Ex-Minister Stevens Exonerated in Hawaii Probe
Senate Foreign Relations report on the Hawaii revolution finds Stevens and Wiltz exonerated, notes no freehand motive to annex, and criticizes executions of policy by Blount and Willis. It argues US protection of American citizens justified but denies authority to establish a formal protectorate.
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Stevens
Washington
Morgan
Senate Committee
In Foreign Relations
United States
Hawaii
Foster
Gresham
Missons
Biount
Willis
Brownt
Blount
Oeene
Siimister Stevens
Sherman
Frye
Dolph
Davis
Mico
Wera
Honoluln
Mr. Biount
Dex
United Stats
Bendlulu Ene
Harrison
Boston
M. C. Butler
David Turpie
John M. Daniel
George Gray
Butler
Turpie
Officials arraigned in Michigan state records case
Michigan's Secretary of State John W. Jochim Marcus Petersen William May and James G Clark were arraigned in Mason on grand jury indictments. Bail set at 7000 for Jochim with sureties A O Bement and G W Bement. Petersen and Clark face conspiracy charges with 1000 bail each. May's bond also 1000. All released on bail awaiting trial beginning March 12.
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Michigan
Lawsine
Mich
John W. Jochim
Marcus Petersen
William May
Wayne County
James G. Clark
Mason
Jochim
A. O. Bement
G. W. Bement
Patrick Blake
Louis Lavergne
Detroit
May
Peterson and
Clark
Jacob Stahl
J. M. Skinner
Lansing
Petersen
Adolph Butler
Frank Houpt
Mrs Lease Denies Report She Claimed Mason Status
In Chicago Mrs Mary Lease dismisses rumors she claimed to be a mason. She says she is not a mason though she wears an emblem and supports women joining oath bound, masonry like organizations. She calls equal suffrage key to progress.
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ChicaGo
Mary Lease
Kansas
Wiman pleads not guilty in New York case
Erastus Wiman appeared in part 1 general sessions and pleaded not guilty to indictments. Bail of 25 000 was continued and no trial date set. Counsel said Wiman was partner in R G Dun and that alleged forgery was transfers between accounts under his control.
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New York
Erastus Wiman
Boardman
Wiman
R. G. Dun & Co
Nic
Notorious New York Fence Mandelbaum Dies in Hamilton
Mother Mandelbaum also known as Mrs Frederica Mandelbaum a famous New York fence of stolen goods died in Hamilton Ont at about 60 years old She had built wealth as a go-between for thieves and crooks and receivers of stolen goods in New York before police drove her out and she moved to Canada about ten years ago as New York authorities pursued her.
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Hamilton
Ont
Mandelbaum
Frederica Mandelbaum
New York City
Three Drowned In Canal Ice Break Near Massillon
Seven children from St Marys Catholic school fell through the ice on the Ohio canal at Massillon Ohio. Three victims were Carrie Cooper Jennie Reiks and Katie Batscheider. A rescuer saved three others and Fred Pisher was later found to have escaped.
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Massillon
Sillon, O
Ohio Canal
Carrie Cooper
Jennie Reiks
Katie Batscheider
St. Mary’s Catholic School
Fred Pisher
Alabama Mob Hangs 13 Year Old Slayer of Deputy Sheriff
In Suemman Alabama on February 28 a mob hanged Thomas Douglass aged 13 for killing Deputy Sheriff John Cowlett who had come to seize a cow from the boy's mother. The body was riddled with bullets as summary vengeance followed.
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Alabama
Suemman
Ala
Thomas Douglass
John Cowlett
Fire destroys Golden Rule bazaar in Frisco
A bad fire leveled the Golden Rule bazaar in Frisco on Monday night. The wooden two story building housed Davis Bros toys and notions. Fire crews saved adjacent structures. total losses around 200000 on stock and 30000 on the building.
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San Francisco
Davis Bros
Bankrupt Harris City to be sold at sheriff's sale
Findlay Ohio February 28 The village of Harris City ten miles west of Findlay is bankrupt and will be appraised and sold at sheriff's sale. Most of the town is owned by Exchange Bank of Ottawa Ohio which failed recently.
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Findlay
Harris City
Exchange Bank of Ottawa
Legal battle over Northern Pacific strike order
Milwaukee March 5 capital and labor faced off in Judge Jenkins court over modifying a strike injunction against Northern Pacific employees. Attorneys debated if a writ could stop workers from quitting and if labor unions can legally organize to seek higher wages without illegal boycott or coercion. Arguments continued with judges questioning the definition of a strike as hearings proceed.
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Milwaukee
Jenkins
Northern Pacific Railroad
United Organization of Railway
Northern Pacific Railway
United States
John C. Spooner
T. W. Harper
Terre Haute
Ind
Quarles
Spence & Quarles
Harper
North Pacific
Northern Pacific
Congress
John H. McNaught
Mr. McNaught
McNaught
Humph
Attorne Harper
Pioneer Lawmakers Visit Recalls Iowa's Early Capitol Days
Des Moines dates show veteran legislators touring the capitol and Y M C A rooms. Prominent figures including Judge George Wright and ex-Lieut. Gov. Scott are toasted as the old era meets today’s lawmakers amid speeches and a register of pioneer's residents.
