Yachting Winners Dominate Brenton's Reef Race and Club Events
In New York notices, the Volunteer topped the Puritan with the Sachem beating all schooners at Brenton's Reef. The Newport and Boston circuits record a sharp mix of civic and industrial news from a public reception for Mrs. Cleveland to a disputed Albany Argus leadership and sugar market jitters.
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Brenton
New York
Sachem
Ill
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Thomas A.edison
Colorow
White River
Meeker
Edwards Mill
Augusta
Brooklyn
Dan Lamont
Manning
Albany Argus
Hawaii
People’s National Bank
Waterville
Riddleberger
Woodstock
Science Association
Lucien Howe
Buffalo
New Yorks
Chicagos
Philadelphias
Pittsburgh
Civil Service
Chicago Civil Service League
General Whipple
Burns
Lamar
National Croquet Association
Norwich
Crowell
Phoenix Insurance Company
Newport & Boston Rapid Transit Company
Miss Robins
Cape Ann
Gladstonian Victory in Norwich Division Election
The Norwich division of Cheshire results show J. T. Brunner, Gladstonian, 5112 votes against Lord Henry Grosvenor, Liberal Unionist, 1985. The win marks a Libite gain over Conservatives and dis sidents, with Brunner praising Gladstone and Ireland.
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London
Norwich
Cheshire
R. Verdin
J. T. Brunner
Branner
J.J. Branner
Gladstone
Ireland
Dupin
National League
Frederick Tudor Assigns to William H. Klenke
Frederick Tudor the steam heating equipment maker of 22 East Twenty fourth street assigned his interests to William H. Klenke. Tudor faced creditor pressure with assets listed at 1 590 870 and liabilities 112 119. He helped install systems in prominent buildings including the New York State Capitol Albany and the Metropolitan Opera House.
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New York
Frederick Tudor
East Twenty-fourth Street
William H. Klenke
F. Tudor
Boston
Nahant Land Company
Nahant
Tudor
State Capitol
Albany
Metropolitan Opera House
Navarro Flats
Chicago
Pittsburg
Seizure of American Ship Bridgewater Sparks Diplomatic Complaint
The Bridgewater, a 1462 ton American vessel from New York, seized at Shelburne Nova Scotia for alleged non entry and duty payment after repairs. owner disputes the action claiming adequate repairs, low sale price, and argues Canadian authorities violated international law and comity.
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Haureux
N. S
Bridgewater
Shelburne
United States
Yarmouth
New York
St. John
N. B
Penarth
Custom House
Atwood
Weather forecast for New England states and nearby areas
Indicates 24 hour outlook starting Aug 16 with fair weather across Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Vermont Rhode Island and Connecticut. Winds become variable with slight temperature changes. Eastern New York sees showers then clearing. Bulls Hint Observatory notes light rain in southeastern New England followed by clearing.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Bulls Hint Observatory
New England
Observer's Office Signal Service Boston August 15 1887
An item from the Observer's Office Signal Service in Boston dated August 15 1887. The brief notes routine weather or atmospheric observations typical of telegraphic dispatches from the era.
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Observer’s Office
Signal Service
Boston
Meteorological Record of Yesterday Across Stations
Observations compiled from multiple stations up to 10 p m noting synchronized readings. The record compares conditions such as temperature, humidity, wind, and barometric pressure across locations to show regional weather patterns.
Steamers Arrived At Several Ports With Various Origins
A list of steamers arriving or off port from August 14 to August 18 including ships like Llandaff City from New York at Bristol and Palestine from Boston at Liverpool. Other entries note routes such as Zaandam Amsterdam to New York and California New Orleans to Liverpool, with several vessels reported at Glasgow, St Johns PA, Vera Cruz, and Baltimore.
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Bristol
Llandaff City
New York
Dover
Leerdam
Rotterdam
Zaandam
Amsterdam
Canada
London
Kinsale
Californian
New Orleans
Liverpool
Palestine
Boston
Indiana
Philadelphia
Glasgow
State of Pennsylvania
St Kitts
Muriel
Hamburg
Lessing
Martin River
Montreal
St Johns
River Garry
New
Lord Clive
Benisaf
Rossini
Bilbao
Maritime arrivals and arrivals and police arrest report
Incoming ships include Lucy P. Miller from Bangor J Fuller from Liverpool Hooper from Pascagoula Sawyer and Dubasque from Bangor Lucy Jones from Rockland Jerry from Salem Crockford from Fall River Runouter from Elias John Fletcher Sprague Forthington Brooks from Nantucket Simmon Woods Hall Kee from Rockport Barks Lamar sails to Cape Town Ada V Gould to Port Spain Police arrest James Greeley in Lawrence for stealing a team in Merrimac Sunday morning.
