Central Ohio Rail Opens New Through Service Links
The Toledo to Bowerston route now open connecting with the Pennsylvania System for all points East. Through car service available between Toledo Cambridge and Marietta, also Akron Youngstown and Pittsburgh, and Chicago. Local agents WM. D. Woodford and James M. Hall announce the service activation and station notes.
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Toledo
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Marietta
Akron
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
WM. D. Woodford
James M. Hall
Gen'l
Cen
Pasa
Small coin demand overwhelms mint presses nationwide
Reports from the Mint indicate extraordinary demand for small coins, with continuous presses day and night unable to keep up with orders from across the country. Additional notes cover a sea search for the Amethyst, flag incident near Shelbourne, Cleveland's proclamation on customs, and various federal appointments and pardons.
Notable 19th Century Tragedies and Incidents Reach East Coast
A wide ranging summary of events includes the death of Mrs. Adelbert Baker at a Portland ball, a tax ruling on National bank shares in New York, and the disappearance of Troy postmaster Burrage with $3,700. Other items report Admiral Nichols’s death from apoplexy in Pomfret, Mrs. Grant’s $150,000 memoir royalties payout, and a Jersey City mill fire causing heavy losses.
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Adelbert Baker
Portland
Fanny Marsh Company
Wallace
United States Circuit Court
New York
Burrage
Troy
N. Y
Canada
Admiral Nichols
Pomfret
Conn
General Grant
Jersey City
N. J
Thea Ames
Standard Wood
Dodge
Goldman
Tartar
Philadelphia
Knights of Labor
Ratas
Odd Fellows’ Cemetery
George Lippard
Brotherhood of the Union
Allegheny County Electric Light Company
Pittsburgh
Alexander Freaman
Cyrus Stewart
National Association of Knit Goods Manufacturers
Association
Cohoes
Waterford
Hudson
Schenectady
Little Falls
Philmont
Amsterdam
Valatie
Order of Knights of Labor
Joseph Freese
West Stratford
George H
Samuel J. Tilden, Jr
National Bank of Kinderhook
George B. Ely
New York City
Janesville
Wis
Matt Carpenter
American Academy of Medicine
Washington, D.C
D. I. P. Bush
Wilmington
Del
D. P. Lowrey Sibbitt
Carlisle
P. T. Connor
Cincinnati
W. P. Gibney
K. T. Dingleson
Baptist Church
Bennington Center
Wyoming County
Cary & Moon
Ottawa House
Cushing Island
Portland Harbor
King, Son & Co
Bayard Putnam
Government
North Adams
Mass
Eastport
New York Parties Split on Mayor Candidates at Conventions
The New York County Democracy endorsed Hon. A. S. Hewitt for Mayor and formed a mixed ticket for city offices, while the Republican county committee nominated Theodore Roosevelt for Mayor. Also details Harlem Commons heirs plans a large equity suit, with 1,400 respondents and a $30 million land valuation.
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New York County Democracy Convention
Hon. A. S. Hewitt
Tammany
Republican County Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Harlem Commons
New York
United States Circuit Court
Louisiana
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
United States
Canada
Gilman
Hartford
Conn
Republican Party
Connecticut
Titus
Belvidere
N. J
Foreman Lake
Windsor
Roselle
Johanna Sullivan
John J. Miller
New Bedford
Mahoning County
Common Pleas Court
Pennsylvania Company
Wampum
Multiple Signals of Crime and Calamity Across States
Geologist Prof John Collett notes Indiana and Ohio wells yielded gas and oil after a quake. Dakota Adjutant General Thomas 8 ree declared insane and sent to asylum. Mollie Hoy alias Lizzie Ellis escaped Cuyahoga jail by tunneling. Toledo doctor Gardiner arrested for grave robbery. Pullman GM Bradley jailed. $35 000 defalcation. Large Texas petition to resign Judge McCord over bail leniency. Montreal crew struck by fever and hurricane. Chicago packers pledge to ten hour workday. Cincinnati firm Weller & Co collapse tied to Doll defalcations. Toledo burglary suspect injured leaving train. Monticello jail mob hangs Henry Wildman. Islah Chamberlain sinks. five missing. National Council of Congregational Church meets in Chicago. Wilmarth bank robbery nets $4,000. Webster murder acquittal in Warren. Cigar label case in Baltimore Circuit Court. Indian Territory fires devastate prairies. Indianapolis orphan asylum wing fire kills Albert Vogt. Louisiana bayou drownings amid storm. Port Eads pilots report 26 bayou deaths.
