New York Yacht Club Adopts Deed For Americas Cup Contests
At a club meeting in New York City the New York Yacht Club approved a new deed of gift for the America's cup. Debate centered on a measurement clause to ensure vessels of standard excellence and potential exclusion of foreign boats unless meeting strict length and load waterline standards. Some members warned the change could end cup races.
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New York
Srrcran
New York Yacht Club
Schuyler
Sweet
Commodore Gerry
Mer. Gerry
Oriental Carpets and Rugs Ad at State Street
An old Boston classified item promotes Oriental Carpets and Rugs by J.H. Ashton located at 90 State Street. The notice includes a quirky line about a philosopher type who smokes and reflects on moral context.
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Faneuil Hall
J.H. Ashton
State Street
Boston
Receiver Appointed In Chesapeake & Ohio Bankruptcy Case
In Charleston West Virginia on October 28 the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company confessed judgments for 1,772,276 dollars, with interest and costs, to Huntington. At a special term the court granted C P Huntington a receivership, appointing William C Wickham as receiver with 200,000 dollars bond. Similar action occurred in Henrico county Virginia, where Wickham was also named receiver and bonded for 200,000 dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Or Huntington
C. P. Huntington
Railway Company
William C. Wickham
Wickham
Newport News & Mississippi Valley Company
Henrico County
Richmond
Mysterious murder found in carriage shipment
A New Haven bound carriage unloaded at the Pennsylvan ia depot in Cutcaco contained the body of Barney Harren of West Bridgewater Beaver County Pennsylvania. The victim lay face down with a bullet hole in the head and a Beaver Valley Assembly reception ticket and a 40 cent Abel's restaurant check were found in the pockets.
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Cutcaco
New Haven
Conn
Stubaker Bros
Pennsylvania
Beaver Valley Assembly of Glass Packets
Workingmen’s Rink
Rochester
Penn
Abel’s
Barney Harren
West Bridgewater
Beaver County
Weather forecast for New England and eastern New York
Indications for the next twenty four hours from 7 a m Saturday expect slightly warmer weather in New England and eastern New York, then cooler temperatures with light rains. Light to fresh southerly winds will shift to northwesterly as the period progresses.
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Washington
New England
New York
Weather bulletin for Southeastern New England rain
Blue Hill Observatory reports for the twenty four hours starting at midnight southeast New England will see rain. Observation by H H Clayvron indicates wet conditions.
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Blue Hill Observatory
New England
H. H. Clayvron
Weather Record Observations Across Stations Yesterday
The meteorological record reports yesterday's observations up to 10 p m taken simultaneously at all stations. Data show comparative readings for temperature humidity air pressure and wind across locations to document daily atmospheric conditions.
Anarchists case ends as Butler weak argues
Bartley Campbell creditors accept 25 cents on the dollar. Yachtsmen critique new America’s Cup conditions. Boston Chamber of Commerce hearing witnesses examined. arguments postponed to Nov 17. Western Union and other telegraph plans shed new light. Teemer defeats Gaudaur by a half mile on Lake Maranacook. Maine fishermen oppose reciprocity with Canada favoring tariff protection. Gloucester plan to send fishing vessels to the Pacific approved in Portland. Jefferson Davis welcomed at Macon. Stars and Stripes used in decorations. Plymouth County Teachers hold fifty fifth convention at Hingham. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad confesses judgment for 1,772,276 to C. P. Huntington. a receiver appointed. District Attorney Martine investigates Gould and Sage misappropriation of 3,000,000 from old Kansas Pacific bonus. Miss Rosalie Butler charges Judge Hilton with fraud over Mrs. A. T. Stewart will. probate to be revoked.
