Navy and Political Tidings Amid Domestic Changes
Rear Admiral Phelps to be placed on the retired list next week following detachment from the South Atlantic Station. Secretary Gresham's resignation accepted. Hugh McCullough named to succeed him and to fill a forthcoming circuit court vacancy from Judge Drum mond's departure. Postage cut to two cents drives 38 million dollar year deficit. customs baggage may be forwarded free under IM act. Caps Williams and Churchill honored for humane acts aiding American crews. Sweden and Norway recall envoy Lewenhaupt. Reuterskiold to succeed. Yellow fever resurges on Mexico’s west coast. John Sangster convicted of first degree murder. Brown named assistant to Naval Observatory. Exposition exhibits include Life Saving Service crew and a Lincoln-patented shoal-lifting device. Spanish treaty ends consular tonnage dues. reforms at customs and sanitary rules cited. Coroner’s jury in Youngstown mine disaster cites fire-damp and after damp. Lancaster murder case pleads guilty to second-degree murder. brother acquitted. Pat Garvey stabbed amid a street fight. Reforma tion anniversary marked by Martin Luther Society in New York. Anti-Rent figure Big Thunder Peter Finkle dies at Schodack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phelps
South Atlantic
Navy
Treasury Gresham
Hugh McCullogh
New York
Gresham
United States
Drummond
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of State
Edward Williams
Carolina
Churchill
Jesse Burrell
Count Lewenhaupt
Sweden
Norway
Paris
Leonard Reuterskiold
Marine Hospital Service
Mexico
John Sangster
Washington
Fowler
Allen D. Brown
Naval Observatory
Treasury Department
Life Saving Service
Custom House
Patent Office
New Orleans Exposition
Abraham Lincoln
Youngstown
Uniontown
George Smith
Lancaster
Henry Struck
Winfield Smith
George
Pat Garvey
Charles Dougherty
Shenandoah
Dominick Hope
Martin Luther Society
Peter Finkle
Big Thunder
Schodack
State’s
Young
Shipping of silver ore to England from Wallula steamer
A cargo of silver ore taken to Buffalo last week aboard the Wallula is said to be for shipment to England. Other notes report water famine in C Sucobcole New Hampshire, a brewery stables fire in New York, notable deaths in Pittschurch Fall River and Richmond, a Schuyler mansion sale in Albany, and various accidents and crimes across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Wallula
England
C Sucobcole
N. H
Henry Keitfer
New
New Yorkity. George W. Smith, of the Well Known Firm of Hostetter & Smith
Pittschurch
Thomas M. Bayne
Twenty-third
Pennsylvania
Schuyler
Albany
N. Y
General Schuyler
Fayette City
Greely
New York
Linden Cook
Fall River
Mass
Robeson Mills
Brookfield
Horace Deland
Philadelphia
Johanna McCord
George W. McCord
United States
Canada
Pacific States
Preston D. Jones
The
Providence
R. I
Sunday Dispatch
Girard House
Francis C. Bowman
New York City
New York Post
Sun
Appleton
Isaac W. Walker
Richmond
Beaver
George Krapasky
John Mallenwitz
John Unglovitch
Centralia
United States Mint
Mosquito
St. George
Multiple Victims and Disasters Reported Across States
A collage of short items notes deaths from accidents and violence in Maryland Michigan Indiana Illinois and Kentucky. Victims include Rev T W Quinn’s wife burned in a fall fire, James Douglass found murdered and buried in Montana, a boat drowning near St Ignace, and lynching of three horse thieves in Oregon. Also reported are mine fires, rail wrecks, a bank defaulter, a funeral procession, extinctions of a tailor’s death, and various political arson and combat incidents with dates and locations across 1800s America.
