Washington Visit and Cabinet Actions Report
Gen Lee meets President. Parker resigns as Indian Affairs commissioner. Public debt down to $2.519 billion. Mexico may sell Sonora Sinaloa as Cuba support grows. Sickles to Spain. Blow to Brazil. beligerent Cuba moves. eclipse observations funded. Union Pacific critique by Chauncey Snow. cabinet to fill Span ish and Brazilian posts. women vote denied in DC. Various dispatches note Cuban aid, Mexican stance, and naval outlook.
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Washington
R. E. Lee
Times
Mexico
Sonora
Sinaloa
Senor Romero
Sumner
Sickles
Spain
Carlisle
Sweden
Blow
Brazil
P Russell Jones
Board of Registration
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Mexican Congress
Cuba
Naval Department
Sibera
Alaska
Congress
Intelligencer
Chauncey H. Snow
Nion Pacific Railroad
Snyder
Omahs
Washington Special
Brink
Rosecrans
Debates Over Mary Lowell Seizure and Lincoln Monument Bid
The English government demands restoration of the brig Mary Lowell and an apology from Spanish authorities. The National Lincoln Monument committee accepts W. D. Richardson’s bid for the monument’s architectural portion and work will begin. Chicago Journal reports a bribery fallout from the Legislature as Dr. Fowler assaults Francis Munson at the Sherman House.
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Mary Lowell
Chicago Journal
Sherman
Fowler
Springfield
Francis Munson
Munson
Pentiah
Wwe
Alabama
Aigland
Peter
Iz Rgt
Sumner
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Ork
O’farall
Prince Alfred
Sidney
New South Wales
Ireland
London
Phillimor
St. PetersBuRg
Russian Council of State
Empire
New York
Italy
Mazzini
Garibaldi
Rome
France
Prussia
Fires and accidents across towns report multiple losses
Casualties and property losses flood several towns as fires burn factories and stores. Harkins Brothers cotton mill at Bunker Hill, Troy reports 75,000 loss. Curtis Hawley & Co. store at St Joseph 15,000. Mrs Tefft exhumation linked to trichina findings. rains drown crops. Salina Street Bridge section collapses injuring three. steamship St George ashore near Nova Scotia, cargo at risk. gasoline store blaze damages building and stock. multiple fires scorch banking houses and grocers.
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Troy
N. Y
Harkins Brothers
Bunker Hill
St. Josepa
Curtis, Hawiey & Co
Elgin
Thomas Tefft
Syracise
Salina Street
Erie_canal
Thortland
St. George
Glasgow
Biond’s Rock
Seal Island
Nova Scotia
Mulligan
Chase
Halifax
Royalist
H. Bataford
Second Street
Nésr
Gx Laker Co
Burseille
Urnsville
Bel Monte Visa
Sumner Alabama claims debate stirs London papers
European newspapers react to Sumner's speech on the Alabama claims and U S Britain relations. The Times and The Star critique the proposals as extravagant while urging careful terms. London officials aim for honorable settlement with Motley seeking a workable approach.
Printers' strike drags on as papers seek help
In Montreal on May 1 the printers strike persists and morning papers advertise for girls to set type. Four hundred thirty French Canadians departed for the United States yesterday seeking work.
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Montreal
United States
Illinois Press Association guests depart Montgomery for Selma
The Illinois Press Association members, hosted in Montgomery for several days, left by steamer this morning. They expressed pleasure with the visit and courtesy shown, en route to Selma, then Columbus, Mississippi, and finally home.
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Montgomery
The
Illinois Press Association
Selma
Columbus
Miss
Southern weather and press notes from May first
Heavy rains sweep Augu sta Georgia with favorable crop reports across the state while Alexander Stephens shows marked improvement. The Southern Opinion in Ric mono Washington publishes its final issue as its editor laments the death of southern principles. Memphis Confederate dead services postponed due to bad weather.
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Auguasta
Alexander Stephens
RicmMono
Southern Opinion
Memphis
Western Union moves to new offices in Chicago
The Western Union Telegraph Company relocated its Chicago office to new quarters at the corner of Lasalle and Washington streets. A financial roundup notes year expenditures totaling 5,438,568 with receipts of 8,717,878 leaving a treasury balance of 2,279,305. The report also mentions the death of German peddler Theodore Fack by poisoning yesterday. Democratic candidates prepare for a congressman meeting in Washburns district at Freeport on June 1st.
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Chicago
Western Union Telegraph
Lasalle and
Washington Streets
Theodore Fack
Washburn
Ilinois
Freeport
Jane-ist
Billiard Tournament Results Highlight Top Scores
Ray One ama Der set the bit id beat Sshines-score 1,200 against £ 1 for winner. Rhine's highest ups 171, beat Daniels bs Boone of Dacehro. Win ner's average 151-2. Foster's best rans 24. MayDanieles 22, 204, New, Xone, "Bay". At'the pi ian Warnament' thie' orp n.
