Blower problem cited in Maine mines and health rally note
The president shows signs of a rally triggering doctors to discuss moving him to Fortress Monroe or another place for safety. Since the shooting there have been times when such action could have been done. The Portland Argus reports a Maine mine despatch saying its blower works to perfection and will supply air for all workers, highlighting that many mines lack adequate airflow.
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Fortress Monroe
The
Portland Argus
Maine
Bribery and Fraud Claim Sparks GOP Senator Flap
In New Hampshire a Republican senator writes that if present for the Marston bill vote he would have backed bribery and fraud alongside party allies. The remark underscores intra party clashes and accusations of improper conduct within the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Cotton crop outlook says 6600000 bales at Mobile
The Mobile board of trade expects a good cotton crop around 6.6 million bales not as large as last year’s 7.1 million. A Chicago estimate tallies about 5 million bales based on reports from cotton states. Final figures await gathering and weighing.
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Mobile Board of Trade
Chicago
Rival Maine towns boast records of drunks in court
The Post reports Biddeford's two day record of seventeen simple drunkenness cases, and Portland's one day tally of eighteen convictions for the same offence, with a full Portland week totaling sixty one. Gen. Dow travels in Indiana, promoting the Maine law and the related facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neal Dow
Maine
The
Post
Biddeford
Portland
Gen. Dow
Indiana
University of Michigan Education Without Rowing Technique
The Detroit Post and Tribune claims Michigan University is the most successful educational institution in the country despite having no rowing club or boats on campus. It praises doctors, lawyers, engineers, and scholars but questions the value of education without rowing. The piece criticizes the newspaper’s provincialism and political erraticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Post and Tribune
University of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan University
Post and Tribune
Emigrant lure shifts from Europe to Argentina
Pall Mall Gazette notes South American republics compete to draw European emigrants. An Irish agent seeks to divert Irish exodus to Argentina where Irish settlers, aided by Father Fahy, gain land, prosper from shepherd work, and become wealthy owners in Buenos Aires province. The piece argues poverty abroad forces emigration, not choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Europe
Ireland
Argentine
the Gazette
Father Fahy
Buenos Ayres
Ottawa paper overstates Woodstock iron in Kearsarge lore
A Toronto Mail claim asserts Woodstock iron ore is now rising in Canada and unusually hard, even suggesting it clad the Kearsarge. The article misstates that Kearsarge wore iron plates from Woodstock, noting the warship used chain cables and patched plating, not armor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Mail
Canada
Woodstock
Mail
Kearsarge
Alabama
Political maneuvering feared in New York campaigns
The Washington Post comments on Conkling and Kelly as dangerous figures in the New York political scene. It urges Democrats to nominate their ticket without intimidation and Republicans to stand firm without yielding to threats, urging open defiance of traitors and rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
New York
Conkling
Kelly
Washington
Thomas O. Selfridge
Newport
R.I
Secretary of the Navy
Edel
Lieut
Spaulding
Bradford
Cald- Well
Stalwarts Gain Ground in New York Convention Plot
Political factions clash over the location and date of the Republican state convention in New York City. Conkling allies push a stalwart slate with Gen. Grant likely a key delegate as rival leaders warn of a packed, machine-dominated gathering. The piece warns of Dominant factional maneuvering ahead of October decisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Arthur
Barney#igtin
Johnny O’brien
Michael Crgan
New York City
Conkling
Covkling
Grant
Albany
New York
President in Slow Recovery Amid Public Skepticism
Special Despatch from Washington reports that despite physicians claiming progress, the public remains unsettled by fever, pyemia risk, and guarded bulletins. Discussions cover possible removal to Long Branch by sea or rail, with cabinet debates on invoking Vice President Arthur and urgent executive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Washington, D.C
White House
Bliss
Williams College
Long Branch
Arthur
Indian Service
Fort Smith
Congress
Mr. Arthur
Gen. Arthur
Parotid Abscess and Vital Signs at the White House
Official bulletins track the president’s condition through September 2, noting feverishness earlier, a freely discharging parotid abscess, gradual changes in pulse and temperature, and periods of rest as doctors monitor progress.
