Global News Briefs Highlight Cuba Slavery Free Push
Intelligence by wire reports a Spanish Chamber resolution to liberate the remaining 20,000 slaves in Cuba. London notes ministerial changes including Cecil Raikes as Postmaster General, with Henry Matthews and Arthur Balfour among new appointees. Additional items cover Turkey’s armament, Panama Canal progress, Austrian maneuvers restricted, and notable marriages and transport feats. Also updates on Illinois freight discrimination suits, Chicago rail projects, livestock pools, Lake Erie and Western sale, and a vast 2,000,000 acre Northern Pacific land deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Deputies
Cuba
London
Cecil Raikes
John Manners
Lord Salisbury
Henry Matthews
Q. C
Scotland
Arthur Balfour
Duchy of Lancaster
Lord John Manners
Treasury
A. Akers-Douglas
Ireland
Hugh Holmes
John Gregory Gibson
Turkey
Panama Canal Company
Paris
M. de Lesseps
Indiana
Iowa
Streator
Ilino’s
Central Railroad Company
Chicago
George L. Carman
Central Iowa Association
Kansas and Mussouri
Gresham
Lake Erie & Western Road
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Tle
Land Committee
Personal notes and presidential family items
A column of brief items reports Mrs. Cleveland advising against the name Frankie for her granddaughter Frances or Frank. rumors of Judge Treat resigning are unfounded. Mrs. Folsom visits her son in law the President. Manning to stay at Watch Hill. Dan Simpson of Boston dies at nearly 96. Col Nelson Platt pardoned by President Cleveland. Judge Henry K. McCoy dies bathing at Atlantic City. Eli Perkins on ex-President Arthur’s health and decline with reference to Bright's disease and indigestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Frankie Cleveland Winter
Frankie
Frances
Frank
Manning
Watch Hill
R. L
Dan Simpson
Boston
Spencer
Artery
Nelson Plato
Corpus Christi
Texas
Cleveland
Plato
Atlanta
Henry K. McCoy
Federal Bench
Atlantic City
McCaffrey
Squire O’brien
Pittsburgh
Eli Perkins
Arthur
New London
John McCullough
Charles Francis Adams
Bartley Campbell
Bright
Gen. Schenck
Hubert O. Thompson
New York
Prohibition Convention Largest in Ohio with 700 Delegates
The Canton gathering drew 700 delegates and 5000 sympathizers, nominating a state ticket and adopting a long platform denouncing the Dow saloon law, backing female suffrage, opposing anarchists, tariff upheavals, and criticizing the Dayton Soldiers Home for tolerating a saloon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Canton
National Soldiers Home
Dayton
Financial distress and crop outlook across markets
The article notes Kauffman Wolf & Co of Detroit filing a chancery wind up as assets fall short of 169000 liabilities, Minneapolis wholesale house 8 IL Converse closed by sheriff with debts of 30000, Alton Road GM Chappell reporting corn crop failures across Illinois Missouri and light yields west of the Missouri, Bradstreet data on building permits totaling 68000000 across 25 cities, and weekly failures in the U S totaling 162 with year-to-date 6153, comparing to earlier years and Canada’s tally of 717.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kauffman, Wolf & Co
Detroit
Converse
Minneapolis
C. H. Chappell
Alton Road
Chicago
Illinois
Missouri
Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Railroad Intelligence and Big Four Access to Chicago
The Chicago roads opposition delays UP time reduction plans from the lakes to the Pacific. Cincinnati Indianapolis Chicago stockholders approve Ingalls refunding plan, authorize a $10,000,000 mortgage to back new bonds, and ratify a traffic agreement with Illinois Central giving the Big Four independent Chicago access. Illinois Railway Commissioners have
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Roads
Union Pacific
Lakes
Pacific Ocean
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Chicago Railroad
Ingalls
Chicago
Illinois Railway
Cutting affair Portends two year sentence for American publisher
Mexican lawyers expect a two year imprisonment for A Cutting an American who printed El Centinela in Paso del Norte and accused Emilio Medina of fraud after Medina forced a reconciliation in a Mexican court. Cutting was rearrested for libel and contempt of court and held in a Mexican jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutting
Paso del Norte
