Victor Hugo Dies at 83 in Paris Mourning in France
Paris and Rome reports confirm Victor Hugo's death at 1 30 PM in Paris. The Senate and Chamber of Deputies paid homage while the State planned a grand funeral, potential Pantheon interment, and widespread national mourning with offices and theatres closed.
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Paris
M. Victor Hugo
Hugo
France
Bonnat
Senate
le Rover
M. Brisson
Chamber of Deputies
M. Hugo
Pantheon
Guibert
Lockroy
Victor Hugo
Jeannie
Rome
Hugo Bequests and Funeral Plans After Victor Hugo’s Death
Paris reports reveal Victor Hugo left half his 4,000,000 franc fortune to his insane daughter Adele while executors and heirs are urged to build a lunatic asylum. The Academy to attend his funeral. Maxime de Camp to speak. Hugo also leaves 10,000 francs for the poor and asks for a pauper’s funeral under the Arc de Triomphe. A national monument fund is already opened.
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Paris
M. Hugo
Adele
M. Jules Simon
Academy
M. Maxime de Camp
Victor Hugo
Grevy
M. Lagaroy
M. Allain Targe
Interior
Friends of
Hugo
Concenis
Fatal Trip of a Fall River Fishing Schooner Lizzie Wellington
A Fall River fishing schooner Lizzie Wellington sailed Tuesday with four crewmen John Hambly Frank Bronson Fred Slocum and William Chace. Two were found dead in the cabin from coal gas suffocation and two were injured. The craft reached Cook Borden C. s wharf by nine tonight. No foul play suspected. all crew members are local men. Bronson is unmarried.
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Fal River
Lizzie Wellington
Joln Hambly
Frank Bronson
Fred Slocum
William Chace
Slocum
Chace
Stone Bridge Thursda
Brown
Hamblyn
Hambly
Bronson
Cook
Borden C
Lincoln statue unveiled in Prospect Park Brooklyn
May 24 crowd gathered at Prospect Park Brooklyn to dedicate the Lincoln statue. Mayor Low spoke briefly before Hon. J C Hendrix delivered the oration. Memorial services were held at Cypress Hill and Calvary cemeteries and graves in Greenwood Cemetery were decorated.
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New York
Plaza
Prospect Park
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Cecilian Society
Low
J. C. Hendrix
Cyoom Hill Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery
Greenwood Cemury
Would Hire Him Despite His Record
Charles Angell, released from Illinois penitentiary May 28 after a ten year term from 1878 for stealing 125000 while secretary of the Pullman Palace Car Company. He was captured in Lisbon after traveling abroad and 384,000 of the money recovered. Angell’s personal qualities won him friends and offers of positions with Chicago firms. He served as an assistant to prison keepers and remained popular at the institution.
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Jdouiet
Ill
Charles Angell
Illinois Penitenitentiary
Pullman Palace Car Company
Lisbon
Angell
Chicago
Vermont colony report questions Dakota site choice
A Rovauron Vermont report cites a locating committee asserting northern Dakota offered better soil and thriftier settlers than the south. The reason for placing the colony in southern Dakota remains unexplained beyond a claim the organizer may be paid by a local landowner. Some committee members are reportedly missing.
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Rovauron
Vermont Colony
Dakota
Rc Eiri Bosizi
Modern Witchcraft Tales From Berkshire and Litchfield
Lenox Massachusetts May 23 A long local tale shows a pattern of witchcraft legends from southern Berkshire and northern Connecticut. The piece recounts Mrs Hallenbeck butter troubles in Egremont 1822 a line backed cow bewitched and churns dancing under a hot horseshoe ritual. In Salisbury a deacon’s horse Dolly refuses to be led as witches’ knots are blamed. North Canaan features the Boardman family case with Parson Brown’s dramatic ride down stairs atop a four foot vermin like creature as a son of Boardman escapes. The report blends old superstition with rural credulity and church authority.
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Lenox
Berkshire
Litchfield
Connecticut
Egremont
Green Mountain Range
McKeel Hallenbeck
Showerman
Hallenbeck
Jones
Cleopatra
Talleyrand
North Canaan
Conn
Boardmans
Mr. Brown
Congregcional
Endor
Strone
Boardman
Woodhouse
Parson Brown
Peculiar Experiences of a Panhandle Pullman Porter
A Pittsburg Despatch interview with a Pullman car porter recounts striking episodes on Panhandle No. 4. He describes a man who shot himself at Mingo Junction after being refused a berth, a dying New York Hebrew traveler whose death shocks his family at Pittsburg, a festive wedding trip mishap with a bashful bride mistaken for a thief, and a black eyed boy born on the Pullman car with his family.
