McSweeney Welcomed by Irish Americans in New York
In a packed Academy of Music crowd of about 5000, Daniel McSweeney the Irish Suspect and American citizen spoke about his eighteen months in Dundalk jail without trial under Ireland’s coercion act. Speakers including Sullivan and editor Meagher rallied for Irish rights and Blaine’s defense of American citizenship.
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New York
Sons of Erin
Academy of Music
Daniel McSweeney
Ireland
Edson
Judge Kelly
James Redpath
Ellery Anderson
Harry Clausen
Judge Browne
Smith Ely, Jr
P. M. Haverty
George L. M. Graham
James F. Curran
Thomas Francis Meagher
John Kelly
Daniel Manning
J. Wricht Sanford
Herman Oelrichs
Joseph Pulitzer
Mayor Edson
Cleveland
Hendricks
Algexuop S. Sullivan
Mcsweebey
Marcy
Ingraham
Smyrna Harbor
Austria
Blaine
Lowell
Governor Hendricks
McSweeney
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James Russell Lowel
San Francisco
United States
Heutenant
Amon
New Orleans
Jackson
America
Forster
Strorn
Dundalk
Belfast
Sims
Court of St. James
Granville
Mr. Lowell
Reland
Department of State
Lowe
London
Lord Granville
Washington
State Department
Donegal
Dundal Ial
Perpes
Alexander Suallivac
Mr. Blaine
Sullivan
James G. Biaine
Jaine
England
Secret hiding place of the notorious outlaws disclosed
News from Ear and neighboring townships reports robberies by the buzzard gang. Emma Graban’s alleged confession is claimed true as searchers probe a cave mouth and 100 foot passage to an underground lair. goods seized but silks and costly items missing. further searches planned. Jailbreakers released vow to live honestly.
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Erurarta
Penn
Ear
Caernarvon
Ephrata
Welsh Mountains
Ephrata Hills
Hahnstawn
Emma Graban
Buzzard Gang
Sassafras
Joe Buzzard
Diller
Clark
Billy Weider
Welsh Mountain Gang
Fire at Providence Drug Store Hurts Clerk and Owner
A campaign fire from green powder caused a tub to ignite in Harvey I. Leith’s North Main Street drug store Providence. Leith and a young clerk fled as the interior and stock were ruined. Loss estimated six to seven thousand dollars with two thousand five hundred insured. Building owned by B F Almy damaged five hundred dollars.
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Harvey I. Leith
North Main Street
Providence
R. I
Leith
Nancy B Rice 100th Birthday Recalls Wilbraham Roots
Mrs Nancy B Rice celebrated her centennial birthday in Middleboro last week born in Wilbraham and later lived there until moving to live with her daughter Mrs Tubpet of Middleboro Her son Nathan C Rice of Wilbraham also survives Mrs Rice has been a member of the Wilbraham Congregational Church for seventy eight years.
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Nancy B. Rice
Middleboro
Wilbraham
Tu Bpet
Nathan C. Rice
Rice
Wibraham
Youthful Sportsman Scores with Notable Hunts
Percy A. Cleveland of Balawinville Massachusetts is 11 and an adept hunter. He brings home a brace or two of birds nearly every noon and night this season. Percy claims his father is a third cousin of the Democratic presidential candidate.
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Percy A. Cleveland
Balawinville
Mass
Percy
Governor Cleveland Attacked by Crank in Albany
Albany dispatch reports Governor Cleveland was assaulted at 8:30 am near Eagle and Lancaster streets by T Boone of Southport Elmira. Boone, described as a slight nervous man, sought a pardon for his jailed brother-in-law Cy. Boone claimed a conspiracy against them and possible insanity. The incident prompted police inquiries and medical checks while the Governor resumed official duties.
