Nominations From President in Mid April Senate Session
The Senate received nominations from the President on the 13th and 14th for posts including Assistant Secretary of State Eugene Schuyler and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Cyrus Bussey. Several named as Postmaster General aides and a Maine minister to Norway and Sweden were among the new appointments. others were confirmed or sent to the Senate as the week progressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Senate
Senate
Eugene Schuyler
New York
Walker Blaine
Maine
Department of State
Cyrus Bussey
Interior
Harrison
James 8. Clarkson
Iowa
Lewis Wolfley
Arizona
Indianapolis
William Wallace
Clarkson
William W. Thomas, Jr
Norway
Sweden
Samuel R. Thayer
Minnesota
Netherlands
Smith A. W
Prohibition Defeated in New Hampshire Election
Returns from the 18th ballot in New Hampshire show the prohibition amendment defeated by about 5000 votes. Moses W. Fieup, early Greenback advocate, dies in Detroit. Presment Hannon appoints Phelps Kasson and Bates to Berlin Samoa conference. Harrison receives Diplomatic Corps in court dress. Hart Munn marries Catherine Willey in Chili Indiana. Ames College president A Weerne y dies in Pasadena. Judge Grant Gooprich Chicago pioneer dies aged 78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
Moses W. Fieup
United States
Detroit
Presment Hannon
William Walter Phelps
New Jersey
John A. Kasson
Iowa
George H. Bates
Delaware
Berlin
Harrison
Diplomatic Corps
Mrcr Hart Munn
Chili
Ind
Catherine Willey
Prof
A. WeEney
State Agricultural College
Ames
Pasadena
Cal
Florida
Grant Gooprich
Chicago
Notable Global Dispatches From 19th Century Advices
Reports from across regions include two trappers Finlayson starving near Deer Lake after getting lost en route to Hudson Bay Company HQ in the Northwest Territory. Opera star Miss Eames debuts in Paris as Juliet with acclaim. Newfoundland to deny licenses to American fishermen amid violations. Nipsic and Olga rumors denied as fleets stay ready in Samoa. Italian tenor Henri Tamberlierie dies in Rome. Australia floods widespread. Algerian soldier Vertjose sentenced to death. French colliery fire damp explosion kills fifteen in Nimes. Le Mans banker Tavanpe & Co fails for several million francs. Chinese frontier unrest at Kwang-si. ten block-houses and many French killed. Sir Julian Paunce ro re to sail April 13. Samoa hostilities cease. Nipsic remains safe. Culeacon railroad round-house burns near Mexicali, losses up to 300000.
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Finlayson
Deer Lake
Northwest Territory
Hudson Bay Company
Miss Eames
Paris
Juliet
Newfoundland
Auckland
New Zealand
Nipsic
Olga
Samoa
Henri Tamberlie
Rome
Australia
Vertjose
Oran
Algeria
Thierry
Nimes
France
Tavanpe & Co
le Mans
Kwang-si
China
Julian Pauncerrore
United States
America
Culeacon
Altata
Mex
Fires and floods in a day sweep through towns and ports
A Day's Mills Mass house fire killed Mrs. Russell and two neighbors' daughters. Emma Gatewoop died at Scottdale aged 117. A boat accident near Pomeroy drowned Joseph Ropes and his mother. Smith Bros. near Bay City lost two million feet of lumber in a blaze. The Remur wrecked near Point Bilaram with 42 sailors missing. Bethlehem Pa woods and crops burned in a forest fire. Dayton Tenn flood drowned several negroes and damaged property. Pauline Funien wed J Matt Aubery Jr in Milwaukee in a runaway match. Oklahoma rumors claim soldiers fired on boomers. Michigan House passed a liquor ban in amusements. Rimouski collision killed four aboard. Cuantes H. North & Co. failed for 750000. Schofield named parade marshal for Washington centennial. Chicago Burlington & Quincy reported $4.5 million deficit. Senate received nominations for Paris and Vienna posts and confirmed many appointees. April centennial committee named by senators Hiscock Sherman Hoar Voorhees Eustia.
