Editorial mingle of Europe crises and New York politics
A spirited roundup notes Victor Novelty and the Czar railway plans, Parisian satire, and Beale resigning as U S minister to Austria. It forecasts a Turkish victory, cites Eli Perkins, and mocks Albany corruption as lawmakers resist a million dollar capital bill amid a Waterloo moment for the assembly.
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Victor Nov
Fyance
la Lanterne
Rochefort
Chico
Cal
EpwWaArp F. Beale
Washington
U. S
Austria
London Times
MacMahon
France
Times
New York Herald
Perkins
Eli Perkins
Timor
Long Island
Chamberlain
Grund
Miss Kingsbury
Oregon
William Payne
Cain
New York
William M. Tweed
Albany
Hive
The Russian War and Turkish Ferment in Europe
The piece critiques British sympathy for Russia and shifts in opinion as the war unfolds. It argues England now rebukes Russia while Turkish resolve grows, with implications of Danube crossings and possible Russian withdrawal from gains. It warns of drastic outcomes, including possible Turkish advances toward St Petersburg under a Mahomedan zeal.
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Europe
Turkey
England
Russia
Dryden
Adrianople
Danube
Bukharest
Kishinev
Mahomed
Constantinople
Seraglio
St. Petersburg
Mohamed
Sheridan Proposes Reinterring Custer Dead
The piece weighs General Sheridan's plan to move the Custer battalion remains to a government designated site versus General Crittenden's objection. It argues the fallen should rest where they lie, praising Crittenden's stance that comradeship should not be sundered and noting the Spartan resolve of the General's position.
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Sheridan
Crittenden
Gen. Crittenden
Mary Clemmers Unprecedented Push for Wives at Congress
The article notes Mary Clemmers advocates that congressmen should never visit without wives and now urges bringing them along. It questions her motive while warning that she has one and that congressmen should be on guard when she appears in Washington society.
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Clemmer
Mary
Washington
Czar’s New Role and Adrianople Plans in Satirical Note
A satirical piece mocks the Czar’s plan to march on Adrianople as a symbolic conquest of the Turk. It links the event to gossip about Patti the singer and Alexis, then pivots to the unlikely notion of the Czar lecturing European powers in New York, with a Twain anecdote illustrating European risibility.
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Adrianople
Russia
St. Petersburg
Patti
Aimee
Alexis
Russias
Rumili
Mark Twain
New York
Europe
Billy Button and the Deadwood Times Feud Escalates
A verbose tirade from the Deadwood Times editor targets Billy Button as a symbol of Territory folly. The piece lampoons Button’s self history, mentions gold fever in the Black Hills, and blasts presses and public works while linking to a fatal steamship launch disaster at John Roach & Sons yard. It condemns the launching foreman John Fountain as the man to blame and laments the tragedy’s bloodshed.
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Billy Button
Wyoming Territory
Deadwood Only Times
William
Billy
the Times
Deadwood
William Button
Button
Fort Pierre
Cheyenne
Black Hills
Medias
Rockford
Saratoga
John Rouch & Sons
Chester
John Roach and Sons
Peking
Tokio
John Fountain
John Roach & Sons
Delaware
John Roach & Son
Water works in Cheyenne urge decisive action now
The article argues Cheyenne must urgently build water works to protect the growing city from fires. It criticizes delays by property owners and urges private or public action to secure sufficient water, noting existing steam engine, hose, and tanks but no adequate water supply. It warns of ruin without proper infrastructure and calls for prompt contracts or monopolistic control under safeguards.
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Cheyenne
Plains
Joss
Pat
Erin
Spring Creek prospects eyed for June sluicing start
On Spring Creek in the Hill City district Clark & Co. have 1300 feet of side ditch with water turned in and 33 feet fall in 1500 feet. Prospects on claim No. 7 below discovery show gravel six feet deep averaging twelve cents per pan. They plan sluicing around June 1 while Burch & Co. run 800 feet of drain ditch above and eight men work. Clark & Co. also employ eight men. Everything looks favorable and the district should open thoroughly by June 16.
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Spring Creek
Hill City
Clark & Co
Burch & Co
Messrs
Black Hills Herald
New Gayville Route Reopens After Miner Road Work
The South Deadwood to Gayville route reopened last Saturday after miners shifted traffic from the hill road. C IE Sheldon and others spearheaded the effort, recently completing repairs and deeming the road superior to both the hill and toll roads.
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Gayville
South Deadwood
Sheldon
Local self government turns deadly mob violence in Mississippi
A fragment from a 19th century paper laments mob rule in the South after a judge is killed and his 17 year old daughter Miss Cornelia Chisholm is fatally wounded while shielding her father. It condemns Republican rhetoric and praises Brigham Young’s Salt Lake campaign as reckless, while noting a Baltimore AME delegation meets the President. The piece also mentions George W. Fletcher to be hanged on June 11 and references Molly Maguires in Pennsylvania. Bismarck arrives in Berlin, summoned by the Emperor to council, confirming his central role in the German Empire.
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Mississipri
Chisholm
Cornelia Chisholm
Guil Grene
Tetanus
Miss Chisholm
United States
France
Fred Devauass
Baltimore
Washingtonian
Douglass
Fred Douglass
Washingtonians
Capitol
The
Salt Lake Herald
New York Herald
Salt Lake Tribune
Brigham Young
Salt Lake
Herald
Philadelphia
African Methodist Episcopal Church
George W. Fletcher
Weare
George
Jack Reynolds
Molly Maguire
Pennsylvania
Bismarck
Berlin
William
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