Governor vetoes Hazen railroad bill in New Hampshire
Governor Sawyer vetoes the Hazen railroad bill. The President’s party received a warm Southern reception. Maine Republicans doubt Bodwell’s prohibition statements. Kansas Pacific stockholders seek Gould and Sage removal. A Rockland Missouri land syndicate forms with prominent businessmen. Burke acquitted in Providence murder case after forty minutes. Meade statue unveiled in Philadelphia. Major Anderson quells Indian outbreak without troops. Sturtevant sentenced to twenty five years for horse stealing. St Pierre found with ten drowned aboard. Payne escapes court martial in Portsmouth.
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Sawyer
New Hampshire
Maine
General Meade
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Major Anderson
Fred Sturtevant
Lynn
Lawrence
St. Pierre
Mig
Payne
Portsmouth
N. H
Gladstone Home Rule Speech Sparks Campaign Tour
Mr Gladstone delivered a Home Rule speech at Nottingham and added remarks at Stockport and Manchester. Rioting continues in London with police clashes in Hyde Park, several arrests reported. Evictions occurred at Kilross as families left their homes. Disconto Gesellschaft of Leipzig with 9,000,000 marks capital failed amid alleged illegal speculations. two directors absconded with bank stock. Prince Albert Victor laid memorial stone for Northampton infirmary.
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Gladstone
Nottingham
Stockport
Manchester
London
Hyde Park
Kilross
Disconto Gesellschaft
Leipsie
Prince Albert Victor
Northampton
Weather shifts as cooler air gathers
Fair conditions prevail with cooler temperatures today. A series of town notes report tactical changes in street railway track layouts, conventions in progress, and local civic events.
South Boston Englishmen Form New Association Branch
A well attended Gray's Hall meeting in South Boston formed a branch of the main Englishmen association. Officers elected include Thomas F Anderson president Alexander Wilson Jr vice president J A Robertson secretary George Eddy assistant secretary and Robert Smalley treasurer. Committees on bylaws hall and recruiting named John Kierney chair. Priest of Malden and Hugh McDevitt spoke on naturalization and Irish oppression. Fifty men joined.
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South Boston
Gray’s Hall
Thomas F. Anderson
Alexander Wilson, Jr
J. A. Robertson
George Eddy
Robert Smalley
John Kiernney
Priest of
Malden
Dukelow and Parritt Marry in South Boston Ceremony
Miss Maria K. B. Dukelow of South Boston wed William G. Parritt of this city at St. Matthew's Church. The Rev. A F Washburn performed the ceremony with ushers George A. Crawford Fred A. Kieth William R. Beckwith and Charles T. Dukelow. The couple plans to reside in Malden after a wedding trip to New York and other points. They will be at home on Thursdays, Nov 10 17 and 24.
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Maria K. B. Dukelow
South Boston
William G. Parritt
St. Matthew’s Church
A. F. Washburn
Church of the Redeemer
George A. Crawford
Dorchester
Fred A. Kieth
Boston
William R. Beckwith
Charles T. Dukelow
Warren R. Gilman
M. C. Dukelow
B Street
CHICEK B ACON WEDDING AT 86 WEST NEWTON
A stylish wedding united Miss Annie W Bacon daughter of Charles H Bacon and Edson H B Chick of the Boston and Lowell Railroad at 7 30 PM at 86 West Newton street Rev A J Gordon officiated The reception ran from 5 to 10 PM Best man Charles A Wardwell ushers Frank H Freeman George T Barker Walter Chick C W Colburn and E Baker. The couple will reside at 86 Newton street after November 1.
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West Newton Street
Annie W. Bacon
Charles H. Bacon
Edson HB. Chick
Boston & Lowell Railroad Company
A. J. Gordon
Charlies A. Wardwell
Frank H. Freeman
George T. Barker
Walter Chick
C. W. Colburn
Baker
Boston Light Infantry Veteran Corps Marks 89th Anniversary
The eighty ninth anniversary was observed with a day trip to Lowell and a post visit banquet at the United States Hotel. About two hundred members and guests attended the events.
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West End Street Railway Company
Massachusetts Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Tremont Temple
South Boston
Detroits
St. Louis
Knights of Labor
Minneapolis
Light Infantry Veteran Corps
Lowell
Boston & Providence
Boston Light Infantry
United States Hotel
W L Douglas Becomes President of Major Boot Firm
W L Douglas of Brockton has become president of the Standard Boot and Shoe Lasting Company of Boston. The body of Louis A. St Pierre, drowned off Eagle Island Salem October 3, was found by a fisherman and brought to Magnolia.
