Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Faces Debate on Headquarters
Washington notes reveal the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee debated whether to open local headquarters and decided to postpone action until a larger meeting. Senator Kenna, chair, says national committee wants to centralize congressional election work to raise more money and improve effort. The piece also covers candidate Emery and media interviews with The Globe as a cautious, principled campaign stance.
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Washington
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
House
Senate
Republican Congressional Committee
Kenna
National Committee
Kenna Andther
Congress
Maine Republicans sweep most towns in statewide result
Early returns from 241 of 607 towns show Burleigh leading in Maine with 56 019 to Putnam 41 646 and Prohibition 1 774. Rural and coast towns swing Republican, cities show gains for Republicans, while Prohibition and Labor votes shrink. Legislature likely Republican. Burleigh leads in several cities. Boutelle has largest city vote.
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Maine
Burleigh
Putnam
Cushing
Prohibition
Robie
Gorham
Joseph H. Manley
Augusta
Fred Dow
W. A. Looney Oortland
Lewis A. Barker
Bangor Hall
Vassalboro
James W. Wakeeld
Bath
E. L. Pettingall
Pembroke
Israel W. Parker
Belfast
Telle
Boutelle
Sancor
Democratic Gains in Maine Fishing Towns
The report notes Democratic gains in Maine fishing towns led by St George Friendship and Onshinw with especially large increases in votes compared to 1884 1886 and 1888. Bucksport and Deer Isle losses stemmed from local issues unrelated to the statewide trend.
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Maine
Bremen
Cranberry Isles
Atinicus
North Haven
Swan's Island
Gouldsboro
Cutler
Trescott
St. George
Friendship
New England
Bucksport
Deer Isle
Gains for low tariff Maine praised by Illinois representative
Representative Springer of Illinois praises Maine voters for protectionist stance. He argues that September 1884 to September 1888 voting shifts show Democrats gaining 52 percent while Republicans rise 23 percent, portending major gains in New York and future Western states like Iowa Wisconsin and Illinois if tariffs stay low.
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Washington
Bpringer
Illinois
Maine
New York
Iowa
Wisconsin
Iliois
Reed Rival Emery Feels Confident After First District Race
Atrrep Me September 16. How does Hon William Emery feel about Tom Reed's success in the first congressional district. The answer is he feels very well and has lost no sleep in consequence. He also feels as he expected to feel, fox, as he told.
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Atrrep
William Emery
Tom Reed
Emery
Fox
Nominations Made by the Three Parties in the Commonwealth
The Massachusetts Republican State convention met in Tremont Temple Boston on Tuesday Sept 11 with 1216 delegates from 28 cities and 327 towns. John D Long chosen president. Dr Burnen chaired. Ames Brackett Draper Kinson among electors. Democratic and Prohibition tickets listed with governors and electors.
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Massachusetts
Tremont Temple
Boston
Burnen
John D. Long
Ireland
Ames
Overnor Brackett
Eneral Draper
George D. Kinson
New York Republicans See Strong Path to Victory in November
In New York City interview Hon. David F. Porter says Republican gains from Cleveland voters and Maine progress signal an excellent outlook for a nationwide wins. He highlights party unity, Warner Miller’s strong governorship bid, and reduced Prohibition impact, predicting Harrison Morton electoral support in New York.
One Dollar a Day Enough and a Harrison Letter
The Gazette prints a letter from Benjamin Harrison replying to Maud Chunk about whether a dollar a day was enough wages for a workingman. Harrison denies making such a statement, calling it a denial of campaign lies rather than his own words.
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Benjamin Harrison
Political Notes and Campaign Noises Across States
General Clinton K Fisk was to address a Detroit prohibition rally but fell ill in Rochester and returned home. Blaine will speak at the polo grounds New York on Sept 29 under the National Republican League. George C Gorham, ex secretary of the Senate, backs Cleveland over Harrison with Blaine as secretary of state. Judge Thurman, recently returned from New York, remains home while Democrats and Grand Army of the Republic members seek him for public appearances. Representative John E Russell of Massachusetts faces requests to campaign nationwide. A Maine election note cites Republican gains not affecting the general election. A Biddeford merchant accuses Republicans of vote buying and worker discharges to aid Democrats. Emerson Judd cites spurious quotations circulated by campaign papers. Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery advertised as blood purifier and remedy for consumption and scrofula.