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General Butler
Bartley Campbell
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Western Union
Teemer
Gaudaur
Lake Maranacook
Maine
Canada
Gloucester
Pacific
Portland
Jefferson Davis
Macon
Plymouth County Teachers’ Association
Hingham
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
C. P. Huntington
Martine
Gould and
Sage
Kansas Pacific
Rosalie Butler
Hilton
A. T. Stewart
Parnellites and secret societies dominate UK and overseas chatter
Earl Spencer in Bedford denounces links to dynamite plots while warning that secret societies pose the real danger. A Paris banquet marks the Liberty statue anniversary with Blaine and McLane present. The London Standard attacks Irish assaults on Chamberlain as Bunyan era politics surface.
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Earl Spencer
Bedford
Paris
New York
Blaine
Minister McLane
London Standard
Chamberlain
Uganda
Emin Bey
Grévy
Cafferelli
Odessa
Ferdinand
Nova
Will and weather mark New England meetings
Warmer then cooler with light rains described. At the New England Normal school teachers annual meeting Professor James of Harvard spoke on The Nature of the Will. Probate admitted the late James Deshon will. Roxbury Gaslight Company office robbed of 500 dollars by sneak thieves. Sylvanus Cobb Jr. will filed in Norfolk County Probate Court. Second annual meeting of the New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools opened with discussions. First Regiment held a fall field drill day in a mimic battle. Stock market dull with little activity outside Atchison and West End.
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New England Normal School
James
Harvard
James Deshon
Roxbury Gaslight Company
Sylvanus Cobb, Jr
Norfolk County
New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools
College of Liberal Arts
Atchison and
West End
Teemer Defeats Gaudaur In Lake Maranacook Rowing Race
Teemer beat Gaudaur by a large margin at Lake Maranacook Me on October 28 finishing in 20 minutes 28 5 seconds. Teemer led from the midway point and accelerated to a thirteen length victory before turning for the home stretch. Gaudaur struggled with a back issue and finished well behind the winner as Teemer prepared to sail to England mid November to meet Bubear on the Thames.
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Lake Maranacook
Teemer
Gaudaur
Ross
Conley
Temer
St. Louis
Tee
Gaudour
Numerous steamers arrive or depart across Atlantic routes
Ships reported arriving or sailing from ports including Bremen, Liverpool, Queenstown, Hamburg, Santander, New York, London, St Johns NJ, Rotterdam, Havre, Charleston, Philadelphia, and Montreal. Vessels include Ixia, Germanic, Wisconsin, Chateaux Lafitte, Wieland, Mexico, Nova Scotia, Urbina, Phoenix, Martha, Richmond Hill, Ville de Calais, Taormina, Ripon City, and others with routes to Liverpool, Hull, Bordeaux, Montreal, Calais, Reval, Hamburg, and London, among others.
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Bremen
Ixia
Savannah
Liverpool
Germanic
New York
St Catherine’s Point
Santiago
Hull
Queenstown
Wisconsin
Hamburg
Moravia
Santander
Chateaux Lafitte
Bordeaux
Wieland
Bitannic
Aller
Canada
London
Carolina
St Jago
Mexico
Havana
Richmond Hill
St Johns
Nova Scotia
Baltimore
Rotterdam
Urbina
Fame Point
Parisian
Montreal
Barcelona
Phoenix
Charleston
Havre
Martha
New Orleans
Lizard
Ville de Calais
Philadelphia
Calais
Ripon City
Reval
Taormina
Gibraltar
Chemiston
Benisat
Osbrow Head
Edwin
Buy of the Maker
Keeler and Co. announce a sale of furniture at their Warerooms located at 81 89 Washington Street near Elm in Cambridgeport. The notice invites patrons to inspect and purchase factory pieces directly from the Cambridgeport facility.
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Washington St
Cor Elm
Cambridgeport
Coercion Fears Stir Paris Revival Banquet Crisis
London reports Earl Spencer warning of danger from extreme men in England and Ireland ready to use dynamite to coerce policy. He opposes conflating Parnellites with dynamiters and urges Liberal conciliation to curb secret societies and violence. Dosti notes Blunt's Loughrea tour ending in police clashes as crowds resist his visit.
