Harrison Men Uneasy Over President Absence
In a tense political moment Harrison supporters press for clarity as the president remains away. They demand he either withdraw from the cabinet or bow out of the race to resolve party divisions and restore leadership.
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Washinecton
Sreeran
Blaine
Harrison
Foraker
Boston
Cincinnati
Florence
Republican Party
Thney
Mr. Morrison
Major McKinley
Tariff fight in France as chambers reopen
Paris faces a heated tariff debate with the Chamber reassembling to consider a new plan. The government may curb grain tariffs amid potential famine prices, while a strong push for reciprocity favors treaties and limits on concessions. An Export Trade Defence Association protests the proposed changes, warning they could ruin France. Meanwhile in Washington, Blaine’s mounting popularity unsettles Harrison supporters who fear a bid could derail the administration.
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Paris
Tariff Commission
M. Meline
Commission
Pour EU
Edmond Lockroy
France
Tan Export Trade Defence Association
L Ckroy
Maine City Population Figures From Census Data
Detailed returns show Maine's population concentrates in 26 cities and towns with 4,000 plus. total 226,268 in 1890, up from 194,652 in 1880. Ward totals for Portland Lewiston Bangor Biddeford Augusta Bath Rockland Calais Waterville Saco listed by ward.
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Washington
Lercrat
Maine
Porrtland
Lewiston
Ge Banger
Bippeforrp
Aubourn
AugusTa
Batra
Rockland
Calais
Waterville
Saco
Relief for the Treasury Opens Key Bond and Coinage Moves
Washington April 25 Secretary Foster orders suspension of redemption on 4 1/2 percent bonds and initiates coinage of the trade dollar bullion and fractional silver using funds from the late session appropriation. Redemption totals rise and fall with calls, as $29,400 was presented today and outstanding redemptions reach $51,322,950. Trade dollar bullion worth $5,199,137 can be coined into standard silver dollars, with about $2,000,000 in fractional silver possible under a $150,000 appropriation.
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Washington
Foster
Treasury
Reed
Congress
Windom
Secretary of the Treasury
Miler
Steamers Arrive In Multiple Ports From Transatlantic Voyages
A list of ships arriving in Boston New York Auckland Hamburg and Liverpool between April 24 and April 26 from routes including Glasgow Progreso Mex Baracoa Liverpool Hamburg London Antwerp Amsterdam Havre and New York with vessels such as Nestorian Salamanca Utstein Cephalonia Durham City Herman Maine Zaandam City of Chester Umbria Augusta Victoria Mar Sala Alaska Egyptian Monarch America La Bretagne Mariposa Columbia Amalfi Grassbrook Kansas Apollo Bayonne Croma Etruria Werkendam and others.
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Nestorian
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Salamanca
Progreso
Mex
Utstein
Baracoa
Cephalonia
Liverpool
Ldeimore
Hamburg
Durham City
London
Baton
Herman
Antwerp
Baltimore
Maine
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New York
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Amsterdam
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Egyptian Monarch
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Mariposa
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Columbia
Man maims himself after frostbitten feet
Joseph Contour finds Mc Kinnon near Labroquerie, Minnesota border with a severed foot. Mc Kinnon had cut off the first foot with a butcher knife due to frostbite and starvation, then amputated the remaining foot in his hut. Contour brings aid and lifts the man to Winnipeg hospital amid grave prognosis.
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Winnipeg
Man
Joseph Contour
Labroquerie
Minnesota
McKinnon
Contour
Floral pageantry greets Harrison in Oakland visit
San Francisco April 26 President Harrison arrived after a 4000 mile journey with a grand military reception at Mechanic's Pavilion. Floral decor at the Palace Hotel and at the church services contrasted with his request for rest after demanding travel. A telegram to the Secretary of War addressed the Walla Walla lynching, urging courts of inquiry and swift accountability for soldiers involved.
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Mechanic’s Pavilion
Harrison
Palace Hotel
California
Mrs. Harrison
McKee
Dimick
Wanamaker
Sanderson
First Presbyterian Church
Calvary Sunday School
Young Men’s Christian Association
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Ruger
Walla Walla
Wash
Washington
Veterans Return From Baltimore Excursion
Worcester April 26 The Worcester Light Infantry and Sixth Regiment veterans returned home after a week in Baltimore and Washington Captain Davis brought back the cap worn by Private Whitney the first man killed in the war
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Baltimore
Worcester
Worcester Light Infantry
Sixth Regiment
Washington
Davis
Whitney
Talmage's New Tabernacle Opens in Brooxlyn N Y
The Rev T De Witt Talmage presided as the new tabernacle at Greer and Clinton Avenues opened for the first time, with three dedicatory services drawing thousands. The brick and stone Romanesque edifice seats 6500, cost 410000 with 40000 more needed, and has raised about 22000 in the morning.
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Brooxlyn
N. Y
T. de Witt Talmage
Hastings
Wendell Prime
Talmage
Hamill
Washington
St. Ives
Reagan Resigns Senate for Texas Railroad Post
Austin reports Governor Hogg accepted Senator John H. Reagan as chairman of the Texas State Railroad Commission. Horace Chilton solicited to succeed Reagan in the Senate, with L. L. Foster named on the commission and a third member to be chosen. Washington notes Reagan’s retirement stems from reelection doubts. The presidency salary is $6000 yearly for a five year term and Reagan had long studied railway traffic.
