Washington News and Military Dispatches Brief
In Washington, district attorneys seek to recover 12000 in sureties tied to Howgate era disbursements. Gen Miles named to court, and Gen Swaim along with Col Olis to assist. Treasury pawned 52700 to settle a 100000 embezzlement claim from San Francisco. Payton in Indian Territory faces pursuit. Sheridan orders cantonments. President designates Coon to act as secretary of the treasury during absences, with Gresham possibly resigning for a judgeship. Lynching in Mississippi follows jail raid. multiple arrests and a notable bank robbery in New York. Three Fingered Jack linked to Spokane Falls murder. Times notes cholera death toll in Europe, with Naples and Italy worst, plus Gordon’s siege in Khartoum and currency issues.
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Washington
Howgate
United States Signal Corps
Nelson A. Miles
D. G. Swaim
E. 8. Olis
Twentieth Infantry
Coon
the Treasury
Sicknes
Gresham
French
Tretary
Phc Treasury
Aesury
Soy Coon
Winch
Eta Mg O Gresham
Unitates Circut Court
Lilmois
Absconding NP Clerk Edward Qidham Captured in New Dravewick
Edward Qidham, a clerk for the Northern Pacific company, fled from New York. He was tracked to New Dravewick where authorities apprehended him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Qidham
Northern Pacific Company
New York
New Dravewick
Portents of Fire and Disaster Across North America
A series of fires and disasters reported: Louisville Quebec twenty houses burned with $25000 loss. Dow & Sons warehouse at Mandan Dakota damaged by $1000 fire. a flouring mill at Pleasantville Iowa destroyed with losses. a runaway horse accident in Milwaukee. a fatal fall at Shell Lake Wisconsin involving a Scandinavian named Annested. a miner in Scranton Pa dies from rat bite. a young woman in Lancaster Wisconsin suffers a brutal assault. the Rockingham Hotel in Portsmouth New Hampshire burned with guests unharmed. a Pachuca cloud burst caused severe flooding and many deaths and cattle losses. Rathdrum Idaho suffered a destructive fire with unknown origin, $50000 loss. a steamer Bristol from Montreal to Bristol arrives at St Johns with a broken propeller from ice collision. many icebergs observed near St Johns and wreckage off Labrador. Francis Kernoshan of New York dies in Pittsfield due to accidental pistol discharge. a Yale graduate narrative. a severe Iowa rain storm with hail damages and a fatality at Wall Lake. a Cleveland incendiary fire in the lumber district causes large losses. overall a string of fires, drownings, and weather-related calamities across several states and provinces.
Embezzler Arrest Among Western Bank Scene
D E Fogarty former cashier of the First National Bank of Livingston was arrested on embezzlement charges. Confession involves Howard Sullivan, murderer of Ella Watson, implying a chain of executions in Cincinnati with names Palmer Richardson and others linked to threats. A Boston patrolman killed a would be rescuer in a separate incident.
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D. E. Fogarty
First National Bank of Livingston
Howard Sullivan
Ella Watson
N. J. Sayt
Cincin
Palmer
Richardson
Beav er Dam Dem convention ends on 150th ballot nominating Bray
Miscellaneous notes report Vermont election returns with Pingree’s 21912 majority and San Francisco judge Field ruling a Chinese American as a citizen. Beaver Dam Democratic convention ends after 150 ballots with Gen Edward Bray nominated. Also notices bankruptcy cases, a Portland insolvency filing, a Gettysburg reunion dedication, and critical commentary on navy officer resignations and anti-American views in foreign press.
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Vermont
Pingree
San Francisco
Beaver Dam
Edward 8. Bray
Congress
Retirement, congratulations, and royal ties in late notes
William H. Vanderbilt declares his retirement absolute. Martin Maginnis telegraphs congratulations to J. K. Toole for Montana delegate succession. John P. Young and Georgiana M. Simon wed. Capt M Brown cited. Boyton and Sitting Bull meet in New York with gifts and peace pipe. Gillie Leigh found dead in the Big Horn mountains. heir to Lord Leigh of Stanley Abbey, Warwickshire. Dudley Leigh in San Francisco becomes heir to the English title.
