Pension arrears for widows: 14502 cases filed and settled
From the Pension Commission note 15000 estimated widow arrears under the June 7 1888 act. 14502 cases filed and settled. Secretary Wurmey gives Thanksgiving turkeys to Navy Department staff. 400 turkeys needed. President attends union services at Assembly Church Washington on Thanksgiving morning. Whitney reports on navy condition submitted. Post office officials plan to seek other work ahead of March 4 dismissals. Inaugural ball contract signed with Commissioner Black for Pension Building. A drunken man fired at Kilrain and Mitchell at Kiernan's Theater. no injuries. Joan G Enhiany of Detroit named Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Annual reports of War Interior and Postmaster-General issued. Public debt up $11,109,817 due to pension payments. Washington Base Ball Club stock assessed at 4500 per share. about fifteen shares. club reportedly lost $23,000 in three seasons.
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Washington
Pension Commission In Black
Wurmey
Navy Department
Assembly Church
Whitney
Commissioner Black
Pension
Kilrain
Mitchell
Kierngn
Joan G. Enhiany
Detroit
Mich
Secretary of War
Secretary of the Interior
Washington Base Ball Club
New York and New Jersey Brewers Lockout Sides Resolved
Tarate and porter brewers in New York and New Jersey end a threatened lockout over Stevens brewery boycott. A yellow fever case appears in a crowded New York tenement. The Allentown foundered off Cobasset with eighteen crew lost. A bronze bust for John McCullough unveiled in Philadelphia Mount Moriah cemetery.
West Virginia Injunction Motion Failed In Supreme Court
Reports detail violence and crime across the South and West. A Savannah riot injures two policemen and a bystander. a man is killed. Wayman Surron is rescued from Wytheville jail amid murder allegations. Fever cases rise in Jacksonville with no deaths. Post office thefts are traced to Center Ridge deputy postmaster Snowden. Kentucky votes show Cleveland leading and Belva Lockwood dies not listed. A white mob in Wilkes County throws two Black men into a river. An Eaton Guinan firm in Texas assigns. Canadian Texas reports Cheyenne scouts capturing a party bound for the Panhandle. Dynomite explosion kills convicts on the Kentucky Midland. In Hopkinsville, Kentucky, 122 Black converts are baptized in a mill pond in one hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
Florida
Alabama
Savannah
Wayman Surron
Wytheville
Peter Harvey
Jacksonville
Fla
Tittle Book
Nelson
Pette Grew
J. H. Snowden
Center Ridge
Lee
Virginia
Wayyann Sutton
Kentucky
Cleveland
Harrison
Wisk
Labom
Belva Lockwood
Wilkes County
Tin Smith
John Cole
Eaton, Guinan & Co
Waco
Tex
Bas
Poe
Canadian, Tex
Amos’ Chapman
Fort Supply
L.T
Kansas
Panhandle
Griffith
Cherokee Strip
Kentucky Midland Railroad
Hopkinsville
John William
Foreign troubles and global finance dominate midweek reports
Thirty five foreign Jews arrested in Kiev after failing to leave Russia under expulsion edict. Steam and industry notes on glass making, drought hits Cuban sugar districts, and a storm fear from Nova Scotia to Halifax. Parliament actions in Britain and France. Vatican-Russia diplomacy moves. medical confidentiality dispute. notable deaths and arrests across Europe. Economic roundups show Dun’s failures up against stock market jitters and railroad trust talk. Ireland sees rent reductions near Thurles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kieff
Russia
Nova Scotian
Liverpool
Halifax
Tnu
British House of Commons
Tnn
Panama
Delaware
Aftsnes
Rampolla
Popel
Vatican
St Petersburg
British Medical Society
Frederick
Morell Mackenzie
W. B. Owins
Toronto
Ont
America
R. G. Davis
Kennington
London
Belgium
Department of Railways
Nurha Gilly
Victoria
Sagasta
Iris
Berlin
New Guinea Company
Geman
Dun
Jay GovuLp
Cable
Rock Island
Diaz
Mexico
Isl
Carl Scharz
Hamburg-American Steamship Company
Monty
London Stock Exchange
Frankfort
Hull
Paris
Congress Reassembled Amid Turbulent Reports
A jumble of 19th century items reports burglar arrests in Chicago, a mine fire near Calumet suspected arson, deaths including Annie Hastings and a lawyer Warren, and political notes from Bombay to New York. Also mentions mine explosions, bank theft recoveries, and church group boycotts.
