European Troubles and the Irish Question in Focus
A broad survey argues no single nation controls European politics. Britain, Germany, Russia, France, Austria all influence events, with peace favored over war. Ireland grows tense as home rule leaders press evictions and coercion. England pursues moderation while bishops and leagues push back.
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Great Britain
London
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Bismarck
Europe
Foreign Office
England
Russia
Germany
France
Austria
Ireland
New York Tribune
Redvers Buller
Lord Lanricarde
Woodford
League
Lord Randolph Churchill
Bulgaria
Turkey
Egypt
M. Des Reycinet
Lord Salisbury
Nile Valley
Canal
London Socialists threaten parade on Lord Mayor's day
London political unrest and social protest sweep through city and Paris as various groups rally. Incendiary speeches follow a leader release banquet while authorities fear a confrontation or ban. Reports detail civil service hours, coal mine disputes, and international unrest amid cholera cases and a Greek earthquake shock.
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London
Williams
Quelch
Justice
Hyndman
Paris
Lyons
M. Lockroy
M. Ridley
Posen
Polish Committee For the Relief of
Justice O'Brien
Mr. Lewis
Jece
Lewis
Londonderry
Fife and Blackmannan
Scotland
Enfield
Dublin
Liverpool
Arthur Moreton
Theodore Keatinge
House of Representatives
Turkey
Perth
Trieste
Athens
LEAD AT THE AGE OF 113 YEARS JAMES COLLINS DIES AT 118
Lawrence mourns James Collins aged 118 who died at his son in law's home on Borden Street. Born in 1774 in Kilmacevia Ireland he arrived in America at 98 and worked until 1876. A long life included tobacco use for nearly a century and visits to church with regular health until recently. He left nine children and several grandchildren.
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Lawrence
James Collins
Borden Street
Kilmacevia
County Cork
Irc
Collins
Suspended animation in West Virginia man’s death
In Waeerine West Virginia on October 19 Charles W. Leighton reportedly fell from a tree, broke his back, and was laid out for funeral. At the last moment life appeared, the corpse awoke asked for water, spoke, and then died. Physicians confirmed the man’s death.
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Waeerine
W. Va
Charles W. Leighton
Mr. Leighton
Lull in the Commercial Boom Marks Cautious Recovery
New York reports a cooling yet hopeful renaissance in trade after a brief September surge. Merchants say fall opening was sharp due to scarce supplies since 1882, but demand remains strong. Wholesalers struggle to meet orders while prices stay steady and profits exist on current margins.
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New York
Broadway
Holiday trade expected to rise again in coming week
The De CORE reports another boom in holiday shopping with heavy demand in the Far South and West beyond the Mississippi and merchants from those regions already placing large new orders. New England lags slightly while New York and Pennsylvania pull other states forward. Wall Street has seen a set back in the past fortnight, affecting stocks that were unnaturally advanced or had other solid reasons to fall.
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Mississippi
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Wall Street
Leavenworth Husband Sets Wife Afire, Flees
In Leavenworth on October 23 Silas Laferty quarreled with his wife, knocked her down, beat her, and poured coal oil on her clothes. He set the clothes on fire and fled as she burned, with all clothing burned away and the woman fatally scorched. Richard Williams aided the victim. the husband remains at large.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Silas Laferty
Richard Williams
Crazy man armed with knife seizes passenger train
October 22 Indianapolis report details Moses Cannon a mentally ill Black man who boarded the Chicago to Logansport Pan Handle express in the smoker at daybreak. He compelled the train crew to flee and fought officers from Noylesville to Indianapolis until disarmed after a violent struggle. Cannon claimed visions guided him in seeking money and prayed during the arrest.
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Indianapolis
Chicago
Logansport
Noylesville
Hamilton County
Moses Cannon
Wabash
Gold discovery sparks mining excitement in North Adams
October 22 reports a gold find on the east side of Greylock near spruce clump. Ward of North Adams is named as discoverer. Assays claim $42 per ton ore. Two old miners explored and deem the seam potentially large. Local capitalists plan to form a company if value proves true.
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North Adams
Adams
Greylock
Ward O
West
Deserted Mansion Tied to Blaine’s Political Fade
Washington October 18. A deed dated May 29, 1886 records Rep William Walker Phelps selling lots to Harriet Stanwood Blaine, forming the Blaine mansion site at Twentieth and P streets and Massachusetts avenue. The house surfaced amid questions of ownership and taxes, with Blaine then retreating from public life after Guiteau’s bullet altered his role in politics.
