Patrol of 20 000 in New York for Cleveland and Hendricks
A massive New York parade of 20 000 voters and workers, including Wall Street clubs, merchants, and longshoremen, showcases support for Cleveland and Hendricks. Marchers shout Burn This Letter, with no politicians in line, while Bayard and others criticize Blaine and Logan and call for reform and Democratic victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Lower Broadway
Reform
Wall Street
Toll
Produce Exchange Club
Canal Boatmen’s Club
Stock Exchange Club
The
Stock Exchange
Produce Exchange
Columbia College
Cleveland and Hendricks Club
New York Petroleum Exchange
Distillers’ Wine and Spirit Exchange Club
Cotton Exchange Club
Coffee Exchange Organization
Cleveland and Mendricks
Down Town Merchants’ Club
Maiden Lane
Vesey Street
Mechanics and Traders
Builders’ Exchange
Mail Street
Chambers Street
West Side Merchants’ Club
Worth
Broome Streets
Broadway
Edson
Worth Monument
Hancock
Governor’s Island
J. B. Woodward
Fourteenth Street
Twenty Sixth Street
Breaks Tammany in Support of Cleveland Mammoth Demonstration
Tammany Hall backed Cleveland and Hendricks with a massive parade and mass meeting around Union Square and Irving Place New York on October 21. The event drew 25 000 to 80 000 marchers, 40 to 50 clubs, and 6 speaking stands. Mayor Edson chaired the main meeting at Tammany Hall where ex Judge Tappan and Senator Bayard spoke praising party unity and support for the ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tammany Hall
Cleveland and
Hendricks
Wigwamin Union Square
Irving Place
Union Square
Fourteenth Street
Brennan
Cleveland and Hendricks
East Fourteeth Street
Broadway
Seventeenth Street
Fourth Avenue
Ree
Music
fTammany Hall
Tappan
Edson
Lammany Hall
Bayard
Miere
Tammany in Line at Fifteenth Street Stand
The report covers Tammany speakers led by John P. Reid and Frank B. Lawrence at a stand near Fifteenth Street and Broadway. They defend Cleveland and Hendricks, praise unassailable nominees, deride Republican governance, and urge a party shift to reform and audit of government books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifteenth Street
Broadway
Stephen H. Turnbull
John P. Reid
Tammany
Cleveland
Hendricks
Madison
Jefferson
Abram B. Tappan
Supreme Court
Ohio
New York
Empire City
Frank BR. Lawrence
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Tammany Hall
National Democratic Party
Beecher Urges Reform in Campaign and Party Roles
Rev Henry Ward Beecher spoke at the Brooklyn Art Association Hall urging reform within the Republican party. He defended William Blaine and warned of schisms while endorsing Grover Cleveland if Blaine failed, predicting Cleveland could become a great president and doom to Blaine and his allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ward Beecher
Art Association Hall
Brooklyn
Plaine
Chicago
Republican Party
Blaine
Arthur
New York State
Blane
Democratic Party
Cleveland
Beecher
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Childrens dialogue from Philadelphia Call fragment
The exchange between Dick and Joe features a playful age joke about being eight when Joe mentions his mother planning to remarry. The snippet captures a casual, humorous conversation style characteristic of the era’s local column snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Joe
Longing to America Mission of Castlegarden Irish immigrants
Rev Father John J Riordan, Catholic missionary at Castle Garden, returned from Ireland where he promoted the Mission of Our Lady of the Rosary to aid Irish Catholic immigrants. He described improved conditions in Ireland, opposition to assisted and reckless emigration, and his plan to fund Castle Garden relief through subscriptions while securing clergy support and letters of introduction for needy migrants.
