Washington News Highlights a Busy Federal Week
Secretary of the treasury appoints Nelg A. Peterson keeper of the Milwaukee life saving Station. Rev H Coldlayer dies in Philadelphia after fifty seven years on Methodist pulpits. The Washington monument commission reports progress and costs. Senate approves Lafayette statue funding and a three by three committee to manage the project. Post office name changes and a slate of new postmasters are listed. General matters include army infantry reform and legal cases across several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aershes
Gen. Grant
Grover Cleveland
Philadelphia
H. Coldlayer
University of Michigan
Senate
Washington
Lafayette
Multiple fires and a fatal bite report across several towns
Lewiston Newfoundland and Labrador saw Howes King and Co generate a woolen mill fire with losses around 70 400 and 35 000 insured. An explosion in the Metallic Oany Philadelphia building killed Hughes and a boy. A Mitchell Dakota tenement burned, a three year old perished. Fire in Richmond Virginia damaged Watt Call agricultural works Preston Belan furniture and two livery stables with loss near 40 000 half insured. A Geneva Georgia farmer died after mad dog bite symptoms. Philips City Pennsylvania oil line thawing caused ignition and stock tanks holding 4 040 barrels with losses likely over 50 000. Fisher Brothers listed as large losers.
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Mitchell
Dak
Lucas
Michmond
Watt & Call
Preston Belan
Fisher Brothers
Philips City
Crimes and Criminals In Early North Dakota News
W H Shunny of Duluth arrested and held for trial for selling liquor without a license. Lefavre's jewelry store in Montreal robbed of watches and diamonds worth 10000. Sylvester Alexander of Detroit held to grand jury for selling liquor to White Earth in Newbury New York. George Upright nineteen arrested for grand larceny and forgery in Larimore Dakota after delivering 40 bushels of wheat on a forged check. He confessed before Judge Waring and said he spent all the money. farmer notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Sullivan
Alfred Greenfield
W. H. Shunny
Duluth
Lefavre
Montreal
Sylvester Alexander
Detroit
Grand
Newbury
N. Y
George Upright
Larmmore
Dak
Upright
Newburger
Larimore Bank
Jisoe
Waring
Personal News Notes From Early 20th Century Local Reports
Lieut. nev Ames of Massachusetts valued at 15000 wears a ten cent necktie. Rugg, late bus manager of the St Paul Day, arrested for receiving and opening letters used to Stanley Waterloo. John P. Gook, Hillsdale county pioneer and early state constitutional convention member, died Monday night. J Henry Hobart found on the steps of the Coton Pacific headquarters in Omaha in dying condition. he had frozen to death.
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Buss
Rugg
St. Paul Day
Stanley Waterloo
Star-In-C
John P.gook
Hillsdale County
Mich
J. Henry Hobart
Coton Pacific
Omaha
Various Midwestern and National News Briefs
Reports show new businesses forming in St Paul and investor actions by Winston & Co. In Dakota debates over boycotts tied to West's speech and cattle ownership near the Missouri River noted. Chicago paints dealer Ferris & Avery go bankrupt with assets 25000 and liabilities 55000. Ferdinand Ward library sale yields 1550 for Birds of America. Weather across towns lists temps near zero to ten below. W P Rickert suspension noted. Alabama hospital experiments on restraints described as ongoing. Poison colored candy seizure by New York board of health. a former Confederate officer weds a Catholic Washington socialite after declaring loyalty shifts. Chief Justice teen referenced in Washington Territory.
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Winston & Co
Paul
Dakota
Ferdinand Ward
New York
Birds of America
Audubon
Mercury
Fort Garry
St. Vinsent
Rehead
Duluth
St .Paul
St ‘Ds
W. P. Rickert
Op Mission Company
St. Paul
St Paul
Iowest
Jamestown
Northern Pacific
Crookston
Manitoba
Oma
Cholera Death Toll and International Incidents
Cholera season deaths in Eu sane reach about sixteen thousand. Ottawa reports a mail robbery between Kamloops and Victoria BC with four thousand stolen in two registered letters and checks. France sees farmer candidates surge for senate with anti agricultural agitation. A European force to cut 15 million meters of canal in Panama under eight francs per meter and two years work.
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Eusane
Ottawa Post Office Department
Kamloops
Victoria
The
Republique Francaise
France
Senate
Culebra
Panama
Money Order Fee Reductions in Great Britain
Postmaster offices report official notification from the post office department detailing reduced money order fees for Britain. The schedule shows old and new rates across ranges from ten dollars up to fifty dollars with corresponding postage decreases.
