Carr Named U S Minister to Denmark in 1889
Clark E. Carr received from President Harrison the appointment as minister resident and consul general to Denmark last Thursday. Allen Thorndyke Rice, editor of The North American Review and recently named Minister to Russia, died suddenly at the Fifth Avenue Hotel New York. A fire at St Sauveur near Quebec destroyed 700 houses and left over 5,000 homeless, with several fatalities and property loss around 600000.
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Mrs Emma C Folsom Marries H E Perrine in Jackson
Mrs Emma C Folsom wed H E Perrine retired Buffalo merchant at 9 pm Monday in the home of her sister Mrs J C Cadman in Jackson Michigan. Perrine is about 60. the bride 46.
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Cleveland
J. C. Cadman
Jackson
Michigan
H. E. Perrine
Buffalo
New York
Perrine
Death Warrant of First Electrical Execution Man Signed
The death warrant for Mr. Kemm ler of New York, the first man sentenced under the electrical execution law, is signed and he will be moved to Auburn state prison. The warrant sets execution on a day within the week starting June 24, 1889, inside Auburn by passing a current strong enough to cause death.
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Kemmler
New York
Auburn State Prison
Wealth of railroads dwarfs other assets in market view
The article notes railroads worth 25 to 30 million dollars representing a large share of nations wealth and capital tied up in rail lines far exceeding manufacturing and banking. A Arizona robbery scene reveals a Hebrew drummer offering a two percent discount in a panicked cash grab.
Poverty and arranged matches in Bedford reach presidential crossroads
In Bedford Ohio two girls rejected future presidents due to poverty concerns with Hayes and Garfield. Philadelphia cuts saloon licenses from 5 773 to 1 205 citing high fees, concentrating business among the privileged. Reports on Cook County Insane Asylum reveal broader abuse linked to systemic neglect and governance failures.
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Garfield
Bedford
Philadelphia
Political control of hospitals and asylums criticized
The text argues public hospitals and insane asylums are run by politicians rather than trained professionals. It says penal and reformatory institutions share this flaw and laments that appointment power rests with whichever political party governs.
Garvin's Joliet wardenship sparks Republican backlash
The action by Governor Fifer removing Garvin from Joliet prison wardenship provokes broad Republican editorials critiquing the move as political payback. The shift from McClaughry’s era raises worries of mismanagement, potential 50 to 60 percent pay cuts for higher paid staff, and possible 2000-strong worker strikes.
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Joliet
Tariff Reform Debate Ties To Wages At Kearney Plant
The piece argues tariff revision should come under manufacturer influence and cites a thread company at Kearney New Jersey lowering spinner wages by 17 percent in line with a proposed Mills bill reduction. It notes the Mills bill failed to pass but wage cuts matched its proposed rate. Carnegie’s Homestead steel plant posted a three year sliding scale starting July 1 promising about a 20 percent cut.
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Minnesota temperance law aims deterrence through punishment
The Minnesota legislature passes a new drunkness statute assigning harsher penalties for voluntary intoxication. The Chicago Herald endorses it as an experiment likely to reduce drunkenness if enforced rigorously, arguing drunkards should be punished rather than pitied.
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Printing Bill Heads and Envelopes in Lee County
A call to local businessmen in Lee County to have printed bill heads note heads and envelopes. The Tue Sun office offers printing at nearly the same cost as buying blank material.
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