Wide-ranging 19th century reform and crime notes
A broad survey cites amendments and laws across states and territories, noting defeats and enactments on sessions, temperance, anti-Treating laws, and prison policy. It reports juvenile death by self harm, alien land ownership, a Rome printing discovery, and a U S Supreme Court decision upholding polygamy restrictions in territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
Utah
Congress
Territories
United States
Senate Executes Short Session Nominates Several Ambassadors
The Senate held a brief executive session on the 30th and received multiple presidential nominations. Nominations include Thomas J. Jarvis as US Minister to Brazil and Alexander R. Lawton to Russia, among others. A seven member committee to cut Senate contingent expenses was authorized. The body confirmed most recent nominations on the 2d, including postmaster for New York, then adjourned sine die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Thomas J. Jarvis
North Carolina
United States
Brazil
Alexander R. Lawton
Georgia
Russia
Anthony’.M. Kelley
Virginia
Joseph E Johnston
Allison
William KR. Roberts
New York
Chili
Charles W. D. Buck
Kentucky
Penu
Charles Z. Sussell
Connecticut
Liverpool
Norman J. Coleman
Missouri
United Sates
Richard B. Wirbbard
Texas
Sapany
William M. Lang
Lexas
Hamburg
Germany
Henry G. Pearson
A. Leo Knott
Marland
Tearson
Rebel bands in Oklahoma and Colon seizure dominate dispatches
A War Department dispatch reports Couch with 600 to 800 followers threatening to invade Oklahoma, leading to White House action to arrest Couch and leaders. Panama dispatch notes Colón seized. Kane ordered to protect Americans and restore the ship. Senate caucus resists office removals. Manning appoints Eugene Higgins to Treasury. Cabinet backs transit treaty with Grenada. marines and Gatling guns ready. Public debt and Utah polygamy purge highlighted. Sheridan warns Dakota army ready for Riel spillover.
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Tar War Department
General Hatch
Couch
Oklahoma
White House
Bayard
United States
Panama
P Éston
Colon
Manning
Eugene Higgins
Baltimore
United States Treasury
Grenada
Isthmus
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Treasury
Utah Commission
Utah
Sheridan
Riel
Department of Dakota
Multiple Plots and Deaths Mark East News Roundup
The East reports a cholera death on the bark Sonntag after arrival at Salem from Chittagong, plus the strangest local crime tale of a Mass. father burning his children with a red hot iron. It notes the Harper's Weekly editor’s body identity, Dun’s agency business failures, Philadelphia minting a March minot, Rhode Island governor-elect Wetmore, and a Alexandria mother killing herself and her children in a kerosene fueled fire.
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Sonntag
Salem
Mass
Chittagong
British India
8. S. Conant
Harper's Weekly
Trenton
N. J
Michael Corliss
Bordentown
Corliss
Dun
United States
Philadelphia
Lurnusr A. Sears
Brocton
George Peabody Wetmore
Newport
Rhode Island
Serine
Alexandria
N. Y
Drowning in Braddock Creek Linked to Boat Upset
A fifty year old Louisa Tomson a twenty six year old William Turner and a ten year old girl were drowned after a boat upset on Braddock Creek Accomack County Virginia. Reports note destitution fears in West Virginia mountains were exaggerated. Iowa bans liquor sales by druggists without county permit. Emery's Candle Factory Cincinnati experienced a $100000 loss from a partial blaze. Sheriff Humphrey returned to Morehead after a bloody clash with opponents. Mrs Garfield denied marriage rumors to a Pennsylvanian minister. Nine colored children perished in a fire destroying homes in Fairfield Chester and Darlington Districts DC. C H McCormick bequest to Presbyterian Seminary increased by 100000 dollars.
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Louisa Tomson
William Turner
Braddock Creek
Accomack
West Virginia
Iowa
Emery
Cincinnati
Humphrey
Rowan County
Ely
Morehead
Garfield
Fairfield
Chester
Darlington
D.C
Presbyterian Seminary
Chiesa
C. H. McCormick
Record of fires, accidents, and civic events from early date
A fire destroyed the Minneapolis courthouse but saved records. White Bear Lake tramps burned four summer residences. Tennessee Senate bans Sunday baseball and cricket. A boiler explosion near Scipio killed Anthony Cleaver and fatally injured the Hulse brothers. Miss Lillian Santo of San Francisco set a rifle ball record. Kentucky Governor Exorr mobilized militia at Lexington. Rowan County civic restoration movement noted. Hazard Company magazine explosion in St Joseph wrecked nearby homes. Three Norfolk banks closed. connected firms Baio Brothers involved. A cyclone at Waverly damaged six houses and the Christian Church, $69,000 loss reported. No serious injuries.
