Rich Colored Man Frederick DownGrass Among Nation’s Wealthiest
Wert Bulletin notes Frederick DownGrass as one of the United States' wealthiest colored men with an estimated fortune of $300,000. It mentions New York's population at 1,700,000 and reports Mr Grapstonr facing a London publishing offer to write a political romance The Grand Old Man declined. Also records a Ky prisoner attempting suicide by consuming blotting paper on despair.
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Frederick DownGrass
United States
Grapstonr
London
Frankfort
Great Britain
Germany
France
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Switzerland
English preacher Baxter predicts date of doom for April 11 1891
Rev Mr Baxter of England, long noted for alarmist predictions, revises his forecast of the end of the world stating the great smash up will occur on April 11, 1891. He insists the date remains fixed despite prior delays.
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Mr. Baxter
England
Elizabeth Akers Allen Living Quietly in Ridgewood NJ
Elizabeth Akers Allen the author of Rock Me to Sleep Mother resides at Ridgewood New Jersey. She is described as an interesting woman of 457 years in the notice.
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Elizabeth Akers Allen
Ridgewood, N. J
Healthful letter from Hannipal Hamily to Washington
An eighty one year old Hannipal Hamily writes to a friend in Washington praising his health. He claims he can walk ten to fifteen miles daily with ease and reflects on his vigor. He shares personal observations and routine details of his daily activity.
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Hannipal Hamily
Washington
Indian Railways Baggage Policy Prompted by Travelers
None of the railroads in India run baggage cars and travelers may not take a trunk. All items must be bundled and porters will not move a bundle beyond three feet without a ten cent demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Lake Superior Facts and Measurements
The largest freshwater body, Lake Superior, spans about 400 miles in length and 160 miles at its widest. It covers around 2,000 square miles, with a mean depth near 200 feet and a maximum depth about 900 fathoms, while its surface stands roughly 635 feet above sea level.
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Globe
Lake Superior
Frederick Wreathmercy Songwriter and His Popular Works
Frederick E Wreathmercy claims to have written between five hundred and one thousand songs with Nancy Lee and The Three Old Maids of Lee as his most popular pieces He wrote Nancy Lee at Oxford in under an hour while waiting for an unpunctual pupil.
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Frederick E. Wreathmercy
Nancy Lee
Oxford
Wet Rope Weakness and Stretch of a Dry Rope
The tensile strength of a wet rope is about one third of its dry strength, with grease or soap further reducing strength as fibers slip more easily. A dry rope twenty five feet long shrinks to twenty four feet when wet.
Daily exercise for girls urged by Mrs Storrorp
Mrs Harriet Prescott Storrorp advocates regular exercise for girls as essential as diet and clothing, urging parents to enforce daily activity. The article also notes a Berlin exhibit of a nine foot tall eleven year old girl and provides statistics on deafness prevalence across nations.
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Harriet Prescott Storrorp
Kong mountains myth debunked by explorer Captain Binger
Agyptic rumor of Kong mountains across Africa is dismissed after Captain Binger returns from near the Gulf of Guinea region. He says no such range exists in the largely unknown expanse north of the gulf after two years of study. The report contrasts with local talks of imperial maps and exploration.
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Africa
Gulf of Guinea
Binger
Naville Finds Bubastes Temple Remains Evidence Ancient Pyramids Existed
Prof Naville of Geneva reports discoveries at Bubastes showing extensive temple remains of Bast the cat goddess. He argues the Cheops and Chephren pyramids dated to about 3700 B C or 6000 years ago. The Hyksos shepherd kings are traced to Mesopotamia in the 23rd century B C.
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Naville
Geneva
Bubastes
Bast
M. Naville
Cheops
Cheferen
Babylon
Mesopotamia
News Bits From The Week In 1889
The United States saw 4,167,800 net tons of pig iron produced in the first six months, down from 5,880,004 in the prior six months. A Pension Board inquiry was ordered into last year's reratings by Dr. George Ewing H L Bruce and Judge Frank L Campbell. Rev Father Curley of Georgetown observatory died in Washington aged 93, the oldest priest known. A bright comet was reported by Prof Davidson of Queensland. US business failures numbered 17 for the week ending the 26th, up from 188 the prior week. W C Exam of Virginia named Chief of the Division of Railroads in the General Land Office.
