National notes from The Register includes political and social items
The Register reports on the Samosa conference in English, a reorganization of the National Greenback party, Spain planning an international celebration on its soil, and the Grant memoirs yielding $900000 to the family. It notes water damage surpassing other losses, Mrs Polk as the last Southern widow president, English county council women voting no, and rising rail mileage. France and Britain lead exports to the US. leprosy concerns grow in India with a British brigadier-general sent home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Leprosy Seen Among Scandinavian Settlers in U.S.
Leprosy has persisted in Norway for about a century and appears as a hereditary disease among children of Scandinavian settlers in Minnesota Wisconsin and Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Russian suppression targets three million in Baltic provinces
The Czir of Russia reports suppressive action affecting about three million members of this body in the Russias, with the majority located in the Baltic provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czir
Russia
Russias
Baltic Provinces
Alien landholders in Ireland and Europe cited in talk
The Washington Star reports a speech noting that alien landowners in the United States equal twice the land owned by Englishmen in Ireland. The speaker claims over 22 million acres in Europe are owned by men, highlighting global landownership comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saya
Washington Star
Ireland
United States
Europe
Mr David A Wells Ponders Modern College Entrance Tests
The Boston Herald notes Mr David A Wells would despair of gaining college entry if he must now pass the examinations for admission. He is described as a learned man and Harvard has just made him an LL D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David A. Wells
Boston Herald
Mr. Wells
Harvard Ag
Novel Chicago horse show to crown finest exhibition
A fall event in Chicago will feature a major horse show in the Exposition Building. Prizes will be awarded for top horses and events, with carriages and vehicle designs also showcased as part of the exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Papers unify on 1892 International Exposition in New York
The New York Sun reports nationwide newspapers increasingly support New York as the site for the 1892 International Exposition. Editors are urged to promote the enterprise, viewed as advantageous to all Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
United States
Cotton seed oil mills surge in the South
The Manufacturers' Record reports unprecedented building of independent cotton seed oil mills in the South amid trust concerns. It lists 213 mills with about 20 million dollars in capital, noting the Cotton Oil Trust has strengthened control over the Southern Company and its eight mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Oil Trust
Trust
Southern i Company
Baltimore
Suills
Weather Forecasting Skepticism Ties to Indian Observations
The San Francisco Chronicle contends that despite progress in meteorology we understand little about predicting storms. It notes we can measure wind and rain yet forecast accuracy remains dubious and barometers show unreliability, leaving people anxious about future weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San-Francisco
North Carolina Histories and Lost Archives Mentioned
An Atlanta article muses on North Carolina history noting Dr Hawkes lifelong collecting sold to New York Historical Society. Hugh Williamson's documents vanished. Judge Martin's critical work disrupted by paper losses from Box voyages. Colonel John H Wheeler's extensive collections were sold or scattered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Atlanta
Hawkes
Ake
Geath
New York Historical Society
Hugh Williamson
Martin
John H. Wheeler
Piri
Old North
Deluge in Chicago Left City Reeling From Storm
A devastating late day storm struck Chicago at 6 pm with greenish skies and relentless rain. Lightning struck scores of objects, seven fire alarms rang in minutes, basements flooded, and many structures collapsed or were damaged. The police reported fatalities and injuries, substantial property losses, and widespread ruin citywide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lasalle Street
Wisconsin
Garfield Park
Rockwell
Sixteenth Streets
Twenty-first Street
James Lusk
Fifteenth Street
Peas
Palmer
Grand Pacific
Clifton House
Chicago Opera House
Western Avenue
Ihuman Street
Mirs
Chepaks
Thomas Dorgan
Maggie Austin
Lake Street
John Hayes
Oakley Avenue
Sary
Ernest Clucier
Stxty-sixth Street
Bammond
Chicago Tribune
Treal
New Findings on World Topics and Local Tales
A sweeping c ollection of items notes large missionary numbers, rising saloon counts, and sparse Indian populations. It reports abundant watermelon crops, a political shift in Turney joining the Triple Alliance, and multiple state officer elections. News touches flood losses, telegraph growth, and tariffs, with local notes on Atlanta debt, Texas cotton, and Oklahoma industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcacé
