Maine fusion plot menaces state government in Augusta
A Maine crisis report outlines a fusionist bid to seize the state government. The entire militia is mobilized with a Gatling gun at the State House as Adjutant General Beal and others oversee troops. Fusion and Republican leaders trade warnings as speakers and officials prepare for possible dispersal of the legislature and security measures.
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Bosrox
the Herald
State House
Pillsbury
Daily Standard
Maine
Union Hall
Impa
Corporal Davis
Commonwealth
Beal
Nese
Small
Smith
A. P. Gould
Fusion
Talbot
Sawyer
Biddeford
Adjutant-ienrat
Davis
Union Halil
Boston
Furguson Haines
Guy
White
House
Committee On Judiciary
Larvep
Kas
Arkansas Faller
Col
D. H. Waite
Gren
Anthony Republican
A.J. Harvington
Great Bend
C. L. Hylbs
Kinsley
Walker
Peabody
Conklin
Winfield
Larned House
Maine Fusion Government Frays Over State House Crisis
Reports describe a chaotic scene as fusionists clash with Republicans over control of the State House in Augusta Maine. Troops remain on duty while judges consider a Supreme Court reference and the press reports mixed outcomes.
Fire and floods make a busy day in distant scenes
A blaze in Banker Hill Tl destroys property valued at 10500 dollars. A Mozambique channel push to end slave trade by Britain and Portugal is noted. Reports tell of a Saint Petersburg meeting with Poland subjects and a Baltimore Catholic appeal for Ireland sufferers. Boiler explosion at a Cleveland saw mill kills two men.
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Banker Hill
Portugese
Mozambique Channel
St. Petersburg
Russia
Baltimore
Jacob Fisher
Hachael Fisher
BJ. Gillett
William C. Bonney
W. W. T.bury
Moffett and
Jobin
Nime
Moffett & Sergeant
Mt Tn
Distait Court
Dongle County
Kansas
Rachel Fisher
Rod Gillett
Wile Thun G. Bonney
Pote Jaroh Fisly
Rachael Fisher
Ed Gillete
Asc
Firteenild
Bob Gillet
Dace
Totely Rhe Sim
Dare
Oul Path
Gillett
Tally
Judgwent
Acalnot
Hach
Defennan
Pattters
Malitids
Stamp clerk and a penny stamp in a sharpened satire
A long, humorous account describes a stamp clerk at a post office misreading customers' pennies and stamps. An elderly woman tests his judgment by paying with mixed coins while lamenting wrong denominations. The scene continues with political inserts about Hood of Topeka and Tyner’s agency reshuffle, ending with a testimonial for Hop Bitters from a reader.
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Hood
Topeka
Salina Land
Tyner
Kansas
Kansas Statesman
Aper
Ohio
Tom
Young
Washington
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