English New Testament Revision Committee Proposes Text Changes
The English New Testament Revision Committee rejects as spurious the last seven verses of Mark and excludes a Trinity verse as false interpolation. A vigorous English mission seeks Central Africa and Lake Tanganyika with Lake Tanganyika launch funds. Isaac Spaulding's will bequeaths 700000 dollars with New Ipswich Wilton Amherst gifts to institutions including Dartmouth Appleton Academy Nashua First Congregational and its Sunday school.
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Isaac 5. Spaulding
Nashua
N. H
New Ipswich
Wilton
Amherst
New Hampshire Asylum For the
Dartmouth College
Appleton Academy
First Congregational Church
Exhibition highlights and large statue details
The Philadelphia Exhibition draws connoisseurs to English ceramics and Doulton ware with buyers active in English porcelain and Japanese sections asking high prices. The Paris bureau notes construction of New York Harbor's Liberty statue with shoulders over twelve meters wide and a seven meter high head.
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Philadelphia
Paris
Buffalo Commercial
New York Harbor
Bribery Laws Limit Costs in Horsham Election
The Solicitor General was elected in Horsham. His certified expenditures exceeded 31 000 with 2800 for printing and advertising and 800 for agents' expenses. Horsham is a small borough where legitimate campaign costs are much lower than in larger districts.
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House of Commons
Horsham
Second Journey Into Equatorial Africa Considered
Iris cites authority that Lieutenant Cameron plans a new expedition from the West coast up the Congo. He will take Zanzibar natives who return homeward, arguing the route offers earlier unexplored ground and daily incentive as workers proceed toward their own country.
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Iris
Cameron
Equatorial Africa
Congo
Zanzibar
Newark crafts SACRAMENT chalice for Archbishop Purcell
The Advertiser notes a solid gold chalice 18 carat, weighing 700 pennyweights, made in Newark New Jersey. It marks Purcell’s fiftieth priesthood anniversary on May 21 and features diamonds around the bowl, a diamond cross on the base, and amethysts with other colored stones set in a floral design.
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Purcell
Cincinnati
Newark
N. J
Peter
Republicans Open Campaign Events and Delegation Moves
An Indianapolis reception for ex minister Til den indicates early campaign activity with speakers including ex Governor Baker and Gen. Brown. St. Louis convention delegates favor Til den by seventeen to three for Hendricks and a greenback option, two undecided. The Louisville Democratic convention elected temporary leadership and adopted a reform platform backing gold and silver, tariff for revenue, and resumption repeal. delegates remain uninstructed. The Eighth Iowa Republican convention in Council Bluffs nominated Col. F. Sapp by acclamation for Congress.
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Orth
Academy of Music
Indianapolis
Baker
Gen. Brown
Cagery
St. Louis
Tilden
Hendricks
Louisville
Isarge Caldwell
State Central Committee
Willis B. Morton
United States
L. Desher
Penn
Isaac Caldwell
J.S. Williams
Fort Sterling
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Col . F. Sapp
Congress
Washington docket of congressional probes and diplomatic moves
The Ways and Means Committee opens an inquiry over a dispatch claiming a $300000 payment to push the Hawaiian treaty. Green testifies Kerr received funds via Senator Harris. Kerr denies. Hewitt criticizes House engine knowledge after questioning the chief engineer. Senate and House fail to reach a consular bill compromise. Seligman Bros. named Navy agents in Europe. Curll discharged by the Williams inquiry panel. Beale nominated envoy to Austria. Brant and Taft depart Washington for New York amid cabinet-change intrigue.
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Ways and Means
Green
Kerr
Clymer
Harris
New York
Hewitt
Committee On
W.ten
House of Representative
Senate
House
Washington
Seligman Bros
United States
Europe
Navy Department
W. E. Curil
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Geo. M. Williams
Edward F. Beale
District of Columbia
Austria
Pierre Brant
Taft
Iron Boilers and Union Clash Over Puddling Prices
The Iron Manufacturers and Boilers Union of Pittsburg held talks on puddling prices with boilers seeking five dollars per ton for two and a half cords. An agreement was rejected by both sides and a new meeting was ordered. Other items note the Baptist Home Mission Society’s finances, a Scottish church union, Annapolis cadet theft, a Baltimore drummer theft, and Tom Scorr’s Philadelphia bid for rails to Texas Pacific.
