Two New Governors Named in Senate Nominations
The president sent to the senate nominations including Francis E. Warren to be governor of Wyoming territory and others: Benjamin F. White to govern Montana, Lee Moorhouse to Umatilla Indian Agency, Oscar Spellman to marshal eastern Arkansas, and Charles Waters to U S attorney eastern Arkansas, with several military promotions and Indian affairs posts.
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Washington
Senate
W. A. Mercer
8Th Infantry
Harry R. Sullivan
Navy
Francis E. Warren
Wyoming Territory
Benjamin F. White
Dillon
Montana
Lee Moorhouse
Oregon
Umatilla Agency
Robert V. Belt
Maryland
Indian Affairs
Oscar M. Spellman
Arkansas
United States
Charles C. Waters
Ington
James Tanner
Jemiah Sullivan
Idaho
Z. T. Walrond
Indian Territory
T. B. Needies
J. M. Shackleford
Jes G. Edwards
Minnesota
George W. McBride
Grand Haven
Mich
Public Printer Choice Said to Rest with Senator Manderson
Washington March 27. President Harrison has referred the public printer question to Senator Manderson who heads the congressional printing committee. Four candidates were named Osborn California Helm Indiana Childs Ohio and Nichols North Carolina. Manderson to judge qualifications and pick the best man. Helm is viewed as Manderson’s favored candidate.
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Nebraska
Wash
Fon
Harrison
Manderson
Congressional Committee On Printing
Osborn
California
Helm
Indiana
Childs
Ohio
Nichols
North Carolina
All the Old Superintendents Appointed to the Positions They Filled Four Years Ago
Postmaster General Wanamaker names division superintendents of railway mail service. Most had held the same posts four years earlier and were removed after Cleveland was elected. George W Pepper remains. Senate confirms several nominations including pensions, customs, and Indian Territory posts.
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Washington
Wanamaker
W. H. Bigelow
Boston
Mass
George E. Darne
R. C. Jackson
New York
W. F. Doolittle
C. W. Vickery
Washington, D. C
Eugene Carrington
L. M
Post counts and delegates mark opening of state W R C session
The council audited adjutant and quartermaster general accounts and found them correct. Nineteen posts organized last year, 128 posts with 3,314 members. One death, receipts $2,000, cash on hand $1,125. Notable attendees include Alexander Hughes, J. B. Shanafelt, E. Edgerton, W. V. Lucas, and Governor Mellett expected. 1,500 delegates on site with families, total attendance projected at 5,600. City flags and drum corps add ceremony. main day reports by adjutant general, assistant quartermaster general, and soldiers home committee.
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Ant
Alexander Hughes
Bismarck
G. Updyke
Brookings
J. B. Shanafelt
Huron
Edgerton
Mitchell
W. V. Lucas
Chamberlain
Warner
Mellette
W. RH. C
Sarah E. B. Smith
Grand Forks
Gardner to Relieve Indian Agent Gregory at Ashland Wis
Col Robert B Gardner of the interior department arrives in Ashland to relieve Indian Agent James T Gregory on March 31. A March 15 1889 department letter states Gregory’s resignation takes effect when relieved by a successor. Gregory will finish duties and turn over April 1, with a new agent expected soon.
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Ashland
Wis
Robert 8. Gardner
Interior Department
Gregory
Department of the Interior
Washington, D. C
James T. Gregory
la Pointe
Wisconsin
Albert 8. Gardner
John W. Noble
Interior
Noble
Washington
Hassler
Dakota
Railroad Construction Prospects Dim In Minnesota
Minnesota railroad contractors report a slow coming season due to tight money and ongoing legislation. Langdon & Co. warn credits are scarce and output unlikely to rise, while Rep Comstock notes the Duluth and Winnipeg bill’s death dampened prospects for activity in the region and adjacent lines.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Northwest
Langdon & Co
Comstock
Duluth
Winnipeg
Senate
Northern Pacific
Manitoba
Iowa Appoints Commissioners for Washington Inauguration
Des Moines reports governor names Ex Senator James Harlan and six others to represent Iowa at Washington’s inaugural centennial celebration and lists delegates for the Paris World’s Fair along with bank liquidation news. Also notes dog fight records, fire chief election in St Paul, vessel start date, Chicago Times building sale, track laying in Minnesota, and treasury special agent appointment.
