PoliticalCOMMENTARY on Reform and Rallies Across Nations
A compendium of opinions cites Missouri reward policies for train robbers, German labor arrivals in New York, Maine Greenback twists, Gambetta in Paris, and temperance sentiments. It also mocks Dawes civil service reform, dyes a satirical picture of cotton fashion in Atlanta, and questions Mahone’s reform pledges while calling his readjuster stance fraudulent.
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Wendell Phillips
Missouri
Rock Island
The
New York Times
Senator Dawes
Dawes
Concord
Fiery letter on Mahone and ballot reform stirs politics
The text attacks Mahone and the Virginia ballot system, promising social order and universal education if his faction wins. It also notes a past view of the navy, recruiting issues, and forecasts from the New York Herald on Arthur becoming president with cautious references to Garfield. The piece questions continued cabinet staffing under any near-term shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Chandler
Mahone
Virginia
Warner
Friends
Old Dominion
William
Anay
New York Herald
Arthur
Gartieri
Garfield
President improves but danger not over in Aug 17 report
Washington dispatch notes the president is better but still not out of danger. Physicians stress the wound improves while stomach debility and possible blood poisoning are debated, with nourishment via beef essence showing cautious progress and a hopeful sign. Secretary Blaine arrives with news of the day’s slight improvement and relief at the night’s quiet.
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Washington
Bliss
Liebig
Dr. Bliss
White House
Blaine
Hetaura
Augusta
Executive Mansion
Brown
Queen Victoria
Garfield
Washington, D.C
Osborne
Eng
Lucretia R. Garfield
Istill
Windom
Kirkwood
Lincoln
New York
Buss
Hammond
Garfielc
Chicago
Ill
The
Evening Journal
D. W. Bliss
Agnew
Arthur
Lowell
Blane
Cincinnati
Elder
United States
Kr. Filaine
Washington, D. C
London
President’s condition improves after nourishment and rest
Executive Mansion reports the president had a very good day with nourishment retained and no vomiting. Later updates say the wound is healing, a beef extract spoonful was tolerated, and small amounts of water caused no nausea. He slept about two hours in the evening and remained without morphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Mansion
Opinions and Statements of the President s Family Physician
The Washington correspondent reports Chief Medical Purveyor Baxter on the president s condition. Baxter cites a long dyspepsia history and poor nourishment, blaming rapid eating and late hours. He warns the gunshot wound worsened an already fragile state and calls for closer attention to the underlying illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Brooklyn Eagle
Baxter
Gardlel
Garfield
Desperate Knife Attack by Guiteau in Jail Cell
Guiteau gained news of the president's sinking condition and raged in his cell. He lunged at jailer W C McGill with a concealed knife, was overpowered as the weapon jammed at his throat, and guards rushed in as a pistol fired and the assailant was disarmed. The incident fueled fears of further disturbance and led to tighter surveillance and precautions at the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Guiteau
Aiis
McGill
Goa
Mr. McGill
Guileau
Babe
Bedford
Sod
Arthur
Babe” Bedford
Yesterda
Guitesu
Guard McGuill
McGul
Ana Guitean
Dalton
Jones
Boston Club Meeting Attends Loyalist Colation and Toasts
Boston leaders including John and Wiggin with A J Packard J M Libby recording secretary Lewis Selbing of Augusta corresponding secretary R Y Crockett of Bath surgeon E E Brickett chaplain Rev E M Preble of Bath presided Cant M H Watson led as president with a 300 strong gathering. Toasts by Gen Joseph S Smith Gen Moses B Lakeman and others voiced loyalty sympathy for Col A L Sampson widow and wounded president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John & Wiggin
A. J. Packard
J. M. Libby
Lewis Selbing
Augusta
R. Y. Crockett
Bath
E. Brickett
E. M. Preble
M. H. Watson
exeMayer
John ©. Richardson
Roem
Joseph S. Smith
Bangor
Charles G. Greenleaf
Gen. Smith
Joshua Nye
Torrey
Moses B. Lakeman
New England News Update From New Portland To New Hampshire Legislature
A. M. Stowell, 61, killed by a fall from a barn scaffold at New Portland. In Brew Hampshire, schooner Christie Campbell arrives at Portsmouth with 90,000 pounds of codfish, the first large catch in weeks. Daniel Wiggin, 9, of Stratham, dies after being kicked by a horse he was leading. no recovery expected. Montreal freight wrecks a hand car at Weirs. four men escape with injuries. NH House votes 186 to 45 to indefinitely postpose mimority representation, reflecting strong opposition to the measure in the current session.
