City to take legal action to recover city funds
New York Aldermen authorize the mayor to pursue immediate legal steps to restitution of all sums fraudulently taken from the city treasury and to prosecute all negligent parties involved. The Brooklyn suffrage convention persists with Elizabeth Chase presiding and Elizabeth Stone speaking on equal rights. Indictments against S L M Barlow and others tied to the Seawanaka steamer face uncertain convictions after the captain’s death. Plans for a new Beaver Street cotton exchange rise eight stories at a cost of 530,000. The American Academy of Medicine closes a session with officers elected: President Benjamin Lee, Frank Guion, Nathan Allen, and Richard J. Dimgnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Aldermen
Brooklyn
Elizabeth Chase
Stone
S. L. M. Barlow
Seawanaka
Smith
New Cotton Exchange
Beaver
William and
Pearl Streets
American Academy of Medicine
Benjamin Lee
Philadelphia
United States Navy
Nathan Allen
Lowell
Mass
Richard J. Dimgnson
Cotton Crop Condition Drops Across United States in October
The department of agriculture reports October first crop condition fell from 74 to 68 due to drought and worm damage. The yield per acre remains about a third higher than last year, with Florida faring best and Texas worst. Projections suggest a crop near last year but down by over a million bales. Georgia and Virginia show mid-range conditions. sea island in Florida included in county estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Texas
Gulf Coast
Cotton Belt
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Pennnessee
Sea Island
Mississsippi
Tennessee
Earle Oe
Commonwealth
United States
Clara Barton
Massachusetts
Adjutant General’s Office
Tean
Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity
Thomas Talbot
Gaston
Ewksbury
Mr. Talbot
Harvard
Maine
Maryland
Oregon
New England
Mr. Robinson
Tewksbury
Gen. Butler
Gen. Buller
Butler
Council
Legislature
Gulliver
Lillipet
Grand Lodge J. O. F. of New Hampshire opens in rpiy
The Grand lodge J. O. F. of New Hampshire opened this fore moon with Grand Master John Odlin of Exeter in the chair. Fifty-one new members admitted. Grand secretary Joseph Kidder read the annual report detailing 638 subordinate lodges, 461 new members, 605 total members, $23,613 total relief, $214,559 cash and investments, 7,552 weeks sickness, and 1,725 Rebekah degree members with $1,529 receipts and $3,893 total assets. Officers elected and installed include G M H A Brown of Concord, DGM Lewis Malvern of Laconia, G W C C A Jewell of Plymouth, G C Joseph Kidder of Manchester, G T L C Fernald of Salmon Falls, G C M M Burbank of Franklin, G M W O Folsom of Hennik, and representative L F McKinney of Manchester for two years. Grand representative G A Robie reported on the sovereign grand lodge session noting 68 lodges in the state, with only three represented. over 200 members were present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah
G. M
H. A. Brown
Concord
Lewis Malvern
Laconia
G. W
C.C. A. Jewell
Plymouth
G. C
Joseph Kidder
Manchester
G. T
L. C. Fernald
Salmon Falls
M. M. Burbank
Franklin
W. O. Folsom
Hennik
L. F. McKinney
G. A. Robie
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Massachusetts Firemen Debate Direct Water Pumping Systems
The Massachusetts Firemen's Association session opened with a heated discussion on direct pumping systems led by ex Chief Turner of Haverhill, opposing Chief A P Leshure in Springfield. Poland Hatch urged leather hoses while F H Dow backed rubber lined cotton. Mayor Geo Wilson of New Bedford was made an honorary member. Demonstrations of the Spencer fire escape and Bangor ladder were held by New Bedford firemen. A constitutional amendment allowed one delegate from each engine board as a member. A committee including Camrell, Paislee, Root, Mackintosh, and Merrill was named to establish a Boston firemen's exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew Bepforrd
Massachusetts Firemen’s Association
Holly
Turner
Haverhill
A. P. Leshure
Springfield
Leshure
Poland Hatch
North Brookfield
F. H. Dow
Chelsea
Geo. Wilson
New Bedford
Spencer
Bangor
Pittsfield
H. P. Mackintosh
Newburyport
Waterbury Typhoid Fears Rise as Deaths Increase
In Waterbury Connecticut there is anxiety over health as typhoid fever sharpens its grip. Sixteen deaths occurred in August, nine in September, and several more in October, striking prominent citizens and leaving a deep impact. Widespread sickness is blamed on the low water supply and street openings for new sewers. The disease remains elusive and hard to control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
Mosher heirs plan to secure vast English estate
Curiaco October 10. Sixty Mosher heirs gather to press a claim on an English estate valued at mill ions of dollars. Hugh Mosher, who came to Rhode Island in 1660, allegedly inherits through a buried will by his brother Daniel in England found only after a century. The heirs claim the property passed to a Mosher unrelated to the deceased. The number of heirs is reported as 000.
