Knights Templar and Odd Fellows Conclaves Draw Huge Crowds
Reports from St Louis and Boston describe the Triennial Conclave and Sovereign Grand Lodge sessions with thousands in parade. Emphasis on reform discussions shifting power from grand encampment to subordinate commanderies and proposals to reduce officers’ bonds. Weather and illumination in St Louis marked the events as crowds and ceremonies unfolded.
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Treswuer
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Raper
Tndianapolis
Ind
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Zion
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Jackson
Pat Gilmore
Ivanhoe Commandery
Medina
Samuel Brigga
Gravoland
Baltimore
Busroy
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Earthquakes Rattle Charleston and State Wide Shocks
Charleston reports three quakes Monday night and a severe August shock at 6 15 am Tuesday, damaging the Medical College wall and sending residents to the streets. Citations note tremors across South Carolina and nearby states with relief appeals from Mayor Courtenay and Grand Army of the Republic leadership.
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Grand Army
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New York
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Disastrous hall storm hits Sopra Bend Illinois area
A violent storm in Sopra Bend on September 23 dropped two inch hailstones, injuring several people and shattering 3000 panes of glass including heavy plate glass. Horses panicked and ran. property damage reported. In nearby Currackaoga three Morgan brothers drowned while bathing as cramps struck the youngest, others perished attempting rescue.
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Newfoundland
Notre Dame Bay
Horace “Reeley
Lacayertte
Ind
James Howe
New York
the Times
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Spirit
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Greeley
Sopra Bend
Dlaga
Insurance President Bartholomew's Defalcation Shocks Hartford
George M Bartholomew, longtime Hartford financier and director of multiple firms, vanished after facing nearly 1.9 million in liabilities. Charter Oak Life seeks a receiver as investigations probe his papers and extensive endorsements, with creditors in Hartford and beyond noting prior high credit. Bartholomew, 70, had held posts at Holyoke Water Power and other key companies and was considered a trusted city figure.
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Canada
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George M. Bartholomew
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Busihead
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Oriental Fire Insurance Company
Holyoke Water Power Company
Martford Silk Company
Union Manufacturing Company
Union Company
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Florida Countraelon Company
Bartholomew Wank
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Flurtford
Aimee
Chicago & Northweatern Railroad
Startford, Providence & Fishkill Railroad
Old
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Quimemont Iron
West Virginia
Hartford
Wiggins Foresees Another Earthquake and Storm
Ottawa reports Prof. Wiggins predicts a terrible earthquake on September 29 in the Southern United States with a smaller tremor in Southern Europe and South America, plus a north-of-30th parallel storm. He says the effect will strike San Francisco and the Charleston quake scale will be surpassed, bringing destruction to southern cities.
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Europa
South America
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Shack
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Nul
Pleuro Pneumonia Protests and Cattle Slaughter
Reports from Chicago distilleries and Harvey farm cite pleuro pneumoni a in cattle with 3,000 animals involved as state vets plan slaughter. Milkmen protest compensation schemes while Live Stock Commissioners and vets condemn the disease and investigate amid ridicule from livestock traders.
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Careaco
Harvey
Cuwaco
Sinois
Live
State Board
Official Returns From Late Elections In Various States
State conventions of political organizations speculate on the next House nominations. Bodwell leads Edwards in Maine. New Hampshire Greenback Labor nominates George Carpenter for governor. Republican rounds in Minnesota and Massachusetts labor lists. Wisconsin, Michigan, and Nebraska see nominations and defections. In Congress, many chairmen defeated or declining renomination, with several districts yielding new nominees and a resumption of key contests.
