LAWMAKERS AND LAWYERS SHAPE WASHINGTON POWER
A historical profile notes how many U.S. lawmakers, especially in Congress, originate as lawyers. It highlights salaries, fame, and fortunes earned in legal work, with anecdotes about Evarts, Mitchell, Butler, Conkling, and others, showing how law links to political influence and wealth in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Butler
George F. Edwines
Hamilton
William Wirt
Alexander Stephens
Aaron Burr
Roscoe Conkling
Apollineris Water Company
Folk
Benjamin H. Bristow
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
House
Senate
George Boutwell
Garland
Belknap
Joseph E. McDonald
Washington
Capitol
Jeremiah Wilson
Indiana
Shellabareer
Ohio
Conus
Phil, Thompson
Lucky
Ben Butterworth
United States Senate
Voorhees
Eere
John Brown
Harper's Perry
Spooner
United States
Aliso
Iowa
Joe Brown
Georgia
Brown
Dutehhman
Pittsburg
Mitchell
Supreme Court
Beck
Kentucky
Congress
Blackburn
Bate
Tennessee
Nashville
Vance
North Carolina
Butler
J. P. Butler
Eustis
Louisiana
Harvard Law School
University of Louisiana
Lamar
Eeme
Sunset Cox
Henry Clay
Representative Holman
David Davia
Chicago
Washington Court
Anthony Pollock
Goodyear
Electoral Commission
Evarts
Zach Chandler
Republican National Committee
Republican Committee
Chandler
Wormley's
National Committee
New Street Car Motor Uses Compressed Air
England tests street cars powered by compressed air with a small onboard reservoir recharged every half mile. Auto charging occurs in under a minute from a main line, with pressures up to 170 psi. Reduced weight and shorter stops increase efficiency as cars refill during travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Dado of the Market Returns to Crown as Stock King
Berry Wall has profited from recent stock operations with a strong balance at the uptown branch and continued gains if the market improves. Jim Keene credited with guiding the Sugar Trust advance, Wall following with energy and success. It may restore his reign as the king of the dudes, a title public opinion never fully forgave him for losing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berry Wall
Jim Keene
Sugar Trust
Berry
Remarkable Rooster With Horns at Finstein Moore’s
A St Louis roaster on North Main at Finstein and Moore’s commission house astonishes observers with horn grower on either side of its head and horn-like growths from its legs. Experts with 30 years’ experience report none like it. The bird weighs up to ten pounds and is offered for a modest price as a rarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Legion
House
Senate
Washington
Clay
Webster
Calhoun
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Tom Benton
Tennessee
Missouri
Arthur
Hayes
Johnson
Lincoln
Pierce
Tyler
Fillmore
Martin van Buren
Andrew Jackson
James Buchanan
Buchanan
John Sherman
Minesfield
Columbus
Supreme Court
Orship
John
George F. Edmunds
William M. Evarts
Justice Fuller
Mitch
St. Louis
St. Louis Republic
Finstein & Moore
North Main Street
Stanley's Scottish Ties and African Heroism Examined
W Scott Dalgleish reports on Henry M Stanley's enduring links to Scotland through Livingstone's daughter Mrs Bruce and his Scottish visits. The piece details his health, discipline, staff trust, and selfless finances, noting his refusal to profit from exploration and Emin Pasha controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Stanley
Scotland
David Livingstone
Bruce
Edinburh
A. L. Bruce
Stanley
Scottish Geographical Society
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Dundee
Prince Bismarck
Berlin
Bismarck
Watkin Tower to deliver pure air from height to London streets
Promoters plan a tower over 1200 feet to draw fresh air from the atmosphere and pipe it down to street level for homes and public buildings as a novel utility. The scheme compares to Prometheus bringing fire but aims to bring pure air, though details seem shadowy to non specialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prometheus
Toearth
Watkin Tower
Paris
London
Veteran rounders keep pace with younger guests
