First and Second Kentucky Districts Consolidated
Washington dispatch reports the President ordered the First Kentucky District merged into the Second due to the eee of the collectorship, with orders sent today. The steamboat bill advances in the House, testing boiler plate and inspectors meetings, while salaries for the Supervising Inspector-General are debated. Laborers press Gov. Shepherd for owed wages. Mrs. Gen. McCook dies. Geneva award bill moves toward settlement by commission on a gold basis, with court-based option defeated. Grand Army discusses graves decoration. Gen Howard questions debated. Utah Delegate Cannon case eyed. libel suit against Senator Chandler slated. district investigators prepare to hear arguments and private sessions.
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Kentucky
Friends of the
Washington
Smith
Senate
House
Sherman
Friends of the House
Homeopathic Society Meeting in Cincinnati with Addresses
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette reports the Ohio Homeopathic Medical Society assembling in Cincinnati with Dr. C C Olmstead presiding pro tem and delegates from Cleveland Cincinnati and Springfield. Sessions cover physiology pathology debates on fistula treatment and duties of physicians to surgeons amid reports of new censor appointments and withdrawals. An afternoon session includes talks by Drs Ring Owens Flowers Beckwith and others and a note on a welcome address. A separate item notes a suicide attempt by Mrs O Clark near Avivan Junction. Also a railroad collision at Orreseville and the Evangelical Conference adjournment.
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Spainerizto
Homeopathic Medical Society of Ohio
C.C. Olmstead
Cleveland
C. C. Olmstead
Cleveland Free Dispensary
G. O. Spence
Homeopathic Hospital College
J. D. Buck
Homeooo Medical Society of Cincinnati
P. Wilson
Polo Clinic
Cincinnati
H. B. von Norman
J. Pettet
Cleveland Academy of Medicine
T. P. Wilson
H. B. van Norman
Board of Ce
Newark
York
Board of Censors
A. O. Longstreet
M. D
H.C. Frost
Hamilton Ring
Urbana
Ring
Cincinnati Gazette
Avivan Jonction, Inc
Here
O. Clark
Banking Committee hearing on fiber paper contracts and Boutwell era policies
Wanwixater May 12 The Banking and Currency Committee questioned W Hudson of Connecticut about supplying government fiber paper before 1869 at 45 cents per pound. He said competition would have saved costs, but Secretary Boutwell favored Wilcox due to his mill investments. Treasury now pays 75 cents. Hudson also noted 68 cents received from National Bank Note firms, urging open competition. Also noted were nominations James Hedford for Associate, and other district appointment details.
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Mr. Hudson
Boutwell
Wilcox
Treasury Department
Farwell
National Bank
Tom
Municipal Abuses And Trials In New York May 12
New York comments on Diskrecker as Police Commissioner label Havemeyer as disreputable. The Commissioners of Accounts begin an inquiry into the Bureau of Charities and Corrections. Samana Bay Company case petitions a receiver amid creditor Rowland’s claim of two companies. American Labor Reform League closes sessions denouncing usury and proposing wage pees not job type. Navy yard workers suspended. Swatara voyage for transit observers. Universal Peace Union marks its eighth anniversary with praise of Sumner and declarations in support of peace.
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Diskrecker
the Times
Havemeyer
Commissioners of Accounts
Department of Charities and Corrections
Samana Bay Company
Supreme Court
Wm. Rowland
San Domingo
Ana Bay Company O
Coopers Union Spurs Cooperages Shutdowns Across Cities
The Coopers' International Union suspended war yesterday and nearly all cooperages are now closed. Police guard oil works in Green Point and Long Island City amid threats from society men as tensions rise in the labor dispute.
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Coopers’ International Union
Iety
Coopers
Green Point
Long Island City
Judge Smith on the Situation in Arkansas
Judge D J Smith and Chas W Tankersly arrived in St Louis and assert Brooks ticket won Arkansas by at least 7000 votes with Baxter era turmoil. Tankersly reports armed men searching trains and artillery movement. Baxter legislature meeting proceeds amid skirmishes and federal troop involvement. Separate telegrams and executive opinions discuss attempts to resolve who is governor and avoid further bloodshed.
