The Tories Leader Not a Desirable Post
The article discusses Liberal prospects dampening Mr Goschen and Lord Salisbury's choices for Tory leadership. It notes Balfour's reluctance, Hartington as possible successor, and internal party squabbles ahead of a general election amidst Egypt policy debates.
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Goschen
Carlton Club
Lord Salisbury
Balfour
Akers Tionglass
Anmcen
Cambridge
Ireland
House of Commons
Goeeben
Marquis of
Nortington
Reedy
House of Lords
Tuke
Devonshire
Sulix
Marquis of Salisbury
Marquis of Hartington
Harttecron
Saliswore
Troethen
World’s Fair participation discussed at Naval Exhibition
The Wesleyan Committee declined the invitation. Wood of the dredge and Sir Wo commission prepared a report urging wide active participation by a people of Great Britain in the Exposition. Sir Henry Wood won dinner last night at the Naval Exhibition with Herr Wermuth Imperial German Commissioner Robert McCormick and others present. Wermuth started for Berlin today, reporting favorable returns from those eager to take part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan
Wood
Tmes Dredge
Sir Wo
Great Britain
Sir Henry Wood
Herr Wermuth
Germany
Robert 8. McCormick
London
Herr Wermoth
Berlin
PARNELL TO O'BRIEN Responds to Parnellite Charges
In Lox pox on October 16 1890 William O'Brien publishes extracts from a letter from Charles Stewart Parnell's ally. The missive defends their negotiations and seeks unity for a united Ireland while condemning dissension tactics and misrepresentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O’brien
O'Brien
Fire in Millwall Tenement Kills Five Residents
A London dock district tenement in Millwall burned early today trapping inmates as stairs burned away. Firemen reached the blaze but high flames thwarted rescue attempts. At least five deceased were found: an elderly woman and three children who suffocated while escaping the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowpox
Dock
London
Millwall
Negotiations Sour for Italy in Munich Talks
Rome reports Switzerland and Servis refuse to negotiate a commercial alliance with Triple Alliance powers. Although no adjournment is admitted, officials expect favorable conclusions by end of November as Italy seeks to relax trade conditions and obtain concessions, risking a weakened alliance without her.
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Rome
Switzerland
Servis
Munich
Italy
Dynamite Bomb Found on Reichenberg Bridge in Bohema
An investigation into yesterday's discovery of a dynamite bomb on the Reichenberg railroad bridge in Bohema uncovered an iron vessel with loose dynamite, cartridges, gunpowder, and fuses. An additional bomb with a fuse was found in the bridge framework, believed hidden to avoid seizure during frequent inspections since the prior explosion.
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Wrenna
Reichenberg
Bohema
Cabinet enforces order banning bishops travel without permit
At Panis Oct 16 the Cabinet upheld the government prohibition on bishops leaving their dioceses without permission. The protest from the Archbishop of Rheims and the Bishop of Angers was divourced. The order, issued after Pantheon Rome disorders, will be enforced by all possible means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panis
Rheims
Angers
Pantheon
Rome
Germany Vieing With the French Army
Brewis October 14 The military authorities extend the short service experiment. Two battalions at Metz will be wholly recruited. The first year covers all exercises the second year repeats and extends on a thorougher scale. This aims to quicken training to match the rapid growth of the French army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Brewis
Metz
Bank official Arthur Smithers Charged With Theft
Arthur E. Smithers managing director of the English bank of the River Plate was arrested on October 16 for stealing 55000 dollars. He allegedly took funds over years but often replaced missing sums before audits.
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Loxpos
Arthur E. Smithers
Russia’s Asiatic Encroachments Aimed at Kashgar Frontier
Times correspondent in St Petersburg reports events in Pamir suggesting England should prepare for Russian gains on the Kashgar frontier districts as Russia expands influences in Asia.