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Martin Maginnis
J. K. Toole
Montana
John P. Young
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Georgiana M. Simon
Capt . M. Brown
United States Army
Boyton
Sitting Bull
New York
Gillie Leigh
Big Horn Mountains
Lord Leigh
Stanley Abbey
Warwickshire
England
Dudley Leigh
San Francisco
London News Briefs On Lord Mayor Election And Khartoum Expedition
Gen Lord Wolseley leads staff toward Khartoum. George Swannidge elected Cordwainer ward lord mayor. Gladstone hiked Ben Macdhui, twenty mile trek. Salisbury council house explosion causes windows to smash, no arrests. American exhibition vice presidents list announced. Germany’s coast trade, Bismarck hosts Hamburg firms at Fredericksruhe. Navy urgency in English press. Dover security tightened against dynamiters. Walton to exhibit 22,600 patent lever locks at Wolverhampton. Admiral Courbet says only a march on Pekin by France will force China’s capitulation.
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Lord Wolseley
Khartoum
George Swannottage
Cordwainer Ward
London
Mr. Gladstone
Ben Macdhui
Scotland
Salisbury
England
Council of Welcome
Andrew Carnomas A. Edi
MA Fiancoek
Thomas
Henry M. Stanley
Zala
Dover
Walton
Great Russell Street
Birmingham
Wolverhampton
Anti Prohibition Decision Bets on Grand Jury Ruling
Muscatine special judge Hayes charged the grand jury on indictments under the new prohibitory law. He said selling liquor is indictable and buying it is a violation too. Testifying to liquor makes one indictable. Inducing purchases by an organized body to eliminate sellers could be conspiracy and indictable. Enforcement of the anti liquor law is deemed difficult under this ruling.
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Muscatine
Special
Hayes
Grand Jury
Temperance Alliance
New Home for Soldiers chooses Leavenworth site
The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers board, after tours through Iowa Nebraska and Kansas, selects Leavenworth as the location for a new branch home. The city donates 630 acres and pledges 50100 for erection. the facility will cover land three miles from Leavenworth with a Missouri River frontage of one mile and be built to house 1000 men. The board adjourns to meet in Washington in December.
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The
National Home For
St Louis
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Burlington
Des Moines
Atlantic Iowa
Plattsmouth
Lincoln and Beatrice
Neb
Atchison and Leavenworth
Kans
St. Louis
Leavenworth
Missouri River
Board of Managers
Washington
Failure of the Rounds Type and Press Co in Chicago
The Rounds Type and Press Co at 175 Monroe Street filed a voluntary assignment to Samuel D. Ward. Estimated liabilities run about 50000 with net assets around 12000. The firm, formed two years ago with 150000 capital stock, lost value as goodwill was half paid and the other half never contributed. Management shifted to SJ Rounds Jr after senior Rounds ran a Washington printing office. A Denver branch existed briefly. Creditors, slow trade, rising costs, and poor collections caused the failure, with little realization expected.
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Chicago
Rounds Type and Press Company
Monroe Street
Samuel D. Ward
8. P. Rounds Printing House
Rounds
Northwestern Car Company receiver files first district schedule
The Stillwater receiver for the Northwestern Car Company filed his initial schedule of assets and liabilities in district court after about eighteen weeks delay. The condensed report shows total assets about two and a half million dollars less than the March stockholders’ statement due to scaled down bills receivable and omitted dubious items. liabilities also reflect conservative adjustments, with large items not included in the earlier report.
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Northwestern Car Company
Stillwater
District Court
Insurance Swindles Unearthed in Northwestern Life Case
Washington report says Seth W Tuley alias Phillip Nolan a post office clerk is arrested on bankrupt law violations in Indiana and is suspected of defrauding Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co Milwaukee of 8000. About seven or eight years ago Tuley insured his life, later claimed his wife filed for the payout, while authorities traced his alleged drowning death and then found him employed in the post office. Detective Beck aided in locating and arresting him after his disappearance.
