Record Rescue Tale From Tallulah Falls Descent
William Forman of New Orleans arrived for medical care after a fall at Tallulah Falls. He slid 400 feet down a rocky incline and toppled 276 feet, landing in a marsh. He survived over 30 hours by rationing water, using a handkerchief, and making a head pad from alpaca coat before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satan
Atlanta
William Forman
New Orleans
Tallulah Falls
Races at the Vermont state fair and regional notes
Entries for the races appear at the Vermont state fair while towns in Maine and New Hampshire report taxes and local finance moves. Public figures and incidents touch on a street railway plan in Burlington Vermont and a silk mill project in New Manchester Connecticut. A mix of local crimes, fires, marriages, and civic plans fill the page alongside brief society items and infrastructural developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Belfast
Maine
Caribou
Symonds
Hancock
N. H
Democrats of
Houston
Bates
Lewistone
Hackmen
Burlington
New Manchester
Susie Cook
Lewiston
Gardiner
Howe Scale Company
Rutland
John B. Page
Elizabeth McCurdy
George Hayward
Keene
N.H
Henry K. Goodwin
A. D. Swan
Lawrence
Riday
Falmouth
Sandwich
Mass
George A. Lamphear
Seth iSwift
Patrick Cooney
Richmond
Patton
Patrick
John O'Rourke
West Rutland
Congregational Church
Wiscasset
Washington
Paul Revere
Boston
Western
Boston and Maine Railroad
Third Street
Dover
N. Hi
Stamford
Conn
Long Island
Sumner I. Kimball, Esq
Lifesaving Service
Cove Island
Cape Elizabeth
North Scituate
Jerry's Point
Portsmouth Harbor
Butler Denial and Alibi in Letter on Cleveland’s Admin
Washington reports Gen. Butler denies writing a letter to Hon. William Dorsheimer praising Cleveland’s administration. The piece notes he may admit writing a similar letter to another acquaintance, with Dorsheimer likely aware of its contents. The motive for the denial remains unclear amid alleged political maneuvering. A separate item notes ex-minister John M. Langston filing a court of claims claim for $7,666 in salary, arguing congressional appropriations reduced pay from $7,500 to $5,900 over three years and 24 days, while law allows full compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romero
Bar Biarbor
Harper’s Weekly
E. K. Apgar
Geo. M. Dewey
Michigan
Lebanon
N. H
Marshal Reed
Bangor
New England Fair
Rockwell
Berkshire Agricultural Society
Betsey Shepherd
Ashland
George M. Dodge
Unitarian
Boston
Maine
Alfred
Bancroft Davis
Marlborough
N. Y
Troy Times
John C. Robinson
Ft. McHenry
Massachusetts
Baltimore
Magazine of American History
Worcester
H. H
Susan Coolidge
California
Yaleco
John Horatio Briggs
Auburn
Charles Elbridge Cushing
Bath
Carl Downing Buck
Bucksport
Charles Edward Heilier
William Burton Goodwin
Biddeford
Charles Putnam Merrill
Portland
Frederic Norris Sewall
George Kingsbury Pierce
New Gloucester
William Todd Ross
Belfast
Nathan Edward Ayer
Henry Hayes Ellis
Oxford
Herrick
L. C. Herrick
Columbus
Jedediah Herrick
Portland Argus
Washington
Gen. Butler
William Dorsheimer
Cleveland
Butler
Dorsheimer
Dorshemer
White House
Court of Claims
John M. Langston
Hayti
Congress
Congress of the United States
Boston Post
Northurort
Northport
Saturday Cove
Annie Taber
Bowdoin-square Baptist Church
Annie Pendleton
Taber
Job Pendleton
Mass
Annie
Fred J. Taber
Penobscot
Ansir
North Pole
Cottage City
Bowdoin-square
Parson Downs
Revere Beach
Mr. Downs
Henry Wattercon
New York Times
Neal Dow
Newburgh
Maguire
Lowell
Civil Service
Joe Manly
Augusta
Higgins
Brown
Maine Democratic State Committee
Moosehead Lake
Democratic City Committee
Bill Simmons
Lowell Courier
Simmons
Ben
Sun
New York Evening Post
Ohio
John Sherman
Senate
Utica