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Christie Campbell
Portsmouth
Daniel Wiggin
Stratham
Montreal
Weirs
William Kasier
House of Representatives
New Hampshire
Multiple Local Accidents and Acts Around Burlington Area
A 7 year old son of Levi Holcomb of Mt Holly was impaled on a cart stake while playing in a barn bay but is expected to recover. Lovett Divoll near Cole pond Jamaica hanged himself after heavy drinking and family quarrel. Miss H Louise Howard plans a stone chapel in Lake View cemetery at Burlington as a memorial to her nativity. Cemetery Hill Brattleboro saw a man attempt to abduct George Burnham’s 12 year old daughter. she escaped in New Hampshire and returned home.
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Levi Holcomb
Mt. Holly
Lovett Divoll
Cole Pond
North Art
Jamaica
H.louise Howard
Lake View Cemetery
Cemetery Hill
Brattleboro
George Burnham
New Hampshire
Douglass Sentenced for Pocket Picking at Barnum Circus
William B Douglass was sentenced to three years in state prison for attempting to pick a pocket during Barnum's circus at Fitchburg. Lamb of Lawrence and Moynahan of Worcesters faced assault charges before Justice Newton, with Moynahan charged for brick assault on Supt Dooley. Both were found guilty and bound over $500 to appear at Worcester Superior Court.
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William B. Douglass
Barnum
Firtchburg
Owen B. Lamb
Lawrence
Daniel Moynahan
Worcesters
Justice Newton
Westboro
Dooley
Reform School
Lamb
Edward McDonald
Louis K. Travis
Howard
Kelton Path
Moynahan
Worcester
Discharged waiter injures head waiter on Old Colony steamer
Samuel Worthington a waiter on the Old Colony steamer was discharged in New York for disobeying orders. He returned, demanded money, attacked Head Waiter Simmons twice, striking him on the head. Simmons was knocked to the floor and is in critical condition at a hospital. Worthington escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Worthington
Old Colony
New York
Simmons
Worthington
Indian chiefs meet in Washington over Ponca land rights
A delegation of nineteen Sioux Ponca and Winnebago chiefs met with Secretary of the Interior and the Indian affairs commissioner to resolve boundary disputes on reservations. The talks centered on land allotted to Poncas and potential housing for Powes near Dakota, with plans to reconvene to hear collective recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Affairs
Interior Department
Kirkwood
Dakota
Indian Territory
Standing Bear
Congress
Great Council
Indianerritory
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Manhattan Elevated stock suit to recover value on leases
Receivers of the Manhattan Elevated railroad to sue the Metropolitan and New York companies for the difference between market and par value of 13 million dollars in stock, alleging original issuance was a bonus to secure a long lease and that stock has no offset beyond leases the debtor company does not own. Separate item notes Grand Trunk to cut Chicago Buffalo rates, making Chicago to New York about eleven dollars.
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Boston
Saratoga Street
Warren Webster
Ellen McGilvary
James Doherty
Boynton
McLeod
Downer Kerosene Oil Works
John Souther & Co
Richards
Messrs. John
Watertown
Richard Downey
Fayette Street
Edea
American Shade Roller Company
Natick
James Downs
Lancaster
Tna
E. M. Wood
Continental
Annie Amory
School Street
Cambridge
Hts
Westminster
Trass
Fitchburg
Mass
Nichols Brothers
Francis Nichols
New York
Manhattan Elevated Railroad
Metropolitan
Manhattan Company
Manhattan
ChicaGo
the Times
Grand Trunk Railway
Buffalo
No session for Jennie Cramer case jury inquest
New Haven August 17 The jury in the Jennie Cramer inquest held no session today and refuse to disclose Blanche Douglass confession details Douglass says she did not see Cramer after 1 AM August 4 and knew nothing of the murder Rumors place Douglass Cramer James Malley Jr Walter Malley and Edward Malley at his house Friday with Jennie ill or dead and dragged or transported in a carriage then placed in the water Jury remains uncertain with little progress in solving the case
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New Haven
Conn
Jennie Cramer
Blanche Douglass
Douglass
Cramer
James Malley, Jr
Walter Malley
Edward Malley
Jennie
James Malley
James, Jr
Walter
Mrs. Malley
American Bar Association Opens Annual Meeting in Saratoga
The American Bar association begins its annual meeting at Saratoga New York with President Philps of Vermont delivering the opening report summarizing laws enacted by state legislatures. A fraternal message is read from Cologne Germany urging progress and reform of international law. Executive officers are elected including Roger Averill of Connecticut A A Stuart of Maine E H Bennett of Massachusetts J M Shirley of New Hampshire and Lake Poland of Vermont.