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New York
John J. Riordan
Castle Garden
Ireland
Reury J. Jackson
Castle Garten
William Connolly
Irish Society
Father Riordan
Our Lady of the Rosary
Croke
Tipperary
Cork
Duplin
Sligo
Baltimore
Cape Clear
Burdett-Coutts
Cape
America
States
Reland
Clontiffe
Dublin
Cardinal McCloskey
Major Milwaukee Fire Destroys Large Block on Wisconsin Street
A massive blaze in Milwaukee consumed the Chapman dry goods store on Wisconsin Street and part of adjacent property owned by H. E. Dickinson. Estimated loss exceeds 600 000 with insured value around 460 000. other occupants include Stark Brothers and P. Poposky. Fire delayed by locked doors and lack of entry, firemen fought spread to nearby buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
T. A. Chapman
Wisconsin Street
Chapman
H. E. Dickinson
Stark Brothers Company (Limited
Wealth Surprise for Flanaghan Family in Savings Bank Find
Mrs. Flanaghan, mother of Dr. Peter J. Flanaghan of this city, inherits a New York savings bank balance traced to an eccentric aunt after twenty three months. The estate, earning interest over fifteen years, totals between seven and ten thousand dollars. Dr. Flanaghan, away in New York, was unaware of his aunt’s death. After proving kinship, the funds will be released by the bank to Mrs. Flanaghan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings Bank
Flanaghan
New York
Flanaghans
Studious Youths Take a Horse to Prayers
Worcester saw high excitement at theTechnical school as a horse owned by M F Higgins professor of mechanical engineering was led into the chapel. The animal climbed two flights of stairs with muffled feet and was safely stalled before discovery by night watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Technical School
M. F. Higgins
Secretive Lamb Rescue Sparks School Stir at Night
At a school a lamb was discovered among the pews and provoked alarm. Professors and Dr Penniman arranged a discreet removal by tying the lambs feet and rolling it on blankets to safety on castors. A police squad guarded the scene to prevent outsiders from gathering and to maintain order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Penniman
Castors
Igo Family over Fearful Incident with Young Nun Aspirant
The Igo family in Baltimore awoke to their niece Miss Igo screaming naked in her bedroom. Neighbors and Rev Father Green aided as two women clothed her, then physicians declared she was sent to Mount Hope for care. Her decline followed disillusion with being barred from convent life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Michael Igo
Calvert Street
Igo
J. H. Green
Mount
Murder Charged to Pennsylvania Farmer at Madeira Farm
Fleetwood story reports German laborer John Medlar aged 28 found shot in the abdomen on the James Madeira farm after a dispute over pay with tenant Charles Epler. Epler buried the body in a fence corner four weeks ago. an inquest was held as District Attorney Rothermel and Coroner Schoedler arrived. Evier children' s mother cried, fearing their papa would be hanged for shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleetwood
James Madeira
John Medlar
Charles Epler
Epler
Medlar
Evier
Rothermel
Schoedler
Epise
Looking After Louis Riel Sees Police Expand Force
The Dominion government, fearing unrest, orders 200 mounted police to Bartleford to monitor Louis Riel. Riel agitates half-breeds and Cree Indians, muting price demands, with broader surveillance and potential force increase from 500 to 800 men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Ottawa
Louis Riel
Encampment of Union and Confederate Veterans at Expo
The World’s Exposition in New Orleans plans a united veterans encampment of Union and Confederate soldiers. The board allocates 10,000 for the effort, with 1000 tents and wooden rack barracks to house up to 10,000 people. Captain Edgar Wheeler of Lincoln Post No 1 G A B is named commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Grand Army of the Republic
Virginia
Tennessee
Edgar Wheeler
Lincoln Post
No. 1
Wopeka
Kan
East Liverpool milliner suddenly regains speech after illness
Ellen Ashworth of Bridgewater Penn once whispered only after scarlet fever left her mute for twelve years. While managing a millinery shop in East Liverpool Ohio her workers rebelled and she burst out with a loud exclamation. Her speech is now as perfect as before the illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Rochesterr
Penn
Ellen Ashworth
Bridgewater
Miss Ashworth
Adrien Hitt Wins His Wake and Doubles the Stakes
Adrien Hitt started from the East River bridge June 19 to walk to California on a $2000 wager that he could cover thirty miles a day. He won the bet and now walks back to New York on a $4000 wager to arrive in ninety days, having gained twelve pounds on the tramp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Adrien Hitt
East River Bridge
California
Montreal Gas Explosion Destroys House injures Servants
