Virginia Republicans denounce administration and Democrats
This morning's news notes a long circular by the Virginia Republican State committee denouncing the administration and the Democratic party in general. Also reported are a Cooper Union socialist mass meeting, red flags with Henry George, and various incidents from rail and maritime events nationwide.
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Virginia Republican State Committee
Democratic Party
Cooper Union
New York
Henry George
Order of Hibernians
Dr. McGlynn
Chesapeake & Ohio
Knights of Labor
Dover
Richmond
Machinsport
Millbridge
Bar Harbor
Forest City
Cape Ann
United Labor Party
John B. Moore
Concord
Beverly
Papoose
Shadow
Ramonather
Syringe
Prince Karl
Black Cloud
Echo
Coyote
Vesper
Victor
New Hampshire Veterans’ Association
Weirs
Glen Lyon
Penn
Justice Nutt of
Natick
Millbridge Harbor
Sumter
8. C
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Abner Searles
Rangely
Calumet & Hecla
Michigan
North Carolina
Thistle
Arctic Ocean
San Francisco
New Bedford
Lynn
Anchoria
Sandy Hook
Peoria
Lil
Standard Oil Company
Cottonseed and Oil Trust
Martin & French
N. H
Proclamations and political motions stir British Parliament
The House divided Friday over the league proclamation, Parliament to prorogue Sept 138. Gladstone to chair a Thursday conference backing Par nellites. Irish National League branches persist amid restrictions. Russell explains Liberal-Unionist departure. Some Liberals join the League. Halifax Chronicle condemns Boston and New York yachtsmen for snubbing the jubilee regatta. Chicago residents present an address to the Queen.
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House of Commons
League
Gladstone
Thames
Russia
Prince Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Berlin
Irish National League
I. W. Russell
Liberal-Unionist
Halifax Chronicle
Boston
New York
Collier
Chicago
Weather Turns Cooler With Rain In City
The day brings cooler temperatures and rain while a series of local items unfold. A burglary targets J S Trowbridge Co at 88 Washington Street, and the West End street railway petitions for capital increases proceed to further hearings.
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J.S. Trowbridge & Co
Washington Street
National Wholesale Druggists’ Association
Boston
West End Street Railway
Sleeper
Cambridge House of Correction
William C. Morrill
Atlanta
C. E. Bosworth
Rutland Square
Atchison
West End
New York
New England
Calumet & Heela
Sudbury Street
Maritime passenger and cargo vessels listed by ports and arrivals
A dense log of ships arriving and sailing from ports worldwide with dates in August. Vessels include Off Kinsale, Tyrian from New York, Rome n from Boston, Maryland from Baltimore, City of Chicago from New York, Parthia from Hong Kong and Yokohama, and many others moving between Glasgow London Liverpool Havre Rotterdam Antwerp and Montreal with varied origins and destinations.
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Kinsale
Inventor
New Orleans
Liverpool
Glasgow
Tyrian
New York
State of Georgia
Lord O’ Neill
Roman
Boston
Servia
Hipparchus
London
Maryland
Baltimore
Lizard
Normandie
Havre
Bremen
Eins
Scilly
France
Pealand
Rotterdam
Plymouth
Augia
Hamburg
Queenstown
City of Chicago
Leith
Critic
Cape Mashilen
Carthagenian
Montreal
Father Point
Toronto
Lord Gough
Philadelphia
Port Augusta
Vancouer
Victoria
Parthia
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Harrogate
Antwerp
Gbock
Maritana
Bassano
Gottenburg
Mayback
Shields
Saratoga
Havana
Ganges
Carthagena
Excellent
Bilbao
Swansea
Marchioness
Stranton
Kairos
Seriphos
State of Alabama
Faneuil Hall Cigar Shop Advertises Tobacco Sexage
The notice promotes a tobacco and cigar shop in Boston offering wholesale and retail sales from a downtown location near Faneuil Hall. It highlights both chewing and smoking products and suggests a broad customer base in the city area.