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New York
Lucy P. Miler
Bangor
J. Fuller
Liverpool
Hooper
Pascagoula
Woods Hall
William C. Kee
Rockport
Steamship Forwarts
Bremen
Barks Lamar
Cape Town
Ada V P. Gould
Port Spain
British Warship Wrangler Arrives at Halifax
Dispatches report the British man of war Wrangler has reached Halifax. In other news the British government resists subsidizing the Canadian Pacific cable project. Reports from Zanzibar claim Emin Pasha was informed of Stanley's expedition near the end of May. A large fire devastated hundreds of Scutari houses. Branner wins Norwich Cheshire seat for the Gladstonian party. King Leopold unveils Breydel and DeConinck statues at Bruges.
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Halifax
Zanzibar
Emin Pasha
Stanley
Emin
Scutari
Gladstonians
J.T. Branner
Norwich
Cheshire
Leopold
Breydel and
DeConinck
Bruges
Weather and City Actions Reported in Brief
Fair weather prevails with Mayor O'Brien filing another protest letter against unwarrantable street excavations. Shields and Carroll won a contract for Harvard bridge foundations at 122320 dollars. Five fishermen and families evicted on Long Island. Will of Alpheus Hardy probated with cash and bonds valued at 7000 found in a South Cove beggar's lodgings. The Boot and Shoe Travellers League held its annual outing at the Point of Pines. Stock market remains strong but dull with no notable features. Boston banks report higher reserve surpluses.
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O’brien
Shields
Carroll
Harvard
Long Island
Alpheus Hardy
South Cove
Boot and Shoe Travellers’ League
Point of Pines
Boston
Fires Reported at Charlestown and Washington Street
A one story wooden building at 434 Main street Charlestown owned by L F Hall and used by Anna Coe as a bottling establishment burned last evening at 9 27 causing $1000 damage to structure and stock. Engine 238 crews extinguished a small blaze at C S Johnson's grocery 1787 Washington street started by a boy breaking a lamp.
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Main Street
Charlestown
L. F. Hall
Anna Coe
C. S. Johnson
Washington Street
Fire alarms and blazes across towns on August fifteenth
Reports from Maupen Skowhegan BropeForp Allentown Hype Patin Drexter describe fires at a baize factory barn farm houses and cement works. Losses range from several hundred to fifty thousand dollars with varied insurance coverage.
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Maupen
Irving Street
Nathan Newhall
Henry F. Campbell
Campbell Electric Wire Covering Company
Skowhegan
Solomon Reynolds
Norridgewock
BropeForp
Alpheus Dyer
Dayton
Allentown
Penn
United States Cement Company
Whitehall
Riddleberger Back In Jail In Virginia
The excitement over Senator Riddleberger's imprisonment and rescue has faded as the court adjourned until today and the Senator returned to jail.
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Wixchester
Riddleberger
Professor Baird Returns to Fish Commission Building
Woop's Hott Aug. 15. Professor S. F. Baird, arriving in June in poor health, is now able to be around the Fish Commission building and attend to duties.
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Woop
Statues Unveiled at Bruges in King Leopold Address
King Leopold unveiled statues of Breydel and De Coninek in Bruges. In a long oration the King praised their patriotism and urged vigilance as modern political oscillations grow stronger and wars more terrible. Those surprised by war are lost.
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Bruges
Brussels
Leopold
Breydel
DeConinek
Fire Devastates Scutari City Opposite Constantinople
A great conflagration rages at Scutari with hundreds of houses destroyed and two churches burned. A high wind feeds the blaze as one thousand houses and two churches fall to ashes. Two women and a child die. thousands become homeless. The Sultan donates £3000 for relief and forms a relief committee.
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Scutari
Constantinople
Messengers Reach Emin Pasha During Stanley Expedition
The May arrival of Emin Pasha messengers is reported after delays caused by King Kassiki and King Mwanga. Emin was in the Umijaro district early May en route to Lake Mutanzige via the Kakibbi River and was in good health.
Sultan Recognizes Ferdinand in Election but Withhold Consent
Trexova August 15 M Vulkovitch reports from Constantinople that the Sultan acknowledges Prince Ferdinand's election but will keep his stance for a period since the prince did not first secure the Sultan's consent. Prince Ferdinand formally closed the Sobranje today.
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Sultan
Ferdinand
Trexova
M. Vulkovitch
Constantinople
Prince Ferdinand
West Clare tenants buy holdings under land act
Dus Aug 15 Judge Flanegan’s tenants choose to purchase their holdings at fourteen years judicial rent. Landlord cancels all arrears except the current year and will reduce those. Also noted are political shifts in London with bills likely dropped, Parnell at Avondale, and cholera fatalities in the northwest provinces.
