Investigating Strikes Hear Gould Testimony in New York
The Senate inquiry on labor and education hears Jay Gould recount his life from Roxbury New York to railroads and telegraphs. He outlines his control of Western Union and Union Pacific and argues private enterprise could better handle mail and telegraph services than a government system.
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Wbession
New York City
United States
Benne
Bob
Jay Gould
Roxbury
N. Y
Renssinaer & Saratoga
Ohio
Uinois
Indiana
Ichizgan
Missouri
Arkansas
Indian Territory
Texas
Lousiana
Mexico
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
New Orleans
American Union
Western Union
General Eckert
Gould
Goulda
Walton
Western Union Company
Ia‘bor
Rullronda
John Swinton
National Board of Industry
Education and PubliJc
Belgium
Pino Loo
Govement Shoud Institute
Poeta Ginks
John Jarret
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Jarrett
Pennsylvania
Gd Works
William Martin
Ottaburgh, Ry
William Wolko
Pittsburgh
Olevi
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
Aldrich
George
L. Kimball, Jr
Fall River
F. G. Strens
H. C
Flenner
Hubert Howerd
Diderent Mills
Thove
Vlade Mills
Chase Mills
Canada
England
Robert Howard
Pugh
Harris Woolen Company
Social Company
Woonsocket
R. I
Woonsocket Mill
H. A. Mongevao
Ashton
Ars Cuntarsally
Free Batha
South Manchester Millson
Turbulent Early August News From Across the Nation
Reports recount hangings in Florence Alabama for Robbery and murder. Treasury totals show gold and silver in Washington at month end with notes and certificates. Disasters include a Wabash Road wreck near Wright Missouri and fires in Boston area and Joliet region. Baseball standings see Providence Cleveland and Chicago atop leagues.
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Tuttle
Riverside
Florence
A. T
Treasury
Washington
United States
Tus
Pacer
Standing Rock
Frank Mason
Wabash Road
Wright
Providence
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
Tse
G. E. Kennedy
Youngstown
Greorge
Edwards
Miss
Howell
Samuel Bulger
Maysville
Knights of Labor session in Cincinnati and national political moves
The Knights of Labor annual session met in Cincinnati with T. V. Powderly presiding. Antour arrived in Chicago from Yellowstone Park. The New York Greenbackers met in Rochester naming Beecher for Secretary of State Post for Attorney General Halsey for Comptroller Winne for Treasurer Stillman for Engineer. Edward Stabler died in Sandy Springs Maryland. Republican Invincibles nominated Lincoln for President in 1884. Frank James acquitted in Missouri. Hayes elected president of the Social Science Association in Saratoga. Arthur arrived in Washington from a Western tour.
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Tas General Assembly
Knights of Labor
Canada
United States
Cincinnati
T. V. Powderly
Antour
Chicago
Yellowstone Park
Grand Pacific Hotel
Greenbackers
Rochester
Thomas K. Beecher
Louis A. Post
G. L. Halsey
Julian Winne
Eidsward A. Stillman
Edward Stabler
Sandy Springs
Tax Republican Invincibles
Philadelphia
Sth
Robert T. Lincoln
Illinois
Frank James
Gallatin
Frank McMillan
Saratoga
N. Y
Social Science Association
Hayes
Arthur
Washington
Novelist Jun P Suara Killed by Runaway in Connecticut
The writer Jun P Suara was killed on the 7th in New Hartford Connecticut when struck by a runaway vehicle. Police and investigators are treating the incident as a fatal collision and are reviewing witness reports.
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Bins
Jun P. Suara
New Hartford
Conn
Fires destroy Bailincourt village and raft tragedy reported
Across Europe and the Americas brief items note a burn wreck in Bailincourt Belgium and a drowning of Arthur Hoon and two pupils after a raft sank. Other dispatches mention Chinese troops in Tonkin, Ischia quake forecast, cholera at Suez reopened, and a Viking cattle disaster near Shallop Creek.