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Albany
N. Y
Cleveland
Executive
Capitol
Medical College
Eagle
Lancaster
T. Boone
Southport
Elmira
Chemung County
Boone
Jay Street
Eagle Street
Mat Boone
Guitean
Garfield
GLOBE
Fairbanks
United States
Guiteau
Mr. Lamont
Hudson Avenue
Executive Mansion
Cranks and Elkins
A Union Soldier and His First Taste of Huckleberries
A Civil War memoir recounts a Union skirmish near Tennessee where soldiers, after months without fruit, stumble on wild huckleberries. The scene shifts from danger to delight as men forget fighting to savor the berries, then obey the officer’s order to lie down.
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Inter-Ocean
Tennessee
Scott
First Taste of Huckleberries in Battle
A Confederate volley hits a skirmish line hidden in bushes. The narrator and comrades lie low as the major warns them and Captain B from a rival battalion signals a counterattack. The rebels are surprised by the sudden return fire and the troops surge forward in a brief, chaotic rush. The narrator notes the berries and the moment as a memorable, if odd, war memory.
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Captain B
Fire devastates Crisfield business district in 1900 blaze
A large fire swept Crisfield Maryland destroying the entire business section and many oyster packing plants. One engine fought the blaze. total losses neared 200000 with insured only about 50000. The flames started around 2 AM, threatening waterfront structures and many frame dwellings.
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Crisfield
Goonsell
Blizzard
Hemingway
Long
Coulbourn & Co
Shibb
Thomas Conner
Lawson & Woodland
Young Chicago man and wife in domestic crisis in boarding house
A Chicago man, after bringing a fair haired wife from the East to a Calumet Avenue boarding house, confronts marital turmoil. When she sought freedom toward the East, he followed and the couple quarrelled publicly. She attempted suicide, he restrained her with emetics, and she later left for crimes unknown amid talks of a possible divorce suit.
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Chicago
Ill
Boston
A & Qmet
Senator Jogan
Calumet Avenue
Expressman
Hog disease devastates Nebraska hogs and saddles farms
The Omaha dispatch reports hog plague in Washington, Burt and Dodge counties may cost $700,000. Hog losses threaten eastern Nebraska’s key industry as pigs fed in filthy pens fall ill with pleuro pneumonia and other symptoms. Separately, Dakota county horse losses rise as horses die after apparent pain, blamed on a puls on weed. mules unaffected.
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Omaha
Neb
Washington
Burt
Dodge
Nebraska
Veters- Darlans
Crawford
Cumming County
Dakota County
Saw mill explosion kills two in Tyler County West Virginia
A boiler explosion at Isaac Wehreman's Ten Mile Creek saw mill in SISTERVILLE WV on Friday evening killed John Fox and William Warden and badly injured five others. George Kotzebue Henry Johnson Michael Anderson Jacob Stuart George Lofstki were among the wounded or dead as steam scalding and collapse spread through the building. The engineer had neglected the boiler allowing the water to run low.
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West Virginia
Sisterville
W. Va
Ten Mile Creek
Tyler County
Isaac Wehreman
John Fox
Wiliam Warden
George Kotzebue
Henry Johnson
Michael Anderson
Jacob Stuart
George Lofstki
Elegant Elmwood Reform School Opens for Wealthy Boys
A private reformatory school named Elmwood will open November 1 in Milford Connecticut for wayward sons of wealthy parents. The Governor's estate provides grounds and a mansion with college like facilities and recreation. Tuition runs 1000 dollars annually and notable gentlemen from several states plan to enroll their sons. Superintendent Howe, founder of reform schools, inaugurates the institution.
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Meriden
Conn
Milford
Elmwood
Chars Island
Long Island Sound
Howe
Connecticut State Reform School
Reform Schools
Why a Rich Boston Beauty Never Married
A Boston social figure explains she remains unmarried due to being asked by few men and valuing a man’s love beyond wealth or birth. She notes she is rich and well born, and a suitor must offer more than material status to earn her affection.
