Conference of practical politicians signals Republican bid to hold Senate
Washington dispatch reports a key Republican meeting at Chamberlains with Steve Elkins Dick Kerens Don Cameron Billy Mahone and Secretary McNamara focused on boosting Republican prospects. Western and silver state fears grow as Kansas Nebraska Wisconsin and New York races loom, threatening party control with possible loss of Senate seats.
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House of Representatives
Harrison
Cameron
Wasnixcros
Steve” Elkina
Dick” Kerens
St. Louis
Don” Cameron
Billy” Mahone
MeNomas
Republican National Committee
Chamberlain's
Mahone
John Chamberlain
Elkins
Kerens
McComas
Republican Party
West
South
Kerins
New York
West Virginia
Connecticut
Manderson
Nebraska
Perkins
Kansas
National Committee
Paddock
People’s Party
Wisconsin
Sawyer
Hiscock
Peffer
Kyle
Tariff and party shifts loom in Senate and House outlook
The article outlines a Senate split of 43 Republicans 41 Democrats 4 Populists and predicts tariff reform may pass with reformer Republicans joining Democrats. It says the House will stay Democratic, with a possible 20 to 30 seat gain for Republicans from 150. Western strategists warn against tariff changes and financial policy shifts, while insiders discuss coordinating money and speakers for the West.
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Perkins
Paddock
Sawyer
Hiscock
Senate
House
Kent Harrison
National Committee
Chamberlain’s
Harrison
Elkins
Kentucky youth accused of stealing $8200 from Lexington broker
Thomas H. Shannon of Lexington and his brother reported $8200 taken by Samuel Clay, a 20 year old Kentucky acquaintance and typewriter in New York. Clay, a descendant of Henry Clay, fled after seizing the cash from John Shannon at the Sturtevant House. Police pursue him as Shannon says the money can be recovered. Clay hopes to study acting in Europe.
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New York
Thomas H. Shannon
Lexington
Shannon
John
Sturtevant House
John Shannon
Samuel Clay
Clay
Henry Clay
Colonel Clay
Kentucky
John Brown Young
Shannons
Young Clay
Thirtieth Street
France
Europe
Thie
Ten Miners Trapped After Norris Mine Cave-In
A cave-in at Norris mine No 8 shaft Ironwood occurred at 5 am causing ten men to be feared dead. Named trapped are John Johnson Abraham Thompson Frank Damshon Samuel Damshon and four timber men and teamsters unknown. Rescue efforts include air piping and hopeful signs while relatives gather. A ship tender is missing and may be among the dead.
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Mich
Norris Mine
Ironwood
John Johnson
Abraham Thompson
Frank Damshon
Samuel Damshon
Pneumatic Mail Tubes Offer to Link Philadelphia Offices
A Post Office committee reports eight bids for city to city rapid mail via pneumatic tubes. It finds one proposal, Pneumatic Transit Co of New Jersey, best, offering free street installation in Philadelphia and one year of free use without Department charges. The panel urges prompt acceptance.
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Pneumatic Transit Company
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Chestnut Street
Promp
A Bride and a Fortune CuHbacGo
James L. Babcock of Ann Arbor Michigan married Ella Stanley Butler of Waukesha Wisconsin last night. His inheritance stemmed from his uncle Luther James who died in 1880 leaving millions on the condition of marriage within five years of the uncle’s death.
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CuHbacGo
James L. Babcock
Ann Arbor
Mich
Waukesha
Wia
Ella Stanley Butler
Luther James
Babcock
James
Attorney General Sues Port Reading Railway Company
Attorney General Stockton files in the Supreme Court information in the nature of a quo warranto against the Port Reading Road Company. He alleges the firm for one year and ten months has used state franchises without warrant or charter.
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Coal Combine
TaesTox
N. J
Stockton
Supreme Court
Port Reading 1 Road Company
Roman Catholic elected Lord Mayor amid religious clashes in London
The election of a Roman Catholic as Lord Mayor of London triggered a loud show of intolerance as Alderman Knill faced opposition for his Protestant faith. The Livery and Aldermen followed tradition by selecting the second candidate after a chaotic ballot, ending with Knill defeated and a Catholic mayor-elect amid clashes at Guild Hall.
