20 Oct 1886
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1886
Page
1
In early reports from multiple locations, fires devastate business districts in an Indiana or Illinois town, while separate dispatches discuss Mexican politics with Diaz facing a potential dictatorship plan. Additional items cover Jake Sharpe's bribery case, a fatal accident in New York’s aqueduct project, and London literary uproar over Edmund Gossage.
A Lewistown bound Blaine party left Harrisburg at 8 am amid cheers and whistle signals as they toured up the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys aiming for Lewistown by 10 am. The group notes reduced numbers after diversions, with reporters recalling Gen Beaver’s ancestral home along the river amid a countryside of mills and small towns.
The French infantry will receive new rifles next spring at a cost of 20,600,600 dollars. The Bulgarian government may negotiate with Russia over a vacant throne. A Paris ministry crisis looms as public opinion turns against the present government. An estate inventory places Jerome B. Chaffee’s assets at 925,318 dollars. The National Brotherhood of Railway Brakemen met in San Antonio with 300 delegates. a parade accompanied the convention. Chicago liquor dealers elected officers led by John M. Atherton as president. A Missouri hunter, Grew Bacon Montgomery, died from a self-inflicted gunshot in Juarez, Mexico. Secretary Manning attended the White House cabinet meeting briefly. Minneapolis voted to curb switchmen disruptions with police protection. A 30-foot python escaped in City Hall Park and was recaptured after injuring two men. A Dephilanders farm tragedy left Constant and his mother fatally wounded. both may die. W. R. Whitmore failed to meet stock contracts, with estimated losses of 30,000 dollars. S. Powers’ firm dissolved after unusual Reading stock activity.
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