DoJ Fiscal Year Report Highlights Civil and Criminal Docket
The Attorney General's annual report outlines Justice Department activity last year with 1110 pending ordinary suits in the Court of Claims worth about 14.25 million and 1519 Bowman act filings. Spoliation petitions total 5560 amounting to about 30 million, while 1777 civil suits ended. Prosecutions numbered around 12,07, mostly for violations of internal revenue laws, with recommendations for reform and funding.
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Department of Justice
Garland
United States
Thirct
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Ateve Ftoney
Montbern
Fea
Ili
Pera
War Department Aid for National Militia Report
The War Department report notes total department expenditures of 41 586 155 for the last fiscal year with an expected rise for the next year. It endorses General Sheridan on extending federal aid to the National Guard and a national encampment system funded by the government. It highlights Pacific coast fortifications as deficient and calls for navy and artillery increases. Civil service exams show 1 014 clerks tested, 953 passed, 393 above average, 50 percent failed.
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War Department
Pd Sa
Hoosier Pedestrian Snyder Dies After Ceaseless Walking
John Snyder of Mill Grove Indiana known as the walking man dies after years of unstoppable walking force. He remained conscious until death and could not control his lower limbs. He had toured museums earning over a thousand dollars last summer. The case puzzles hundreds of doctors as he walked himself to death.
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Snyder
Puzzila
Gil
Manufacturers Oppose Further Royalties to Washburn Moon
In Joliet Illinois a trade note reports manufacturers resisting additional royalties tied to Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Company of Worcester Massachusetts. The piece cites financial crashes in the barb wire and wire drawing sectors as warning signs and notes actions after the Lambert and Bishop trial to challenge what is described as a grinding monopoly in the industry.
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Washburn & Moon
Joliet
Lambert & Bishop
Incubus
Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Company
Worcester
Mass
Dublin and Cork MPs flee as Lord Mayor moved to jail
The Emerald Isle reports Mr Pyne a Dublin MP defending himself from police in Lisp innyessile and joined by Mr Gilhooly from Cork who is also a fugitive. Lord Mayor Sullivan held in Dublin, then moved to Tullamore jail to stop daily levees, a practice since imprisonment.
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Pyne
President forwards open nominations to the Senate
The President sent the open nominations to the Senate for executive posts. Names include Lucas Lamir of Mississippi for Associate Justice, William Wins of Wisconsin as Secretary of the Interior, Doh Dickinson of Michigan as Postmaster General, and others for Treasury and related roles.
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Noruive
Senate
Clause of Representatives
Lucas Q. C. Lamir
Oe Mionesippi
United States
William F. Iins
Wisconsin
Interior
Doh M. Dickinson
Michigan
Charles 8. Farchild
New
Old World and French Politics Dine Amid Dublin Banquet
A Dublin dispatch reports a grand Leinster Hall unionist banquet with Lord Hartington and Mr Goschen cheered. Catholic barrister Kenny denounces Hone as disunion’s foe and notes agitator rhetoric harms credit. Versailles senators and deputies back Sadi Carnot for France, while Paris telegrams praise the choice.
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Leinster Hall
Dublin
Lord Hartington
Goschen
Prince of Wales
Kenny
Ireland
Versailles
France
M. Sadi-Carnot
Grevy
Louis Napoleon
Paris
Sadi Carnot
Cere
Diet
M. Leroy Beaulieu
Ecole Polytechnique
Pers Aris
M. Sadi-Carnct
Powderly discusses Knights of Labor growth and early sacrifices
In a three column print Mr. Powderly responds to Knighthood works. He notes the Knights of Labor began with under 30 000 members and later claims 70 000 at one time. He recalls pioneers making sacrifices to build power for good amid widespread expulsion and hardship.
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Powderly
Court of Ita
Knights of Labor
Fatal and serious injuries from Dodgeville blast accident
Four men were badly hurt and one fatally injured by a blasting accident near Dodgeville Wisconsin on the Newport Dodgeville and Northern Railroad. Men in a twenty five foot cut were struck by rock and buried as seven kegs of powder ignited.
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Dodgeville
Wis
Newport
Tamaqua
Hurley
Guelph
Ontario
Mob Violence and Robbery Report From Several Towns
In Alamosa Colorado Michael O'Brien a tramp who outraged Miss McGregor was hanged by a mob. In Charleston Mississippi three men Joe Tribble Monroe Harris and Charles Taylor were killed by a mob after jailbreaks to free them. In Newport Missouri Peter Bennett a wealthy farmer was beaten by burglars who stole 32000 in cash and gold.
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Alamosa
Colo
Michael O’brien
Miss McGregor
Charleston
Miss
Memphis
Joe Tribble
Monroe Harris
Charles Taylor
Frank Mountz
Taylor
Harris
Tribble
Newport
Peter Bennett
Supreme Court Sustains Kansas Prohibition Decisions
The Supreme Court upholds Kansas prohibition laws and rules that the state may regulate liquor within its police power. Justice Harlan writes the main opinion with Field concurring on portions, while dissenting views arise over manufacture for export and destruction of confiscated liquor. The piece notes related Virginia officials ruling and an analysis of Hudson River ice germs.
