Debating the Mills Bill and Banking Law Reform
The House discussed the Mills tariff bill with speakers noting Canadian labor in lumber and foreign workers in factories. Proponents argued for protection or free lumber, while a Wisconsin member warned the party would drift on intentions. Wilkins reported a banking law codification substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dockery
Missouri
Fuller
Iowa
Guenther
Wisconsin
Wilkins
Committee On
Banking and Currency
House
United States
Augusta man hanged after confession in Thomson
A man named Allen Sturgis was found beneath a Thomson woman's bed and arrested after his sister reported for water. He confessed membership in an incendiary robber band. others were arrested. Local men hanged him from a tree in the public street as an example following recent attacks on women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Allen Sturgis
Burnsides
Thomson
Sturgis
Five Miners Die In Montana Shaft Cave-In
Five men were killed in a cave-in at a Montana mine in the St. Lawrence vein. The accident occurred as miners were ascending a shaft from the 400-foot to the 200-foot level, with eight others stranded and rescued after the collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
St. Lawrence
Counterfeit Ring Foiled in Chattanooga
U S officers captured two gang members Fred Fowler and Will Ferguson in Tennessee. A large quantity of counterfeit money and $5 silver certificates circulate, with one fake note even passed to the National Bank of Chattanooga.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
Fred Fowler
Will Ferguson
National Bank of Chattanooga
Storm Hits Washington County Arkansas Killing Rumors
A Southwest dispatch reports a furious storm in Washington County Arkansas destroying twelve houses in a hamlet and injuring seven or eight people. Rumors say seven persons were killed inside.
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Washington County
Arkansas
Jeff Davis Celebrates 80th Birthday in Beauvoir Mississippi
Dispatch from Beauvoir Mississippi reports Jeff Davis turning eighty on June 3 at his home. The house overflowed with flowers and bonnets, neighbors sent boxes and bats, and absent friends mailed congratulatory letters. Davis, in good health, follows current events and the St. Louis Convention with keen political interest.
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Jeff Davis
Beauvoir
Miss
Davis
St. Louis
Sheridan Receives Medical Attention After Slipping Health
A Washington dispatch notes Gen. Sheridan did not rest well for hours and had coughing fits since the last bulletin. Dr. Pepper was summoned to assist.
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Washington
Gen. Sheridan
Dr. Pepper
Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill to visit America in August
Telegraphic notes report Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill plan an August visit to the United States. Victor Hugo's new book Touche la Lyre appears in Paris, though booksellers say it sells poorly. A New York engineering paper estimates Pagama capital needs at 230 million dollars to complete the project.
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Lord
Lady Randolph Churchill
America
Victor Hugo
Paris
New York
Public Debt Recap Shows May Reduction in Government Obligations
Government debt figures released on the 1st indicate May reductions of nearly two million dollars. The interest bearing debt totals include bonds at 4 and 6 percent, refunding certificates, navy pension funds, and Pacific railroad bonds, with cash and reserve adjustments lowering overall net debt to about 1.27 billion dollars.
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Navy Pension Fund
Pacific Railroad
U. S
North Carolina Democrats Nominate Fowle on Twenty Third Ballot
The North Carolina Democratic State Convention nominated D. G. Fowle for Governor on the twenty third ballot with unanimous support. B. Alexander of Charlotte was named Lieutenant Governor by acclamation. Frank P. Fleming of Jacksonville slated for Florida Governor on the fortieth ballot amid party chatter. A New York paper cites President Cleveland backing Gov Hill for renomination. Iowa delegates in Chicago favor Judge Gresham as second choice but withholds commitment to protect Allison's chances.
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North Carolina
D. G. Fowle
B. Alexander
Charlotte
Frank P. Fleming
Jacksonville
Florida
New York
Cleveland
Gov. Hill
Iowa
Chicago
Gresham
Allison
Fatal Steamboat Explosions On Mississippi River
Two flues on the steamer Inverness collapsed twelve miles below Quincy causing five deaths. Fireman Joseph Halpin and deckhands George Craft John Green Charles Conroy William Tierney perished. others survived or were rescued. The Inverness belonged to McDonald Bros of La Crosse. Separately the steamer Fulton exploded at Pass a Loutre La killing pilot Edward Perkins and Capt Biddle.
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Inverness
Mississippi River
Quincy
Joseph Halpin
George Craft
John Green
Charles Conroy
William Tierney
Mountain Belle
McDonald Bros
la Crosse
Fulton
Pass A Loutre
Edward Perkins
Biddle
Storms Cause Fatalities Across Several States
Weather disasters across the nation claim lives and injure people. A lightning strike in a New Orleans tent killed one and injured ten. In Nebraska a mother and her two children drowned while escaping flood danger. Kansas floods drown three children near Solomon Creek. Des Moines and Canton report hail, wind, and $70,000 losses. Crop damage spans Illinois Wisconsin and Indiana.