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Lospor
Times
St. Petersburg
Pamir
England
Kashgar
Royal match arranged reported from Sr Petersncea
A marriage arrangement is reported involving a royal match with details noted in Sr Petersncea dated October 16. The report hints at a union between prominent figures and potential implications for royal circles.
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Petersncea
The Clarewitch and the Duchess Eliza of Woartemburg
Lady Eliza of Woartemburg faces a perilous claim as the Clarewitch confronts a mysterious royal return. Wary courtiers weigh omens and ancient duties while a fragile peace hinges on one decisive revelation.
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Clarewitch
Duchess Eliza of
Woartemburg
Australian cabinet faces resignation after defeat on mining bill
The New South Wales government led by Sir Henry Parkes suffered a 49 to 41 defeat when a motion to return the mining laws bill to committee to remove the eight hour clause was carried. The vote prompted immediate adjournment and is understood to trigger the cabinet’s resignation, drawing attention amid federation tensions.
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New South Wales
Parkes
Syrpxer
Henry Parkes
Ens
Moon Australia
Garcia’s Last Murder in Cuba Shocks Quivican Scene
Havana dispatch recounts Manuel Garcia and bandits invading La Conformidad plantation near Quivican. After Hernandez and his wife seek refuge, Garcia orders dinner, traps them at De Leon’s house, then hacks them to death with machetes as Placencia also kills the wife. The atrocity ends with the bandits fleeing as troops close in.
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Havana
Manuel Garcia
la Cabans Castle
Senor Hernandez
la Conformidad Plantation
Quivican
Havans
Hernandez
Garcia
de Leon
Hernandes
Senor Canga Arguelles
Reser Arguelles
Senora Hernandez
Porter Defends Census Findings at Association Meeting
Boston reports Census Superintendent Porter defending the coming eleventh census and its volumes. He notes 25 000-page quarto volumes, health officials inflating figures in cities, and preliminary debt estimates of about 2 500 000 000 dollars on farms and homes based on county returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Porter
American Eististical Association
Congress
Government Printing Office
United States
Many Western Topics to Come Before Trans Miss Congress
Omaha hosts the Trans Miss Congress from Monday to Friday with about 200 delegates. Topics listed include irrigation and arid lands, deep waters and harbors on the Gulf, foreign transportation by Americans, mining and mineral lands, immigration, foreign investments, Indian reservations, timber sales under a bankrupt law, territorial admission, river overflow, silver coinage, U S manufacturing, and railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress
Gulf
United States
Smuggling on the Rio Grande Reported by US Attorney
Hon Henry Terrell deputy US attorney returned from inspection along the upper Rio Grande border and says smuggling horses and cattle from Mexico into the United States is heavy. Since the McKinley bill imposes a duty of 0 per horse and 10 per head on cattle, smugglers continue a profitable trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antoniio
Tex
Henry Terrell
United States
Rio Grande
Mexico
Italian man assassinated in Mafia style near French Market
Gaetano Barre gona an Italian was shot dead after a card game at an Italian saloon near the French Market. Police arrest the saloon proprietor and several patrons but lack proof of who fired the shots. The incident mirrors Mafia activity noted a year after Chief Hennessey’s death.
Review of Week’s Sporting Events and World News
A broad review highlights the week in sports and the wider athletic world. Recaps cover notable games, scores, and developments, with emphasis on key performances and emerging trends, framed in contemporaneous sports journalism tone.
McKinley Rally in Springfield Draws Loud Crowd
Major McKinley speaks in City Hall packed with 1,200 as he defends tariff and sugar policy. Springfield celebrates GOP strength with Harris and ex-Speaker Keifer in attendance while Democratic leaders doubt Campbell’s chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
McKinley
Bushnell
J. Warren Keifer
Eaton
Harris
County Ticket Still Favored Despite Intra Party Strife
Ex-District Attorney Oscar T. Martin says Clarke County Republicans lack unity yet expect their county ticket to win. He notes the Peo 5s party platform and Seitz reduced influence while the Grange remains non partisan and voting as in the past. Israel.
