Growth of Our Navy Ample Yet Contingent on Vesuvius
Washington reports limited progress on warship construction with eleven ships pending disposal by the navy department. The Thomas dynamite monitor remains unstarted with $1,500,000 appropriated and no plans. Six vessels are under construction. three more await award on December 20, shaping a cautious, stalled naval buildup.
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Congress
Thomas
Navy ‘Department
Setsitett
Ning
Local Land Offices Urged to Cut Contingent Expenses
Washington October 21 Acting Land Commissioner Stone orders reg isters and receivers to reduce contingent costs as entries fall from 258479 in 1868 to 163485 in 1800 while expenses rise from 147000 to 176928. He notes misapplied labor and urges local officers to offer views on best reductions.
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Washington
Stone
Conran
Ark
Supreme Court adjourns for lack of quorum in Oct session
The Supreme Court met at noon but adjourned due to no quorum. Chief Justice Brandeis attended Justice Miller’s funeral. Justice Harlan was absent. Field presided as senior member in a briefly convened session.
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Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Brandy Joe Brewer
Miller
Keoskuk
Harlan
Field
Peculiar Political Stand in South Carolina Anticipates Election
Charleston report from October 21 notes a charged political climate across the state as both sides mobilize for November. The piece highlights rising bitterness, possible violence, and the central role of the black vote in determining control of state politics, with leaders on both sides arguing over when and how to mobilize black voters.
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Charleston
South Carolina
Parker attacks old preaching methods at City Temple
London reports Dr. Parker of City Temple launching a crusade against traditional pulpit tactics. He says preaching is no longer an effective instrument of the gospel and condemns preachers for cloistered theology while ignoring daily life. He invited public correspondence to gauge belief in pulpit ministry.
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London
Parker
City Temple
Ools
Can Dillon and O'Brien Be Arrested in Canada
Ottawa reports Sir John Thompson says uncertainty remains over Nap–gah statutes and how far Dillon and O'Brien can be arrested on British soil or in the dominion for offenses charged by British authorities. Some offenses may be pursued throughout the empire.
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Dillon
O’brien
Ottawa
Ont
Irish Land League
Canada
Dominion
John Thompson
British Empire
British Gunboats Enter Zambesi River Amid Protest
Advices from the Zambesi report British gunboats entered the river on Oct 8 despite Portuguese protests. A British African Lakes steamer towed lighters and canoes laden with stores and munitions, drawing large native crowds along the banks.
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England
Zambesl
Zanzibar
Zambesi
British African Lakes Company
Gladstone Mending His Fences In Scotland Tour
Gladstone and his wife left Liverpool for Scotland to begin an oratorical tour of Midlothian. At Wigan six thousand people gathered to cheer the statesman during a brief stop of the train.
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Gladstone
Liverpool
Mr. Gladstone
Scotland
Midlothian
Wigan
Robert Garrett Returns From Six Month European Trip
Robert Garrett and his wife and daughter arrived in New York aboard the Umbria after a six month voyage in Europe. He left Jersey City by afternoon train for Baltimore and appeared in much better health, though he declined to be interviewed. In Berlin Gen Count Von Waldersee is charged with escorting Field Marshal Von Blome to Berlin for birthday celebrations.
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Robert Garrett
New York
Umbria
Jersey City
Baltimore
Mr. Garrett
Europe
Berlin
Count von Waldersee
Imperial Staff
Kreisau
von Dt ‘Ke
Diphtheria Closes Schools in Orange County Areas
In Kingstown New York on October 21 the public schools in Oxford Bloomington Grove and nearby villages were closed due to a malignant diphtheria outbreak. Also noted is a Lisbon Lisbon earthquake slight shock reported in Lisson on October 21. In Tuscola Illinois on October 21 three more Republican papers bolting Cannon show opposition with The Rossville Press and The Hume Record joining, while Liddell Reporter remains neutral.
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Kingstown
N. Y
Oxford
Bloomington Grove
Orange County
Curiaco
Herald
Tuscola
Ill
Cannon
Rossville Press
He Long
Joe
Hume Record
Liddell Reporter
Ishpeming Strikes Over Brings Mixed Miner Return
Isppesina October 21. Most striking miners resume work during the day. Younger men seek other employment and some mines may face winter gh labor shortages.
