Interesting talk with Louis Riel in Regina prison
A New York Herald correspondent reports on Louis Riel's prison cell at Regina, his defiant interview about the 1885 rebellion, his claim he did not raise the uprising, his spirit visions, and his attacks on Sir John A. Macdonald and Archbishop Taché.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Herald
Regina
Riel
Louis Riel
Connors
Henry Molaski
Sir John
United States
Batoche
Nolin
Canada
Mr. Riel
Saskatchewan
Gabriel
David
Hudson Bay Company
John
John Bull
Saiell
Archbishop Tache
Dubue
John A. Macdonald
Gillespie
the Prairie
Beecher Opposes Tariff at Chicago Conference
At a Chicago free trade gathering David A. Wells led as president while Henry Ward Beecher denounced tariffs. He urged direct taxation to fund government and called protection the devil's jugglery amid audience laughter. He praised liberty and warned of unemployed workers and overproduction shaping policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
David A. Wells
Henry Ward Beecher
Mr. Beecher
Beecher
National Labor Organization
Funeral of John McCullough Draws Citywide Tributes in Philadelphia
The funeral in Philadelphia drew 8 000 mourners inside St George's hall with 10 000 more unable to enter. Rev Dr Robert Hunter read from the Bible and Rev John S McIntosh delivered the prayer and address. The Elks escorted the remains to Monument cemetery with help from Lodges in New York St Louis and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCullough
Philadelphia
St. George's Hall
Robert Hunter
God
Bertha Ricci
Johns. McIntosh
W. H. Morton
Kens‘ngton
Presbyterian Church
B. P. O. Elks
New York
St. Louis
Chicago
Monument Cemetery
Endowment Drive For Tacoma Girls Seminary and Ricere College
Bishop Paddock’s Tacoma mission grows with Charles B Wright of Philadelphia pledging 50000 dollars for a girls seminary and a Ricere college to open by January 1, 1886. A Brooklyn donor plans to supply natural history specimens books and a telescope as Tacoma’s clear skies promise a valuable observatory aid.
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Paddock
Brooklyn
Tacoma
Washington Territory
Charles B. Wright
Philadelphia
Arooklyn
American Astronomical Association
Curtain Fire Delays Romeo and Juliet At Union Square
In New York a crimson plush tableau curtain caught fire just before the tomb scene in Romeo and Juliet at Union Square theater. The drop curtain hid the blaze as the orchestra played on and Miss Mather continued Juliet after the fire was extinguished, with the audience unaware until leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union Square Theater
Miss Mather
Juliet
Dakota and Montana notes mix of crimes, fires, politics
Miscellaneous items report court demurrers in Yankton, fires at Bozeman and Pingree, political contests in Iowa and Dakota, a self defense conviction, land titles for occupying claimants, railroad and mill activity, and a description of the new Great Government Building in Washington with scale and features.
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Anderson
Whapeton, Dak
Renville
Dakota
Lafabre
Deadwood
Lovely & Webb
Salesville
Northern
Petcific
Wisconsin Central
Abbottsford
Wis
St. Paul
Minnesota
Central
Transer
Iowa
Milwaukee Road
Washington
R. J. McKee
Creston
Supreme Court
Frank Grison
Spearfish
Dak
Masonic Order of
Pierre, Dak
Fort Assinaboine
Composing Room Statistics Census Findings Across States
The article reviews a census table on printing type usage in Rye States with figures for New York Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio and Iowa. It notes average types set per case and compares daily and weekly newspaper output with state differences and potential scale to book volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rye
New York
Louisiana
New Mexico
District of Columbia
Wyoming
Alabama
Appleton
Atlantic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Northwestern News Notes
Mr. Webb
Montana
Yellowstone County
Frank Cheat
Jack Moore
Miles City
Mon
Alice Company
Cedar Rapids
George Harris
Massachusetts
New Haven
Ill
Fox River Valley
Mitscherlich
Europe
Len Lottridge
California
la Crosse
M. D. Toof
Oshkosh
Mont
Samuel Hitchcock
le Claire
Scott County
Mount Pleasant
Reuben Richmond
Virginia City
Eau Claire
Joseph de Boise
Kinnear
Waupun
George McDonald
A. J. Edgerton
Supreme Court of Dakota
Sparks
James Young
Illinois State Prison
Allen
Sandwich
E. W. Miller
United States Land Office
Hurongga
Sandford
Texas
Sheboygan Falls
Wasin
St. Cloud
Marion C. “Yore
Greene County
Lynchburg
Dakota Territorial News
Mitchell Republican
Letcher & Gray
Ben Arthur
Bismarck
Rapid City
Alden & Waters
Pingree
Vermont
Edmunds County
J. B. McCorkell
Slanton
Joseph Bobeau
Popes
Joseph
Hastings & Dakota
Aberdeen
George B. Armstrong
Huron
Davenport
The
Gazette
Congregational
Cooperstown
Billy Wilson
Rapid City W
Jesse Borland
Arthur Organ
Bud Baird
Borland
Wilson
Lincoln County
Canton
William Wilson
Burlington & Northern
Altoona
Iowa Falls
Elkton
Flandreau
Mitchell
Beresford
William Morrison
Valley City
Rev
Shaffner
John D. Smith
Kidder County
Steele
W. N. Pase
First National Bank of
Sioux Falls
J. B. Young
R. J. Wells
Aiden & Waters
Davison County
James Grundy
Charles Rhodes
Rhodes
Missouri
Grundy
Huron Land Office
Minneapolis & Northern Elevator Company
Park River
Capitol
Cleveland
Baltimore
War Department
United States Army
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