Flourville Crime: Galloway Store Robbery Shootout
At Flourville near midnight Geo Galloway awoke to men at his front door and was shot in a failed burglary. John Butler and Matt Mathes were arrested near Johnson City after officers seized a partly loaded pistol. Butler identified by Galloway, Bailey remains at large. An auger used to bore the door was found, and Galloway’s condition is reported as improving while authorities pursue the suspects.
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Galloway & Co
Flourville
Geo. D. Galloway
Galloway
John Butler
Jonson City
Butler
Johnson City
Oliver Burleson
Jno
Matt Mathes
Geo. Bailey
Ed Hale
Jeff Scott
Robi
Kilgore
House of Mathes
Mathes
Burleson
Pickens
Jonesboro
Young Galloway
Sonen
Atlante Conatitrer
Mary Chapman
Williams and
Cox Street
Atlanta
Chicago streetcar strike action at Western avenue barns
Report covers July 6 1885 police deployment to manage 500 officers and Pinkerton and deputy sheriffs guarding car lines on Van Buren Madison Randolph and Lake streets. Fire dept ready, two to three officers per car to patrol tracks amid fear of violent disruption as strikers threaten attacks.
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Pinkerton
Western Avenue
Banfield
van Buren
Madison
Randolph
Lake
Randolph Street
Transfer of Pension Office to Hon. R. L. Taylor in Knoxville
Yesterday morning about 100 o clock the newly appointed Pension Agent Hon. R L Taylor Democrat took possession of the Pension Office in this city Col H R Gibson Republican retiring. Gibson handed Taylor the keys and explained the office setup. Taylor placed the office in the hands of Dr S J Morrow and James Taylor to keep order until his regular appointments are made.
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R. L. Taylor
H.R. Gibson
Gobson
Taylor
Gibwn
Gibson
J. Morrow
James Taylor
Congress
James’ Taylor
J. Moron
John
W. A. Stone
Knoxville Tribune
Washington Notes and Texas Appointments Amid Rail Disaster
Washington notes report President appointing eight postmasters to fill vacancies and review of 39 removal cases with 22 suspensions. Names include Reed at Corinth and Kilgore at Longview amid suspensions for various causes. Also described is a water spout near Wollen Texas that damaged a freight line, car bodies hurled, crews uninjured, and broader washouts on Sunset route.
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Washington
Wasarsonos
Torday
St. Paul
Minn
Charles H. Reed
Corinth
Miss
T.D. Duncan
John T. Kilgore
Longview
Texas
J. W. Flanagan
Leslie E. Brooks
Mobily
Ala
J.E. Slaughter
Mule. Thompson
Birmingham
San Antonio
Wollen
Here
Basaonr
Baroumanil
London
Ellaworth
Reed's Pond
Western jewelry jobbers meet at Astor House
The semi annual gathering of western jewelry jobbers and manufacturers opens at the Astor House New York with representatives from leading houses nationwide. Exhibits display gold and plated jewelry and buyers from the west expect about 500000 dollars worth of merchandise to be traded.
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New York
Astor House
Postmaster General orders two week review after July 4
Washington reports the Postmaster General’s two week pause after July 4 to consider presidential postmasters cases. Priority given to those with expired leaves. Investigations into a New Orleans yellow fever case found genuine, not imported, patient convalescent. G Clark appointed Mobile customs director. Brainerd & Co. bid lowest for Peoria post office stonework amid a labor-related contract protest.
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Wasttrxnton
Washington
J1ne Manne Hospital Service
New Orleans
Wassinoroy
G. Clark
Customs
Mobile
Secretary of the Treasury
Peoria
Til
Brainerd & Co
Joliet
Stau i & Co
Buffal
Postage Reform Through the Ages
New Yorker notes the long arc of postal rates from two cents for a one ounce letter in San Francisco to major reductions since 1845. It traces changes from high charges for short distances to simplified rates, extended distance limits, and eventually two cent letter postage as a logical completion of reform.
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New Yorker
San Francisco
Pittsburg
United States
New York Evening Post
Logan Boom in Republican Party Sparks 1885 Nomination Hopes
The Boston banquet and party press praise John A. Logan as the true Republican voice. Logan is seen as likely to win the 1885 presidential nomination if his principles align with the party lineup. A Blaine editor hails his views as the ozone of true Republicans.
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John A. Logan
Boston
Logan
Blaine
Vicer
Tance
N.Y
Phelps Ties to Blaine Stirring Campaign Blunders
The text notes Blaine’s friendship with William Walter Phelps and credits Phelps with two major errors in the campaign. It says Phelps influenced Blaine to pursue the Indianapolis Jibel suit and to antagonize Edmunds, damaging Blaine’s standing among followers and contributing to his defeat.
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Blaine
William Walter Phelps
Edmunds
Indianapolis
Phelps
Bar Harbor
Cleveland Endorsed by Thurman for President
Senator Thurman says no safe president would rush office changes like Cleveland has. He adds that administration popularity matters less than doing what is right and just. When asked about a unanimous governor nomination he declines, citing plenty of good Democratic talent without his involvement.
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Thurman
Cleveland
Thorman
Reducing the Human Nose by Repeated Puncture Method
An English physician proposes a nose reduction technique named multiple punctiform sacrifice. The process uses a handle with many tiny double edged blades to prick the nose 600 to 3,000 times per session. The operation is repeated weekly or biweekly for several months while the nose is kept well anointed. The doctor claims the procedure is not painful.
Keiley to Seek Austrian Post if Vienna Receives Him
Hon Anthony M Keiley says in a Bayard interview that he will travel to Vienna to present credentials as United States minister to Austria and Hungary. If Austria refuses the reception, the mission will remain vacant.
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Peterssena
Taly
Anthony M. Keiley
Bayard
Keiley
Vienna
United States
Austrian
Hungary
Civil Rights Sales. Batimans, July 7 in circuit court
Judge Bond affirmed the district court decree awarding three colored men damages of $100 each for being excluded from first class sleeping accommodations on the steamer Sue after purchasing first class tickets. This ruling settles the question for steamboat travel on the Chesapeake Bay.
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Batimans
United States Circuit Court
Bond
District Court
Chesapeake Bay
Mr Steve Elkins Accused In Indianapolmie Probe
A brief communication from Wiehback Master Chancery outlines a fraud case connected to land surveyed by John Elkins brother of Steve Elkins. The proceedings involve the Valet Biatesca h Fkine faera and reference a master chancery inquiry in Indiana.
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Indianapolmie
Ing
Wiehback
Faera
I Land
Elkins
John
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