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Moses Stuart Phelps
Smith College
Tyler
Poster
Yale
Smyth
Andover
Frank L Bigelow
Bigelow
New Haven
Conn
Annie Louise Lewis
Robert H. Lewis
Church of the Redeemer
England
John Bright
Gallia
New York
Liverpool
Corrigan
Archbishop Gibbons
Baltimore
Archbishop Feehan
Chicago
Creary
Kingston
Choiard
Vincennes
O’connell
Father Keeley
Rome
James B. Steedman
Toledo
Ohio
Buchanan
Internal Revenue
New Orleans
Johnson
Chicamauga
Trinity Church
Henry P. Perkins
Lowell
Phillips Brooks
Helen B. Anthony
A. B
Anthony
Boston
Walter Perkins
Miss Perkins
Miss Barrett
Lawrence Barrett
Walter A. Lawson
Fred W. Stickney
Charles L. Knapp
W. F. Kellogg
W. P. Preble
W. F. Crocker
Cambridge
Maine
Bangor
John Eas Geome
Abraham Sanborn
Bion Bradbury
C. Strout
Gee, Walker
T. H.baskell
W.F. Lunt
Portland
Lindsey
Norridgewock
L. A. Emery
Ellsworth
E. D. Stewart,Esq
St. Albans
E. F. Webb
Waterville
Frye
Gen
Mattocks
Putnam
Jon M.goodwin
Charles Danforth
Tapley
Curiaco
Mosher
Hugh Mosher
Rhode Island
Daniel
Hugh
Butler
Marshes
Massachusetts
Atlantic Monthly
Commonwealth
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hisses
Tilden
Canter
Mr. Lodge
Republican
Republican Committee
Council
Julius L. Clarke
Bankers Association Meets in Louisville Address by Comptroller Knox
About 100 Bankers Association members gather in Louisville as President Coe reads the annual address. Comptroller Knox is introduced and discusses banking systems, praising the national system over prewar state banks, citing 20 years of experience proving its superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Bankers’ Association
Coe
Knox
Western Union reports higher message receipts and profits
The year’s figures show receipts from messages at 19 454 902 08 dollars against 17 114 165 last year. Expenses total 11 794 503 40 leaving a net profit of 7 660 349 50 dollars. Directors were elected as John May in place of Z G Simmons D Worcester and Frank Work in place of Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Green
Western Union Telegraph Company
John May
Pee
D. Worcester
Frank Work
Z. G. Simmons
Arrest in Grand Forks of men printing spurious silver certificates
Secret service officials report three men arrested in Grand Forks North Dakota for printing and circulating counterfeit ten dollar silver certificates. authorities found paraphernalia and four copper plates used to print counterfeit three and ten dollar bills for the Bank of Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascado
Secret Service
Grand Forks
Cak
Bank of Montreal
Mighty City Rally As Butler Addresses Wide Audiences
A Wednesday sequence at Faneuil Hall Tremont Temple and Music Hall drew vast crowds for Democratic ratification meetings with Gov Butler and Hon C P Thompson. Police kept order as 10 000 heard Butler while vendors sold Tewksbury skin ballots and governor pictured books.
