Treasury Report Shows 1892 Revenue Decline and Debt Shifts
The Treasurer E H L Mebecker reports for year ended June 30, 1892, net ordinary revenues at 354,937,764 a drop of 37,674,665 from the prior year while net ordinary expenditures stood at 345,023,530 a decrease of 10,349,354. Surplus shrank from 37,230,762 to 4,914,452 with total receipts 736,401,296 and expenditures 834,020,289.
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United States
E. HL Mebecker
Governm Eent
Eer
Deane
U Te
Secretary of the Treasury
Its
Treasury
A. B. Hepburn
Baok
Mississippi River
Trade Review Signals Strong Business Throughout the Nation
Don & Co. reports a broad positive business trend with trade at high levels nationally. Boston shows good activity and low rates, while Philadelphia and Chicago display solid demand in hardware and electrical supplies. Milk, wool, and groceries show varied strength. freight, money conditions, and currency are noted as improving or steady. Oregon electors: Pierce leads fusion slate. final totals pending from remaining counties.
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Don & Co
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinna
Cigar Manufacturing
Doe
Detroit
Chitin
Cian
Chicago
Milwaukee
Heen
Little Rock
New Orleans
Canada
United States
Death warrants for eight in Chestertown Md jail
Death warrants for eight colored men and boys in Chestertown Maryland Jail, convicted of murdering Dr Hill, have been prepared. December 12 is set for the hanging.
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Chestertown
Dr. Hill
Vanderbuilt Villa Burned At Newport
At Newton the Vanderbuilt residence R J "The Brakers" is a smouldering ruin with the villa and its contents destroyed. Estimates fix Vanderbuilt's loss at not less than 610,000. The servants saved the silver and jewels from the safe.
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Newton
R.J
Cornelius Vanderbuilt
Newport
Pension Estimate and Early 1842 Deficiency Request
The interior and treasury secretaries report the fiscal year pension needs at 166,831,350 dollars to cover army and navy pensions and agency costs. Of this, 165,006,000 dollars would go to pensioners. A separate 146,000,000 dollar estimate for 1842 is noted with a 10,508,621 dollar deficiency. In the first year of the current administration, about 89,500,000 dollars covered pensions and incidentals. A bank burglary in Liberty, Missouri, saw four experts use dynamite to crack First National Bank safe, taking 11,000 to 15,000 dollars and escaping before the reserve vault was touched. They fled after stealing a jaunt and carriage team from Joseph Steele’s house.
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Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
SUBGL
First National Bank
Liberty
Joseph Steele
Caustic report on civil service reforms by General Rosecrans
The annual treasury report criticizes clerical efficiency measures under the 1891 and 1892 circulars. It urges daily performance records, clearer chief responsibility, revised promotion methods, and greater weight for efficiency in examinations. It notes injustice to 29 copyists and recommends adding $500 to create seven $1,000 clerkships.
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General Rosecrans
Register of the Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Public Service
Seven Comets Visible Says Prof Jacoby of Columbia College
Prof Jacoby of Columbia College notes seven comets visible, the largest number on record. The list includes Holmes Freeman Swift Winnecke Denning Brook and Barnard comets, with Barnard credited for photography discovery. Astronomers await clear skies to confirm orbits linked to Biela’s comet and note recent meteor activity as debris.
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Columbia College
Holmes
Freeman
Swift
Winnecke
Denning
Brook
Barnard
Brighton
England
Biela
Bieas
Brew
Omer
Eorth
Cme
Andromeda
Critchlow Acquitted After Short Deliberation in Connors Case
Sylvester Critchlow, the Homesteader accused of killing Pinkerton agent T. J. Connors, was found not guilty by a Pittsburg jury after about 70 minutes of deliberation. He is jailed under indictment for riot with $2,000 bail and faces another murder and riot charge for Silas Wayne’s death at Homestead on July 6. Additional Homestead cases, including one against Jack Clifford for murder and riot, will proceed.
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Barbara Reich
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Smallman Street
Miss Reich
David Bennett
St. Louis
T. Egbert Wheeler
Armourdale
Sylvester Critchlow
T. J. Connors
Pinkerton
Critchlow
Silas Wayne
Homestead
Jack Clifford
Astronomer Burnham questions near Earth comet
Prof 8 W Burnham, the Chicago astronomer, ridicules reports that the comet approaches Earth. He says he has not seen it with the naked eye and doubts any collision is possible, joking that it could end the controversy if true.
