President to spend time at country house Oak View
The President plans most work between now and September at his country house Oak View with limited White House visits. He will attend to essential business at the White House and not seek audience for routine matters at Oak View. The arrangement aims for rest and minimal interruptions while handling necessary duties.
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St. Louis
Richfield Springs
New York
Cleveland
Washington
White House
Oak View
Col. Lamont
Smirched Statesmen Manitoba Troubles at Ottawa
Sensational developments are promised at Ottawa over the private lives of Sir Charles Tupper and other Canadian statesmen. The Manitoba Red River Valley Railway project faces militia threats if blocked, with Manitobans stirred and prepared for a desperate struggle against defeat.
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Manitoba
Ottawa
Charles Tupper
Dominion
Canada
Red River Valley
John Macdonald
Sensational Testimony in Corrupt Ring Trial Intrudes
Chicago dispatch reports Fred W. Ripper a county meat contractor and key witness in the omnibus boodle trial. He describes bribing ex-Commissioners including Ochs Van Pelt Leyden and others from 1855 to last decade with payments for milk, meat, bread contracts and offices.
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Fred W. Ripper
Chicago
Ochs
van Pelt
Leyden
Wasserman
Lynn
Hannigan
Niesen
Leach
Sommer
Rheinwald
Ender
Albright
Patrick McCarthy
Kiehm
Geils
F. A. MacDonald
Etls den
Wren
Imsel
Koize
Kee & 1
Heissler & Junge
Rascal
Secure &Y
Biuthardt
Thsat van Pelt
Bipper
Elisan A. Jopincon
Bip- Ee Thisworthy
Morris Wasserman
Political Points at Irving Hall Rally in 1888 Field
At Irving Hall Dr. McGlynn announced the Anti Poverty Society will field a candidate in 1888. George E. Seney presided over the Ohio Democratic State Convention at Cleveland. Ticket: Governor Thomas E. Powell, Lieutenant Governor D. C. Coolman, Supreme Court long term L. Critenfield, Court Judge Virgil P. Kline, Auditor Emil Kiesewetter. Platform backs Cleveland administration, seeks tariff reduction, opposes cutting internal revenue on liquors, favors tax cuts to curb surplus, supports public domain preservation, opposes alien landholding, and supports Ireland's home rule.
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Irving Hall
Thomas E. Powell
Delaware County
D. C. Coolman
Portage County
Supreme Courte
L. &. Critenfield
Holmes Tye
Virgil P. Kline
Cleveland
Emil Kiesewetter
Franklin County
Ireland
Ohio
George E. Seney
Tiffin
Seney
Thurman
Toledo
Blaine
Sherman
Foraker
Peale
Washington
Senate
House
Committee On
Democratic Party of Ohio
United States
Republican Board of Works
James E. Meal
James K. Campbell
Charles W. Baker
Cincinnati
Thomas B. Powell
Martin A. Foran
F Heisley
Emil Kiessewetter
George W. Harper
W. H. Leet
Peter J. Murphy
Board
Public Works
End of Cocaine Strike Yields Cordial Return After Heavy Losses
The coke strike, one of labor history’s most stubborn battles, ended after eleven weeks four days with improved relations between workers and operators. Wages averaged 2.05 dollars. total losses neared one million dollars. Carnegie’s eight thousand remaining strikers and the district faced massive costs while production and trade reviews noted strong national iron output and abundant money. Meanwhile, crime reports from Summitville Indiana to Nebraska City detail multiple killings and a jailbreak by Chicago convict William McGarigle.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
A. Carnegie
United States
R G Dun & Co
Weekly Trade Review
Wall Street
Ives Syndicate
Baltimore and Ohio
Summitville
Indiana
Nancy Swope
Sarah Dawson
Dawson
Coal Creek
Tenn
Delphi Ross
John Hamilton
William George
Zanesville
Ohio
James Seott
Scott
William Johnson
Baker
Mineola
Texas
David Hoffman
Nebraska City
Neb
Missouri Pacific
Dunbar
James Dewitt
William J. McGarigle
Chicago
Matson
Lake View
McGarigie
Race for Pennant Shifts in National and American Leagues
National League standings show leaders with wins and losses across clubs as tables detail games played and percentages while American Association figures list top teams, with Louisville and others near the top. Both tables reflect current race positions and recent form as race tightens.
