Miscellaneous Topics Highlight Naval Theft and Emigration
A wage theft appears in the Brooklyn navy yard where workers are paid two dollars a day though books show three. The Swatara sails to Brazil to repatriate southern colonists who found hardship abroad and will return to South Carolina. Observatories to honor a student’s memory cost ten thousand dollars, and Berlin faces a looming financial crisis.
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Georgia
South Carolinia
Palmetto
Legacy to Establish Law Department at Dartmouth College
Jupax John Parxgr left property to Dart mouth college intended to found a law department. The estate includes a library and building endowment to support a professorship. The judge left his law library to his son for a legal career. otherwise it goes to the college.
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Jupax John Parxgr
Dartmouth College
Washington dispatches on Cuban issue branded fabrications
Reports from Washington claim the president may recognize Cuban insurgents but are labeled deliberate deceptions to provoke U S prejudice and irritate Spain. Executors of Edgar Thomson's estate seek 91 006 008 but face 1 145 000 in claims including a 1 000 000 Davenport and Teal bond case and an illegal transfer linked to Mrs Toomer.
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National Banks of
Chicago
Washington
United States
Tom
Edgar Thomson
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Davenport
Washington appoints Keller poetmaster at Paris Kentucky
President appoints Elliott Keller to poetmaster in Paris Kentucky vice William K Polk superseded under the tenure of office act Alonzo Bell named chief clerk of the Interior Department vice Stanley Plummer transferred Bell has served in the second auditor’s office. Topics of the forthcoming message may include the school question and Cuban affairs.
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Washington
Elliott Keller
Paris
William K. Polk
Alonzo Bell
New York
Department of the Interior
Stanley Plummer
Maine
Bell
Auditor of the Treasury
Tax Commission of Naval
Navy
Pé&T Office Department
Secretary of the Interior
Hy Department
Chander
Julius Wilkowaki
Wth
J . Negley
Henry Felterberg
Wiley Edwards
Louis Peck
George Kealan
Albert Metcalf
R C Mitchel
G. A. Purdy
David C. Atwood
Frank Somers
Henry Walters
Sugg Fort
KR. Butler
Tennessee
Avavstis & Gartonp
Saginaw City
Micke
Interior Department
Wm H. H. Smith
Gaylord
Wien
Seminal and Local Crises Highlight Harrisburg Meeting
The Tur Tamera Association of Pennsylvania held a semi annual meeting in Harrisburg with U Kinst Representatives from Boston New York Lonavale and Cincinnati in attendance. A New Pank dispatch reports Spanish agents recruiting foreigners in that city at 100 dollars in gold and a 60 acre land grant after Cuba war. In New York Corp Es ANGEL faces arrest for smuggling while Hocking Valley coal miners strike for higher pay. trains withdrawn and a Cincinnati liquor house destroyed in a 60 000 loss. At Brooklyn a divorce case Ellen Sewell vs Charles Sewall ends with custody and alimony. Rev Sewall’s diary entries reveal extra couples with Kate Russell.
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Army Corp
Es Angel
Custom House
New York
Hocking Valley
Bowel
Perry County
Cincinnati
Duckworth, Spence & Co
Sro
Brooklyn
Rhode Island
Ellen M. Sewell
Hey Charlcy H. Sewall
Jamaica
Kate Rusall
Election Uncertain for Cherokee Chief as Turmoil Lingers
The Cherokee Nation election results remain undecided with Tahleyquah sheriff and 30 deputies keeping order at Muskogee council meetings while 600 armed men monitor the area. Other items report libel suits against the Minneapolis Tribune, unauthorized entrants in Laramie, and local political chatter.
