Washington Notes on Senate Appointments and Guiteau Trial
The article lists Senate committee reassignments filling Burnside and Conkling vacancies, with Aldrich Lapham Miller and others. It reports opposition to pensions commissioner Dudley, outlines McDonald’s challenge, and covers a $1 million nitrate claim against Chile aided by Grant Boutwell and Cragin. It also notes Guiteau trial timing, Garfield mourning, and Windom's political standing.
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Washington
D. C
Aldrich
Lapham
Burnside
Conkling
Commerce
Miller
New York
Hawley
Teller
Pratt
Seaboard
Platt
Sewall
Laphami
Commissioner OF Pensions
Sulley
McDonald
Dudley
Indiana
Indiana Democracy
United States
Indianapolis
Pension Bureau
Davis
Illinois
State Department
Peru
Chili
Caimant
Cochet
Landreau
Congress
J. R. Shepherd
New York City
General Grant
Boutwell
Scott Lord
Eaton
Connecticut
Cragin
New Hampshire
Lima
Hurlbert
Guiteau
Scoville
High Waters Sweep Along the Mississippi River
Dispatches report rising Mississippi waters from Hannibal to Keokuk with railroad tracks submerged and towns in danger of inundation. Davenport and Alexandria face encroaching floods while Yorktown hosts troops and dignitaries amid battlefield atmosphere. Senator Beck cites river improvements as crucial to national transport.
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St. Louis
Senator Beck
Kentucky
St. Paul
Record Flood Drenches Dubuque River Valleys
A noted river man predicts the river will rise another foot or more as the freshet floods reaches unprecedented levels for the season. In Dubuque Iowa on October 18 the river spans two to three miles in width over bottom lands. Farms are underwater, cellars flooded, wood and lumber washed away, mills idle, and families displaced seeking higher ground. Upstream reports forecast up to six inches more rise.
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St. Louis
Mississippi River
Hannibal
Keokuk and
Say
Davenport
Dubuque
Keokuk
Iowa
Mississippi
Alexandria
Parnell Arrest Questioned at Cincinnati Meeting
Hon Ren Butterworth spoke to Irish supporters in Cincinnati about Charles Stewart Parnell. He argued Parnell is active in lawful debate for better Irish legislation and said his arrest would not harm the Irish cause. Resolutions urged calmness and deliberation.
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Cincinnati
Parnell
Ren. Butterworth
Ten Thousand Freemen Greet Prisoner Parnell in Cincinnati
A cablegram reports ten thousand Cincinnati freemen greeting imprisoned Irish leader Charles Stuart Parnell. The crowd stays peaceful and resolute as news circulates, urging calm and steadfast resistance.
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Cincinnati
Parnell
Iowa Election Returns Show GOP Majority In Senate Expected
Des Moines reports October 15 the latest returns set the next House with Republicans 72 Democrats 20 Greenback and Fusion 8 down from 81 13 5 1 respectively and the Senate with a five seat gain for Republicans giving a joint majority of 88. County results vary but won’t change the outcome more than two votes.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Greenback
Fusion
Senate
State Senate
I. M. Logan
Harrison County
Whiting
G. L. Johnson
T. 8. Simpson
Jackson County
Johnson
Give Sherman
Forgeries Loom Over New York Banking Market
The Evening Post reports a wave of forged commercial paper totaling about 100000 dollars. Signatures from Heustis Hamilton of Fort Wayne and others from Dayton and Columbus are involved, with brokers Hoag Luddington and John Stearns Jr distributing the fraud in small lots.
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New York
the Evening Post
Broadway National Bank
Heustis & Hamilton
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hoag & Luddington
John Stearns, Jr
Front Street
J. K. McIntyre & Co
Dayton
Ohio
Stevens, Wood & Thacker
Columbus
Brutal murder of Charles P. McGrail in Columbus
The body of Charles P. McGrail was found in northeast Columbus. He had enlisted days earlier and was attacked by three or four men, with a forehead welt and choking marks. Suspects escaped amid an old feud between locals and soldiers. McGrail, born 1856 in Yazoo Mississippi, was educated at Little Rock and recruited from St. Louis last Saturday.
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Long View
Texas
Breckville
Sloan
Hill
Lum
Hart
Carthage
Columbus
Charles P. McGrail
United States
McGrail
Yazoo
Miss
Little Rock
Injunction Continued in Cleveland Railway Suit
New York October 18 Judge Barrett extended the preliminary injunction in the James McHenry versus Hugh J Jewett case to restrain voting 11 477 shares of the Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway at the annual election. Loyalists Wounded London October 17 Eleven men returning from a boycotted farm near Post Arlington were killed and five wounded one seriously. Andrew and Patrick Gallagher arrested on suspicion of firing the shots.
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New York
Barrett
James McHenry
Hugh J. Jewett
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company
London
Post Arlington
Andrew
Patrick Gallagher
British Government May Aid Arctic Jeannette Expedition
A Times correspondent reports possible cooperation by the British Government in the international search for the Arctic exploring steamer Jeannette, signaling growing support for the expedition.
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London
The
Times
Friday's Storm Expands Across Europe with Damaging Reach
The hurricane extended to France Germany and the Netherlands with reports of great damage in the Netherlands. Communist journals show scant sympathy for Parnell and the Leaguers. Parnell in the infirmary in London on October 17 is listed with Dillon Sexton and O'Brien.
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London
France
Germany
Netherlands
Parnell
Leaguers
Dillon
Sexton
O’brien
Child Chews Snake in Arkansas Field Tale
Mr Robert James reports a chilling event in Chicot county where a one year old boy teething grabbed a black snake by the middle of its body and bit at it. The farmer father pried the serpent from the child saving a potential choking incident. The report notes the child’s biting instinct and the lack of rubber or pointed objects for teething. Short note adds a line about black metal owl ornaments with gem eyes.
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Little Rock
Ark
Robert James
Chicot County
What the Czar of Russia Eats
The St Petersburg dining scene shows Emperor Nicholas II enjoying zabuska at small corner tables with a decanter battery. He favors scitschi a secret beef and onion soup, Otroska pears and meat soup, hashed chicken cutlets, pork in milk, and a wide array of fish preparations with pickles and capons. Attendees wear full dress uniforms.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Denmark
Attorneys at Law listed in Sullivan Indiana area
A sequence of law firm notices shows Sullivan Indiana attorneys with offices in Crowder Block Young's store bank building and Commercial Row. Names include Mabie Horns CiGelsox Coulson Hays and J T Hays with focus on collections and prompt attention. A Terre Haute reference notes Maine Street office and court attendance in Sullivan.
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Attorneys At Law
Crowder Block
North Side
Sullivan, Ind
Young’s
Sullivan, Pe
Attorneys-at-Law
Sullivan
Indiana
Maine Street
Tui
Dith
South Side
Terre Haute
Didiana
Physician and Surgeon Practicing in Sullivan Indiana
A physician and surgeon maintains an office over Kelly's Jewelry Store in Sullivan Indiana. He offers prompt day and night attendance with special attention to chronic ailments and diseases of females.
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Kelly's
Sullivan, Inditat
Burks’ Ceroeery
North Ride of Public Square Red
Sullivan Indiana
Gcoharieis
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