President's health update from the Executive Mansion
Secretary Blaine reports the president continues to eat and digest well and the swollen gland improves, but no significant progress in overall condition in the last day. Pulse and temperature rose markedly. heat wave may contribute to adverse changes. ground gained on Sunday and Monday remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Executive Mansion
Buletiu
Woodward
Bliss
Waena
Lowell
Blaine
Yo Lowell
London
Washington
New Hampshire Veterans at Weirs Hold State Reunion
At Weirs N H on Sept 1 the New Hampshire veterans association held its annual meeting. Officers were elected including Gen J N Patterson president and Col Dana W King treasurer. Resolutions praised the ailing president and expressed sympathy, with votes of thanks to local officials and the Boston Cadet band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Weirs. Wertrs
N. H
Veterans of the State
D. W. King
Hardy
United States
Union
State of
J. A. Podge
Lake Maranocook
Maine Saldiers and Sailors
Maine Heavy Artillery
H. H. Shaw
Portland
F. H. Chamberlain
Bangor
J. A. Dale
New England Sunday School Assembly Ends at Lake View
At Camp Lake View Framingham Massachusetts the New England Sunday School assembly concluded after a week of lectures music and readings. About 3000 attended daily with a grand concert drawing 6009 and closing speeches by Join B Gough.
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Camp Lake View
Framingham
Mass
New England Sunday School Assembly
Lake View Grounds
Chautauqua Young Folks Reading Union
Vincent
Churchill
Fisk Jubilee Singers
Holt
Vitale
B. Gough
Hedding
Erping
N. H
E.C. Bass
Lawrence
Mr. Green
Great Falls
John H. Fogg
Stratham
Treasury Debt Reduction and Silver Coinage Update
Washington reports August fiscal data show public debt down over 14 million dollars, with total drop since the year start surpassing 24 million. Cash balance and treasury assets shift, Windom faces decisions on redeeming 3% bonds or purchasing 4s. Silver dollar coinage since 1878 totals about 95.9 million, with 76 million in circulation and coinage to reach 100 million by mid October.
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Washington
Treasury
Pacific Railroad
Customs
Internal Revenue
Windom
Mint Bureau
Gilfillan
Germany and the Churches in the Kaiser's Realm
London dispatches summarize Berlin notes on Dr. Korum's bishopric appointment and potential Vatican negotiations. Von Schloezer renews confidential talks in Rome to seek mutual concessions, aiming for a modus vivendi and possible legislative measures on fees and church authority.
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Germany
London
Berlin
Korum
Treves
von Schloezer
Rome
Forest Fires Ravage Canada and Ontario Towns in Sept 1 Reports
Fires sweep across Ontario and nearby areas with extensive timber loss and multiple fatalities. Across Bracebridge Lindsay and Madoc township farmers lose crops buildings and livestock as fires threaten Halifax Halifax area and Belleville. In London England fires damage Cheapside and Bread Street with £200000 salvage losses. Gravenhurst Ontario reports three fatalities as fires engulf farms and a sick man and children perish.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ashton
Deux Riviere
Bracebridge
Toronto
Lindsay
Belleville
Moslin
Sterling
Madoc
Halifax
Ernestown
Collins Bay
Boston
Falmouth House
Causeway
Nashua Streets
Charles Clark
Alfred Barlow & Co
South Street
Faxon Bros
London
Cheapside
P. B. Cow, Hill & Co
India Rubber
Bread Street
Gravenhurst
Ont
Keene
Bacebridge
Stephenson
Woman shoots husband in self defense at West Gloucester
In West Gloucester, at about 9 pm, Mrs. James M. Jeffs fired twice through a window when her husband entered the home with a knife. One bullet struck him in the head and left him in critical condition and unconscious. The couple had been separated for two months due to domestic unhappiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
Sept. L
West Gloucester
James M. Jeffs
Coroner's jury faults Grand Trunk for fatal Lancaster tram death
In Lancaster the coroner's jury found Albert Anderson died from culpable and negligent conduct by conductor John Cranshaw and telegraph operator Alexander Defoe, with the Grand Trunk railway derelict for not enforcing train stop reports. Cranshaw is jailed for trial. Defoe fled to the U.S. Also noted are a Gloucester death, a nurse's overdose accident, Lowell inquests, a Mt. Pleasant murder claim, Perkins vanishing with funds, and other 19th century notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Lancaster
Grand Trunk
Albert Anderson
John Cranshaw
Alexander Defoe
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk Railway Company
Cornwall
Defoe
States
Gloucester
Mass
John D. Carter
Lowell
Cyrenus Pulver
Alice Donnelly
Cambridge
Mt. Pleasant
N. W
New York
Joseph Baldwin
Westchester County
Patrick Coleman
Baldwin
Providence
Edward R. Perkins
Union Railway
Boston
South America
Ex Secretary Stewart Surrenders in Brooklyn Embezzlement Case
Ex Secretary George A W Stuart of the Brooklyn board of education surrendered after a warrant accused him of embezzling 107000 dollars. Before Judge McCue he pleaded not guilty while prosecutors said broader embezzlements were involved. Bail set at 10000 dollars with bondsmen qualified.
