Bank and Russia Reform News Ties and Trials
The French gold balance has risen by eighty five million since eighteen months ago while Germany expands its reserves. Britain France and Germany report gold at ninety five million and silver at sixty million with gains over twelve months. Russia’s imperial incomes are cut to one third save the Czar’s. Queen Victoria accepts the Gladstone Cabinet’s resignation. Desire Leblonde, noted French advocate, has died. Louise Michel and other anarchists face trial in Paris for inciting riots during Decazeville strike. French Republicans form a committee to promote republicanism and curb royalism. In London, Crawford Dilke case verdicts find Mrs Crawford guilty of improper conduct. her husband awarded a divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of
France
Germany
England
Special Commission
Russia
Czar
Gladstone
Queen Victoria
Desire Moderic Leblonde
Louise Michel
Paris
Decazeville
London
Crawford
Sir Charles
New Haven
Conn
Sugatuck
Mich
Castle Garden
Fourth
Illinois
George E. Adams
House of Representatives
T. L. O’meara
Davenport
Iowa
Congress
Knights of Labor
Rothschilds
Manchester
Lord SalisBoury
Osborne
Lord Hartington
Boston
New England
Indianapolis
Wilbur Ryan
Fred Kellemeyer
Chicago
Andrew C. Janssen
Pinkerton National Agency
Fielden
Parsons
Schwab
Cleveland
Senate
Bayard
Philadelphia
Portland
Illinois Board of Agriculture
Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Notable Obituaries: Clergy, Judges, Officials Pass Away
The Rev Adrian Foote, age near 100, dies in Rochester Indiana as the oldest Baptist minister. Judge John T Nixon of New Jersey, recently blind, slowly regains sight. President travels to Albany with Bayard Whitney Lamont for bicentennial. William Hunter, 81, longtime State Department official, died in Washington. Mme Morblacchi the danseuse dies in East Billerica. Captain Leonard Whitney of Western Union dies in Chicago. Col Dexter Russell Wright, Connecticut lawyer, dies in New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Foote
United States
Rochester
Ind
Henry Bicknell
Bangor
Maine
Mattie
John T. Nixon
United States District Court of New Jersey
Bayard and Whitney
Lamont
Albany
William Hunter
Washington
State Department
Jackson
Mme. Morblacchi
Danseuse
East Billerica
Mass
J. B. Omohundro
Texas Jack
Leonard Whitney
Western Union Telegraph Company
Chicago
Col
Dexter Russell Wright
Connecticut
New Haven
Political party conventions nominate slate across states
Indiana Republicans set state convention for September 2 while Democrats in Ohio Iowa and Arkansas name congressional or statewide nominees. Arkansas Republicans pledge tariff protection and convict labor limits. Vermont Democrats back tariff revision railway commission liquor regulation arbitration and weekly payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Ohio
George E. Seney
Congress
Iowa
Walter L Hayes
Clinton
Murphy
Twket
Arkansas
Little Rock
Lafayette Gregg
A. M. Milter
D. D. Leach
L. Althemer
D. B. Russell
Supreme Court
O. D. Scott
A. W. Stone
A. H. Boles
National Republican Party
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Vermont
Montpelier
B. Shurtleff
P. M
Gladstone
Parnell
Financial and Industrial Briefs Show Mixed US Business
Edwin Hoole, surviving partner of Snider and Hoole bookbinders, assigns assets valued at 500000 dollars. Last week 184 US and Canada business failures, up from 183. Eastern and Southern losses light. West and Pacific coast account for about half. Merchantry remains generally active with some regional declines. drought, harvest delays, and rains temper trading in places like New Orleans, Dallas, Burlington, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh. Omaha reports reduced inventories awaiting harvest. wholesale期待 autumn pickup. St Louis notes drought relief. Wool buying firming at seaboard and Chicago. general price levels steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hoole
Chicago
Snider & Hoole
United States
Canada
Middle States
Pacific Coast
Bradstreet
New Orleans
Dallas
Burlington
Iowa
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Omaha
St Louis
Missouri
Seaboard
Cotton goods prices rise as advance plan approved
