Death of Mrs Harrison at White House
Special Telegram from Washington reports Mrs. Harrison died at 1:45 AM in the White House, surrounded by family and caregivers. President Harrison remained by her side for hours. the death follows Christian resignation and a long illness. The narrative notes public condolences, including a telegram from Grover Cleveland, and mentions political preparations as rivals convene and ballot laws spark strategy.
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Wasuryetox
Mra Harrison
Gardner
McKee
Russell Harrison
Secreary Halford
Parker
Dimmick
Davis
Urse
Harrison
Josephine
Dr. Scott
Weariness and awaiting the President's Death in Washington
A day of strain surrounds President Harrison as his household endures a vigil at the White House. Cabinet members, including Foster and Noble, rush to Washington amid news of the ill lord’s condition. Visitors are barred, and the public pressure shifts to the looming end while warm Indian summer weather continues.
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Washington
Harrison
Walford
Ia Harrison
Pot
Hamlin
Church of the Covenant
McKee
Parker Ads
Alford
White House
Harrison's Return From Loon Lake Amid Somber Mansion Quiet
Harrison's return a month ago has persisted in a scene of autumn beauty. A fresh northwest wind and midsummer sun lit the White House grounds as leaves turned many colors. Dr. Gardner credits the bracing air with a boost to Harrison's vitality, while visitors tread softly and the mansion staff move like mourners, as the family and doctors await the inevitable end upstairs.
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Harrison
Loon Lake
White House
Ugton
Dr. Gardner
Mr. Harrison
Late Night at the White House Mrs Harrison Lies Between Life and Death
At 11 o'clock tonight Mrs Harrison remained faintly breathing as doctors and family kept vigil in the White House. Telegrams of condolence poured in from Indianapolis and the Northwest after premature death reports circulated, prompting a quick bulletin denying the rumors and confirming she was still alive.
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Harrison
Gardner
McKee
Scott
Dimmick
Russell Harrison
Halford
Aamstanta
Mia Harrison
Missavin
White House
Montgomery
Mra Harrison
Indianapolis
Northwest
Mr. Halford
The Death Chamber Mrs Harrison Chooses for Garfied Comfort
Washington report details the southwest corner death chamber at the White House where Garfield endured months of illness. The room, favored by former presidential wives, features a single south-facing window and a vine-framed register. Mrs Harrison restored it with blue and silver decor, seeking enduring charm.
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Washington
Hayes
Mra Garfield
Harrison
Garfield
White House
Arthur
Cleveland
Cy Fearon
Mia Harrison
Speer
Harri son room described in silver blue decor and portraits
The room features blue and silver walls and rose trim on the frieze. A white marble mantel displays paintings by Mrs Harrison in canvass and porcelain. Old-fashioned mahogany furniture dominates, with a brass-topped bed and wicker chairs. A carpet in dull silver and blue ties the scene together.
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Mra Harrison
White House
Mia Harrison
Carrie Scott Harrison A Model White House Mistress
Mrs Carrie Scott Harrison born 57 years ago, daughter of Rev John D Witherspoon Scott, wed to James A. Garfield era and later President Benjamin Harrison. She presided at the White House with gentle dignity, supported hospital work, and nurtured art and literature while guiding social duties with consummate grace. Her enduring charm lay in common sense, kind manners, and thoughtful hospitality.
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Carrie Scott Harrison
John D. Witherspoon Scott
Oxford (Ohio
Mary Neal
Miss Scott
North Bend
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Mra Harrison
Orford
Russell Harrison
Harrison
Mary Scots Harrison
Mra. W. KR. Moliece
Senate of the
United States
Washington
Garfield Hospital
Peraov
Mrs Harrison
Senate
White House
Dr Gardner’s statement on Mia Harrison’s illness
In Wasimortour DC on Oct 25 Dr Gardner downplays full medical history details. He notes Mia Harrison’s condition worsened after visiting Loon Lake with fever up to 104 and pulse around 120. After return to Washington the temperature rose to 104 and respiration about 60 per minute.
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Mia Harrison
Leon
Washin
How Death Came
Wasurrorox October 24 report describes a case marked by quiet passive resistance and a lack of struggle or visible pain, leaving investigators to interpret the underlying causes and sequence of events. The brief item notes the puzzling nature of the incident and its unclear motive or context.
