Dissatisfaction With the President Spreads Abroad
From the inauguration to today newspapers hostile to the administration blame Democratic politicians for most criticism. The President defends his appointments, saying he seeks the best men with input from party leaders and responsible figures. The piece notes office seekers flood Washington and asserts most criticism is unjust while highlighting an imperial case in Hayti involving Mr. Von Bekkelen and U.S. envoy Langston.
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Wasa Hincron
Washington
Congress
Democratic Party
Ashington
Ublic
Opposson
Tom
Appointments Shift as Democrats Replace Republicans
Washington June 12 The administration is rapidly replacing Republican officeholders with Democrats including many thousands in minor posts not covered by civil service laws. The goal is to curb misgovernment and cut waste while maintaining government operations. Expenditures are being reduced by about 26 percent, with reports due to Congress in December. Investigations across departments will lead to large clerical cuts, prompting Republicans to accept changes in executive leadership.
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Washington
Nto
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Sident
No Bids For Mails Postmaster General Decides
Postmaster General Vilas, after cabinet consultation, will not advertise for bids for foreign mail service under the March act providing 400000 for American steamship lines. He cites lack of necessity, adequate current rates, and risk of favoritism or abuse, and will refer the matter to Congress for clearer legislation.
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Washington
Vilas
American Steamship Companies
Congress
Act of Congress
How the Haytien Government Was Compelled to Release
Washington June 13 The State Department provides particulars on the arrest imprisonment and release of Mr Charles A Von Bokkelien in Haiti His detention followed by political pressure and diplomatic remonstrances outlines the sequence of events and authorities involved leading to his release
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Kelen
United States
von Hokkelen
Port Aud Prince
Toplitz & Co
New York City
von Bekkelen
Haytiens
Ea Ge Mel
van Bekkelen
Supreme Court
von Bokkelen
Langstron
Hayti
State Department
Langston
American Legation
Nation
Haytien
A. von Bokkelen
Washington
Charles A. von Bok
Postmaster General Rejects Senatorial Prerogative in Appointments
First Assistant Postmaster General Hay disavows any congressional prerogative in postmaster appointments. He states the department seeks correct information, weighs patronage with broad regard for local support, and would appoint a qualified candidate even if not favored by state lawmakers or congressmen.
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Wasa Hinceton
Hay
Department
United States
Buckner Backs Silver Coinage Plan Amid Bi Metalism Debate
Washington reports Representative Buckner, chair of the House banking and currency committee, favors silver coinage as a positive for states to maintain alongside silver in France and Germany. He opposes bullion backed silver certificates and doubts U.S. efforts toward bi metalism with foreign nations. He notes bankers urge a 15 to 1 ratio and opposition to moving money from sub-treasuries to private banks. The goal is broader monetary reform through international agreement.
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Washington
Buckner
Committee On Banking and Currency of
House
France
Germany
United States
Warner
Generies
Dae
Story of Bob Ingersoll and Secretary Lamar
In Washington on June 12 a tale explains how Bob Ingersoll gained entry to the Interior Department by bribing a colored messenger to announce a meeting with Secretary Lamar. The ruse ended with Ingersoll being admitted to a room of senators and members where he asked when secretaries receive gentlemen.
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Washington
Bob Ingersoll
Lamar
Bob
Interior Department
de Secr’ary
Bob Ingersollam
Postmaster Slingerland Resigns in Party Salvo
Washington June 13 Postmaster Slingerland of Slingerland New York has resigned to the postmaster general saying that victors claim spoils and that he is an offensive partisan He adds he will not suggest a successor but comments that a defensive partisan appointment would please all in the Uncle Samuel area amid partisan tensions
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Slingerland
Washington
Samuel
American Trade Marks in Germany Impacts for U S Makers
The German imperial law of November 1874 forfeits a registered trade-mark if ten years pass without notice of extension or renewal. In effect since May 1 1875 the rule requires American manufacturers to act quickly to retain trade-mark rights in Germany.
