Wide World Briefs Chronicle Early 1880s Turmoil and Tragedies
A distracted mix of dispatches reports thwarted plot near Albany Wisconsin a fatal mine blast at Port Royal Newton Pa and mass injuries from a St Thomas Ontario railroad crash. Russian moves on elections in Sofia and Bursa. smallpox scare at Desplaines Street Court. panicked stampede after Pinkerton plot rumors. fires in Pennsylvania Michigan and New Hampshire. counterfeiting in Chicago. opium smuggling via Canadian Pacific. prolific fires and lynching in Kentucky. rail lines offer free haul to eastern fairs. James Young lynched. Cleveland visits planned for October United States drift toward reform and travel.
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Albany
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
eS _ Leer
Port Royal
Newton
George Susser
Prince
Desplaines Street
Chicago
St. Thomas
Ontario
William Davauentry
Apollo
Pennsylvania
Moshen
McDonald
Mayon Francis
St. Louis
Cleveland
Jovis
Atlantic
St. Nazaire
Greensburg
Pinkerton
Lessenring
H. 8
Brices
Boston
Brockwayville
Whiile
Henry Holstone
Crystal Falls
Mich
Sheaton
Ill
Sheboygan
Janesville
Flint
Port Huron
Waupaca
Wisconsin
Episcopal Church
Apaam Racks
Henry
Capt
Porter
United States Secret Service
Rack
Luke
Tue
Treasury Department
Victoria
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific
United States
Lake Bluff
Colquitt
Georgia
South
Maine
Kansas
Alabama
Coldwater Cart Company
Coldwater
Michigan
Centre Harbor
New Hampshire
James Young
Salt Lake City
Land Department
Joan Thomas
Elsie Turner
Union City
Kentucky
Rock Island Railroad
A. B. Hunt
New York Stock Exchange
M. E. Dervis
Bulgarian cabinet formed as Stoiloff leads interim gov
A cable dispatch reports M. Stoiloff as President of the Council and interim Finance Minister with M. Natchevica as Foreign Affairs Minister, M. Tchomakoff Public Instruction, M. Stranskey Interior, Maj. Petroff War and orders to release political prisoners amid Bulgaria throne crisis. The German press claims Ferdinand is German. Also notes Hennessey confirmed as Mauritius Governor General, Lieut. Young jailed for eight months, Krupp dies, and the German crown prince improves in London.
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Bulgaria
M. Stoiloff
M. Natchevica
M. Tchomakoff
M. Stranskey
Interior
Maj. Petroff
Ferdinand
Bismarck
John Pope Hennessey
Mauritius
Lieut. Young
Herr Krupp
Essen
Tne
London
Gunpowder Explosion At Massowah Kills Ten Italians
Ten Italian soldiers died and seventy were wounded when a massive gunpowder explosion struck Massowah. Property valued at two hundred thousand dollars was destroyed in the blast. Justice O'Brien told the County Kerry Grand Jury that Ireland is under the grip of a lawless organization, identified as the National League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massowah
O’brien
County Kerry
Ireland
National League
President and Mrs Cleveland at Clinton centennial reception
The President and Mrs Cleveland attended Clinton New York centennial events on Wednesday. They visited the Williams residence and gave a short afternoon address in the park recalling Clinton youth. They later attended a banquet and hosted a toast as part of the festivities. General Cameron sailed for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Elizabeth Cleveland
Holland Patent
Gome
Cleveland
Clinton
N. Y
O. S Williams
United States
Simon Cameron
Europa
Richard Rowoeitt
Carlinville
Washington Park Racetrack
Chicago
Mia Cleveland
William M. Cleveland
Adler Creek
Cape Vincent
St. Lawrence
Williams
College Hill
Buffalo
Benoni Butler
Financial and Industrial Third Quarter Dispatch
A Washington dispatch reports government receipts this month at 10 693 567 and expenditures at 15 561 102 including nearly 12 million in pension payments, leaving a deficit of 7 807 553. Bonds redeemed total 15 000 250 with 1 526 066 remaining. called bonds outstanding 5 800 450. In Cincinnati a decree forfeits Fidelity Bank charter, placing assets in receivership and dissolving attachments since government takeover. Cranningham & Sons assign assets to avoid asset sacrifice. liabilities about 1 000 000, 100 000 unsecured. Everson & Co. Pittsburgh assign with 200 000 liabilities and 400 000 assets. long coke strike cited as main cause.