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W.L. Douglas
Brockton
Standard Boot and Shoe Lasting Company
Boston
Louis A. St. Pierre
Eagle Island
Salem
Magnolia
Buy of the Maker at Keeler and Co Furniture Warerooms
Readable lines note a sale heading Buy of the Maker at Keeler and Co furniture warerooms. Mentions a Washington Booncer Ehn from Cambridgeport factory with price 1.89 and Cambridgeport reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton Booncer Ehn
Cambridgeport
Home Rule Debate Sparks Riots and Evictions in Ireland
London reports intense clashes as Gladstone pushes Home Rule amid disputes over coercion and Mitchelstown. In Kilross two families are evicted amid police clashes. Archbishop Walsh seeks tenant landlord talks. A disciplinary inquiry into Mitchelstown riot to begin in the city.
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Dupuis
Kilross
Walsh
Landlords’ Committee
Mitchelstown
Wansborough
Friendly Sentiments Across the Ocean
The Standard editorial notes in Lonxnon on October 18 praising the American minister and Mr. Russell Lowell for strengthening Anglo American ties. It asserts Americans cherish shared intellectual links and contrasts Shakespearean legacy with English writers, claiming the past belongs to the United States while England may share in the future.
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Lonxnon
Standard
Russell Lowell
United States
England
Bank Failure at Leipsic Bank Directors Abscond
London report states the Disconto Gesellschaft of Leipsic with a 9,000,000 mark capital has failed due to unlawful speculations. Directors Jerusalem and Winklemann have absconded with all the bank’s money.
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London
Disconto Gesellschaft
Leipsic
Jerusalem and
Winklemann
Berlin Stock Market Sheds Gains After Disconto Failure
Berlin bankers show interest but overall declines spread across exchanges. Berlin Boerse opened firm yet reacted to the Leipsic failure with international securities sliding several marks. Paris Bourse also closed weak on the same development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Hyde Park Unemployed Clash With Police in Trafalgar Square
Tensions flare as unemployed workers clash with police in Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park. Six more men are detained, additional rioters arrested, and shops near Hyde Park feared to be looted. Mounted officers intervene. crowd driven back and locked inside the park before exiting through the marble arch.
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London
Trafalgar Square
Hyde Park
Park
Marble Arch
Vive Boulang er crowds rally as political tremor grows
Paris reports show thousands send sympathy to General Boulanger from across France. In Mines a college opening rally led by M Spuller chants Vive Boulanger with bands playing. Grévy refuses to sign Caffarelli dismissal. Gaulois says no trafficking in decorations. Petit Journal urges Grévy to intervene in Wilson affair.
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Paris
General Boulanger
France
Mines
M. Spuller
Boulanger
Matin
Grévy
Caffarelli
Gaulois
Prince Albert Victor Leads Northampton Infirmary Stone Event
London reports Prince Albert Victor, son of the Prince of Wales, laid the memorial stone at Northampton infirmary amid cheering crowds and booing. Meantime Moroccos Sultan is said to be recovering as Princesses Maud Louise and others battle measles. Crown Prince Frederick William shows continued improvement at Baveno with a long stay planned. Princce Ferdinand convokes the Sobranje for the 27th.
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London
Prince Albert Victor
Prince of Wales
Northampton
Morocco
Copenhagen
Maud
Louise of Wales
Prince George
Greece
Berit
Mackenzie
Frederick William
Baveno
Rivera
Sora
Princce
Ferdinand
Obituary of Gustav R Kirchoff German naturalist and spectroscope pioneer
The obituary notes Gustav Robert Kirchoff born March 12 1824 in Konigsberg. A noted naturalist and scientist he discovered Fraunhofer lines in the solar spectrum and helped develop spectrum analysis with Bunsen. He lectured in Berlin Breslau Heidelberg and published on heat electricity and electrology. Alfred Auguste Cuvilier Fleury is dead in Paris.
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Gustav Robert Kirchoff
Konisberg
Berlin
Breslau
Heidelberg
O Fraunhofer
Bunsen
Fires at Day's Rope Works No Damage Reported
Alarm 574 at 1 10 yesterday morning reported a small fire at Day's Rope Works corner Western avenue and Everett street Brighton no damage noted by authorities.
