Political unity talks and imperial issues in Britain
England's new Parliament met with Speaker Peel re-elected. Liberal Unionists urged cooperation to pass useful laws and oppose secession. Chamberlain supported Hartington's plan for unity, saying it would unite the party. Also: Victoria sends a laurel wreath to Abbe Liszt's tomb and canal bonds draw 150000 subscribers. Hamburg police raid a socialist cellar, eight arrested, and a secret society documents case emerges. In Burma reinforcements prepare to subdue insurgents. Stuttgart gasoline explosion kills six and wounds many.
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England
Arthur Wellesley Peel
Lord Hartington
Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
President Cleveland to the Adirondacks for rest
Washington dispatch notes President Cleveland will leave within days for the Adirondacks where he spent last summer while Mrs. Cleveland will accompany him. Secretary Manning shows health improvement at Watch Hill.
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Washington
Cleveland
Adirondacks
Manning
Watch Hill
R. L
Martin H. Rice
Indiana
Grand Masonic Lodge
England
Prince of Wales
London
America
Henry C. Jarrett
Buenos Ayres
Sarah Bernhardt
Political notes and party nominations across states
A nationwide convention call from Indianapolis seeks a new party aligned with labor and reform groups. Reports cover elections and nominations in Mississippi Georgia Arkansas Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Kentucky Florida Missouri and Tennessee with figures, resignations, and platform aims.
Democratic State Ticket Wins and Court Roster Names
The Democratic State ticket is elected by 35 000 to possibly 40 000 votes. Successful Supreme Court candidates include Peter Turney Franklin County W C Caldwell Gibson W H Burton Montgomery B E Snodgrass Hamilton W C Folkes Shelby.
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Supreme Court
Peter Turney
Franklin County
W. C. Caldwell
Gibson
W. H. Burton
Montgomery
B. E. Snodgrass
Hamilton
W. C. Folkes
Shelby
U S financial notes show debt shrink and iron demand uptick
The Bradstreets weekly review reports week ending figures with a debt reduction of 9 million dollars in July and a rise in finished iron demand in Pittsburgh. Wheat and corn crop outlook improves while grain shipments push prices up and bank clearings fall from the prior week.
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United States
Bradstree
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
St Louis
Jordan
G A R Encampment in San Francisco Sets Attendance Record
The National Encampment of the G A R in San Francisco drew a record crowd as 2 641 new members joined and 8 029 died in the year. The event featured a grand welcome concert with 700 chorus singers and a banquet with Generals Sherman Logan and McMahon among attendees. Grand Army elected Lucius Fairchild as Commander in Chief and designated St Louis for the next meeting. Resolutions denounced polygamy.
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San Francisco
Buridette
Fred Grant
Oakland
Society of the Army of the Potomac
Sherman
Logan
McMahon
Stoneman
California
Bartlett
James A. Beaver
Pennsylvania
Horace C. King
New York
Col
Slyer
Missouri
Sparks
Grand Army of the Republic
Lucius Fairchild
St. Louis
Yacht Capsizes Off Portland Drowns Eight Absent Five Children
A yacht with eight aboard capsized in a sudden squall off Portland Maine. Seven drowned including five children Benjamin Whitten aged 7 Maud Whitten 12 Harry Cleveland 7 Emma Cleveland 11 Jane Masters 69 Well ington Masters 70. James Cleveland 15 survived. Mrs Cleveland fainted on another vessel and later lost reason. The captain and father rescued James.
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Portland
Wellington Masters
Jane Masters
Benjamin Whitten
Maud Whitten
Harry Cleveland
Emma Cleveland
Mr. Masters
James Cleveland
Oneida
N. Y
Phenix
Hartland
Kas
Lake Huron
Murder of Sioux City preacher linked to saloon war
The Rev. G. C. Haddock, Methodist leader against saloons in Sioux City Iowa, was shot dead while crossing a street at night. No suspect yet. authorities blame the saloon war. A Sioux City dispatch notes great public excitement. Also, A L Whittier the embezzling Boston lawyer is jailed in default of 30000 bail.
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G. C. Haddock
Sioux City
Iowa
Ben
A. L. Whittier
Boston
Remains of Samuel J. Tilden Laid Ready for Grave
The public viewed the late Samuel J. Tilden before burial as a procession formed for Yonkers and a special train to New Lebanon. President Cleveland and Secretary Endicott attended the funeral, with Rev. Dr. Tucker delivering the eulogy.