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St. Louis
D. J. Smith
Arkansas
Brooks
Chas. W. Tankersly
Arkansas House of Representatives
Judge Smith
Baxter
Tankersly
Arkadelphia
Little Rock
Texas
Washington
Methodist church influence in school boards debated in Loumvilis
In Loumvilis on May 12 the General Conference Education Committee urged that future school boards consist mainly of members from the Methodist Episcopal Church South, space permitting. no action was taken. A Book Committee report on the United Wasted publishing house claims cited about $400,000 as government estimates, with Dr Craven noting the figures.
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Loumvilis
Committee On Education
Leavning
Methodiat Eplecupal
Houth
Dr. Craven
Meekee Ww 7 murder case outlined in May trial
May 12 report outlines the murder case against Ww 7 Meekee, with testimony suggesting jurors formed opinions during an early stage of the secretary of war murder inquiry.
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Yawuron
D. T
Meekee
Secretary War
Peeren
Meeting of the French Assembly at Versailles May 12
The National Assembly met at Versailles with no message from President McMahon. M. Buffet read a letter from M. Piccon resigning his Alpes Maritimes seat. resignation accepted. Officers to be elected tomorrow. In London the Lords say Britain will not abandon its Gold Coast possessions. Other items note difficulty forming a Spanish cabinet and waterway debate in Canada. Smallpox and cholera reported in India.
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National Assembly
Versailles
McMahon
M. Buffet
Assembly
M. Piccon
Department of Alpes Moretimes
France
Bureau
England
London
House of Lords
Earl of Carnarvon
Colonial Department
Gold Coast
Maprio
Ibera
Canadian Water Communications
Orrawa
Blain
Georgian Bay Canal
McKenzie
Loxpon
the Times
South Tirhoot
Singboom
India
Disturbances Flourish Across Europe Amid Conflicts
Dispatches from Madrid report increasing trouble from the Anarchists at Alcoy with fears of an outbreak. Lord Thurlow, veteran British embassy attache, has died in London. Strikes erupt among Durham coal miners and laborers with disorder. Famine persists in Anatolia with many starved. Carlists claim a Don Alfonso victory over Republicans with 350 dead or wounded and 300 prisoners. Grand Duke Nicholas is arrested in St. Petersburg causing unrest. The South Pacific Times notes Britain seeks release of Capt. Hyde in the Tacna affair with 25,000 pounds indemnity and possible passports. British vice consul Magee in Guatemala reportedly lashed. the lash order killer escaped aboard the Arizona.
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Alcoy
Lord Thurlow
Washington
London
Durham
England
Anatolia
Don Alfonso
Grand Duke
Nicholas
St. Petersburg
South Pacific Times
Chili
Hyde
Tacna
Valparaiso
Magee
San Jose
Guatemala
Gonzales
Arizona
Seventh annual convention of Railway Master Mechanics
The seventh annual convention of the American Railway Master Mechanics Association opened at Kingsbury Hall with President H. M. Bretton delivering the annual address urging railway management by practical men. Reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were accepted, and current membership stands at 243.
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Curiaco
American Railway Master Mechanics’ Association
Kingsbury Hall
H. M. Bretton
Mixed 19th Century News Items From An 1880s Paper
A collection of brief notices reports and appointments from the era. It mentions Representative Mellish at an asylum near Washington a new depot for Union Pacific in Omaha and Cyrus W Field journeying through Omaha. Also notes Cairo Vincennes Road receiver A B Mullett Memphis site purchase planned and discussions on a park law and mandamus. A New York Lyceum centennial plan oxygen discovery celebration and various misdated local items conclude the page.
