Washington Notes on Cabinet Picks and Senate Votes
Colonel Dudley confirmed as Commissioner of Pensions by a 45 to 9 Senate vote. Talks of Treasury and Attorney General appointments swirl. Tyner resigns. Tyner’s report dispute, Hunt’s Navy leadership, and Garnett and Bailey named for posts in Liberia and Hamburg. President Arthur weighs Folger as Treasury Secretary while Morgan declines. Paris rumors and Paris-Czar talk fade as officials push Gabinet lineup and Mississippi River navigation policy.
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Alifornia
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New York
Hamburg
Senate
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Indiana
McDonald
Washington
Treasury Department
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Pitney
Stratham
I Inchburg
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Mahone
Virginia
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Arthur
Morgan
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Gilfillan
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Ury
Woll
Robinson
Scbville
Guiteau
Windom
Department
French
Paris
Finince Committee
the Treasury
Tyner
Scoville
Cox
Gulteau
River Convention Calls for Mississippi River Improvement
At the Grand Opera House in St. Louis a Mississippi river improvement convention opened with 500 delegates. Michael McEnnis urged Congress to deepen channels and remove obstructions to secure a free outlet to the sea, stressing the valley’s vast production and strategic economic role. Governor Crittenden was named temporary chairman amid cheers.
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Grand Opera House
St. Loui
Michael McEnnis
St. Louis
United States
Congress
Irish plots and Paris pork decree dominate foreign notes
The Press Association reports Dublin detectives confirm a plot to assassinate Forster with two men named. Gladstone and Harcourt are not targeted. The Freemen's Journal and Irish Times dispute the revelation while Rothschild dies in Paris. In Paris a meeting calls for abolition of the pork import decree. Ireland arrests continue under the coercion act. In Newmarket the Cambridgeshire Stakes sees Foshall win with Lucy Glitters second and Tristan third among thirty-two starters.
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Press Association of Dublin
Forster
Gladstone
Sir William Harcourt
Freemen’s Journal
Irish Times
James Rothschild
Paris
Leon Choteau
France
Ireland
Newmarket
Jim Keene
Foshall
Lucy Glitters Sacond
Tristan
Attempted Express Car Robbery Aboard Train Near Bucyrus
About midnight Monday, three men tried to rob the Pittsburg Ft Wayne Chicago express car as the train left Bucyrus Ohio. They boarded at high speed and forced entry into a Pullman sleeper but were met by Conductor Shallis in the vestibule. A gun drew shots fired by one robber but no injuries occurred. Terrified passengers woke, and the thieves leaped from the train.
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Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Bucyrus
Ohio
Shallis
House to Form Panel for Garfield Medical Expenses
A special committee will be appointed after organization to draft an item for an appropriation bill to cover the expenses of the ex-President’s illness. Mrs Garfield administrates the estate and will notify potential claimants soon. Estimates vary, but expert opinions place total costs around 100000 dollars.
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House
Garfield
Water supply fears grip Brooklyn and New York
Authorities warn only a three weeks water reserve remains in the Brooklyn reservoir and New York faces severe drought risk. Officials say current reserves could last sixteen to seventeen days without heavy rain within a fortnight, raising concerns of possible fires and scarcity.
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Brooklyn
New York
Secretary Wixcom Interview Signals Cabinet Delays
Secretary Wixcom conducted a lengthy interview with the President on Wednesday signaling an administration in a state of near cessation. The decline of Gov. Morgan disrupts early cabinet planning, with further cabinet formation likely postponed until Congress convenes.
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Wixcom
Gov. Morgan
Congress
Balloting in Minnesota Legislature Names Windom Senator
Balloting in the Minnesota Legislature yesterday produced Windom as a notable result in the senator race. The vote count and official tabulation were reported by the local press, confirming Windom's standing in the district.
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Minnesota
Windom
Jennie Gilchrist Disaster at Government Bridge
The steamer Jennie Gilchrist owned by H. M. Gilchrist & Co. left Rock Island with about 25 aboard including four women. An eccentric rod broke, engines failed, and the craft capsized against the bridge, sinking. The Evansville steamship rescued many survivors, with 12 aboard the barge and 12 on the barge later recovered. several passengers saved by skiff, while Mrs Wendt was rescued by a police boat. The crew, including Captain John Gilchrist and engineers, faced a chaotic night as the vessel succumbed to the current and struck the bridge.
