Multiple events mark a day of political, rail, and sporting notes
Speaker Carlisle spoke on the Presidents conference while Chinese officials hosted a royal reception for Count Mitkiewiczs wife. Senator Blackburn commented on the Kentucky election. Beverly railroad accident probe and a man killed by lightning. Nellie Nelson and Prince won Saugus races. Hazen shifts support to Atherton bill. New Hampshire Senate probes bribery. Brockton Massasoit Assembly suspended for non payment of dues. Steamer Corinthian ran aground at La Chine Quebec. passengers to Montreal. Potomska Mills strike at New Bedford. Grand Army in Omaha removed Cleveland picture to avoid trouble. McNeally accused of tampering with bank deposits. Pilgrim to New London for repairs. Powderly issues circular on national trade assemblies. Baseball league winners listed and Hampden Park races drew good attendance. Five heats trotted in 2:25 class. no race finished.
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Carlisle
Mitkiewicz
Blackburn
Kentucky
Beverly
Nellie Nelson
Prince
Saugus
Hazen
New Hampshire Senate
Massasoit Assembly
Brockton
Corinthian
Lachine
P. Q
Montreal
Potomska
New Bedford
Grand Army Veterans
Omaha
Cleveland
Young McNeally
Saco Bank
Pilgrim
New London
Powderly
Bostons
Philadelphias
Detroits
Indianapolis
Hampden Park
Gladstone Declines Philadelphia Centenary Invitation
London dispatch notes Gladstone's refusal of a Philadelphia centennial invitation citing limited time and urgent Irish questions. The missive praises the Constitution while acknowledging England’s jealousies and requests to extend hospitality via carte blanche, with commentary from Times and Daily News on potential cordial receptions.
Chinese Officials Gift Reception and Bank Plan Unveiled
Washington reports detail a lavish Chinese reception at Mrs Mitkiewicz’s home with gifts for the family and a tea service. Philadelphia notes Count de Mitkiewicz secured exclusive rights for a fifty year telephones deal and plans for a Chinese American bank under joint control with high officials supervising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Manning
Count Mitkiewicz
China
Solomon
Queen of
Sheba
Mitkiewicz
Turnbull
Efe
Legation
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Warton Barker
England
Li Hung Cheng
Pei Yung
Board of Trade
Ma Kie Chung
Wharton Barker
Races at Hampden Park Draw Large Crowd
About 3,500 spectators witnessed a heavy rain delayed Hampden Park trotting program. No heat finished as drivers change and protests loom, with Valkyr and Lady Whitefoot among top finishers in 2:25 class. free-for-all trotting saw Astral and Bessie battling through multiple heats.
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Springfield
Hampden Park
Valkyr
St. Elmo
Lady Whitefoot
Screwdriver
A. J. Feek
Syracuse
N. Y
B. m
E.e.-Ee- Ek
J. G. Johnson
Eminence
B. m. Valkyr
Marsh
Great Falls
N. H
R. G. BorGw
Bedell & Johnston
Jersey City
N. J
Br. G. St
Bb & Fadr
Spofford
Astral
Bessie
Atral
F. H. Foster
Richmond
P. Q
Ch. m. Beasie
Pano
W.H. McCarthy
Lexington
John BE. Lurner
Philadelphia
Big
G. Spottord
Hk Hok
Delegates Rally At International Medical Congress
In WaAsa MacTon on Sept 8 the morning session of the International Medical Congress saw limited attendance and a vote favoring a Washington 1892 international celebration. Dr Anna of Berlin spoke as critics of the congress drew ire from delegates and officials, praising the event as a major scientific gathering. A banquet followed with the Marine Band music, and the next congress is slated for Berlin in 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WaAsa MacTon
International Medical Congress
Washington
Anna
Berlin
James Grant
Canada
J. B. Hamilton
Pension Office
International Congress
Fall Marine Band
Powderly outlines new national trades policy for Knights of Labor
General Master Workman powderly promotes a plan to create national trade assemblies with real power over trade matters while preserving general assembly authority. State territorial and provincial bodies would elect delegates to the general assembly, altering strike procedures and limiting general executive authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
the Times
General Assembly
National Trade, Assembly
National Trade Assembly
General Executive Board
National Trace Assembly
Bureau of Statistics
Knight of Labor
Genera Assembly
Knights of Labor
Sloop Lizzie F Daly Wins Seventeen Mile Race
The sloop Lizzie F Daly and the cathoat N 8 raced yesterday for a $100 trophy from Commercial wharf to the Graves buoy and back. The N 8 led at 11 04 but the Lizzie F Daly closed the gap to take a slight early lead and rounded the buoy ahead by about six minutes. In a windless finish near Commercial wharf the N 8 drifted across the line ahead of the Lizzie F Daly by the length of her bowsprit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie F. Daly
Commercial Wharf
Graves and Return
Lizzie F
Lizzie FF
Daly
Lewis
Weather Indications For New England And Nearby Areas
Wassmeaton reports warmer fair conditions on Friday for New England and eastern New York with rain likely Saturday and winds from the south turning to southwest. BurE Hutt Observatory notes fair weather in southeastern New England tonight, clouding later with possible rain and rising temperatures toward evening.
