Bound South Inescapable Hannibal on the Route
A travel piece from April 1891 aboard a train through Indian Territory near Muskogee. The author notes water quality, cattle herds, Indian lands and rights, a frontier mother, Choctaw mines, and signs counting miles to Hannibal, with reflections on race, climate, and Territorial life.
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Muskogee
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Hannibal
Rome
Chicago
Boston
Darwin
Johnnie
Atoka
K. T
Red River
Texas
Red
Boston political notes and civic events overview
Boston Democrats select ward and city committee members as pages highlight a women’s column. Reports cover the annual School Regi ment parade, a Massachusetts Board of Pard e meeting, and a topographical survey commission. Other items note foreign cooperative bank bills, street franchise opposition, graves dedication, and track cup races between Harvard and Yale. A murder in Fleet Street alley is reported.
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Cily
Boston
Boston School Regiment
Massachusetts Board of Parde
Carroll D. Wright
American Satisticalj Society
George Fred Williams
Topographical Survey Commission
Senate
City Hall
Harvard
Yale
Institute of 1770
Fleet Street
Life Insurance Office Bequeathing Value Through Dented Life
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Life Insurance Company and State Agent T Pheps in relation to bequeathing life value. It notes a reference to 159 Deve but lacks full context or dates. The readable names include NA T E and T PHEPS.
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Na’t'e
Life Ins. Co
de T. Pheps
State Agty
Record of fires spans multiple towns and losses
The report covers incidents from Charlestown to London and beyond. It notes twelve alarms since May 1 in Charlestown with damages around 200 dollars, plus a smaller fire at 64 Temple place causing 50 dollars in damage. Other entries include farm buildings and mills burning in Windham and Ashton under Lyne, with substantial losses and numerous injuries.
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Charlestown
Main Street
W. Fowler
Robert Mitchell
Ladder 9
Macorquodale & Burleigh
Temple Place
London
Dodgson & Grundy
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Lancashire
Cmaes Cure
W. H. Page
Bic
Mich
Manistee
Huron
Lower Peninsula
House of Commons Adjourns for Whitsuntide Debate
London May 15 The House of Commons adjourned to Thursday after finishing original Irish land bill clauses. Debate resumes on a new clause about tenants advances with complex ratios for holdings above and below £30. Goschen rejects an extended holiday amid protests and anticipated protracted wrangling.
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London
House of Commons
Balfour
Goschen
Land Commissioners
Ozare Witch Wound Labeled Trifling Reported by TokIo
The Japanese embassy received Tokio notes stating that the Ozare witch’s wound is trifling with no fever. The Czarewitch and Prince George reportedly fled incognito after a clash with police, who asserted themselves until the princes’ identities were revealed. The minor wound is attributed to blunt swords used by Japanese officers.
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Bertin
Tokio
Czarewitch
Prince George
Impairment of Bank Capital in Auburn Me Report
The Comptroller of the Currency has assessed 10 percent on the capital stock of the National Shoe and Leather Bank of Auburn to cover capital impairment from misappropriation by Cashier Percival. The loss is smaller than expected and will be promptly paid by shareholders.
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Washington
National Bank Examiner
Parker
National Shoe & Leather Bank of
Auburn
Percival
Tenny Wins Big Handicap at Gravesend in Drizzly Open
The Brooklyn Jockey Club opens its spring meeting at Gravesend with about 30 000 spectators and 118 bookmakers. Tenny led a wild stretch duel to win the handicap in 2 10 as Judge Morrow and Prince Royal chased hard, while Burlington faded from favoritism in the drizzle.
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New York
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Brooklyn
Board of Control
Tenny
Caldwell
Burlington
Russell
Loantaka
Nellie Bly
Tea Tray
Prince Royal
Latch
Yenny
Judge Morrow
Barnes
Swayback
Prince Oyal
Riley
Smuth
Tariff Decision on Wearing Apparel under McKinley Law
New York May 16 A ruling by Collector Erhardt eases duties on personal effects for travelers. The decision defines wearing apparel in use in line with the Astor case, reducing disputes between Surveyor Lyon and customs officers and limiting duties on Paris bonnets and dresses not intended for sale. The move aligns with Blatchford’s interpretation that items brought for personal use may be exempt even if not yet worn.