Philadelphia
Lueck
Vanderbilt
Pennsylvania
Internal Revenue Collector Troupe
Conn
Grant
Garfield
Lincoln
Gen
Manning
the Treasury
Post Office
Custom Se
Newark
Squire
Salvation Army
Quincy
Cambridge
Salem
Minot’s Lodge
Salem Cadets
Revere
Milton Bay
Jack Connors
Belmont
Texas
P. A. Collings
Lyon
Chelsea
Joseph Thornton
Reformatory
Wailham
Board of Health
Somerville
Charles A. Grown
F. W. Breed
Lynn
Chelsea Court
Fannie Carter
Coone
Brennen
Malden
Matthew M. Hoonan
Aya Yen
Battery U
C. H. Watson
The
Baptist Church
Arlington
Clpriés Francis Adams
Watertown
White Avenue
Nathan D. Chase
Spring
Broad Streets
Michael Hurley
Waltham Rifles
Creedmoor
New York
Robert B. Edes
Corp
Nevins
Goodenough
Williams
James Doherty
George A. Miner
Nathaniel Phillips
Mansfield
A Letter From Ex Secretary Lincoln on Command Authority
Washington dispatch dated Aug 28 reports ex secretary Lincoln sent a formal letter to Gen Sheridan defending the line of command and the exclusive authority of the secretary of war over bureaus and staff officers. Lincoln argues no dual channels exist for staff with troops and cites precedents, urging the president to ensure proper assignment of duties and reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Washington
Endicott
Sheridan
Army
Army and Navy Journal
Hancock
Secretary of War
War Department
Army of
United States
Funeral Observance for Rev William McDonald in Manchester
Laymen in Manchester NH join thousands in a funeral for Rev William McDonald who served 40 years as priest and pioneered Catholic education in New England. Pontifical mass held at St Ann's with Bishop Bradley delivering the eulogy. burial in church yard vault. Clergy from multiple states attend, with chief mourners listed among family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N. H
William McDonald
New England
P. Fahey
Bradley
J. A. Healy
Portland
Denis M. Bradley
Taos
F. Butler
Elsworth
Cleophas Demers
Great Falls
John Canning
Exeter
James Doherty
Salmon
J. G.donnell
East Cambridge
Mass
Walsh
Boston
L. M. Wilde
Pennacook
N. Cournoyer
Sterlin Falls
W. H. Linehan
St. Marys
P. Q
R. W. Brady
Worcester
Henry Kavanagh
Michael O’ Brien
Lowell
C. J. Paradis
Ronald McDonald
Henry Lessard
Bangor
Father McCarthy
Gardiner
Mus
Thomas MecCormick
C.F. McDonald
Washington, D. C
John McDonald
Emily Harper
Baltimore
Joseph Jessup
Cambridge
John McGrath
Lucy Pickingell
Mary Dernard McDonald
Eva Lyons
Mary Paul Wade
Beile McCormick
Parsonsfield Century Celebrated Amid Notables and History
Parsonsfield marks its 100th incorporation anniversary with residents and nonresidents gathering for three days of events. A principal address comes from ex US Senator James Ware Barnaby of Augusta. Native sons and daughters including editors and prominent figures such as Lorenzo De Merritt Sweat and Dr Moses Sweat feature in a roster of notable Parsonsfield origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parsonsfield
Alfred
York County
Francis Small
Nicholas Shapleigh
Sagamore
Sunday
Thomas Parsons
United States
James Ware Bone Bary
Augusta
MeIntire
The
Poriand Argus
James Otis McIntire
Rufus Metetire
Warsonsfield
Congress
Lorenzo de Merritt Sweat
Portland
William Buzzell Wedgwoood
New York
John Cazzell
Zenas P. Wentworth
Aroostook
Luther Sanborn Moore
Julia Fenderson
Watsonsfield
Gilman Lougee Bennett
Caleb Burbank Lord
York Bar
Alford
Prof. Brackett
Princeton College
German interference backs Spain in Carolines dispute
Paris reports the German emperor, moved by sympathy for King Alfonso, has intervened personally to push a quick settlement of the Carolines affair in Spain's favor. Spanish merchants and consumers threaten boycotts of German goods, with firms in Wuerzberg and Elberfeld cut off by Spanish houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Alfonso
