Washington notes and political shifts across the week
Secretary Sherman orders silver coin issuance to cover eight million eight thousand five hundred seventy two dollars and fifty cents from lost currency. James Russell Lowell accepts the Spanish mission. A Washington Republican article hints at debt policy change and renewed public works to lift business morale.
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Sherman
U. S
Wyman
James Russell Lowell
Washington Republican
John Fehrenbach
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Defrees
Washington
Government
Nicholas Fish
Fish
Switzerland
Henry Ward Beecher
Black Hills
Department of Agriculture
Consolidated
Illinois Pension Agency
Chicago
Ada Sweet
Rio Grande
Ord
Baseball scores and notable events from the 16th to 21st
Baseball results across major cities, political moves, and notable deaths. Senator Conkling sailed for Europe. Rev. John Abbott died in Fairhaven at seventy one. Insurance company receivers appointed. Princeton class of 1880 suspended for bulldozing faculty. Seligman questioned over hotel exclusion. U S Marshal Douglass visited St Michaels. Vanderbilt elected president of the New York Central. Rockland Savings Bank suspended. Tweed negotiations and possible release discussed. Harleigh coal mine collapse trapped workers. Moulders Union shift ends strike. Bennett returns to New York. Tilden denies income tax claim and defends past returns.
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Boston
Chicago
Hartford
St. Louis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Senator Conkling
Europe
American Popular Life Insurance Company
John
C. Abbott
Fairhaven
Conn
Princeton College
Philadelphia Typographical Union
Troy
Bunker Hill
Judge Hilton
A. T. Stewart
the Union
Saratoga
Joseph Seligman
New York
U.S
Fred. Douglass
St. Michaels
Thomas Auld
William H. Vanderbilt
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad
Shields Guards
Auburn
N. Y
Gen. Shields
Missouri
Gov. Hampton
South Carolina
Gov. Robinson
Tweed
Atty.Gen
Fairchild
Bigelow
Madrid
Harleigh
Hazleton
Black Creek
The
Moulders’ Union
James Gordon Bennett
Tilden
Urgent appeal as Mt Carmel sufferers noted
An urgent appeal is made for Mt. Carmel sufferers. Mexican troops crossed the Rio Grande to avoid a clash with revolutionary forces. The revolutionaries crossed back, attacked, and both sides suffered casualties before retreating. U S military authorities arrested forty Mexican troops for neutrality violations and paroled them. Recruiting for rebels continues on this side. Ex senator D D Pratt dies suddenly.
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Mt. Carmel
Rio Grande
Fort Scott
U. S
D. D. Pratt
Russian Atrocities and Balkan Fronts Reported
A London telegram cites Russian outrages against Circassians with towns sacked and 800 killed in Ardahan hospital fire. Reports place Russians near Simnitza and Nikolayev crossing the Danube. Turkish forces under Sulieman Pasha advance toward Cettinje as battle reports from Armenia recount a Turkish rout after intensified artillery and cavalry action. Montenegro notes Ostrosok possession and a wider campaign end, while Danube crossings at Galatz and Delibaba Gorge incur heavy losses for Russians.
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London
Ardahan
Simnitza
Nikopoli
Danube
Sulieman Pasha
Ali Said
Cettinje
Rustchuk
Constantinople
Layard
Redif Pasha
Armenia
Montenegro
Ostrok
Bayazid
Galatz
Delibaba
Great Fire in St John destroys city and sight
A massive blaze in St John N B raged for hours destroying public buildings churches banks hotels and homes. Firefighters from Portland and others battled the flames as 15 000 homeless and massive property loss were reported. Casualties include several named residents and many missing. Relief and armed forces arrived while robberies and evacuations followed. The fire covered broad districts and prompted widespread aid from Montreal Portland Bangor Halifax and Chicago interests.