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Washington
William Walker Phelps
Harriet Stanwood Blaine
Twentieth
P Streets
Massachusetts Avenue
Blaine
Garfield
Guiteau
Lester
Chicago Dry Goods
Land for the People: Move Against the Northern Pacific
Washington October 18 The plan to forfeit unearned lands of the Northern Pacific road advances as land officers cite a rule requiring a completed plan and earning of the entire grant from Duluth to Puget Sound. If the road failed to earn all lands, GLO will seek forest designation and settlement opening.
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Washteron
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Northern Pacific Road
Duluth
Puget's Sound
Secretary O the Interior
Pine Forest Crew Converts Wilderness to Suburban Church
Silver Springs Florida October 24 Ten months ago Silver Springs Park joined the winter resort area as a dense pine land wilderness. Now 300 settlers mainly from New England have built a fine Methodist Episcopal church in a Slovinepars section, reflecting substantial local growth. Rev H Cummings formerly of Salem presided at the dedicatory service.
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Silver Springs
Fla
Silver Springs Park
Ocala
New England
Florida
8. H. Cummings
Salemere
Want to Revise the Constitution Meet Calls Constitutional Convention
New York Mercantile Exchange approves a resolution by 10 votes to 7 calling for a constitutional convention to revise the U.S. Constitution. George B. Douglas opposes, arguing it is a political scheme to advance personal aims. In San Antonio Texas wool market weak as Knighthoods Association mills close, 600000 pounds received, 250000 sold, prices 19 to 22 in cents.
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New York
New York Mercantile Exchange Today
United States
George B. Douglas
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Knighthoods Association
Return of an Exploring Party from Arctic Expedition
The Arctic exploring expedition under Lieutenant Storey arrived in San Francisco from Ounalaska aboard the United States steamer Bear.
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San Iranciscco
Cal
Arctic Exploring Expedition
Storey
Ounalaska
United States
Bear
Pauper Claims Two Million Dollar English Estate
Ronport New York October 23 John Sheridan an inmate of Kingston City Alms house is a claimant to and likely to receive an estate valued at two million dollars in England in the near future.
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Ronprort
N. Y
John Sheridan
Kingston City Almshouse
England
Thrilling whalers tale from Stoughton farmer explorer
Joseph Fisher recalls a harrowing whaling voyage from New Bedford aboard the Ansel Gibbs in 1860. After famine rations and brutal discipline, seven men fled to Daniel Webster's crew, drifted near Cumberland and Cape Chidley, endured starvation and cannibal rumors, and survived with Esquimaux aid before reuniting with a Hudson Bay Company settlement and eventually reaching Boston.
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Daniel Webster
Warren Dutton
John Sullivan
Greenland
Sullivan
Webster
Dutton
Fisher
Cumberland
Bear’s Sounds
Frobisher’s Straits
Kemlation Island
Hudson's Straits
Cape Childs
Labrador
Cape Chidley
Samuel Fisher
Ept
Bitter Struggle Over Mis Election Unsettles Sheriff Rowan
Philadelphia October 22 William Ellwood Rowan sheriff of the city has become insane since his November election. He has acted peculiarly and was ejected from a hotel dining room for rude conduct. His campaign was one of the bitterest battles in the city and his insanity has grown more pronounced.
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Philadelphia
Penn
William Ellwood Rowan
Rowan’s Overpowering Escape From West Philadelphia
Keriff Rowan, long a Republican leader in West Philadelphia, was guarded at his house by friends and a policeman. He reportedly abused his best friends, then broke out, ordered his team to hitched, and was subdued by a policeman and two others. He claims vast mill holdings in New Jersey and 5,000,000 workers, seeking 1,000,000 more.
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Ing
Keriff Rowan
Pin Ilo
New Jersey
Rowan
Kicked and cuffed the blacks in Cass county raid
KKK raid shocks Douglassville Cass County with masked horsemen forcing four black leaders from a church house to an iron box. No list found, but papers bearing colored names seized. White citizens denounce the act. 20,000 residents in the county with two thirds black.
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Jefrenson
Tex
Cass County
Douglassville
Little Rock
Cass
New Secret Society
Queen City
Atlanta
Linden
Cassiorary
Tildens Will Under Contest In New York Surrogate Court
Samuel J Tilden estate faces challenge as George H Tilden files suit in Supreme Court to interpret the residuary clause authorizing a Tilden trust and the trustees to form a corporation to receive the residue. Probate already granted in White Plains Surrogate Court while creditors pursue assurances amid prior judgments and family tensions surface.
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New York
Agait
Samuel J.tilden
Carter & Ledyard
White Plains
George H. Tilden
Tesister
Supreme Court
Tilden Trust
Tidon
Slandey
Samuel J. Tilden
Moses Y. Tilden
General Grants Burial Place Desire and Conflicting Wishes
New York October 23 There is dispute over General Grant burial. Harrison asserts a deathbed letter asked burial with comrades in the Soldiers Home cemetery in Washington, but the Grant family preferred burial at Municipal Park or Riverside Park after plans shifted.
