Quay and Clarkson in Realignment Talks For 1892
Washington dispatch reports the Republican Executive Committee will meet at the Arlington Hotel to consider Quay's possible resignation and to set the date and venue for the 1892 National Convention. Clarkson may assume interim leadership if Quay resigns as debates over May convention and Blaine's potential support intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asprcal
Dispatch
Washington
Republican National Committee
Arlington Hotel
Ioes
James & Clarkson
J. Sloat Fascett
W. W. Dudley
A. J. Conger
Ohio
Quar
National Committee
Executive Committee
Quay
Clarkson
League of Republican Clubs
Fassett
Jarkeon
Fessenden
Quey
Juay
Conger
James G. Blaine
Bar Harbor
Blaine
Braddock Republicans in internal clash over state league vote
A telegram from Braddock reports a split between Quay Republicans and Dalzell supporters. The Quay faction plans a club to send delegates to the state convention for Robinson for President of the State League, while Dalzell loyalists insist Dalzell should be backed, citing local ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artisans of
Quay
Mr. Dalzell
Brappock
Quay Republicans
President McDowell Charged With Influence Claims
In Carros Mississippi on July 22 a letter from J. H. McDowell president of the Tennessee State Alliance alleges paid influence claims. The document, addressed to the dispatch, details accusations regarding financial influence operations connected to the alliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carros
Miss
J. H. McDowell
Tennessee State Alliance
Ocala Charges Reveal Cash Ties in Alliance Fight
The committee accuses Macune and Sledce of paying $7,000 for control of the Southern Alliance Farmer. It is alleged Georgia paper supplements Pat Calhoun letter on the subTreasury bill to bolster Calhoun for U S Senator. Macune allegedly collected over $2,000 in cash from Calhoun after a late night visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macune
Ocala
Fla
McDowell
Sledce
Southern Alliance Farmer
Georgia Alliance
Georgia
Pat Calhoun
United States
Tiat Macune
Calhoun
Livingon Livingston Named by Alliance for Speaker
Jerry Simpson reports Alliance forces will nominate and vote for L. F. P. Livingston of Georgia for Speaker. The plan could yield about forty votes in the House and disrupt the Georgia delegation, with North and Plains states backing Livingston. The Georgia contingent, including Tom Watson, may split as the Alliance caucuses and supports Livingston on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crisp
Livingston
Georgia
Wasmactox
Jerry Simpson
Seckless
Arkansas
Myr. Crisp
Simpson
Alliance
Congress
L. F P. Livingston
House
Jerry
L. F. Livingston
Tom Watson
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Union
Watson
Alliance Men For Revolution In Texas Camp
In Sulphur Springs Texas the Farmers Alliance and Knights of Labor in the Third and Fourth districts hold a week long encampment. Notables include Senator Peiffer and President Powers who advocate the People's party and condemn the two old parties with fiery rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis
Farmers” Alliance
Knights of Labor
Texas
Sulphur Springs
Senator Peiffer
Kanens
Mr. Powers
People’s Party
Leo R. Hoods
van Zandt
John Brown
Lford Garrison
President Powers
Indiana
Monopoly
Nee
Ingalls
Sherman
Republican Party
Polk Denounces Cleveland Before 5000 North Carolina Farmers
Colonel L L Polk president of the National Farmers Alliance tells Kings Mountain farmers he will not support Grover Cleveland for president if nominated. His bold stance triggers cheers and hints at a possible third party current amid crop shortages and low cotton prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caantorre
N. C
North Carolina
Kings Mountain
L. L. Polk
National Farmers’ Alliance
Grover Cleveland
Polk
Cleveland
Democratic Party
North Carolin
Nina Van Zandt Denies Honeymoon Hardship Tale
Special telegram from New York reports Miss Nina Van Zandt and her Italian husband Malato in Chicago on July 16 wedding. She calls claims that he rules her with an iron hand absurd, says they are getting along harmoniously despite language barriers and a published story with her photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nina van Zandt
Malato
Chicago
Nina
Malate
Noted Traveler Nets Commission for Chicago Fair Effort
The couple plans to sail for Havre next Saturday aboard the steamer La Normandie. They will reside in Italy for a period, while he seeks exhibitors for the Chicago Fair. He will receive a commission from fair managers and, with Nina, will write for American newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
Italy
Nina
Increase in County Jail Prisoners Across States
Census bulletin notes 1890 count of county jail prisoners rose to 19,538 from 12,691 in 1880, a 53.95 percent jump. Pennsylvania leads with 2,356 prisoners while most negro inmates are in South Atlantic and South Central divisions. The report highlights native and foreign-born origins, gender distribution, and state variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
