Warner Weekly Stun and Oddities in Warmer News
An Indiana lawyer notes 800 dead laws in Indiana. A Maine constable uncovers a cement barrel packed with sand and a 30 gallon whisky keg inside. Edward Everett Hale questions the country’s naming after Americus Vespucci. Justice Lamar doubts young white southerners’ energy, while a Princeton president assures a mother her son will be well cared for or returned.
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President Patton
Princeton
Dr. Patton
General Boulanger sells manuscript for 40000 dollars
Gen. Boulanger reportedly sold the manuscript of his upcoming subscription book on the German invasion of France for forty thousand dollars. The saying goes that the pen is mightier than the sword in the hands of powerful men.
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Boulanger
France
Stolen Ohio Horse Returns to Owner Alone After Two Years
A horse stolen from an Ohio farmer two years ago returned on its own. It bore a saddle and bridle and was traced over 40 miles to the inn where it first broke loose, but no claimant appeared.
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Ohio
First woman preacher Antoinette Brown Blackwell noted
Rev Antoinette Brown Blackwell once led an Ohio Congregational church thirty five years ago and is now a Unitarian residing in Elizabeth New Jersey. The statement highlights her pioneering role as the country’s first woman preacher.
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Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Elizabeth
N. J
Remarkable memories and curious natural oddities headline
Amherst College president greets graduates by name and even first names of freshmen. A physician cites a tale of a mother marking strokes on paper for a sick daughter. A Hopkinsville jury verdict episode is reported with a majority decision, and a San Antonio jeweler records a hornet nest inside a clock. Oneida county beetle shower alarms residents as June bugs swarm lights.
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Seelye
Amherst College
Louisville Courier- Journal
Hopkinsville
Oneida County
N. Y
Ibi
Senate Rejects Open Session On Usherine Treaty
Senate vote 28 to 27 against open session for the usherine treaty. Hale joined Democrats against the Riddleberger resolution. House actions include sales of Flathead lands in Bitter Root Montana and various rail right of way measures. Senate committees advance Hatch bill on agriculture and Indian appropriations. Post office bill passed amid western service critique.
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Senate
Hale
Messiane
Toule
Bitter Root Valley
Mont
Senate Committee On Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Committee On Appropriations
Quadruple Murder at Readstown Wisconsin Farm
Neighbors discover Reuben Drake his wife and two grandchildren dead in a Readstown area farmhouse near Kickapoo Wisconsin. Victims had gunshot wounds and throats cut. a third bullet or stab incident left a surviving infant dying. The motive appears to be robbery of a pension funds. Local residents recall three shots heard near eleven o clock that night. Police search for a nearby suspect familiar with the pension money.
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Kickapoo
Wis
Reuben Drake
James Dupee
Drake
Readstown
Viroqua
Lalfa Ile
Drake's
Wisconsin
Presbyterian Centennial Unites North and South in Philadelphia
Presbyterians from the Northern and Southern general assemblies gather for the first reunion after more than 25 years. About 5,000 attendees fill the Academy of Music and Horticultural Hall, with leaders from both sides sharing fraternal greetings and addresses on the history and future of Presbyterianism.
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North
Presbyterian Church
Academy of Music
Horticultural Hall
Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church In America
J. J. Bullock
Southern General Assembly
William H. Roberts
Joseph T. Smith
Baltimore
James McCain
Princeton College
John Hall
New York
Charles H.stoddard
The
New York Observer
Dr. Bullock
Dr. Smith
General Assembly
Jesus
Dr. Cuyier
Brooklyn
Presbyterianism For
T. Dwight Witherspoon
Lowinville
Porticular Hall
Academy
Dakota Admission Debate Roars in Congress
A heated House session centers on South Dakota's push for statehood. Speaker Gifford denounces current carpetbagger rule over Dakota with officials chosen from outside the territory, sparking sharp exchanges as Butterworth Springer and others challenge the plan amid a lively partisan melee.
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South Dakota
Dakota
Gifford
Butterworth
Springer
Five New Bishops Elected by M E Conference
Drs Newman and Goodsell added to the Methodist Episcopal list as bishops. Newman born 1826 in New York City. served as editor, pastor, and senator chaplain. Goodsell born 1840 in Newburg and long New York area minister. The confirmation completes the episcopal roster.
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Newman
Goodsell
Newman and
M. FE
New York
John Philip Newman
New York City
Cazenovia Seminary
Methodist Episcopal Church
New Orleans
United States Senate
Grant
United States
Madison Avenue Congregational Church
Gen. Grant
British Society of Biblical Archivology
Daniel A. Goodsell
Church Board of Education
Newburg
N. Y
Buell Goodsell
Universits of
Dakota convention calls span North and South Dakota
Gen Hugh J Campbell leads a planned general convention of 700 delegates at Huron on July 10 and 11 to unite divisionists and statehood supporters. Additional July 12 calls target legal bar farmers bankers editors ministers to review and steer the Dakota movement amid pension and finance news.