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Stewart
New York
George A. W. Stuart
Brooklyn Board of Education
McCue
Brooklyn
Stuart
McCune
Statter
Edinboro Street Tragedy and City News Highlights
Thomas Clark travels to Boston with his son to prepare for the removal of the murdered Mrs Pease body to Rockland. Pease confesses to killing his wife and expresses desire to die. Drowning accident in Charles River near Beacon Park, with body not recovered. Heat related collapses strike residents on Lincoln Avenue and Somerville. Boston police report multiple thefts and a library book recovered.
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Edinboro Street
Thomas Clark
Pease
Boston
Rockland
L. Arthur Prime
National Security Bank
Court
Brattle Streets
Charles River
Beacon Park
Bond
Stephen Brady
Leverett Street
Lincoln Avenue
Brighton
Frank Lewis
Somerville
Dr. Dow
Webster Street
East Somerville
John Lane
Devanney
Longwood Avenue
Harding
Julius E. Callahan
Vinal
James Johson
Brattle Street
Tragedy in Lebanon Man commits self harm after failed loan attempt
William Nye of Lebanon NH sought money refused by wife and mother in law. He bought a revolver and laudanum, attempted to shoot his wife, then swallowed poison and stabbed himself, dying at 10 pm. The event caused a heighted scare in Hartford and Wil l Imantic. Col Hill exculpated in Blood Boy case in Brattleboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
William Nye
Lebanon
N. H
Willimantic
Nye
Carpenter & Fowler’s Hardware Store
Johnson Park
Col. Hill
Brattleboro
L Ing
Col
BR. E. Hill
Boston
Putney
Col Hill
Anti Jewish violence erupts in western and southern Russia
The London Telegraph reports a wave of arson and massacres targeting Jews across western and southern Russia through June. Sixteen towns with Jewish populations were burned or partially destroyed this year, including Vitebsk, Bobruisk, Slonim, and Mohilev. Korez fire killed 39 and left 6,000 homeless. Minsk fires caused even greater losses. Relief committees formed in Berlin, Cologne, and other German cities.
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London Telegraph
Russia
Vitebsk
Bobruisk
Slonim
Mohiles
Volkovisk
Novogrudek
Luptz
Setel
Garadish
Neustadt Schirwindt
Augustovo
Ponivies
Krakanovo
Krodom
Podselvi
Radzk
Korez
Minsk
Berlin
Cologne
The Postal Telegraph Company Formed In Telegraph Race
The Postal Telegraph Company formed from several machine telegraph ventures. James R. Keene is president and Charles H. Haskins vice president. Directors include H. Victor Newcomb Jonas H. French Charles L. Mitchell Thomas Wallace George D. Roberts Elisha Gray S. V. White Chester Snow Henry Cummings. The firm promises cheaper, faster messages via two New York to Chicago lines using Legge Automatic machines and high speed operators. It aims to charge twenty five cents for twenty words and plans immediate, nonstop transmission with few intermediate stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Postal Telegraph Company
James R. Keene
Charles H. Haskins
Northwestern Telegraph Company
H. Victor Newcomb
United States National Bank
Jonas H. French
Maverick Bank
Boston
Charles L. Mitchell
New Haven
Thomas Wallace
Ansonia
George D. Roberts
Elisha Gray
Chicago
5. V. White
Chester Snow
Henry Cummings
The
Sun
Western Union
Jay Gould
Western Union Company
Orton
New York
Legge
Mutual Union Telegraph Company
Rapid Telegraph Company
Carney Hospital Picnic At Forest Garden Draws Thousands
A large crowd of about six thousand attended the Carney hospital picnic at Forest Garden on Thursday. Nineteen refreshment tables run by parish ladies, two theatre performances, a crowded dance hall, billiards and shooting galleries, and a fireworks display closed the day. Officials say the event was a financial success and likely to surpass last year’s $5,900 take.