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United States Supreme Court
Kansas
Harlan
State of
Justice Field
Congress
New York
Virginia
First Inter State Commerce Commission Report Summary
The Inter-State Commerce Commission reports on its first year, noting railroad practices extend to water carriers and express, sleeping car, livestock car, and tank car operations. It highlights the long and short haul rule, enforcement under section twelve, and the end of pooling but continued railroad associations. It argues competition by water keeps rates low, warns against universal mileage rate fixes, and says amendments should grow with experience.
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Washington Telegram
Louisville & Nashville
Sabet
Congress
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
New York
Commission
Seaboard
Speculative Markets Roar While Some Trades Hold
R G Dun and Co reports furious excitement in nearly all speculative markets with corners and artificial advances. While dry goods show moderate sales and cottons rise, boots and shoes stay firm, leather and hides soften, and sugar prices advance. Iron remains hesitant as best grades stay scarce.
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R. G. Dun & Co
New York
Sugar Trust
Progress Report on Pleuro Pneumonia Eradication Efforts
The annual Agriculture Department report cites cooperation from 31 states and territories, with laws enacted in Rhode Island Virginia New York and Illinois. It notes inspections since 1886 covering 117 470 animals in doubt areas yielding 2 235 diseased cattle. The commissioner urges continued cooperation national funding and streamlining of agricultural publishing and seed division duties.
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Colman
Commissioner of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Rhode Island
Virginia
New York
Illinois
Chicago
Baltimore
Bureau
Congress
Rocky Mountains
Annual Comptroller Report Shows Banking Changes and Proposals
The Comptroller of the Currency reports 3,011 active national banks as of Oct 31, with 225 new banks formed last year and 33 closed. Net capital increased by 30,525, the circulation moved down by 59,044, and dividends paid totaled 106,203. Proposals include lower minimum bond deposits for circulation, revised officer liability rules, and modified reserve and loan limits.
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Comptroller of the Currency
Secretaries War Results Split over Lamar’s Supreme Court Confirm
Washington report notes Republican opposition to Justice Lamar’s confirmation citing alleged disloyalty and rebuke of prewar state rights views. Lamar claimed he now accepts postwar constitutional constraints and denies return to secession era theories.
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Secretary of the Interior
Washington
Inter Ocean
Lamar
Supreme Court
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Sherman
South
Jefferson Davis
Postmaster Vilas Sees Possible 1 Cent Letter Rate
In his annual report Postmaster General Vilas argues postage could drop to 1 cent per ounce for letters with further rate cuts for merchandise. The report details offices, deliveries, money orders, and stamp revenues, noting rising costs and expanding free delivery to eight cities and 189 total restricted-privilege locations.
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Vilas
Department
Oie
Dickens Jr Talks Literature and American Writers
Pittsburg special interview with Charles Dickens Jr on literature. He praises Haggard and Stevenson as original compared with Howell and James school and notes American writers lack pursuit of fame, preferring money. He cites poetry sales as weak outside magazines but praises periodical work. He calls U S newspaper writing strong given speed.
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Pittsburg
Charles Dickens, Jr
Haggard
Stevenson
Howells and James
Defoe
Mr. Haggard
United States
Carlisle Renominated Speaker in Capitol Caucus Fight
In Washington on Saturday night the Democratic caucus renominated John G. Carlisle for Speaker while Republicans backed Maine's Mr. Ma for the role. The session opened with the Fifty-Second Congress in place and Carlisle elected after a vote of 313 cast. Carlisle urged tax reform and revenue revision, warning that overtaxed funds threaten the economy, while vowing careful, gradual changes to avoid market shocks.
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Washington
Carlisle
Seth K. Leedom
Mr. Rusk
Maryland
Tarsney
Michigan
Randall
Keblican Congressional Caucus
Mr. Ma
Maine
Senate
Ingalia
Tarpis
Faulkner
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House
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Cox
New York
Thomas B. Ked
Cannon
Illinois
Reed
Bramim
Pennsylvania
Anderson
Iowa
Nicholls
North Carolina
Smith
Wisconsin
Bramm
Hopkins
Virginia
Kelley
Carisis
Warner’s Log Cabin Remedies Promoted by D H Warner
An article recalls Colonel Seth Warner of Vermont and his era, noting health practices and herbal remedies. It profiles D H Warner, proprietor of Warner’s safe care, who will introduce Warner’s Log Cabin Remedies including Sarsaparilla, Log Cabin Hops and Bachu, and other cures as vegetable preparations with claimed scientific value and merit.