Turney
Triple Alliance
Curcace
Tarres
New York City
Aversa
North Dakota
South
CHIE
Nerwrort
Congo
Africa
Buenos Ayres
France
West Virginia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Texas
Connecticut
Curie
Ganeral Sheriman
Kansas City
Tux Shah
Persia
Iiss
Conemaugh Valley
Pennsylvania
Life
Atlanta
Torsxa
Kan
Comptrouier Mivens
Notable Losses and Disturbances Rise Across the East
Reports of multiple deaths and disruptions unfold. Mahoney and Fisher were killed by a train in Providence while pushing an empty car. Whitnas and Hamlin drowned in the Merrimac River. Johnstown whiskey post office closures and mass hangings loom. Severe storms lash New England as officials discuss post office improvements with New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle States
Janes Mahoney
Robert Fisher
Providence
R. I
Albert F. Whitnas
Herry EK
Hamlin
Merrimac
North Andover
Mass
Johnstown
Penn
York Corners
N. H
Pincai
New York
New England
Vanaszeaker
Windom
Treasury
Wincrom
van Catt
Postoffice
New York Postoffice
Julian Hawthorne
Scripp's League of Newspapers
Europe
Havre
Coronel Exmons Crear
Seventh Regiment
New York National Guard
Congal-to-Havre
France
Harrison
Garren-StaresSesaron Stepan
Dorsey
New York City
Nevada Bank of
San Francisco
Cal
Paterson
N. J
Katz Brothers
Hinchliffe Brothers
Braun Brothers
Sprattler & Mennett
James A. Graham
Charles G. Tatcorr
United States
Atlanta
New York Harbor
Reckless fires and violent deaths sweep the nation
Reports tell of three elevator fires in Hastings Nebraeska causing 50000 in damage. A Kansas lessee ships stolen funds to Canada. A Marton Times-Register editor dies from a gunshot during a walk with a Texas judge. Governors, lynching, drownings, and fires devastate towns from Georgia to California, with rail surveys, church tax, and prohibition moves shaping policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Nebraeska
E. E. Foustes
Terra Cotta Liawnber Company
Kansas
Canada
Coonel Roycer J. Pace
Marton
Times-Register
Texas
John T. Clarke
Georgia Court
Smithville
Walliams
Agnes
Frank Brown
Denver, Colorado Canyon and Pacific Railroad
Colorado River
Scott Topp
Charlie Hosier
White River
Anderson
Ind
Stephen Bilby
Pine
Minnesota
Dakota
Jess Ogleman
Madge Smith
Xenia
Jor Cook
Bd Dorsey
Trenton
Law
Rev
J. B. Helwig
Springfield
Government invites US for Buenos Ayres cattle show in 1990
Several 19th century items appear: a US invitation to participate in an international cattle show in Buenos Aires Argentina in April 1990 under Argentine patronage. The memo touches on post office staff expansion costs and delays, naval vessel reactivation, pension bureau investigations, wartime appropriations, and a famed astronomer’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Buenos Ayres
Wanamaker
New York Post Office
Henry M. Foote
Pennsylvania
James H
Yokohama
Japa
Navy Department
George Ewin -H-E-Bruce
Fension , Speat Board
Frank L. Campbell
Noble
Pension Bureau
Nose
J. Milton Turner
Cherokee Fir Nen
Congress
Fire and drowning toll hits island town losses total
A historic report notes a disastrous fire and drowning at a distant island town. Authorities confirm multiple fatalities, with at least six men burned and overall losses around $100,000. The incident caused severe property damage and forced seizures of the town of Vamos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Cons Sara
Lara
Vamos
Global unrest and disasters loom in brief from across continents
Reports note Congo railway funding of 2 million dollars, a Chinese fire destroying 87 000 homes with 1 200 deaths and 400 crush fatalities, and ships lost at sea. London hearings on the Parnell Commission resume, Crete tax unrest grows, a Greek king visits Paris, and Denmark records a fatal crime. Hungarian droughts strain water supplies in Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brxuorom
Congo
Africa
la Chow
China
Parnell
London
Trust
America
Flores
Frazer
Harry -Grasey Henn
David Henn
Ormerly
Tennessee
Corea
Crete
Sphakis Retino
Bilata
Sidera
Tak
Greece
Tirird
France
Eiffel Tower
Spark
Elvira Madigan
Tito
Denmark
W.E. Gradstone
Hungary
South
Russia
Vienna
Bee keepers win nuisance verdict in New York case
In Hobart Delaware County a jury found Rich’s apiary a nuisance and tied to Olmstead’s claim of annoyance. The court awarded six cents damages plus costs, with a permanent injunction against further bee trespass. The General Term affirmed the verdict and costs, and the National Bee Keepers’ Association may appeal again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lnst
Fourth Judicial Department
New York
John Mr. Olmstead
Hobart
Delaware County
Olmstead
Rich
Olhmstead
Supreme Court
Delhi
Douglass Boardman
National
Bee Keepers’ Association
Mac Rich
Banker Olmstead
Labor World Briefs on Unions and Industry
The Labor World notes rising union activity and eight hour pushes in Europe and America. It cites new gun and iron works in Florence and San Francisco, rising sick relief funds, and growing industrial statistics bureaus. It highlights figures from London, New Haven, and Cincinnati on labor standards and wage changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Federation of Labor