Samoan land title question prompts government action
The issue of land titles in the Samoan Islands grows pressing as British, German, and American interests risk protection. Sir John Thurston, the British Commissioner to Samoa, is in Washington en route to England after talks with the State Department. The Samoa United States treaty expires July 3, 1558, making renewal or a new agreement seemingly imperative to safeguard American interests.
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Samoan Islands
Sir John Thurston
Samoa
Washington
England
State Department
United States
Islands
Old World Briefs: War, Politics, and Maritime Disasters
The item notes threats against Boulanger in the army, a mob hanged murder suspect Lee Sheltenberger in Nebraska City, and discussions of Lord Hartington as premier. It cites Irish land bill fears, Roumania contracts, a grand Spithead naval review, and anticipated Salisbury Cabinet disruption. Also referenced are the Mahratta steamer disaster off Calcutta, de Lesseps lobbying for Panama, a Berlin cremation congress, a Bengal cyclone wrecking ships, the Sir John Lawrence sinking, and a frontier settlement in Russia Afghanistan talks.
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Ireland
Roumania
Spithead
Parcell
Salisbury
Antrim
Mahratta
Calcutta
M de Lesseps
Panama Canal
Berlin
Bay of Bengal
Sir John Lawrence
Puri
Lord Salisbury
House of Lords
Russia
Afghanistan
Paris
Death of famed writer Sylvanus Cobb Jr at 64 years
Boston dispatch reports the death of Sylvanus Cobb Jr a well known story writer at the age of 64 He died at an unspecified location leaving a legacy in American literature and journalism.
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Cleveland
Peoria
Til
Boston Dispatch
Sylvanus Cobb,Jr
ICC chairman rules commission cases dismissed and notes dissent
The Interstate Commerce Commission dismisses the Chicago and Alton vs Pennsylvania case and the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific vs New York Central and Hudson River case. Dissenting opinions by R Morrison and S Schoonmaker. Dismissals also occur in the Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha and Chicago St Paul Minneapolis and Omaha complaints for insufficient evidence but without prejudice. The commission rejects reducing fares for commercial travelers as unjust discrimination. Burton stock car case finds no grounds to order mileage payments to Burton Company.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Chicago and Alton
Pennsylvania
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
New York Central and
Hudson Oiver
Schoonmaker
Morrison
F. D. Harding
Ainst
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis and
Ahe
Washington
Burton
Burton Company
Fires and Accidents Across Cities Hit Major Losses
A rainstorm in Pittsburgh caused 100 009 in damage with floods and ruined homes. Cincinnati saw a 145 000 blaze at Briggs Swift Gooch Freezer Wrigley White Star Laundry. Streator suffered 45 demolished dwellings from a powder-house explosion. Eleven railroad laborers were killed near Hoboken New Jersey and a milk train accident wounded six. Buffalo fire damaged Ziegele’s brewery and streetcar barns. A northeastern Michigan tornado devastated pine lands and a railroad wreck occurred on Tron Mountain Road.
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Pittsburgh
Butchers’ Run
Cincinnati
Briggs, Swift, Gooch Freezer Company
Wrigley Brothers
White Star
Streator
Chicago, Wilmington and Vermilion Coal Company
Mary Love
James Blackman
James Sheldon
Thomas Birdwell
Hattie Readon
Tramp
Hobokus
N. J
Oer
Chicago Express
Express
Eck
Paterson
Hohokus Station
Buffalo
Ziegele
Street Railway Company
Michigan
Pine
Memphis
Tron Mountain Road
Floods and storms cause widespread damage across several states
Heavy rain for forty eight hours swamps rivers and farms from Massachusetts to New Jersey. The Amherstburg barge Theodore Perry sank with seven lives lost near Rondeau. Other tragedies include two drownings at Smith's Ferry Iowa, a mine explosion in Pennsylvania killing three, and a Cumberland Wisconsin train wreck killing two.
