National Guard convention discusses militia bill and leadership
The fourth annual meeting of the National Guard Association, with eighteen states represented, adopted a committee to draft a bill for Congress proposing a $1,000,000 annual appropriation for ordinance stores and related needs. Officers were elected including Gen G W Wingate of New York as president and Gen A B Campbell of Kansas as second vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard Association of the
United States
Washington
George W. Wingate
New York
Taylor
Colorado
Alexander
Des Moines
Charles E. Bridge
Hartranft
Pennsylvania
Senate
Snowden
Campbell
Kansas
Ordway
Jones
North Carolina
Col. Castleman
Kentucky
Gen
Finley
Ohio
G. W. Wingate
Johnston Jones
Orth Carolina
A. B. Campbell
Will L. Alexander
Iowa
Bennett
Nebraska
New England
Elisha H. Rhoades
Providence
R. I
Middle “States
Andrew Hepburn
Philadelphia
Southern States
D. H. Maury
Louisiana
Western States
James M. Rice
Peoria
Ill
Pacific States
Horace D. Randall
San Francisco
Congress
Homestead Entries Mortgage Question Dismissed by Judge Nelson
In Webster v Bowman at St Paul circuit court Judge Nelson sustains a demurrer and rules homestead property cannot be mortgaged if pre patent mortgage exists. The ruling cites US homestead law forbidding pre patent debts and notes other state cases where mortgage validity depended on residence and patent issuance. The decision contrasts earlier Nebraska Kansas Iowa rulings where patent delay allowed mortgage rights in trust for the claimant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
United States
Northwest railroad building slows with year and 660 miles added
The Northwest added 660 miles of new track this year, the lowest since 18580, far below 1884 and 1883 totals. Despite a downturn, planned 1886 work includes Burlington & Northern, Minneapolis Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic, Wisconsin Central, Northern Pacific Cascade division, and extensions toward the Black Hills and Dakota regions, with several lines poised to push west and southeast from key termini.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwest
Minnesota & Northwestern
Manly Junction
Lyle
Burlington & Northern
Minneapolis
Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic
Wisconsin Central
Cascade
Northern Pacific
Cenny
Garrison
Butte
Ont
Northwestern Nominations Sent to the Senate
A list of nominations includes Internal Revenue Collectors for Wisconsin districts and Indian Agents assigned to posts in Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kentucky, the Dakotas, Montana and Utah. Names include Edward C. Wall, A. C. Barkinson, Owen A. Wells, J. M. Morrow, A. H. Kuhlemeier, Thomas Jennings, J. T. Gregory, Charles Hill, William W. Anderson, Charles E. McCesney, Israel Green, J. W. C. Ramsie, James McLaughlin, Henry R. West, Peter Ronan, H. E. Williamson, J. R. Meninney, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Internal Revenue Collectors
Wisconsin
Edward C. Wall
A. C. Barkinson
Owen A. Wells
J. M. Morrow
A. H. Kuhlemeier
Thomas Jennings
Green Bay
Wis
J. T. Gregory
la Pointe
Charles Hill
Santee
Neb
William W. Anderson
Kentucky
Crow Creek
Lower
Missouri
Uintah
Utah
Notable Washington Postings and Political Movements
The wife and daughter of Senator McMillan visit Washington after holidays. Wisconsin Congressman Price to introduce a bill authorizing refunding the direct tax from 1861-62. Hon. John S. Henderson newly elected from North Carolina seeks gold on his Salisbury plantation. George Prince resigns as Treasury photographer to join private business. Officers paid $2,000 yearly amid many candidates. Edmunds presides over a Supreme Court bar meeting mourning R. T. Merrick. Postmasters commissioned in several states. Pension arrears repeal could cost $250 million or more. California delegation reports vast wealth. Miller and Stanford called multimillionaires. Friends push Col. William Ludlow for district engineer commissioner replacing Maj. Lydecker overseeing Philadelphia waterworks. Gen H J Hun, retired, former governor, noted.
