Across the Atlantic and political upheavals abroad
Naval ventures depart for New York while a small Norwegian canoe seeks an Atlantic crossing. Writs trigger tax protests in Limerick and rioting fears. Irish party choices in Parliament loom over the franchise bill. Britain reopens Parliament as Gladstone prioritizes franchise reform. Chilean Commander Don Patricio Lynch dies. French Catholic discontent grows over papal appointments. Paris eyeing public gaming houses. Croatico gendarmes block Diet seating in Agram. Cairo Nile expedition costs rise with coal and transport bills. King Alfonso orders 400 Madrid homes for the poor. Davitt pushes Lords abolition. Hyde Park hears a 100000-strong Radical demo. Egypt’s army shrinks to 4000 with 18 English officers. Col Stewart massacre claims persist. Columbus delegates plan to carry on the fight through Nov 4. Utica stalwarts oppose Blaine. Electoral tally outlines 401 votes. Butler warns of penalizing speculative activity. Ohio and Chicago election events show party strengths. Blaine-Logan rally in Chicago contrasts with Democratic Battery D. Logan and Hendricks address large crowds as parades unfold.
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Cairo
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Irish National League
House of Lords
Hyde Park
Stewart
Merawi
Notable early 19th century figures in varied incidents
Samuel T Boone arraigned for assault on Gov Cleveland but dismissed after the governor declined to prosecute. Minnie Cummings awarded 25600 in damages for arrest on false charges. Jay Gould claims Union Pacific can gain Oregon Railway control to sever Northern Pacific from Portland. Andrew Crows, born 1794 in Vermont, dies at Beaver Dam after wartime service. Sir Moses Montefiore's 100th birthday celebrated worldwide. Lydia Clawson jailed for contempt. Clanton convicted. Wilbur F Storey, Chicago Times editor, dies after years of illness.
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Cleveland
Albany
Minnie Cummings
New York
Jay Gould
Union Pacific
Europe
Lydia
Clawson
Salt Lake
Clawton
Wilbur F. Storey
Chicago Times
Mr. Storey
Vermont
Financial Failures Dominate Week Across U S and Cities
Mcsuspended payments hit Freeman & Co Boston H D Cooke Co private bankers Washington large liabilities Loomis Lewis of Boomer Lewis Chicago and others. Weld Fay Boston fail. Landers Weinberg New York assign. Attendant court actions include sheriff levies on Kohn Makleska Craig Sobel & Sons and Marks Simon closure. Smoldering numbers show 234 failures that week with widespread cautious mood.
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Charles T. Dumont
Cincinnati
Crescent Label Company
St. Louis
Freeman & Co
Boston
H. D. Cooke & Co
Washington
Louisville
Thomas A. Lewis
Boomer, Lewis & Co
Chicago
Adolph Kohn
Makleska & Craig
Weld
Bradstreet’s Journal
Kansas
Philadelphia Iron Company
S. Kopelowich Bros. & Co
Syracuse
X. Y
Erie
Sobel & Sons
Adams & Allen
New York
John Gilmer Speed
Geo. T. Jackson & Co
Millers
Augusta
John A. Shober
Lancaster
Ohio vote totals for Secretary of State race reported
The Columbus dispatch records an Oct 74 election where 771 737 total votes were cast for Secretary of State. Gen Robinson received 391 462 votes and Newman 380 275, giving Robinson a majority of 11 187. The piece notes NYC Republicans as a separate item.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robinson
Newman
New York City
Fires and Disasters Hit Multiple Cities Across North America
A compilation of 19th century fire and accident reports details substantial losses and injuries. St Louis, Milwaukee, Manistee, Atoka, Platte City, and Fort Howard report fires causing millions in damages and several fatalities or injuries. Additional incidents include a train wreck attempt near Knoxville, a gashed bear valley shaft flooding, a steamboat fire on the Mississippi route, penitentiary fires, and a volcanic spread of forest fires quenched by rain with heavy property loss. Notable deaths include John Radcliff and Griffin Halstead.
Fire and accident brief from early reports
The firm lost goods valued at 125002 with insurance 110000. Stone stables at Samuel J. Tilden Greystone swept away by fre eTwo mine explosions at Youngstown Coke near Uniontown Pa. six men rescued two dead two fatally injured two slightly hurt and many others unaccounted. Wail of families described. Wabash Railway collision near Taylorville Illinois pits fourteen Italian immigrants seriously injured.
