Texas Legislature Has Few Native Members
Current comment notes that only twelve members of the Texas Legislature are natives of the state. It mentions the forty-fifth Catholic church in St Louis being dedicated by Bishop Ryan, and reports that the Irish Confederation of America in New York approved the Philadelphia Convention action at a recent meeting.
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Texas
State
St. Louis
Ryan
Irish Confederation of America
New York
Philadelphia
Atlanta youth with sling reveals duel code rules
Jack Rogerts a telegraph messenger of Atlanta was seen with his arm in a sling after investigation showed he secretly fought a duel for a girl’s affection. His rival reportedly shot him in the arm, abiding by the code.
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Jack Rogerts
Atlanta
Beershot
Animated bid for Commissioner of Internal Revenue job
A heated competition unfolds to fill the Commissioner of Internal Revenue post after Raum’s resignation. Reportedly fifty ex Congressmen seek the role, though the number may be inflated. Many ex statesmen are eager to assume the comfortable position.
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Internal Revenue
Raum
Commissioner Raum Resigns Over Salary to Practice Law
Commissioner Raum cites higher earnings as a Washington attorney than his $6,000 salary and plans to focus on court and departmental practice, with emphasis on internal revenue work. Reports say his first client may be ex-Senator Kellogg.
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Raum
Washington
Internal Revenue
Kellogg
Arrests hit city police in Petersburg over Nihilist links
Eighteen officers including a Colonel were arrested in St Peters burg on suspicion of Nihilist connections. Sixteen officers were seized at Smolensk amid reports of a broad military conspiracy. Documents at Smolensk allegedly showed the Czars coronation would proceed yet a grave event would follow immediately.
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Eighr
St. Petersburg
Smolensk
Gold Rush Ashore in Montana Sparks Stampede
Within two weeks a gold excitement spread from Bozeman to Butte and beyond after reports of fabulously rich diggings rivaling Alder Gulch. The find is said to lie in a gulch of the Coeur d Alene Mountains in western Missoula County. The stampede began with the discovery news while the Post Office Department has issued 1,200 commissions to postmasters this past month. May projections may exceed April as new offices, deaths, removals and changes appear. anticipated postage revenue declines seem a mere scare given unprecedented stamp demand.
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Bozeman
Mont
Butte
Coeur d'Alene Mountains
Missoula County
Dence
Post Office Department
Ulster County Heiress Ends in Sullivan Poorhouse
Ada Deyo, adopted daughter of a wealthy Ulster County farmer, was once engaged to a prosperous suitor but eloped with and married a Black farmhand. Now in Sullivan County poorhouse, her husband’s mistreatment and poverty left her with nowhere else to turn.
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Ada Deyo
Ulster County
N. Y
Sullivan County
Dublin conspiracy trials set stage for Carey exposure
After Dublin conspiracy trials conclude, London will pursue James Carey the informer. Police have amassed evidence linking him to murders of Talbot and Clarke and Behan the bricklayer, and to the attempted murder of Murphy. Carey may be tried for one of these crimes. Behan's killing is noted as not tied to political unrest.
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Dublin
James Carey
Talbot
Clarke
Behan
Murphy
Carey
American beer-glass sizes hinder European sales
Gonsul Wilson of Brussels reports to the State Department that American beer-glasses are too small for European markets. He notes Europeans drink beer and water goblets appear too large or small. larger beer glasses would boost popularity in Germany. He advises American glassware makers to increase beer-glass size to win continental buyers.
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Gonsul Wilson
Brussels
State Department
Europe
Germany
World Doings Speak On Keene Appointment And Other Edicts
The paper notes sharp criticism of D. R. B. Keene’s Chief appointment amid a delay in signature due to Examiner to the Civil Service Commission. It states the commission’s recommendation kept the appointment intact. Interior disbars Oscar C. Treat of Oxford Michigan from practicing before the department. Washington expects no Internal Revenue Commissioner appointment soon. Deputy Commissioner Rogers acts in that role. No communication from the British legation on Irish extradition in the United States. Joseph Barnes, ex-city treasurer of Buffalo, is sentenced to five years hard labor for misappropriation. Free Thinkers of the United States and Canada invited to a Rochester convention starting August 20 lasting five days.
