President Harrison heads to Deer Park for a family summer
President Harrison left Washington for Deer Park to rest with his family and suspend executive duties. A special telegram notes Cabinet plans and visits, including Windom and Halford, with Blaine’s health cited and a Blaine visit slated in about two weeks.
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Harrison
Washington
Deer Park
Whitfield
Wanamaker
Washsgton
Windom
Halford
Steve Elkins
Davis
Blaine
A. Louden Snowden
Philadelphia
Greece
Thomas Valentine Cooper
Customs Holliday
Erie
Cooper
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
Shuck
H. W. Hoffman
D. W. Sloan
Lloyd Lowndes
Martinsburg
Mabel Howard
Cincinnati
Army Records Consolidation Aims to Protect War Service Journals
The War Department will publish an order to consolidate divisions and modernize Adjutant General records. An alphabetical index of medical records will speed pension inquiries and safeguard muster rolls, hospital registers, and other vital originals from decay and careless handling.
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Wasuicrox
War Department
Adjutant General’s Office
Ainsworth
Army
Surgeon General
Ainswend
Pension Bureau
Adjutant General's Office
Volwetter
Not a First-Class Boy A War Heroine Seeks Pension
Special telegram reports Mrs. Virginia Magcott nee Janney Anderson, a woman who served as a first class boy in the navy and undertook various roles during the war, now seeks a pension for ill health. Her account details escape from Mississippi, service aboard ships, duties in kitchens and hospitals, and later discharge from the Mary as a boy.
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Dispatch
Washington
Virginia Magcott
Mississippi
Panty Valence
Dr Rbank
Jane
Pensacola
Dre
Gibbs
Turner
Mem
Jay
Ay O
United Screamship
Potomac
J. Turner
Maggott
Telegraph Rates Debate Spreads Through Post Office
July 12 dispatch from Washington reports Colonel Whitfield urging a reduction of government telegraph dispatch rates from 1 cent to 1 mill per word. Officials question legality and impact, noting the department currently earns fair compensation and contracts may lock in the old rate.
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Colonel Whitfield
Wanamaker
Post Office Department
Postoffice
Kansas City
Warner
Milwaukee
Hadji H G Khan Leaves Washington for Havre Voyage
Hadji Hussein Ghooly Khan Persian Minister departs Washington on the limited express to New York to board a French steamer for Havre.
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Washington
Hadji Hussein Ghooly Khan
City
New York
Havre
Civil Service Victim in Campaign Funds Probe
Inspector Warren Edgarton of the Post Office Department arrests Henry M. Cummings a letter carrier for violating the civil service act by soliciting campaign contributions from government employees after a fall campaign. Cummings held a basement meeting at the post office where envelopes were passed and funds turned over to John E. Earle of the Democratic Town Committee. Further arrests are anticipated as inspections continue.
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New Hayes
Downs
Warren Edgarton
Post Office Department
Henry M. Cummings
Cummings
Civil Service Act
Post Office
John E. Earle
Democratic Town Committee
Edgarton
Ex-Governor Crawford argues over Cherokee strip land
Samuel J. Crawford, attorney for the Cheyenne and Arrapahoe Indians, addresses the U S Indian Commissioners. He argues 47,000,000 acres belong to his clients and disputes Cherokee ownership and leasing rights, with rent proceeds contested. Crawford will present July 27. about 25,000,000 additional acres are at stake.
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Toreka
Kay
Samuel J. Crawford
Arrapahoe
Crawford
Lillie Langtry Sails for Europe on Cunarder Servia
New York July 12 Mrs. Lillie Langtry accompanied by her sister Miss Breton and maid sails for Europe early this morning on the Cunarder Servia. She has been in poor health for six months, mainly an affection of the nose, and feared the trip might be postponed but feeling better decided to depart.
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New York
Lillie Langtry
Miss Breton
Europe
Servia
Lenient Approach Considered for Mattie Winship Case
The Mattie Winship schooner, seized for illegal fishing within Canada’s three mile limit, may face only a mitigating fine after the owners admit no defense. Ottawa considers easing penalties rather than pursuing forfeiture in the Vice Admiralty Court.
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Ottawa
Ont
Mattie Winship
Department of Justice
Ge Eens
Vice Admiralty
Picnicers urged to apply for Aliquippa Grove use
Notices invite parties to use Aliquippa Grove on Friday July 19 with applications at the General Ticket Agent of the P and L E B B at 77 Fourth Ave. Commencing July 13, daily trains to Altoona and Bedford Springs except Sundays. Also piano ads. Last Johns town excursion tomorrow. Train leaves 8 a.m. Irish fairs teased in fragment.
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Aliquippa Grove
Fourth Ave
Pittaburgh
Altoona
Bedford Springs
Parnell Commission Seeks Loyal and Patriotic Union Records
Lawyers for Mr. Parnell pressed to reveal the Loyal and Patriotic Union books to prove a conspiracy against Irish leader Charles Parnell. The court refused the demand, adjourned the commission, and noted disputed finances and witness payments tied to The Times and Pigott.
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Parnell
The
Loyal and Patriotic Union
Egypt
Houston
Lord Stallbridge
Pigott
the Times
Lord Stalrbridge
Roland Blennerhastett
Maguire
Times
Houston Feneces
Eugeneavis
Charles Russell
Davis
Union
Hannen
Asquith
Piggott
Webster
George Lewis
Purnell
Special Commission
Dervish Camp Attack Leaves 2500 Killed or Wounded
English and Native soldiers report 2500 casualties among Dervishes at Assouda after a retreat from Dongola. Emaciated prisoners include many women and boys. Italian woman Marietta Caracalo among survivors. Nad-El-Jami aimed for Bimbau. many died or deserted on march. Government moves grain depots along Nile. tribes offer aid. Connaught Rangers—900 to Malta. four Aldershot regiments ready for Egypt.
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Marietta Caracalo
Kordofan
Nad-El-Jami
Khartoum
Dongola
Bimbau
Wodehouse
Nile
London
Connaught Rangers
Malta
Egypt
Aldershot
Two French Legislators Duel. No Injuries Reported
In Paris and Bern dispatches July 12 report a duel in the chamber between M Thomson of Constantine and M Later of Loire. both fired pistols but neither was struck. Other items note impeachment moves against M Constans and a Russian War Minister dispatch, with comments on Haiti port blockades.
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Pants
M. Thomson
Chamber of Deputies
Constantine
Algeria
Bbby
Chamber
Department of Loire
M. Thom
Are Lauer
Calla Cette
Tod Thomson
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