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Washington
Seth W. Tuley
Phillip Nolan
Post Office Department
Indiana
Tuley
Nolan
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Wis
Civil Service
Mr. Beck
Indian duel ends in murder on Trempealeau River
In Winona the Indian feud between Jim Blackhawk and John Snake ends after a card game dispute. Blackhawk strikes Snake twice with a fraoa killing him instantly. A settlement arranged by Indian leaders exonerates Blackhawk and dictates a tribal restitution valued over 1000 dollars including blankets ponies wampum and scarfs.
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Winona
Special
Trempealeau River
Jim Blackhawk
John Snake
White Snake
Blackhawk
Snake
Rail land selections and dispositions in 1883 84 report
The general lands office notes 3,545,154 acres selected under railroad grants for the year ending June 30, 1884, with 11,861,008 acres awaiting action. Titles passed on 647,162 acres. A Washington dispatch misstated Dakota dispositions, clarifying railroad land disposals and noting suspensions awaiting Congress action on forfeitures.
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Commissioners of the
General Lands Office
Department
Congress
Washington
Dakota
Eta
Louisiana
Bar of Gold pattern inspires a Minnesota tale
Nell Chapman a fourteen year old girl in a poor home draws to ease the strain of factory life. After her stepmother denies her art, Nell defies hardship, paints in secret, and captures the attention of Hague’s firm. The Bar of Gold pattern becomes a symbol of opportunity for Nell, her brothers, and their recovering father as the factory’s fortunes rise and a path to prosperity unfolds.
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Mrs. Chapman
Chapman
Nell
Ned
Jim
Neil
Nel
Hagne
Neil Chapman
Haynes
Nell Chapman
Judge Anner
Little Jim
Hague
Elalren
Hagues
Hague Son
Hague, Jr
Fragmentary Biennial Report on Minnesota Banks in Operation
A fragment of Examiner Knox’s forthcoming biennial report notes Minnesota’s new banking capital over the past two years. It lists fourteen newly chartered banks and changes to the national system, detailing loans, assets, liabilities, and the year’s net increases in capital, surplus, deposits, and total resources across state and national banks.
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Knox
H. M. Knox
Minnesota
Bank of Benson
Wright
Delano
Bank of Glencoe
Grant County
Herman
Morrison County Bank
Little Falls
Bank of Minneapolis
Bank of North Minneapolis
Scandia Bank
Minnepein
Bank of
Ortonville
Stone Néw Bank
Bank of Minnesota, Paul
Germanta Bank
St. Paul
People's Bank
Nicollet County Bank
St. Peter
State Bank
Anoka
Bank of St. Glend
Ur Bank
Bank of Wabasha
S County Bank
Bank of Repention
Cs Vecepsasser Ceoe
Banking House
Mipgie Aoneba
State Textbook Prices Cut As Oct 1 1884 Issued
Superintendent Kiehle issues a circular to county auditors announcing price reductions for state textbooks effective October 1 1884. Common School Geography First Reader and American History drop to 80 10 and 10 cents respectively, with agents credited six cents for unsold copies. Prices for other texts remain listed with minor adjustments.
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Kiehle
Minnesota
Notable deaths and civic notes in Minnesota region
Frederick Sawyer of Duluth dies in Avon Springs New York from abscess at twenty six. Ira O Gilbert a pine lands dealer of Duluth passes away after returning from four years abroad. Second Congregational society of Minneapolis plans a new church. T Ware dies in Owatonna of lung inflammation at fifty eight. Alden farmers form a wheat handling cooperative with an agent paid by the association. Capt and Mrs William Adams of Richfield donate 1000 to Villard First Congregational Church on condition a 2000 building is erected. Murphy ends St Paul crusade, followers form group under Joe Brisbin. James Scanlan of Sherian is hurt in wagon accident. Meriden mill near Owatonna burns down six years old.
