Money Lord Sage Keeps Millions and Tiny Desk
New York May 9 Russell Sage, reputed to be the wealthiest individual in the city, holds about 50 million dollars in deposits across banks and trust companies. He operates with a flat top desk, few clerks, and a routine of early office hours, secrecy in dealings, and careful investment away from a single bank to avoid runs. Sage and Gould, longtime allies, divide lunches and manage vast loans while maintaining public restraint and church involvement.
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New York
Russell Sage
Mr. Sage
Broadway
Trinity Churchyard
Sage
Wall St
Rare
Beiner
Aciis
Gould
Mr. Gould
St. Sage
Mr.Gould
Balding
Halonine
Congress
R. Sage
Uld
R. Gould
Fio
New
Iuttey Hill
Newark
Flowers on a Glacier near the Arctic Ocean
The New York Sun reports John W. Kelly found Pumega River in northeast Alaska above Cape Lisburne in 1888. A glacier feeds the river, flowers bloom on the ice during the brief polar summer, with battenmape, dandelions, daffodils and yellow apper appearing as soils melt and sunlight warms the carpetlike ice mass.
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Arctic Ocean
New York Sun
John W. Kelly
Alaska
Cape Lisburne
Kelly
The Cost of Opera at Covent Garden This Season
London Truth notes rising salaries in opera, citing seven lead vocalists earning over 20000 pounds collectively and a Covent Garden pay list near 40000 pounds for under four months. From 1821 to present, salaries soared. chief artists, band, chorus, and staff add vast costs, with nightly expenses likely over 700 pounds and composers receiving a tiny share.
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Harris
Covent Garden
Ebers
Patti
Titiens Lucca
Ilason
di Murska
Scalehi
Vanzini
Sinico
Tamberlik
Mongini
Santley
Naudin
Grasigni
Folt
Maplesen
Royal Italian Opera
Big Telegraph Work Through Snow Strands Devon Line
Amid a heavy snowstorm in Devon and Cornwall the Porthcurno station of the Eastern Telegraph Company kept landline links to London alive via a 9000 mile route through Lisbon Gibraltar Malta and Marseilles. Over 23 hours 1658 messages were sent reinforcing telegraphy feats.
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Devon
Cornwall
Porthcurno
Eastern Telegraph Company
London
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Malta
Marseilles
Senay
France
Valuable Chinese Roots Sell High Prices in East
A St Louis Republic note describes a root called Khe ki ye in China and a similar eastern root in Manchuria that fetches extraordinary sums. Sold mainly to mandarins and the wealthy, small pieces rarely weighing a tenth of an ounce can bring 50 to 75 dollars, claimed to be closely related to ginseng.
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St. Louis Republic
China
Manchuria
Piano for the Vatican in Pall Mall Gazette report
London correspondent describes a grand piano for the Vatican by a leading maker valued at 600 guineas. It features a sostenuto pedal and meticulous care to tone and case, with tea-vase decoration on a dull gold ground and vernis royal varnish that heightens brilliance and sweetness of the instrument.
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Vatican
Pall Mall Gazette
London
Son of the Old Bay State Miles Rise to Command
Maj. Gen. Nelson Appleton Miles, born in Westminster Massachusetts, profiles his rise from a Worcester County farm boy to a leading Army officer. The piece chronicles his Civil War service, Indian campaigns, and leadership of the Department of the Missouri, with focus on grit, self-education, and loyalty to soldiers.
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New England
Nelson Appleton Miles
Missouri
United States
Dakota
Sen
Miles
Massachusetts
Old Bay State
Worcester County
West Point
Westminster
Boston
Collamore & Curtis
Roxbury
George Curtis
Nelson Curtis
Crea
O. O. Howard
Ceutenant
61St
New York Volunteers
Army of the Potomac
McClellan
Antietam
Burnshie
Fredericksburg
Hooker
Chenceursye
Meade
Gettysburg
Cam Als
Grant
Virginia
Court House
Chancellorsville
Lee
Bhin Nay
40Th Infantry
CIA
Fortress Monroe
Jefferson Davis
United States Army
Spottsylvania
Texas
Jack
Montana
Si Bull
Herance
Crazy Borns
Lame Deer
Spotted Eagle
Oregon
Yellowpee Park
Department of the Columbia
Department of the Missouri
Arizon
Conan
Aspeeeric Peru
Geronimo
Natehez
Ontee
Kansas
Arizona
New Mexico
Tucson
Eis
Retty
Gen
Pine Ridge
Life Guards
Plains
Military Academy
Profon
Gen. Miles
Herman
D. C
Locating the Responsibility
The Chicago Tribune quotes a father claiming credit for his son Johnny's progress and career, noting his supervision of studies, finances, and ambitions. He asserts responsibility for Johnny's hardships and insists the young man’s physical weakness is simply how he was made.