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New Orleans
Beatrice
Neb
Solomon Creek
Kansas
Des Moines
Iowa
Canton
Ohio
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Old Soldier Ahead for 200000 Real Estate Claim
Judge Wakely of Omaha Nebraska rules that Franklin Robinson of California will gain possession of Omaha land valued at 200000 dollars. Robinson, a Mexican War veteran, sought a government warrant for 160 acres and entrusted Jones in 1849 to obtain and locate the grant. Jones obtained the warrant and held possession while Robinson went to the Pacific Coast.
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Judge Wakely
Omaha
Neb
Franklin Robinson
California
Robinson
Jones
Pacific Coast
Land Sale and Deception In 1868 Iowa Depot Purchase
In 1868 Jones sold land to Sydney Dillon for Union Pacific depot grounds on the Iowa side for 24000 dollars and used the proceeds to buy Omaha property in his own name. Robinson remained ignorant until 1886 when he filed suit.
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Robinson
Jones
Sydney Dillon
Union Pacific
Iowa
Omaha
Bishops Summoned Over Papal Rescript Controversy
Irish bishops were summoned to meet immediately to discuss their attitude toward the Papal rescript as reported from Dublin. William O'Brien told Glensharrold tenants that Bishop O Dwyer’s letter struck a heavy blow but the Sunday meetings signal the end of the controversy and the rescript. Nationalists must persevere for the 40,000 tenants under eviction notices kept in their homes by the plan of campaign and its fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
William O'Brien
Glensharrold
O'Dwyer
Woman's Vengeance in Chicago Court Room Tragedy
In Chicago Circuit Court Friday forenoon Judge Egbert Jamieson presiding Mrs America Rawson attacked Henry C Whitney attorney for Stephen W Rawson with a revolver firing five shots two taking effect. Whitney wounded likely fatally. Ralph Lee, Mrs Rawson's son by a prior marriage, already imprisoned for a street shooting of Mr Rawson. Mrs Rawson is in custody.
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Circuit Court of Chicago
Egbert Jamieson
Rawson
America Rawson
Henry C. Whitney
Stephen W. Rawson
Ralph Lee
Bold Robbery At Omaha House Of Joseph E Garneau
A daring robbery at the Omaha home of Joseph E Garneau, a leading cracker manufacturer, ended with Mrs Garneau confronted by a revolver wielding intruder. He fled after threatening violence, and diamonds valued at $4,000 plus some cash were taken from her room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Garneau
Omaha
Methodist bishops elected and reforms adopted in New York
Six new bishops consecrated after the General Conference in New York. Rev. Dr. C. H. Payne named Secretary of the Education Committee and Presiding Elders term extended from four to six years. Debate over renaming the Freedmen's Aid Society to the Freedmen's Southern Aid and Educational Society of the Methodist Church succeeded.
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Methodist General Conference
New York
C. H. Payne
Freedmen's Aid Society
Freedmen’s Southern Aid and Educational Society
The
Methodist Church
Reformed Presbyterians Debate US Constitution and Unity
The General Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian Church met in Pittsburg Pennsylvania and adopted a resolution reaffirming that the U S Constitution is a compact for government without Christ or Christian religion and that joining the government on that basis is disloyal to Christ. The plan to unite with the United Presbyterian Church faced near universal opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Synod of
The
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
United States
United Presbyterian Church
Two Greens Killed as Tennessee Feud Continues
In Hancock County Tennessee another clash ends with two Green family members dead. Frank Green, son of Hampton Green, Lewis Moor, and A D Jones led the attackers after a January feud over a bad fence. Since February 13, multiple armed confrontations occurred between the Jones and Green factions.
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Jones
Money for Home Rule Draft Passed to Esmonde at Dinner
The Irish Parliamentary Fund Association in New York entrusted Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde with a draft for 10000 dollars to aid Charles Parnell in Ireland’s home-rule cause. The draft was handed to Esmonde at a dinner honoring him by American supporters. Esmonde has sailed for Ireland.
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Irish Parliamentary Fund Association
Eugene Kelly
Hoffman House
New York
Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde
Parnell
Ireland
Mr. Esmonde
Colorado Deluged by Marvelous Rainfall in Recent Weeks
The state received unprecedented rainfall over the past weeks with one-fifth more than any prior similar period. A week saw daily downpours each afternoon and about fifteen days ago a 36 hour steady fall. The moisture from that spell exceeded two months of normal deposits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Beecher's Successor Faces Dispute Over Pastoral Helper Role
Reverend 8 B Halliday announced his intention to resign from his position as pastoral helper at Plymouth Church amid disagreement with the church leadership and guidance.