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Boston
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Lam
Explosion injures El MIRA banker John Arnot in bank vault
In El MIRA, October 20, a gas explosion rocked a bank vault injuring John Arnot, millionaire banker and district congressman. He was hurled ten feet, suffer burns, clothing torn, whiskers burned, and could face internal injuries or potential loss of sight. he remains conscious and is taken home for further examination as residents react with shock.
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Elmira
N. Y
Unis City
John Arnot
Congress
Arnot
Randall
Explosion at Central Pacific Mills injures workers in Lawrence
Two mill workers John Malcolm and Edward Hart were injured when a gas purification chamber exploded while purging gas. The chamber and nearby mill building caught fire. firefighters and watchmen contained the blaze. Both men were hospitalized and listed as doing well with good recovery prospects. The scene drew about 3000 spectators as police managed access.
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Central Pacific
Lawrence
John Malcolm
Edward Hart
Central Pacific Mills
No. 1 Mill
Malcolm
Hart
Atlantic
City Hospital
Dow
Abbott
Sargent
Dan
Carlton
Tabor
O'Sullivan
Brothers Fall From Trail into Fate in San Juan Mine Tale
A Yale graduate Frank Smith and his brother William drive trained burros along a perilous San Juan trail. Frank falls from a horse and is found later, while William is missing. The survivor recounts awakening in a cavern, following a glittering ore shaft to escape, then returns to tell of his ordeal and the journey to safety.
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San Juan Mountains
William
Frank Smith
Frank
Yale College
Havin
Smith
Nyrs
Haying
Discovery of Vast Rich Mineral Deposit Reported
A miner, recovered from injuries and joined by fellow miners, found one of the state’s largest mineral deposits with natural shafts and tunnels. The narrator told a News reporter that this discovery marks the greatest producing mine in the area.
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Ate
Vanderbilt defends New York Central in rate cuts push
William H. Vanderbilt says the New York Central will not be backward in meeting any rate cuts and could stand pressure from younger roads. He cites widespread losses, insists on liquidation trends, predicts Pennsylvania dividend reductions, and calls wages tied to production a key to prosperity.
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New York Central
New York
William H. Vanderbilt
Erie
West Shore
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Garrett
Baltimore & Onto
Horrors in Government Insane Asylum Exposed by English Expert
Montreal reports Dr Hack Tuck a noted lunacy expert cites brutal conditions at the provincial asylum. He describes sixty restrained men in one upper room, dark cells, naked inmates, and a women’s chamber of horrors prompting a government inquiry.
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Montreal
Hack Tuck
England
Nuos
Smuggling Routes Between British Columbia and Washington
Ottawa reports ongoing smuggling through Victoria to Washington Territory. Opium tobacco and fancy goods flow despite duties, with ships transferring goods from San Juan islands to nearby US islets at night. The scheme involves rebranding as American goods and evading inquiries, benefiting several Victoria elites.
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Ottawa
United States
Victoria
Whiskey rebellion at Michipicoten river settlement details
Full details arrive from Toronto of riots near Lake Superior where Canadian Pacific workers enforce the liquor ban and rioters calling themselves Molly Maguires assault authorities, rescue prisoners, and threaten local officials. An armed rescue mission is being organized with potential bloodshed.
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Toronato
Ont
Michipicoten
Lake Superior
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Michiptcoten
Vigilance Committee
McDonald
Central Pacific Railroad
Pea In Ear Incident Becomes City Folklore At Palmyra
Palmyra Wisconsin on October 14 reports a 60 year old tale of Philip Lews then 14 placing a pea in his ear after an imitation juggler trick. Ear wax hid the pea until a local doctor removed it, leaving Lews a prosperous citizen. Rumors of a Manitoba massacre circulate from Winnipeg with claims Louis Riel was shot and wires cut.
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Chicago News
Palmyra
Wis
Philip Lews
Lewis
Pearden
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Man
Calgarry
Louis Reil
Prince Albert
Major Cross
Battle Ford
Reil
Ontario Woman Found Dead After Forced Entry
In Barre Ontario a suburban house used as shop and home of Miss Mary Seawright was found with the door forced open. Neighbors reported she had starved to death as authorities discovered boxes of costly silka clothing jewelry and $60 in money. The woman was described as a miser.
