Knotty Question From A Washington Letter
A Washington Letter recounts Chauncy Depew’s anecdote about James Rutter, who rose from freight agent on the Erie to a central figure in rail transportation at the Central. Rutter’s decisive stance when faced with knotty problems established his leadership and eventual presidency of a major corporation. The piece notes coal men watching the new fireless locomotive with a soda condenser now tested in Europe, capable of twelve hours between recharges.
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Seow
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Commodore Vanderbuilt
Erie Railroad
The
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Rutter
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Printing tariffs costs soar past ten thousand in Congress
The cost of printing the recent tariffing in the Congressional ard is said to exceed $10,000. The Post Office Department uses $80,000 worth of wrapping wine a year.
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Post Office Department
Leaper letter from Texas seeks Young county home
A letter from W A Metcalf in Evansville Indiana notes his plan to move to Young County Texas after travelling through Archer and Clay counties. He praises the region, criticizes grazing taxes, and urges Texas residents to make cattle kings pay for the range. He mentions local road work and broad concerns about land and education policy.
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Young County
Tarly
W. A. Metcalf
Intruders Resisting near Fort Reno Prompt Military Move
The report notes movements toward Oklahoma and Fort Reno with a commander’s notice of resistance and pending arrests. Carroll is dispatched with troops to secure the post as insurgents approach, while confidence in a final deluge grows among the attackers.
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Oklahy
Fort Reno
Indi
Gener
Carroll
Commal
Explosion at Xerila: Dyna mite discharge targets Journal office
Great excitement followed a dynamite blast near Xerila on May 28. A pound of dynamite with a three foot fuse was discharged at the Journal office, and proprietors suspect a foe angered by the paper's publications. The would be attacker aimed to destroy the building without harming people, according to the report.
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Wasasi, Inc
Xerila
Journal
Fatal shooting during family quarrel in Corsicana
In Corsicana on Saturday night W P McCoy was shot in the right breast by his son in law Mayers during a domestic dispute that also wounded McCoy’s wife in the arm as she tried to intervene. Both parties were reportedly intoxicated and Mayers has not been captured, with authorities believing he fled the country.
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Waxahachie
Sallie Craft
Dallas
The
Herald
Herald Today
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Hammond
Belle Boyd
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Corsicana
W. P. McCoy
Das. Movers
Mecoy
Ood
Mayers
Rainfall Halts Cleanup as Waco Sees Flood Anxiety
May 26 Waco residents remain concerned as heavy rains slow building cleanup and drainage work in East Waco. The river stays low but crops risk ruin. Missouri Pacific trains face delays awaiting connections from Palestine to Houston. Local businesses close early at 90 p m until August 15 to aid workers during the heat.
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Missouri Pacific
International
Great Northern
Palestine
Houston
Taylor
Earby
Chicago Herald Sees Democrats Coerce Protectionist Voters
The Chicago Herald argues party unity will be enforced after tariff votes. It says forty congressmen who opposed tariff reduction face removal from influence but may stay as private members, while loyal candidates will align with party policy and faithful servants will be kept off the ballot.
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Chicago Herald
Randal
Virginia Senators Demand Virginia Resolutions Be Placed Before Senate
Washington May 26 Virginia congressmen complain that resolutions from the Virginia Legislature calling Mahone and Riddleberger to resign have not been laid before the Senate by President Edmunds. They say the resolutions formalize a grave grievance and that withholding them insults the Commonwealth.
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Congress
Virginia
Messrs. Mahone
Riddleberger
Senate
Edmunds
Commonwealth
Cding
Free grass or paying rent, West settlement debated
The piece contrasts two approaches to school and public lands. Free grass favors open use by cattle kings with no charge and forces settlers to fence at high personal cost. Anti free grass would require stock grazers to pay a reasonable rental and ranches to fence when settlers enter a section. The writer supports the latter as the way to settle the West.
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Oleburne Ch
Texas Delegates Reach Chicago Convention News Interest
Washington May 27. Pat ton and several Texas delegates to the Chicago convention have arrived and draw interest from Blaine and Arthur supporters. Fatton backs Arthur while others are doubtful, with both sides seeking their votes. Money will be used openly and freely. it is alleged the delegates’ visit aims to secure votes. Flanagan was expected but has not arrived.
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Patton
Texas
Chicago
Blaine
Arthur
Fatton
Flanagan
Mexico approves $100000 for Centennial exposition costs
Washington reports that Mexico's president, following the chamber of deputies decree, appropriated 100000 for government expenses at the Work's Industrial and Cotton Centennial exposition in New Orleans. Director-General Burke notes the total chamber appropriation reached 200000 with half reserved for American commission preliminary expenses.
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Mexico
Republic
Chamber of Deputies of Mexico
Government of Mexico
New Orleans
Burke
Chamber of Densities
Free grass idea defended as right of ownership
Editorial cites the notion that wealth and audacity establish the freedom to fence, line-ride, and hold as much territory as money permits, opposing the world in a claim of ownership. The Austin Capital endorses this view as a measure of power and entitlement.
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Swerman Trial Yields Seven Year Terms
Swerman, May 27. The negro House was tried in the district court today on two indictments and given seven years in each case. The other cases were dismissed by the state.
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Swerman
House
Plissville Milked Cattle Smuggled for Food
State health board reports pleuro pneumonia rages through constables at Plissville Long Island. Dying cattle are milked, killed, and their carcases smuggled into New York and Brooklyn for sale as food, signaling a grave public health danger.
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N. Y
State Board of Health
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Long Island
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New York
Brooklyn
Old Masonic Record Shows Philadelphia as Mother of Freemasonry
The ledger book of St. John's Lodge, kept by Benjamin Franklin, lists members from June 24, 1731, to June 24, 1738. Now in the Historical Society library, donated by Geo. T. Ingham of Salem, N. J. This original record, in Franklin's handwriting, is the oldest Masonic lodge book in America, according to Clifford P. McCalla.
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Masons
Philadelphia
America
Massachusetts
St. John’s Lodge
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Library of the Historical Society
Geo. T. Ingham
Salem
N. J
David Hall
Clifford P. McCalla
Grand Lodge
More Wives Wanted in Utah Crusade
A Salt Lake City reformletter reports that church leaders urge Mormons to adopt polygamy openly. At a priesthood meeting women were sent away while leaders urged men with one wife to take two or more wives, claiming the practice aligns with doctrine.
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New York Sun
Cannon
Cattle Barons Clash Over State Policy in Texas
The cattle barons in Western Texas threaten to align with the Republican party if Governor Jesen is opposed. They attack the land board actions as directed against their interests, demand eight cents per acre rent, and insist education should not be sacrificed. They urge joining the Republican free grass platform to make the issue.
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Ft. Worth
Texas
Jesen
Republican Party
Land Board
Commonwealth
Grant family accused of vulgar arrogance in Galveston News
The Galveston News criticizes General Grant and his family for perceived ingratitude and ostentation. It condemns Col onel Fred Grant for saying the father belongs on the army’s pedal tar, arguing the Grants have been treated like royalty and should learn public generosity.
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Fred
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