Brilliant Society Wedding at Emanuel Church Manchester
A Boston couple John A. Preston Jr and Susie Wells Sturgis wed at Emanuel Church Manchester with over one hundred guests arriving by special train from Boston. The church was adorned with smilax and white chrysanthemums and a wedding breakfast followed the ceremony.
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Manchester
Sprectari
Emanuel Church
Toda
Boston
John A. Preston, Jr
Susie Wells Sturgis
Russell Sturgis
Rey
Tye
Sean
LOST
Sophie
Weather Bulletin for New England and Eastern New York
For twenty four hours ending 7 a m Wednesday October 27. A mild period over coastal districts with rain and northeasterly winds turning cooler in southern portions. Rest of New England and eastern New York sees local rain easterly winds and cooler conditions. temperatures nearly stationary in the north.
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New England
New York
Meteorological Record of Yesterday’s Observations
The following is the meteorological record of yesterday up to 10 p m, observations taken simultaneously at all stations. Data cover temperature, humidity and wind readings compiled from multiple stations for a regional weather summary.
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Crebever
Signal Service
Boston
Rene Wy
United States Minister Manning presented to President Diaz
The Hon. Thomas C. Manning, new U.S. minister, was formally presented to President Diaz this morning in Mexico City. An exchange of friendly greetings followed as the diplomatic welcome progressed.
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City of
Mexico
Thomas C. Manning
United States
Diaz
Gock
Lutheran council rejects confession and absolution as church requirements
A compiled list of brief items notes Lutherans repudiating the claim that confession and absolution were church requirements, appointing Barker as U.S. marshal for New Hampshire, suspensions for alleged pernicious political activity, and various local and national notices on politics games, accidents, crimes, and civic events.
Inauguration Ceremonies For Statue Of Liberty
Major General Scho field issues programme for Thursday's inauguration events in New York. The President and cabinet will review the procession from Madison Square from 10 a.m. until departure for Bedloe's Island, with governors and diplomats present. The head of the column reaches the Battery by 12:30 p.m. and the President's steamer sails for Bedloe's Island at 2:45 p.m. Escorted flotilla returns to Jersey City and New York piers under rear admiral command.
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New York
Det
Schofield
Army
Navy
Madison Square
Bedloe’s Island
Governor Hill
Diplomatic Corps
Twenty-third Street
Bed- Joe's Island
Pennsylvae Railroad
Jersey City
Washington
Entering Wedges and Customs Shifts At Halifax
The United States consul in Halifax reports a $200 fine for the schooner Pearl Nelson to be remitted, seen as a broader entering wedge. Canadian officials advise that American ships may buy supplies without permits and that seized vessels can be released on fines. The Moro Castle alibi is presented, while Bowell notes no apology to the United States over the Marion Grimes incident.
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Hallifax
N. S
United States
Customs Department
Pearl Nelson
Arnchat
Phalen
Halifax
Ottawa
Magher
Moro Castle
Bowell
Marion Grimes
Alaska
Smpo
Reduction Demanded by Tariff Reformers in Massachusetts
A Massachusetts voters appeal argues for cutting the national revenue surplus by reducing tariffs. It cites 1885 fiscal figures, lists redeemable bonds, warns of looming financial strain, and endorses four options with emphasis on tariff reduction as the proper remedy while contrasting free trade and protectionist positions. Key names include Blaine and Arthur era references, with legislative context and historical tariff debates.
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Massachusetts
United States
Internal Revenue
Blaine
Pittsburg
Mrr
Dean Swift
Queen Anne
Pennsylvania
Tariff Commission
Arthur
John L. Hayes
Civil Service Reform Hits Two US District Attorneys
President suspends M. E. Benton of Missouri and W. E. Stone of Pennsylvania for alleged violation of a political participation order. Both, from opposite parties, faced anonymous complaints citing speeches and advertisements. A conference with the Attorney General led to suspension to allow explanations of the alleged violations.
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WasHincton
Sproian
United States
M. E. Benton
Missouri
W. E. Stone
Pennsylania
White House
Department of Justice
Benton
Stones
Lamont
Washington
Pennsylvania
Stone
Canadian government remits schooner fine and Moro Castle charges
Consul Meagher prepares to disprove charges against the Moro Castle while the Canadian government remits the fine on the schooner Pearl Nelson. Four Quebec bread rioters are convicted as reports touch on broader anti state actions and colonial tensions.
