Political and business notes from various cities and states
Governor Sawyer vetoes bill granting Boston and Maine lease guarantee for Northern railroad. Western Union lowers telegraph rates while rivals raise theirs. A gasoline explosion in St Louis kills and injures several and wrecks buildings. Notable illnesses, campaigns, and party events unfold across New England and beyond with politicians touring, fundraisers, and endorsements.
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Sawyer
New Hampshire
Boston & Maine
Northern
Portland
Western Union
Postal Telegraph and Cable
Samuel W. Bowerman
Pittsfield
St. Louis
Bristol Rubber Works
Maine
Campbell
Ohio
New York
Gordon
Georgia
Kings County
Brooklyn
Hill
Cleveland
New England
Rhode Island
Bradley
Hoadly
Academy of Music
Hewitt
Colonel Fellows
Fur Trimmed Overcoats Displayed in Boston Garment Auction
Handsome ready made fur trimmed overcoats shown in Boston with prices from forty five to seventy five dollars. Past two seasons many customers had coats made to order and now several styles Otter Beaver and Sable are pre crafted at forty five sixty and seventy five dollars. Special sizes can be duplicated to measure at the same price. Also introduced Mayo Wrapper winter wear.
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Boston
Salesmen Wanted by G. W. Simmons & Co.
G W Simmons and Company advertises vacancies this week for two or three first class salesmen. Apply from 12 to 1. Provisional applicants should present credentials at the stated hours.
Irish Leaders At Brussels Conference And Dublin Meeting
Mr Dillon denounces Irish imprisonment as outrage and warns against brutal tyranny amid O Brien case. Dublin National Club inaugural dinner. Davitt denounces Chamberlain on Ireland. Brussels dispatch notes extremist talks and a shift to constitutional means. London report covers Smith and Hartington on Parliament, education, and unionist accord. Zulu chiefs summoned. troops poised for action near Ekowe.
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Dillon
Ireland
Chamberlain
Archbishop Croke
Archbishop Walsh
T. Sexton
Michael Davitt
Cork
O’brien
New York
The
Sun
Brussels
Hennessey
Bordeaux
Owen Murphy
Michael Sullivan
Patrick Casey
Paris
Sullivan
Casey
Maginn
Antwerp
Parnell
England
London
Navy
W. H. Smith
House of Commons
Gladstone
Nansey
Reland
Lord Hartington
Plymouth
Sawyer vetoes bill to lease Northern railroad
New Hampshire governor embodies consistency by vetoing Senate bill 91 to authorize a lease of the Northern railroad to the Boston & Lowell. He cites Hazen bill ties, state railroad policy, and danger of consolidation, arguing the plan harms Concord and state interests while warning against merging systems. The Legislature awaits possible overrides.
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Concorp
N. H
Srrcoma
Sawyer
Senate
A.B. Thompson
Boston & Maine
Northern Railroad
Boston & Lowell
Hazen
Northern
House
Concord
Concord Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston Concord & Montreal
Coakles H. Sawyer
Boson & Maine
Eastern
Senate Railroad Committee
Dover
Weather forecast for New England and nearby states
Washington reports a 24 hour forecast starting November 2 at 7 a m. Maine New Hampshire and Vermont see slightly warmer fair weather with light to fresh winds shifting to the southwest. Other New England states experience warmer fair weather with winds turning west and south and easing. Eastern New York also has warmer fair weather with light to fresh winds shifting to the southwest.
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WashingtTon
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
New York
Weather forecast for southeastern New England issued
Blue Hill Observatory reports fair weather for southeastern New England for the twenty four hours starting at midnight. Observation by H. H. Clayton.
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Blue Hill Observatory
New England
H. H. Clayton
Meteorological Record of Yesterday Across Stations
Yesterday’s observations up to 10 pm recorded simultaneously at all stations, providing a synchronized snapshot of weather conditions across regions. Data include temperature, humidity, wind, and atmospheric pressure, revealing regional variations and overall trends for the prior day.