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Western Avenue
Everett Street
Brighton
Fire devastates Syracuse mills and stores in October blaze
In Syracuse on October 18 a fire destroyed Barney Lambley and Co. millinery George C Young and Bros dry goods and Everson and Co hardware. Loss $340000 with $237000 insured. stock and buildings insured by multiple owners. Separate fires in Lenni Delaware County and Lancaster burn Park Mount Manufacturing and Henry Burgess’s lumber mill with losses around $50,000 and $30,000 respectively.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Barney, Lambley & Co
George C. Young & Bros
Everson & Co
Patrick Lynch
George J. Young & Bros
Insurance
S. P. Pierce
Syverson & Co
Curstrer
Penn
Park Mount Manufacturing Company
Lenni
Delaware County
Lancaster
Henry Burgess
Nast to Join Graphic Under New Management
Report from New York states Thomas Nast will join the Graphic under new management and the paper will open the presidential ball in Blaine's favor.
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New York
Thomas Nast
Blaine
Canada to present fisheries history to Washington
Ottawa reports that Minister of Marine and Fisheries Foster plans a Washington visit to present the Canadian historical perspective on the fisheries question. The move aims to clarify claims and advance negotiations between Canada and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
Ont
Foster
Marine and Fisheries
Washington
Palmer Weeden Drowns at West Brookfield While Testing Sailboat
Palmer Weeden a local farmer drowned at West Brookfield while attempting to test a new sailboat on the river. The incident occurred when the craft capsized and he was unable to reach safety. Rescue crews recovered his body at the scene.
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Palmer Weeden
West Brookfield
Letting the Cat Out About Maine Prohibition
Avansta Maine October 18 The governor away in the West reportedly said in larger Maine cities liquor men defy the prohibition law and local authorities conspire with violators taking bribes His friends deny the talk and hint newspaper fiction may be involved Dow and cold water orators are said to share the view prompting expectations of a denial Political factions note the governor is a vociferous figure and the scene grows ironic
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Avansta
SpectAu
Maine
Bodwell
General Dow
Gould and Sage Sued by Kansas Pacific Bondholders
Representatives of Kansas Pacific Railway bondholders sue Jay Gould and Russell Sage in New York on October 18 to remove them from trusteeship. They seek accounting on Union Pacific stock exchanged for Denver Pacific, dividend accounts, appointment of new trustees, a receiver to manage funds, and injunctions during litigation. Plaintiffs claim $6 million is due.
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New York
Pacific Railroad Commission
Consolidated
Kansas Pacific Railway Company
Jay Gould
Russell Sage
Gould and Sage
Union Pacific
Denver Pacific Railway and Telegraph Company
Gould
Sage
Kansas Pacific Consolidated
Knights of Labor Convention Debates Powers and Rules
In Minneapolis on October 18 the General Assembly of the Knights of Labor meeting in executive session voted to adjourn after tomorrow’s sessions and cap speeches at three minutes. They extended sympathy to New York brass workers and debated charter forms and transfers between local, state, district, and national trades assemblies. A motion to empower the general secretary to hire or fire staff was hotly contested amid accusations of leaks and misconduct.
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Miryneapolis
Minn
General Assembly
Knights of Labor
Committee On
New York
General Executive Board
National Trades Assembly
General Office
Barry
Bailey
Litchman
Meade Statue Unveiled in Fairmount Park Philadelphia
A bronze equestrian statue of Major-General George Gordon Meade was unveiled in Fairmount Park Philadelphia on October 18. The statue, about twenty feet tall, shows Meade reining his horse with hat in hand saluting. Mayor Fitler led the ceremony. Bishop Cortlandt Whitehead gave the prayer.
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General Meade
Philadelphia
George Gordon Meade
Fairmount Park
Fitler
Cortlandt Whitehead
Brewster
Park Commissioners
George H. Baker
United States
Con
Stantinople
John Gibbon
Army
Fairmount Park Art Association
Union League
George G. Meade
A. R
St. George Hall
Body of carpenter found in East One Hundred Fifteenth Street ruins
New York reports another victim, John Johnson, a carpenter, located among the collapsed schoolhouse ruins on East One Hundred Fifteenth Street. The rescue effort says the boy Brown returned home, while the injured mostly recover but Father Kirner remains unconscious with doctors predicting no recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Johnson
East One Hundred and Fifteenth Street
Brown
Father Kirner
Ships Passages and Voyages Enter Oct 18 Logs
Maritime bulletin lists ships at various ports with routes and dates including Liverpool Moville Queenstown New York Glasgow Liverpool Philadelphia Boston Egypt Nevada Pomona Jamaica Port Simon Havana Atlas Nevada and more, noting arrivals departures and ongoing voyages on October 18 with multiple transatlantic crossings.