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United States
Noble
George Ewing
H. L. Bruce
Board of Pension Appeals
Frank L. Campbel
Father Curley
Georgetown Observatory
Washington
European Union of Astronomers
Davidson
Queensland
W. C. Exam
Virginia
Division of Railroads
General Land Office
C. M. Wilcox
Prohibitionists Convene in Worcester. Notable Deaths and Incidents
Massachusetts Prohibitionists schedule a state convention in Worcester on September 4. Obituaries note the deaths of Rev. Edward Randkin and driver John Murphy, both prominent religious and racing figures. A steamer fire near Jamaica to Boston leaves 25 saved. Edison testifies on electric death. Sullivan gains stake money from a recent fight. Vanderbilt gains control of C&O. A New Jersey woman, Mary Brady, fined for being a common scold. Johnstown toll rises to six thousand. four German tinsmiths repatriated. Batt Bros. factory fire in Buffalo causes heavy losses. A Philadelphia newsboy receives a large injury settlement. a Lake Mahopac man kills his wife and himself amid domestic strife. In Boston a high jump record is set. Paterson breweries sold to English syndicate. Lewis Brothers & Co. in Philadelphia declares bankruptcy. A barrel explosion at Summit, Massachusetts kills a daughter and wounds a son. Providence Paper Co. suspends payments. Mary Jackson dies at 105. George Francis Train completes a 100-day fast, abandoning “Citizen” title for “Rev.” status.
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Massachusetts
Worcester
Edward FE. Randkin
Newark
N. J
Lorenzo D. Baker
Jamaica
Boston
John Murphy
New York
Kemmler Electric
Edison
John IL. Sullivan
Vanderbilts
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Mary Brady
New Jersey
Board of Inquiry
Johnstown
Germany
Milwaukee
Batt Bros. Glass Factory
Buffalo
N. Y
Lose
Philadelphia
Charles Urbana
Traction Company
Chauncey Kurrrin
Lake Mahopac
Fitzpatrick
Paterson
Lewis Brothers & Co
Peter Rollins
Summit
Mass
Richmond Paper Company
Providence
R. L
Mary Jackson
Nith
Ithaca
George Francis
Cattle Queen and others linked to era scares near Sweetwater
West and South items report Jm Averill and Kate Maxwell known as the Cattle Queen were hanged near Sweetwater on the 22d for cattle stealing. Other notes include a 60-year-old Cartwright dying with a $250,000 fortune, a 11-foot sea lion in Lake Winnebago, and various crimes, floods, and disasters across Kansas, Texas, Illinois, Colorado, and beyond.
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Jm Averill
Kate Maxwell
Sweetwater
Wy. T
Art Topeka
Kan
Cartwright
Lake Winnebago
Wis
Heron
Jonesboro
Tenn
Corea
Brazil
Ind
Flood Devastation in Kanawha Valley Spurs Losses
Reports from Kanawha Valley detail widespread ruin after floods with entire stores washed away homes and crops destroyed and several lives lost. Couriers from Tygart list ruined bridges and culverts. losses across Lee Tygart Slate and Steele counties projected at $500 000.