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Signal Service
U.S. A
Ostos
A.M
P. M
Irish Leader Denounces O'Brien Imprisonment at Limerick
Mr Dillon condemned the imprisonment as an outrage on the Irish race during a league meeting in Limerick. A Brussels conference of extreme Irish Nationalists urged nonviolence while Parliament is sought. Lord Hartington in Plymouth warned the Pee to dissolve Parliament. Grévy reportedly plans a cabinet crisis to drown Wilson uproar. Dynamiter Melville identified as John J Moroney of New York. Thistle, the Scotchcutter, arrived at Greenock.
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Dillon
Limerick
O’brien
Brussels
Lord Hartington
Plymouth
Grévy
Wilson
Melville
John J. Moroney
New York
Scotchcutter Thistle
Greenock
Scotland
Warmer weather and local events noted in brief
A warmer fair day sets the scene for community activities. Mrs. Abba Goold Woolson delivered a lecture on Historic Cities of Spain. Tremont Temple hosted a Sunday school workers meeting from New England. Charlestown labor men held a rally endorsing Philip J. Doherty. The Andover controversy reached the courts.
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Spain
Abba Goold Woolson
New England
Tremont Temple
Charlestown
Philip J. Doherty
Andover
Storm toll grows as dozens of ships ashore in Norfolk area
Nov 1 reports from Norfolk Virginia say about fifty vessels ashore after weekend storm with many total wrecks. A steamship near Ocean View and the Elias Moore are listed. crew safe. In Titusville Florida the Panama tramp steamer grounded and later spilled cargo. one sailor killed. Quebec reports Marine Victoire seen drifting after loss in the Gulf. corpses unrecovered. London notes Seong Bar foundered in Bristol Channel with all eighteen crew lost.
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Norfolk
Beung
Ocean View
Elias Moore
New Haven
Norfolk Light
Ocean View Hotel
Alabama
St. John
N. B
Baltimore
Willoughby Point
Titusville
Fla
Panama
Cape Canaveral
Panama Canal
Quebec
Marine Victoire
Gulf
Rio Janeiro
Bristol Channel
Steamers Arrived and Departed Listed by Ports
Steamers arrived and departed records show ships at Greenock St Thomas Havana London Barcelona Reval Calais and New York with origins including New York Savannah Baltimore Galveston Philadelphia Patras Genoa and West Point VA. Entries note dates from Oct 22 to Nov 1 and routes to Rio Janeiro Mediterranean ports and Liverpool along with others.
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Greenock
Circassia
New York
St Thomas
Finance
Rio Janeiro
Havana
Panama
Gibraltar
Entella
Mediterranean
Ponca
Rts
Thames
Patras
Enholm
Charleston
Barcelona
Handel
Genoa
Philadelphia
Kinsale
Leonora
West Point
Liverpool
London
Surrey
Baltimore
Napier
Savannah
Reval
Ashfield
Azalea
Galveston
Calais
Ville de Calais
Cienfuegoes
Wyoming
Hewitt Attacks Newspaper Bosses in Fellows D A Bid
New York Mayor Hewitt writes in support of Colonel Fellows for district attorney. He denies city bosses exist and warns against a new newspaper boss who wields influence for profit. He labels the Nicoll movement a Republican hoax to weaken Democrats for 1888 victory.
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New York
Hewitt
Colonel Fellows
Maurice J. Power
Nicoll
Fatal Gasolene Explosion Destroys St Louis Grocery
In St Louis Missouri a gasolene explosion at Michael New mans grocery at No 7 South Fourteenth Street collapsed three buildings. Twelve people perished including Michael Newman his wife and five children along with others. Several were wounded and one survivor Nellie Newman remained hospitalized with slim hopes.
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St. Louis
Michael Newman
South Fourteenth Street
Newman
Annie Newman
Mamie Newman
John Newman
Kate Newman
Eddie Newman
Charles N. Devere
Agnes Beasley
Nellie Newman
Hattie Brown
Columbus
Charles Eifford
Hattie Bryant
City Hospital
Delay in forming the sugar trust on Wall Street
On November 1 in New York reports circulated that the effort to create a sugar trust had failed after days of tension. Leading refineries from Baltimore Philadelphia and Boston had pressed for full organization while refiners held back with officials remaining reticent. They indicated the matter was in abeyance and hoped for a possible final arrangement within a week or ten days.
