Interior Department reports Creek turmoil and policy shifts
From Washington, anomalies spread on the Creek reservation amid factional feuds prompting calls for government intervention. Other items note Star-route witnesses Brady and Dorsey, a new tax rebate ruling, land settlement orders, and federal revenue figures.
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Washington
Interior Department
General Brapy
General Sherman
Solomon
Pasteur
Commissioner of Agriculture
Agricultural Bureau
United States
Arter
E. J. Conger
Territory of
Montana
United States Treasury
Lawrence
Treasury Department
General Land Office
State of Arkansas
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Bureau of Agriculture
Canada
Steven W. Dorsey
Brady
Grxernat Draz
Lincoln
Howe
J. C. Bigelow
Mason
Guiteau
Irish relief funds and notable events in brief
The Irish Land League Treasurer of America sent £3000 for famine relief in Ireland. In Uniontown Pa a superintendent shot a miner amid a strike. A Newport R I woman sentenced to 25 years for arson and robbery. 220 TRISH girls from Limerick found work in Nashua cotton mills. Payne’s remains to be in state in New York then to Oak Hill, Washington. Six miners injured by gas in Lost Creek Pa. Massachusetts rejects Butler for Insurance Commissioner. Plympton renominated. Death of Man O in steamship line agent John G Dale. Irish National Land League meeting set for Philadelphia April 25 with Parnell attending. Equitable Trust clerk Maxston confesses embezzlement of $80,000. Scranton farmer Peter Ward kills mother-in-law. Rev S B i- SOx SHER Perron’s golden wedding. Rhode Island may nominate a straight ticket against Sprague fusion. Rear-Admiral Turner dies in Philadelphia. Noumpete One linked to Phenix Park assassinations rumored in New York.
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Irish Land League
America
Ireland
Uniontown
Youngstown Coke Company
Kane
Katie A. Judd
Newport
R. I
Trish
Limerick
Nashua
N.H
John Howard Payne
Packer Colligngag No. 2
Lost Creek
Massachusetts
Butler
Noah A. Plympton
John G. Dale
Inman Steamship Line
New York
Irish National Land League
United States
Canada
Philadelphia
Parnell
J. B. Maxston
Equitable Trust Company of
Scranton
Peter Ward
B. i- Sox
Sher Perron
Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Ghee
Sprague
Tar
Thomas Turner
United States Navy
Noumpete One
Dublin
Phenix Park
Tyner
New York City
Accident at Cleveland works tops 2 dead in steel plant mishap
In the Bessemer steel works at Cleveland Ohio a converter filled with melted metal was overturned. Two men were fatally injured and about a dozen others were seriously scalded in the incident.
Indians Rally Fire Near Tombstone Forty Miles Out
The week ended on the 24th with Indian bands concentrating about forty miles from Tombstone. They set fire to the grass and by the 26th the surrounding country was ablaze.
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Tombstone
Global unrest and disasters fill 1880s news reel
Reports from Vienna to London recount high treason acquittals, volcanic eruptions at Mount Etna and Mount Etna earthquakes, Irish labor disputes in Birkenhead, and Armagh assassination links. Canada’s debt and rail spend, Queen Victoria’s injury, Swiss emigration, Nova Scotia floods, and London cathedral disturbance accompany warnings of social and political upheaval. Public safety, finance, and imperial affairs dominate the period’s headlines.
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Vienna
Mount Etna
Birkenhead
Eng
Belfast
Ireland
Armagh
Burns
America
Sandwich Islands
Honolulu
Wagner
Cardinal Manning
Great Britain
Dominion of Canada
Windsor Palace
Canada
Don Carlos
Spain
Switzerland
Nova Scotia
Sherbrooke
Bernard Gilroy
Buffalo
N. Y
San Francisco
Australia
Queensland
Art
United States
Court of St. James
James Russell Lowell
St. Andrew’s University
Mount Altna
St. Petersburg
Russia
Williams
Montreal
London
Parliament Buildings
Buckingham Palace
Coldstream Guards
Queen Victoria
Mount Ararat
Sigismond Lacroix
Chamber of Deputies
Gambetta
Paris
Mount Ina
St. Paul’s
Grand Jury Returns Star Mail Route Frauds Indictments
The District of Columbia grand jury on the 27th returned three presentments in the Star Mail route frauds. James T. Brady is charged with unlawfully receiving 5000 dollars from contractor J. B. Price. Kellogg and Brady are accused of conspiring with Price to defraud the government by expediting routes. Kellogg also faces a separate charge of receiving 20000 dollars from Price for influence with the Post-office Department. Indictments rest on cash and post-office drafts from Price. Ex congressman Charles Stetson died at Bangor Missouri aged 82.
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District of Columbia
Star Mail
James T. Brady
J. B. Price
Kellogg
Louisiana
Brady
Price
Post-office Department
Prices
Charles Stetson
Bangor
Supreme Court of New York
Western Union and
Mutual Union Telegraph Companies
New York
Europe
Doxes
Dr. Nutt
Uniontown
Dukes
Diaz
Mexico
Arthur
Romero
Foster
Death of the Postmaster General Howe in Wisconsin
Timothy O. Howe postmaster general died in Green Bay after visiting relatives. He contracted pneumonia after a cold and lingered from Tuesday symptoms until his death at Colonel J. H. Howe’s home. Born February 24, 1816 in Livermore Maine, he was sixty seven. Survivors include his son Frank, daughter Mrs Totten, and relatives in Washington, Kenosha and Milwaukee.
