Washington Notes on Finance and Policy Shifts
Secretary Foucer may seek repeal of the tax on national bank circulation to fund premiums on new bonds. The Republican National Committee plans a December 13 meeting at the Arlington Hotel. A California senator writes about fraud in Chinese official conduct sending laborers to America as various travelers. The Kilbourn Thompson case yields a 60,000 verdict. a new trial motion is filed. Civil Service rules tighten political discrimination bans. naval and engineering reports urge coast defense and Pacific expansion. Local fires, robberies, and accidents pepper this week.
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Bank defaulter Kirker returns under guard in Ohio
The ab escalated case of Kirret and the National Bank of Ironton, Ohio, reports Kirker returning on the 9th after a spree, denying defalcation and claiming innocence amid speculation over the bank shortage. He was arrested in Cleveland after being aided by clothier Rikhoff, with public sympathy cited. Also noted are Indian pony raids, a North Carolina judge’s son perishing in a Virginia fire, Grand Forks murder arraignment, a New York convict labor vote result, a lake captain’s Philadelphia death, and other various incidents and official notices.
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Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Des Moines
Iowa
India
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Sheridan
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Congress
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Kalamazoo
Mich
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Sioux Falls
Dakota
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G. L. Danixe
Simcoe
Ont
Henry Kerr
Chicago
John L. Martin
Luling
Texas
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Nelson
Bismarck
Oak
Waite James Hawkins
Barry Cunningham
Schoolcraft
United States Treasury Commission
George Barry
Wier
Madison
Wis
Anne Behringer
Indianapolis
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Kansas City
Springfeld
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Reuhew Freshwaller
S. Kirret
National Bank of
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Richmond
Boston
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Charles Rikhoff
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Judge Biggs
North Carolina
Franklin
Biggs
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Ramscunty
New York State
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Grand Haven
Philadelphia
James, Collery & Co
Allegheny City
East Liberty
Washington
J.R. Cannaway
Indiana
Secretary of War
Elections Across States Bring Democratic Wins and Shifts
A broad roll of returns from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Mississippi, and other states shows Democrats carrying key offices and judgeships. Reports detail Governor Butler's defeat margins in Massachusetts and varied gains for Republicans in New York, Nebraska, and Connecticut, with state legislatures tilting in several directions and the Sioux Falls Constitution vote in Dakota showing a narrow lead for ratification.
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New Jersey
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Superior Court
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Boston
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Arnold
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House
Robinsons
Dakota
Sioux Falls
Congress
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Miss
Panola County
Adams
Hinds
Madison
Monroe
Copiab County
Lafayette City Council Revokes Offer to Rail Shop
Lafayette Ind November 8 The City Council last night recorded a resolution returning to taxpayers the $21 500 donated by the Treasurer to the Louisville New Albany and Chicago Railroad for locating its principal machine shops in the city The council had in 1882 accepted a road offer to donate 25 000 for the shops but after a year of failed negotiations and further demands the city revoked all offers and refused to give anything
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Nihi
Proletariate
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Canada
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Luther
Eisleben
Germany
Lafayette
Ind
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad
Medical College Closure Shocks Milwauxer Community
The bogus Medical College in Milwauxer Wis parts ways after public pressure and looming official action. Its dean vanished with furnishings, having reportedly amassed a fortune amid disrepute. The item follows assorted brief notices from other papers and local color notes, including postal wages and coinage news.
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Milwavxer
Wis
Bogus Medical College
United States
N. S
Farm labor shifts as machinery takes hold across farms
The article notes a postwar shift toward horses and machinery reducing hired labor on farms, boosting output while raising costs. It cautions farmers against over replacing workers, urges renewed use of hand labor for certain crops, and stresses employment of more laborers to sustain incomes and crop variety.
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Board of Laborers
West
Woman sues dressmaker over gown. judge uses six reporters as jury
A New York woman charged her dress-maker with inferior goods and poor tailoring. The judge impaneled six reporters to inspect the garment. They deemed the dress satisfactory, rebuking the complainant for buying from a man and having it made for gentlemen to look at. The case was dismissed.
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New York
Detroit “Post and Tribune
Bits from papers on poets, governors and old hands
A collage of brief notices cites Patti and Nilsson singing long careers, John Jacob Astor’s pocketed five pounds and seven flutes, the late Mrs. Fanny Sprague and a murder in 1843, plus sketches of General Crook, A D Hatch, John R French, Mgr Capel and Treasury official Knox with vivid, period tone.
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Germany
New York
Fanny Sprague
Rhode Island
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Providence Journal
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Chicago Journal
A. D. Hatch
New Bedford
New Bedford Express
Boston
John R. French
United States Senate
William Pitt Fessenden
Senate
Indianapolis Journal
Mgr. Capel
Baltick
Chicago
Knox
Treasury Department
Asamoul
N. Y. Post
Humorous Fragments From A Newsroom Parade
A collage of witty snippets from various papers uses playful misreadings and odd phrasing. Jokes about beauty routines, high school talk, a jealous husband, and a coffeehouse letter mix with satirical quips about letters and auctions. An Irish priest and a shy farmer frame a final evasive exchange.
Captain Mayne Reid A Life Of Adventure And War
Captain Mayne Reid left the pulpit at twenty to seek adventure in soft South America. He explored Red River and Missouri prairies, served bravely at Chapultepec, then joined Hungarian freedom efforts in 1849 before retiring to England to write and live as a country gentleman.
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