Butler's Book Foretells Memoir From General Butler
Boston reports the long awaited memoir by General B F Butler will soon be published under the title Butlers Book. The preface defends truth and explains motives, while outlining Butler's life from 1860 to 1880 battles, politics and his view of Jefferson and Hamilton guiding the republic.
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Grand Army of the Republic
General Butler
Evar
Xerxes
American Republic
Loyal Union Veteran Defends Jefferson Davis Viewpoints
A veteran recalls voting for Jefferson Davis amid decades of criticism. He notes Davis remained loyal to the Union, holding roles as Secretary of War under Pierce and later a Senate seat. The speaker mentions a political negotiation over votes and cites General Butler praising three top American lawyers.
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Jefferson Davis
South Carolina
Davis
Union
Pierce
Senate
Butler
Jeremiah Mason
Webster and Choate
Nest
Moonshiners Muzzled as Mullens Gang Leader Captured
Special telegram reports Harve Mullens leader of the Mullens moonshining gang, arrested with Pile Cooper after a long pursuit in McDowell County. Deputy N T Keadle hid in the woods, ambushed Mullens and Cooper, who surrendered under arms. both await transfer to the United States Court.
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Mullens
Wheeling
McDowell County
Pile Cooper
Boyond Connelly
West Virginia
United States
Cox
Internal Revenue
N. T. Keadle
Cooper
Bunt
Ingersoll Discusses US Brazil Cable Plan
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll and Miss Ingersoll were at the Auditorium where he spoke of a secret conference with President Harrison about creating a cable between the United States and Brazil. He did not provide details, noting the matter was in early stages and pressing business prevented full discussion.
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Ingersoll
East
Harrison
United States
Brazil
Major Armes Grievance and Martial Court Sentence
Major Armes the retired officer, famed for a prior incident with Governor Beaver, was court martialed and sentenced to five years within the District of Columbia. He says the punishment ruined his real estate business and has led him to abandon it, seeking a new venture less restricted by territorial limits.
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Washington
Major Armes
Beaver
Riggs
Trafic
Eugenie
Prince Victor
Auguste Moreau
Revue Dea Deux Mondes
M. Morena
United
Mrs Harrison Attends Services With Wanamaker Visit
In Care May New Jersey on June 28 Mrs President Harrison and guests Mrs General Williams and Miss Ells Warfield attended St John s Episcopal Church services led by Rev Dr W N McVicar. Postmaster General Wanamaker also appeared during the morning making a quiet day in Cape May Point with a Beadle Memorial Presbyterian Chapel visit by General Wanamaker.
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N. J
Harrison
General Williams
Ells Warfield
St. John's Episcopal Church
W. N. McVicar
Holy Trinity Church
Philadelphia
Wanamaker
General Wanamaker
Beadle Memorial Presbyterian Chapel
Cape May Point
Minister Clark Dead
Alexander Clark of Muscatine Iowa, United States minister to Liberia, died in Monrovia on June 8 at age 65. His family will notify the State Department to arrange bringing his body home.
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Alexander Clark
Liberia
Monrovia
Clark
State Department
TRAIN WRECKERS Three Boys Arrested for Derailment Attempt
Three youths aged sixteen to seventeen were arrested in Mars for plotting to derail a passenger train on the Great Northern line on June 16. Fred Schumaker Henry Elusman and Albert Schling face charges after the failed plan. The case highlights juvenile involvement in a dangerous crime.
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Fred Schumaker
Henry Elusman
Albert Schling
Great Northern Road
Peny
Foster in Control Over Ohio Republicans and Campbell for Governor
The piece notes a shift of power in Ohio Republican politics with Charles Foster gaining influence to back McKinley and Harrison for national roles. It discusses Campbell as a likely nominee for governor, Blaine’s lingering Ohio support, and the impact of the Australian ballot law and Farmers' Alliance on the campaign strategy.
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Ohio
McKinley
Sherman
Foraker
Friends of the Tariff
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Windom
Charles Foster
White House
Foster
Buckeye
Blaine
Campbell
Hamilton County
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Bell
Peerely
Butler County
Farmers’ Alliance
Jess
Hee
Legi
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Hell
People's Party Platform Adopted by Labor Union Panel
In New York on June 24 the Central Labor Union approved forming a special committee to study the People's Party platform as no delegate to the Labor Union was willing to frame it. The meeting moved to appoint the committee to consider the platform and its implications.