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Chicago Tribune
Johnny
View of Civil War Memory Echoes in Pekin Gazette
The Pekin Gazette comments on how a distant war memory shapes current views of military service. It notes a century-old civil conflict, vast mobilization, and contrasts with today’s sparse armed forces, implying disbelief in another large-scale war. It mentions Russia for context and cites current soldier-to-population ratios.
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Pekin Gazette
Russia
Gold flows to India rarely returns, says Blackwood
A significant portion of Western gold that reaches India is not remitted back. It remains as realized profits and wealth stored in the West, used modestly for the arts, while traders transact with bills of exchange and book credits to settle up.
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Blackwood’s Magazine
India
West
Gold stock in India and flow of world commerce
The article discusses gold as flexible money within monetary law, noting how gold held by India fluctuates with Western nations' commerce. From 1885 to 1889 the value stood at £150,1768, and by September this year the total rose to £136,250,000, reflecting substantial gold accumulation in India.
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India
Summer Waist Patterns From Simple Home Design
A guide to making decorative waistlines for summer dresses features options in sheer lawn and china silk with gathered necklines and belts. Variations include a Pennant style with pockets, a shirt yoke back, plaited fronts, and scarves, using gingham, challis, silk, or linen fabrics.
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Matee
Postmaster Corse Honored by Reform Club Banquet
Gen John M Corse famed for holding Allatoona Pass and serving with Sherman retires from Boston postmastership on April 1 after a Cleveland appointment. A testimonial banquet at Youngs Hotel in Boston was given by the Massachusetts Reform Club with over 160 gentlemen in attendance.
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John M. Corse
Sherman
Georgia
Allatoona Pass
Boston
Cleveland
Massachusetts Reform Club
Young's Hotel
Presi
Broap Sr
New York
John W. Carter
Star
Gen. Corse
Corse
Reform Club
Grover Cleveland
Carl Schurz
George William Curtis
James Russell Lowell
Maine Quirky Legislation on Wagon Wheel Widths Recalled
Proceedings recount Maine lawmakers debating a long standing wagon wheel width law. The piece highlights Cherryfield and coastal towns grappling with clay roads and wide rims, the reform club event, and Gen. Corse’s post office critique with President Eliot and ex president Cleveland backing officials’ duty.
How Sponges are Captured
A St Louis Globe Democrat article explains sponges are marine animals growing in the sea with Florida coast catches producing the best. Sponge divers use long spears and hooks while wearing magnifying box glasses to spot sponges. After harvest much work and adulteration occur in preparation before wholesale sale by the pound.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Adam
Florida
Raised umbrellas and moral courage in London
The article credits Jonas Hanway with pioneering the raised umbrella to shield passers by from rain. It notes the persecution he faced and recalls how early users, sometimes with a companion, drew scrutiny, while lone men carrying umbrellas risked mob attacks in London or Liverpool.
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St. Louis Republic
Jonas Hanway
London
Liverpool
Dandelion Salad Method From Home Guide
Pick over a quart of freshly gathered dandelions wash them in several waters and let them stand in water a few hours before using drain and wipe dry put them into the salad bowl and add a spring onion cut up or a few lades of privared chives and a plain tessing of oil finegar pepper and salt the quantity of oil should be four of oil to one of vinegar.
Window Break Reward Draws Few Bystanders
A Chinese shop on North 15th displays a $10 reward for breaking its window, but no one has claimed the money. On Ridgely another window was damaged with the sign saying Sam Lee Dry, the end of the word laundry. Mischievous boys linger, peering in and asking what the Chinaman will drink.