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Ohio
Campbell
Reublicans
McKiney
McKinley
Western Reserve
People's Party
Springfield
Seitz
Grange
Pas
Oscar T. Martin
Clarke County
Republican Committee
Israel
Campbell Not Content He Will Still Push the Libel Suits
Governor Campbell ends Northwest tour at St Marys and Bowling Green. He addresses 8 900 in Bowling Green praising free trade for farmers, vows to pursue libel suits despite NY Recorder retraction, and headlines a Toledo Memorial Hall tariff speech favoring protection for manufacturers. An Australia missive is promised in The Dispatch.
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Fia
McKinley
Bowling Green
Toledo
Campbell
Northwest
St. Mary's
Wood
Ublican
World’s Fair Committee Rearranged by State Commission
Harrisburg Oct 16 rearranged standing committees of the World’s Fair Commission under a new rule. Agriculture includes Farquhar Herr Carter and others. Horticulture features Miss Mary Edes Elkins Tyler and J W Woodside. Love Stock lists T Bradley and A Herr. Fish lineups include Albert J Barr and Robert E Wright. Machinery features Edward H Egies and A B eemeer. Manufactures lists L S J B Oliver and G X Riley. Electricity includes W B Gill and L C o Davis. Arts names William McClelland and Mrs T M Jones. Liberal Arts features S O Ben’s Foley and Thomas Brady. Ethnology and related areas list H J McAteer, Robert Purvis, Rh Williams among others.
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Harrisburg
Standing Committee of the World's Fair Commission
Agriculture
A. B. Farquhar
Joel A. Herr
John L. Carter
Roger
Gin J
K. P. Hall
J.C. Walker
E. A. Bigle
Mary Ee
Ida A. Elkins Tyler
J. W. Woodside
R. A. Mercur
J. ©. Walker
Love Stock
T. Bradley
John I. Ae
D. A. Herr
J. cAvesy
Gobin
Fish
Albert J. Barr
W. Clendenin
Robert E. Wright
K.P. Hall
Mehr
Mines
Louis A. Watresa
Morwan RB
Igme Jams
James M. Gute
Lewis Aer
William Hagion
C. C. Thom d
Edward H. Egies A
B. Eemeer
G. Bent
James M. Guffey
Oes van Knaioe
A. W. Taylor
Joseph C. Walker
P. A. B. Widener
A. J. Barr
L. Clark Davis
J. B. Oliver
G. X. Riley
E. H. Williame
P ‘Ole Electricity
W. B. Gill
L. c. O Davis
A.W. Taylor
W. Ww. Clendenin
G. S. Riley
William McClelland
Robert Brownfeld
T. M. Jones
Harriet A. Lucas
H. J. McAteer
Lewis Emery, Jr
A. G. Roenig
Surrogate to Rule on Strange Will Case in Madison County
A Madison County will dispute awaits Court of Appeals guidance. Samuel A. Weed left a fortune and a concealed will to his nephew Henry Davis in Cazenovia. Davis claimed to destroy the will to hide the State’s claim to an estate portion, then died by unclear circumstances, leading to a prison offense confession and a murky aftermath.
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Syracuse
Madison County
Court of Appeals
Samuel A. Weed
Cazenovia
Henry Davis
Weed
Davis
Conductor James Little Killed At Point House Road
Philadelphia special describes Conductor James Little of the Pennsylvania Railroad who, after shifting a train without signaling, was dragged under wheels when the train backed, after two minutes of cries hidden by engine noise. He died in the accident.
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Philadelphia
James Little
Pennsylvania Railroad
Point House Road
Little
New Lands for Settlement Wind River cession agreed
The Secretary of the Interior commission reaches a treaty with the Shoshone and Arapahoe of Wyoming. They cede over half the Wind River Reservation, about 1.1 million acres to the United States from roughly 2 million. Indians receive 600000 dollars about 55 cents per acre. All but 50000 dollars will be placed in funds for their benefit with annual interest used to sustain an Indian cattle herd irrigation ditches schools and other measures toward self support.