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Greystone
Youngstown Coke Company
Uniontown
Taylorville
Ill
Burglary Theft at Adams Express Office and Multiple Deaths
Reported crimes include a Woonsocket burglary stealing 11000 in bonds and coupons 4000 in checks and notes and 1000 in bank bills. A Davenport man shot himself after his wife refused reconciliation. A Newburgh barn fire killed two tramps. Jan Wasielewsky executed in San Jose for wife murder. Winnipeg firm member Frank Rigbey missing with forged notes. St Tammany Parish murders followed by a posse hanging four alleged accomplices. An Ohio man killed by his son in Pelphos. Howard Sullivan to hang December third for Ella Watson murder. Mrs Johnson of Granteville poisoned herself and two children. Captain Pickett shot dead by editor G W Cheves of Dawon.
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Adams Express Company
Woonsocket
KRL
Howard Sullivan
Salem
N. J
Ella Watson
Johnson
Granteville
W. Va
Twelve Victims Brought From Mine Disaster in Uniontown
Uniontown reports twelve bodies delivered to families raising the toll to fourteen dead and four injured from the mine explosion. authorities consider all victims accounted for, though remaining uncertainty persists.
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W. Q. Gresham
the Treasury
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Seventh Judicial Circuit
Hugh McCullough
Gresham
Treasury
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German Empire
Hamburg
Germany
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Worsley
Khartoum
Dongola
Wadly Halla
Ohio Supreme Court
Death of Wilbur F. Storey editor of the Chicago Times
Wilbur F. Storey, editor and proprietor of the Chicago Times, died at his Prairie avenue residence on October 27. The account highlights his long career in Michigan and Illinois, his rise from drug store owner to leading newspaper figure, and his relentless work ethic and influence in the press during the Civil War era.
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Chicago Times
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M panier _eaenees
Porte
Ind
Ciskootallinn
Ned Hannegan Enterprise
Story
Mishawaka
Jocsin
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Polkai
Taylor
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Michigan
Austin Blair
Detroit
Storey
Abe Mort
The
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Gearey
Chicago
Rank Copperhead
ESF
Paeae Ee Ea
Haaree Times
Dearborn Street
Times
Cannes
Isis
Philadelphia
Vincenner
Escayiet
Hancock Receives News Of His Death At Waterloo Night
Washington telegram recounts Gen. Hancock learning of his death after a long election day. Capt Burritt notes Hancock went to bed at seven, worn out, refusing to delay his rest to meet callers, saying “one to-night” while a visitor urged otherwise.
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The
Sunday Herald
Hancock
Unadjusted Accounts and War Claims Rise in 1884
The Second Auditor reports for the year ended June 30 1884 showing 41928 unadjusted accounts on July 1 1883 with 36112 for arrears and bounty. 25741 new lines of claim added. 919 for arrears of pay and bounty. 24600 of new claims disposed of, leaving 42681 unadjusted June 30. Recommendations aim to block future claims within one to two years. The report notes other items including Owens Murphy prize fight results and railroad steel car proposals.
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the Treasury
Ehun
Rood Gee
Opera glasses and glassmaking details reveal varied frames and prices
A survey from the New York Tribune describes opera glasses with six or twelve lenses, brass and aluminum frames, and mounts of mother of pearl to gilded heavy frames. Prices range from five to five thousand dollars, with exotic mounts like Persian gold and even diamond inlays.
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New York
Opera
Voigtaender
New York Tribune
Battles and quirks from Civil War days unfold
Anecdotes recall a Confederate colonel driving his men at Malvern Hill and a shell striking a Federal piece at Fair Oaks. A chaplain quotes Scripture over a mortally wounded private, while misread signals spark laughter. Crippled veterans push into Arkansas politics amid debates on eligibility and merit.
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Fair Oaks
Pope
Lee
V Valley
Sampson
John Pope
Leo
Potomac
Oyeburg
South Mountain
Are You Discouraged Betton Triceiler Ad Claims
An advertisement extols remedies such as Dr Pierce's Compound Extract of Smart-Weed for colic and dysentery and touts 1 000 instruments produced by the Ace and Hamlin Company. It asserts time saving from a machine and secret facilities with experienced workers, claiming superior organs at modest prices.
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Dr. Pierce
Ace & Hamlin
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