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Post Office Department
Great Britain
Failures Reported in U S Trade S16 Week
Bradstreet records 305 failures in the United States in the last week against S16, with prior weeks showing 280 236 and 145 in 1883 Iss and ISS respectively. About 87 percent involved small trades under 5000 capital. Notable embarrassed firms include Henry Levi & Goods Welch Wellman eel feathers New York City John Wilder Brooklyn City Bank of Schenectady Selheimer & Beckwith Carleton Siegal & Robinson clothing Buffalo and Roger & Rex wholesale woolens Philadelphia.
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United States
Bradstreet’s
Iss
Henry Levi & — Goods
Welch, Wellman & Eel Feathers
New York City
John Wilder
Brooklyn
City Bank of Schhnectenady
N. Y
Selheimer & Beckwith
Grdin
Carleton
Siegal & Robinson
Clothing
Buffalo
Roger & Rex
Philadelphia
American Flour in England and Its Rising Popularity
English millers cite several factors for American flour’s edge in England. They note stronger wheat, scale economies in American mills, superior machinery, profitable high grades subsidizing exports of lower quality, better flour transit efficiency, direct competition with town flours, and the two month aging advantage of American flour over English shipments.
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England
Suicide in Austria Triggers Bank Run and Theft Probe
Telegraphic orders spread across Europe to arrest Lucas Janner, director of Lower Austrian Counsel bank securities, who died by self inflicted gunshot near Kierling. Bonds linked to Heinrich Kuffler found in Janner’s cash box, with deposits at the Discount bank questioned as 10,000,000 florins are set aside to satisfy withdrawals. Municipal notice plans to withdraw 4,500,000 florins. Rumor places Janner’s body near Klosterneuberg. he earned 18,000 florins annually and lived extravagantly.
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Vienna
Europe
Lucas Janner
Securities Department
Lower Austrian Counsel Bank
Heinrich Kuffler
Janner
Kuffler
Discount Bank
Klosterneuberg
Kierling
Bank
Eee
Hiakles
Ring Theater
Minnesota counties show extravagance vs economy in 1884 expenditures
Secretary Hart tabulates average per capita spending on paupers in Minnesota counties over 15 000 population. The report classifies counties spending over 30 cents per person as extravagant and those under 12 cents as niggardly with numerous named counties and figures for 1884. The data contrasts Goodhue Washington McLeod and others with Becker Murray Otter Tail Wabasha and more, noting substantial disparities in current expenditures for paper support through September 30.
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Minnesota
Hart
Goodhue
WatonwWaii
Becker
Murray
Washington
McLeod
Otter Tail
Fillmore
Wabasha
Cottonwood
Traverse
Norman
Wilkin
St. Louis
Houston
Wadena
Big Stone
Lincoln
Hubbard
Mow & Son
Meeker
Nicollet
Waseca
McLeod O
Faribault
Railroads and public notices mix in Minnesota updates
Minnesota news covers Northern Pacific bridge plans near Duluth, pension for Michael McGuire, Masonic hall dedication in Lake City, a jewelers fraud in Morris, political shifts in Red Wing, and northern labor disputes. It notes steam roller fire at Lake Centre, weather extremes, and state railway statistics and grain rate concerns.
Births rise while deaths fall in Minnesota 1883
Commissioner Nordin reports 1883 births in Minnesota at 32 111 up from 27 504 in 1882 and deaths at 10 704 down from 12 398. The year brings varied notices on local crimes fires and accidents, including deaths from typhoid and a fatal wagon incident, with several communities and individuals named.
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Commissioner of Statistics
Nordin
Minnesota
Minnesota Railroads Tax Revenue and State Costs
Minnesota railroads earned 23.508 million in 1883 and 23.243 million in 1884, a drop of 264 thousand. Tax receipts from the Manitoba line are not expected to exceed last year's 645 thousand. State government expenses run about 875 thousand, and taxes may fade as rail earnings cover government costs. Recent actions recovered 22.59 thousand in contested taxes and over 55 thousand in the Northern Pacific case, setting a legal precedent.
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Pioneer Press
J. H. Baker
Gov. Hubbard
Minnesota
Jesse
Minnapote
Simangete
Aitbeairds Sha Cnclbes Dn
DOD
Sc Odacard Ener
Ana’ Nto
Minn
Soskwap
Connecticut
Mississippi River
Hastings
Brownsville
Millers’ Association
Iowa
Wisconsin
Clinoia
Dakota
Minneapolis
Chicago
J. H. Rhodes
Little Falls
Northern Pacific
Sota
Manitoba
Northern Pacific Road
State Grange of Minnesota elects officers at Minneapolis meeting
The Minnesota State Grange gathered in Minneapolis with over 100 delegates. Col Samuel E Adams presided, officers were elected and installed, and reports showed improved finances. The education committee backed agricultural teaching in schools and a legislative committee was formed to push a transportation and wheat bill, advocating a standing legislative committee and coordinated action with Dakota.
