P O annual report
Postmaster General Frank IL Jones releases his year end 1885 report detailing savings in carrier service, post office salaries totaling 5 897 200, 60 585 007 gross receipts, 5481 presidential postmasters, and calls for abolishing experimental city delivery unless funds rise. He estimates 17 million for all postmasters in 1887, notes 2395 positions added, and urges bonds for clerks handling money orders along with tighter controls on mail matter.
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Bones to be exhumed and cremated for Haymarket anarchists
Chicago activists plan exhumation and cremation of the Haymarket martyrs Aluguat Spies Albert Parsons Louis Lingg Adolph Fischer and George Engel ashes to be reinterred at an undetermined site. The plan follows Waldheim cemetery officers denying a gravesite demonstration and a new rally being organized at Griefs Hall with Johann Most and Lacy Parsons as highlights.
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Impres s of Russia Dying and Imperial Birth Rumors
A London dispatch to a New York paper reports the imminent danger to Czarina and possible operation details. It notes the czarina’s poor prognosis, seclusion at Lurskoe Selo, and an expected birth. Also: weekly bank statements show reserve gains. five leaders executed in Hwasend massacre. funeral trains planned by Calumet Railway electric streetcar managers.
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Funeral Car Design Promises Modernized Hearse for Summer
A description outlines a new funeral car with brick above the tracks and a white-decorated exterior. Inside a bier sits just behind the anotorman with seats for the minister and pallbearers, mourners along the sides, and black cars replacing trailers.
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DUN & CO
Reign of Terror in Turkey Amid Armenian Massacres
Constantinople reports grow grimmer as European outlets warn of imminent decisive action. Rumors claim the Sultan ordered extermination of Armenians with killings rising from tens of thousands. Correspondents note fear, Syria and Baghdad report massacres, while Tewfik Pasha wins favor yet signals palace intrigue.
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Cleveland to push financial reform in message to Congress
Washington special reports President to outline finance reforms in his forthcoming address. He is expected to back retirement of greenbacks and treasury notes, issuance of 5000000 gold bonds, and expansion of national banks, facing Republican opposition from Sherman and Mills. Chicago: money order department pays record 1050000 in one day, plus 15000 at the downtown post office.
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Cargo Damaged by Fire on British Steamer Cuban
The British steamer Cuban, Captain Bertie, arriving from New Orleans with 6,000 bales of cotton and 34,000 bushels of corn, reports a cargo fire that started Wednesday. Damage amount is not yet known, stopped by an engine. A Chicago railroad incident: a man named Seeker was killed Wednesday night at Grand Avenue on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul line.
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Maraballtown Meeting Supports Cubs in Liberty Struggle
A large gathering in Marshalltown urged support for Cuban independence, with Mayor Pierce leading and Commandant Ratekin of the Iowa Soldiers' Home speaking. Patriotic addresses praised liberty for the Islanders. resolutions calling for aid to the Cuban cause were unanimously adopted.
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Iowa
General Drake Victory Signals GOP Backing
The article reports Gen. Francis Marion Drake as the Republican governor candidate with a larger plurality than rivals. It notes party strength gains in the legislature and a strong GOP showing in the Iowa election, with detailed county and district results and mentions of various candidates and local returns.
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