Political Debates and Senate Actions in January Congress
The XLVILIth Congress reports from January show Senate and House activity with several petitions for divorce law investigations, land grants restored or repaid, and bills on public lands and foreign trade. Notable items include a bill to grant ex-prisoners of war land benefits, a tax on lottery advertisements, and a relief expedition bill for Greely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monpar
Senate
Edmunds
Central Pacific
United States
Territories
Committee of Public Lands
Anthony
Cem
Europe
America
Hoar
Greely
Committee On Public Lands
Sewell
Fitz John Porter
Logan
Sherman
Danville
Mathews
Copiah County
Miss
Secretary of the Interior
Gabrielson
Rhodes
Dexter
City of Columbus
Crow Agency
Montana
A. Worthington
District of Columbia
Corkhill
Washington Notes Covering Elections and Personnel
The week ended the 19th reports visis of silver dollars at 93977 and compares with 404900 the prior year. Tax Secretary of the Interior is petitioned by four hundred Winnebago Indians in Nebraska to allot lands in severalty for citizenship rights. A Tar Republican Congressional Campaign Committee meeting in Washington on the 21st elected an Executive Committee with members Hawley Conn. and others. The committee may appoint its own Secretary. The Senate Tax Committee on Military Affairs ordered a favorable report on Fitz John Porter relief. The House Post-office Committee agreed to a favorable report on the newspaper postage rate of one cent for three ounces to non publishers. The National Board of Trade reelected Fraley and Hill as President and Secretary respectively. Fred Douglass, leader of the colored race, married Helen M. Pitts in Washington on the 24th. he is 73, she 35.
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Washington
Dorin
Hiscock
N. Y
Allison
Washburn
Minn
Peelle
Ind
Davis
McKinley
Campbell
Miller
Cal
Goff
W. Va
Pettibone
Tenn
O'Hara
N.C
Senate
Fitz John Porter
Post-office Committee
House of Representatives
Tue
National Board of Trade
Frederick Fraley
Philadelphia
Hamilton Hill
Boston
United States
Fred Douglass
Helen M. Pitts
Avon, N. Y
Douglass
Acquittal in Pittsburgh Insanity Defense Satisfies Court
In Pittsburgh James Nott was acquitted on grounds of insanity for killing James Dukes. Earlier in the day, the hearing found him of sound mind, prompting a public release and emotional reunions with family. A large crowd gathered at Major Brown's office as Nott returned home.
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James Nott
Pittsburgh
James ‘Dukes
Dukes
Jour Frazer
Liverpool
Eng
George Lathrop
Chicago
New York
Arthur
Union League Club
New York City
Edward J.meany
Brooklyn
Molders’ Union of North America
Wood Haven
L. 1
Burts Gasolina James
Saratoga
N. Y
Prohibition Home-Protection Party
Joan Fray
Portland
Charles
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Allentown
James Nutt
Nutt
Major Brown
Brown
Moter
Sinter
Hin
Uniontown
Wave of fires wrecks Clio area and rail incidents shock nation
A fire at Clio Michigan destroyed about half the business district. A broken rail derailed a passenger train near Macon Missouri injuring five. A stage robbery occurred between Wickenburg and Prescott Arizona with mail pouches rifled. A Chicago gambling house shooting left Joby Johnson dead after a clash with Stephen Alexander. A Virginia Senate committee aims to investigate penitentiary deaths. Multiple accidents and crimes reported across states including Ohio Illinois and Kentucky with several injuries and fatalities noted.
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Clio
Mich
Wabash Road
Macon
Wickenburg
Prescott
Arizona
Chicago
Stephen Alexander
Joby Johnson
Virginia Senate
Toledo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Dayton
Iowa
William B. Allison
United States
First National Bank of
Leadville
Col
Samuel T. Glover
Kansas
R. W. Helaker
D. C. Haskell
C. A. Tandy
Lynchburg
Jatler Couny
Wheeling
W. Va
Zora Burns
Lincoln
William D. Ringo
Newport
Canton
Renhold Robers
William Miller
Tom Fairbanks
Edward Monahan
Haskins
Monahan
Fairbanks
William Hall
Elkton
Cornelius van Schaack
Painesville
Joel Fowler
Socorro
N.M
John Johnson
George A. Wheeler
San Francisco
Adele J. Tillson
Indianapolis
Ind
Cato J. Jenks
Apex
N. C
Baltimore
General Sherman
Folly of Presidency and Far-Flung News Catches Smoke
A jumble of items reports political folly in entering the White House, a raft in the upper Cumberland River claiming nine lives near Carthage Tennessee, a Missouri murder involving Louis Boxpick and wife, a fire destroying eleven Dallas Oregon businesses valued at 120000, a Minnesota blizzard trapping residents, and a series of other calamities and political moves including a resignation in Indianapolis and a Colorado coal mine disaster with fifty seven believed dead.