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D. R. B. Keene
Civil Service Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Oscar C. Treat
Oxford
Mich
Washington
Internal Revenue
Rogers
United States
Joseph Barx
Buffalo
Canada
Rochester
N. Y
War and crime brief from multiple cities and nations
The report spans a burned business district in Rogers Texas. Navy plans name three steel cruisers Boston Atlanta Chicago. Dublin murder defendants Dre Layey and Thos Caffrey plead guilty and face hanging on June 2. Thornbury disputes Red Cloud gold claim. unions seek higher wages in St Louis as stone cutters strike. Kentucky grand jury indicts Phil Thompson for W H Davis killing. A Wisconsin fire kills two daughters. A mob hangs Amos Bailey after Isaant Cary is killed. Naval Academy Board of Visitors named with details on attendance and scholarship standards. Crook pursues Apaches into Mexico with Mexican frontier support. Interior suspends N B Davis in Huron Dakota Territory. Mason Wesson robbed of $24,000 on Texas and Pacific. John A Neal murdered in Indian Territory for health living in a dug-out. A Quincy Coal cashier Howell repays $10,000 after long crime tale. A deaf mute divorce case in Boston. West Point Board of Visitors listed with Rogers, Kip, Arnold, Whit, and others.
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Rogers
Tex
Boston
Atlanta
Chicago
Patrick Dre Layey
Thos. Caffrey
Cavendish
Burke
Dublin
Rupert M. Thornbury
Bismarck
D.'f
New York City
Pine Ridge Agency
Red Cloud
Union Stone-Cutters and Plasters of
St. Louis
Harrodsburg
Phil. B. Thompson
Eldridge G. Lapham
New York
Johnson N. Camden
West Virginia
Alfred C. Horner
Pennsylvania
Thos. Updegraff
Iowa
Roger O. Mills
Texas
John C. Howell
Irvin McDowell
Edward V. Kingsley
West Point
N. Y
John W. Dinsmore
Bloomington
el Paso
Crook
Mexico
Sierra Madre Mountains
Secretary of the Interior
N. B. Davis
Huron
C. T
Mason Wesson
Texas Pacific
Sweetwater
Fort Bliss
Indian Territory
John A. Neal
Massachusetts
Kansas City Cattle Company
Quincy
Drs.)Coal Company
D. H. Howell
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Howell
Board of Visitors
C. C. Rogers
William J. Kip
California
J. N. Arnold
Illinois
B. B. Whit
Government and Crime News from the Era
A mash of reports: a farmer Simon Rupert dies in a stump blasting accident in Indiana. New York mail offices raided for theft losses. Crook moves toward Mexico while respecting treaty lines. Treasury denies title to Fernandina lands valued at 1.5 million. Sleet hits St Paul, a mining exec faces embezzlement charges in New York. A man named Hanl on sentenced in Dublin for attempted murder, and Oswego lynchings and hangings noted. Fires in Union City destroy multiple businesses. A Texas posse shootout ends with a thief dead. A Swedish iron firm wins 15000 dollars in New York court over a declined shipment.
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New York City
Parker
Post Office Department
Ias
Crook
War Department
Mexico
Janet Pass
Sierra Madre
Treasury Department
Fernandina
Fla
St. Paul
Thos. B. Puery
Lye Consolidated Mining
Oswego
N. Y
Joshua Gifford
Cincano
Finn
Arlington
Wis
Texas
Indian Territory
Darling
Fleming
United States
New York
Gustaf Lundburg
Albany and Rensselaer Iron and Steel Company
Sweden
Electric Railway Company of the United States formed
Thomas A. Epison and others filed papers with the Secretary of State at Albany New York incorporating the Electric Railway Company of the United States to develop electricity as a motor for railroad propulsion. Also noted are a string of varied items including a lawyer debarment, tornado relief aid, a tragic strangling spree by a Winchester man, a resignation from the Eighteenth Infantry, a severe Canadian snow storm, Kidnapping/peace talks on Charley McComas, and other scattered notes on Revolutionary Brotherhood activity, shipping losses, cattle movements in Indian Territory, fence removal orders, and Brownsboro Texas fire losses.
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Thomas A. Epison
Secretary of State
Albany
Electric Railway Company of
United States
Geonce W. Everett
Millersburg
Department of the Interior
Grinnell
Iowa
Mississippi
John Callahan
Winchester
Mass
Guide Ilges
Eighteenth Infantry
War Department
Lincoln
Canada
San Carlos
Chihuahua
Bonita
O'Donovan Rossa
Revolutionary Brotherhood
New York City
Philadelphia
Grappler
Vancouver
Indian Territory
Interior Department
Cherokee Strip
Brownsboro
Texas
Memorial Day Proclamation by G A R Commander in Kansas
The Grand Army of the Republic in Kansas issues an order to observe May 30 as Memorial Day. Posts should honor fallen soldiers, visit cemeteries together when possible, record the dead's names, and hold a Sunday service May 27 in uniform. The rest of the item notes agriculture reports, local accidents, crimes, and other state news from Topeka and nearby towns.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Kansas
State Board of Agriculture
Larry
Johnson
Cherokee
Crawford
Jons Arpparare
Santa Fe
Cedar Junction
Topeka
Wagstaaff
Kansas Rolling Mill Company
Rosedale
Wilschick
State Historical Society
Lillie M. Bissell
Ottawa
Julius P. Bissell
Twenty-first Regiment
Wisconsin Volunteers
Eden
Atchison County
Jerry Black
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Kansas Pacific Company
Judge Black
Supreme Court
Kentucky
Corx
Kansas
Turre
State Fair Association
Arkansas
Anton Karburicky
Newman
Kansas Pacific Road
Shawnee County
Western Benevolent Association of Atchison
Grappler Steamer Burned Off Seymour Narrows Tragedy
Victoria May 4 report of the steamer Grappler burning near Seymour Narrows B C at ten p m Sunday night. About one hundred passengers mostly Chinese were aboard as chaos and panic ensued with boats in smoke. McAllister aided survivors, estimated at least sixty dead. The wreck grounded near Duncan Bay as flames consumed the vessel and help was summoned from Vancouver shore.
