Swift Wins Chicago Mayor Job in Far-Spreading GOP Sweep
A Chicago mayoral victory for George B. Swift highlighted a broad Republican wave across Illinois and neighboring states. The GOP secured dominant council majorities in many cities, with Republicans sweeping Milwaukee and several Wisconsin towns, while Democrats claimed wins in Springfield, Columbus, and other locales. Voting also showed significant women’s participation, with early returns noting emancipation trends and licensure debates shaping results.
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George BE. Swift
Civil Service Law
Ilinois
Astoria
Atlanta
Bement
Batavia
Bridgeport
Blooming
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Chaumpaign
Clinton
Charleston
Carlyle
Clay City
Dixon
Danville
Decatur
Elgin
Ureenville
Havana
Joliet
Kankakee
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Paxton
Parla Robinson
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Gen. Post
George W. Prince
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Plymouth
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Prairie du Chien
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Waukesha County
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Minneapolis
Duluth
Albert Lea
W. Gillsup
Fergus Falls
Thomas N. McLean
Hastings
George Parker
Mankato
Edgar Weaver
Faribault
LB. Lt
Sheffield
Tracy
Grand Forks
A. C. Rinehart
Hugh Dunlevy
Crookston
John R. McKinnon
Lincol
Denver
Thomass. McMurray
Cincinnati
Gallipolis
Toledo
Dayton
Youngstown
Cleveland
Hamilton
McKisson
P. P. Mast
Springfield
Tanzy
Middletown
Cadiz
Niles
Zanesville
Warren
Mellaire
Cotten HH. Allen
Pomeroy
Lima
Duellefontaine
Margaret Chalfant
Marysville
Great Britain to Uncle Sam on Venezuela Rift
British officials respond diplomatically to American push for arbitration over Venezuela, signaling that Great Britain and Venezuela alone own the dispute. Also reports on southern presidential candidate hopes, wage increases for several manufacturing sectors, and Nicaragua dispute with Britain over damages. Rhode Island election yields Republican state offices and legislative gains. Michigan man M W Parker sustains skull fracture after train fall in Avnora.
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Uncle Sam
Venezuela
Washington
Bayard
United States
Desperate deed in Jacksonville public house melee
Desperate scene in Jacksonville on a Sunday dawn as Dort Glenn known as Kid Charlie shot and killed two men and wounded three others during a chase by officers. Nelson Stucks and Howard Miner died, Rag Jim Clemons and James Minor wounded, with a third attacker wounded. Glenn surrendered after seventeen shots and was jailed in St Augustine amid crowd cries for lynching.
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Kid Charlie
Napoleon Stucks
Rickers Saloon
Howard Miner
Jim Clemons
Jim
West Bay Street
Glenn
Minor
Lieut
St. Augustine
Ed Holland
Leutenant
Holland
Vicentra
Kan
Walter Scott
Christian Church
Scott
LA Porte
Ind
Henry Fahrenheim
Jacob Ott
Fahrenheim
Ott
Arroona
Henry Bonaka
Seventh Avenue
Fragmentary 19th century miscellany items and notes
A mix of trivia and discoveries includes a claim on Mount Logan as Alaska's highest peak, a claim about sheep cheese Rogverort, a patented car-coupler, use of liars in snuff, and a note on Nivtop from cuneiform inscriptions. The excerpt also mentions rubber tire trends for taxis, Queen Elizabeth's autograph and handwriting, and a Babylonian figure zi Murua the Kassee with historical context.
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Rogverort
Alaska
Mount Logan
St. Elias
Arkansas Governor Clashes With Legislator in Lobby Row
Gov James J Clarke of Arkansas and Rep W L B Jones of Marion county fought in Gleason Hotel lobby after a bribery charge. Clarke allegedly spat on Jones and drew a pistol but bystanders stopped a shooting. Clarke was arrested and released on own recognizance and will plead guilty to assault in justice court.
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Eliza Haskell
Kate Reider
Urbana
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Carresaorea
Henry Crane
Peoples
Oneida
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Witmeyer
WH. J. Truitt
Bloumneron
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Olinger
Krokoux
Superior Court
Evansville
Ind
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Detroit
Mich
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Moore
Supreme Court
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Roger Butterfield
Grand Rapids
Charles H. Mackley
Muskeen
Manistee
Ludington
J. M. Turner
Silver
Lansing
Traverse City
Stebbins
Watkins
Fisher
James M.turner
Kalamazoo
Milnes
J. C. Burrows
A. M. Todd
Prohibition
Milwaukee
Justice Winslow
Gov. Clarke
Arkansas
Little Roen
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James J. Clarke
W. LB. Junes
Marion County
Gleason
House of Representatives
Railroad Commission
Jones
Clarke
Cleveland Denounces Sermon Scandal As Outrage
President Cleveland condemns a Salem sermon and interview accusing him of intemperance as wholesale lies. He faults three types behind the falsities a motive to invent a charge a gullible minister and a gossiping newspaper, praising the public for fair play.
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Lansing
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Annual Mormon Conference Closes in Salt Lake City
Delegates from around the world attend the sixty-fifth conference of the Mormon church in Salt Lake City. Over three days all buildings on the tabernacle block were packed, with about 20,000 at Sunday services. Presiding authorities including Wilford Woodruff as prophet, seer and revelator, were sustained along with George Q. Cannon and Joseph P. Smith as counselors.
