Washington Week in Review of Finance and Science
Surplus of about two million dollars projected for Star route appropriations last fiscal year. Septembers coinage totals 8.01 million with 2.3 million standard dollars. Engineer Melville willing to lead another polar expedition if given full command and a ship built to his design. Observations suggest Barnard comet remains aligned with Friable calculations. Poison found in Guiteau bouquet. five grains of arsenous acid confirmed by W B Tilden in report to District Attorney Carlshill. Teller restores Turtle Mountain lands to public domain for settlers. Gold certificates totaling 44 million forwarded to New York for signature. Missouri River project shows 389,254 spent. next year could invest 1.383 million more. Free Delivery Department sees 112 offices, 3,115 carriers, 298,266,739 letters and 71,481,742 postal cards delivered, up sharply. General McDowell notes no Apache presence in Arizona. risk from Chiri Cahua in Mexico. Garfield Monument Association seeks ten cent subscriptions for a memorial statue in Washington. Major iron trade firms Blake, McMahon & Co. and Blake & Mahoney noted. Williamsport court hears mayoral neglect case. bench warrant issued. Longfellow Memorial Association calls for ten cent gifts toward statue near poet's former residence. New York transit of Venus observers sail for Cape of Good Hope. Grand Lodge parade of Order of Odd Fellows parades in Boston. Henry M. Myers arrested for conspiring to defraud county. Indictments issued against Lycoming County ex-commissioners for forgery and perjury.
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United States
Melville
North Pole
Pole
Franz Josef Land
Washington
Wintock
Naval Observatory
Professor Friable
Guiteau
Scoville
W. B. Tilden
Carlshill
Reinsch
Tresenius
von Babo
Marsh
Teller
Turtle Mountain
Dakota
Devil’s Lake
New York
Sutler
Engineer Corps
the Post Office
General McDowell
Arizona
Mexico
Garfield Monument Association
Capitol
New York City
Blake, McMahon & Co
Blake & Mahoney
Williamsport
Longfellow Memorial Association
Boston
Children of America
Newcomn
Cape of Good Hope
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
Canada
West Indies
Henry M. Myers
Philadelphia
Ellis P. Phipps
James F. Brown
Lycoming County
Notorious Postmaster Flees Missouri With Debts
Captain Joan O ConNOR a Maryville postmaster and leading Northern Missouri farm-implement dealer absconds leaving about 20000 dollars in debt including 2500 to McCormick Manufacturing and 1000 in post office accounts. He leaves a wife and six children. The report also notes deaths and other incidents across the nation including a Choctaw Nation judge shot, a Cincinnati music superintendent’s death, California rain, a mob lynching in Tennessee, and various election results and scientific notes.
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Joan O'Connor
Maryville
Missouri
McCormick Manufacturing Company
Judge Woops
Charles Aikers
Cincinnati
California
Chicago Association of Congregational Churches of Chicago
Englewood
Jacob R. Shipherd
Henry Hottoway
Prospect
Tennessee
Rogers
Gonzales
Texas
San Antonio
Petersburg
Delaware
New Castle County
Kent County
Sussex County
Democratic
Georgia
E. E. Barnard
Nashville
Wilson
Cincinnati Observatory
Barnard
Oregon
Mitchell
Richard Williams
Congress
Cheboygan
Michigan
Pensacola
Bee-keeper’s National Society
D. A. Jones
Ontario
Canada
A. J. Root
Medina
Ohio
Charles F. Muth
Toronto
Dubuque
Iowa
George Scovitt
Chicago
James
Mapam GonzAces
Mexico
James Mack
Clinton County
Fires and fraud claims shadow early 1900s notices
At St John $1400 settled with employer and $3000 against a Grass Lake bank. He carried $2000 when arrested. Rosecrant residence in Low ell Kansas burned on the 6th with two daughters perishing. Gartrell, defeated Georgia governor candidate, plans to contest Stephens seat over alleged frauds and intimidation. Bryson Mayne & Co flouring mill at Lowellville Ohio burned on the 6th. Loss $30,000. insurance $12,000.