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Dakota
Hugh J. Campbell
North
South Dakota
Huron
H. J. Campbell
Yankton
John A. Owen
de Smet
J. G Headley
Salem
Central Committee
D. W. Diggs
Milbank
Dakota Press
Angnatine Davis
Dakota Huronite
W. 8. Bowen
Yankton Press
Dakotian
D.D. McCaslin
Joseph Ward
D. D
Yankton College
C. E. Hager
Madison
Evolution and the Bible at Georgia Synod debate
The Southern Presbyterian assembly in Baltimore resumed Rev. Dr. Woodrow’s appeal. He defended belief in Adam’s miraculous creation and argued Scripture guides but does not constrain scientific questions. The Georgia synod case hinges on whether his views conflict with biblical standards. The debate also covered convict labor reform and passage of a labor department bill with related constitutional objections.
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Cience
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Baltimore
Woodrow
Georgia
Adam
Paddington
Brown
Presbytery
Augusta
Synod of Georgia
William Adams
Acton
Georgia Synod
Mr. Woodrow
Two New Bishops Elected at New York Conference
At a New York conference Ray Dr J H Vincent of the Rock River and Rev J W Fitzgerald of the New Jersey conference were elected bishops. Vincent, born November 28 1832 in Tuscaloosa Alabama, has held multiple charges in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and led the Northwestern Sunday School Union and Chan tengna circle efforts. Fitzgerald studied at Newark and Princeton and has a long clergy record, with local presiding roles and missionary society service. A fourth ballot followed by adjournment set a five year time limit.
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New York
Ray
J. H. Vincent
Rock River
J. W. Fitzgerald
New Jersey
Dr. Vincent
Tuscaloona
Ala
Pennsylvania
Milton and
Lewisburg
Newark Wesleyan Institute
Baltimore
Inlinois
Northwestern
Sunday School Union
Lewis Miller
Chantengna Circle
Ape
Newark, N. &. i
Newark A
Railroads Seek Rights Through Indian Reservations
Senator Sabin introduced a bill to grant the Duluth & Winnipeg railroad right of way through Fond du Lac Indian reservation Minnesota. The measure limits the right of way and allows two stations on the reservation with additional space for stations and related facilities. The senate also passed a bill granting Milwaukee Lake Shore Western railway access through Lac de Flambeau penetration and Yankton Missouri Valley Railroad through Yankton reservation Washington Territory amid various amendments.
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Hudd
House
Senate
Milwaukee, Lakeshaw & Western Road
Lac Duc Flanbeau Reservation
Wisconsin
Nelson
Duluth & Winnipeg
James D Jenkins
Osage
Iowa
Sisseton
Dakota
United States
West
Manderson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western Union
Duluth, Rainy Lake River & Southwestern Railway Company
Red River
Minonesota
Committee On Foreign Affairs
John Curtin Kent
Kent
London
Toole
Montana
Voorhees
Washington Territory
Territories
Stevenson
Senate Finance
Sherman
Morgan
Senat Comants
Sabin
Fond du Lac
Minnesota
Yankton & Minsouri
Illness of Gen Sheridan Reported in Washington
The Washington rumor mill cites Lieutenant Herald as reporting Gen Sheridan gravely ill. For days doctors, priests, and family waited as his condition fluctuated, with friends fearing the worst while medical staff gathered at the residence through Monday night.
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Herald
Washington
Sheriden
Sheridan
Villard influence stirs Milwaukee on Oregon and Transcontinental ties
The telegraph of Henry Villard reshapes control doubts over Northern Pacific and Oregon and Transcontinental lines. His financing steadies Oregon rental firm and buys bonds as German supporters back the Oregon Transportation venture with aims to loom large in the company’s future.
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Cossip
Henry Villard
Northern
Oregon & Transsonspany
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Central Railway
Villard
Strang Villard
Transcontinental Company
Fern Pacific Railroad
Pon Villard
Oregon Rental Company
Lawful Senate Action on a Post Office Clerk Allowance
A report from Lawrence reflects a Senate dispute over a $625 extra clerk hire allowance for L. J. Warder. The master general fixed allowances. the Senate declined the additional pay as dangerous to department discipline. The message and bill were sent to the secretary of the Senate and withheld until session.
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Presid
Senate
Billy Relief
L. J. Warder
Lawrence
Ian
Hoar
Ps Roe
Misformulated Fragments Spark Puzzle of a Historian
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a historical discussion involving Talmage and unnamed figures. The readable bits reference dates or passages but lack clear events, names, or places to form a coherent news item. The piece appears damaged and inconclusive.
Who Was the Forger
Marie and Smith of No 208 Third Street Philadelphia appear in a forged offer case using a named firm and an anesthe to send bogus bonds to Secretary FF. The scheme involved 5 million dollars in 4 percent bonds and 5 265100 in 1 8 per cent notes. The forger attempted to imitate the firm and misled Mr Fairchild before authorities traced the crime. A reported Treasury inquiry followed with possible stock jobbing motive. The case is under active investigation.
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Ture
United St
Page
Double Railroad Wreck Losses and Injuries Reported
A fierce rail accident near Kansas City involving Hannibal and Wabash lines killed multiple workers and injured several others. A bridge collapse from rain sent a Rock Island freight car into debris while a Wabash freight curve killed another worker. Rescue efforts and uncertain fatalities continued as both lines rerouted trains.
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Kansas City
Hannibal & Wabash
Para
Royston
Adgerte Tion
Kan
Edward C
Hannibal Freight
Hen McClellan
John Snydyr
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