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Samuel J. Tilden
New York
Greystone
Samuel J. Randall
Charles A. Dana
William H. Barnum
William M. Evarts
Cleveland
Endicott and
Manning
Gov. Hill
W. J. Tucker
Presbyterian Church
Yonkers
New Lebanon
Washington
A. T. Lamphere
Coldwater
Mich
Netherlands
R. N. Frost
Jackson
Col
Fred Grant
Mount McGregor
Galena
St. Louis
Miles City
Montana
Con. W. P. Reno
Chicago
James Casey
Casey
Milwaukee
Ashland
Algoma
Baker
Johnson
Isle Royale
Paris
Mexico
United States
Valley Falls
R. I
Patrick Gallagher
Gallagher
Philo Capenter
West Division
Berlin
Metropolitan Street Car Company
Kansas City
Spies
Parsons
Cleveland’s Heartless Veto Sparks Outrage Across Parties
Private Dalzell denounces President Cleveland for vetoing pension bills, accusing him of political manipulation to win Southern support and renomination. The letter condemns his ridicule of Union soldiers, mocks their wounds, and likens the President’s conduct to historical tyrants, warning of lasting national shame.
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Etter
Dalzell
White House
England
Gover Cleveland
Andersonville
Jelle Isle
United States
Beecher
Talmage
Cleveland
House
Senate
Union
Grand Army of the Republic
Jefferson Davis
Duke of
Alva
Caligula
Controversy Over Dawson Appointment as U S Commissioner of Education
An Alabama lawyer Nathaniel H R Dawson of Selma is criticized as a poor choice for the U S Commissioner of Education. The piece attacks Southern Democrats for craving office and alleges hostility to free schools. It argues Northern or Western appointees would better lead the National Bureau of Education.
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Nathaniel H. R. Dawson
Selma
Ala
Democratic Party
Lamar
Uat
Interior Department
Zach Montgomery
United States
National Bureau of Education
Dawson
Appointment Seen as Insult to Educators Across Nation
Washington special notes critics view the appointment as a deliberate slight to teachers and scholars nationwide, sparking debate over its impact on higher education in Alabama’s smaller colleges.
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Alabama
Washington Special
Interrogatories on Pension Vetoes in Newcomb Parker Case
Washington special reports Senator Blair’s Pension Committee inquiry into the Presidents veto of a pension bill for Newcomb Parker. It questions why the President hides prior Pension Office rejection and alleges the claim was finally allowed only after Congress acted, implying political motive and improper influence.
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Blair
Washington
Committee On Pensions
Newcomb Parker
Commissioner of Pensions
Congress
Pension Office
Treasury Balance Debate Affirms Surplus Growth
The article criticizes Manning and Jordan for altering the monthly public debt statement to reduce apparent surplus. It argues the Democratic administration increased funds while the Jordan method hides liabilities. It cites March 4, 1883 and June 30, 1886 figures to claim surplus growth and alleges refusal to pursue monthly debt reduction.
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Treasury
Manning
Jordan
Arthur
National Bank Redemption Fund
Postoffice Department
Os Conésub Cvus Es Cahentneaaeasen
Betwen
Chicago Tribune
The Pusillanimous Bayard and the Bonne Bay Incident
The captain of the schooner Thomas F. Bayard reports being ordered out of Bonne Bay Newfoundland by customs and cites outraged treatment of a vessel bearing his name. The piece questions Secretary of State and the British handling, joking that a rename or different voyage might avoid insult.
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Thomas F. Bayard
Gloucester
Bonne Bay
Newfoundland
James G. Blaine
State Department
Chicago Tribune
President's Proclamation Mocked by Office Holders
An Inter Ocean critique declares the president’s proclamation as buncombe. It claims the presidency was secured through the logging of state and national officials and asserts Democratic officials will drive political maneuvering this year and next. It notes hundreds of notified cases but says that will end.
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Buncombe
United States
Inter Ocean
National lawmakers clash over Cutting case and river bills
Congress adjourned sine die after a sprawling session in which the House and Senate debated the Cutting detention case, river and harbor measures, pensions, and tax bills. President Cleveland defended the oleomargarine law while urging restraint on controversial issues.
