Famous Child Stealing Case Grips Chicago in 1888
Early in the morning of May 23, 1888 Annie Tessie Redmond vanished from her Chicago home. Her father, a blacksmith, searched tirelessly as police and friends pursued leads, but Annie remained missing. After months of worry the child was found, reunited with her mother, and the family faced renewed strain as officials investigated alleged abductors and a museum offer.
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Annie Tessie Redmond
Chicago
Mr. Redmond
Annie
Redmond
Kankakee
Annie Redmond
Gurley
Capitol Count Confirms Harrison Morton Victory in 1889
Washington special reports the Electoral College tally confirming Benjamin Harrison of Indiana as President and Levi P Morton of New York as Vice President. The joint convention at the Capitol on January 13th, amid cold, crowded galleries and formal ceremony, concluded with the vote declared and the record entered.
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Morton
United States
Washington
D. C
Schiller
Capitol
Washington City
Senate
Mr. Edwards
Legation
House
Mr. Cassidy
Bassett
Harrison and Morton
Wilson
Iowa
Ferry
Michigan
Morrill
Hoar
Dawes
Massachusetts
John Sherman
Payne and Coke
Gibson
Blair
Stanford
Stewart
Pacific Coast
Eustis
Rhode Island
Paddock, Ferry
William FE. Chandler
Daniel
Virginia
Paseo
Florida
Cox
Mitchell
Cullom
Butler
South Carolina
Sabin
Palmer
Randall
McPherson
Saulsbury
Evarts
Edmunds
Ransom
Breckinridge
J. Ingalls
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Levi P. Morton
New York
Levi
Louisville brewery sale to English syndicate for 1 million
Irvis reported Frank Fehrs brewery in Louisville Kentucky sold to an English syndicate for one million dollars. Rupert Montgomery, one of six teen counterfeiters arrested in Butler County Pennsylvania, faced a preliminary hearing and is held on a two thousand dollar bond.
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Irvis
Frank Fehrs
Louisville
Rupert Montgomery
Butler County
Pennsylvania
Senate Party Split and Leadership Roles Described
The article lists the United States Senate composition as thirty nine Republicans and thirty seven Democrats. Levi P. Morton of New York is named President of the Senate, a Republican. It notes William E. Chandler's term ends March 4 and that the legislature will elect his successor in June with Gov. Sawyer appointing Gen. Gilman Marston of Exeter to serve from March 4 until the legislature elects a replacement.
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Grover Cleveland
Congress
Senate
Levi P. Morton
New York
William E. Chandler
Sawyer
Gilman Marston
Exeter
Alabama
James L. Pugh
Eufaula
John T. Morgan
Selma
Arkansas
James K. Jones
Washington
James H. Berry
Kentonville
California
Lelana Stanford
San Francisco
George Hearst
Colorado
Henry M. Teller
Central
Anthony Higgins
Wilmington
Florida
Wilkinson Call
Jacksonville
Samuel Pasco
Monticello
Georgia
Joseph KF
Brown
Atlanta
Alfred H. Colquitt
Avcasione
Illinois
Charles B. Farwell
Chicago
Shelby M. Cullom
Springfeld
Indiana
Daniel W. Voorhees
Terre Haute
Caie
David
Turpie
Indianapolis
William B. Allison
Dubuque
James I
Wilson
Th’airfield
Kansas
John J. Ingalls
Atchison
Preston Lb
Plumb
Emporia
Kentucky
J. C
Blackburn
Versailles
James B. Peck
Lexington
Louisiana
James B. Eustis
New Orleans
Randall L. Gibson
Maine
Eugene Hale
Ellsworth
Wiliam P. Fry
Lewiston
Maryland
Ephraim K. Wilson
Snow Hill
Arthur
Gorman
Laurel
Massachusetts
Henry L. Dawes
Pittsfield
Georges
Hoar
Worcester
Kvaennes
Michigan
F. B. Stockbridge
Kalamazoo
Vines McMilla
Detrot
Kheee Eae
Minnesota
Cushman K. Davis
Paul
Wiliam D. Wishburn
Minneapolis
Mississippi
James Z. George
Jackson
Gold Hill
William M. Stewart
Virginia City
New Hampshire
Henry W. Blair
Manchester
New Jersey
Rufus Blodgett
Long Branch
John R. Meaderson
Jersey City
William M. Evarts
New York, RK
Frank Hiscock
Syracuse
Nerth Carolina
Zebulon B. Vance
Charlotteville
Matt W. Ransom
Weldon
Henry B. Payne
Cleveland
John Sherman
Mansfield
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Mitchell
Portland
Joseph Dolph
Penne
New
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Harrisburg
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Quay
Beaver
Rhode Island
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Providence
Jonathan Chace
South Carolina
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Charleston
Kells
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Edgefield
Tennessee
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Ashville
Isham G. Harris
Memphis
Texas
John H. Reagan
Palesine
Peewee
Richard Coke
Waco
Vermont
Justin
Morrill
Strafford
George F. Edmunda
Burlington
Virginia
John W. Daniel
Lynchburz
John
Barbour
Alexandria
West Virginia
Charles J. Faulkner
Prenebary
Wisconsin
John C. Spooner
Philetus Sawyer
Oshkosh
Cleveland's Move Toward Law Firm Ties and City Tracing
New York telegram notes President Cleveland will join the law firm Bangs Stetson Tracy MacVeagh after March 4 with Daniel Lamont to lead Avenue Horse Railroad Co. The arrangement links Cleveland with Widener Elkins Kemble Whitney and the Metropolitan Transfer Co. that controls major New York surface lines. Whitney helped secure Lamont's Avenue C presidency and Cleveland's circle shifts from politics to lucrative business in New York.
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New York Telegram
Cleveland
Bangs, Stetson, Tracy & MacVeagh
Daniel Lamont
Avenue Horse Railroad Company
Bangs, Stetson
Tracy & McVeagh
Widener, Elkins, Kemble, Whitney
Philadelphia Traction Company
Albany
Metropolitan Transfer Company
New York City
Ann Buteke
Newark
C. T. Yerkes
Chicago
Whitney
Lamont
Avenue C
Washingeton
Manning
Traction Company
Washington
Illinois Senate Debates Tax, Toll, and Drainage Bills
Illinois lawmakers push measures on gas rates streetcar and telephone charges. They consider appropriations for Elgin Northern Hospital and rules for township drainage districts. A constitutional convention vote and an Australian election reform study sparked debate as a House session focuses on drainage and compensation bills with Mayor Roche addressing members.
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Northern Hospital For
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Judicial Department
Committee On Revenue
Hayes
Committee On Elections
Sheets
Wble
Leiter
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Hacon
Edgar
Berry
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Campbell
Chapman
Evans
Frisbee
Fuller
Greenwood
Griswold
Hagle
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Higbee
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Kerrick
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Matthews
Pierce
Secrest
Shumway
Washburn
Wiles
Yost
Naye
Bacon
Will
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Brink
Burke
Dean
United Labor
Theyer
Miller
Partridge
Lake
Meyer
Roche
Chicago
Don R. Frazer
Mount Carroll
Thomas H. Jamison
Herman Schroeder
Board of Pharmacy
Cook County
Congress
United States
Soldiers and Sailors
Silent Town Joke Turns Grim in Old Satire
A quip about a village labeled healthy leads to a punchline that it was so healthy that builders of a new cemetery had to assassinate an inhabitant, reflecting vintage humorous take on small towns and progress.
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