Storms and upheavals sweep Britain and Asia
Special cable reports a furious English storm with extensive damage feared in London. In Afghanistan Abdul Khan dismisses the governor at Herat, sparking unrest and rebel outbreaks in Cabul. in Egypt officials dispute Arabi Pasha’s role. Fires in St Petersburg lumber yards cause 2.5 million rouble losses. London weather worsens with wind sleet and rising floods. In Pittsburgh, Jarrett refuses to resign amid union tensions and boiler maker wage debate.
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London
Calcutta
Ameer
Afghanistan
Herat
Abdul Kahn
Bin
Catril
Cairo
Egypt
Alexandria
Arabi Pasha
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
England
Cambridge
Bais
Abbottsford
Carrierray
Kuone
Foxhall
Smugglers Foiled In Opium and Silk Ring
In San Francisco at the mail dock last night a boat received packages from the China steamer Arabia. A shot was fired, one boatman cried he was shot, and the crew dumped the cargo overboard. The packages contained opium and silks valued near 40,000. No smugglers were found.
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San Francisco
Arabia
Custom House
Jockey Club Races Open at Jersey City Meet
Jersey City hosts National Jockey Club races with Bootjack winning the first race and times listed. Compensa tion leads the second with General Monroe in second, and Feelijcia wins the third with Wanderer second. Also notes wage talks and a political nomination for Abram Hewitt.
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Jocky Club
Jersey City
N. J
National Jockey Club
Brunswick
Springfield
Compensation
General Monroe
Fair Count
Feelijcia
Wanderer
Empcress
RACES AT CONEY ISLAND END IN A DEAD HEAT
Races at Coney Island on October 24 opened with a five furlong dash won in a dead heat between Ten Mycon and Little Katie Adelgeria placed third with a 108 time for the stretch run.
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Coney Island
Tenmycon
Little Katie
Adelgeria
New York Items Chronicle Court Actions and Crimes
New York items summarize a default judgment of 1,299.31 in the Union Pacific case against Credit Modeler, a guilty plea by a bank clerk for false entries, a not guilty plea by John DeVoy to libel charges, and Produce Exchange support for canal toll abolition. Also reports on Mrs Scoville’s insanity trial, domestic tensions, a brutal assault by a Black man in Grand Forks, and a Semiaras Iowa note on a congressional race.
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New York
Union Pacific Railway Company
Gedit Modeler
Ameriles
Supreme Court
Charles J. Durant
Ames
Upton Pacific Railroad Company
Credit Madelier
William V. Brown
Poughkeepsie National Bank
John DeVoy
The
Irish Nation
August Batmont
Produce Exchange
Dea Grand Forks
Ysterday
Charles Soo
Conve
Barbank
Iowa
Congress
John H. A'hison
Slidell Heirs in Louisiana Sugar Claim Case
Acting Interior Secretary Joslyn urged the Attorney General to seek a Supreme Court motion to advance Sue Cares related to the Slidell heirs title to about 123000 acres of sugar land in Louisiana. The long pending claims have sat with land deputies for 75 years, a highly complex Interior Department matter since a former Attorney General decision sided against the claimants.
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Washington,d2
Joslyn
Brewster
Supreme Court
Louisiaus
John Sliddell
Interior Department
Justice Clifford
Collision on Lexington branch narrows train wreck
Independence Missouri October 24 A collision occurred today between a passenger train and a freight train on the Lexington branch of the Missouri Pacific narrow gauge. Two engines were wrecked on a short trestle. Fireman Patterson of the passenger engine was crushed and likely killed. Passengers were shaken and bruised as the cause cited was a conductor's slow watch.
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Independence
Lexington
Missouri Pacific
Patterson
Typhoon destroys homes in Manila and disrupts islands
Official dispatches from Manila report a powerful typhoon wrecking wooden and thatched houses, destroying barracks and government buildings, leaving sixty thousand families homeless while life loss remains small. Malay and Bontocan areas are devastated and communication with Luon towns is cut. New York scores show Hughes 212 against Hazael 202 at 8 p.m.
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Manilla
Madrid
New York
Hughes
Hazael
Rowell
Hart
Fitzgerald
Noremac
Harty
Panchot
Vint
Naval Officer William A. Parker Dies in Boston
Captain William A. Parker of the United States Navy died today in Boston after a long career. The death was reported as occurring in the morning, marking the loss of a distinguished naval officer who served with advance age.
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Boston
William A. Parker
United States Navy
Supreme court hears argument on Newton M Curtis habeas case
Washington Ont 24 The case concerns a Treasury Department employee in New York jailed under a federal indictment for receiving money for political purposes from coworkers. Counsel contends the court lacks jurisdiction, arguing Curtis was not an executive officer, and the law prohibiting political assessments infringes political and religious liberty and overreaches congressional power.
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Washington
Newton M. Curtis
United States Supreme Court
Gen. Smith
Treasury Department
Custom House
New York
United States Coruit Court
Southern District
United States
General Curtis
Ile
Smith
Ulief
Field
Harlan and Gray
Congress
Centennial Penn Landing Celebrated With Dense Processions
Philadelphia hosts a grand bicentennial tribute to William Penn with 150 vessels on the Delaware, a Danish bark replica of the Welcome, and a massive crowd along Dock Street. The event features reenactors from Swedes, Dutch, Indians, Friends, and British officers, followed by a parade down Broad Street. Police work to manage crowds amid festive gun salutes and riverfront pageantry.