Old Fashioned Liberty Rally at Faneuil Hall
A large Democratic gathering in Faneuil Hall featured Gov. Butler and Col. Wilder as speakers. The audience cheered as telegrams from Ohio showed Hoadly winning and Butler was urged to pursue state and national goals. The meeting endorsed Butler and aims for Democratic victories in 1884.
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Faneuil Hall
Henry Walker
Boston
Gen. Butler
Col. Walker
Ohio
Hoadly
Walker
Charles W. Wilder
Wilder
State House
Republican Party
Butler
Usher
Frederick O. Prince
Col. Wilder
Gov. Butler
Mr. Walker
Charlestown
Massachusetts
Our Good Old Commonwealth
Campaign Platform Narrowed to Two Words
The speaker reflects on past public gatherings and debates during campaigns. He notes that current discourse has vanished and asserts that both parties now present a two word platform focusing on broad aims rather than detailed differences.
Criticism of Gov Butler and Dawes in Massachusetts politics
The article attacks Henry L Dawes and the Republican party over reform rhetoric and patronage. It alleges Dawes used federal patronage to gain power, criticizes his letters praising favors, and contrasts his practices with Gov Butler. It notes Democratic opposition and calls out hypocrisy in claims of fair votes and civil service reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Simmons
Republican Party
Henry L. Dawes
Louisiana
Henry L. Pierce
Boston
Hayes
Commonwealth
Dawes
Massachusetts
Gov. Butler
United States Senate
Butler Defends Governor Role in Massachusetts Reform
Gen Butler’s supporters praise his vigilance against misuse of state funds and his drive to reform almshouses and asylums. Tarbox argues Butler’s acts aid the commonwealth, while critics accuse him of ambition. Butler vows broader investigations and urges a supportive legislature to continue reforms.
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Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Republican Alliance
General Butler
Tarbox
Butler
Clarke
Gen. Butler
England
Campaign speech sparks party clash in commonwealth
President Copeland salutes Gov. Butler and calls the race the pivotal battle between the people's will and party leaders. John I. Baker urges Butler's governorship, accusing rivals of press misrepresentations and demanding accountability, while speeches highlight reform and governance limits.
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Copeland
Gov
Butler
Commonwealth
Republican State Committee
Jeacon Street
Tewksbury
John I. Baker
Beverly
Gen. Butler
Gov. Butler
Herald
John K. Tarbox
Colored Orator of Chelsea Praises Butler Hope for Independent Victory
Mr Scottran of Chelsea denounces republican insults to colored voters while backing Benjamin F. Butler for governor and possibly president. Litchman and Simmons weigh Butler majority and critique Robinson. Yale Regatta reports two decisive wins as Farmington fair shows strong horse exhibits and purses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottran
Chelsea
Litchman
Simmons
Tarbox
T. G. Scottran
Gen. Butler
Republican Party
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Massachusetts
Gov. Butler
Benjamin F. Butler
Robinson
Charles H. Litchman
Marblehead
Essex County
Butler
Govtler
Mayor Palmer Defends Appointment at Packed Music Hall Event
Mayor Palmer defends his appointment of precinct officers as Gov. Butler and speakers including Hon. E. F. Pillsbury and Hon. Rdward Avery address a full Music Hall. The hall opened at 7 and was filled within moments with Cadet band relief. Palmer’s remarks follow a cheering crowd and a dispatch declaring Ohio a Democratic win by 7,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Temple
John J. Baker
George W. Copeland
Palmer
Gov. Butler
E. F. Pilsbury
Rdaward Avery
Music Hall
Mayor Palmer
Edward Avery
Patrick A. Collins
Noah A. Plympton
Eben F. Pillsbury
A. C. Drinkwater
Stevens
Charles H Litchman
Addison Davis
Edward F. Hamilton
David Smith
North Carolina