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London
Earl Spencer
Bedford
England
Ireland
Irsh
Parnell
Parnellites
O’donovan Rossa
Dosti
Wilfrid Blunt
Loughrea
Gladstone and Tennyson’s Son Open Debate on Copyright
The November Nineteenth Century includes a Gladstone letter arguing the literary copyright issue, once settled would advance moral social unity and free aid to good. It also contains Tennyson’s son remarks supporting 10 percent royalties for English authors on US sales, noting his father has long earned little from America despite large poetry sales.
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London
Gladstone
Lord Tennyson
Cabinet Crisis In Paris Over Caffarelli Scandals
Paris officials report a cabinet and President Grévy may resign if a formal inquiry is approved. The chamber’s committee rejects urgency motion and seeks new proofs from M. Cuneo d'Ornano. Grévy objects to character assault on his son in law, favors regular trial, and contemplates resignation amid party tensions. The Right calls for government stance, widening Republican opposition.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Caffarelli
M. Cuneo d’Ornano
Grévy
M. Wilson
Evenin
MM. Lecroyer
Floquét
Chamber
The
Elysée
M. Floquet
M. Grévy
Mme. Wilson
the Elysée
M. de Cassagnac
Plot Exposed in Varna Slavic Plot Against Royal Leaders
Oct. 28 reports a Montenegrin arrestee confessed a Slav committee at Odessa offered 5000 napoleons and a secure post in Russia if he carried out a plot to assassinate Prince Ferdinand and M. Stambuloff. Servian government orders Bulgarian refugees in Varna to relocate inland.
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Sort
Varna
Odessa
Ferdinand
M. Stambuloff
Bartholdi Statue Banquet Honors New York Gift
Paris hosts a banquet marking the Liberty Statue dedication anniversary. Guests include U.S. minister McLane, Secretary Blaine, M Spuller, DeLafayette, and Colonel Laishtenstein of President Grévy. Count de Lesseps hosted. Bartholdi presented McLane a medal for Cleveland. The event showcased French American Club members and a brilliant social scene.
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Paris
Liberty
New York Harbor
McLane
United States
Blaine
M. Spuller
M. DeLafayette
Laishtenstein
Grévy
Count de Lesseps
France and America honored guests at a formal gathering
Presence of Mr. McLane and Mr. Blaine highlighted a reception where France was urged to follow America. McLane argued France has no cause to envy the United States and paid tribute to Mr. Blaine's talents. He proposed a toast to President Grévy. Also present were Admiral Jaures Count Dillon Messieurs Dietz Monin Eiffe and others.
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McLane
Blaine
France
America
Grévy
Jaures Count Dillon
MM. Dietz
Monin
Eiffe
King Uganda Pacified by Emin Bey near Albert Nyanza
Advices report King Uganda had threatened Emin Bey's southern stations on Albert Nyanza. Emin met the King with explanations of the Stanley expedition's pacific aims and sent presents. War preparations ceased. Wadelai remained orderly while Emin awaited Stanley's news.
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Zanzibar
Emin Bey
Uganda
Emin
Albert Nyanza
Stanley
T E King
Wadelai
Count Revertera Urges Caution as Peace Talks Open
Vienna reports Count Revertera opening remarks warn that while conditions are less dismal than last year a durable peace basis remains missing. He urges delegations to avoid probing the government lest dangerous chords be struck, a mood linked to credit requests for new rifles.
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Vienna
Count Revertera
Murder by Wholesale on Danube Ferryman
Vienna reports a ferryman on the lower Danube who ferried workmen returning from Roumania to evade taxes. He shipped them to a small island where he murdered and robbed them of savings. Judicial inquiry uncovers hundreds sent by the fiend with bodies buried or cast into river reeds.
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Vienna
Lower Danube
Roumasia
Roumania
Dynamiter links and charity plans in London news
London police doubtfully identify Cohen the supposed dynamiter with Lyons, linked to Mellville and convicts Cunningham and Burton in a Tower and Commons plot. London Lord Mayor meeting backs aiding charities, no special fund opened. Berlin visit planned for Czar. Paris reports French army bans blanket tossing after a fatal drill accident. Pope Persico’s mission to Ireland yields vague declarations. British frigates ordered to West Africa due to native unrest.