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Amherstburg
Canada
Theodore Perry
Rondeau
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Smith’s Ferry
Belleville
Iowa
Mississippi River
John Henry Thoma
Clinton
Thomas
Walter Hobbie
Hazel Green
Wis
Nanticoke
Cumberland
I. Donahue
George Webster
Chas. Martell
President and party arrive in Washington after New York tour
The President and Mrs Cleveland and companions reach the White House after a morning in Washington. The party reports good health and satisfaction with their New York trip. Other items note a French Senate commerce treaty, theater news from Chicago, and railroad survey updates.
ICC Rules on Commissions Between Railroads in Through Ticket Sales
The Interstate Commerce Commission issued three decisions on Wednesday addressing payments of commissions by one railroad to agents of others for through ticket sales. The ruling held such commissions are not allowed when they are used to favor paying lines, though agreements on through tickets remain permissible as mutual arrangements. The complaints were dismissed with a broad endorsement of the railroads’ right to control their own agents and compensation.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Seaboard
Chicago and Alton Company
Pennsylvania Company
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company
New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad Company
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas A
Nts
Conteglates
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tte
Pai
Morrison
Echoonmaker
Ohio Democrats choose Powell for Ohio Governor at Cleveland convention
At the Cleveland gathering on July 21, the Ohio Democratic State Convention endorsed President Cleveland’s administration, urged repeal of civil service reform, and adopted a platform calling for tariff reform, land for settlers, labor protections, and anti-monopoly measures. James K. Campbell and Powell vied for Governor. Powell secured the nomination in the second ballot. Other state offices nominated included Coolman for Lieutenant Governor and Kiessewetter for Auditor.
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Payne
Randall Democrats
Ohio
Charley Baker
Powell
Hamilton
Thurman
Neal
Lawrence
Cleveland
Burton the State-Robber Captured by Captain Richardson
A Kansas City Journal account recounts Captain W L Richardson of the city capturing Burton after a Pueblo stopover. Burton fled near Tombstone, attempted escape from the Detroit House of Correction, and earlier battles with the Donovan gang in Texas left several dead and wounded rangers.
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Burton
Kansas City Journal
W. L. Richardson
Pueblo
Alamosa
Denver
Tombstone
Detroit
Secret Service
Donovan
Sam Bass
Talpena Mountains
Texas Rangers
Flas Court‘oht
Dean
Walker
Donovans
Johnson
Carter
Elephants Prove Tenacious Despite Heavy Hunting Fire
The author notes elephants' extreme resilience, citing specimens surviving dozens of bullets and long journeys after wounds. He observes they are easier to kill in thick jungle than open ground, where foot hunters have trouble dodging charges and shooting accurately.
St Jacobs Oil Valued for Burns and Scalds Says Agent
The agent of the German Baptist Publication Society in Cleveland Ohio Mr H Schulte states they keep St Jacobs Oil on hand and consider it most valuable for burns and scalds and similar injuries.
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German Baptist Publication Society
Cleveland
Ohio
H. Schulte
St. Jacobs
An Editor’s Idea of Heaven and Catarrh Remedy
An editor contrasts heaven ideals from stingy to joyful, preferring an infinite restful world. The passage notes Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh as agreeable to use not being a liquid or snuff.
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Heaven
Marvelous invaders the lemmings of the highlands
The lemmings are described as five inch brown furred relatives of field mice living in Sweden and Norway. They migrate in tens of thousands every twenty years or so, marching at night, crossing rivers and hills, with predators in tow, until they reach the sea and pile up as sea walls. Charles Frederik Holder, in St Nicholas.
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Sweden
Norway
Atlantic
Gulf of Bothnia
Charles Frederik Holder
St. Nicholas
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Animal Army
Dexter Curtis
Humane Society Journal
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Hazard & Co
Hood
W. Hans
Attorneyment-Law
Millersburg
C. L Hoop & CO
Lowell
Invalids’ Hotel
Surgical Institute
Miles
Florida
An. V. Pierce
M.D
Thisorld
Invalids’ Hate and Surgical Institute
MABRY
Goma
Deligate
Invalids
Surgical Instit
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Eny
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Pi Jong
Montini
Poeta
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