Harrison Wave Tops in New York Campaign Surge
A special telegram reports Republican and Democratic national leaders predicting tight fights in New York and Indiana as registration and turnout shape the race. Harrity fans, Gorman, Campbell, and others rally with veterans backing the Democratic ticket while Kean and statewide machines loom large in voter mobilization.
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Indiana
Republican National Campaign Committee
Harrison
New York State
Democratic National Campaign Committee
Cleveland
Lian National
West Virginia
Lie
Washington
New Jersey
Republican National
Kean
Wisconsin
Iowa
Sineis
Honess
Illinois
Minnesota
New Hampshire
Democrats Dazed By Census Figures On Wages Rise South Leads
Washington October 16 The Democratic managers cite Census bulletins showing manufacturing and wage gains over ten years. They argue the data are doctored for campaign use while Republicans point to South leading wage growth and note Western cities show slower increases.
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WasnixGront
South
Chicago
Nashville
Rochester
N. Y
Milwaukee
Denver
Brooklyn
Lynn
Masa
Kansas City
Buffalo
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Worcester
Evansville
Ind
Dayton
Grand Rapids
Mich
Des Moines
Practical fusion acknowledged by Tennessee parties
Nashville dispatch reports J. H. McDowell and B. A. Enloe discussing a tacit agreement among Tennessee Republicans and Populists to block each other in certain counties. They claim Democrats face no organized opposition in some districts while Republicans and Populists coordinate to limit rival runs.
Mary E Lease Reports Disturbances by Weaver’s Supporters
Mrs Mary E Lease Kansas orator and third party organizer recounts her southern trip and asserts General Weaver acted as well as possible under the circumstances while noting violence was linked to party clubs rather than youths, in a local interview.
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Crtcaco
Mary E. Lease
Kansas
Weaver
Fragmented excerpt reflects political tension and fear
The passage describes hostile reactions to a political advocate, noting that violence was linked to party advocacy. It mentions a woman’s disillusionment with growing sectional tensions and warnings from Republicans, illustrating a divided local scene.
Clothing Cutters Threaten to Boycott Over Hughes Pardoning
New York Oct 14 A Labor Union meeting at Clarendon Hall denounced Governor Flower for refusing to pardon Master Workman James Hughes of National Trades Assembly 231 garment workers who was convicted of extortion a month ago. Samuel A Jacob 00 head of the clothing cutters committee says no pardon and warns of losing 000 votes if Hughes not granted clemency. cutters may fund his Court of Appeals appeal.
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New York
Democratic Party
Central Labor Union
Clarendon Hall
Governor Flower
James Hughes
National Trades Assembly No
Garment
Samuel A. Jacob
Flower
Stavera
Presiden Brickner
Een of Commerce of
Rochester
Brickner
Governoree
Huges
Cass
Court of Appeals
Blaine Heading to New York for Rye Church Visit
The report that Blaine would attend the Presbyterian Church at Rye sparked pious visits from White Plains to Mamaroneck and beyond. He looked well and may have more to say, with Rev. John E. Bushnell delivering a strong sermon at Ophir Farm where Blaine’s party passed.
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New York
Blaine
Presbyterian
Rye
White Plains
Mamaroneck
Harrison
Pat Chester
John E. Bushnell
Biniie
Ophir
Businell
Ophir Farm
Tia den St
Washington
Reid
Damrosch
Morrow
Minnesota Mix to Be Taken Into Court Over Ballot Print
Judge Brill grants a mandamus order directing Secretary of State Brown to print the four People's party electors indorsed by the Democrats, along with the five Democratic electors, to produce an intelligible ballot. Brown, away yesterday, will appear with lawyers. Democrats seek clearer ballot arrangement while Brown contends courts cannot mandamus an executive officer.
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Lewis Baker
de Brill
District Court
Brown
People's Party
Brill Gran
Amandamos
Torday
Minneapolis
Pktinum
Democratic Committee
Secretary of State
Mandamus
State Supreme Court
Barton backs Grover Cleveland amid Union League tensions
Henry W. Barton former Bourse president and longtime Union League figure writes from Pharet to Joel J. urging support for Grover Cleveland. He criticizes campaign fund pressure, cites civil service reform violations, and declares his vote for Cleveland over party rivals.
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Henry Barton Tella
Union League
Cleveland
Phravetpata
Henry W. Barton
Joel J
Posse
Baily
League
Dean Sun
Reo
Acon
Pat Patrick Eman
Ieee
Chile
Grover Cleveland
One Way to Electioneer A Fraudulent Betting Scheme
A smooth man named B Frank Johnson visited the Girvan House in Little Falls on Thursday and began a scheme to influence the election by making friends and offering bets. Johnson, a Republican, faced local Cleveland men who opposed such tactics as New York law of 1847 bans voting while directly or indirectly betting on elections. The incident drew Democratic and other rural residents into a wary, watchful stance.
