State finances defended amid Nevada treasury dispute
The Winnemucca Silver State critiques the Journal's report on Nevada finances. It explains 520,000 of the 844,593 at issue are liabilities, not assets, and details coin, bonds, and School Fund notes. The piece argues the state remains sound, with a 90 cent tax sufficient and future rates unlikely to rise.
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Winnemucca
JocrNat
Jovaxat
Board of Examiners
United States
Rouniol
Nevada
U. S
Nine government science departments plus Smithsonian and army navy labs
The article lists nine government bodies involved in science and research, mentions the Smithsonian Institution as independent, and cites institutions like the medical museum of the army and various army navy laboratories. It also notes Talmage’s remark about a future U.S. President and a New York Times papernote for readers to recall their whereabouts on April 27, 1883.
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United States Government
Geological Survey
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Naval Observatory
National Museum
Department of Agriculture
Entomological Commission
Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology
Commission of Fish and Fsheries
Smithsonian Institution
Medical Museum of
Army
Navy Departments
Talmage
United States
New York Times
Freight cut on orange shipments from Los Angeles
Southern Pacific Railroad lowers freights on carload orange shipments East from Los Angeles to 250 per carload to all points east of the Missouri river. This follows a prior reduction from 350 per carload completed within a few weeks.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Los Angeles
Missouri River
Sherman Forecast Cites Quiet Indian Troubles in Arizona Oregon
General Sherman in Washington states he does not foresee serious Indian trouble this year in Arizona or Oregon. The Ogden Pilot notes Hon. George W. Merrill of Eureka Nevada left for Washington to take up permanent residence and practice law.
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Sherman
Washington
Arizona
Oregon
Tecumseh
Ogden
George W. Merrill
Eureka
Nevada
Cold Turkey for Railroads in Subsidy Dispute
The note says Secretary Folger will issue instructions directing payment of subsidies to Pacific railroads. Brewster’s opinion supports paying the Central and Union Pacific lines, with past withholdings for mail and transport costs now due. The ruling could drain funds accumulated by the Post Office Department and affect about 8,000 miles of Central and Union Pacific lines.
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Folger
Pacific Railroads
Supreme Court
Brewster
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Thurman
Pacific Roads
Utah
Colorado
Nebraska
Southern Pacific
Central Pacific Company
Central and
Union Pacific Company
Dillon
Teller
Post Office Department
Lincoln Relics Revealed From Assassination Night
Hidden relics of President Lincoln have surfaced including the bed counterpane and the pillowcase bearing blood stains from the night he was fatally shot. Also shown is a second pillowcase placed at Surgeon General Barnes's order to replace the first. The artifacts are kept as grisly yet intriguing mementos of his final moments.
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Lincoln
Barnes
Clergy Defamation Suit Over Brooklyn Church Scandal
Rev. Florence McCarthy of St. Cecilia's Brooklyn sues Daniel Cronin for 20000 in defamation stemming from a church incident last Sunday. Mrs. Cronin adds a troubling account alleging improper behavior by the priest with her daughter during February church events.
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Florence McCarthy
St. Cecilia’s
Brooklyn
Daniel Cronin
McCarthy
New National Banks Organized in Six Months
Comptroller Knox reports 132 new national banks formed in six months with total capital of 14 058 000. New England five banks 775 000 capital, Middle States twenty 1 873 000, Southern States twenty six 2 100 000, Western States seventy 9 680 000, Pacific States eight 510 000. Twelve banks with 2 600 000 capital expired and reorganized locally. Twenty three banks totaling 3 838 000 capital liquidated. Overall increases show capital up 677 590 and circulation up 3 399 791.
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Knox
New England
Middle States
Pacific States
Treasury transfer audit finds 30 cent discrepancy
The special committee finished its review of the Treasury accounts in the transfer of the Treasurer office from Gilfillan to Wyman. They met Secretary Folger and presented no report. The sole discrepancy showed Gilfillan had 30 cents more than his start balance, an amount already present when he assumed office.
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United States Treasury
Gilfillan
Wyman
Folger
The Late Dr. Glenn Estate Solvent Says Administrator
3 E Wilson administrator of the late Dr Glenn reports the estate is solvent after debts. He expects heirs to be well provided for. The Glenn ranch in Colusa county may remain with heirs until division. Estimated crop this year about twelve bushels per acre. Total indebtedness near 1 million with 630 thousand mortgage. Wilson values Oregon ranch at 1 million with 60 000 acres and 29 000 cattle and 1 200 horses. Nevada ranch also valuable.