North Atlantic
South Atlantic
South Central
Bulletin
Pennsylvania
Vermont
California
Dakota
District of Columbia
Ilinois
Maryland
Ohio
Oregon
Texas
Wyoming
Reduced the customs force in New York
Special telegram from New York reports Collector Erhardt receiving Secretary Foster’s orders reducing Federal customs employees. Total annual savings of 31,000. Of 86 removals, 61 are unclassified including laborers, messengers, and watchmen. classified removals are mostly Democrats. Old collector Milton M. Fenner, earning 3,000 a year, is among those removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yeak
Erhardt
Foster
Customs Service
New York
Custom House
Lig
Milton M. Fenner
State Treasury Surpasses Five Million in Funds
Special dispatch from Harrisburg reports the general fund near five million dollars the largest in history with over two million added this month and half the capital stock tax yet to be collected. State Treasurer Boyer delays cashing school warrants awaiting official notice from Attorney General Hensel. Hay Brown of the AG's office seeks payment of all warrants due to districts. An official written opinion is due Thursday for Treasurer protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Treasury
Boyer
Hensel
Stewart
Lancaster
Hay Brown
Umbrella Loan Service Incorporation Reported
United States Umbrella Providing Company files in Jersey City to loan umbrellas to subscribers at a moderate cost. Capital stock set at 1500 shares. incorporators include Jons Cohen Samuel Ramesfelder Emil and others. Offices planned in major cities nationwide with a subscriber card system for umbrella pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Umbrella Providing
Hudson County
Jersey City
Ihs
Jons Cohen
Samuel Ramesfelder
Emil
George H. Weiger
Samuel Baum
United States
Scriber
Jersey
Mc Allister Calls Aug 19 State Convention in Jackson
W A McAllister under Southern Anti Sub Treasury League authority calls a August 19 Jackson convention to send delegates to a national Alliance meeting opposing sub Treasury schemes. He denounces Martinism and political lepers accused of diverting the order from its true course amid a letter from McDowell to a Texas Alliance figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
McAllister
Ft. Worth
Tex
Alliance
Joan
McDowell
Eee
Texas Alliance
Midwrreba
Pgs
McCune
England Is With Us A Cabinet Officer Promises Support
The Foreign Committee of the Columbian World’s Fair Commission left England after a grand luncheon at the Savoy Hotel. Prominent guests included Lincoln, Cross, Webster, Arnold, Pender, and McCormick. Viscount Cross pledged full government backing to ensure a strong British and colonial presence at the Chicago exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpon
Foreign Committee
The
Columbian World's Fair Commission
England
Savoy Hotel
United States
Lincoln
Viscount Cross
Richard Webster
Edwin Arnold
Calvin
Emery
London
United States Legation
MR. Butterworth
Butterworth
Mr. Lincoln
F. W. Peck
Moses P. Handy
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Lincolner
India
America
Colonies
Philip Cunliffe Owen
Chicago
Chauncey M. Depew
Vanderbilt
Vienna
Depew
Philip Cunliffe Owens
Wureigs
Paris
Legation
Chamber of Commerce
Eiffel Tower
Society of Arts and Trades
English Moslem Wife Sticks To Husband and Islam
Teheran July 28 Kate Greenfield the woman alleged abducted at the Turkish consulate of Soulbonlak Persia was examined by the British Consul. She said she converted to Islamism and willingly followed her Moslem husband. Lisson July 28 The Chilean cruiser Errazuriz will sail tomorrow for the Canaries. The ship will not engage a crew to go beyond Buenos Ayres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teheran
Kate Greenfield
Soulbonlak
Persia
Lisson
Errazuriz
Canaries
Buenos Ayres
Schlick elected to Reichstag seat after Moltke death
Berlin reports Herr Schlick a Conservative won the Meme district seat in the Reichstag. The vacancy arose from Count von Moltke's death. Also note a Tuberculosis Congress meeting in Paris on July 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Moltke
Reichstag
Berlin
Herr Schlick
Count von Moltke
Pan
Study on Tuberculosis Transmission in Pregnancy Sparks Debate
A New York professor named Jacobin discussed whether tuberculosis bacilli can traverse the maternal placenta. The session included a lengthy debate following the presentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacobin
New York
Tin Plate Machinery And Welsh Mills In Trade Standstill
The Welsh tin plate industry resumes only to secure current orders with week to week pay and no stock reduction. American competition unsettles Welsh workmen while some firms idle. Labour and capital tensions rise as avenues to America appear. The Tin Plate Masters' Association secretary says only American rivalry exists with no immediate fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
