Lottery Question Cast in Boston Court Fight
The constitutional issue tied to Governor Nichols refusal to sign a bill with a $1,250,000 a year offer may be decided by the courts. Meanwhile a Liverpool despatch warns of ice moving south from the great field near Newfoundland, threatening Atlantic shipping four hundred miles off the coast. Shipmasters are advised to hug the fortieth parallel to minimize ice danger, even if it lengthens voyages.
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Boston Post
NicHolls
North Atlantic
New York
Liverpool
Newfoundland
United States Hydrographic Office
Fortieth
Battle over Stanley Barttelot rear column in African expedition
The piece notes brewing controversy as survivors publish accounts of the failed rear column of the expedition. It discusses Stanley's perceived fairness, Belden and Clarkson critiques of the opposition press, and a polarized political climate. Also covered is Wedd derburn's Farm and Fireside ban by the Post Office and debates over the Congo style lard bill and Louisiana lottery veto maneuvers.
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Stanley
Barttelot
Stanly
The Rising Tide of Pauperism in Pension Debates
A polemic notes Bishop Porter’s rebuke of a pauper pension bill and cites the New York Tribune’s harsh descriptions of veterans rushing to enroll. It argues the law degrades the honored acts of defense, warns of perjury and fraud, and highlights widespread claims and attorney activity as the program unfolds nationwide.
Clerical Control and Pension Fraud Under Public Law
The Tribune criticizes pension law administration, arguing higher grade clerks decide disability proof while petty clerks meddle with decisions no longer safely reviewable by the Interior Secretary. It contends this fosters greed, demoralization, and fraud, warning that treasury depletion may follow and that threats to cut funding are now irrelevant.
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Secretary of the Interior
Porter
Tribune
Rumors on British Ministry reshuffle stir London
London rumor mill hints at a coming reshuffle with Mr. Sarria likely to retire from the Commons leadership due to poor health. Possible elevation to the peerage is debated, while names like Lord Randolph Churchill, Lord Salisbury, Mr. Balfour and Goschen are weighed against factional fit and leadership prospects.
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London
Sarria
The
Commons
Sarrm
Laboueneerr
Smirna
Lord Randolph Churchill
Treasury Bench
Lord Salisbury
Mr. Balfour
Mr. Goscuin
Lord Randolph
Lord Hartmerton
Good Old London Spectator
Lord Hammeron
Lord Ravdolph
Lord Samspuny
Lord Rajpotra
Lord Harrington
South Carolina Democrats split over Tillman nomination
In hot weather South Carolina politics pivot on Captain Tillman a rough stump speaker leading the Farmers Alliance. Tillman seeks gubernatorial nomination at a Columbia convention with ratification by the state Democratic convention not until September. Opposing candidates General Joseph Brarron and Colonel Joseph S. Fane gain conservative support as party factions threaten a union before the meeting.
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South Carolina
Democratic Party
Tillman
Farmers’ Alliance
Columbia
Joseph Brattron
Fairfield
Joseph S. Fane
Sumter
Brarron
Tillmanism and old South tensions reshape South Carolina politics
The piece analyzes Tillman’s rise amid farmer activism and country versus town clashes, portraying a shift from aristocratic rule to a two sided contest that may fracture color lines in politics. It notes New York law enforcement anecdotes and civic curiosities, including a phonograph wedding record at Westminster Abbey and a comic opera trend, finishing with a jab about Corporal Tanner’s family welfare.
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South Carolina
Charleston
Colleton
Georgetown
New South
Old South
Tillman
Mason and Dixon
Stanley
Westminster Abbey
Ex Mayor Bunton of Manchester dies at 84
Obituary notes the death of ex mayor David A Bunton of Manchester New Hampshire aged eighty four after noon yesterday in his eighty fifth year He was born in Goffstown Centre and among Manchester early settlers He worked for Amoskeag 1837 to 1847 and became superintendent of the Manchester and Lawrence railroad in 1849 He served as mayor 1861 62 and was sent to Fredericksburg by Governor Gilmore in 1864 He was a director of Manchester National Bank and trustee of Manchester Savings Bank since its founding Former congressman Joseph Lyman of Council Bluffs died after a lingering illness Born Lyons Michigan 1340 served in the Fortyninth and Fiftieth Congresses from Iowa ninth district
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David A. Bunton
Manchester
N.H
Goffstown
The
Amoskeag Company
Manchester & Lawrence
Fredericksburg
Gilmore
Manchester National Bank
Manchester Savings Bank
Joseph Lyman
Council Blatfs
Lyons
Mich
Iowa
Ballot Box From Libby Prison Gifts Newton Post
Charles Ward Post 62 G A R receives a ballot box crafted from a door of Libby Prison, sent from a Richmond post.
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Libby Prison
Newton
Charles Ward
G. A.R
Richmond
Notable 19th Century Figures in Brief News Snippets
Princess Henry of Prussia ill with diphtheria and Emperor William arrives in Bergen for a week. Empress Frederick raises funds for a Berlin children's hospital. Dr. Peters reports African coast exploration. Rev E R Atwill to become West Missouri bishop. Austrian Finance Minister Dunajewski marks decade in office. Cornell President Adams wed in London. Dexter Hewitt linked to Israel Putnam’s blanket at christening. Admiral John Ross Ward noted lifeboat work and heroism. Rudyard Kipling, a young Indian born writer and journalist, in early career.
