Navy clerkship push mends to Civil Service circular
Secretary Whitney issues a circular guiding applicants to the Civil Service Commission amid Navy Department clerkship pressure. Post Office notes contract expirations April 1 and a July subsidy start. ocean carriers plan to bridge April to June with current rates. Senate nominations and treaty debates fill the political scene with multiple confirmations.
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Navy Department
Whitney
Civil Service Commission
Congress
Post Office Department
Trust
Senate
Daniel McConville
Ohio
Treasury
Henry L. Muldrow
Mississippi
Interior
William A.J. Sparks
Illinois
General Land Office
Mexico
S. S. Cox
New York
United States
Turkey
Henry S. Muldrow
W. A. Sparks
Carlyle, Ill
Pennsylvania
Milton City
Philadelphia
Endicott
Hatch
Oklahoma
Secretary of War
Pendleton
McLane
State Department
Washington
Germany
France
Daniel 4
Postoffice Department
John P. Danworth
Aroostook
Francis B. Torrey
Bath
Conville
New York election date bill defeated in Senate
A bill to move New York City municipal elections from fall to spring failed in the New York Senate on the 24th. Other items note an Albany convention planned for September 1, pleuro pneumonia in Marietta, Pa, a Westchester postmaster's suicide, a Burnham will filing, and various local incidents across the region.
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New York
New York Senate
Albany
N.Y
Marietta
William Shields
Westchester
Drownin
Gordon W. Burnham
Kate
John Benson
Lebanon
William Harris
Princeton College
N. J
Savannah
Princeton
Sanborn
Philadelphia
Charlotte Cooper
J. Fenimore Cooper
Cooperstown
E AG
Beaver Falls
Locust Gap
Joseph Braman
Braman
Connellsville Coal Syndicate
Pittsburgh
Music Hall
Buffalo
McCaull Opera Company
St. Louis
Joseph Green
The
Pennsylvania Railroad
Turbulent Iowa crisis and Alaska lease dispute headline
The Iowa Governor suspends State Auditor Brown for cause and AG opinion says Brown remains removed while appointee Cattell takes the title. a San Francisco dispatch notes a czarist special agent probing the Alaska Fur Company's lease that could allow 40 000 seals to be killed annually, challenging foreign occupancy rights.
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Iowa
Brown
Cattell
San Francisco
Alaska Fur Company
Behring
Muskegon
Mich
Russell
John Ridley
Ridley
Kanawha
Gilmer
Calhoun
Jackson
Roane
W. Va
Court of
Supreme Court of Ohio
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Owns
Johnson
Melly Follett
Hoadley
Ohio
Hamilton W. County
Ralph K. Paizro
Painesville
Cleveland
Ind
Muncie
William Haynes
Bisl Scott
Hic
Haynes
Buckeye Creek Coal and Iron Company
Columbus
Perry
Muskingum
Morgan Counties
Western Cracker Bakery Association
Loy
Dayton
John Shinn
Owen Riley
M. Longdecker
Quincy
Missouri
Harris Station
Ohio Linseed Oil Company
Maria Dixon
Chanute
Kas
Henry Lloyd
Maryland Senate
M. McLane
France
Mission Moneypenny
Cooper-Shop
Atkinson & Co
Anson Stager
Chicago
W. D. Cushing
Belmont Iron Works
Wheeling
West Growing
Virginia
Ritchie
Pleasant
Wirt
Nicholas
Braxton
Herzey Lodge
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Bellaire
Nailers
Amos Ross
Upper Sandusky
Papal Request to China Emperor Amid Hostilities
The Pope appeals to the Chinese Emperor to protect Catholic missions during French hostilities and offers prayers for China. Reports note 5 000 rebels killed at Suakim with 34 female warriors among the dead. British losses include 1 000 camels.
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China
Suakim
Bombay
Peter Lumsden
Moscow
Rome Diritto
Suakima
Italy
Massowahi
Graham
Menere
Winnipeg
Ottawa
Ont
Crozier
Wich
Dombrowra
Galicia
Puebla
Mexico
Julio Uhink
James C. Cunningham
James Delton
Harry Burton
Westminster
Tower
London
Fire destroys Pierson Catharine's hospital in Flint Michigan
Fire destroys Pierson Catharine's hospital in Flint with thirteen patients rescued. Loss about 25000 dollars. insurance 38000 dollars. Cause unknown. Also fire wipes out Schumaker Ettinger lithographic works in New York. Loss 325000 dollars, partial insurance. Several international conflicts and local accidents cited with varying losses and injuries.