A gas explosion at the residence of J R Hutchins on Fort street in Montreal wrecked the house, blew out windows, and scattered furniture. Servants suffered severe burns, with two believed fatally injured. A one inch hole in a pipe near the meter was found. cause unresolved amid yesterday plumber activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
J. R. Hutchins
Fort Street
German Boy Tramps 1700 Miles From Texas to Milwaukee
A 14 or 15 year old German lad named Schirmer walked from Texas to Milwaukee, about 1700 miles, over nine weeks with no money or weapon. He described harsh journeys through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Kentucky, surviving treks, Indians, and an open-air barbec ue, aided by a Milwaukee police station intake before being housed. He claimed his parents live in Milwaukee and his father works at Best's brewery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Police Station
Milwaukee Sentinel
Tie
Milwaukee
Texas
August Schirner
Best
Schirmer
Germany
San Antonio
Galveston
Louisiana
Urwaelder
Tennessee
Kentucky
Cairo
Chicago
Geran
Boy hermit trapped in Waltham cave spurred by family cruelty
Fred James Kimball a 13 year old from Boston Highlands was found living in a cave in the Chemistry district after running away from home repeatedly. An officer and State Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children agent took the boy into custody at the Waltham police station for transfer to guardians. The youth had survived with minimal shelter and was aided by local youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltham
Fred James Kimball
Boston Highlands
Fay
Boston
Society
Lato
James Fred Kimball in Boston Despatch Fraud Case
James Fred Kimball of ae ARSE is a jeweller in business there. Word will be sent to NS parents and the boy will be properly disposed of. The boy is still at the Waltham lockup. He is said to have been interested in Boston in obtaining money by bogus despatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fred Kimball
Ae Arse
Waltham Lockup
Boston
Father Risks Life to Save His Babies in Portland Fire
In Portland on October 24 William T. Padecast raced back into a burning rear Quebec street tenement to rescue his two youngest children as flames roared from Mancoast’s chamber. He carried the children to safety but was burned, hair singed, body torn by fire. Fireman Canulas and Engineer Jackson dragged out the other victims, including Mrs. Pancoast, as the parents mourn the losses and Pancoast’s condition remains grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
William T. Padecast
Quebec Street
H. H. Shaw
Mr. Pancoast
Mrs. Pancoast
Jackson
Frank Canulas
Canulas
Escallops Exploit Sparks Rhode Island Swell in Massachusetts
Residents report large beds of escalopes in Swansea near Mount Hope Bay with 40 000 bushels taken since September. Rhode Island fishermen replanted many bushels in East Greenwich Bay. Prices soared as scarcity grew while Swansea residents criticized outside harvesters for undercutting local supply and overworking reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulu River
Lee's
Cole’s River
Swansea
Mount Hope Bay
Rhode Island
East Greenwich Bay
Providence Star
Government Clerk Breaks Promise After Inheritance
Washington October 27. A former government watchman who planned to marry a department employee has relinquished his plans after inheriting wealth from an uncle in New York. He gained a library and a law partnership with income but left for New York, sparking breach of promise concerns and threats of social reprisal if he returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
New York
Waslington
Fire in Pennsylvania coal mine spreads to adjacent pits
Multiple mines near Connellsville Pennsylvania report interior fires as dense smoke floods the Calvin Coke Works at Dunlury and spreads toward Anchor mines. Miners rushed to seal entrances and flood the workings but drought limits water to quell the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connellsville
Pent
Calvin Coke Works
Dunlury
Here
Mmine
Aul
Calvin
Anchor
Revelation of a Dream Death at Connelleysville
In Connellsville Penn October 22 the coroner inquest into the strange death of Samuel Klink yielded a baffling tale. Orbin, a hunter, testified of a vivid dream in which a missed bullet killed an unknown man and the next day he found Klink dead with a bullet in the forehead at the dream spot. His brother corroborated. A mountaineer said Klink was alive the day after the hunt, raising doubt about the dreamer. The verdict cited death by unknown hands and noted the case as highly remarkable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Lake Ponchartrain
Mississippi State
Connellsaille
Penn
Samuel Klink
Orbie
Orbin
Klink
Ridenour
Seeen Kiink
Widow's Rights Endorsed Against Life Policy Claims
The Supreme Court decides insurable interests of a wife from her husband's death are subject to creditors. In Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York vs George Allen et al a bill of interpleader addressed who may receive 3263 from Israel Fellows life policy taken by Catherine Fellows. Court rules Massachusetts law governs. findings favor Allen against widow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
