Capital exposes railroad land grant scandal at Washington
An article in the Sunday Capital reports a brewing scandal over a land grant extension plan by two unfinished Pacific railroads. It alleges a syndicate tied to Huntington and Gould, with payments in cash or stock, and claims reporters and congressmen on committees are involved. An investigation is expected.
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Washteron
Sunday Capital
Credit Mobilier
Pacific Mail
Pacific
Huntington and Gould
Landat Syndicate
Stocane
Sherman letter on Coffroth resolution delays bond purchases
Secretary Sherman replies to Speaker Randall and Senator Bayard detailing the delays in paying bounty and back pay due to soldiers. He argues Congress must appropriate 225,000 and explains bond purchase limits, surplus revenues, and taxation as constraints, warning against preannouncing bond amounts. Ingersoll critique follows, with Otis Mills denouncing the lecturer’s arguments and defending Christian charity.
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Sherman
Randall
Coffroth
Congress
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Bayard
Lateran
Treasury
Sub-Treasury
New York
Boston
Mr. Otis Mills
Colonel Ingersoll
Mr. Mills
Macedonia
Paul
Silas
Jesus Christ
Adjournment prospects for Congress and Brooklyn shooting incident
Washington reports suggest Congress may adjourn by mid June as key appropriation bills move forward while conflicts persist over legislative choices. In Brooklyn, Edward Kennedy shot Nellie Stokes at a Williamsburg boarding house amid a troubled romance, and attempted suicide.
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Congress
Senate
House
Hayes
Committee On Appropriations
King
Louisiana
California
Committee On
District of Columbia
Gonce
Court of Pensions
Path Houses
Brooklyn
Margaret Taggart
Second Street
Williamsburg
Nellie Stokes
Edward Kennedy
Tragedy at Kennedy Home Fatal Wounding Leads to Arrest
A pistol discharged fatally wounded a young woman when the ball struck her left temple and lodged in her brain. Kennedy, who shot himself in the right temple, received a wound not deemed serious. The unfortunate young woman is expected to die, and Kennedy has been arrested.
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Stokes Kennedy
Kennedy
Sermon on God Versus Ingersoll by Rev L B Bates
Reverend Bates delivered a Meridian Street Methodist sermon replying to Ingersoll. He argued there is a God evidenced by creation and divine law, criticized Ingersoll’s denial, and asserted God’s omnipotence, presence, and love through creation, Christ, and scripture.
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Meridian-street Methodist Episcopal Church
Robert Ingersoll
Mr. Ingersoll
Boston
Anyne
Christ
God
Death of Major General S. P. Heintzelman
Major General Samuel P. Heintzelman died in Washington at about seventy six after a long illness. A West Point graduate of 1826, he served in the Mexican War, led a corps in the Army of the Potomac, and commanded Washington defences. He retired in 1869 for wounds, leaving a long record of meritorious service and ambivalent views on Richmond. Funeral set for Monday with marine and artillery escort.
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Washington
Samuel P. Heintzelman
Pennsylvania
West Point Academy
Filuamantia
Seventeenth United States Infantry
Volunteers
Army of the Potomac
Fair Oaks
Williamsburg
Department of Washington
Augur
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Richmond
McClellan
Heintzelman
General Heintzeman
One Steamer Brings 1500 Immigrants
New York May 3 about 1600 immigrants who arrived at Castle Garden were brought by the steamer City of Berlin. This large influx marks a peak in a series of arrivals and money-changers at Castle Garden are busy exchanging funds. The average money per immigrant this year is about 75 dollars, with 660 arriving recently totaling roughly 346000 dollars.
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Castle Garden
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Berlin
Thirteen-year-old killed by swing accident in New Hampshire
In Batu New Hampshire on April 26 Chase Whitcher Drury a thirteen year old son of Witsor Drury of Easton died in a barn swing accident He stood on the swing with a chain on each side his feet slipped and the swing struck his neck breaking it He was found with his arms around the chain and his chin resting on it dead
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Batu
N. H
Chase Whitcher Drury
Witsor Drury
Easton
Terrible Experience of Captain Beal Adrift at Hatteras
From New York May 1 a dramatic sea tale follows Captain Beal of the brig Lizzie Merrill as he recounts eighty one hours adrift after a February sinking off Cape Hatteras. He lashed to timber, rationed biscuits, endured thirst, and floated toward Queenstown before rescue aboard the Vigilant.
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Cape Hatteras
Harold Haaringer
Knudsen
Captain Beal
Lizzie M. Merrill
New Orleans
Beal
Sheppant
Valparaiso
Queenstown
Liverpool
A Rantankerous Rector at Newtown Parish
A Newtown Connecticut parish in turmoil after Rev. H W Haskins attempted to oust fifteen leading members over alleged libel. A special meeting called for his resignation passed unanimously, with a bishop's ruling awaited. Changes included weekly communion, daily prayers, and disbanding the Women’s Benevolent Society, which had raised over a thousand dollars. The rector also opposed church fundraisers, insisting on direct contributions for church needs and altering pew allotments.
