Crete fighting flares as global notes mix references
The dispatch lists ongoing combat at Crete and multiple international and domestic notes. Mentions include Gen James Shields, Lord Lyons, and Gen Todleben with speeches, army movements, and political commentary on Austria, Florida election probes, and pensions, plus local civic notes from Indiana and Kalamazoo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Shields
New England
Lord Lyons
Hannibal Hamlin
Natieff
Holland
Todleben
Myra Clark Gaines
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Jerry Davis
Gortschakoff
England
Washington Peculiarities of Congress and Mrs Hayes Wedding
A Washington letter notes the Goddess of Liberty lanterns glow red signaling trouble in Congress. It recalls private calendars of constituents, alleged deceit, and a bemused remark about a committee hidden in a cloak room. Mrs Hayes attended Augustus Parsons wedding in Columbus, and President’s Solider Home cottage undergoes veranda work and Sieg ping updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
The
Leader
Capitol
Congress
Demoselles
Columbus
Soldier’s Home
Blair and His Confederates Defend Election Court Limits
The piece argues Blair knew confessions were planned and accuses him of being a confidant to financiers behind the Florida trip. It dismisses a proposed bill as unconstitutional, states Congress cannot judge presidential electors before their state appointment, and notes social barriers for Black officials in Washington along with observations on rural members and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintrams
Indiana
Morton
Indianapolis
Crown Hill Cemetery
House Committee On Public Lands
Denver
Paris
Washington
Legation
China
United States
London
Austria
Vienna
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Florida
Hayes
Avery
New York
Tilden
Barnum Springer
Auveust Beelmont
San Francisco
England
Great Britain
Congress
Preston
Montgomery Blair
Honda
Blair
Supreme Court
Macauley
Mississippi
Capitol
Willard’s
Bruce
House of Representatives
Heather
Waifs From The National Capital
Washington city is described as cosmopolitan during the congressional session, yet the cosmopolitanism is limited by distance across the Atlantic, shaping a narrow cosmopolitan identity for the capital. The narrative contrasts the city’s social and political aura with a broader hemispheric cosmopolitanism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasuina Ron
D. C
War and Peace in Europe's Shadowed Summer Plans
The piece discusses expected Russian moves toward a long summer tour with the heir as regent if peace holds, while Berlin remains wary. It argues Germany seeks war prep under the guise of limited diplomacy, linking military spending to a possible wartime objective and ongoing readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Berlin
Germany
City Council Debates Improve Efforts and Budgets
The Board of Trustees met at City Hall with Mayor Bresna presiding. A policemen salary request to $85 monthly was filed, Hellawell & Hershfield pawnshop license returned, Amos Lee saloon license canceled, and bills totaling $78.90 approved. An 1878 city expense ordinance and a twelve mill tax levy were passed before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bresnahen
Addams
Caswell
Masten
Granger
Reid
Hammond
Hall
Bean
Martin
Hellawell & Hershfield
Potter
Amos Lee
Finance Committee
Bard
Black Hills Budget Highlights Local Skew
Snow depths reach three feet at Rapid City two feet at Red Cloud agency while Deadwood sees heavy rain and mud. Eggs cost forty cents a dozen and beef sells for thirty cents a pound. Wood sells at ten dollars a cord. A Deadwood medical association forms. Caswell opens a Deadwood restaurant lodging house and bar. Dolph Edwards to give an entertainment at Central City. Subscriptions for a steam fire engine falter. Ex Deputy Treasurer Graham of Deadwood is discharged after embezzlement charges. Beargulch Sand Creek and Nigger Hill districts show growth in the number of men amid immigration and Indian tensions. Identified incidents include a miner’s fall on Sherman street and ore discoveries near Custer City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney
Deadwood
the Times
Old Red Cloud Agency
Beargulch
Sand Creek
Nigger Hill
Sherman Street
Spring Creek
Custer City
EE. B. Miller
Eureka House
Ferguson Street
Cheyenne
Pioneer
Telegraph Rates Cut for East Dispatches
Fifty thousand settlers will be poured into the Hills soon as telegraph rates drop. The telegraph company reduced prices to Chicago from 3.50 for ten words to 2.25 and to Cheyenne from 2.50 to 1.25, easing communication for eastern points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cheyenne
Excavations at Pompeii Reveal Roman Inn Scenes
Recent digs at Pompeii uncover a corner inn with a clay bar and vessels set into the counter and a back room. Wall paintings depict drinkers gamblers and a barmaid serving guests amid inscriptions and a lively street life as it once was.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompeii
Thyrsa
Fortunatus
Climbing Techniques in Various Lands and a Syracuse Lecture Disturbance
A diverse set of notes describes how people in South America Africa Australia and Tabitan regions use hoops ropes and improvised gear to climb trees for fruit or hunting. The text also recounts a Syracuse lecture where Dr Mary Walker was expelled from a women only talk after a disruptive disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Africa
Austratia
Appleton
Doda Emens
Syracuse
Mary Walker
Pestilent Kissers and a Child's Death
A Home Journal warned that promiscuous kissing is a pestilential practice. It accuses a woman of killing a child, Flora, by spreading diphtheria through careless affection, noting the doctor remains silent while the mother blames Providence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Home Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crete
St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Stephen H. Tyng
McC
Chicago Times
Detroit
Pensylvania
Carlisle College
West Point
Diocese of
Henry Ward Beecher
War Department
Sitting Bull
Cincinnati
Moore
Prince
Ireland
Lucy MacFarland
Erick Bergland
Engineer Corps
Sweden
Prof
Church
Lieut
Bass
Bergland
Lexington
Kentucky
George the Fourth
Sheridan
Mary
Providence Hospital
Tristram Shandy
Epirn
President Hayes
Tapis
Black Hills
Rapid City
J. P. Weybrecht
Nineteenth Street
Court House
Cheyenne, Wyo
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