Ireland agitation and coming winter trouble warned
The weekly news summary surveys Irish affairs with warnings of eviction campaigns and landlord pressure in Kerry and beyond. It notes government stance to uphold order, critiques on coercion, and reactions from nationalist and unionist voices while outlining looming winter tensions between tenants and landlords and the League.
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Thomas W. Russell
South Tyrone
Parnell
League Inceland
Ireland
Irish World
United Kingdom
League
Items of Interest from the Week’s Foreign Despatches
The Marquis of Salisbury travels to France as tensions grow over Madagascar. Cotton spinners in Burnley plan to strike against wage cuts, while Bolton mills run short time amid a weak cotton trade. A blast at Loch Fyne side quarries suffocates six people, including three Glasgow magistrates, using seven tons of gun powder. Paris Gaulois cites Senor Martos stating Spain’s revolt was financial, not political. Ireland faces a large eviction crop. Lord Annesley issues 100 writs in County Down. A permanent winter camp is prepared for Belfast troops. A German train collision near Berlin kills three, wounds twenty. London donors give to Charleston relief. British aid urged for domestic poor. Moonlighters captured. eleven identified as Kerry farmers’ sons. Bismarck seeks an autumn European conference on Bulgaria per the Berlin treaty. Zorilla says Spain’s uprising was premature. Spain demands Zorilla’s expulsion from France. Daly dies in prison after a bowels inflammation and harsh treatment. Gladstone denies Catholic conversion reports in a published letter. The Madad mayor and police compel clergy from the British chapel, sparking protest.
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Marquis of Salisbury
France
Madagascar
Burnley
Lancashire
Bolton
Glasgow
Loch Fyne
Paris Gaulois
Senor Martos
Spanish Cortes
Ireland
Hugh Annesley
County Down
Belfast
Strasbourg
Alsace
Berlin
London
Charleston
America
Feale Bridge
Kerry
Bismarck
Senor Zorilla
Spain
Ruiz Zorilla
Icis
Daly
House of Commons
Gladstone
Madad
Mayor blocks reopening of Protestant schools
The mayor refused to permit the reopening of Protestant schools that had been closed a year earlier during the Conservative regime, leaving education policy in limbo as political control remains disputed.
Judge Garey Denies New Trial in Condemned Anarchists Case
Curiaco September 2 Judge Garey ruled this morning that the argument for a new trial in the case of the condemned anarchists will be heard next Friday. The decision ends any immediate chance for a rehearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Garey
Curiaco
Our Bob the 'Governor' in Tennessee campaign tour
The Taylor brothers draw large crowds in Columbia and Franklin Tennessee as Alf and Bob Taylor campaign for governor. Bob wins warm reception with a grand procession, militia salutes, and cheers. Alf speaks calmly on tariffs and Blair bill. Analysts predict Bob could win by wide margin, Alf supporters foresee narrow or no win for Alf.
The Victor Over Hanlan and Gaudaur Scores Another Triumph
Australian oarsman William Beach defended his world title on the river Shames after defeating Hanlan and Gaudaur in a sequence of contests. He beat Jacob Gandaur of St Louis on September 18 and then won against Wallace Ross for £1000 and the world championship last Saturday. Beach won the toss and took the Surrey side, led from the start, and finished six lengths ahead at Barnes bridge in 23 minutes 6 seconds to Ross's 28 minutes 17 seconds.
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William Beach
Hanian
River Shames
Jacob Gandaur
St. Louis
Wallace Ross
Surrey
Ross
Beach
Hammersmith Bridge
Barnes’ Bridge
Coal Ring in Chicago Sparks Labor Protests
In Chicago Cubcanco September 24 labor leaders weigh a mass meeting to oppose what is called the Coal Ring. The Chicago Coal Exchange met at the Grand Pacific with doors closed and reportedly backed raising coal price from 6.50 to 7 per ton for the current month, with a predicted jump to 9 per ton in November as the Shippers' Association and the Exchange control prices. Action against the combination is expected soon.
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Cubcanco
Chicago Coal Exchange
Grand Pacific
Shippers’ Association
Three Bloody Moons Seen in Atlanta Neighborhood
In Atlanta on September 25 citizens report three nights of three moons each with bloody lines. A belated pedestrian woke families who witnessed the marvel. The event sparked whispers and portents with local residents and some African American observers linking it to a prophecy of signs in the heavens before an expected end on the 29th.
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Atlanta
Spread of pleuro pneumonia alarms cattlemen across range
The president of the International Range Association issued a circular to state territorial and local cattle growers associations urging aid to sanitary authorities in stamping out pleuro pneumonia linked to outbreaks near Chicago. Cattlemen fear the disease has spread and that the entire range country is affected.
