Foreign and domestic news from The London Observer
The London Observer reports on the Washington Treaty supplemental article, British objections, Spanish Cortes leadership changes, a deadly train collision near Basle, and drought and famine threats in Zanzibar. It notes Sherman and Grant arriving in Berlin, a Paris damage tally from the Commune, and U.S. bond and debt details. Also covered are U.S. political shifts, elections, and notable deaths.
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London Observer
Washington
Lkely
Cordova
Zorilla
Triecate
Austria
Charles Lever
Worms
Basle
Mayence
Germany
Zanzibar
London Times
Berlin
William T. Sherman
Frederick D. Grant
Serrano
Mexico
Montteryy
Trevino
Corced
Ferrata
Italy
Paris
Qfficlal
France
Grenadier Guards
Boston
Liverpool
America
Irish Democratic Union backs Greeley at nominating meeting
A recent meeting of the New York Irish Democratic Union adopted resolutions endorsing Horace Greeley and praising his nomination by the Baltimore Convention. Iowa Republicans, meanwhile, will delay nominating state officers until after national conventions. In Jefferson City a letter dated May 1 reports B Gratz Brown accepting Liberal Republican vice presidential nomination. Florida Supreme Court affirmed W D Bloxham as elected governor in 1870 and notes he has been sworn in.
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James Gordon Bennett
New York City
Charles N. Walker
Republican Valley Land District
Nebraska
Ware Worthing
George W. Cory
Wyoming Land District
Nevada
F. H Longley
Western
A. A. Thomas
Northwestern
Thomas P. Louman
George Nourse
Linkville
Oregon
George Connor
Johnson
Washington
House Committee On Military Affairs
Buell
Charles Dunning
James Kennedy
Nets
Jacksonville
Sharon Tyndale
International Typographical Union
Richmond
Thard
William J. Hammond
New Orleans
L. C. Crump
Robert G. Streater
Deseret
Utah
John Collins
Cincinnati
R. A. Hamilton
Philadelphia
Eicat
Charles R. Brain
Ninth
New York Regiment
James Fisk, Jr
Methodist General Conference
Frederick Douglass
Rochester
N. Y
United States
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Brooklyn
Samuel Reed
L. B. Tuttle
Ayer
Adam Forepaugh
Romeo
Chicago
Aosition
Montreal
Cooper Institute
New York
Howard
Crook
Illinois Democratic Central Committee
Springfield
San Francisco
Victoria Woodhull
Appollo Hall
New Hampshire
Charles H. Camptell
Senate
Asa Fowler
Republican State Central Committee
Lincoln Hall
Sherman
E. E. Morgan
W. E. Chandler
F. D. Morning
Wm. Clafiin
Massachusetts
Marshall Jewell
Connecticut
A. G. Cattell
New Jersey
Oliver P. Morton
Indiana
W. H. Kemble
Pennsylvania
J. ¥. Scammon
R. B. Cowen
Ohio
G. W. Dodge
Iowan
Geo. E. Spencer
Alabama
C. C. Fulton
Maryland
Jos. C. Abbott
North Carolina
Geo. Gorham
California
J.T. Averill
Minnecoote
W. A. Howard
Michigan
Labor Reform State Executive Committee
Tennessee
John C. Brown
Andrew Johnson
W. G. Brien
W. C. Whitthorne
R. F. Looney
Baltimore
New York Irish Democratic Union
Horace Greeley
Central Committee
Iowa
Jefferson City
B. Gratz Brown
Supreme Court of Florida
W. D. Bloxham
Senate adjourns amid tariff and civil rights debates
Senate proceedings span adjournment votes and amendments on the tarff bill. Debates accuse Sumner and Schurz of pressuring the executive, with session extended to June 10. House actions include land sales, Indian trade probes, and pensions. final adjournment occurs after a long session, while bills on cruelty to animals and river improvements move forward.
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Senate
Yeas
Sumner
Schurz
Patent Committee
Rewline
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Gulf States
Mississippi Valley
Round Valley
Mendocino County
California
Indiana Territory
Territories
Mississippi River
Connecticut
Southern Claims Commission
Theodore Adams
Fremont
Committee of Conference
Logan
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Pomeroy
Caldwell
Conkling
House
la Crosee
Wis
Elbridge Gerry
Colorado
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Wamany
Atchpan
Indiana
Mississippi & Miesonr Railroad Company
Chicago, Rockleland & Pacific Railroad Company
Davenport
Iowa City
Congress
Euch
Rbura of
Statistics
New York
Custonit House
Tranest
St. Joseph
Springfield
Port Suton
Mich
Nashville
Tenn
House-Exchange
Tennessee
Coosa
Alabama
Houge
Kansas
Secretary of War
Chandler
Secre Stanton
White
Chicago Tribune
Criitern
Green Bay
White River
Mary Ann Montgomery
Mississippi
Red Wing
Minnesota
Senate Bil
Kentucky
Camo
Plattsburg & Canada Railroad
Trouard
Shocking-A Magnetic Battery and Humorous Fragments
A collection of wry quips and anecdotes includes a Dutchman asking a Frenchman if it rained tomorrow and a bashful printer avoiding a job with women. Other items feature a temperance lecture, a boy counting teeth to judge a horse’s age, and schoolroom mischief about shingles and apples.
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Bond
Charlie
Peter
Brown Accepts Vice Presidential Nomination in 1892 Letter
Governor Brown responds to the Cincinnati Liberal Republican nomination, accepting as Vice President candidate and endorsing the party platform. He warns against abuses of power, calls for amnesty with equal rights, and favors direct local expression on taxes, urging reform and national reconciliation.
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Juvrensox City
Lewin
Cincinnati
United States
South
Bencaty
Udo
Prozaziy secures massive Peru contract to build railway
Henry Beiggs undertakes the largest single contract to span the Andes for 100 million dollars. The project crosses peaks up to 16,000 feet above sea level. The Italian coral fishery yields about 3 million TANCS this season.
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Prozaziy
Henry Beiggs
Peru
Andes
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State Department
Edgar Stewart
Schenck
Edward Thornton
London
Weber County
Congressional
Phunnygrams
Governor Brown
St. Louis
Brown
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