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Seth Warner
Vermont
Hampshire
New York
England
Jen
Warner
Howard
Ethan Allen
Arner
Seasonal shifts in plant bloom and second growth
The article explains how plants may form buds early and later be forced to bloom by favorable weather. A second growth or later blooming series can occur, especially with spring flowers like acantart violet and hepatica. It urges gardeners to observe unusual plant actions and integrate horticulture and botany for clearer explanations.
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Vick’s
French horticulturist tests seed germination with nitrogen soak
A French horticulturist, Count du Buysson, insures the growth of seeds so old as to have a doubtful germinating power by soaking them for six hours in water containing a guano or other source of nitrogen.
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Count du Buysson
Cure for Catarrh Promoted by Generic Remedy
A message touts a remedy to cure catarrh stating it always works and has never failed. It urges use before the disease worsens and claims availability at all druggists.
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Ruggists
Wealthy Notables and Fortunes Across Nations
A survey lists wealth figures for Claus Spreckels, Kane family, Duke of Buccleuch, Meredith Featheringis, Mrs Hicks-Lord and others. It notes fortunes of Hopkins, Westinghouse, Isaac Jeans, Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, and the Nizam of Hyderabad with remarks on their income, inheritances, and public interest in London.
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Claus Spreckels
Congressman Kane
New York
Duke of
Mark Hopkins
America
George Westinghouse
Isaac Jeans
Philadelphia
Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria
Clementine d’Orleans
Eberthal
Vienna
Nizam of
Hyderabad
India
London
Let Us Have Peace. A Peace Society Aims for One Hundred Million
A peace society campaigns for a large monetary pledge, advocating unity and peaceful action to fund a nationwide peace program. The group proposes a substantial contribution plan and mobilizes public support through speeches and pamphlets.
Growth of Thames house boats from six to over six hundred
In 1865 the first house boat arrived on the upper Thames. By 1869 only six existed on the upper river. Today more than six hundred vessels serve as homes on the upper river and most house many residents, averaging six or more per boat.
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Thames
Hood
Josten F. Gaxex
Cor
First
Canal Streets
Dayton
Ohio
Masa. K. Carprenter
Kalamazoo
J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
Letter from Irish prisoner denounces Balfour accusation
An amidship of a smuggled letter from Mr. O'Brien in Dublin challenges Mr. Balfour's claim of weak health as an excuse for not wearing prison clothes. He alleges six days of threats, bread and water rations, clothing theft, and vows to stop speaking of health while defending his own honor against the insinuations.
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O’brien
Heis
Dublin
Mr. Balfour
Balfour
Long-Distance Riders Weight Gain Surprises Officers
Captain Dean Pitt reports that among twelve men in the Long-Distance Rides only two lost weight, two held steady, and eight gained. The Mysore march from Bangalore to Mysore lasted two days under hot conditions, with no weight loss despite hard training, while similar results appeared in the Royal Artillery detachment from Comptee to Jubbulpore. The record questions Banting style assumptions and notes several men gained substantial weight.
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Dean Pitt
Broadwood
Bangalore
Mysore
Royal Artillery Detachment
Comptee
Jubbulpore
Court Journal
London Anthropological Institute debate on vitality and injuries
At a London Anthropological Institute meeting George Harley argued that comforts boosting mental faculties may reduce vitality and recovery, increasing susceptibility to fatal injuries.
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London Anthropological Institute
R.eorge Harley
Especta Ponper Kept From May Field in Tragic End
Especta Ponper of May Field Kentucky died by her own hand after obtaining a divorce on grounds of cruelty. A letter reports she ended her life to avoid the temptation of remarriage, reflecting a tragic personal crisis and social stigma.
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Especta Ponper
Mayfield
Longest Beard Reported in Norwich Man Grows Remarkable Furrow
A Norwich Connecticut newspaper notes a local man about five feet eight inches tall with a beard six feet eight inches long reaching the floor when he stands upright and extending twenty inches from his feet. The beard is described as the longest known to date.
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Norwich, Conn
Unknown Quote Proverb Inspires Confidence in Victory
A pithy maxim asserts that belief in inevitable defeat ensures loss, while confidence and resolve can change outcomes. The saying emphasizes mindset as a factor in success or failure.
Quotes on fault finding and weeds from Wuex and Wutsky
An old saying notes that a man who seeks faults will find them if he spends all his time looking. It adds that Wutsky can be made from weeds and that it yields weeds, too for wives and children.
Unclear historical excerpt hints at job offers and remarks
Fragmentary text cites a lard rendering establishment and comments about employment. Mentions Dr. Lyman BercHER and Dr. On and a Living Charlie, with disjointed quotes about "first-rate" and world affairs. Context and attributions are incomplete.
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Lyman Bercher
Dr. On
Hawes
Charlie
Azores Peasants Dream of America and Military Life
The Azorean peasant life is described with low pay for laborers and soldiers. Emigration to America is seen as El Dorado, with families saving for younger members to depart. Military service imposes years of duty, while homes are simple stone structures and diets include fish bread and milk.
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Azores
America
California
San Francisco Chronicle
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