Various 1900s News Highlights Including Dredge Tragedy and Garfield Fallout
Grand Jury indicts Gen. Curtis for soliciting campaign funds from government officials. Dr Pancoast dies in Philadelphia. Pittsburgh dog show features 500 canines and high prizes. New York coin sale yields a rare Confederate $50. Murders at Ias Lunas New Mexico lead to hangings by masked men. Michigan funds relief for last fall’s fires. Wisconsin boy dies of stomach worms in New Lisbon. Chicago wheat outlooks show strong production. 108-year-old Mrs Lally dies in Chicago. Winnipeg fire destroys eleven stores. Indictments, suicides, and political clashes populate the week.
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New York
N. M. Curtis
The
Treasury
Pancoast
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Ceatre Garden
Rice Point
Masa
Bill" Wright
Sherman
Wee
Biddeford
Napoleon Bonaparte
Michigan
Thurman Trongon
New Lisbon
Wis
Chicago Tribune
Northwest
Minnesota
Mra
Winnifred Lally
Chicago
Bho
County Galway
Ireland
Winnipeg
William Stewart
Greensburg
Ind
Mary McIlroy
Buda Pesth
Hungary
Chicago Board of Trade
Militia marksman earns Creedmoor team spot against British
Militia marksman who scored 152 of 210 will qualify for the Creedmoor team to shoot British riflemen. Other items include Union Pacific annual meeting with Sidney Dillon reelected president and a 1 percent dividend. Western Union reported gross revenue of 10,408,596 and net profit of 7,879,127. Related notes cover Guiteau case cabinet views, Mason's eight-year hard labor sentence, earthquake devastation in Costa Rica, and Chase letters involving Rosecrans and Garfield.
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Markemon
Creedmoor
Union Pacific Road
New York
Sidney Dillon
Western Union Telegraph Company
James W. Scoville
Guifeau
Garfield
Col Corkhill
Secret and Detective Service
Corkhill
MacVeagh
Guiteat
Mead
United States
Vandalia
Panama Canal Company
Mason
Guiteau
Albany
Hancock
Costa Rica
Central America
Chase
Gen
Gen. Rosecrans
Jacob W. Schuckers
Schuckers
New York City
Chaeawee
the Treasury
Hoe
Ohio
Mr. Chase
Political contest over Chicago Pension Agency heats up
A lively race in Washington centers on who will lead the Chicago Pension Agency. Leading candidates include Ada Sweet, daughter of the late Gen. B J Sweet, incumbent Mrs Mulligan widow of Gen Mulligan, and Jonathan N Hyde of Dixon NL, a former soldier.
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Chicago
Washington
Ada Sweet
B. J. Sweet
Mulligan
Jonathan N. Hyde
Dixon, NL
Washington Notes on Postmasters and glucose bill
The Postmaster General bans advertising dead letters after July 1 unless a bulborfly is free from the First Assistant Postmaster General. A Western delegation argued against a glucose tax bill, saying opposition comes from sugar refiners and that glucose supports a growing Western market. Thomas J. Brady, ex Assistant Postmaster General, was held in $20,000 bail on conspiracy indictments. fellow conspirators face $1,000 to $30,100 bail. A Navy Department officer received a Chilean cartoon ridiculing Blaine and the U S Navy featuring a large war-tub float and captions about American Congress and Navy.
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Means Committee
Thomas J. Brady
Criminal Court of Washington
Navy Department
Santiago
Chili
Chillan Rowepapore
United States
Mr. Blaine
Law
United Platee Ravy
World News Briefs Highlight Turbulent Global Events
Several items report on international affairs and figures. Skoboloff and Ignatie linked in a disputed speech. seven new Cardinals including Rev Dr McQuire. bimetallic London meeting with twelve hundred attendees. Bank of England backing silver and currency questions. Jews leaving Russia to Palestine. fears of Russia Austria war. Falcon of Antwerp in debt. MacLean charged with treason. Garnett dies in Liberia. cholera alerts in Allahabad and US outbreak theories. Skobeloff’s stance with the Czar. Gladstone wins in Commons. Vienna council warns of war end. fruitless charges of sand packing in American cotton.
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Petersburg
London Times
Skobolof
Gen
Ignatie
McQuire
Ireland
London
Bank of England
Russia
Palestine
Constantinople
Austria
Louis Falcon
Antwerp
MacLean
Henry Highland Garnett
United States
Liberia
Monrovia
Allahabad
Hindoostan
Skobeloff
Gladstone
House of Commons
House of Lords
Vienna
Manchester
Spiders on Telegraph Wires Alarm Japanese Telegrapher
Spiders present a major hurdle for telegram operators in Japan as they span webs across the lines among trees and insulators. Dew-wet webs threaten transmission and complicate maintenance along telegraph routes.
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Japan
Spiders Challenge Bamboo Brush Cleanup Efforts
They note that the spiders form a good conductor and connect with the earth, complicating work. The only remedy is bamboo brooming to remove webs, but the spiders’ activity exceeds that of the workers, keeping the problem grave.
Coroner's jury cites soldiers in Armstrong death at Onmialay
Reported labor disturbances at Onmialay end with a coroner's jury verdict that Armstrong died at the hands of soldiers in discharge of duty. Processions marked his funeral as unions express grief.
