Last Hours of Louis Riel Attendants Speak on Execution
Special Telegram reports Father McWilliams who aided Louis Riel describes the condemned leader’s final hours. Riel, a Montreal classmate, expressed readiness to die and requested baptism. Coroner Dr. Dodds recounts the breaking of the neck at the drop. Pere Andre recalls Riel’s daily Bible reading and chats about the Scott murder and rebellion.
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Wrixyteeg
Man
Father McWilliams
Riel
Montreal
Louis Davip Riel
Dodds
Pere Andre
Scott
Thomas Scott
Scot
Sir John Macdonald
Duck Lake
Gabriel Dumont
Prince Albert
Carlton
Kiel
Batoche
Pierre Paranteau
M. Riel
Sir John
Capt. White Fraser
Canada
Ulem
Orego Vilege
Andre
Smane
The New Oregon Senator Mitchell Elected on Third Ballot
J H Mitchell won the United States senate seat at Salem on the third ballot after Democrats realigned, with Republicans also switching to him. Mitchell, a Portland resident born June 22 1835 in Pennsylvania, has a long career in law and politics including Portland corporation attorney, Oregon state senator and lieutenant colonel in the militia. He took his Senate seat March 4 1873 and later returned to private life in 1879.
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Oregon
J. H. Mitchell
United States
Salem
Mitchell
John Hipple Mitchell
Portland
Washington County
California
San Luis Obispo
San Francisco
United States Senate
Henry W. Corbett
General Black Explains Desertion Pension Ruling
On September 4 Commissioner Black of the post office issued a ruling denying pension applications where War Department records show desertion. He provided an explanation of the ruling’s intent and its implications for claimants.
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Black
Poeston Office
War Department
Ruling Aims to Speed Pension Adjudication on Desertion Charges
The official says the ruling confines adjudication to strong claims and will speed processing by removing technical desertion charges. Claims and attorneys are now notified of date and place of such charges, enabling prompt removal when properly presented, accelerating pension office work.
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Pension Office
National Grange Elects Officers for Current Year
The National Grange elected officers including Hon. P. A. Darden as worthy master and J. C. Draper as overseer with several state and local officials named. A committee led by Gov. Robie of Maine presented resolutions urging study of principles, defense of law, biennial state elections, equal rights for women, and elevating the agriculture commissioner to a cabinet post.
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National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry
P. A. Darden
J. C. Draper
Mortimer Whitehead
New Jersey
A. J. Rose
Texas
J. E. Hale
West Virginia
W. I. Sterson
New Hampshire
Stewart
M. McDowell
New York
John Trimble
Washington
D. C
Henry Thompson
Delaware
Kate Darden
Mississippi
Pomona
H. Neal
Kentucky
Flora
James C. Draper
Massachusetts
Gov. Robie
Maine
Ariculture
Government Secret Service annual report on counterfeiting arrests
The chief of the secret service division reports 444 arrests last fiscal year for passing and manufacturing counterfeit money. About $305,580 in counterfeit notes were seized, with other plates and dies destroyed. He notes $100,000 in base money in circulation and rising coin counterfeiting due to nickel value disparities. Recommendations seek dies and moulds legislation and expanded powers to combat fraud against the government.
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Secret Service Division
Solicitor of the Treasury
United States
Third National Bank of Cincinnati
Army Major Penalized for Gambling in Public Saloon
Maj. J. A. Payne of the Nineteenth Infantry was sentenced to forfeit $75 per month for six months after a Fort Clark trial. He was found guilty of conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline for gambling with gamblers and refusing to pay losses. The general reviewing officer disagreed with the court on the conduct unbecoming charge.
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J. A. Payne
Nineteenth Infantry
Fort Clark
Texas
Commonwealth
United States Army
A Fine Plot for Romance
In 1850 Captain Antonio Pellitier of a ship between this pit and Good Hope was arrested in Hayti as a slave trader and pirate, confined in a cage, escaped, and rescued en route to Charleston. His wife, thinking him dead, remarried. they later met in Havana in 1862. Pellitier sued the Haytien government for destruction of vessel and cargo, won $58,000, and died in June, leaving substantial property in St. Louis and other places.
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New York
Antonio Pellitier
Good Hope
Hayti
Charleston
8. C
Havana
Hennenger
Pellitier
Haytien
Consuls To Be Retained Named In Washington List
The Washing Republican prints a list of United States consuls who will be retained in office, indicating ongoing diplomatic staffing decisions and continuity in overseas missions.
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United States
List of retained officials and authorities across global posts
The document notes reliable authority forms being retained during the current administration. Names appear with cities and countries including Edward L. Baker Buenos A and others such as Felix A. Matthews Tangiers Jno H. Stewart Antwerp Thos W. Dawson Banonquilla Colombia Thos Adamson Panama Frank H. Mason Marseilles Geo W. Roosevelt Bordeaux Dorene Atwater Tahiti Sicily Islands Wm C Fox Bruns wick Germany Jos F Potter Refeldt Germany James H Smith Mayence Germany Wm E Grinnell Bradford England Loring A Lathrop Bristol England Evan R Jones Cardiff Wales Howard Fox Falmouth England Horatio J Sprague Gibraltar Oscar Malmane Leith Adolph G Studer Singapore Wm Thompson Southampton Edward McKnight 8&J Helena G W Griffin Sidney R J Stevens Victoria Philip Carroll Alexander Williaré Guaymas Mexico Ramer E Williams Havana Wm T Rice Hergen Switzerland
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Ing
Edward L. Baker
Buenos A
Felix A. Matthews
Tangiers
Jno
Refeldt
Germany
James H. Smith
Mayence
Wm. E. Grinnell
Bradford
England
Loring A. Lathrop
Bristol
Evan R. Jones
Cardiff
Wales
Howard Fox
Falmouth
Horatio J. Sprague
Gibraltar
Oscar Malmane
Leith
Adolph G. Studer
Singapore
Wm. Thompson
Southampton
Edward McKnight
J. Helena
G. W. Griffin
Sidney
R. J. Stevens
Victoria
Philip Carroll
Palermo
Alexander Williaré
Guaymas
Mexico
Ramer E. Williams
Havana
Wm. T. Rice
Hergen
Switzerland
Baldwin Found Guilty of First Degree Murder at Atchison
A Kansas jury in the Bald win murder case returns a first degree verdict after days of trial. The victim was a 20 year old girl and sister of the defendant. She was smothered with chloroform in her bed on July 7. The defense theory centered on inheritance and preventing marriage to secure the estate.
