Show of Hands for Tomorrow and the National Committee
National Republican leaders report a forthcoming data release reflecting committee opinions, with emphasis on New York State, the doubtful states, and potential votes for Democratic or Republican tickets. Ex Congressmen Butterworth touts Republican gains, while veteran groups urge support for the party allied with Union soldiers.
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Dispatch
New York
National Republican
National Committee
New York State
People's Party
Butterworth
Ohio
Campaign bank balances and ballot law effects on vote turnout
Democrats in Washington and key leaders review campaign funds and strategies as election day costs rise. Reports note cross party awareness of bank balances, with projections for gains in New Jersey Connecticut Indiana and New York.
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Sheehan
Whitney
Bradley B. Smalley
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Indiana
Boston
Harrity
Higgins Denies U S Senator Bid to Influence Registration
Wilmington dispatch reports Isaac J. Wooten Sussex county registrar alleged a Higgins bribe to sway Delaware registration for Republicans. Higgins denies any involvement and explains he learned of Wooten's move from Laurel. He states no official duties were discussed and notes confusion over a supposed government office offer.
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Wilmington
Isaac J. Wooten
East Little Creek Hundred
Sussex County
United States
Anthony B. Higgins
Delaware
Higgins
Wite
Laurel
Wooten
George Smith
Anyving
Bert Republican Party
R Nor
Wonaeer
John A. Parsons
Local Campaign Fund Near One Million Dollars
A fragmented report notes a campaign fund approaching nearly 1 million dollars with substantial contributions attributed to Pennsylvania donors.
Electric Omnibus Trial Brightens London Streets
A cable dispatch reports London trials of electric omnibuses at Earle's Court. The new electric bus seats 12 passengers inside and 14 parcels outside, uses three accumulator sets with 68 cells each, and weighs just over 31 tons with the power storage.
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Skipe
Dispatch
Lorpon
Dee
Mt Washington
Earle’s Court
Gledstone
Agan Civetaing
West End
Sto Company
Glasgow
Arrests for Colonizing in New York Eight Assembly District
Police and US Marshals arrest 16 colonizers in the Eighth Assembly district and four others including Matt Allen brother of district leader The Allen. Miller's memo books show lodging house plans with beds numbered up to 15 and 64 names listed against rooms. A man arrested leaving a polling place admitted false name registration and payment promises. John Donohue, a tramp, was seized for illegal registration in the Fifty third district and alleged schemes tied to John Carney and John W. Griffin of the General Postoffice.
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New York
Eighth Assembly
United States
Matt Allen
Allen
Miller
John Donohue
John Carney
John W. Griffin
Anarchists Stir Riot Arrests in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia editor Benjamin Feigenbaum of the New York Arbeiter Zeitung and Nathan Saggan a Russian Socialist were held on bail for inciting to riot assaulting an officer and breach of the peace after a small riot at a Socialist meeting. Police dispersed the crowd and injured officers.
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New York Arbeiter Zeitung
Philadelphia
Benjamin Feigenbaum
Nathan Saggan
Socialist Labor Party
Geianeer
Pittebees
Jamin Febaum
New York Arbeiter Commus
Feigenbaum
Geet
Booners
Sarcastic Bismarck Declines Reichstag Return
Berlin reports Prince Bismarck will not reappear in the Reichstag. He criticizes ministers as insignificant and says the Empress shines through them, dismissing ministers as men of straw and noting family interests keep them in office. He adds his son prefers not to clash with certain ministers.
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Berlin
Bismarck
Emr
Prince Bismarck
Gotham's Qualified Voters
New York City registration reaches 309830 with a projected 204339 likely votes in presidential years. Brooklyn completes four day registration totaling 181668, adding 16 new names this day to 105434 prior.
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New York
New York City
Brooklyn
YO Thia
Heaviest armor plate under way at Bethlehem Works
The Bethlehem Iron Works is producing a 17 inch armor plate for the battleship Indiana, after Carnegie could only make 13 inch plates. The plate will go to Indian Head within weeks, with ordnance men watching the test closely as production accelerates.
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Bethlehem Iron Works
Indiana
Carnegie Company
Bethlehem Works
Indian Head
Ordnance
Ordnance Plant
Frick Arrives in New York Amid GOP Fund Rumors
The arrival of H. G. Frick of the Carnegie Company and C. L. Magee sparks talk that Republican coffers gained at least 250000, possibly 500000, with Postmaster General Wanamaker cited as the driving force behind soliciting funds. Frick was expected to meet heavy Pennsylvania iron men to secure more donations for the party.