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Washington
United States
Cincinnati
Fidelity Bank
Winthrop R. Cranningham & Sons
New York
Philadelphia
William H. Everson & Co
Pittsburg
Political platform and convention notes on liquor, suffrage, land, and division
The Dakota Division and Admission Convention at Huron adopts platform points calling for separate action on liquor, 2 cent per mile rail fares, postal savings banks, public lands for settlement, woman suffrage, stricter enforcement of anti liquor laws in schools, and division on the seventh parallel. It also opposes admission as a whole and urges a public vote on state boundaries, while praising Dawes efforts to open the Sioux Reservation. A Columbus dispatch notes Judge Thurman declining a gubernatorial nomination and asking not to be named at the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota Division and Admission Convention
Huron
Congress
People of the Union
Dawes
Great Sioux
Secretary of the Interior
Columbus
Thurman
Tam
Outhwaite
Linn
Farmers accuse Manitoba Railway of blocking grain transport
The National Railway Commission reports farmers in Nelson district complain the Manitoba Road withholds car supply for wheat removal, accuse local press of muzzling, say free passes are used, and allege elevator owners control wheat pricing through railroad collusion, seeking Interstate Commission action. The Interstate Commission has effectively dismissed Dakota farmers' complaints against Manitoba Railway for denying grain transport.
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Nelson
D. T
Manitoba Road
Interstate Commission
Dakota
Manitoba Railway Company
Fires and Accidents Hit Hurley and Ontario Rail Line
Fourteen bodies recovered from the Alcazar theater ruins in Hurley Wisconsin with total deaths reaching seventeen and large property losses. Three midshipmen from Canada’s ship Canada disappear after a harbor sail from Halifax amid high seas. An excursion train collision at St Thomas Ontario with a freight train causes fire, destroying Griffin’s warehouse coal and lime sheds and John Campbell’s dwelling. engineer Donnelly buried in wreck.
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Hurley
Wisconsin
Her Majesty's
Canada
Halifax
London and
Port Stanley
St Thomas
Ontario
Canada Southern
Griffin
John Campbell
Donnelly
Fire wrecks and wrecks claim many lives in multiple disasters
A passenger train derailed in an excursion crash after which about a dozen people died and many were burned beyond recognition. Fires destroyed the St Lawrence sugar refinery in Montreal and damaged Bath Maine shipyards and several vessels with heavy losses. Baltimore mills and warehouses suffered ice damage while Philadelphia's Louis Bergdoll brewery burned. Eddyville cement works and a Carbondale incident also reported severe injuries to Mrs John A Logan after a buggy accident.
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St. Lawrence
Montreal
Bath
New England
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Louis Bergdoll Brewery
Lawrence Cement Works
Eddyville
Carbondale (Nl
John A. Logan
Henry Campbell
Robbery on Wabash Manager Hayes Special Car Near Strawn
A bold train robbery on the Wabash Manager Charles M Hayes special car occurred near Strawn Illinois. Porter and passenger agent Crane were threatened. Crane compliant, robbers fled with cash and Crane’s watch and chain after a stumble and a bell triggered alarm. In Washington, Joseph C Kennedy was murdered by John Daily in a premeditated street crime. Daily claims revenge for an old injury.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Charles M Hayes
Wabash Road
St Louis
Hayes
Knight
Crane
Mr. Crane
Joseph C. Kennedy
Washington
John Daily
Daily
Kennedy
President's Letter Seen as Plan to Create Grand Army Discord
Washington Cor Inter Ocean reports that supporters claim the Presidents letter declining a St Louis visit signals a scheme to split the Grand Army of the Republic. They insist the organization unites Republicans and Democrats and remains not political, while criticizing Cleveland’s wartime views and urging unity among veterans.
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St. Louis
Grand Army
Washington Cor
Inter Ocean
Union
Cleveland
Tuttle
Calhoun
Prohibition clash ends in near miss. education notes from Chicago
Wellborn dispatch reports W E Farquhar fired at Dr J F Eves with a Ballard rifle after a heated exchange on the prohibition amendment. the ball lodged in the wall behind the speaker's head as Eves concluded to applause. The American Educational Association in Chicago elects Aaron Gove president.
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Wellborn
Texas
W. E. Farquhar
J. F. Eves
Farquhar
American Educational Association
Chicago
Aaron Gove
Colorado
H. Rh. Beveridge and Co
Montreal
National Educational Association
State Legislatures
Congress
South
National Bureau of Education
William Jamey
Rowan County
Kentucky
Henry
Lancaster
Wis
Morehead
Craig Tolliver
Battle Flags and the Hen That Was Not Ready to Set
Bob Burdette uses a metaphor of a hen and battle flags to rail at President Cleveland over returning captured battle flags. He contrasts veterans who freely return flags with a critic who meddles as a “jobber,” arguing the hen was not ready to set and the president’s meddling caused national uproar. The piece blends satire and political opinion with vivid rural imagery and personal asides about family.