The movement of cotton goods remains steady with some makes exhausted and prices higher especially for print cloths. The Western Furniture Manufacturers' Association at Cincinnati agreed to advance prices at least 5 percent starting January 1, 1887, though Michigan and Illinois manufacturers were not represented at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Cincinnati
Michigan
Illinois
Railroad fraud case and frontier rail extensions
A Circuit Court in Springfield IL finds Illinois Central Railroad guilty of unjust freight discrimination charging higher rate for coffee bound for Kankakee than for Mattoon. The suit yields a $1,000 fine. Meanwhile rail line expansion accelerates with multiple lines near completion or planned from Chicago outward including St. Paul and Freeport connections and new lines in Dakota Nebraska Wyoming and Wisconsin. In Louisiana a gun battle leaves officers dead. lynching fears arise as case of criminal misconduct sparks tensions. Obscure local executions occur in Arkansas Missouri and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Springfield
Kankakee
Mat‘oon
Burlington and Northern
St. Paul
Oregon
Chicago
Chicago and Alton
Illinois Central
Freeport
Minnesota
Norhwestern
Tabuque
Wisconsin Central
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Rock Island
Nebraska
Kansas
Wyoming
Burlington
Missouri
Union Pacific
Wisconsin Central Road
Schlessingerville
Milwaukee
St. Paul Company
Pardons for Northwest rebel leaders announced
The Dominion Government pardoned Dumont Dumas and other imprisoned leaders from the Northwest rebellion. Royal engineers head to British Columbia to assess Pacific coast fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Dumont
Dumas
Northwest
Royal Engineers
British Columbia
Pacific Coast
National Conference of Charities and Correction
St. Paul
Omaha
H. H. Giles
Wisconsin
George D. Gillespie
Michigan
Nathan Schuler
Albany
Cleveland
Schuler
Medano
Series of disasters and casualties across the nation
A fire in Madera California wipes out the business section with losses totaling 70000 dollars. A rider named Lizzie Yates from Sully County falls and is dragged five miles after her foot catches a stirrup near Fort Sully. A house near Minden Nebraska is struck by lightning killing Dilletson and family. Green’s Opera House in Cedar Rapids sustains 20000 in damage. Soldiers Orphans Home at Knights town destroyed by fire with state losses at 90000. Bradley Fertilizer works burns near Boston with over 100000 loss. East Dubuque grain elevator burns, damages split 25k building 20k contents 10k insured. Frank Molloy 16 and Mrs Rose Stern drown when a boat capsizes at Laporte Indiana. Boiler explosion at Columbia South Carolina kills one and injures several.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madera
Cal
Lizzie Yates
Sully County
C. T
Fort Sully
Rasmus Dilletson
Minden
Neb
Dilletson
Green
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Knightstown
Ind
Bradley Fertilizer Company
Pine Island
Boston
East Dubuque
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Damond
Steamship Company
Frank Molloy
Rose Stern
Laporte
Mollo
Bomb plot details emerge in Chicago anarchist trial
German carpenter William Seliger testifies on bomb making at his dwelling revealing plan to murder policemen during the Haymarket. He describes Lingg and others rushing work after the McCormick riot, with bombs to be used against police. Lingg, a recent immigrant, devoted spare time to bomb manufacture and requested confinement to avoid assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Seliger
Haymarket
Lingg
McCormick Factory
America
Seliger
Mourning order for late William Hunter marks state service tribute
Secretary Lamar ordered the State Department draped in mourning for thirty days in honor of William Hunter who served fifty seven years. The item notes various 19th century events from fraud cases in Fall River to political appointments and industrial milestones. The report blends obituaries, crimes, trials, and industry news in a single column style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
State Department
William Hunter
Fall River
Massachusetts
Lewis Green
Columbus
Mississippi
McKinley Attacks Democratic Bid to Spend Treasury Surplus
