Middleton presses on as Middleton warns rebels outnumber
Col Irvine reports from Prince Albert via Battleford that Mid deton should not push on with his present force despite possible joining. Middleton doubts this, plans to move with over a thousand men plus Grassette 250 and Irvine 40, arguing Riel’s force is under 500 and lacks artillery. If needed, Middleton will march with one gun toward Bataches, ninety one and a half miles from the present camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Irvine
Prince Albert
Battleford
Middeton
Middleton
Grassette
Riel
Humboldt
Bataches
Military Assignments Shift Key Army Posts
The War Department issues orders transferring Assistant Adjutant General Thomas M. Vincent to adjutant general of the Dakota Department at Fort Snelling Minnesota and moving Samuel B to Omaha. Absalom Baird becomes inspector general of the Missouri division with Chicago HQ. Lieut. Col. Hughes moves to the Pacific division at San Francisco. Maj. Heyl to AeMA at San Antonio and another Maj. to Missouri at Fort Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Thomas M. Vincent
Department of Dakota
Fort Snelling
Minn
Department of the Platte
Omaha
Samuel B
Absalom Baird
War Ly Oer
Division of the
Missouri
Chicago
Col. Hughes
Division of the Pacific
San Francisco
Maj. Heyl
Department of Aema
San Antonio
Maj
Department of Missouri
Fort Leavenworth
Washington Notes on Appointments and International Rumors
Reports from Washington list ex Governor Blackburn of Kentucky as a candidate for superintendent at Hot Springs. Capt. G W Davis of the Fourteenth Infantry is slated to become lieutenant colonel and aide to Gen Sheridan. Vice President Hendricks plans a Europe tour with his wife, the first such official trip during his term. Admiral Jouett reports the Tennessee will stay open at Panama, with 100 troops sent if needed. Generals Ruggles and Vincent receive transfers, effective June 1. Rumors claim Russia seeks naval help to threaten English commerce if war erupts. Commissioner Coleman contemplates bureau changes, including nominating Col Frank Nesbit as chief clerk. The Civil Service Commission notes exam demand exceeds need in several states, with impending changes at the soldiers home and potential appointment of retired officers preferentially.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn
Kentucky
Hot Springs Reservation
G. W. Davis
Fourteenth Infantry
Washington Monument
Sheridan
Volkmar
Hendricks
Europe
Jouett
Whitney
Colon
Tennessee
Panama
United States
San Francisco
Sandwich Islands
Indian
Russia
England
Norman J. Coleman
Missouri
Washington
Col
Frank Nesbit
Gen. Carman
Col Nesbit
Senate
Sturgis
Soldiers’ Home
War Department
Angur
Hunt
B. Alexander
McKibbin
N. I. Sweitzer
Rufus Ingalls
London
Admiralty
Lord John Hay
India
Notable Early Industrial Fires Reported Across States
The Casualty Record notes Calisinger & Co. starch factory in Edinburg Indiana burned with losses around 75 000 and 50 000 insured. Woolen mills in Bellfontaine Ohio owned by S F Miller and Frank J Scarff burned with 25 000 loss 14 000 insured. Ten Robinson Kansas stores totaling half the town's business burned with 40 000 loss 14 000 insured. Excessive knitting mills Bethlehem Pennsylvania owned by J T Shimer destroyed with 25 000 loss partially insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calisinger & Co
Edinburg
Ind
Loas
Woolen Mills
Bellfontaine
Ohio
S F. Miller
Frank J. Scarff
Robinson, Kan
Bethlehem
J. T. Shimer
Notable Obituaries and Appointments From Wisconsin Journal
Capt Andrew P. Caraher of the Eighth United States Cavalry died April 5 at Fort Davis. Mrs Emily Graves Williston of Springfield Mass founder of Williston Seminary recently. Mr and Mrs John Phillips of Red Wing celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Mr B K Russ a former New Orleans merchant died suddenly while speculating in wheat after war news. The will of Charles W Durant in New York leaves property to his wife as executrix and to Frederick as executors with $20000 income to widow. Gov Rusk names Col Earl M Rogers quartermaster general of Wisconsin vice Col J A Watrens retired. Gen Horace Porter notes Grant had a bad day with coughing fits and near choking. morphine relieved it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Graves Williston
Springfiel Mass
Williston Seminary
John Phillips
Red Wing
8. K. Russ
New Orleans
Charles W. Durant
New York
Frederick
Rusk
Earl M. Rogers
Wisconsin
J. A. Watrens