Europe
Florence
Kiass
Maron Haar
Mass
War Department pension clerks protest leave denial
Washington notes that 500 clerks in the new pension and record divisions face denied annual leave as wholesale pension claims pile up. Officials say 30,000 cases await action with over 100,000 more referred to the War Department, while daily dispositions rise from 400 to 800, risking imperfect settlements in some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Bes
Surgeon-General’s
Adjutant-General’s
Secretary Rules on Alien Contract Labor Case
The Treasury Secretary decides an alien contract labor issue involving Irvin & Sellers of England. They sent Edward F. Hennessy to replace American James I. Watson in New York. The Collector barred landing, then bond was posted, but the Solicitor and Secretary later ruled Hennessy’s landing would violate the contract labor law and ordered his return to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Irvin & Sellers
England
New York City
New York
James I. Watson
Edward F. Hennessy
Watson
Hennessy
Solicitor of the Treasury
Hennessey
Cod Bank Found Off Nestucca Oregon Alarms Officials
Reports indicate a cod bank eight miles off Nestucca Oregon about sixty five miles south of the Columbia River. Officials question why the Nestucca bank was not found earlier by the Albatross off Yaquina Head. The coast was surveyed but no time suggested when cod would be plentiful. True cod has been recorded south of the Farallon Islands and off San Francisco but not in commercial quantities south of Puget Sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fish Commission
Pacific
Nestucca
Oregon
Columbia River
Yaquina Head
Puget Sound
Raymond
Faralone Islands
San Francisco
Navy remits sentence for missing Paymaster Smith
The Secretary of the Navy remitted the court martial sentence of Passed Assistant Paymaster Henry R. Smith who disappeared from the sloop Essex in New York last April. He pleaded guilty to absence from duty and was sentenced to six months suspension with furlough pay, retainment on the paymaster list, and the court recommended remittance due to alleged mental unfitness. The remittance follows this recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Navy
Henry R. Smith
United States
Essex
New York
Smith
New Currency Redemption Rules Issued by Treasurer Huston
Treasurer Huston announces regulations for note redemption. If three-fifths of a note is presented, the face value is paid. If less than three-fifths but more than two-fifths, half the face value is paid. Full face value is also paid with affidavits claiming destruction of the missing portions and explaining the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huston
Postal Guide Aims to Engage Public Interest
The Post Office Department plans to popularize the Postal Guide starting with the August issue of the monthly supplement. The Postmaster General will include material of broad interest to all patrons, replacing content mainly for officers.
Treasury orders Chinese detainees travel to San Francisco
The Secretary of the Treasury directs the New Orleans Collector of Customs to permit twelve Chinese coolies held under the Chinese Exclusion Act to travel by the Southern Pacific Railroad to San Francisco as tourists. This follows an Attorney General opinion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of the Treasury
Collector ‘of Customs
New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Francisco
Attorney-C General
West Virginia Flood Toll Terrors Struck County
Disastrous flood in West Virginia counties leaves multiple deaths including Thomas Hughes and his family and circus performer Miss d Alma. Towns on the Little Kanawha and Big Tygart River areas suffer widespread destruction with crops fences and houses washed away and river levels up to fifteen feet at Grantsville. Estimated losses reach at least $650000 with numerous missing or dead residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County
W. Va
Thomas Hughes
Thomas Black
Hughes
Tucker Crack
Fieod
d’Alma
Saulsbury
Beat Run
Ritchis County
Cave-In at Hyde Park Mine Causes Widespread Damage
A cave-in over a vein in Hyde Park Pennsylvania cracks six acres and damages Fifth Ward school plus about a dozen homes. Six mine chambers collapse, trapping workers. a gas explosion in the morning kills John Williams and Robert Roberts and injures four others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pife
Seen
Tee
Hyde Park
Penn
Fifth Ward
nEaher
Denvetteiorn
John Williams
Robert Roberta
Mixed global dispatches report accidents and political shifts
The item records multiple tragedies and events including a Washington Penn mother and her child killed by a train at Elwood crossing, hangings in Kentucky Louisiana and other states, a coast defense vessel contract at seven hundred thousand dollars, financial shifts in English syndicates and grain elevators, floods in China, political figures hosted in London, and assorted civic appointments and losses across North America and Europe.
