Foraker Rouses Gotham Republicans With Eloquence
Special telegram from New York reports Hon. Joseph B. Foraker addressing a large Cooper Union audience on Republican unity. He praised Blaine and Harrison, criticized state banks, and urged turnout for the November election. The piece notes reactions from James A. Blanchard, Blaine fans, and Wisconsin optimism for Romney.
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Foraker
Joseph B. Foraker
Cooper Union Hall
James A. Blanchard
Mr. Foraker
Ildeat
James G
Nebraska
Ansas
Linois
Empire
Benjamin Harrison
Beers
West Virginia Protection and Georgia Populist Shifts
West Virginia needs protection as industries rely on raw materials, boosting Republican support in the state. General Guthrie notes fusion failures in Kansas and predicts Republican success, while Georgia’s election weakens Populists and boosts Republican oratory. German Republican Clubs in New York push for non English speakers to vote Republican. Democratic HQ rumors center on plans to import colored voters with warnings of stiff opposition to illegal voting.
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Gresham
West Virginia
W. D. Dolliver
Dolliver
Iowa
Georgia
New York City
Cons
Ceva Teanre
Dave Martine
Harrity
Hensel Denies Accusing President of Buying Votes
Lancaster Oct 18 Attorney General Hensel denied reports that he claimed four years ago President Harrison personally supervised buying 29,000 Indiana votes. He said his remark meant he believed in victory and cited alleged corruptions in Indiana, naming Dudley Wanamaker and Quay, and challenged action if the accusation were actionable.
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Lancaster
Hensel
Newark
N.J
Harrison
Indiana
W. W. Dudley
Wanamaker
Quay
United States
Democrats Disappointed In Mandamus Case
In St. Paul district court Judge Brill ruled the court lacked jurisdiction and dismissed the mandamus case from the Democratic State Committee seeking a change in fusion electors. The ballot remains confusing with fusion electors scattered among Populists while five Democrats stand separate.
Magee's Effective Work in Alabama
Magee is expected in Washington tomorrow on his way to Pittsburg from Alabama. Senator Pugh, leaving Washington for his home, said he doubted Democratic success in Alabama but noted Magee has been doing effective work. The Democrats must work hardest from now until election day.
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Magee
Alabama
Washington
C. L. Magee
Pittsburg
Pugh
Colored Voters Urged to Back Democratic Ticket
A telegraph from Mrs Lease clarifies she did not urge Populists to back Cleveland or Harrison. In Indianapolis the National Negro Tariff Reform Association announces plans to address colored voters urging support for the Democratic ticket. Charles J. Turner, former minister to Liberia, condemned a related Associated Press report amid political controversy.
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Cleveland
Indianapolis
National Negro Tariff Reform Association
United States
Charles J. Turner
Liberia
Associated Sports
Tse
Pusberbay
Ovation for McKinley at Wheeling Republican Day Parade
Governor McKinley spoke to thousands at the Wheeling state fairgrounds as part of a cross state Republican demonstration. Uniformed clubs from PA OH WV attended, and a large parade with five thousand marchers and bands followed in the evening.
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Fifth Venue
Aine
William Guenther
Isconsin
Northwest
Wisconsin
Ypublicans
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Ivernor
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Congress
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Ohio
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Grand Army
Great Western
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McKeesport
Washington
Youngstown
Canton
Massillon
East Liverpool
Wellsburg
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Martin's Ferry
Red Fire
Rocketa
Hastings Friends Alarmed Over Gubernatorial Pin Scheme
Philadelphia dispatch reports alarming activity at Republican State headquarters over Legislative district allocations. Hastings supporters allege funds are steered to Quay aligned districts and that General Reeder is favored for the gubernatorial nomination, with a letter from S. Woods corroborating the political maneuver.
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Daniel H. Hastings
Quay
Reeder
Hastings
S. Woods
J. M. Woods
Perry-Mifflin-Juniata
Episcopalians back arbitration select Denver as meeting site
Baltimore Oct 12 The Episcopal General Convention endorses arbitration to settle international disputes and selects Denver to host the next session after heated debate. A petition urged nations to pursue peaceful means amid heavy armaments, warning war harms nations, families, and education.
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Baltimore
Davis Tessums
Louisiana
Episcopal General Convention
Dix
House of Deputies
Billiott
Maryland
Minneapolis
Protestant Episcopal Church of
United States of America
Behaif
Chu
Wook
Washington
Telegraphers Strike Averted As Missouri Pacific Pact Reached
In St Louis on October 18 an amicable settlement ended a wage dispute with about 975 telegraphers. The final agreement provides a monthly minimum increase of 50 dollars on main lines and 45 dollars on branches, totaling around 45 000 dollars. The original demand was for 38 000 dollars or more.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Foto
Bricklayers Union Sets Eight Hour Day Plan
Boston bricklayers unions announce an eight hour work day effective November 1. It marks the first success in Massachusetts building trades toward shortening work hours and advancing labor aims amid organized effort.
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Building Trades
Massa- Soret
Damenses
Aoe
Weorilice
Chicago Hosts Busy World’s Fair Week Arrival Fame
Chicago opens the Columbian Exposition week with Vice President Morton and Gov. Flower arriving as crowds swarm Jackson Park hotels. Weather, parade plans, and grand reception jitters dominate coverage as General Miles reshapes the planned Friday procession while Chicago eagerly anticipates gate receipts and a preview of next summer’s events.