Rogers
Viroqua
Horace Porter
Grant
Guatemalan Change as Barrillas Succeeds Barrios
Foreign news notes Gen. Lizandro Barrillas takes Guatemala presidency and a general amnesty follows hostilities. Peace talks set in Acajutla with plenipotentiaries to arrange a treaty, while imperial controls and troop movements are reported in Europe and Asia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizandro Barrillas
Barrios
Guatemala
San Salvador
Acajutla
St. Petersburg
Kamoreff
Turkestan
Federa
Turbulent British and Russian moves spark Asian tensions
Reports from London and Vienna detail Russia’s refusal to yield Afghan frontier gains and Kamoroff’s prominence. British naval and military reinforcements surge toward India while the czar may appoint Kamoroff commander in Turkestan. Russian Poland and Archangel troop movements heighten global tension.
Notable 1900s Figures In Legal Troubles Involving Chicago Election Day
Tom Clancy fined $50 in Chicago for assaulting Melville E. Stone editor of the News on election day. Marine Bank Fish of New York found guilty on multiple counts and faces five to ten years. John Higgins, a farmer near Slayton, arrested and confesses to the post office robbery at Slayton. to be tried at the next term of the US circuit court in Winona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto
Otter Tail
Brainerd
Mississippi River
Dennis Ryan
St. Pat
Mammoth Hotel
Nublic
Hove
New York
Tom Clancy
Chicago
Melville E. Stone
The
News
Marine Bank Fish of
John Higgins
Slayton
United States
Winona
Mixed News Items From Springfield To Minnesota
Several political and legal notices including a Democratic legislator’s death in Springfield and libel suits against the Chicago Tribune. Rochester plans daily auctioneers taxes and circus licenses, while Michigan voids ante mortem wills. Northern Pacific land limits shrink by 126000 acres in Oregon. A Boston journalist plans Cook’s Yellowstone excursions with 40 to 50 travelers visiting St Paul and Lake Minnetonka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Oregon
Luther £. Holden
Boston
City
Cook
Yellowstone Park
St Paul
St Minneapolis
Lake Minnetonka
Jamaica Winter Sojourn Described By Kingston Correspondent
A Kingston writer chronicles a voyage from St Kitts to Jamaica via St Thomas and Port au Prince. The piece contrasts rough travel and poor service on the Don with calmer Esk comfort, then portrays Jamaica’s beauty and stark social contrasts. It ends noting Jamaica inspires artists and botanists despite hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Kitts
Kingston
New York Sun
St. Thomas
Jamaica
Antigua
Southampton
England
West Indies
Hayti
Port-au-Prince
Arges
Learn a Trade and Earn Your Way to the Top
A foreman laments the lack of American apprentices and urges young men to learn a trade rather than seek clerical six dollar positions. He argues money fades, while skilled work builds a secure future and family support, urging boys to start at the bottom in a shop and rise on merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Davis
Arkansaw Traveler
First Mrs Storey to seek increased alimony and dower
A fresh legal development in the Storey will case arrives in New York as Maria Isham Storey, the first Mrs Storey, lands to file a bill in Chicago challenging the 1867 alimony decree. She alleges misrepresentation of estate values and collusion, seeking higher alimony plus interest for seventeen years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storey
New York
Florence
Italy
Chicago
Wilbur F. Storey
Maria Isham
Dearborn Street
Washington
Madison Streets
Maria Storey
Chicago Sun
Lottery Culture in Mexico Under Church and State
The Philadelphia Press reports that lotteries sanctioned by church and government dominate life in Mexico. Lottery offices line streets and funds for hospitals and railways flow from gambling profits, with The Lottery of Divine Providence as the principal institution. Public notices promote religious ceremonies alongside cock fights bull fights and games of chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Guadalupe
Philadelphia Press
Toes and Corns in a Horse Car Altercation
In a Texas Siftings note, an excited passenger declares toes are not for stepping on after a 150 pound crush. A rival retorts with a jab about corn meal and the injur ed party vows to raise corns, then executes a furious stomp. The conductor calls the behavior inappropriate and the rest of the ride passes quietly.