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Victoria
B. C
John McAllister
Nanaimo
Seymour Narrows
Franklin
Vancouver
Chinamien
Ar. McAllister
McAllister
Valdes Island
Valdes
Roe
Thames
Steele
Simon
Kanding
Narrows
Ino
Duncan Bay
Smith
Jaggers
Herociuly
Alexander
Comox
Dunsnire
Six Men Die In Yale Colliery Mine Accident
Halifax May 4. Six miners were killed at Yale colliery New Glasgow yesterday morning when the rope brake failed and the box sped to the bottom. Names of the dead include J R Gills Colin Campbell A Frazer Wallace McGilliveray J McEachern Willian Yar man. Several others were injured, with McLeod Taylor and boy Nicholson critically hurt but not dead. The scene on surface showed shock as the doomed men plunged to their deaths and mangled bodies were found at the foot of the slope.
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Halifax
Yale
New Glasgow
J. R. Gills
Colin Campbell
A. Frazer
Wallace McGilliveray
J. McEachern
Willian Yarman
A. McLeod
Richard ‘Taylor
John Nicholson
C. Irving
Malcom Beaton
McLeod
Taylor
Nicholson
Fatal Gas Explosion at Refuge Oil Works
In Vicksburg Mississippi on May 4 a gas department explosion at Ed Richardson's Refuge Oil Works near town killed Miss Minnie Cavender instantly and gravely injured Miss Lillie McMasters, Harry Parks, and Robert Hobson. Bernard Donnelly and Andy Green were also injured, with uncertain outcomes for the others.
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Vicksburg
Mias
Refuge Oil Works
Ed. Richardson
Minnie Cavender
Lillie McMasters
Harry Parks
Robert Hobson
Bernard Donnelly
Andy Green
McMasters
Cavander
Parks
Donnelly
Terrible mine disaster at Keystone colliery near Ashland
Ashland Pa May 1 a sulphur and gas explosion at the Keystone colliery near Locustdale instantly killed Patrick Reagan Andrew Jones and August Welker. John Foley, Tyler, and Conrad Walter were injured as gas ignited causing a deadly blast. Reagan Jones Welker died. Foley Tyler Walter were injured with varying severity. Reagan lived at Locustdale and left a widow and children. Jones resided at Ashland. Welker at Locustdale with a wife and three children. Tyler and Walter survived but were gravely injured.
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Ashland
Keystone
Locustdale
Patrick Reagen
Andrew Jones
August Welker
John Foley
Reagan
Jones
Charles Tyler
Conrad Walter
Tyler
Walter
Patrick Reagan
Plucky Widow Delays Rail Line Work With Fire Shovel
A lone widow woman along the Western Indiana Railroad extension blocked progress with a fire shovel until her verbal sale contract was honored and payment made. Fifty workmen were kept idle for two hours as the superintendent secured the signed contract and funds, ending the dispute.
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Carcado
May
Western Indiana Railroad Company
Third
Fourth Avenues
Twelfth Street
Merchant Mistakes Partner for Burglar and Kills Him
Ruogroux Mass May 1 Albert H. Beals of Beals and Fickett spice dealers Boston shot his partner A Perley Fickett on the Fall River steamer Bristol Monday night Both men shared a state-room Fickett left berth at 10 20 Beals awakened by blinds rattling fired his revolver the bullet hit Fickett in the forehead He lived about an hour and a half Beals turned over to police on boat’s arrival at Fall River
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Fickett
Beals
Fall River
Killed Himself in the Presence of His Sweetheart
In Jamestown Ohio Harry Smith a young New Englander came to marry a woman he was engaged to. After she refused a second time he led her to a secluded spot and shot himself in the temple, dying at her feet.
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Jamestown
Oak
Harry Smith
Hin
Liquor Law deemed unconstitutional by Ohio justice
STEUBENVILLE May 1 Justice ruled the Scott Liquor Law unconstitutional. A saloonist was arrested for selling without landlord consent. The defense argued the law impaired contracts and was unequal. the judge held the tax also impaired contracts.
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Steubenville
Bolanges A
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Osean Shannon
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