Washington Faces Fifty Contested Election Cases
In Washington on the 14th the Grand Jury handed up five more indictments against B F Bigelow, former teller of the Bank of the Republic. Other notes include hires at the Post-office Department, annexation news from the Postal Union, and various government inspections and incidents around the country.
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Washington
B. F. Bigelow
Bank of the Republic
F. N. Bassett
Howe
Post-office Department
A. B. Boswell
Postal Union
Antofagasta
Bolivia
Chili
Peru
Marshall Jewert
National Republican Committee
United States
Navy Yards
New York
Philadelphia
Norfolk
San Francisco
Prter RoMan
Flathead Indian Agency
Montana
Reservation
J. L. Hallett
Price
Secretary of War
Fort Missoula
Bureau of Statistics
Fever and public notices in the 19th century headlines
The article reports a Providence fever outbreak with over ten thousand cases within the city, citing cause as local river conditions. It notes several legal filings in Rhode Island and Maine, a Greenback party meeting in Maine, and an international trade association forming in Pittsburgh. It also mentions a New York water works accident and a severe continental electric storm affecting telegraph lines.
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Brooklyn
East River
New York
Samven Waite Tuayen
Vermont
Burlington
Tavurton
Providence
Rhode Island
United States Circuit Court
William Sprague
Z. Chaffee
Canonchet
Sprague
Pennsylvania
the Patrons of Husbandry
Harrisburg
D. W. Cooniner
Train
Portland
Maine
New England Cider Makers’ and Fruit Growers’ Association
Boston
Congress
State Greenback Committee of
Augusta
Solon Chase
Greenback Party
Battlers
United States
Pittsburgh
W. J H. McLyman
Toledo
Henry Cross
Rock Island
Illinois
Sec Nd
Otis Neal
W. D. Keller
Willard M. Lewis
Albany
Indiana
John A. Seitz
Easton
Louis Safs
Chicago
W. J. Cunningham
Philadelphia
Robert Hill, Jr
Staunton
J. C. Bullum
Fire Department of
George H. Sayre
Canada
Thomas Williams
Albert Williams
Sylvester Williams
Grass Island
Scranton
Carmen
Emma
Miss Kuntz
Vast array of late 19th century disaster and crime events
The report lists multiple incidents: a coroner's verdict blaming Kentucky militia for deaths on the Granite State transfer, a Manchester New Hampshire cashier jailed, a Cleveland crane accident killing two, a Kansas City area wreck with six dead, and retaliatory anti hunting laws in Indiana. It notes Riverton Nebraska fire, a brutal murder-suicide in Indiana, Pensacola yellow fever ending, a Sioux chief hanged in Dakota, and various regional fires, political appointments, drownings and public disturbances across states.
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Ashland
Reppert
Neal and
Craft
Catlettsburg
Lexington
Kentucky
Granite State
Nealand Craft
Allen
Ellery Albeg
Ashudat Savings Bank
Manchester
N. H
Gras
Perkins Block
Cleveland
Ohio
Diedrick Stevens
Edward Blake
William Price
Kansas City
Oak Grove
Grain Valley
Talleston Club
Chicago
Lake County
Ind
Knickerbocker
Probate Court
F. A. Howe
Riverton
Nebraska
Jasper Spaulding
Marshalltown
Iowa
Brave Bear
Yankton
Dakota
Joseph Johnson
Warner & Fuit
Tower Hill
Illinois
Pete Barrow
United States
Georgia
Senator Hill
Alfred H. Colquitt
Shubuta
Miss
Joseph Millikin
Ohio State University
Colambus
Hamilton
McKnight
Louisville
John Howard
Jefferson
Int
Les
W. C. Hill
B. F. Beard
Harrodsburg
Breckinridge County
C. F. Turner
K. Dye
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Senate
State House
Topeka
Kansas
St. John
Z. Dwight Thatcher
Plumb
Gerge Anthony
James G. Walters
A. P. McGehees
Montgomery
Alabama
James Taylor
Higbee
Anderson
Grimes County
Texas
Pease & Weur
Fort Madison
Abner C. McIoraih
DuLouth
Minn
Pigeon River
Homer W. Barnes
Brecksville
Barnes
Opelika
Jim Roberts
Charley Dix
Charley Griggs
Gilbert Brothers & Co
Baltimore
George B. Melburn
Santa Fe
N. M
Sultan's 1300th Mohammedan year celebrated with prophecies
Reports from Constantinople describe a universal festival marking the 1300th year of the Mohammedan calendar on the 13th. Soothsayers predict a new prophet of Islam and a revelation claims the Sultan himself is the Mahdi. Business halted as processions fill the streets.