Night winds and blossoms awaken a waiting heart
Poem fragment describes longing and devotion as night winds scatter sweet scents and flowers wake. The speaker urges a beloved to come near, kneeling at their feet while jasmine bows and nightingales sing. Roses loom above the gate as sister blossoms fade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted
Sydney Herbert Pierson
The Man and the Fugitive Child Monette Loggeman
Ambrose Nettleson recites a manuscript and aids Monette Loggeman a girl who has lived with an old man and faced death. After the grandfather dies, Nettleson offers to take Monette home, her response reveals she would rather work for food and stay near him. The story ends with hospitality from a farm family and Monette affirming loyalty to her benefactor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose Nettleson
Arkansaw River
Unette Loggeman
Monette
Munette
Jesperson
Margaret
Ambrose
War Sparks and a Strange Love in Arkansaw Traveler
Opie P. Read narrates a captain’s departure to war, a daughterlike lover Munette, and letters filled with quirky hedges. The tale blends pride, affection, and a marriage sealed by a gatepost confession amid Civil War era reflections.
Snails Brought to Rome as Food Source in Antiquity
The Toronto Globe notes that in ancient Rome snails were cultivated on a wide scale. Parks surrounded by water kept snails from escaping while moisture remained abundant. Snails were fattened in porous earthen pots rubbed inside with flour and wine to enlarge them and provoke thirst, aiding wine drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Toronto Globe
The Credit System and the Cash Move in Farming
The article traces how farmers moved from barter and store credit to cash transactions over two generations. It notes railroads and war money circulation transforming pricing, debt reliance, and the rise of cash markets. It cites northwest credit dependence, high prices on long term goods, and southern shifts toward cash purchases improving prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Times
Northwest
West
South
Canada
Order of the
Farmers Movement Echoes in Dominion and Northwest
Patrons of Husbandry, a powerful Dominion influence, is cited as a model. The author advocates a similar farmers movement in the northwest, predicting substantial benefits from organized agricultural groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Northwest
Healthful Gymnastics for Youth and Fashionable Attire
A health exhibition article extols regular movement and gymnastics for youth, noting calisthenics and fencing as beneficial. It describes suitable gymnastic costumes for children and ladies, emphasizing comfort, ease, and modest fashion, while claiming chest and stomach ailments improve with daily exercise.
