State Encampment elections loom at Kansas gathering
Bezorr Kansas April 22 The Grand Army and auxiliary begin business with committee appointments and officer contests. L B Price presides as Auffman absent. Sixty nine delegates attend with more expected. Division commander race widens as A G Ulrich leads and James Henington defeats him on first ballot. Women’s relief corps see candidacy for senior vice president. Resolutions urge defeating Gen Franklin for soldiers homes board and seek Ellsworth property upgrades for a Fort Dodge branch. Membership totals show growth but several posts lag or fail to report.
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Passage on bankrupt bill and 171389 failures
April 22 report from the house judiciary committee cites 171,389 business failures in the U S from 1879 to 1885 with liabilities totaling 9 811 billion dollars It endorses the Torrey bankruptcy bill as restoring confidence and aiding solvent yet distressed debtors toward useful enterprise.
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Rescue Plot Aimed at Transported Prisoner Bill Taylor
Milas Mo April 22 rumor says friends of condemned murderer W P Taylor now jailed in Kansas City plan to halt the train carrying him to Carrollton on April 30 and free him by overpowering guards. They allegedly sought help from two former highwaymen as extra precautions. The Missouri Supreme Court overruled a rehearing in the Taylor case, pushing further appeal to the United States Supreme Court while Carrollton lawyers prepare new data for the higher court.
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Under a cloud Mayo charged in Exalted Masons case
W Mayo of St Louis is accused of embezzlement and faced with sensational anonymous charges, to be investigated at a grand body convention in Springfield after 20 years in Masonic ranks. As Royal Arch Mason Missouri grand secretary he allegedly misappropriated 4421.47 amidst a split convention scene and broad scrutiny.
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Pinkerton Watch for Fraudulent Voters Sparks Louisiana Trouble
Dispatches detail unrest in St John Parish over election returns with claims of ballot box thefts by Black voters and white resistance. Governor orders militia and artillery to scene. Pinkerton detectives reported observing fraud. Connecticut Republicans nominate delegates and adopt a protective tariff platform.
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Free Silver Democrats Meet in Lincoln Nebraska Convention
The Nebraska Free Silver Democrats held a state convention in Lincoln on April 22 to select four delegates at large to the national convention. Ben W. Bryan and O. J. Smythe were slated as delegates at large with strong support. the gathering planned to name two more delegates from congressional districts to complete the sixteen delegates. A meeting that evening featured Governor Ston of Missouri scheduled to speak.
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Pension vetoes and wartime pension cases headline
The president sent veto messages on two pension bills. One honors Charles E. Jones, a photographer who accompanied Union troops in the Civil War and was injured while taking photos. The other concerns Nancy G. Allabsch, a widow whose husband served in both the Mexican and Civil Wars and died after discharge. The president argues the pension for Allabsch is for poverty, not disability. Nearby dispatches report South Africa tensions, labor unrest in Cleveland docks, Denver bank liquidation, cabinet resignations in France, and other political and local incidents from April 22–23. The era’s global and domestic events unfold with resignations, syndicate movements, and regional disasters.
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Fire destroys barracks and supplies at Jefferson Barracks
Fire swept the large brick Derracks at Jefferson Barracks fourteen miles south this morning, destroying most furniture and exploding 10,000 cartridges. Loss about 960,000. South St. Louis fire dept. arrived too late to save the buildings or many effects.
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