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St. John
Rosecrant
Lowell
Kansas
Gartrell
Georgia
Alexander H. Stephens
Bryson, Mayne & Co
Lowellville
Ohio
Madagascar Mission Arrives at Marseilles and Plans Tours
The Madagascar Mission reached Marseilles on the 4th and will visit Germany England and the United States. Dispatches report political trials and naval honors across Europe including clemency for Nogorny and Jewsejeff, and swords of honor for British officers.
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Madagascar
Marseilles
Germany
England
United States
Cairo
Alexandria
Tue Czar
Nogorny
Jewsejeff
Tue Sultan
Lord Dufferin
Egypt
Dufferin
Queen Victoria
France
Wolseley
Seymour
Drury Lowe
Turkestan
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
Lerrens
Roca
London
Brazil
Modane
Mont Cenis
Arabi Pasha
Berlin
Liberal Party
Porte
Greece
Gomilza
Council of India
Tuk
Congress
Suh
Ramleh
Chili
Peru
Sami Pasha
Toulba Pasha
Sultan Pasha
Khedive
Lambton
Great Britain
Re-elected officers in Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
The biennial Movable Committee re elected its officers and chose Cincinnati as the next meeting site. A boat capsized on Plum Island River April 7 resulting in the drowning of George Hamilton his wife and four children. Weekly banking data for New York shows loan and deposit declines while circulation rises and reserves fall. Other items note a solar canopy accident at a caravan to Mecca, Gettysburg reunions delayed, Panama earthquakes, Manila yellow fever deaths, British Egypt stance, Ontario mill deaths, railroad blast fatalities, and steam vessel statistics for 1882.
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Grand United Order of Odd Fellows
Cincinnati
Grorce Hamington
Plum Island River
Associated Banks of
New York City
Suez
Mecca
Culps
Cemetery Hills
Gettysburg
Boston
Panama
Manila
Constantinople
Egypt
England
Smith
Longford
Ontario
Ellis
Gray
Gordon McDonald
Springfield and
Memphis
Springfield
Dumont
Steamboat R E Lee Disaster at Vicksburg
A massive fire on the steamer R. E. Lee bound for New Orleans from Vicksburg destroyed the vessel with heavy loss of life. Pilot John Stout and Engineer Perkins saved many, while Captain Cannon described 460 bales of cotton on board and the ship's value at about 160000, with repairs and insurance details.
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Vicksburg
Miss
R. E. Lee
Pointer
Marysville
McClellan
New Orleans
Adams
Musiceteacher
Baton Rouge
Pont ’Leasant
Louisiana
Yucatan Plantation
J. M. Kite
Passeng
Cana
Obert Smith
W. Ss. Cannon
John W. Cannon
William Campbell
Lee Hiad
Vicksburg & Mississippi Railroad
Natchez
Ashwood
Ovice Bell
The
Lee
P Rtner
Dan Searls
John Stout
Yucatan
Perkins
Henry Carrnuhan
Mississipi
Brooks’ Landing
Stout
Kilpatrick
Hall
Wells and Bell
Pittsburgh
Pilot Stout
Cannon
Mike Kilpatrick
Ovid Bell
Texas
Mate Hines
Fay
United States Mail
J. M. White
Robert E. Lee
Howards
Jeffersonville
Ind
Cloud Serenade Delights Madison Residents Amid Mystery
A mysterious serenade from the clouds charmed Madison Georgia residents, thrilling crowds while leaving authorities puzzled. Superstitious locals speculate on the origin as the music swirls through the night, with no explanation yet.
