Two New Jersey and Illinois statesmen clash in heated House scene
A loud House session ends with Cannon and Mason trading insults as Representatives Wilson Beckwith and Lehrbach square off. Fights erupt between Wilson Beckwith and Cannon allies over a preamble, while the mace is raised to restore order and a temporary truce settles after reconciliation efforts.
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New Jersey
Cannon
House
Wilson
Washington
Beckwith
Illinois
William F. Mason
Mason
Lehrbach
Lehtbach
Gear
Iowa
Mr. Williams
Ohio
Williams
Governor Gear
Laver
Lhan Stalezemes
Sears
Coures
Personal Explanation Sparks House Frustration
Mr Cannon gave a personal explanation with evident regret. In the fray over the lard bill a quorum attempt drew Pay son of Illinois from the gallery, moving that the House adjourn.
Senator Davie Urges Tariff Tactics For Reciprocal Trade
In the Senate on August 27 Mr Davis argued for unrestricted commercial relations with South American republics while preserving duties on sugar and coffee to leverage foreign trade. He urged protection for American wool hides and cabinet woods, proposed retaliatory measures against France Germany and England, and claimed reciprocity would boost American shipping more than subsidies. No major changes to the tariff bill were made.
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Davie
Hiretoy
Senate
Davis
South America
France
Germany
England
Rations exceed census figures for Rosebud Sioux
The Rosebud Agency in South Dakota shows 5165 Sioux listed in A T Lea's census. Indian agents say 7450 were counted for rations, and only 125 more Indians were found in a new tally. Officials cite past smallpox deaths and plan an investigation into the discrepancy.
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Wright
Lea
Hawaiian Trouble Prompts Fireship Charleston Return
Orders issued for the fireship Charleston, just arrived at Seattle from Honolulu, to return immediately to assist in the affair in Hawaii following Admiral Brown’s report on the serious condition there.
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Wasuixeter
Charleston
Seattle
Washington
Honolulu
Admiral Brown
Hawaii
Baxter Confirmed as Army Surgeon General
Washington reports the Senate confirmed Colonel J. H Baxter as Surgeon General of the Army on August 27. The nomination clears the way for major medical leadership in the military.
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Washinoton
Senate
J. H Baxter
Army
Poison for a Pasha Ismail Pasha Disappearance Mystery
Parcels of details describe Ismail Pasha the ex Khedive of Egypt as unseen in Constantinople and kept under lock and key. He carried bonds worth nearly ten million dollars. Addicted to morphine he showed signs of mental decline. Rumors say he was poisoned and removed under Turkish despotism. Mobs attacked cholera doctors as influenza spreads.
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Egypt
Constantinople
Dunlap
Paris
Ismail Pasha
Snd
Ismail
Ville de Paris
Fighting Two Foes Physicians in Spain Face Cholera Peril
Reports from Spain describe brutal violence against doctors fighting cholera. In Leerdo a physician died after mob assault and another was stabbed. Magente, a physician in Valencia, was killed by a Roman with a hatchet. Peasants oppose the medical effort amid rising danger to medical crews.
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Spain
Dunlap
Mapzip
Leerdo
Magente
Gilbert and Sullivan profit dispute delays hearing
The quarrel over profits from The Gondoliers and Gilbert's share with D Oyly Carte and Sullivan will not be amicably settled. Gilbert, seriously ill, is at Carlsbad taking the waters, and the hearing was postponed again despite Sullivan and Carte’s objections.
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Gilbert
Sullivan
Carico
SY Dunlap
Cable Company
Lowpor
W.S. Gilbert
Savoy Theater
D'Oyly Carte
Arthur Sullivan
Carlsbad
D’oyly Carte
FLEEING FROM AFRICA MINERS HEAD TO MONTANA
A dozen English miners recently left the Transvaal for Montana on the Majestic. They report hundreds fleeing South Africa as mining profits fall, citing inadequate machinery as the bottleneck and rail access as crucial. White workers lived in ease while natives did the hard labor, earning $350 while a white boss earned $25 weekly.