White House Deaths Marked by Mrs Tyler’s Passing
Washinator reports that only Letitia Christian Tyler, wife of President John Tyler, died in the White House. The article notes she was the first president’s wife to die in the mansion and ties her death to the era of President William Henry Harrison and the early presidency lineage.
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White House
Grover Cleveland
Desth
Garfield
Harrison
Washinator
Letitia Christian Tyler
John Tyler
Hfsband
William Aelson
Executivn
Cleveland Sends Condolence Over Premature Death Report
Washington Oct 26 Special Grover Cleveland telegraphs the President with condolence to the White House family upon learning Mia Harrison's death announcement was premature.
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Washrington
White House
Grover Cleveland
Mia Harrison
Elopement of Ohio Millionaire's Son With Ky Schoolteacher
Finley B. Thomas, son of John H. Thomas, wealthy Springfield manufacturer and politician, elopes with Miss Minacle Wadsworth of Cold Springs Kentucky. They wed Sunday morning in Newport Kentucky after a romance that began a year earlier. Her initial refusal was overcome after five months of persuasion.
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Springfield
Finley B. Thomas
John H. Thomas
Minacle Wadsworth
Cold Springs
Newport
Thomas
Shire
Kentucky
Wadsworth
Feud in Kentucky Flare Reopens With Fatal Showdown
A Tollivar Howard feud in Western Kentucky flares again with a deadly clash at Hogtown Rowan County. Tollivar was shot dead, Wylie Tollivar and Sam Howard gravely wounded as armed factions threaten further violence. the long feud has already claimed over 50 lives.
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Kentucky
St. Louis
Tollivar-Howard
Hogtown
Rowan County
Follower Tollivar
Wylie Tollivar
Sam Howard
Hank Tollivar
Women’s Buildings Dedicated at Western Reserve University
The College for Women, a new department at Western Reserve University, was dedicated in Cleveland on October 24. Clark Hall, donated by Mrs. Eliza Clark, costs 540000 and Guilford Cottage, funded by Mr. Samuel Mather, costs 25000. Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer spoke on women’s higher education and growing recognition in eastern institutions. The college began in 1888 with two students and now has 85 enrolled.
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Western Reserve University
Cleveland
College For Women
Adelbert College
Clark Hall
Eliza Clark
Guilford Cottage
Samuel Mather
Alice Freeman Palmer
Wellesley College
Wanamaker Wins A Suit In District Court
Washington Oct 24 The District of Columbia Court in general term decided the case United States ex rel Elizabeth Trask vs John Wanamaker Postmaster General. The relator, former Emporia Kansas postmaster 1864 to 1870, claimed $2206 19 due and sought mandamus to readjust salary. Court holds 1866 act prospective and 1883 act does not alter it, writ denied.
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Washington
District of Columbia
United States
Elizabeth Trask
John Wanamaker
Emporia
Kan‘sas
Mandamus
Mystery Solved Inquest Quiets Hicks Garrett Case In AC
Atlantic City coroner's inquest today disclosed that Hicks P. Garrett of San Francisco, found dead at the Manhattan House after giving the name Wilson, was the son and heir of Enos Garrett who died by suicide in West Chester about a year ago leaving a large estate. Dentist P Eldredge of West Chester testified Garrett was his client and heir, adding new details to the investigation.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Hicks P. Garrett
San Francisco
Manhattan House
Wilson
P. Eldredge
West Chester
Garrett
Enos Garrett
Eldredge
Explosion at Quarry Kills Fireman and Destroys Shops
A spark from a blacksmith's anvil ignited a large can of giant powder and 100 pounds of dynamite at L N. Foust's used quarries near Huxtisespon PA, Oct 24. The blast demolished shops and other structures, shook nearby areas, and killed Fireman Levi Mundorf who leaves a wife and eight children.
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Huxtisepon
L N. Foust
Levi Mundorf
Herenves
Reception to Minister Egan in New York
On October 24 Patrick Ford, editor of the first American, hosted a reception for Minister to Chile Peasick Bean in New York. The event marked a formal welcome for the diplomat credited with Chilean postings.
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Egan
New Yorks
Patrick Ford
First American
Chile
Famine of Water Strains Eastern Pennsylvania Rivers
A severe drought tightens water supplies across Lebanon Schuylkill valleys forcing wells to run dry and fields to bake. Streams dwindle to mere rivulets as fires rage on Berks and Tremont mountains threatening crops and towns amid warnings of a looming water famine.
