Disaster in mid ocean as schooner Madeline sinks after collision
The French schooner Madeline from Granville was cut in two by the steamship Queen in dense fog near Newfoundland. Twenty one crewmen perished while four were saved, including Captain D Roulet and two mates. The Madeline sank quickly after the impact.
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New York
National Line
Queen
Madeline
Newfoundland
Cook
Granville
D. Roulet
Jacques
Meniger
H. Salomon
Havre
Ashes of Idaho village blamed on incendiaries in council dispute
Moscow Idaho reports vast destruction with total losses around 70000 dollars and one third insured. Officials say gramblers and thieves threatened town after council passed ordinance excluding them. Fire believed arson with extensive damage to homes and property across the town.
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Idaho
Moscow
Gramblers
No Respite for Reed in Rape Case Court Affirms
St Pan reports the supreme court has upheld the lower court ruling in Hal Reid's rape conviction. He must serve the full fifteen year term unless a pardon is granted.
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Reed
St. Pan
Supreme Court
Hal Reid
Wisconsin Central Withdraws From Waters States Passenger Group
New York dispatch notes a claim that W. H. Ingham of the late CCU Bute syndicate is the Dunbar linked to a Chicago fund fraud. Wisconsin Central announces a ten days’ notice of withdrawal from the Waters States Passenger association, effective soon.
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New York
W. H. Ingham
Per Ccu Bute Syndicate
Dunbar
Chicago
Wisconsin Central
Milwauk Wis
Waters States Passenger Association
Democratic gains fade in Arkansas elections
The 1884 and 1886 results showed Democratic leads of 46,336 and 86,680 respectively, but this fall the margin sits just over 15,000. The Cleveland Leader notes ballot box thefts and post election fixing as possible causes, arguing such manipulation yields only a small Democratic boast.
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Arkansas
Cleveland
Dickinson Compares Blaine To Don Quixote Of La Mancha
A Boston Herald representative asks Postmaster General Dickinson about James G Blaine's reply to a Western speech. Dickinson cautions that Blaine's statements seem irrational and ridiculous and notes he may respond later if he recovers his health.
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Don M. Dickinson
Blaine
Don Quixote
Dela Mancha
Boston
Boston Herald
Dickinson
Washington
Ito Jim
Mr. Blaine
New England
Mr. Dickinson
West
Sancho Panza
Democrats Carry Newark Under the New Registry Laws
Newark New Jersey votes under the new registry rules and sunset polls. Democrats win a about 500 to 600 race for tax commissioner and gain control of the common council 18 to 12 overturning veto power. Dispatch from the Democratic city central organization cites a 525 vote popular margin and a presidential year win not seen in twenty years since 1884.
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New York
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Common Council
Democratic City Central Organization
Democracy
Effects Homestead Entries Approved for Patent
Commissioner Stocklager rules that entries approved for patent cannot be cancelled. He orders examination of suspended homestead and preemption cases and tabulation for patent, affecting thousands of entries. The move follows prior suspensions by McFarland and Sparks and aims to finalize patent actions.
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Stockslager
Washington
General Land Office
McFarland
Sparks
Stocklager
Morse Edges Burden For Second District GOP Nomination
Taunton Mass October 11 A heated race for the Second district GOP congressional nomination ended with Elijah A. Morse defeating Dr. F L Burden after an informal ballot showed three marked ballots amid bribery accusations. Burden supporters alleged Morse paid fifty dollars per vote and that ballots were marked to prove delivery. Similar bribery claims arose from Morse supporters as tension rose.
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Taunton
Mass
Congress
Elijah A. Morse
F. L. Burden
Republican State Committee
Morse
Burden
Hovey Jealous Claims Interference by State Committee
Indiana governor candidates spar over party support as Gen. Hovey asserts Harrison interests are favored by the state committee. He reportedly hires clerks under a trusted ally to carry out his plans while visiting Indianapolis. A separate dispatch cites Senator Edmunds denying George free trade tract forgeries sent to Texas Republicans.
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ChicaGo
Indianapolis
Hovey
Harrison
State
New York
the Tribune
Washington
Edmunds
Texas
Henry George
New Summer Resort Railway Sighted from Winslow to Cape May
Surveyors report a line running from near Winslow on the New Jersey Southern railroad southward to Cape May for a new NJ Central Reading venture. The project aims to attract New York summer visitors to Cape May, with Jersey Central ownership and potential cross-state investment.
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Philadelmmnia
New Jersey Southern Railroad
Winslow
Cape May
New Jersey Central
Reading
Jersey Central
New York
Complete blockade as Chicago street cars tied up
In Chicago the entire street car system is tied up as strikers protest. About 900 of 1,200 employees are Knights of Labor in the South Side cable road. A citywide disruption looms with talks of a special meeting and solidarity among workers.
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Chicago
Cnicaco
South Side
Cable Road
Knights of Labor
South
Western avenue car barns suspend services during strike
Stockmen at the Western avenue car barns have been notified that their services will not be required until the strike ends, indicating a temporary halt in operations for the day.
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Western Avenue
Shots Fly as Strikers Clash with Street Car Officers
In Chicago Oklahoma the strikers confront two street car officers as they leave a Western Avenue barn. Rocks clubs and wood shards fly. both officers draw revolvers and fire toward the crowd. A horse bolts as buggies flee south along Western Avenue beyond Madison. Twelve shots fired. injuries unknown.
