Thomas in Denver Considers Maine Strategy With Democrats
Charles M. Thomas of Colorado met Thurman and Iroquois leaders in consulting with Democratic chiefs. He said national committee plans push in Maine after a 1880-like start, and praised Cleveland Thurman unity in New York politics. He cited retaliation policy on fisheries and claimed the president will win a united democracy nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CureAco
Charles 8. Thomas
Colorado
National Democratic Committee
Thurman
National Committee
Maine
Blaine
Thomas
National Association of Clubs
Brice
New York
Cleveland
Senate
Congress
Forest Fires Threaten Isuremina Area In Michigan
Fires rage around Isuremina Michigan as residents flee toward Powers. A family is believed burned and many structures are destroyed. Smoke blankets the region while fires spread along the railroad for miles with rapid growth and possible heavy loss of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isuremina
Mich
Powers
Democratic Barbecue and Tariff Talk At Maine and Coral Beach
In Brunswick Maine on August 26 ex Senator John R Doolittle of Illinois addressed Democrats on tariff and fishery issues praising President Cleveland and warning against Senate partisanship that could threaten war with Britain. A separate Cheltenham Beach barbecue in Coro with Judge Thurman drew 40 000 to 50 000 attendees, while Thurman attacked tariff folly and defended Cleveland, arguing surplus revenue and taxes burden workers and common citizens across garments and daily goods.
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Brunswick
Sorerau
John R. Doolittle
Illinois
Doolittle
Maine
Senate
Great Britain
Grover Cleveland
Abraham Lincoln
Ian
Congress
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Pacific Ocean
Japan
Bays of Fundy
Newfoundland
Gulf of St. Lawrence
England
Denmark
St. Thomas
St.John
Dominion of Canada
Allen
G. Thurman
San Rose Harrison
Morton
James G. Blaine
Curcaco
Cheltenham Beach
Thurman
Exposition Hall
Illinois Central Railroad
Roger Q. Mills
Texas
Lyman G. Trumbull
Wilson
Virginia
Trumbull
Knownothing Party
Washington
Geneva
Chicago
Uns
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Unite States
Jefferson
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Ohio
Judge Thurman
Mills
House
Blaine
Lewiston
Beverly Promises Growth as New Board of Trade Forms
Beverly officials report the new board of trade has promising momentum with the board of managers already reviewing several proposals from manufacturing concerns. Strong prospects exist for one or two new industries locating in town.
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Beverly
Sreed Al.j
Board of Trade
Board of Managers
Steamers Arrived with Mixed Atlantic Voyages
Atlantic shipping list reports vessels arriving or sailing near Aug 25 to 26. Entries include Lalder from Baracoa to Boston, St Andrews and Azalea from Genoa or Liverpool to New York, Polyne sian from Montreal, Lake Nepigon from Buffalo, Lord Gough from Philadelphia, and numerous other ships arriving at Boston London Bristol Havre Plymouth New York Baltimore Philadelphia Liverpool and Le Bretagne from Havre and Etruria from Liverpool.
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Boston
Lalder
Baracoa
Bostonian
Liverpool
Gibraltar
St Andrews
New York
Genoa
Lows
Montreal
Lake Nepigon
Mbia
Lord Gough
Philadelphia
Batter
Vensacola
London
Stockholm City
Bristol
Precenre
Brest
Urbino
Carthagena
Bengore Head
Liver
the Lizard
Phoenix
Davis
Rouen
Iowa
Nepigon
Starlight
Pensacola
Two Lowell Men Quarrel Over a Girl Ends in Stabbing
In Lowell on August 25 Thomas Kelly, 24, was fatally stabbed on Market Street amid a dispute over Eliza Barrett. William Sweeney, about Kellys age, claims Kelly attacked first and he defended himself with a small jackknife. Barrett confirms she urged Sweeney to confront Kelly. The weapon was a two and a half inch blade.
