Famine Appeals Stir British Press Attack in Ireland Aid Debate
The Times denounces the New York famine appeal as a political ploy to win Irish votes. It argues Irish distress is exaggerated and warns that electioneering may distort relief efforts while defending Britain’s aid record and the Irish Executive’s role.
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New York
Ireland
Parnell
Iwt Duxnlap
United States
Times
America
House of Representatives
Republic
American Committee For the Relief
Atlantic
Britain
Clan-Na-Gael
Dublin
Baltain
Great Britain
Wilson
Europe
England
India
China
Redpath and the Land League Leader Under Fire
The article accuses James Redpath, organizer for the Land League, of violent rhetoric and support for murder at a League meeting. It portrays him as a charity figure begging for aid while linking him to Mr. Parnell and denouncing allied American politicians and public opinion.
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Redpath
James Redpath
Land League
Parnell
Lord Mountmorris
America
Healy
League
Hun
Socialists Demand Direct Democracy in Germany Programme
The Volksblatt publishes the Socialists workmen's party platform in Germany. It calls for state supported cooperative industries, universal direct suffrage with secret ballot, direct leg islature on war or peace, abolition of special laws, people’s jurisdiction, free education, and workers control of industries, mines, and justice.
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Citzens
SY Dunlap
Benrrix
Volksblatt
Herr Liebknecht
Socialist Workmen's Party
Germany
Firet
Insult to Injury by Dunlaps Cable Co
London reports a dispute over a story and illustrations allegedly stolen from Mrs Oliphant's Governess. The Lady's Pictorial editor accuses the Home Magazine editor of theft and of attempting to buy back the original electroplates.
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London
Lady's Pictorial
Pall Mall Gazette
Home
Washington
Mra Oliphant
Importers in a Box Entangled by McKinley Bill Law
American importers of Saron fabrics ordered large lots from Chemnitz Auerbach Plauen and other German centers hoping to beat the McKinley bill. With no goods entering US ports after Saturday under the current law they face heavy duties and financial loss.
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Dresden
Chemnitz
Auerbach
Plauen
United States
Young emigrants found aboard City of New York after transatlantic voyage
Eight stowaway boys were found hidden aboard the Inman liner City of New York after sailing from Liverpool. The youths, aiming for the land of the free, were discovered just before reaching New York. They were sent ashore at Queenstown and later conveyed to port, expressing sadness at their failed attempt to reach America.
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Land of the Free
SY Duxlap
New York
Liverpool
New
Exports of Steel From Sheffield Over Three Months
Sheffield shipments show three month steel exports to the United States totaling 78,825 pounds, valued at 394,000 dollars. Comparable exports to other countries rose to 119,007 pounds, worth about 899,985 dollars.
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Sheffield
United
Treaty row sparks German Sultan cession pact in Balenta
Berirs October 2 A treaty of cession between Germany and the Sultan of Zanzi of the toary de Balenta reveals a payment of 1 000 marks in a diplomatic pact.
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Berirs
Germany
Trevelyan denounces American land barons in Scotland
Sir George Otto Trevelyan defends his attack on American millionaires who buy large Scottish estates and bar access to tourists. He argues Americans would harshly condemn such fencing if similar holdings existed in the United States. He notes Rosshire roughly 3,000 square miles in area.
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Spatch
Lowporn
Sir George Otto Trevelyan
Scotland
Switzerland
United States
Rosshire
Bosshire
Married and Dead in Mystery Hanging Bridegroom
On October 2 a woman named Lida Freese wed her fiancé Camm after ten years engagement. The next morning she found him dead, hanging by a rope in front of the bed. A note pinned to the cushion read Nobody knows a woman until he is married to her.
England Stirred Up Tariff Clash and European Tensions
The London press contrasts views on the McKinley tariff bill with Canada and England, while Crispi remarks are denied by the Reforma to day. Reports from Constantinople, London, and other capitals cover church tensions, Hungarian finances, Armenian frontier alerts, German reprisals talk, and a cholera outbreak in Aden.