America
Loxpon
Swansea
Manuen
Essisanguine
Optung
Daniel Edwards Company
The
Tin Plate Masters’ Association
Welcome to the French Afloat in Cronstadt Crowds Cheer
About 300 sailors attended a dinner for the French marines in Cronstadt. Crowds on the Exchange balcony cheered and fought for tri color flags as the French officers distributed them. Marseillaise music and cordial toasts followed with compliments between Grand Duke Alexis and Admiral Gervais. A Time dispatch notes the czar’s displeasure and restrictions on pleasure steamers near the fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St. Petersburg
Cronstadt
Gervais
Swelling the Death Roll in St Maude Railroad Disaster
Paris reports show the official inquiry struggles to identify the collision cause amid charges of revenge malice carelessness and incompetence. Fifty dead are counted with some remains suggesting double losses in a grim toll as St Maude authorities schedule funerals at 3 pm tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
St Maude
St. Maude
Wesleyan Conference Revisions Delegates to Washington Council
The Wesleyan Conference adjusted its Washington Chemical Council delegate list. Doctors Dallinger and Jenkins and Percy Bunting among others signaled willingness to attend with 60 new nominations. P W Perks proposed expanding topics while the President urged keeping the existing framework. Price Hughes moved the previous question but Perks withdrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpox
Wesleyan Conference
Washington
Price Hughes
Perks
Government declines action on alien immigration
In the House of Commons Henry Brace pressed for measures to curb indigent foreign immigration. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach,President of the Board of Trade, denied need for special steps, noting June 1891 arrivals were 200 fewer than June 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpon
House of Commons
Henry Brace
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach
Board of Trade
England
Utopia Gas-Filled Hold Hinders corpse Recovery
July 28 Gregarak reports the steamship Utopia has a gas charged hold forcing suspension of corpse recovery operations. rescuers had recovered a woman’s body with an infant at her breast and another child clinging to her clothing before operations halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregarak
Utopia
Electric death by own action of eccentric old man
A Missouri town resident John Thomas, known for kindness and tinkering, engineered his own death with an arc light electric setup. He placed electrodes to pass current through the pneumogastric nerve, releasing a 1200 volt shock that caused instant death without burns or muscle twitching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wens Crry
John Thomas
Thomas
Kemmler
Auburn Prison
Sing Sing
Brown
Uisling
Visiting nobility beaten at Jefferson Market Court
Baron Henry Van Oldeneel of Amsterdam and Count Ernest de la Porte of Paris testify in Jefferson Market Court that bartender Arthur Cosgrove beat them with an iron bar and threw them into the street. The baron alleges blackmail, while Cosgrove’s lawyer accuses him of attempting to extort. Judge Kelly adjourns to hear Dr. Woodstock testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baron Henry van Oldeneel
Amsterdam
Ernest de la Porte
Paris
Jefferson Market Court
Viscount de Onsenbay
Arthur Cosgrove
Baron van Oldeneel
Cosgrove
Egan
Count de la Porte
Cochran
Kelly
Woodstock
Electrical works in trouble with large attachment
The Sheriff attached 315,000 against the Eastern Electric Company in favor of Samuel Rowland on promissory notes. Murphy & Metcalf claim 2,095 for services. The company, incorporated in 187,000 with 1,000,000 capital, operates the Eastern system in Canada. Ex Mayor Wickham was its first President. In 1880 Smith and Perry bought a controlling stake. Perry led a Brooklyn church. Works located in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eastern Electric Company
Samuel Rowland
Murphy & Metcalf
Hungarians in New York to plead for Braddock trio
The Hungarian Society of New York will host a mass meeting on August 1 to advocate for Andrew Todt George Rusnock and Michael Sabol who were sentenced to death in Pittsburg for taking part in the Braddock labor riots. Prominent citizens will address the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrew Todt
George Rusnock
Michael Sabol
Pittsburg
Braddock
Pennsylvania Board of Pardons appeal over execution case
The board will appeal to the higher authorities arguing that the shortened time frame does not justify carrying out the execution of the two men involved. The case centers on clemency considerations and the grounds for delaying or halting the punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Board of Pardons of Pennsylvania
End of a Runaway Match and a Bigamy Arrest