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Denver
Col
International Range Association
Chicago
Defalcation scandals sweep Hartford and Portland banks
A Hartford defalcation by Bartholomew, president of Charter Oak Life, destroys trust in multiple companies. Gould of First National Bank faces arrest as investigations reveal over 1 million missing, with broader hits to Hartford Silk, Union, and Holyoke Power. Canada-bound Bartholomew and jailed Gould dominate the financial crisis, while regulators appoint receivers and defend other banks’ solvency.
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Portland
Gould
First National Bank
Hartford
Conn
George M. Bartholomew
Charter Oak Life Insurance Company
Charles E. Willard
Plunkett
Silk Company
Union Company
Bartholomew
Cyrus W. Field
Willard
New York
W Willard
Mr. Bartholomew
Hartford Silk Company
Union Manufacturing Company
Fyler
Charter Oak Company
Pardee
Supreme Court
Isaac Brooks
Torrington
Edmund Stedman
Rapoey Oo Tar
Hartford Silk
Union
Schuyler Electrica Light
Charter Oak
Holyoke Water Power Company
Philadelphia
Boston
Providence
Holyoke
New Haven
Schuyler Electric Light Company
Gould of Portland The Defaulting Cashier Arrested
William E Gould ex cashier of the First National Bank was arrested in Portland Maine on a warrant issued by US Commissioner Charles E Clifford after a complaint by US District Attorney Bird. He showed emotion but prepared himself for the arrest and was taken to jail with no bail yet.
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United States
Harmon
Gould
J. H. Drummond
Drummond
Clifford
Mr. Drummond
William FE. Gould
United States District Court
William
William E. Gould
First National Bank
Maine Savings Bank
Porttland
Charles E. Clifford
Bird
Yachting Challenge Across Massachusetts Bay Riles Coast
The Newport cup chase continues with a Scottish challenger and the Mayflower, amid shifting winds. A Marblehead to Minot’s Light race was planned to test sail power, but calm seas and missed cyclones delayed the event as Commodore Hovey warned winds would fail.
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Richard Sutton
Henn
Stout
Fromm
Massachusetts Bay
Marblehead
Minot's Light
Boston Harbor
Charleston
Commodore Hovey
Acit Club
Clyde Yachting Circles Hear International Cup Challenge
Despatches from Glasgow report James Bell of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club has challenged the New York Yacht Club to an international America cup race next September. If accepted, Clyde yachtsmen will build a boat of similar tonnage to the Mayflower with Clyde design and crew. A £10,000 guarantee fund has been raised by a yachting committee.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Clyde Yachting
James Bell
Royal Clyde Yacht Club
New York Yacht Club
Clyde Yachtsmen
Clyde
Fences Down and Cattle Killed in Indiana Storm Reach
A Decatur dispatch reports a damaging Adams county storm repeating from Wednesday to Thursday. Timber lands are denuded, orchards ruined, and stock killed or maimed. Unrooted buildings and manufacturing damage fear the county’s losses will be enormous, though no lives are reported.
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Curiaco
Decatur
Ind
Adams
Racers Under the Hammer at Dwyer Stable Sale
A large crowd gathered at the Brooklyn Jockey Club paddock to witness the sale of sixteen horses from the Dwyer Brothers stable. Prices ranged from $100 to $2550 with top buys including Pontico at $2550 and bankrupt at $1000. Attendees included P. J. Dwyer and A. Cassatt among many others.
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New York
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Dwyer Brothers
Pontico
P. J. Dwyer
M. Dwyer
J. B. Haggin
S. Brown
A. J. Cassatt
D. D. Withers
W.C. Daly
W. Gratz
W. Lakeland
M. Daly
A. Lakeland
J. McMahon
Dave Johnson
A. Walcott
Fairfax
J. Galway
Preakness
Porter Ashe
C Pate
Edward Corrigan
G. B. Morris
W. B. Jennings
P. H. Ryan
Richmond
R. C. Roth
Lennox
Lisbon Out
Bpinola
J. H. Schultz
Brooklyn
Mortimer
Lremont
Wyers
Bankrupt
Spendthrift
David Campbell
Dwyers
Portland
Y Ditmas
Brambleton
J. Brown
Buffalo
M. N. Nolan
Albany
Quincy
L. Marti
Mobile
Ala
Belleyue
Deaf boy dies watching baseball in Portland hit by ball
A deaf and dumb boy in Portland, Maine, was killed when a baseball thrown with violence struck him in the heart while he watched others play. He died almost immediately.
