Export Whisky in Bond Question Stirs Washington
In Washington, Secretary Folger and Assistant Secretary French clash over exporting whisky in bond to dodge taxes. The matter, brought to the Attorney General, centers on legality and the risk of Congress disallowing bond extensions or tax relief. The Interior and other agencies issue notices on Indian rations and land claims, while varied domestic incidents and a fatal ship gale, arson attempt, and violent acts weave through a turbulent news brief.
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Bond
Folger
French
Congress
Internal Revenue Law Officer
Department
New York and Brooklyn Bridge Opens Amid Enthusiasm
The bridge opening on the 24th drew huge crowds in New York and Brooklyn with perfect weather. The day became a citywide holiday in Brooklyn. business paused, homes decorated, salutes fired as the presidential party crossed. Vice-President Kingsley presented the bridge to the cities, received by Mayors Edson and Lowe. Abram Hewitt and Rev Richard Storrs delivered orations. a grand fireworks display capped the evening.
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New York and Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Terminal Station
Kingsley
Edson
New York
Lowe
Abram
Hewitt
Richard
Storrs
Navy
S2ond Division
James Jourdan
Remsen
Clinton
New York Tower
Columbus
Greene
Trinity
St. Paul
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Absence of Judge Krum Still Unexplained
The article notes the unexplained absence of Judge Chester A. Krum of St. Louis with no information forthcoming from his family or friends about his whereabouts. It also reports Pennsylvania Governor vetoing a pension bill for Mexican War veterans and widows, noting prior veto patterns by predecessors and a sustained House vote.
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Chester A. Krum
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
House
Business dispatches by region and week change
The Mercantile Agency G Dunn & Co New York reports week sevend sending on the 25th number 158 down from 171 last week a reduction of 13 Regions totals New England 17 Western 41 Southern 37 Middle 28 Pacific 18 New York City 7 and Canada 15.
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G. Dunn & Co
New York
New England States
Pacific States and Territories
New York City
Canada
Postmaster of Pipersville Sentenced for Washed Stamps
Abraham O. Hickman former postmaster of Pipersville Pennsylvania was sentenced to nine months in prison and a one hundred dollar fine for using washed stamps in a case involving postal law violations.
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Abraham O. Hickman
Pipersville
Whole Family Poisoned in Paterson Tragedy
Paterson New Jersey tale reports five member McLaren family poisoned after eating beef stew suspected to be tampered with by an enemy. Two died and others in precarious condition as authorities investigate. Reform Association versus Saloon Heepers regards Buffalo New York saloon-keepers filing protest against further per.
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Robert McLaren
Paterson, N. J
Arrival of the Embezzlers at New York Firm
Sinclair and Halliday clerks at Lang, Robinson & Co. flour dealers in New York arrived from Havana as prisoners. The firm accuses them of fraud and embezzlement.
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Sinclair and Halliday
Lang, Robinson & Co
New York
Havana
Drowning Incidents Reported From Three States
Miss Lena Maxet of Rivertown Iowa and two Beard children drowned at Arlington Kansas on the 26th while boating. Wayie Charles and Bird Milliken, brothers, fishing near Philadelphia on the 26th, one fell overboard and the other helped. both drowned. Two boys and a negro drowned at Martins Ferry West Virginia on the 26th when a buggy being washed into the river capsized during a turn.
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Lena Maxet
Rivertown
Iowa
J. W. Beard
Arlington
Kansas
Wayie Charles
Bird Milliken
Philadelphia
Martin’s Ferry
W. Va
Fire losses and affected properties listed in ledger
On the 25th Ischberg Brothers of Louisville report losses totaling 30000. A H Petrie & Company of Muskegon Wisconsin lists 57000 in claims. Conrad Wolf residence at Glendale Ohio shows 700 damage. John Floyd residence in West Jefferson C reports 8000. A livery stable in Paducah Kentucky sustains 10000 in losses.
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Ischberg Brothers
Louisville
A. H. Petrie & Company
Muskegon
Wisconsin
Conrad Wolf
Glendale
Ohio
John Floyd
West Jefferson
Paducah
Fatal Boiler Explosions Strike California and Illinois
The steamer Pilot blew its boilers near Lakeville California killing eight people and wounding seven with ten missing likely dead. Defective flues are blamed. A boiler in Harris mill near Mattoon Illinois exploded on the 26th, killing one man and seriously injuring two others.