George Allen
Boston
Lite Israel Fellows
Catherine Fellows
Allen
Massachusetts
New York
Russian Train Wreckers Battle Guards for Mail Loot
Nihilist attackers tried to wreck a mail train near Kharkoff carrying $600,000. Guards fired, engineer surged steam, train reached Kharkoff amid gunfire, attackers fled, troops searched but found nothing. Also Wolseley told to focus on Khartoum rescue, not retake rebel towns, to support order from Khartoum to Wady Halfa and curb slavery. Gordon declines to abandon Khartoum, urging British help without Abyssinia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Kharkoff
Wolseley
Gordon
Hobdds
London
Lord Wolseley
Soudan
Khartoum
Wady Halfa
Egypt
Abyssinia
Deserting Hovas Executed After Missionary Intervention
Paris reports sickness in French forces at Tamatave Madagascar. Admiral Miot stays idle awaiting orders. An advance on the capital is impractical with current transport. Several Hovas who deserted were to be burned but missionaries protested and they were shot instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tamatave
Madagascar
Admiral Miot
Serge
Irish Questions beyond Franchise in Dublin Debate
London October 24 Irish Home Rule members of the House of Commons refuse to accept the government’s plan to restrict debate to the franchise bill. They demand discussion of the Maamtrasna murders case and the alleged shielding of Dublin officials in a Dublin scandal. William O'Brien leads the attack on Cornwall Bolton matters while Timothy Harrington initiates discussion on Maamtrasna executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Parneliites
Maamstrisna
Cornwall
Soletor Bolton
Dublin
Bestia
William O’brien
Mallow
United Ireland
Timothy Harrington
Westmeath
Muamstrasua
Muamstrasua Executions. Mr. O’brien
Bolton
O’brien
O'Brien
Harrington
Maamstrason
Connemara
Kington
Peter O’brien
Counsel For the Crown
Menene Bolton
Maamstrasna
Ireland Gets New Chief Secretary as Trevelyan Resigns
London October 21 Henry Campbell Bannerman MP for Sterling appointed new chief secretary for Ireland succeeding George Otto Trevelyan who becomes chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster. Trevelyan had served as secretary to the admiralty since 1882 and is elevated to the peerage as Dodson succeeds him. The Nationalists in Dublin react with wild excitement at the administration change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George Otto Trevelyan
Ireland
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sterling
Dublin
Admiralty
Trevelyan
Duchy of Lancaster
George J. Dodson
Jadson
Mob chases Lord Salisbury from Dumfries hotel
October 21 London report says a shouting mob at Dumfries dispersed Salisbury's audience and stoned him as he fled to his carriage. He reached a hotel, where the crowd surrounded the building and smashed all windows. Police failed to control the disturbance before the lord's departure to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumfries
London
Lord Salisbury
Fresh Probability of Delancey Release Stirs Irish Murder Case
Dublin reports a writ of habeas corpus has been granted for Patrick Delane y a crown witness in the Tubbercurry conspiracy and Phenix Park murderers case. He may be released in exchange for his informer services to the crown. Also noted are a British force victory over Pathans in Zhob valley with fifty dead and five wounded, and Phoenix Park prisoners transferred to Downpatrick jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Patrick Delaney
Sligo
Tubbercurry
Phenix Park
London
Simla
Tanner
Zhob
Phoenix Park
Phonix Park
Crossmaglen
Downpatrick
Chathain
Reward Offered for Gordon Rescue at Khartoum
London reports government promised a reward of 100000 dollars or more to any sheik who could secure Gordon's safe retreat from Khartoum, according to Egyptian correspondence published tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
London
Khartoum
Their Voice is for War. Parts Progress on Tonquin and China
The budget committee has almost unanimously voted the credits to finish campaigns in Tonquin and China. Most reinforcements needed to push operations in China and Tonquin will be furnished from Algeria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonquin
China
Algeria
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Herald and Post
Proc.ee
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Cotton Exchange
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Lame
H. H. Harte
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Ollo
Ollows
Empire State
Public Service
Carroll
Maryland
Abnett
New Jersey
John Kelly
Longing
TOR
Pennsylvania
Prrispura
Wexford
Allegheny
George McKinney
Benjamin Evans
McKinney
Evans
Hls
Tom
Escallops
Rhode Islanders
Mia
Desam
Salisbury
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Patrick
Delancey
Phowvulx Park
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