Turbulent Senate and House activity in January session
Journal of congressional actions through January notes Senate amendments to the Post-office bill setting aside 185000 for fast mail and tariff debate. House discussions on Naval and Fiscal measures. a death in North Carolina prompting adjournment. later reports cover pensions, rail tariffs, weather forecasts, and a deadly train wreck in Tebichipa with twenty one lives lost.
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House
Robeson
J. W. Shackleford
North Carolina
Kawasa
Congress
Sarurpsy
Blair
Voorhees
Indiana Board of Agriculture
Signal Service
Department of Agriculture
National Board actions and legal notes and crimes in Washington
Reports from Washington include a National Board of Trade resolution favoring abolition of internal revenue taxes aside from tobacco and liquors. Surgeon General Crane receives rights to Guiteau remains. Indictments and executions noted, plus immigration and trade figures for 1882.
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Washington
Department’ of Commerce
Surgson
Crane
Dr. Hicks
Guiteau
Gunrrat Hazen
Raum
Brewster
Dern
United States
Canada
Wasurseten
Frederick E. Shaw
E. W. Doniphan
E. W. Dorsey
Crarts Shaw
Washington, D. C
National Board of Trade
Washon
Tun
Mixed news brief highlights from 19th century press
The notice compiles outbreaks of local finance failures and deaths, railway accidents and inquiries, bank suspensions, fires, and political moves. It mentions Burnside statue funding in Providence, Kip Bach death, Hoar Senate re election, and multiple regional incidents across New York Pennsylvania New Jersey and Massachusetts.
Milwaukee arson case anchors county jail booking
George Scheller Eanes is charged as the man who set the Newhall House fire in Milwaukee and is jailed in an interior county. He confesses a defalcation of 7800 dollars. A separate note reports D B Chisholm, a California mining secretary, absconding from San Francisco. An explosion at Mansfield killed three and critically injured two, with a victim's body found near a plank fence.
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George Scheller
Eanes
Newhall
Milwaukee
Interior
D. B. Chisholm
California
San Francisco
Thaze
Mansfield
Bonapartist Demonstrations In Paris Spurs Arrests
In Paris on the night of the 17th Bonapartist demonstrations near the residence of Prince Jerome drew arrests. A landslide in Mara Switzerland destroyed the village as earth and boulders cascaded down the hillside following a recent event.
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Prince Jerome
Paris
Mara
Switzerland
Heroic Ross Fends Off Nevada Train Robbers
A Wells Fargo express guard named Ross repelled a three hour robbery near Montello Nevada. Despite gunfire and attempts to burn the car he saved the train, was wounded, and the robbers fled. Authorities raise rewards and pursue the gang with Sheriff, Wells Fargo, and Central Pacific support.
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Ross
Tribune
Wells, Fargo & Co
Montana
Nevada
Ina Sage-Brush Desert
San Francisco
Ogden
Tecoma
Montello
Toano
Cassin
Clement
Central Pacific Company
Taber
Biko County
Terrate
Fell
Sheri Brown
Orden
Wells, Farro & Co
State of
Multiple Dispatches Report Turbulent News Across Regions
Reports on heavy snows in Watertown New York five feet deep. A Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania coal mine area cave-in with no deaths. Kansas Legislature reelects Senator Plomb by near unanimous vote. Fire devastates central Nicoleff Russia. casualties reported. Inquest at Milwaukee Newhall House questions clerk’s priorities. Delaware murder whipping bill defeated. St Louis man fasting arrested. Oil region excitement as Patterson well failure and high petroleum prices. Desperado shoots Sheriff Stone near Udell Station Kansas. lynching follows. Grand Jury Washington declines to indict Star route foreman. Dublin sentences for seditious language. Lynchings in Virginia cattle fraud case. Hunger among 800 Plates near Winnebucca Nebraska. James Patrick Sr. Ohio journalist dies at ninety one. Senate memorial on Mexico claim over French expulsion. Tariff bill sets steel rail at seven tenths of a cent. Naval bill advances double turret monitor completion.
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Yukon River
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Joux W. Shachkutroup
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One of Barnan's Tricks Tom Thumb Birthday Tale
Tom Thumb recalled his childhood birthday in Chicago, recounting Barnum's early acts. He described a fashion overcoat with large pockets used to hide him, and how Barnum would pull him from a pocket during openings before declaring his arrival. He notes how much he has grown since those days.