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Associated Press
Lexpos
the Chronicle
the Times
England
Berlin
Milan
Crispi
Romeo
Signor Crispi
Paris Figaro
France
Italy
Europe
America
Reforma Today
Constantinople
Dionysios
St. Pic
Oecre
Carnes
Czarowicz
Ex Presidents Named to Peabody Fund Executive Committees
The Peabody Fund trustees appoint ex Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes Grover Cleveland and other notable figures to Executive Committees. James L. Porter Chief Justice Fuller William A Courtenay Charles Devens Robert C Winthrop and leaders William M Evarts Hamilton Fish Anthony Drexel Randall Gibson and J Pierpont Morgan named as Presi dent Financiers and Treasurer. Meeting set in New York city for October after the first Monday in 1891.
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New York
The
Peabody Fund
Rutherford B. Hayes
James L. Porter
Fuller
William A. Courtenay
Charles Devens
Robert C. Winthrop
William M. Evarts
Hamilton Fish
Grover Cleveland
Anthony J. Drexel
Randall E. Gibson
J. Pierpont Morgan
Thi City
Lynching Follows Prisoner Homicide in Kentucky
Ernest Humphreys, a Black man jailed in Princeton, Kentucky, after fatally shooting Dicey Moller, was seized by a mob of Black residents and lynched yesterday. Reports note Humphreys had previously killed a man, prompting the outbreak of mob violence.
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Louisville
Princeton
Ernest Humphreys
Dicey Moller
Humphreys
Umphreys
Law for Mississippi Debtors Adopted by Convention
JACESON October 2 The Constitutional Convention adopted a provision in the legislative report allowing insolvent debtors to surrender property without release from execution if not provided by existing insolvent laws. reflects a shift toward debtor relief within constraints.
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Mississippi
Jaceson
Tariff Bill Errors Prompt Rush Credit and Caution
A staff correspondent reports that the tariff bill rushed to passage contained clerical mistakes including misnumbered sections and a wrong duty on sweetened chocolate. An entire internal revenue section was omitted, delaying remedy until the next session, with corrections planned after January.
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Congress
House
Senate
Internal Revenue
Lightner
Exodus from the Capital as Statesmen Depart
Washington dispatch reports a near empty Capitol with only Owens of Ohio present in the House. Speaker Reed has returned home and McKinley plans to leave, optimistic about retaking the Democrats in his district. Flower of the Democratic Committee admits funding shortages and relies on local committees to field candidates.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Owens
Ohio
House of Congress
Capitol
Reed
McKinley
Flower
New York
Democratic Congressional Committee
Mason Delays Report On Ohio Ballot Box Forgery
Special telegraph reports Congress adjourned without a report on the Ohio ballot box investigation. Chairman Mason used filibuster tactics while his Republican colleagues refused to join in whitewash, saving ex Governor Foraker from censure. Major GOP names linked to forged documents express disappointment as Mason proclaims a vindication.
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Wasuigeron
Congress
Ohio
Mason
Foraker
Grosvenor
Defender for Raum says minority report premature
Judge Sawyer of New York, speaking for the majority investigating the Pension Office, asserts the minority report was released before evidence was complete and the inquiry closed. He rebuts each minority point, noting the record remains unfinished and more evidence is needed.
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Hiverton
Sawyer
New York
Pension Office
Cooper
E Lemon
President Ison Refers 3830 Nominations to Senate
Ten months into the session President Ison sent 3 830 nominations to the Senate with all but 12 confirmed. Many nominations named more than one person, totaling about 4 500 appointments.
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Ison
Senate
Acting Governor urges speedy admission of Arizona
In Wasnineros on October 2 the Acting Governor N. C. Murphy submitted a report to the Interior Secretary detailing Arizona Territory’s fiscal year. He recommends Congress pass an enabling act for statehood, donate all public lands to the Territory, and donate all school lands for educational purposes.