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New York
Wall Street
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Boston
Julius Dexter Elected President of Cincinnati Railroad
Julius Dexter has been elected president of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad Company in a formal meeting held in Cincinnati Ohio on November first. The decision follows leadership changes announced earlier this week and sets a new course for the company’s management and strategic operations.
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Cincinnati, C
Julius Dexter
The
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company
Crisis at Bristol Rhode Island Rubber Mills Threatens Violence
The National Rubber Company crisis leaves 1400 workers unpaid for months, facing destitution. Ex Governor Bourne has loaned 40,000 dollars via assignee Colonel Samuel P. Colt to restart operations and pay wages from finished goods, but only a third of workers can be employed initially. Colt met workers, outlined plans to start with loans, sell assets, and bond debt, while demanding cooperation. workers seek back pay and Bourne’s exclusion from reorganization. The tension rises as threats of arson and violence are rumored without clear resolution.
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Bristow
National Rubber Company
Bourne
Father Corrigan
Catholic Church
Samuel P. Colt
Colt
Disastrous gale strands vessels along British coast
A severe English gale wrecked seven ships at Cardiff and drove ashore numerous vessels at Falmouth. The Danish brig Thusnelde, under Captain Gristrup from Rio Grande, is among the wrecked. Ardrossan docks, a dam, and Holyhead railway embankment were washed away as the Mersey ships broke from moorings. The gale began to subside around 4 PM.
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London
England
Cardiff
United Kingdom
Falmouth
Thusnelde
Gristrup
Rio Grande
Ardrossan
Holyhead
Mersey
Largest underwear sale hits public auction in New York
In New York on November 1, Clarke Radcliffe & Co. auctioned off knit underwear valued at $400,000 to settle debts. It was the largest such sale in the United States. Prices realized were fair. Scarlet wool undergarments showed the most demoralization, yet the firm remained satisfied with the results.
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eNew
York
Messrs. Clarke, Radcliffe & Co
Cabinet Crisis Aims To Drown Wilson Controversy
Paris reports say President Grévy plans a cabinet upheaval to suppress the Wilson issue. De Freycinet would become premier but the move only delays the inquiry sought by the Right and Radicals. Secret Paris committees monitor moments to push mob pressure for a new president.
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London
Times
Paris
Grévy
Wilson
M. de Freycinet
The Dynamite Plot In London and Boston Details
London police identify Melville as J J Moroney and note he stayed at Youngs Hotel Boston under a New York alias. He visited the Kennedys at 53 Charles Street. Sir Charles Warren issues descriptions of two Irish American men missing from Liverpool since Oct 17. John Whitney alias Scrates Walsh poses as a blacksmith, and Charles Murray alias Joseph Dolan poses as a laborer.
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London
Melville
J. J. Moroney
Boston
Young’s Hotel
John J. Moroney
New York
Kennedys
Charles Street
Charles Warren
London Police
Liverpool
John Whitney
Scrates
Walsh
Charles Murray
Joseph Dolan
Thistle finishes voyage to Greenock with strong runs
London reports the Scotch yacht Thistle, captained by Barr, arriving at Greenock after leaving New York October 14. It logged a best day of 258 miles and a worst of 75, with good conduct noted as she completed the voyage. Also Paris notes de Lesseps announcing the Panama Canal opening for February 3, 1890 with free passage for twenty ships daily and revenue estimates around 90 to 100 million francs. Berlin reports river disturbances from false news.
