Will Mr Fuller Accept Chief Justice Offer?
Washington May 6 A rumor says Melville W Fuller may decline the Chief Justice nomination. Critics note his seven daughters and Chicago ties. a $10 500 annual salary could be insufficient to preserve social status. A close friend expects acceptance but a formal move awaits the commission.
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Washineton
Melville W. Fuller
United States
Fuller
Senate
Mons
White House
Mr. Fuller
Chicago
Washington
Air Paller
Ly Ieee
Fulle
Out of danger for Dom Pedro Brazil and mississippi flood alarm
Dom Pedro is considered out of danger while the Mississippi flood rises to alarming proportions. Other items note Lord Stanley’s appointment as Governor General of Canada, a deadly Canton River flood, and various political and criminal updates across the country.
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Dom Pedro
Mississippi
Lord Stanley
Preston
Canada
Canton
Chicago
Delaware
Cleveland
Brazil
California
Georgetown
8. C
Dayton
Robert J. Roosevelt
New York
United States
Netherlands
Brazll
Robbery Attempt on Baltimore and Ohio Limited Express
At Mansfield Ohio a thief boarded the smoking car of the Baltimore and Ohio Limited Express No 6 around 1 am and tried to take watches from three passengers. Conductor Corwin knocked him senseless with a lantern, a corporal from Fort Keogh handcuffed the prostrate man once awake, and the crowd overruled police action. The thief was beaten and released after the search found no weapons. The stolen watch was returned.
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Dunmany
Ireland
Cork
W. ©. Chamberlain
Texas
Paris
Pasteur
New York
la Giscogne
North Bend
Lewis Brown
Joe Soward
Harrison Stapleton
Brown
Edward E. Webster
San Francisco
Gloucester
Mass
Nathaniel Watts
Baltimore
Collymine
Bessemer
Mich
Frank Robotsky
Eniine
Mary E. Reynolds
Gresham
Missouri Supreme Court
Fort Hill
N. C
Clemson
Justice Truax
New York Superior Court
Corwin
Company G
Fifth Infantry
Fort Keough
Mont
National Asylum
Iwo
Two Steamers Collide Off Cape Henlopen
The British steamer Benizon bound for Philadelphia towed into Norfolk in distress after colliding with the Eureka from New York to New Orleans. The Eureka disappeared after the collision. Benizon suffered a stove bow but stayed afloat. Thirty eight crew on the Eureka and no passengers aboard.
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Norfolk
Benizon
Aikenhead
Matarizas
Philadelphia
Eureka
Quick
New York
New Orleans
Benizen
Cape Henlopen
Benivon
Botanic Blood Balm touted as great purifier and tonic
An advertisement proclaims B. B. B. as a powerful blood purifier and tonic curing scrofula kidney troubles catarrh skin humors rheumatism eruptions boils and more. It claims to be a wonderful remedy for various ailments.
Pauper Dies with Gold Found in Dress at Poor House
Eliza Maxwell an elderly sheltered pauper at the county poor house died recently. Her dress yielded a pocket book with $40 in gold, found by an attendant who noted heaviness. Superintendent Alexander turned the money over to the county treasurer for the general fund. A fragment mentions a sales pitch for cloth samples from a New York firm.
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Eliza Maxwell
Alexander
Harlotte Chronicle
Weddings in Paris Describe Double Ceremony at St Merri Church
A Paris correspondent recalls two wedding processions at the Church of St Merri. The brides wore white satin, guests gathered in chapels, and a beadle oversaw duties while bridesmaids and groomsmen attended. The scene included hotel guests, banners, and post ceremony celebrations with carriages and charitable spectators selling toys and towers to onlookers.
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Bois de Vincennes
Caeda
Paris
Layrondlady
Church of
St. Merri
Hue St. Martin
Baltimore
St. Medric
Clara Loan
Viste
Beadle
Mul
North Carolina
Gye
Prospector Recalls Dancing Deserts Giants of Nevada
White Pine's Joseph Grandle describes the summer phenomenon of giant sand columns, or waltzing dervishes, rising from dust to hundreds of feet high. He cites July as peak, notes their silent motion, and tells how prospectors like Joe McCann were inspired to strike it rich after surviving a towering sand column in White Pine valley and nearby springs.