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London
ST Cable
Stuart Knill
Old City
Bank of England
Gilldstone
Sherif
Knill
Lawrence
Alderman Knill
Church of England
Fandel Phillips
Phillips
the Times
Shylock
Copere
Chris
Hebrew Communion
Guild Hall
Church of St. Lawrence Jewry
Konill
Enill
Mr. Knill
Ness
Karl
Nill
Britannia
Soldiers not machines in mutiny at Windsor Life Guards
The War Office plans equal treatment and foreign service for Life Guards after an oath dispute in the First Regiment. Lord Methuen praised the regiment’s past conduct as inspectors weighed mutiny charges amid drill and rations complaints.
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Loxpon
The
Yorkshire
Life Guards
Windsor
War Office
Lord Methuen
Duke of
Grenadier Guards
Coldstream Guards
American Jesuit Candidate Seen In Spain Election
Madrid reports that American delegates, including Rev. B. Villiger of Philadelphia, may lead the Society of Jesus General election at Axpeytin monastery. Voting, initially planned in Rome, faces protests from foreign members upset by Rome control of funds and outside influence. Election overseen by Father aS as Vicar General amid ongoing discord.
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Madrid
Society of Jesus
Axpeytin
B. Villiger
Philadelphia
Rome
Toms
Father As
Argyll Replies to Gladstone on North American Review
The Duke of Argyll responds in the Times to Mr Gladstone's North American Review piece. He says the article confirms his argument and targets friends beyond American politicians. He asserts not to remodel Britain’s constitution to suit American opinion and recalls Civil War era secession debates and Motley’s influence on his view. He challenges Gladstone’s claim that Ireland’s union gives it nationhood, noting such a title was never accorded to Britain’s colonies or Union states.
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Loxpox
Duke of Argyll
Times
Gladstone
North American Review
Ireland
Aden’s Slave Trade Expresses Grim Death Toll En Route
Marseilles reports Aden driven slave trade continues with caravans daily to the east coast. Slaves are traded for firearms and ammunition. Mortality among slaves during inland transport to the coast reaches seventy percent. Raids remain sizable across the region amid German and English East Africa influence.
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Marseilles
Aden
Vitu
Vncladed Zeylab
Massowah
Djontib Ard
Waiting for Russia's Version in Sorpon Dispatch
Sept 29 Sorpon reports officials object to a Reuters Ottawa statement about a British cruiser moving to Alaskan waters. The article notes Britain has details and awaits Russia's version while deactivating the alert.
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Sorpon
Alaskan
Reuter
Ottawa
Lord Rosebery
Russia
Mystery of a Ripper Murder in New York Flat
East Side witnesses another brutal killing as Frank G. Paulson, 55, is found dead in his 139 Hester Street room. His body shows severed head and body, a hair clump in a wound, and a bloody basin nearby. Police arrest Mr and Mrs Byrnes and an elderly friend. detectives search for a suspected assailant with a tool. The case remains unsolved with investigators pursuing multiple leads.
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New York
East Side
Ripper
East River
Frank G. Paulson
Hester Street
The
Bowery
Paulson
Brooklyn
Panthon
Mr. Byrnes
Byrnes
Mrs. Byrnes
Old . Paulson
Mrs Byrnes
John J. Kirnan
Captain Cross
Rea
Esay
Papers Move to Governor on McIntosh and Marsh Case
Reports state that requisitions for McIntosh and Mrs. Marsh were forwarded to Governor Flower. Weir and Fehl dispute claims. accusations about Mrs. Marsh’s actions and possession of goods, a large trunk taken from the Marsh house, and delays in James G. Weir’s analysis by Blanck are discussed while Weir defends his pursuit of justice.
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McIntosh
Harry Fehl
Gamble Weir
Mrs. Marsh
Fehl
Marsh
Bianck
Weir
Blanck
Europe
Henry Marsh
McLaughry Turns Up In Garfield Park Bribery Case
Chicago Sept 22 The indictment against M McDonald for bribery in the Garfield Park race track litigation was moved to court. Police Chief McClaughry, said to be out of the city, appeared before the grand jury offering to be examined on alleged perjury and bribery involving himself and Mayor Washburne. The grand jury refused to hear the Chief and closed the case. McDonald bail was fixed at unknown.
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Cuhicago
M. ©. McDonald
Garfield Park
McClaughry
Washburne
McDonald
Locomotive Boiler Explodes Near Grove Summit
At 12 10 tonight the boiler of engine No 72 exploded near Grove Summit on the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad. Engineer Levi Wise and fireman Charles Flynn, both of this place, were blown to pieces. parts of their bodies could not be found. The engine had just finished a run pushing coal trains from the yards and was awaiting orders to return.