A Broken Hearted Bird Becomes a Tragic Tale
A correspondent recounts the sorrow of a canary pair that lose their last chick, the male dying of grief within a day after the lone fledgling is taken. The cage is given away as the remaining bird faces isolation and misery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers
Calf on Track Fools a Train at Cannon Station
A Danbury and Norwalk passenger train neared Cannon's Station last Wednesday when three calves blocked the track. Brakeman Gilbert jumped ahead to drive them off but clung to one calf’s tail as they fled. He leaped, rolled, and the engine passed just a hair’s breadth away. The incident is reported by the Norwalk Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury and
Norwalk
Cannon’s
Gilbert
Norwalk Gazette
Amusing Anecdotes From Glasgow Art Dinner
The tale recalls Reverdy Johnson dozing at a Glasgow Art Dinner and waking to hear his name in a painter list. He began thanking the crowd amid the American Eagle image held back by coats. A Methodist minister’s home anecdote follows where two deaf preachers both knelt to pray, each thinking the other had been invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reverdy Johnson
Baltimore
Glasgow
Johnson
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News OF
George D. Ruggles
Adjutant General’s Office
Sanergy Tex
Neb
Civil Service Commission
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Colorado
California
Andrew P. Caraher
Eighth
United States Cavalry
Fort Davis
Prince of Wales
Dublin
House of Commons
Soudan
South Saskatchewan
Mdldieton
Berlin
Victoria
Bismarck U
Mark
Portugal
Tion
Earl Derby
King Solomon Lodge of Free Masons
Toronto
J. Harrison
Grand Lodge
Cairo
Egypt
London Daily Telegraph
Kamoroft
Wolseley
Khartoum
Nubar Pasha
Congress of Guatemala
Senor Alejadora Sinivald
Sinivald
Sebce
Cork
Mallow
Ireland
O'Connor
O'Brien
Parnell
Canadian Pacific
Vladimir
Vienna
Archangel
Poland
Polish
Ukraine
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Touchwood Hills
Fort Pitt
James Halstead
Jackson
Mich
Henry W. Smith
Leoni
William H. Smith
Henry
Smith
Halstead
Channel
Portsmouth
Baltic
Odessa
Kertsch
Sheshtakoff
Black Sea
St Petersburg
Kronstadt
Krasnoeseto
Kamoroff
Svet
Herat
Pischin
M. de Giers
Vamberg
Candahar
Afghanistan
Bunge
Minnesota News Condensed
G. & Gordon
Owatonna
Pap Thomas
Plummers
Minneapolis
Gov. Hubbard
Paris
Central America
Robert Miller
Fergus Falls
Northfield
B 8
Police Rapids
Ed. Mack
Robert Lincoln
T. R. Rogers
Featherstone
Red Wing Lodge No. 3
J. H. Baker
George L. Becker
Murdock
Capitol
Gen. Baker
W. A Sumner & Co
Grain Commission
St. Paul
Milwaukee & St Paul and Fargo Southern
Ortonville
Minnesota
GC. N. Nelson Lumber Company
Stillwater
Boston Safe Deposit Company
John Norland
James Farley
Duluth
Andrew Kelly
P. H. of
Independence
Shakopee
Erick Hendrckson
Mississipi
Superior
van Camp
Frederick Tyman
Jacob Ingel
St. James
Washburn, Crosby & Co
Andrew Almquist
Cassel
Vander Horck
Wilkenson & Gilbert
Willard
van Dyke
Andrew Flynn
Grand Prairie Township
Ellsworth
Rock Rapids
Joseph Kollesky
W. E. Calkin
Squire Sweeney
Druide’ Hall
Waverly
Kollesky
John Marsh Post
G. A R
Redwood Falls
Platts
RB. Platts
United States Navy
Worthington
Waterville
Isaac Plummer
Faribault
John Plummer
Wells
Lanesboro
Mankato
D. F. McGraw
Simmer
St Peter Comany
Bridgewater
Nova Scotia
Furnival
G. C. Tanner
Perceval
Fullerton
G. Buffom
Josiah Payne
Litchfield
Stephen Payne
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
G. S&s Gordon
Lees
Caledonia
Moncey Creek
J. W. Lawrence
Minnesota & Northwestern
W. H. Morris
Austin
Minneapolis & St Louis
Cascade
Mr. Barr
H. B. Moore
C. L. Lowell
G. T. Ives
St Peter
Charles Espenscheid
Hastings
C. D. Wright
Mon
Crookston
M. Bean
Ole Hokonson
America
St. Peter
Ole
Springfield
James Appleton Willson
Chicago Tribune
Will Ogg Shaw
Chicago Tribune Company
Rochester
F. B. Curtis
St. Louis
Supreme Court of Michigan
Woburn
Mass
Blue Mountains
Caribbean Sea
Kingston Harbor
Agate Post
Chapter
Tyes
Dominicker
Opie P. Read
the Credit System
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