Kansas Historical Society Holds Vast Kansas Archives
The Kansas State Historical Society has built a large collection of over forty eight thousand volumes including Kansas newspaper files and manuscripts. It houses 5 775 volumes of Kansas newspaper files and prints from the Territory era. A Wyandotte county farmer Joan Connors reputed worth 159000 left property to his children before disappearing and later sent a letter from St Louis claiming he would not be seen again. Governor Martin granted pardons to five convicts from various counties. A suit resembling the Hillman case was filed against Connecticut Mutual Life and Mutual Life of New York over Staiger policies. Official returns show Streeter won large support for President, Fisk and others similarly tabulated. A south bound Kansas train derailed near Baldwin City injuring several. Reports of drought in southwest Kansas denied by Finney County leaders who describe irrigation projects and profitable crops. Pensions granted Kansas veterans list follows and Finney County turnout tallies. City first-class councilors discuss proposed legislative changes for governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha Road
Spooner
Wis
Sibley
Supreme Court
Anassing
Mich
Anna Louisa Fisk
Detroit
Thalia Hall
Chicago
Tin Stenglin Furniture
Saginaw City
Jack the Ripper
Minneapolis
Minn
Whitechapel
Annie Jester
Sardinia
Ohio
Columbia
Will Schrieber
First National Bank
Canada
Calumet
Hecla
Michigan
Wabash
Ind
Larabelle
Lll
Aquecust Linke
John al
California
Secretary of State
Harrison
Cleveland
Fisk
Curtis
Tur Dayton
Bng
Viacerville
Cal
St. Louis
Atlan Seaboard
Shelby County
Iowa
Coffman
Uronek
Hann. McAlllister
San Francisco
Bismarck
Cak
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company
Tur State Historical Society
Kansas
Kansas Territory
Joan Connors
Wyandotte County
Martin
J. Powell
Ichard Townsend
Franki
James Woolver
Milton Lytins
Convitts
Powell
Townsend
Nomaha County
Mayer
Montgomery County
Milton Lyons
Elli County
Woolver
Leavertworth
Board of Pardons
Hillman Insurance
United Circuit Court For
Caroline E. Staiger
Leavenworth
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Hartford
David Staiger
Mutual Life Insurance Company
New York
Staigler
Staiger
Streeter
Prohibition
Tue State Board of Agriculture
M. Mohler
Topeka
State Board of Canvassers
Humphrey
Eder
Botkin
Felt
Frasius
Todd
Finley
Southern Kansas Railroad
Baldwin City
Comanche County
Wichita
Argust Strath
Hutchinson
Finney County
St Louis
Memphis
Tenn
Colorado
Washington Sirlah
Burt
James McDonald
Edward Begnion
Sylvia
William D. Banner
Vining
Philo D. Cody
Glasco
Richard Brellier
Claes
Clara GraNon
Shawnee
Ama
Gannon
Mrs. Sherman Dies After Illness at New York Home
Mrs. W. T. Sherman wife of General Sherman died at her Seventy first Street residence at ten this morning after years of heart trouble and a recent worsening. The general and their children Rachel Lizzie and Tecumseh were at her bedside as she passed and the family connects her death to a lifelong Catholic faith from her mother Miss Boyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Sherman
New York
Lancaster
Sherman
Thomas Ewing
Miss Boyle
Panic in a School at Blair Creates Stampede Injuries
In Blair school St. Louis on November 29 heating failure caused steam release. Miss Bettina Krebs first at the door saved a stampede, but students rushed hallways and several teachers suffered injuries including Miss Krebs and Miss Miller. Seven pupils hurt, emergency aid given. details list many injured by trampling.