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Wassmeaton
New England
New York
Bure Hutt
Steamship Arrivals and Departures Around Sept Dates
Maritime notices list ships arriving or departing various ports including the Lizard Glasgow Southampton New York Liverpool Bristol Baltimore and Boston. Vessels named include Sante Rialto Milanese Yucatan and Lake Winnipeg with routes from Philadelphia Antwerp New York Montreal Havana and elsewhere.
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the Lizard
Nederland
Philadelphia
Antwerp
Glasgow
Josion
Southampton
Sante
New York
Vronen
Malia Ead
Lake Superior
Mont Ireal
Liverpool
Rialto
Newcastle
Noordhand
Bayley
China
Muriel
St Kitts
Gibraltar
Benizon
Tin
Gladstone declines centennial invite amid Irish and UK skirmishes
The Daily News notes Gladstone refuses the Philadelphia constitutional centennial invitation and jokes he would be killed with kindness in America. Irish affairs surface as O Brien faces trial arrest risk, Parnellite summons target Monday’s proclamation debate, and O Brien speaks on landlords. Russia-Eastern Europe tensions rise with abdication and Berlin treaty concerns. London stock markets wobble as railroad securities slide. Britain pledges 45000 pounds to Canadian Pacific railway. Trade Union Congress begins eight hour agitation. General Beller resigns Ireland post and pushes for immediate replacement.
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Gladstone
Philadelphia
Daily News
America
Irish Privy Council
O’brien
Dublin
Tie
Mitchellstown
St. Petersburg
Ferdinand
Russia
Berlin
London Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific Railway
Trade Union Congress
General Beller
Ireland
War Office
Weather and local notes from a Dorchester day
Warmer fair weather is reported. The Ninth Regiment conducted its annual drill. Two letters from Missionary Doane discuss Ponapi trouble. Five Dorchester boys, missing since Monday, are back home. Law Bros furniture shop suffered fire damage. Revere Beach held a land illumination. Judge Gardner resigns from the Supreme Court. Judge Knowlton nominated to fill vacancy. Cambridge firemen plan an October parade. Stock market remains dull and irregular with Atchison and West End Land suffering most.
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Doane
Record of Fires and Cotton Loss at Baltimore Warehouse
Lorenzo Sanborn, a teamster for Dawes's warehouse, carried a heavy cotton load to Benjamin Thayer & Co. He saw Hames fire up from behind at Atlantic avenue and Congress street. The blaze consumed fifteen bales, each worth about 25 dollars, but firefighters extinguished the fire after alarms from Box 48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Sanborn
Dawes
Benjamin Thayer & Co
Atlantic Avenue
Congress Street
Hames
Fire Destroys Dorchester Furniture Factory
A severe fire yesterday afternoon damaged Law Birds furniture factory on Codman street. Two alarms were rung after 5 pm as flames engulfed the three story wooden building, a shed, and a nearby structure. Losses total about 15600 with 5000 insured. workmen report 2000 in tools lost. Horses and carriages in the shed were saved.
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Dorchester
Law Brds
Codman Street
Fires and losses sweep multiple towns in early September reports
A dispatch details William Heffron’s stables in Cixcinnat burning with 25000 dollars in loss, 38 horses and 12 mutes burned, stablemen Peter Hayes and Edward Rakstahl fatally scorched. Rushville reports two dwellings destroyed and a woollen mill fire with total losses near 100000, started by suspected tramp thieves amid burglaries. Charlemont lightning destroys Warren Albee’s house, while Stacyville’s Josiah Richmond barn fire totals 2000 dollars with no insurance. Newburgh Ontario fire leaves nearly fifty families homeless, business assets decimated, sparse insurance coverage.