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Montana
New York
South Africa
Majestic
Transvaal
Johannesburg
James Burden
William Odgers
Wittewater
Burden
Kimberly
Baron Dannenberg Convicted for 1866 Annexation Comment
News from Hanover reports the trial and conviction of Baron Dannenberg editor of the Deutsche Volkazeitung. He is sentenced to six months in prison for editorializing that Prussian annexation of 1866 should have been followed by a revolution and would have if the annexed provinces had possessed courageous patriots.
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Berlin
Hanover
Baron Dannenberg
Deutsche Volkazeitung
Not a word of truth in clergyman Burtsell retreat claim
Rev Dr Richard L Burtsell denies rumors of a Jesuit retreat in Troy and states there is no truth to the charge. He says he is busy and will likely go to Rondout to take charge of the parish after the retreat.
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Danies
Burtsell
Troy
Richard L. Burtsell
Burteell
Oniow
Rome
Rondout
New Irish Club Organized by Frank Hudson in Lorper
An Irish social club named The BdSheridan is organized by journalist Frank Hudson in Lorper aimed at non political and non religious gatherings. Hudson seeks support from literary and artistic Irishmen in the city.
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Lorper
Frank Hudson
Teutonic passenger fined for smuggling spirits
A landed passenger faced magistrates for smug gling ci and spirits into the country. The charge was proved and he received the usual penalty.
Australian port strike spreads labor unrest overseas
Gas stokers strike over hiring of nonUnion workers in Melbourne while New Zealand ships halt seaboard traffic. Sydney reports troops dispatched to Newcastle and constables deployed. Governor of Hainault mediates offering to cut half rates and convene a labor council. Other items note Russian trade route plans, a deadly Trieste storm, and Croatian forest fires.
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Melbourne
New Zealand Steamship Company
Sydney
New Castle
New
Syndicate of English capitalists seeks Rhode Island mills
A Providence telegram reports a syndicate led by G R Bonnard of the Bank of England and D Engle plus London partners negotiating to buy major Rhode Island mills including Charles Fletcher’s Johnston and Olneyville mill complex valued at 2 million and B B and BR Knight plants with 88000 spindles. The group eyes Gorham silver works Elmwood Perkins nail plant and Woonsocket Worsted Mills, with total value claimed at 17 to 18 million.
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Dispatch
Providence
G. R. Bonnard
Bank of England
D. Engle
Messrs. Dorsey and Bemis
London
Gorham Silver Plate
Elmwood
Perkins Nail
Charles Fletcher
Johnston
Olneyville
B. B. & BR. Knight
Natic
Arctic
England
RH. Johnson
New York
Baltimore
Huntingdon Car Company
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg Iron Works
Calvin 8. Brice
Huntingdon Car Syndicate
Bonnard
Rhode Island
Fletcher
Directors resign at American Cottonseed Company
Mr. E. D. Adams says a majority of the American Cottonseed Company directors have resigned and will be replaced by men of noted business ability representing the property holders. He cites a floating debt of 2.5 million dollars and warns of a forthcoming 5 million dollar 8 percent debenture bond issue to be offered to stockholders at par. Rumors of serious differences among directors and sales of holdings to associates are reported on the Exchange.
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New York
E. D. Adams
Winslow, Lanier & Co
American Cottonseed Company
Cottonseed Trust
Nations Farmers Congress Proceedings Report
The second day opened at 9 o'clock with Hon. Edward Rosewater arguing Congress has done enough to spur silver production and money supply. In the afternoon Hon. W Q Freeman of Maine spoke on New England agriculture and Hon. W F Work of Indiana condemned the protective tariff as harmful to national interests.
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Corser
the Nations Farmers’ Congress
Edward Rosewater
Congress
W. Q. Freeman
Maine
New England
W. F. Work
Indiana
Passenger berths booked on Atlantic steamers prompt high fares
Liverpool August 27. All ships leaving next month are fully booked for passenger space. No vacancies on departures next Saturday except the Guion steamer Alaska, which lists a $500 fare.
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Liverpool
Alaska
Colonel Piollet Dead
Colonel Victor E. Piollet, noted politician and granger, dies at his country home at age 78 after a cholera morbus attack earlier in August. Present at his death were his daughter Mrs Emily Egeleson of New York, son Louis, brother Joseph, and Mrs F B Wierman of Harrsburg and Mrs F T Deming.
