Correspondence from New York on police, suffrage and politics
A New York letter reports on police chief Col. John Kurtz and two detectives facing public charges, with a legislative inquiry into metropolitan policing. It mentions a broker, George H. Gooding, robbed of $16,000 and ties to thieves linked to ex-State Senators and street-railway interests. It also references the Woman Suffrage movement and remarks from Julia Ward Howe and Blackwell in a broader political context.
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Col
John Kurtz
Benj. Heath
Wm. Jones
George H. Gooding
State Street
Senate
Wilder
Columbia
New Orleans
Supreme Court of the United States
National Bar
Boston
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Revenue Service
Committee of Ways and
Custom-house Warch Revenue Offices
Sinton
Santee
New York
Local notices and ads vary in readable details
Miss Dewey of Albany Ind has invented a quilting attachment for a sewing machine. Wade Ham has been buying a thousand mules in Illinois for use on his southern plantations. A resident of British Columbia aims to bring servant labor to cultivate the tobacco on his farm in Western Virginia. The Leaves N glass works currently offers for sale. The official stockholders are in Massachusetts and will incur losses to a considerable amount.
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Miss Dewey
Albany Ind
Wade Ham
Illinois
British Columbia
Virginia
Leaves N
Massachusetts
Railroad News and Miscellany Highlights
The report covers rail lines from De Soto Iowa to Charleston and mentions major projects and labor figures. It notes thousands employed in lumber, a large 30 dollar monthly wage, and upcoming rail expansions including a Fort Wayne route and a proposed oil region corridor. It also mentions notable deaths and various historical tidbits on early industrial progress.
Foreign Items and Balkan News Spark Mixed Reactions
Fragmented foreign items report coal fields in Norway and tensions with Poland. A British officer receives half pay after fifty-five years of service without wearing uniform. Balkan deaths and political prisoner issues are mentioned with unclear details and dates.
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Norway
U Snicki
Russia
Emigration to Dakota Letter Describes Land Opportunities
A Yankton dated letter to the Chicago Republican outlines emigration to Dakota. It notes settlers receiving 160 acres for six months, and describes soil, prairie, and wild lands as fertile and promising. The missive emphasizes abundant lands and potential farming prospects for migrants.
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Dakota
Chicago Republican
Yankton
Corre
Newberry Kentucky acts on county debt claims and officials
The Kentucky act authorizes county claims and borrowing to pay debts. The County Clerk may receive and register claims against the county. A man was arrested for burglary with details noted, while Reform Club elects delegates to the State meeting.
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Kentucky
Bell County
Chanee Benevath
F. Fii
J. B. Otten
Volcan
Volcan and Fulton —— Odd Fellows
Reform Club
D.saale
Myean
W. E. Williams
Local notes on court, arrests, and city improvements in Covington
Reports from Covington detail a court clerk office expansion with new filing cases and Master Commissioner room in City Hall. Marshal Riffe arrested Lee Crane for stealing a sack from a street car near cattle pens on the Kentucky Central line. A Cincinnati party attempted to abduct Patrick McCoy, while Deputy Daly and Riffe jailed several suspects, including Dennis Scollar Joseph Vilmier James Doyle John Dunn and J Ortman. John N. Decker held a meeting at Independence.
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Max Kristep
Bsebine Sherwin
Dover
New Ham
Yean
King Central Station
Sherwin
Marchal Riffe
Lee Crane
Kentucky Central
Mpeg
Fayee
Rons
Fragmented Eastern Paper Q&A Scribbles
The readable text shows a garbled exchange with disjointed phrases and nonstandard spellings. No coherent events, names, places, or dates emerge to form a factual news item or summary.
Proceedings in Congress and Bills Introduced
Senate debated test oaths for ex rebel officeholders and options on Pacific Railroad settlement. House tables included printing a Congressional Record, department of justice, army officer reduction, elections purity, Paducah post office, Nashville and Decatur rail aid, Memphis customs, Fort Collom homestead preemption, and Colorado borders. Senate passed joint resolution authorizing land purchases by actual settlers with substitute amendment. Discussion noted on extending railroad construction from St Croix to the western terminus.
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Senate
Hot Springs
Ark
St. Louis
Cincinnati
United States
Congress
Union Pacific
Secretary of the Interior
House
Department of Justice
Paducah
Nashville and
Decatur
Memphis
Fort Collam
Colorado
Indiana
St. Croix River
Lake
Suspected Philadelphia Robbers Target Bank Heist
Police tonight arrested two men suspected in a Philadelphia bank robbery. The report notes Fenian Gran d Convention plans in western cities this summer with the meeting site undetermined. A fire yesterday caused losses at Richard W Beaks & Co 29 South Street with securities including cash and United States 5-20 bonds only partly available.
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Philadelphia
Richard W Beaks & Co
South Street
United States
No Business Of Importance In House Session Report
The record notes no business of importance was conducted as the House was not in session. Mentions of proposed amendments to statutes regarding the Railroad Commissioner, relief for amend, and surplus funds of counties appear in the fragmented notes.
Massittoux and nearby cities election results
The city election results show Massittoux with an 80 vote average majority over Grant. Céniusave polled more than any local election before, while Ridgeway held a 1,500 margin over an Independent candidate. Dudee of Mayor Buhr, a Democrat, won by 1,500. Salem and Chillicothe saw Republican victories, Wooster saw a close race, and Dayton yielded a close poll for mayor and marshal positions.
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Massittoux
Grant
Céiusave
Ridgeway
Tadepandies Combinats Seief
Justine
Buhreus
SaLem
Pia
Chillicothe
Maxshzip
Dayton
Connecticut Election Returns Favor Republicans
Early returns show Republicans carrying Connecticut with 41,300 votes. Jewel defeated Galnahan with strong GOP turnout and a clear lead.
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Connecticut
Jewell
Galnahan
GREAT FIRE AT CHATHAM AND BERGEN AND OTHER NEWS
Multiple dispatches report a raging fire at Chatham New York traced to Wheeler foundry with joint stock venture discussions and large capital plans. Bergen City saw a sizable blaze leaving dozens homeless. A separate Dayton incident describes a man fracturing his mother’s skull during a drunken assault. suspect jailed.
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Chatham
N. Y
Wheeler In &. Louis Assem
Wilege
New York
Bergen
Patrick Aes
Dayton
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