FLEECING UNCLE SAM The Philadelphia carpet trade in a $400,000 corruption fund
Washington special reports Philadelphia carpet manufacturers linked to a $400,000 fund raised to aid Harrison. Leach and Quay allegedly arranged favorable wool classifications, enabling garneted waste to dodge duties. The scheme aimed to inflate profits for carpet makers and others at the expense of revenue and wool growers.
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Philadelphia
Harrison
Washington
Wanamaker
National Republican Committee
Quay
Leach
Frank Leach
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
England
America
United States
Quay Party
Ohio
Windom
Trade boosts raise prices and cut costs for exports
They gain at both ends securing cheaper raw material from abroad and higher prices for their manufactured goods to be worked off the protection loving public.
Trescott Seen as Deputy Head of State Department
A Washington dossier portrays William H. Trescott of South Carolina as unofficially running the claims bureau during Secretary Blaine’s absence. Once a Confederacy supporter, Trescott is described as living richly, with influence tied to Blaine, and treated as a trusted aide in Peru missions and as a near head of the State Department.
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Washington Special
State Department
Blaine
William H. Tresecott
South Carolina
Trescott
Walker Blaine
Peru
Garfield
American Congress
Lamar
Supreme Bench
Joe Holt
Kentucky
Buchanan
Washington
Wadsworth House
H Street
Mr. Blaine
Holt
Hay
Nicolay
Rhett
Floyd
Gist
Drayton
Washington Cabal
United States
South
America
Sumter and
Moultrie
Moultrie, Possesses the Confidence of the Secretary of State
Bureau of Claims
Iowa Gubernatorial Hopeful Hull Faces Opposition
Dubuque dispatch reports Lt Gov Hull seeks the Iowa governorship and publishes letters denying claims he would steer Senate committees for Eastern insurers. Ex Governor Sherman vows to oppose him, promising a vigorous campaign with old scandals like ex-Auditor Brown to reemerge. The fight also foreshadows a Senate race clash between Allison and Larrabee.
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Iowa
Hull
Senate
Eastern
Sherman
Brown
Allison
Larrabee
Dubuque
Chicago Herald
Not an Interesting Administration
The Philadelphia Telegraph notes Mr. Harrison's cabinet lacks public appeal and interest. It cites Blaine Wanamaker Rusk Proctor Miller Oble as unremarkable, with Wanamaker only an exception amid overall public indifference to the administration.
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Proctor
Miller
Oble
Wanamaker
Philadelphia Telegraph
War Preparations in Nicaragua and Yellow Fever in Venezuela
Central and South American news reports heavy fortification at Fort Castillo and San Carlos in Nicaragua with 3 000 to 5 000 troops massed on the Costa Rica frontier. Elsewhere a yellow fever outbreak devastates Belmonte, Venezuela, while France orders ten new steamers for Havre to Valparaiso and rail traffic in the region is disrupted by snow.
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Nicaragua
New York
Fort Castillo
San Carlos
Costa Rica
United States
Henry Hall
Nicaragua Coal Company
Menocal Zeledon
Belijoke
Venezuela
Chili
Washington
French Pacific Navigation Company
Clyde
Havre and
Valparaiso
Trans-Cordillera Railway
The Railway Troubles
Chicago rail officials clash over through and local rates for livestock shipments from Topeka to Chicago. The Alton Road trims Kansas City to Chicago tariffs triggering reciprocal reductions by connecting lines, risking nationwide rate wars and potential action by the association to protect member routes.
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Chicago
St. John
Rock Island and Pacific Road
J. C. McMullin
Chicago and Alton
McMullin
Alton Road
Kansas City
Topeka
Rock Island
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Indian Territory
Texas
Alton
Icelanders to move whole population to Alaska
A Washington report from August 2 describes a proposed transplant of Icelands 75,000 people to Alaska. The plan envisions settling near the Yukon for a milder climate and fertile land with Icelandic Parliament and Danish approval sought. Senator Platt is said to back funding for an Icelandic minister.
