Naval Reserve Idea From Merchants To Aid Navy
About fifty steamship owners yachtsmen and ex revenue officers discussed forming a naval reserve in wartime to aid the regular navy. Commodore Eldridge T Gerry chaired this meeting noting vessels would be built for sea and lake service and a committee would consult the secretary of the navy on the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callai Toon
New York
United States Circuit Court
Naval
Eldridge T. Gerry
New York Yacht Club
England
Canada
G. W. Miller
Manger
Stonington
Congress
Mercantile Marine
Great Lakes
Seaboard
Secretary of the Navy
Government postal telegraph revival debated in Congress
Washington reports gossip on a potential government telegraph system linked to the post office. British postal telegraph expansion and cheap rates boosted usage from under 10 million messages in 1870 to about 40 million in 1886, with a postal savings bank serving 1.5 million depositors totaling $75 million.
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Waashington
Baltimore & Olio
Western Union
Congress
Post Ofice Department
England
British Post Office Department
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Postal Savings Bank
Post Office Department
Telraph
Mystery oil well stones puzzle experts
The Parker oil wells at Cygnet in Wood county burned fiercely and baffled officials. Enigmatic small enamel-like stones were found around the site and sent to the Smithsonian for analysis as investigators seek the cause of the blaze.
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Toledo
Ohio
Cygnet
Wood County
Smithsonian Institute
Increase of Immigration Reported in Eight Months
The bureau of statistics notes 362 839 immigrants landed in the United States for eight months to Sept 1, up from 254 679 in the same period last year. Separately in St Paul Secretary Phelps of the Duluth chamber says a monster steel ship will be built in Duluth next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jerman
Osaki
Hine
Japan
Secretary of State
Park Region
Ferevus Frauis
Minn
Park Teeion
Bureau of Statistics
St. Paul
Phelps
Duluth
New York
Sr. Clorp
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Boodling in Montreal Involving Gas Stock Offerings
Montreal Alderman Jeannette testifies that Alderman Rainville offered him 100 shares of gas stock free in 1883 as a mere speculation. Rainville denies bribery, saying it was a favor since the gas contract would pass. Broker L. J. Forget signed the stock certificate and refused to reveal books.
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Montreal
Jeannette
Rainville
Jeanette
L. J. Forget
Forget
Illinois veterans head to G A R encampment in St Louis
About 8 000 Illinois veterans travel to the St Louis Grand Army encampment led by Col James A Sexton with aides and staff named. The Illinois camp honors Gen Nathaniel Lyon and groups depart from Milwaukee and Eau Claire with a purse of 1000 for hospitality and Old Abe the war eagle.
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Illinois
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Abe
CubcaGco
Grand Army
James A. Sexton
A.D. Reade
C. F. Matteson
John F. Glenn
James J. Healy
W. H. King
G. W. Smith
C. R. E. Koch
RE. D. Wilder
E.T. Lee
Nathaniel Lyon
Wilson
Creeek
Department of Illinois
G. T. Gould
ER. D. Swain
J. W. Burst
T. G. Lawler
L. J. Dickason
W. W. Berry
P. S. Post
Northwestern Road
Chicago
Wabash Road
Turner Hall
Eat Claire
Wis
Eau Claire
Eagle Post
War Eagle
Minnesota Guard Battalion Heads to Chicago Drill
Col Bobleter of the Second Minnesota Regiment will lead seven companies to Chicago for the international drill. About 250 men plus the band and an Albert Lea drum corps will travel Oct 2 and camp in Chicago on Oct 3.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Bobeter
Minnesota National Guard
Bobleter
Land Grants Issue Two and a Half Million Acres Disputed
Commissioner Sparks finishes adjusting nine railroad land grants and finds they claim 2.5 million acres more than due. Sioux City & St. Paul is 160,000 acres over, with 60,000 recovered. Chicago St Paul Minneapolis & Omaha 265,000 over, Bayfield 37,000 over and 124,000 claimed more. St Paul Minneapolis & Manitoba 46,000 over and 696,000 more claimed. St Vincent extension 174,000 over and 770,000 more selected.