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T. W. Quinn
Kent Island
James Douglass
Whitman County
M. T
Robert Ingersoll
Kit Carson
Santa Fe
N. M
Lincoln Avenue
Capitol Building
Joseph Lephing
Scott’s Point
St. Ignace
Michigan
Painville
Oregon
John Clark
New Lisbon
Calumet Mine
J. C. Bonnycastle
Fourth Infantry
Old Army
Louisville
General Grant
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Locust Point
John Dixon
David Burke
George T. Jackson
Enterprise Cotton Factory
Atlanta
Inter-State Association
Kansas City
Fred. W. Duvernois
Detroit
Wilbur F. Storey
Chicago Times
Chicago
Cheney
Rose Hill Cemetery
David Davis
Elihu Washburne
J. W. Singleton
Charles B. Farwell
Jesse Spaulding
W. H. Smith
Lyman Trumbull
T. Lyle Dickey
Potter Palmer
Wirt Dexter
W. P. Nixon
J. W. Doane
Press Club
Times Office
Homer B. Taylor
Clinton, Ill
Reporter
Moundsville
W. Va
William Paret
Washington City
Maryland
Evansville
Ind
Spaulding
J. G. O’neil
Canada
el Paso
Texas
S. M. Turner
Charles Kohnsohn
Duluth
Minn
Daniel Wentz
Jackson Township
Perry County
Ohio
David Snyder
Ben Heffner
Westminster
General Gresham
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Edgerton
Wis
Gunderson
Shelbyville
James Hamblin
Shelby County
Peoria
Ill
Kawari Hammond
Clark
Cattle Thieves Lynched at Rock Creek Colorado
Rumor says seventeen cattle thieves were lynched at Rock Creek Colorado. The People's Bank of Canton owned by C D Cobbitt suspended on the 30th ultimo with Liabilities 100000 and assets about 50000. The Cattle Ranch Freehold Land Company of Texas issued a London prospectus outlining Texas estates purchase and settlement plan with capital stock of 250000 in five dollar shares.
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Rock Creek
Colorado
People’s Bank
Canton
C. D. Cobbitt
Freehold Land Company of Texas
London
Texas
Rebel siege of Khartoum reported with large reinforcements
Advices from Dongola say rebels reinforced by Mahdi forces struck Khartoum on the 28th. Gordon and his troops resisted fiercely but the town soon fell to the besiegers after a major assault. Another report claims Gordon was surprised by treachery among Egyptian troops and forced to surrender as rebels overwhelmed the defense.
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Dongola
Khartoum
Gordon
Ottawa
Canada
London
Spain
United States
Richard H. Perry
Thomas Vipond
Nathaniel Rushton
Oliver Rushton
Daniel Chishohn
John McInnis
West
Canada Steel Company
Londonderry
N. S
Port Arthur
Michipicoton
Lake Superior
Toronto
England
Mexico
Gonzales
Marl Granville
Bank of England
Moses Montefiore
Bombay
Madras
Leopold
Humbert
Italy
University of Kieff
Russia
John McCormick
Winnipeg
Manitoba
McCormick
Panic at Glasgow theater. sixteen dead in stampede
A fire scare at the Star Theater in Glasgow on the night of the 1st caused a panicked rush to exits, leaving sixteen people trampled to death and twelve seriously injured. Other items note deaths of Virginia Farragut and Charles Faulkner, extensive damage at Willow Springs Distillery, Naples cholera relief, oil production gains, a Baltimore child accidentally killed with a pistol, Saxton's death, a gas eruption at Canonsburg, and New York import and bank data.
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Star Theater
Glasgow
Scotland
Charles James Faulkner
Martinsburg
W. Va
Congress
Virginia
France
Buchanan
Stonewall Jackson
Willow Springs
Omaha
Neb
Naples
Pennsylvania
Butler
Mary ClifFord
Thomas L. Clifford
Baltimore
Thomas W.saxton
Canton
Ohio
Mount Union Magnetic Springs
Canonsburg
New York
New York Associated Banks
Worcester Youth Escapes Court After Burglary Sentence
Jeremiah Sullivan a Worcester sixteen year old sentenced to two years in the State prison for burglary collapsed from coke pains in court then escaped with Deputy Sheriff Buttrick in pursuit. He bolted through a retiring room corridor stairs and backyard fence eluding capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Jeremiah Sullivan
Sherriff Buttrick
Court House
Rhinelander Father Aids Bail for Son in Drake Shooting Case
New York November 1 William Rhinelander father of W C Rhinelander declared sane and held on $10 000 bail for trial for shooting Lawyer Drake has instructed the family lawyer Condert to arrange bail and defense He says the sanity inquiry was in his son's best interest and that he furnished every comfort for his son in the tombs W C Rhinelander says he has been neglected and will not accept family aid for release through his family twice denied release on bail
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Rhinelander
W. C. Rhinelander
Drake
Condert
Evangelist Arrested for Horse Stealing in Providence
Charles F. Southwick, a Massachusetts revivalist once endorsed by clergy and YMCA members, was arrested at his mother's home for stealing a horse and carriage from a local livery and selling the animal in Fall River. Papers in his pocket suggest a checked career under various aliases and a prior similar offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Charles F. Southwick