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New Tors
B. Frank Johnson
Girvan House
Little Falls
Johnson
Cleveland
Central
New York
Harrison's Winning Fight Speech Signals Victory
Lorpon October 17 The Chronicle views Mr Milline's Ophir Farm speech as an indication that President Harrison is mounting a winning fight.
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Lorpon
the Chronicle
Mr. Milline
Ophir Farm
Newark ex alderman pushes papal flag at Columbus Day event
At a Newark Catholic society convention on October 21, a heated discussion arose over flag display. A former city official urged that papal symbols take precedence, prompting sharp exchanges and a charged atmosphere among attendees.
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N. J
Catholic Societives
Columbus
Harris A
Corerat Silenes
Union Theological Seminary dissolves ties with General Assembly
New York reports on the Union Theological Seminary directors voting to terminate the 1870 arrangement that gave the Assembly veto power over faculty appointments. The board cites constitutional and legal grounds and reinstates prior relations, with dissent from Rev. Dr. Robert Russell Booth.
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Union Theological Seminary
General Assembly
Ezra M. Kingley
Union Seminary
Portland
Robert Russell Booth
Opinion on Seminary Directors Bond to General Assembly
A judge states the Seminary Board acted illegally in binding contracts about professor appointments and asserts the current directors are not bound by the 1570 board. He urges disavowal of the 1870 memorial offer and formal rescission by vote, advising the General Assembly accordingly.
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Union Seminary
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States of America
General Assembly
Union Theological Seminary
City of
New York
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
United States
Ame
Union
Guartzs Boriesa
Pacers Rd of
Connellsville Rival Coke Field Opens Fast in West Virginia
Major J. J. Gordon arrives in Cincinnati as Chesapeake and Ohio builds three New River district branches to serve a vast coal and coke boom. McKeI1 Company starts 20 mines. Drexel Morgan and Ingalls Green acquire 40 000 and 63 000 acre tracts. Vanderbilts rumored behind the deal as output may soon surpass Connellsville.
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J. J. Gordon
Union Pacific Railroad
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Chillicothe
Faota
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
New River District
Loup Creek
Gauley
New River
Hawk's Nest Thurmonds
United Stat
Connellsville
McKell Company
Echo
Stonecliff
Gordon
New York
LC. Low
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Mensrs
Ingalls Green
McKe| Company
Drexel-Morgan
Ingalls
Harmony
Major Gordon
High priced husband jailed in New York case
Charles A. White, described as a horse fancier and high roller, is detained at police headquarters in New York. He is accused by his wife, Mrs. Nagle White of Cheyenne Wyoming, of fraud and violence over securities worth 150000 and the abduction of her 14-year-old son George Nagle. She says he forced mortgages and converted bonds to cash, leaving her with unpaid debts and stolen property.
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New York
Charles A. White
Molice
London Illustrated News
Fiies
Cheyenne
White
George Nagle
Ala White
Nagle
Hotsprin Ark
Caes
Mrs Harrison Weaker As Drowsy Weather Bites
Oct. 16 reports Mrs. Harrison grows weaker due to drowsiness from Washingtons warm Indian summer. She sleeps long spells then wakes, increasing exhaustion. President orbits the White House daily with Dr. Gardner visiting. no fresh complications noted.
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Wasurseror
Washington
Foric
Mrs. Harrison
Gardner
Née
Texas Operators Strike Ties Up Gulf Rail Freight
Tele graph operators and station agents of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe system struck at 7 o clock tonight from Purcell Oklahoma to Galveston Texas and from Cleburne to Paris and Weatherford halting freight service. The walkout seeks a monthly maximum of 13 hours per day with overtime pay and ends a long dispute over work limits.
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Galveston
Purcell
T'Emple
San Angelo
Cleburne
Paris
Weatherford
France in Dahomey Dispute Sparks Quarrel With Germany
Paris reports tension as France suppresses part of Colonel Dodds dispatch from Dahomey alleging German aid to Dahomey rebels. Berlin urged to answer for alleged supplying of arms and earthworks construction amid a wider colonial confrontation.
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Dodds
Dahomy
King Beban
Carmine Dahomey
False daughter schemed to ruin Ecuador consul general
New York Oct 14 Consul General Domingo L Ruise aged 71 was jailed on forgery charges after being duped by a conspiratorial circle led by his adopted daughter Bertha Laws. The plot involved forged notes for 1000 each indorsed by Ruise and financed by associates including Gustave Preston. Bail set at 22000 as investigations continue.
