Grant funeral pageant and memorial details emerge
Dispatches from Mount MacGregor describe Mrs. Grant's silent farewell note and lock of hair with the General's remains. Reports from New York and Boston cover funeral preparations, memorial gates, electric lights, and Hancock’s escort plan for the Grant procession. Other items note a bicycle record, gypsy band case, child labor enforcement, a jail tragedy, a fatal Miss Martha Brown shooting, coal discoveries in Lampasas, and a Georgia man found hanging.
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New York
Grant
Hancock
Broadway
Alexander Thaler
Army
Navy
L. D. Munger
Detroit
Boston
Mies
New York Supreme Court
Bordeaux
France
Shamokin
Mount MacGregor
Grant Cottage
John A. Logan
George Jones
New York Times
Oliver Hoyt
United States
Canada
West heat and wrecks dominate week across the Midwest
A wreck on the Louisville New Albany and Chicago line near Delphi Indiana seriously injures the baggage master while eight cattle die and 40000 dollars of rolling stock is destroyed. Maud trotted a mile in 2 08 at Cleveland in front of 10000 spectators breaking her own and other horse records. Heat waves sweep Illinois Iowa Nebraska Wisconsin Dakota Minnesota and Michigan with Louisville averaging 75 degrees for sixteen days and sun stroke toll rising.
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Louisville, New Albany
Illinoii
Iowa
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Dakota
Minnesota
Michigan
Louisville
Kentucky
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Valentine Wagner
Columbus
Chico
Daniel Sheehan
Leadville
Colo
Georgetown
Wm. Neff
Mexico
Central America
Chicago
Utah
Howard
Omaha
West
Sandusky County
Ohio
Fremont
Notable Deaths and Trials Reported Across North America
The era’s notices recount the burial of Hon. C. B. Stewart at Montgomery and the lone survivor among Texas signers, Charles Davis, plus executions at Plaquemine for murder. Reports cover Grant era events, memorial services, pallbearers, relic fights, and a treason verdict against Riel with subsequent Regina sentencing.
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C. B. Stewart
Montgomery
Texas
Washington Dispatches After Grant Funeral and Policy Shifts
Reports note President Cleveland to travel to Northern New York with friends after Grant's funeral and announce no official appointments until October. Other items include mail service disruption by steamship firms, Dolphin fate in government plans, and new diplomatic postings in Europe and Asia.
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Washington
Grant
Cleveland
New York
United States
Fost
Burdett
Grand Army
Gen. Grant
Riverside Park
Garland
Indian Territory
John Roache
Naval Advisory Board
Dolphin
Whitney
Virginia Dem Convention nominates General Fitz Hugh Lee for Governor
The Virginia Democratic State Convention in Richmond met and nominated General Fitz Hugh Lee for governor on the first ballot. The decision marks Lee as the party’s choice to lead the state in the forthcoming election.
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Virginia
Richmond
Fitz Hugh Lee
Petition for criminal amendment act presented in House
A delegation from the Balvation presented to the House of Commons a petition urging passage of the criminal amendment act for the protection of young girls.
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House of Commons
Earthquake Hits Tashkend Area Shakes Belwood Church
An earthquake in Tashkend Asiatic Russia wrecked several cities and shook a Belwood church crowded with worshippers, causing many deaths. Other items note consular service reorganization, cabinet vacations, and various early 20th century events and figures.
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Tashkend
Russia
Belwood
Worshpers
Thimbles Replace Other Tools in History
The text notes thimbles have only been used for about two hundred years while historically a boy’s head was struck with a tool before that.
Death of General Grant Prompts Rousing Albany Tribute
The funeral and eulogistic sermon for General Grant unfold from Mount MacGregor to Albany. Dr. Newman praises Grant’s character, military genius, and public service, noting the nation’s mourning, the arrival of dignitaries, and the ceremonial rise of a lasting national memory.
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Dr. Newman
Funeral Train for Gen Grant Leaves Saratoga Amid Mourning
A detailed account of General Ulysses S. Grant’s funeral procession from the cottage at Saratoga to Mount MacGregor, then to Ballston and on toward Albany. Military escorts, notable mourners, and the vast gathering of citizens reflect the nation’s sorrow as the body travels to its final resting place.
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General Grant
Mount MacGregor
Newman
Albany
Saratoga
Grant Cottage
Hancock
Han
Col. Jones
Rowan
Don Sherman
Evarts
Rufus Ingalls
Miler
Josey
W. Drexel
Miss Drexel
The
Loyal Legion
Faymaser
Geneeral
Gilbert A. Robins
Charlies A. Carleton
George de Forest Barton
Floyd Cirksor
August McClark
Edmund Blunt
Bishop Harris
Absalom
Solomon
Apollos
Grant
Batiiea
Lee
Union
Republic
United States
Reve
Our Republic
Orthegiow
Acklea
Weir
U. S
Grant Fost
Hrooxlyn
Hevem Cara
Amdorf
William T. Sherman
H. A. Perry
Sutherland
John P. Nicholon
Finley Anderson
G. & L. Ward
John H. Weeks
Eugene Gruin
Guard of Honor
A. S. Grant
Brooklyn
William H. Barker
B. R. Corwin
George W. Brus
Reese B. Gwilim
J. P. Howart
John H. Johnson
Henry W. Knight
Mackellar
William McDonald
William J. McKelvey
George J. Collins
Noah Tibbitts
George B. Sukes
Legion of Honor
Willam M. Evarts
Admiral Rowan
Warner Miller
Joseph W. Drexel
Potter Palmer
J. A. Cresswell
Martin
Gen. Grant
Saratoga Lake
Remains of General Grant Enter Albany for Burial Barrage
At Albany the funeral train arrived at Spencer street with Gov. Hill and officers. Gen Hancock and staff greeted the procession as 4,311 men in line moved to the capitol. The casket rested in the Senate corridor with seven thousand four hundred observers and guards from G A R posts.