Spain
Wuerzberg
Elberfeld
Cholera Reports Surface Across Several Cities
Gibraltar records a new severe cholera case amid unsettled weather and no cordon. Paris Marine reports 28 deaths in Marseille and 24 in Toulon over 24 hours. Chateau Yquem returns from Singapore with 40 cases and 10 deaths. Maprip notes 14 new cases and 14 deaths in 12 hours. London and Singapore notes add to the regional spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Lonpoon
Chateau Yquem
Pessadores
Singapore
Maprip
Marseilles
Pharo
Toulon
Irritation at Herat boundary over letter tampering
Smmxa Aug 28 reports English boundary commissioners are irritated at the governor of Herat for tampering with letters to commission members and other offenses. The British request the ameer reprimand the governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herat
Smmxa
London
Rhine
Cologne
Brussels
Chateau Neuf
Mile
Menetret
Paris
Germany
Caroline Islands
SimLa
Tonga Penlos
Constantinople
Henry Drummond Wolff
Former Official of This Country Abused in Hayti A Long Term in a Dungeon
C A Van Bokelen ex United States consul general at Port au Prince arrived in Philadelphia aboard the Haytain Republic and recounted being imprisoned in a Port au Prince dungeon from March 1884 to June 27 1885. He claimed arrest after real estate investment contravened Hayti law and alleged lack of protection by President Salomon until Secretary Bayard pressured for his release. The voyage crew corroborated his tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayti
Philadelphia
C. A. van Bokelen
New York
United States
Port Au Prince
van Bokelen
Dud
Port Au Yrince
Salomon
Yano Hokelon
Port Au Prinse
Saloman
Frelinghuysen
Bayard
Montreal Meeting Aims to Contain Smallpox Spread
A cross border gathering of top medical minds from Canada and nearby U.S. states met at the U S consul general office in Montreal to adopt safeguards against small pox. Representatives from Grand Trunk Canadian Pacific Central Vermont and Boston and Montreal Airline attended. The group pledged measures to confine contagion to Montreal as reports indicate the epidemic is rapidly abating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Dominion
United States
Grand Trunk
Canadian Pacific
Central Vermont
Boston
Sunday labor and church trains drive Massachusetts rail service
The state bureau of statistics of labor reports escalating Sunday work across railroads and horse cars, driven mainly by churchgoers seeking Sunday travel and services. The study notes growth of Sunday trains from 1860 onward, finds no clear health harm from Sunday labor, and emphasizes patron demand over employer initiative, with 720000 workers involved and 115800 in Sunday roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
State Bureau of Statistics of Labor
Boston and Worcester
Newton
Providence
Canton
New England
Eastern Railroad
Salem
Boston
Old Colony
Fitchburg
Maine
Boston and
Lowell
Massachusetts
Brookline
Newton Lower Falls
Cambridge Road
Middlesex Road
Metropolitan Railroad Company
Lynn and
Worki
Great Britain
Cambridge almshouse overseers report abuse and resignations
The Cambridge board of overseers of the poor read and approved resignations of Warden Hough and Watchman Bryant. The mayor's report cites mistreatment of inmates, including confinement in dark cells and corporal punishment, and notes record inconsistencies in the Murnighan case. It urges removal of the warden, approves Bryant's resignation, and reports changes to punishment practices. Eldridge and his wife were elected successors to warden and matron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Board of Overseers