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DonDors
Grove Summitt
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg
Levi Wise
Charles Flynn
Keystone coal has the bulge and the Chicago plan
Denver observers critique a plan to ship anthracite coal to Chicago to outcompete Pennsylvania coal. Osgood of Colorado Fuel says the idea is absurd due to price and distance differences. James Cannon Jr of United Coal Company calls the report a fairy story and argues railroads won’t permit eastern shipping. Missouri and Illinois coal competes against local supply.
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Denver
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Osgood
Colorado Fuel Company
Combine
James Cannon, Jr
United Coal Coman
Callid
Mills to idle 50,000 as Paper Trust closes
New York September 29 report says mills controlled by the Paper Trust led by Warner Miller will shut next week until mid November. About 50,000 men will be rendered idle nationwide. Trust members are to convene at the Fifth Avenue Hotel tomorrow.
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New Lorn
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Paper Trust
Warner Miller
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Fifth Avenue Hotel
Russian Sealskin Shipment Amid Rookeries Deprivations
San Francisco reports the Kotick arriving from Petropavlovsk with 33,000 sealskins for the Russian American Sealskin Company. Passengers include N A Gre binbtzky, Governor of Copper Bering and Robbin Islands, en route to St Petersburg to report on British sealing depradations. English sealers are said to have nearly reached the rookeries.
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San Francisco
Kotick
Petropav-lovsky
Sealskin Company
N.A. Grebinbtzky
Copper
Bering
Robbin Islands
St. Petersburg
Peck's Case Postponed in Peck Public Records Inquiry
In Albasy New York police court the examination into alleged burning of public records by Labor Commissioner Peck and his stenographer was adjourned due to the defendant's counsel being unavailable. The adjournment pushed the case to October 7. A second notice reports the Light House Board accepting the tender Columbine built in Cleveland and en route to the Pacific coast with Puget Sound dry dock work awarded to Byron Barlow & Co of Tacoma for $491, the lowest bid.
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Albasy
N. Y
Peck
Meegan
Wastiscox
Lighthouse Board
Columbine
Cleveland
New York
Pacific
I Puget Sound Drydock
Byron, Barlow & Co
Tacoma
Wash
Mrs. Harrison Improves as President Focuses on Public Use
Washington dispatch reports Mrs. Harrison shows improvement after returning to Washington. The President is encouraged and now devotes nearly the entire forenoon to public business, more than at any time since the illness began.
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Waashington
One rumor denied LL won't be closed
Four companies of the Sixteenth Regiment are withdrawn as rumors of a shutdown are denied. The report notes reorganizations affecting unit strength and placement, with officials confirming no immediate closure. Local readers are urged to await official updates from military press releases.
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Sixteenth Regiment
No Sign for Early Settlement in Labor Strife at Homestead
Reports of Carnegie Steel plans to close the Homestead mill and Andrew Carnegie’s rumored journey to Pittsburg sparked wide rumors. Frick dismissed the tales as entirely false. Troops reduced at Camp Black as militia withdrawals begin. Militia largely stands ready, while negotiations between workers and employers show little progress. Deputy sheriff Keeps to oversee mill gates as the Sixteenth Regiment stays in place. Two more families relocate from Homestead amid ongoing wage disputes.
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Carnegie Steel Company
Homestead
Andrew Carnegie
Pittsburg
Frick
Amalgamated
New York
Carnegie
Wylie
Come Loop
Lieved
Xt Ray
Cooperstown
J. C. Crawford
Franklin
M. BR. Ruese
Titusville
Harry A. Hall
Camp Rawley
Hulings
National Guard
Advisory Committee
W. A. Keeps
Fifteenth Regiment
McCleary
Young
Ritchie
Potter
Daniel Cash
New Castle
Harrison, Harrison Will Miss Chicago Exposition Dedicatory
Assistant Secretary Nettleton announced President Harrison will not attend the World’s Fair dedicatory exercises in Chicago next month. Vice President Morcie will represent the President, accompanied by most officers, due to the President’s wife’s illness and the general condition preventing travel.
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Washington
Harrison
Brotherhood of St Andrew Elects Officers at Boston Convention
The seventh annual convention of the Brotherhood of St Andrew of the Episcopal Church met in Boston. Officers chosen include President William C. Sturciss of New Haven and First Vice President G. Harry Davila of Germantown PA, with others elected to senior roles.
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Boston
The
Brotherhood of St Andrew of the Episcopal Church
William C. Sturciss
New Haven
G. Harry Davila
Germantown
Francis B. Sears
Joseph P. Cleal
Dune
Ey Sonntag Fuulknod
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