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Senate
A. K. Cutting
el Paso del Norte
Bayard
Cutting
United States
Mexico
Congress
Inuate
Richmond
Dement
Utah
E. H. Kinman
Jacksonville
John Poreter
House of Representatives
House
Vonterrees
Hennepin
Cleve
Audent & Jessay
House of Representat Ves
Cleveland
Lhe
Jacob Romiser
Wilson
Mary J. Nottage
Hoar
Kenna
Gilson
Potomac
Rio Grande
Chicago
Adelard Guernon
Minnesota
George P. Sanford
Lansing
Mich
H. H. Porter
Dowagiac
Frank J. Mott
Denver
Thomas Cooper
Mlinois
Senat
W. H. Vanderbilt
Julia Dent Grant
Gen. Grant
William G. Bowman
Illinois
Leonard W. Chambers
William Carter
DeKalb
Edward Hawkins
Indiana
H. A. Beecher
Port Townsend
Hitt
Foreign Affairs Committee
Messrs. Crain
Texas
King
Louisiana
Brigham
Plumb
Sherman
Twlfth Michigan Volunteer Infantry
Iglotons
State Department
Congressional Library
Fort Scott
Kan
Los Angeles
Cal
West
Squire Hobbs Teaches Integrity Through Memory
A satirical piece questions display of vanity as a man walks with his sweetheart in town avoiding ice cream parlors. It suggests testing a friend by a five dollar loan and argues enduring fame comes from influencing others rather than carving a marble monument.
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Squire Hobbs
Itam Pekuleyer
Ohio vigilantes arrest a horse thief spotter and more
A long dispatch from Oxford reports a vigilante mob seized a man accused of spotting horse thieves and forced him to confess. The mob stopped at Mixerville and later released him, claiming the mistaken identity. The article also describes fatal accidents, suicides, jobs, and local legal actions across Ohio including disbarment proceedings, tornado damage in Columbus, and a gas well in Hamilton.
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Oxford
Glenwood
Ind
College Corner
Brookville
Mixerville
Etna
Washington D. H
Baltimore and Ohio
West Union
Elida
Columbus
Union Depot
Hamilton
Walnut and
Court Streets
Cincinnati
Gore
Toledo
Fremont
Fair
Lima
Ohio
Holmes
Brown
Ada
Findlay
North Liberty
Northwestern Ohio Firemen’s Association
Wapakoneta
Tiffin
Suffield
Marlboro
Darbyville
Circleville
Pickaway County
Aliance
Cleveland
Barnesville
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home
Sandusky
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Defiance Co. Express
D. T. Elmer
the News
Prasnal
Buffalo
Rollin R. Gregg
O'Reilly
Detroit
Irish Parliamentary Fund
Indianapolis
Knights of Labor
Grangers
National Greenbackers
Farmers’ Alliance
Hinds County
Miss
Henry G. Turner
Georgia
Amuel J. Kirkwood
Town
W. P. Johnson
Board of Indian Commissioners
South Carolina
Columbia
John P. Richardson
W. L. Mauldin
W. F. Lettner
W. E. Stoney
L. Bamberg
James H. Earle
J. H. Rice
A M. Manigault
The
Arkansas State Wheel
Chas. C. Cunningham
J. J. Bell
O. 8
Jones
T. J. Andrews
A. B. Marberry
C. F. Tobey
A. D. van Osdel
W.S. Holman
D. M. Stockflger
Jonas G. Howard
Rev
D. B. Gurney
Gabe Bouck
Wisconsin
J. B. McCreary
Kentucky
R. H. M. Davidson
Charles Dougherty
Florida
John Sobieski
Neosho
John W. Graham
Fillmore
Navy
Nashville Dispatch
Tennessee
Financial and Industrial
Nsovséscqscany Ves
Genie Ergougne
Ccceven
Cacapemess
Cscs Rose
POCOR
Cccecen Peusocncye
U.S
Sharon
Thomas G. Briggs
Toman
A. B. Thomson
Provident Savings Bank
Alfred Packer
Colorado
Expres
Bainbidge
E. D. Bundy
Spartansburg
Annie Hickman
Kitt Ross
Fort Smith
Ark
Jonathan Davis
Indian Territory
John Smith
Gallatin
William C. Gleason
Joseph Jump
Wallacetown
James McLain
Ella Davis
Deri Cpa Nevacbotccsi Herdebacse
Renee
Lee
Wab-Cpaeee
Waurat
Oate
Vevisersesiecine Liberty
National
Ohio State News
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