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Democrat Party
Free Soil Persy
van Buren
Butler
Free Soilers
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Free Soiler
Liam Lloyd Garrison
New York
Central Labor Union
People’s
Committee allows further service for a week
A committee considering the matter decided to lay it over for a week while seeking willing candidates to serve.
A List of Candidates Named at an Ohio Township Meeting
A Prohibitionist meeting in Younestows Ohio nominated a ticket for Representative and endorsed the Prohibition State platform. Delegates from rural districts attended and resolutions denounced the City Commissioners as partisan government.
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Ohio
Younestows
Winn
Ingfield
Egg W
Soonsean
Noackson
Board of City Commissioners
Delegates Chosen in Quiet Republican Primary
Franklin June 28 The Republican primary elections were held yesterday and passed off quietly. W H Longwell of Oil City and Hon J M Dickey of Franklin were elected to the State Convention. Hon Crisswell of Franklin is named delegate to the Constitutional Convention, Peter r of Oil City for District Attorney and James Snowden of Oil City for Coroner.
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W. H. Longwell
Oil City
J. MM. Dickey
Or Crisswell
Peter R
James Snowden
Public Money Taken in Baltimore County Case
Baltimore County faces a financial mystery as six months of accounting work costs 2500 dollars. Investigators report lax books and a safe-access leak rather than Treasurer J L Yelliott siphoning funds, with staff hired to audit demanding more time and daily pay while the case unfolds.
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Baltimore County
Tressurer
J. L Yelliott
John Stocksdale
Stocksdale
Yelliott
Ietter
Republicans Denounce Plot to Frame Colonel Wood Murder
The dispatch reports a conspiracy allegation against Judge Botkin and other Republicans in the Thirty second Judicial district over Colonel Sam Wood’s murder. Governor Humphrey orders a personal probe with Attorney General Ives, while Botkin travels to the city amid party-political tensions.
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Thirtysecond
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Houghton
Woodsdale
People’s Party
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Seep
Indi T
Republican Party
Connor
Charles E. Cook
Cleveland
People's Party
General Sturm Responds to Henderson Bribery Claims
General Sturm, in a letter to President Diaz telegraphed from the Mexican legation in Washington, denounces William Henderson of Indianapolis as making slanderous statements about a Mexican official. Sturm says he surrendered most of his Mexico funds to creditors, faced persecution, and will travel to Indianapolis to pursue criminal action against Henderson.
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Mexico
William Henderson
Indianapolis
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Wash
Henderson
City
Ind
Ingalls Returns to Public Eye in Mephistophelian Style
Ex Senator John James Ingalls of Kansas makes his first appearance since leaving office on March 3. He offers evasive answers to reporters, claiming he is out of politics and farming. He dresses in a fashionable gray suit and high hat, noted for its tight waist.
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Wasnixetos
John James Ingalls
Kansas
Storms Hit Northwest Areas Causing Widespread Rain
The storms yesterday and today were widespread across the Northwest affecting crops. Rain was heavy most places with some damage at a few points, though not accompanied by severe conditions.
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Pavut
Monarchists Form New Union de la France Chretienne
A monarchist grouping forms in France led by conservative lawmakers under Cardinal Richard opposition to Cardinal Lavigerie. The Union de la France Chretienne aims to influence scholastic policy and abolish military service for clerical novitistes while fostering Catholic unity.
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France
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Cronstadt
Czarowits
Siberia
Peterhof
St. A
Moscow
The New Zollverein May Shape Customs Policy
Beers June 28 The Ministerial Council prior to Emperor William's foreign tour decided expedient steps on home and foreign policy. The Zollverein likely to establish a customs union with Belgium and Holland while Luxembourg remains in suspense and the commercial entente with one nation is kept noncommittal. The anti rain law debate to be ignored unless riots arise.
Disorder in the Italian Chamber Ends in Summer Prorogation
Rome June 28 a wild scene in the Chamber of Deputies as the government foreign policy interpellation triggered Radical protests. Premier Rudini affirmed firm adherence to the Dreibund while Radicals interrupted, with Cava clashing with Martino. The session ended with a prorogation for summer holidays and 意 interpreted as renewal of the Dreibund.
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Dreibund
Welsh Tin Plate Workers Angry Over Monthly Stoppage
Loynoy June 0 The Welsh tin plate workers are angry over the stoppage of the works. They argue that a cessation of one week per month would answer the same purpose and avert distress. Sixty delegates are going to America to inquire into the prospect of profitable employment. American agents here, besides buying the latest machinery, are offering over double wages.
