Emulators of Dr Ball Plotting Scandal in Buffalo
A Buffalo Sunday News exposé details a conspiracy to smear Governor Cleveland via forged documents. It cites a mutilated bill from the Buffalo Orphans’ Asylum and a letter chain involving Dr Warren and Blaine, with figures like Joe Walford and James P. Fullerton named. It portrays attempts to buy or suppress the papers and links to Republican politics and local intrigue.
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Buffalo
Buffalo Sunday News
Cleveland
Republican National Committee
Edward B. McPherson
New York City
Blaine
Jaine
Amunl
H. Warren
M. D
Republican Natonal Committee
Buffalo Orphans’ Asylum
Grover Cleveland
Buffalo Orphan Asylum
Virginia Street
Board of
Warren
Halpin
Cleveland Guent
Avgus’a. Me
Samuel A. Warren
N. Y
Tuomas H. Sherman
Augusta
Pittsburg
Bonanza
Joseph M. Walford
Fourth Ward
Walford
Broadway
Michigan Street
Joe Walford
Joey Bagstock
Joe
Bill
Gs Joe
Don
James P. Fullerton
Republican City Committee
Knights
Fullerton
Eopeunone
Wilson Bissell
Bissell
Augustus F. Schell
New York Sun
Charles A. Dana
Bas
New York
J. M. Walford
C. A. Dawa
Sunday News
Wolford
Alness
Watford
Dr. Warren
Samuel H. Warren
James D. Warren
Republican State Committee
Buffalo Medical College
Fifth Ward
Peeties
Haseen
Republican Board of Supervisors
Folger
Richfield Springs
John A. Lowal
Michigan and
Seneca Streets
Turner
Medical Society
Costly dose claimed against Canard Steamship Company
Maurice Wertheimer, a merchant, sues Canard Steamship for 100000 damages alleging negligence after being served zinc chloride mistaken for mineral water aboard the Servia sailing from Liverpool February 16. He suffered severe throat pain and life-long disability, with medical bills mounting. He says officers failed to ensure safe service.
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New York
Maurice Wertheimer
Cunard Steamship Company Today
Wertheimer
Liverpool
Servia
Revivalist Faces Slander Over Confession at Queensbury
In Queensbury New Brunswick a revival scandal centers on Rev E Currie Baptist minister accused by Mrs Charles Heustis of improper advances and counting stockings. Heustis husband seeks legal redress while Currie sues for slander in response to theclaims.
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New Brunswick
Ottawa
Ont
Queensbury
SE. Currie
Charles Heustis
Rev
E. Currie
Currie
Heustis
Notorious Nellie Hubbard to Wed Ex-Expressman at Hartford
Hartford gossip erupts as Ella Hubbard daughter of the late ex governor elopes four years after a clandestine Springfield marriage with Frederick Sheppard and now plans to marry Clark Smedley an New Haven expressman. The ceremony occurs at 5 pm at 126 Worthington Street with limited guests.
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Hartford
Ella EK. Hubbard
Richard D. Hubbard
Springfield
Frederick Sheppard
Clark Smedley
New Haven
Hunington
Worthington Street
Sheppard
Hubbard
Episcopal Church
New York
Merden
Clark Smealey
Nellie
Smedley
Baltimore
Washington
We Station
Claenes
Moody Moodus Clergy Editor Fight Over Temperance War
A Moodus Connecticut clash pits Rev F C Newell pastor of the Methodist Church against Joseph E Selden editor of the Connecticut Valley Advertiser. After Newell attacked the editor from the pulpit during a temperance lecture, the Advertiser published a rebuttal accusing the minister of slander. The quarrel has stirred local sentiment, with threats and vigorous rhetoric from both sides as moodus debates limits of free speech and religious influence.
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Hartford
Moodus
Connecticut River
F.C. Newell
Methodist Church
Joseph E. Selden
Connecticut Valley Advertiser
Selden
Advertiser
Newell
Tse
Is Village
F. C. Newell
Aaverliser
Gavan
Moudus
Beecher’s View of Religion in the Coming Century
New York September 26 Rev Henry Ward Beecher spoke at Plymouth prayer meeting on doctrinal change. He discussed Babylonish captivity fears, shifts from harsh asceticism to a loving domestic view of God, and personal conversion as a lifelong spiritual ascent under the Holy Spirit. He contrasted his father’s era with present theology and urged faith as transformation.
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Beecher
New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Potter
Woods
Andover
Tyler
Nettleton
God
Weill
Bold Robbery Of A 38 Ounce Gold Bar At Broadway
A well dressed young man with gold glasses pretends to inspect a 38 ounce gold bar valued at $600 in Martin & Runyon at 100 Broadway. He grabs the bar and escapes via the Continental Insurance building roof and Pine street using a fire escape. The robbery was preplanned with access to the insurance building roof scuttles.