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New York
New York Tribune
Harrison
General Grant
Grant
Tribune
Dying Boy of 16 Struggles With Severe Nosebleed
In Detroit on October 21 Frank Nolan a 16 year old boy touring with the Pepita opera company began a heavy nosebleed while fitting scenery. After failed remedies doctors tried cauterizing and packing his nostrils. The bleeding continued and the boy grew pale. several medical staff argued over the cause before concluding it was a natural hemorrhage. The case drew attention for its dramatic loss of blood and unusual presentation. In Indiana a hog disease outbreak near Fower is described as a throat like illness resembling diphtheria, fatal to hogs and causing significant farmer losses.
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Detroit
Mich
Frank Nolan
Pepita
Opera Company
St. Mary’s Hospital
Nolan
Fower
Ind
Minister S. Cox Resigns as Turkey Envoy
Washington reports the formal resignation of Minister S. Cox, envoy to Turkey, received by the Department of State on October 23. The move follows his posting duties and reflects a change in diplomatic leadership.
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Washington
Cox
Turkey
Department of State
Miles to His Troops Brave Lawton Heroes in Campaign End
General Miles issues Public Order praising officers and men for subduing Geronimo and Natchez. Cadet Lawton led a 600 mile endurance march through arid country to compel surrender. Indian removal completed with Chiricahua and Warm Springs tribes relocated away from Arizona and New Mexico.
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Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Miles
Arizona
P. H. Clark
Tenth Cavalry
John Conradi
Hatfield
Fourth Cavalry
Geronimo
Mexico
H. W. Lawton
Old Mexico
Yaqui
Montezuma
Lawton
Wilder
Fronteras
Gatewood
Sixth Cavalry
Secion
Skeleton Canon
New Mexico
Wade
Natchez
Sonora
Sheridan
Endicott
Forest Fires Rage in Blue Mountains Area
Forest fires roared through the Blue mountains near Tamaqua Pennsylvania for 48 hours devastating thousands of acres. State authorities were asked to help extinguish the flames as sparks spread with the wind. Echoes of the fires were visible for miles and residents fled to safety. Loss is estimated at forty thousand dollars as streams dried up and water was hauled by farmers. An elderly hermit Mathias Berger is reported dead in the blazes.
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Tamaqua
Penn
Blue Mountains
Kingtown
Mathias Berger
Hames
Blaine in Pennsylvania on a Starring Tour
Blaine spent a week touring Pennsylvania addressing crowds about protective tariffs for labor. A 20000 attendance at Exposition Park heard introductions by Christopher L. Magee of the Cameron faction. Blaine praised Knights of Labor leader Terrance V. Powderly and called for cheers for the labor leader before continuing to Altoona Lewiston and his birthplace before heading to Washington with General Beaver.
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Blaine
Pennsylvania
Exposition Park
Mr. Blaine
Republican Party
Christopher L. Magee
Cameron
Republican
Magee
Confederacy
Mr. Powderly
Altoona
Lewiston
Washington
Beaver
West Brownaville
Ashington
John the Studen
Political Riots Loom In Texas After Sheriff Arrest
In Lareno Texas fear runs high of a repeat of last April’s riot as Mexicans split into Botas and Guaraches camps. City authorities ban street parades while police prep to quell crowds amid a county and congressional election. Ex Sheriff Darce Gonzales, accused of tax defalcation, is a Guarache candidate and his arrest fuels party support strain.
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Lareno
Tex
Bota
Guaraches
Darce Gonzales
Austin
Webb County
Gonzales
Guarache Party
Bloodshed at Chicago stock yards strike turns fatal
October 19 report details Pinkerton guards firing on a crowd during a freight train evacuation. Jerry Begley was mortally wounded and another man injured as Pinkerton riflemen fired on bystanders near Halsted and Fortieth streets. About 160 Pinkerton agents were jailed then released. Armours workers walked out, taking trains away with guards aboard.
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Chicago
Stock Yards
Jerry Begley
Pinkerton
Armour & Co
Armour’s
Lake Shore
Halsted
Fortieth Streets
Meteor Flash Over Atlanta Astonishes Citizens
ATLANTA Ga October 24 A bright meteor lit the night sky just after midnight as darkness deepened and clouds scattered. Eyewitnesses described a reddish glow like hot iron moving east at high speed with a hissing roar, about barrel sized, breaking into fragments that fizzled out, followed by a faint report.