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Wilford Woodruff
George Q. Cannon
Joseph P. Smith
Japan's Peace Demands Push for Broad Indemnity
Paris April 1. Reliable authority says Japan requires Korea independence and cessions of southern Manchuria including Port Arthur, Formosa, opening of Chinese ports and rivers to trade, payment of 400 million yen, and occupation of strategic points until the indemnity is paid.
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Corea
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Port Arthur
Formosa
Architect Commits death after hotel collapse in April
A hotel under construction in April collapsed, burying thirty workers. The architect who also designed a theater that failed previously killed himself at the scene, named Siimososeni. Li Jiung Chang’s wounded envoy status improves as Bandages are removed. Li Hung Chang’s son Li Ching Fung named peace plenipotentiary. Bellaire window glass works sold for 2150 dollars to local buyers who will restart the plant.
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Siimososeni
Li Jiung Chang
Lin Ching Fung
Li Hung Chang
Japan
Helo
Belarke
Bellaire
Firstufe Uiese
Germany’s Bismarck laments old age and happiness
The Grand Old Man, Prince Bismarck, told visitors he dislikes tobacco since aging, and privately he seldom felt happiness in life, claiming only a few minutes of real joy in his public career. Observers note such claims echo common political regrets. Meanwhile Cadence plans a Greek cathedral modeled after Moscow’s St Basil’s.
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Prixce Bismanck
Jismarck
Prince Bismarel
Cadence
Moscow
Revered author of America hymn honored in Boston
Venerable S I Smith, author of the national hymn America, was honored in a two city tribute. In Toston Music hall a schoolful audience heard remarks by Rev Edward Everett Hale and Gov Greenhalge with 200 children singing and a Handel and Haydn chorus. In Chicago the Columbian Liberty Bell celebration sent a telegram to Boston as pupils rang the historic bell and sang the hymn.
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S. I. Smith
Music Hall
Curtis Guild
Baldwin
Edward Everett Mule
Curtis Guild, Jr
Greenhalge
Hallelujah Chorus
Handel and Haydn Society
Carl Zerrahn
Dr. Smith
Iowa
Wyoming
Department of the Potomac
Department of Massachusetts
ChicaGo
Samuel Francis Smith
Hopkins
Lane
Chicago Public Schools
Boston
The Iron Chancellor Celebrations Across Cities
The piece chronicles Bismarck’s 80th birthday celebrations in New York Hamburg and other cities with large crowds, official dispatches, and festive events. It also reports a Casper Wyoming shooting involving State Senator J J Hurt and a New Orleans bank robbery confession by Frederick W Griffin. It notes a saloon explosion near the French Market tied to a Matia case.
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J. J. Hurt
William Milne
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Senator Hurt
Milne
Hurt
Matia
New Gnleans
Young sewers seek patience and practice in learning
A reflective verse imagines a young learner struggling with slow progress in sewing. The speaker vows to imitate a grandparent, sing softly, and use a rocking chair as a calm setting to stitch and learn, hoping to find a method at last.
Mischievous crow portrays a bold barnyard trickster
The crow named Jim fears crows and large snakes yet mocks farmers with Stop and Hello, laughs at snowballs, dodges guns, and bullies Grace and barefoot children. He perches on a stump and triggers laughter, while his cellar intrusion wastes vinegar and outdraws fishy dangers.
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Ife
Malcolm Douglas
St. Nicholas
Horse for Sale After Coat Ripping Incident Near Albany
A farmer near Albany New York seeks to sell a horse famed for tearing garments. The beast snatched a new beaver overcoat from a wagon, ripping a sleeve and tearing a hole in the back before the owner recovered the coat with a whip. The doglike habit prompted the sale remark.
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Albany
N. Y
Earth’s axis turn triggers daily perspiration tale
An examiner visits a northern England school and asks the cause of hew. After silence, a pupil finally responds with a muddled but vivid system, claiming the earth’s axis rotation every twenty four hours causes its perspiration and production, ending the proceedings.
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England
Why the New York Artist Paints Angels with Steel Hair
A New York artist explains his habit of depicting angels with steel hair and eyes after a friend asks about the unusual trait. He hints the secret could cause trouble if revealed, joking that his wife is a blonde as the reason. The exchange, reported by Tammany Tines, reveals a playful backstory behind a distinctive artistic motif.
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Washington Post
Congress
Cabinet
Supreme Court
United States
Hill
New York
Pretty Ring Trick Revealed by Philadelphia Press
Instructions describe a string and ring illusion performed with an assistant. A yard of stout string is tied ends together and the ring passed through the string. The performer maneuvers the loops around the assistant’s thumbs to seemingly release the ring without removing the loops, with figures guiding the hand positions.
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Philadelphia Press
A Trick With Fire Conjuring Display
A Milwaukee Journal note explains a simple fire illusion using saltpeter ink on unsized paper. The flame travels along a premarked line when touched by a glowing stick, burning the design into the paper and creating a brief magical effect for spectators.
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Milwaukee Journal
Easy leaf print experiment for children from old papers
A simple method to print leaf shapes using nitre and damp linen, with cautions on bottle safety. The passage also recounts a brief anecdote from the Times about boys finding and sharing an apple mistaken for a coal filled bag, via an Outlook note.
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