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Cixcinnat
William Heffron
McMacken Avenue
Peter Hayes
Edward Rakstahl
Rushville
Greenheip
Warren Albee
Charlemont
Bancomr
Josiah Richmond
Stacyville
Rixaston
Ont
Newburgh
G A R Campfire Ends Without Trouble In Oma
In Omaha Nebraska on September 8 the G A R held a lively campfire with speeches by Senator Manderson and Senator Van Wyck among others. Fear of trouble over President Cleveland's picture in the parade line was averted when the image was removed before the procession arrived.
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Oma
Neb
Manderson
van Wyck
Cleveland
Irish Affairs and Irish Leader Arrests Follow Meeting Protests
In Loxton and Dublin Castle reports, Gen Buller resigns and will return to the war office in October while O'Brien faces arrest if he fails to appear at Mitchellstown. The Privy Council convenes as Labouchere and Dillon head to Mitchellstown amid Irish land debate remarks by O'Brien and Davitt.
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Gen. Buller
Mr. O’brien
Loxton
House of Commons
Ennis
Mgr
John O'Connor
General Buller
Ireland
War Office
Dustin
Labouchere
Dillon
Mitchellstown
William O' Birien
Archbishop Walsh
O’brien
Gladstone
Lord Ashbourne
Glasson
Hayden
Westmeath
Clayden
O'Brien
Mitchelstown
Davitt
Mr. O'Brien
Eight Hour Movement Aims to Create Jobs for 700000
The Trades Union Congress adopted a plan to cut work hours to eight per day and make Saturdays a holiday. Delegates argued that 700,000 unemployed workers could find jobs with the shorter workday. An international congress is planned to be held in London next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades Union Congress
London
Russia to void treaty over Bulgarian crisis
Semi official reports say Russia will declare the treaty void unless Prince Ferdinand abdicates and leaves. Russia seeks European powers' assent to new plans for settling the Bulgarian question amid the stalled mission of General Ernroth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Ferdinand
St. Perzisspura
Ernroth
Prince Ferdi
Russia to void Berlin treaty if Ferdinand stays in Bulgaria
Vienna report says Russia plans to declare the Berlin treaty void unless Prince Ferdinand departs from Bulgaria. In Sofia the state siege is raised and ex-regents Stambuloff Zitkoff and Mutkuroff receive the Order of Bravery.
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Nand
Vienna
St. Petersburg
Russia
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Berlin
Sefia
Prince Ferdinand
M. Stambuloff
M. Zitkoff
Mutkuroff
Decline in American Stocks Noted at London Markets
London reports a continued fall in American railroad securities with cautious trading as investors await New York developments. A separate note mentions government hesitation on theatre regulation, while honors are awarded to Dr. Morell Mackenzie and Pasteur.
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London
Exeter
Florence
Genoa
Bologna
Padua
Canadian Pacific Railway
London Stock Exchange
New York
Morell Mackenzie
Germany
Tate
Crystal Palace
Benson
Kerr and Goncourt
Scotland Yard
Meiklejotn
Clark
Bremen
Vienna
Francis Joseph
M. Pasteur
Rorreroom
Nieuwenhuis
Simia
Ayoub Khan
Herat
Lashwayain
Ameer
Rabati
Bomnay
Masar
Bokhara
Chardjui
Kilif
Khoja Saleh
Paris
M. Schnaebele
Houle Professionelle de l' Est
Berry
Bismarck
Turkey
Bulgaria
Russia
Leipskc
Junker
Prince Bismarck
Kissingen
Rome
Palermo
Caro
Nile
Grand Army at St Louis Encampment Speech Clarified
General Fairchild corrects misquotation of his Omaha speech. He states he did not imply insults to the Grand Army or that any St Louis citizen would disrupt the encampment. He urged Nebraska comrades to attend what he calls the greatest reunion.