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Wrysox
Victor E. Piollet
Piollet
Inter
Mra
Emily Egeleson
New York
Louis
Joseph
F. B. Wierman
Harrsburg
F. T. Deming
Secret Independent Republican conference at Altoona
A terse Altoona meeting involving ex-Senators Lee Emery and Samuel P. Boyer plus other Independent Republicans sparked intrigue over an anti-Defamater movement. Remarks were limited, reports suggest Emery and Quay involvement, and a chairman was to be chosen while further talks were planned.
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Altoona
Lee
Venango
Emery
McKean
Samuel P. Boyer
Titusville
Crawford County
Logan House
George E. Mapes
Philadelphia
Independent Republican State Committee
Dama
Shaking Hands With the Vets at Bal diera Reunion
At Uniontow s on August 27 the reunion of the First and Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry and the First and Second West Virginia Cavalry drew strong turnout. Senator Delamater and Secretary Stewart attended, were greeted at the depot and hotel, and gave speeches. A parade followed the 4 PM event. Missouri Republican Convention set to open in Jefferson City the next day with nominations for state offices. Boise Democrats nominate Wilson for Governor Taylor for Lieutenant Governor Mayhew for Representative in Congress.
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Uniontows
Pennsylvania
West Virginia Cavalry
Senator Delamater
St. Louis
Jefferson City
The
Supreme Court
Erailroad
Jonenae Ae
Publo Schoo
Ldaho Democrats
Boise City
Benjamin Wilson
Boise County
Samuel F. Taylor
Bingham County
Alexander Mayhew
Shoshone
Congress
Headquarters Suita Building News Draft
A terse report notes a headquarters building project in Suita with unclear details from OCR. The item references a facility, possible investors, and an upcoming decision but lacks precise dates or names. Further readable text needed for concrete facts.
Influenza Epidemic Prompting Strict Sanitation Measures
Advices from Rudolfstadt report a widespread influenza epidemic with hundreds afflicted. Authorities have imposed stringent sanitary measures to curb the spread. A Brooklyn railway official, John Scanlan, is involved in a separate trouble case reported from Quzzasrowys.
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Redolferndt
Dunlap
Rudolfstadt
Brooklyn
John
Scanlan
Brooklyn Railway
French-Eversole feud indictments issued in Hazard court
A Hazard Kentucky letter reports court in session under troop protection as twenty three men tied to the French Eversole feud face murder and accessory indictments. The grand jury was pressured by the prosecutor and Judge Lilley warned he would not sign warrants for pay, asserting legal duty to protect the law.
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Louisville
Hazard
Lilley
Legal fight over naturalization lists in Biddeford blooms into riot risk
August 27 dispatch reports seven Biddeford Aldermen charged with conspiring to remove 514 names from voting lists and question the validity of naturalization papers granted by Judge Charles Hamilton. If convictions stand, penalties include up to ten years imprisonment or $10,000 fines. Democrats plan to appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court to renew naturalization papers for voters who qualified before age 18.
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Bipprrorp
Aldermen
Charles 8. Hamilton
Biddeford
J Webb
United States
Hamilton
Congress
M. P. Frank
Reed
Mr. Frank
Ermen
Apce
United States Circuit Court
Phillips W. Phillips Candidacy Talk Sparks Local Interest
The Great Ol Man, W Phillips, former president of the Oiloducera Association, travels toward New Castle after a St Lawrence trip. He comments on McDowell withdrawal demands, contemplates running as a compromise candidate in the Twenty fifth Co district, and notes possible party opposition from independents and Delamater supporters.
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Sfrclal
Philadelphia
W. Phillips
Oiloducera’ Asociation
Lafayette
Phillips
New Castle
St. Lawrence
McDowell
Twenty
Delamater
Peck Is a Winner in Wisconsin Democratic Nomination
At Milwaukee August 27 the Wisconsin Democratic convention nominated George W. Peck for governor after a second ballot with Gabriel Bouck gaining support on the first. Ex Secretary of the Interior William F. Vilas became committee chairman. The platform attacked the Bennett law as unnecessary parental interference and favored teaching English without compulsory measures, condemning McKinley and force bills.