Hough
F. E. Bryant
Murnighan
John Murnighan
Almshouse
Bryant
Chaffee
Wm. E. Russell
Sumner Albee
Charles EB. Vaughan
Michael Corcoran
Geo. D. Chamberlain
Martin L. Eldridge
Watertown
Eldridge
Barnardo
Massachusetts
Randalls Island
New York
Little Wanderers
Boston
Rice and Claflin
Pitman
Cambridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Doston Post
West Page
Telegraph and Mail
NEW England News
Geneva
Ill
Lockie
Aroun
Spring Garden
Marclousa
St. Malo
Electra
Jersey
Br. H. P. Lynch
Sturgis
Oak
Ross Hallis
Company A
Twenty-Fifth
United States Infantry
Ft. Meade
Samuel W. Collins
Bowling Green
Owen Utterback
Central Trust Company of
Lafayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railway
E Erie and Western
Lyceum
Louis G. Tiffany & Co
W. P. Mitchell
Rome
Tenn
Alabama Claims Court
Court of Alabama Claims
Asa P. French
Durham
French
Fish
Fresinghuysen
Cresswell
Hawaiian Islands
A. Wilson Norris
Treasury Department
Norris
Treasury
William R. Leeds
William H. Littleton
John L. Hill
B. P. Esherman
Lancaster
William Nolan
Reading
Huckle
Col. Norris
Co. Norris
Weaver
James Riley Weaver
Vienna
State Department
Porter
William Herz
Mr. Weaver
Bell
Marvin & Co
Farrell & Co
Hall & Co
Post Office Department
South America
United States Commission
Prince Frederick von Hohenlohe
Herr von Scholer
United States Treasurer
National Bank
Saccvic Adveseseneyestcoeae
National Bank Deposi- Lopes
Sacesees
Stapel
Julius Stapel
Shanghai
China
South Berwick
Joshua Goodwin
Shoreham
Richard H. Preble
Uruguay
South American Commission
Montevideo
Europe
Rred
Rewport
W. W. Astor
G.H. Warren
C.N. Beach
T. F. Cushing
J. N. A. Griswold
David King
Ogden Goelet
Jes. Fearing
Perry Belmont
Guy, Wetmore
West
de Lovenorn
L. de Reutershield
Sweden
Norway
J. c. Ayer
Pearson
August Belmont
Cornelius Vanderbilt
J. Meredith Reed
Shawmut Avenue
Comford
Catherine
Jacob Sharpe
Broadway
Jay Gould
Gould
W. W. Downs
Sik
W. F. Youre
Bowdoin Square
Chicago
Rock Island
Underground
Building & Railroad
FR. McDonald
Parsonsfield, Me
Felton
Philatslphia
Camden
N. J
Samuel Felton
Adrian Spear
Spear
Hartford
United States Mutual Insurance Company of New York
Kelly
Ss. M. Felton
Charleston
8.C
Sullivan’s Island
Pearfort
F. W. Schener
Walter Smith
John Stoddard
Wes&s
Albert Munroe
Penacrook
Charles N. George
Wm. Weston
Lisbon
Frank Hinks
Havanna
Niagara
Electric Light
American Electric Manufacturing Company
E. A. Noyes
Foreign News
Kaiser William
General Foreign News
Ireland
Lord Huntington
Mr. Chamberlain
Party of
Law and Order
Courbet
Admiral Courbet
Hotel Des Invalides
France
Abden
Ambo
Tojourah Bay
East Africa
Maprio
Yap
Caroline Group
Stalle
William Waldorf Astor
Italy
Berlin
Joe Mulhatton
Neb
Mr. Holland
Peter Dooley
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
Washington Street
Dooley
City Hospital
Division 4
Joseph Williams
Chauncy Street
J. Rothwell & Co
Arch Street
James McNulty
John Burke
Warren Avenue
Angus Lovejoy
First Division
Israel Lafonte
Stillman Street
Clough
Canton Street
Uth
Dickens
Capt. Phillips
Beverly
J. W. Phillips
Abbott & Reynolds
Messrs
Reynolds
Henry
Abbott
Moses
Charles Sewell
Mr. Sewell
Sewell
Reunion OF Veterans
Nineteenth Regiment
Vue de L’eau
Crescent Beach
Gettysburg Monument Committee
George Ek. Teele
George M. Barry
Joseph DeCastro
Elisha H. Hinks
Daniel Barton
C. H. Fowler
Paul M. Hale
Joseph W. Sawyer
Milton Ellsworth
Charles A. Newhall
J. Scott Todd
Col
Driver
Sunday Labor
Post Publishing CO
Milk
Washington &J
Boston Weekly Post
Fawe
Bemi-Wheely PO 4 PLC
Comte Ston
Wekly Post
Treasurer Post Publishing Co
Cambridge Almshouse
Old Crow
Kentucky
W. H Jones & CO
Blackstone Street
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