Washington Specials and Political Points May 24 1885
In Washington D C Senator Voorhees and Governor Gray of Indiana met President Cleveland to discuss the Democratic party and the Indiana victory last fall. Ex Senator Hill returns to expose alleged frauds in the interior department under Teller, while patent office records show a record month for patents. Virginia federal officeholders face mass removals aiding Democrats, and Miss Cleveland resumes duties at the White House amid authorial rumors. Malcom Hap targets partisan postmasters in Virginia and others, with postmaster Hay planning broad removals. The Agricultural Bureau under Dr Loring faces scrutiny for charges of misused funds and failed commodity value, with Congress likely to investigate Blaine ties next winter.
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Gray
Indiana
Cleveland
Hill
Colorado
Interior Department
Teller
Lamar
United States Patent Office
Virginia
Mahone
Hay
Agricultural Bureau
Dr. Loring
Washington Notes on Holiday Closures and Appointments
Government departments will close on decoration day. Vincennes postmaster leaves public life. Vice-President Hendricks returns to Indiana. Hon. Joseph E. McDonald visits. Congressman Kleiner arrives with partisans. Bayard to date next week at Missouri State university. 204 applicants seek consul-general post in Paris. Possible new civil service board to be appointed. Fifteen Indiana fourth class postmasters dismissed after investigations. Pension department reforms advance this week. DC census shows 203,459 residents in District of Columbia. President says no authority to keep New Orleans exposition display. France produces mirrors of 100 square feet without great difficulty.
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Joseph E. McDonald
Hendricks
Indiana
Kleiner
Bayard
Missouri State University
Paris
Board of
Civil Service Commissioners
Pension Department
District of Columbia
Washington
Georgetown
Washington’s gambling plague pushes into Alexandria and offices
May 24 report from Washington describes a surge in public gaming once limited by law, with policy writing and backers draining earnings from Black and white communities. It notes government printers and department clerks investing in policy and lottery draws, and cites fortune tellers and soothsayers as targets of wealthy patrons, including a tea cup reader and a card reader, building secret wealth.
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Washixgton
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Washington
Alexandria
Dougherty
Some Sample Naval Frauds Expose Navy Mismanagement
The piece condemns Republican control of the navy department, detailing repeated failures in the Dolphin project and broader waste. It cites contractor John Roach, Secretary Whitney, and massive expenditures since 1865, arguing reforms are needed as the navy remains poor and untrustworthy. It calls for public discussion of perceived fraud and governance failures.
National politics outlook favors Democratic administration
The Sun summarizes the political scene from an independent Democratic view. Republicans struggle to oppose Cleveland's policy and show internal division. Some praise the administration while others criticize, fearing sectional tensions. A looming Senate clash between Administration and Republicans appears likely next winter, with less threat from Democrats. The public mood favors the Administration amid GOP uncertainty.
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Cleveland
Senate
Curiosities and incidents from 19th century press items
A collage of miscellaneous notes reports and anecdotes: deaths by action versus war losses. cholera signs swallows and sparrows. Boston street lamps. New York French Canadians. Birmingham iron output. Odd Fellows in Maine. Australian mills. Brazil sugar trade drop. Cleveland gal t vein. letters to the president. Key West wool loss. Prof Losso aged 83 in Covington. Pacific coast fruit thinning. Panama rebel Gen Aizpuru mulatto ex-waiter. Sacramento face painting mishap. Mt Carmel John Long fight fatal. Vincent Graham charged. body found with weight on neck on Dupage river. Blaine backer’s suicide note. old man vagrancy pension. Flora Journal pension sale. Chicago University debt sale. Champaign county wheat worm attack. Illinois St John prohibition lecture blocked. O M shops arson attempt.
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Arkansaw
Prof
Losso
Covington
Pacific Coast
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Panama
New Orleans
Sacramento
Cal
Peculiar post office contest in Montmorenci
Congressman Ward of Indiana reports a strange district contest where Democrats in Montmorenci Tippecanoe county back a Republican for postmaster while Republicans back a Democrat. He suspects a local factional dispute and notes the appointee could swing to a party opposite the incumbent.
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Ward
Indiana
United States
Montmorenci
Tippecanoe County
The President a Worker in Washington DC May 26
The president takes upon himself more work than any prior holder of office as he personally reviews post office appointments. He aims to finish the duties at the final day of his term, supervising details beyond one man's capacity. Washington also reports on underground wires and Iowa’s strong literacy.
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Washington, D.C
Cleveland
Curious Local Drift in Indiana News
Indiana items from exchanges report a $4000 theft from Vincennes school funds via false student registrations. Paoli suffered major fire damage. township trustees to serve four years. New Albany opens a 36000 daily capacity horseshoe factory. A Princeton merchant fined 13 dollars for selling a revolver to a minor. S O O F plans a Schuyler Colfax monument. Lead vein found in Dubois county. Evansville population claimed at 60000. Republicans surrendered Terre Haute post office last week.
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Evansville
Terre Haute
Embossed Leather Boom Feeds New York Markets
A New York paper reports hundreds of men women and boys collect old boots and shoes for 6 to 15 cents a pair. Calfskin boots fetch the best price while cowhide is refused. Shoes are soaked to clean dirt nails removed and leather ground into pulp then pressed on heavy paper to make embossed leather.
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New York
Numbers and notes from a bustling century
A column of brief items reports star counts and human oddities, including a Braxton county man nicknamed the walking skeleton, a miner in Louisville finding a live frog in rock, and naval scandal exposure. It also notes Florida’s constitutional make up, impending Indiana federal appointments, vaccination plans for Mexican troops, Mormon growth, Victor Hugo's death, ex-soldier poor houses in Illinois, Florida winter visitors, Mammoth Cave visitor figures, Irish soldiers in Britain, Queen Victoria’s income, and postmaster appointments.
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