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AtrLaAnta
Alout
Democrats Nominate Harrison for Congress in Chicago
Curacao October 24 Mayor Carter H Harrison was nominated by the Democrats of the third district to oppose Republican William M Mason. Harrison, two term former congressman, hinted he would decide his mayoral fate after the election and noted his uncertain plans depending on the congressional outcome.
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Curcaco
Carter H. Harrison
William M. Mason
Harrison
Chicago
Iago
Roderigo
Cassio
Lockwood Named U S District Attorney for Northern New York
The October 24 report from Burrato, N Y, states President Cleveland appointed Daniel N Lockwood to be United States district attorney for the northern district of New York replacing Martin Townsend. Lockwood expressed surprise and said he had no information about the appointment. He declined to say whether he would accept and was described as a Menace Hill man with ties to Wood’s Buffalo defeat and congressional plans.
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Burrato
N. Y
Cleveland
Daniel N. Lockwood
United States
New York
Martin
Townsend
Mr. Lockwood
Buffalo
Wood
Congressional
Congress
Widow of Great Millionaire Dies at Home in New York
New York October 25 Mrs Cornelia M Stewart widow of A T Stewart the late dry goods magnate died suddenly at her residence Thirty fourth street and Fifth avenue at 10 o clock this morning from congestion of the lung and heart trouble She had dined with Mrs Henry Hilton on Friday and after returning home caught a heavy cold She grew worse on Saturday and Dr Milner attended through the night Judge Horace Russell visited the Stewart mansion this morning and was informed she had spent a restless night but felt better and could sit up briefly Minutes later he learned from a message that Mrs Stewart had died
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New Yorks
Cornelia M. Stewart
A. T. Stewart
Thirty-fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
4224 Miles on a Bicycle Tour to Yellowstone Park
Bartimore correspondent notes George T Thayer son of ex senator Thayer Connecticut arrived after a 4224 mile bicycle journey. He left Vernon in April and traveled via Hartford Albany Buffalo Cleveland Columbus Indianapolis Chicago Rock Island Omaha Denver Salt Lake City Sacramento Portland to Yellowstone eight days, thence to Salt Lake City and home via Louisville Cincinnati and West Virginia. He pedaled 4224 miles by bike, total trip about 9700 miles, cost $276, wore corduroy suit, history includes sequoia ride and lava beds, plan to return to Connecticut.
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Bartimore
George Tr. Thayer
United States
Thayer
Connecticut
Tue Gione
Vernon
Conn
Iowa
Hartford
Hudson
Albany
Snuffalo
Cleveland
Denver
Kansas City
St. Louis
Louisville
Frankfort
Cincinnati
Marietta
West Virginia
Cumberland
Harper’s Ferry
Baltimore
Salt Lake City
Shoshone Falls
Yellowstone
Yosemite Valley
Ohio
Vianna
Indian Taming Theme Dominates Missionary Meeting
President Seelye of Amherst argues government policy failed to civilize Indians and that they must be Christianized. Hyde of Bowdoin reviews industrial work, and Rev. Dr. Brand of Oberlin closes with a call to Christian education at Centre Church New Haven.
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New Haven
Conn
American Missionary Association
Centre Church
Association South
Seelye
Amherst College
Hyde
Bowdoin College
James Brand
Oberlin
Tariff Reform Dominates Massachusetts Elections
In Massachusetts the 19th century campaign centers on tariff reform as the main issue. Democrats push for free raw materials with speakers including John E. Russell and General Hazard Stevens. The seventh district sees Jonas H. French opposing labor candidate Willard Spaulding and Republican W. Cogswell. The sixth district features Henry Cabot Lodge challenging Henry B. Lovering, who is a strong tariff reformer likely to return to Congress. Campaign speeches abound as November 2 approaches, with governors and knights’ party dynamics shaping the race.
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Massachusetts
John E. Russell
Congress
W. W. Rice
Hazard Stevens
M. M. Trumbull
Chicago
Perry
Wells
Jonas H. French
Gloucester
Willard Spaulding
W. Cogswell
Patrick Collins
Sr. Randall
Henry 8B. Lovering
Lynn
Henry Cabot _ ge
Boston Advertiser
Lovering
Oliver Ames
Boston
Ames
Andrew
Morse
John D. G
Miman
Senate
Republica Ismaiae
Leopold’ Morse
de’ Sisteles
Seized Opium Smuggling on City of Pekin Steamer
In San Francisco on October 23 customs officers seized opium valued at about 20000 dollars from the steamer City of Pekin, recently arriving from Hong Kong. The contraband was hidden within a batch of merchandise consigned to Chinese merchants.
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San Francisco
Cal
City of Pekin
Hong Kong
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