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Portland
Sioux Indians to run frontier mail and transport routes
A Sioux council approves a cooperative program to establish Indian only mail and transport routes across frontier towns. Young men will perform labor, with older members advising. Teams carry 1000 pounds for freight and passengers, eight mph for mail, seven for passengers, five for freight. Runners make three trips weekly for ninety day terms, with rotations after each term. Earnings shared after salaries and expenses.
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Chcago
Times
Ellendale
Oak
Sioux Nation
Frontier
Northwest Indians Considered Threats Near Fort Shaw
A Fort Shaw area alert notes potential war and theft risks as Crows Grosventres Bloods and Piegan bands gather for raids. Bloods reportedly move against Grosventres with horse stealing continuing. Fort Snelling, Fort Shaw and Assiniboine troops mobilize with three cavalry parties and additional detachments.
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ChicaGo
the Times
St. Paul
Minn
Fort Shaw
Fort Snelling
Chippewa Indians Accept Removal Deal With Northwest Commission
The Northwest Indian Commission reached Brainard with treaties from Leech Lake Cross Lake Pekayomisish and White Oak Points bands. They cede lands to be sold for a civilization fund and agree to move to White Earth. Each adult male gets 80 acres if head of family 160 to a family. orphans get 40 acres. Lands to be sold to highest bidders, expanding settlement north of the Northern Pacific railroad. The group plans to proceed to St Paul and then Lake Superior tribes and Mille Lacs.
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Chicago
Times
Brainard
Minn
Northwest Indian Commission
White Earth
Leech Lake
Cross Lake
White Oak Points
Samaed
Northern Pacific Railroad
St. Paul
Lake Superior
Mille Lacs Reservation
Western Crop Reports Show Largely Low Illinois Yields
The Farmers' Review indicates corn yields per acre remain below the regional average across multiple states. Illinois reports 12 to 40 bushels with lows in Williams and surrounding counties. other counties show 18 to 60 bushels, varying by county. Iowa mirrors Illinois, Nebraska ranges from 26 to 60 bushels, Missouri shows 9 to 36 bushels, Kansas 15 to 45, Wisconsin 20 to 25 for most areas, Dakota 4 to 40 with Clark at 4 to 10, Minnesota 20 to 40, Indiana 38 to 50 in select counties, Ohio 25 to 86, Michigan 25 to 70, and Ontario notes forage improvements amid rains. Sproule reported insane in Ottawa as context.
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Chiago
Illinois
Williams
Wayne
Stephenson
Madison
Christian
Boone
Wabash
Stark
Pulaski
Jo Davies
Johnson, Greene
Fulton
Coles
Crawford
Evvingham
Kankakee
Macon
McDonough
Woodford
Iowa
Fayette County
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Ringgold
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Emmil
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Butter
Otoe
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Hamilton
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Buffalo County
Thayer
Red Willow
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Utnaim
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Ellistonn
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Ohio
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Cures
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Montgomery
Henry Clay
Carroll
Elkhart
Vermillion
Martin and Lagrave
Emmet
Huron
Berrien
Deyden
Ingham
Jean in British Columbia Death Sentence Goes Insane
Jean, condemned to death in British Columbia, has become insane due to mental strain from recent weeks of vicissitudes and mounting pressure.
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Jean
British Columbia
Heavy Rains Sweep Southwest Coast
The Galveston area reports unusually heavy rains since Tuesday night with no disasters yet. Telegrams from Victoria and Indianola describe a fierce storm, wind around fifty mph, streets submerged, residents moved to higher ground, and the telegraph operator relocating to a box car, though no loss of life or major property damage expected.
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Galveston
Tex
Gulf Coast
Victoria
Indianola
Four Die As British Schooner Sinks Mary Ann
A collision in St Johns bay between the British schooner Summerset and the Mary Ann sank the latter in two minutes. Of twenty seven aboard four men and one woman, Charles Wicks Nicolas Milley Seamander Milley and Sarah Ann Fahey, perished while others clung to rails or were saved by boats. Fahey died with his wife while the rigging collapsed. Greggory, a seaman, was fatally wounded but recovered posthumously.
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St. Johmnn’s
N.F
Bay of St. John’s
Mary
Ten Favorite Pictures At Southern Exposition Listed
Visitors at the Southern exposition in Louisville Kentucky voted on art gallery favorites. The top ten, announced after opening the ballot boxes, include The Gossips by Carl Marr The Blessing by Edgar M Ward Woman Plucking Birds by Emil Carleson The Strike by Robert Koehler The Puppet Show by George Clairin The Flower Girl by Dr Miller Putting on Airs by T W Wood Good Morning by Walter Shirlow and The Harbor Bar is Moaning by Thomas Havenden.