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Burinam
8. W. Burnham
Chicago
Father-in-law of President Harrison dies at 100
Rev John Witherspoon Scott D D father in law to President Harrison died in Washington on a Tuesday. He was born in Beaver County Pennsylvania in 1800. A longtime Yale graduate and educator he founded Oxford Female College and served as its president before joining the Interior Department. He lived at the White House until his death, admired for a tranquil late life and a planned genealogy he could not complete.
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Executive Mansion
John Witherspoon Scott
Beaver County
George McElroy Scott
Bucks County
Scott
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Yale
Mary Neal
Miami University
Miami
Elizabeth
Lord Carolina
John Nial Scott
Oxford
Interior Department
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Presidents
Pension Appeals and Indian Supplies Reported by Bussey
Secretary Noble receives Gen. Cyrus Bussey’s annual interior report focusing on the pension appeals board and Indian goods purchases in New York. It records 5 030 appealed cases on July 1 1891 dropping to 4 349 by June 30 1892 with 4 258 appeals filed that year and 3 865 decisions sustained 464 reversed 201 dismissed and 409 reconsidered. Bussey urges Congress to authorize prepaying improper or excessive pension payments against current rolls to readjust future pensions. He notes 856 087 pensioners on June 30 1892 up 176 928 from the prior year and 457 050 more than 1887. He also warns late Indian service appropriations hinder contracts for blankets and winter clothing, urging one year ahead funding.
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Cyrus Bussey
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Noble
Board of Pension Appeals
New York
Congress
Department
Ting Kienya
General Bussy
Indian Service
Cliffords Murder Trial Set Amid Homestead Debates
District Attorney Burleigh of Pittsburg rejects Argo’s claim that no further Homestead trials will occur after Critchlow. Clifford’s case, the first to be tried, will challenge the Pinkerton raid as a lawful strike action, with Erwin returning to assist. Defense seeks acquittal on different grounds amid indeterminable strategies.
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Burleigh
Pittsburg
Argo
Critchlow
Nolle
Jack” Clifford
Tom C. Connors
Pinkerton
Petts
Erwin
Pinkertons
Homestead
Stamboul King Sets Fast Mile at Stockton
Stamboul trotted a mile in 2 074 at Stockton Cal beating Krelin by a quarter second on a damp kite shaped track. He ran the half in 1 023 and finished strong, though weather was cloudy and track condition hindered time. The performance crowns Stamboul King of the trotting world.
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Krenlin
Stamboul
Stockton
Cal
Rman
Stamboni
Official state by state presidential vote tallies
The report lists statewide results from the recent election: Cleveland leads in several states with substantial margins. Illinois shows Cleveland a 29,133 plurality over Harrison, while Ohio records a Harrison lead of 1,072, with other states detailing Cleveland majorities and per-state tallies for President and Governor.
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Ove Merwin
Illinois
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Kay
Iowa
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Mississippi
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Wnasmile
Binwell
Kansas
Torexa
United States
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People's Party
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Norw York
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ofReal
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Ken Turrivon
Velant
Majoriy
California
Bax Francisco
Obio
Ohio
S. M. Taylor
Mysterious hangings and factory closures dominate late news
LATER NEWS reports a 15 year old murderer hanged in Macon Georgia for killing an officer. Steel and quarry employers in Hellertown and Helmer’s limestone quarry lay off fifty workers. A Prohibition bill advances in South Carolina. Baby farmers Makin and wife face trial for 15 infant deaths. Internal revenue for four months rose to 56.26 million dollars, up 4.33 million from last year. Pennsylvania Railroad plans Washington area improvements near 2 million dollars. The Interior Department dismisses 29 land office telegrams due to insufficient funds. Four killed and three injured in a Union Pacific collision at Alda Nebraska. Four killed: McDonald, Barett, Keeler, Owens. Injured include Castillo and Sutherland. One passenger hurt. A two mast boat capsizes off North Carolina. three die from exposure and another perishes while swimming ashore. Wheat crops in Minnesota and the Dakotas projected well above estimates, with car receipts surging. Jacob Scoop swindled of 2500 dollars by William Haupt. Snowfall heavy in Montana, 13 inches deep after a storm.
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Thomas
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Heler
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Alda
Neb
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E. B. Barerett
J. W. Keeler
Owens
Castillo
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