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Egypt
Soudan
Sir GarNet Wolseley
Dublin Freeman’s Journal
Ireland
Sir Garnet
Prince of Wales
Westminster
Longfellow
Westminster Abbey
Hawthorne
Irving
Prescott
Motley
Frederick William
Victoria
Mercantile and
National Banks of
Mexico
Joan Schullin
St. Louis
Mexican National Construction Company
James Charles Atkinson
Albanian League
Albania
Redmond Roach
Maglass Castle
London
England
Firth
St. Johns
N. B
Twe
Crozon
Guimper
France
Under Secretary of the Colonies
House of Commons
Cetawayo
Oude Molen
Paris
Grevy
Whittlesey
Westborne Grove
Ontario
Canada
Burryp
Wales
Scutari
Multiple fires and losses mark midmonth tragedies across states
Fifty pupils at the Ohio Asylum for Imbecile Youth in Columbus suffered scarlet fever with three deaths reported on the 18th. A series of fires hit Belton Texas and Fort Worth causing $80,000 in losses. A Mormon colony large-scale voyage left Chattanooga for Colorado. Theft and shootings occurred in Illinois. Secretary Teller may resist patent cost cuts amid liberal rules. Naval and political figures face incidents from Greece to Maine with deaths and arrests noted.
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Ohio Asylum
Columbus
Trips & Kenanda
Belton
Texas
Scoville
Chicago
Fort Worth
Muskegon
Mich
E. E. Went
Napiersville
Ill
Henry Same
Joseph Gurnsey
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Teller
England
Germany
Russia
Canada
Nicholson
Navy Department
Grecian
Patas
Greece
James D. Fessenden
Fessenden
Portland
Maine
William Warp
Moses Bailey
City of Worcester
Saginaw
New York Harbor
Ionathan Wexeu
Kansas City
Mormon Father Kills Son Over Claimed Divine Command
A 40 year old Mormon, Josiah B. Smith, killed his son on November 4 amid a claimed revelation from the Lord. The family lived on a remote island off the coast and had subsisted on odd jobs and fishing. Smith confessed at Westminster after police recovered the body, described the act in detail, and was committed for murder. The mother and other child were removed, remorse grows, and authorities note the family’s Mormon standing and eccentricity.
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Josiah B. Smith
Westminster
Smith
Justice Aldridge
J. James McCoy
McCoy
Askal
Los Angeles
Canada
San Francisco
St. Louis
Globe-Democrat
Army Education Report Recommends More Teachers for Army Schools
The annual report by Chaplain Mullins shows 105 posts with teachers and 1,500 enlisted men plus 1,700 children attending. Libraries exist at 147 posts with 47,709 volumes and daily reading-room attendance averages 4,375. The report urges Congress to fund 150 teachers with commissary sergeant rank and pay, plus rations and housing, and supports compulsory education for a class of men. It notes higher lighting costs for night schools and extra work to run colored schools.
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Washington
Mullins
Secretary of War
Congress
A Mother's Heroism in Tower City Fire
In Pottsville Pennsylvania a morning blaze at John Helper’s residence in Williamstown Valley claimed two young lives. Mrs Helper saved five of her six children before perishing with her two year old son in the final moments, her arms around him. She was forty five.
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Pottsville
John Helper
Williamstown Valley
Tower City
Mr. Helper
Brave Blacksmith Sacrifices Life To Save Boys
Heroic blacksmith John Metzler of 284 Calhoun Street shielded two children from a runaway team pulling a pistol safe float at the corner of Calliope and Dryades, was struck, suffered severe injuries, and died at Charity Hospital three days later.
