Hoosier Political Gossip from Indiana Campaign Notes
In Indianapolis and surrounding counties Republicans press Judge Walter Gresham to speak on campaign issues but he declines active participation. Gresham explains his federal judicial role forbids public campaigning while affirming loyal support for General Harrison. He reflects on maintaining propriety and avoiding censure.
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Inpianarouis
Walter Gresham
Europe
Republican State Committee
Indiana
Political committee activity before Labor Day parade in Indiana
In Indianapolis October 24 General Warrison again visited republican headquarters with Chairman Huston as county committees frequent the sites. Rumors swirl about funds available for campaign work and outside money arriving. Tomorrow is Labor Day with a Republican parade and speeches by Hon. McKinley Senator Spooner and others. McKinley will deliver a single Indiana address. Speaker Carlisle begins Indiana tour at Terre Haute next Saturday. he will speak in Anderson then Lebanon, concluding at Madison on the 31st.
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Inpianarouis
Warrison
Republican
Huston
Wm. McKinley
Iir
Spooner
Major McKinley
Indiana
Carlisle
Terre Haute
Anderson
Lebanon
Madison
Treasury orders single manifest rule for train shipments
Washington report notes protests against Eagle Pass Texas collector who charged 25 cents per manifest for each car carrying Mexican merchandise. Acting Secretary Thompson approves a plan to require one manifest per train rather than per car and waive manifest receiving fees. A 20 cent land or delivery permit fee per train remains.
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Washlgton
Treasury Department
Eagle Pass
Texas
Mexico
Thompson
Carwith Case Involving Chicago Real Estate Transfer
Detroit dispatch describes Nathan Carwith and wife visiting the Russell house. William E Walsh using his seal forged a deed transferring property to Clarence E Birdseye for 100 dollars and other property. The transfer reportedly completed after midnight, seen as aiding preferred creditors. Carwith and wife left Detroit Sunday morning.
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Chicaco
Evening Journal
Detroit
William E. Walsh
Journal
Nathan Carwith
Chicago
Russell House
Nathan Corwith
New York
Walsh
Corwith
Clarence E. Birdseye
Brooklyn
N. Y
City Hall
Carwith
Fred Guenther
Disappearance of Steamship Atlas After Fatal Collision
Oct 24 New York reports the steamship Atlas sunk off Vesey street after a collision with a ferry. The Atlas sank quickly and sank deeper. small boats search around for valuables. Captain Tobin accuses the ferry pilot of drunken or reckless behavior. The ferry is under repair in New Jersey. The case is being reviewed by the British consul as wrecking interests consider raising the Atlas. Captain Curtis of the ferry Central explains the signals that led to the collision.
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New York
Atlas
Vesey Street
Tobin
New Jersey
E. F. Curtis
Central
Universalists open general convention in St Pauls church
The Universalist church general convention began its first regular day session in St Pauls church with a 9 o'clock prayer and praise, then formally organized with Wen Taser Tarker of New Hanry.c.e named as presiding officer. The Christian Church in Springfield opened its general missionary society session, noting 230 active missionaries, 15,000 converts, and $231,705 from states.
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Curcaco
Universalist Church General Convention
St. Pauls Church
Wen Taser Tarker
New Hanry
C.e
THE
Christian Church
Springfield
Ill
Generali Missionary Society of the Christian Churches
Board of Managers
Reform Missionary Society
China
Japan
India
Scandinavia
Turkey
Registration and Voting Scrutiny on Colonizers
New York police tighten oversight of registration and voting casts. Superintendent Murray orders captains to seize all illegal registrations and verify two day registrations via house to house canvass including lodging houses hotels and high registration areas. Inspectors coordinate with other city chiefs to keep close watch on colonizers.
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Izers
New York
Murray
Byrnes
Union Pacific Directors Choose Halcomb Vice President
Boston Oct 24 Union Pacific directors selected Wm H Halcomb as director and vice president succeeding the late Thos J Potter. L T Kimball named general manager C S Miller assistant general manager. No dividend discussion. floating debt and equipment funding detailed. system earnings and surplus reported for year ending June 30 1888.
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Boston
Union Pacfic
Wm. H. Halcomb
Wice
Colgate
Mr. Halcomb
Thos. J. Potter
Union Pacific System
Omaha
L. T. Kimball
C.S. Miller
Union Pacific
Holcomb
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Thomas J. Potter
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
Salina, Lincoln & Western
Colby
United States
Browns Rally to Take Second Victory Over Giants
St Louis won 7 to 5 in the world championship series over New York. Milligan and White delivered timely hits and two error misplays by Slattery fueled an eighth inning rally producing four runs. King pitched well at key moments, Mil ligan backed him, while Crane struggled and a foul tip injured catcher Brown. Roger Connor strained his right leg and Buck Ewing moved to first. The game ended near darkness with 6,000 spectators watching.