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the Iron Manufacturers and Boilers’ Union
Pittsburg
Iron Men's Committee
Boilers' Union
American Baptist Home Mission Society
Buffalo
New York
caBue
Philadelphia
George H. Stuart
Thomas Telson
Edinburgh
General Assembly
Free Church of Scotland
Reform Presbyterian Synod of Scotland
Nuxx
Anapolis
Baltimore
Tom Scorr
Texas Pacific Railroad
Fort Worth
California Pacific
Guatemala Salvador War Ends with Provisional Peace Plan
A preliminary peace treaty proposes Valle and General Gonsales to oversee temporary governance. Valle to convene a provisional assembly to select a caretaker president and set elections within sixty days. Guatemala to withdraw its forces once the call is issued.
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Guatemala
Salvador
Valle
Gonsales
Foreign and imperial news in brief from Europe and beyond
A collage of 19th century dispatches notes Guatuala forces occupying Santa Anna and San Miguel, Papal nuncio Semoni taking leave, a Turkish squadron preparing to sail, and Britain said to surrender Winslow to the US. Reports cite Austrian service disqualifications, Abdul Aziz dethronement, Murad Effendi to Sultan, and insurgent battles in Bosnia and Abyssinia. Queen Victoria’s birthday celebrated. martial law proclaimed in Basque provinces. Sultan’s ironclad Sultan sails. Sufis and caliphate concerns surface. Turkish battles near Bagnani with heavy losses on both sides.
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Santa Anna
San Miguel
Guatuala
Impero
Cardinal Semoni
Grecian
Winslow
United States
Tus
French Chamber of Deputies
Lucingo
Compte de Chambord
Iris
Abdul Aziz
Murad Effendi
Sultan Asredas
Paris
Bihaco
BoSnia
Mixa July
Casie
Henry Kingsley
Canon Kingsley
Prince of Wales
Stock Exchange
Specia
Alexandria
Egypt
Abyssinia
Queen Victoria
India
Salonica
Grn
Qregapa
Navarre
Sultan
England
Duke of Edinburgh
Spacral
Vienna
le Temps
Bagnani
Gatschki
Markhla Pasha Stemiszko
Slavery stance debate and Sioux war moves reported
Letters from Keokuk 1861 urge unity and oppose abolitionism while Belknap’s envoy notes Sioux forces gathering as Crook faces a growing war front. Court actions in St. Louis and New Orleans court contests unfold with judgments expected for the government. Union military and court news mix with livestock sales and church synod notes.
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Meyens
Cincinnati Gazette
Louisville
George H. Latimore
Raymond
Miss
Belknap
Keokuk
Iowa
Cart
Nickerson
General Crook
Fort Fetterman
Red Cloud
Sitting Bull
Egan
Randolph W. Ulrici
St. Louis
Supreme District Court
Kellogg
Antoine Com
Hugh J. Campbell
B. L. Lynch
Fourth District Court
Hawkins
Campbell
Lynch
Felter
H. D. Felter
New York
Webb Brothers
Davenport
Col
Robert Holdaway
Alexis IL
Hyde Park
Chicago
United States
The
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Alleghany
Republican State Convention Opens in Springfield
Tax Republican State Convention at Springfield Illinois on the 24th was called to order by Hon. C. B. Farwell at noon. About 600 delegates attended. Gen. Greene B. Baum of Pope was chosen temporary chairman.
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Springfield
Ill
C. B. Farwell
Greene B. Baum
Pope
Explosions and Fires Hit Several Communities
A series of disasters leaves multiple injuries and damage. In Tamaqua Pennsylvania eight men and a boy suffer severe burns from a coal mine fire damp blast. A Brookfield Indiana paper mill burns, with $40,000 loss and $30,000 insured. St Louis flour mill fire destroys property valued at $110,000 with $168,000 insurance. A hotel night porter dies after a fall from a fourth story window in St Louis. A Chicago lake tragedy links a mother to the drowning of two infants. A Missouri official is shot in Boonville amid a scandal. A Louisville vaudeville theatre burns, nearly wiping out the building. A Germantown Tenn murder ends in two men killing a planter over a dispute.
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Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
Tamaqua
Stewart Paper Company
Brookfield
Ind
Cincinnati
Anchor
St. Louis
Michael Conroy
Hursts
Lincoln Park
Chicago
Fredrika Techan
J. Bortz Adams
Boonville
Frank Bradley
Adams
Bradley
Louisville
W. Judah
Germantown
Tenn
M. Ellis
Masonic Lodge
Thomas
Robert Reasonover
Grand Cross given to Prince of Wales and Duke of Connaught
Kino Auronio confers Grand Cross of Charles III to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught. Also reports serious illness of Hewart Rocsrost in Geneva, CM Co. London brokers failure with £20,000 liabilities, Austrian Field Marshal von Jobo death, and tax embassies in Rome. Twelve Brooklyn distilleries seized since April 1, potential whisky output 8,000 gallons daily. Denver records 8.1 inches rain on the 23d. Tax Writing Paper Convention in Springfield votes to run production to 1877. OBrien distillery case verdicts: Henderson and James guilty. others not guilty.