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Faneuil Hall
Tlke Ann Tobacco
Me ‘Street
Boston
Fishermen clash injures Vigilant officer in Souris
Between sixty and seventy American fishermen arrived Friday night for a storm. The Vigilant officer was drugged and assaulted by rowdy sailors behind the American Eagle. Captain Gordon and Acadia intervened, replacing Vigilant with the Critic as the officer mourned the incident.
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Cuamnorretown
Examiner
Souris
Vigilant
Foley
Gordon
Acadia
League Proclamation Conference and Parliament Prorogued
The next Friday marks the division on the league proclamation with government plans to sway support from Mr. Chamberlain and avert opposition. Parliament will be prorogued on Sept. 13 after a Sept. 5 close of the supply committee. Gladstonians plan a Thursday Commons conference to align with Parnellites.
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League
Gladstonians
Lonnox
Chamberlain
Parnellites
Mr. Chamberlain
Birmingham
House of Commons
Liberal Commoners rally despite Russell resignation
T W Russell MP resigns from the Liberal Unionist party over the National League proclamation. He says government has spurned the Union and loyal tenants to a handful of landlords, and others plan to join the League. In Dusurx the Loughrea Armagh branches resolve to continue work despite the proclamation.
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Loxpon
T. W. Russell
M.P
Liberal Unionist Party
National League
League
Ulster
Parnell
House of Commons
Irish National League
Dusurx
Loughrea
Armagh
Chicagoan Receives Audience With Queen at Osborne House
Mr. Collier of Chicago met the Queen at Osborne House and presented a jubilee address from Chicagoans of British birth and parentage. He stated he is proud to be an American citizen and not a British subject.
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London
Collier
Chicago
Osborne House
England
Mr. Collier
Cowes
Russia Denies Recognition of Ferdinand as Bulgarian Ruler
Aug 22 dispatches report Russia will not recognize Prince Ferdinand's election to the Bulgarian throne. A circular sent to powers says Ferdinand sought Czar’s approval to visit St Petersburg before Bulgaria, and Moscow warns against violating the Berlin treaty. Berlin talks mention possible German-Russian agreement on temporary occupation of Bulgaria with defined terms. A semi-official note asserts Ferdinand did not proclaim Bulgaria's independence and remains committed to Berlin treaty norms.
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Tan
Portugal
Zanzibar
Mozambique
England
Germany
Netherlands
Malta
Braun
Sofia
Berlin
Darmstadt
Hammelsberg
Spandau
Erfurt
Dantzic
Maprio
Senor Salamana
Cuba
Vienna
Maria Josepha
Romer
Riforma
Europe
Italy
Spain
Catania
Palermo
Capua
Sr. Peterspure
Prince Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Ferdinand
St. Petersburg
Russia
Moscow
M. Nelidoff
Thames Regatta Tragedy Leaves Thirty-Five Spectators Drowned
A regatta on the Thames below London Bridge ends in disaster as a hay laden barge cover collapses and fourteen to seventeen spectators drown, eight feet of mud beneath shallow water complicates rescue efforts. John Parnell arrives in Liverpool amid Irish leader movement rumors. Despatch from Zanzibar notes ongoing negotiations with the Sultan.
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London
Thames
London Bridge
John Parnell
Liverpool
Montreal
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Mundella
George Trevelyan
Parnell
Avondale
Ireland
Zanzibar
McGlynn Lecture Sparks Hibernians Charter Revocation
Brooklyn debate over inviting Dr. McGlynn led the Ancient Order of Hibernians to revoke Division 3's charter. Division members plan to appeal while McGlynn supporters claim a political motive. Father Sylvester Malone may attend the lecture to aid the cause.
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Brooxum
N. Y
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
McGlynn
Division 3
Hibernians
Brooklyn
Boss McLaughlin
Dr. McGlynn
United Labor Party
New York
Order of Tribernians
Sylvester Malone
Father Malone
Edward Malone
Edward Malone, M.D., Will Introduce Dr. McGlynn
Tornado Strikes Anchor Line Steamship A choria
The Anchor line steamer A choria, 150 miles from Sandy Hook, battled an eighty mph northeast gale with floods and blue flame on rigging for about two hours. The crew stood amid rain and spray while the storm raged, then calmed with no damage. The Glenartney from Shanghai rode the same storm with visible electric fire on its masts.
