshire
Major Smith
Moosenbee Bar
Narraguagsus River
Long Point
Wickett’s Point
Saco River
Sharp’s Ledge
Penobscot River
Bangor
Crosby’s Narrows
Portland
Gulf Wharf
Beach Cove
Rockland Harbor
Jameson’s Point
South Ledge
York Harbor
Belfast
Lubec
Foreign notes and parliamentary clashes in early Europe
In the House of Commons sharp exchanges occur between Mr. Dillon and Conservative members while Liberal Sir George Otto Trevelyan returns to Parliament from Glasgow Bridgeton. France seeks Egyptian settlement per powers wishes. Dublin honors Patrick Collins and William O'Brien. US Admiral Luce probes Captain Scott on treaty stipulations. Canadian fishing seizure tensions rise as land bill advances. MacGarigle the Chicago boodler is said to hide in St. Catharines Ontario.
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House of Commons
Dillon
George Otto Trevelyan
Bridgeton
Glasgow
General Boulanger
M. Ferry
M. Flourens
Foreign Affairs
France
Dublin
Patrick A. Collins
William O’brien
Admiral Luce
United States Navy
Scott
Canadian Fishery Protective Service
MacGarigle
Chicago
ANOTHER BIG VICTORY IN GLASGOW ELECTION REPORT
Lively Glasgow Bridgeton division vote fills the seat vacated by E R Russell Liberal. Sir George Otto Trevelyan wins 4654 to Evelyn Ashley 3353. Victory shocks Unionists, signals Irish question shift, with Trevelyan vowing conciliation and potential Liberal Unionist realignment. Paris shows Boulanger Ferry duel dispute with conflicting duel terms and libel action planned.
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Carlton
National Liberal
The
Reform
Glasgow
Mr. Gladstone
Bright
Chamberlain
Lord [Artington
Sir William Vernon Harcourt
Trish National League
Ireland
National League
Gladstone
Chary
Ulster
Boulanger
General Boulanger
M. Ferry
Loulanger
Baron Lareiity
Weather and city notes mix in busy day
Local showers and higher temperatures set the tone for the day. Postmaster Corse vows improved mail service to New York. St Johns Guild fair opens at Casino Ocean Spray. Police identify James Sullivan linked to street theft at Tremont. Randolph Libby’s pawn shop robbed. Theodore Oilswang suspected. Hanover street extension boosts property values. Providence railroad wreck probed by railroad commissioners. Henry Dowdell fined for conflict with son. Signal boxes planned for Back Bay. John H Rogers, Beacon Street merchant, dies. Thirty nine join the bar. Old South lectures begin with Professor Hosmer as first lecturer. Colored veterans form group and honor Governor Andrew at Hingham. ex-Gov Long speaks. West End securities fall as bears push prices down.
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Corse
New York
St. John’s Guild
Ocean Spray
James Sullivan
Tremont
Randolph Libby
Portland Street
Theodore Oilswang
Hanover Street
Providence
Dedham
Henry L. Dowdell
Everett
Back Bay
John H. Rogers
Beacon Street
Hosmer
Andrew
Hingham
Long
West End Land Securities
Bears
Fires destroy stores and homes across several towns
In SnowHEGAN Missouri fire gutted A. L. Wells & Co. furniture, C. B. Whiting hardware, and a dwelling of Augustus Wetherell with only partial stock saved. Loss about 11000 with 8000 insured. Nearby, a jewelry shop at Favoy street owned by the Eliot Congregational Society suffered 300 on the building and 200 on furniture. Montreau reports widespread blaze along streets burning wooden blocks leaving fifty families homeless. damages around 100000. In Uni Illinois James Bell’s planning mill and lumber yard burned, losses estimated 40000 with 15000 insured.
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Snowhegan
Norridgewock
A. L. Wells & Co
C. B. Whiting
Augustus Wetherell
Lowen
Favoy Street
Eliot Congregational Society
W. G. Eaton
Montreau
St. Dominique
Napoleon
St. Jean Baptiste
St. Hypolite
St. Lawrence Street
Uni, Iil
James Bell
Canadian Concessions Urged After Seizures
New York Herald Ottawa special reports an important cabinet meeting at Dalhousie about recent seizures of American fishing craft. Attendees include Sir John Macdonald Foster Sir Hector Langevin and Sir Adolph Caron. British government urged Canada to make concessions to preserve friendly ties with the United States.