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California
Epwanp Swan
Nation City Bank
Lynn
Mass
William Schmidt
Wakery
Chicago
Dr. Carver
al Randle
Cincinnati
Carver
Bandle
Central Colliery Company
Scranton
Joan M. Ganpnenr
Seymour
Ind
Tur
Caroline Miller
New York
Cape Haytien
Legitime
Hippolyte
Yan White Laundrymen
Dubuque
Meyer & Methudy
St. Louis
United States
Brooklyn
N. Y
Greorce
ReEest
Plymouth
Katie Jones
Buarnz
Reno
Cal
Walla Walla
W. T
Hadley
Frank Jones
Portsmouth
N. H
Whitney & Tuttle
Pound
Wis
Otis Clement
August
Whrkimam J. CanHoun
New Castle
Del
Brandon
District of Columbia
Washington
Comstock & Avery
Peoria
Mason City
Apvicrss
Oklahoma
Carson
Elsiz Ager
Hazleton
Sallie Burnett
Sweet Grass Hills
Big Sandy
M. T
JupGe Bates
Superior Court
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Lima
Day's Mills
Russell
Truehart
Emma Gatewwoop
Scottdale
Joseph Ropes
Ohio River
Pomeroy
Smith Bros
Bay City
Mich
Remur
Point Bilaram
Philippine Islands
Blue Mountains
Bethlehem
Dayton
Tenn
Pauline Funien
Fuller
Milwaukee
J. Matt Aubery, Jr
Rusuors
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Rimouski Station
Can
Cuantes H. North & Co
Boston
Army
Schofield
Burlington & Quincy
Ths
Senate
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
Paris
Julius Goldschmidt
Wisconsin
Vienna
Eugene Schuyler
Hiscock
Sherman, Hoar
Voorhees
Eustia
Clarkson Named First Assistant Postmaster General
Washington March 15 President nominates James Clarkson Iowa for First Assistant Postmaster General. Confirmed in executive session Clarkson departs to meet the duties of a strenuous office. Other nominations include Wolfley as Arizona governor Gardner US Attorney Rhode Island and Kasson Phelps Bates as Samoa conference commissioners. Governor Mellette of Dakota to take charge on arrival. Barry named Military Secretary to War Secretary.
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Washington
Senate
James 8. Clarkson
Iowa
A. E. Stevenson
Lewis Wolfley
Tucson
A. T
Arizona
Rathbone Gardner
Rhode Island
District of
William L. Dunlap
Indiana
United States
John A. Kasson
William Walter Phelps
New Jersey
George H. Bates
Delaware
Berlin
Samoan Islands
John 8. Clarkson
Clarkson
Senator Quay
National Committee
A. 0
Mellette
Dakota
Bismarck
Millette
Harrison
Thomas F. Barry
Judge Advocate-General’s Department
Secretary of War
Daniel Morgan Taylor
Five Die in Pittsburgh Boiler Explosion at West Point Works
A boiler room blast at the West Point boiler works of R. Monroe & Sons on Twenty third and Smallman streets injures a dozen and kills five workers. Names of the dead include August Lindebaugh and Charles Allenbacke. several others badly hurt. The ruin covers a large brick building with losses estimated near 20 000 dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Pittspurgesh
West Point
R. Monroe & Sons
Twentythird
Smallman
August Lindebaugh
Charles Allenbacke
Daniel Clark
John Reinheimer
James Carton
Martin Connors
Baltimore
John Forest
Harvey Barr
William Kelly
John Barber
Frank Maneske
James Cartney
Cartnney
Lindebaugh
Allenbacke
Clark
Reinheimer
Howard
Carton
Wiliam Smith & Sons
Nipsic Not in Engagement With Olga in Samoa
Advices from Apia, Samoa, deny sensational talk of a clash between the U S gunboat Nipsic and the German corvette Olga. Martial law is withdrawn, contraband searches end, and officials report calm as Apia's foreign residents welcome the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nipsic
Auckland
Samoa
United States
Apia
Mataata
Tamasese
Death of Moses W Weld in Derrott Michigan
Derrott Mich March 15 Hon Moses W Weld died Thursday morning of apoplexy He was a prominent advocate of the Greenback party in this State and at his suggestion a convention of Greenbackers was held at which the late Peter Cooper of New York was nominated for the Presidency on that ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses W. Field
Derrott
Mich
Moses W. Weld
Peter Cooper
New York
Death of a Noted Italian Singer
Rome reports the death of Henry Tamberlik the celebrated Italian tenor. Born in Rome on March 16, 1820, he initially planned to enter the priesthood. After study at the Seminary of Montefingscone he abandoned the church for the lyric stage.