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Moyer
Nevada
Joseph
White Pine
York Sun
Spring Valley
Luni
Perannegat
Joe McCann
Hoe
Leiselings
Joe
Faro
Pioche
President Cleveland Autograph Album Prank
A Washington special reports a Pittsburgh Press item about a woman seeking President Cleveland's autograph. Clerk Mr Pruden obtains permission to sign but only on a genuine autograph album, not a blank page. The woman buys a new album and returns to the White House. Cleveland signs, but the inscription lists Grover Cleveland as the man's name. The piece notes general political and social musings about fashion and domestic life.
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Cleveland
Albu
Washington
Pittsburgh Presse
White House
Tandine
Pruden
Honora
Wondleman
Mgr. Pruden
Wrankingham
Wowan
Grover Cleveland
Tracheotomy Tube Case Shows Striking Recovery
A former Royal Engineers private who lost voice after Egyptian service and throat infection now lives with a permanent tracheotomy tube six years after the operation. He breathes easier, speaks by blocking the airway with a finger, and keeps a spare tube. The device is silver, bent like a quadrant, with a neck shield and tapes for securing it.
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Jal. Mall
Royal Engineers
Ise
Egypt
Royal Military Hospital
Southampton
Tian
Tyne
Issa
Fuller the New Chief Justice A Maine Born Lawyer
Melville Weston Fuller is described as a lawyer born in Augusta Maine on February 11 1833 with a lineage of jurists. He studied at Bowdoin and Harvard Law, practiced in Chicago, engaged in politics and served in the Legislature and national conventions. He married twice and has five daughters and a son, noted for his handsome appearance and Democratic loyalties.
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Lynchburg
Lexington
Kansas Republican State Convention
Plimb
Ingalls
Blaine
Vatican
Paris
France
Ridgewood
Jacksonville
Fla. Juosa
Commodore Norman Wilson
Northwest
Minneapolis
Geo
FF. Montgomery
Vincennes
Ind
South
New York
Mailand Express
Melville W. Suller
Peace
Ilinois
Dennis McLaughlin
New Haven
Derby
Win
Hopkins
Rabun
Gordon
National Bureau of Eugraving and Printing
Blakely Hale
New York Sun
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Charlottenburg
Gea
Caldwell
Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Pratt Mines
Birmingham
Alu
Court of Common Pleas
Middle District
Maine
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Augusta
Bowdoin
Phelps
Fuller
Bangor
Harvard University
Chicago
Long John” Wentworth
Tuller
Springfield
Michigan C ‘Ity
Stephen A. Douglas
State Supreme Court
Yates
Whitehouse
Cheney
Babuixin
Reformed Episcopal Church
Saller
Supreme Court of
United States
Hoe
Washington
Mr. Fuller
Democratic Party
Union
Protestant Episcopal Church
Peculiar Skin Phenomena Noted At Meeting
A speculative report from a biology meeting describes unusual skin reactions with dry texture and tiny electric tufts. Authors discuss these phenomena as occurring in hot dry climates and relate them to seasonal weather and fashion notes.
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Biologic
Pere
Hociely de Pow
Mysterious Package Substitution Stuns New York Bank
Treasury says no further action. brown paper pack substituted for RAL.600 currency sent for redemption at American Exchange National Bank of New York. Treasurer Wyatt (Styatt) notes department cannot act. responsibility lies with bank and express company.
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Washington
Treasury Department
American Exchlinge National Bank of New York
Styatt
Express Company
Gilder's Liver Pill Claims Supreme Cure All
The Southern Vegetable Pill is touted as a household remedy across the South and West for dyspepsia biliousness malaria and liver diseases. After one trial readers are urged to join ten million users and mail 25 cents for purchase via Goulder's Pills from G Barrett & Co Augusta GA.
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Goulder
United States
G. Barrett & CO
Augustta, GA
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American Express Co
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Sanamplea
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Academy of Mystics
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