Weather outlook for New England states and region
Indications from Washington forecast fair weather for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont with cooler or warmer conditions varying by area. Seas and winds noted light to fresh and northerly shifts with temperature changes across the rest of New England. Blue Hill Observatory reports warmer conditions for southeastern New England in the 24 hour period starting tonight.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
Blue Hill Observatory
H. H. Clayton
Boston Weather Report From the Observer's Office
The Signal Survivr station in Boston issues the daily weather summary for November 2 1887. Readouts describe temperature pressure and wind conditions and note any notable atmospheric changes for the region.
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Boston
Observer’s Office
U.S Boston
Mayo Wrapper Becomes Boston Fashion Craze
The Mayo Wrapper, a County Mayo homespun invention now in Boston, is described as the latest popular garment imported from Ireland. Early sales show strong demand with varied sizes, and curious shoppers are urged to view the item at 82 to 44 North Street.
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London
North Street
Boston
Supreme Court affirms Anarchist cases in death sentences
Chief Justice Waite reads a unanimous Supreme Court decision denying the writ of error and upholding the Illinois Supreme Court ruling sentencing the defendants to death. The report covers multiple outcomes while other items note deaths, fires, and political moves across the country.
Globe attacks Chamberlain and calls for recall
The Toronto Globe denounces Mr. Chamberlain in a violent attack demanding his recall. Jenny Lind dies at 67. O'Brien and Mandeville moved from Cork jail to Tullamore. English municipal elections show Liberals 78 to Conservatives 62. Emperor William cannot rise. Sannehoo natives massacre native police and many residents.
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The
Toronto Globe
Weather and local history notes from society meetings
Fair weather with falling temperatures described. Dr. Mowry spoke on the Louisiana purchase at the New England Genealogical Society monthly symposium. At the Channing Club, the president discussed club history and role with remarks from others.
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New England Genealogical Society
Mowry
Purchase of
Louisiana
Channing Club
Probable election of Democrat in Louisiana district
New Orleans reports indicate Colonel S. M. Robertson Democrat appears to win the Sixth District seat in Congress with returns received so far.
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New Orleans
8S. M. Robertson
Congress
Printers Strike for Weekly Pay Increase in St Louis
In St Louis the 160 union job printers walked out yesterday morning seeking a $1 per week raise. In Orono Maine yesterday a student and son of ex State Senator Libby drowned himself. A woman and child in West Fitchburg were killed when struck by a locomotive while walking on a railroad track yesterday afternoon.
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Union
St. Louis
Charles Libby
Libby
Maine State College
Orono
James Hoar
West Fitchburg
Keeler & Co Furniture Warerooms Opens in Cambridgeport
Keeler and Co at 61 60 Washington Street near Elm Cambridgeport announces new furniture warerooms. Local listings highlight showroom items and contact details for orders and inquiries.
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Washington St
Cor Elm
Cambridgeport
Waite Denies Writ for Anarchists in Chicago Case
Supreme Court denies the writ of error for the Anarchists in Illinois. Attendance at the decision was large but dispersed quickly after the ruling. Prisoners' counsel J Randolph Tucker and Solomon faced mixed reactions. Illinois Attorney General Hunt remained unsurprised. Officials expect no executive interference and predict hanging on the 11th despite appeals.
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Sprdau
Supreme Court
J. Randolph Tucker
Mr. Solomon
Tucker
Hunt
Illinois
Tere
Ilinois
Supreme Court Denies Writ in Anarchist Case
The U S Supreme Court, in ex parte August Spies et al, denies the writ of error to Illinois, holding the federal questions are not present on the record. It upholds jury impartiality challenges under state statute and notes Spies was a voluntary witness for cross examination. The decision, read by Chief Justice Waite, completes at 12 40.
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Supreme Court of the United States
August Spies
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Oscar Neebe
Samuel Fielden
Albert R. Parsons
George Engel
Adolph Fischer
Louis Lingg
Supreme Court of
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Twitchell
the Commonwealth
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Harmoning
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Idem
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Ohio
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News of Anarchist Verdict Shocks Chicago Jail
Chicago, Nov 2 The Supreme Court decision on the Anarchists was delivered to the county jail by a reporter. Spies said he had nothing to say. Guards imposed strict limits on visitors as officers prepared for executions and reinforced the jail and police HQ. Relatives brought food, but access was tightly controlled amid funeral mood.
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Ferdinand
Anarchist Decision Draws Mixed Reactions in New York
Herr Most declares the anarchist ruling unsurprising, saying judges are in monopoly pay. Editor Shevietch argues constitutional rights are eroded, likening the situation to despotism. Vera Sassulitch’s acquittal in Russia contrasts with seven supposed innocents facing hanging for opinions.
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New York
Herr Most
Most
Shevietch
Russia
Vera Sassulitch
General Trepoff
Worcester Water Cases Award Big Damages for Rhode Island Mills
Special US Circuit Court commission reports twenty three suits against Worcester for Tatnuck Brook water taken for a reservoir. Total awards reach 184010 dollars with the Blackstone Manufacturing Company and Lonsdale Company among the top payouts. Interest will run from the taking date to the award date. Commissioners named include George QO Shattuck Edward S Philbrick and Lewis J Powers.