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Dus
Flanegan
West Clare
London
Parnell
Avondale
Ireland
Sims
Northwest
Gholamhyde
The Illinois Disaster and Rail Line Fallout
Reports say the Toledo Peoria and Western railroad aims to raise funds to settle all damage claims from the accident without litigation. In State Line two men were arrested on suspicion of bridge arson, with strong proof to hold them. Conductor William Terrell confirms the arrests and the incident caused local excitement while Mr. Stillwell of West Point Indiana died in Piper City.
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Peoria
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Coatsworts
Ill
Dobbs
State Line
Toledo, Peoria & Western Road
William Terrell
Stillwell
West Point
Ind
Piper City
Sugar Arrival Sparks Protest Over Duty Free Sugar
In New York on August 15 excitement rose over 10 000 tons of Hawaiian sugar due at the port. The shipment, routed via San Francisco and Cape Horn, will be admitted free of duty under the reciprocity treaty. Further cargoes are anticipated, and dealers protest competition with duty paid sugar.
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New York
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
Cape Horn
Manitoba Crop Bulletin Signals Strong Wheat Prospects
The Manitoba department of agriculture reports favorable weather across the province with wheat in the best stage of development. Indications point to a very large crop as the season progresses smoothly.
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Winniwee, Man
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Lord Clive Encounters Thistle At Sea En Route To New York
The steamship Lord Clive reports on August 14 sighting the British yacht Thistle about 150 miles east of Sandy Hook. Thistle, with 25 aboard, faced boisterous weather early in its voyage then sailed with light southwest winds and is expected to reach New York Harbor around 11 am Tuesday.
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Philadelphia
Lord Clive
Liverpool
Urquhart
Thistle
Kerr
New York
Sandy Hook
New York Harbor
Newport
Fort Adams
Providence
Old Colony Repair Shop
Craven
Maytower
Marblehead
Paine
Commodore Forbex
Puritan
Sachem
Nashawena
New York Yacht Club
Commodore Gerry
Commodore
Schoenberg Diplomacy Ties to Large Forgeries Unfolding
Aug 15 Parapeionia Pennsylvania report on Emil Schoenberg tied to Betz partnership rumors and a $300,000 fraud scheme. He allegedly forged names including Betz and Nestor to obtain $125,000 in Germania Brewery stock, with banks and other creditors also affected. Betz claims no firm existed and intends arrest if located. Assets limited to Schoenberg house. net deficit around $175,000.
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Parapeionia
Penn
Emil Schoenberg
John F. Betz
Germania Brewing Company
Betz
Schoenberg
Betz & Schoenberg
Germania
Schoenburg
Messrs. Nestor
Brewer Yuengling
New York
E. F. Poulterer
David W. Stewart
Chicago
Nestor
Stewart
Poulterer
Discrimination Alleged Over Rail Freight Rates
Washington debates whether carload freight rates should be equal to smaller quantities. Merchants like Thurber and the New York board of trade press against trunk line tariff discrimination. A Massachusetts firm claims wholesale discounts aid business, urging the commission to resist abolishing pro rata differences.
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Washington
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Thurber
New York Board of Trade and Transportation
Trunk Line Association
New York
Massachusetts
Canton
Mass
Mosely
Samuel Cupples Woodenware Company
ExmAn A. Morse
Norfolk
House of Morse Bros
Sinking of Spanish Bark Maria Luisa in Brooklyn Dry Dock
A Spanish bark Maria Luisa of La Palma sank a Brooklyn dry dock at Twenty sixth street late Saturday causing the death of a boy named Ambrosio Luis and injuries to nine others. The accident's cause is contested with theories of improper securing and an aged dock likely leaking. Watchman Michael Barrett was in charge and left the dock at 11 45.
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New York
Maria Luisa
la Palma
Brooklyn Water Front Warehouse and Dry Dock Company
Twenty-sixth Street
Brooklyn
Ambrosio Luis
Michael Barrett
Newport and New York Rapid Transit Directors Elected
Newport Rhode Island August 15 The Newport and New York Rapid Transit Company elected a five member board to serve until the first stockholder meeting. Directors are Jesse Beynton Edmund W Davis Daniel Watson Joseph Cotton and A Audrey Clarke with Beynton as president and Clarke as secretary treasurer. Associate corporator William P Sheffield Jr admitted. Office to be located in Newport. Steamboat landing location discussed east side favored but undecided. A five year lease offer at per cent was declined.
