Presidential Appointments Amid Treasury Shifts and Accidents
The article lists new appointments by the President including Will iam A. Beach Bartlett Tripp George W. Miller Elijah Gates and others across New York Dakota Missouri and Louisiana. It notes Treasury reports that a silver crisis is approaching with 75 million in unfloatable silver and a rise in imports and exports through October. It covers a pending land grant dispute over the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad a patent recall case and recent business failures a mine death aboard a Cincinnati Packet Line sinking and Yale students missing after a duck hunting trip.
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William A. Beach
New York
Internal Revenue
Twenty-first District
Bartlett Tripp
Yankton
Dak
Supreme Court
Territory of Dakota
George W. Miller
Washington
Lamar
Sparks
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
San Bernaventura
San Francisco
Bureau of Statistics
Jacob Schoenhof
United States
Tunstall
Frank J. Parke
West Virginia
Laads
General Land Ofice
William Kramsey
Arkansas
Camden
Ark
John R. Thornton
Erie Canal to Close at Midnight December 1
Notices report statewide incidents including the Erie canal closing at midnight on December 1. Other items cover Dartmouth President Bartlett’s icy fall at Read Hall, and a fatal shanty fire near Du Bois where McGraner, Campbell, and Piper perished.
Destructive Fire Destroys Colored Orphans' Home at Chattanooga
The colored Orphans Home in Chattanooga Tennessee was totally destroyed by fire on the 22d. Thirty four children at breakfast were rescued safely. Many clothes and most furniture burned. Fishermen from Hancock Michigan found four floating bodies on Lake Superior shore and sent them to Winnipeg for burial. Over 300 tons of wreck freight lay along Rock Harbor. Walter B Smith of St Paul vanished with 4500 dollars from the Second National Bank. Governor elect Foraker named Adjutant General with A Axline and W Alcorn as staff. Henry Blankenburg fatally shot himself in Warren Ohio. Regina shipped 1168 bales of cotton from Galveston for Liverpool, a regional record. Bodies missing from Sandusky infirmary, uncertain fate. John Hopp, Akron tobacco maker, found dead on railroad tracks. homicide suspected. Court actions in Chicago and Cincinnati involve mayoral recounts and mandamus. Chicago World Fair company licensed. plans for 1892 exposition and a colossal statue. Atlanta local option election passed with prohibition approval. 7000 votes. Railroad accidents near Gastonia and Warm Springs cause deaths and injuries. Virginia canvass shows Ayers leading Blair in Attorney General race. Mahoning County jury awards 27359 against Pennsylvaia Railroad.
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Tenn
Hancock
Mich
Lake Superior
Algoma
Rock
Foraker
Ohio
A. A. Axline
Zanesville
Foster
W. W. Alcorn
Toledo
Henry Blankenburg
Warren, O
Regina
Galveston
Liverpool
Sandusky
John Hopp
Akron
Cook County
Pendergast
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Isaac Palmer Caldwell
Louisville
Kentucky
Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Mandamus
Dalton
Cox
Supreme Court
Chicago Columbus Centennial World
Atlanta
Chester & Lenoir
Gastonia
N. C
Asheville
Warm Springs
Virginia Board of State Canvassers
Jufus A. Ayers
Frank 8. Blair
Ayer
Mahoning County
Q.) Common Pleas Court
Pennsylveyle Rallrod Company
Multiple Rail Accidents and Political Shifts Reported
The Pittsburgh area collision injures engineer William Fitsimmons with lifetime damage. Wisconsin Central line cave collapses kill George Schaefer and injure another, Milwaukee area. Washington Territory Legislature to convene December 7 with Republicans leading both chambers. Shawnee mine strike settled, furnaces Fanny and New York resume. Joliet inmate Daniel McAllister escapes life sentence. A 14-year-old Caberry, Illinois boy killed and eaten by hogs while sleeping.
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William Fitsimmons
Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Wisconsin Central Railway
New Chicago
Milwaukee
Wis
George Schaefer
Washington Territory
Olympia
Council
House
Shawnee
Fanny
New York
Daniel McAllister
Joliet
Snyder
Caberry
Epidemics, Earthquakes and War Reported Across Regions
Reports describe rapid smallpox spread in Charlottetown and Memramcook with closures of churches and schools. Seismic shocks strike Spain and Africa, and the Mediterranean sea bed is said to rise. Quebec City votes to adjourn to protest executions. Bulgarian troops invade Serbia amid mixed reactions. A British steamer sinks after a rock strike near Hartlepool with fatalities. Nottingham riots injure dozens as cavalry restores order. Gladstone wins Midlothian with a large majority. Frog Lake massacre sentences carried out in Battleford. King Theeban abandons Rangoon for Chinese soil awaiting invasion.
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Charlottetown
N.S
Memramcook
New Brunswick
Spain
Velez-Malaga
Andalusia
Albania
Quebec
Riel
Sofia
Alexander
Servia
Milan
Aurora
Hartlepool
Savannah
Nottingham
England
Gladstone
Midlothian
Earl of Dalkeith
Charles Dalrymple
Frog Lake
Battleford
Rangoon
Theeban
Mandalay
Fatal shaft accident and regional notices in brief
News notes report a deadly 150 foot shaft fall at Merrito Corner with John Edwards among the dead and several injured. Other items include Postmaster General Vilas tightening mail bond surety rules, a Stringtown collapse killing three in a vacant house fire, a Louisville area freight collision with no passenger injuries, inventor Augustin Watson's death in Washington, and various obituaries and labor strikes including Cincinnati shoe cutters.
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Merrito Corner
John Edwards
Edwards
James Burke
Michael Doyle
Burke
Doyle
Vilas
Stringtown
I T
Beelayen
Perven Valley
Fourve
Augustin Watson
Washington
John H. Honow
Charleston
D. C
Christian Lentz
Lancaster
Cartan
Anya Braphy
Cleveland
Chain of Lakes
Cincinnati
Prince Frederick
Christian of Denmark
Copenhagen
Hissed Off the Stage Sermon on Life’s Drama and Drink
The Brooklyn Tabernacle preacher Rev. T DeWitt Talmage likens life to a theater where every person plays a part. He warns against dissipation and indolence, cites alcohol’s parasitic drain, and contrasts public applause with private moral failure toward a sobering moral arc.
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Gonzalo
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Henry V
Edgar
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France
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Stephano
A Lesson to Uncivil Persons
Jennie Jones of Highland Ulster County New York a dressmaker befriended an old lady who lost a pocketbook by loaning small sums and aiding her across the street. A Buffalo attorney now says the wealthy donor's death leaves Miss Jones as heiress to fifty thousand dollars.
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Jennie Jones
Highland
Ulster County
N. Y
New York
Miss Jones
Buffalo
Young Horse Obedient to Boy Drives Cow Home
Judge Billings owns a young horse paired with his son who rides it to herd the family cow. After a near mishap when the horse spooked and pursued the cow, the animal was saddled again the next morning and faithfully led the cow back to the pasture. The horse then made several trips, proving docile and cooperative.
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Cal
Judge Billings
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