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Henry
Prussia
Emperor William
Bergen
Norway
Frederick
Berlin
Peters
Africa
E. R. Atwill
Toledo
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
West Missouri
Dunajewski
University of Cracow
Charles Kendall Adams
Cornell University
London
Mary Mathews Barnes
A. §. Barnes
New York
Dexter Wright Hewitt
Israel Putnam
John Ross Ward
National Lifeboat Institution
Rudyard Kipling
England
India
Hills
Boston Sash Fashion Sparks Witty Debate On City Dress
In Boston a humorous taste for temperance drinks and local waters inspires connoisseurship among drinkers and researchers alike. A surgeon notes a spate of runaway horse accidents and cites advances in surgery that saved lives, including a brain clot removal. A critic rails against masculine sashes with sack coats, calling them incongruous, while a trapeze performer shares nerve‑free bravado about danger, preferring a calm, private life over stage fame.
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Boston
Big Four seeks direct Columbus line as rail tie up continues
The New York Evening Post reviews the Cin cinnati Sandusky and Cleveland and Columbus Springfield and Cincinnati systems. It notes a lease favorable to Columbus would pay 70,000 in interest and 40,000 in net earnings annually, with a potentially fictitious boost to Columbus stock value. Ingalls of the Big Four offers 1,250,000 in 4 percent bonds, but owners reject it as it falls short on annual interest and jeopardizes terminals. The piece weighs the geography of Columbus, the north and south ends, and the feasibility of a parallel line to beat detours, while mentioning Sandusky stock, Vanderbilt ties, and a Topeka despatch on Kansas grain-rate reductions. St. Paul week earnings rise 38,000, and President Blood denies belt-line links to the Cleveland belt line project.
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The
New York Evening Post
Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland
Columbus
Springfield
Cincinnati
Columbus Road
Sandusky
Little Cross Line
Sandusky Road
Ingalls
Big Four
Vanderbilt
Lake Shore
Tiffin
Ohio
National Educational Association Session in St Paul
The convention elected officers including President William R. Garrett and secretary E. H. Cooke. Papers on compulsory education and state parish schools were read by Arch bishop Ireland and Oscar H. Cooper, with debates led by Gove Pierce and Thayer. Evening sessions covered agricultural college roles and teaching practice, as delegates from multiple states converge in St Paul Minnesota.
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St. Pav
Minn
National Educational Association
William R. Garrett
Nashville
James H. Canfield
Lawrence
Kan
W. H. Beadle
Madison
S. D
D. L. Williams
Delaware
J. M. Baker
Denver
Col
T. A. Futrail
Mariana, Ark
John T. Buchanan
Kansas City
H. B. Jones
Erie
Penn
Mary E. Nicholson
Indianapolis
Ind
K.R. Preston
Jackson
Miss
KE. B. McElroy
Salem
M. C. Fernald
Orono
Solomon Palmer
Montgomery
Ala
E. H. Cooke
New Brunswick
N. J
J. M. Greenwood
Committee On
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
Union
Oscar H. Cooper
Texas
Cooper
Aaron Gove
James C. Pierce
Minneapolis
D. McElroy
Oregon
J.B. Thayer
Wisconsin
J. W. Stearns
State University
Wis
A. RK. Paylor
Emporia
Kay
Hannah Johnson Carter
New York
Lillian Jacoby
Rockford
Ill
Collins
Weather and wit from a noisy era
A collage of items from a July issue reading like a chatty front page. The New York Tribune seeks cooler shirts, jokes fly across papers, and a Paris Salvation Navy boat sails the Seine. Odd anecdotes mix mischief, mourning wardrobes, a Constantinople museum wing, and a Chicago bootblack tale.
Silver Bill and Silver Inflation Warned by Press
The Philadelphia Press notes that the conference committee silver bill is the best available but represents silver inflation. If Treasury gold receipts fall and gold reserves drop, a shift to silver would occur with related consequences. The nation may aid silver mine owners yet resists indefinite debt to support their price, risking a future debt-and-devaluation break.
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Conference Committee
Treasury
Philadelphia Press
Possible Excuse for Senate Hesitation on Election Bill
The Harford Post reports a possible excuse for Republican Senators delaying the federal election bill. An upcoming conference of absentee Republicans could steer them to either pursue House bill passage or delay to see Democrats’ intent on air elections in the Southern states. If delayed, next fall’s Southern district elections will be closely watched.
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Senate
Harford
Republican opposition to Lodge force bill grows in New York press
The Evening Post quotes reactions from Syracuse Standard Auburn Advertiser Watertown Journal critiquing the Lodge force bill. Carl Belden leads Republican congressional committee efforts to pressure dissenting GOP papers while fearing expanded ballot supervision and secrecy conflicts under the proposed national statute.
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Evening Post
Belden
Republican Congressional Committee
Syracuse Standard
Congress
The
Auburn Advertiser
Watertown James
North
Not the Man for the Place Portrait of a Census Arrest
Portland Me July 10 Mark J Sullivan census enumerator in Ward 4 was arrested by the United States marshal on complaint of Judge J Wright census supervisor for refusing to comply with his oath to perform duties as enumerator. Sullivan neglected his work then failed again when ordered to redo it. He was bound over in 500 for trial next Tuesday. Two extra men have been put on to complete Sullivan’s work.
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Heaven
Earth
Dowtless
New York Tribune
Brisby
Maude
Seine
Pont de la Concorde
Constantinople
Sidon
Beyrout
Imperial Museum
Washington Post
John Smith
Mr. Armour
Chicago Tribune
Portland
Mark J. Sullivan
United States
Wright
Sullivan
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Porrer
Phi Beta Kappa
Ossa
Lincoln
Jooker On
the Tribune
Far West
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Pension Bureau
British Ministry
Earte
Trilatann
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Mr. Porver
Dramatic Mirror
Corporal Tanner
Tanner
Shakspere
Washington Street
Fiji Islands
Kansas
Topeka
State Board of Railway Commissioners
Missouri
Blood
Cleveland & Canton
Cleveland & Cainton Road
Cleveland
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