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the Agricultural Society of
Tie County
H. W. Pratt
T. H. Loyhed
T. L. de Lancey
R. A. Weatherstone
T. J. McCarthy
William Mee
W. K. Baldwin
SL Crocker
P. Devery
George Lyons
Faribault
H. B. Gress
Northfield
8. M. West
Warsaw
J. H. Pet
State Grange
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Samuel E Adams
Whitney
Genet
Dakota
Friends of the Order
Adams
Folows
W. 8. Chowen
L. D. Brown
B. ©. Yancey
James McGregor
D. C. Smyth
James Sutherland
Sarah G. Baird
Henry R. Adams
A. M. Childs
Messrs. Bradfording and Bull
D. W. Aiken
South Carolina
Gen Baker
Raioads
St Paul T
Grange
House
Hospital Care Costs for Paupers in Minnesota Counties
Secretary Hart reports on pauper hospital expenses. Goodhue and Ramsey run county hospitals with Ramsey serving as a major facility. city patients use five Minneapolis hospitals with about 32 patients daily. Stillwater and St Luke's receive per day or per month payments, while Clay and Cottonwood counties pay about one dollar or 75 cents per day.
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Hart
Goodhue
Ramsey
Goodhue County Hospital
Minneapolis
Spitals
St Barnabas, College, Sisters, Homeopathic
Northwestern
Washington County
Stillwater Hospital
St. Louis County
St. Luke's Hospital
Duluth
Clay County
Cottonwood
Garfield and Tucker Friendships Across Politics
The article recalls the close friendship between James A. Garfield and John Randolph Tucker, contrasting their views while noting their shared love of literature and classical studies. It highlights Tucker as guardian material for Garfield’s infants and describes their mutual respect despite differing political stances. It closes with a market note on glass goblets in Pittsburg selling for two to six dollars per dozen, now discounted.
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Garfield
Tucker
Toto
Washington
Philadelphia Record
Pittsburg
Harvard reports student totals for the year
Harvard University lists this year 1 586 students with 1 006 in the academic department. Prof. John A Shearer of Pittsburg has sent to the New Orleans exposition a monster balloon containing 17 000 cubic feet of gas.
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Coteaus
Egypt
New Orleans Exposition
A. P. McKinstry
Mary R. Kelley
Farmington, Cak
Harvard University
John A. Shearer
Pittsburg
Soliloquies of a Young Man in London and Scotland
The narrator diary style reflects a young American traveler in London and on Scottish rambles. He muses on London fog, missing desire, and a budding romance with Miss Gray, weighing love and uncertainty as he contemplates returning home. He recalls Venice, Hebrides, Ben Nevis, and poetic verses as he questions if he is in love and whether the girl returns his feelings.
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Michigan
London
Chesapeake
Tower
Shakespeare
Constantinople
Venice
Rome
Switzerland
Paris
N. B
Mademoiselle
Jove
Knickerbockers
Scotland
Sir Walter
Corrie Nan Shian
Coilan
Harry Olden
Benison
Silas Wogg
Laurel
Gray
Ben Woirlich
Benjamin Oke
Monan
Glenarty
Scott
Mr. Olden
Olden
Edinburgh
Hebrides
Loch Mayle
Long Branch
Lucy Romer
No Prosperous Season For Family Houseboarders
A man recalls attempts to profit from summer boarders at a large house as relatives arrive. His daughter Em brings two new boarders, then discovers Eunice has twins, ending with a full house and mixed feelings about the venture.
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Mary
Carter Em
Sal
Sayin
Jack
Jim
Eunice
Highland Inn and Morning in Scotland Adventure
Text describes waking to a sunny morning in Scotland at a Highland inn away from tourists. The narrator notes the scene’s sunrise warmth and hillside sounds, expressing pleasure at choosing this quiet, rustic lodging over crowded routes.
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Jove
Scotland
Soliloquy of a Sentimental Fool on a Sea Voyage
A mariner on a steamer laments seasickness and ruined romance. He vows to abandon sentimentality after recalling Miss Gray and her mother, the equinoctial storms, and a meal of cold pork and potatoes. He worries about recovery and contemplates returning home to become a misanthrope and hermit.
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Miss Gray
New York
Soliloquy The Sixth Reflects Spring Wedding Day
The speaker notes a year since arriving in Venice and studying light in a Gray painting now placed in his father's hall. He describes sunrise, golden clouds, singing birds, sparkling dew, and the sense of spring as his wedding day arrives. Sheldon Borden publishes the reflection in The Argonaut.
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Venice
Sheldon Borden
The
Argonaut
Respect for the Queen Guides British Unity Across Parties
A French observer notes that insulting Queen Victoria provokes English anger and unites Tories and Liberals to rally around the flag. He admires Britons' restraint at public events when God Save the Queen is played and praises national loyalty despite party divides.
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Gladstone
Salisbury
Stafford Northcote
Randolph Churchill
Qeen Victoria
England
Marseillais
Neal
Max O'Rall
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