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New York
the Herald
Ottawa
Dalhousie
John Macdonald
Mr. Foster
Hector Langevin
Adolph Caron
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Salesman arraigned for $12,000 theft at Le Boutillier Bros
Daniel Desmond of Le Boutillier Bros. New York was arraigned yesterday on charges of stealing from his employers. He allegedly took about $12,000 over a year and was remanded in custody.
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Daniel Desmond
le Boutillier Bros
New York City
Hoe
Irish quarrel clouds Commons as Dillon denounces false charges
In London the House of Commons erupts over an alleged Belfast school incident. Mr Dillon rejects a provincial paper claim that Irish members laughed at a daughter of Lord Sligo’s agent being stoned, demanding withdrawal. Debate shifts to land bill clauses and new government measures on leases and undue influence.
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London
House of Commons
Dillon
Lord Sligo
Belfast
Aries
Mr. Halsey
Maclean
Oldham
Mr. Webster
Mr. Price
Mr. Dillon
Tome
House
Dillion
Balfour
Dublin Honors General Collins for Free City Honor
The Lord Mayor awarded the freedom of Dublin to Hon. Patrick A. Collins of Boston, a representative of millions of Irish exiles. Collins pledged that Irish Americans would not abandon Ireland’s cause, and noted his luggage search and a detective escort during his travels, saying he did not care about government treatment.
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General Collins
Dent
Dublin
Patrick A. Collins
Boston
Mass
Colling
America
Ireland
Egypt convention criticized by French foreign minister
Paris Aug 2 M Flourens minister of foreign affairs issued a circular to foreign agents on the Egyptian convention. He notes two flaws the surrender of part of the sultans suzerainty to a Christian power and no fixed date for British evacuation. He says renewed negotiations could overcome these issues and hopes Lord Salisbury understands French sentiment for a settlement acceptable to all powers.
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Paris
M. Flourens
England
Egypt
Tie
Lord Salisbury
France
Mackenzie Wins International Chess Prize
In Frankfort on August date Captain Mackenzie of New York secured the first prize in the international chess tournament. Blackburne and Weiss shared second and third prizes, while Bordeleben took the fourth prize.
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MacKenzie
Frankxfort
Aug
New York
Blackburne
Weiss
Bordeleben
National League Meeting Hears of American Support
The first National League meeting since the coercion act began was held in Dupuy on August 2. Receipts from America since the last meeting totaled £5200. The Lord Mayor vowed the league would continue its fight if reclaimed, and Patrick A. Collins spoke, assuring attendees of American sympathy.
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National League
Dupuy
America
Patrick A. Collins
European and world briefings mix racial, imperial tensions
London reports Bubear will travel to England to train for Gaudaur’s challenge to the English championship. Emin Bey writes from Wadelai that he plans to start for Kabaregas country. Chang La Jen and Mr Curry prepare to sail to New York aboard the Etruria. In Glasgow the Foresters court softens a ban on black members, while in Samarcand a czarist proclamation pledges noninterference with Turkomans and Uzbeks if Russia gains free troop passage. Other notes reference Moslem loyalty and potential rebellion in Bokhara.
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London
Bubear
Itis
England
Gaudaur
Australia
Emin Bey
Wadelai
Kabaregas
Chang la Jen
United States
Curry
Spain
Etruria
New York
Glascow
High Court of Foresters
Bompay
Ameer
Bokhara
Russia
Samarcand
Is Sa
Damage by Rain Delays Fitchburg Rail Line West of Know Nothing
Severe Aug 2 rain causes a landslide on eastbound Fitchburg road near Erving washouts. Trestle damage endangers crossing, forcing blockade east of this point and at East Deerfield. Express train held. repairs and section work under way with multiple washouts and slides reported.
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Fitchburg Road
Erving
Fitchburg
Greenfield
Emery
East Deerfield
Ewing
Justin
Erving Bridge
Largest US steam barge launched in Wilmington
The steam barge John W. Garrett, 366 feet long and 76 feet wide, was launched in Wilmington today. Built for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, she is described as the largest vessel yet constructed in the country.
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Wilmington
Del
John W. Garrett
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
Chicago boodler McGarigle arrives in Canada
McGarigle, the Chicago boodler, reached St. Catharines Ontario today by Grand Trunk Railway and is believed to be hiding at the St. John House. Police expect to arrest him on an alleged conspiracy charge once papers from Montreal arrive, with reporters and detectives barred from the hotel.
