Getting Well The President Eating Solid Food
The third Sunday of the President illness brings brighter prospects and hope at the White House. Mrs Garfield and Dr Bliss report improving health as the patient enjoys lamb chops and baked potato for breakfast while doctors note reduced fever risk and advancing wound healing. Colonel Rockwell and Postmaster General James express cautious optimism as Guiteau remains confined and unaware of the full situation.
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Hinates
Mrs. Garfield
Mr. Crump
Crump
Dr. Bliss
Bliss
Washington
Cleveland
Rockwell
James
President Making Rapid Progress From Gunshot Wound
The President has shown the greatest progress in recovery in twenty four hours. He slept well after a small morphine dose, woke hungry, ate readily, and chews and swallows with less stiffness. A steam boat trip is considered, and doctors say continued improvement could enable river travel in a few weeks.
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Washington
Brown
Biss
President shows progress as healing nears for wound
The dressing this morning shows continued favorable suppuration and near healing. The President has seen his wife and three older children and spoke jovially. Professor Graham Bell persists with electric experiments and believes he may locate the ball.
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Graham Bell
Bell hunts the President’s bullet with induction balance
In Washington on July 18 Professor Bell works on an induction balance to locate the bullet in the President. He plans three coils to detect metal proximity by audible clock ticks. He tests with a bran bag containing a bullet of similar size to Guiteau’s to gauge coil response.
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Washington
Bell
Professor Bell
Guitean
Dr Baxter details Garfield case clash with Dr Bliss
Washington July 18 Dr J H Baxter Garfield’s family physician recounts his attempt to enter the President’s room after the shooting. He says Bliss barred him claiming to keep Garfield quiet, leading to a dispute over who should treat the President and questioning medical ethics.
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WashingTon
J. H. Baxter
Garfield
Bliss
President Garfield
White House
Williamsport
Penn
Dr. Bliss
Lresident
American Medical Association
Proposed Long Branch trip by steamer for Garfield
Washington July 18. Dr Bliss proposes taking the President by steamer to Old Point Comfort then to Long Branch if weather is calm. The party would include Mrs Garfield and several doctors and aides. If improvement continues, first week of August at Long Branch is possible.
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Long Branch
Washtington
Dr. Bliss
Rockwell
Old Point Comfort
United States
Dispatch
Garfield
White House
Loaded revolver mailed to a Rhode Island recipient
A Colt seven shooter 22 caliber was found in a package opened at the post office. It was cocked and loaded, wrapped in Halleck's Alhambra bill and a Commonwealth newspaper, and addressed to a young lady in care of another Jay at Norwood Rhode Island. Mailing firearms is illegal with heavy fines.
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Halleck
Jay
Norwood
R. I
Miller Wins to Succeed Platt in Albany Deadlock Break
Albany July 16 Warner Miller the Half Breed candidate was elected at 12 35 pm to succeed Thomas C Platt in the deadlocked Albany convention The vote tally showed Miller ahead Kernan Fish and peers also named The break of the Stalwarts to Miller triggered an exciting scene led by Speaker Sharpe with followers Bingham Campbell Crapser Dickey Hurd and Jackson applauding loudly Sharpe defended his action saying caucus results compelled his vote The session adjourned without electing a Conkling successor 76 to 69
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Albany
Warner Miller
Thomas C. Platt
Francis Kernan
Hamilton Fish
William A.W
Bomccomng
Cookling
Perret
Boven
Lapham Potter
Conkling
Everts
Seecseses
Seevees
Sharpe
Miller
Bingham
Campbell
Crapser
Dickey
Hurd
Jackson
Robertson
Speculation on Next House Speaker Election
Washington July 16 speculation centers on how incoming members elect to the Senate will affect the House leadership. The current House, 203 total with 147 Republicans, 136 Democrats, 9 Greenbackers, 1 Independent, faces potential shifts as Miller and Lapham join the Senate. Greenbackers may withhold power if replacements delay seating, while Missouri Greenbackers indicate pockets of cross party voting.