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Gr. Louis
Grier
Grand Army
Fairchild
Omaha
St. Louis
Biddeford Area Corporations Elect Officers At Meeting
Four Biddeford firms named officers and directors for 1908 1909 terms. Vepperell Manufacturing Company and Laconia Company list Boston directors with Burton H Winslow as clerk. Sance Water Power Machine Shop and Saco Water Power Company also announce officers and Boston directors.
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Erperorp
Biddeford
Vepperell Manufacturing Company
Clark
Burton H. Winslow
Saco
George Dexter
Boston
Thomas Wigglesworth
James Longley
George F. Pabyan
Henry 5. Grew
Charles P. Bowditeh
W. P. Walley
Laconia Company
George F. Fabyan
Charles P. Bowditch
Henry 8
W. Richardson
J. H. McMallen
Portland
Saco Water Power Company
Winfield S. Dennett
J. Longley
G. F. Fabyan
Grew
C. P. Bowditeh
Shipping News Shows Sept 8 Movement and Leaky Schooner
Lonxpoon to New York and Hamburg sailages highlight a busy list of steamers and barks bound for Montreal Halifax London and Havana. A schooner Jenny Lind returning to port after leaking badly near Trinidad underscores peril at sea.
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Lonxpoon
Trave
Southampton
New York
Biugia
Hamburg
Oregon
Liverpool
Montreal
St. Romans
Ventiac
Mediterranean
General Whitney
Bearse
Boston
Advance
Wood
Bilbao
Crystal
Stannard
Leith
City of Alexandria
Reynolds
Havana
Omuoe Horsefield
Barcelona
Arklow
Sanford
Antwerpell
America
Armstrous
Yomson
Cedar Croft
Fleet
Rowen
Rebecca Crowfaytor
Auckland
George Moon
Woit
Cette
Pridgetown
Thomas Keil
Brie Zelien
Murehigon
Parasighat
Enima Rf. Smith
Manikner
Georgetown
Dem
Uieeo
Hunt
Berks
George W. Glover
Reuben Eastman
John
N. B
Amos C. Barstow
Providence
Ernva
la Feduiecia
Leghorn
Mand
Shalee
George 1. Perry
Machias
Elbridge Gerry
Rockland
Ardner
Luzerne
Fall River
Witlliam Seater
David Faust
Samuel Hart
Chattanooga
God Joseph Oakes
Ranger
David Mierson
Clark
Anita
St. Jown
George Savage
John Fletcher
Vineyard
Evie B
Jose Reeves
Hall
Apalachicola
Dafled
State of Pennsylvania
Glasgow
Gallinn
Waesland
Ant City of
Alexandria
London
Gellert
Warp
Aivend
Port Au Prince
Alice
Pees Bore
Nuova Stella
Fortuna
Oporto
Jalicax
N S
Jenny Lind
Trinidad
Priscilla Sails for New York as Northwest Wind Rises
Marc LeneaD reports a strong northwest wind with Commodore A Cass Canfield in the sloop Priscilla sailing for Beverly. Cutter bedouin anchors off Beverly and will join Priscilla to New York tomorrow. Yachts Vixen and Dorothy Q. are present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marc Lenead
A. Cass Canfield
Priscilla
Beverly
Bedouin
Beverly Shore
New York
Vixen
Dorothy Q
Rocket Wins Third Quincy Yacht Club Championship Race
The Quincy Yacht Club completed its third championship race off Houghs’s Neck with six miles sailed in strong NW wind. Contestants were Locket Flora Lee and Wildfire. Rocket won by about one minute in 49 minutes 52 seconds. The Rocket Wildfire and Mirage each hold four legs. a sail off will be scheduled later.
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Quincy
Quincy Yacht Club
Houghs
Locket
Flora Lee
Wildfire
Rocket
Mirage
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Buller
Perdinand
Messrs. Kasson, Little, Carson and Cochrane
Great Britain
General Lafayette
W. B. Gladstone
W. H. Hurlbert
George W. Childs
Mr. Gladstone
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New Hampshire
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Lam
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Jefferson
Gorham
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Friends of the Atherton
Frederick Smyth
Walter M. Parker
B. A. Kimeball
J. A. Pearson
John A. White
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Harry Bingham
N. H. Weeks
A. J. Pillsbury
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E. i. Rollins
L. C. Pattee
Whitefield & Jefferson
Concord
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Canal ST
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Lizzy XY. Daly
H. H. Clayton
Onserver’s Office
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