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Larrabee
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
James Harlan
Henry County
Loran W. Reynold’s
Boone County
D. N. Cooley
Dubuque County
T. Y. Whitemore
Fayette County
H.S. Fairall
Johnson County
L. A. McMurray
Hamilton County
J. B. Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Paris
S. W. Hurst
Decatur County
W. W. Power
Davis County
S. Block
Hardin County
Floydvis
Polk County
J. H. Boeye
Cerro Gordo County
A. Power
Disastrous Collision of Spanish Vessels and Wales Riots
Reports from The Hague Mantua and London describe a Spanish mail steamer Mindanic sinking after a collision with Visayas, thirty dead, Visayas damaged and arriving in Manila. Wales faces two years of religious unrest risking army deployment if tithe distraint continues. Lords reject Carnarvon bill expelling discreditable peers, provoking press mockery.
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Mantua
Visayas
Manila
Loonodoon
House of Lords
Earl of Carnarvon
John Bright Dying as Relapse Deepens
London reports Mr. John Bright’s condition worsens with no food for thirty six hours and doctors caution he is sinking. Paris experiences panic after last week’s Lemans failure, urging anti speculation measures. Rome notes pope’s fainting fits intensify, unsettling Vatican. Berlin drafts new penal code facing opposition in Reichstag.
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John Bright
London
Dr. Hoyle
Mr. Brent
Parise
Paris
Lemans
VETOED BY HILL Governor Disapproves Local Registration Bill
New York Governor Hill rejects Mase's Fishkill town registration bill urging a statewide general law. He cites rural districts facing similar needs and cites concerns about non residents voting in interior counties. Obvious push for uniform ballot reform remains central to the stance.
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New York
Appany
N. Y
Mase
Fishkill
Duchess County
Interior
Pennsylvania
Vérmont
Tracing a Wreck Mystery Deepens at Sea
New York reports a life raft sighted by the Colorado on Saturday from which two dead men were recovered and buried at sea. Vessels returning from the south describe heavy storms as the investigation into the unknown vessel’s fate continues to unfold amid evolving theories.
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Conserva
New York
Colorado
Mystery steamer losses and wreck reports mix with Haiti tale
Shipping men link the missing steamer Conserva and a Halifax bound launch sighting near 38.11N 76.30W with possible signs of a wreck. A white life boat and a livered launch are described, while a suggestion that Conserva served Gen Hyppolite’s insurgent crew circulates. Another guess pins the lost ship near Virginia coast as Nanticoke from Newport News bound for Honduras after severe Atlantic gales.
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Conserva
Boston
Gate City
Savannnah
Hyppolite
Haytien
New York
Virginia
Newport News
Ruuatan
Honduras
Chesapeake Bay
Oklahoma to Open April 22 Sparks Wild Joy Across State
A telegram from Congressmen Springer confirms the president will issue a proclamation opening Oklahoma on April 22. News triggers celebrations as people emerge from concealment and residents plan to relocate towns. The affected area lies along the Canadian and Cimarron rivers with a route toward the Pawnee reservation, mapping a broad sweep of territory to be opened.
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Oklahoma
Wrenka
Kan
Springer
Rew
Purcell
Fort Reno
Cimarron River
Pawnee Reservation
Tragedy Near Dunlaps As Lake Shore Train Kills Couple
A Lake Shore passenger train struck a buggy near Dunlaps five miles west of Goshen Indiana killing Robert McCaffrey aged twenty of Goshen and Miss Della Love aged eighteen of Elkhart. McCaffrey suffered a crushed head and Love a broken neck. The horse died and the buggy was demolished. The occupants were believed to be asleep.