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Washington
Warner Miller
Platt
Lapham
House
J. Hyatt Smith
Brooklyn
Frye
Sir, Blaine
New York
Messrs. Norton
Miller and Lapham
Fernando Wood
Messrs. Miller
Morton
Missouri
The Career of the Newly Elected Senator from New York
Warner Miller of Herkimer, a paper manufacturer with mill near the village, rises to U S Senate after two terms in Congress. Noted as reserved and ordinary speaker, he lacks magnetic personality but is well regarded locally. A law and order party arose to curb liquor sales, but Miller’s committee activity faded. A serious charge claims Democratic employees faced dismissal for not voting Republican, alleged by a Judge Earl citation.
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Warner Miller
Herkimer
Albany
New York Central
Canada
Kr. Miller
Congress
House of Assembly
Methodist Church
Law and Order Party
Miller
Miler
Minter
Earl
Court of Appeals
Albany Ballot Battle in Joint Convention for Conkling's Successor
The Albany joint convention resumed at noon with the first ballot showing votes for Conkling's successor. After a disorderly second ballot, Warner Miller was elected with Platt aligned by Speaker Sharpe, while absentees prevented a final choice. A special election bill for vacancies was set for Senate consideration tomorrow, signaling quick session end.
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Albany
Conkling
Ladnam
Lapham
Potter
Sharpe
Conkling Phalanx
Warner Miller
Platt
E. A. Carpenter
Senate
Explosion Damages Meriden Pipe Shop in Morning Blast
In Meriden Connecticut on July 16 workers at Foster Merriam and Co were headed to work when a large pipe connected to the shop exploded. No further details are provided in the fragment.
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Meriden
Conn
Meriden, Conn
Foster, Merriam & Co
Explosion damages boiler room at factory
A boiler explosion ripped through a factory injuring two workers, John Leary severely scalded on the neck and Doran knocked unconscious. The blast shattered brickwork, tossing debris and prompting a temporary work stoppage while officials inspect the damaged pipe and repair the broken break. Engineer Andrew Cloonan says the pipe was too tightly enclosed, preventing expansion.
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John Leary
Doran
AN@rew Cloonan
Still Alive Perhaps Nye Rumored to Be Safe
Philadelphia July 18 The nephew of Mount Wollaston captain Ebenezer F Nye doubts his uncle is lost. Eaton says Nye survived many close calls including a twenty one day open boat voyage to the Philippine islands. He aided whalers, aided Esquimaux, and was later believed missing after Arctic voyages near Herald Island.
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James
Swaim
Guiteau
South Pacific
Nye
Phillippine Islands
Islands
Liverpool
England
America
Indian Ocean
Ochotsk Sea
Revel
Shenandoahy
Wardel
Ward
Lee
Wetin
Wardell
Susan and
Mary
Marine Underwriters
United States
Honolulu
San Francisco
Cleone
Arctic Ocean
Helen Ma
Esquimaux
Cappy Nye
Herald Island
Mount Wollaston
Washington monument receives Siamese gift stone and progress update
The King of Siam sent a small yellowish brown stone for the Washington Monument with an inscription. Larkin G. Meade plans four 16 by 30 foot bas relief panels showing Washington life scenes. The monument stands 210 feet high, with 60 feet added and about 40 more expected this season.
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Washington
Siam
Washington Monument
Washington Monument Association
Larkin G. Meade
Treasury Cattle Commission Appointed to Probe Pleuro Pneumonia
Secretary Windom appoints James Law of Ithaca New York James H Saunders of Chicago and E F Thayer of West Newton Massachusetts to a Treasury Cattle Commission. The panel will study pleuro pneumonia in cattle along the US Canada border and export routes and certify ships as disease free. Members receive ten dollars per day plus actual expenses.
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Washington
Windom
James Law
Ithaca
N. Y
James H. Saunders
Chicago
E. F. Thayer
West Newton
Mass
Treasury Cattle Commission
United States
Dominion of Canada
Commission i8
Minor murderers in Maine boy tragedy over twenty two
In Rockport Camden three boys sons of Jonathan Gross Jacob Richards and Robert Kane went boating on Lily pond. Kane disappeared and was later believed drowned after Richards confessed that he and Gross threw him overboard to obtain twenty two cents. Richards 16 Gross 12 Kane 10.
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Rockland
Rockport
Camden
Jonathan Gross
Jacob Richards
Robert Kane
Lily Pond
Gross
Richards
Kane
Dean Stanley Serious Ill From Erysipelas in London
Cyrus W Field receives cable that Dean Stanley is seriously ill from erysipelas but not hopeless. Lady Frances Baillie asks his remembrances be sent to American friends amid Hawaii sale rumors involving King Kalakaua and Moreno. Spreckles doubts the tale. Hawaii politics and regent questions loom with Chief Justice Harris death noted.