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Lowell
Thomas Kelly
Market Street
William Sweeney
Eliza Barrett
Kelly
Sweeney
Miss Barrett
Weather Indications For New England And Mid Atlantic
Washington reports twenty four hours of local rains and cooler conditions across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and eastern New York with winds turning northwest. Rhode Island and Connecticut expect fair weather followed by local rains on Monday night with cooler temperatures and winds turning northerly along the coast.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Officer Duty Changes Flash Across U S Military Posts
Washington Aug 26 First Lieutenant Sidney E Stewart ordnance department relieved from duty at the military academy and ordered to Midvale Steel Works Philadelphia Acting Assistant Surgeon William M Gray ordered to report for duty in the surgeon general office Captain James Jackson appointed to act as inspector New York for which Captain Charles F Robe Twenty fifth Infantry is responsible Paymaster William Smith relieved from duty Chicago and ordered to chief paymaster department of Dakota T H Stanton relieved from duty Platte department and ordered to Chicago William Creary relieved from duty Omaha Neb and ordered to Salt Lake City Henry Clayton relieved from duty East department and ordered to Omaha Captain Henry P Birmingham gastere on surgeon relieved from duty Fort Myer Virginia and ordered to duty Fort Kinmath Oregon relieving Assistant Burgeon Eugene L Swift ordered to return to duties Fort Spokane W I
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Washington
SeEctAu
Sidney E. Stewart
Ordnance Department
Military Academy
Midvale Steel Works
Philadelphia
William M. Gray
Surgeon-General of
Army
James Jackson
First Cavalry
New York
Charles F. Robe
Twenty-fifth Infantry
William Smith
Chicago
Department of Dakota
T. H. Stanton
Department of the Platte
William Creary
Omaha
Neb
Salt Lake City
Henry Clayton
Department of the East
Henry P. Birmingham
Gasieeany
Fort Myer
Virginia
Fort Kinmath
Oregon
Burgeon
Eugene L. Swift
Fort Svokane
W. I
Congress Weekly Outline and Local News Snippets
The week’s Congressional work outline appears across pages with foreign notes on English soldiers honoring General Sheridan and reports of a Montreal tornado and an insane asylum struck by lightning. Other items include a serious English jockey accident, Jules Ducateel linked to Paris Commune, the Umbria defeating the City of New York, and weather, weddings, local clubs, and civic notices across pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Montreal
Insane Asylum
Jules Ducateel
Paris
Umbria
New York
Seventy-Five Tranks of Valuables Lost in Flood Debacle
After Tuesday’s storm, the Equitable building basement flood damaged trunks in the Security Safe Deposit Company vaults. Directors inspected seventy five trunks but did not open them. Company denies liability, says it guarantees only fire and theft security and will test responsibility in court if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Security Safe Deposit Company
Equitable
Edward L. 8. Hammond
Post
Hammond
Plan to form Merrimac county in Essex area
A movement in northern Essex seeks to create Merrimac county by uniting Lawrence Methuen Andover and possibly Haverhill with Lowell and parts of Middlesex. If approved by Lowell and the Legislature this fall the county offices would be in Salem. Essex would shrink by about 50 000 residents if Lawrence and others are detached.
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LaLeMm
Sprecal
Essex County
Lawrence
Methuen
Andover
Haverhill
Lowell
Middlesex County
Merrimac County
Salem
Doctor Weed's Testimony in Bennett Robbery Trial
Dr. Weed testified that sheriffs offered to settle the case if he produced stolen money but he claimed he never saw Peter Bennett's money. He denied offering money to any prisoner to help an escape from prison.
Jacksonville Plague Reports Rise as Train Can't Carry Passengers
Jacksonville reports nine new yellow fever cases including furniture dealer F R Bogue and two deaths at St Luke's Hospital. City expands infected districts, disinfectants used, and sanitation teams operate steadily. Savannah line bans passengers from the city, through tickets refused, sparking public anger and a planned mass meeting.
