Parliament hears forged Vatican agreement claim and global updates
British Parliament hears Home Rule critic allege forged documents sought Vatican prelate appointment. NSW regrets joining federal council while flood and cholera controls spread. List of new federal and territorial appointments announced in Washington across Indian affairs, pensions, customs, and postmasters.
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O'Brien
George Errington
Vatican
Dublin
Errington
Brien
New South Wales
London
Australian Federal Council
House of Commons
Farquharson
Munster eBank
Spain
Pri Drem Loca
China
Ofamton
Congo
Congo State
Montreal journalist installed as Dominion Interior Minister
Thomas White, a Montreal journalist, has been installed as Minister of the Interior for the Dominion. His appointment marks a first move toward reconstructing the Cabinet. Ex Congressman Edward Henry Smith of New York dies at Port Jefferson New York.
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Thomas White
Montreal
Dominion
Edward Henrry Smith
New York
Port Jefferson
S. I
Lizzie Jones
A. Reddick
Ottawa
Ill
Birmingham
Ala
James Garland
Lynchburg
Financial and Industrial News Summary
Perry Brothers jewelers in Chicago assign with liabilities about 5000 and assets near 50000. Emmons & Roach iron merchants New York also assign. Edward W Sadler yarns New York 15450 in preferences. Rank Brothers Canton Ohio liabilities 50000 assets 20000. Carter Co London cloak makers liabilities 162773 with 33028 4 percent secured. Copper wage cuts loom. East Saginaw mills resume eleven hours daily. Agricultural Bureau August cotton condition 96.13 with 1st August figures. spring crop 6000000 bushels. corn 26 to 27 bushels per acre. Other crops show high average conditions.
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Perry
Brothers
State Street
Chicago
Canadian Pacific Railway
Coutry
United States
Canada
Emmons & Roach
Iron Merchants
New York
Joan Roach
Edward W. Sadler
Rank Brothers
Millers
Canton
Ohio
Charles N. Carter & Co
Lo Oon
Pittsburgh
East Saginaw
Michigan
Agricultural Bureau
Civil Service Commission clears Postmaster Jones in Indiana
The Civil Service Commission submits its report to the President and acquits Indianapolis Postmaster Jones of civil service act violations. It notes his earlier indiscretion before fully understanding the law. The Austrian government rejects Keiley as U S Minister and designates Lee to act as Charge d Affaires. The National League Civil Service Association meets in Newport R I with George William Curtis presiding and delivering the annual address.
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Civil Service Commission
Jones
Indianapolis
Keiley
United States
Pari
Lee
American Legation of
Vienna
National League Civil Service Association
Newport
R. L
George William Curtis
Epidemics spread in Colon and Mexican coastlines
Reports note yellow fever outbreaks in Mazatlan and Tehuantepec while a Panama Isthmus epidemic prevails with high mortality. Washington dispatch cites widespread coast survey abuses and the removal of suspended officials. Whitney seizes steel cruiser contracts with Roach and orders completion by naval bureaus. Peru reports ongoing factional fighting. President Cleveland pardons Police Lieutenant Muller and issues a proclamation against unauthorized fences on public lands.
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Colon
Panama
Mazatlan
Tehuantepec
Mexico
Washington Telegram
Secretary of the Treasury
Coast Survey
Hilgar
Whitney
John Roach
Chicago
Atlanta
Boston
Naval Bureaus of
Laute
Peru
Cleveland
Leutenant Muller
Cincinnati
Casualties and disasters across North America
A string of calamities includes a fatal train crash near St Thomas Ontario killing Dempsey his sister Mrs Sanders and her 6 year old nephew. A Manchester New Hampshire fire kills seven in Webster Block and drives a mother insane. Leavenworth Kansas lava oat meal mill fire causes wall collapse and multiple injuries. Frankfort Kentucky incendiary fire destroys a block of buildings. A Boston hemp warehouse burns. North Georgetown Ohio flour mill destroyed by lightning. Grand Rapids Michigan clock painters die after scaffold failure. New York’s Tupper Lake drownings of Dr Delavan and guide A C Clarke with Mrs Delavan surviving nine hours entangled.