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New York
Martin & Runyon
Broadway
Continental Insurance Building
Pine Street
Insurance
Outrages by Red Men in Pennsylvania Farm Family
In Evanstown Pennsylvania a branch of the Red Men terrorized farmer Daniel Barnard and his family. Armed mob entered at midnight tarred and feathered the wife and daughters, ordered Barnard to leave, then returned to destroy home and barn, hamstring two horses, and strip the family. Mrs Barnard died from exposure amid accusations of harboring horse thieves. The group’s real motive is believed linked to Barnard aiding officers.
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Evanstown
Penn
West Virginia
Daniel Barnard
Barnard
Arthur Health Bright in Secluded New Jersey Visit
A Sun reporter interviews President Arthur at Secretary Frelinghuysen's country residence near Somerville, New Jersey. Arthur says he is in excellent health and enjoying retirement while handling official business. he plans to return to Washington next week. Rumors swirl about an engagement to Frelinghuysen's eldest daughter Tillie, described as tall, brunette, graceful, and kind.
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Tillie Frelinghuysen
New York
the Sun
Arthur
Frelinghuysen
Somerville
N. J
Lincoln
Washington
Sve
Flagpole accident at Taftville mass meeting turns deadly
September 26 report from New Convoy says Blaine and Logan Guards assisted at a Taftville Republican gathering. A very long flagpole split near the base as the flag neared the top, killing Mrs. Paul Tetrault and injuring another woman who died later. The meeting ended in chaos and was postponed.
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Blaine
Ellote
Paul Tetrault
Mystery of the Gear and Captain Fairchild Portrait
A Portland tale recounts a life size portrait of Captain Fairchild found aboard a Swedish ship after his vessel sank in the Indian Ocean. The painting, creased by salt water, bears a folded letter addressed to his sister in Kennebunkport, Maine. The mystery of how the portrait survived and reached his sister remains unsolved.
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Portland
George B. Carll
Kennebunkport
Maine
Fairfield
Frank
Nanly
Tobias Lord
Indian Ocean
Captain Fairfield
Cabain
Essentee
Tors Lorp
Malne
Fairchild
Gold ore found in Texas sparks Denison excitement
Denison Texas September 23 excitement grips the city after workmen digging a well on Thomas Ellis property struck rock resembling a ledge sample. An experienced metallurgist test yielded forty cents worth of pure gold, prompting plans to organize a stock company to sink a shaft and develop the ledge.
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Texas
Denison
Tex
Thomas Ellis
Ellis
Ashaft
Janntlies of
Os Propery
Haa
Fire damages Rockingham House in Portsmouth NH
Early morning blaze at the Rockingham House owned by Hon. Frank Jones forced guests to flee. Basement including billiard room store room laundry and kitchen was saved though roof was damaged. Furniture and guest trunks largely saved. losses estimated around 160000.
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Portsmourne
N. H
Rockingham House
Frank Jones
Night on Shag Rock Ends in Loss and Rescue
Captain Hines and William Berrigan perished when the schooner Twilight struck Shag Rock off Nova Scotia with a crew of fourteen aboard. Eleven men endured thirteen hours on the rock before rescue by the schooner George K. Herrold. Stanwood Hives, the captain’s nephew, was saved, while others contended with heavy seas and injuries. Captain Hines, age 28, and Berrigan died. one crewman, Eldridge Larkin, was saved after a long swim. The Twilight, from Nova Scotia, carried 1900 quintals of codfish and was insured. Canso residents offered help.
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Gloucester
Jay Gould
Shag Hock
Twilight
Canso
GLOBE
Joseph Holland
Nicholas Ryan
Newfoundland
Holland
Cansa
Grand Banks
Hines
Cranberry Island
Pwilignt
White Pine
Nova Scotia
William Berrigan
Berrigan
Ryan
Stanwood Hives
Yan
George K. Herrold
Rial Lyons
Kldridge Larkin
Barrigap
Canso Harbor
Lemuel Hines
Kerry Island
Greenland
Irn
The Skeleton of the Hollow
A Shasta county thunderstorm splits an old oak on George Thomas's ranche near Redding revealing a skeletal corpse. The skull shows multiple fractures and three bullet holes, with hands and feet tied in wire. No identification is found and the murder remains a mystery.