A Port Jefferson family scandal unfolds as Oliver W. Petty discovers Kate Mott Nugent, his bride of January, was previously married three times. Nugent faces bigamy charges while Petty seeks an annulment. Judge Cullen expected to rule. The tale also mentions silk import frauds and a customs official resignation rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
New York
Oliver W. Petty
D. Oliver Petty
Port Jefferson
Kate Mott Nugent
Bay Shore
Young Petty
Lincoln Nugent
Patchogue
Gregory
Fox
Riverhead
Supreme Court
Cullen
Brooklyn
Cleveland Elopers Captured After Train Stop
Cleveland authorities pursue Louisa Bogcott and William Belcher who eloped from Cleveland with a 7 year old girl in tow. Detectives boarded the train at Broad Street station Philadelphia and arrested them at Central station. The girl is the child of Miss Oggatt and was bound for her father in Asbury Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Wood
Cleveland
Louisa Bogcott
William Belcher
Broad Street Station
Hamm
Central Station
Miss Oggatt
Asbury Park
Miss Tt
Methodist Missions Suffer from Chinese Riots
Boston anxiously follows China massacre news. Methodist reports confirm riots in Yang-Tsi Valley with attacks on Nanking Philander Smith Hospital and a girls school. Rev D W Nichols defended a mob with a revolver until soldiers arrived, and two missionaries, Rev Argenta and Mr Green, were killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
China
Congregational House
Alden
Murdock
Baptist
Celestials
Methodist
Yang Chow
Nanking
Wusuch
Kin-Kiang
Yang-Tsi
Philander Smith
Woman's Foreign Missi Society
D. W. Nichols
Wusich
Argenta
Green
Customs Service
Suspect Arrested in Luzerne County Child Murder Case
Giuseppe de Camellia alias Joseph E Comano is arrested at a South Seventh Street macaroni factory as the man believed to have killed Kate Gargano, 11, at her Latti mer home. He claims ignorance of the arrest cause and offers no hometown details. He will be returned to Luzerne County for trial tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panapotennia
Guiseppe de Camellia
Joseph E. Comano
Kate Gargano
Lattimer
Luzerne County
South Seventh Street
Settling a Big Bank Failure in Alabama
Monteomény July 28 The assignees of the Moses Bank file a schedule of assets of the late firm listing nominal value around 23 million largely in stocks bonds and real estate across Alabama. Liabilities are about 1.1 million. Creditors plan to form a trust company with shares equal to their claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monteomeny
Moses Bank
Iasignees
Alabama
Costs of Strikes Preparation by State Department
The Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Internal Affairs is preparing statements on the causes, effects, and costs of strikes in the state. The figures will be included in the next annual report, marking a new economic departure for the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Hanispurs
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Internal Affairs
Haiti in Revolt Rumors and Treasury Shortfall Loom
Port au Prince faces a coup era as couris panic spreads amid rumors exiles from Kingston may land. Troops gather with cannon while Hippolyte’s government falters with an empty treasury and unpaid troops. Manigat and Legitime unite, stoking hopes of a new balance of power as exiles abroad protest Prophete’s claimed command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Au
Hippolyte
Colton
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Manigat
Anselma Prophete
Legitime
Jamaica
Kingston
Hai Fally
St. Thomas
Revoeee Eer
Jane
A. Prophete
Francois Manat
Momplaisir
Eselion, Jr
Chery Augustus
Gerard Vieux
M. Labissiere
Alexandre Cleophat
Jastram
Kingston On
Prophete
Piquant
Boisrond Canal
Psy Smee
Polyte
Manigat and
Preparation of Exceptions in Supreme Court Case
Acting Superintendent of Instruction Professor Waller along with ex Attorney General Kirkpatrick and ex Secretary of the Commonwealth Stone arrive to prepare exceptions to Judge Simonton's decision. The dispute centers on whether Waller is the legal possessor of the Supreme Court position and whether the lower court's opinion should be upheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waller
Kirkpatrick
The
Commonwealth Stone
J Simonton
Supreme Court
Missing $75,000 at Kountzie Express Office
A report from Houston dated July 28 says $75,000 is missing from the express office at Kountzie, a major center. Officials are investigating but remain reticent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houstos
Tex
Kountzie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sorkies Simpson
Fawr
Throghott State
Braddock Republicans
Dispatcih
Tennessee Alliance
Alliance Men For Revolution
Nios van Zandt
States
Southern Anti-Sub-Treasury League
France
Errazuriz Geta
Czar
the Wesleyan Econemical
Warden Brown
Eastern Company
Pete
Tr Tion
Briton Richardson
Secretary of the Treasury
Yokohama
Crties
Silk Association
Bs Richardson
Joel B. Erhardt
Harrison
Cleveland Elopers
Prins Frederick
Antenor Firmin
Turenne
Jean Gilles
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!