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Milwaukee
Wall
George W. Peck
Gabriel Bouck
Peer
William F. Vilas
Bennett
McKinoley
Alabama Republicans reject Harrison endorsement at Seventh District Convention
Special telegram from Bremmneuam reports the Republican Congressional Convention of Alabama's Seventh District in Anniston voting down a resolution endorsing President Harrison. The meeting concluded without nominating a candidate.
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Bremmneuam
Alabama
Anniston
Harrison
Delegation Attends National Greenback Convention in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on August 27 a small delegation attended the National Greenback Convention. Colonel Jones presided and criticized both sides for what they had and had not done. The policy debate touched on money regulation and financial concerns. A love feast followed.
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Pianapolis
Jones
Serres
Colored men endorse state ticket at HakgiIspunG meeting
In HakgiIspunG the conference of colored men endorsed the State ticket and approved the Federal election bill. They resolved to hold a State convention in Harrisburg in September to form a more perfect union. In Dergzorr the Republican State Convention convened at 3 pm with committees named and adjournment set for 10 am tomorrow. In Springfield the Tenth District Democratic Convention nominated John Q. Smith, a tariff reformer and Farmers' Alliance member.
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Harrisburg
Springfield
John Q. Smith
Farmers’ Alliance
Democrats Nominate William L. Wilson in Second District
Keyser West Virginia August 27 Democrats of the Second Congressional district met in convention here and nominated Hon William L Wilson for Congress by acclimation. The convention was attended and harmonious.
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Keyser
W. Va
Democrata of
Second Congressional District
William L. Wilson
Conley
Political conventions name nominees in Missouri and Texas
R. D. Woon of Callaway received the nomination in Missouri’s Tenth district. EB. L. Augter was chosen as Republican nominee for Congress in Texas Fourth district. E. L. Hedmond, editor of the Booneville Republican, is the Missouri Sixth district Republican nominee.
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R. D. Woon
Callaway
Missouri
EB. L. Augter
Congress
Texas
E. L. Hedmond
Booneville
Fourth annual convention opens of factory inspectors
New York August 27 the fourth annual convention of the Association of Factory Inspectors opened at City Hall with Chief Factory Inspector Meres Abela of Momacivelis delivering remarks on compulsory measures and inspector education.
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New York
The
Association of Factory Inspectors
Meres Abela
Momacivelis
Rager-Q Mulls Recomfested
The Ninth district at TuwPay Texas on August 17 reports ongoing review of a recomfested matter.
End of Prue Zoy Page in The Dispatch Teaue
The Dispatch presents the concluding column on Prue Zoy with final notes and brief market or society items. Readers are invited to follow the page for closing items, notices, and contextual tidbits.
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Prue
Teaue
Must Shift Alone as New Men Take Striker Slots in Chicago
Chicago stockyards switchmen wage a lone fight after splitting from their union as others in the industry resume work. Managers claim discipline eroded and promise to fill all positions by Saturday with police protection. Alton strikers remain out.
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Chicago
Railway Switching Association
Alton
Thirty-first Street
Shea
Stock Yards
Chappell
Marsh
Brighton Parr
Brighton Park
Powderly Denied Private Letter About Central Strike
In a letter to a local engineer P M Arthur chief of the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers denies receiving a private letter from Powderly about the Central strike. Arthur says Powderly misstates communications and asserts the brotherhood’s policy is known and consistent.
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New Yorke
P. M. Arthur
Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Sayas
Cleveland
Powderly
Incendiary Fires Strikes Cheboygan Town
Camporeux Mica August 27. The city is in a panic as a gang of incendiaries tries to wipe out the town. Property owners guard their goods with revolvers while firemen and police remain on call. Six fires started but were extinguished with no reported damage. one warehouse burned.
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Cheboygan
Camporeux
Mica
Wolfley Resignation Demanded by President
The Interior Secretary wires Governor Wolfley to resign immediately, urging removal from office as of August twenty seventh. Officials report the President demands swift action to fill the vacancy in Tuscos Aviz.
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Tuscos
Aviz
Interior
Woley
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