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Washington
Iceland
Alaska
Platt
Connecticut
Yukon River
Greenback Platform Cites Limits on Prohibition and Suffrage
Chairman George O. Jones of the national Greenback committee issues a circular stating the Cincinnati convention will focus on restored fraternity and national unity. It opposes sectionalisim, debt payment on original terms, and English control in money and industry while defending American welfare. Trade calls for more money to revive commerce and labor prosperity.
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Jones
George O. Jones
National Greenback Committee
Cincinnati
Board of Trade
Civil service exams to expand across major cities
Chief Examiner Webster reports August civil service examinations will be larger than any since the commission's founding. In New York over 2,400 applicants seek federal jobs, with only about 100 examined daily, delaying results. Chicago begins Aug 1 for two weeks, 650 seek postal carrier posts, and many more seek clerkships. Similar surges occur in Philadelphia Cincinnati and St. Louis.
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Washington
Webster
Civil-Service Commission
Commission
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Arsenic in Coffee Sicken Two Elderly Women in Nashville
In Nashville Tennessee on July 29 Lucy Bedford eighty five and her niece Emily Parsons were poisoned by arsenic in their coffee. Parsons died and Bedford remains critically ill. Catherine Small formerly employed as cook confessed to poisoning to kill Grace Hunter who now cooks for the women and is jailed.
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Nashville
Tenn
Lucy Bedford
Emily Parsons
Miss Parsons
Miss Bedford
South
Catherine Small
Gracie Hunter
Catherine
Fall of a Lodging House at 227 West Ninth Street
Early Sunday morning the east wall of the three story brick boarding house at 227 West Ninth Street collapsed outward after adjacent excavation weakened the foundation. Inhabited rooms toppled into debris. four people were injured slightly, no fatalities reported. Property of Mrs. E Norton housed the boarding house.
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Kansas City
West Ninth Street
E. Norton
Great Shoe Firm Fails Assignment Casts Doubt on Resumption
Boston report details the assignment of Batcheller & Co. 104 Summer Street, with estimated liabilities about 1.25 million and similar assets. Assignees are Thomas Proctor of Boston and R Batcheller of North Brookfield. Banking and private creditors hold four-fifths of debt while leather buying was cash based. Factory and machinery valued over 200,000, Batcheller hotel owned at North Brookfield, insurance near 1,000,000.
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Batcheller & Co
Boston
Boston Dispatch
A. H
Thomas 2. Proctor
R. Batcheller
North Brookfield
Worcester County
Knights of Labor
A. H. Patcheller
Lewis Brothers
Batcheller
A. H. Batcheller
Manufacturers’ Bank
Commonwealth Avenue
Francis Batcheller
Burke's Appeal Denied in Burke Extradition Case
Winnipeg dispatch reports three Manitoba judges denied Martin Burke’s habeas corpus appeal. Chief Justice found evidence met statute criteria and upheld Bain's extradition order. Judges Dubuis Killam concurred, urging freer cross border criminal exchange while noting executive responsibility.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Martin Burke
Cronin
Burke
McKinnon
Atfhe
Baker
Bain
Dubuis
Killam
Executive Department
Northwestern Reports Decline in Rail Earnings for 1889
The Chicago and Northwestern railway reports its 1889 fiscal year ending May 30 shows a drop in gross earnings to 25 692 258 81 from 26 97 558 63 last year. Operating expenses fell to 5 325 650 24 while taxes declined to 701 687 08. Net earnings dropped to 4 066 515 26 from 4 763 603 45, with a 9 088 09 decrease in net income after interest.
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ChicaGo
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
Estern
Tar and Feathers in Gaytorv After Domestic Attack
Mrs. John Emmons went to the depot to greet an excursion train but was knocked down by her husband who threatened their two children. The city marshal jailed Emmons. a mob later tarred and feathered him after breaking into the jail. Emmons works as a grocery store clerk.
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Gaytorv
Kan
John Emmons
Emmons
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