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Atchison
Kansas
Baldwin
Mrarner
The Coachman’s Wife Discarded in New York Scandal
A New York story claimed Mme Victoria Novosini Schilling’s future business ties with her father’s plan for a son in law. Morosini denounced the tale as unfounded, declaring his daughter dead to him and vowing no European trip while he remains in his office for months.
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New York
Mme
Victoria Novosini-Schilling
Wall Street
Morosini
Europe
Young Bride Winnie Goodwin Dies After Marriage
Mason City report says Winnie Goodwin, a bright school teacher, was found dead with a pistol by her side after wedding to Frank K Willis. An inquest could not determine if death was self inflicted accidental or murder. Locals note marital tensions over her parents not attending the ceremony at Mason City.
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Mason City
Winnie Goodwin
Frank K. Willis
Willis
Clear Lake
Supreme Court Rules Tax Sale Title Valid Despite Error
The Minnesota Supreme Court holds that if county officers erred in advertising a tax as delinquent and the land is sold for taxes, the purchaser’s title stands. The owner may challenge by proving payment before judgment or seeking to open the judgment within two years, or appeal to the high court for review.
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Supreme Court of
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Notable items from early 19th century docket and incidents
Charles Williams in Cambridge Md has been sentenced to hang as governor assigns. Mrs Ray Good and Miss Lillian Walters recovering after Chicago shooting near R G Dun Co office. H V Flipper wakes to Sonora Land Co project. Dakota wheat 31 015 188 bushels. Northern Pacific earnings up 13000 in week. Cyrus W Field sues James Gordon Bennett and A Oakey Hall for 10000. Manning bans treasury clerks from visit hours. Cleveland working on message. White House guides earning 15 20 weekly. Less winter wheat sown this fall per Toledo firm. Iowa railroad suit over alleged fraud. Butte City Attorney Smith fled with city funds and a shooting incident linked to Senator Cockrill lineage.
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Charles Williams
Cambridge
Eliza Kiene
Ray Good
Lillian Walters
Alba C. Burras
R. G. Dun & Co
Chicago
H. V. Flipper
West Point
Sonora
Sonora Land Company
Dakota
Northern Pacific
Cyrus W. Field
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
A. Oakey Hall
London
Manning
Treasury
Cleveland
White House
Toledo
Iowa
Smith
Butte
Mon
Eeorere
Bill Arp Reveals Grandchildren at Play and Loss of Jessie
The columnist recalls grandchildren busy with makeshift mills and a pond wheel, while noting Jessie has left for school and Ralph moved to Florida. He laments loneliness, watches for mischief, and recalls past discipline as the clan heads to a ballgame with kin.
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Jessie
Ralph
Florida
Carl
Poe
Atlanta Constitution
The Aurora Borealis Explored by Polar Research Ex pedition
The article discusses the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights and reports Herr Trombolt’s observations with Norwegian and Finnish stations in Bossekop and Sodankla. It explains the scientific view that the phenomenon is electrical in nature and linked to earth’s magnetic forces, with varying forms and colors across the sky.
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Herr Trombolt
Bossekop
Finmarken
Sodankla
Wilds
Finland
Arctic
Scandinavia
Lincoln on the Battlefield and a Lincoln Song Legend
A Chicago Tribune account recounts an unpublished scene during the Civil War featuring President Lincoln at the front. It describes his compassion for a wounded lad, his emotional response, and a final request to sing the ballad “Off in the Stilly Night” as he sent a flag of truce and urged haste for reinforcements.
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General Custer
Chicago Tribune
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lincoln
Garrett
McClellan
Stanton
Bunaites
Mark Lemon
Mark
Royal Horse Artillery to field new breech loader cannons
The Royal Horse Artillery is to use 12 1-2 pounder breech loaders that surpass Gatling in accuracy, range, and loading speed. Effective range reaches about 6000 yards, with large powder charges of four ands. Heavy recoil is managed by brake-equipped carriages, and copper driving rings on projectiles impart rotation for better direction and longer range.
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Royal Horse Artillery
Bat Almost Becomes Bass Bait at Greenwood Lake Hotel
A bat entering a billiard room at a Greenwood Lake hotel was struck by a player and later found with a broken wing. It bit a fisherman, who withdrew, and a large bass then grabbed the bat from the water, snapping it up. The incident ends with the bass swallowing the bat and a remark that a bat proves too strong for even a big bass.
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Greenwood Lake
Cofair
Philadelphia Times
Americans Rushing to the Cities
A Philadelphia Press look at urban migration in the United States from 1790 to 1880. It notes Minnesota’s shift from rural to urban living and cites census-based percentages showing accelerating urban concentration and the pull of city life.
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Philadelphia Press
Minnesota
United States
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Gen. Black
The
Government Secret Service
Bill Arp
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