California City Population Claims Spark Dispute
Warner Weekly Sun reports Oakland claiming 50,000 residents while Los Angeles boosts to 55,000. alleges fraud in returns as census 18090 looms. San Francisco Chronicle cheers a Pacific coast migration of Chinese to Atlantic cities led by New York amid declining Chinese business in California.
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Oakland
San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
New York
George W. Badgerow
Ontario
W. H Ordan
C. M. Masters
Wisconsin
W. R. Graham
Iowa
M. W. Sackett
Pennsylvania
J. H. Lenhart
J. H. Child
Oregon
William Butts
Maryland
B. Berry
Kansas
H. B
Decline in French Death Sentences 1881 to 1885
Between 1881 and 1885 France sentenced 145 people to death. Only seven were women and seventeen were aged sixteen to twenty. Seventy were agricultural laborers, with forty-eight workmen, fifteen commercial employees, eight servants, one notary, and one private gentleman among the rest. 113 could read and write.
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France
Oil Fueled Passenger Train Proves Successful on Pennsylvania Route
A mail and passenger train from Altoona to Pittsburg ran on crude oil fuel via a tank in the tender delivering oil through pipes to the furnace. The test reported complete success with good speed and no smoke or cinders. The fuel is claimed cheaper than coal, suggesting possible full conversion on major roads if true.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Altoona
Pittsburg
US Mexico postal convention approved by President Cleveland
The postal treaty between the United States and Mexico has been approved and ratifications exchanged. It takes effect July 1 1887 and aims to create a single postal territory for North and South America with mail at the origin country rates. A similar treaty with Canada is pending.
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United States of America
United Mexican States
Cleveland
North
South America
Canada
Maxwell The St Louis Murderer Faces Execution
Maxwell, the St Louis murderer, is to be hanged on August 12 for one of the most remarkable crimes in U S history. Detectives traced him from St Louis to Auckland New Zealand, crossing 14000 miles to capture him and bring him back to face justice. He arrived in St Louis in custody on August 15 1885 four months after the murder.
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Maxwell
St. Louis
Eure
Auckland
New Zealand
Jon
Dakota railroad board weighs Y junction at Aberdeen
The Dakota railroad commission met in the capitol with Chairman Griggs Abe Boynton N T Smith and Secretary Quinn. They considered a proposed Y between the Milwaukee St Paul and Manitoba roads at Aberdeen to aid grain shipment and debated if Milwaukee must purchase land. The board also pressed for depot upgrades at Aberdeen and transfer tracks at Watertown while enforcing grain and warehouse laws to protect farmers. The session set price and freight actions benefiting territorial institutions and planned a Fargo conference July 11 to discuss law enforcement.
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Bismarck
Dakota Railroad Commission
Capitol
Griggs
Abe Boynton
N. T. Smith
Quinn
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Manitoba
Aberdeen
Ipswich
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Road
Rosewell Miller
Milwanee
Legislative Assembly
Fargo
Watertown
St. Paul
Messrs. Boynton and
Smith
South Dakota
Desert Land Law Amendments for Proof Requirements
The commissioner of the general land office with interior approval issues an amendatory order governing desert land entries. It narrows entry to lands bordering water bodies unless desert character is clearly proven and requires witnesses to state residence and business. Declarations, affidavits, and depositions may be taken by land officers or local courts, with options for unorganized counties and adjacent county affidavits.
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General Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
United States Land Officers
Sctacteranes Sect
Bureaus of
Clover Land
Supreme Lodge United Workmen Adopts Revisions
The supreme lodge of the Ancient Order United Workmen adjourned in Milwaukee after an eight day session on June 28. It revised laws defining powers of the supreme and grand, adjusted relief distribution, updated the 1886 ritual act, and planned a monument over Father Upchurch at Bellefontaine cemetery in St. Louis and a memorial hall in Meadville Pennsylvania.
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Supreme Lodge United Workmen
Supreme Lodge
Ancient Order United Workmen
Milwaukee
Supreme
Grand
Father Upchurch
Bellefontaine
St. Louis
Meadville
Conviction of Jacob Sharp in Broadway Surface bribery case
In New York on Wednesday the 29th inst the trial of Jacob Sharp ended in a guilty verdict after a long prosecution of bribery involving Sharp Forshay & Kerr and the Broadway Surface company. He faces up to ten years at hard labor or a $5000 fine with mercy to be pronounced on July 13.