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United States Circuit Court
Rhode Island
Blackstone Manufacturing Company
Lonsdale Company
George QO. Shattuck
Edward 8. Philbrick
Boston
Lewis J. Powers
Springfield
Jefferson Davis Dying in Macon Despatch Reports
The Herald’s Macon despatch says Jefferson Davis may not return to Healdvoir Mississippi. His heart ailment worsened by recent excitement. Since Saturday he is bedridden with daily physician care. Wound from the Mexican War troubles him as his daughters are summoned to his side. the end is expected at any moment.
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the Herald
Macon
Jefferson Davis
HeawVoir
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Disappearance of Vernon Bros. & Co. member shocks paper world
New York report says David Scott, a Vernon Bros. & Co. member, vanished causing a stir in the trade. Thomas Vernon says Scott indorsed about 60,000 for the firm and added his own notes whose amount is unknown. Scott's brother is a Toronto lawyer and his brother-in-law once led Toronto Board of Trade. The firm will cover all notes.
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New York
David Scott
Vernon Bros. & Co
Thomas Vernon
Scott
Toronto
Can
Elliott
Toronto Board of Trade
Colored strikers disrupt Louisiana sugar plantation labor
In Terre Bonne parish near New Orleans, 35 colored workers on Laccasague’s sugar plantation struck for higher wages while 25 white workers stayed on. Four white laborers were shot from an ambush as the owner sought Governor's troops. The strike has spread to nearly all southwest Louisiana plantations.
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Laccasague
Terre Bonne
Laccasagre
Louisiana
Hawaii Cedes Pearl River Harbor as Coaling Station
Mail advices from the Hawaiian Islands report the government will cede Pearl River Harbor to the United States for use as a coaling station near Honolulu. If the reciprocity treaty is abrogated, the American government must relinquish the harbor. The harbor is described as the finest in the Hawaiian group.
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Hawaiian Islands
Pearl River Harbor
United States
Honolulu
Trunk Lines Agree on Uniform Freight Rate Plan
New York November 2 the executive committee of the trunk lines met in Commissioner Finks office and agreed on a plan to equalize freight rates on a uniform scale from Western cities through Liverpool Antwerp Havre and other principal European cities.
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Liverpool
Antwerp
Havre
Europe
Storm-Tossed Atlantic Vessels Reported After Severe Gale
Baltimore pilots describe yesterday’s storm as the fiercest in years. Several ships are ashore or lost along Cape Henry Virginia Beach and nearby waters. The English schooner Belle of Devon, outbound from Sydney with coal, is missing since Aug 26 and likely foundered.
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Down the Bay
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Wallace J. Boyd
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Sewall’s Point
Schoner Manantico
Milletown
Conn
Cape Henry
Cook
Harriet Thomas
New Haven
Haltimore
Hnven
Virginia Beach
Carrie Holmes
Norfolk
New Yok
State of Indiana
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Minola
Evans
Bristol
Eng
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Ette
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Irolden
Rich
McLean
St. John
N. B
Test Boy
Stuib
New Bedford
Neilie A. McKay
McDonald
Buenos Ayres
Marie
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Jamiliens
Minde
Santos
Alexandria
Krugs
Lynne
Autocrat
Valentia
Margaretta
Summerside
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Belle of
Devon
Cantain Hoskins
Sydney
O'Brien and Mandeville moved to Tullamore jail
This Cork dispatch reports Mr. William O'Brien and Mr. Mandeville being taken from Cork jail at 5 AM with a cavalry escort to the Great Southern and Western, then by train to Tullamore where Captain Featherstonhough assumed custody. The removal caused immense local excitement as readers learned only at 10 AM.
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William O’brien
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Great Southern
O’brien
Stokes
Tulla
Irish Prison Board
Edward Blake
Dominion Cabinet
Glen Sharrord
Delmege
London
Balfour
Ireland
Explosion at Carlton Club Injures Four in London
A London report cites an attempted bombing of the Carlton Club on Pall Mall. The blast damaged the basement and first floor windows and injured four people, with Carlton and Carlton Jr. nearby and many onlookers in the street as police clear the area. The Associated Press has no further confirmation.
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Evening World
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Associated Press
Great Liberal Gains and Global News Briefs
The English municipal elections show Liberal gains with 78 seats and 62 for Conservatives and dissident Liberals. The Fair Trade League backs protectionist fiscal policy amid corn duty debates. Also: British yacht Galatea sails from Queenstown to Southampton, minister Phelps on labor education, Spurgeon resigns from the Baptist Union, Earl of Lytton to Paris as ambassador, Sannehoo uprising with gunboat dispatches, Emperor William's health downturn, Reichstag convocation set for Nov 24, Caffarelli scandal inquiry, George Bay suicide, Sir Drummond Hay's Moroccon mission.
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Electo
Berwyn
William
Reichstag
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Tanarmer
Sir Drummond Hay
Morocco
Grappler
Steamers Arrived From Global Ports in Early November
Shipping notices list arrivals and origins including Wilkommon from New York to Bremen on Nov 1, Leonora from West Point Iss trian from Boston, Australia from Honolulu to San Francisco, Colon from Aspinwall to New York, and many more. The record covers vessels docking at Bremen Liverpool San Francisco New York Baltimore Philadelphia Marseilles London Glasgow and several naval and commercial departures and routes.
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Wilkommon
New York
Liverpool
Leonora
West Point
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Honolul
England
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Lizard
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Hull
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Hungaria
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Peter de Coninck
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Kinsale
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Nova Seotion
OL Brow Head
Noy & Thanemore
Montreal
Cutlan
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Brankelow
Galveston
Exniliano
Clacivel
Port Simon
Vera Cruz
Darsgogoyta
Devisvara
Apia Yy
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