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New York
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National Republican League
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Fairfax County
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T. C. Crawford
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Conference Committee
Garfield
Arthur
Senate
House
Kentucky
Missouri
Canada
Great Britain
Senate clash over tariff, trusts, and Standard Oil claim
In Washington, Sept 14, debate centered on Mr Platts tariff reference to a copper syndicate and Mr Hoars claim of Democratic support from trusts. Mr West denied any truth to Hoars charge about campaign contributions. The Mills bill and Senate finance committee were discussed as the nation eyed tariff reform. Conflicts over conduct and decorum erupted between Hoar and Payne, with remarks on Standard Oil and the Cleveland administration amid ongoing tariff deliberations.
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Senate
Platt
West
Hoar
New York World
William L. Scott
White House
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Democratic Party
Standard Oil Company
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Sherman
House
Committee On Finance
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Blair
Yeas
Y&as
Whitney
Ohio
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Presidin
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Mr. Butler
Mr. Hoar
Department of Agriculture
Monay
Watchword of Governor Hill at Albany serenade
Governor Hill greets over 6000 people at a Albany serenade. He praises the Buffalo convention and boards the Democratic campaign with calls for tariff reform and honest government. He urges votes for Cleveland and Thurman and joins Oswego remarks before departing for further campaign stops.
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N. Y
Governor Hill
Feview
Crrizuns
Albany
Buffalo
Fors
Cleveland
Thurman
Oswego
Tariff Reform and the 1884-Style Campaign Outlook
Washington interview with Speaker Carlisle covers Democratic strength, Mills bill effects on labor and costs, federal appropriations, and foreign policy. Carlisle asserts Democrats will win, praises Clevelandian governance, and frames tariff reform as central to labor, industry, and consumer prices amid rising federal spending and defense bills.
Franklin Satterthwaites dies aged 46 noted field sports writer
Newark obituary reports Franklin Satterthwaite, prominent sports writer and dog expert, died at home at 46. Wife and three children survive. He shaped field and stream literature, contributed to daily papers and weekly journals, and was a respected judge, contestant, and reporter at major field trials and angling events.
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Newark
N. J
Franklin Satterthwait
Franklin Satterthwaite
St. Hubert
Izaak Walton
Satterthwaite
Mrs Cleveland's New Pet a Russian Staghound Arrives
On the steamship Colorado a striking Russian staghound is presented as a gift for Mrs Cleveland. Chief Officer Halsworth notes the dog was transshipped at Hull for this country and originated from the Russian court at St. Petersburg. The hound was consigned to Sandersing & Co of State Street for Mrs Cleveland.
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New York
Colorado
Wilson Line
Halsworth
Cleveland
Hull
St.etersboro
Sandersing & Co
State Street
Jeveland
American enterprise boosts Mexican cotton manufactories
William Watson, former Great Falls Manufacturing Company executive, will move from Massachusetts to Leon to take a position in a Leon factory. Watson brings years of international experience including Russia and U S work, described as a practical boiler maker who will contribute to the growing locally controlled industry in Leon, with Philadelphia capitalists backing the large cotton plant.
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Mexico
Leon
Philadelphia
William Watson
Great Falls
Massachusetts
Watson
Russia
United States
Omer Eile Visaaders
Free trade debate and parliamentary tactics criticized
A critic questions opponents who try to shift focus from the merits of free trade, arguing the tactic reveals weak confidence in their position and reliance on public ignorance rather than strong reasoning.
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T. C. Grawrorp
Mayon Volcano Erupts Amid Philippine Tragedy
The Mayon volcano in the Philippine Islands violently erupted in July, with over 100 people believed killed by lava and ash. Reports also note floods in Gifu causing extensive distress and about 150 deaths. The Gaelic arrived from Asia, reporting on the event.