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New York
Jacob Sharp
Col
Fellows
Sharp
Forshay & Kerr
Broadway Surface Company
Ludlow Street
Ald. Falgraff
Board of Aldermen
Broadway Surface Railway Company
Jacline
Sing Sing
Fulgraff
Canada
Philadelphia
Mra
Sarah Ellen Robinson
Thomas B. Miller
United States District Court
Boston
United States
Byron V. Johnson
Gen. Banks
Johnson
R. L. Cohen
Danvill
Mannvill
R. L
Binghampton
N. Y
John L. Aicie
Robert N. Mills
Elmira
Hallion
Washington
William Kellow
William Pengilly
Vandersigns
Paul Hastaing
Vulcan
Norway
Mich
Hurley
Wis
Ten Broeck
F. B. Harper
Woodford County
Marshfield
Geo. Boulanger
Mons
Scilla
London
Mort Persico
Gauldi
Dublin
Sarah Bernhardt
Queenstown
Richmoos Hey Cvanaes
Aalle
Bera
Hardt' Mi M
Washif
End of the National Fiscal Year Report
Washington reports the fiscal year closed June 30 with receipts above estimates. Internal revenue totals 118,500,600, driven by oleomargarine taxes. customs receipts reach about 218,000,000, about 8,000,000 over estimates. Projected next year customs income is 118,000,000, while the surplus shrinks.
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Washington
Treasury
Manning
Marshfield Fire Destroys Uphams Plant and Much of Town
A major blaze in Marshfield Wisconsin gutted Uphams Manufacturing woodyard and most of the business district. Flames raged for hours destroying mills depots and other structures. Estimated losses exceed 1 million dollars with many residents homeless. The fire was contained by evening and only one store survived.
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Upham
Theople
Wisconsin Central
Winn Conbal
St. Pal
Itepate
New Knights of Labor Constitution Adopted in Broad Vote
The Knights of Labor approve a new constitution by about a three quarters majority. A separate clause to form national trades assemblies was ratified similarly. The trade assembly provision requires three months notice to locals and limits meetings to members of the trade.
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Knights of Labor
Fragmented 19th century news update with multiple items
Local assemblies debate chartering a trade body while road bonds and a Red River valley project face delays. International ties unfold with Queen Victoria events and Langtry residence moves. Crimes, bankruptcies, strikes, and a deadly mine accident fill the docket with municipal and national implications.
Series of Local and National Incidents Noted in Telegraphic Dispatches
The report lists varied items from Pullman Washington to Jeffersonville Indiana including a young woman Miss Sarah Aldrich shot dead by pistol and a dispute over death by self action claims. Desperadoes captured near Alpine Michigan, a sheriff shot in the leg, and a prisoner attempting self harm are recorded. Further items include bank receivership in Cincinnati, a railroad agent's death in New York, and complaints about rail fare practices. Yachting races, rowing contests, and university timber sales in Wisconsin are noted along with Indian commission findings and policy discussions. The mix portrays a broad telegraphic digest of crime, transport, finance, sport, and public affairs.
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Pullman
Wash
Ter
Jeffersonville
Ind
Sarah ‘Ty Aldrich
George Jette
C. H. Pratt
Prattsboro
Omaha
Aktland
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Alpine
Mich
Lynch
Ravenna
Ohio
David Armstrong
Jackson
Fidelity Bank of Cincinnati
Armstrong
Flist National Bank of Jackson
F. William Smith
Grand Trunk Railroad
New York
W. H. Hoard
Mt. Zion M. E
Charleston
D. C
Interstate Commission
Maxwell Land Grant
Raton
N. M
Smith
Illinois
Chicago
Oglesby
Genesta
Thistle
Irex
Yatch Club
Harvard University
Columbia College
Thames
New London
Gates River
Winthrop Point
Yale
Manitoba
Northwestern
Myron Brown
Nicollet House
Iowa Supreme Court
Cornell University
Ashland County
Wis
Erdenheim
Ellesslie
N W. Kitteen
J. R. Hancock
Richard K. Fox
William
Ariz
Mapedunten
Patrick Ford
Vatican
Patalyats
Dent
Penokes Group
Astland County
Edward McGlynn
Northwestern Indian Commission
Northwest
Minnesota
Montana
Idaho
Bois Fort
Grand
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Canadian Pacific
First National Bank of
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Phelps
Blaine
Buckingheam Palace
Morgan
Pat Hanley
Bill Harrington
Alpena
McMunn
Hoehn
Hulligan
Jack Hayes
Philip Mueller
McGlynn
Louisville
August Berning
Hartford
Hubbard & Farmer
Thele
Eyeas
Green County
Elliott
the Kid
Wichita
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