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St. John
N. B
Fairweather
York Point Slip
McLaughlin
Hare’s Wharf
Smith Street
Drury Lane
Mill Street
Dock Street
London House
Dock
Portland
Carleton
Union Street
Nelson Street
Robertson’s Place
Robertson's Wharf
South Wharf
Westward Street
Trinity Church
Horsefield
Duke Street
Victoria Hotel
Charlotte Street
Germain Street
Union Streets
Prince
William
Canterbury
Princess
King
Germain
North Street
King Street
Benjamin Williams
Harold Gilbert
William McNeil
Garrett Cotter
Montreal
Bangor
Halifax
Yarmouth
Chicago Board of Trade
Masonic Fraternity
Eastern Hemisphere and Mexico Crisis Highlights
Reports from El Paso on Lerdo forces seize control, while MacMahon pushes French dissolution. Gambetta warns against coalition victory and collapses from exhaustion. Turkish depu ties face dissolution amid sectarian violence, with Cherished figures like Grant attending events abroad. Cuba’s insurrection weakens as gold prices rise. Suez plot surfaces. European powers plot influence in Egypt. Russia backs Serbia. famine persists in northern China.
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el Paso
Mexico
Lerdo
MacMahon
Chamber of Deputies
Interior
Berthemont
Gambetta
Constantinople
St. Petersburg
Schouwaloff
London Reform Club
Grant
Jules Ferry
Vienna
Tultcha
Matchin
Babadagh
Hirsova
Gen. Grant
Prince and Princess of Wales
Alexandria Palace
Bostia
Paris
Egypt
Suez Canal
Milan
Servia
Philadelphia
Hong Kong
England
London
Germany
Henock
Bucharest
Turkish Russian War Update From Balkan Fronts
A division attacking toward Taher Pass faced three Russian columns on the 16th and repulsed them after five hours of fighting. the Turkish commander was killed. Mehemet Ali has shifted to the offensive as Montenegrins concentrate at Ostrok Pass amid renewed Danube rains delaying operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taher Pass
St. Petersburg
Rustchuk
Giurgevo
Slobosia
Indians in Idaho On The War Path
Report from Lewiston details an Idaho outbreak by Salmon River and Camas Prairie bands. Whitebird conflict spreads as 29 whites killed, Mt Idaho and Lapwai posts attacked. Col. Perry leads 150 Mt Idaho troops, many killed, Indians retreat toward Salmon River. Nez Perces conflict causes wide alarm across Oregon-California region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Idaho
Lewiston
Salmon River
Joseph
Camas Prairie
Whitebird River
Benjamin Norton
Mt. Idaho
Lapway
Col. Perry
James Baker
Samuel Benedict
Harry Mason
Henry Eifers
Warren
Cold Spring
Davenport
Oasley
Kamokawa
White Bird
Whitebird Canon
Sergt. Lyttle
Canon
Nez Perces
Division of the Pacific
Howard Led Force Near Walla Walla in Indian Uprising
A messenger reports 340 troops under General Howard will total 960 when joining en route. Norton murderers were led by Hus-Hus-Cut of the Wa-Wa-Wi and Poulouse tribes. Lewiston residents blame General Howard and Indian Agent Monteith for the outbreak, noting more deaths than dispatches show and a widespread crisis not tied to a horse trade.
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Howard
Walla Walla
Norton
Hus-Hus- Cut
Lewiston
Monteith
Indian Massacre Report Near Salmon River
Reports from Boise Idaho on June 22 confirm an outbreak of Indian attacks near the Salmon River. Indians killed men at Camas Prairie and Mt. Idaho area while sparing women and children who were escorted to Slate Creek. A stockaded fort at Slate Creek holds families awaiting aid, with a likely assault and further killings feared.
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Lewiston
Harvey
Boise
McDowell
California
Joseph
Hangman’s Creek
Spokane
Driblets
Alaska
Fort Townsend
Sully
Gov
Brayman
Idaho
War Department
Howard
San Francisco
Perry
K. Heller
Twenty-first Infantry
Heller
Trimble
Parnell
Fort Idaho
Boise City
Camas Prairie
Florence Mountains
Craig’s Mountains
Mt. Idaho
James Prairie
Salmon River
Slate Creek
Hanging Molly Maguires on the scaffold in Pennsylvania
Report of multiple hangings on May 21 for Molly Maguires crimes. Kelly Doyle Donahue and Campbell executed at Mauch Chunk with priests present while Boyle McGeehan Carroll Roarity and Manly died on the Tamaqua scaffold. Lanahan hanged at Wilkesbarre for 1875 murder.