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Charles Hallock
Minneapolis
Fiour Manufacturing
Ll. C. Porter
Winona
F. W. Durant
Stillwater
David E. Bailey
First Avenue South
Minnesota
H. D. West
West Publishing Company
St. Paul
H. H. Young
State Board of Immigration
J. H. Baker
Minnesota Land System
Chandler
United States Surveyor General
J. Fletcher Williams
State Historical Society
Department of Woman's Work
Mrea
Isabel C. Marston
Department of Women’s Work
Second Congregational Society of
T. Ware
Owatonna
William Adams
Richfield
First Congregational Church
Villard
Minn
Murphy
St. Paul Crusade
Joe B. Brisbin
Appomattox Apple Tree Encounter Recounted in Grant Letter
In Philadelphia General Grant recalls meeting General Lee at Appomattox. He describes reaching the site near McClean's house as Lee sat on a grassy bank by an orchard, the white flag signaling the Confederate surrender era. A note invited Lee to move toward Union lines for a lull in the pursuit.
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Grant
Philadelphia
Appomattox
O. E. Babcock
Lee
U. S. Granv
J. L. Corner
Long Branch Letter on Lady Exmouth Fashion
Lord and Lady Exmouth appear in a plainly dressed contrast at a Long Branch event. Lady Exmouth, twenty three, wears a black lace dress over canary silk with a Langtry knot and yellow roses, while Lord Exmouth, dapper and observant, exudes aristocratic airs. They depart for Saratoga, detesting Americans after a brief stay.
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Lady Exmouth
Lord Exmouth
Sunset Cox
Saratoga
The Irish Beggar and the Gentleman of Charity
A narrator recalls a courteous yet blind charity scene. A pallid Irish beggar appeals without words, revealing hunger and suffering while a gentleman questions why he should beg. The exchange exposes indifference and the power of visible need.
New York Merchant Sees Steady Trade In Baby Caps
A New York merchant asserts his babies caps business remains stable despite the panic. He notes babies continually enter the world and mothers will not deny their infants a cap, keeping demand steady regardless of financial fear.
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New York
Captain Hoxie Assigned to River Work in Montgomery
Captain Hoxie of the United States Army, husband of sculptor Vinnie Ream, is ordered to Montgomery Alabama to oversee river and harbor improvements. The move has caused a sensation in Washington society where the couple are prominent favorites.
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Hoxie
United States Army
Vinnie Ream
Montgomery
Ala
Washington
Life I Love Her Dreamy Eyes At The Art Reception
A narrator praises a woman in dreamy eyes and ripening beauty, longing to kiss her. The verses compare her to a rose and pearls, then reveal she is only a painted canvas on the wall, leaving the speaker with unfulfilled longing and wistful fantasy as Harold Van Santvoord signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memnon
Harold van Santvoord
Annie
Vanishing Effect on Garnwold’s Mountain Path
On a sunlit Garnwold mountain lake path a man and his betrothed Annie watch a mysterious beauty Celestia Ansley appear and vanish. The lover pursues Celestia, Annie reveals truth with calm candor, and a perilous fall ends in a sworn, uneasy reconciliation after a risky confrontation.
Proposals for an American Historical Association at Saratoga
A proposal under the American Social Science Association to form an American Historical Association at the next annual session in Saratoga, September 8 to 12, 1884, gathers professionals and enthusiasts to advance history in the United States. Also notes New York leads cigar production with 4,000 factories and 1 billion cigars annually, while gas and electric light use trends affect consumption.