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New York
Cyrus W. Field
London
Dean Stanley
Frances Baillie
King Kalakaua
San Francisco
César Celso Moreno
Hawaii
Moreno
China
Colonel Armstrong
Major McFarlane
Claus Spreckles
McFarlane
Harris
Emma
Terrible cyclone devastates New Ulm Minnesota towns
A Minnesota cyclone battered New Ulm and West Newton, leveling churches, mills, hotels, storehouses, and homes. Dozens killed or injured, with extensive property loss estimated around 800000 to 1300000 dollars. Recovery teams and aid measures underway as telegraph lines remain down and officials assess the disaster.
Sweep of country devastated by cyclonic storm in Minnesota
A mile wide and forty miles long tornado path from New Ulm through Palmyra Wellington and Cairo devastates rural Minnesota. In Cairo several farms suffer heavy loss as Matthew Pindiv’s two story house is hurled off its foundation and burned. the Pindiv family is heavily injured and the eldest son killed along with twenty five cattle. Joseph Halubo’s family perishes except a two month old baby found with injuries. In Wellington the damage is lighter though present.
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St. Paul
Minn
New Aimis
Senator Peterson
Colonel Kringer
Buble
Nicollet County
West Newton
Severance
Thut
Cambria
Shirley
Crookston
St. Paul & Manitoba
Eyerone
New Ulm
Court House
Redman & Schram
Dakota House
J. Honenstein
Empire
Fagle
Lurnover Yard
Miller & Scherer
Anna Loesch
Laura Ralty
John Hollohen
John Kirstenick
Martin Frank
Albert Eckert
Minneapolis
Bertha Webner
Letta Leitch
J. Reits
John Wriffen
Frank
Charles Hoffman
Henry Fiddler
Charles Spooner
Katie Weston
Ida Finch
William Speerhouse
J. Zeibranner
J. Kunz
Eckert
Woomer
No. S. Manson and Son
Mr. Reitz
Ruc
Hector
Palmyra
Wellington
Cairo
Renville County
Matthew Pindiv
Joseph Halubo
Michael Murphy
James Sorkins
Martin Weich
Fahey family tragedy leaves survivors and victims
John and William Fahey and several others were carried away in a disaster. John and his wife with two boys and a girl were killed. One boy escaped by fleeing the house. The two boys were later found in a tree eighty rods from the house, stark naked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
William Fahey
Jotn Aiend
Remarkable suit over sacred images in Lizzie Gannon case
Lizzie M Gannon, 16, sues Rev John Fleming and Archbishop Williams in Superior Court alleging wrongful possession and withholding of small paper images she believes were miraculously sent by the Blessed Virgin. The images, valued by her as sacred, caused distress and speech loss when withheld. Attorneys Child and Powers for plaintiff. Gaston and Whitney for defendants.
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Lizzie M. Gannon
John IL Fleming
St. James
Lizzie
Father Fleming
Mr. Pleming
Pieming
Gannon
Mina
Pirenta
Messrs
Child
Powers
Gaston and
Whitney
Massacre Report on Tapitawa Island in Feejee Group
From San Francisco dated July 16 a terrible massacre is reported on Tapitawa in the Feejee Islands. Kanaku missionary Kubu led a crusade after proselytizing natives and forcing weapon surrender. Armed followers killed many including women and children, burned bodies, and Kaba was sent to Honolulu to face charges.
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San Francisco
Feejees
Tapitawa
Kubu
Apostolic Kubu
Louu
Kaba
Honolulu
Ex Official Involved In Capital Scandal And Divorce Suit
A Washington scandal centers on a former official and a Treasury Department graduate. A wife discovers her husband living with the woman, leading to an impending divorce suit. Separately, Star service cost cuts in the Southwest total around 1,260,000 saved since James took office, with May and June largest under Elmer. Upton to be retained as assistant secretary of the treasury and Lamphere as appointment clerk.
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WashingtTon
The
Post
Treasury Department
Post Office Department
Washington
Southwest
James
Elmer
Star Route
Prosecution Prepares Indictments in Star Route Frauds
Washington says prosecutors have sufficient evidence to indict four or five of the most prominent figures in the Star Route frauds. Federal officials claim the materials support convictions, with delays aimed at avoiding injustice to the accused. No indictments would be sought otherwise.