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Pearl Nelson
Meagher
Moro
Quebec
Africa
Beneconste
Charles Dilke
Ireland
Ludwig
Bavaria
United States
Mexico
Diaz
Sprense
Victoria
8. C
Weather shifts as winds cool eastward and rain nears
A weather front brings easterly winds and cooler conditions with rain in the area. Local school matters include a meeting of the ite school committee and Pine ferry hearing. Woodford lectured on Fort Sumter as part of a civic program. Wedding notices mention Baker-Deniien. Labor activity notes report a Workingsmen's union rally in Ward 13. Democratic nomination details place Oliver G. Fernald seeking the Senator seat in the sixth Suffolk district, with Morse and Hazard Stevens backing him. Market activity describes dull to irregular stocks with several firm names and one weak issue.
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Ite
Pine Ferry
Woodford
Fort Sumter
Ate ‘Lson
Finn & Pete Marquette
Marquette
Houghton & Ortonagon
Union Pariie
Fort Sumter Story Told by Gen Woolford at Tremont Temple
General Stewart L. Woolford of New York spoke at Tremont Temple on the Fort Sumter story as part of a John A. Andrew Post 15, G. A. R. lecture series. He recounted Charleston bombardment and Fort Sumter's fall, noted the spire of St Michael's Church as a gunners mark, and described Fort Sumter’s condition under Federal control with colored troops during Grant's presidency. He contrasted black troops with white soldiers, praising their bravery and suggesting hope if they use the ballot as wisely as the musket.
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John A. Andrew Post
Tremont Temple
Stewart L. Woolford
New York
Woodford
Fort Sumter
Charleston
St. Michael’s Church
Grant
Johnson
Cae
New Electrical System Promises Big Light Savings
Waspington October 26 patent awarded to acms Westinehouse Jr of Pittsburg for a new electricity distribution system. It claims about 95 percent saving in distributing mains versus Edison three wire, with tests showing a single wire carries 50 lamps three miles distant, asserting Edison would need 10 to 100 wires of the same size.
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Waspington
Accms
Westinehouse, Jr
Pittsburg
Penn
Westinehouse
Edison
Freight Cars Runaway Collision Near Linwood Station
Two freight cars on the Boston & Lowell railroad broke loose at Stonrham and gained speed down grade. They collided with a Boston bound train near Linwood, severely damaging the engine and crushing the fireman who jumped free. Other crew escaped injury. railroad loss expected to be small.
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Boston & Lowell
Stonrham
Linwood
Boston
Farmington Fire Aftermath Sparks Community Action
A large crowd tours the ruined village as Farmington plots a town meeting to vote funds for destitute families and a steam fire engine. The Ladies Aid Society receives an appropriation while Nelson Gould is tasked with soliciting farm contributions. The Baptist and Congregationalist groups consider rebuilding with aid from New England and New York. An inquest on the ore is set for tomorrow.
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Farminetron
Ways — Means Committee
Ladies’ Aid Society
Nelson Gould
Baptist Society
New England
New York
Congregationa’sists
Sievens
Aries
Farmington
Fire Destroys House and Mill Storage in Harthorp Area
Fire at 61 Albany Avenue in Harthorp damaged the residence with lower floors used by Parks & Savage bakers for flour storage. Upper floors housed tenements. In Franklin, hundreds of acres of woodland burned near Manville, Rhode Island across Blackstone, Bellingham and Milford, with 400 to 500 acres charred between Milford and Braggville over the weekend.
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Harthorp
Conn
Albany Avenue
Parks & Savage, Bakers
Frankuryn
Manville
R. I
Blackstone
Bellingham
Milford
Braggville
Knights of Labor district backs Chelsea Elastic strike
LAWRENCE October 26 The convention of District No 80 Knights of Labor reassembled with Master Workman Litchman presiding They voted unanimously to sustain the strike at Chelsea Elastic Fabric Company works An assessment of 21 from each member was levied for the benefit of locked out and striking Knights Resolutions praised retirements of Litehman and A A Caistor Officers to be elected tomorrow
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Somerville
Workman Litehman
Letter Says Miss Cleveland Must Quit Editorial Work
A. P. J. Elder reports from Liter ary Life that Miss Cleveland’s physician states her health has broken down and she must stop editorial work. She may spend the winter in the south of France or in Florida.