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Cpla Jepphia Press
North 15Th St
Ridgely
Sam Lee
Business failures reported nationwide this week
Reports to R. G. Dun & Co and FE Russell & Co list 242 failures in the United States and Canada this week, compared with 255 last week and 247 the prior week. The totals reflect activity from Mercantile Agency records and include multiple markets across the country.
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R. G. Dun & Co
Fe, Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency
United States
Canada
House speakership canvass heats up in six month race
Washington May 6 The House speakership race features Mills Crisp and McMillin as leading contenders with vigorous West and South support. Mills aims to build a strong start from the West while Crisp gathers broad backing though Georgia loyalty and Blount opposition stir contention. McMillin seen as stabilizing fourth, waiting to rise as others falter amid a tense caucus contest.
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Mills
Mr. Crisp
Georgia
Crisp
Blount
Southwood
Dixon
New
East
McMillin
Jeeps Od
Theringer
Missouri Farmers' Alliance Boss Opposes Third Party
C. B. Hall of Missouri says the alliance will not form or join a third party at this time. He urges not to back any party that endorses free silver or opposes increasing money supply, and supports tariff removal on daily necessities for the poor. President Polk of Georgia backs free coinage and links support to allied states.
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Gen. Corse
United States
Post Office
Orden
Democratic Party
Boston
Cyores
Eliot
Harvard College
Globe
Andrew H. Ward
Ward
St. Louis
Hall
Farmers’ Alliance of Missouri
Missouri Alliance
Cincinnati
Polk
Farmers’ Alliance of Georgia
Connecticut governor under quo warranto dispute in court
Attorney William Case filed Gov. Bulkeley and Lieut. Gov. Merwin's answer to the quo warranto case brought by Luzon Morris and Dr. Alsop. The document asserts Bulkeley is the true governor, cites January 1889 joint ballot, and notes no successor has been duly declared or qualified. The piece also covers state payroll disputes, delays in appropriations, and ongoing legislative stalemate.
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New Haven
Conn
William
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Samuel P. Merwin
Luzon B. Morris
Alsop
Bulkeley
Connecticut
General Assembly
General Assembly of
Li Open Morris
Manites
Eley Des Nies
Court of and Jrinse
Generwin
Thayer Boyd quo warranto ruling ren ders ouster against Gov Boyd
Near adjournment of the Nebraska Supreme Court a decision in the Thayer Boyd quo warranto case declares ouster against Gov Boyd in favor of ex Gov Thayer on grounds cited. The opinion was written with concurring judge, while Justice Maxwell dissented. Counsel will seek a supersedeas to take the case to the U S Supreme Court, arguing naturalization is a federal question.
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Nebraska Supreme Court
Thayer
United States Supreme Court
Indiana Cities Vote Shifts Favor Democrats in Statewide Results
Elections in second and third class cities across Indiana show Democratic gains with Republicans sweeping New Albany and Jeffersonville. Fort Wayne elected Sollinger Democrat as mayor and nine of ten council seats. LaPorte and Hammond saw Democratic tickets win by clear margins.
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Idianapolis
Ind
New Albany
Jeffersonville
Fort Wayne
Sollinger
Dem
Lateyelte
Hammond
Oil Ponds of the Gulf Known as a Calm Refuge
The Gulf spot between the Mississippi mouth and Galveston, 10 to 15 miles south of Sabine Pass, known as The Oil Ponds, offers unexpectedly calm water due to a thick oil layer. Sailors on small vessels trading Calcasieu Orange Sabine Beau mont and Galveston use it as a refuge in storms, dropping anchor to ride out gales.
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St. James Republic
Mississippi River
Galveston
Tex
Sabine Pass
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Calcasieu
Orange
Sabine
Beaumont
Justus
Peculiar Hen Attracts South Washington Doorstep
In Whitman Times a South Washington resident notes a notably peculiar hen. Each day between 10 30 and 11 80 a m the bird appears at the back door and waits quietly for it to be opened by a passerby or household member. The unidentified observer calls the hen a curious local character.
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South Washington St
KG Sai Roe
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