Hoadley Murders Wife and Father-in-Law Then Kills Himself
Hiram Hoadley Jr. shot and killed his wife and her father in Byron Ohio after she sought a divorce. He pursued the wife’s mother and sister, then returned to shoot the bodies and killed himself. A former Williams County politician, he left three revolvers on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Hoadley, Jr
Byron
Ohio
Headley
Ethen
Hoadley
Newman
Williams County
Starving Illinois Miners Relief Train Arrives
Mayor Cregier, Congressman Lawlor and Chicago Relief Committee delivered eighty tons of provisions to starving miners in Spring Valley Alabama. About 2000 idle workers and families face severe hunger as protests and stark poverty marked the arrival of the relief train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cregier
Frank Lawlor
Chicago Relief Committee
Waleley
New York Readers Back World Expo Plan For 1892
At a major New York meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and allied groups leaders from banks railroads and labor voiced strong support for a 1892 World’s Fair to commemorate the continent’s discovery. The assembly formed a committee to organize the international exposition with subcommittees on finance legislation permanent organization and site and buildings. The Mayor and Secretary were named ex officio. another chamber session later that day created a panel of sixty to coordinate with national state and city authorities on the fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Ree
Atam
Trunk Line Association
Chamber of Commerce
Knights of Labor
Federation of Labor
New West
London
San Francisco
New York
Meq
Citzens
Wil Ip
America
Grant
William M. Spey
Charles G. Haven
Myr
New Ya
Charles &. Smith
Nummely
Smith
Spe
New York Chamber of Commerce
Royal Wedding Sees Earl Fife Weds Louise of Wales at Buckingham Palace
The Earl of Fife married Louise, eldest daughter of the Prince of Wales, in a private chapel ceremony at Buckingham Palace. A large crowd gathered outside despite rain as royal figures, including the Prince of Wales and Princesses Victoria and Maud, attended. Clergy led by the Archbishop of Canterbury officiated, with a choral service and a specially composed anthem The love of the couple drew a ceremonial procession past floral festoons and carpeted paths to Sheen House. Louise, Victoria, and Maud were among the bridesmaids. the Queen officiated. The bride wore royal attire while the groom stood with his groomsman. The couple are described as warmly received by well-wishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Fife
Btdess
Louise
Print of Wales
Buckingham
Alece le Don
Prince of Wales
Earl of Fife
Hoi Farquhar
Altant
Victoria
Maud of Wales
Red and
Maud
Wales
Lowly
Schleswig-Holstein
Feodors Gleichen
Tia Gleichen
Helena Git
Canterbury
Lon
Windsor
Ueen
F. A.J. Hervey
Prince of Wailes
T. Teignmouth
Royal James
Mr. Joseph
Sheen House
Wilders
Princess Louise
Royal Highness
Marlies House
Imperial Order of the Crown
Alexander
George Duff
Baron Skene Oer
United Kingdom
Mactt
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the Register
Eeeae
Epster
Samosa
National Greenback Ek Party
Spain
Arran
Great Britain
United ‘States
Ring In
Abanomio Alan
Charlemagne Tower
Atl Waterville
N.Y
New York Commission Dry Goods
Lewis Brothers & Co
Cornelius N. Bliss
Olympia
Washington
Heerane Neathy Coree
Society of Jews
Georgetown District of Columbia
College
Porter
B. R. Carroll
Maine
Linden Steel
National Association
the Labor World
Thomas Morrison
Janus G. Buainz, Jr
Secretary of State
Maine Central
Scotland
Slo
Tur
Pittsburg
Tae New England Boot and Shoe
Lasters’ Union
R. Beniincham
Great Northern Railway
Board of Public Works
City Council of
Cincinnati
Powprrry
Tabor
Ben Franklin
New Haven
Conn
New York State
New-England
Bahl
Germany
Paymaster Smith
Litule -Lanawha
Mars
Wikliam Inwit
Elwood's Crossing
Richmond Paper Company
East Providence
Art
Newark
Columbia
Needles
Fred. Droenke
Elmhurst
Jaams Keny
Peter Crow
Patis
W. T. Davis
Tennessee State Wheel
Farmers’ Association
Nashville
van den Bent
Mecca
Northwest
Tou Bowne
Baton Rouge
Philip Walsh
Charles Sellars
Bunyan Adams
Richland Parish
Raville
Irank Blunt
Valdosta
Willis Miller
Union Ironworks
Tracy
Winvox
C. W. Arnold
Georgia
Yellow River
Shantung
Pekin
Joan Hexpy Peveston
Davenport
Robert T. Lincoln
Chauncey M. Depew
Boulanger
Jooan Kilratnicn
Harbor Creek
I. A. Jones
Charles
Crysler
Independence
Bismarck
South Dakota
Wabash
Elk Township
Clayton County
Iowa
Wesley Elkins
Harnison
Civil Service
Civil Service Commissioners
United States Treasury
Hyatt
Alexander Sharpe
United States Army
Transylvania
Bukovina
Grosswondein
Szegedin
Mohacs
Thoas T. Worth
Lillie
Torouto
Galicia
Silesia
Bohemia
Moravia
Tyrol
Illinois
Amer
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