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Tahleyquah
Muskogee
Minneapolis
Mton
Tribune
United States
Laramie
Newton Boorn
California
Jeffersonville
Ind
Eph. Kergwin
Ottawa Valley
Nobles County
Minnesota
Lim
Blue Earth
Inilana Soldiers’ Monument Association
United ‘States
Hee
Ann Wiis
Mississippi Fair Opens as Weather Dims Event Plans
The Mississippi state fair opens in Jackson on the ninth with poor weather reported. Reports mention cotton thefts by Georgia planters and a mix of political and legal notices across states.
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Jackson
Georgia
J. Hexar Bono
Louisiana
New Orleans
Joan W. Keszxy
Keely
Gibson County
Tenneceso
Thea
Philadelphia
Yourgaze
St. Louie
Mississippi
Memphis
Ed. Shaw
Younger
Wa. McKer
St Louis Globe-Democrat
Col
Constantine Maguire
Shelbyville
Thos. J. McGoughan
Tux Clay Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Newport
Virginia City
Palmetto Guard
Charleston
D. C
Fort Moultrie
South Carolina
Global unrest and diplomatic notes from the era
Reports mention the murder of Enghieb consul Buseg at Perak India, uprisings among natives, and deaths of a British captain with wounded officers. Also cited are Prussian army funding, London mayor installation, Mordaunt divorce decree, Stanley letters from Uganda, Speke on Victoria Nyanza, a Vatican note on the Concordat, and Russia Serbia tensions plus Paris electoral debates.
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Mn. Buseg
Enghieb
Perak
India
Prussian Federal Council
London
W.J BR. Colton Tae
English High Court of Justice
Charles Mordaunt
Wales
Stanley
Ulagaba
Uganda
Victoria Nyanza
Speke
Great Lake
Livingstone
Hae
Spain
Urgel
Rugaia
Herzegovina
Gres Ionatier
Constantinople
Turkey
London Morning Post
Berlin
Huretay
Russia
Tur
Paris
Crimes and Casualties From Across the Nation
A string of violent incidents is reported including a ferry steamer disaster at St Famule Canadia with thirteen drownings and captain saving fourteen. An East Brwater man Asa Cuase faces incest charges. A mutilated body found near Independence Kansas. A Mount Sterling Kentucky shooting injures John Doyle. A father murders three children near Greentown Indiana and dies. A Philadelphia firefighter dies after a hitting dispute. A Columbus boarding home death suspect linked to Joseph Tussing. A Memphis man shoots at a friend thinking him a robber. the shooter is freed at the victim’s request.
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St. Famule
Canadia
Asa Cuase
East Brewater
Tass
Independence
Kan
Vordigris
Mount Sterling
J M. Clinton
John Doyle
David Robinson
Greentown
Ind
Jas, Haxzey
Philadelphia Fire Department
George Fletcher
Fletcher
Turnesa Slicer
Columbus
Joseph P. Tussing
Tussing
Memphis
James A. Owberg
Fayette Goodbar
Owberg
Goodbar
Beating Case Involving University of Michigan Official Facing Trial
Fragmentary report notes a Michigan area incident with university figures and listed defendants facing legal action. Names and specifics are garbled but reference to defendants, charges, and a court motion are present.
Pacific steamship foundered with all hands lost
Advices announce the loss of the Pacific between Portland and San Francisco after foundering on the night of the 4th. Only Henry L Jelly survived, picked up by the Messenger and later reporting the disaster with over 100 aboard. A second blaze concerns the City of Waco, Mallory Line, which burned and sank off the coast near Galveston with 48 aboard, all feared dead.
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Washinton
Pacific
Portland
Oregon
San Francisco
Messenger
J. T. Gilkey
Seattle
W. T
Cape Flattery
Henry L. Jelly
Victoria
Jelly
W. H. Brown
New York
Pacific Mail Company
Waco
Mallory Line
Galveston
Moody and Sankey Prayer Meetings See Attendance Dip
New York dispatch notes thinner crowds at Moody and Sankey morning prayers in Talmadge tabernacle. Tuesday blamed on election. Wednesday about 100 prayer requests and Mr Meadham led a fervent prayer. Moody urged daily reading of John chapter eleven and fasting next Friday. Other items report Barthol holding, U S Spanish Claims Commission rulings, and dismissals in naturalization or embargo cases.