The New York World notes General Horace Porter and Chauncey Depew as indefatigable social figures who attend multiple events in a single evening, remaining lively and energetic into late suppers while guests decades younger show fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Porter
Mr. Depew
New York World
General Horace Porter
New York
Chauncey Depew
Mustang Tom’s Third Westward Journey Across America
A colorful figure nicknamed Mustang Tom, Tom Stewart from Pennsylvania now 64, completes his third cross country trek to San Francisco. He never rides boats or cars, having started westward in 1849, with a long, curious voyage recounted amid New York’s bustling city scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mustang
Tom
America
Mustang Tom
New York
Tom Stewart
Pennsylvania
Plains
Sanrancisco
New York City
Mustang Tom’s Lone Expedition Ends in Arizona
The account recalls Mustang Tom who traveled with a wagon, two brown mules, a water spaniel, a rusty musket and blankets. He moved southwest visiting Missouri and Salt Lake City then Towbatone Arizona before heading north through Idaho Montana Oregon and Northern California into Nevada. After a brief stay in a cheap lodging in a California city he declared he would not sleep in a bed again and resumed toward Arizona. Visitors to New York are urged toward the Sturtevant House in Manhattan for affordable quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Boston
Missouri
Salt Lake City
Towbatone
Ariz
Idaho
Montana
Oregon
California
Nevada
Santa Ae
Arizona
Romance of Russia and Siberia in The Dispatch
Vladimir Lanin loves Jana Wernin in St. Petersburg. Schelm plots revenge against Vladimir by using Nihilist intrigue and a trap at Jana's club. Palkin, head of the rendarmes, uncovers schemes, arresting conspirators as Jana and Vladimir are exiled to Siberia and later reunite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popoff
Schelm
Lanin
Janin
Lanins
Caroline
Jana
Palkin
Vladimir
Lenny
Rascally Schelm
Siberia
Miller
Miller Two
Fed
Vladimir Lanin
Count Lanin
Jana Wernin
St. Petersburg
Onuphri Schelm
Perowski
Wladimir
Schalm
Colonel Palkin
Rendarmes
Heana Schelm
Scheim
Madame de Dugarey
Leration
Papieee
Dana
Tra
Nicholas Popoff
Kasan
Millar
Madam de Duogarcy
Dr. Haas
Kabse
Soheim
Irkutsk
Petition to the gendarmes and a planned escape
Vladimir prepares a formal petition to the head of the gendarmes as plans move to locate Miller in Siberia. Palkin and Jana discuss routes and cover, while a postilion waits to carry the countess and Vladimir toward a winter road and a possible reunion the next day.
Tenar and Teour Eus Converse on Forests and Tributes
Two travelers Tenar and Teour Eus discuss ecological ruin and tribute pressures from conquerors while venturing near a Siberian colony. They describe shrinking forests, scarce game, and the migrants’ harsh times, as they plan to move toward Shawan valley with their reindeer skin gear and Siberian sleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenar
Teour Eus
Lenar
Shawan
Tenar-Kus
Siberia
Iti
Fearma
Also Mentioned on This Page
LAW and Statesmen
Wasurxorton
Sherman
Ell
Searce
Northwest
Alexander H. Stephens
South Carolina Academy
Aod
Yale Law School
Spearee Reed
THE
UAW
Tom Reed
Leland Stanford
Wisconsin
Senator Ingalls
Massachusetts
Kansas
Atchison
Evarts and
Edmunds
Ingall F
Ingalls
Elleworth
Senator Mitchell
Portland
Tick
Ben Halliday
Williams
George, Walthall and
Lamaer
Beontor Gibson
George
Mississippi
General Walthall
Lamar Kimeelbaa
Interior Department
Conkling
Sbe
Frank G. Carpenter
NEW &Treet Car Motor
New York Star
Great Explorer
Livingstone
Cairo
Africa
Mr. Stanley
Reuter
Parke
Nelson
Staire
Upper
Congo
Wellington
Horatio Nelson
George Washington
Bis Etas
Cone
DR. Parke
Stairs
Emin Relief Fund
Emin Relief Committee
Emin Pasha
W. Scott Dalgleise
London Times
Newcastle
Eng
Chronicle
Kamschatka
Peror
Palkio
Tnspector
Sturtevant House
Ion
Russia
Prince Josef Lubomirski
Turkistan
Meta DE Vera
Weill
Palkio Amid
Pirst Miller
Countes
Jann
Palin
Hans
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