Massachusetts
Fall River
Lavender and peppermint oil farming spreads in East Kent
English agricultural journals report a new industry in East Kent growing lavender and peppermint for oil extraction. This form of farming, once profitable in East Surrey, faces soil exhaustion while Mitcham and Carshalton flower farms have declined in output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Kent
East Surrey
Mitcham
Carshalton
Oil pipeline network fuels Pennsylvania refineries
The article notes 21 000 oil wells in Pennsylvania supplying daily 65 000 barrels. Forty one million barrels are stored in tanks. About 5 000 miles of pipeline and over 1 000 iron tanks are needed to transport and store this oil. Additional 1 200 miles of trunk lines and branch lines exist in the region for piping to Cleveland Buffalo and Pittsburgh refineries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post
Fires Destroy One Million in Portland This Year
Portland fire losses total a million dollars since January 1 as flames ravage homes and businesses across the city. Investigations continue into the causes of several major blazes, with local authorities warning residents to ensure fire safety measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Denver Tribune
Explosion in Chicago cigar factory traps workers and kills foreman
A boiler explosion at 122 to 128 Michigan Street blindsided the cigar box factory. Foreman James W. Carr perished after a daring escape attempt from the top floor while 8 girls were injured jumping from windows. Debris burned. losses estimated near 100 600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ChicaGo
Michigan Street
James W. Carr
Carr
W. E. Fisher
Dan Heizer Bros
Campbell’s Printing Press Company
Schnadel & Co
BaLrim Moke
Locust Point
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Woodall
Joshua Dixon
Daniel A. Burke
Dixon
Burke
Wilmington
Lil
Wilmington Tile Works
Darrell Keeney
George Strathdus
Dougherty
George Chambers
Synod of South Carolina Debates Evolution Theory
The Presbyterian Synod of South Carolina met in Greenville and discussed Dr Woodrow’s modified evolution views. It adopted a resolution disapproving teaching of evolution at the Theological Seminary of Columbia except in an expository, non-assertive manner. vote 50 to 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theologica Seminary
Columbia
Russians Rival American Oil in Caspian Fields
The Herald reports inquiries abroad on Russian oil prospects in Bakoo Caspian fields. A single well produced nearly 10,000 barrels in half an hour, another 3,000 barrels daily, and one yielded 15,000,000 gallons of crude sold at sixteen cents a ton for fuel. Consul General Perry estimates regional capacity at least 1,600,000 tons yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville
Butler
Herald
Bakoo
Caspian Sea
America
Perry
Judge grants habeas corpus for Charles E. Richards
Judge Bartlett orders release of Charles E. Richards from Brooklyn insane asylum. Richards, long confined, is from Philadelphia. his father once served as mayor. Family ties mention Lord Dundas connections and Scottish emigration. No clear reason for imprisonment is stated, and Richards’ sanity is disputed by his counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bartlett
Charles E. Richards
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Richards
Lord Dundas
Scotland
Royal allowances reveal English sovereigns annual grist
A chronicled list shows The Queen receives over 5 million dollars yearly for life from the English government while the Prince of Wales gets 600 thousand, the Princess of Wales pin money 50 thousand, and various royals including the Duke of Edinburgh 100 thousand and others receive sums ranging from thirty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Prince of Wales
Princess of Wales
Duke of Edinburgh
Princess Louise
Marchioness of
Rail capacity and usage in United States mills in 1883
The nations steel rail mills could produce about 1 600 000 tons. Roughly 600 000 tons were laid on new roads last year and 5 050 000 tons for renewals and sidings, about 5.42 percent of total rails. This implies a renewal about every 18.4 years. By the end of 1883 a little more than half the track was iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Land values soar at Bar Harbor after sixteen years
Land at Bar Harbor Maine once priced at ten to fifteen dollars an acre in 1908 now sells for four thousand to eight thousand dollars per acre. The surge reflects rising demand and limited available acreage near the coast. Prices show a dramatic turnaround for investors and developers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
Mine Explosion Kills Miners Near Uniontown
A fire damp blast at Youngstown Coke Company mines four miles north of Uniontown on October 28 left fourteen to eighteen miners trapped. By October 29, twelve bodies were recovered, total dead including fourteen and four injured. Coroner to hold inquest Thursday as rescuers work through the night.