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Des Moines
Pioneer Lawmakers
Capitol
Burlington
Iowa City
Enoch Eastman
Missouri
Cedar
Chicagua
Sharpe
Okoboji
Lewis
George W. Wright
Dungan
Judge Wright
T. S. Parvin
Iowa
Gov. Scott
L. L. Ainsworth
Fayette
Wright
Ainsworth
Brower
Groneweg
Cheshire
Harper
Palmer
House
Speaker Stone
Weaver
Father Miller
Lee
Bob Ingersoll
Sawyer
Council Bluffs
Samuel McNutt
Noble
Clayton
Reed
P. Yeomans
Charles City
N. W. Rowell
Afton
BR. S. Finkbine
J. L. McCormack
Knoxville
Muscatine
E. Lindly
T. & Parvin
Cedar Rapids
F. M. Knoll
Sageville
John H. Leavitt
Waterloo
J. H Powers
New Hampton
S. S. Ainsworth
West Union
P. M. Casady
Isaac N. Griffiths
Reuben Novie
McGregor
Washington Garland
Result of hard times on Michigan labor downturn
Lansing reports five months ending February 1 show 2,066 factories with employees losing 1,763,000 ten hour days and 48,752 men laid off. Average wage cuts reach 4 percent as 17 factories shut entirely and 572 run short time, totaling 36,627 hours lost weekly.
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Michigan
Lansing
Mich
Tragedy in Oregon Ends in Murder Suicide near EvGent
Albert Moss killed a Coleman family member and wounded another before shooting at David Coleman, then fatally wounded himself. The incident followed a quarrel between Moss and his father with Coleman siding with the father.
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EvGent
Ore
Albert Moss
David Coleman
Coleman
Moss
Murderous escape bid ends with guard’s death
In Trenton on March 5 Joseph Wallwitz alias John Malwitz a twenty year prisoner pried open his cell and used a rope to lasso Keeper James T Walters. He then choked Walters unconscious and seized the guard’s pistol killing Center Keeper Joseph B Lippincott who appeared on the scene. Wallwitz was recaptured.
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Trenton
N. J
Joseph Wallwitz
John Malwitz
James T. Walters
Joseph B. Lippincott
Lippincott
Waliwitz
Judge Jenkins Decision Restricting Railways in Spotlight
The house judiciary committee chose not to pursue an investigation of rulings by Judges Brewer Taft Dundy Pardee and others tied to Judge Jenkins restraint on railway employees.
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Jenkins
Wasixerox
House Judiciary Committee
Brewer, Taft, Dundy, Pardee
Dunphy Accuses Tammany Leader of Ballot Fraud
In a March 5 letter Congressman Dunphy resigns from Tammany Hall and says it instigates ballot box frauds. He implicates Richard Croker in the misconduct.
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Lings
Tammany
New York
Dunphy
Richard Croker
Look for Improvement in Chicago Bankers Mood
Chicago bankers express belief that the tide has turned and better business conditions may follow.
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Chcago
Chicago
Iowa Senate and House Proceedings Highlight 1861 Bills
Iowa lawmakers in Des Moines consider sewers, taxation, suffrage, and library measures. Senate debates include death of Judge McDill, suffrage constitutional issues, criminal justice reforms, and a weather service station. House advances include school fund support, corporate pleadings parity, and beet sugar bounty proposals.
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Drs Mores
Senate
Lewis
Drs Moines
Senate Normal School
Washington Galland
Perry
Temperance
Finn
King George
Iowa
Bowen
Judiciary Committee
Capitol
Iowa State Teachers’ Association
Des Mores
Carpenter
Iowa Weather Service
Muscatine
Spirit Lake
Harsh
Eaton
McDillers
Moines
Harmon
McCarthy
House
Thomas Brooks
New Brunswick Massacre Ends in Double Tragedy
In Franklin Park New Jersey on a Wednesday night two burglars Henry Baker William Thompson entered Moore Baker home to rob. Mrs Baker and her infant child Gertrude were killed. Moore Baker killed both attackers. Baker later died from wounds. The coroner ruled justifiable homicide for Bakers self defense.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Henry Baker
William Thompson
Moore Baker
Franklin Park
Thompson
Baker
Gertrude
Electric heating and electric rail ideas sweep the era
A Western inventor envisions heating theaters with underseat electric heaters. A Maryland company forms to promote electric propulsion for canal boats with 250000 capital. Scotland Ireland telephone link spans Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast at 250 miles. Vermont towns Waterrnury and Stowe plan an 150000 electric railway funded 40000 by Stowe, water powered, carrying freight and passengers. John Wanamaker may back a telephone venture against Bell.