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Minneapolis
Minn
White Bear Lake
Tennessee Senate
Scipio
Ind
Anthony Cleaver
Hulse Brothers
Mmiss
Lillian Santo
San Francisco
Exorr
Kentucky
Lexington
Rowan County
Hazard Company
St. Joseph
Norfolk
Exchange National Bank
Franklin Savings Bank
Baio Brothers
Waverly
Christian Church
Indian uprisings and battles widen across continents
Reports confirm Indians sacked Barberono and Battleford while preparing assaults on intrenched settlers. Riel leads about 1000 men as troops rush to front. Guatemalan forces rout San Salvador. Chinese peace with France. Galena marines protect property in Aspinwall. Madrid reels from a plot to assassinate King Alfonso. Lord Cairns dies in Bournemouth. Princess Montpean dies by her own hand near Lemburg.
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Barberono
Northwest Territory
Riel
Aspinwall
United States
Galena
Prince Bismarck
Germany
Battleford
Ist
Stony Creek
Franz Abt
London
Yorkshire
Eng
Santa Anna
Guatemala
San Salvador
Berlin
China
France
Graham
Suakim
Tamai
Command En Kane
Qu’appelle
Madrid
Alfonso
Lord Cairns
Bournemouth
Prinorss Montiean
Charles Albert
Sardinia
Italy
Lemburg
Nominations and storms mark unsettled times across nations
President sent 173 nominations to the Senate. 159 confirmed, two rejected, twelve unacted. Appointments included John R. Garrison as Deputy First Comptroller and John S. McCalmont as Customs Commissioner. A severe snowstorm hit Ontario and Quebec on the 3d. General Grant showed growing weakness. Illinois lawmakers debated Senators. British actions at Tamaai. a drowning near Merom, Indiana after a boat accident. Kane reported gang involvement in Aspinwall fires, with tents for relief. Telegraphic war news waned in the Northwest. troops fortified Fort Assiniboine. Floodwaters submerged lowlands from Wilkes-Barre to Kingston. Fire-damp explosion in Marcinette, France killed eighteen. US and Canada trade improved. 249 business failures in the week ending the 3d, distributed across regions.
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United States Senate
John R. Garrison
Virginia
Treasury
John 8. McCalmont
Pennsylvania
Ontario
Quebec
Ilinois
Logan
Morrison
Haines
Carl Pretzel
Tom Cloonan
A. J. Streeter
David Davis
Andrew Jackson
Messrs
Altgeld
Bittig
United States
General Granand
Tamaai
Osman Digma
Tamanieh
Zereba
Jonson Pyor
Wabash
Merom
Ind
Kane
Navy Department
Aspinwall
Northwest Territory
Fort Assinaboine
Wilkesbarre
Kingston
Marcinette
France
Birdstreet’s
Oklahoma boomers clash with U S troops over Oklahoma country
Reports detail the Oklahoma boomers led by Captain Couch and the death of Oklahoma Payne trying to settle lands in the Indian Territory. Troops from Fort Leavenworth, Fort Gibson, Fort Lyon, Fort Wingate and others forced surrender, then allowed to retreat. A boomers convention in Topeka proclaims support and plans to lobby President Cleveland.
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Connec
Oklahoma
Checota Creek
Arkansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma Country
United States
Indian Territory
David L. Payne
Payne
Arkansas River
Pawnee
Iowa
Kickapoo
Pottawattomie
Delaware
Boudinot
Caldwell
Fort Reno
Hayes
Forth Worth
Tex
Teller
Ninth United States Cavalry
Rock Falls
Kansas Line
Couch
Boomers
Hatch
Camp Russell
General Hatch
Lieutenant Day
Captain Couch
Stillwater
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Gibson
Fort Lyon
Colorado
Fort Wingate
Fort Riley
Conch
Il.h.stafford
George W. Brown
E. Wilcox
Wichita
Kan
Sherman
Topeka
Cleveland
Sidney Clark
Congress
S. N. Wood
East
Oklahomia
Adinday
Washington
Harpers Weekly
United States Prepares to Protect Isthmus Interests
Dispatches from Panama report Aspinwall burned by insurgents to hinder government forces. Pacific Mail property saved. ships shelter refugees. Fighting in Colon, town aflame, many killed or captured. canal and railroad records damaged. U.S. officials vow transit protection under treaty with Navy marines expected to sail.
