Keystone State Politics and Victory Prospects
Ex representative Marsh predicts Pennsylvania will swing to the Democrats this year citing Republican dishonesty and discontent in Philadelphia. He says a Philadelphia victory could secure the state, mentions Cleveland strength and hopes for strong Pennsylvania delegation at the National convention. He notes mercantile appraisers’ arrests and ongoing prosecutions influencing public sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Republican Opinion on Cleveland and Mills in Next Election
Major William Warner predicts Mills as Speaker and Cleveland as Democratic nominee for president, with party alignments and regional support shaping the race. He notes farmers alliance dynamics, Southern influence, and the impact of Cleveland's silver position on nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Warner
Congress
Missouri
Grand Army
Cleveland
Ileeve
Mills
Mulls
Farmers’ Alliance
Kansas
Nebraska
West
Northwest
Democratic Party
Treasury reports bond dealings and redemptions today
The Treasury Department received 4 percent bonds for continuance at 2 percent totaling 12500, bringing cumulative total to 24050350. Redemptions of 4 percent bonds reached 107050, lifting total redeemed to 9943750. Figures exclude Sub-Treasury New York transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Department
Sub-Treasury
New York
Rhode Island National Guard Encampment Noted by Inspector
A War Department report on the Rhode Island National Guard encampment at Oakland Weach praises drill quality across units. First Lieutenant M. Crawford commends the two colored companies for skirmish drill, battery and Gatling gun corps for superior performance, cavalry for hard work, and overall results as excellent. The officers are deemed competent and show strong commitment to duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rhody
National Guard
War Department
Rhode Island National Guard
Oakland
M. Crawford
Second Artillery
General Sloat Nominated for New Duties in Department
Roger Walls of Connecticut resigns as financial clerk of the Patent Office to become law clerk in the Interior Department. General Frank D. Sloat of Connecticut nominated to fill the vacancy. Sloat has led the Grand Army department in Connecticut and served as Comptroller, notable as the lone Republican elected then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloat
Roger Walls
Connecticut
Patent Office
Interior Department
Frank D. Sloat
General Sloat
Department of the Grand Army
Doncaster September Meeting Opens with Yorkshire Handicap
At Doncaster London September 8 first day of the meeting featured the Great Yorkshire handicap plate of 1000 sovereigns for older horses over 1 mile 6 furlongs and 142 yards. A lseway won with Hound's Ditch second and Silver ft finishing further back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doncaster
London
Alseway
Hound's Ditch
Hartford Bicycle Tournament Opens With Parade and Fast Times
Hartford Connecticut September 8 The postponed Hartford Wheel Club meet at Charter Oak Park begins with a large parade of about 450 riders including 50 women. Sets heats with records fall as A A Zimmerman and others pace quarter and half mile events. J McDuffee suffers minor injuries in one heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Hartford Wheel Club
Charter Oak Park
Capitol
Wethersfield
House of FE
L.A. W
A. A. Zimmerman
Kerle
Boston
W. F. Murphy
New York
Fred C. Graves
Springfield
H. C. Wheeler
Orange
N.J
W. M. Harandon
Zimmerman
H. A. Githens
Chicago
CG. M. Murphy
P. J. McCattee
Lynn
H.C. Wheeler
C. L. Sage
Starkie
W. D. Banker
F. M. Brinker
Buffalo
Windle
Murphy
A. K. Rich
Wile
Berio
G. M. Worden
Manhattan Club
Dorntze
Derlo
J. McDuffee
Lyno
Vermont's New Senator Accepts Vermont Seat
Redfield Proctor informs Governor Page of Vermont of his acceptance to the U S Senate seat vacated by Edmunds's retirement on November 1. He expresses gratitude for the honor and faith of Vermonters, pledging to faithfully perform Senate duties with modesty and respect for Vermont’s public will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sept. S
Redfield Proctor
Page
Vermont
Senate
Senator Edmunds
Washington, D. C
Carrolls. Page
George F. Edmunds
United States Senate
United States
Embezzlement Charge Over Hutchinson Railway Funds
E. E. Wise, treasurer of the Hutchinson & Southern railroad, was arrested in Hutchinson Kansas as a warrant was issued for H. A. Christie of Chicago the president on a charge of embezzling about 195600 allegedly due to promoters and stockholders of the McPherson Texas & Gulf railroad. The county and city subscribed large sums for terminals and the line to Kingman was mortgaged to the Union Pacific with bonds netting cash but costs exceeded half the value of the bonds under construction leaving a balance of over 196000. Christie is believed in Chicago and a governor Illinois requisition will be sought for his delivery to the courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Kan
E. E. Wise
Hutchinson & Southern Railroad
H. A. Christie
Chicago
McPherson, Texas & Gulf Railroad
Reno County
Stutchinson
White Township
Kingman
Union Pacific
