Proclamation on Death of Speaker Kerr and Treasury Sale Plans
President Grant announces the death of Speaker Michael C Kerr with tribute to his public service. The Treasury reports a loan package of 40 million dollars to be issued by cash firms in London Philadelphia and New York. The postmaster general clarifies blank materials are charged at the old rate and officials note Mint operations and silver coinage forecasts.
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Grant
United States
House of Representatives
Michael C. Kerr
Poblcc
Raith
London
Philadelphia
New York
Tarbell
Mississip
William Hemphill Jones
Delaware
Chauncey K. Carpenter
Levi Sparks
Kerr
New Albany
Ind
8. Conn
First Presbyterian Church
John Prindsville
Chicago
Dayton
Ohio
James Murphy
Cash Mesa Pork L
Miners attacked by Mollie Maguires amid mid August unrest
Reports from Pt Richmond Pa detail James Maxim and Peter McCaffrey beaten with bludgeons stabbed and shot by a Mollie Maguires crowd. McCaffrey died at once and Martin wounded. News notes a disruption of a coal union in New York and statewide political maneuvering as parties meet in Albany and Saratoga.
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Pt. Richmond
James Maxim
Peter McCaffrey
McCaffrey
Martin
Tan New York Xeening Post
Pottsville
Grant
Philadelfhie
New York
Baratoga
John M. Frhycois
Kidien
B.D. Morgan
Evarts
Morgan
Sherman
Rogers
Repubican
E. D. Moran
St. Louis
Connecticut
Rev. Joseph, Cummings
George P. Rogerd
Ruel P. Cowles
Paulina Wright Davis
Providence
R. Lyon
George KE. Adams
Buffalo
Rail worker confesses to Lake Shore plot and false hero acts
The man admits intending to derail trains on the Lake Shore Road to gain railroad sympathy and employment. He claimed to have posed as a hero at Fairport and to have halted a farmer to save a train, but his motives were to influence railroad hands and secure work. He previously worked as a brakeman on the Lake Shore Michigan Railroad.
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Philadelphias
Wars and politics sweep across the nation with clashes and recalls
Reports from the West describe Utes deserting after feasts and arming, a Sioux war party demanding supplies, and a crackdown on arms sales by Indian traders. Concurrently, GOP and Greenback conventions nominate candidates. train wrecks kill and injure passengers. a high profile death prompts large tributes. and market prices for crops and livestock are listed.
Foreign turmoil and royal reforms dominate Belgrade to Paris
Reports from Belgrade on Serb gains and Turkish defeats mingle with Vienna diplomacy and Prince Milan’s harsher stance. Rosa Bonheur’s accident near Paris shocks cultural circles as tension escalates over Alexinatz and Dahomey confrontations. Census notes link malaria mortality to state profiles across regions.
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Cape Coast
Uastlc
Dahomey
Whydat
Tchernayeff
Turkey
Bervin
Mila
Illinois News Roundup of Accidents Nominations and Disasters
Vermillion County freight incident ends in death when a conductor attempts to switch carts and Rodna is killed. Edward Schultze, 17, regresses into drink and falls with his mother. she dies next night. Independent tickets nominate local officials. statewide races set candidate lines. Reports include a murder by Dava Thomas, a sea of oddities in Cotton Hill, a railroad wage cut, and various drownings and accidents across Illinois towns.
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Vermillion County
Rodna
Dean
Springfield
Valentine Scrip
Dearborn Park
Chicago
Dan Wille
Edward Schultze
Tiis
Hong
Bchultze
Scott County
Ben Lane
George Hurd
Ife
Jeracey County
Jack Carey
Saint
Minnots Central Railroad Company
Cairo
Haven
White County
Ao Aendish
Dava Thomas
Dan Duty
Thomas
Duty
Cotton Hill
Sangamon
Psenake
J R Fpararer
Republican State Central Committee
Smith
White Elephant Capture in Siam Sparks Royal Ceremony
A detailed account of how a white elephant was captured near Bangkok, including the escort by tame elephants, the king’s involvement, and the animal’s reception. The event ends with the animal being led to Bangkok for a ceremonial display after two to three months of taming.
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Zane
Nhy
Tys
Aynthia
Rive
Bangkok
Col. Pittburgh
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