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Lake Shore
Detroit
Mich
Goshen
Ind
Dunlaps
Here
Robert McCaffrey
Della Love
Elkhart
McCaffrey
Warpath Indians Threaten Arizona in March Report
Prescott Arizona March 27 Clutchus and twenty braves are about 14 miles north of the San Carlos agency defying military authorities. They stole thirty cattle and killed a teamster creating unease at the agency. Highbinders fatally shoot San Yum at a Jackson Street Chinese theatre. Police pause prize fight in Minneapolis with warrants for Gilmore and Needham. Captain Hassler resignation accepted. Knight consecrated bishop of Milwaukee. Mrs Stowe health rumors denied. Corliss mentioned for territorial supreme court. Farmers alliance urges thrift and reapers headers. Movement to organize a military company at Cton ND. Black Hills marble demand rises.
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Clutchus
Arizona
Prescott
Ariz
San Carlos Agency
Redskins
San Francisco
San Yum
Jackson Street
Minneapolis
Brackett
Harry Gilmore
Danny Needham
Loomis
de Soto Club
Guy C. H. Corliss
St. Paul Pak
Grand Forks
N. C
Territorial Supreme Court
Farmers' Alliance
Resolu
Massive Chicago storage warehouse destroyed in major blaze
CuicaGco March 27. The Central Storage Company's six story and basement warehouse on Rush street burned from the engine room, spreading to docks and igniting the Waukesha schooner. Fireboats and about two dozen engines battled the fire as the Galena elevator also burned twice. The building, valued at 50 000 and insured for 40 000, housed 1 500 000 worth of teas and coffees and was owned by the Arthur Bronson estate. By 5 am the central blaze was raging, but Galena elevator was saved.
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CuicaGco
Central Storage Company
Rush Street
Waukesha
Galena
Arthur Bronson
New York
Kinzie Street
Central
Fire at Brooklyn shoe shop endangers workers
At 1 pm a fire broke out in the A Iz Owers shoe shop on Kent Avenue near Broadway. The blaze soon consumed the 60 by 45 foot building housing 45 shoe shop workers and 50 brass foundry workers. Several employees were injured or missing as others escaped via a skylight. Magie and Annie Feeney leaped from a second story window and were badly cut. Henrietta Berker suffered serious injuries and an arm fracture. one worker, James Hart, was reported missing.
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Brooklyn
A. Iz. Owers
Kent Avenue
Broadway
Stats & Dillmier
James Hart
Henrietta Berker
Maggie
Annie Feeney
Ruined the Town Kenny Ills Suffers Loss of Nearly All Its Business
Clinton Ills March 27 Nearly the whole business portion of Kenny in DeWitt county burned last night. Twelve stores along the principal street destroyed. Fire started in Meriman s hardware store and spread quickly due to inflammable buildings. Loss heavy will ruin the town s business interests. Pittsburg March 27 A frightful accident occurred at Shoenberger s mill on Sixteenth street at 10 pm. Martin Cochrane Charles Stoff William Kane and August Meyers burned by molten metal. Cochrane likely to die Kane fatally burned Meyers and Stoll injured less severely. Sioux City Iowa March 27 An 18 year old Harvey Johnson fatally injured by a powder explosion in a barnyard the can exploded tearing out his eyes and mangling his face and neck.
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Kenny
Illa
Clinton
Ills
DeWitt County
Meriman
Pittsburg
Shoenberger
Sixteenth Street
Martin Cochrane
Charles Stoff
William Kane
August Meyers
Cochrane
Kane
Meyers
Stoll
Sioux City
Iowa
Harvey Johnson
Johnson
Chicago grain and provisions prices and bids
A dense price list for grain and provisions shows Wheat, Corn, Oats, Pork, and other commodities with March May June and July quotes. It includes No 1 hard and Northern wheat bids, corn and oats bids and asks, hay and seed figures, and potatoes and flax notes.