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Dempsey
Hamilton
Annie Breen
I. J. North & C O
Leavenworth
Kansas
Main Street
Frankfort
Boston
Manila
Georgetown
Ohio
John Fox
Fred Schnur
Second Street Methodist
Grand, Rapids
Mich
J. S. Delavan
Albany
A. C. Clarke
Tupper's Lake
New York
Crimes and killings leap from multiple fronts
Reports describe Barney Palm and Joseph Melisaacs dying after a Sacramento quarrel over a woman. In Lafayette Alabama a father and two sons exchange deadly blows leaving the father dead and both sons wounded. Henry and Sylvester Polk killed a peddler near Murfreesboro Arkansas, were retried, and a mob fired on them in jail. Maxwell, accused in a St Louis hotel murder, arrived in San Francisco custody from New Zealand. Edward Preston shot and killed his sweetheart Tilda Miner in South Otselick New York.
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Barney Palm
Joseph Meiisaacs
Sacramento
Lafayette
Ala
William Hancock
William
John
Henry
Sylvester Polk
Murfreesboro
Ark
Maxwell
C. Arthur Preller
St. Louis
San Francisco
New Zealand
Edward Preston
South Otselick
N. Y
Tilda Miner
Notable Kilings and Attack Over Newspaper Retraction
A fragment describes Preston shooting himself fatally after a confrontation. It mentions Henry Davis, described as a negro, being hanged in Randolph County Georgia for assaulting a white girl, with his body mutilated. Hugh Marshall, a bank president in Unionville Missouri, shot John Cutright of Plattsmouth Nebraska for refusing to print a retraction. Cutright survived as the assailant is held on bail.
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Preston
Henry Davis
Randolph County
Georgia
Hugh Marshall
Unionville
John Cutright
Plattsmouth
Nebraska
Curtis Returns to Washington After Foreign Mission
Mr. W. E. Curtis, once South American Commission secretary and later commissioner, reports on Gen. Barnes Guatemala as a great leader. Barrios pledges unity, a daughter acts as interpreter, and plans to settle in New York. Treasury moves 10 million of 40 million gold via mail due to high express rates. further shipments paused. Ex Secretary Teller disputes cattle lease authorization. Oklahoma colony disbands per Captain Couch. Robert Mallory dies in Kentucky. Cholera and dysentery kill Russians on the Afghan frontier. Spain reports 3510 new cases and 15593 deaths. Strike on B and O ends. workers replaced. Ponds Henry and Stewart killed by a bull. Amalgamated Association settles rail issue locally. A colored man dies resisting arrest in Nashville.
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W. E. Curtis
South American Commission
Reynnds
United States
Washington
Gen. Barnes
Guatemala
Grant
Napoleon
Commission
Barrios
Seiiled
San Francisco
sub-Treasury
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Teller
Interor
Robert Mallory
Congress
Lagrange
Kentucky
Penjdeh
Trans- Caspian
Spain
Barcelona
Bilboa
San Sebastian
Santa Andar
Heusca
Tolosa
Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Henry
Stewart Pond
St. Pan
Minnesota
Amalgamated Association
Phillips
Nashville
Marshal Banghner
The Hall of Death and Grant’s in State Procession
Crowds thronged City Hall New York on Thursday to view Gen. Grant’s remains. Police controlled the two entry lines, channeled visitors past the casket, and counted 175000 at closing time. The parade saw workers, clerks, and diverse citizens pass, with guards from multiple posts aiding the flow. The long day ended as doors closed at 1 a.m.
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Grant
City Hall
New York
Twenty-second Regiment
Sergt. Riley
Court House
Grant Post
Catafalque
Walla
Fountain Circle
U.S. Grant Post
Wheeler Post
Saratoga
Mount MacGregor
Military Order of the Loyal Tegion
Center Street
I Sands
Canal Street
Duane Street
Franklin Street
Worth Street
Broadway
Guard of Honor
Loyal Legion
South Australia Emerges as Ostrich Region in Competition
South Australia rivals South Africa in ostrich farming with superior feathers fetch high prices. Birds reach plume bearing earlier than those in the Cape, signaling a potentially swift growth in output and market demand.