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McMillan
Washington
Congressman Price
Wisconsin
John S. Henderson
North Carolina
Salisbury
N. C
George Prince
Treasury
Edmunds
United States Supreme Court
R. T. Merrick
Dakota
G. L. Virgo
Pate
G. W. Pratt
Sturgis
Joseph Mann
Walkertown
Minnesota
G. G. Kirly
Lac Qui Parle
G. W. Lowe
Long Pine
J. H. Simpeer
Thompson
Senator Voorhees
California
Miller
Stanford
Col
William Ludlow
Engineer Corps
Maj. Lydecker
Congress
Philadelphia
H. J. Hun
German shoemaker inherits 15 million marks
Peter Henniman of Norwich Connecticut, a poor German shoemaker, has fallen heir to 15,000,000 marks in Germany. Mrs. Mary B. Brown, a Saline City Indiana resident who died, was an eyewitness to Robert Fulton’s first steam boat launch on the Hudson in 1808.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Henniman
Norwich
Conn
Germany
Mary B. Brown
Saline City
Ind
Robert Fulton
Hudson
Arlington cotton mills fire at Wilmington causes heavy loss
A three story Arlington cotton mills building in Wilmington, Delaware burned, destroying machinery. Loss estimated from seventy five thousand to one hundred thousand dollars, insured. Also a Georgia Pacific railroad collision near Atlanta killed eleven and left three injured. In Dakota, Bismarck fires destroyed Shoenberg boots and Edick cigar works with total stock around eight thousand dollars and several insurers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Wilmington
Del
Georgia Pacific
Atlanta
Arlington Cotton Mills
Dak
Bismarck
Shoenberg
Boots and Shoes
Edick Bros
Etna
Continental
Imperial
Milwaukee man arrested for throwing infant on stove
Sheriff Rainbow of Shelby county Iowa reports a major capture in O Brier county. The prisoner is J R Harris alias Devas, wanted in Shelby county for numerous forgeries on which he gained substantial money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Rainbow
Shelby County
Iowa
O' Brier County
J R. Harris
Devas
Pacific Railway plans and Irish question dominate London letters
A broad set of items from Victoria to London covers an impending Indian war warning by a Catholic missionary, Vatican unease over the pope’s health, Libera l F. A. Channing as Channing’s nephew, a proposed tax on outside lawyers in the Northwest Territories, and The London Standard’s stance on Parnell. Also notes the Umbria’s speed record to Liverpool, Gladstone on Irish self-government, government confidence check, and Radical views on Dongola policy and a county government bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Vatican
London Standard
Arania
Herbert Gladstone
Ireland
Great Britain
Dublin
Press Association
House of Commons
Charles Dilke
Chelsea
Dongola
England
Snow falls in Chicago and mixed national notes
A foot of snow hit Chicago on the 12th while Fargo North Dakota raised a $13 000 bonus for an iron foundry. Other items include secretary Lamar allowing winter caught cattle to stay in Indian Territory, Montana's Granit Mountain mine, and a $9.5 million revenue outlook with four men earning $100 000 monthly.
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Chicago
Fargo, Dak
Lamar
Indian Territory
Montana
Granit
Philipsburg
Garrabrant & Cole
Omaha
United States National Bank of
Moody and Edgerton
United States
Lew Wallace
Cleveland
White House
Lincoln
Frank Stearns
Indianapolis
Jones
Hendricks
Vanderbilt Will Gives Eight Children Ten Million Each
The will of William H. Vanderbilt, filed in New York, leaves ten million dollars to each of his eight children and massive property, palaces, and annual income to his wife. Cornelius Vanderbilt and William K. Vanderbilt share the bulk of the estate, with about one hundred million total value. The bequests support a broad array of charitable contributions to churches, hospitals, museums, and societies in New York and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rappallo
Chauncey Depew
Cornelius Vanderbilt
William R
Frederick W
George Vanderbilt
New York
Breckett
William H. Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Assina
Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tenn
State of
Tennessee
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company
State of New York
Domestic
Missionary Society
Primitive Episcopal Church
United States of America
St. Lukes Hospital
Young Men's Christian Association
City of New York
General Theological Seminary
New York Protestant Episcopal Mission Society
Metropolitan Museum of Art
American Museum of Natural History
New Dory Lane
Staten Island
United Brethren’s Church
Stillwater
Hennipen
Henry Brodur
John W. Marr
Martin Lynch
KK. J. Teipner
Joseph Josephson
Minneapolis
Red Wing
Rochester
Olmstead County
Anoka
Ed Pierce
Linn Allen
Charley Bailey
Justice Hughes
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
State Reform School
Vanderbilt Funeral Minimalist in Fifth Avenue Tribute
The Vanderbilt family requested a discreet funeral for William H. Vanderbilt. In quiet Fifth Avenue, flags on poles and a single crepe on the mansion bell marked the somber scene. Episcopal burial services at the church were led by Rev. Dr. Cooke with Bishop Potter present but not participating. Pallbearers wore white sashes as they escorted the coffin to a ferry and then to the Staten Island mausoleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
Fifth Avenue
William H. Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt Mansion
Dr. Cooke
Clapp
Potter
Chauncey M. Depew
J. Pierrepont Morgan
Charles Rapallo
William Turnbull
William Bliss
George J. Magee
C. M. Berger
Charles C. Clark
John R. Brady
W. L. Scott
D. O. Mills
S. W. Caldwell
New York
Staten Island
Riel's Funeral Procession In Winnipeg Under Escort