Congressional debate centers on a Democratic resolution to require the President and the Treasury to spend surplus funds. McKinley of Ohio argues the move intrudes on discretion, cites past bond calls, and warns of a veto if adopted. He contrasts Republican debt payoff with Democratic inaction, urging an amendment to protect a $100 million redemption fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Ohio
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Committee On Ways and Means
Treasury
Grover Cleveland
Morrison
Pennsylvania
Mr. Randall
Mr. McKinley
Committee On Rules
House
Hendricks
West
Greenback
Iowa
Weaver
Randall
Nashville
Atlanta
Senate
Unite States
Lincoln on Veto Power and Jefferson on the Bank
Extracts from a speech by Abraham Lincoln in the House of Representatives on July 27, 1818, discuss veto power as a high check only to be used against constitutional violation or when Congress acts hastily. The source also cites Jefferson’s 1791 views on the Bank and compares opinions of Jefferson and Taylor on legislative balance and executive veto. It notes a Democratic House vetoed a pension bill and Cleveland's ribbing about carelessness, cited from the Indianapolis Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Repubblican
Greenbacks
Col. Morrison
Col. Randall
Pennsylvania
Committee On Ways and Means
Committee On
Ways and Means
Morrison
Mr. McKinley
Indiana
Randall and Holman
Illinois
McKinley
Manning
Cleveland
Hendricks
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Reed
Maine
Henderson
Iowa
Abraham Lincoln
House of Representatives
General Taylor
Lincoln
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Washington
United States Bank
Jefferson
Kentucky
Taylor
Allison
Democratic House of Representatives
Cleeland
Indianapolis Journal
Garland and Payne Seen as Odds for 1883
The piece notes Garland in the Cabinet and Payne in the Senate as a potential political pairing for 1883. It argues Democratic organs urge veterans to recall the President did not veto all pension bills, suggesting possible fatigue as a factor.
National Law Makers Open Duel Over Oleo Margarine Bill
Senate debate rages July 19 21 and 22 over the oleomargarine bill with Mills, Edmunds, Van Wyck for and Vance, West, Ingalls against. Claims of dairy profits and conflicts of interest surface as Payne election case is debated and amendments move through both chambers.
Monsters, graves, and incidents shock Ohio towns
Ohio towns report a 25 foot monster snake sighting near Butler with armed residents scouring the area, a Graveyard guard in Crestline fires on an unknown intruder, and multiple accidents and crimes across the state. Other items note pension totals, crop yields, thefts, and fires as communities reel from a spate of alarming events.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Defiance Co. Express
Defiance, Ohio
D. T. Elmer
the News
Railroad Intelligence
St Martin
Law
Lorenzo Randal
Mills
Sparks
Louisville
Howard Hines
Samuel Tean
Sulphur Station
Wilson
Matthew Arnold
Long Branch
Stephen Broore
Brooklyn Bridge
Bowery
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Tuckerman’s Ravine
White Mountains
Faunce
New York
Reeves
Ak Ae Ieee
Toledo
Louis
Nati Iim
Liberty
Carrie
Cash
Mr. Morrison
Garland
Payne
National
Messrs
Miller
Edmunds
van Wyck
Vance
Ingalls
Oak Hill
Oak Leaf
Ingall
Orrison
Committee On Ways
Eans
Cockrell
Henry P. Henderson
Supreme Court of
Utah
W. H. Bowser
Warsaw
Frederick H. Bates
Elmhurst
Iil
William H. Loomis
Shawneetown
Emanuel M. Funk
Isaac D. Toll
Petoskey
Otis G. King
Kenosha
Wis
William A. McAllister
Vinton
Ione
Mississippi River Commission
Pugh
Saulsbury
Eustis
Hoar
Frye
Logan
Teller
Evarts
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Mc. Evarts
Camden
Standard Oil Company
American Senate
Reagan
Bayne
Hepburn
Willis
Sherman
Committee of the Senate
Clarksurg
W. Va
Nebraska City
Hatch
Committee On Agriculture
Hawley
Sen Tor Evarts
Rhode Iland
Delaware
Ohio Legislative Committee
Ohio State News
Butler
Ohio River
Moscow
Crestline
Sweeney
Grand Army Post
Franklin County
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Jackson Township
Shelby County
Pleasant Valley
Carrollton Station
Bellevue
Miami Valley
Montgomery
Preble
Darke
Miami
Shelby
Champaign
Clarke
Greene
Warren
Lippo
Portsmouth
Wellsville
Bluffton
Peach Tree Creek
Kenton
Lima
Hamilton County
Ohio Penitentiary
Longview Asylum
Upper Sandusky
Norwalk
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