Sadi Carnot elected France's president at Versailles
United States news reports deny a Diaz-Mexico conflict claim as election rumor. Trials and political moves surface from Chicago burglaries to Kansas, with officers in Lincoln freed. Petroleum discovery near San Antonio stirs Texas locals while Ontario fire injures guests at Guelph hotel. Archbishop McGetligan dies in Ireland. Ra venna Ohio murder verdict finds John Coughlin guilty of first degree murder.
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Versailles
France
M. Sadi-Carnot
Grevy
Louis Napoleon
United States
Mexico
Diaz
M. L. Howr
Bark
Freeman
Boston
Japan
Harper
Fidelity Bank
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Wintton H. Woucott
Bloomington
Haris
Chicago
CoxpressMan
Duinamm
Mississippi
Alabama
Don M. Dickinson
Michigan
Washington
San Antonio
Texas
Norfolk
Kimberly
Currituck Light
Tur
Hurley
Wisconsin
Guelph
Ontario
Daniel McGetligan
Diocese of
Armagh
Ireland
John Coughlin
Blinky” Morgan
Hulligan
Ravenna
Ohio
The French President Grevy’s Resignation Reconsidered
Paris dispatch reports Grevy initially resigning, then reconsidering after Prime Minister Rouvier's briefing. Deputies adopted an order awaiting the President's message, Hoover to confer, vote stood 531 to. Grevy planned to address both houses with a formal message on Friday clarifying his decision.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Grevy
M. Rouvier
M. Hoover
Senate
Hem
M. Grevy
Mesauge
Wu Tantang
French Senate summons Versailles congress to elect new president
Deputies heard a message from the President of the Senate summoning a congress of both chambers at Versailles to elect a new president. The session closed with cheers of Vive la Republique asWisdom and patriotism guide restraint amid conflict with Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Floquet
Senate
Versailles
la Republique
Powderly Reflects on Knights of Labor Growth and Trials
In a financial and industrial column a reader cites Mr. Powderly arguing the Knights of Labor expanded from fewer than 10 000 to 700 000 members. He praises pioneers who sacrificed for posterity, rejects secession, and says new orders would breed wire pulling and compromise if they surpass the old in power.
Prohibition party to nominate at Indianapolis convention
The National Conference Committee of the Prohibition party gathered in Chicago with over a thousand temperance leaders. They set the Indianapolis convention for the first Wednesday in June with Professor Samuel Dickie chosen to preside and to accept the nomination as Chairman. Dickie’s salary is $3,000 and he will resign Albion College professorship to devote himself to prohibition. The Nashville WCTU urged parties to avoid vilification, call for peace, and support unity across North and South. The convention debated representation and woman suffrage, then closed with a mass meeting naming General Clinton B. Fisk as the presidential candidate and raising $6,000 of a $40,000 campaign fund.
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Prohibition Party
Chicago
Indianapolis
Samuel Dickie
Dickie
Albion College
Woman's Chriitian Temperance Union
Nashville
Tenn
North
South
St. John
Clinton B. Fisk
New Jersey
Most asserts beliefs in court as Newark unrest grows
The record shows Johant Most denying violent language at trial while a verdict finds him guilty. Reports also note arson and murder cases in Tur ner’s Falls and Alamosa as unrest and vigilante actions rise amid anarchist sentiment in Newark and Cheyenne Agency guards killed.
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Johant Most
Bi x
New York
Most
United States
Mr. Nicoll
Mr. Nico
Newark
New Jersey
Pierre
Cheynne
Alamosa
Cole
Michael O'Brien
Mins McCgrezoe
Fires and accidents sweep several towns with heavy losses
A rock and earth fall in a Huemmelstown quarry buries three men with bodies not recoverable for weeks. in Brookville Kansas a six block blaze consumes Lawrance Hoal district buildings, four men die or are badly burned. Strawbridge Lithographing in Cincinnati suffers a $50,000 loss with $150,000 insurance. a New York tenement fire damages property. a Dodgeville Wisconsin explosion injures four, one fatally.