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Washington
Mexico
Buffalo
Bob Burdette
Philadelphia
Charles Godfreyeland
Josh Billings
Cleveland
Canada
Jefferson
Abraham
Setting Up the Pins for Cleveland Opinion Piece
The Chicago Tribune argues that Grover Cleveland must win broad public support in 1888 to avoid a political disaster. It cautions against renominating him via manipulation and stresses genuine popularity, noting past party missteps and the need for strong statesmanship amid labor and industry pressures.
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Grover Cleveland
Harrison
Taylor
Tilden
Burchard
New York
Hayes
Conkling
Cleveland
John C. Tremont
District of Columbia
United States
Europe
Chicago Tribune
Rascality in Office and Party Comparisons
The piece argues Democrats claim Republican dishonesty in office, noting Bacon defalcation and Harvey forgeries. It analyzes historical federal losses, citing per thousand figures under various presidents, and references Tweed era suits and New York City theft estimates to contrast party accountability.
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Harvey
Treasury
Washngton
Garfield
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
Cleveland
van Buren
New York
Harrison
Tyler
Polk
Taylor
Killmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Taintor
Tweed
Washington Dispatch
President Cleveland Speaks at Clinton Centennial
President Cleveland attends Clinton centennial exercises after arriving from Holland Patent. He recalls early schooling in Clinton, honors local neighbors and teachers, and delivers remarks on American sovereignty and the duties of leadership.
Jagged Jokes and Innuendo in a Fragmented Cartoon
A row of brittle witticisms and quips about bachelors and flower beds, a wheelbarrow bearer mocked on the sidewalk, and exchanges on compliments and sarcasm. Bromley and Pompano appear in a curio of dialogue with a northern dialect exchange about a kitchen remark.
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Bromley
Pompano
Mary
Mike
Wren
Partia
Ohio State News patents list and county items
The Ohio State News lists patents issued to Ohio inventors including Baker Toledo Clouse Toledo and Jeffrey Columbus. It also reports Buckeye Pipe Line field June results with wells drilled and runs, a patrol wagon in Xenia, cattle disease near Findlay, a Dayton Lunatic Asylum incident, a Dayton and Ironton Railroad accident, riots in Youngstown, a clergy trial in Tiflin, court rulings on Harrison monument funding, and various local incidents across Ohio.
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Ohio
D. R. Baker
Cincinnati
Albert Claypool
Toledo
Jos. N. Clouse
Harry B. Cox
Augustus L. Duwellius
Josiah Espy
Xenia
Benj. F. Fertick
J. A. Jeffrey
Columbus
Wm. Gepford
D. E. Martin
Sycamore
Walter 8. Mendenhall
8. C. Tatum & Co
Bath
Jacob Miller
Canton
Charles R. Patterson
Greenfield
Bill Coupling
Henry Ruppel
Dangler Stove and Manufacturing Co
Cleveland
James A. Sampsell
Elyria
Walters
Shine
Minerva
Ferdinand W. Starr
Springfield
Homer Stewart
Beaver Falls
M. E. Frederick
East Liverpool
M. Lawrence
Salem
James Timms
R. M. Round
Carl G. Toense
Samuel Toomey
Canal Dover
George P. Vicken
Wilmington
Northwestern
Buckeye
Lima
Findlay
North Baltimore
St. Mary’s
Samuel Mosier
Miss Martin
Kate Duffy
Dayton Lunatic Asylum
Irondale
Jefferson County
Sam Greer
Dayton and
Ironton
Fairview
Greer
Washington, D. C
Youngstown
Pittsburgh and
Kelly
Elizabeth Casey
John Casey
Washington D. C
Casey
Christophery
St. Patrick and Liberty
Tiflin
Bell
Holbrook
Mount Vernon
Marcellous Walter
Pleasantville
Superior Court of Cincinnati
President Harrison
Amos Dickeson
Shull & Parker
Neal Maloney
Dan Gregan
Nancy Drinkle
P. Clay Drinkle
Lancaster
Fred Shultz
Tim Butler
Bellaire
Henry Burriss
Hamilton County
Board of Control
Minster
Benjamin Budde
Wilkins
L. Paul
Ottawa
Ohio Nations Guards
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the Express Publishing Company
Esme Marie Caro
National Railway Commission
Akan
Mesa
Milwaukee
Eccesscsee
Indianapolis
Rascality
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Clinton, N. Y
Paris Hill
Drs. Bissell
Scollard
Aera
A. C. Hopkins
Root
Clinton Scollard
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