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Tom Thumb
Chicago
Barnum
Tom
Disaster at Australasian Mine After Flood Claims Twenty-Two
Reports from Sydney describe the December 12 accident at the Australasian Mine where 24 men were trapped in a drift as floodwater rose to thirty feet. Twelve escaped to the surface. twenty two others perished after a sixty hour struggle. John Manby survived after warning a comrade. Bodies found and families aided by liberal subscriptions.
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San Francisco
The
Sydney Herald
Winte No. 11
John Manby
Queen Victoria Behind Rent Increases in NYC Block
Real estate owner Queen Victoria and agents named Hiss raise rents for a large Broadway block near Eighteenth Street. The move shifts tenants and reshapes occupancy in Lower Manhattan during a period of rising housing costs.
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New York
Hiss
Broadway
Eighteenth Street
Woman Arrested in Cincinnati Proves Marriage to California Millionaire
A woman detained in Cincinnati on drunkenness charges revealed she was the wife of a California millionaire who left him years earlier before his wealth.
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Cincinnati
California
FarrMocNT Park to become national tree nursery
The Philadelphia Press reports FarrMocNT Park in Philadelphia will host a national tree nursery by planting trees from every state in the Union. The project aims to showcase a diverse collection to symbolize national unity.
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Farrmocnt
Philadelhia
Union
Philadephia Press
Wreck of Southern Express Near Te nichipa Station
A Southern express train wreck near Te nichipa Station after a grade descent. Two engines and several cars derailed and burned, with a freight of sleepers and mail cars destroyed. Many passengers trapped amid ruins but all aboard reportedly uninjured.
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Cal
Southern Express
Tehicthipa
Overland Express
Southern Pacific
Tenichipa Station
Sumner
Train wreck tragedy prompts constitutional dispute and inquest
An 1869 railroad crash near Los Anceres left twenty one dead and many injured after air brakes were removed and a speeding train derailed. The article also covers an inquest and a judicial ruling on the validity of a state constitutional amendment regarding intoxicating liquor.
Sinking of the Cimbria in the North Sea
The Cimbria of the Hamburg American Line sank after a collision with the Sultan off Borkum near Emden. Of 490 on board, 56 are known saved. one lifeboat carrying 39 reached Cuxhaven. Rescue accounts say over 200 took to boats as the steamer went down.
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North Sea
London
Cimbria
Hamburg American Line
New York
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Borkum
Emden
Prussia
Cuxhaven
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Thes
Sinking of the Cimbria After Fatal Collision Near Weser
Survivors recount the Cimbria collision with the Sultan and the sinking near Weser Lighthouse. Seventeen saved by Diamant, bringing known rescues to fifty six. The Theta rescued Cimbria boats and reached Cuxhaven. fog and rough seas hindered lifeboat operations and information from the Sultan’s crew.
Cimbria Collides Near Borkum After Grounding
The Cimbria left Hamburg with 589 passengers and 10 crew. It ran aground off the Elbe but freed with flood tide and sailed at 2:50 PM. Friday a collision near Borkum with the steamer Sultan sank the Cimbria. Rescue ships Hansa and others searched for survivors. Sultan arrived at the Elbe.
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Elbe
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Cimbria
Cuxhaven
Sultan
Madame Charlemont Falls From Nobility to Potter’s Field
Poverty and obscurity overtook Madame Charlemont once a noble wife. Married at eighteen to a cousin in the imperial army, she watched empires fall as her husband gambled away wealth. After his death she taught languages and music until age sixty four, then spent thirty years in the poorhouse before burial in the potter’s field.
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Madame Charlemont
Flipper, Former West Pointer, Advances in Mexican Army
A former West Point cadet named Flipper, cashiered for alleged stealing, reportedly joined the Mexican army and has risen to the rank of Brigadier General in that service.
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Flipper
West Pointer
Concord firm lands first US order for Chinese wood working machinery
The Concord, New Hampshire manufacturing concern received the first U S order ever placed for wood working machinery destined for China. The deal marks a milestone in trade and industrial relations between the United States and China.