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Pennsylvania
Kelly
Doyle
Donahue
Campbell
Molly Maguires
Mauch Chunk
Pottsville
Boyle
McGeehan
Carroll
Roarity
Duffy
Manly
Yost
Tamaqua
Andrew Lanahan
Wilkesbarre
John Riley
The Last of Table Rock Falls Into the River at Niagara
The long known Table Rock at Niagara broke off on the 24th, weighing nearly sixty tons. The fallen mass formed half of the original rock and the rest had fallen earlier. A January 1, 1829 slip created a wide chasm with a quake like shock to nearby areas. Trees stood in the river where the rock once lay, and a two foot diameter tree root remains visible twenty feet from the bank. The event is noted as attracting much attention.
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Niagara
Maiden Walk
Syracuse
M. B. Grubbs
Washington Court House
Napoleon
James Rowan
Rowan
Jessie Vantaw
Methodist Church
Athens
Athens Messenger
Somerset
Thomas Harston
Hamilton
Harry Jones
Jones
Harbron
Clark
Champaign
Urbana
Smith
Stanley Matthews
Avondale
Jacob Shorb
Canton
Bucyrus
Kenton
Lima
Relief
Crestline
Shelby
Galion
Norwalk
Nevada
Tiffin
Harmonia
Shelby Cornet
Wooster University
Gustave C. E. Weber
Cleveland
John McSweeney
Wooster
J. McMartin
Witt N. Lake
Columbus
Kalb
Sandusky
DeWitt
Vermillion
Spencerville
Wm. Meyers
Long-Lived Orange Trees at Versailles Grand Connetable
A 450 year old orange tree known as the Grand Connetable or Grand Bourbon thrives in the Versailles orangery. Planted in the early 1400s from bitter orange pips by Eleanor of Castille, it was raised in Pampeluna before transferring to Versailles in 1684. It remains vigorous with no decay signs.
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Palace of Versailles
Eleanor I of
Castille
Charles III
Navarre
Pampeluna
Versailles
Alcott Affirms Living as Incarnation Amid Revival Tensions
In a Norristown Herald note Bronson Alcott declares living is incarnation with spirit pulsing in alternating rhythms. The remark was kept quiet during a temperance revival to avoid clashing with the Murphy movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Bronson Alcott
Norristown Herald
The Man Who Minds His Own Business
A concise proverb-like remark notes that a person who stays discreetly self contained tends to secure steady work and reliable employment.
Ohio News Items Highlight Gubernatorial Prospects and Local Tragedies
The piece lists leading Republican gubernatorial candidates Taft Upson Lawrence Howland Grosvenor and Jones before the August Cleveland convention. It reports deaths from a wagon accident near Dublin and a fatal shooting near Napoleon, plus floods in Urbana and multiple unrelated local incidents and notices across Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Gen
Taft
Cincinnati
W. H. Upson
Akron
William Lawrence
Bellefontaine
W. P. Howland
Ashtabula
Charles H. Grosvenor
Athens
T. C. Jones
Delaware
Marion Corsin
Dublin
Joseph Strockman
Miami City
Dayton
Toledo
Oldest American railroad conductor and engineer named
The article identifies Elijah Norris of Alexandria Missouri as the oldest living conductor in America. His first train was horse pulled on a twelve mile Baltimore and Ohio section built in May 1830. In 1834 locomotives arrived and he conducted the first Baltimore to Harpers Ferry train. W. W. Goodale of Brookfield Missouri is regarded as the oldest locomotive engineer in the country.
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America
Elijah Norris
Alexandria
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore
Harper’s Ferry
W. W. Goodale
Brookfield
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Foreign Intelligence
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