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E. Wilson
Dr. Glenn
Glenn
Colusa County
Gleno Estate
Wilson
Glenn Ranch
Oregon
Nevada
Governor Kellogg Leaves Washington for Southern Home
Governor Kellogg of Louisiana, lingering in Washington after Congress, has left for his southern home as the indictment against him for Star Route frauds remains unresolved. He faced no bail requirement and denies any crime while predicting the investigation will clear him. The Eureka Sentinel notes Sharon’s alleged Nevada ambitions and a potential return to win the Senate seat.
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Kellogg
Louisiana
Washington
Congress
United States
Eureka Sentinel
Sharon
Nevada
Comstock
Mr. Fair
Mercantile agency lists 56 failures across western states in April
A local mercantile agency reports 56 business failures in California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington Territory, and British Columbia for April, totaling liabilities of 304,300 dollars while assets cover 169,100 dollars.
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California
Oregon
Nevada
Washington Territory
British Columbia
Senators urge Harvey for Internal Revenue post
Senators Logan and Cullom signed a note to President Arthur urging the appointment of J. D. Harvey as Collector of Internal Revenue, in place of the resigned Green B. Baum, and the note is now in the President's hands.
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Logan
Cullom
Arthur
J. D. Harvey
Internal Revenue
Green B. Baum
Nevada urged to plant shade trees on Arbor Day
The Hawthorne Bulletin advocates for local property owners to plant shade trees, noting Nevada as a state in need of an Arbor Day spirit and tree planting.
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Hawthorne Bulletin
Union
Ian
Nevada
Southern Pacific Buys Latham Place to Build Del Monte Rival Hotel
The Southern Pacific Railroad Company announces the purchase of the Latham place with plans to construct a hotel that would rival the famed Del Monte in prestige and scale. The move signals a major hospitality project by a major railroad firm in the region.
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The
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Latham Place
del Monte
Senator Anthony Ill in Providence After Prolonged Congress Session
The recent long session of Congress left many lawmakers exhausted and ill. Senator Anthony has returned to Providence with Bright's disease and heart trouble, causing serious concern among friends. At advanced age, his prognosis is doubtful, yet Rhode Island has long benefited from his service in the Senate. A. Livingston of Genoa, Douglas County, plans to resign as County Treasurer to move to Salt Lake City and pursue business opportunities.
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Congress
National
Anthony
Providence
Bright
Washington
Rhode Island
Senate
A. Livingston Esq
Genoa
Douglas County
Salt Lake City
Mr. Livingston
Knights Templar committee raises funds for reception
The San Francisco Knights Templar Committee reports that $50,000 has been subscribed by citizens to cover reception expenses. The Central Pacific Railroad Company subscribed $2,000, W. T. Coleman & Co. $2,500, and others have pledged sizable amounts.
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San Francisco
Iowa Republicans Fix State Convention Date and Delegate Count
The Iowa Republican State Committee set June 27 in Des Moines for the state convention with 844 delegates apportioned by the Secretary of State vote. Iowa is described as more strongly Republican than ever. The President named Boston Atlanta and Chicago as the three new steel cruiser names.
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Iowa
Republican’ State Committee
Des Moines
Boston
Atlanta
Chicago
The Two Abrahams Major Dane Lectures in San Francisco
In Dashaway Hall Major Dane argued that Lincoln and Garfield built their careers through clear aims and self effort, rejected the log cabin myth, and claimed Lincoln was not an abolitionist by principle even after emancipation. He praised both as America’s two greatest lives.
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Major Dane
Dashaway Hall
San Francisco
Abrahams
Lincoln
Garfield
Tach
Kentucky
Indiana
Garfiald
America
Tariff stance eyed by Ex-Congressman Page
Ex-Congressman Page, a possible California gubernatorial candidate, says harmony in the Republican ranks will deliver victory and the tariff will be a central issue in the next Presidential campaign. He notes unity on protection, with evolving public opinion across the nation and Louisiana seeking protection for sugar.
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New York Mail and Express
Page
California
United States
Northwest
Louisiana
National Bank Reports Called For Condition At Close
The Comptroller of the Currency requests all National Banks to report their condition as of the close of business on the first. He asks that legal tender notes be reported separately from national bank notes and that gold and silver certificates be itemized separately from coin under the head of specie. Without these separations he will return the reports for correction.