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Colon
Preston
Panama Railroad
Pacific Mail Company
Railroad Company
Canal Company
Christopher Columbus
New York
Panama Railroad Company
Aspinwall
Panama
Westmington
Washington
Navy
United States
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Ferry's Downfall and French Cabinet Crisis
A Paris dispatch reports President Grevy pressing immediate action in China and the cabinet mobilizing two divisions and 10,000 reinforcements. Ferry resigns with the entire ministry. Brisson and Freyoluc are asked to form a new cabinet as riots erupt in the Chamber of Deputies. French losses at Lang Son reach about 1,500 with generals wounded and positions precarious as forces face Chinese pressure.
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Loxbox
Paris
Grevy
Council of Ministers
China
Chamber of Deputies
Ferry
Avevy
de Freycenet
Ribert
Waddington
Langson
Ile
Jules Ferry
Cabinet Council
Wretel
Clemenceau
Lewal
Peyron
Tonquin
Courbet
Canton
Pekin
Henry Brisson
Brisson
M. Freyeluct
le Figaro
L’intransiqgeant
le Sicele
la Pais
France
le Journ Des Deputs
TNE
Negrier
Berge
le Galois
Lang Son
Cha
Giovannelli
Phu Dong
Engagement ends in gunfire in Goo Way of Breaking an Engagement
Sunday night dispute between engaged couple William Amman and Effie Bainter escalated when she fired a revolver wounding Amman. He wrested the weapon and shot her in the back, she likely to die, per brief item from Decatur Illinois.
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Goo
Decatur
Ill
William Amman
Effie Bainter
Amman
Tallahassee County
Fla
Georgia
Florida
Fittsburgh Post
Sudden Conversions and Civil Service Reform Debate
A column critiques Republican conversions to Civil Service reform, arguing sincerity doubts, corruption under the party, and the spoils system. It cites Bayard, notes mercenary officeholders, and warns Republicans against overzealous criticism while the Democratic administration applies reform to curb patronage. The piece contrasts partisan opposition with calls for nonpartisan civil service rules.
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Peoce
Baynard
Senate
Abbott
New Jersey
A Political Bugaboo and the Cleveland Inaugural
A critique argues Republican scare tactics aimed at African Americans failed after the Cleveland administration. It claims Democratic leadership assured equal protection and citizenship, denouncing the “blood shirt” rhetoric and praising unity between white and Black citizens under a just government.
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South
Washington
Reedmen’s Bank
Messrs
Blaine, Evarts & Co
Cleveland
Frederick Douglass
Blaine
Evarts
Sher
Massa Cleveland
F. World
Day Rot Set In Final Disintegration of Republicans
A Harrisburg Patriot opinion piece denounces the Republican party as fractured. It cites a feud between Morrill Aldrich and Sherman over tariff on wool as evidence of lost unity, predicting the party’s fragments will scatter and hopes for cohesion are gone.
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Morrill
Aldrich
Sherman
Senate Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
Messrs
Republican Party
Harrisburg
Beginning at Home An Experiment in Public Service Reform
A 1920s-era appraisal argues that trimming excess in Interior and Justice, including selling off private-gear and limning staff, will boost morale and efficiency in government. It praises a policy of pruning nonessential allowances, calling for accountability across departments, customs houses, and post offices.
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Cleveland
Interior Departments
Department of Justice
Lamar
Garland
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Alabama
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Montana
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Armour & Co
Chicago
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Nellie Grant Sartoris
Rome
Gutenberg
Sorbonne
New Caledonia
Lord Granville
Ohio House
Canada
Tom Ballard
Ballard
the News
Foreign Intelligence
Winnipeg
Wissire
Man
Far West
George E. Applegarth
James Payne
Battleforn
Middleton
Touchwood
Prince Albert
Fort Pembina
Creersnaty
Emery Candle Factory
Action
Wat
Erasmus Wilson
Quain
Empire
England
Holland
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