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Cal
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Philippine Islands
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Warner elected G A R commander and pensions urged
The G A R encampment at Coroneus Ohio chose William Warner of Kansas City as commander in chief for the year. Rev B G Updike of Dakota was chaplain in chief and K M Dewitt of Iowa surgeon general. The resolutions urged 60 day service pensions and widows pensions, and renewed support for the disability pension bill. $500 was set to aid yellow fever victims in Florida. Warner, born June 11 1880 in Lafayette County Wisconsin, rose to Congress and a prominent G A R leader.
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G. Updike
Dakota
K. M. Dewitt
Iowa
Congress
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Columbus
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Wis
Thirty-third
Wisconsin
Missouri
Major Warner
West
Growth of Onions Expands Connecticut Harvests Noting Higher Yields
Connecticut farms report a thousand acres of onions headed for shipment led by Greens Farms in Fairfield county. Yields run 125 to 1460 barrels per acre, about 33 percent above last year. The market opens lower than a year ago with Chicago at 50 cents per bushel and western buyers around 40 cents. Massachusetts ranges from 40 to 75 cents to growers as growers plan gradual sales rather than a bulk release.
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Connecticut
Fairfield County
Chicago
Massachusetts
Corn Crop Suffered Severe Flood Damage in Georgia and Carolinas
distressing reports of heavy rains and freshet damage across Georgia and the Carolinas. Cotton bolls drop, corn sour and soaked, with losses on Savannah Congaree Wateree and other rivers. Large plantations flooded, rice traps destroyed, railroads harmed by washed out bridges and trestles.
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N. C
Savannah
Congaree
Wateree
Catawba
Augusta
Savannah River
Mayor Licenses Dens to Pay Off Bonded Debt
Great consternation grips Lrapvik as the mayor orders the reopening of gambling dens to cover a bonded debt. About $60,000 reportedly exchanged hands today with each den paying a $200 monthly license fee.
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Lrapvik
Col
Savannah Floods Ravage Rice Plantations and Roads
The Savannah flood has submerged rice plantations near Savannah and nearly destroyed the crop. Lowlands are under water and roads and bridges are washed away, isolating areas. No deaths have been reported yet, but property damage is extensive.
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Savannah
Traffic Delays Persist as Rail Lines Washout
Heavy rains plague the region with widespread flooding in Colonia de Los Arauitector while engineers estimate Mexican and Vera Cruz lines will be nonoperational for at least 15 days. Minor washouts disrupt the Mexican Central line as Vera Cruz records a two foot water rise overnight.
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City
Mexico
Colonia de Los Arauitector
Vera Cruz
Mexican Central Railroad
Illinois Farmer Dies of Asiatic Cholera Near Hillsporo
Fritz Theen, a farmer near Hillsporo Illinois, has died from what doctors call genuine Asiatic cholera. The death occurred on September 14 and authorities report the illness as cholera contracted locally.
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Illinois
Hillsporo
Ill
Fritz Theen
Here
Tragic Kerosene Fire Claims Mother and Four Children
At Devine station near San Antonio a mother and her four children die after a kerosene oil explosion spreads burning oil from a stove. Callie Smith, fourteen, and sisters Delia and Desia, plus baby brother, perish with the mother fatally burned in the kitchen blaze.
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Tex
Devine Station
Here
Callie
Byrd Smith
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Delia
Desia
Bomb maker Bodendieck arrested in Chicago with dynamite
German anarchist Charles Bodendieck was arrested in Chicago for bomb making. Police found dynamite in his room. He has long been active in revolutionary demonstrations since the Haymarket affair and served a year for extorting money under threats of death.
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Coronco
Charles Bodendieck
Haymarket
Locomotive Explodes Near Ankenerstown Explains Fatalities
A Baltimore and Ohio freight engine on a side track at Ankenerstown thirty miles south of MANSHEEP exploded around 6:80 this morning as a passenger train passed. Reports say the engineer the fireman and several others were killed though exact details are scarce.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Ankenerstown
Dark Secret Dory Rescued After Boston to Queenstown Bid
Captain William A. Andrews abandoned the Dark Secret after weeks at sea and sailed from Boston to Queenstown. He was picked up by the Norwegian bark Nor on Aug 16 in rough seas and brought to Stapleton. He arrived in New York and was taken aboard to recover, emaciated and exhausted from endurance.