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Barre
Ont
Mary Seawright
Henderson steel process debut at Birdsboro sparks trade shift
Reading Pennsylvania reports the Henderson process for steel making, claimed to surpass Bessemer in pliability cost and workability while matching toughness. It is expected to replace hammered and rolled iron. Portland Oregon notes over fifty Mormon families from Salt Lake have settled in Baker county amid local hostility and a threatened exodus.
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Reading
Penn
Henderson
Bessemer
Birdsboro
Baker County
Portland
Salt Lake
Oregon
Victory for France Colonel Donnier Leads Chinese Army Rout
An official dispatch reports Colonel Donnier with French foreign legion troops routing a Chinese force in the Loo Chuan valley on the 11th. French losses 20 killed, 92 wounded. Chinese losses estimated at 3000. The war news also notes diplomacy over reparations and Boer boundary disputes.
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Paris
Negrier
Loo Chuan
Donnier
Foreign Legion
Funeral of A. M. Sullivan Draws Vast Dublin Crowd
The Irish Patriot notes the funeral of A. M. Sullivan held today in Dublin. Home Rule members attended in large numbers while Charles Stewart Parnell could not attend due to illness. The funeral cortege to Glasnevin Cemetery was enormous and historic in Dublin.
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Dublrny
A. M. Sullivan
Parnell
Glasneven Cemetery
Dublin
No Racing by Cunarders Denial From Chairman
London October 18 The chairman of Cunard Steamship Company writes to The Times denying that the Oregon raced the America in the latest Atlantic crossing He says no extra coal was consumed attributing the result to the ships power and skill He deplores racing and notes stringent company rules against it.
Navy Inquiry to Probe Naval State and Shipbuilding
London reports a parliamentary commission will examine the navy's condition. The admiralty seeks more funds to order swift heavy armed light armored ships from private firms, aiming to boost shipbuilding capacity.
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England
London
Admiralty
Kronoverski mine discovery leads to arrests in St Petersburg
A mine was found in a Kronoverski cellar on Prospect street aimed at the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress. Four Russians and three foreigners were arrested following the discovery. Separately in London, American railway securities trade remains depressed but prices stay above arbitrage warrants amid expectations of lower quotes. Paris police close twenty gambling clubs and halls, including one praised by Figaro as a respectable venue with senators deputies and artists as patrons.
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Kronoverski
St. Peternsbburg
Prospect Street
St. Peter and St. Paul
London
Panic Death on Steamship Nevada Flight of Fright
London reports a steerage passenger an Irish woman died from fright amid the Nevada fire outbreak. Edmund Gossett Lecture in Boston to begin November 20 with lectures at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. Belgium minister pelted with mud and stones during public works visit at Cuesmes. James Russell Lowell to publish a revised volume of Democracy and other papers. Nile expedition costs rise to about £10,000,000 for England.
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LonDon
Nevada
Edmund Gossett
Boston
Edmund Gosse
America
Lowell
Johnes Hopkins University
Baltimore
Brussela
England
Lonpcon
James Russell Lowell
Costly Model of Eads Rail Crossing Showcased
A $10 000 scale model of Captain James B. Eads proposed ship railway over the Mexican isthmus was exhibited in Marion Switch and Signal Co building Prrrs Burgh October 18. Prominent railroad men including Charles S Clark and Colonel J J Andrews inspected the demonstration. Jane Should Have Stayed with John observed in Strrte Rock Atk October 18 with Mrs Jane Isabell recounting a tragic elopement involving her Austin husband and a man she loved.
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Prrrsburg
James B. Eads
Mexican Isthmus
Marion Switch and Signal Company
Charless. Clark
Jane
John
Strrte Rock
Atk
Jane Isabell
John Isabell
Austin
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