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United States
China
Concord
N. H
Nebraska man tarred after freezing wife in cruel act
A Nebraska man who drove his wife into the cold night forcing her to walk barefoot, leading to frostbite and amputation of her feet, was tarred and feathered by local neighbors in a public display of punishment.
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Nebraska
Canadian Pacific Directors Announce Stock Sale to Syndicate
Directors report the sale of 10,9000 of new stock to an international syndicate at sixty percent of par value.
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Tur
Canadian Pacific
Tur Washington Directory Surfaces Population Estimate
A 188 percent directory lists 79 600 names and estimates a population of 318 400, but the article notes the actual population likely around 250 000 in Washington D C the capital city.
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Tur
Washington
D. C
Wasurxotox Tererrosy Claims Debt Elimination and Treasury Growth
Wasurxotox Tererrosy boasts of being out of debt and expanding treasury strength with available funds. The statement highlights improved fiscal position and potential budgetary flexibility for ongoing or planned programs.
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Wasurxotox Tererrosy
Tur Waltham Watch Co., 2 Millionth Timepiece Dinner
The Tur Waltham Watch Company in Waltham Massachusetts celebrated its 2,000,000th watch with a large dinner for the thirty foremen in the works.
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Tur Waltham
Mass
Boston Post
Necktie usage cited at seven million dollar annual level
A claim notes seven million dollars worth of neckties worn in the country each year. It emphasizes economic value and fashion impact without detailed statistics or sources.
Overwork Among Railways Endangers Public Safety
Chicago Herald reports railways overwork engineers and switchmen, causing exhaustion and sleep at posts. Investigations show common 22 hour shifts, with misrotation risks, plus near-misses and fatal accidents. Call for legislative action and traveler vigilance.
Various Educational and Religious Observations Across Regions
The article notes the Jubilee fund surpassing $1,000,000 for the Congregational Union of England and Wales, New York public instruction overseeing over 11,000 schools for more than a million children, and salaries of six dollars yearly to pastors in Termesee Baptist churches. It references Cornell University’s wealth growth, Hawaii evangelists, a new Armenian college in Erzercum, and a New Hampshire school report showing district school declines, teacher counts, and wage averages. It also quotes legal taxation of sonages and shifts in medical education toward clinical demonstrations.
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Congregational Union of England and Wales
New York State
Neil Gilmour
Termessee
Hawaii
Detroit Post
St. Petersburg
Erzercum
Germany
Union Spriggs
N. Y
Superintendent of Public Instruction
New Hampshire
Rantzau Moor Tribute Story at Castle Breitenburg
In an old Schleswig custom a Counts Rantzau and the Bismarck family trace kinship. A peasant saved a Count during a hunt and was promised annual payment of one pfenning on Martinmas, later paid as a silver coin on November 10 with a banquet at Castle Breitenburg. The tribute continues despite the land becoming farmland and is settled with an old receipt for the current proprietor.
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Prince Bismarck
Count Rantzau
Schleswig
Paris
Amer. Register
Lincoln quotes on death penalty from Old Abe
John F. McDonald of Indiana relays Abraham Lincoln's stance on the death penalty. He recalls Lincoln saying soldiers deserting to the enemy should face the law, but warns against harming a loyal man with a long service and no furlough who defends his family.
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Indiana
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Chicago
Tree from Australia Roars Back Transplant Shock
A sapling from Australia, a mimosa-like legume, shows sensitive-leaf behavior and roosts at sundown. After transplant to a larger pot the plant reacts violently, folding leaves and quivering as it settles in, a curious display of plant life.
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Australia
Virginia
If the hungry poor cry over bread and meat
A poem by Golden Dawe raises questions about feeding animals and children on scraps while the rich waste food. It imagines animals and a child voicing complaints about bread and oats and laments the hungry poor outside, urging kindness and sharing.
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Vjolden Dawe
Gypsies Try to Seize Baby Georgie in Frightful Plot
An account describes a plan by two girls, Mabel and Fay, to steal a baby named Georgie. The incident involved disguises, a front porch, and a demand for money as they attempted to return the child to a supposed rightful guardian. Mrs. Kisse gathers details and informs Georgie’s father.
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Fay
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Georgie
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