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William A. Andrews
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Queenstown
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Bark
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Bron’ ' Speemes
Heroine of Texas Defends Home from Masked Intruder
Mrs Hay of Sabine County Texas faced a masked burglar alone in her home. She grabbed a rifle after a struggle he slashed her face and shoulder before she shot him as he fell. The wounded robber fled into the mountains as Rangers search for him.
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Urorta
Tex
Texas
Hay
Sabine County
Burelar
Forest Fire Threatens Michigan Towns and Rail Line
A week of forest fires in northern Michigan has dried wells and endangered towns as a Saginaw Tuscola and Huron railroad express train derailed after burning ties ignited the track. The engine crew were injured but escaped. passengers fled as the wooden cars burned along the line ten miles from East Saginaw.
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East Sacinaw
Mich
Michigan
Saginaw
The Great Monitor Puritan Tactical Claim Revealed
Washington observers praise the double turreted monitor Puritan at Chester Pennsylvania as a formidable fighting craft with 280 foot length 60 foot beam 18 foot draft 3500 horsepower 13 to 14 knot speed two 12 inch guns per turret and heavy armor 11 inch barbettes. A rear admiral boasted of sinking any European ironclad in 15 minutes if faced at sea.
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Chester
Penn
Whitney
Indiana Outlook for Democrats Sees Favorable Path
Senator Joseph E. McDonald visited the Democratic national headquarters in New York and argued Indiana's political climate favors Democratic success. He noted no clear statewide majority for either party, with elements favorable to Democrats and their nominees. He also contrasted Cleveland’s broad support with Harrison’s rigidity. The Republicans have a stake in Indiana as the home of their candidate.
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Joseph E. McDonald
Indiana
New York
Cleveland
Harrison
Onion crop outlook matches 1886 in Homestead reports
Sprinaberg Mass September 12 The Homestead onion reports covering major U S growing regions indicate a crop fully equal overall to the 1886 yield. Last year’s crop was shorter, leaving the country well supplied. Essex and Franklin counties Massachusetts each have about 400 acres.
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Sprinaberg
Mass
United States
Essex
Franklin
Massachusetts
Business Failures for the Week in New York and Nation
New York reports 217 business failures across the United States and Canada for the past seven days, per R G Dunn Co and W U Russell Co Mercantile Agency. National totals show 190 U S failures and 27 Canadian failures, down from 224 last week and 226 the week before.
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New York
Tor G. Dunn & Co
WU. Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
Unitetates
Dominion of Canada
Yellow Fever Victims and Rising Death Toll in Jacksonville
The Jacksonville health bulletin reports 74 new cases and 9 deaths in 24 hours, bringing totals to 995 cases and 124 deaths. A 14 nurse New York arrival joins 23 nurses from New Orleans as weather unsettled with more prostrations including Colonel Whitfield Walker and Mrs Walker. Bay Street covered with lime.
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The
Board of Health
Louis Nelson
Harry Kimball
Abram Mychird
Harry Hines
Edward Carr
Harris Couthon
Kate Morant
Henry Licceuring
James M. Mathews
Harry Miner
New York
Fernandina
New Orleans
Whitfield Walker
Internal Revenue
Florida
Walker
Bay Street
Jacksonville Suffered Loss of Prominent Citizens in Epidemic
Jacksonville mourns three leading figures as yellow fever grips the city. Dr L Engle dies while Drs Neal Mitchell and others battle illness. the health board loses its secretary James McDonald and faces overwork amid rising cases and strained facilities across St Johns County.
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Times-Democrat
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Fla
Dr. L'Engle
Board of Health
Neal Mitchell
R. P. Daniel
Henry Bacon
H. L'Engle
Jf. K. Kennedy
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Health Board
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Hich
Crop reports show slight declines nationwide in Sept averages
The Department of Agriculture reports September 1 crop conditions with corn 92.4, wheat 77.3, oats 87.2, rye 92.8, barley 86.9, buckwheat 93.7, potatoes 91.6, tobacco 87. The general average fell only one point from August, driven largely by drought in Kansas. Spring wheat regions show minor declines. rust and weather hinder harvests in the Northwest and Red River valley regions.
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