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Newport
Boston Rapid Transit
R. I
Newport & New York Rapid ‘Transit Company
Jesse Beynton
Edmund W. Davis
Providence
Daniel Watson
Joseph Cotton
A. Audrey Clarke
Conanicut
Jesse Boynton
J. Audrey Clarke
William P. Sheffield
British Wrangler Arrives in Halifax amid Gulf Fishing Rumors
The British warship Wrangler reached Halifax Nova Scotia from the west coast of Africa. Officials cannot confirm any link to reports of sending British ships to the Gulf fishing grounds. Pamax, man-of-war.
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the Wrangler
Halifax
N. S
Africa
Gulf
Pamax
Bucksport Man Arthur Mooney Dies by Self Inflicted Gunshot
Arthur Mooney of Bucksport Maine died yesterday by his own hand. He had been in poor health for years and was about 41 years old.
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Arthur Mooney
Bucksport
Ile
Pacific Cable plan eyed with imperial subsidy doubt
London reports to Ottawa that imperial government will not subsidize a Pacific cable rivaling existing independent lines while Australasian governments demand imperial cooperation. A joint purchase and construction scheme for a government controlled empire wide system is proposed with an annual $250000 funding from interested colonies.
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Ottawa
Ont
London
Notable Escapes and Tragedies Highlight News In Brief
Albert G. Smith escaped from Johnston lockup while awaiting trial. Henry F. Davis, Worcester Providence Woonsocket veterinary surgeon, was killed by a steamboat train. he leaves a five week bride. J H S Tucker’s Brookline store burglarized. safe blown, $76 stolen plus post office loot. Five thousand attended Lake Sunapee camp meeting. Sebago Lake temperance meeting drew 109000. Lillian Baxter crew members were rescued and sent home from Grand Bank. Joseph Roderick died after a 16 foot fall at Providence works. Professor Alphonse King promoted water shoe demonstrations. crossed Niagara on a water bicycle. Two youths from Manchester arrested in Nashua for stoning trains. George F McLaughlin received a large reception at Sandwich after return from Europe.
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Albert G. Smith
Johnston
R. L
Henry F. Davis
Worcester
Providence
Woonsocket
J. H.S. Tucker
Brookline
N. H
Lake Sunapee
Sebago Lake
John Bloom
Augustus Crittenden
Lillian Baxter
Grand Bank
Pugwash
N. S
Gloucester
United States
Joseph Roderick
American Screw Company
Alphonse King
Niagara River
Coilite Lord
Alex Laurina
Manchester
Nashua
George Ft. McLaughlin
New England Organ Company
Europe
Sandwich
Albany Argus Plot Aimed at Manning Denied
Washington reports The New York Sun described a scheme to oust ex Secretary Manning from Albany Argus control to place Colonel Lamont in charge and head New York's Democratic delegation. Manning allies allegedly thwarted the move by outbidding Lamont, who says the report is absolutely false.
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Washington
New York Sun
Albany
Manning
Albany Argus
New York
Lamont
W. H. Johnson
Argus
Mr. Manning
Colonel Lamont
The
Pyromagnetic Dynamo: Edison’s Direct Coal Electricity Device
Edison describes a pyromagnetic generator that uses heated iron to alter magnetic strength and induce current in a surrounding coil. Barker of Pennsylvania University notes the potential to revolutionize mechanical power by converting coal energy directly into electricity.
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New York
Convention For the Advancement of Science
Thomas A. Edison
George W. Barker
Pennsylvania University
Edigon
Mr. Barker
Edison
Barker
Rumors of Sinking Off Bactouche Not Confirmed
Reports from Buetouche and surrounding areas claim a Canadian cruiser sunk an American fisherman near Bactouche, but officials and the consul general see no foundation. Gunfire was heard, yet no corroborating evidence or wreckage has appeared, and authorities warn the tale may be village rumor.
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Haurrax
N.S
Ottawa
Bactouche
Buetouche
Buetouche Harbor
Dominion
United States
Associated Press
Scott
Fishery Department
Advance
Schooner Oscar and Hattie Seeks Entry for Repairs
The schooner Oscar and Hattie of Mal peque applied to the Ottawa customs department for entry to purchase a new outfit and repair sails after damage. The vessel claims a treaty right for repairs but her master refuses to risk continuing the voyage.
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Haurax
Oscar
Hattie
Malpeque, P. E. L
Customs Department
Ottawa
Race Story On Electra Regatta Winds At Newport
The Electra crew faced a calm morning at Newport on August 15 as sun and heat rose for the race. A southwest breeze finally filled in later, shaping the contest and testing the yachts and crews.
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Newport
Electra
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Eng
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Sachema
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