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Ishpeming
Isppesina
Steam Barge Annie Young Burned Off Lexington
Port Huron report of the steam barge Annie Young burning off Lexington, Lake Huron at 9 45 a m with about twenty men aboard. Nine crewmen are believed drowned after launching two lifeboats in heavy seas. The other lifeboat was rescued by the steam barge William Edwards. Annie Young carried coal and general merchandise from Port Huron to Erie owned Anchor Transportation Co. built 1869 valued at 60000 Guardian captain Miller and crew escaped in a lifeboat as the barge sank.
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Port Huron
Mich
Annie Young
Lexington
Lake Huron
William Edwards
Anchor Transportation Company
Erie
Miller
Locomotive Explodes in Pittsburgh. Three Die Two Hurt
Boiler of a small shifting engine at Elisa furnace Jones Laughlin burst moments ago in Pittsburgh. Three men killed and two injured. one body carried into the Monongahela and not recovered. Engineer Flaherty and Fireman McGuff killed. Conductor Foraker possibly fatally burned. Brakeman Ferry badly cut and burned. Thomas Clarke injured. others slightly hurt. Engine and boiler destroyed, cause unknown.
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Pittspura
Elisa Furnace
Jones & Laughlin
Monongahela
Flaherty
Thomas McGuff
James Foraker
Joseph Ferry
Thomas Clarke
Path finder Crew Rescued From Lake Gale Near Racine
In Race Wisconsin Oct 21 a severe gale hit the lake. The Milwaukee sloop Pathfinder could not reach port. Tug Sill Captain Clarke braved heavy seas to assist. Pathfinders crew connected lines to their bodies and were hauled aboard the tug to safety. Several schooners sought shelter and sustained damage.
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Pathfinder
Race
Wis
Milwaukee
Clarke
Sill
Two Children Fatally Scalded in Iowa Stove Accident
Cousvugue Iowa October 21 Two children of Nicholas Brandt aged 2 and 8 were fatally scalded Sunday night. They were playing near a stove with a large amount of boiling water. the water spilled over them. One died soon after, the other died the following morning.
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Cousvugue
Iowa
Nicholas Brandt
Spoiled His Congressional Chances in Labor Candidate Death
Isaiah Semore, candidate of several labor groups for Congress, was found dead in a Livingston hotel room at 7:30 a.m. The death appears self-inflicted by cutting his arm, leaving a widow and mother.
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Roonsster
N. Y
Isaiah Semore
Congress
Livingston Hotel
Rumored Consolidation of Adams and United States Express
Milwaukee rumor cites a possible gigantic express deal and the consolidation of the United States and Adams Express companies. Other items note Kansas officials accused in a policy game funded by the Kansas Mercantile association and large Irish National League meetings in New York and Buffalo with aid expected for Dillon and O'Brien.
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Adams and
United States Express
Milwaukee
The
Daily Journal
United States and
Adams Express
Jackson Will Return to Tour Under Parson Davies
The Tribune reports Peter Jackson will arrive in the United States on November 6 for a stateside tour under Parson Davies. He will star with Jim Corbett, with Davies acting as manager and reception at each stop.
Assistant Secretary Bussey Reverses Pension Office Ruling
In Washington on October 20 Assistant Secretary Bussey overturned a pension office decision denying Mollie H. Rich a widow's claim as the lawful widow of John H. Rich. The ruling rests on Tennessee marriage and divorce status and directs that Rich's widow claim be adjudicated as valid.
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Bussey
Pension Office
Mollie H. Rich
John H. Rich
John M. Rich
Independent Battery
Pennsylvania Light Infantry
Buesey
Rich
Philadelphia
Matilda’ M. Batchman
Memphis
Tenn
Cler
Owever
Tennessee
In Memory of Miller Keenly Honored by Keokuk
Keokuk observes mourning for Associate Justice Miller of the supreme court. City offices closed and flags half mast as Miller’s remains arrive by special Burlington train. Funeral held at the Unitarian church with broad civic and military participation. procession estimated two miles long.