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Catharines
Ont
Chicago
Boodler
McGarigle
Grand ‘Trunk Railway
St. John House
Montreal
Gentiles win council seats in LA election
In Lake City on August 2 election returns are incomplete but Gentiles secure two or three council seats and perhaps three or four seats in the lower house of the Legislature. They call the results a notable victory, the best they have achieved.
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Sapr
Republican State convention set for Saratoga on Sept. 14
The Republican State committee met in Saratoga this morning and fixed the convention for September 14 in Saratoga, New York. The choice establishes the venue and date for the party gathering.
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New York
Saratoga
N. Y
Republican State Committee
Republican editors meet at Congress Hall in Saratoga
About one hundred Republican editors from New York papers gathered at Congress Hall Saratoga Aug 2 to form a permanent organization. President Ellisne Roberts outlined aims not for offices but for mutual wisdom through交流 with fellow editors as they discuss state committee plans and broader party aims.
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Saratoga
Congress Hall
J. M. Francis
Troy Times
Fitch
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Smith
Syracuse Journal
Ellisne Roberts
William Smith
H. A. Bruner
Roberts
General Grant
Southwick
Albany Express
Sletcher
Albany Journal
Bruner
Orleans American
Geo. W. Peck
Auburn
O. G. Warren
Buffalo Commercial
J. W. Green
Buffalo Express
Mansfield
Cohoes News
Bunnel
Dansville Advertiser
E. L. Adams
Elmira Advertiser
Kentucky election returns in Lexington Aug results
Election returns in Lexington Kentucky show Buckner ahead by about 20 000 to 30 000 votes with little change from recent years. Sixty four of the one hundred legislative districts elect the next assembly with forty nine Democrats thirteen Republicans one Labor and one Prohibitionist. Democrats expected to hold about ninety majority.
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Lexincton
Buckner
Weather Indications for New England States
Washington reports a 24 hour outlook starting Aug 3 with Maine New Hampshire and Vermont seeing fair skies and mild changes in temperature. Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut face local showers then clearing with easterly winds shifting to southerly and a small temperature rise. Eastern New York expected fair weather with winds turning to the south and slight warmth. Observatory notes Southeastern New England to have rain.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Thode Island
Connecticut
New York
Portsmouth NH Municipal Election Gives Democrats Full City Victory
The August 2 municipal election in Ports- mouth New Hampshire produced a unanimous Democratic control of city government. George E. Hodgdon won the mayorship over Rep. John Knowlton by 1046 to 21.
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Salt
Ports- Remouth
N. H
Partamouth
Democrate
George E. Hodgdon
John Knowlton
Meteorological record of yesterday across stations
Yesterday’s weather summary reports simultaneous observations at all stations up to 10 p m. Data covers temperature, humidity, wind and barometric pressure readings taken at the same moment across locations. Details list figures for each station, noting any notable deviations or patterns from prior days.
Fishing very poor in Straits of Canso area
Hautrax Nova Scotia August 2 three American fishing schooners and one provincial fisherman arrived in the Straits of Canso with wretched mackerel fares after four to six weeks at sea. They reported seeing the American war ship Yantic off East Point P. E. I and that a large fleet of American schooners was boarded by her officers.
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Hautrax
N.S
Straits of
Canso
North Bay
East Point
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General News
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Fourth National Bank of
Waterbury
Conn
Charles W. Field
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Secretary of the Interior
Commissioner Sparks
General Land Office
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Minneapolis & Omaha
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Long Bridge
Foote
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District of Columbia
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League
Potts
R. I
SrverAu
Civil Service
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Everett P. Wheeler
William Potts
Dorman B. Eaton
Charles Collins
Carl Schurz
W. W. Vaughan
Arthur T Hobart
M. W. Wyman, Jr
Buffalo
William F. Kip
T. W. Graves
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John C. Rose
St. Louis
Henry Hitchcock
Philadelphia
W. W. Montgomery
Madison
Wis
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Ind
W. D. Faulke
Geneva
Sherman. Rogers
William D. Faulke
Indianapolis
J. Bursley
Rose
Maryland
Baltimore Association
Committee On
Annual Reports OF
United States Engineers
Collins
the United Ireland
Tiewins & Iiolis, Outfitters
Hamilton Place
Fitchburg Railroad
Miller’s Falls
Mgarigle
Utah
Republican Editors
Ellis H. Roberts
Kentucky
Kner
Blur Hint
New England
NAL Service
U.S. A
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