Washington Letter on Pension Bureau and Geronimo Controversy
Washington dispatch reports critics disputing claims of Confederate influence in the Pension Bureau noting 330 clerks from the South with 278 appointed by prior administrations. It describes staff politics, Star Route bids, and cabinet discussions on Geronimo, reform, and enforcement of presidential order prohibiting officeholder partisan activity.
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D. C
Sherman
Pension Office
Pension Bureau
Black
Civil Service Commission
South
Washington
Post Office Department
Nash
Justotice Department
New York
Geronimo
Gen. Miles
Miles
India
Louisville Exposition Booms as Visitors Flock to Century Exhibit
Louisville notes two weeks of record crowds at the Southern Exposition. Visitors fill the fifteen acres with excitement across the Music Hall Art Gallery and departments. Excursions from Kentucky towns pour in and the electric lights dazzle guests.
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Music Hall
Natural History
Philadelphia
Atlantic
St. Louis
New Orleans
Chicago
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Congress
Cappa
Masonic Widows and Orphans Home
Gettysburg
Henderson
Hopkinsville
Earlington
All Way Points
Kentucky
Exposition Building
Rates and News Highlights From The Nation
Robert Smalls wins renomination in South Carolina's Seventh District as a likely sixth consecutive Congress seat. The Anchoria arrives damaged but intact in New York, while a George Lippard memorial in Philadelphia is unveiled. Other items note a fatal hayloft accident near Wabash Indiana, Bartholdi's Statue dedication date, a Galveston hurricane, Cuba slavery decree, Chicago anarchists' death sentence, Chicago White Sox era, Abe Hewitt mayoral nod, General Potter retirement, General Corse Boston postmaster, Cox arrives in New York, government printing-office layoffs, David L. Yulee’s death, Manning in Washington, and Nihilist executions preceding the Czar's visit. The Seventh Ohio district’s colored voters back a separate run for Congress, seen by Republicans as a Democratic tactic to curb their vote.
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Robert Smalls
South Carolina
Anchoria
New York
Odd Fellow
Samuel Yink
Wabash
Ilod
M. de Lesceps
Bartholdi
Galveston
Spain
Cuba
Abramss
Hewitt
Tammany Hall
J. H. Potter
John M. Corse
Boston
Mass
Cox
Turkey
Indiana State News summary reels of campaign outlook
A Fall Report from Indianapolis notes Democrats optimistic with large audiences and solid platforms. Mentions expected 59 House seats and 31 Senate seats, cites Major Jewett predictions, Indiana school gains under Democrats, and warns independents in 1888 campaign. Reports on a five foot antler, Pauline Nelson inheritance, Hovey's record, Robertson and Williams, and local developments like a Jeffersonville woolen mill and Shelbyville poultry show.
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Indianapolis
Democratic State Central Committee
House
Senate
Marion
Vigo
Charles L. Jewett
New Albany
Floyd County
Indiana
Mill and steamer updates amid local political notices
Mr Kwickenpecken and Mr Hunton, mill experts from Chicago and Jackson, Mich, arrived to adjust the new Qregoo Mill now ready for business. The steamer John R Hugo, overhauled, sails for Mt Vernon under captain Cha Cha Cuarwick with crew. A list of political appointments for next week is announced. A life sized crayon portrait of Captain Jens Corsin by Bruce Lawrence is on display at Turatt Mumrorn's store.
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Kwickenpecken
J. T. Noye Mtg. Coe
Chicago
Hunton
Morris Bolt Co
Jackson, Mich
West
John R. Hugo
Chae
Cuarwick
Dora Jones
B.S. Ecllar
AL Scart
Mt. Vernon
Mesera
Cops
McCuttouch
Frexca
New Harmony
Jens Corsin
Turatt & Mumrorn
Bruce Lawrence
Governor Hill Sees Good Government as Key Issue in Campaign
New York October 9 Governor Hill says the upcoming presidential campaign will hinge on good government not tariff policy. He predicts Democrats will hold a majority of federal offices by President Cleveland’s term end and notes veterans’ irritation at new recruits as reforms proceed. He speaks respectfully of the President and associates.
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New York
Hill
Tom
Ohio
Democratic Party
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