Late News In Brief From Across The Nation
A chaotic late news brief reports anti prohibitionists in Pittsburgh gaining traction with naturalizations in the county totaling over 4 039 to influence vote on a constitutional amendment. Secretary Windom orders supplies to build a refuge at Point Barrow. Montana shifts toward Democratic delegates and statehood. A Fitchburg track worker is assaulted while clearing ties. suspects pursued. Sioux Nation plans selling seven townships north of Yankton Agency, opening lands for 1000 homesteader families. Miss S E Taylor sues Pennsylvania Railroad for 10000 after depot crush injury. Illinois Supreme Court denies anarchists record amendment. Cedar Rapids reports hail damage including large eggs. A B C director notes 1853 to 1697 dividends totaling 96200339 from profits of the line. Vice President Morton party sailors depart New York for Europe.
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Pittsburgh
Windom
Healy
San Francisco
Point Barrow
Behrings Straite
Treasury Department
Montana
Fitchburg Basilroad
Shelborne Falls
Mas
Aharp Curve
Yankton Agency
South Dakota
E. Taylor
Niles
Ohio
Union Depot
Pennsylvania Riilroad
Trumbull County
Illinois Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Randall
B. & C. Ameris
Aerial Railway Promises Fast Mail and Passenger Transport
An open scheme links New York and Boston promising 230 mile journeys in under an hour. A Boston experiment impressed scientists including Prof. A. E. Dolbear. Inventor John G. Williams claims magnetic cars on a single rail could move ton-scale loads daily at low cost, sending millions of letters via a system with above-ground tripods and insulated wire coils.
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New York
Boston
A. E. Dolbear
Taft’s College
Detectives face mob attack in Tyler county feud
In Tyler county detectives Burnett Gale and Constable Onnememestier returned to the Morgan neighborhood after new evidence in the Jacob Morgan murder case. About 3 AM a mob surrounded the houses and fired on the officers wounding Gale and driving the rest away. No arrests were made and reinforcements were summoned as residents fear further violence.
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Jacob Morgan
Tyler County
Man Shoots Neighbor After Morning Disturbance in Greene County
Mrs. Cotterel of Clarksville Greene County Pa reported her husband behaved oddly last Sunday and threatened to shoot the first doctor. On Wednesday morning he shot Mont Greenlee as he approached the well wounding him severely in the arm and shoulder. Cotterel remains at home, calm but uncooperative.
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Prendergest
Chicago
George Hill
Lakeshore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
Hill
Dunning
Jaomary
Lott
Jelian
Julian
Bill
Julien
Jones
Anwerd
Theo Lock
Justins
Levi
Dinisg
Radma
Lock
Jaline Ami Lock
Jel
Werther
Todd
Bod Tient Ecbert Barns
Gente
Frank Jesimaki
Frank Krewski
Jasinski
Kiowski
Jesinekd
Fred
Ec- Mika Moke
Bmiska
Sesinaki
Kiewski
Meln
Jasineki Bes
Kuhberegwaki
Merratore
Mra
Wm. Cotterel
Clarksville
Greene Co
Mia Cotterel
Mont Greenles
Greenlee
Tomy
Robert Day
Loveland
Young Day
Mra. Hubbell
Mra Hubbell
Fiscal summary of Fifteenth Congress session acts
The statement shows total Congressional appropriations of 336,046,450 with permanent and indefin ite items at 105,601,056, totaling estimated expenditures for 1889 90 at 395,437,516 and estimated revenues of 439,500. Offi cers created total 350 with salaries 443,590, old officer raises 1,025,660. Sixty nine officers are abolished at 127,972 salaries and other officers' salaries reduced 7,200.
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Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Wild animals run loose in Chicago street circus breakout
A circus wagon with wild animals crashed after a Chicago and Evansville train passed Division and Halstead. Two wolves fled, a panther and mountain lion disappeared, but were later captured and confined in a damaged cage after a long search and whip-assisted recovery.
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Chicago
Chicago and
Evansville
Division
Halstead
Division Street
First female licensed to perform marriages in Wayne County
The Probate Court of Wayne County Ohio granted Rev Mrs Ellen Ran de a license to perform marriages, asserting gender flexible law. The decision followed Attorney General no opinion and court study affirming a woman may legally wed. Mrs Rankle, a United Brethren minister and farmer’s wife, earned credentials for two charges.
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Wayne County
Ohio
Ellen Rande
Runkle
United Brethren Church
Probate
Attorney-General
Rankle
Seventeen Men Fall From Bridge Fire Tragedy
Seventeen workers on a railroad project near Nashville Tennessee attempted to fight a fire on a bridge over Stones river. The bridge collapsed, throwing seventeen men into the river fifty feet below. Three laborers were killed and eight injured. engineer William Morgan suffered serious internal injuries while fireman Charles Gribble had a broken leg and other injuries.
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Stons River
Nahville
Tennessee
Bseventeen
Wm. Morgan
White
Charles Gribble
Werre
Mixed business signals warn of slow growth this week
Weekly reports show slight output rise from last year but core sectors weaken. Iron, coal and transportation face declines, while window glass improves and exports grow 21 percent in April. Foreign exchange lowers slightly as imports rise, with Lynn Massachusetts reporting seven-day failures and overall railroad properties not improving.
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Lynn
Mas
Omaha
New York
United States
Canada
Oddities and notes from a bustling late 19th century scene
A New York grocer notes clothespin sales rise as poorer women run out of kindling. Bank notes are catalogued for redemptions by a mythical Threadneedle Street old lady. The 1889 fashion favors the swipperke dog from the Low Countries. Icelandic language history and Latin missionary influence outline England’s linguistic past. A Alabama field discovery reports a perfectly preserved sheep fossil found 180 feet below ground. Pasteur mentioned in quirky fashion.
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