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Sheep’s Head Bay
Hindoo
Sir Hugh
Knight Templar
Cridge
Edith
Eoie
Greenland
Gen. Monroe
Ohio Boy
Bousee
Giroffe
Waldmoor
Katie Long
Sevon
Frank Short
Hampden Park
Springfield
Mass
Trinket
Charlie Ford
Edwin Thorne
Wedgewood
Mambrino Dadiey
Forest Paiden
Forest Patchen
Hugh McLaughlin
Mambrino Dudley
Charles E. Courtney
Toronto
Hall Bay
Carney Hospital
Forest Garden
Masten & Welds
Hawley Street
Boston
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Post Publishing Co., Publishers
Bifik
Washington St
Bostom
Boston Press and Post
Boston Statesman & Weekly Post
Mar
A. P. Moore
Ernst
Telegraph and Mail
Tump
Nantasket
Hull
Downer Landing
Point of Pines
Dingley
Lewiston Journal
Garfield
Welland
Palace
Dr. Bliss
New England Assembly
Howgate
Howzgate
Yorktown
Col. Peyton
Yorktown Centennial Association
Marquis de Rochambeau
Madame de Rochambeau
Havre
America
M. Grevy
French Republic
Minister of Fine Arts
France
Lafayette
French West India Squadron
M. Dutrey
Capital Notes
Elmer
Court of Claims
Pacific Mail Company
United States Supreme Court
Treasury Department
North Cambridge
L. J. Fletcher
Franklin
Zenas Thompson
Woodfords
J.G. Adams
Melrose Highlands
R. A. Greene
Fletcher
Galt
Washington News
Selfridge
Sports
Sears
Beacon Park Athletic Association
Nightingale
Providence Club
Glynn
Staten Island Cricket Club
Crammel
Kessler
Shaw
Mr. Gray
Beacon
Gray
New Jersey
Trenton
Virginia
Foreign News
Parnell
Limes
Land League
Pitt
Turquoise
China
Pacific
Suez Canal
Siberia
Egypt
ST. Petersburg
Katarsoff
Odessa
Ragusa
Nicka
Ipek
Dervish Pasha
Vienna
Times
Durban
Zululand
Evelyn Wood
Moniteur
Correard
Hammamet
Marseilles
North Africa
Algeria
Tunis
Geneva
Mount Niesen
Lake Thun
Dublin
Tyrone
Messrs
Knox
Dickson
Senegal
Copenhagen
Hartmann
Hasce
M. Roustan
Paris
Gen. Legerot
Ressent
Herr Bebel
Frankfort
Bank of France
Kyle
T. Bain
S. Kyle
Baker’s Trestle
Milford
Blue Mountain
Delaware Valley
Manitowoc
Wis
Suverlake
John A. Otto & Sons
Williamsport
Dayton, C
Arles
Pall Mail Gazette
Gaul
Aries
Venice
Rhone
Wm. H. Wareing, Esq
New York Posteilige
Jageh’s
Colfax
Mark Duerdon
Gartied
Cohoes
Vu. H. Keeler
St. Louis
Miller Brothers
Summaytown
N.J
Smith
William M. Holt
Tennessee
White Pine
Colorado
South Londonderry
Moses Johnson
Jamaica
Johnson
Quest
Jennie Cramer
Blanche Douglass
Malleys
Jenneie Cramer
Mary Sullivan
John
No. 35
Clark Street
Elliot
Herbert Skelton
Metropolitan Horse Railroad
Tremont Street
Roxbury Crossing
Skelton
Campbell
Hallowell
Augusta
London Hill
John Rich
William Parker
Rich
Parker
Tombstone
Arn
Ramsay
York Beach
Portsmouth
Jones & Chambers
Front Street
F. D. Loomis
Bridgeport
Yellow Mill Pond
James Mooney
Bernard Leary
Mooney
Leary
San Francisco
Green Mountain State News
Montpelier
Bethel
Vermont
West Randolph
Adams Kellogg
Madison Parish
Hardwick
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Burlington
Union Agricultural Society
Tunpridge
C. L. Goodell
Fairbanks
St. Johnsbury
New Baptist
John Arkley
Barton
Rutland
L. B. Steele
Baptist Church
Sharon
Concord
Pew
Morrisville
Adams
Cabot
Congregational Church
Glover
George W. Beaman
United States Navy
George H. Beaman
Middleton Goldsmith
Passymypsie
Lake Memphremayog
Bellows Falls
A. W. Coffrin
Groton
Sylvanus Eltis
East Montpelier
Amasa Tucker
Calais
Vermont National Guards
John Curry
Underhill
House
Frank
Northfield
Joseph Lane
Silas Sheldon
Elizabeth Corliss
Allen Babb
William Kimball
West Fairlee
Orange County
Col. M.S. Colburn
Robert Ames
Manchester
L. M. Morrison
Bennington