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New York Sun
H. W. Haskins
Trinity Episcopal Church
Newtown
Conn
Connecticut
Women's Benevolent Society
Haskins
De Young and the Dramatic Chronicle Rise to Power
Prentice Mulford recalls Charles De Young’s transformation from a dismissed apprentice printer to the driving force behind the Morning Chronicle. The Dramatic Chronicle’s free theatre sheet evolved into a bold, sensation driven daily, with De Young courting controversies and prosecuting almshouse officials, shaping San Francisco journalism and drawing hostile scrutiny from established papers.
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San Francisco Chronicle
New York Graphic
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Dramatic Chronicle
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Michael
Charles
Bowman
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Chronicle
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Pee- Me
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Morning Chronicle
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Almshouse
de Young
Jonah
Gloucester fishermen drift five days at sea with frozen feet
William Coleman and James McGrath of the Proctor Brothers schooner from Gloucester Massachusetts drifted on the western banks of Newfoundland after leaving their dory on April 18 to tend trawls. A gale left them without food or water for five days until the Newfield crew brought them to Halifax. McGrath suffered severe frostbite. They were landed on Sable Island where wreck helpers aided them.
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William Coleman
James McGrath
Newfield
Guilford
Sable Island
Proctor Brothers
Gloucester
Mass
Newfoundland
McGrath
Young railroad magnate dies in attempt to avenge murder
William L. Fox aged twenty five and worth three million dollars died on a train between Foxburg and Petersburg while on his way to testify against a man who murdered a conductor. He forgot a revolver, returned home exhausted and died in his seat. Fox built vast oil and railroad interests, owned 1000 acres, managed the Fox estate, and planned a large refinery on his property. He chaired multiple railroad companies and planned to contest a congressional election. Foxburg village sits on his land. he was educated at Troy Polytechnic Institute.
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Penn
William L. Fox
Foxburg
Petersburg
Fox
Clarion
Shippensburg and
Kane
Pennsylvania
Harry White
Samuel Fox
Philadelphia
Troy Polytechnic Institute
Bay State Enterprise Starts Dress Button Factory at Breslan
Massachusetts parties have secured a Breslan building and begun machinery for making dress buttons from ground hoof material mixed with other substances. Stewart & Co. will take all produced. The plant will hire 150 workers, with other firms from Massachusetts planning a musical instrument factory and possible knitlery work at Breslau.
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Massachusetts
Breslan
Stewart & Co
Breslau
Insane Mother Attempts Murder of Five Children
A Galveston report says Mrs. Houston, driven by insanity, tried to kill her five children by driving knitting needles into their brains through their ears. One child was killed and two others seriously injured.
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Tex
Austin
Terrific Paris fireworks explosion shocks Pantin district
Paris reports a devastating explosion at the Pantin warehouse of fireworks maker M Honore. The blast at around 1 pm caused houses to shudder and left many dead or gravely injured as fear of a second explosion grows amid stored gunpowder.
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Russia
Brutal assault at Fort McFarland sparks tragedy
An incident at Fort McFarland in C T ends in the death of a four year old Indian boy and the assault of an Indian squaw near childbirth. The Winnebago husband George Hanbah, revealed to be Wihunka's spouse, killed himself after a butcher shop knife incident following the melee sparked by Norwegian roughs from Stoughton.
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George Hanbah
Wihunka
Indian George Tragedy Sparks Widespread Outrage
A brutal incident leaves the Indian George devastated by the loss of his three children and his wife severely unsettled. Wihunka lies in a dangerous condition with a dead child still with its mother, threatening her life. Authorities report a shocking act amid ongoing distress in the community.
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Wihunka
Ingersoll influence fuels Unitarians clash over Evansville church
Rev George Chainey once pastor at Evansville Ind converts to infidelity after farewell sermon and resigns. Majority oppose, aim to keep church Christian under Maidlow bequest while minority seeks legal protection. Controversy questions if Unitarian church can be Christian and who controls church property amid legal debate. Chainey, 29, English born, arrived 12 years ago, not a college graduate, a rationalist lecturer, may leave Evansville as factional support collapses.
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Gentleman Jo Sentenced for Forgery Reveals Spirited Defenses
New York April 30. After a three year and a half sentence for forgery, the man known as Gentleman Jo defends his conduct in a Herald interview. He claims education and moral awareness. blames a Trinity Church influence for the harsh penalty and recounts bungled hoaxes, including forged drafts and sending letters to Dr. Dix. He boasts of practical jokes and a habit of giving away valuables to friends.
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George Washington Childs
Philadelphia
Childs
Geneva
No rest for Restell foul play theories arise
A New York detective presents possible causes for Mme Restell's death by own action. Suspicion centers on Dr Charles Lohmann's mysterious death, inheritance disputes, and questions about whether Restell's heirs are rightful. Unanswered why Lohmann's body was moved to Tarrytown and whether hidden Prussian relatives may claim the estate.
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Herald
Mme. Restell
Comstock
Charles K. Lohmann
Madame Restell
Harlem
Restell
Heregtate
Charles KR. Purdy
Caroline
William Shannon
Farrell
Lohmann
State of New York
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Schoonmaker
Fifth Avenue Palace
Lonmann
Prussia
Lobmann
Tarrytown
A. Jones
Peculiar and Expensive Accident at Pocasset Mill
A serious accident occurred at the Pocasset mill as it shut down Saturday. The cross head of a Corliss engine broke, cracking the cylinder head and causing damage likely around $1,000. The mill will be suspended for at least two weeks.
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Pocasset
Corliss
Hesiem
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