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Beecher
B. Halliday
Plymouth Church
Halliday Opposes Abbott as New York Pastor
In New York a longtime pastor clings to leadership while Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott is named permanent pastor. Mr. Halliday protests Abbott, and rumors say deteriorating relations with the Advisory Committee since Beecher’s death have kept him from retirement to avoid church turmoil.
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New York
Beecher
Lyman Abbott
Halliday
Dr. Abbott
Mr. Beecher
Wisconsin Lynchings: Grandstaff Captured and Hanged
Andrew Grandstaff, a young desperado, was seized six miles from the Drake murders near Viroqua Wisconsin and confessed. He was jailed in Vernon County. A mob later removed him from custody and hanged him in the courthouse yard.
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Andrew Grandstaff
Viroqua
Wis
Vernon County
Drake Farm
Grandstaff
Democratic caucus binds House members to party bill amendments
At a Democratic House caucus with about ninety present, Mr Springer offered a resolution binding all Democrats to vote for the bill as caucus and for only amendments from Ways and Means Democrats. The measure passed without division. A second Springer motion required Democrats to be present or paired during the five minute debate. Mr Bacon of New York then secured adoption of a resolution pledging the caucus to proceed with tariff bill debate after the legislative appropriation bill.
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House of Representatives
Springer
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bacon
New York
Memorial Day Observances Across the Nation
Memorial Day activities spanned the country with cemetery visits and flower tributes in Chicago. In New York Gen Stewart L Woodford spoke at Grant's Tomb before a large crowd as the Richmond Grays and Ninth Regiment fired volleys. A Metropolitan Opera House service featured Chauncey M Depew as president, Rev Robert Collyer offering opening prayer, and Robert G Ingersoll delivering an oration.
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Chicago
New York
Stewart L. Woodford
Grant
Richmond Grays
Ninth Regiment
Metropolitan Opera House
Chauncey M. Depew
Robert Collyer
Gen. Sheridan
Robert G. Ingersoll
Garland Bars a Pleasure Trip
United States Marshal George W. Minner of Pittsburgh planned a trip to St. Louis during President Cleveland's term but sought permission from Attorney General Garland. Garland refused, stating the trip was forbidden by the department.
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Garland
United States
George W. Minner
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
St. Louis
A. H. Garland
Barnesville mob indictment shocks Ohio town
A Bellaire grand jury indicted thirty Barnesville citizens for inciting a mob to storm the jail and lynch Robert Gibson, a colored man accused of assaulting a child. The investigation later cleared Gibson, fueling intense local upheaval.
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Bellaire
Ohio
Barnesville
Robert Gibson
Divorce voided. judge rules 1887 Chicago divorce fraud
Judge Thayer in Philadelphia declares the 1887 William H. Moore divorce from Chicago to be procured fraudulently and void, condemning Illinois divorcee laws and the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thayer
Philadelphia
William H. Moore
Chicago
Illinois
Death of General Birge at 68 after paralysis
General Henry W. Birge, a commander of the Army of the Shenandoah during the rebellion, died in New York at age 68 after being stricken with paralysis on Memorial Day evening.
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Henry W. Birge
Army of the Shenandoah
New York
National lawmakers push secrecy removal and large appropriation bills
The Senate adopted a Sherman resolution to remove secrecy from treaty proceedings with Great Britain. It reported river and harbor funds at 21 million plus and debated army and other appropriation bills including dynamite gun funding, dam rebuilding, and civil service boosts. The House advanced the Mills lumber debate and the Des Moines land settlers bill while confirming Sheridan as General of the Army.
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Sherman
Senate
Great Britain
House
Townshend
Committee On
Sheridan
Yeas
Berry
Coke
Harris
Reagan
Saulsbury
Vance
Wilson
Aoe
Gray
Beck
St. Louis
Youngstown
Ohio
West
Call
Freedmen's Bank
Mills
Adama
Chicago
Civil-Service Commission
Des Moines
Iowa
Naval
Navy Yard
Pacific
Ih Houses
Department of Labor
Indian Wives of White Men
A Minneapolis Journal excerpt recalls early days when white men in the state lived with Chippewa and other Indian wives. The speaker praises these women as hospitable and diligent, noting they became loving wives and mothers under white influence, and contrasts them with "squaw men" of the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis Journal
Cads and Gentlemen in Historical Portraits
The writer contrasts figures from history and literature as gentlemen or cads. Napoleon and Byron are labeled cads, while Grant, Scott, Gordon, Wellington, and Shelley are cited as gentlemen for their conduct, with Grant noted for his restraint after surrender.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Napoleon
Grant
Lee
Scott
Gordon
Wellington
Shelley
Byron
Lockhart
Bobby and the Bishop Dine Quietly in The Epoch Tale
A mother instructs her son Bobby to be silent for a bishop’s visit. Bobby eats meekly and requests more string beans, saying he will give them for the kingdom of Heaven, a small moral vignette from The Epoch.
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Bobby
Kingdom of Heaven
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