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London
Liverpool
Cohen
Lyons
Mellville
Cunningham
Burton
Tower
House of Commons
Telegraph
Berlin
Copenhagen
St. Petersburg
William
New York
Paris
Ferron
Romn
Mgr. Persico
Ireland
England
Carr Town
Africa
Cholera Infected Baggage Case From the Independenté
In Barrimore investigators found Italian migrant Giuseppe Spagnolo living with his brother in law. Health Commissioner McShane burned his effects and fumigated his room. Washington reports Surgeon General Hamilton will seek other Palermo immigrants from the Independenté. Cleveland also disinfected Palermo-origin baggage.
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Barrimore
Guiseppe Spagnolo
New York
Palermo
Independenté
McShane
Spagnolo
Washington
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Governor Signs Lease Bill While Hesitating on Guarantee
Concorp New Hampshire October 28 The bill ratifying the lease of the Manchester and Lawrence to the Boston and Maine and authorizing the Boston and Maine to guarantee the rental of the Northern to the Boston and Lowell were sent to the Governor this morning He signed the former but had not signed the latter by 8 35 this afternoon Several parties in interest in the guarantee bill were heard by Governor Sawyer this morning.
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Concorp
N. H
Manchester & Lawrence
Boston & Maine
Northern
Boston & Lowell
Sawyer
Marblehead Board of Selectmen Send Thanks to Paine Crew
General C J Paine Boston writes Marblehead town clerk Stephen C Felton thanking Marblehead selectmen for votes of approval. He recalls the volunteers defending America cup and expresses honor and gratitude for the town’s patriotic support and memories of Marblehead.
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Boston
Stephen C. Felton
Marblehead
Board of Selectmen of
Burgess
Haff
Board of Selectmen
Old Town
C. J. Paine
Butler's Tame Speech in Anarchists Hearing
The Oct 28 proceedings in the Anarchists case focus on Butler and Grinnell as they challenge jury laws and legal theories. Butler’s rambling address provokes amusement while state counsel’s constitutional arguments gain attention. The court is expected to deny the petition for a writ of error in Case No 59.
Ill Supreme Court hearing on Anarchists case ends
At Washinetron on October 28 the Illinois Attorney General finished his argument against a writ of error for the condemned Anarchists as Mr Grinnell spoke on jury composition and the Haymarket tragedy. General Butler objected to extraneous matter and urged full review of the record. He discussed treaties and rights of foreigners in Fielden and Spies cases, urging trials under the law of the land as of the treaty time, and criticized searches and summonses as unconstitutional.
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Wasurmeron
Srectar
Butler
Grinnell
Chicago
Illinois
Tucker
United States
Captain Black
Mr. Salomon
Pryor
Washinetron
Supreme Court
Hunt
Lingg
Arbeiter Zeitung
Anarchist Party
Her
Ilinois
Haymarket
General Butler
Fielden
Germany
Great Britain
Ireland
United States Supreme Court
Fisheries Question Sparks Maine Fishermen Debate in Washington Talks
Port Timpan, Me Oct 28 A Portland fishermen’s meeting signals views for the Washington joint conference. They oppose reciprocity with Canada and defend tariff protection. They caution Mr Chamberlain’s speechmaking while aiming for prudent diplomacy. Canada’s case preparation and Nova Scotia districts surface as Ottawa readies statistics for the fisheries commission. The Ashburton treaty remains in force per Bowell. The Standard comments on Irish reactions and U S Senate influence.