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American Social Science Association
Saratoga
American Historical Association
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Illinois
United States
Philadelphia
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Taylor and Polk
White
W. Patrick
Oswego
Plattville
Great Nemaha Agency
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles H. Barth
Quatermaster General's Department
Boston
Arravens
W. H. O’brien
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Young Stevens
Europe
Treasury Department
Lieut. Luta
Corwin
Adele
Seals
St. Paul Islands
Alaska
Lieut. Lutz
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Soldiers
White House
War Department
Oklahoma Payne
Fort Smith
Ark
Indian Territory
Sheriden
Gen. Is
Carritsey
Payne
Sheridan
Gen. Atch
Pees, Oan
Aupun
Benjamin F. Martin
Long Branch
Franklin County
Miss
Court House
Charles Hugg
Long Island City
Maybe
Martin & Runyan
Broadway
John Conover
Jack
H. R. Robbins
Spokane Falla
Wash Ter
Robbins
Spokane Falls
Times
Italy
Prince
Spain
Naples
France
Speziee
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Feabo A
Grevy
Ultaly
London Times
Gordon
Ber- 4Eiers
Railroad and River News
Louisville
Que
C. E. Dow & Sons
Mandan
Martin & On
Pleasantville
Towa
Vis 3A Renivoreski
Annested
Mr. Field
Shell Lake
George Dolling
Scranton
Philip Muench
Monsition
Lancaster
Brown& Washtub
Rockingham House
Portsmouth
N.hl
New England
Pachuca
Rathdrum
Idaho
Bristol
Montreal
St. Johns
Cape Freels
Labrador
Francis Kernoshan
Pittsfield
Yale College
Sac County
Wall Lake
Cleveland
Connrefton Valley Railway
Jeremiah O’brien
Thomas Callahan
Casey
Sis Awne Ness
James Kern
Ardock
Oak
Thae Derobier
Grand Forks
George C. Ford
Mount Pleasant
Ead
Speilman Bros
Cincinnati
Henry McCallum & Co
Pittsburg
Baring Bros
Portland
Sylvanus C. A.ard
Yarmouth
Second Cavalry
Custer
Army of the Potomac
Gettysburg
J. Beauty
MourGell
Conesuit and
Say Steamship Rae
City of Columbus
Ee Court
United States Navy
Courier Des Etats Unis
Lorton
Somonett Deey Peredeet
Persona
William H. Vanderbilt
Mugeets of Foreign News
Kieff
Africa
Bismarck
Hamburg
Fredericksruhe
Lion
Courbet
Pekin
China
Pailure of the
New Orleans
Hubbard
Oliver Gibbs, Jr
Lake City
State Board
Samuel E. Adams
Edward D. Porter
Agricultural College
University of Minnesota
Porter
F. G. Gould
Excelsior
J. M.underwood
C. EK. Marvin
Rochester
F. A. Richardson
Austin
Marvin
R C. Judson
State Board of Agriculture
Farmington
Henry Kalb
N. H. Winchell
Fish and Fisheries
R. 0. Sweeny
State Fish Commission
Pani
Kneee
State Board of Health
Red W
D. I. Kiehle
St. Amber
Seth H. Kinney
Morristown
J. F. Porter
Red Wing
Steele County
Waseca County
George van Wagner
Winona Wagon Works
Fair Grounds House
Moses Marston
Marston
Kensington
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Judge Garey
Baltimore
John W. White
Albison
N. Y
Theodore A. Ross
Allen Jenks
Isaac A. Shepard
John T. Jakes
Delaware
Key
J. W. Ve
P. G. la Chappelle
Crookston
Hudson's Bay
Esquimaux
la Chappelle
Moose River
Adam Cobbleford
George Gee
Danville
Jack Frost
F. F. Mearkle
Hamlin University
Barlow
Tillwater
C. M. Dittman
St Paul
O. B. Gould
Emmet Light Artillery
DT Light Artillery
Silver Mine Exchange
Duluth
Cannon Valley Division
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Cascade Junction
Northfield
Frank Bouton
Frederick Pagenkopf
Warsaw
Rice County
H. A. Ostrander
Kasota
Fergus Falls
W. B. Woodworth
Warner Marshall
Woodworth
Marshall
State of
Azilde Beaudry
Warren
Thomas F. Stevens
P. A. Dufour
Charles Parker
Chaffel
M. A. Ostrander
Minnetonka
Lyndale
C.F
Manitoba Road
Eng
George J. Miller
First National Bank
Emm Schurmeier
J. H. Schurmeier
Mr. Kopp
Joseph Selble
Fort Ridgely
Henry Derking
Wheeling
Bar OF Gold
Mrs. Jones
John Chapman
Mr. Hague
Boone
Hague,Jr
Asnenal
Inter Hague, Jr
Graseo
State Banks
Frederick Sawyer
A. J. Sawyer
Avon Springs
Ira O. Gilbert
Alden
James Scanlan
Sherian, Minn
Meriden
Fie
Meriane Co Anes
Lord and Lady
Exmouth
Reget
Alfred Luray
Garnwold
Celestia Ansley
Celestia
Tess
Alfred
Rolly
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