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London
Thistle
Barr
New York
Greenock
Presbyteriancumenical Council
Paris
Count de Lesseps
Academy of Science
Panama Canal
Berwin
New England Grocers Visit New York for Adulteration Tour
About 250 New England retailers including 75 women arrived in New York to tour the city’s wholesale groceries. They were guided by Thurber Whyland & Co. and Austin Nichols & Co. to show stocks free from adulteration, visited exchanges, and enjoyed a Grand Central Hotel dinner with speeches by C. S. Higgins F. B. Thurber and more. The group departed for Dockstader’s minstrels after a late adjournment.
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New York
Sordau
New England
Thurber, Whyland & Co
Austin Nichols & Co
Grand Central Hotel
C. S. Higgins
Brooklyn
New
C. D. Colson
O Mattapoisett
Mass
Dockstader
Governor Gordon Addresses Ohio Georgia Reunion Call
Governor J B Gordon of Georgia spoke at Music Hall in Carvetano and, after a heated exchange, kissed General G W Morgan. He urged reunion over sectional hatred and recalled Appomattox, saying he would bear marching under the Stars and Stripes with Ohio against a common foe.
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Carvetano
J. B. Gordon
Georgia
Music Hall
Mt. Vernon
Morgan
Gordon
General Morgan
Ohio
Appomattox
Cholera Bulletins Questioned at New York Quarantine
Health Officer Smith and quarantine commissioners issued cholera bulletins seen as unsatisfactory. They said Alesia passengers mostly well with a few cases of intestinal catarrh, and two Britannia children with measles later termed cholera. An assistant admitted no measles cases existed.
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New York
Smith
Alesia
Britannia
Vernon steamer Vernon survivor aboard Pomeroy
Alfred Stone one of the Vernon crew was rescued on a raft about eight miles from Sheboygan after the steamer Vernon foundered with around fifty people aboard. He reported seeing a dead man on the raft and four other survivors missing prior to rescue. The Pomeroy navigated through Miunwavukesi Bay carrying Stone.
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Vernon
Miunwavukesi
Wis
Journal
Sturgeon Bay
Alfred Stone
Sheboygan
Stone
Burglary Report At Thissel’s Store On Common Street
Lawrence police report a daylight break in at Daniel Thissel’s Common street store. A bag with $40 and coins vanished along with cigars while the family was upstairs. George Weston of Lowell was arrested. money found on his person after release from jail.
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Lawrence
Daniel Thissel
Common Street
George Weston
Lowell
Comptroller Loew sues Jones and Times for libel action
New York November 1 Comptroller Loew has filed a libel suit against George Jones and the New York Times Company seeking $100 000. The complaint was served on Mr Jones at the Times office at noon today by Evarts Choate and Beman.
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New York
Loew
George Jones
New York Times Company
Messrs
Evarts
Choate and
Beman
Jones
Times
Gilmore and Tompkins Plan Theater Venture in New York
Eugene Tompkins and E G Gilmore, owners of the Academy of Music, expect to run it with the Boston Theatre. They plan alternating Boston and New York productions on the great stage. Tompkins will lease the Fifth Avenue Theatre May first and, with his partner as manager of Niblo's, will control three large combination houses. Tracine and Gilmore back the scheme with ample capital.
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New York
Eugene Tompkins
E. G. Gilmore
Academy of Music
Academy
Boston
Tompkins
Fifth Avenue ‘Theatre
Niblo’s
Messrs. Tracine
Gilmore
Yale elects Walker to corporation and appoints recitation hall site
At Yale University's semi annual meeting Rev Dr George L Walker of Hartford was elected to fill the vacancy after Dr Burtons death. The board chose College and Chapel street corner for a new recitation hall requiring the famed Yale fence to be removed. Separately Yale freshman classes voted to challenge Harvard freshmen to a two mile race at New London near summer with Harvard leaning against the Columbia races making acceptance likely.
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New Haven
Corporation of
Yale University
George L. Walker
Hartford
Burton
Chapel Street
Cmpus
Yale
Harvard
New London
Columbia
The Honorable S W Bowerman Very Ill
Prrrsheep November 1 Samuel W Bowerman is dangerously ill with Brights disease. He grew worse today as doctors warned he may not live a week.
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S. W. Bowerman
Samuel W. Bowerman
Bright
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