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Kanawha
W. Va
Forks
Tygart
Lee
Slate
Steele
Times Newspaper Company
Chicago
James J. West
Ouro Prohibitionists
Zanesville
J. B. Helwig
Springfield
L. B. Logan
Stark County
Gideon T. Stewart
Norwalk
D. M. Trowbridge
Toledo
E. Jay Pinney
Ashtabula
Atlanta
C. G. Talcott
United States Navy
Prague
Minn
Toledo & Western
Detroit & State Line
Wabash
Wabash & Eastern
Indiana
Illinois
Wesley Elkins
Elk Township
Ruayville
Charles Sellers
Bunyan Adams
Baton Rouge
Tom Bowling
Philip Walsh
Lebanon
Ind
Witt
Lane
Muddy
Downeys hang two Mexican horse-thieves near Kelly New Mexico
Foreign intelligence items report Downeys overpowered a guard and hanged two Mexican horse-thieves near Kelly New Mexico on the 22nd. Additional dispatches describe Haiti port clashes, French political bans, Irish rail funding plans, Newfoundland annexation chatter, and other world events.
Chicago storm floods basements and kills eight in cottage collapse
The powerful wind and rainstorm on the 27th drenched Chicago, flooding basements and blowing down trees. A two-structure collapse on the West Side buried an occupied cottage, killing eight people and seriously injuring four. City damage reached an estimated 1 million dollars.
Experts Named to Aid Porter in Eleventh Census Work
The Eleventh census plans expert teams by region to handle key sectors. Western leaders will supervise cattle and agriculture while Eastern specialists oversee manufacturing data, deposits on establishments output and employment, with religious statistics led by H. K. Carroll and inquiries into wealth debt and taxation outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Porter
Lynching Rumor Debunked in Wyoming Case
Cheyenne dispatch clarifies that Kate Maxwell was a fictitious figure and Ella Watson was the lynched woman in Sweetwater, Wyoming, while Jim Averill and Ella Watson’s lynchers face arrest. Carbon County officials say five prominent stockmen, including Sunn, Bothwell, McLean, Connor, and Durbin, held on $5,000 bail. Averill was educated and once studied at Harvard.
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ChicaGo
Cheyenne
Kate Maxwell
Sweetwater
W. T
Averill
Ella Watson
Wy. T
Wyoming
Jim Averill
Carbon County
Thomas Sunn
E. J. Bothwell
Earnest McLean
Robert Connor
John Durbin
Harvard University
Married Fifty Years Celebration at Londonderry
Lonpox July 26 Mr and Mrs Gladstone celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding The Queen telegrammed congratulations from Osborne to the ex Premier and his wife The Prince and Princess of Wales and other royal house members sent letters and the Prince of Wales sent a gold ink stand A portrait by Millais of Mr Gladstone with his grandson was presented by Liberal MPs wives Numerous presents were received The couple attended morning services and hosted breakfast at James street Callers including John Morley Sir William Harcourt the Earl of Aberdeen and other Liberal peers visited Gladstone's Hawarden home bells rang all day They will travel to Hawarden next week for further festivities Mrs Heron Safe Washington July 26 Minister Dinsmore cable says Mrs Heron wholl y not under death sentence in Corea for preaching Christianity
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Downeys
Kelly
N. M
Haiti
Hippolyte
Port Au Prince
Tue
Genéral Boulanger
Count Dillon
Henri Rochefort
France
House of Commons
Ireland
Newfoundland
United States
London
Curna
Lu Chow
Ounalaska
James A. Hamilton
Copenhagen
Count Sparre
Midway
Cape Henlopen
Philadelphia
Switzerland
Willliam E. Gladstone
China
Yellow River
Shangtung
Liverpool
Lonpox
Gladstone
Osborne
James Street
John Morley
Sir William Harcourt
Earl of Aberdeen
Hawarden
Lremier
Haward
A Strange Accident in Summit Miss Explodes at Home
A Summit Mississippi incident reports Peter Rollins, a burned man, his daughter killed, and his son mortally wounded after a lamp ignited whisky. Rollins was lighting a barrel when the lamp slipped and caused the blast. The town notes several fires recently destroying horses. London dispatch adds Austria and Germany strikes spreading with Prague carpenters threatening wage hikes.
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New Orleans
the Times- Democrat
Summit
Miss
Peter Rollins
Rollins
Ex Senator Dorsey Arrested for Court Contempt in Nevada Suit
Ex Senator Stephen W. Dorsey was arrested in New York for contempt of court after failing to pay a $4,600 judgment in the Bank of Nevada suit. He was taken into custody yesterday and awaits bail as he remains in custody.