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John Collett
Indiana
Ohio
Thomas 8.Ree
Dakota National Guard
Mollie Hoy
Lizzie Ellis
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
W. G. Gardiner
Toledo
O.) Medical College
J.P. J. Bradley
Pullman Sleeping Car Company
Pinkerton
Bradley
Seventh District
Texas
McCord
Montreal
Colon
New Orleans
Chicago
Jacob Weller & Co
Cincinnati
R. M. Doll
Canada
Hill
Fremont
Monticello
Henry Wildman
Wildman
Atwood
Islah Chamberlain
Sheboygan
Mich
National Council of the Congregational Church
Henry A. Slagen
Auburndale
Mass
I. Perrin
Torrington
Conn
David A. Camp
New Britain
William H. Moore
Hartford
Webster
Perry Harrington
Geneva
Baltimore
Phelps
Cigarmakers’ Union
Indian Territory
Indianapolis
Ind
Albert Vogt
Johnson’s Bayou
Radford’s
Bailey
Port Eads
Gulf
Henry Bolgle
United States
T. V. Logan
Quarrel Ends in Fatal Shootings in Somerset Ky
Commissioner and associate quarreled at Somerset Kentucky on the 14th and both were fatally shot. Judge McCann a prominent Sully County figure is reported to have disappeared and fled to Canada after embezzling funds entrusted to his care. The McCormick Reaper Company is named among the victims as are local offices and appointments.
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Somerset
McCann
Sully County
Oak
Canada
McCormick Reaper Company
Me ‘Ann
Knights of Labor Convention Elects Officers and Plans Bureau
The Knights of Labor convention revises the constitution to seat an executive board of the General Master Workman and six members from different states. New officers include Powderly and Griffiths, with Litchman as secretary and Turner as treasurer. Minneapolis was chosen for the next annual meeting.
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Knights OF Labor
Cleveland
Committee On Law
Cooperative Board
Workman
Powderly
Griffiths
Charles H. Litchman
Marblehead
Mass
Frederick Turner
Knights of Labor Assembly
General Executive Board
Thomas B. Barry
John W. Hayes
William H. Bailey
A. A. Carleton
T. B. McGuire
Ira H. Aylesworth
Mr. Powderly
Ford
Minneapolis, Minn
Beaumont
Litchman
Congressional
Death of Dr. Abbott Marks End of an Era in Berlin
Dr Abbott the American dentist and head of the profession, aged as the oldest member of the American colony in Berlin, has died. Cable news correspondents in Bulgaria are expelled by government order. The Siberian escape of Nihilist conspirator M De Gaieff who aided in the murder of Lt Col Sudeiken is confirmed. Since June twenty Siberian prisoners, including two cavalry officers and several students, have escaped. Manchester merchants Jackson Brierly and Briggs suspend business with liabilities of 46000 pounds. The schooner George M Casa, from Chicago, foundered off Port Colborne with the captain, one seaman and the cook lost. Berlin reports exports to America for the year ended September exceed prior by 20,000,000 dollars.
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Dr. Abbott
Berlin
Bulgaria
Siberia
M. de Gaieff
Sudeiken
Jackson, Brierly & Briggs
Manchester
Eng
George M. Casa
Port Colborne
Ont
Mth
William Daily
Cook
Germany
America
Nominations Won by Meiers Newitt and Roosevelt for NYC Mayor
The article notes formal letters accepting Democratic candidate Meiers Newitt and Republican candidate Roosevelt for New York City mayor. It also reports rail robbers on Missouri Pacific and Tron Mountain lines, a banking chief’s sudden death in Frankfurt, and a fire at Armony Hat injuring $1,000.
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Meiers
Newitt
Roosevelt
New York City
Missouri Pacific
Tron Mountain
Meyer Kamuren Borusemian
Frankfort
Germany
Ghastly Find: Woman's Mummy Discovered in Allegheny Dump
In Pirrspunen Pennsylvania on October 14 a box at the Allegheny City garbage dump yielded a dried female mummy. Detectives traced the box to Pittsburgh Female College where a Peru mummy had been stored in the cellar. The find, believed 3,000 years old, caused a sensational alert and inquest.