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Butte
Shasta County
George Thomas
Redding
Thomas
Wat
A Quarter Mile of Pontchartrain Bridge Burned
A Northeastern railroad train reached the Pontchartrain bridge in New Orleans at 10 last night to find 100 feet of the structure burned and the fire still active. The blaze destroyed a quarter mile of the bridge causing $30,000 in damage and suspending freight traffic until repairs. Passenger service will run if a secure transfer boat can be found.
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Pontchartrain
New Orleans
Northeastern
Seour
Price rise in steel rails shocks industry news
The Lackawanna Steel and Iron Company with Bethlehem plan upping steel rails by $2 per ton. Rails now fetch $2650 to $2700, down from $58 per ton since July 1882 amid Bessemer firm activity. Nine of sixteen miles halted production as prices moved toward cost. In Utah, tensions grow over extending Wyoming laws into the National Park. Governor Hale named justice and park constable, a Mammoth Hot Springs jail rises, arrests mount, and a legal clash looms.
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New York
Lackawanna Steel and Iron Company
Bethlehem Company
Bessemer Steel Combination
National Park
Salt Lake
Utah
Wyoming
Ark
Halé
Park
Mammoth Hot Springs
Advertisement for Runaway Daughter and Suspect
In Rock Hill Herald a man seeks help to recover his daughter Anna Young White who fled with Thomas Black alias Star, described as a black chunky negro who persuaded her to run off. He asks good citizens to aid in recovery and to punish the supposed villain, signed Wilimam I White.
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Colummuia
8. C
Herald of Rock
Desperate Bear Attack Drowns Cadet at Camp Lake
In Gainesville on September 27 a pet bear charged cadets training at Orange Park lake. William Jefferies, 17, was squeezed underwater and drowned. Others were injured as a bystander killed the animal.
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Gainesville
Fla
Florida Military College
Orange Park Lake
Willam Jefferies
Altera Enone Sone
I Ha Ireru
Quiet Money Market Shows Stable Rates Across Banks
The finance and commerce report notes a quiet money market with steady loan rates for preferred borrowers at about 5 percent and mercantile paper purchased near 5 percent. Collateral calls run 4 to 6 percent, while interbank balances sit around 2 percent. New York money markets show little change with several rate bands. weekly bank statement highlights include minor shifts in loans, deposits, and specie. Prices across agricultural goods, grains, and produce are quoted with limited demand, alongside a broad list of commodity prices and market activity.
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Prime Corporation
Sory
Andce
New York
Marine National Bank of New York
K. G. Dun & Co
Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
New York City
Uegos
Isa
Cholee
Dusit
Pibrincadt
Cadiz
Ravensteins
Lange
Market closes with bond bid rises and treasury call issued
Closing bids show mixed movement from last Saturday with a rise for 4s and 44s while 6s fall on both dates. Friday afternoon the 131st call for bonus notes from the United States treasury amounts to 10 million at the 3 percent rate, payable November 1, ceasing interest on called bonds.
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Wits
United States Treasury
Treasury
Boston Markets Report From Saturday Evening Trade
The Boston market scene shows no improvement in trade and widespread concern over small profits. Apples, cheese, coffee, and dyes dominate the page with price ranges and regional references, while coal and drugs markets hold steady amid muted activity.
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Oriion
Boston
New York Markets Snapshot from Saturday Trading
The report shows firm but quiet wheat and flour, with No 2 red futures advancing and strong Chicago and favorable foreign cues. Rye oats and corn volumes are listed, with mixed prices and active pork, tallow, eggs, cotton futures steady, and coffee and sugar markets noted as awaiting next week’s auction.
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Chicago
de Cantien
BBC
Romi
ROVIS
Butdall
Enna al Ce
Bae
Ape
Petty
Biasabe Sa Boe
Fepr
Spot Rio
Gloucester Fish Market Weekly Prices Report
Gloucester market notes a moderately active week with large codfish and mackerel catches. Total weekly receipts include 4168.00 pounds codfish 111 000 pounds fresh fish 110 000 pounds fletched halibut 33600 pounds swordfish 2700 barrels mackerel 600 quintals cured fish. Prices remain near last week with listed rates for codfish halibut and other items and fish oils and vessel byproducts.
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Gloucester
Saep Mackes
Livestock Market Arrivals at Brighton and Watertown
Weekly livestock arrivals for Brighton and Watertown ending September 26, 1884 show totals in multiple categories: Western cattle 1785 head, Eastern cattle 78, Northern 1278, all cattle total 441. Western sheep and lambs 6160, Eastern sheep and lambs 400, Northern 9227, overall 15,737 sheep and lambs. Swine 17,901 and veals 0. Hazards 826. Prices of beet cattle listed per hundredweight in pounds. details partial and garbled.
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Brighton
Watertown
Hazess
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