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New York
Stephen W. Dorsey
Bank of Nevada
Dorsey
Parricide Confession From Eleven Year Old Iowa Boy
A Clayton County boy Wesley Elkins of Elk township, aged about 11, killed his father John Elkins and stepmother Hattie Elkins, then drove with his infant sister to summon help. He later confessed to the parricide, detailing the shooting of his father and bludgeoning his mother, while noting he feared discovery. Some suspect the confession may shield another.
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Iowa
Mason Crry
Elk Township
Clayton County
Wesley Elkins
John Elkins
Hattie Elkins
Wesley
Mr. Elkins
Babe
Mrs. Elkins
Hatch Wesley Elkins
The Little Kanawha Flood Disaster Details
Parkersbare West Virginia July 27 Further details of the Wirt County flood reach Sac loss and wreckage The Gregory and D Alma circus was touring Tucker creek when the flood hit carrying off tents horses wagons and paraphernalia Miss D Alma drowned as did Thomas Hughes brother and his wife and child were drowned earlier another victim Thomas Black who had just married was also lost Saulsbury on Big Tigart river is wiped out with reported losses around 50000 dollars
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Parkerspare
W. Va
Wirt County
Thomas Hughes
Pittsburgh
Thomas Black
Hughes
Gregory & D
Alma Eireus
Tucker Creek
D'Alma
Saulsbury
Big Tigart River
Tragic California Elopement Ends in Bloodshed
Eva Adkins aged 17 planned marriage to Raymond Bierce. Hubbs, friend of Bierce, married Adkins and faced a violent confrontation when Bierce confronted the couple at the bride's mother's house. Shots were fired. Hubbs wounded, Bierce killed himself after being overpowered. Mrs Hubbs seriously wounded and likely to die.
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California
Cusco
Cal
Eva Adkins
Raymond Bierce
San Francisco
Niel Hubbs
Bierce
Miss Adkins
Hubbs
Submarine Telegraph Line to Connect Ireland and America
Ottawa July 27 application to the Government seeks a Dominion guarantee of 500000 for a Canadian Cable Company project total capital 1 000 000. Dobell of Quebec has secured 550000 in England and will return to raise the balance. A British construction firm will lay the shortest ocean cable from Westport Ireland to Greenly island Gulf of St Lawrence about 1900 miles. The Richmond Paper Company suspends payment after prior extension with 300000 new capital secured by mortgages assets 854000 liabilities 668000. plant described as magnificent.
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Ireland
America
Ottawa
Ont
Dobell
Quebec
England
Dominion Guaranty
Westport
Greenly Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Richmond Paper Company
Providence
R. L
Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company
Bradstreet
Trust of Wholesale Grocers Formed at Newport
The Wholesale Grocers Association of the United States will be completed at Newport on August 1. Ninety percent of wholesale dealers in the country are members. The association aims at mutual protection and to compel manufacturers to share profits with them on certain goods they currently handle without profit.
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Trust of
Pitrsnurcu
Wholesale Grocers’ Association of the
United States
Newport
Blackberries Wasting on the Vines in Maryland
Owing to storms and low prices nearly 1,000,000 quarts of cultivated blackberries will rot on the vines at Laurel Maryland and in nearby Delaware areas along the Maryland line.
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Baltimore
Laurel
Delaware
Maryland
Man Massive Burn Post Gasoline Stove Explosion
Horribly burned at Ballitrmone Maryland John Myers working on a building Friday heard a gasoline stove explode ran into the blaze lifting the burning load onto his shoulders and toward the street. The burning fluid flowed down his back and arms and he was roasted once safe, blood streaming from his body.