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Allegheny City
Pirrspunen
Allegheny
New York
Pacific Mail
Adams Express Company
Pittsburgh Female College
L C. Pershing
Peru
South America
College
Wheat bears trend in Minneapolis as cars scarce
Minneapolis reports record low No 1 hard wheat at 69 cents amid strong intake of 92,000 bushels last week. Elevators on the Milwaukee road say Dakota houses are nearly full and cars are scarce, slowing movement. Overall, receipts fall in the North while Duluth stockpiles rise, with 10 million bushels stored in Minneapolis St Paul and Duluth area versus 5.5 million a year ago.
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Minneapolis
Northwest
Milwaukee Road
Dakota
Red River Valley
Northern Pacific
Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis, St. Paul
National Laundrymen Convention Elects Officers in Cincinnati
The National Convention of Laundrymen met in Cincinnati on October 14. Officers elected include President William Lawrence of Minneapolis and Vice Presidents O K Reed of Philadelphia Ira Godfrey of Washington Major Taylor of Indianapolis J Stockwood of Evansville. The grievance committee found charges against firms for selling to Chinese were sustained and manufacturers must sign bonds of 500 dollars to prevent Chinese sales, with forfeiture for each sale. The afternoon debate on the report was heated.
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Cincinnat
William Lawrence
Minneapolis
Minn
O. K. Reed
Philadelphia
Ira Godfrey
Washington
Major Taylor
Indianapolis
Ind
J. Stockwood
Evansville
J. R. Purchase
Min
Catholic priest Arrested for Larceny in Boston
Rev. Father Lawrence W. Murphy of Cleveland was arrested for stealing a three dollar coat. He confessed a spree and said a woman's sack found on him was taken in revenge from a woman at a Boston hotel. He claimed suspension by the Archbishop but gave no grounds. He had letters from Buffalo priests and had recently skipped a fifty dollar hotel bill. He is suspected in a theft scheme involving hospital tickets and embezzlement of funds from Catholics.
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Boston
Lawrence W. Murphy
Cleveland
Father Murphy
Buffalo
Quincy House
Mysterious disappearance of city payroll records
Cincinnati authorities report the loss of payrolls for the street cleaning department from 1880 to 1885 except for twelve weeks. Clerks from the Board of Public Affairs search old records for the Street Cleaning Department to aid ongoing investigations. The missing payrolls hinder experts and complicate the inquiry.
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Cincinnati
Board of Public Affairs
Board of Public Works
Mystery shooting near Houston Missouri claims Ella Williams life
In Houston Missouri on October 14 Mrs Ella Williams was shot in bed beside her husband amid unclear circumstances. A house boarder heard the shot and her husband cry burglars but no intruder evidence was found. Williams suspects a targeted shot possibly linked to prior quarrels.
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Houston
Ella Williams
Williams
Conviction of Dynamiters Sparks Death Threats to Officials
Jurors in the Anarchist trial and officials including Judge Gary States Attorney Grinnell and Captain Schaack receive threatening letters. Messages threaten murder, describe weapons, and are filed with authorities as part of a nationwide security concern. Police increase patrols while investigators identify and pursue suspects in a widening case.
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Cutcaco
W Eance
Gary
Grinnell
Captain Schaack
Trench
the Informa
Remains of Salmon P. Chase Laid In Cincinnati Music Hall
The remains of Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase arrived in Cincinnati on a special train and were escorted to Music Hall for ceremonies. Gov. Foraker accepted the casket for Ohio after addresses by Benjamin Butterworth and Hoadly, with speeches by Justice Matthews and Dr. Hall. The procession then proceeded to Spring Grove where Chase was buried.
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Cincinnati
Chase
Washaimesrton
Smith
Music Hall
Catharine Chase Sprague
Benjamin Butterworth
Ohio
Foraker
Hoadly
Stanley Matthews
John Hall
New York
Spring Grove
Kate Chase
Rumors Trade Of Mexico Near Civil War
El Paso reports circulating rumors of a new Mexican civil war with claims of assassinations and disappearances. Reports say ex President Gonzales was killed is unconfirmed while Romero Rubio Diaz interior minister reportedly kidnapped. Government censored and cipher bulletins sent from Paso del Norte. Comminent danger expected.
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el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Gonzales
Romero Rubio
Diaz
Fresnillo
Zacatecas
Paso del Norte
Box Found Buried With 30000 in Bonds Linked to Old Charge
Workmen digging in Kearney township near Newark New Jersey unearthed a strong box buried three feet deep containing 30000 in canceled Kearney township bonds. Ten years earlier treasurer Charles Smith faced charges of robbing the township of 25000, claiming refunds of bonds, with the securities later found missing. An investigation is planned and Smith is expected to be exonerated.