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Caicaco
Weostern Avenne
Madison Street
Western Avenue
Wealth in a Sewer Rich Dirt Found in Helena Work Dig
Workmen excavating Main street in Helena Montana uncover pay dirt believed to yield 50 cents to $1 a pan Alder Gulch district famed for earlier bonanzas Old timers say this patch has never been worked The contractor U S Green a Democratic sheriff candidate oversaw the digging as crews cleared ground and unearthed rich soil amid the sewer project
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Helena
Mont
Hwenexa
Main Street
Alder Gulch
U. S. Green
Montana
Dakota Farmers Vow to Hanged Wretch of Bangor Case
Aberdeen South Dakota October 11 A group of Dakota farmers near Bangor Walmeath county declare they will hang the man who beat his wife severely leaving her in critical condition. A courier from Bangor confirms the mob’s intent.
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Lito
Aberdeen
Dak
Olson
Bangor
Walmeath County
Election outcome will shape future of the Supreme Court
The Sioux City Journal notes that the next national election winner will control the Supreme Court for years. Justice Mathews is ill, Justice Miller frail, and Justice Bradley aged. several other justices are nearing retirement. A president must appoint a majority of the court.
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Sioux City Journal
Supreme Court of the United States
Stanley Mathews
Miller
Bradley
United States
Supreme Bench
Striking Chicago Car Workers Trigger Street Riot
In Chicago on October 11 the street car strike erupts into riot with about a dozen barricades, numerous injuries, and several arrests as strikers confront nonunion crews. Police intervene at the Western Avenue barns after an assault on Superintendent Nagle. clashes lash Madison Street and Garfield avenues as crowds denounce "scab" cars and a banner condemns Pennsylvanians and Carnegie tactics.
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CurIcaGo
West Side Line
Parsons
North Side
Madison Street
Fifth
Madison Streets
Western Avenue
Nagle
Jack Gleason
Aldrich
Gleason
Garfield Avenue
Orchard Streets
Furthman
Chicago
Tie Up More Complete Than Ever Barn Men Laid Off
Notices posted in all barns of the West Side Street Car Company ordered workers to report at 6 a m under dismissal threat. The strike achieved no effect as no passengers were carried on West Side lines and the tie up of roads grew more complete. West Side management faced this stoppage without yielding.
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CuicaGco
West Side Street
West Side
More Durable Ink Urged by Health Board
President Bayles of the New York board of health calls for durable ink for vital records. He notes many birth death and marriage registers are written with aniline ink whose paper fades after ten years, erasing the information. Source: Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
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Bayles
New York Board of Health
Board
Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette
Lightning strike kills threshers in Brown's Valley
A hail storm near Brown's Valley Minnesota on October 11 sparked a lightning strike that hit a crew of fifteen threshers ten miles from town killing one man whose name is unknown and severely shocking the others.
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Brown's Valley
Minn
Eye sight differences by region and temperament
The text argues that people in mountainous and elevated dry regions may have better sight than those in low humid areas. It notes a common belief that Germans have weak eyes, attributed to tobacco or the close-reading type used in German books, as discussed in Longman’s Magazine.
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Longman’s Magazine
Territorial Officers and Local Clergy Listed
Detailed roster of territorial officers in multiple posts including governor, secretary, treasurer, and attorney general with names and locations. Also lists judiciary, county, city officers, and various church congregations with pastors and service times.
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Gifford
Louis
Church
M. L. McCormack
John D. Lawler
James A. Ward
Maris Taylor
Sap't Public Instruction
Eugene A. Dye
U.S
W. E. Purcell
United States
Dan Maratta
K. F. Pempleton
Com
P. B. McClure
Tyler
North Dakota
Diarris
South Dakota
J. E. Jenkins
Board of Health
C. F. King
M. D
Territorial
Alloway
Grand Forks
Judiciary
Bartlett Tripp
Yankton
Garland
Slowalls
W. T. Francis
N .L. W. Addins
W. W. Gardner
John C . Bistrict
E. C
Almsberry
Lie McCormick
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A l Lahorer
Diamne
Harifax
N.S
Hippen
Osikosh
Wis
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R.T. Evans
Welch
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George J. Smith
Whittier
Fuller Wholesale Paint Merchants
Smith
NCH
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County Democracy
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Michael C. Murphy
James Daly
Adolph L. Sanger
Board of Aldermen
Bernard J. Doures
James J. Mooney
August Frech
Powderly
Legal Light
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Canada
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Charles A. Vogeler
Baltimore, Md
General Directory
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
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Winnipeg
DeLorn
Duluth and Winnipex
Messrs. Camp & Walker
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Bint
Breckie
Blunt
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Yankton, Dak
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Dakota
Methodist Association
Sioux City
Iowa
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M.S. James
E. T. Langley
Dakota Soldiers Home
I. J. Evans
How Springs
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Ludian Committee
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Senate Finance Committee
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Lily Justice
Freseees O Assusnop
Mitchell
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Bracy
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Geo. H. Rath Iau
Bernard Coniandry
K. T
Misonic Hall
Singiser
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J.C. McBride
Chanka Lodge
Jerome Wiltze
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E.B. van Alstine
Odu Fellows
J.M. Adams
C. P
H. J. Bingham
Ransom Post
G. A. R. Mitchell
H. W. Kress
V. W. Spellman
Adj. Ferwison Lodge
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W.S. Crandell
Eastor
E. F Hughes
Wm. McAvinney
Damascus Lodge
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Odd Fellows Hall
D. Martin
S. Pegone
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W. A. Ropers
Capt
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C. Glarkst
M. W. A. Mitchell
Daniels
Wy. C
Chase
Kansum
Odd Fellows
ST. Mary's Church
Key
John
Babcock
T. G. McFarland
A. W. Ad Kineton
Y. M
A. A. Brown
CAI Molic—Church of the “Holy Family
George Sheelin
Mauss
Win, Wurrseniuidt
Congregational Church
Mitchell W. CU
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Firat
Main Ste
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Mitchell Weekly
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