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St. Louis
Br. Louis
Blair School
Uestrain
Bettina Krebs
Bearcely
Marie P. Miller
Cullen
Miss Miller
Krebs
Birdie Wickens
Nig Dodge
Annie Myers
Emma Delendorff
Ruth Reilly
Ida Klostermeyer
Australia
Stroch
Elsie McBride
Kansas canvass confirms Republican gains in 1884 vote
The Kansas Board of Canvassers released final tallies: Republican Electors up to 182,900 while Democratic at 102,745 and Union Labor at 87,787 with total state vote 330,215, a 64,888 rise from the last presidential election. Governor Humphrey led with 189,481 votes. Lieutenant Governor Felt at 182,041. party wins extend to 39 of 40 Senate seats and all but four House members. A Vigilance Committee reportedly ordered some citizens to leave the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topexa
Kan
State Board of
Humphrey
Martin
Elder
Botkin
Felt
Frasius
Todd
Finley
Morrill
Fanston
Perkins
Ryan
Anderson
Turner
Peters
House of Representatives
Plumb
Inter State Commerce Commission reports on railroads and rates
The Inter State Commerce Commission report outlines railroad mileage as of June 1848 at 152 781 miles with 2 612 miles opened in six months. It notes 9 251 corporations represented, 665 reportors, and details on rate wars, pooling, and calls for possible future legislation to curb abuses and raise public protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weenhtaron
Inter-State
Lommerce Commission
Lwesitthe
Wiluf m Ember
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railroad
Lega
Commission
New York City
Congress
Drink and Morphine. Kansas City Chronicle Death
Clarence Dore of Chicago died after heavy drinking at the Midland Hotel in Kansas City. He took morphine and despite physicians’ efforts his death occurred at eleven o’clock. He registered under the name Clarence Weiss in a nearly illegible hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Clarence Dore
Chicago
Metropolitan Block
Midland
the Midland
Clarence Weiss
Postmaster General Annual Report Shows Postal Finances
The Postmasters General report outlines the fiscal year ended June 30, 1888 with revenue of 52,...10 and expenditures including liabilities at 36,885,408. Deficiency estimates follow for 1884–89, with projected ordinary postal revenue for 1889 56,507,576 and total gross receipts 57,892,576. Estimated expenditures for 1890 total 60,812,073, with a projected treasury deficiency of 3,303,414.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Service
General Treasury
Rooney Order
Secretary of the Treasury
Inter-State Decision on Cotton Exchange Case Released
The Inter-State Commerce Commission rules on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange versus the Cincinnati New Orleans & Texas Railroad and others. It cites fair, proportional freight, state-to-state commerce rules, and a Meridian to New Orleans rate not exceeding 1.50 per bale for compressed cotton as guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Rrates
Meridian
Littlewood wins six days race and breaks record
New York reports Littlewood breaking the six days record with 623 miles 1320 yards. He earns about 4824.60 from a total weekly receipts of 19121. Other finishers include Herty Moore Cartwright Noremac Hart Haworth Connor Golden Mason and more.
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New York
Dee
Littlewood
Herty
Moore
Cartwright
Noremac
Hart
Haworth
Connor
Golden
Mason
Taylor
Campana
Elson
Peach
C. Smith
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Daily News
New Jersey
Stevens
New York, Lake Erie& Western Railway
Allentown
Cobassett
Mass
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
John McCullough
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Philadelphia
Keely Motor Company
GakpDner
Ogdensburg
N. Y
Beaver
Pennsylvania
TSE
Daniel E. Sickles
Cave
Sickles
Mary Connewa
Greenwich Street
Amanda Morrison
Provincetown
Daniel Morrison
Jordan's Ferry
Nova Scotia
Haytien Republic
Donine
Hudson Guards
Manhattan Park
Louis Mudtauk
Boughton
Titusville
New York Sun
Indiana
Sellinar:r & Co
Mutual Glass Company
Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Littiuuwoop
Albert
Rowell
Kata ‘Jones
Holyoke
Sunny Keo
Madison ‘Square Garden
Hearty
Boston
Nike
Hill, Ugar
Johnson
Harry Paul
Orr
Patterson
Pennsylvania Rail
Poliéaman Ensor
Mattie Ollgen
Anion Hastings
Roland Reed
Reed
Wit Scunenrn
First National Bank of Columbus
Lucas
Windsor
Methodist-Episcopal Association
Tows River Land
Old Colony
Rhode Island
Jersey Central Road
Wilkesbarre
National Court of Claims
John 8. Mosby
United ‘States
China
United States
Andrew Carnegie
Vanderbilt
Trieste
Austria
Castle
Miramab
Benaton Ingalls
Routh, Inc
Sail News
W. T. Sherman Doead
Kansas Vigilance Committee
Vienna
Fred Smith
Isaac
Joel Raymond
Smith
Curoaco
John Fairbanks
Fairbanks & Palmer Publishing Company
Building Society of the National Union
Hia
Fairbanks & Palmer Publishing
Comany
Commerse Commission
Sitt*s-State Commerce Commissioners
Philapelrnia
Ern Line
Domingo
Wilson
St. Jago
Bseiders
Kingston
Jamaica
Peru
Lapafa
Comanche
Africa
Times
Zanzibar
Bangomovo
Sandari
Fahr
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