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Saratoga
N. Y
American Bar Association
Philps
Vermont
Wade
Association For Advancement and Reform of the Law of Nations
Cologne
Germany
Onnei
Connecticut
Roger Averill
Maine
A. A. Stuart
Massachusetts
E. H. Bennett
New Hampshire
J. M. Shirley
Lake Poland
Second Advent Christian Association
United States
Canada
Chelsea
Eldero. R. Fassett
Couch
I. Young
Young Pilgrim
E. A. Stockman
Mansfield
William A. Burch
The
Association
Easter
John Couch
A. Stockman
Willam Sneldon
O. Goodrich
Elder Leslie
Frank Burr
American Christian Puplication Society
Forestton
Inl
J. Heminway
W. H. Mitchell
A. P. Moore
New York
Albion Ross
H. H. Tucker
Miles Grant
W. J. Hobbs
A W. Silby
A. Ross
J. Heminwuay
L. Bowtell
William McCulloch
A. Pollard
O. R. Fassett
D. O. Hinck
J. Bower
New Hampshire House Adopts Several Bills Indirectly
Coxcorp New Hampshire August 17 lawmakers postponed indefinitely a bill on minority representation in corporations. Passed measures include inspections and licensing of steamboats and engines, incorporation of the Eastern Telegraph company, and a liquor excise to discourage intoxicants. A resolution was adopted to adjourn finally on Friday next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxcorp
N.H
Eastern Telegraph Company
History of the New England Mechanics and Manufacturers Institute
The account traces the origin of the New England Mechanics and Manufacturers Institute from the 1878 Mechanics fair dispute, detailing meetings at Young’s hotel, the push to form a permanent organization, stock subscriptions, and the first officers elected in March 1879 with Edward Kendall as president and J F Wood as treasurer.
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New England
New England Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Institute
Mechanics’ Fair
Messrs
John F. Wood
Union Stove Company
J. H. Work
Providence Tool Company
Exeter Machine Company
Mechanics’ Association
Young’s Hotel
J. F
Cveiai
Mechanics and Manufacturers of
Edward Kendall
Kendall, Roberts, Cambridgeport
Hamilton A. Hill
Hill Clarke & Co
C. A. Morss
Morss, Whyte & Co
J. F. Wood
Union
Massachusetts
New England Mechanics’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Kendall & Roberts
Cambridgeport
Union Stone Company
Royal C. Graves
Millers Falls Company
F. W. Griffin
Griffin & Harris
J. B. Richardson
Thomas Bod
Freeman A. Walker
F. A. Walker & Co
John A
Cirenlar
Institute
Kensington Museum
Boston
Secretary of State
Frederick W. Griffin
Josiahk B. Kughardson
Thomas Boyd
Nathaniel C. Fowler
Royal ©. Graves
Charles A. Morss
James H. Work
George B. Clarke
George K. Roberts
H. A. Hil
Into & Corporation
Wwe
Irish coercion debate in commons over land bill
In the House of Commons the coercion act is challenged as misapplied, with Parnell and others arguing it suppresses political agitation and harms the land bill's aims. Debates touch on arrests, impending royal assent, and Ireland’s path, with differing press opinions on Gladstone’s original framework. A Berlin dispatch warns Breslau faces siege amid social unrest.
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London
House of Commons
Parnell
Land League
House of Lords
Messrs
Lalor
Daly
Ireland
Mr. Foster
William Johnson
Anderson
Glasgow
Nolan
Dublin
Cork
America
the Times
Gladstone
Mr. Gladstone
The
Daily News
Breslau
International Reform Conference at Cologne And European Mil militarism debate
The Associa tion for the Reform and Codification of the Laws of Nations holds sessions at Cologne with officers led by Lord O Hagan and Sir R J Phillimore. Delegates from the US and many nations discuss public international law, commercial law, maritime law, arbitration, and disarmament amid warnings about militarism in Europe and calls for reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Association For the Reform and Codification of the
Cologne
Germany
Great Hall
The
Hansa
Lord O. Hagan
R. J. Phillimore
United States
China
Denmark
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Waite
Supreme Court
Justice Field
John Jay
Carl Schurz
David Dudley Field
Associaiion
Chas
A. Peabody
James Grant Wilson
David D. Field
F. A. P. Barnard
Chas. A. Peabody
George W. Cullum
Andrew P. Peabody
Clinton B. Fiske
Europe
Herr Herbat
Reichsrath
Tetschen
Bohemia
America
Austria
Grand Demonstration of the IOOF in Worcester
The largest IOOF gathering in Worcester's history drew Wachusett Mt Vernon encampments plus guests from Boston Salem. A 400 plus parade along main streets ended with a 500 seat banquet hosted by Past Grand Hon. C M Platt and speeches before the visitors departed for home or next parades in Springfield.