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New York
H. GC Frick
Carnegie Company
C. L. Magee
Wanamaker
Frick
Pennsylvania
Ublicans
Afire The Mohican’s Captain Refuses Search
Special Agent Tingle leaves for Washington to present a petition from six Alaska residents asking authorities to investigate Captain L H Johnson of the US steamship Mohican for refusing to aid in a search for the small mail steamer Elsie. The Elsie had been wrecked in a gale with loss of lives after damage near Mare Island navy yard.
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Ban Ferncisco
Tingle
Treasury Department
Washington
Alaska
L. H. Johnson
United States
Mohican
Elsie
Mare Island Navy Yard
Chicago observes Homestead Day with union support
Curacao October 29 workers in Chicago observed Homestead Day with union members donating funds. A large ball at Battery Die Night proceeds benefit Homesteaders, with profits directed to the cause.
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Chicago
Fire Devastates Milwaukee Third Ward Leaving Thousands Homeless
A major blaze in Milwaukee's Third Ward destroyed homes and businesses, leaving about 3,000 people homeless. At least four fatalities include two firemen and a woman, with widespread destruction of property valued up to 3 million dollars. Insurance losses will top 1.5 to 3 million across nearly 100 companies, prompting emergency aid and shelter efforts.
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Minnaver
Henry Peddenbrook
Charles Stahl
Third Ward
Kindhearten
Northwestern Depot
Milwaukee
P. J. Somers
Sis Iens
Coperie
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London
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al Union
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Man Yery
Cleveland Opera House Fire Ravages Euclid Avenue Theater
Cleveland dispatch reports the Euclid Avenue Opera House burning from 8:30 AM, roof collapse by 9, and full control by 10. Losses reach about 75 000 for the theater, 5 000 for the manager, 25 000 for scenery, 10 000 in costumes, with 15 alarms and insured totals across several nearby properties.
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Severance Block
Cleveland
Euclid Avenue Opera House
M. A. Hanns
Oceup Mount & Co
Northern Ohio Nickel Works
Ae & H.er
Mount Esco
Pigatoo
Fred
Xheep & Drake
Northern Ohio Plating Company
Charles Lemon
Many Lake Wrecks Reported After Terrific Wind Storm
Detrott reports from Oct 29 describe widespread shipping damage from last night's wind storm on the lakes. Only two drownings confirmed so far though many missing. The schooner Nellie Hammond sank at Manitistee with Captain Louis Michallson drowned. crew survived. A 60 mile an hour gale battered Lake Erie near Amherstburg and fear grows for the steam dredge Dominion and its six crew.
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Detrott
Mich
Manistee
Nellie Hammond
Louis Michallson
Lake Erie
Amherstburg
Dominion
French Catholics Indignant Over Funeral Decree
Loxpon reports Bt. Denia where the Socialistic mayor bans clergy from funeral processions. The government approves. Catholics protest the policy while the Abbe Henri objects to the altered rites. A Protestant funeral proceeds with civic eulogy as mourners. Provisional gricista may be hired for civic eulogies at main cemeteries.
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Loxpon
Bt. Denia
Henri
Germany and Russia near reentry into trade talks
Berlin reports negotiations for a commercial treaty with Russia are about to resume. Russia has agreed to a tariff redaction on German coal and the Marine Minister joins the commission to help regulate the coal question. Russia means business and Germany is prepared to respond.
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Berlin
Totten Calls for Honest Vote Echoing Columbus Pageant
The article records Prof Totten urging Americans to vote according to conscience in a Columbus Day themed speech. He links the 1893 Columbus eclipse to national destiny and warns of forgetting traditions. He appeals for nonpartisan civic action to preserve the nation’s strength.
Denial Pleuro Pneumonia Existence in the United States
The United States Government denies pleuro pneumoni a still exists in America and that the dog from the Eingland steamer had the disease. Officials say the illness was catarrhal in nature and trace the animal to near Cincinnati. The English Board of Agriculture had alleged otherwise but withdrew its claim.
