Vast 1885 news jumble includes strikes riots and empires
The scattered items report Cheyenne placards threatening Chinese expulsion, a Martin Ohio mill clash between striker bands and guards with casualties, a Montreal anti vaccination riot, Duluth rising wheat, and a wave of national affairs from politics to finance with varied local impacts.
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Martin
Laughlin
Wheeling
Bellaire
Bridgeport
Mingo Junction
Brilliant
Upper
Ohio Valley
Maj. Alderson
New York Sun Pleads for Civil Service Reform Planks
The New York Sun criticizes recent Democratic State platforms for excess ingenuity in civil service planks and endorses an 1884 view for an honest civil service reform. It urges exam tests for minor offices, department Examining Boards, and selection by merit, with heads empowered to dismiss unsatisfactory staff.
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New York
Grant & Ward
Grant
Nacasori
Sonora
Belle Davis
Major Davis
United States
Saratoga
George Raines
David B. Hill
Maryland
Court of Appeals
E.S. Jones
Binghamton
Mr. Flower
Yankton
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
L. DeLand
Ilinois
Treasury
Yorking
Washington
Bland
Missouri
Congress
Chicago
Cincinnati
Mississippi Valley
Republican Senate
Democratic House
Gilver
Messrs
Bayard
Lamar
Senate
McPherson
MR. Santos
Julio R. Santos
Ecuador
McComas
Department of State
T Hanks
Santos
Irmodiacy
State Department
Henry N. Kerp
Phil
M. D
National Military Home
Virginia
Grover Cleveland
Black
Persin James T. Healy
Beveridge
James Blair
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Edward A. Stevenson
Boise City
Idaho Territory
Canada
Mexico
Louisville
Evansville
Ind
Smith
Secretary of the Navy
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Supreme Court of the United States
Manning
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Eaton
Civil Service
E. Graves
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Fairchild
Coon
The
Mark W. Stevens
Mackinaw
Charles Hill
Nebraska
Santee
Moses Neal
Kansas
Sac and Fox
Indian Territory
Henry E. Williamson
Mississippi
Crow Agency
Montana
Bell
Foreign Mail Bureau
Bureau of Statistics
Superintendent of the Coast Survey
Alexander Agassiz
Coast Survey
Tre
New York Sun
Cleveland
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the Times
Sullivan Cou
J. C. Bartlett
Eprron and Proprietor
Med Wilson’s Bank
Republic of China
Ireland
Court House
Leon Sumerlin
Cumberland Democrat
Toledo
Cumberland County
Tws
Brick Pomeroy
Indiana
Dvluth
Oakes
Northern Pacific
Duluth
West Superior
Wisconsin
Bay
N.Y. Sun
N. Y. Mercantile Journal
Chicago and Indiana Railway
CoalCo
Cincinnati Telegram
New York State
Arthur
Davenport
Hill
Atlanta
Savannah
Galveston
Mobile
Charleston
Memphis
NatvuRp
Tur
Germany
Baron Waltershausen
Brazil
Blaine
Owitz
Laughlin Mills
Martin's Ferry
Ohio
Cheyenne
Wy. T
Montreal
Que
Board of Health
East End
Herald Office
Aes E Estee
Chihuahua
Pittsburg
James I. Bogers
Faton County
Roswell P. Flower
C. J. Paine
Boston
Warm Springs
North Carolina
Union Stove-Works
Peekskill
W. B.fleming
le Supreme Court of
New Jersey
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Cottonwood Point
Allerheny City
Pennsylvania
General Grant
Detroit
George E. Hand
James M. Dennis
Crawfordsville
Samuel N. Brooks
England
St. Louis
C. Arthur Preller
Coleman S. Adams
Framingham
Thomas Lumsden
Sir Peter Lumsden
Manitoba
Helon Itunt Jackson
Frank 8. Covey
Joliet
Illinois
Georgia
Fred F. Wilson
Edtor
Atlanta (Ga
Jounal
Charles LB. Betcham
Associated Press
Bishop Scott
Muncie
Massachusetts
Greenbackers
James Sumner
Milton
James A. Hinckley
National Civil-Service Commissioners
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Washington Territory
Seattle
Chipman
Taylor
Marion County
bearingPollard
Pollard
Salt Lake City
Hiram B. Clauson
Mormon Church
George Barton
Saybrook
McLean County
Narris
Bloomington
William H. Holmes
C. J.whitney
Saskatchewan
Abingdon
George W. Ward
W. M. White
White
White, Who Had Been Lying In Wait For Judge Ward
Christine Lagrange
Wasman
Neenah
John Kerwin
Kerwin
Oshkosh
Ferdinand Ward
Austin
Texas
Webster
Captain Howgate
Howegate
Capt
Howgate
Lieut Greely
Lieut. Greely
Lond Wolseley
Dublin
Spain
Caroline Islands
Thomas W. Stead
Pall Mall Gazette
General Booth
Salvation Army
Eliza Armstrong
National League
League
Alexander
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Balkans
Roumelia
Red Cross Society
Ras Aloula
Kassaia
St. Petersburg
Bul Rarin
Russia
Sultan
Kianul Pasha
Philippopita
Servia
Vienna
Alst
Thessaly
Atna Life Ins. Co
Rians & Berry
Real Estate Agts
Sullivan and
Sullivan County
Sol Goodman
Sullivan
Commercial Row
Lnciarma
Knox Go
Agricultural and Mechanical Society
Vincennes
W. W. Berry
Gerard Reiter
Sullivan Woolen Mills
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