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Jackson Park
Chicago
Dows
Grand Boulevard
Washing Park
Manufacturers’ Building
Henry Watterson
Nerar Miles
Washington Park
Michigan Avenue
Herald
Carlisle
Morton
Ous
Flower
Tepar
Peck Case Decision Ready At Next Court Term
The Peck case will have a decision prepared for the opening of the next court term on November 7, one day before the election.
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Peck
Coal Prices Targeted in New Jersey Railway Suits
Attorney General Stockton filed supplementary information against Central Railroad Co of New Jersey. The document accuses coal price increases around July to September 1892 by Reading, Philadelphia & Reading and New Jersey Central, seeking court orders to seal and restrain further price rises and transport charges. At Reading offices, officials doubted Jersey Central's power to alter coal pricing as it did not own coal.
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Trenton
N. J
Stockton
The
Central Railroad Company of New Jersey
Central, Port Reading and Reading Company
Reading
Philadelphia and Ng
New Jersey Central
Philadelphia and
Reading and Central
Central
Philadelphia
Jersey Central
Mrposes
Attempt on McKinley car with stones at Harrison station
Hustincross West Virginia October 18 Special. An unidentified assailant targeted Governor McKinley as his train stopped at Harrison between Huntington and Charlestown. A stone shattered a window of the private car and a second stone broke another window. no injuries reported as five gauges passed through the car but did not strike passengers. The assailants fled into darkness and authorities hold the case.
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W. Va
McKinley
Harrison
Huntington
Charlestown
Odd Fellows Withdraw From Columbus Parade
The Odd Fellows will not participate in Friday's Columbus Day parade after a conference with local officers and the Parade Committee. The group objected to parade restrictions on flags, insisting on marching only under the United States flag. The committee refused to change its policy, and the order plans an independent demonstration.
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Odd Fellows
The
Order
Temple
Fisg
United States
Parades Committee
Another Leper Found in Philadelphia Health Notice
Board of Health reports a new leper in Philadelphia a woman whose identity remains private. Officials state the disease is not contagious but she has been moved to the Municipal Hospital. She joins four Chinese and one Japanese inmates already there awaiting death from the same illness.
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Philadelphia
Board of Health
Esterday
Steubenville Hotel Clerk Arrested for Slot Machine Robbery
Harry Ream of Pittsburg, former Hotel Schlosser clerk, nightly clerk at United States Hotel, was arrested in Steubenville on a charge of robbing a nickel-in-the-slot dice machine man of $76. A hotel waiter also confessed and implicated Ream.
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Steubenville, O
Harry Ream
Pittsburg
Schlosser
United States
Don
Ream
Smuggling Plot Tied to London Firm in New York Case
Mile. Mathilde Sabail, arriving on the City of New York, smuggled a trunk of dresses for Ernest Redfern of London, claiming personal use. She confessed to deputies that the Redfern firm financed duties and arranged sales, with two dresses sent to Chicago and the rest held at Redfern's.
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Mathilde Sabail
Mademoiselle
America
Chicago
Martin
Ecole
Custom House
Wnder
Traitteur
Singen
Mile
Sabail
Phelps
Ernest Redfern
London
Ron
Redfern
London House
Mr. Redfern
Milo
Short Term Orders and Conspiracy Allegations in Philadelphia
Philadelphia reports widespread short term orders and equity suits, with quo warranto actions and receivers petitions. Rumors say orders unite for mutual protection against a common foe and affidavits claim members were offered money to join a receiver petition, prompting anticipated warrants for conspiracy to ruin the orders.
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Philadelphia
Stepe
$2,000,000 for the Roaches from Roach estate
Executors of John Roach will receive about 2 million from the assignees George W. Quintard and George E Weed as the surplus of his assigned estate. Roach, a shipbuilder, had contracts for navy vessels under Grant era. Whitney enforced a forfeiture in 1885 for the cruisers Boston Atlanta and Chi and the Dolphin. He died in 1837.
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John Roach
George W. Quintard
George E Weed
Grant
Roach
Navy
Whitney
Boston
Atlanta
Chi
Dispatch
Dolphin
John B Roach
Stephen Rosch
Sarah E. McPherson
Emilia Roach
Garrett and
William H. Roach
Canada’s Future Question Flares at Ontario Plea for Plebiscite
In Marostosg Ontario a large meeting of Patrons of Industry urged the government to seek a plebiscite on Canada’s future form of government. The motion called for a national vote to decide the most suitable system.
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Marostosg
Ontario
Canada
Patrons of Industry
Tragedy in Lawrenceville Two 12YearOlds In Fatal Stabbing
James Stivanson and Stewart Rodgers, both 12, became embroiled in a boyish quarrel that ended with Stivanson stabbed through the heart. Rodgers was arrested after the crime on Forty fourth Street. The incident unfolded as children played in an alley near Eden alley and Forty fourth Street, with Rodgers fleeing after the stab and later returning calmly to the scene before surrendering.
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Lawrenceville
James Stivanson
Stewart Rodgers
Rodgers
Forty-fourth Street
Stivanson
James H. Stivanson
Allegheny Valley Railroad
Long Alley
Eden Alley
Forty-fourth
Jimmy
Jimmy Stivanson
Butler Street
Edwin Pease
Ra Pease
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