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Germany
Washington
State Department
Production of Gold and Silver
Washington June 13 The special report of the director of the mint on the production of gold and silver will show that the deposits of domestic gold bullion at the United States mints and assay offices from July 1, 1873 to January 1885 amount to 427000000 and that the production during the same period amounted to 427000000, and that the gold coinage in the United States mints for the last twelve fiscal years after deducting remelted coins amounted to 646106114.
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Washingaton
United States
Opposition in Buffalo to Vilas Postmaster Appointment
Washington reports strong Democratic opposition in Buffalo to Henry Vilas's potential postmaster appointment. A Buffalo delegation traveled to meet the President to protest the choice, presenting a formal protest against his elevation to the postmastership.
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Washington
Henry Vilas
Buffalo
Promotion without examination under civil service rules
Washington June 13 The civil service commission replies to an inquiry that a clerk in the classified service may be promoted without examination except where the department requires, and that a chief division head who held a position prior to new rules may be appointed elsewhere in the classified service without examination. Fraudulent land grants Washington June 12 Commissioner Sparks of the general land office has sub-
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Civil Service Commission
Wasu Hineton
Commissioner Sparks
General Land
Otfice
WaAsHina Ton
Secretary of the Treasury
G. R. Goodwin
Henry Dugan
James Barry
Frank Gleason
Treasury Department
Ohio Soldiers’ Home
F. Gleason
Fraudulent Maxwell grant claims in New Mexico surface
A report to Secretary Lamar alleges nearly 2,000,000 acres of public lands were fraudulently claimed and patented in the Maxwell land grant. The commissioner urges action in a pending suit and commencement of a new suit to set aside the patent. The grant allegedly grew from about 100,000 acres to 2,000,000 due to fraudulent surveying.
Heir to a Million Strokes Luck in Essex Bequest
Far River reports Edward Taylor, a well known local saloon keeper, declared legatee of a large Essex estate. Born in London to a Cavendish heir and a housekeeper mother, his claim was admitted by the family solicitor after American consul contact. A $1000 check accompanies the notice. Taylor will leave his saloon and travel to England to claim the property. He is married with no children.
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Far River
Edward Taylor
Essex County
Eng
Mr. Taylor
London
Mary Taylor
Cavendish
Essex
Miss Taylor
Edward
Taylor
Old Country
England
Loss of the Smiling Water sinks in storm near Halifax
A four-man crew from the schooner Smiling Water reached Torbay after their ship foundered in heavy weather. The vessel of fifty four tons, bound from Halifax to Lardoise, sank head first after pumps clogged with wet salt, but the crew escaped in a boat and rowed about two miles to safety. Captain Baker led the emergency, and Henry Cook of Halifax owned the vessel.
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Haliwax
Torbay
Lardoise
C. B
Halifax
Baker
Henry Cook
Tramps Attempt Break-In At Cape Elizabeth House
In broad daylight two men tried to pick the back door at Seth Plummer’s Cape Elizabeth home while Mrs. Plummer alone inside signaled distress. A pedlar nearby alerted and drove the intruders away with a hatchet. money in the house remains unverified.
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Portland
Seth Plummer
Cape Elizabeth
Pedler
Found a Baby on Her Doorstep in Maynard
June 11 Maynard. At 3 am Mrs. Lincoln L. Pratt found a six month old girl on her front steps wrapped in a dirty cloth. Inquiry shows two strange women visited South Acton last night with a baby seeking a team to Worcester's stable, then Ameri can House stable, but left without the child.
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Maynard
Lincoln L. Pratt
South Acton
Worcester
Two Batavia Matrons Sail Back Home
New York reports Mrs John Brill aged 81 and Mrs Failip Usinger aged 82 travel on the Red Star steamer Rhynland leaving tomorrow. They left Batavia over fifty years ago and return to visit friends and relatives for the first time. They are mothers of two of Batavia’s best families, prefer to travel alone, and expect a jolly voyage.
