Final City Council Meeting Ends With Routine Actions
The city council adjourned after a brief session, approving several street grading and paving petitions, approving bonds and appropriations for the new financial year, and hearing resolutions of thanks to officials. The treasurer reported 4,029.00 in city credit, payrolls were set, and relief and other resolutions were adopted, with remarks praising courteous conduct and orderly proceedings.
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W. ‘A. Hoxie
Adame Street
Milla & Te
Gieenire E. Kirkman
Scott
Lamp
Dames Murray
George Griffith
Omer
Morris Taylor
B. Underwood
Foloey
Alana
Cornell
Erwin
Wile Sharpley
Marie
Walers
Hite
Pehington Alen
Halley
Pennsylvania Globe
Wubing
Davis & Bro
Hobere Carswell
Adama
Westbrrook
Delaware liquor tax waste spurred state cost debate
A Delaware State Temperance Alliance pamphlet argues liquor traffic drains public funds by fueling crime and welfare costs while inflating tax burdens. The piece estimates license revenues and public expenditures across New Castle and Kent counties, suggesting vast statewide costs from alcohol despite licensing income.
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Kent County
Newcats
Lcense
Election Eve in Baltimore Sparks Voter Fraud Fears
The city sees a Democratic Ansovation meeting as Republicans deploy detectives and warn of potential fraud. Baltimore peers arrive to monitor polls while alleged plan to influence votes grows, with reported gatherings of African American voters and arrivals from Philadelphia and Elkton under police surveillance.
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Clayton Monee
George W. Thompson
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James H. Brewer
Marshal McMarin
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Walnut Streets
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Ind
Wilmington
Delaware
Wilmingtom
State Road
Elkton
Joseph Purnell
Guiteau's Last Hope for Rehearing in Garfield Case
In General Term Court Charles H Reed petitions for a rehearing on behalf of Charles J Guiteau. He demands a truthful record arguing the court refused to instruct jurors to find not guilty on counts lacking evidence that Garfield died in Washington DC. The court held place of death immaterial to the crime and prepared to rule next day.
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Corkhill
Western Man Favored as Democratic Presidential Nominee in 1884
New York Star reports Western Democrats back a Western candidate for president in 1884 with Hendricks or McDonald favored. William H. English, Jr., son of a late vice presidential candidate, comments on tariff views and district politics in Indiana while serving as manager of the Indianapolis Opera House. Attorney General Brewster returns to Wasurveros as Blaine tests testimony in the Credit Industries probe. Naval Affairs approves inquiry into iron or steel steamers.
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Shemaes
Indianapolis
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New York
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Blaine
Robert Randall
Credit Industries
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Finley
Hanged Black Man Matthews In Memphis Jail Yard
The article reports the public execution of Sandy Matthews, a Black man, on June 2 in Memphis for the murder of Esalek Polk. It details the crowd, the high gallows, his confession, and the sermon from Father Lucius, with 600 tickets and about 6000 spectators. It also notes a separate hanging in Atlanta and a May 1882 postal revenue update and Rhode Island Senate recess.
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Matthew
Atlanta
James EF. Harvey
Carrollton
Arthur McMullan
Harvey
William L. Moore
John B. Ward
Moore
Labor troubles in Pennsylvania and beyond rattle markets
The labor situation across Pennsylvania and several states remains unsettled as unions plan action next week. Coal and coke interests feel the impact with reduced coke demand and price cuts, while strikes spread to rail mills and brickworks. Knights of Labor push for mediation, police quell dock violence, and grocers in Liondale press for settlements as unions prepare for a long clash.
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Bay View
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Bridgeport
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Pillsbury
Spahren
Itt
Caiado
Liondale
Potter
News from Across Lands and Weather Forecast
A digest spanning Cairo and London notes Pacha Aravl Pacha's assurance to stay aligned with the Sultan during the crisis. In London the House of Commons discusses conference invitations with Seymour on Alexandria. Berlin reports a cool reception to a French plan and Vienna hints at Ottoman conference attendance. Weather bulletins forecast storm and cooling trends for the Middle Atlantic and New England, with partial sun near New York. Industrial strife continues in Milwaukee and New York lifting wages, while a fatal sloop capsizing near Long Island is reported. Police and political corruption arrests surface in New York and Baltimore. The New York Legislature adjourns, and Philadelphia plans a bicentennial celebration. A Quebec fire devastates rail facilities, and Barnum’s elephants escape in Connecticut. Catholic opposition to Ladies’ Land League stance is noted along with a Tammany salary dispute.
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