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Wasnineros
Aizona
Secretary of the Interior
N. C. Murphy
Arizona
Countess Virginia Knox to Debut in New York Play
Virginia Knox of Pittsburgh, known as the Countess di Montercoli, will debut next Tuesday at Daly's Theater in New York in a specially written play by Burr McIntosh. Knox portrays a young married woman who defeats a theatrical adventurer in a feigned elopement plot. her husband, the Count, cannot attend due to a Moyamensing engagement.
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Virginia Knox Mastercell
New York
Wii
Thes Dispatch
Philadelphia
Daly
Virginia Knox
Pittsburg
Countesa di Montercoli
Daly's Theater
Miss Knox
Burr McIntosh
Daly Company
Mob in Oklahoma Legislature Over a Capital Bill
A chaotic scene in Guthrie follows the Lower House vote to place the Territorial Capital in Oklahoma City. Speaker Daniels signs after reconsideration, Perry flees a vengeful crowd, Nesbitt is pursued and the bill is recovered. Captain Cavanaugh and U S Marshal Grimes intervene to calm the mob.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Daniels
Perry
Representative Nesbitt
Nesbitt
Representative Hall
Cavanaugh
United States
Grimes
Cotton centennial pageantry interrupted by daredevil leap
At Pawtucket during the cotton centennial celebration firemen competed for prizes. Patrick Devlin of the Third Rhode Island heavy artillery leaped from the Pawtucket bridge rail mimicking Sam Patch and plunged into a 40 foot deep water hole, reappearing shortly after to audience cheers.
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Providence
Pawtucket
Sam Patch
Patrick Devlin
Rhode Island Heavy Artillery
Devlin
No Knights Allowed In the Central Railroad
New York Central Railroad officials ban Knights of Labor from the road after a circular from Vice President ebb directs department heads to report decisions.
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Central
New York
New York Central
Knights of Labor
Ebb
Murder Suicides and Local Incidents Reported
A chaotic digest records James Dekton, believed sane, killing his wife and self near Saratoga. A cruiser named Vesuvius arrives at Newport to test pneumatic dynamite guns. J Mitchell shoots his brother after mistaking him for a catamount in Guthrie. A confrontation in Orangeburg County ends with Captain Wanamaker stabbed to death. Deputy Marshal George W Bird is shot fatally in Illinois. Lynching threats surface as details emerge.
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Saratoga
Newport
New York
Guthrie
J. J. Mitchell
Washington
F. M. Wanamaker
M. L. Herlong
Orangebury County
George W. Bird
Ae Arthur
Frankfore, IL
Bird
Pattison Campaign Climbs Through Crawford to Beaver Falls
Ex Governor Pattison and party barnstorm across Crawford and Beaver counties amid drenching rain. In Meadville and New Castle crowds cheer with a strong turnout, Pattison pledged to mobilize voters against bossism and urged informed ballots. Beav er Falls meeting draws 350 Republicans and 1,400 theatre crowd in decisive ongoing tour.
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Crawford
Delamater
Beaver County
New Castle
Lawrence County
Consid
Senator Quay
Beaver Falls
James Piper
Bar
J. D. Perrott
Drygoods
J. P. Paine
D. ©. Benham
L. G. Townsend
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad
B. Todd
H. M. Myers
P. Wallace
H. H. George
Geneva College
George Warrington
H. T. Martin
Sullivan
Ohio campaign opens with Campbell's tariff speech in Canton
Governor Campbell opened the Democratic campaign in Ohio in Canton drawing a large Massillon crowd. At the Tabernacle he spoke to about 1800 listeners on tariff policy, contrasting Blaine and Bowes with McKinley and arguing the broader national and world implications of the race.
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Campbell
Disratcr
Canton
Ohio
Massillon
Tabernacle
Blaine
Bowes
McKinley
Washington
Governor Campbell Does Not Mention Kelmilen or Cincinnati Board
The governor showed intense interest on the topic but made no reference to Kelmilen or the Cincinnati Board of Public Works. No further details were provided in the report.