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Denver
Secretary of the Interior
Wyoming
Wind River
United States
Roosevelt urges Congress ban campaign solicitations to federal workers
President Roosevelt returns from vacation and urges legislation to prohibit campaign solicitations of government employees. He backs Fassett for New York ballot reform and notes attempts to levy assessments face resistance. Roosevelt praises clerks independence and criticizes circulars pressuring staff for contributions.
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Washmctox
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
New York
New York State
Fassett
Congress
Lowry
Ohio
Trade on the Rivers Tonnage and Value of Mississippi Valley Craft
Census data reveal 1859 totals for Upper Mississippi and tributaries 631 craft totaling 227,435 tons with value 2,454,792 dollars. Lower Mississippi and tributaries sum to 554 craft 242,072 tons valued at 4,155,672 dollars. Ohio river and tributaries show 6,245 craft 2,920,469 tons valued at 8,696,341 dollars. Grand Mississippi Valley totals reach 7,445 craft, 3,401,380 tons, valued at 15,332,000 dollars. Congress appropriations for river work total 83,482,425 dollars through 1890.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Ohio River
Red River
Congress
Clerks Debate Sabbath Work Demand at Treasury
A Fourth Auditor clerk Austin asks to be relieved from Saturday labor citing Sabbath observance. Secretary Foster refers the case to Judge Crounz. conclusion: the clerk should seek employment with flexible days if he cannot work the standard six days. The piece notes broader conflict over sacred versus secular work norms.
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WasHinotos
Sperial
Austin
Fourth Auditor of the Treasury
Foster
Crounz
Bia Popalee
Judge Crounz
Inventors Organize a Club in St Louis
In St Louis on October 16 a movement forms to protect inventors rights with a call issued for a meeting tonight to organize a society. The effort aims to provide representation and support for creators in the region.
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St. Louis
Mechanical Development Club plans new physics idea submission
The Mechanical Development Club will submit its new physics idea to a Board of Directors for decision. If approved the club will finance bringing the invention to market. This would be the only organization like it in the country. Europe has the Academy of Invention of Paria as a similar body.
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Mechanical Development Club
Europe
Academy of Invention of
Paria
Fortune Telling in China Through the Luck Vase Practice
The article describes the Chinese fortune telling ritual using a bamboo stick luck-vase. A worshiper shakes the vase until a stick rises, which a priest reads to offer a fortune in literary Chinese. Sample fortunes warn of fate for the virtuous and peril for the unconscientious, with poetic but unclear guidance.
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China
Willam E. S. Fales
Deserter's Escape Through Tavern Window Tricks Three Guards
A deserter, held by a corporal and two privates near St. Louis, entertained them with sleight of hand. He said he could display his favorite trick freer, tied their hands and his with a handkerchief, then escaped by lifting a sash and diving headfirst through a window. The guards chased but were unable to catch him.
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St. Louis
New York Ledger
Trices of the Joss Room and Chinese Acoustic Tricks
A report by William E. Bales with Consul Bedloe describes Chinese joss houses and temples. The professor of black art allegedly uses acoustic principles to make a gong and other objects respond to sounds or questions across distances.
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Joss
China
United States
William E
Fales
Bedloe
Shirley Dare Letter Advocates Food for Children
A B Health feature presents Shirley Dare urging tomorrow’s Dispatch readers to address child nutrition. The letter emphasizes government support and public action to ensure wholesome meals for all children.
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Shirley Dare
Mania a Potu and Delirium in Historical View
The article compares mania a potu to delirium tremens, noting mania features hallucinations and imagined conversations while delirium tremens is a real, undeniable condition. It emphasizes that delirium tremens cannot be dismissed as imagination by any argument or force.