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New York
Red Star
John Brill
Failip Usinger
Batavia
Brill
Usinger
Seventeen Year Locusts Seen Across New Jersey
Seventeen-year locusts appear in Princeton and central New Jersey in vast numbers. Farmers and nurserymen observe them with concern as ground and trees show heavy infestation and the soil is filled with holes where they emerge.
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New Jersey
Princeton
N.J
Farmer’s
Seven lumbermen drown in Ottawa river camp accident
Ottawa telegram reports seven men drowned at Quinge Rapids lumber camp 350 miles up the Ottawa river while attempting to remove a fogged timber drive. The boat disaster occurred yesterday as workers battled the obstruction.
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Ottawa
Quinge Rapids
Ottawa River
England and Germany clash over Africa and British crisis
From Africa to home politics the week’s headline is the Gladstone ministry’s collapse and Salisbury’s bid to form a cabinet. Britain expands Bechuanaland, checks Boer advances, and faces German-English tension on Zanzibar trade while Afghan peace looms amid war readiness.
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England
Gladstone
Marquis of Salisbury
Gordon
Egypt
Germany
France
Afghanistan
India
Russia
Lord Beaconsfield
Purnell
Ireland
Terrible crowding stairway tragedy in Thiers
Paris reports a fatal crowd crush in Thiers after a court room jam blocked stairs. About 24 killed and 163 injured as rescuers freed victims amid collapsed timbers. officials face criticism for crowding precautions.
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Paris
Thiers
Puy de Dome
Lord Wolseley warns dismissal of Soudan withdrawal
Lowpoy June 11 reports Lord Wolseley denounces evacuating the Soudan predicting anarchy after Dongola and a revived Mahdi threat to Egypt. He argues withdrawal won’t end the struggle and urges a military push on Khartoum to ease long costs.
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Lowpoy
Wolse Jey
Dongola
Egypt
Khartoum
Empress Charlotte's Mental Health Noted in Brussels Report
A Brussels letter reports the Empress Charlotte nearing better health as she enters her 46th year, with physicians noting the long illness affecting her mind is gradually fading. In London, Salisbury weighs cabinet formation with colleagues, while Fenian leaders Stephens O Leary and Luby plan to run in Tipperary to hinder Parnell. Vienna reports Reichsrath results: Ministerialists 191, German Liberals 132, anti Liberals lose 15. Centrals and Italians gain seats, Democrats gain three.
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London
Brussels
Charlotte
Maximilian of
Mexico
Parnell
James Stephens
France
John O'Leary
Thomas Clarke Luby
Tipperary
Mr. Parnell
Reichsrath
Vienna
Centrals
Democrats
Vatican diplomacy blocks Polish nationality revival
Rom June 13 Russia will not resume diplomatic relations with the Vatican unless Pope induces Polish bishops to abandon plans to restore Poland’s nationality. Shanghat June 13 Li Hung Chang says China will seek French aid for railways and public works. Lowpay June 13 Rev Edwin Paxton Hood, 65, pastor of Valcon Square Independent Chapel London and noted author, is dead.
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London
Farmer William Eddy gore death shocks New Bendon village
William Eddy a farmer from New Bendon was found gored to death in his field on Wednesday by a mad bull. His daughter, overwhelmed by the tragedy, died shortly after in the house from the shock.
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St. Jenny
N. B
William Eddy
New Bendon
Prostra
Betrayed by the Baby and the Male Attire Scandal
In Philadelphia Langfield Turner Andrews leather goods employ a clerk named Charles Hunter, a 23 year old man presenting as a woman. After repeated absences to nurse a baby, the truth emerges in a dramatic confession leading to speculation on embezzlement and moral disapproval. The woman reveals she is married, from Michigan, with a baby, and faced hardship. She explains buying a cheap male suit to seek work, and hopes to find honest work in New York. The husband Hunter had left his job. Turner and Riegel express belief in the truth but sadness for both sides.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Langfield, Turner & Andrews
New York Herald
Charles Hunter
Hunter
Turner
Andrews
Mr. Andrews
Herald
Knebas
Usbin
Rods House of Riegel
Scott G
Wanamaker’s
Young Men’s’Christian Association
Mme
James
New York
Fifth Street
Race
Charles B. Turner
Alfred B. Riegel
Indian Atrocities at Winnipeg Report of Francis Remeant Escape
Francis Remeant, a half breed, escaped a massacre near Carlton after the Duck Lake fight. He reached Calgarry in a dying condition and recounted Indians from Big Bear's band murder ing three boys and two girls in his camp, then killing other families. He believes many more were slain than is generally known.
