Indian Agents Appointment List in Washington Report
The Postmaster General will appoint new Indian agents incl N L Powell at Neah Bay Virginia Summers at Chuapaw John W Stephens at Mackinaw Charles Hill at Santee Moses Noel at Sac and Fox H E Williams at Crow and Fletcher Cowart at Mescalero in a September 29 dispatch from Washington Territory and Indian Territory.
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WasHixatos
N. L. Powell
Virginia
Neah Bay Agency
Washington Territory
John V. Summers
Missouri
Chuapaw Agency
Indian Territory
M. W. Stephens
Michigan
Mackinaw Agency
Charles Hill
Nebraska
Santee Agency
W. H. Spalding
Moses Noel
Kansas
Sac and Fox
H. E. Williams
Mississippi
Crow Agency
Montana
Fletcher L. Cowart
Alabama
Mescalero Agency
New Mexico
Special Delivery Instructions Restated in Circular
The Postmaster General will issue an additional circular to postmasters about special delivery service. It urges accurate street and house numbers or business indications for addressees in small towns with common names. Readers are reminded to request returns for non delivered mail on envelopes.
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Wasarsetos
Vessels Swatara and Yantic Bring Silver to Washington
United States ships Swatara and Yantic have arrived at the Washington Navy Yard with 320 tons of silver in 2,600 boxes from the New Orleans Mint. Transfer work has begun and will take most of the week. Counting at the Treasury will require about two months. Total value is $10,400,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Swatara
Yantic
New Orleans
Treasury
Washington Navy Yard
Treasury Department
Western prairie fires rage across Dakota and Montana
reports from St Paul say fires stretch forty to fifty miles along the rail line from Glendive Montana to the Minnesota line. George W. Sims warns of extensive damage and cattle losses while J C Bullitt downplays the impact, noting little grain burned and few cattle in Dakota. Heavy rains are hoped to end the fires.
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Sr. Pac
St. Paul
George W. Sims
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone Park
Glendive
Montana
Minnesota
Dakota
James
Missouri River
Missouri
Bullitt
The Cleveland Strike at Cleveland Rolling Mill
A committee of idle workers and the Mayor met with President Chisholm. They demanded full rehiring, advance notices for wage cuts, and personal hearings for discharged workers. Chisholm agreed to all but rehiring every striker, noting 4000 girkers with 1000 to be rehired.
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Cleveland
Washington
Chisholm
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
Strikers Stand Pat Over Reinstatement Prospects
Seek employment elsewhere, mills would not run to full capacity. Company long out of market, new trade needed. Some who maligned him might get positions later. Committee dissatisfied with interview, returned to Newburg. Leaders, certain company will not rehire them, urged continuing walkout until all gain old places.
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Newburg
Convicted Struble Brothers and McBride in Ordway Case
A celebrated case from Sioux City reports Frank Struble convicted and his brother Tom pled guilty to burglary. John McBride and the men were linked to a murderous assault on Dr. W. W. Ordway at Castana. Jan 2 the doctor was shot after a supposed sick child call, a struggle followed, and mortgage notes were destroyed. Authorities tied the trio to the crime.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Frank Struble
Tom
John McBride
Parison
Onawa
Dr. Ordway
Castana
W. W. Ordway
Thomas Struble
John MicBride
Thomas
McBride
Frank
Ordway
Russia Grows Warlike over Bulgarian Question
In St Petersburg public feeling leans toward the Bulgarians as tension rises between Bulgaria and Turkey. The Czar has asked the War Ministry to draft campaign plans should fighting begin, and support for Unity between Bulgaria and Roumelia is favored. A Russian general hinted Moscow would declare war if the Porte attacked Bulgaria, with talk of Russian troops possibly occupying Bulgaria.
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Russia
Bt Petersburg
Bourly
Gzar
Bulgaria
Turkey
Alexander
Roumelia
Postmasters named in Illinois and Wisconsin notices
The Postmaster General appointed fourth class postmasters in Illinois and Wisconsin including Robinson Peter Walker Medora F. Simpson Assumption R. W. Cartwell New Athens Henry Dose Latham J. A. Calvin Coleman Nellie E. Marshall Clark's Mill Richard W. Burke Valley Junction M. B. Hubbard Unity F. H. Darling Franklin Julius Bonestal Howard's Grove August Seltzmeer New Prospect Ellen Michaels Knapp P. L. Decker Scott G. A. Leyler Pulcifer B. Rasums Johnson Thiernsville Adolph Zimmer man Little Chute Joseph Lense Nashville Olin W. A. Miller Grand Milland Wm. Fitzgerald Ely F. J. Wurtesbeck Nashville and other town posts. also reports a wife in Reading Pa committing suicide via Rough on Rats during a slander case, a 13-year-old boy killed by accidental shotgun discharge near Austin Minn, a Chinaman attacked and robbed near Victoria B C, cholera cases in Madrid and Alps, and the Kuins case verdict against Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska Railway.