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Tottering
Domingo L. Ruise
Republic of Ecuador
Jefferson Market
Comurt
Price
Ryan
Russe
Gustave Preston
Bertha Laws
Ruise
Europes
Laws
Bertha Krondstat
Stockholm
Sweden
Mr. Russe
Bertha
Man
St. Louis
Hertha
Boston
Conan Preston
Mr. Preston
Mr. Ruise
Elienader
Mr. Raise
Simon Mosten
Rulse
Cname
Preston Ware
Epstein
Consul Preston
Hyman Jamel
Kroyal
Henry Pohalsk
National Butchers’ and Drovers’ Bank
Fune
Chamberlain
Connel
Lincoln declines talk on British politics during London visit
United States Minister to Britain Robert T. Lincoln, staying at Holland House with Count Metternich, refuses to discuss English politics. He says only the forthcoming International Monetary Congress is within his official remit and notes cautious optimism for silver use, urging European cooperation rather than U S alone action.
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Great Britain
America
New York
Robert T. Lincoln
United States
Court of St. James
Etruria
Holland House
Count Metternich
Washington
Chi
International Monetary Congress
England
Congress
Miners Threaten Strike Over Late Price Decision
John Nugent, president of the Ohio miners, in Cotown last night to press for higher room turning prices in No. 3 vein. He warned a strike is possible against Baltimore and Ohio and allied lines if operators do not meet demands. About 3000 to 4000 miners would be affected.
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John Nugent
Ohio Miners
Washingtonville
Nugent
Baltimore
King
Sune
Wheeling
Eric
Cleveland
Lorain
Baltimore and Ohio
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Presbyterians of Ohio Synod Back Briggsism Action
The Ohio Synod closed its session in Delaware with a unanimous vote endorsing the General Assembly’s doctrinal standards. It will investigate Rev. I. P. Smith of Lane Seminary Cincinnati and Dr. G. P. Sprecher of Cleveland for alleged heretical utterances and possible suspension from ministry if found in error.
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Ohio
Delaware
Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Portland
Ore
I. P. Smith
Lane Seminary
Cincinnati
P. Sprecher
Cleveland
Mad Dog Attacks Crowd on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia
A shaggy dog on Chestnut Street bites about a dozen men and a Russian seller before police stun the animal at Ninth Street. Officers place the dog under a cedar, ending the attack on Philadelphia’s busy thoroughfare.
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Pallapetruza
Chestnut Street
Sixth Street
Eighth
Chestnut Streets
Gloucester
Ninth Street
Jones
VIC TO SPEAK IN PITTSBURG
Victoria Uadin Woodhall-Martin, candidate of the Women Suffragists for U S president, arrives from England aboard the Etraria. She plans campaign speeches in major cities after attending the World's Fair ceremonies with her husband, who will represent the British Commissioners.
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Victoria Uadin Woodhall-Martin
United States
Englali
Etraria
Martin
Chicago
Whfel
Mara
Boston
New York
Miilaelphia
Washington
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Sue
Tribunals
Sixteen Perished in Honduran Sea Rescue Effort Reported
The Norwegian steamer Agnes reports leaving Nicaragua October 10 and encountering a hurricane with huge seas. The storm flooded decks and forced hove to till October 11 morning. At 7 am October 11 two sailors were seen clinging to a boat and rescued after a line was thrown to them.
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Agnes
Nicaragua
Bristol Rolling Mills Stockholders Seek Assignment
Paltaverraia reports on October 4 that the Bristol Pennsylvania rolling mills stockholders have decided to make an assignment to Labill. The terse note indicates financial distress and a move toward restructuring under Labill’s oversight.
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Paltaverraia
Bristol, Pa
Rolling Mills
Labill
Pittsburg Welcomes Francis Murphy in Grand Opera House
A temperance gathering in Pittsburg honors Francis Murphy with 3,500 in attendance and 2,000 turned away. Murphy, praised for his warmth and honesty, drew strong cheers as he urged temperance, with several young men signing the pledge. Joseph St. Hunter led the meeting with support from Captain.
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Pittsburg
Grand Opera House
Francis Murphy
Friends of the Cold Water
Pacific Coast
Opera House
Audi
Joseph St. Hunter
Temperance rally ends with emotional Keeley League turnout
Witnesses including J. K. Barbour and Keeley League members bolster a temperance meeting led by Francis Murphy in Pittsburgh. Murphy, greeted with applause, tears up as he is welcomed home by local supporters and is joined by executives from Cincinnati and Chicago.
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J. K. Barbour
Tommy Jones
Old Brown
Panhandle
A. M. Brown
John Jones
Joseph Hope
William Moreland
Keeley League
A. H. Mattox
Cincinnati
John J. Flinn
Chicago
J. M. Kelly
Murphy
Keeley
Rinehart
Francis Murphy
Joseph R. Hunter
Pittsburg
Temperanes
Mr. Murphy
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