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Rome
Henry Tamberlik
Montefingscone
Canada Denies Close Trade With United States In Parliament
In Ottawa 187? Parliament defeated Sir Richard Cartwrights resolution for closer trade with the United States by 121 to 77. The debate featured Mr Cockburn of Toronto arguing Canada prospered under provincial conditions while New York declined, and opposition claims commercial union would erase trade barriers and threaten England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ottawa
Ont
Richard Cartwright
Mays
Cockburn
Toronto
Canada
New York State
Ontario
America
Congressman Hitt
England
Mr. Davies
Northwest
Dominion
Nominations Placed for Paris Envoy and Other Posts
President Harrison sent nominations for Whitelaw Reid as Envoy to France and for several associate justices and a consul general in Vienna. Also named are John R. McFie in New Mexico, Frank R. Ailkkens in Dakota, and Rathbone Gardner and Elbert O. Weed as district attorneys, with posts for ministers to the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, and other confirmations.
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Bin
Supreme Court of the
District of Columbia
John R. MecFie
New Mexico
Territory of New Mexico
Frank R. Ailkkens
Dakota
Territory of Dakota
Great Failure in Boston Charles H North Co Goes Under
Boston March 20 Charles H North and Co pork packers at 32 and 34 North Market Street assign to Cambridge National Bank president Shortwell and head book keeper Kenso Taylor. Liabilities likely 750000 with a possible 400000 surplus to creditors if managed prudently. Firm operated since 1868 expanding to Somerville factory with annual business of 7 to 8 million mainly cash.
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Charles H. North & Co
Boston
North Market Street
Chicago
Shortwell
Cambridge National Bank
Kenso Taylor
North
Mx Shortwell
North, Merriam & Co
Charles H. North
J. H. Skelton
Somerville
Three Lives Lost in Massachusetts House Fire Near Baldwinsville
A fire at a Day's mills area house near Baldwinsville Massachusetts Tuesday afternoon killed Mrs Russell age 7 local woman and two Trueheart girls aged 5 and 19. Mrs Russell was making gum when pitch kettle overturned and fire ignited. The Trueheart girls perished and Mrs Russell's daughter escaped by window. Mr Russell tried to rescue them but flames and smoke forced him back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwinsville
Mass
Day’s Mills
U.S Troops Clash With Oklahoma Invaders in Crutch Country
Reports from Purcell and Fort Reno detail a violent confrontation as U S troops engaged a large group of Boomer settlers near Oklahoma station. Casualties reported on both sides and captives tied for transportation to camp amid rising tensions and fears of further outbreaks of violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Purcett
Ind
Oklahoma
Carson
Crutch Country
Oklahoma Station
William
Fatal Collision Between Trains in Quebec City Area
A Halifax express and a freight special collided near Rimouski Quebec killing four men and injuring four others. Conductor Michaud and fireman Levisque died instantly. engineer Whitney and Levisque were badly hurt. two engines and several cars were damaged. passengers unharmed.
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River du Lour
Que
Rimouski Station
Michaud
Whitney
J. Toley
Levisque
A. Jolivet
A. Levisque
Toby
Bic
Rimouski
Tremendous Flow From New Well Near Waverly Farm
A flowing well was struck in Franklin township near Waverly on Dr. Leebert’s farm. The well reached 1% feet depth and ejected a 500 pound drill from the hole. A six inch stream rose nine feet high marking the sixth flowing well in the area.
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Leebert
Waverly
Franklin Township
Franklin Town
Remarkable Age Ends Life of 117-Year-Old Woman
Mrs. Emma Gatewood a colored resident of Scottdale Pennsylvania died last Friday at age 117 She was mother to eleven children all living and over 50 years old grandmother to fifty seven great grandmother to forty six and great great grandmother to thirty six She recalled seeing General George Washington and events of the Revolutionary War Born in Virginia she endured slavery for many years
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Pennsylvania
Prrrspuneh
Emma
Gatewood
Scottdale
George Washington
Virginia
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