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Worcester
Mass
Wachusett
Mt. Vernon
Boston
Naumkerg
Salem
Lynn
Cit
F. H. Keeley
Massachusetts Patriarchs
Springfield
Odd Fellows’ Hall
W. M. Ramery
Lull
Maj. Loring
W. F. Daniels
Geo. Ai. Elmon
A. J. Lowd
Walter R. Norris
W. P. Pousland
Causeway, Green, Court
Washington
Summer
Lincoln Streets
Albany Depot
Music Hall changes under Cotting as treasurer and architect Snell guides redesign
The Music Hall property passes to C E Cotting as treasurer with plans by original architect George Snell. Reimagining features Pompeian red borcereu walls, Naples yellows, citron balcony fronts, bronze gilt trim, and a reorganized pipe system to boost brightness. Access on Hamilton place eyed. seating upgrades postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
C. E. Cotting
George Snell
Naples
Hamilton Place
Largest raft ever shipped from Troy to Boston
A massive timber raft, 1,300 feet long and 64 feet wide, assembled from two Oswego rafts and 113 additional pieces from Clearfield county, heads for Boston under tow by the Charles Pearson. The voyage from Canada to New York and then to Boston costs about 23,500, with the raft valued at 25,000 on arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Troy
N.Y
New York
Spar Builders
Ontario
Canada
Toronto
Oswego
Clearfield County
Charles Pearson
Boswn
Bargains to Spark Interest in Dry Goods This Season
In the dull season we present a list of bargains intended to entice all readers with an interest in dry goods. The offer emphasizes value and variety to attract shoppers during slower retail periods.
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Fost Publishing CO
Milk
Washington St
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Boston Press and Post
Boston Statesman & Weekly Post
Daily Post
SPMI
Telegraph and Mail
ECOND
Pittsfield
Gramercy Park
Belfast Age
Zach Chandler
Gambetta
Paris
Wendell
Atlanta
Senator Brown
Alexander I. Stephens
Lambe
Washington Post
Commercial Marine
Merchant Marine
Kittery Navy Yard
Richmond
Panama
Philadelphia
Porter
Admiralty
Brooklyn
Essex
Wits
Drs. Hamilton
Marshal Jewell
Muaneron
Garfiela
Laine
Quebec
Phillips
Hartmann
Nrew York
the Herald
State Department
Department
England
Russia
Curiaco
Topeka
Kan
Santa Fe
Granada
Col
Leturn
Chautauqua
National Conference of
T F. Seward
Sae
Andover
Kansas University Scientific Party
Socorro
N. M
Frank H. Snow
St. Jacobs
Crazy” Guiteau
Hyde Park
Harvey Bennett
Walcott
Fie
Jones's
Oconto
Wis
Bland
Omaha
Neb
Pittsburg
Foxbury
Luss
Maine Regiment
Third Maine
Oal Point
Lebanon
Adance
Acer
A. H. Basyell
NEW England News
A. M. Stowell
New Portland
Brew Hampshire
Rhode Island
Lawyers IN Convention
Illinois
Peoria
Til
Wille Cantrell
Indiana, Bloomington and Western Railway
NEW Hampshire Legislature
Howgate
H. W. Howrgate
Thirteenth Street
Will Marshal
Judge Bundy
Manufacturers’ and Mechanics’ Institute
West
East
Gwill
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics’ Association
Inasovich
New
the Prospectus
Foreign News
House of Common
Belleville
Radical Republican Committee
M. Gambetta
M.gambetta
Times
Chase
John Dillon
Catir
Archbishop Croke
Cashel
Charleville
A.D. Wheelock
8. C Walcott & Co
Nectar
Southampton
Bow Street
Senegal
West Africa
Duke of Westminster
Manhattan Beach
Toledo
Burlington
Wheelock
London News
Tunis
Kerouan
Michael Healy
Wexford
Rome
Milan
Leghorn
18A
Girgenti
Alexander M. Sullivan
County Cork
Vienna
Isonzo Valey
Dean Stanley
Hunt
Anadarko
Fort Sill
Kiowe, Comanche and
Wichita
Slant
Western Sea
MacuiAs
Webber Grant
Coperie Trom
Agate
Havana
Bahamas
the Advents
Lynn Gas Light Company
Americas Association of Gas Engineers
Brien Boramha Association
Brian Boramha
Kneeland Street
R. & J. Gilchrist
J. Gilchrist
Winter St
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