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Washington
Sparks
Sioux City & St. Paul
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
Bayfield
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
St. Vincent
Dynamite Threat Found At Iowa Clothing House
Oscaloosa Iowa residents report a large dynamite cartridge left at the door of I Frankel & Co clothing house. A note warned to settle up business or be blown up, with a prior cartridge found weeks earlier containing nitro glycerine. Frankel & Co, a wealthy firm, also runs a bank in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscaloosa
Iowa
I. Frankel & Co
Frankel & Co
Indiana Miners Still Out in Wider Strike
Vincennes dispatch reports continuing coal mine walkouts across Indiana. About 1500 to 2000 miners in Washington Montgom ery Pike Evansville areas demand higher pay and shorter work weeks with 60 cents per ton and 1.55 per day for day hands plus biweekly wages. Arbitration may resolve dispute in coming days.
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Chicago
Vincennes
Ind
Washington
Cabell & Coe's
Montgomery
Union
Roger’s
Pike County
Biedermier’s
Evansville
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Ohio & Mississippi
Gould Will Go Abroad Extended Tour
The Sun reports that Jay Gould plans a winter trip to Europe likely lasting six months. He will not ride the Atalanta but sail on a regular steamer around Oct 15 and cruise the southern European coast in his yacht. He declined comment on the trip beyond noting stocks look cheap and that he has bought a few shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
the Sun
Wallstreet
Jay Gould
Europe
Atalanta
Mr. Gould
Gould
York Centennial Parade Opens Second Day
York Pennsylvania observes the borough centennial with a sunrise bell and cannon salute. At 10:30 the industrial parade forms, featuring floats from Carlisle Indian School and bands, followed by Pennsylvania Railroad Company displays in three departments along a lengthy route.
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York
Penn
Carlisle
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Heavy Rain Damages Mexican Rail Line in Texas
A phenomenally heavy rain between the Salido river and Lampasas Mexico washes out half a mile of Mexican National railway track and carries away several wooden bridges. Traffic interrupted for some time as rains persist daily in the region between the Nueces and Rio Grande rivers.
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Lareedo
Tex
Salido River
Lampasas
Mexico
Nueces
Rio Grande
Weyerhauser Circles Wisconsin Pine Lands Deal
Frederick Weyerhauser, president of the Mississippi River Logging Co, seeks to buy Knapp Stout Co saw mills and pine lands in Wisconsin and Minnesota creating a potential corner on Wisconsin white pine. Other items note M H Day seeking funding for Black Hills quartz mines and a Woonsocket baseball challenge for $500 a side.
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Weyerhauser
Eat Claire
Wis
Frederick Weyerhauser
Mississippi River Logging Company
Wisconsin
Knapp, Stout & Co
Menomonie
Dubuque and St. Louis
Yankton, Dak
H. Day
New York
Day
Strawberry Gulch
Black Hills
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Naval Protection
State Militia
Government Postal Telegraph
Devils Lake
Dak
Miss Eckles
Miss Poole
Grand Forks Fair
Novi
Mich
Edward Spencer
Spencer
F. McFeely
Manitoba
Moorhead
P J
Lord Erskine
Detroit Free Press
Laper
Dakota Bell
M. N.G
THE
Hoggish Railways
San Antonio
United States Marshal’s Office
Winchesters
Little Rock
Ark
S. P. Hughes
Arkansas
Atlanta
Georgia
Philadelphia
Iowa Dynamiters
Indiana
Ences
Texas
Pitcher
Korg Land
Gunder K
Gundersoy
Sioux Falls
Dakor
Dakota University
Mitchell, Dakota
Territorial Board of Education
P. A. Renq
F. Weller
S. Daniels Agt
Ea. C. Tn Ege Ce Coo
Mitchell
Woonsocket
Lee Monument
Richmorp
Common Council
Iowa Brigade
Kelknap
Crocker
Davenport
Centage
Oshkosh
Des Moine
la Crosse
Jakata
Specia
Mt. Vernon
C. N.R.R
James River
Main Street
Dakota
M. M. Hitchcock
R. McCmillen & CO
Schwarner
A. M. Bowdle
L. O. Gale
Lark’s Mile and Spool
Catton
F.c.champeny
Mitchell, Dak
Bol
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