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Lakeville
Cal
Harris’ Mill
Mattoon
Ill
Kentucky Republicans Nominate Slate at Lexington Convention
The Republican State Convention of Kentucky met in Lexington on the 23d to nominate Wm. Cassius Goodloe for Governor. Walter Evans was elected President. On the 24th Gen. S. Fry was nominated for Lieutenant Governor, Louis C. Garrigus for Attorney General, Leroy Hawthorne for Auditor, A. Parley for Treasurer, Rev. J. P. Pinkerton for Superintendent of Public Instruction, and J. W. Asbury, colored, for Register of the Land Office.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Wm. Cassius Goodloe
Walter Evans
Fry
Louis C. Garrigus
Leroy
J. W. Asbury
Personal crisis reports and murders in scattered summaries
Mrs. Mary Cooley a widow aged seventy three of West Mexico Missouri on the 24th killed herself by driving eight inch plant scissors into her skull the weapon penetrated the brain she endured hours of agony two self inflicted injuries noted Miss Alice Bellman of McFarlands Lunenburg County Virginia on the 23rd murdered her infant child the murderer buried the body but later found and confessed GEORGE Cramer near Livingston Kansas on the 23rd proposed marriage to Miss Lizzie Wenzell but she...
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Mary Cooley
Mexico
Alice Bellinan
McFarland’s
Lunenburg County
George Cramer
Livingston
Kansas
Lizzie Wenzell
Coronation Ceremonies of the Czar and other items
The article reports Alexander III being crowned Emperor of Russia in Moscow on the 27th, noting vast displays of public devotion, unity between czar and people, and a 2,000,000 pound coronation cost funded by treasury bills. It adds brief items on Hangings in Dublin, a New York rescue, rail mergers, hospital meat safety, a Mo. tragedy, a Bay City shooting, miners' wives forcing mine closures, Waukesha riot after Sunday saloon ban, and New York milestones near the Brooklyn Bridge opening.
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St. Petersburg
Moscow
Alexander III
Russia
Cathedral of the Holy Assumption
Kremlin
Academy
St. Clair County
Ill
Rose Hill
Hamilton
Waukesha
Wis
Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge A Gala City Parade
The article chronicles the grand opening of the Brooklyn Bridge with a towering procession from the City Hall to the New York and Brooklyn towers. It details the military escort, dignitaries, fireworks, and civic pride, plus a technical account of construction led by Roebling and son. It notes early crossings, structural specs, and the bridge’s vast traffic capacity.
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Columbia Heights
Roebling
Bridge
Mayor Low
Brooklyn
New York
Great Bridge
Seventh Regiment
N. G
State of New York
Emmons Clark
Park and
Fifth Avenues
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Madison Square
Hotek
Arthur
Edson
Frelinghuysen
Folger
Gresham
Chandler
Brewster
Marshal McMichael
District of Columbia
Allen Arthur
T. J. Phillips
Rollins
Cleveland
Ludlow
New Jersey
Fairbanks
Vermont
Stryker
Slocum
Littlefield
Rhode Island
Cart
Robertson
Cox
William Windom
Keifer
Brooklyn Bridge
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
City Hall Park
City Hall
New York Tower
Twenty-third Regiment, National Guard
Major Low
Society of Old Brooklynites
Hancock
Atlantic
Upshur
Port of
Offcers
United States Army
France and Cuba Fight at Hansi Tonquin
In a battle at Hansi Tonquin on the 26th, fourteen French were killed and twenty wounded. France faces a threatened rupture with China over the Ton qui ti affair as officials in Pekin and Paris receive their passports. Li Hung Chang is ordered to lead Chinese troops and is daily expected at Shanghai. Two French companies have been sent to the scene, with more en route.
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France
Cuba
Hansi
Tonquin
China
Pekin
Paris
Li Hung Chang
Shanghai
Emigrants Pass Through Hull Ahead of America
Report notes thousands of emigrants, mostly Germans, have passed through Hull in recent days en route to the United States. A plot to assassinate the Romanian king at Parliament’s opening session was uncovered, with several arrests and heightened precautions. United States minister Levi Wallace in Constantinople filed a protest against Turkey’s 8 percent ad valorem import duty.
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Hull
England
America
Romania
United States
Levi Wallace
Constantinople
Prominent Muskingum divorce case and Ohio notices
Mrs Sates seeks a divorce on grounds that her husband uses daily family worship to read passages condemning sins and berates her before their children. The report also covers Ohio patent grants, a Telegraph pole dispute in Columbus, pardons, arrests for false pretenses, and varied local items from courts and public life.
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P. Sates
Muskingum County
Supreme Court
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