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Campbell
Kelmilen
Cincinnati Board of Public Works
Delamater Campaign in Warren and Erie Draws Big Crowds
The Delamater Republican party toured Warren and Erie with a 2000 turnout in Erie’s Mennerchoir Hall. Delamater backed a high protective tariff and spoke on McKinley bill benefits for farmers. In Warren 500 attended at the Opera House with speeches by Watres Beecher and Stone.
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Warren
Irpaciay
Delamater Party
Mennerchoir Hall
M. Griswold
Congress
LoSap
Dee
Delamater
Watres
Stewart
Grand Army
Pattison
J. L. Jones
Philadelphia
Hensel
Deer
Opera House
William Watres
Beecher
Stone
Atkinson Renominated for Congress on 145th Ballot
Dr. A E Atkinson won renomination in the Eighteenth district on the 145th ballot. Snyder conferees and Union county delegates joined Juniata and Huntingdon voters to back him. Gehr and Culberson were among those not aligned with the final result. Franklin county protested lack of increased representation. Culberson reportedly bitter over the conference outcome.
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A. E. Atkinson
Congress
Snyder
Glover
Shoch
Union County
Juniata
Huntingdon
Atkinson
Gehr
Franklin
Culberson
Franklin County
Signs of a Break in Twenty-First District Deadlock
The Deadlock in the Twenty-First Congressional district remains unbroken after a morning conferee session and a two hour afternoon conference. Indications point to a six to six result if a break is made, with another meeting scheduled for 9 o'clock tomorrow. Conferees refuse to continue balloting under the current situation.
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Dinpaaro
Apoyo
Twenty-first
A. Mt
Beaver Eulogizes Himself at Harrisburg Address
Governor Beaver and George A. Sheridan spoke to about 400 people at the Court House in Harrisburg. Beaver touted his administration as fiscally superior to his predecessor. Nominations were named for Congress including William Mutchler in the Eighth Pennsylvania and Henry Bacon in the Fifteenth New York. William Liken in the Eighth Ohio and George W. Ray in the Twenty-sixth New York were listed with Matt D. Lagan of Louisiana as a Democratic candidate.
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Chauncey F. Black
Delamater
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
Barclay
New Castle
Pattison Club
Opera House
D. B. Kerr
Pattison
Chauncey Black
E. P. Gillespie
Congress
EB. J. Monaghan
West Chester
Harrisburg
Beaver
George A. Sheridan
New York
Court House
William Mutchler
Henry Bacon
Ohio
William Liken
Farmers’ Alliance
Knights of Labor
George W. Ray
Louisiana
Matt D. Lagan
Eva 15 No Heiress Faces Probate Petition in Hamilton Will
J C O'Connor Jr presented a petition by Albert M Sheir Jr one of the executors for probate of Robert Ray Hamilton will dated March 17 witnessed by Edward P Vollmer and D W Couch Jr. Heirs named are Schuyler Hamilton Sr and Jr. Evangeline Mann alias L Steele and Evangeline Hamilton claims widowhood and Beatrice Ray claims adopted daughter status. Citations ordered returnable November 19 with service on Evangeline by publication.
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New Youk
Ocober
J. C. O’connor, Jr
Albert M. Sheir, Jr
Robert Ray Hamilton
Edward P. Vollmer
D. W. Couch, Jr
Schuyler Hamilton
Schuyler Hamilton, Jr
Eva
Evangeline L. Mann
L. Steele
Evangeline Hamilton
Trenton
N. Dj
Beatrice Ray
Thas Te
Sogenses Patenaus
Beatrice
New York
Lave Tat
Wether Alliae
Burregate Ransom
Evangeline
Publi
Tariff Boosts Champagne Cost and Spurs Home Made Drinks
The tariff act raises prices for champagne and foreign cigars while boosting home produced beers wines and tobacco. Retailers face mixed impact with some passing costs to customers others cutting drink sizes or adulterating products. many expect increased home made consumption and reduced foreign goods.
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California
McKinley
Eans
Toper
New Jersey
Henry Clay
Nestor Eianach
Boedelheim
Friday
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