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Scotland
Ireland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Belfast
Derrort
Austria
Watternury
Stowe
Vermont
John Wanamaker
Bell Company
Wanamaker
Post Office Department
Country homes Stockton at Convent and Cable near Northampton
The country place of Mr. Stockton at Convent New Jersey is named The Holt and that of Mr. Cable near Northampton is called Stay awhile.
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Stockton
Convent
N. J
Holt
Cable
Northampton
insane man kills his wife in religiously motivated attack
Edward Froid ereux, driven insane over religion at Point Pleasant, obtained a club and killed his wife after telling his family he was commanded by God to do so. Neighbors intervened after hearing the children’s warning and overpowered him.
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Lima
Edward Froidereux
Point Pleasant
McKane Arrives at Prison After Election Fraud Conviction
John Y. McKane, Gravesend politician, arrives at the prison at 3 12 PM to begin a six year sentence for election frauds. He dons a convict suit, is placed with the idle ranks, and faces early earning possibilities if he maintains good conduct.
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Siva Suva
N. Y
John Y. McKane
Gravesend
McKane
Release of American from Ensenada Jail Reported
United States Consul Godbeat in San Diego announced the release of A. M. Pullman, an American, who had been confined in Ensenada jail on a kidnapping charge involving Whitman, an embezzler from Mexican territory, several months ago.
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San Drego
Cal
United States
Godbeat
Ensenada
Lower
California
A. M. Pullman
Whitman
Ex-Bank Cashier Marvin Posts $10,000 Bail
Marvin, a former bank cashier in Detroit, was arrested by federal agents for alleged heavy embezzlements and released after posting bail of $10,000 on March 3.
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Marvin
Detroit
Mich
Federal
A Spendthrift Ruler in Argentina Under Pellegrini
The Argentina Times denounces President Pellegrini in his final year, saying he spent four times the budgeted sum and raised the national debt by 240 million. The report highlights fiscal excess and growing debt during his administration.
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Auenos Ayres
Argentina Times
Pellegrini
Fire Rips Fort Dopes Livery Barn. 28 Horses Die
A blaze at Colby Brothers' livery barn in Fort Dopes burns the building and twenty eight horses. Loss figure is unknown, with insurance listed at 4,500 dollars. Fire origin remains undetermined.
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Fort Dopes
Colby Brothers
Substituted bill on silver seigniorage and certificate issues
The measure keeps the core plan for seigniorage on silver and issuing silver certificates in place, with notes retired as coinage progresses. The substitute clarifies coinage and confirms redemption of treasury notes under current law. Vote analysis shows 147 for 129 against, with party breakdowns for and against.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Gladstone to Resign Premiere Amid Health Strains
London reports confirm Mr. Gladstone will soon resign as prime minister. Secretary Mr. Littleton says the audience with Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace touched on his failing eyesight deafness and age. Pall Mall Gazette notes an audience with the queen and official resignation plans for Monday with Lord Rosebery likely to be summoned. No dissolution of parliament is planned. He will keep his seat in the House but leave the cabinet.
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Congress
Werther
Willis
Liliuckalani
London
Gladstone
Littleton
Gladestone
Lord Rosebery
Pall Mall Gazette
House of cc
Public debt statement February shows large net increase
The February public debt statement reports a net increase of 40,064,215 in February. The interest bearing debt rises to 625,872,000, with 40,831,910 added that month. Total debt including non interest bearing parts reaches 1,007,856,015 and the treasury cash totals 787,075,934. Bond issue receipts amount to 57,427,906 to date.
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Wasumeron
Son of the Keeper Killed at Gardiner's Island Lighthouse
Frank Miller aged 16 son of keeper Jonathan Miller was killed when the Gardiner's Island lighthouse collapsed during a severe storm. The father, ashore, learned of the tragedy next morning after officials had been warned the lighthouse was unsafe. Miller plans to sue the government.
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Gardiner’s Island
Sam
Greenport
N. Y
Maron
Frank Miller
Jonathan Miller
Miller
Downey Former Governor Dies in California
Ex Governor John C. Downey dies in Los Angeles at 67 after a three day illness. He served as governor and was a prominent political figure in California.
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Downey
Calliforni
Los Aneros
Cal
John C. Downey
Death of a Wealthy Woman in La Porte
Ruth C. Sabin, prominent La Porte resident aged 92, died Wednesday. She founded and endowed a local home for elderly women valued at 25,000 and 35,000 respectively. Her husband, the late S. S. Sabin, left 50,000 to Wabash College in his will.
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la Porte
Ind
March
Ruth C. Sabin
8S. S. Sabin
Wabash College
Man Dies After Thirteen Weeks Of Hiccoughs In Newark
John Carberry of Newark New Jersey died Thursday evening after thirteen weeks of hiccoughs. He reportedly hiccoughed himself to death at home continuing until his death.
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Newark
N. J
John Carberry
Pope Kneipp Predicts Longer Life for the Pope
Father Kneipp voiced the view that the pope is likely to live beyond the end of the century, reflecting optimism about the pontiff's longevity amid church leadership.
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Father Kneipp
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