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Panhandle Road
Union Depot
Panhandle No. 4
Mingo Junction
Sol
Steppe
Frank Leighton
St. Louis
New York
Nathan
New Orleans
Galveston
Jersey City
Almmost
Mr. Nathan
Porter
Ell
WAA
Amy EL
Down
Texas
Texas West
Zany
Allegheny
Ability Abundantly Proved in Colman Feats
The Salem Telegram doubts Mr Colman new commissioner of agriculture as a practical farmer, while the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette notes his early inventiveness. As a youth he created a patent posthole and proposed heating hens to induce egg laying, showing early mechanical and practical insight.
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Newburyport
Salem Telegram
Colman
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Odd Reminiscences of Farming and Shared Aims in Dept
The passage recalls old methods and contrasts practical farming with modern department leadership. It notes experiments such as shipping cattle on salt and saltpetre and a project to export mules to Canada for breeding. The tone weighs progress against traditional wrangles and common-sense farming.
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Canada
Great Department
Morrison's Defeat and Critique of Administration Delay
Representative Morrison of Illinois, speaking in Washington on May 24, argued the Eastern press overstated his prolonged candidacy. He said two or three Democrats opposed him due to tariff views, and that with full Democratic support earlier he might have attracted Republican votes to win. Morrison credited Judd's Chicago postmaster appointment as proof of administration friendliness and said he would have backed Lambert Tree if unable to secure victory himself.
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Washinedton
Morrison
Ilinois
Barnum and
Smith Weed
Judd
Chicago
Lambert Tree
Tree
Remarkable Offer And Age-Old Ideas Clash In Ad Page
A discussion of progress vs old ideas leads to promotion of electric devices from Brooklyn and a medicinal plug for Scott's Emulsion and Light Company's Beet Tonic. The Coca plant is noted for stamina claims associated with South American travels.
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Stanton
Electric Pad Manufacting Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Scott
Scott & Bowne
South
Fifth Avenue
New York
Antonia Julian
South America
Jesus Plant
Commodore Gibbon
United States
The
Amazon
Randall on Cleveland and 1888 renomination prospects
A New York Herald interview with Samuel J. Randall evaluates President Cleveland. Randall praises his honesty and aims, argues for continued party support and renomination in 1888, and urges swift tariff reform based on census data and reforms in administration.
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New York Herald
Samuel J. Randall
Randall
Cleveland
Cavil
Hendricks Talks on Cabinet Pace and Yale Address
Indianapolis May 24 Vice President Hendricks, recuperating at home, plans a summer mostly at home with one Yale Law School address likely on The Supreme Court and its influences. He endorses Cleveland era patience in reforms and predicts some removals of Republican officeholders. He defends helping friends acquire office as part of Democratic equality.
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Indianapolis
Hendricks
Law School
Yale College
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
Cleveland
Mr. Hendricks
Bawa
Ashington
Grand Opening to Be Held July 15 at Niagara Park
Niagara Park Commission met at 11 o'clock with all members present. They set a grand opening for July 16 with Governor Hill expected to attend and prominent Canadians invited. Hon. T. W. Welch named custodian of all lands and property acquired. Comptroller Chapin to pay awards between July 10 and 16. The Canadian commission has been appointed and US plans requested. F. C. Olmstead may design the Canadian park.
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NiaGara
Niagara Park Commission
Governor Hill
Comptrolley Chapin
T. W. Welch
Dorsheimer
F. C. Olmstead
Correspondents Debate Card Play Solutions and Double Dummy Rules
Readers letters discuss problem No 3 and No 5 solutions, noting double dummy play where all cards are exposed. A V D and others argue the best solutions. conflicts over leads and trick outcomes are debated, with requests for sender identities and further correspondence.
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Boston
D.C
D.C. Ee Tek
Chelsea
H.C
West Brookfield
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Lake St
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Cornhill
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Garden N Wall
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Washington St
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Rochester
New England Medical Institute
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Tukwy
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