Christie
Illinois
National Electric Light Assoc Convention in Montreal
The second day featured electrical paper readings in the morning and four entertainments in the afternoon including a fire department display on Champ de Mars a garden party at Mrs Redpaths estate and a McGill College conversazione. Delegates arrived and Montreal hosted a large successful gathering with plans for drives and further papers tomorrow. Next convention location slated for Augusta Georgia or New Orleans Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Que
National Electric Light Association
Fire Department
Champ de Mars
Lyin
Augusta
New Orleans
Michigan women in politics at Creek election
In Creek Michigan the school election yielded a historic result with two women candidates winning by the largest vote ever polled. Prominent local ladies visited the polls and cast their first ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Bury
Creek
Mich
Laborer killed by freight train near South New Market
At Exeren New Hampshire on September 8 a laborer on the Boston and Maine improvements at South New Market wandered onto the tracks while intoxicated and was killed by a freight train. Local authorities are investigating the accident and identifying the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeren
N. H
Boston & Maine
South Newmarket
Eight Hours Everywhere at Trade Congress Address
President Burt told the Trades Union Congress that strikes are criminal when arbitration exists and urged us to seek a fair eight hour standard. He praised women union representation and warned against state-run labor models while advocating self help and wealth redistribution through better conditions and pay. The session approved an international eight hour law and discussed arbitration and royal toasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trades Union Congress
Thomas Burt
M. P
Congress
Burt
Royal Labor Commission
Organization of Labor
Ben Tillett
Board of Arbitration
Winthrop Beach Ablaze in Magnificent Illumination
The annual Winthrop Beach lighting event, postponed by weather, drew crowds from Boston and nearby towns. Cottage Hill, Winthrop Beach, and Winthrop Highlands residents competed with lavish displays while yachts of the Winthrop Yacht Club lined the shore adorned with lanterns and fireworks. Four bands played along the beach as rockets and torches lit the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop Beach
Cottage Hill
Winthrop Highlands
Winthrop Yacht Club
Boston
Cambridge City Debt for Water Works Created
The Cambridge City Council and the Common Council approved a city debt of 35000 for water works construction. A letter from Frederick H. Rindge of Los Angeles thanked the city for an album of photos of new city buildings. The pay raise request for the police matrons and repairs on West Boston bridge at an estimated cost of 10000 were referred to the Finance Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Frederick H. Rindge
Los Angeles
Cal
Camridge
L. Pratt
Twelve Sailors Drowned in Iceland Wreck
London Sept 8 advices report the Grimsby smack wrecked in Iceland with twelve crew members drowned. The sorrowful loss occurred as authorities investigated the disaster and families awaited further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Grimsby
Iceland
Free Hospital for Women Hearing at Brookline Corner
The Brookline Selectmen held a hearing on permitting a free women only hospital at Marion and Park streets. Trustees Baker Walker Rodman and other petitioners argued the facility would treat contagious diseases exclusive to women while remaining charitable and non lying in nature. Opposing real estate owners cited property values and remonstrance totals. The hearing was taken under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline Selectme
Marion and
Park Streets
William H. Baker
Grant M. Walker
Alfred Rodman
East Springfield Street
William H. White
Aaron H. Latham
Townsend
Latham
George W. Armstrong
Wicked Outrage Explosive Bead Case Injures Girl
Jennie Garvin, 11, Dorchester, was given a package by youths that exploded in her hands near Franklin Park. The device damaged her right hand deeply and injured the left. Dr. Lumbard treated her. no fatal danger unless infection or lockjaw develops. Police of Division 11 investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division 11
Jennie Garvin
Thomas Garvin
Church Street
Dorchester
Franklin Park
Lumbard
Obituary of Judge Lorenzo Sawyer and Emerson P Pettit
Judge Lorenzo Sawyer of San Francisco died suddenly on Sunday night. Born in 1820 in Jefferson County New York, he moved to California in 1850 and held multiple key posts including city attorney, district judge, California Supreme Court justice, and United States Circuit Judge. His death leaves the Northern District of California without a federal judge. Emerson K. Pettit died suddenly at his Newton Centre home. born near Tillsonborough Canada, he studied for the ministry at Toronto University and later ran a real estate and insurance business with Emerson P. Pettit & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo Sawyer
San Francisco
Jefferson County
New York