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George Coats
Beame
St. Joseph
Carondelet Streets
Carondelet Street
Calliope Street
Dryades
Clio Street
Metzler
Charity Hospital
Picayune
Composition of the Fortieth Senate and projected House control
The article outlines the 48th Congress Senate with 37 Republicans, 37 Democrats, 1 Readjuster, and 1 Independent. It notes seat changes in Alabama through New Hampshire, with Republicans and Democrats trading seats and Readjusters aligned with Republicans in Virginia. It cites expected party counts and a Tribune table for the next House composition.
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United States Senate
Mahone
Virginia
Davis
Illinois
Chilcott
Colorado
Teller
Wilson
Iowa
McDill
Senate
Hill
Georgia
Alabama
Arkansas
Delaware
Kentucky
Mississippi
New Jersey
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennnessee
Texas
West Virginia
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Louisiana
Gibson
Kellogg
Riddleberger
Steadjaster
Johnson
Oregon
Dolph
Grover
Rhode Island
Anthony
Aiinons
Milinois
National Grange Begins Sixteenth Annual Session in Indianapolis
The National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry opens its sixteenth annual session in Indianapolis with 32 states represented. Officers include J. J. Woodward as Master and other leaders. Governor Frederick Robie and Congressman Aiken attend. Sessions are secret, lasting into next week, with public welcomes by Governor Porter and Mayor Grubbs. The lecture reports cooperative stores growing, and calls for agriculture bureau elevation and patent law reforms. Thirty-four new Granges announced since last October.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Grange of Patrons of Husbandry
J. J. Woodward
Paw Paw
Mich
Pat Darden
Fayette
Miss
Henry Essebaugh
Hanson, Mo
William Sims
Topeka
Kan
John J. Ross
Milford
Del
Henry O. Devries
Marriottsville
Porter
Grubbs
Louisana State Grange
Rand Master Woodward
Texas
United
Bureau of Agriculture
Congress
Burrows
United States
Interior Secretary Joslyn Rules Timber Culture Contest Rules
Acting Secretary Joslyn rules that a contest against a prior timber culture entry may only be pursued under Homestead or Timber Culture laws, and that without an application there is no right to contest. He also allows heirs to complete a land entry in a Benson Minnesota case and grants a six month extension for climate-related failure to build. The Ebinger Mears case sets a precedent on vacancy decisions and entry rights.
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Washington
Joslyn
Williams
Hodgman
Benson, Minn
M’farland
Christian F. Ebinger
Bloomington
Neb
Daniel Mears
Ebinger
Job Work and Advertising In Modern Herald Office
The Herald office reports a new complete outfit for job material and is ready to perform all kinds of job work on short notice.
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City Hall
Steubenville Street
H. L. Williams
Main St
Cambridge
Vast US and World Economic Snapshots Across Sectors
The report cites acreage and production figures for crops in Virginia Tennessee and North Carolina. It notes a high casualty toll from theater fires over fifty years, growth in cotton mill investment and cotton bale consumption, and global gold stock by country. It also covers Texas silver ore assays, London gas usage, Sierra lumber earnings, French postal statistics, and Puget Sound lumber exports and log sizes.
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Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
N. Y
Paris
England
France
Germany
United States
Palo Pinto Mountains
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Chicago Times
Kansas State Horticultural Society
Kansas
Michigan
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio
Missouri
John Field
London
Chicago Tribune
Sierras
Wesson
Miss
Jesson
Puget Sound
W. T
Boston
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Sandwich Islands
Vallejo
Mexico
Japan
China
Australia
Detroit Post
Wit and Wisdom Snapshots From 19th Century Humor
A collage of quoted witticisms and punchlines from period papers. Jokes span modern manners, gender, labor, and everyday mishaps with figures like N Y Herald Boston Post Detroit Free Press and New Haven Register offering quips on blessings and curses of fortune, cats and roosters, and social foibles.
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Cambridge, Ohio
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Hering
Antrim
J. M. Albaugh
WM. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
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Crow
Farmers’ Hotel
Mill Street
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Col. Broadway and
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Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith
Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
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A. L. Moore
Court House
Ds.c. A. Moore & Co
Weaver
Green
Cambridge, QC
Hvan Romans
Ann Arbor
DR Moore
Pine and
Steubenville Streets
W. A. Rainey
Allegheny Mountains
Eastern Ohio Railroad
Cumberland
Pt. Pleasant
Senecaville
Senecsville
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