John M. Devine
E. E. Butman
Mr. Bartlett
M. M. Cunniff
Boston
Albert Palmer
Charles M. Randall
T. J. Barry
A. K. Tilden
J. Cunniff
Mr. Palmer
Ohio
Defender of His Action in Appointing Election Officers
Mayor Palmer defends appointing election officers, citing Massachusetts voters’ conscience and the country vote as decisive in the coming election. He condemns Republican charges as baseless slander and asserts the law requires his appointment across precincts with capable, trustworthy staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Boston
Massachusetts
Berkshire
Cave Cod
Commonwealth
Tewksbury
Board of al
Builer
Swatara Sails for West Indies From Navy Yard
The United States ship Swatara, commanded by Commander Pp. H. Coover, U. S. N., departed the navy yard on Wednesday afternoon for the West Indies. The Cunard steamship Batavia arrived, to be placed in the dry dock for a general overhaul by Atlantic company of Hast Boston, with round the clock work until completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Swatara
Navy Yard
Pp. H. Coover
West Indies
Cunard
Batavia
Autlantic Company of
Hast
Boston
Angostura Bitters and other goods advertised
An advertisement touts Angostura Bitters as a preventive for digestive diseases, warns against counterfeit products, and directs buying from grocers or druggists. It also promotes Paine's rattan furniture at 48 Canal Street, and Old Bourbon in bottles from grocers and druggists. Estabrook & Eaton sell Hidalgo cigars for five cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. B. Siegert & Sons
Paine’s
Canal Street
Estabrook & Eaton
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Boston Post
Gotham Gleanings
REW Hampshire Odd Fellows
THE
Western Union
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Hon. C. P. Thompson
Sergt. Haney
Sergt. Munroe
Sergt. Thomas
Station Four
Winter Street
Congress
Lynn
Deacon Converse
Converse
Lodge
Weill
Wilson
Boutwell
Sumner
Charles P. Codman
Mr. Codman
Assembly
Forty-Fifth Regiment
Gettysburg
Army of the James
Newbern
Forty- Fifth Regiment
Col. Codman
Charles Francis Adams
Adams
Pierce
Talbot
Globe
Everyody
Chicopee
George PD. Robinson
Springfield Republican
Billy’ Gray
Light
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Gray
Salem
Lincoln
Parker
Norcross
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Harbor Hill
Crapo
Wendell Phillips
Phillips
Dorsey
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Executive Council
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Cradle of Liberty
C. P. Thompson
Judge Woodbury
Co. Wilder
Charles Levi Woodbury
Oll
Woodbury
William H. Simmons
Billy
Mr. Simmons
United States Revenue Law
Charles K. Codman
Boston Daily Press
Col. Godman
Butles
Gov Utler
State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity
Yennor
Butter
Marsh
Earle
Col. Wright
Labor Bureau
Insurance Department
Mr. Tarbox
Council Chamber
Executive Chamber
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Narie
Worcester
Hall
Republican Legisla
Ture
Mr. Brown
Tom Marsh
Burien
J. H. Tarbox
Wales
Stoughton
Gov. Talbot
Sey
Manandaga
William A. Simmons
Andrews
OUT Door Sports
Narragensett Park
R.I
Narragansett Driving Association
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Park
Cranston
James Golden
Medford
Kentucky
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Seeressseessdo
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Trifle
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Fk. Knowlton
Rochester
Yale College
Rogers
Haven
Sheffield Scientific School
P. R. Bolton
Miller
E. A. Schulte
J. P. Parsons
A. Cowles, Jr
SW. B. Goodwin
E. J. Richards
C. W. Copeland
H. R. Flanders
G. Peters
T. W. Porter
W. T. Williams
E. Wells
Farmington
E. K. Woodman
Warren Hinds
John Hunt
Mayok Palmer
Boston F Advertising
Positiona
Bret
Waemty Post
Post Publishing CC
Navy Yard Matters
G. O. Taylor
Bradford
Oxford
London
Ashington ST
Saxony
Carnels
John J. Fray
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