California
Twelfth District Court
Supreme Court of California
Grant
United States
Sarah Althea Hill
Sharon
Judge Sawyer
Judge Terry
Justice Field
Terry
Marshal Nagle
Northern District of
Hoffman
Emerson K. Pettit
Newton Centre
Tillsonborough
Canada
Toronto University
Emerson P. Pettit & Co
Numerous Names Across Cities In A Passenger List Style Notice
A long list of individuals and couples from New York, Philadelphia, Bangor, Trenton, Cleveland, Chicago, and many other places appears in a large traveler or guest roster. The fragment includes multiple surnames, towns, and states, suggesting a hotel guest or society register entry. The item enumerates dozens of attendees with minimal context beyond their locations and affiliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Martin
New York
C. Smith
F. E. Holt
Bangor
Burneson
Philadelphia
T. W. Holmes
Trenton
N. J. Vendome
Bishop Leonard
Cleveland
W. E. Hayward
Ilinois
C. J. Cragin
H. Holdship
Pittsburg
Theodore Sutro
George D
F. W. Cottin
Monterey
Mex
W. A. Cobleigh
Leominster
H. P. Garland
Saco
John Day Wite
James E. Rice
Ithaca
N. Y
Sidney Shepherd
Milwaukee
United States
H. B. Lyimnan
Utica
8. Halford
Washington, D
KK. Rt
Stickney
Springfield
George E. Elieson
Meriden
H. Merrill
Exeter
N. H
James Hart Evans
Federal Point
Pla
George F. Barden
Adams Youne’s
Clarence RK
Wilson
Washington
L. G. Fisher
Chicago
RB. B. Bowler
Cincinnati
H. E. Miles
Racine
Wis
J. E. Sethe
St. Louis
Frank Shea
Laconia
Neb
FP. Langford
Lady
St. Paul
Minn
Lees Perkins
Grand Rapids
W. S. Lawson
Lowell
Amos Hollinger
Lancaster
Penn
T. A. Crowley
Nashua
Fred Dunham
Deering
L. N. Kendall
Biddeford
W. P. Goodrich
Warren
Vite
I. O. Dowd
Providence
Parker’s
Thomas Ve Knight
William
M. White
W. Harold
Newhore
W. Milliken
Portland
G. Sation
D. B. McGienin’ Jr
Tallahassee
Fla
Charles McLaughlin
James Lester
Hisi
Tre
Dover
H. F. Foster
de Worcester
W. Chase
North Adams
Quincy
A. Pierce
Lookeater
A. Gibbon
San Diego
Cal
N. J. Mayo
H. F. Bailey
St. Paul Minn
O. P. Davis
Newport
Ind
F. Garbon
Wife
Crawrorn
V. N. Ryan
Milford
Mass
L. N. Chase
George W.raymond
A. E. Hard
Rochester
N. B
Charles H. Glass
H. Raquel
Newark
Obituary notices from Dorchester Hyde Park Manchester by the Sea
Deaths reported on Sept 8 include Lewis Bowman 74 Charlestown native Emily Warren 89 Hyde Park and James Henry Cunningham 66 Manchester by the Sea Funeral for Cunningham set at 31 St James avenue Boston on Thursday at 12 30 p m George P Upham Jr 800 of George P and Sarah Upham to be buried or memorialized with a service at Emmanuel Church Thursday at 12 o'clock Friends asked not to send flowers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman
Dorchester
Lewis Bowman
Warren
Hyde Park
Emily
James Warren
Charlestown
Cunningham
Manchester By the Sea
James Henry Cunningham
St. James Avenue
Boston
Upham
George P. Upham, Jr
George P
Sarah Upham
Emmanuel Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Keystone State
Foster
War
Treasury Departments
Engineer Corps
Spalding
William H. Dimond
Eston
Europe
Dimond
Proctor
THE
Cambridge City Affairs
Free Hospital For Women
Brookline Selectmen
Kurumm
Washington Street
Prospectus Post Free
Music Hall
Arthur Nikisch
Lox
Perry Davis
John Chinaman
Ceylon
India
Egypt
S. S. Belgic
Chauncy-Hall
Institute of Technology
Poulston Street
Copley Square
Thos. Cook & Son
W. Norton Reed
Lemberton Square
John Jefferles & Sons
Devonshire Street
REAL
West End
Massachusetts New Church Union Building
Arlington Street
Newbury
E. A. Whiston
Tollet
Fort Hill
High
Hartford Sts
Oarkins St
Brookline
Arthur Mills
Irving Street
Dexter & Curtis
State Street
Beacon Street
Marlborough ST
Fairfield Street
Amos Binney
Exchange Building
Menky Russell
Massacitfusetts Normal Art School
Cow
Beoston
George H. Bart
William Nichols
Temple Place
Nichols
Museum OF Fine Arts
E. C. Tarbell
F. W. Benson
C. Howard Walker
J. Linden Simith
Edward Emerson
A. K. Cross
Elizabeth Lombard
Misses Gilman
Commonwealth Avenue
A. N. van Daell
Robert & RS. Bickford
Concord
Jam . Garland
Mr. Hale
Otis Place
Bostok
Harvard College
Abby H. Johnson
Newbury Street
Abbott
Little Blue
Farmington
Maine
A. H. Abbott
Chauncy Hall School
Chauncy Hall
Bevinton
Louisburg Square
Miss Ireland
Chicago City
Vative Investors
Central Trust & Savings Bank
Henry W. Savage
Court St
F.W. Prescott & CO
Bankers
Brchers
Ocneh
William Si
Boston Young Men’s Christian Assoc
Car
Boylston
Berkeley Str
Association
James L. Gordon
General Sec
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Miystic Park
Edford
Boston & Lowell Depot
Mystic Park Station
Lawrence
Mystic Park
Scollay Sq
Park and Grand Stand
H. E. Willis
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
Miss Fanny Rice
Hoyt’s
Texas
GLOBE
John Stetson
Augustus Piton
George H. Jessup
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Denman Thompson
New England
Neil Burgess
Fair
Boston Museum
R. M. Field
Ees
Henry Guy Carleton
Earlie
POST
Boston Conservatory of Music
Julius Eichberg
Direc'r
Tremont
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Jack
Annie Ward Tiffany
Tremont St
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire
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