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Huemmelstown
Btookville
Kan
Lawrance
Strawbridge Lithographing Company
Cincinnati
New York
Dodgeville
Wis
Newport
Disaster at Tamaqua Lockout Train Blast
In a Tamaqua blast a rock dropped into a powder hole. seven kegs ignited and the crew in the pit were buried while five on the engine were blown to atoms. Injured include Eric Ostrom Antony Nelson Peter Johnson Andrew Theager Meyer. The incident halted operations on the local railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tamaqua
Michigan swamp lands probe implicates Chandler and rail lines
Detroit dispatch reports the Journal exposes claims to 600 acres of swamp lands by J H Chandler KW Sparrow and the Seager estate and suggests Michigan will gain at least 2 000 000 from swamp land payments. It also notes railroads hold or sold 300 000 acres with suits to recover 180 000 acres.
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Detroit Dispatch
Journal
Colu
Michigan
Chandler
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company
J. H. Chandler
KW. Sparrow
Seager
State of Michigan
United States
State of
Anita
Flint
Jackson
Lansing
Carlisle
Committee On Ways and Means
Crisp
Georgia
New York
Nicaragua
Northwest
Chicago
Vian
Minnesota
Dakota
Montana
Sweden
Denmark
Europe
Grand Trunk
Lake Shore
Stormer Heele
Christiansand
Christians
Copenhagen
Manitoba
Red River Valley
Norquay
Crawford
Washington
Sumner
Kansaa
Dubuque Bridge Dedication Celebrated With Parade
The Mississippi River high bridge in Dubuque opened amid a festive celebration with a procession, speeches, and large crowds from Dubuque and surrounding areas. Railroads sent tributes as Illinois and Wisconsin visitors joined locals for a three mile parade through the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Lowa
Fieture
Comerce
Changes in House Tariff Debates and Revenue Proposals
Special correspondence outlines administration aims to cut tobacco taxes and sugar duties, with cautious support for partial tariff reductions. Projections show potential $55 million revenue loss from tobacco and sugar cuts, while freeing wool lumber and salt taxes remains contested between House and Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairchild
Carlisle
Congress
Senate
Mint Director reports record year for gold and silver deposits
The Director of the Mint lists 1887 as a peak year with gold deposits of $88,223,072 and silver deposits of $47,756,918 plus redeposits. Coinage totals include 3,724,720 gold pieces and 44,231,288 silver pieces, with minor coins of 50,166,509. Trade dollars redeemed and silver dollar production are noted, along with costs, earnings, and year-end stock estimates.
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Mint
United States
London
Treasury
New York
Philadelphia
United States Assay
Changes in House Committees After Last Elections
The article notes uneven turnover in House committees. Chairman Turner of Georgia's Elections Committee was re-elected. four other members, including two from Illinois, also returned, while ten did not. Ways and Means lost its chairman and four others. three Appropriations members stayed. Judiciary kept its chair but lost the chair and five others. Culberson of Texas is the senior surviving Judiciary member and Mills of Texas the senior Ways and Means survivor, making dual chairmanship unlikely. Pwollins of Massachusetts rises as a strong Judiciary figure. Banking and Currency lost its chairman and two members. Candler of Georgia remains the senior surviving member, limiting Georgian chair chances.
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House
Turner
Georgia
Elections Committee
Illinois
Committee On Ways and Means
Appropriations Committee
Judiciary Committee
Culberson
Texas
Mills
Ways and Means
Pwollins
Massachusetts
Banking and Currency Committee
Candler
Congressional committee shifts after election losses noted
The article lists changes in key committees as many members fail to return. It names chairmen and survivors across Banking and Currency, Commerce, Agriculture, Foreign Affairs, Military Affairs, Naval, Post Office, Public Lands and Territories. Senior members like Bland Clardy Hatch Bragg Wheeler Herbert Blount Hill Springer are highlighted amid retirements.
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Brand
Missouri
Reagan
Texas
Committee On Commerce
Clardy
Bland
Commerce Committee
Willis
Kentucky
Blanchard
Louisiana
Hatch
Committee On Agriculture
Perry Belmont
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Gen. Bragg
Wisconsin
Gen
Wheeler
Alabama
Herbert
Blount
Georgia
Public Lands
Martin Foran
Ohio
Mr. Hill
Territories
Mr. Springer
Illinois
Postal Revenue and Costs Reported by Third Assistant Postmaster General
The report shows total ordinary postal revenue of 48118273 dollars and money order revenue of 719336 dollars, with total expenditures of 53133252 dollars and a deficit of 4295643 dollars. Net excess of postal costs over revenue equals 5482770 dollars, while receipts rose 11.1 percent from the prior year. The special delivery system rose about 21 percent and an investigation into a neumatic tube network for major cities is urged.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Pacific Railway
London
Berlin
Paris
Postoffices Rise Aboard As Report Details 1887 Adjustments
The First Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson reports 3,043 post offices established in the last fiscal year with total active offices reaching 55,157 by June 30, 1887. Salaries were adjusted, causing shifts among third and fourth class offices and a total of 2,336 presidential offices after changes. Money order offices numbered 7,745 with state distributions listed. Major inventory includes 300 tons wrapping twine and 60 million blanks. recommendations seek lower post office box key fees and funds for third-class office rents.