Mexico
Emigho Medina
Medina
Rio Grande
el Paso
Texas
el Centinela
Mex
Emiglio Medina
Emilio Medina
Asso
A. Cutting
William Foote
Chicago
McVicker’s Theater
Darkies
Anarchist Trial Shocks Courtroom with Harrowing Testimony
Reports from Chicago describe Dr. Murphy’s vivid testimony on May Day injuries and the bombing at Haymarket, detailing wounds to officers including Shannon Hansen Barrett Miller and Sheban. The account notes Lingg and Schnauvelt involvement, with further violence and a mob scene in Comanche County Texas and other lynchings across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
Chicago
Murphy
Zybune
J.B. Murphy
Haymarket
Shannon
Jacob Hansen
Barrett
Miller
Sheban
Kr. Murphy
Schnaubelt
Fielden
Shehan
Schaack
Schnauvelt
Lingg
America
Engel
Louise Michel
Comanche County
Texas
Stephens
Lee Chuck
George Moore
Charlotte
N. C
Seymour
Indiana
Leander Mooily
House Passes Bill To Stop Liens From Acquiring Territory Titles
A 209 to 6 vote in the House adopts a bill to prevent liens from obtaining title to real estate in territories. Other items include nominations, murders in Mexico, a Port Townsend customs post fight, a Philadelphia yacht capsizing with deaths, and bank reserve data.
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House
Nathaniel H. R. Dawson
Alabama
Tar Courner
Texas
Bayard
Mexico
Senate
W. C. Matthews
Albany
District of Columbia
Deecher
Port Townsend
M. K. Snell
Harrisburg
Elmhurst
Sarah Craig
Philadelphia
Sandy Hook
William Cramp
Ottawa
Algiers
Baptist
St. Clair
Penn
Law and Order Society
House of Representatives
Conference Committee
Hennepin Canal
Sturgeon Bay
Stead, Simpson & Co
Leicester
Eng
Solomon Meyer
St. Louis
New York
Pittsburg
W. J. Hoever & Son
Baltimore
Goldsbouro
North Carolina
Engineer Mart Burke Killed in Indiana Rail Crash
Mart Burke, veteran engineer for the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, died at Valparaiso Indiana when the west bound limited express collided with freight cars on a side track. Mrs John Pii of Pittsburg injured by accidental sulphuric acid spill while pouring holy water misused the bottle and worsened her condition. Buck Hoff flour mills and Old Dominion Cotton mills in Manchester Virginia burned incurring about 95000 dollars in losses.
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Samuel Fulham
Gowen
Mich
Bluffton
Indiana
Wabah
Columbus
Union
Evare'y
General Logan
Govenor Ager
Grand Army
Engin
Echoanon
Utah
Thada
Inja
Alger
Downey
Mart Burke
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Valparaiso
Ind
John Pii
Buck & Hoff
Old Dominion Cotton-mills
Manchester
Noble County
Norwich
Caldwell
Mount Vernon
Dennison
Cleveland
Circleville
Toledo
John Conlon
Alexandria
Arcanum
New Philadelphia
Ohio list of federal appointees draws strong crticism
The piece argues Ohio’s federal posts are filled with officials with dishonorable or penitentary records. It singles out figures like pension agent Gilbert Larger and various deputies in Cincinnati and Columbus, alleging misconduct, partisan bias, or criminal histories. The narrator condemns the appointments as partisan and unworthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Crawford
New York World
Ohio
Gilbert Larger
Columbus
Barger
Allen T. Wyckoff
Wyckoff
United States Service
Winchester
Hmself
William Caldwell
It of Cincinnati
Jerry Mulroy
Patch” Moran
Hackman
W. T. Bishop
Internal Revenue
Cincinnati
Burt
Railway Mail Service
Postoffice Department
Vilas
Gwynn
Indiana
Jack Connelly
Agricultural Department
Bowling Green
Dobson
John H. Farley
Cleveland
Knecht
Dayton
Gillespie
United States
Rhody Shields
Common Council
Akron
John Kumler
Toledo
Kumirs
G d
Urner
Portsmouth
Newman
Portsmouth Times
Lincoln
Union
Brady
Newark
Jake Miller
Frankforton-the- Main
John Sherman
Senate
Miller
Congressmen Reed On Tariff And Pension Vetoes
In a New York Tribune interview Congressman Reed critiques Democratic tariff policy and pension vetoes. He argues a slow coast defense buildup is needed and criticizes the Ways and Means Committee for blocking administrative reform. Reed warns a northern pension tax would burden the North and questions Southern influence on President Cleveland’s veto. He also opposes a tax clause with pension bills as harmful to budget and tariff debates. Garland remains legal adviser to the reform administration.