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New York
Kearney Township
Newark
N. J
Kearney
Charles Smith
Smith
Prairie Fires Ravage Southern Manitoba Damaging Towns
A traveler reports widespread prairie and forest fires across Argyle South Cypress and South Norfolk causing heavy damage. The Tiger Hills area burned timber cover and two Icelanders are missing. Many farmers lose everything and stock may drop as farmers sell off.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Argyle
South Cypress
South Norfolk
Tiger Hills
Beef and sheep slaughterhouse strike widens at Armour yards
Chicago dispatch reports Armours beef butchers and 1500 meat processing workers walk out after District Assembly No 57 declares a strike. Negotiations fail as Packers' Association rejects compromise. Pinkerton detectives boosted. guards placed at packers residences on Michigan avenue amid talks of a Chicago beef and pork boycott.
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Cmcaco
Armour
District Assembly No. 57
Nelson Morris
Morris & Swift
Barry
P. D. Armour
Samuel W. Allerton
Packers’ Association
Detroit
Richmond
Chicago
Pinkerton
Michigan Avenue
Quebec Returns Show Liberal Lead With 23 Liberals
By 3 am Friday, forty three of sixty five Quebec constituencies reported. Liberals have 23 seats to 20 for Conservatives with Liberal majority expected between 10 and 15 seats. Late returns from remote districts are slow.
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Montrerat
Quebec
Knights of Labor clash delays knit mills decision
In Conors on Oct 16 a key point in the mills’ plan to resist Knights of Labor action was clarified. The mills will reopen Monday but Knights must withdraw from their assemblies to be hired, after the executive board met Thursday to decide further action.
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Conors
Order of the Knights of Labor
Order of Knights of Labor
Order
Northwest Council opens at Regina reports Territorie farming and schools
Lieutenant Governor Dewdney told the Regina meeting that 137 townships in the Territories show 71 951 acres under cultivation and 1 400 acres newly broken. He noted ninety schools with 2 789 pupils and said Indians are contented and cooperative with whites.
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Winnipeg
Man
Northwest Council
Regina
Dewdney
Territories
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Steele
Fred. L. Rosemonye
Steele & Rosemond
Attorneys-At-Law
Old National Bank
J.M. Bushfield
Rainey Block
Court House
Canbridge
Ohio Apt
W. A. Carpentere
Cambrider
Davis Block
Sam’l C. Lugcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
W. D. Craig
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Hi, Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott, Attorneys-At-Law
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S. S. Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Mark Tf
Cumberland Tannery
Gko
E. McEndrer
Jamz
Cumberland
McPede
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
Aple
Physicians and Surgeons
WH. T. Ramsey
Ri. B
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Providence Tioshey
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D
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Aplessly
J. M. McGill
City Drug Store
Adams Building
Camebridge
Myli
Joseph Morton
Eagle Hotel
Herring
Brown House
Cambridge, Ohio
C. Kyle
Taris
Central Hotel
L. J. Cutter
Diain St., Cumberland, O
Arcade Hotel
W. A. Gill
Exchange Hotel
Caldwell, Ohio
John W. Robinson
Raires Etoush
Garrer Market
Kirk
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Zanesville, Ohio
Farmers’ Hotel
Qu Will Street
Wm. Mainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Cor. Broadway and South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smitit, Prop’r
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City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
Ozier's
H. H. Veitch
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
T. Co. Stanley
Etanser
Ogier
Aply Ste
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Point Pleasant
Seneraville
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Marshall
Foreign Intelligence
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M. E
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Mags
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Glenview
Louisville
Leaper
London
Thames
Ohio Powder Works
James Pavley
Stevenson
National Convention of Laundrymen
Triest
Young Bride
Pierre
Aldine Square
Mr. Grinnell
Souie
Messrs
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Furthmann
James Banfield
Salmon P. Chase
Washington City
Leake
Burratto
West Shore
Buffalo, New York
John Edwards
Lehigh
Bayview
Jacob Dietch
Annie
Jacob
Quinn
Queen City Rowing Club
Emma B
Porter Avenue
Emanual Baptist Church
Thirteenth
Rhode Island
Cty
Northwest Territories
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