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Armstrong
Onmialay
Thurmond
Dallas
Tex
Wes
Robert E. Cowart
Gwildcteuse
Josiah Hodges
Llano
Benson
London
Patrick McGuffin
Waterbury
James Pyett
Gordon Lord
Lisbon
Lotta
John Brougham
McVicker's Theater
Chicago
Bob
Judge Blatchford Nominated for Associate Justice of Supreme Court
President nominates Judge Samuel Blatchford of New York for the Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Hunt retirement. Blatchford, 65, previously served as U S District Judge and U S Circuit Judge, once partner of Seward. Letters from Conkling and Edmunds show prior declines by others. Blatchford later accepts the nomination in a formal acceptance.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Samuel Blatchford
New York
Supreme Bench
Justice Hunt
Moswra
Conkling
Edmunds
Blatchford
HA. Seward
Auburn
Lincoln
United States District
United States
United States Supreme Court
Nassau Street
Tuca
Justicn
Supreme Court of the United States
Washington
Thescor Conneling
Washington, D. C
Bote
Massachusetts Avenue
Puestpenr
Asociate
Irelinghuysen
Guv. F. EpMunpa
Blatchfond
The
Supreme OU
The Chinese Bill Passes Congress Amid Immigration Debate
A sweeping immigration bill targets Chinese laborers for twenty years, with sections imposing penalties on employers, establishing registration for privileged travelers, and regulating land and passenger movements. The act also limits naturalization and excludes certain diplomatic groups. A separate Omaha labor clash leaves several wounded as militia confronts rioters.
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United States
Haven
Perrone
Garfield and Rosecrans letters spark Civil War dispute
A scanned 19th century article recounts Gen Garfield denying accusations against Gen Rosecrans, citing a confidential war-time letter to Chase. It discusses Rosecrans’ caution, Garfield’s desire for command, and public reaction, including perceived treachery and Lincoln era tensions. The piece mentions Dana, Chase, and Philadelphia era figures shaping the controversy.
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Wasarroton
Dana
Sustein
Garfeld
Kolmon P. Chase
Rosecrans
Asderain
Department of the Cumberland
Nashville
Savage attack on late President noted in Garfield fallout
A crude article from Chauncey I. Filey of St. Louis attacks the late President as treacherous cowardly and hypocritical. The piece, alleged to be written by him, provoked strong reaction at the national capital and touched off controversy over the Garfield nomination.
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Garfield
Jayn & Washington Dispatch
Blackburn
John Russell Young
China
Gen. Grant
Chauncey I. Filey
St. Louie
Gelilah
Doings of Congress Amid River Harvey and Bills
Congress debated liquor commissions, Chinese and immigration measures, and several appropriations. Senate and House considered canals, pensions, Indian land, and public buildings. Overflows on the Mississippi prompted relief funding. anti polygamy and other bills advanced amid party contention.
Wedding Pipe Noted in Gouda Piping Tradition
The article describes Gouda’s famed wedding pipe, three feet three inches long with a coat of arms on the bowl, tied to Dutch festival memories from copper to diamond weddings. It mentions Amsterdam diamonds and the custom of renewing copper leaves on copper weddings as time passes toward the golden.
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Gouda
Rotterdam
Amon
Amsterdam
Mississippi Flood Aid Report From Suffering Counties
Desha and Pulaski counties in Arkansas and Mississippi report widespread destitution from the Yazoo Mississippi flood. Tens of thousands depend on government relief as hundreds of homes, stock, and farms are lost. an Anatin area town was destroyed and many residents shelter in camps awaiting aid. A Mississippi River overflow near Memphis leaves 459 rations needed for the state, with many communities still unreachable and destitution spreading into May. A Desha County man recounts his family’s perilous escape and total ruin of property from the floodwaters.
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Btone River
Bronc River
Idiano
Mississippi
Vickyburg
Pemberton
Noxecraus
Braggs
Bragg
Middle Tennessee
Cumberlind
Tennessee
Johnston
Rosverans
War Department
Tino Danas
Serontes
Tam
J. A. Garren
P. Olage
Avrtira
Ata
Fo Misinota
Ee “Tennesres
Arkansan
Pulaski
Arkangan
Missigsi
Tennesese
Mbuppi
Anatin
Memphis
Helens
M. C. Harris
Desha County
Ark
Peraong
Arentton
Bentlonen
Harris
Desha
Curt. J. M. Las
United States
Arkansas City
Lincoln
John McElyen
Deahs County
Cypress
Ube
Bud
Arkaness
Wil
Childrens
Rai
Arkansse
Stig
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Mary Sigman
Rhoda
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Rive Papery
J. M. Davis
Newe McMinnville
Tom
Sarah E. Hows
Howe of Correction
Ladies 1 Point Bank
Washington Notes
Judge Blatchford
Omaha
Rep
Boya
Pamed GP
Arnetrong
Caneen
Garfield- Chase
Army of the Cumberland
Regular Army
Blair
Baltimore
Garfiold
Rosvorans
Congress
Garland
Renata
Jeveca
Jackson
Finance Committee
Ingalls
Platt
Messra
Edmundis
Hoar
Saunders
Peoce
Internal Revenue
Reed
Freedmen's Bank
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Bawyer
Secretary of War
Sturgeon Bay Canal
Wisconsin
Twenteats
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Dunnell
Territory of
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Ita
Voorhees
Gol Tulus Sogalla
United States Army
A. D. Ball
Alaka
Utah
Lighthouse Board
Missinsippi
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Hot Springs
Interior
Tariff Commission
Slater
Samuel Liatchford
Fopring Court
Chine
John G. Watts
Virginia
Edwin K. Kirk
Sioux City
Laws
Assembly of Utah
Belmont Naked
Secretary of State
Trescott
Williams
Wabesha
Minn
Dann
Souste
Ith
Ith. Mr. Harrison
Mgr. Cockrell
Dumoud
Burrows
Beaver
Teenes
Orm Burten—Cholce Creamery
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Hive
Vane
Devaoit
Floun
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