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New York
Erhardt
Lyon
United States
Paris
Couch
Astor
William Astor
Merritt
Europe
Blatchford
Congress
Surveyor’s Department
Justice Blatchford
Collector’s Department
Surveyor Lyon
Steamers and brigs sail from New York with broad listings
A May 15 shipping report shows numerous steamers and brigs listed by name sailing to and clearing from multiple ports. Vessels include Travancore Patermo Tyrian Kingston Jam barks Recovery London John Swan Cienfuegos Baicher Boston Navarch Pisagua Nova Amerika Seville and more with several schooners brigs and barques.
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New York
Travancore
Patermo
Tyrian
Kingston
Jam
Barks
Recovery
London
John Swan
Cienfuegos
Baicher
Boston
Navarch
Pisagua
Nova Amerika
Seville
Margaret E. Dean
Cape Haytien
Britannia
Barbados
Schs
Bangor
Lizzie J Call
Fall River
Lora
Allston
Bath
Harriet L Brooks
Rockport
Mass
Chandernagor
Marseilles
Alvena
Jeremie
Portia
Ash
Halifax
Greece
Jeffrey
Lydian Monarch
Morgan
Arecunna
Strickland
Trinidad
Spaarndam
Benjer
Rotterdam
Anchoria
Campbell
Glasgow
Wild Flower
Ryder
Rouen
Ariaona
Brooks
Liverpool
Polaria
Busch
Stettin
Gellert
Karempil
Hamburg
Australia
McGarvin
Avonmenath
Etroria
Hains
la Champagne
Hover
Havre
Sorrento
Jorgensen
Bark Pormosa
Farnham
Bridge
Town
Bar
Carib
Montgomery
Turks Island
Bessie Parker
Bradley
Davida
Newcomb
Windsor
Steamers Arrived and Departures Across Atlantic Ports
A Boston May 15 list shows Borderer Jama and City of Berlin among vessels from London Liverpool and Dublin. New York May 15 entries include Wells City Persian Monarch and Werkendam from London Rotterdam. Atlantic traffic includes Capes, Lake Superior onward to Liverpool and Amsterdam departures. Sewing machine ad at Tremont Street appears in the same column.
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Boston
Kansas
Liverpool
Borderer
London
Jama
Jamaica
New York
Wells City
Bristol
Lonon
City of Berlin
Liverpol
Werkendam
Rotterdam
Philadelphia
Bidar
Queenstown
Catalonia
Hamoure
Normannia
Chicago
Baltimore
Brow Head
Lake Superior
Montreal
Magsala
Amsterdam
Zaandam
Zam
Nenpherom Baltimore
Charles G Welch Dead in New York May 15
Charles G Welch died at his West Thirteenth Street residence from Bright's disease. Born in 1819 in Boston, he graduated from Trinity College. He edited the Boston Post, served as private secretary to George Bancroft, and as Navy Department chief clerk under Polk. He later worked in the commissary and sheriff’s offices, then the finance department after financial loss.
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New York
Charles G. Welch
West Thirteenth Street
Bright
Boston
Trinity College
Hartford
Massachusetts
Boston Post
George Bancroft
Washington
Polk
Navy Department
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
Finance Department
Clash at Gibraltar Front Endangers Smuggling Ring
May 16 near Gibraltar a frontier smuggler was killed after drawing on Spanish soldiers and tobacco company guards. In retaliation villagers attacked guards and employees, wounding two, with authorities killing two attackers and many wounded, as military forces moved to restore order.
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Gibraltar
Tobacco Company
Aliens Not Heirs in Stewar t Estate Case
In New York May 15 Judge Wallace in the United States Circuit Court ruled against plaintiff Sarah Branagh in her suit against William P. Smith to claim an interest in the estate of the late A T Stewart. The verdict was directed for the defendant because Branagh was a non resident alien.