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St. Louis
Browns
New York
Milligan
White
Slattery
Brown
King
Jack Milligan
Crane
Catcher Brown
Murphy
Roger Connor
Buck Ewing
Giants
Revolution Abroad Stuns Port Au Prince With Night of Terror
Reports from Panama via Aspenwall describe Port Au Prince's night of September 28 as unprecedentedly dark and violent. Cannon fire from the Paouae and Fort Alexander killed about 300 and wounded over 500, including women and children, as listed notables General Seide Tilegumag M. M. Quartzo Ducammo and Ducaser were killed.
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Panama
Moses
Aspenwall
Hayti
Port Au Prince
Yellow Fever Rumors Rise in Unlikely Quarter
In a startling turn, reports of yellow fever fears spread across an unexpected district as authorities scramble to contain rumors about local cases and transmission. Officials urge calm while clinics monitor residents and advise preventive measures.
Yellow fever panic from Enterprise reports
Alarming reports from Enterprise indicate yellow fever spreading with about 20 cases and several deaths. Dr Wyllie confirms cases near Lake Monroe while authorities quarantine Grange county and guard exits amid public fear and censures of concealed information.
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Jacksonville
Enterprise
King Wyllie
Sanford
Lake Monroe
Porter
Cowen
Lilienthal
Volusia County
Grange County
Neil Mitchell
Scaffold Collapse Kills One at Minnehaha Falls Facility
At the new soldiers home near Minnehaha Falls a scaffold at the administration building collapsed at 2 50 PM. It was thirty feet high and overloaded with brick. Four men were seriously hurt. Henry Ritzell died at 6 00 PM. The others H E Woodly F Bedland and Joan Anderson were injured but expected to recover.
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Minneapolis
Minnehaha Falls
Henry Ritzell
H. E. Woodly
F. Bedland
Joan Anderson
Order of Videttes Fort Worth Secret Political Wheel
The Gazette will publish tomorrow a ritual and by-laws of a Texas branch of the National Order of Videttes formed in 1886. It operates secretly within Knights of Labor, the State Grange, and farmer groups to influence local politics for laboring classes. In Kansas it opposes Republicans, in Texas it targets Democrats, all discreetly.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Jack County
Knights of Labor
State Grange
Farmer’s Alliance
Kansas
Canadian Pacific Defies Ruling in Manitoba Rail Row
In Winnipeg on October 25 Chief Justice Taylor dissolved the injunction ordering provincial road crossings of the Canadian Pacific line. The province plans to send sworn-in special police to the site at 8 pm as CP persistently resists despite the court action.
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Winnepeg
Taylor
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Martin
Canadian Pacific
Interior Department appropriations for 1888 total $94 220 389
The secretary of the interior has prepared estimates of appropriations for the interior department for the fiscal year ending June 1888. The proposed total is $94,220,389, compared with $94,733,138 for the current year.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Interior Department
Weather outlook for Kansas from October 25
The department in Washington D C reports weather indications for 24 hours starting 7 am Thursday October 25. For Kansas expected light local rains or snow with warming then colder conditions, southerly winds veering to westerly.
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Wak Department
Washington, D.C
Kansas
Be Sejecting of an instrument of sound in Vermont
In Be Sejecting of an instrument of sound, the author urges careful testing of an Estey Organ from Braittleboro Vermont before purchase to avoid dealer’s wind. Lospow reports a colliers strike growing, with 1,500 Yorkshire workers out today as the movement threatens to widen.
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Braittleboro
Lospow
Yorkshire
Freight collision near Otisville leaves multiple fatalities
A fast freight on Eric collided with a second freight near Otisville at 6 this morning. Brakeman George Mc Mullen was killed instantly. Engineer Willard Hector scalded. Conductor John Hawkins lost a foot. Fireman A A Crank had a severed leg. Eastbound No 14 wrecked into the scene, Hawkins severed further. Engine and twelve freight cars demolished. No passengers harmed.
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Port Jarvis
Eric
Otisville
George McMullen
Willard Hector
John Hawkins
A. A. Crank
Hawkins
A Duel Averted in Avesta Courting a Fight
W T McElmory and E Johns of Waynesboro Ga attempted to reach Sind Bar ferry dueling grounds to settle a business dispute on the field of honor. Johns waited until nightfall. McElmary was arrested by Augusta police and the meeting was prevented. The dispute was settled that night by mutual friends.