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Whneé
Victoria
B. C
Pasus
Alps
Madrid
Spain
H. D. Jardine
Kansas City
Tw Pullman Car Company
New York Indemnity Company
New York
J. H. Kuhns
Wisconsin, Iowa and Nebraska Railway
Watertown
Iowa
Fatal Blast At York Traven Paper Mill Site
An explosion at a York Traven Pennsylvania paper mill foundation work killed one man and injured four others. John Morrissey of Washington drilled an unexploded blast, detonating dynamite and injuring himself severely. Thomas O'Brien suffered severe burns and injuries, Patrick Hagerty lost an eye, and John O'Connor sustained serious body injuries.
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Youn
York Traven
John Morrissey
Washington, D. C
Morrissey
Thomas O’brien
Patrick Hagerty
Wso
John O'Connor
Defaulter Consul Parish Disappears After Bond
John J. Parish of Chicago ex-member of the Illinois Legislature and former Consul to Chemnitz Germany is reported to have defaulted on $20,000 in government fees. He collected the funds and did not remit them, vanished after being in New York. Parish posted a $20,000 bond three years ago. bondsmen are prominent Chicago men.
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Washington
John J. Parish
Chicago
Chemnitz
Germany
Parish
New York
White Hogs Spared in Wisconsin Hog Disease Report
Theodore Welkie of Pleasant Valley Wisconsin reports a hog disease raging south of his location that has killed over a hundred hogs among farmers within three miles. He notes the illness makes hogs rot quickly and appears to affect only black and spotted hogs, with no white hogs showing signs of infection.
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Kau Chama
Wis
Theodore Welkie
Pleasant Valley
Saybrook physician shooting ends feud linked
At Saybrook Illinois Dr Harrin shot and killed Dr Baston both well known local physicians. Details are scarce but authorities believe the feud dates back years. In Washington the President named postmasters Edward Vandecastel Depre Wisconsin Milton H Westbrook Lyons Iowa and suspended Viet L Beers and E J Wagoner Shelbyville
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Saybrook
Harrin
Baston
Tin
Edward Vandecasteel
Depre
Wis
Milton H. Westbrook
Lyons
Lowa
Viet
L. R. Beers
E. J. Wagoner
Shelbyville
Edelweiss in Mild Climates Cultivated in English Gardens
Mr. Burbridge of Trinity College Botanical Gardens Dublin explains edelweiss grows easily from seed in English gardens. Seed is sown in cold frames, with plants potted in loamy earth and lime rubbish, or placed in sunny rock niches with lime rubbish or old mortar. Fresh seeds are readily obtainable from seed suppliers.
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Edelweiss
Burbridge
Trinity College Botanical Gardens
Dublin
Chaos of old court oath tale and curious world notes
A collected page of miscellany recounts a Maule trial moment about a child's understanding of oaths, a Spain tobacco outbreak note, a Bible verse plea for Proverbs, a New Zealand cable rate, Lord Salisbury as a bearded PM, fashion tips, Adventist doomsday claim for May 14 1886, and a remark on ton of gold buried yearly.
Richmond During the Siege Food and Friction
Richmond thrived amid siege by leveraging abundant Confederate currency and makeshift markets. Officials faced firmer pay constraints while labor from enslaved people and refugees fed the city’s hungry influx. The Mecca of the Confederacy drew soldiers, merchants, and exiles, sustaining life with tall prices and resilient street cooking.
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Richmond
Jefferson County
Washington
Maryland
West Virginia
John M. Daniel
J. Murray
National Republican
Maxim gun described as unstoppable firing marvel
The passage extols a Maxim gun weighing sixty five pounds mounted on a light tripod capable of lowering and raising with one hand. It fires 600 shots per minute with automatic feed and no crank, allowing rapid, continuous fire even if the operator is incapacitated. The weapon is praised for reliability and lethality in close ranges.
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Omman
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Bible Revision Committee
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Detroit
Siemens
P. P. Dehevain
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Gallia
France
Qhiphio Company
The
First National Bank
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Capital
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M.H. Finney
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Plymout
Main Street
Sixth
Brown & Gray
Proprietors
Lee Sam
Vair
Eagle Street
Plymouth County
Lemars
Dayton
Pres
J. W. Myers Treas
M. A. Moorm V
M. Hilgert
Kaiser
A. G. Blakeway
T. BH
Dodson
North Main
PEW Bros
U.S
STATA
Ita
Peoria
St. Louis
Omaha
Atchison
St. Joseph
Topeka
Council Bluffs
Denver
Oman
Grand Union
Depo
Ail Paints
Totates
Canada
SAN Francsgo
Portland & Sity
Arete
Onna Fon
Kington Mowe
United Gene of Canada
Angrest
D. Potter
W.P
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