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Wignirea
Francis Remeant
Calgarry
Duck Lake
Remeaut
Carlton
Big Bear
Bogardus Wins World Pigeon Shooting Match in Chicago
In Chicago on June 11 a $250 side bet pigeon shooting contest for the world title faced Captains A Hi Bogardus of New York and Andy Meaders of Nashville. Each shooter faced 100 tame pigeons with single rises at 25 yards and double rises at 21 yards. Bogardus finished 87 birds to Meaders 82.
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Chicago
Ill
A. Hi Bogardus
Andy Meaders
Nashville
Tenn
Bogardus
Meader
Dolphin despatch boat sails for sea trial from New York
The Dolphin built by John Roach for the government left New York soon after 9:30 AM. Heavily ballasted with 290 tons of coal and 50 tons of pig iron the vessel is to maintain up to 12 knots on a six kilometer run out to sea. The return voyage is planned after 6 PM.
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New York
Dolphin
John Roach
Tae
Clee
Piery
Trial trip shows average speed of 14 knots
The report records an average speed of fourteen knots on a six hours trial voyage. The vessel easily outpaced the Despatch with no accidents reported during the passage.
Regular business for horse thieves ends in capture
Doc Harris, a famed leader of a western Texas horse-thief gang, was captured by State Ranger Captain Smith and surrendered to the Crockett county sheriff. Harris faced thirteen indictments as authorities reveal plans to ship fifty stolen horses to Kansas City. Meanwhile Crockett Pecos counties bandits shift to cattle theft with ranchers forming a counter effort. Urakle county sheriff mobilizes fifty men toward Crockett to confront the gang amid expected fighting after a raid that stole 110 head of three prairies.
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San Anthonio
Tex
Doc” Harris
Texas
Captain Smith
State Rangers
Harris
Kansas City
International Railway Company
Crockett and
Pecos
North Texas
St. Louis
Crockett County
Urakle County
Rio Grande
Mexican waterspouts leave death and destruction in Mexico
El Paso reports a deadly waterspout on June 6 causing extensive flooding in Lagos and Puebla Cuernavaca, with at least 200 fatalities in Guanajuato and widespread property damage. The Presa surge reached six feet in streets, while the Singer Sewing Machine Co offices and other buildings suffered inundation. Early estimates place losses around 100000 dollars with unknown death toll.
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el Paso
Tex
Lagos
Mex
Puebla
Cuaranza
Guanajato
Presa
Gonzales
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Conkling Letter Declines Requests for Patronage
A well known colored man in a southern city reports receipt of a letter from Roscoe Conkling written at No 2 Wall Street New York in 1885. The letter explains his reasons for not making appointments or asking the treasury secretary to favor friends.
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Balitm
Roscoe Conkling
Wall Street
New York
Sithough
Roscon Conkling
CRANT'S CONDITION ALARMING AT MOUNT MCFGREGOR
General Grant's health worsened with cancer swelling and difficult breathing over two weeks. Doctors fear a relapse to March’s critical state and plan immediate removal to Mount McGregor New York to ensure he can be moved tomorrow.
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New York
Grant
Douglas
Mount McGregor
Craze over death ends in fatal train tragedy
Bogota Mink Penn June 11 A year after a carriage accident killed his sweetheart Andrew Craig tried to commit suicide by stepping in front of a passing train. Friends had watched him closely but he escaped their vigil last Monday, hid near the old spot, and was struck and cut to pieces by a train.