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Cuicago
A. P. J. Elder
Literary Life
Miss Cleveland
Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of New England Hospital Notes
The New England Hospital for Women and Children held its 24th annual meeting in Roxbury. With no president present, a vice-president chaired. About forty patients were under treatment. Treasurys balance stood near 1000 dollars. Dr Zakazewska spoke on hospital work and training female physicians.
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Hospital For Women and Children
New England Hospital For Women and Children
Roxbury
James Freeman Clarke
Zakazewska
Wild Engine Collision Kills One in Milwatker
A Monfort passenger train and a wild engine collided near Pine Bluff this morning at a sharp curve. One man was killed, several injured severely, including Thomas Dolan the passenger train engineer whose leg and head were mangled. A thief riding between the mail car and tender was killed. fire and wreckage caused further damage before the engines stopped three miles away.
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Milwatker
Monfort
Pine Bluff
Thomas Dolan
Ele
Martin Comeford
Henry Schwenk
Madison
George Lusten
Wolhns
Sorae Anath
Sehwenk
Terence Begley Death Inquest Concludes Pinkerton Shooting
Chicago October 26 The coroner's inquest into Terence Rewley's death finds a Pinkerton detective fired from a train window into a crowd near Halstead Street. The jury accuses unnamed Pinkerton officers and accuses others including Guy Stivers Richard J. Lawes George J. Bartram and Merritt E. Shaw of encouragement and orders their commitment without bail to the county jail for grand jury action. The verdict notes dereliction by the Pinkerton detective agency in naming 123 men at the scene.
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Chcaco
Terence Rewley
Pinkerton Special
Halstead Street
Beegley
Pinkerton
Guy Stivers
Richard J. Lawes
George J. Bartram
Merritt E. Shaw
Ag New
Suppressed News From Biloxi Fever Town
A New Orleans special reports Biloxi, feverstricken, where visitors left at quarantine. Authorities and citizens suppress all progress news for days. Telegraph wires uninterrupted but no fever reports reach papers. correspondents in Biloxi allegedly silenced.
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Curcaco
New Orleans
Biloxi
Rates Fight Shrinks Freight Traffic Across Lines
Chicago October 26 The Baltimore Ohio failed to secure assent for east bound passenger rate restoration and ongoing cuts continue. Michigan Central Lake Shore and Fort Wayne reportedly signed contracts with Northwest and West coast butter and egg shippers to move freight to New York at 20 cents per hundred below normal rates until January 1. Chicago Grand Trunk, without contracts, is shut out with 3900 cars idle. A request to reduce rates to parity is said to have been made to the Central Truttee Association by the other lines.
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Baltimore
Ohio
Michigan Central
Lake Shore
Fort Wayne
Northwest
New York
Chicago & Grand Trunk
Trafic
Central Truttee Association
Catholic Archbishops Begin Convention With Cardinal Gibbons
Barriere October 25 archbishops Ire ard Feehan Williams Kenrick and Ryan arrived to meet Cardinal Gibbons. They will decide the church stance toward the Knights of Columbus and plan to issue a circular to the clergy detailing the outcome.
Belfast Votes for Immediate Water Works System
Belfast Maine on October 26 approved by a large majority the immediate contracting of a water works system for fire protection and general purposes.
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Belfast
Dilke notes hint at motive in Crawford case
London reports that Charles Dilke, in notes on the Crawford case, attributes Mrs. Crawford’s animus to revenge after being exposed by Mrs. Ashton Dilke’s liaison with Foster. Dilke also notes Mrs. Ashton Dilke’s hostility to Lady Dike who expelled her for criticising her sister. The notes aim to pave his return to public life as Chelsea electors largely still believe in his innocence.
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London
Charles Dilke
Crawford
Tory conference at Bradford endorses imperial federation
London reports 800 delegates at a Bradford gathering of English Tories adopting imperial federation as Conservative faith. Lord Randolph Churchill urged backing Lord Beaconsfield's policy, noting government would pursue it within new European conditions and guard British interests against Russian aggression, especially preventing any seizure of Constantinople.
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London
Bradford
Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Beaconsfield
Constantinople
Affairs in Ireland prompts bishop to urge open reform
Desk in Oct 26 report quotes Rev Dr Gregz, Cork Protestant bishop, warning that all interests languish and businesses depress while prejudice blocks change likely to aid land. Mevals say he is turning to home rule. Fourteen moonlighters arrested at Milltown Tralee for raiding Haggard’s house. Other suspects await trial for firing on police the same night. Legal action also underway against Kilcoe National League leaders for boycott of Roaring Water bay regatta.
