Ex-Senator Hamlin may accept Spain minister post
The article speculates ex Senator Hannibal Hamlin could accept a ministerial role to Spain as a long, productive career in public service nears its midpoint. It notes European rulers who sympathized with President Garfield faced assassination attempts, and discusses civil service reform, political spoils, and the mood in Boston after a national tragedy.
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Boston Post
United States
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End Is Near Crowds Watchers Describe Conspiracy Claims
A stream of sympathetic messages pours in from around the world amid reports of widespread damage to fruit trees and shop windows. In Boston and North Andover, glass shattered at several businesses including Boston Meine repair shops and Dav is Farber's, while a 15 year old boy Thomas Lundy shot a companion during play with a seven barrel revolver, and a 43 year old William Crawford was killed after falling from a railroad express car.
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Fair Grounds
George C. Moore
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Nelson Brown
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James Ven Eyck
Peekskill
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David Kennedy
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Michael McCarty
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George Drinan
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Middlesex
Cambridgeport
J. Havion
A. C. Hawkins
R. Law
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F. K. Jewett
B. m. Trojan
C. H. Flanson
William Pratt
John Barlow
Cc. E. Curtas
Thomas Donahoe
Maurice Dineen
South Common
Garfield Shot Sparks World Sympathy Across Nations
Washington July 4 reports show President Garfield fatally wounded and a global wave of sympathy. Vice President and Senator Jones expressed sorrow at a White House gathering as cabinet members and foreign diplomats sought updates.
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Dublin
Hundreds Gather Near White House for News on Dying President
News from Washington reports hundreds from across the country converged on the capital to hear about the president's condition. An unofficial bulletin at 9:20 P M said his pulse and temperature rose but improvements were hoped overnight. Doctors faced with a critical state expressed guarded optimism for a possible recovery if signs improve by morning.
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President’s Condition Improves. Doctors Return Home
EXECUTIVE Mansion reports the president’s condition has further improved since the last bulletin. Temperature and pulse have fallen again and he is sleeping quietly. Doctors Agnew and Hamilton left Washington for Philadelphia and New York after examining the case and consulting with the resident physicians.
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Discovery of a Man and American Judgment
The speakers discuss how Americans seek to discover a man and then claim him as their own. They express faith in the united intellect of the American people over rulers or orators, asserting that truth and justice will eventually prevail despite demagogues and impostors.
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Doctors feud over Garfield bulletin amid cabinet clash
Washington reports allege a disgraceful controversy over Garfield's condition as doctors not present sought signings for bulletins. Amid mumblings of impropriety, Drs Bliss and others were praised by Agnew and Hamilton while Marion Sims urges aggressive abdominal surgery for gunshot wounds.
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Stallion Race at Rochester Draws 11,000 Fans
The $10,600 Stallion Race at Rochester Driving Park on July 4 drew about 11,000 spectators despite heavy track conditions from morning rains. Horses such as Purse winner George Wilson of New York and others from San Francisco Topeka and Philadelphia competed through several heats, with times mostly in the teens. Races at Monmouth Park and Hampden Park also drew crowds, while Portland and Detroit tracks staged events and baseball scores were noted.
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Guiteau Seen At Hartford Revival Four Years Ago
Hartford reporters recall Guiteau the would be president assassin during the Moody and Sankey revival when he sat near the speakers and clergymen. He planned a Christ coming lecture series and fled a sheriff’s writ after leaving his boarding house. A year later he spoke in a church on a Bible dispute.
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Inversoll
Attacé
Albany Convention Deliberates Senate Vacancies Amid Garfield News
At a July Fourth session in Albany the convention voted on short and long term U S senate vacancies with splits among Potter Conkling Wheeler and others. Absentees and political tension overshadowed the vote as the nation mourns President Garfield and awaits further legislative action.
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Kernan
Corner
van Cott
Charles North
Fish
Charles Adams
Platt
Alvord
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Garfield
Seven Die in Kentucky Central Railroad Crash Near Covington
Seven people from Covington were killed and twelve wounded when a southbound Lexington express collided with a picnic excursion train twelve miles south of Covington around 3 PM. Fireman John Pye died. other dead include Michael Dixon William Callovy Walliam Wischauf John Cotter and two unnamed youths. Wounded suffered multiple broken limbs and severe injuries. cause traced to miscommunication and a pass-through at Culberton station in a deep curved cut. Both locomotives were total wrecks.
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Michael Dixon
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Walliam Wischauf
John Cotter
Geo. Uallupy
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John Carney
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Mrs. Brown
Paul Shendan
John McDonald
John Rush
Joan Conran
Maggie Carey
James Crow
John Bethle
Ed. Hame
South Beyind Lexington
Frank Matlock
Culberton Station
Two Horses Shipped for Gen Grant From Newburgh
The Newburgh shipment sent two handsome bay horses to New York on Wednesday evening for General Ulysses S. Grant. They are from Goshen, chosen by A J Smith, and will go to Grant's Long Branch summer residence. The horses, 16 hands high, are aged 6 and 7, described as gentle and superb in appearance. Grant paid $1,100.
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Horace Porter
Newburgh Journal
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Temperance lecturer Guiteaudt Faces Fraud Arrest
Springfield reports Charles J. Guiteatt sought clergy consent two years earlier to lecture on temperance and replied to Bob Ingersoll. Lacking housing he attempted to defraud a boarding house for pay. He authored an incoherent pamphlet defending hell fire and eternal damnation citing John Hall and Justin Fulton.
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Bob Ingersoll
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Boston World’s Fair committee receives broad support letters
In advance of the Boston committee meeting for the world’s fair, letters from major trade leaders indicate public opinion favors the exhibition. Railroads’ opposition nearly doomed the project in Boston, and few interests have yet pledged strong backing to revive the effort.
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