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Uniontown
Youngstown Coke Company
Fpa
Youngstown
Leisenring
Steiner
James Rebly
Solomon van Sotale
William Minor
James Price
Thomas Cole
Jesse Miller
Jesse
H. J. Sape
Ope-Rider
Albert Taylor
Abe Wilson
Frank Niclow
Willie
George Cunningham
Welsh Keefer
Frank Miller
Jacob Cole
David Cole
James Darby
Jerry Ringer
Chauncey Wilson
Thurday
Ohio Supreme Court Declares Scott Tax Law Unconstitutional
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled the Scott law unconstitutional in a decision joined by three judges with two dissents. The ruling voids the act’s tax provisions and requires refunds of about three million dollars from saloonkeepers and the potential imposition of a special tax to fund police and related departments. Johnson and McIlvaine dissented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Ohio
ColumsBus
Supreme Court
State of Ohio
John W. Cowrey
David Sinks
Miami County
Mandamus
Okey
Owen
Hip
Ohio State
Butzman
Wh.beck
General Assembly
Frame
Benner
Bandor
Johnson
C. J
McIlvaine
Wife dies after Jersey City fire. husband charged
New York report says Mrs. George McVeetry died after severe burns suffered Sunday in Jersey City. She alleged her husband poured kerosene on her clothes and set the blaze. McVeetry is under arrest for murder. he claims a can exploded in his wife’s hands while she tended a fire. Police found the can intact and neighbors cite abusive treatment by McVeetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George McVeetry
Jersey City
McVeetry
Woman Murdered as House Is Set Ablaze Near Troy Ind
In Troy Indiana on October 29 a man entered the home of Mrs. George Foster and spent the night. By eight o'clock the house was burning and authorities found Mrs. Foster killed under suspicious marks in the embers. A large search party roams the countryside seeking the assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Ind
George Foster
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey CO
Mahaffey & Ogier
J. C. Steele
Cambridge
Hutchison Block
Carnes
W. A. Carpenter
Davis Block
Lawi
L C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Wv. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Febitt
Re T. Scott
Cambridge, Ohio
New Taylor Block
Apli
Physicians and Surgeons
C. A. Moore
Alleas
Postoffice
Jeloott
L. C. Wells, M. D
Fhoemceopathist
Taylor
J.C. Warne, M.D
Wall's Drug Store
Wht. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hosital
Ational Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. Cc
Hutchinson Block
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, O
Kyle
Marble and Granite ‘Works
Lambert Thomas. E. Harper
LambertsRemnns & Co
Produce and Wool Commission
North Water St
N. T. Harves
EE. MerErnr
John Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Dayis Oe
Avie
Stinson & Co
Portland, Maine
Bruggist
J. R. Bownar
Eagle Hotel
Cumberland Tannery
E. McEnprer
Cumberland
Hotels
B.S. Hering
Marl
Antrim
William Smith
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell
John W. Robinson
Kirk Biouuuse
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Thompson
Crow
Farmers’ Hotel
Mill Street
Win Rainey & Son
Tf J. W. Lip Pancott
Beecher
Broadway and
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith
Prop
Globe House
James Canady, Prop
Aod
Ogier
Grug Store
H. H. Veitch
Truz & Co
Augusta
Maine
E. McCollum
U.S
Hallett Book Co
T. C. Stanley
Itaper Felanger
Aplysos
H. Hallett
Blue Bell
Junction -Point Pleasant
Hartford
Senecaville,Morgan
Re. M. Atktnson
Pidshuret
Gagianati
ASL
Lowi Ro
New Comerstown
Cincinnati Express
Columbus
Western Express Mail Express
Limited Express
Eastern Express
Dennison
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Mast Aid
Central Standard Time
Ray Bing
W. HH. Kirre
James McCrBa
Pord
Gen's Pass
Agt
News OF the
Foreign Intelligence
Maasdam
Rheir
General Steamship
van Dentoorn
Rhein
Roterdam
Vandersee
Rotterdam
Bremen
James Bray
Abraham Saut
Montague
Saut
the Rhein
Castle Garden
Jackson
Virginia L. Farragut
William Loyal
Norfolk
Bright
Herato
the Scott Law
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