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Keynes A. Wis
Timothy
Howe
Mr. Howe
Washington
Pen
Greenday
Ppleton
Oshkosh
Green Bay
Isham
Chicago
J. H. Howe
Judge Howe
Maine
Livermore
Frank
Totten
E. Totten
James H. Howe
Grace Howe
Kenosha
Death of Postmaster General Howe Sends Shock Through Cabinet
A grim street announcement informs Mr Howe of his father’s death as dispatches reveal Judge Howe’s worsening illness. President Lincoln and Cabinet members react with sorrow, highlighting Howe as a trusted adviser and the closeness of the executive circle.
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Frank
Mr. Howe
Judge Howe
Hatton
Kenosha
United States
Folger
Executive Council
General Dudley Heroes Passenger Fire Escape On Train
Passengers escape a burning Pennsylvania Railroad sleeper with dramatic recollections. General Dudley, Commissioner of Patents, grabbed his artificial leg and dragged himself along the aisle to awaken Representative Ben Wilson who slept through the danger. He shook Wilson, opened a window, and both escaped as the car burned. Dudley then leapt to safety, losing his pantaloons with the leg attachment.
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Pennsylvania
Dudley
Patents
Ben Wilson
West Virginia
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Congress
General Dudley
Chicago Times
Wildcat Treed by Dogs Then Killed by Marksman near Wallace
Daniel Tyer and Bill Dye chased a monstrous wildcat that had treed itself after dogs troubled it. Tyer shot the animal as it leaped from the tree, killing the 100 pound cat that measured 4.5 feet long and 38 inches around the body. The event occurred near Wallace in Calaveras County.
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Daniel Tyer
Bill Dye
Wallace
Calaveras County
Tyer
Virginia City
Bodies of 22 miners recovered from Diamond mine disaster
Crowds gathered in Braidwood as rescue teams pulled twenty two corpses from the Diamond mine. Relatives identified several men, and the morgue filled with the grisly sights and smells as trains carried bodies to local cemeteries. Authorities planned an inquest but set no date.
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Braidwood
Ill
Patrick Wall
J Smith
Joseph Carroll
Frank Kloss
Mike Bannon
John Johnson
Mathew Redmond
John Cullough
A. Dembrosky
John Dembrosky
George Boukosky
August Palenis
Frank Marry
Daniel McBride
Herman Amber
John Akins
John Boyd
Diamond Shaft
Daily News
Johnnie Skinner
Pitt
Gallagher
Werner
Will County
The Democratic Outlook and Party Boundaries
The piece assesses the Democratic stance after a sweeping election win. It criticizes the civil service reform and tariff handling, notes internal divisions and weak leadership, and warns that future Congresses face tougher decisions. It contrasts Republican restraint with Democratic disarray in pursuing reform. Indianapolis Journal.
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Brillia
Tl Iip
Brown
Voorhees
Beck
Senate
Messrs
Carlisle
Morrison
Tucker
House
Congress
Abram S. Hewitt
Cassandra
Rojan Pro
Hetess
Democratic Party
M,. Y. Times
Shooting a Comrade in Play at Light Guard Armory
In La Crosse Wisconsin on March 25 1904 Louis May and Frank Maher and three other youths played cards in the armory gun-room. May loaded a gun with a brass shell after warning of a cheating opponent and fired when Maher challenged him. The shell struck Maher in the head killing him. May was distraught and not arrested.
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Maher
May
Estimation of Global Deaths Stirs Debate
A claim estimates 32 million human beings die annually, drawing discussion from health experts on mortality rates. The figure prompts scrutiny of data sources and demographic assumptions used in global mortality modeling.
Supreme Court limits state sue rights in Louisiana cases
A contemporary editorial mocks Democratic glee over a Supreme Court ruling barring suits against Louisiana by citizens of another state. It notes the Eleventh Amendment and argues the decision preserves individual claims while upholding both state and federal sovereignties amid partisan rhetoric.
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United States Supreme Court
Louisana
New York
New Hampshire
Louisiana
Republican Party
Massachusetts
Ohio
South Carolina
The South as a Solid Electoral Force in 19th Century Politics
An analysis tracing the shifting political loyalties in the Southern states from 1860 to 1884. It chronicles how electoral support for Democrats and Republicans fluctuated with secession, Reconstruction, and Bourbon dominance, noting key states and figures shaping the evolving party landscape.
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Lincoln
New Jersey
Longlas
Breckenridge
Bell
Douglas
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
South Carolina
West Virginia
Maryland
McClellan
Delaware
Mississippi
Texas
Grant
New York
Oregon
Louisiana
Horatio Seymour
Greeley
Democratic Party
Republican Party
House of Representatives
Florida
Connecticut
South
Carlina
Congress
Ma Himer
Baltimore
Bourbon
Dominson
Eld
North Carolina
Jones
Galveston
Fulton County Pennsylvanias Lacking Infrastructure Provokes Thought
The Chicago News comments on Fulton County Pennsylvania lacking railroads bridges alms house distilleries and county debt. It laments the absence of local opportunities and suggests residents should explore broader life beyond the county.
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Fulton County
Pennsylvania
Chicago News
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Defiance
Newburyport
Mass
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Thomas Parks
Herkimer
Arthur Forshay
Norwalk
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C. P. Markle & Sons
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Bessemer Steel Works
Cleveland
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Cuyahoga County
Second National Bank of
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San Antonio
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Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank of Montgomery
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Green Cunningham
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Michigan
Patrick Egan
Irish National League
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Wis
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