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Jennie Gilchrist
H. M. Gilchrist & Co
Rock Island
Jennie
Davenport
Evansville
Rock Island Levee
Steader
Joseph H. Moss
Princeton
Statenent
J. W. Howard
Iowa
Billy Brown
Sverely
Roipe
Pince
Henry Thomas
Hampton
Public Health Powers Held by Local Boards of Health
The Attorney General explains local boards of health comprise city council appointees or township officials, with county boards or the State Board of Health providing governing authority. The State Board may issue rules and require reporting of contagious diseases, and authorities urge action to prevent and stamp out epidemics, noting smallpox concerns and vaccination steps.
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Boards of Health
Board of Health
John H. Ratcell
Strate Board
Hearth
State Board of Health
James McCartney
Regulation on Reporting Smallpox Outbreaks in Illinois
The Illinois State Board of Health adopted a rule at its last meeting requiring prompt reporting of any first case of smallpox in a county township town or city after January 1 1882 and of any epidemic death to the Secretary in Springfield. The ripen board acts as the Board of Health in counties with township organization and the County Commissioners in others.
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Illinois State Board of Health
Board of Health
Illinois State Board ofHealth
Springfield
Joan H. Raven
Report on Czar Assassination via Private Dispatches
Private dispatches from a Canadian source discuss the assassination of the Czar. The cablegram lacks mention yet the report is treated as significant for sharing the same channel as the late Czar's news.
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Czar
Russia
Keene and friends shine in Foxhall race result
Jim Keene and his companions are said to have made a good showing on Foxhall's race. Wheaton from the St James Hotel in New York cleared 160000 dollars.
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Jim Keene
Foxhall
Wheaton
St. James Hotel
N.Y
Eleventh Annual Meeting of Suffrage Association in Louisville
The eleventh annual meeting of the American Woman's Suffrage Association met in Louisville on Tuesday with eleven states represented. The report notes a high demand for St Jacobs Oil, suggesting broad recognition of its claimed health benefits.
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American Woman's Suffrage Association
Louisville
St. Jacobs
Henry Warp Beecher Retires as Christian Union Editor
Henry Warp Beecher steps down from editorial management of the Christian Union. Mr. Abbot is named his successor to lead the publication.
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Henry Warp Beecher
The
Christian Union
Mr. Abbot
Railroad Rate Increase by Pittsburgh Fort Wayne Chicago Line
A Chicago Dispatch notes that effective October 25 the Pittsburgh Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway will raise rates for grain flour and provisions to 20 cents to New York 18 cents to Philadelphia 7 cents to Baltimore per hundred. Passenger fares to New York Philadelphia Baltimore or Washington will be 14 dollars and to Boston 3:30 train via New England road. No rebates apply. The railroad cites car scarcity and overcrowded trains as justification.
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Cumberland County
Penna
Moline
Baltimore
Genesio
Ill
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Consin
Chicago Dispatch
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railwa Company
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh,Fort Warne & Chicago
Washington
Boston
New York & New Egland
Wealthy Missouri farmer shot dead in domestic tragedy
James Pinney a prominent farmer near Wallace fifteen miles from St. Joseph was assassinated Saturday night. He and his wife were eating supper when a discharge occurred. Pinney died minutes later after eleven buck shots were found in the back of his head. A shot struck Mrs. Finney in the shoulder as she sat opposite with a child. The slain man had recently married a former servant whose child was his. The case remains mysterious.
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James Pinney
Wallace
St. Joseph
Finney
American cheese demand rises in England this season
An English paper notes American cheese arriving in large volumes, with 30,000 to 40,000 cheeses landed weekly in Glasgow over the past two months. Each lot is quickly purchased on arrival, and the quality is described as fine.
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England
Glasgow
Colorado Cattle Population Growth Prospects
About 900000 cattle currently in Colorado and estimates suggest that by 1885 the total will be not less than 1500000. The rapid natural increase and yearly drives from Texas and other states and territories are driving the expansion.
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Colorado
Texas
Cincinnati Coal Yards Run Dry Amid Low River
The Cincinnati coal yards show near emptiness as the Ohio River stays low. The river remains navigable for high top boats but not for coats, signaling limited commercial movement and transport challenges.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Coats
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