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Austin
Tex
Hogg
State Railroad Commission
United States
John H. Reagan
Senate
Horace Chilton
Tyler
Reagan
L. L. Foster
Insurance
Washington
Tlis
Texas
Mills
Presidency of Texas Railway Commission
President Harrison's sister hurt in Cleves carriage crash
Mrs Bettie Eaton of North Bend, sister of President Harrison, narrowly survived a carriage accident near Cleves Ohio while returning from church with her niece Miss Anna Moore of Chicago. The breeching failed on a steep hill causing the carriage to plunge. Eaton struck her head and was hospitalized. Moore suffered a dislocated shoulder and other injuries. Eaton, about sixty, later regained consciousness and doctors held hope for recovery.
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Mrs. Eaton
Miss Moore
Italian Anger Ends in Knife Fatality and Arrest
Newark New Jersey April 26 a group on Drift Street faced four Italians after a remark about nationality. An Italian stabbed Bulger in the abdomen killing him and wounded John Powers who is gravely injured. Michael Rose was arrested this afternoon and identified as the murderer.
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Newark
N. J
John Bulger
No. 24
Drift Street
Bulger
John Powers
Powers
Michael Rose
Physician Endorses Mellin's Food Over Others
A physician states on record that Mellin's Food is preferred over all rivals and has been recommended for several years with complete satisfaction. The remark underscores longstanding medical endorsement of the product in dietary guidance.
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Mellin
Cleveland and Boies Lead in Tariff Front Debate
Davenport editor D N Richardson backs Cleveland for 1892 nomination citing anti silver stance. He warns against free coinage, argues tariff focus unites Western Democrats, predicts Boies as a possible VP pick and Iowa support if Cleveland wins. Also notes a home closet storage device ad touting portable closets and hat pegs.
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Boies
D. N. Richardson
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Davenport Democrat
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England
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Germany
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Boston Custom House Force Reduction Not Under Consideration
The Treasury Department has not discussed any force cuts at the Boston Custom House. Assistant Secretary Spalding notes the matter was not raised during Collector Beard's recent visit. A proposal to reduce by 57 000 annually remains on file but has not been acted on. The sugar duties abolition may trim two to three examiners, but no order issued. No decision on Dr Leary’s retention or dismissal.
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Boston Custom House
Treasury Department
Spalding
Beard
Custom House
Leary
Anna Dickinson Lectures in Disorder at Broadway Theatre
Anna Dickinson addressed a small audience at Broadway Theatre in New York noting a long disjointed speech. She wore a white dress with black tinsel and rose adornments, delivering tirades on the Republican party and editor Wanamaker, with chants about her Danville Insane Asylum imprisonment and alleged conspiracies.
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New York
Anna Dickinson
Broadway Theatre
Republican Party
J. 8. Clarkson
W. W. Dudley
Senator Quay
Narrow Escape of Passengers On the Big Four Mail Train
The Big Four eastbound mail train from St Louis at sixty mph struck a broken rail three miles west of Indianapolis. The last Pullman car derailed and rolled inverted into a ditch, sliding over a hundred feet. Six male passengers sustained injuries, while the Pullman conductor and porter escaped unharmed.
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Indianapolis
Ind
St. Louis
Warship Blanco Encalada Sunk by Rebels Near Caldera
In Caldera Bay off Iquiqu, the Chilean warship Blanco Encalada, seized at the uprising, was torpedoed by the gunboat Almirante Lynch and sunk on April 23. About 600 aboard perished or were lost, with many missing. Congress supporters now control Caldera and Carrizal.
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Chili
Blanco Encalada
Caldera Bay
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Congress Party
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Carrizal
Dinner to Mr. Cleveland in New York
Ex president Grover Cleveland hosted a social dinner at his home in New York with guests including Bishop Potter ex Secretary Fairchild Richard Watson Gilder Edmund Clarence Stedman BE L Godkin E J Phelps R B Roosevelt Sydney Webster Reeves and Erastus Wiman. The room featured cut flowers and potted plants, the gathering was informal with no speeches.
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New York
The
Post
J—Lloyd Bryce
North American Review
Grover Cleveland
Bishop Potter
Secretary of the Treasury
Fairchild
Richard Watson Gilder
Edmund Clarence Stedman
BE. L. Godkin
E. J. Phelps
R. Bb. Roosevelt
Sydney Webster
Mr. Reeves
Erastus Wiman
Henry Watterson Denied Commencement Address at Grant University
Chattanooga Tenn April 26 0 8 Grant University linked to Freedman's Aid Society of Cincinnati maintains a Athens Tennessee branch with 600 students. The faculty urged five literary societies to pick an orator for the commencement address and Henry Watterson was chosen. Chancellor Spence rejected the decision citing partisan bias angering students who feel the management shows favoritism.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Grant University
Freedman’s Aid Society of Cincinnati
Athens
Spence
Mr. Watterson
Cambridge man named to West Point Board of Visitors
Robert O. Fuller of Cambridge Massachusetts is appointed by the President as a member of the Board of Visitors to West Point, replacing resigning member 8 J Peele. The appointment takes place in late April with Fuller succeeding Peele on the board.
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West Point
Wasumeron
Robert O. Fuller
Cambridge
Mass
J. Peele
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