Forest fires rage near Hestmepoy Pennsylvania
Night of destruction as mountain fires sweep miles around Forest town. East Henderson township roads blocked, farmers scramble to save buildings and fences. Gunners blamed for starting many blazes. Carlisle dispatch notes vast fires moving southward threatening Hun Last and Ter's Run area.
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Hestmepoy
Henderson Township
Carlisle
Philos el Railroad Company
Hunlast
Ter
Dirty linen and darkness in Altoona water famine
Altoona Pa Oct 24 Dirty linen and darkness are the latest probabilities of the Altoona water famine. Two of the largest lands were burned out last week, and the others cannot get enough water dirty as it is to do their work. The Eastside Electric Light plant must close down unless more water is furnished, and the other plant is kept in operation through the generosity of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company which has permitted the running of a hose line from one of its plugs to the big boilers.
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Altoonna
Altoona
Heirs Seek Damages in Johnson Alienation Suit
Louisville reports a pending $100000 damage suit by Warren and William Henderson against General William Johnson of Tulane College. They allege Johnson unduly influenced Mrs Mary Newcomb, a New York widow valued at $5 million, to alter her will away from the Henderson brothers, her nearest relatives. The suit contends the alleged alienation of affections harmed the heirs’ prospective inheritance and ties Mrs Newcomb to Victor Newcomb, L N Railroad president who later went insane.
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General Johnson
Mra Newcomb
Victor Newcomb
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Messrs. Henderson
Johnson
Wedding and death by own action shocks Ohio town
In Columbus on October 24 a Westside wedding and a suicide interrupted the scene. Frank Weigand and Miss Mattie Charleton were the couple, with about 50 guests present. Mary Greene known as Flossie Smith, infatuated with Weigand, killed herself after threatening the marriage. She ingested morphine at a saloon’s rear, renewed the dose and died.
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Columbus
Frank Weigand
Mattie Charleton
Louis Morehead
Flossie Smith
Mary KR. Greene
Weigand
Miss Charleton
Presbyterians Split Over Ordination Pace At Synod
At the Washington Pennsylvania Presbyterian Synod seven Chester Presbytery members argued against hastily ordained colored ministers and won 60 to 52. The Pittsburg Female College was reported prosperous. The Cooper case urged reversal and public admonition of J A Cooper for un-Christian conduct. Synod urged local option, sought repeal of laws injurious to the Chinese, and avoided a church position on sectarianism in public schools.
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Washington
Presbyterian Synod
Chester
Public Morals Committee
Congress
Sedalia Murder and New York Defaulter Arrests
In Sedalia Missouri the body of Johanna Schoolman a servant girl was found with signs of a brutal struggle. Her hand showed a deep cut from a knife and the nearby ground was trampled and bloody. In New York an ex School Collector James Scott Jr of Stapleton 8 L was arrested on a warrant for alleged defalcation totaling 3470 authorities cited Police Justice Marsh and Board Chairman William Cole.
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Sedalia
Johanna Schoolman
Sseassin
New York
James Scott, Jr
Stapleton
Marsh
William Cole
Ballot rules bar party labels on nomination papers
The state board of auditors secretaries and attorney general ruled that the words Republican and Democrat cannot be used in candidate designations on nomination papers. Several candidates were notified or had certificates declared invalid. Secretary Harrity asks a court to review a Lancaster county case for missing party vote percentage. The board also ruled on other certificates and decisions affecting candidates and residences.
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Hanerspiers
Auditor General
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Hey
Wnooh J. Ayers
Rogers & Searle
Herbert Welsh
William H. Madgette
Comet
Philadelphia
William H. Tembleston
Prohibition Ry
Kiladelphe
William A. Lote
Jacob Hawn
Prohibition Party
Cumberland County
Joan A. Jones
Philadelpha
Harrity
Dauphin County
O. E Herr
People’s Party
Lancaster County
Republk Ce
M. Talat
M. Talat Se Seige Sunceon
Ton
State Department
Commonwealth
Big Cave
Indiana welcome for Reid and Depew in Logansport crowd
In Indianapolis and across Indiana on October 24 Hon White Jaw Reid and Chauncey M Depew were enthusiastically greeted. Large crowds gathered at every stop with thousands listening as the distinguished speakers toured the state, starting in Logansport.
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Inprawapolis
White Jaw Reid
Chauncey M. Depew
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