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New York
Moody and Sankey
Talmadge Tabernacle
Meadham
Moody
Mgr. Moody
Mystery of John Pascal crew fire ship sunk report
A Madeira telegram says part of the crew of the American ship John Pascal landed at Ascension after the vessel caught fire and burned, with eight men later aboard the African. London reports eight seamen landed at Plymouth after being taken to Ascension and then ferried by the Victoria. details are confused and authorities detain them for inquiry.
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New York
Madeira
John Pascal
Tapley
Calcutta
Ascension
Inngland
London Dispatch
Plymouth
Ascension Island
St. Helena
Victoria
Beaton
Plywout
Sautiny
Corenine
Wisconsin and New York Election Returns Contrast
Democrats edge toward control of New York state ticket with a lead between 9 000 and 16 000 in a poll of 800 000 votes New York City diverges toward 28 000 in favor of the ticket while Wisconsin remains unsettled with governors race in doubt and legislature leaning Republican with 48 Democrats 42 Republicans and 3 Independents reported so far ballot counts await official totals
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Douhit
New York
Wisconsin
New York City
Brooklyn Church Scandal Revived At Plymouth Meeting
At Plymouth Church Brooklyn a membership churn removes Deacon West and Mrs Moulton amid a protest alleging Adultery by Beecher. The Brooklyn Congregational ministers weigh action while Plymouth schedules daily prayer meetings with Moody to discuss the matter.
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Brooklyn
Plymouth Church
Deacon West
Moulton
New York and Brooklyn Association of Congregational Ministers
Beecher
Indictment Sustained Against Silk Smuggling Firm
Judge Benedict sustains the indictment against H. B. Claflin & Co. over three counts of concealing smuggled goods transporting and selling merchandise. The fourth count, alleging general violations, is quashed as vague and not sustained.
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Benedict
H. B. Claflin & Co
Stanley letters from Uganda confirm great lake Victoria
The New York Herald's London special reports Henry M. Stanley's letters from Ulagaila Uganda detailing his examination of the Victoria Nyanza. He supports Speke's view that the lake is a single large body of water, not multiple lakes, with findings to be discussed at the Royal Geographical Society on the 15th.
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New York Herald
London
Henry M. Stanley
Ulagaila
Uganda
Speke
Livingstone
Stanley
Royal Geographical Society
The Green of the Waves in Tyndall Lectures
The text describes the Atlantic green seen when foam doublings crest, noting the metallic brilliancy of the color and how foam illumination scatters light. It explains folding waves create light variation and enhance beauty along cylindrical foam ridges. It also references a Belgian resident at Nemmonde sending an odd coat invitation to relatives.
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John Tyndall
Nemmonde
Aione
Seahean
Immaculate Conception Case Sparks Local Mystery
A Muscatine teacher accused of pregnancy denies guilt as doctors find evidence she is pregnant. The case widens with a farm family involved and a white dove sighting at the home, viewed by some as a supernatural sign of innocence amid ongoing doubt.
Candy Vendor's Trick on Illinois Central Passengers
A con man on an Illinois Central Railroad car used a figs box scam to steal from a newspaper reporter. The ruse involved hidden money and a purported sale with a five dollar bill showing, ending when the victim exposed the fraud and the reporter exposed the scheme for traveler protection.
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Ilinois Central
Inakres
Locke
Sentiment and Justice in a Murky Window Scene
Baudelaire and Murger dine near a window with a spider’s web visible. A green fly falls as a question of right and toil arises. A farmer notes a pinney of corn yielding one bushel, prompting debate over labor and reward.
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Baudelaire
Murger
Sinton
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Poopidenl
Richard L. Darwin
Osmnall
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