Willey backs irrigation bonds at bankers convention
Ex State Surveyor General Willey spoke to San Francisco bankers on irrigation and district bonds and called them a safe investment for foreign capital. Captain W L Merry spoke on the Nicaragua Canal urging U S support and the convention adopted a resolution to build the canal with U S funds.
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San Francisco
Willey
Bankers’ Convention
W. L. Merry
Nicaragua
United States
Officers elected for 1891 02 by National Congress of the A A W
At an executive session in Grand Rapids Michigan on October 16 officers for 1891 02 were chosen including President Julia Ward Howe Rhode Island Vice President Mary E Cobb Pennsylvania Secretary Elizabeth Lord Tim Buffalo Treasurer Henrietta I Wolcott Dedham Auditors Sophia Curtis Hoffman New York Ella V Mark Maryland.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
National Congress of the Association For the Advancement of Women
Julia Ward Howe
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Mary E Cobb
Elizabeth Lord Tim
Buffalo
Henrietta I. F. Wolcott
Dedham
Mass
Sophia Curtis Hoffman
New York
Ella V. Mark
M. D
Maryland
The Reward of Industry For Ben and His New Axe
A Hoosier lad of 12 works industriously cutting wood in his mother's yard. A playmate asks if he earns anything and Ben replies he makes a cent a day. He plans to save for a new axe for himself once he has enough money.
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Ben
Thunderstorms in Mauritius Mark Rare 1801 Gap
At a Mauritius Meteorological Society meeting on July 30, researchers noted thunderstorms on June 13 and 14, possibly the first since 1801. A sunspot rise occurred and a remarkable magnetic disturbance happened on June 14, linking atmospheric events.
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Meteorological Society of
Mauritius
Patton's Future Probation Controversy Analyzed
Princeton debate surfaces over Dr. Patton's remarks on future probation in the Andover controversy. He clarifies the Philadelphia Society talk was improper to publish and stresses the Evangelist misrepresented his views on purgatory and sanctification.
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Princeton
New York
Andover
Patton
Patten
Philadelphian Society
Princeton College
Frank Hyatt Smith
Groves and the Baby Celebrate a New Arrival
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat account describes Mr. Cleveland becoming unusually joyful as he welcomes his baby daughter. The ex-President misses meals, neglects business, and spends hours in the library amid celebratory gifts and lavish congratulations from friends and admirers.
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Mr. Cleveland
St. Louis
Theawison
Tick Chamber
Papa
Mamma
Mistakes About Delirium Tremens And Alcohol
An article from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat critiques temperance lectures and explains delirium tremens. It argues delirium can begin as drinking continues and that withdrawal or continued use affects outcomes, insisting proper care can extend life beyond tragic attacks.
General Council to Issue Supplement to Old Church Book
The General Council of the Lutheran Church decided to issue a supplement to the old church book. The English Lutheran Synod of the Northwest sought admission into the General Council, and the President of the Augustana Synod offered his opinion on the matter.
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Brrraro
General Council
The
Lutheran Church Today
English Lutheran Synod of the
Northwest
P Tt
Augustana Synod
Mississippi Valley Medical Association to Meet in Cincinnati
The next meeting of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association will be held in Cincinnati in October 1892. The Dispatch tomorrow will publish Fannie B. Ward's description of Chile's national holiday celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Mississippi Valley Medical Association
Fannie B. Ward
Chile
Notice of funeral for Gassenschmidt relative
On Saturday October 17, 1801 at 1 164 the residence of his brother in law Nicholas om No 1% High retort ACOn Gassenschmidt st years 2 months 3 days. Notice of funeral hereafter.
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Gassenschmidt
Nicholas Om
Meetings for Knights of Pythias Lodge Notice
Members attend funeral services for a late Sir in Kamit area. The notice invites attendees to participate in the ceremony at the venue and to join in the pledge and oath as part of the lodge activities.
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Lodge No. K
P. Sree
Bel Pre Sary
Ris
Eiger
Kamit
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