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Liverpool
Catalonia
Boston
Lord Clive
Philadelphia
Moville
Devonia
New York
Glasgow
Queenstown
Egypt
Queen
Arneg
Genoa
Cadiz
Miguel Nillos
Everest
Winngeen NC
Cassius
Charleston
Kinsale
Astronomer
New Orleans
Welcome to Atlanta Huge Receptions for President Visit
Atlanta hosts President Cleveland in a grand event with 7000 strangers crowded into the Kimball House. Governor Gordon welcomes the party at Piedmont Park while a national salute and speeches mark the visit. The entourage tours Machinery Hall and attends a cold lunch at the Gentlemen's Driving Club before evening receptions.
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Atlanta
Kimball House
Collins
Grady
Cleveland
Vilas
Capitol
Gordon
Supreme Court of the State
United States
Brown
Colquitt
Piedmont Park
Exposition Grounds
Bartlett
H. W. Grady
Memphis
Tennessee
DeKalb County
Georgia
Decatur
Atlata
Marthasville
Eac
Exposition Building
Gentlemen’s Driving Club
Perry
Florida
Richardson
South Carolina
Brown and
Porter
Capital City Club
Property settlement ends dispute over will trusts
The property valued at 375000 dollars is accepted as full settlement, yielding 285000 dollars to be relinquished. General Cutting has resigned all trusts under the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Cutting
Corner Stone to B Laid Next Saturday
Worcester reports the Clark University corner stone will be laid next Saturday at 2 p m. Trustees refer arrangements to Colonel John D Washburn and Dr Joseph Sargent. The presidency of the college sparks debate as they seek an eminent leader or hire from another college. Senator Hoar cites New England professionals outside college as potential fits. Four Harvard professors are mentioned as favored candidates in mathematics divinity physics and literature.
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Worcester
Sorcrau
Clark University
John D. Washburn
Joseph Sargent
Hoar
New England
Harvard
Servant Girl Confesses in $20,000 Fire Case at Roe Estate
Kate Agnes Gleason, a servant at Charles J Roe and Mrs Gribben’s residence near Sharon, confessed to poisoning ponies, robbing the house, and throwing stones during the summer spree that culminated in the July 19 fire destroying the mansion. She denied setting the blaze and fled to Boston after vowing punishment.
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Sharon
Charles J. Roe
Gribben
Norwood
Kate Agnes Gleason
Roe
Mr. Roe
Boston
Weather Indications for New England and Atlantic Coast
For twenty four hours from 7 a m Wednesday October 19 cooler fair weather in New England and eastern New York followed by rain on the coast light to fresh variable winds. At Hill Observatory data shows southeastern New England may see variable conditions.
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Washington
New England
New York
Blur Hill Observatory
Alan
Aineroathar
Withdrawn suit over late owner's will by Lydia Cutting
New York October 18. Legal actions by Mrs. Lydia Cutting against General William Cutting as executor of his father's will have been withdrawn. Mrs. Cutting had been awarded a judgment of 610000 dollars against General Cutting who then turned over to
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New York
Lydia Cutting
William Cutting
Meteorological record of yesterday's observations across stations
The document notes yesterday's weather observations collected up to 10 p m from multiple stations at the same synchronized time. It records meteorological data such as temperature humidity and pressure from each location for comparative analysis.
Ships Sailed from London for New York and Hamburg
London reports late ship news with steamers Oregon Liver(t)y for New York Welland Hamburg sailing today.
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London
Oregon
Liverty
Welland
Hamburg
Tor
New York
New Postal Rule Sparks Businessmen's Indignation
General Corse describes the enforcement of the 1879 postal act on wrappers for second third and fourth class matter. He notes strict rules cause substantial losses and urges Congress to modify wrappers regulations at the next session. The postmaster cites department and legality limits while recounting correspondence with Post Office officials and specific cases.
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Congress
General Corse
Post
Boston Postoffice
Washington
Postoffice
Key
Genera Vilas
Law Department
Post Office
Claseu
New York Post Office
Vearson
Pearson
John Smith
Boston
Aesellaun
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Alfred Auguste Cuvilier Fleury
Gould and
Kansas Pacific
the Knights’ Convention
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H. H. CuaytTon
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