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Pierson & Catharine’s Hospital
Flint
Mich
Schumaker & Ettinger
New York
Kilaia
Neghier
Ohio Senate and House Pass Broad Measures and Appoints Soldiers’ Home Board
Ohio lawmakers across chambers advance multiple bills on labor, licensing, and public finance. The Senate approves county bonds, taxes for a soldiers’ monument, and a state water rents suit. the House passes child labor and seating mandates for women workers and other local measures. Governor Toadly appoints a board of visitors for the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home at Xenia, listing five appointees with terms from one to five years.
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Senate
Ely
Women’s Christian Temperance Union of
Ohio
House
Love
Martin O. Vanfleet
Huron County
Cuyahoga County
Board of Public Works
Attorney General
Franklin County
Haley
Bohl
Cleveland
Levering
Oren
Toadly
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans
Xenia
Mathews Pitt
Mary S.mcmahon
Montgomery County
John A. McMahon
Matthews
State of
Testimony in Fish Grant Ward trial reveals partnership claims
In New York on March 28 the deposition of General Grant and testimony from J D Fish detail a firm of Grant Ward and Fish formed in 1880 with capital claims. Ward touted contracts and profits while Fish lent funds for speculative ventures. Grant admits to being a special partner and losing all his wealth in the failure.
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New York
J. D. Fish
Marine Bank
Fish
Grant & Ward
Ferdinand Ward
Ward
Mr. Green
Produce Exchange
U. S. Grant, Jr
Grant
Washington
Smith
General Grant
Work
United States
Chicago
Vanderbilt
Global food ties shape empire market controls
The report notes Brazil's flour market is controlled by the United States while the empire relies on butter imports from England and Holland, highlighting a pattern of foreign influence over staple goods.
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Brazil
United States
Empire
England
Holland
Woman emerges from two weeks coma after apparent death
A Marion township woman, declared dead in Butler Pennsylvania, remained unconscious for twenty six days with no food. She revived when she opened her eyes and asked for water, then quickly regained strength and mobility.
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Butler
Joseph Renner
Marion Township
Re-Raising the Flag on Fort Sumter Anniversary Observed
The Sumter Club of Brooklyn will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of re raising the American flag over Fort Sumter at the Academy of Music in New York on April 14. Henry Ward Beecher Commodore Chandler Commander Schley Admiral Worden and other prominent figures will attend. General Sherman cannot attend but praises the memory as a monument to national integrity beyond the Declaration of Independence.
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New York
Fort Sumter
Sumter Club
Brooklyn
Academy of Music
Henry Ward Beecher
Commodore Chandler
Schley
Admiral Worden
General Sherman
United States
Michigan Carbon Works Fire At Detroit Ruins Plant
Fire gutted the Michigan Carbon Works dry kiln at Rougeville near Detroit this morning. Loss estimated at 500000 with 200000 insured. about two hundred workers affected. Isaac Burke, the general foreman, injured after a fall. several others burned. Fire crews from Detroit aided as flames raged for hours.
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Michigan
Detroit
Michigan Carbon Works
Rougeville
United States
Isaac Burke
Miners Strike Gains as Keeling Coal Returns to River Trade
Reports from Pittsburgh indicate Keeling's works restarted river coal shipments at a three cent rate, a local victory for the strike in the lower pools. Secretary Flannery tallies three weeks of wage losses at the fourth pool totaling 57,600 dollars, recoverable with sustained work at the demanded price. A Monongahela City meeting today will feature President Costello and other speakers.
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Pittsburgh
Birmingham Coal Company
Keeling’s Works
Flannery
Wood’s Run
Monongahela City
Costello
Ten Firemen Injured by Falling Factory Walls
Menpuis Tennessee March 28 A Armstrong Co s furniture factory burned Thursday evening. Loss 58000 insurance 21000. When flames were under control the side and front wall fell burying ten firemen under ruins Pat Harvey William Carroll Henry Daly Michael Fitzmore Thomas Cox Michael Cleary Thomas Griffin Captain James Ryan John Donohue John Flood rescued after hard work all badly burned Cox thought to have fatal injuries.
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Menpuis
Tenn
A. Armstrong & Co
Pat Harvey
William Carroll
Henry Daly
Michael Fitzmore
Thomas Cox
Michael Cleary
Thomas Griffin
James Ryan
John Donohue
John Flood
Counterfeiter Arrested in Toledo
A man calling himself Mitchell from New York was caught late Thursday night while “shoving the queer.” Police found tools to make silver dollars and spurious coins in his room. He was held for examination. John Downey of East Toledo, an accomplice, had passed some of the coins. The men had operated in Toledo for months.
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Toledo
Mitchell
New York
John Downey
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