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Ballitrmone
John Myers
Hippolyte Loses Heavily in La Coupe Attack
The Times letter from Port au Prince reports Hippolyte lost thirty men killed and many wounded in his recent failed assault on La Coupe. Also, Lawyer Dunn Taken to Sing Sing for aiding a bank robbery, sentenced to nine years and six months after a year in jail due to legal delays.
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Hippolyte
New York
the Times
Port Au Prince
la Coupe
Dunn
Sing Sing
John R Dunn
Scott
Bank of Manhattan
Woman perishes in Lewiston house fire at Sabatti
Mary Ann Graffam, 70, living alone at a Sabatti area home near Lewiston, was found burned to death in bed when a house fire reported at 5:00 am July 27 consumed the dwelling. Cause of the fire remains undetermined.
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Lewiston
Mary Ann Graffam
Sabatti
World's Exposition bid sparks New York Chicago race
New York and Chicago vie to host a 400th anniversary exposition of Columbus's discovery. City committees form, funding hoped at 5 million with a suggested 2 million federal aid, while Congress debates appropriations. Chicago aims to influence the Speaker and win support through cash and influence.
Burke Wants Liberty The Winnipeg Suspect Gets Habeas Corpus
Martin Burke’s lawyers filed for a writ of habeas corpus for the prisoner. The writ was granted and the court will review the matter today. States Attorney Longenecker said extradition should not be delayed more than a week, noting the Canadian court’s stance and frequent Supreme Court adjournments.
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Winnipeg
Wixyieg
Man
Martin Burke
Perdue
Bain
Cutcaco
Longenecker
Burke
Dominion
Supreme Court
Eight Hours Demonstrations Planned by Labor Congress
President Samuel Gompers reports a Paris Labor Congress decision to hold eight hour day demonstrations on May 1 1890 in all represented nations. America England France Italy Holland Belgium Austria Greece Switzerland Germany and Russia will host events.
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Labor Congress
Paris
New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
America
England
France
Italy
Holland
Belgium
Austria
Greece
Switzerland
Germany
Russia
Minneapolis Elevators Burned In Twin Cities Loss
A Jour nal special reports fires at Minneapolis and Northern and Northwestern grain elevators. Little grain stored. total loss about 20000 dollars, shared equally by both firms.
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Dakota
Minneapolis, Minn
The
Journal
Hamilton
D. T
Minneapolis and Northern
Northwestern
Joint Commission Reaches Agreement on State Division
South Dakota pays North Dakota 42900 to settle excess appropriations and tax relief overpaid on Northern Pacific lands. Territorial library awarded to South Dakota after bidding 4000. Each state keeps its public institution and assumes the bonded debt tied to it.
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Bismarck
N. D
Joint Commission
South Dakota
North Dakota
Northern Pacific
Territorial Library
Five Die as Tolchester Strikes Sailboat in Maryland Harbor
A party of five aboard a small sailboat in Bautimark harbor was drowned after the Tolchester excursion steamer struck their boat at 9:30 Sunday night. Victims identified as John Rietz Mary Wiener and Mary Kalb. Other fragments later report Creighton sentenced to five years, a fatal cyclone in Hungary, and buyers eyeing Southern cotton plants in Columbus Georgia.
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Bautimark
Tolchester
John Rietz
Mary Wiener
Mary Kalb
Hungary
Vienna
Transylvania
Bukovinia
Grosswondein
Szegedina
Mohnes
Chicago Storm Crushes New Building Killing Eight Inmates
A violent wind and rain storm battered Chicago on Saturday evening causing widespread damage. A new three story brick building at Leavitt and Twenty first collapsed, crushing a nearby cottage and killing eight occupants of the two houses. Fire and police units rescued survivors as four inches of rain fell in four hours causing basement floods and extensive property loss. Similar storms caused damage in Hyde Park and other suburbs with numerous fires from lightning. Farther messages report deadly floods along the Little Kanawha in West Virginia with several lives lost and substantial property damage.
