New York and Canada News Mixed with Political Edges
A compendium of notes covers a partyline view on New York State politics, Canadian rebellion leader Louis Riel, shipwreck near Port Arthur with heavy loss, and a dynamited monument. It reports on Montreal vaccination fears, the Philadelphia temperance debate, and Ohio political maneuvers around Sherman and Foraker.
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Riet
Jerr Davis
Louis Riel
Canada
New York Herald
Riel
National politics and Ohio miner strike tensions in 1888
The editorial urges balanced Senate action on President Cleveland's late appointments, warning against partisan clashes and calling for merit focused confirmations. It questions the influence of corrupt figures like G. H. Bargar and notes the Hocking Valley strike, with 3,000 to 4,000 miners seeking higher pay and potential use of machinery to end wildcat stoppages.
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Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Philadelphia
Prohibition Party
St. John
New York Independent
Congress
Senate
United States
G.H. Bargar
United States Pension
Borgar
Charman
Democratic State Committee
John R. McLean
Stewart Insurance
Hocking
Columbus
Miners’ Union of
Indiana
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Hocking Valley Railroad Company
Union
Pension Agent Bargar tied to Stewart fraud exposed
An Ohio report accuses G. H. Bargar, former General Assembly member and now U S Pension Agent, of conspiring with Haddie Stewart to defraud John G. Stewart's creditors after a Coshocton banker failed. Stewart claims Bargar acted as attorney. the pair allegedly sent blank proofs of death to the insurer. The incident led to disgorgement and questions about confirmation of Bargar’s appointment.
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Tuscarawas Chrontele
Bargar
Costrocronx Ace
Turkey
G. H. Bargar
General Assembly
Democratic State Executive Committee
U. S
Haddie Stewart
John G. Stewart
Coshocton
Ohio
Stewart
Mon
Miss Stewart
Spirit Land
Cleveland
U.S
Senate
Grits new name for Canadian revolutionaries.
Notes by the Wayside recounts various items from politics to society. It notes Canada’s revolutionary party adopting the name Grit, Queen Victoria’s long London night absence, diamond price drops, and other scattered tidbits involving figures like John McCollough, Herbert Spencer, and President Cleveland.
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John McCollough
Jameston
C. T
McClellan
New York
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Sunday Capital
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Lark
Kiesewetter
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Sherman
Foraker
Columbus Dispatch
Republican Committee
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Daniel Boyd
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J. E. Hamilton
Coshoct
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Harpers’ Magazine
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Ghirlandajo
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Roger
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Albert Durer
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Constance F. Woolson
Charles Egbert Craddock
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Edwin Arnold
William Black
R. D. Blackmore
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Brander Matthews
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Bob Ingersoll
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