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New York Tribune
Congress
Democratic Party
Tilden
Secretary of the Navy
United States
North
Republican Party
Knights of Labor
Democrats
Committee On Ways and Means
House
New York
Brooklyn
Seacoast
Customs Service
Ways and Means Committee
Theople
Morrison
Cleveland
Albany
Washington
South
National lawmakers cool debate on labor, liquor, and courts
Senate actions include a labor commission bill to probe convict labor, a conventional amondment on alcohol, and nominations to federal posts. House and Senate clash over river and harbor projects, land grants, and silver certificate provisions amid executive dismissals and confirmations.
He Knew What That Meant
A congressman's daughter faces an uncertain pursuit as her suitor remains on the calendar of unfinished business. The father presses for a definite conclusion while the daughter replies with practical indifference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celestine
Washington
A Questionable Benedy In The Home
A baby crying from cranberry consumption causes a commotion in a domestic scene. The father complains about the noise while the mother identifies cranberries as the cause and suggests giving the child more to quiet her. The quoted exchange frames the humorous household moment.
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New York Times
Ohio State News highlights from wartime and local incidents
Reports show Soldiers Home beer sales averaging eighteen to twenty two barrels of thirty two gallons daily, about $500 in receipts, with temperance advocates praising the plan. Other items note a giant black snake with canaries missing, union tensions among bricklayers, rolls of Ohio volunteers, a shooting accident injuring a young woman, and various fires crimes and legal actions across the state.
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West End
Lancaster
Cincinnati
Bricklaers
U.S. A
Ohio
Gbottum
Akron
Hamilton County Commissioners
Longview Asylum
Thomas Wilson
Coshocton
Roscoe Woolen Mills
Shawnee
Columbus
Athens
Fort Wayne
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Defiance Co. Express. Defiance
the News
Galicia
Evelyn Campbell
Duke of Argyll
James Baillie Hamilton
Worcester
Mass
Westminster Abbey
Cherbourg
France
Vermont
Greenbackers
Essex Junction
T. B. Smith
Rounds
White House
Rogers
New Hampshire
Alvin P. Hovey
John A. Anderson
Kansas
Ira J. Chase
John Baumgartner
Virginia
T. W. Brotherton
Financial and Industrial
Railroad Intelligence
Arbeiter Zeitung
Lang
Gary
Franz Liszt
Bayreuth
C.licagy. Brerves
Burren
Milwaukee
Pork
Cc Bcecc
Indianapolis
East
Liberty CaTris—Fest
Pat Dowling
Battelle
Payne
Democratic Club
Pendleton
Berlin
Congressman Reed
Garland
National
Labor Commission
Blair
Education and Labor Committee
Eza Baird
Idaho
Charles M. Thomas
Kentucky
Supreme Court of
Dakota
Prsident
Norther Pacific Railway Company
Rosette
DeKalb
Senate Pension Comittee
Dudley Branch
James C. Chandler
Persia
Thomas C. Bach
Supreme Court of the
Territory of Montana
George G. Lorenz
Julius Santos
Ecuador
Michigan
Henry Ward Beecher
W. T. Beecher
George A. Jenks
Hatch
Committee On Appropriations
Barnes
Lefevre
McCommas
Gorge A. Jens
Cornelius C. Watts
District of West Virginia
Debney H. Maury
Columbia
Hunter
Mary Anderson
Ilinois and
Hennepin
Mississippi River
Squire Hobbs
X-Bankkasheers
Injianny
Sience
Chicago Ledger
Questionable Benedy
Ohio State News
Ohio Penitentiary
Painsville
Urbana
Lima
Hampton County
Mt. Union College
Buckeye Salt Company
Pomeroy
Piqua
Lebanon
Springboro
Dreath
Seneca
Troy
Carthage
Bloomville
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