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Loynoy
Rain making by explosions faces veteran doubt in theory
Washington June 28 a staff correspondent reports that soldiers and experts largely doubt rain producing by explosions. An old soldier from the Army of the Potomac recalls battles where rain came with smoke and cannon roar, not from detonations, arguing the proposal will likely have little influence on weather.
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Army of the Potomac
Tr Disratree
Campbell's dismal failure in airship experiment at grounds
Special telegram from Columbus reports Prof Campbell presenting his airship the wonder of the scientific world to sail from baseball grounds to Toledo 124 miles away at 70 mph. Crowds paid 23 cents. balloon refused to rise dragg ing on ground. Police restored order as it drifted one mile east then settled. Campbell vows to retry.
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Terra Firma
Hell
Important Royal Visit Affects Berlin Moscow Ties
Berlin reports the foreign office stresses the Servin king’s arrival to Moscow on July 27 as a move with political aims. The visit will include a reception by the Czar and, despite friendship between Servin and Russia, the government plans to lend 48,000,000 marks for military needs.
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Foreign Office
King of Servin
Moscow
Servis
Russia
Sir John Pender Withdraws from Trustees Board
Sir John Pender withdraws from the Board of the Trustees Corporation as colleagues sue him for the recovery of 10000 pounds invested on a guarantee in a coal mining company. A trial is expected to yield important disclosures.
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Trustees Corporation
Onuarantee
Government Official to Bring Suit Against West Jersey Central
Colonel J Granville Leach Port of Philadelphia appraiser says he will sue West Jersey Central Railroad for ejecting him from the afternoon express at Sea Isle Junction on May 30. He produced a dated ticket and was refused passage by Conductor Vandever, then boarded at Cape May. Leach to be summoned before the Mayor to answer a conductor’s charge.
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Philadelphia
West Jersey Central Railroad Company
Sea Isle Junction
Cape May
Vandever
Colonel Leach
Leach
Prohibition Talk on Corn Exports Sparks Harvest Anxiety
The report from St Peters burg notes fears of corn export restrictions due to abundant crops and rising prices. In Kherson anti Semitic riots are alleged with officials keeping tight security. In Constantinople brigands seize a wealthy Jew demanding a 5000 pound ransom. London fire chief Shaw resigns after long service.
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Termination of Chicago rail merger talks reached
Negotiations among Chicago and Northern Pacific, Baltimore and Ohio, and Chicago Central for B and O access to Chicago via the Chicago Central line appear concluded. The Central is expected to finish within a month, enabling the B and O to run into Grand Central station, with lake front services withdrawn.
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Cxhicaco
Chicago and Northern Pacific
Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago Central
Blue Island
Grand Central Depot
Lake Front
Grand Central Station
14 Year Old Girl Dies in Suspected Morphine Poisoning
Virginia Benedict aged 14 dies after a heavy morphine dose at 211 Grant Street. Coroner probes supply chain from an old prescription signed W.J.S. and questions Mrs. Snyder and Mary Benedict as other residents with vague statements. Postmortem exam planned and inquest set for 14 o clock.
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Oscar Snyder
Grant Street
H. B. Orr
McGough
Mrs Snyder
Mary Benedict
Mra Snyder
Mary Monteverde
Grantstrad
Virginia Benedict
Virginia Ani
Monteverde
W.J
Another Girl Tired of Life
Eva Cohen aged 19 attempted suicide by taking Paris green at the saloon of A Rosenthal. She was found by the Rosenthal family in distress, given emetics by Dr Craich, and removed to Homeopathia Hospital. She offers no explanation for her act and is a stranger in the city with little known about her.
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Eva Cohen
A. Rosenthal
May
Rosthal
Earthquake Rocks San Jose With Violent Shocks
San Jose reports the worst quake since 1368 lasting about 20 minutes with series of sharp shocks. The first tremor toppled a 240 foot light tower at Market and Santa Clara, leaving occupants panicked in hotels. Buildings swayed in an undulating motion as the city and nation trembled.
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San Jose
California
Market and
Santa Clara Streets
Slashed and Dashed A Teamster Knife Attack in Cuscaco
Two teamsters in Cuscaco, Robert Lee and Hezekiah Expell, quarreled over stall rights. Expell, who is colored, drew a knife and slashed Lee's throat severing an artery, causing a severe injury that led to immediate medical attention.
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Robert Lee
Hezekiah Expell
Lee
Espell
Tee
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