Riel's remains were laid to rest beneath St. Boniface Cathedral as authorities feared burial in a grave. Eight half-breeds carried the coffin from St. Vital, with Riel's brothers Joseph and Alexandre leading. His mother, sisters, and wife rode or walked in the solemn procession amid a solemn requiem mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnepeg
Riel
St. Boniface
St. Vital
Joseph
Alexandre
Senator Wilson Reopens Des Moines Valley Land Question
Iowa Senator Wilson renews a bid to settle a long running dispute over lands along the Des Moines River above Haccon fork. In 1846 a canal grant led to improper interior department certificates to Iowa, with indemnity lands issued to the state and 1866 ratification stopping further claims. Settlers occupied land they believed public domain while the state treated them as trespassers and sued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Iowa
Des Moines
Haccon Fork
Department of the Interior
Despines Valley
Ex-Iowa Attorney General Henry OConnor Witness in Chicago Trial
Henry OConnor once Iowa attorney general testified in Chicago Armory court as a prosecuting witness in a case against Fred Hart accused of robbing him of a pocket book and a railroad pass. The 60 year old man wore a swollen discolored face yet remained determined. the court discharged the defendant and Justice Meech advised OConnor, who promised to follow it, with an officer escort to his hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry O'Connor
Armory Court
Fred Hart
Iowa
Dart
Justice Meech
O'Connor
Rome butcher Toszzi trial shocks city with grisly murder
The Toszzi family is on trial in Rome for killing Poggi a fellow butcher. The victim was lured into Toszzi’s cellar and dismembered, with remains dumped in a wood and blood allegedly boiled into pudding sold in the shop. The son confessed amid a furious, taunting courtroom scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Toszzi
Poggi
Tozzi
Fire burns Cedar Rapids millinery house. losses total
E W Howell & Co wholesale millinery in Cedar Rapids was destroyed by a third story fire. Stock valued at 35000, total loss around 25000. Building damage at 4000 to 5000. Devendor t Mann dry goods stock about 40000, water damage near 5000. St Paul licenses tally 86013 this year. C W Mittell travels to Winnipeg to lecture Odd Fellows rites.
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St. Paul
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
E. W. Howell & Co
B. F. Ely
Devendort & Mann
C. W. Mittell
Springfield
Mass
Winnipeg
Man
Odd Fellows
Minnesota Handles Local News Across Counties and Cities
Judge Macdonald of Shakopee patents a fire escape design while Olivet Baptist Church in Minneapolis is dedicated and funded. Murder, fires, and legal actions span Sibley, Mankato, Brownsville, Monticello, Anoka, and St Paul with multiple notable deaths, convictions, and civic developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Macdonald
Shakopee
Olivet Baptist
Minneapolis
Daniel Foley
Sibley County
Belle Plaine
Chamberlain
Mankato
Albert Lea
Kansas City
Sam Enos
Brownsville
Stephen Chase
Monticello
New York Officials Charged With Incompetence in Inspectors Case
New York custom house officials face allegations of incompetence and complicity in an undervaluation scheme. The president’s recess appointments omitted Morris Thomas of Baltimore from the senate list, with Thomas based in Bismarck and now at La Pointe Wisconsin. The National Guard association seeks a $1,000,000 appropriation for ordinance stores to states. Montana officials report deplorable Native conditions, with Indians on Tongue and Rosebud rivers largely without food or clothing, about seven hundred affected.
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Senate
Morris Thomas
Baltimore
Thomas
Bismarck
la Pointe
Wis
National Guard Association
Montana
Department
Rosebud
Darning Her Stocking by Marcaret Eytiner
A vivid verse vignette portrays Peg in a wicker chair, bedecked with ribbons, as she darns a delicate black silk stocking. Maud Jess Lizzy Nell Bell and others sew and weave nearby while Peg’s graceful, intent labor draws the observer into the scene. The speaker notes the striking image and the effect of the act on the heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
Jess
Lizzy
Jenny
Nell
Bell
Peg
Marcaret Eytiner
Lexford scandal ends in unexpected marriage alliance
In Lexford a Power family scandal erupts over Amelia Ormiston and George Power. Jack Warburton, returning after years abroad, intervenes to save Amelia with a marriage to himself. The couple wed in Boston and reside near San Francisco while Mrs. Ormiston maintains social standing in Lexford.
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Lexford
George Power
Boston
Amelia Ormiston
New England
Amelia
George
Sara
Helen
Mrs. Ormiston
Aunt Helen’s
Jack
San Francisco
California
General Husted's Use of the Gav el and Masonic Sign
General Husted recalls learning the gav el in the Masonic lodge and describes how to use it to command assemblies. He recounts a joint Senate Assembly session where three blows of the gav el caused the chamber to rise, noting the moment as decisive and noting a remark about a Masonic sign. The Paris streetcar system is described as orderly and punctual with exhaustive details of fares, stations, and passenger etiquette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Husted
Masonic Lodge
Grand Lodge
Albany
University of the State of New York
United States
Senate
Assembly
Department of the Assembly
Syracuse Herald
Decline of Bank Burglars Says Chicago Detective
Detective Billy Pinkerton notes a waning class of top thieves in New York as long imprisonments erode their nerve and skill. He cites the disappearance of famed criminals like Scott, Dunlap, and Brady, and predicts bank burglary will fade as the new generation lacks ambition and genius.