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New York
Sarah Branagh
William P. Smith
A. T. Stewart
United States Circuit Court
Wallace
Chilean and Allied Naval Moves Reported Off Mexican Ports
Reports from Acapulco note the Chilean steamer Esmeralda still off port awaiting coal with another unknown steamer nearby. San Blas port observers describe a fast low vessel with heavy guns, while Havre news says the Chilean gunship Cerrazirus is assembling crew and armaments. A Chilean insurgent delegate disputed a New York report of Barras Suco’s drowning and warned of potential postwar claims against Britain and France over gun deliveries to cruisers.
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Orly
Mexico
Acapulco
San Brasserro
Havre
Paris
la France
Cerrazirus
New York
Barras Suco
Iquique
Suco
Balmaceda
Armstrongs
Pinto
Congress Party
Alabama
France
The Irish Factions In Reconciliation Bid
London May 15 reports of defections from the Parnellite party grew from a channel outside Irish MPs as bishops used E Dwyer Gray to mediate between Parnellites and McCarthyites. No concrete proposals emerged and the move sparked a scare as both sides suspected enemy intrigues. Negotiations collapsed without a workable basis for harmony.
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London
Parnellite
House of Commons
E. Dwyer Gray
Mr. Parnell
Official corruption hits Pension Bureau in Raum case
Washington May 15. A new Pension Bureau scandal centers on Green B Raum Jr an appointment clerk who allegedly sold offices and promotions to lines his pocket Several confederates including the Raum family are named The incident mirrors earlier post tradership schemes and prompts Raum’s resignation after police-like internal probes and a missing $72 later traced to Baum associates
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Washington
Pension Bureau
Kaum
Belknap
Young Green B. Ran
Chandler
Bussey
Tanner
Young Raum
Noble
Interior Department
Pension Office
Civil Service
Baum
Peopl
Benjamin Harrison
Young Green B. Baum
Raum, Jr
Raums
Raum
Civil Services
Green B. Ra
Smith
Johnson
Ndian
Hardihood
Chandler Aith Bussey
St. Louis
Orther
John Baum
Congress
Murder in Fleet Street Alley Ends in Knife Slaying
A German sailor, Frank Nelson, stabbed Lena Johnson a Norwegian girl, in a Fleet street alley shortly before 11 last night. Jealousy sparked the murder as witnesses, officers, and shipmates scramble to the scene, with Nelson surrendering at the station after the fatal blow to the left lung.
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Frank Nelson
Lena Johnson
No. 30
Fleet Street
Nelson
A. C. Bean
Matanzas
John Schacht
Johnson
Wek
Jack
Lena
Caprice
Hooper
Wilson
Board House
Louis C. Howard
Frank Bulger
Wise
O’brien
Maguire
Jelson
Hanover Street
Hanley
Howe
Hanover
Dr. Elliot
Station House
Howard
Bulger
Harris
Russia's intrigues on the Danube alarm Austria
Belated May 15 dispatch from Benin quotes Kreuz Zeitung claiming Russia has bought Danubian Steamship Company officials and placed ciphered contact points along the river. The paper urges Austria to counteract Russian schemes by taking decisive measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Danube
Benin
The
Kreuz Zeitung
Danubian Steamship Company
Austria
Coping of New Henley School Building Tragedy
In Birmingham Alabama on May 15 a wall coping collapsed as children entered the old Henley School building adjoining the new one. Two children were killed and four were injured, with some possibly to die. A workman reportedly leaned over the wall to view the children, causing bricks to give way.
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Pension Bureau
Green B. ‘Raum, Jrr
Commissioner of Pensions
Nebraska
Stewart
Henley
Birmingham
Ala
Cleveland
New York
Boston
Treasury Department
Erhardt
Washington
National Academy of Design
Gloucester
Tenny
Brooklyn Jockey Club
Manchester
N. H
Charles G. Welch
The
Post
Birminchamm
Henley School
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Globe Building
Marquis di Rudini
Chamber of Deputies
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