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New x
An- New York
Achoria
Sandy Hook
Glenartney
Shanghai
Destructive North Carolina Coast Storm Causes Shipping Damage
Norfolk reports a fierce August coastal storm with wind near 125 mph. Telegraph lines south of Kitty Hawk were wrecked and several vessels suffered damage, including the Walter S Massey and Eaglet. Rescue efforts by the Victoria J Reed and other craft are underway as communications return.
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Norfolk
North Carolina
Kitty Hawk
Kitty Kank
Walter S. Massey
Chacamocomico
N. C
Baker Salvage Company
Eaglet
North Carolina Despatch Company
Cove Sound
William F. ‘Taylor
Annie
Cherry Point
Newberne
Victoria J. Reed
Barkentine
Hatteras
Henry Ives & Co. eyes books as assets in court move
In New York on August 22 attorney Algernon S. Sullivan asked the Court of Common Pleas to compel Ives & Co. to produce missing books for the assignee William M. Cromwell. Judge Bookstayer appointed ex-Judge Noah Davis as referee to hear testimony starting tomorrow afternoon.
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New York
Algernon S. Sullivan
Court of Common Pleas
Bookstayer
William. M. Cromwell
Henry 8. Ives & Co
Ives & Co
J. J. Adams
Edward Lauterbach
Ives
Lauterbach
Adams
Sullivan and Cromwell
Headly, Lauterbach & Johnson
Cromwell
Sullivan
Headly
Mel Sullivan
Hamilton Cole
Noah Davis
Charles P. Daly
Bookstaver
H. S. Ives
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Dayton
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Wabash & Michigan
Napoleon
Vans
Boston
Henry
Mexican Railroad Contract Awarded by City of Mexico
The contract to build 114 miles of the National railway from San Miguel de Allende to San Luis Potosi was awarded to J. H. Sampson and William Garland after more than forty bids. Work must start within a month and finish within a year. Contractors claim U S trains to Mexico City will run within twelve months.
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City of Mexico
San Miguel de Allande
San Luis Potosi
J. H. Sampson
William Garland
United States
Men of Napoleon Still Thought Alive in Siberia
From San Francisco dated August twenty second officers of the bark Pearl report a probability that several Napoleon crew members are in Siberia near Cape Navarin. A carved wood fragment bearing J B Vincent of Martha's Vineyard Mass is found, suggesting the missing men survive. Captain Healy will search Siberian and Alaskan waters to solve the mystery amid a whaling fleet tally of fifty four whales and New Bedford catching fourteen.
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San Francisco
Fox Islands
Alaska
Siberian
Siberia
J. B. Vincent
Martha’s Vineyard
Mass
Cape Navarin
Healy
Bear
Alaskan
New Bedford
Red Flags at Socialist Meeting in New York Stir Anger
A Cooper Union mass meeting denouncing Henry George and the United Labor party drew a packed crowd with loud cheers and hisses. Leaders including Editor Schevitch and William Penn Rogers spoke amid factional clashes and calls to form a genuine labor party.
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New York
Cooper Union
Henry George
United Labor Party
Thomas O'Neill
Twentieth Assembly District
Furniture Union No. 1
O'Neill
Syracuse
Hisses
Itf
Rogers
Schevitch
Labor
Shevitech
Shevite
George
Webster Hall
Trade and Labor
Edward Fincklestone
Jonas
Volks Zeitung
Henry
Colonel Hinton
Record of Fires at Ham & Carter Drain Pipe Works
Fire at Ham and Carter drain pipe works caused almost total loss with only a $750 insurance policy in Citizens Insurance Company of Ohio covering the building. Telegraph wires under the Western Union Telegraph Co. plant at 109 State Street ignited wood in the operating room yesterday but were discovered quickly to prevent a larger disaster.
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Ham & Carter
Citizens’ Insurance Company of Ohio
Western Union Telegraph Company
State Street
Fire Ravages Barn and Hotel Across Several Towns
Gloucester reports a fire destroying a barn on Mt. Pleasant Street owned by Solomon Downs with a 3000 loss insured 8590 at North American of Boston. Woourpro notes Marks Hotel at Port Arthur burned with 25000 loss and a Winnipeg man Kathern hurt by falling timbers. Fort Farrimap sees a house and barn with hay sleds harnesses burned belonging to H C Townsend with about 2000 loss insured 1100. cause unknown.