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Kino Auronio
Charles III
Prince of Wales
Brooklyn
Denver
Col
Springfield
Mass
O’brien
New Orleans
John Henderson
W.G. James
W. A. Thomas
Alexander McKee
John Henderson, Jr
John McWhirter
Senate and House Proceedings May 25 26 X L V V Vth Congress
Senate reports vetoed presidential salary bill back for passage and places it on calendar. Pollock submits franking privilege restoration bill. Impeachment proceedings continue behind closed doors. House amends receivers of national banks bill non concurred. Emma Mine inquiry criticizes Scheney’s directorship. sinking fund bill for government bonds advanced. Debates continue. presidential veto of real estate recording bill noted. Adjournments and caucus announcements occur.
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Hursday
Committee On Civil Service
Pollock
Senate
Belknap
House
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Emma Mine
Robert O. Scheney
Emma Mine Comany
Weat
Committee On Resolutions
Morrill
Committee On Appropriations
Impeachment and budget actions noted in May sessions
The record covers impeachment deliberations in the Senate with doors opened and closed, a Mr Patterson naming to West Point, a failed conference on the diplomatic appropriation, army efficiency bills and staff consolidation debate, and the May sessions ending with a Louisiana election seat ruling and thanks to Franklin School students.
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Senate
O Fem
Patterson
Board of Visitors
West Point
Clayton
House
Singleton
Committee On Conference
Banning
WepNeEspay
Louisiana
W. B. Spencer
Franklin School
Washington
Dethroned Abdul Aziz Proclaimed Emperor of Turkey
The May 30 proclamation announced Abdul Aziz is dethroned and Murad Effendi declared Sultan by the people. Reports say Midhat Pasha and the grand vizier led the revolt with Murad accepting three demands, followed by a calm, celebratory Constantinople for three days.
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Abdul Aziz
Turkey
Sultan Murad
Murad Effendi
Abdul Aziz Khan
Haseen
Constantinople
Midhat Pasha
Sadyk Pasha
France
Cologne
Murad Hase
Brosque
Seraglio
Quebec Fire Destroys 1000 Homes in St Louis Suburbs
A May 30 blaze in Quebec on Scott street driven by high winds wiped out about 1000 houses in the St Louis suburbs and put many residents into open fields. Water cuts and fire spread drove rapid destruction with several homes burned and three to four children missing.
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Scott Street
Quebec
St. Louis
Grand Ave
St. John Street
Wear
Senate Votes Jurisdiction in Belknap Impeachment Case
The Senate met in secret session and voted 37 to 29 that it has jurisdiction over the Belknap impeachment, detailing resolutions by Thurman and amendments by Conkling, including rulings overruling Belknap's pleas and scheduling open judgment. The debate tracked the accusation against W. W. Belknap, former Secretary of War, and the path to trial.
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Senate
Belknap
Morton
Thurman
William W. Belknap
House of Representatives
Rec
Meridian
House
W. W. Belknap
Secretary of War
Piea
Conkling
Paddock
United States
Yeas
Messrs
Allison
Booth
Boutwell
Bruce
Cameron
Wisconsin
Christianey
Clayton
Cragin
Dorsey
Eaton
Ferry
Frelinghuysen
Hamlin
Harvey
Howe
Ingalls
Jones
Florida
Jories
Nevada
Logan
McMillan
Morrill
Maine
Norton
Oglesby
Patterson
Spencer
West
Windom
Nayes
Bayard
Bogg
Burnside
Hami Ton McMillan
Felows
Wm. W. Belknap
Whyte
An Imperial Memory Recall by Brazil's Emperor
The Emperor of Brazil visited Cincinnati and asked for Dr. Murphy at Miami Medical College. The janitor said the college was not in session and Murphy was not there. The imperial traveler recalled meeting Murphy in Paris twenty three years ago and spoke with interest about the college and its cabinets.
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Brazil
Miami Medical College
Dr. Murphy
Lightnig
Paris
How the Dead Live Again
A meditation on life and death noting the earth has buried its dead many times and that elements and atoms from past humans recur in modern life. The author reflects on how we encounter the dead in city smells, light flakes, and ore traces as history repeats.
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the Marshall Blessenger
Jom Littlefield
Afrca
London Missionary Society
Lake Tanganyika
Ujyi
Famiy
Columbia
Dunnell
Eden Seeene
Commissioner of Claims
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