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South Australia
South Africa
Cape
Grorala Man Tries to Maim Daughter to Stop Dancing
A Grorala man attempted to sever the cords in his daughter's feet to prevent her from dancing. The bizarre remark likens children to jellies, suggesting they become what they are shaped to be.
The Ladies and Petticoat Government in France
A romantic tale set in Ohio’s Gretna Green. A youth offers ardent love, urging immediate and unquestioning devotion. The woman declines citing her husband and three children, while the suitor presses for trust and discreet union.
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France
Ohio
Gretna
Bride to Chicago: a bridal tour and a $25 advance
A dialogue from Life recounts a daughter pressing her father for a payment before marriage. The father jokes about wheat prices affecting a $10,000 check while suggesting a $25 cash advance to cover a bridal tour to Chicago, reflecting social mores and humor of the era.
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Chicago
Jall Street Neu's
Feminine Characteristics at a Young Ladies Seminary
A Charleston news parable describes a surrogate social drama among a junior class at a girls seminary. It contrasts solitary, secret lunchtime pleasures with the arrival of masculine influence through a brother, sparking envy, malice, and hidden traits among the girls.
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Chen
Charleston
S. C
Aberdeen Squire Marries Runaway Couples At Blue Grass Mecca
Historic note on Aberdeen Ohio famed as a runaway marriage hub. The 65 to 70 year old “Great American Matrimonializer” performs weddings day or night in a large riverbank home. Fees scale with groom’s means, claimed 99 percent success, drawing travelers from Kentucky and beyond.
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Maysville
Aberdeen
Ohio
Kentucky
Mecca
Squire Beasely
Squire
Runaway couples wed on river ferry near Maysville
A Kentucky tale recounts a famed Aberdeen marriage broker who weds about 15,000 couples and bets a quick ceremony. A Nicholas county pair escapes pursuers by racing across the Ohio, boarding a ferry at Aberdeen, then crossing to Maysville with a hurried Squire Beasley ceremony and a surprise wedding gift. The Gretna Green ferry links Maysville and Aberdeen for eloping couples.
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Kentucky
Nicholas County
Maysville
Ohio
Squire Beasley
Pary
Gretna Green
Aberdeen
Cottonseed Oil Used In Many Goods And Adulteration
The piece notes that cottonseed oil is a standard ingredient in many products including butter lard soap olive oil and hair oil and highlights its low cost and suitability for adulterating wares and merchandise.
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the News
Tondbin
Black Flags
William H Taylor
Bloomfield
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Paris H. Folsom
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Denver
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Land Office
Adolf Erdman
Missouri
James Dugan
Mississippi
Pension Office
Territory of
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George W. Law
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Joseph Emery
Oregon
Klamath Agency
Charles H. Potter
Twenty-second
Pennsylvania
Frank Schlandecker
John T. Gathright
Louisville
Leon ‘Tresdale
Tenn
J. Kk. Joes
Portage
Wis
W. BE. Brewer
Willis B. Isbell
Westville
Conn
Jacob D Allen
Butler
Mor
Chauncey M. Freeman
Boardfield
R. P. Hitchcock
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la Grange
John C. Beall
Lee Beal
Rich Hill
G. P. Hubby
Frederick A. Verberg
North Vernon
Ind
Henry Co. Hunt
Reedsburg
John Kelogg
Washington J. Barrett
Kinston
N. C
W. A. Coleman
John W. Marshall
McLeansborough
M. ‘Lyon
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Mllendale
Dakota
A G. Tyner
Crnelius Carr
Woonsocket
A. H. Tyner
J. A Mantry
Mound City
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L. Evesat
Frank W. Frye
Parsons
S A Flecher
Galveston
Philadelphia
Abraham Jennings
Corry
Financial and Industrial
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Couch
Oklahoma
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Choice Creamery
Toledo
Milwaukee
T. Louie
Timothy
Detroit
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Gen. Grant
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Mathers
Tom
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Petticoat
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Mme de Girardin
Spirituelle
Sophie Gay
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