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Albert Scheffer
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A. E Rice
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W. W. Braden
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M. J. Clapp
Supreme Court
Masbachuretts Labor
Borrox
National Labor Convention
Auid
George LE. McNeil
Boston
Robert Moward
Fall River
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Haverhill
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Andrew Haben
Widith
James Brooklin
Dent
Michigan
John P. Sanborn
Ohio
C McMillan
Maryland
Lewin McComas
Tonneaues
Joseph E. Washington
Highth Ilinois
Hiram H. Cady
Hugh J. Gallagher
John Black
N. Dickinson
HH. A. Robinson
C. Moffatt
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B- F. Tram
Minnesote
O. P. Bullis
Nebraska
Church Ilone
Penneylvania
G. T. Rafferty
Missouri
Hulton
James Laird
Dakota
Oscar
Gifford
Elkhorn
L. B. Caswell
Jefferson
Memorial arch dedication and political barbs roil autumn pages
In Antworp Nebraska and nearby towns the memorial arch dedicates to fallen war heroes with a grand parade led by General Joseph R Hawley. In Cincwyatt Ex Senator Thurman vows he will not seek office again amid a pathetically delivered speech. A Turkish plot against a prime minister is foiled as authorities arrest the killer suspect.
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Conn
Caldiera
Gailera
Joseph. R. Hawley
Cincwyatt
Thurman
Fossa
Minor News Items From The Week Ended Sept 3
Various brief items noting Belfast s restoration, coast survey collapse, hog cholera near Abush Indiana, Canada Thanksgiving date, Gladstone Catholic church rumor denial, $10 million in precious stones imported in 1844, $14 million spent on Massachusetts monuments since 1661, railroad plans to link Black Sea and Persia, Mexican government school funding, Newport regatta prize to Mayflower, banker in Starling AL facing $75,000 debts, Leavenworth depot cost $170,000, mass arrests in Spain after revolution, coal and oil train wreck at Holland NY, Mary Andersons charity performances in Dublin, tornado in Decatur Indiana, Royal Land Commission critique, star-route costs, Thames rowing race winner, Succi the Italian with water diet, Halusz Galicia fire, Varina Davis honorary member in Richmond, Pioneer Lumber Company creditors settled, Chicago freight rates, Trescott Brothers fire loss, Warm Springs transit move, Fresport land gift to Tulinoia Central, Texarkana contractor F J Lowe insolvency, postal surface mailing volumes, car collision in Cluster Pennsylvania, Commissioner Black western tour, Robert Harris reappointed president of Northern Pacific, Cascade division funding needs.
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Dayton
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Mob Breaks Into Montrose Jail To Seize Murder Suspect
A Denver dispatch reports on Tuesday morning a mob stormed the Montrose county jail and took L. I. Symmes, accused of murder, escaping as sheriffs failed to muster a posse. A clash with lynchers ensued but no deaths occurred. the mob fled to the mountains with one group reportedly hanging and burying Symmes.
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Col
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L. I. Symmes
Fasheriit
Sytimes
Banker held on swindle charges in New York case
New York report says C W Voster, claiming to be a banker at 42 Broad Street, is held on $2300 bail for a thirty a day drama swindle using fictitious London letters. Victims’ names in his possession indicate spread across the United States. In Ohio Bowling Green, the Dow law novelty case ends with a saloon keeper found guilty after ten minutes, pending higher court review.
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C. W. Voster
New 42 Broadway
London
Ron
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Lego
Bowling Green
Arresures Widow Seeks Mexican Indemnity
Governor Ireland was notified that the Arresures family, through an attorney, sent to him for approval a claim against the Mexican Government for 100000 dollars in indemnity for the murder of Arresures. Fairchild, Acting Secretary of the Treasury, states Mr. Mugoing plans to return to this city around October 1 and will hold the nominal secretary post for a short period.
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Austin
Tex
Ireland
Bisaning
Wasumarox
Fairchild
the Treasury
Mugoing
Kia
Postal Revenue Report From Overseas Offices
A Sept 21 summary from Wasasoray details tabulated sales of stamps across foreign post offices including Enoversea and Jasxe, noting revenue totals and rates for the period. The report consolidates figures by post office, illustrating regional performance and fiscal activity for the import/export of stamps.
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Engelbg Jasxe Posti
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