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Stevenson
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Virginia
Ilinois
Missour
North Carolina
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Missouri
Indiana
Postal Service
Vilas
Department
Foreign Mail Service Sees Big Increases in Transatlantic Traffic
Superintendent Bell reports a gratifying rise in U S foreign mail weights to letters and other articles. Transatlantic mail volume climbs 10.59 percent for letters and 12.35 percent for other items. Central and South American mails rise 1.21 percent for letters and 20.49 percent for other articles. Venezuela surges 246 percent. Central American States up 36 percent. Total foreign mail cost amounts to 137447 dollars with 424056 dollars for sea conveyance, up 57447 dollars. Bell proposes premiums and penalties to improve Central and South American service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas M. Bell
United States
Venezuela
Central
South America
Bell
Postal Statistics Show Potential 1 Cent Postage Move
Postmaster General Vilas forecasts postage could fall to 1 cent per ounce for letters with further rate cuts for merchandise. The report details office counts, deliveries, appointments, and rising service volumes, including free delivery expansions to eight cities and growth in money orders and stamps sales.
Dickens Interviewed in Pittsburg on American literary trends
Charles Dickens Jr spoke at length on literature. He criticized the Howells and James school for lacking originality and praised Haggard and Stevenson for fresh style. He noted English readers prefer English writers and that American poetry sells poorly outside magazines while newspaper literature remains strong.
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Pittsburg
Charles Dickens, Jr
Haggard
Stevenson
Howells and James
Mr. Stevenson
Defoe
Mr. Haggard
United States
Letter From Prisoner Denounces Balfour And Health Claims
Smuggled letter from Tullamore Jail denounces Mr Balfour's assertions about the writer's health and the alleged need for force. The piece recounts threats, bread and water diet, stolen clothes, and refusal to discuss health while asserting innocence. Separate items note New York Copper Exchange excitement over Calumet and Hecla. San Francisco post office site funding. and Pittsburgh flint glass wage talks.
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Mr. O'Brien
Tullamore
Dublin
Mr. Balfour
Balfour
New York Metal Exchange
Calumet
Hecla
Swindle Ring and Local Crimes Front Ohio News
Ohio reporters detail a pair of slick swindlers who worked Guernsey County for four days, collecting promissory notes over $1500 while selling forged harrow schemes. Other items include a near-fatal railway scare, a murder mystery near Chillicothe, factory explosions, and political vote tallies with Foraker leading.
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the Express Publishing Company
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Benue
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Ceencoreesaves
National Capital
Fostal
House Committees
Postal Revenue
Foreign Mail Service
Isis
Minerva
Mauco Copac
Bosworth
Richard II
Richmond
Henry VII
Sue
Postal Statistics
Charles Dickens
England
O’brien
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Ohio State News
Guernsey
Eagle Hotel
Cambridge
G. Reynolds
R. Richards
Empire Machine Company
Dayton
G. Weaver
L. N. Martin
Cleveland
Attica
Frank Cantwell
Leonard Blessing
Chillicothe
J. N. Curtice
la Grange
Bird Johnson
George Holmes
William Nichols
Foraker
John C. Brown
Xenia
Sam Harding
John Fisher
James Butler
Tiffin
Geo. Hixson
Hixson & Crosby
Goodhope
Hiram C. Haydn
First Presbyterian Church
Adelbert College
Western Reserve University
Wheeling Gaunt
Yellow Springs
Wilberforce University
J. M. Dawson
Waynesfield
Simon Baughman
Akron
Columbus
Samuel H. Bright
Common Pleas
Charles Strobel
J. M. Lemon
Fourth Judicial District
Hillsboro
Conrad Doll
Canton
Charles H. DeCouvey
Marcellus Barkley
Bethel
Theophilus Taylor
Carrie Rhodes
Greenville
Alfred Blizzard
Geo. Greenvalt
Frengat
Amanda
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