Washington News Of The Week Highlights 1890s Debates
Nation and financial reports show May debt changes and bank note shifts. Post office fraud cases surface, with McGrew resigning, while Star Route probes loom. Legislative sessions discuss immigration taxes, railroad rates, and political ballots amid a broad mix of domestic and foreign items.
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Washington
Nationan Bays
National Bank
Court of Claims
Union Pacifc Railroad Company
Treasury
United States
Associated Press
Windom
McGrevn
Lilley
McGrew
Liley
Postoffice Department
Treasury Department
Edward Thornton
Blaine
London
W. A. Crook
Traudy
Postetster
James
Day of Funerals Strikes Loxpos Town After Disaster
In Loxpos Ont May 24 a day of funerals engulfed the city as over a hundred graves were interred. Cemeteries, churchyards and parishes labored late with processions of vehicles, many misused by mourners and back-drivers charging extortionate rates. Families mourned, prayers echoed through streets, and business shut as crowds gathered to console and observe.
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Ahilensman
Milhwauskee
Nquor
Nebraska
Coe Axory
Greantsek
Marshalltown
Jyt W. H. Calhoun
Anads
O.a.garrison
Tssue
Jesse Lic He
Jefferson County
St. Olive
Frederick
Antietam
James A. Buchanan
Baltimore
D. M. Clark
Wayne County
J. M. Holland
Henry County
A.D. Dabney
Madison County
Mary E. Nash
Polk County
Land League of Ireland
United States
Richmond
Acouth
Colin
Collins
Elt
Miny
Severnt
Victoria
Tom
Sach
Great Western
Funnie Cooper
William Ging
Resolutions Adopted by the Davenport Casual Convention
The Davenport convention denounces Star route frauds and Garfield's conduct while urging Congress to fund cheap transportation and Mississippi River improvements. It calls for broader Mississippi system channels, continued river work, and liberal appropriations to advance trade from the Falls of Saint Anthony to the Gulf, with a renewed committee and expanded representation.
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Garfield
Hubbell
Congressional Committee On
Adss
Indiana
Ohio
Garfuld
Dorsey and Gorham
Mors
Brady
Hayes
Bray
Credit Mobilier
Oakes’ Ames
Congress
Garteld
Davenport
Iowa
Committee On Resolutions
T. J. Henderson
Mississippi Valley
Northwest
Congress of
Mississippi River
Athletic Seageant
Gulf of Mexico
Himola River
Hennepin
Iuka
Chicago
St. Anthony Xo
Mississippi
Ilinois
Ullwels
Tolla
Brady's Charge and Garfield's Denial in 1880s Scandal
A long Atlantic column discusses Brady accusing Garfield of involvement in fundraising for campaign expenses. It cites a letter from Garfield to Hubbell and Garfield’s later denial. The piece argues that Garfield’s denial weighs more with Republicans than Brady’s sworn witnesses, and notes broader implications for party unity.
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Hubbell
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Star Route Brady
Garfield
Biddy
Congressional
Harry
Hubpell
House
Hayes
Brady
Garfeld
Anail
Drak Aerncu
Lhove
Jabink
Fleaze
J. Garritte
Rion
J. A. Hubbell
Washington
J. C. Garteld
TODS
Wee Teel
Fort-Weyne
The Wild Beast of Columbia District and the Conkling Resignation
A satirical tale describes a fearsome monster in the district of Columbia with shifting appearances and a ruthless appetite for officials. It pivots to a political critique arguing a New York Senate resignation by Conkling and Platt was theatrical, unnecessary, and a political misstep, urging quiet, pragmatic exits.
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Field
Mass
Fourhkespsic
New York
Conkling
Wheeler
Rogers
Cornell
Jacobs
Flatt
Platt
Depew
Kernan
Gaffney & Co
Phiadelphis
Brooklyn
I.N
Yaleel Ayouse
Mies
Nellie Murphy
North Brook Cold
Bank of North America
Philidelphia
Pennsylvania Senate
New ‘York
United States
Jacoba
Hagersy
Scattering
Miller
Bcatter
Ibg
Virginia
William E. Cameron
Petersburg
John T. Lewis
Frank S.blair
Cameron
Giexmttan Grant
Eads
New Orleans
Mexico
Asuuny Park
N. J
Presbyterian Church of the
New Pallas
Limerick Junction
Dublin
Grigoom
Chicago
Earl
Tathe Traibete
Ratchers
Addison Browns
Dudge
Choate
Mte
House of Commons
Gladstone
Columibia
Capitol
Jes
Supreme Bench
Detroit
Senate
Mr. Conkling
Custom-house
Political turmoil and the Conkling resignation debate
The piece critiques the Republican party's decline after Conkling's resignation, labeling it a life and death fight for a few offices. It calls for Dorsey to share inside GOP history and suggests lectures with promised payback as the route to influence.
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Lord Roscoe
Conkling
Horatio Seymour
Republican Party
Grand Old
South
United States Senate
Selah
Pda
Mahone
Senate
Dorsey
Indiana
Old Conkling
Rooney
Udois Kesarbtinan
Literary Figures and Public Notices From A Busy Era
The excerpt catalogs literary claims and author movements including Mrs Jane G Austin and Goody Two Shoes authorship debates, Darwin and Howells mining trips, Carlyle's will be bequeathed to Harvard, Longfellow revisions to Evangeline, and notices about Genevieve Ward and public concerns. It surveys writers in London Arlington Lake and Hood campaigns, plus assorted humorous quips from newspapers.
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WF. D. Howells
Joseph Cook
India
Japan
London
Thomas Carlyle
America
New England
Oliver Cromwell
Frederick the Great
Harvard University
Lf. T. Trowbridge
Arlington
Miss
Arlington Lake
Genem| Cheatham
Tennessee
Hood
Nashville
Motive Powers Debate Sparks Satire at Detroit Club
The Detroit Lincoln Club hears the Committee on Scientific Research report on motive powers in daily use and future ideas. It lists steam water wind electricity and minor powers, then humorously predicts a future of machinery driving dates and daily life with rapid revolutions and automated scenes.
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Free Press
Congress
Dis
Taking Ostrich Bess and the Egg Thievery Art
A South African ostrich farmer explains how Hottentots steal eggs from ostrich nests by timing with the birds’ dawn calls. Jantje uses stealth, bromming sounds, and patient approach to steal eggs, which are sometimes cooked in shells or used for baking. Ostriches defend themselves by kicking with dangerous feet, and fights can be fatal.
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South Africa
Jantje
Duntje
Eger
Tam
Browbeating Witnesses in Courtroom Tales
A compendium of courtroom anecdotes on cross examination and browbeating witnesses. It recalls Daniel Webster testing Mrs Greenough and the lively reactions of judge and jury, highlighting conflict between legal tactics and truth telling in trials. Members of the bar, observers, and even a Mississippi farmer are cited in cautionary vignettes.
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Daniel Webster
Greenough
Newton
Mass
Amxs
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