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George Muth
Cincinnati (D
E. T. Brown
Wichita
Kun
Colorado
Little York
Ill
Kate Winslow
Cleveland
Long Chance
West Side
Chicago
Texas
George Lewis
Belden
Tex
William Shaw
Jess Ogleman
Xenia
Ind
Madge Smith
Prohibition Party
Ohio
Zanesville
Jacob Alkire
Kanawha
W. Va
Shuganinga
Topeka
Kan
Anoka
Minn
Exploreius
Sith
Charles Boch
Cornelius Ferdinandes
Hungary
Transylvania
Bukovina
James Conaty
Richmond
Little Kanawha
West Virginia
Calhoun County
Plescant
Itchy
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Brighton
Tenn
Princess Louise Victonta
Alexandra Dacmak
Prince and Princess of Wales
Royal
Buckingham Palace
Alexander William George
Earl of Fife
Queen Victoria
Royal Family
England
Columbus
Christ Weinman
A. Jones
Cincinnati
James Bligh
Berew
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Indianapolis
Washington
American Association
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Baltimore
Athletic
Kansas City
Louisville
Western Association
Omaha
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Sioux City
Denver
Des Moines
Milwaukee
Bt Joseph
Cutcaco
Leavitt
Twenty-first
Christina Boch
Hannah Boch
Albert Boch
C. Ferdinandhus
Mrs Ferdinandius
Cora Ferdinandhus
Alida Ferdinandhus
Mary Ferdinandhus
August Boch
Luda Ferdinandius
Ada Ferdinandius
Cornelius Ferdinandus
Charles Bock
William C. Brueshaber
West Twenty-first Street
August Karshbeck
Fourteenth Street
Ashland Avenue
Meyer
Thomas Beck
Mary Ferdinandus
Cora Ferdinandus
Ferdinandus
Hyde Park
Lake
Parkerssone
Grantsville
Middle Island
Pleasant County
Bear Run
Ritchy County
Count of cash and securities in U S Treasury completed
Washington July 29 The cash and securities count in the United States Treasury after the transfer from Hyatt to Huston was completed on Saturday afternoon revealing 700 million dollars. A short age of eight dollars was found in the new silver vault with 5.6 million silver dollars, and a deficit of 15 dollars in the old vault holding 45 million. Shortages were promptly corrected by responsible parties. It is believed the loss occurred during recent vault flooding.
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United States Treasury
Washington
Hyatt
Huston
Boulangers Lose Ground in French Elections
Elections for Councils General across France show Boulangists collapsing with Soulanger winning only twelve of 530 cantons. Bordeaux votes 3516 to 2691 for his rival, but Montpellier and Rouen go to opponents as Republicans gain three seats from Conservatives. results await from 35 cantons.
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Paris
France
Soulanger
Bordeaux
Montpellier
Rouen
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Lan Wert Bulletin
John A. Arnold &Co
Tur
Berlin
Douglassville
Justice of the Peace
Samuel
Canada
New Mexico
the News of
Foreign Intelligence
Superintendent Porter
H. K. Carroll
New York Independent
Messrs
John S. Lord
Fred W. Krause
George K. Holmes
Congress
Mrs. Gladstone
Mrs. Heron
Parricide
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Monument Lot
Senate
House of Representatives
Randall
Washington Board of Promotion
Board of Trade
Treasury
CuicaGo
Cannon
Ilinois
House
Reed
Maine
Mason
Europe
Charles Bligh
A. E. Jones
A.E. Jones
Jones
Ohio National Guard
Foraker
Cemetery Street
Park Avenue
Cypress Street
Francis Lane
Colonel Jones
Madisonville
Charles A. Bligh
Mr. Thornton
Cable Road
Washington Avenue
Robert C. Jones
Bligh
Dr. Jones
General Jones
Sixth Street
Minneapouts
Santos
Panama
Lima
Joint Commission On
Dick” Creighton
San Quentin
Boulanger
Dominion Customs
British Columbia
Nathan McIntire
Memphis
Burnett
Covington
Binmin
Guam
Ala
Greenville
Dick Flowers
Ruth Flowers
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