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Ireland
Gregz
Cork
Ben
Milltown
New Tralee
County Kerry
Haggard
Malitown
Huggard
Charles Hearty
Kilcoe
National League
Daniel McCarthy
Trial of editor Wickel ends with two months in prison
October 26 at Würzburg court heard a retired king’s servant testify Ludwig showed no abnormality and chose death over being declared mad. He said Ludwig vowed not to let conspirators brand him mad, referencing Otto’s mistreatment. No other evidence shocked the crowd as Wickel received a two month sentence.
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Lonpor
Uganda
Africa
Mwange
Hannington
London
Otto
Wickel
Too Old for the Harness in Liberal Ireland Debate
London October 26 Mr Gladstone replies to a request to define the Liberal programme saying his years are many he remains in politics hoping to help settle the Irish question and will leave general party operations and specific subjects to others.
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London
Gladstone
Foreign News Briefs From Octobers Across Europe
Prince Hohenlohe Waldenburg dies in apoplexy. Munster Bank creditors approve third dividend. Sir William White arrives in Constantinople amid talk of a Bulgarian conference. Princess Helene of Orleans confirmed in Paris ceremony. Dynamite found at Angers hotels near Catholic congress. Burmah predicts four years to subjugate, needs large army. Cortes to meet Nov 15. Bavaria denial on Prince Regent. Bulgarian regency, Sobranje may back czar’s candidate. Servia and Bulgaria relations renewed in Belgrade.
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Prince Hohenlohe Waldenburg
Dupuy
Munster Bank
Constantinople
William White
Porte
Powers For
Loxpon
Helene of Orleans
St. Louis
Cardinal Manning
Paris
Duke of Orleans
Angers
Rangoon
Burmah
Maprip
Berlin
Luitpold
Bavaria
London
Bulgaria
Nissa
M. Stransky
Servia
Dulgana
Lutheran General Council Adopts Book Committee Report
Chicago Oct. 26 The General Council adopted the church book committee report and authorized printing forms and ceremonies for temporary church use. It repudiated last Saturday’s proposed action requiring private confession and absolution, clarifying no such action was taken and endorsing only optional private confession and public confession before communion.
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Chcaco
General Council of the
Lutheran Church
Striking tanners face union defeat amid Salem unrest
Sarem Oct 26 Aylesworth appeals for mediation between leather manufacturers and workers in Salem and Peabody. Manufacturers reply that relations are harmonious and any trouble will be settled amicably. A recent Harrington's non union shop walkout sticks to shorter hours and a 40 minute dinner gap. Knights committee escorting non union workers grows weary as pranks shift across town.
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Sarem
D. A. 77
Manufactures’ Committee
Breadquarters
D. A
Nople Order
Lyns
Leather Manufacturers’ Union of
Salem and
Peabod i
Ira 3
Aylesworth
KK. of
Committee of Safety
Knights
Miltemore Wins Temporary injunction in Arlington case
George W Miltemore obtained a temporary injunction in the Circuit Court restraining Charles H Ferry from foreclosing a mortgage on Miltemore Elastic Steel Car Wheel Company property at Arlington VI The debt arose from 1885 when Miltemore owed Ferry 20000 and gave secured notes Ferry a Chicago Tire and Spring Company member Miltemore a railroad inventor is described as the debtor and factor in a car wheel consignment dispute
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Curiaco
George W. Miltemore
Charles H. Ferry
Milttemore Eastic Steel Car Wheel Company
Arlineton
Miltemore
Ferry
Chicago Tire and Spring Company
Ariington
Blaine and Jones Visit Jones & Laughlin Works in Pristinely Foggy Day
In Prrrisncne Pennsylvania on October 26 Hon James G Blaine and host B F Jones toured the American Iron Works of Jones Laughlin and returned for a noon meal. An afternoon country drive was dampened by rain while rest followed a week of activity and a State tour set to begin tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrisncne
Penn
James G. Blaine
B. F. Jones
Jones & Laughlin
Ringleaders of Bread Riots Convicted in Quebec Trial
The October trial in Paspebiac Quebec ended with four rioters sentenced to two years in penitentiary and two others sent to county jail for short terms. The case stemmed from last winter’s bread disturbances caused by the failure of large fishing firms, and the verdict has sparked considerable excitement.
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Pasperiacc
Que
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