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PortTianp
Sprctal
Portland
Washington
Canada
Mr. Chamberlain
Toronto Globe
Chamberlain
England
Maine
Trefethen
The
Fishing Exchange
Mit
Harrax
N.S
Charles Tupper
Pepebeerie
Fisheries Commission
Nova Scotia
United States
Port Mulgrave
Ors
Ottawa
Halifax Commission
Bayard
London
Chamberlian
America
Senate
Ex-Judge Hilton named in will fraud suit in New York
Miss Rosalie Butler files Surrogate's Court petition seeking revocation of Mrs. Cornelia M. Stewart's probate claiming the July 5 1877 will and later codicils were obtained by fraud and undue influence. She alleges Hilton and others benefited improperly and identifies herself as a Stewart kin and Butler heir with counsel Joseph Choate.
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New York
Henry Hilton
Cornelia M. Stewart
Rosalie Butler
Prescott Hall Butler
Charles Clinch
Stewart
Hilton
Miss Batler
Louisa C. Butler
Charles E. Butler
Jefferson Davis at Macon Opens Confederate Reunion
Thousands of ex Confederates assemble in Macon for the state fair and Confederate veterans reunion. The reception for Jefferson Davis is enthusiastic with no disloyal sentiment heard. Stars and Stripes adorn every building as Davis and his family plan to return to Beauvoir tonight.
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Macon
Jefferson Davis
Bottle Mystery Explained Seafaring Fraud Deal
Sanpwich October 28 notes a bottle found on the beach near Barnstable signed by Dennis Murphy explains the loss of the steamer Sidney Wright a small iron repeller ferry between Philadelphia and Tacoma Pennsylvania Sold to Florida interests by P Wright and Sons She sailed from Philadelphia for Florida around September 14 1880 with a crew of six valued at 12000 The bottle story is believed authentic.
Telegraphic rates reshape telegraph rivals in 1900s clash
New York Oct 28 officers from Postal Telegraph and rivals disclosed an agreement to end competition with Western Union. Rates up to 25 cents fixed and lower rates between distant points, no property mergers. Commercial Cable remains separate and vows to stay first class as war over tariffs likely to end.
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New York
Sprcr Au
Western Union
A. B. Chandler
Postal Telegraph Company
Postal
United Lines
Baltimore & Ohio
Gould Cable Pool
Commercial Cable Company
Decastro
Gould
London
Gou
Columbia College Games Winners at New York Meet
Winners list from Columbia College games dated October 28 includes F R Cohen winning 100 yards handicap in 10 8 5s, H M Connell 440 yard or quarter mile in 52 2 5s, E Hornbustel 2 mile bicycle in 7m 23 1 5s, H Mapes 120 yards hurdles 17 2 5s, Hornbustel 1 mile run 4m 53 3?4s, E B Lefetra 220 yards 234 58s, J J Mapes 100 yards open handicap 10 3 5s, T Melbinaine 1 mile walk 7m 4 2 5s, N R Strong half mile in 2m 7s, W Harmot Yale half mile in 1m 58 1 2s, G A Beckwith shot put 36 ft 5 in, B C Hinman hammer 81 ft 9 in, Guy Richards high jump 5 ft 9 3 4 in.
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New York
F. R.cohen
H. M. Connell
E. Hornbustel
H. Mapes
Hornbustel
E. B. Lefetra
Handic Ap
J. Jd. Mapes
Columbia
T. Melblvaine
N. R. Strong
W. Harmot
Yale
G. A. Beckwith
B. C. Hinman
Guy Richards
Nicoll and Martine Endorsed At Cooper Union Meeting
A large Cooper Union mass meeting endorsed Delancey Nicoll for district attorney and Randolph B. Martine for judge of the Court of General Sessions. Anson Phelps opened the session with Charles H. Marshall presiding. Speakers included Wheeler H. Peckham Carl Schurz Joseph H. Choate E Elery Anderson Elihu Roch and Joseph Pulitzer. Also Jonas Kendall offered land for a town park valued at 8000 to 9000 dollars with possession after his death.
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Nicoll
Martine
New York
Cooper Union
Delancey Nicoll
Randolph B. Martine
Court of General Sessions
Anson Phelps
Charles H. Marshall
Nicoli
Wheeler H. Peckham
Carl
Jonas Kendall
South Framingham
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