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Washington
Post Office
Jay Gould Arranges Dividend Advance for Western Union
Jay Gould announces via a circular that to ease widespread disruption from vexatious lawsuits against the Western Union Telegraph Company he has arranged with the Mercantile Trust Company to advance to all Western Union stockholders the amount of their dividend payable that day upon assignment of the right to receive it at the trust office.
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Jay Gould
Western Union
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Mercantile Trust Company
Fraudulent government commissions found in TorrKa Kansas
Fraud schemes unearthed in TorrKa show Lewis Korch of Lawrence issuing bogus government commissions to hundreds who were placed as detectives in government timber land ventures. Each paid $550 with a promised $150 daily during service. Similar operations are said to have run in other western cities.
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TorrKa
Kan
Lewis. Korch
Lawrence
General Vope
Koreh
Petition Carrying 30000 Signatures Reaches Legislature
A 600 foot long petition with 30000 names from every county asks Georgia lawmakers to permit a statewide vote on prohibiting liquor sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Kerosene Fire Claims French Canadian Woman Life
In Dover New Hampshire on July 18 a kerosene stove light sparked an explosion that enveloped Mrs Damare a young French Canadian resident of Great Falls. She suffered until early morning and died after lingering in agony. Her burial was reportedly quick following the blast.
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Dover
N. H
Timbered house collapse buries twenty after factory fire
Jersey City, July 18. Shortly after noon a frame building near Brunswick and Second streets, weakened by a recent fire at Smith's kindling wood factory, collapsed. About twenty children were beneath it. several bodies have been recovered and many injured. Firemen rescue efforts continue amid great excitement in the neighborhood.
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Jersey City
Brunswick
Second Streets
Smith
Brunswick Street
Irish Woman Brutally Tarred and Feared in Sandisfield
Springfield reports a hardcore Ku Kluxism attack on Mrs. Johanna Sullivan, a 40-year-old Irish farmwoman with six children. The assailants battered her, smeared tar on her body, and left her half unconscious after a chaotic home invasion near the Sandisfield church. Her son Matthew corroborates the assault and the family fears lasting injuries.
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Springfield
Sandisfield
Johanna Sullivan
Matthew
Hts
White
Train Robbery and Murder Near Winston Kansas City
Bandits boarded the east bound Rock Island train at Cameron and Winston, shot Conductor Westfall in the back, killed a passenger John McViellan, and robbed the express car of $10,000 to $15,000. A posse of 65 pursued from Gallatin. the sheriff warned the public as towns remained on edge.
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Kansas CiTy
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Cameron Lanction
Winston
Westfalls
John McViellan
Winston Junction
United States Express
Murray
Gallatin
Westfall
Cameron
Another Claimant Joins Warner Prize Hunt in Rochester
Rochester July 16 A letter from J M Schaeberle Ann Arbor Mich says he found nebulous matter in right ascension 6 hours 48 minutes declination north 38 45 minutes daylight hid its identity Dr Swift reports locating the matter in Auriga it is bright larger than the May 1 comet center condensed and slow moving telescopic tempo may be toward or away from Earth Swift believes it could be the 1812 expected comet moving northwest Schaeberle claims the Warner prize of 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
J. M. Schaeberle
Ann Arbor
Mich
Dr. Swift
Auriga
Swift
Fearful Forest Fires Near Hudsons Bay Quebec
Reports from the north describe immense forest fires from Roumaine to Manitou with Mongan threatened. Hudson Bay Company official Mr. Scott packed goods from July 6 to 12 as Captain Adams departed for Gaspe. Rev Gillis and local Indians helped save the Mongan church while a Hudson Bay schooner waited offshore for possible shipment needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson's Bay
Quebec
Roumaine
Manitou
Scott
Hudson Bay Company
Mongan
Adams
Gaspe
Mr. Gillis
Ida Lewis Awarded First Class Life-Saving Medal
Secretary Windom awarded Ida Lewis Wilson of Newport a life saving medal of the first class for saving two men in February 1581 at great personal risk. The act could not be retroactive under the 1814 law, delaying the medal until last February's rescue.
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Ida Lewis
Washington
Windom
Ida Lewis Wilson
Newport
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