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Belgium
Hones
Sre
Arthur Hoon
Halifax
Griffith’s Lake
Seunts
Germany
Tonquin
Manwoop
London
Suez Canal
Cairo
Fats
Ischia
The
Sun
Newfoundland
Giro
Shallop Creek
Lampart
Boston
Guaymas
Mexico
Russia
Grand Trunk Road
John Martin
Hamilton
Ont
Quebec
Across Regions News items of frosts floods fires and politics
Great frost damage hits crops in Michigan Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin. Yellow fever cases rise at Pensacola navy yard. Rio Tina unrest in Croatia. Forest fire in Massachusetts towns burns about 700 acres with near 100000 dollars loss. Kentucky election result shows Knott lead. Freight train wreck injures workers in Colorado. Final North Pacific rail spike completed linking Duluth to Tacoma.
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Georgina
Boston and i
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Cincinnati
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Rochester
N. Y
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East Weymouth
Mass
Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Tuere
Pensacola Navy Yard
Dakota
Bimarck
Missouri
St. Louis
Boston
Ax Scottsboro
Ala
Ramuel MacGuinn
New York City
H. Duprey
Riverton
Ill
Hoyland
Carrie Wardmayer
Raritan River
New Brunswick
N. J
Amelia Weaver
Joan C. Dwinatns
Montgomery County
Ind
Gtu
Niagara Rapids
Pensacola
Fla
Lancaster
Amite County
Miss
Robert Dunn
Jobn Johnson
Egg Harbor
Groton
United States
Milwaukee
Scranton
C. W. Alliger
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Round Lake
Troy
BG Dan & Co
Frank Suetton
Greenboro
Als
Borvilla Parish
Henry Dickerson
Henry Steele
Canada
New England
Middle
Western
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Navy Yard
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Ayer
Littleton
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Knott
Morrow
Irish National League
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Ireland
Mth
Michael Davitt
Contenrl Davin P. Honnaway
Indiana
Washington
Lincoln
Agram
Croatia
Kenosha Mountain
Colorado
Hanry Maxse
Newfoundland
St. Johns
James Brycer
Henry Ferris & Sons
New York Brewers
Mullan Tunnel
Rocky Mountains
Northern Pacific Railroad
Villard
Duluth
Tacoma
Last Spike Forges Polar Trail Across the West
Helena reports the completion of the Northern Pacific Railroad with President Villard driving the golden spike near the Mall Tunnel. William Evarts traces the road’s history from 1835 Asa Whitney to Perham, Smith, and Willard, noting 2,654 miles of track with branches. The ceremony includes speeches, telegraph confirmation from Brainerd and New York, and celebrations marking a national railroad milestone.
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New York
Helena
M.T. Fent
Mall Tunnel
Rocky Mountains
Northern Pacific
Sir Wilard
Duluth
Tacoma
Begrand
William BM. Evarts
New York City
Asa Whitney
Congress
Great Lakes
Colwmbia River
Josiah Perham
New England
Perham
The
West Company
Smlith
Vermont
Jay Cooker
Evarts
Thompson's Junction
Willard
Puget Sound
Western Union
Chicago Banks Refuse to Handle New Postal Orders
Banks in Chicago led by the National and private Clearing House Association voted to stop receiving new postal notes on deposit. Officials cited extra labor and risk in endorsing and verifying margins and expiry dates. Postal orders will be cashed at post offices to save bank labor, though merchants expect widespread use despite the move.
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Chicago
ChicaGco
Chicago Clearing Nose Association
Gage
First National
Banka
Ar Gage
Parker, D. T
Jewelry Robbery at Meripen Store Breaks Safe
Burglars loot the M. Mather jewelry store in Meripen Connecticut on Sunday morning Sept 10 opening the safe with cutting tools. About one hundred gold and silver watches and seal rings valued over 4000 dollars were taken. The adjacent H Brooks & Co stationers area was also entered and about 800 dollars in cash stolen.
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Meripen
Conn
M. Mather
H. Brooks & Co
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