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Ray One
Sshines
Rai
Rhine
Daniels
Boone
Dacehro
Foster
MayDanieles
Mail robbers and jail attack reported in scattered items
May records a pair of incidents including a postmaster named Madison arrested for robbing the mail and destroying the commission, a New York firm on Hanover Street losing 8 200 in gold and notes, and Henry Young in Cooke County jail attempting to kill a turnkey with a knife after a stabbing. The day closes with a jury acquitting policemen over Judge Tyler’s January death.
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Mewems
D. Bordmany
al Madison
Arkansas
Thes Commission
Young
Tyler
Beeckerg
National and World Briefs Prompt July Virginia Election Planned
Government stance on the Alabama Claims remains unsettled while Virginia prepares for a July election. Bids accepted for the National Lincoln Monument with work starting now. Central Pacific Railroad completion celebrated. Lopez resumes offensive from Paraguay. Disturbance at Leavenworth and a great Atlantic storm are reported alongside Pennsylvania coal miners strike and the sinking of the steamer Nick Wall.
Washington dispatch on Alabama claims and election timing
The government will act carefully with Britain over Alabama claims and avoid offense while presenting the American position. Rumors claim the constitution vote may move from the 4th Thursday in May to July between the 1st and 10th to avoid harvest, with Canby advising thorough registration and broad citizen interest. Grant likely to follow Canby’s guidance.
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Wshington
Motley
United States
Great Britain
Alabama
Senate
Richmond
Canby
Grant
Gen. Canby
Pacific Coast Railroad Progress and Salton City Events
Pacific Railroad work near completion with only connecting rails missing. Gov Stanford to preside over celebrations in the city and Sacramento. Survey of Salt Lake and Columbia River line abandoned for now. Gov Seymour of British Columbia to Naotka Sound aboard the gunboat Sparrow to investigate the wreck of the bark John Bright and crew massacre by Indians.
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Mayoral Pacific Railroad “Company
FOE
Terday
Stanford
Sacramento
Salt Lake and
Columbia River
Gov. Seymour
British Columbia
Naotka Sound
Sparrow
Hawk
John Bright
Paraguay War Dispatches Detail Lopez Supporters and Moves
From London datelined May 38 reports Lopez partisans active in Cerra Leon and Lagoa districts pursuing guerrilla war. Allied expeditions along the Paraná found no fortifications. Paranalees with 3000 men ready to march for Villa Rica, still held by Paraguayans. Payan sources say Lopez with 10000 men is preparing an offensive.
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London
Paraguay
Lopez
Cerra Leon
Lagoa
Parana
Villa Rica
Payan
New Grain Movement Committee to Visit New Orleans
A committee including Wm Hyde of the Republican Stilson Hutchins of the Times Myron Colonay of the Democrat and Thos Richson was added to visit New Orleans for the grain movement. They will depart tomorrow evening by river to Memphis then rail.
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St. Louis
Wm. Hyde
Republican
Stilson Hutchins
The
Times
Myron Colonay
Democrat
Thos. Richson
New Orleans
Memphis
Fire destroys First Presbyterian Church tower in Rochester
In Rochester New York fire discovered at 3:30 PM destroyed the church tower and damaged the interior as the tower collapsed onto the adjoining chapel. Authorities say an incendiary caused the blaze. The church, built in 1824, is insured for more than the loss. organ had been removed due to demolition. A separate Omaha dispatch notes the steamer Nick Wall sunk after hitting a snag near Brownville, with most cargo lost. Philadelphia reports heavy snow in Schuylkill County today.
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N. Y
First Presbyterian Church
City Hall
St. Louis
Omaha
Nick Wall
Fort Benton
Brownville
Neb
Philadelphia
Schuykill County
Lincoln Monument bids opened for architectural portion
The Lincoln Monument Association in Springfield, Illinois opened five bids for the monument’s architectural portion. W D Richardson submitted the lowest and best bid, pending ratification by the association, which reserves the right to modify specifications with proportional change in price. Construction to begin at once.
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Springfield
Ill
Lincoln Monument Association
W. D. Richardson
New Work Stock and Money Market Report
The market opened easy at 6 to 7 percent, then demand improved closing around 7 percent. Joel Gold bank stock held firmer despite unfavorable English press reception of Sumner's speech. Governments opened heavy then fell then recovered, closing firm and higher with increased demand. About 62 million sought by Europe today. Old bonds quoted ex-coupon. Government stocks and notes show varied yields amid market shifts.
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Joel Gold
Sumner
London
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