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Jacksonville
Fla
F. R. Bogue
St. Luke’s Hospital
William Craugh
Central Station
Edward W. Dixon
Forsyth
Adams
Monroe
Pine
Main East
Grand Union Hotel
Lafayette Honse
McClelland
Jack Howarth
George Willis
Tom Marshall
Sand Hills Hospital
Savannah, Florida & Western Railroad
Lavilla Junction
Boulogne
Camp St. Mary’s
New Orleans
Times- Democrat
Board of Health
Washington
Sister of Charity
St. Luke Hospital
E. M. McArthur
Henry Williams
Andrews
City Jar
R. G. Wakefield
R. Q O. Signals
East Jacksonville
Eva Thornton
Cairns
H. L. Beebe
George Ellis
Rich Nickel Deposit Found Near Russell Springs Kansas
Aug 26 Russell Springs Logan county residents swarm to a new nickel find by Jerome Coldren and Clinton Phelps. The blanket ledge exposes surface workable ore with 5 to 25 percent nickel. mining costs will be nominal. At $16 per ounce, value runs high, with offers reaching $50,000 for the discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toruxa
Kan
Russell Springs
Logan County
Jerome Coldren
Clinton Phelps
Railroad Men Strike Across Evansville Network
Evansville ind August 26 locomotive engineers firemen brakemen and switchmen on several Evansville area lines totaling about 500 miles walked off the job at 2 p m today in protest of master mechanic F C Smith of the Peoria Decatur Evansville road at Mattoon Illinois whose alleged overbearing management sparked the walkout by the unions representing the Peoria Decatur Evansville Evansville Indianapolis and belt lines.
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Evansville
Ind
Peoria
Decatur & Evansville
Terra Haute
Indianapolis
Mackey
F. C. Smith
Peona, Decatur & Evansville
Mattoon
Smith
Regiment Visit to Boston by Forty-seventh Brooklyn Unit
Colonel Gayler and the Forty-seventh Regiment of Brooklyn N Y plan a Boston visit starting Wednesday September 12 arriving at 7 30 via the Fall River line A dress parade is set for 6 o clock Thursday on the Common An excursion down the harbor will be enjoyed until 6 p m on Friday with return to Brooklyn beginning then The regiment will reach Brooklyn at 8 o clock Saturday morning.
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Boston
Gayler
Forty-seventh Regiment
Brooklyn
N. Y
Fall River
Waterman Irons Tragedy Baffles Rhode Island Police
Providence reports a brutal assault on leather merchant Waterman Irons ending in his death, with autopsy confirming multiple rib fractures and ruptured intestines. Detectives traced two suspects, arresting John Murphy and George Montgomery after a chase from Federal Hill to the depot, with Murphy linked to multiple crimes and an escape from Norwich jail.
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Providence
Waterman Irons
High Street
Wilcox
Palmer
Mr. Irons
Crane
Federal Hill
Fountain and
Cove Streets
Rankin
John Murphy
Spike
Murray
Kennedy
George Montgomery
Murphy
Norwich
Conn
Hawkins
New London
Boston
Democrat ratification meeting to feature Carlisle presiding
Washington Democrats prepare for a September 6 ratification rally with three large stands near City Hall. Speakers include Senator Vance, Senator Blackburn, Senator Faulkner, Representative Good, Murphy, Douglass, and Lee. Invitations went to the President and Cabinet. large party delegations from Maryland and Virginia are expected. The article details Senate business and pending bills as Congress waits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinetron
Sprcrax
Carlisle
Vance
North Carolina
Blackburn
Kentucky
Faulkner
West Virginia
John Good
Virginia
J. H. Murphy
Iowa
Td Kyd Douglass
Maryland
W. H. F. Lee
Senate
Washington Territory
Committee On Foreign Relations
George
Jackson
Miss
Wilson
Pugh
North Dakota
Montana
Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Are They Alive Port land Mystery Elopement Hints
In Portland Maine on August 26 J D Potter a colored man says he has positive knowledge that Reed and Milliken reported drowned at Bar Harbor are alive and well. He refuses details and hints at elopement while hotelmen and others say no sighting supports the claim. He pressured reporters for money and appears eager to profit from the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
J. D. Potter
Mr. Reed
Miss Milliken
Bar Harbor
Late Ship News From Queenstown and Liverpool
Ships sailing include Alaska and Servi from Liverpool to New York and Norseman plus Venetian from Liverpool to Boston. Arrivals list Iowa and Lake Nepigon at Liverpool, Starlight at Pensacola. Capt Irwin reports rescuing 14 crew from bark Gylfe from Quebec to Greenock after distress signals and flooding near 47 14 N 44 30 W.
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Queenstown
Alaska
Servi
Queens
New York
Counsellor
Liverpool
New Orleans
Norseman
Boston
Montreal
Venetian
Iverpool
Lowa
Lake Nepigon
Starlight
Pensacola
Irwin
Quebec
Greenock
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Lorimer
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Horticultural Society For Vegetables, Fruit and Flowers
Parnell Defence Fund
Irish National League of Massachusetts
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DR. Weed
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