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Bogota
Mink
Penn
Andrew Craig
Craig
Attempted river suicide by two women in St Louis
Last evening Sophia Bonnekamp and Martha Ziegler, young married women, attempted to drown themselves by jumping from a ferry boat into the river. They were rescued by policemen. Sophia claimed her husband deserted her and her baby. Martha said her husband objected to Sophia’s company and she had planned to kill herself with her friend.
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St. Louis
Sophia Bonnekamp
Martha Ziegler
Sophia
Martha
Philadelphia man crushed in factory elevator accident
Thomas J. Thurston, about 45, a Philadelphia visitor employed in shoe findings, arrived in the city and soon after met with a fatal accident in a factory at 65 High Street. An assistant witnessed Thurston crushed between an elevator and the well. he died at Massachusetts General Hospital after severe chest injuries and abdominal puncture. Medical Examiner Harris notified.
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Thomas J. Thurston
Philadelphia
High Street
Derne Street
Shan Ony
Assachusetts General Hospital
Harris
American Engineer Named to British Bridge Board
The British government named W. W. Evans, C. E., of New York, to a board of engineers to review plans for a 3000 foot Hawkesbury River bridge in New South Wales. Foundations will require deeper piers than any prior bridge. Evans is the first American on a British commission, with extensive experience in railroads in Central and South America and Mexico.
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New York
W. W. Evans
Hawkesbury River
New South Wales
Evans
South
Central America
Mexico
Illinois winter wheat crop to be smallest in 25 years
Springfield report from the State Board of Agriculture states the June crop bulletin confirms millers reports across Illinois. The growing crop of winter wheat is expected to be the smallest harvested in the state in more than a quarter century.
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Springfield
Ill
State Board of Agriculture
Illinois
Baltimore man sentenced under new Maryland law
In Criminal Court Judge Stewart sentenced Henry A. Myers to one year in jail and twenty lashes for beating his wife Sophy Myers at 63 East Baltimore Street. He will be the first white man to toppling post in Maryland under the new law.
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Baltimore
Criminal Court
Stewart
Henry A. Myers
Sophy Myers
East
Baltimore Street
Maryland
Did Ward Salt a Million What Has Become of the Vast Sums
New York June 13. The Grant Ward failure story grows. The Ward trial begins Thursday and may reveal new facts in this wide swindle. A large sum remains unaccounted for with speculation Ward hid a million or more in safe deposit vaults. Warner is named as a key figure, with calls for witnesses and exhibits to trace profits and who profited.
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Marquis of Salisbury
Great Britain
Ireland
Disraeli
South Africa
Transvaal Republic
New York
Grant & Ward
Ferdinand D. Ward
Ward
W. 8S. Warner
James D. Fish
Brooklyn
Johnston
The
Marine Bank
London
Paris
Chicago
Mr. Warner
Lacubus Ward
Pemeere
Warner
W Warner
General Grant
W. H. Vanderbilt
Waner
Julien T. Davies
Davies
Work
Mr. Call
Whic i
Work & McNamee
Unite Bank
Weer
A Davies
Mutual Life
Ash Green
Clemency for Riel Ranked by Archbishop Tache
Ottawa June 12 Archishop Tache arriving from the Northwest will be joined by Bishop Grandin of Saskatchewan to urge executive clemency for Riel. Quebec MPs press efforts to save the week and Deputy Minister Burbridge plans to depart for Regina next week to attend the proceedings.
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Ottawa
Tacha
Northwest
Grandin
Saskatchewan
Riel
Quebec
Burbridge Wi
Regina
Chinese exhibit to Michigan University at Ann Arbor
The Chinese government will present its New Orleans exposition to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. The collection includes 1200 exhibits valued over 20000 dollars. President Angell and university friends led the petition. The initial request was redirected from New Orleans to Pekin before the cable reply.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Angell
Michigan University
New Orleans
Roeser
University of Michigan
Pope appoints J Sullivan bishop of Mobile Alabama
A Rome cable message to Archbeen Gibbons reports the Pope has named Rev. J Sullivan of St. Peter's Church Washington D C as bishop of Mobile Alabama. The announcement came tonight and confirms the long awaited ecclesiastical appointment.
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