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Madison
Atlanta Constitution
Hoffenstein’s Reminiscence and the Bugle Deal
In a Store tale from Vicksburg era Hoffenstein recalls a cockeyed soldier who tries to buy a bugle and bundle, offering up to 125 dollars while Leopold cries for the instrument. Levi Cohn exposes the ruse as soldiers probe the store, prompting Hoffenstein to keep to the shop.
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Vicksburg
Herman
Leopold
Levi Cohn
Wit and Wisdom in a Patchwork of Quotes
A compilation of wry quips and social musings from newspapers and readers. The collage cites jokes about finances, railway etiquette, poetry, books, country travel, and domestic life, ending with a Boston Herald note on parsons and reformers.
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey County
Mahaffey & Ogier
N. A. Tannehill
Shaffner Building
Marits
M. R. Patterson
Attorney-at-Law
Cambridge
J. C. Steele
Hutchison Block
L. C. Wells, M. D
Elomeeopathist
Taylor Block
Main Street
Lambert Thomas
E. Harper Jefferies
Lambert Thomas & Co
Produce and Wool Commission Merchants
North Water St
N. Wharves
McCullum
Mill Street
K. Kyle
Marble and Granite Works
Mark
Newnom & Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
Mark Ts
Allen
Jewelry
Ferbrache
PINE
H. L. Williams
Main St
Carines
Pine Street
Main
W. B. Hays
N. L
South 7Th Street
Hotels
Eagle Hotelt
B.S. Hering
Antrim
J. M. Albaugh
WM. Kirk
Zanesville, Ohio
Thompson
Crow
Farmers Hotel
Wm. Rainey & Son
J. W. Lippincott
Beecher
Col. Broadway and
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith, Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Ohio
Janes
Shoe ‘Store
Is Now Offering
Gocala
Ine
A. L. Moore
Court Mousa
Dr.c. A. Moors & Co
Weaver
Green
Eagle Hotel
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Lodge of the
Edward H. Morrill
Professor Greene
Mississippi
Harry Wilson
Maryland
Charles B. Wilson
J. P. Jenifer
Concord
Hudson
Acton
Bedford
Sudbury
Massachusetts
South Acton
William Sprague
Board of Trade of Providence
R. I
Isaac Robinson
Reading
Hartford
James G. Gallagher
Thomas M. Waller
George D. Sumper
Ward Northrop
Alfred R. Goodrich
Thomas P. Sanford
James G. Blaine
York Beach
Portsmouth
N. H
Augusta
Maine
Pennsylvania Steel Manufacturers’ Association
Peter Coorrr
Tariff Commission
the Sun
Lovuts Wouustgein & Sullercher
Harlem River
W. D. C. Rawson
George E. Rood
New Haven
Robert L. Robbins
Brakman
Abraham Close
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company
Rawson, Rood and Robbins
W. H. Trow Bripner
Stamford
Connecticut
Hivan
Ann Arbor
Mich
DR. Moore
Pine and
Steubenville Streets
W. A. Rainey
Cheafy
Y House
Allegheny Mountains
Eastern Ohio Railroad
Cumberland , Pt. Pleasant
Senecaville
Pt. Pleasant
Cumberland
Foreign Intelligence
R.fe
Religious and Educational
United Presbyterian Church
Twain
St. Louis Globe
Chicago Journal
North Carolina
Iowa College
Grnnell
Detroit Post
America
Chicago Herald
San Francisco School Board
San Francisco Chronicle
Cove
Allegheny
Presbyterian Church
John Ker
Bethel Church
Natrona
N. ¥. Post
Evangelist Harrison
Jackson Street
St. Paul
Minnesota
Newport News
Julia Ward Howe
Buckingham
County
Topeka
Kan
Durin
Reunion
Prairie Fermen
Erie
Pittsburgh Post
Syracuse
Heratn
Hoffenstein
WIT and Wisdom
N. Y
Milton
Johnny
Times Office
Boston Times
Norristown Herald
Mrs. Goodington
Sancho
Noody
Daniel
Parson Jones
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