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Gloucester
Mt. Pleasant Street
Solomon Downs
Boston
Woourpro
Man
Marks
Port Arthur
Kathern
Winnipeg
Fort Farrimap
H. C. Townsend
Theyll Have Quite a Library
Portland Oregon Aug 22 The Pacific railroad commission arrived from San Francisco with one witness 1B Campbell of Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. He was questioned about traffic value to Union Pacific. The commission leaves tomorrow for Huntington and plans to resume in New York City Sept 20. By then 20 000 pages of testimony have been taken.
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Portland, Or
Pacific Railroad Commission
San Francisco
Campbell
The
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Union Pacific
Huntington
New York City
Trains Collide Near Chanteston Wreck Damages 75,000
Two Chesapeake & Ohio freight trains collided ten miles above Chanteston W Va last night. A young operator fell asleep on duty causing the wreck which destroyed two engines and fifteen merchandise cars. Fire followed, consuming the cars and goods with an estimated loss of 75000 dollars.
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Chanteston
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Robbery Attacks Resident in Hanson Garden
Frank Willis of Hanson and W. W. Copeland were attacked Sunday night by a highwayman in the garden. The assailant struck Willis with a heavy object and stole his watch and pocketbook before fleeing.
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Frank Willis
W. W. Copeland
Hanson
Garden
Willis
Dover Shoe Factory Faces Indefinite Shutdown
Martin and French's shoe factory in Dover NH may close indefinitely after a strike threat by 150 workers over two workers accused of collusion with employers. The dispute pivots on union rules and the Knights of Labor stance, with the plant idle as public opinion splits.
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Dover
N. H
Martin & French
Knights of Labor
Shoemakers’ Assembly
Weather Indications for New England and Nearby States
For twenty four hours from 7 a m Tuesday August 25 1887 Maine New Hampshire Vermont face threatening weather and rain with cooler conditions. Rest of New England similar with westerly winds. Eastern New York may see local showers and cooler temperatures with a shift to westerly winds. Observed at the Lint Observatory August 22 two p m indicates fair weather for southeastern New England starting Monday night.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
New York
eBiun Lint Observatory
H.W. Clayton
Weather Report for Boston by Signal Service
The Boston observer reports the weather from August 22, 1887. Forecast details or conditions are provided by the Signal Service station in Boston.
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Boston
Opyece
Signal Service
sostTon
Meteorological Record of Yesterday’s Observations
The following is yesterday’s meteorological record up to 10 p.m. with observations taken simultaneously at all stations. Data covers readings from multiple stations, noting time synchronized observations for temperature humidity wind and barometric pressure across locations.
Fracas at sea as schooner Nelson refloated after wreck
Late ship news from Province Town reports the schooner Frank A Nelson driven ashore in Herring Cove. Steamer A B Nickerson hauled her off, towed into harbor and out on flats for repairs after five port side planks were cut. The vessel, eight years old, is Calais owned.
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Province Town
Frank A. Nelson
Herring Cove
A. B. Nickerson
Calais
Nichols
Virginia Republicans Denounce Blair Bill and Internal Revenue
The Virginia Republican State committee condemns the Roanoke Roanoke platform as inconsistent with Cleveland’s policies and pledges. It attacks repeal of the internal revenue system, praises tax reductions under Republicans, and cites past debt readjustment under Virginia Republicans while accusing Democrats of deception and mismanagement.
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Prienspure
Virginia Republican State Committee
Democratic Party
Roanoke
Cleveland
Democratic Party of
Virginia
Manning
National Democratic
Forty-ninth Congress
Committee On Ways and Means
House of Representatives
Morrison
House
W. C. P. Breckenridge
Kentucky
National Democracy
Internal Revenue System
Democratid
Forty-seventh Congress
Llause of Representatives
Arthur
Democratic House
Senate
National Democrats Party
Congress
St. Louis
Louisville
Beaton
Banger
Democracy
Virginia Democracy
McCulloch
Supreme Court
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