James C. Dunn
North Woods
White River Agricultural Society
Thomas Benway
Charlestown
N. E
Burlington and Samville
C. A. Curtis
Norwich University
Fairbault
Minn
Marblehead
Poland Springs
Thomasb. Scagel
Waterbury
Yue Pavilion
T. O. Bailey
New England
Central Vermont
Central Vermont Railroad
Wells River
Bay View Park
Lake Memphremagog
Boston Opera Company
Lyman Greenleaf Spaulding
Harmony Grove Cemetery
Charlies A. Holprook
St. John’s Church
Goodwin
Frank D. Webster
U.S. M.C
Tanner
Corry
Nebraska
Lincoln
New Orleans
Northwest
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Booth’s Theatre
Michael Strogof
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Baltimore
Mobile
Galveston
William Otis
State of New York
Connecticut
White Plains
N. Y
Otis
Machine Telegraphy
Hibbard
Henry Pigeon & Sons
Jeffrey’s Point
Clearfield
Ontario
Charles Pearson
Greenport
Hell Gate
Beiardaba
Vineyard Sound
C. M. Winch
Boston Light
Elsie
C. M
Bath
Pigeon’s Dock
Leighton’s
Monster Illumination
Nantasket Beach
Hotel Pemberton
Kimball’s
Pleasant Beach
Hotel Nantasket
Asa P. Potter
E. W. Dennison
Asa H. Caton
D. T. Yerxa
M.F. Dickinson, Jr
Edwin Pope
Geo. L. Damon
Josiah W. Hayden
Wm. H. Lambert
Samuel Gay
Chas. A. Ransom
Loma P. Loring
W. Parker Jones
Geo. F
Charlies Marsh
Dexter N. Richards
E. T. W. Braman
J. W. Pratt
George D. Willis
Willam W. Burke
J. M. Brown
P. Maguire
James J. Wingate
Jonas H. Hallstrom
W. B. Hathaway
A. T. Whiting
Francis A. Hobart
Wm. McKenzie
C. W. H. Sanborn
Bryant's Commercial School
Bryant & Stratton Commercial School
Bryant & Stratton
H. E. Hibbard
Gefreral Advertising
Aotbie
Agate
A. F P. Moore
Sheriff Fiske
Middlesex
Bethlehem
M. T. Donohoe
Weirs
Addirs Porter
Jefferson, N. H
Morley
Ocean House
Tobey
Fifth Avenue Hotel
B. P. Palmer
Boston Globe
Castine
John Sawyer
Tremont House
Geo.s. Dodge
A.D White
Southampton
Phoebe Harrod
Newburyport
Robert M. Floyd
Geo. V. — Co
Burlington, Vt
Philharmonies
Carl Zerrahn
E. A. Merritt
Brandon
H. H. Ricker
W. 8
Clark
Easthampton
Malden
Frank Hubbell
Mark Hopkins
Carrie Sherman
Williamstown
Nathaniel
Mathew Dunlap
Glasgow
Scotland
Allan Line
Vendome
Otis G. Shaw
Bowdon College
Charles A.shaw
Stillman B. Allen
H. Whittington
H. Whittington & Co
Saddlery
Scythia
W.E. Bryant
Boston Journal
Auld Lang Syne
Warren
William E. Gibbs
Buffalo
Sir Knights of Portland Commandery
Alderman Willis
Worcester
England
Hygeia Hotel
Old Point
Hampton Monitor
Normal School
Gen. Anderson
Mayo
Reed
Bishop Paddock
St. Stephen’s Church
Pittsfield
Trinity Church
Lenox
Berkshire County
St. Paul’s Church
Stockbridge
John M. Burt
Fitchburg
Saratoga and Sebuvtlerville
Boston, Hoovosac Tuanel and Western Railway
Mechanicsville and Schenectady
Statesman
M. A. Wilcox
First Baptist Church
Wilcox
Duchesse de Richelieu
Hickman Bacon
Armand
Michael Heine
Duc de Riehelieu
James G. Holland
Associated Press
Holland
James E. Griffith
Henry W. Miller
Rice & Miller
Miller
Daniel Waldo
Thomastor
Fred M. White
Etta A. Stimpson
Thomaston
Worth’s
Mr. Cobb
Mr. White
Mathews
Miss Burgess
Chapman
O’brien
M. Mathews
Florence Rommeces
Knox House
Tas
F. Lt. White & Co
No. 58
High Street
H.J. Peck
Fairhaven
Anderton & Dunn
Chicopee Falls
Frederick Stephens
Shelbyville
Eldridge G. Alien
Warrenton Street
Alien
Lynn
J. A. Snow
J. A. Snow & Co
C. Harbest
Tower City
George Cunningham
Ellsworth
C. F. Miller & Co
Oroville
Cal
Spooner, Moon & Co
R.J
Hastings & Co
Haverhill
WW. R. Bush
Boots
Lake City
Fla
Adams & Westlake Mfg. Co
S. R. Atwood
Adams & Westlake
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