Governor Stanford Improving Return to California Probable
The New York Sun reports Governor Stanford has recovered enough to plan a return to California after eight weeks in bed with muscular rheumatism and neuralgia. He is steadily improving but cannot yet receive visitors.
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New York Sun
Stanford
California
Ex Secretary Evarts Said to Have Thirteen Daughters
Rochester Post-Express reports ex Secretary Evarts has thirteen daughters. It notes he never locks the front door on Sunday nights until after midnight and then lies awake an hour fearing a stray couple may be in the dining room he might have missed.
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Rochester Post-Express
Evarts
Irish League denounces dynamite as futile personal warfare
The Executive Committee of the Irish National League denounces dynamite use as futile and driven by personal motives, not reflecting any true Irish patriotism or principled struggle.
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The
Irish National League
Thwarted Patriot Indicted for Murder Expresses Sorrowful Plea
Hon. Philip B. Thompson, indicted by a Harrodsburg Grand Jury for the murder of Walter B. Davis, made a rambling surrender statement. He describes his long life of public service, his wife, and his daughter, and pleads for the court’s sympathy while admitting dishonor and broken domestic peace.
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Philip B. Thompson
Harrodsburg
Kentucky
Walter B. Davis
Washington
Cincinnati
Mr. Davis
St. Clair Hotel
Uni
Telegraphists mock wedding guests in dining room
A well to do newly married man on his bridal tour was dining with his bride when two telegraph operators sat opposite them. They used knife and fork to mimic telegraph signals and exchanged quips about the bride. The groom, angered, retaliated by tapping his utensils in a sequence. The mock telegraph dispatch demanded both men resign from their posts.
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Granger
Advice to Consumptives and Tonics for Debility
Advice to consumptives urges early measures at first symptoms such as debility loss of appetite pallor and night sweats. It promoting Dr Pierce s Gulden Meslic Discovery as a superior blood purifier and nutritive for weak lungs and blood spitting with slogans and a mailing address for pamphlets. It also recommends Parker s Ginger Tonic to cleanse malarial poisons and support liver and kidneys.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. Y
Damon and Pythias spoof in Laramie Boomerang sketch
A humorous Damon and Pythias tale updates the ancient friendship with Dionysius of Syracuse, a pompous self made ruler, and a comic turn of events. Damon and Pythias navigate delays, jail yard reunions, and a satirical ending as the crowd cheers amid a brass band and a staged dramatic arc.
Lovelock Hometown Boom Forecast From Local Correspondent
A Silver State correspondent from Lovelock reports Joseph Marzen shipped a carload of beef to Truckee and bought 1,000 acres from the railroad for clearing, alfalfa and twiller. W. C. Smith & Co finish a large storehouse, with new buildings planned, while others erect depots, hotels, and public buildings. The railroad seems favored as Lovelock anticipates a county boom and prosperous times ahead.
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Silver State
Lovelock
Joseph Marzen
Truckee
Railroa Company
Wean
Mesars, Barker & Clay
George Lovelock
H.C. Emmons
Rayrosd
Stoneman Scorched Political Attack on Irish Americans
The San Francisco Monitor accuses Governor Stoneman of anti Irish bigotry and Know Nothing tendencies. It cites his refusal to appoint Irish American candidates and his disdain for "those low Irish," arguing the bias harms Democratic unity and fuels sectarian rancor in California.
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The
San Francisco Monitor
Stoneman
California
Terry
Monitor
Govenor Stoneman
Bernice District News From Silver State Mining Report
Bernice district correspondent notes Golder Crown mine owned by Wallace Goodell looks promising with several fine prospects nearby. Hoyt and Gilbert have opened a mine with ample ore in sight. James Denney sold half interest to Austin investors who will develop it immediately. G W Bothwell heads a mill project to start by July, promising ore on dumps and in sight for steady operation. Local mail service lags but a mill line is hoped for soon.
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Lovelock
Bernice
Golder Crown
Wallace Goodell
Hoyt
Questionable quips on ducks and a Georgia education loan
The text jokes about a duck’s trips to water and back to the bank, then notes A. H. Stephens of Georgia loaned money to 120 young men for education, with most repaid. It appears as a humorous aside followed by a factual claim about a historical loan program.
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Tase A. H. Stephens
Georgia
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