Debating Marriage Law and Divorce across the States
A San Francisco Examiner editorial argues the family hearthstone underpins republic values and urges uniform strictness in marriage and divorce law. It cites California risks, cites Naquet in France, and highlights rising U.S. divorces with wives filing most petitions.
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California
American States
San Francisco Examiner
United States
Alaska
Congress
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia
France
Napoleon
Louis XVIII
M. Naquet
San Francisco
Duluth Tribune
Connecticut Supreme Court election ruling linked to Democrats
May 26 1891 Hartford report claims Branford election case holds so called for ballots irregular and illegal. If correct the decision would largely favor Democrats and conclude the statewide contest next week. Kansas Farmers Alliance mobilizes three thousand Sub Alliances to back third party in state outlook. Spokane reports Indian Colville lands sale to government at one dollar per acre opening for settlement and Indian allotment rights noted.
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Conn
Connecticut Supreme Court
Branford
N. Y. Herald
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Topeka
Farmers’ Alliance
Citizens’ Convention
Delaware
Rhode Island
People’s Party
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
St. Louis
Ocala
Fla
National Farmers’ Alliance
Omaha
Friends of
Sub-Treasury
Renevo Ee
Commission on Immigration to Sail for Europe
A Treasury Department appointed commission to study immigration, led by Gen. Charles H. Grosvenor, will sail from New York within three weeks to investigate European immigration issues. Members include Judson N. Cross, Walter H. Kempster, and Joseph Powderly. The group plans to meet in London to organize.
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Wshington
Secretary of the Treasury
Europe
Charles H. Grosvenor
Ohio
Judson N. Cross
Minnesota
Walter H. Kempster
Wisconsin
Joseph Powderly
Pennsylvania
New York
London
Immigration Investigations to Probe Deportation Policies
A commission will conduct a summer study on government and municipal aid to deporting criminals and paupers to the United States. Dr. Kempster leads asylum experience, Mr. Powderly scrutinizes contract-labor immigration, and Mr. Cross reviews criminal aspects. Chairman Grosvenor directs. report due at next Congress session.
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United States
Kempster
Powderly
Cross
Grosvenor
N. ¥. Times
Farmers resist eviction in Kansas town dispute
In Jewell City two years of debt dispute ended with a mob driving Bennett from his farm after foreclosure action. A law firm bought the property for a loan to a local school teacher. leaders of the mob face damages suits. Yellow fever strikes on ships Elvaston and Bencroy. multiple crewmen die or fall ill in Baltimore and Santos.
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Jewel City
Kansas
Joseph H. Bennett
Washington Township
Jewell City
Oscar Kinlesperger
Bennett
Kinlesperger
Farmers’ Alliance
Jewell County
Battimore
Elvaston
Steele
Maryland
Brazil
Rio Janeiro
Santos
A. D. How
Thomas Wardle
W. T. Chase
Baltimore
Pharos
St. John Thompson
Bencroy
Appleton
Capes
St. Jago
Cuba
Preacher Snubbed for Memorial Day Sermon Feud
The Rev Dr Parkehurst of Summerfield Methodist loses the Memorial Day sermon at Soldiers Home after a committee from the Grand Army of the Republic rejects his invitation amid veteran and Methodist discontent. His 1884 Chicago remarks against the Republican party and saloon influence are cited as factors. Captain Wright to lead tomorrow's services.
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Parkehurst
Summerfield Methodist Church
Soldiers’ Home
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Chicago
Army of Veterans
Wright
Corfu Jews flee as persecution grows in Greece
One thousand Hebrews have left Corfu amid anti Jewish disturbances. Greek Christian mobs face trials, with several policemen convicted for aiding rioters and five leaders expected to be sentenced to death. In London a warning letter threatened to assassinate Bishop Temple at St Pauls Cathedral but police thwarted the plot.
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London
the of
Frederick Temple
St. Paul’s Cathedral
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