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Avesta
W. T. McElmory
E. Johns
Waynesboro
Sind Bar Ferry
Johns
McElmary
Augusta
Prominent physician mourns kiss as disease spreader
A physician denounces kissing as an elegant disseminator of disease and claims banning the custom would save a fraction of human lives. Meanwhile he praises Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as curing female ailments and promises relief from irregularity backache and nervous prostration. Also touts Dr. Pierce’s Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
Log Cabin Plaster Sold as Harmless Remedy
A brief ad touts Warner's Log Cabin Plaster as safe and purely vegetable. It asserts ancestors used it and promises reliability with a price of 25 cents.
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Warner
Ely's Cream Balm Cures Catarrh Deafness Says Reader
A reader from Grayling Michigan reports a severe attack of catarrh left them deaf for over a year. After using Ely's Cream Balm for three weeks hearing returned fully. They urge others to try one bottle as a cure, claiming it worth a thousand dollars.
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Ely
A. E. Newman
Grayling, Campbell Co
Mich
Canine Courser Races Highlight Kansas Day Two
Hutchinson Kas Oct 24 The National Coursing Association second day features D Wyatts Tim W beating Sharp lead in a first race M E Allisons Rowdy rd defeats Lavina rd in the fourth G T Royce s dog wins fifth Sylph rd over Iowine band wd Elopers with a Stranger report McVicker a 60 year old man enticed a 16 year old girl to elope from Hutchinson with unknown man linked to Mrs Tucker of the city Coffeyville explosion shows no new developments but blood poisoning suspected in Mrs Uphams case Morrill Sept Sen Plum Patton at McPherson rally summary of political events in Senera and McPurrson with Republicans.
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G. TI
Royce
M. E. Allison
Tory
J. K. Price
Sylph
G. I. Royce
Iowine
Hercnurxsox, Kas
McVicker
Wm. Tucker
Jeffersonville
Ind
Coffeyville
Upham
Market Reports from New York Oct 2 Old quotes on mercantile paper
Market notes list Monty On call eaby at 14 2 per cent last loan 1 per cent and closed offered 1 2 per cent. Mercantile paper Prime mercantile paper 447 percent. Sterling exchange dull but steady at 4.84 for 60 data billet against 4.57 for demand. Total sales of stocks today 230 78 bars.
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New York
Monty
Eaby
Mercanrite
Sterling Exchange
Kansas City Grain and Provisions Market Report
Kansas City October 24 market notes list Wheat No 2 red steady and soft, Oats December, Corn omeal bulk prices and bulk items, Butter and cheese prices shown, pork and beef quotes including lard and bacon. Numerous grain and dairy items recorded with scattered prices and product terms.
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Kansas City
Aoft TV
Fiax
Fae Deary
Etore
Livestock Market Report from Anaf City October 3
The Livestock Indicator shows demand easing with offerings mainly grass range. Cattle prices mostly steady to down 10c, good to choice cows steady, stockers and feeders weak, range steers up to 1.10,5.15, muttons 5.50 to 7.63, hogs steady to lower, shipments noted and market described as weak to 10c lower overall.
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Kkuosas
Aanaf City
St. Coale
Louvre
St Louis Grain and Produce Market Update
October 24 reports mixed cash and futures across grains and livestock. No. 2 red wheat, corn and oats show varied bids while prices for butter, eggs, and lard move modestly. live stock receipts and market levels reflect a cautious trading day with uneven demand.
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St. Louis
St. Lou
Arley
Iowa
Nebraska
Me Prairie
Berren
Fuax
Puovassons
Dullandlower Park
CATTLE Receipts and Shipments Across Markets Reported
Chicago reports Drovers Journal figures showing large cattle receipts and shipments across markets. Texas cattle price mentions and mixed categories appear, with declines noted in several markets and varied stocker feeder values.
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Gresham
Cam
Carliale
Chcaco
W. H. Calkins
Indianapolis
Harrison
Tremain Yours
Delmonico
the Universalists
Registration and Voting
the Union Pacific
Wmn. H. Holcomb
Direc
Tor
Mr. Potter
Revolution Abroad
Erie
Cincinnati
Jstice Taylors
the Interior Department
Kansas State News
Morrill
Seneca
Senera
Kas
Plumb
Mcpiterson
McPurrson
Plum
New York Money
C&a Weateee
Rock Taland Union Pacific
Wabasheeee
Weatern Uuion
Meaco
Wallat
Elgin Creamery
Western Rangers
Sxipe
Alec Lower
Raymond & Dick’s
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