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Ths Bisratch
Loxport
United States
America
Eingland
Cincinnati
Board of Aerie Ture Re
Tragic letter from Rose Clifford ends in suicide at Charing Cross Hotel
A stranded lover and desertion drive Rose Clifford a beautiful young woman to take chloral poison at the Charing Cross Hotel. In a farewell letter she laments isolation and pleads for compassion while questioning the lover's conscience and warns of inevitable despair.
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Dispatc
Lowpow
England
Rose Clifford
Charing Cross
Crusade movement gains at W C T U convention
Oct 29 report from Denver notes change in constitution adding National Secretary of the Young Women’s branch to the Executive Committee. Mother Stewart of Ohio praised the Union’s work. Messages from Brill Temperance Association and others read. Telegrams sent to Neal Dow and Prohibition leaders. Afternoon services honored poet John Greenleaf Whittier. Mrs Mary T Hill Willis led a morning meeting.
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Young Women’s Branch
Mother Stewart
Ohio
Brill Temperanes Association
National Christian Endeavor Society
Manchester
England
Susan B. Anthony
Neal Dow
Portland
Bidwell
Cranfield
Prohibition
J. G. Whittier
Mary T. Hill-Willis
Judge Wallace Dead in Ohio at 64
Judge J H Wallace of New Lisbon Ohio died at his home after a paralysis shock suffered a week earlier He was 64 a leading Democrat on Columbians county law bench and bar He left a wife and three children noting his defense of protection in the 1882 congressional contest against McKinley
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J. H. Wallace
New Lisbon
Ohio
Columbians County
Congress
McKinley
Uing
Coincidence of Death in Hatters and Other Notices
Danbury hatter Joseph Leimer died of heart disease in Danbury while his brother Charles, a Newark hatter, died at the same hour from heart disease. In San Francisco a Sacramento jury deliberated 96 hours in a bribery case involving Adolph Ottinger. Ohio oil promoter John O. Hervey, prominent Findlay figure and former secretary to James G. Teele, died in a hotel after a Baltimore and Ohio wreck.
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Joseph Leimer
Danbury
Charles
Newark
N. J
San Francisco
Elwood Bruner
Sacramento
Adolph Ottinger
Bisine
Teledo
Jonn
Hervey
Ohio
Findlay
Baltimore
Harvey
James G. Ne
Smoldering War in Wyoming Cattle War Fears Bloodshed
Reports from Wyoming indicate ongoing tension as cattlemen and farmers prepare for possible violence. Armed parties move through ranches and settlements, with residents living in constant fear for their lives amid the unsettled cattle war.
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Wyoming
RaPip Crry
G. D
Sary
Winchester
Elaian
Gonstent
Hypnotic Trial Reveals Autohypnotism in Murder Attempt
In Santa Rosa a Paris trial feature unfolds as Edward J. Livermash, a restless newspaper man, endures a court oriented hypnosis scene to rehash the attempted murder of Darius Etheridge. Doctors claim auto hypnosis left him like a somnambulist, making him dangerous unless restrained. The case draws intense public interest as witnesses recount his vagaries and his King of Siam persona.
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Santa Rosa
Cat
Eyraud
Paris
Gabrielle Bompard
Edward J. Livermash
Darius Etheridge
Livermash
San Francisco
Cloverdale
Santa Ross
Etheridge
Siam
Gardiner
Stevenson
President and party return to Washington after Indianapolis journey
The President and accompanying officials arrived in Washington at 5 pm after paying final respects in Indianapolis. Secretaries Foster and Rusk did not travel back. Wanamaker left in Harriman to Philadelphia. Some aides returned with the group and the so called accident near Columbus was a minor incident fixed in ten minutes.
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Indianapolis
White House
Nation
Tary
Mr. Rusk
Secre Noble
Wer
Newcomer
Mr. Wanamaker
Harrieburg
Philadelphia
Indiana
Mra
Columbin
Reading Railroad Plans Four-Track Expansion
Rumors in railroad circles say the Reading Railroad Company will widen its entire line to four tracks where not already, to handle rapidly increasing traffic around Reading on Oct 29.
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Reading
Reading Railroad Company
The Dispatch Directory The Draratca to fily issue
The Dispatch Directory outlines a 20 page issue in two parts with contents listed for Part II. It includes items such as Pittsburg's Next Mayor America an Experiment to Profit Sharing and various sections like Small Advertisements Classified Lapr Veannon's Focut and Cantoons of the Week with page references.
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