Civil Service Reform Causes Strife at New York Custom House
A New York dispatch reports civil service reform supporters and Tax Collector Robertson refuse to contribute to the campaign fund. Robertson pledges no employee will be dismissed for nonpayment, while antagonism grows among half-breed office aspirants amid political friction and shifting appointments. Additional notes cover a San Francisco inquiry into the loss of the steamer Escambia, testimony on engine stoppage, and Democratic caucus views on the internal revenue bill.
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Chicago
New York
Civil Service Reform Association
Robertson
Republican Congressional Committee
Custom House
Washington
Albany
Cornell
San Francisco
Booker
Roper
Anser
Joy
Head
Purvis
Senate river and harbor bill inches upward in House-overs
More than twenty Senate amendments to the river and harbor bill would lift appropriations by about 1.18 million above the house total plus an additional 2 million for Potomac flats reclamation, pushing the bill toward roughly 21.38 million. Subscriptions for Iowa cyclone victims urged to go to Red Cross offices or officials. The White House was asked to consider a lunacy commission for Guiteau reprieve with medical petition support. Senator Hampton reported favorable military relief for Jesse.
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Washington
Senate
Potomac
Iowa
Walter P. Phillips
American Association of the Red Cross
Martin Bliss
New York
Folger
Lincoln
Loring
Red Cross Board of Trustees
National Society For the Protection of the Insane
Blair
Golding
Beards Petition for Guiteau Insanity Commission Addressed
Dr George M Beard traveled to Washington with a petition signed by medical experts seeking a reprieve for Guiteau and the creation of a scientific commission to determine insanity. He will present new evidence of long standing insanity to President Arthur at a 12 oclock interview.
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New York
the Times
George M. Beard
Washington
Guiteau
Beard
Arthur
California
Mrs Dunmire Denies Pardoning Guiteau in Letter
Denver June 19 Mrs Dunmire Guiteau's divorced wife replies to a Leadville Chronicle article based on letters said to be hers to C H Reed counsel for the assassin. She repudiates the letter and says she never sought a pardon for Guiteau and could not entertain such an idea.
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Denver
Dunmire
Guiteau
Leadville
Western wage hikes spark August glass workers strike
Pittsburg reports a pending strike among glass workers starting August 1 due to western manufacturers paying higher wages than eastern peers. Separately New York notes freight handlers' strike near unchanged at New Jersey Central depot with about ninety men at work and accumulating freight at docks and bulkheads.
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Pittsburg
New York
New Jersey Central
North River
Des Moines Tornado Toll and Widespread Destruction
Storm reports from Grinnell and surrounding areas recount forty one dead, over 150 wounded, and extensive property loss of about six hundred thousand dollars. The tornado path stretched about twenty five miles long and half a mile wide, devastating homes, churches, and the college, with dozens of named victims and ongoing fear of higher fatalities.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Register of Surgeons
Grinnell
Deignan
Rock Island
Register
Deacon Ford
Mr. Lewis
Henry Vuitteran
Bangham Brickett
Montezuma
Madison
Howard
Cedar Rapids
Bayers
Iva Morton
Chicago
Abbie Agard
Griswold
Totten
Cullison
Alexanders
Barrett EE. Chase
Storm Luke
Henry Moore
Iowa Central Railroad
Marshalltown
Taller
Malcolm
Brooklyn
Chapin House
Chas, Fry
Jas. Phipps
Donahue
Alonzo Gillespie
Beatty
Pitman
Hattie
Harry
Lewis
East College
Ford
Totter
Magoun
OC. H. Wheeler
Myers
O. Myers
Mall
South Brooklyn
Cairo
Ill
Metropolis
Jennie Walker
Saratoga
New York
Detroit
Mich
Bay City
Frank Fitzhugh
Thomas Joyce
Eisexville
Tuscola
Huron
Georgetown
Nathan Lundy
Malcolm McDonald
Henry County
Mt. Pleasant
Rodrick Scott
New England
New Jersey
Richford
Vermont
Abercorn
Quebec
Southeastern Railway
Seymour
West Troy
Americans Safe Aboard Galena in Alexandria Protection
A Herald Alexandria special reports the American mission is secured aboard the Galena with families and several named individuals under American guns. Col Long assumes control of the consulate, replacing Menache. banker Cattowi sends thanks for protection and courtesy from the United States. Chicago observer Hunten discusses Garfield Rosecrans clash and suggests motives for the controversy.
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New York
Alexandria
Galena
Lansing
Hogg
Watson
Ewing
Nichol
Alexander
Griffin
Thompson
Frazier
Strong
Newlin
Conner
Col. Long
Menache
Cattowi
Chicago
8S. K. Hunten
Michigan Engineering Corps
Chicamauga
Garfield-Rosecrans
Cijher
Garfield
West Point
Rosecrans
Rosecifans
United States
Burlington Route Adds Dual Daily Trains to Omaha
Beginning July 1 the Chicago Burlington and Quincy will run two daily passenger trains between Chicago and Omaha via the Burlington and Missouri bridge at Plattsmouth. The change withdraws trains from Council Bluffs while the regular express still connects with the California express at the Union Pacific transfer. The Missouri Pacific’s completion to Omaha drives the shift and Iowa pool roads are expected to follow to capture Omaha and Nebraska patronage as the Missouri Pacific opens its through line to St Louis on July 1, the same day the Burlington through line to Denver opens.
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Omaha
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Plattsmouth
Council Bluffs
Union Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Iowa
Nebraska
St. Louis
Burlington
Denver
Patent remedy claims cure for pests and ailments
An 19th century advertisement touts Buchupaiba as a cure for pain irritation retention and incontinence with claims of deposits gravel and more. It also promotes Rough on Rats for vermin removal and flies roaches bed bugs rats mice and gophers with various prices.
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Dare & Collins
Patent medicine ad promises Wells Health Renewer cure
An old advertisement for Wells Health Renewer claims to cure nervous weakness dyspepsia impotence and sexual debility. It directs readers to ask for William a Pile Oatment and to buy from Dare & Collins at $1 per depot.
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Dare & Collins
William
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