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Philadelphia
Delaware
League Island
Penn
Frank le van Horn
Tennessee
William Penn
Edward C. Knlight
Bicentennial Association
Thos. Af. Thompson
Catesberry
Knight
Dock Street
Marou
Pen Amerir Fen
Blue Anchor Inn
Second
Dock Streets
Broad Street
Chestnut
Procession Moves in Eleven Divisions Winding Through Packed Route
Crowds fill streets sidewalks and windows along the entire procession route. Houses stands and doors bear flags bunting portraits of Pennsylvania and floral decorations as unbroken lines of people line the route in a vivid display of tribute.
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Pennsylvania
Progress of the Jeannette investigation and cabinet notes
Lieut Danenhower testified on the Jeannette retreat after the sinking, noting excess loads and the plan to reduce weight and steer south. He described boat provisions and navigational boxes prepared in 1879, with prismatic compasses ready. Cabinet meeting focused on army affairs. promotions linger pending McDowell retirement. Reports include pension office site, Central Pacific debt settled at over $79,000, Surgeon General sick list totals, and postmaster appointments such as Hiram L Grant at Goldsboro.
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Jeannette
Folger
Taller
McDowell
New York
Interior Department
Central Pacific Railway Company
Army
Hiram L. Grant
Goldsborough
M. C
Comba
Aveneta
Batier County
Kaa
Leavenworth
Leavenworthounty Kinsa
Pleasanton
Linn County
Sater, & Bounty Newpost
Annan
Howard County
Nebraska
Janes L Stevens
United States
Baltimore
Youth Shoots Professor After Detention at Ky School
Paris Ky October 24 Professor Gerks in charge of a private boys school was wounded in the right arm by Homer Oldson a 1-year-old student. The boy shot after being disciplined for tardiness and poor work demanding a written excuse. The 32 caliber pistol bullet perforated the arm muscle but caused no other injuries to students.
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Jarrett
Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
Mechanic's Lodge
Paris
Gerks
Homer Oidson
Tne
GUILTY. Wellington Kans Over 24 The murder verdict in second degree
The trial of Win Brassier for shooting Bul Sterling at Hunneweil ended with a second degree murder verdict after sixteen hours deliberation. The defense argued self defense amid violence across two border cattle towns. Constable Evans returns from Texas with Steve Bean after identifying Caldwell marshal’s killer. one desperado wounded and recovering, to face a hearing soon.
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Wellington
Kan
Win
Brassier
Bul Sterling
Hunneweil
Evans
Texas
Caldwell
Steve Bean
Foreign ministers presented to the President in Cabinet
On October 24 Washington hosted formal introductions of Swiss Minister Calkey Brazilian Minister Senor Felippa Lopez Natta and Japanese Minister Hiroshima Munarei to the President by the Secretary of State before the regular Cabinet meeting.
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Ahe
Washington
Calkey
Senor Felippa Lopez Natta
Hiroshima Munerei
Ford cases end as jury receives verdict in October action
In Kansas City a Journal Plattsburg special reports that the Ford trials concluded with the jury receiving the verdict at 5 o'clock. Charles Ford, held on suspicion in the Richmond stage robbery, was today discharged on bail set at $500.
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Kansas City
Plattsburg
Ford
Charles Ford
Richmond
Episcopal Congress Opens in Richmond Virginia
The annual Protestant Episcopal Church congress met in Richmond on October 24 with Rev. S.N. Gallaper delivering a succinct review of the congress objectives and scope. The religious exercises closed as Bishop F.M. Whittel administered the holy communion.
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Richmond
Protestant Episcopal Church of the
Arabi Pasha Correspondence Seized Amid Trial Hopes
Cairo reports reveal Arabi Pasha’s two years of correspondence seized and sent to British Counsel General Sir Edward Malet. Evidence against Arabi described as strong as trials press for exile of ring leaders while amnesty may be offered to others. Meantime Germans and conservatives eye shifts in Berlin politics with Diet factions bracing for influence battles.
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Cairo
Arabi Pasha
Edward Malet
Constantinople
Barandy
Sutter
Sevral
Arabi
Egypt
Ific
Germany
Engineer arraigned for homicide in Hoosac tunnel crash
Emerson G. Watson, engineer of the Troy and Greenfield locomotive, was arraigned in North Adams on a homicide charge for the collision with a workmen laden caboose in the Hoosac tunnel Saturday. He pleaded not guilty and was jailed.
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North Adams
Mass
Emerson G. Watson
Troy & Greenfield
Hoosac Tunnel
Democrats Renominate Two Congress Candidates
Providence reports Ocar Laphar was renominated for Congress in the First district by Democrats. In the Second district Jonathan M. Wheeler was also nominated.
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Providence
Ocar Laphar
Jonathan M. Wheeler
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Jeannette Board of Inquiry
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