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Mellish
Washington
Michigan
Union Pacific Company
Omaha
Cyrus W. Field
World
Fires Across Borders Darken Cities and Rail Lines
Paris reports a Bastile Quarter blaze that killed several and left about two hundred homeless. In Omaha a linseed works building owned by Harris Taft & Woodmans burned, with losses around 1200 dollars insured. Puitapel Pata suffered four cars of oil and one with hogs burned, two hundred feet of track damaged, and telegraph lines down. Butternuts village in Arpaxy New York saw multiple stores burned, half the business district destroyed as flames toppled buildings.
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Paris
France
Bastile Quarter
Omaha
Omana
New
Linseed O Works
Harris, Taft & Woodmans
Puitapel Pata
Arpaxy
N. Y
Butternugs
Otesgo County
Stockwell & Casse
G. W. Lillie
F. Blackman
William Smith
William Oliver
Dr. Gray
State v Kosmeinski verdict on election day liquor sale
In Dayton on May 12 the Probate Court jury returned a verdict against Kosmeinski for selling liquor on election day. The case will be carried up. Peter Middlestetter and wife, charged with liquor sales in violation of law before Mayor Butz, were dismissed as the prosecuting witness failed to make a case. McGowen's stock sales were busier than in months, but tight money slowed heavy operations. A few fine horses sold to the South and East.
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Dayton
Kosmeinski
Peter Middlestetter
Butz
McGowen’s
Mine owners plan to resume work with sheriff protection
Columans C reports that mine owners at Nelsonville and Steubenville plan to hire workers soon with the Athens County Sheriff pledging protection. A young man named Patterson was injured when his plough horses ran away, the plough handle striking his stomach. doctors say he is not expected to live.
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Columans
Nelsonville
Steubenville
Athens County
Patterson
Chillicothe Council Organizes and Spurs Ordinance Vote
The Chillicothe Common Council elected Martin Schilder as President and George Bovey as Vice-President. The Sunday ordinance faced final passage and was defeated five to three. Councillor W E Floyd, who introduced the ordinance, resigned citing self-respect.
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Chillicothg
Common Council
Martin Schilder
George
Bovey
W.E. Floyd
Indiana & Illinois Central Railroad to be completed
Henry B. Hammond, president, arrives in Indianapolis with a report from Perry County that the public shows cordial readiness to aid in finishing the railroad. He declares the building of the Indiana and Illinois Central line is now a certainty.
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Indianapolis
Henry B. Hammond
Indiana & Illinois Central Railroad
Pera County
Worker Injured At Champion Shop In Lumber Slip
May 12 at the Champion shop James McClennan slipped while seated near lumber and was struck by falling boards. He sustained injuries but is expected to recover.
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James McClennan
Champion Shop
Transatlantic Steamers Reach New York and Boston Ports
Marine reports from Liverpool and Boston list several steamships arriving on May 12 or from that date including City of Brooklyn Donau Republic and Egyptrom New York, Scandinavian from Portland, Siberia from Liverpool Parapevenia, Illinois from Liverpool and New York, Pomerania from Hamburg Arragon from Bristol New York. A misprint is corrected: the vessel lost between Liverpool and Madeira is the Liberia not Liberia. Liberia sailed from Liverpool directly to Madeira on Saturday May 12. Columbia from New York has arrived.
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Liberia
Liverpool
Madeira
Movittr
Columbia
New York
Dann for Congress in Highland district urged by temperance
In the Highland Ross Adams Pike and Brown counties district about 1 600 to 2 000 Democratic majority may face a contested nomination. W H H Dann the injunctionist is a prominent candidate with resources and display influence. Liquor interests and Republican rivals will rally for him while several Democratic leaders in Hillsboro oppose his strict temperance stance and legal actions.
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Cincinnati Gasetter
Igullsboro
W. H. H. Dann
Congress
Highland
Ross
Adams
Pike
Brown
Cou
Dunn
Republican Party
Dann
Hillsboro
Pilace
Dune
Neil
Mareen
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