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Chicago
Northern
Livestock Receipts Reported for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hogs receipts total 17 000 head with light to heavy categories priced from 4 70 to 34 90. Cattle receipts 6 000 head including beeves cows and stockers with bid ranges from 1 60 to 4 50. Sheep receipts show natives and westerns with prices from 3 60 to 5 50.
Indiana coal strike and global dispatches in daily notes
Indiana coal operators demand a reduction of last year's scale while old Point Comfort expects Mrs. Harrison soon. James Russell Lovell sails for Europe on the Pavonia April 27. A Washington firm forms to run electric wires. New York mayor oversees 36 million dollar expenditures. Officials deny Austrian war plans against Servia.
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Indiana
Old Point Comfort
Harrison
James Russell Lovell
Europe
Pavonia
Washington
New York
Austria
Servia
Tracy
Benjamin Harrison
Whitelaw
Reid
Belfast
Julian Pauncefote
United States
America
Yoder
Ohio
J. H. Chamaciero
Evansville
Ind
Dutch West Indies
Barrett Brothers
Somerset
Nellie Sheridan
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Moonlight
Wyoming
New
Filley
Chauncey I. Filley
Missouri
Liverpool
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Blaine
Senate Committee On Commerce
John C. New
Justice Miller
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Supreme Court
Miller
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Mopite
Ala
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Pensacola
Hiac
Mt. Vernon
Alabama River
Yorktown
Cramp Brothers
Teague Island Navy Yard
Mexico
Kieff
Russia
Dakota Q
A. A
Aberdeen
Aaberdeen
Ith
Department of Dakota
F. Hammond
Agent Gregory
Milwaukee
Slophouse
Joe Farmer
Jack
George Gifford
Oakwood
St. Paul’s
St. Paul
Board of Fire Commissioners
Jackson
John T. Black
Burrago
Chicago Times
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The
James Blodgett
Times Company
Rep Wing
Minn
Duluth Road
Maj. Brackett
Windon
Fred Brackett
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Tue Hague
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State Council
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Legal Committee
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Hill
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Union Theological Seminary
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Germany
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All Saints
Fond du Lac
Cton
N.D
Black Hills
Rapid City
Thas Feommnman
St. Paul Grain and Provisions
Paine
Frank Caroli
Eureka
Nevada
Wells, Richardson & Co
Burlington
Diamond
Eexe Lewis
Central Village
Samuel Hutchinson
Cornish
N.hs
Count Kalncky
von Taafe
Vienna
Alabama
Beaver
Baronovski
Schuylkill County
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Grant
Grover Cleveland
Third Artillery
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Belgian Agricultural League Federation
Illinois Senate
John A. Logan
S. E. Gross
W. P. Read
Labor Party of Chicago
Edward A. Birnie
West Twenty-fifth Street
William A. Thomas
Richmond
Bettie Lewis
Zanesville
Wheeler
New Mexico Cattle Sanitary Board
Tiffin
Eastern
Brooks
Price’s Cream
Vince
Lee
Yantic
Gherardi
North Atlantic
West Indies
P. Rowell & CO
Spruce Street
A. B. Hacer
Hacer Brothers
Wisconsi Central
Mnot
8 . Paul
Wisconsin Crntitat
Wisconsin Central
Whs
Melven
Jas
Barker
Gent
Pasar
Louis Eckstein
Passr
P. J. Anson
Northwestern
Nicolet House Block
Fasc
Chircago
Ounelt
Omaha
Pacific
Sfiheas Gite
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
R. Mile
Madapart
V. H. Uarpenter, Gen’ l Pass
Ticket Ax
Maugeen
Land
Cowrineslauer M
Siathes
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