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Witton
Saratoga
Mount MacGregor
Ita Brass
Delaware & Hudson
New York Central Road
Prsons
New York Central
Wood
Ocen
Uals
Gen Hancock
Gov. Hill
Press
Guard of Honor
Woodlawn
Brooklyn Guard of Honor
Loyal Legion
Wheeler Post
Voorhees
Thornton
Aratoga
Ballston
U. S. Grant Post
I Loand Lake
Mechanicsville
Waterford Junction
West Waterford
Col. Grant
Jesse
Grant, Jr
Spencer Street
Albany
Gen. McEwen
Col
Gillette T
Newman
Douglas
Gen. Sherman
Porter
Governors Mansion
Company A
Fifth Artilery
Twelfth Infantry
Tenth Battalion
Catafalque
Hencock
Stat
Pearl Street
State
Eagle Street
Washinton Avenue
Knox Street
State Street
Hanecek
Senate
Capitol
Brooklyn
Stackpole
Toomps Answers Question in Auto Graph Album
The record notes Toomps answering who he would rather be if not himself with the name Gladstone.
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Toomps
Gladstone
Georgia Mob Lynchings Brantly at Decatur County Jail
A mob of 50 to 60 masked men seized the jail in Bainbridge area at 2 a.m. and dragged Thomas M. Brantly Jr. from his cell. They hanged him from a tree with a plow line, fired volleys into his body, and left him hanging until 8 a.m., shocking early risers in the county.
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Bainbridge
Decatur County
Georgia
Thomas M. Brantly, Jr
Draper
Brantly
Eco
Fearful Fall From a Balloon In Connecticut
In Winsted, Prof. Brooks and Frederic Moore attempted a record balloon ascent. A fierce storm at 2,500 feet caused the craft to plunge. Brooks was badly injured and expected to die, Moore sustaining less severe injuries as spectators rushed to aid them in the rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
New Haven
Conn
Winsted
Prof. Brooks
Frederic Moore
Brooks
Moore
Grant facts and local curiosities from an 1884 dispatch
The item notes General Grant smoked his last cigar on November 20 1884 and that he never received a wound in battle. It mentions a London visit with champagne and a claim of 100 feet snows in a mountain ravine. A Washington reporter is said to be to fashion a bust of Bishop Simpson.
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Lamar
Garland
Washington
South Carolina
Henry Vanderweight
Cumberland River
Nashville, Tenn
Albany
N. Y
Moses Montefiore
Central Park
New York
Gen. Grant
Grant
Are
London
Tuckeman
White Mount
Bishop Simpson
National debt statement shows July decrease and cash balances
The July debt statement reports a decrease of 8 662 759 96 in the public debt. It lists cash in the Treasury gold and silver certificates outstanding fractional currency and a recap of principal and interest by debt category with totals and deductions for redemptions.
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Eee
Caan
United States
Refused to Carry the Mail Changes Route to West
A Post Office Department report describes an agent trying to ship a trunk with mail aboard a Pacific Mail steamer from San Francisco to Mexico and Central America. The trunk was rejected for in aboard use, so the mail was redirected by rail to New Orleans then by sea to the region, shaving a week off travel time.
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Washington Telegram
Post Office Department
Department
Pacific Mail
San Francisco
West Coat
Mexico
Central America
Pacific Mail Company
New Orleans
Malcontent Mormons Stir Fear Among Utah Indians
Omaha special reports uneasy sentiment among Utah Indians with thirty lodges near Evanston Wyoming. War dances and drunken incidents linked to disguised whisky. A half breed named Fontebille warns of Mormon influence pushing tribes toward conflict as Indians roam near Henry's Fork and across western Wyoming. General Howard travels west to assess threats.
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Omaha
Utah
Evanston
Wyoming
Fontebille
Henry’s Fork
Howard
Monster rattlesnake terrorizes Fayette and Clayton Counties
A ten foot long rattlesnake with twenty five to thirty rattles appeared near McJunkin’s home on the McDonough road. After a late night encounter with McJunkin and his guest the snake disappeared under the bed, then fled through a floor opening. The mob hunted it with shotguns and drove it into a hollow log where it was killed. Local excitement grew with reports of other reptiles.
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Jonesboro
Fayette
Clayton Counties
McDonough
McJunkin
Wisconsin dairymen form nine cheese peel to raise prices
Wisconsin dairy farmers unite under the banner of a nine cheese peel cartel aiming to push higher prices. The move consolidates production and pricing leverage across multiple creameries and regional markets.
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Wisconsin
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Grand Junction
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Frank Shutt
W. A. Walker
J. A. Bennett
Reidsville
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Henry Cook
Michigan City
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G J
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John F. Pyne
Vinton
Pensacola
Fla
John
J. J. Shannon
Meridian
Miss
William M. Hancock
Samuel DeWolf
Rochester
Navy Pension Land
Pacific Railroad
Howene
Treasury
Lens
Uncle Sam
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