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Kroxvak
Iowa
Miller
Supreme Court
Burlington
Ancher
Federal Court Building
Keck Rifles
Sons of Veterans
Ter Tence Post G. A. R
Unitarian Church
State Supreme Court
United States
Bar of Justice
Miller's Circuit
Supreme Bench
Grand Army
Yisb
Noquet No Boulanguist Reveals Boulangist Funds
Paris Oct 20 Noquet once a Boulangist ally says the movement exhausted its resources due to internal strife and Royalist backing. He claims 5,000,000 francs fund was raised to elect Boulangist candidates with half from the Count of Paris and 1,800,000 kept by Boulangist leaders, the rest diverted by Gen Boulanger. Damages Against the Western Union New York Oct 20 The World Raleigh NC reports a $10,000 suit by J T Young against Western Union Telegraph. Young’s wife died before her husband could receive a telegram sent six days earlier. O’Brien Invitations Albany Oct 21 A Robert Emmet association meeting forms a committee to invite Dillon and O’Brien and asks Irish societies to form a general coordinating committee.
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M. Noquet
Gen. Boulanger
Chamber of Deputies
Noquet
Western Union
New York
Raleigh
N. C
Supreme Court
J. T. Young
Graven County
Western Union Telegraph Company
Young
Wits
Greenville
S. C
Supreme ‘Court
Dillion
O’brien
Albany
N. Y
Robert Emmet
Dillon
O'Brien
Republicans of Fourth District Won't Nominate
Petersburg October 21 The Republican congressional committee of the Fourth Virginia district met and decided not to issue a call for a congressional convention. They will leave the field open to Epes the Democratic nominee and Congressman Langaton.
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Petersburg
Republican Congressional Committee
Fourth Congressional District
Virinia
Congress
Epes
Langaton
Socialists Plan Elections Contest Berlin Demonstration Days
The Socialists congress adopted resolutions to contest all Berlin elections and to hold a demonstration on May 1 and weekly Sundays thereafter. A resolution declared Herr Werner incapable of representing the Socialist party.
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Halle
Socialists Congress
Berlin
Herr Werner
Socialist Party
Interior approves large Chippewa survey contracts
The Interior Department approves contracts totaling about 40,000 for surveying Chippewa reservation lands in Minnesota, with multiple firms in Long Lake Sea Crookston Falls Minneapolis and St. Paul receiving payments. Timber appraisal will follow after surveys, and government aims to avoid delays in closing the related affairs with the Chippewa tribes.
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Washington
Department of the Interior
Minnesota
Throweh
Eral
John F. Norrishey
A.C. Bailey
Long Lake
Sea
George A. Ralph
Crookston
Butler & Burbank
Barnesville
George O. Burbank
Falls
Hewiey & Goodnow
Minneapolis
O. H. Case
Fountain City
T. H. Crosswell
St. Paul
Interior Department
Esota
Senator Compton Injury Ends in Arm Amputation
Fergus Falls Minn Oct 20 Senator James Compton state Grand Army commander shot himself while duck hunting. The charge passed his left wrist mangling it and he had the arm amputated below the elbow. He faced the operation with soldierly grit.
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Fergus
Threshing Engine Exploded Killing Man
E E Lobaugh was killed when an eight ton threshing engine exploded twenty miles from a nearby town on October 2. The incident occurred during farm work and is being investigated by local authorities.
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E. E. Lobaugh
Aoubee
Dad Teamemgaies
Hom
Washington and Minnesota Briefs Log Various Local Notes
In the Northwest a Free Press item notes criminal libel cases against Mr. Lutton and a wife leaving Mason City. a death near St Peter from a lumber load. Breckenridge fair success aided by grants. sugar beet experiments planned at Red Wing. payments to Red Indians and White Earth reservations totaling 26525.48. Marquette mine strike could drop output. treasury liberty bonds redeemable. pension rules for soldiers who joined rebels clarified. canal and shipping estimates. deaths of James Wood and others. Italian celebration interest. tariff effects on a fair. European cabinet talks and McKinley policies featured in brief items.
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Lutton
Winnipeg Free Press
William Topper
Mason City
Alois Fegele
Breckenridge
Red Wing
D.N. Harper
The
State University
B. P. Shuler
le Tgues
White Earth
Marquette Range
Market Reports From St Paul Chicago and Kansas Cities Live Stock
Market updates show cattle and sheep prices at St Paul and Chicago with ranges for steers cows and calves. It cites hogs lambs and stockers, plus grain quotes for wheat and corn across Minneapolis Duluth Chicago and Kansas City markets with on the page notes of prices and trends.
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St. Paul Union
Chicago
Gattle
Kansas City
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