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New York City
Billy Pinkerton
Scott
Dunlap
Northampton
Joe Howard
Hope
Brady
Johnny Dobbs
Massachusetts
Dobbs
Coldwater
Mich
New York
San Quentin
San Francisco
Big Frank McCoy
Chicago News
England Army Barracks Mark Record Improvement
No class in England has shown the past thirty years such improvement in its condition. Modern barracks feature admirable sanitary arrangements baths libraries fire courts and gymnasiums. They are so comfortable that many men do not go outside for days together.
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England
Secret History of a 1884 Presidential Election Plot
A New York political figure claims the Republican National Committee in 1884 tried to flip Long Island votes with a $5,000 offer to secure 3,700 votes. He says the scheme was thwarted, enabling Grover Cleveland to win, and asserts the facts can be substantiated by committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston Traveller
Republican National Committee
New York City
Blaine
Grover Cleveland
United States
Long Island
Arsenic Eater Rumor Debunked By Denver Newspaper
The Denver News debunks gossip about a person with a ghastly whiteness from arsenic. The writer reports the pale appearance was due to bismuth use and skin treatment with mutton tallow, noting the claim as bosh.
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Denver
Col
Speak of me in society news as dressmaker cuts
A San Francisco Post quote notes a society lady urges cautious coverage of her life. She tells reporters to report with restraint, like a dressmaker who reveals a little yet leaves much to be divined. The remark frames public gossip as artful and selective.
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San Francisco Post
Mulberry Tale and Politic Plot Across Early California
The New York Independent recounts a California mulberry introduction with a reward scheme that backfired when the legislator who sponsored it already had a grove. An 84 year old Kentuckian story recalls a Sidney man walking six miles to meet his betrothed. In England a speaker provokes a crowd by urging to plump for Ackers and seek eternal life.
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California
New York Independent
Territorial
Kennebec
Sidney
Lady Madstone
England
Ackers
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Condensed General News
Lewis C. Hunt
Fourteenth Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Colunt
Thomas G. Morrow
The
Gazette of Washington
A. T. Bissel
Frank Thomas
Agricultural Department
Morrow
Maynard
Northwestern
Washington Gossip
F. A. Channing
William Ellery Channing
Council of the
Northwest Territories
Dominion
General News
Gallatin County
J. M. Hill
New York Academy of Music
Nym Crinkle
A.C. Wheeler
Hugh O’brien
J. M. Clark
O'Brien
Circuit Court
Perry H. Smith
George L. Dunlay
Bowman
Marshalltown
Acton
Blodgett
United States Suprememe Court
Supreme Court
Daune
Sitka
Alaska
Idaho
Tongas
British Columbia
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Montreal
Teetive Farley
Seetinetoe
Louis Riel
Des Moines Valley
Minnesota State News
Fort Ripley
H. Landis
Cheny, Wash
Insane Asylum
New Presbyterian Church
Canton
G. F. McAffee
Charles Conway
J. R. Sanders
James Thompson
Springwater Township
Rock County
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Milwaukee Company
Jackson
Minn
G. W. Hammond
Phillip Nugent
H. A. Gray
Omaha Road
Mr. Gray
Union Steel Company of
H. H. Porter
Henry M. Rice
Minnesota Historical Society
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Buffalo
George Carville
Profile
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Billings
Carville
Faribault
St. Vau
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St. Paul & Duluth
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J. B. Shawer
Laverne
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Edwin Clark
Rum River
Mille Lace
Graceville
Edgerton
Catherine Fishburn
Pipestone
County
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Maj. Strait
State Department
A. F. Hoff
Zumbrota
Chancery Court of
Hoff
St Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
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Charles Steele
Cora Steele
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Jennie Abbott
Mendota Township
Dakota County
Dayton
Nelson Avenues
St. Cloud
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Duluth
Detroit
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Preston
Winona
Customs
Internal Revenue
J.C. Keeler
First Baptist Church
Florence Smith
Bishop Whipple
Maitland
Fla
New York Custom House
Argonaut
Carlton
Oldbury
Summerfield
Isabel Warburton
Isabel
Aunt Helen
Louise
Jack Warburton
Mexico
Manitoba
Theamily Circle
Mr. Jack
Sierra Madre
Miss Ormiston
Mr. Power
Williams & Everett's
Williams & Everett’s
General Husted
Paris
Old Lamb
Izaak Walton
Corcoran
St Louis Republican
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