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Louisymth
Carl Marr
Edgar M. Ward
Emil Carleson
Union Veteran Army elects officers in Trenton meeting
The fifth annual Union Veteran Army session in Trenton opened with 50 delegates from 23 states and about 215000 men represented. Officers for the year named include Commander-in-chief K B Manchester Providence R I and John R Wilson Hoboken N J later roles set. an executive committee from each state was chosen, with two revision committees formed on ritual and on constitution and by laws.
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Trenton
N. J
Bayard Post Rooms
East State Street
K. B. Manchester
Providence
R. Ls
Leutenant
J. P. Johnson Howard
Brooklyn
S. 1
LD. B. Lenz
Kansas
N. Munroe
Massachusetts
John R. Wilson
Hoboken
A. O. Robbins
K. T
E. 0. Chapman
Lrenton
N.J
D. J. Fiske
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg Bishop Jere miah F. Shannahan Dies at 11
Jere miah F. Shannahan bishop of the Catholic diocese of Harrisburg died here at 11 o clock from congestion of the brain after pneumonia since January. Born July 18 1914 in Susquehanna county he was ordained at St Charles Borromeo Philadelphia and later served as its president for ten years. At 34 he was consecrated bishop expanding the diocese clergy from 18 to 66. Considered a potential successor to Archbishop Wood his health prevented appointment. His death prompted widespread condolences and funeral arrangements were underway assisted by eminent divines from across the country. Governor Pattison sent sympathy to the cousin two hours after death.
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Wood
Philadelphia
Shannahan
Pattison
President Cleveland At Work In White House Visit
Washington September 23. President Cleveland resumed his old hours for business and visitors. Colonel Lamont received callers while Mr Manning pondered a return to treasury. The President toured the country place with Mrs. Cleveland to inspect progress on the house and discussed Manning’s health and October return prospects.
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Washington
White House
Colonel Lamont
General Dram
Marshal Wilson
Cleveland
Folsom
Manning
Treasury Department
Survivors Of Rosilla B. Wreck Reach St John
Survivors of the schooner Rosilla B. tell of a brutal winter voyage from Boston to St. John. After a squall shattered sails and tore the ship against rocks, three men clung to rigging. They crawled to a cliff top, found shelter with a fisherman, and later located a missing comrade’s body.
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St. Jenny
N. B
Rosilla B
Boston
St. John
Phipps
Point Leoneaux
William Robblee
Granville
N. 5
Sailor Rescues Drowning Shipmate In Storm
In a severe gale at St Jonys on September 22 a British schooner William Tapscott lost a sailor who was saved by mate James Stewart after diving from the forecastle. The Little Gem floundered off Blackhead Bona Vista with two women passengers drowned. crew saved by a small boat and landed at King's Cove.
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St. Jony
William Tapscott
James Stewart
Little Gem
Blackhead
Bona Vista Bay
King’s Cove
Theories Pay For Broker Van Ostrand Of Chicago
Chicago broker John Van Ostrand and partner Ream profit from a weather theory about frost. A high Northwest barometer signals frost risk, leading them to buy corn calls and later puts as prices move, netting about 50 dollars for every five invested on successive days as corn falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Ostrand
Chicago
Crrcao
John van Ostrand
Ream
Turner
John
John Vanestrand
Ex-President Arthur to Return to New York This Winter
New York reports that Ex-President Arthur will return to Lexington Avenue and occupy his home this winter. Sherman W. Knewals spent Sunday with him at New London and says his health is about the same as when he left New York. He is thinner and mostly confined to a chair, yet he does not appear extremely ill. His skin remains rosy and he is cheerful, with insomnia no longer a problem and appetite only occasionally capricious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur
Lexington Avenue
Sherman W. Knewals
New London
Great Slaughter of Cattle at Pleuro-Pneumonia Drift
The Illinois State live stock commission met to decide slaughtering 2000 quarantined cattle at the Phanix and Shufeldt distilleries to stop pleuro-pneumonia. If the disease is confirmed, all exposed animals will be killed. Estimated cost starts at 100000, with possible extra 100000 if additional animals are affected. Governor Oglesby, Attorney General Hunt, and Dr. Rauche attended.
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CuicaGco
State Livestock Commission
Oglesby
Hunt
Rauche
State Board of Health
Phanix
Shufeldt
Chads
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