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White House
Cumberland River
Carthage
Tenn
Louis Boxpick
Fenton
Dallas
Ore
Minnesota
Superior Junction
James
Edward Rradwick
Indianapolis
Ind
Virginia ‘Senate
Mahone
United States Senate
California
Epector
Vast array of disasters and crimes in brief news wrap
A London style digest reports a Duke of Westminster heir dies aged thirty one in Donegal amid funeral rites, a £25 subscription for a memorial, a Montreal refinery fire with $150,000 loss, Davis & Son cigar factory damage, Vienna murder confessions of Schenck and plans for more killings, a Rhine mine explosion killing sixteen, ODonnell vengeance fund tensions, English detectives tracing funds sent from New York, a great storm across England, a Montreal carnival invitation to President Arthur, Jamaica coffee crop failures, sugar making slowed by labor shortages, six fishermen dead near Ming's Bight, and Roger Amero family grief driving relatives insane in Halifax.
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Westminster
Port Grosvenor
County Donegal
Ipsland
Great Forve
Avenger “O'Donnell
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Davis & Son
Schenck
Vienna
Malfatti
Bchishek
Rhine
Germany
DuBlin
O’donnell
New York
London
England
Parsons
New Ricent
Ming's
Bight
N. F
Halifax
Roger Amero
Boston
Domestic and regional crime and financial reports headline a week
Across the United States and Canada 348 business failures are recorded for the week ending the 25th, with regional totals and notable cases including indictments in Lincoln Illinois, a prison bail denial, a fatal shooting in Bangor Maine, hangings in Mount Vernon Indiana for robbery, a Detroit insurance broker's $200,000 failure, and various local incidents.
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United States
Canada
New England
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Provinces
Lincoln
Arrin A. Panes
iZora Burns
Bea
Tees
Carpenter
Bradstreet Commercial Agency
Calnat Ho Joun
StavLpine
Bangor
Megend
Mira
Spaulding
Joan Anderson
Zachariah Snyder
Josten Koang
Detroit
Mich
Selan
L. L
Charles Smith
Rohr
Prussia
Isaac Martin
Liberty Mills
Ind
Bate
Freetry
Wadet
Provident
Ned
Terrific explosion at Crested Butte coal mine on Thursday
Denver report details a blast at Colorado Coal and Iron Company mine in Crested Butte. Fifty seven men were at work in chambers one and two when fire damp ignited, with ten other men nearby escaping. the force blew away roof and main entry, trapping workers as rescue teams race to reach the chamber.
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Dampin
Crested Butte
Col
Deenvee
Coloorado
Coal and Iron Company
Denver
John Angas
Colorado, Coal and Iron Company
Henry
Anderson
John Williams
M.J. Stewart
John Martin
Thomas Rogers
James O'Neil
Jacob Lynx
John Anderson
James Walsh
Peter Baker
William Davidson
Richard James
David Hughes
P. eManus
W. J. Ne Gregor
John Myers
James, T. Stewart, Jr
Will‘tam Neath
Morgan Neath
Thomas Glancy
John Robert
William McCourtt
A. M. Godfrey
Dan McDonald
William ‘Aubrey
Ben Jeffries
Thomas Stewart
Gunnison
Frederick Douglass Weds White Office Clerk
In Washington on a Thursday evening Frederick Douglass married Miss Helen M. Pitts at the Congregational Church. The ceremony was private with two witnesses, after which they went to Pitts’s residence and then to Douglass’s country house. Pitts, a former clerk in Douglass’s Recorder of Deeds office, is active in the Woman Suffrage movement. Douglass is seventy, with many mixed-age children. The match surprised many in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Washington
Frederick Douglass
Congregational Church
Helen M. Pitts
E Street
Douglass
Montown
Miss Pitts
Iady
Woman Suffrage Party
Dr. Winslow
The
Alpha
Avon
N. Y
Washington
Mother's Crime in Barrrtore Maryland
A Maryland mother, Mrs William Hall of Elkton, attempted to poison herself and her six children with arsenic. The family was impoverished and without food or clothing. The mother died or near death, while two children are likely to die. neighbors later provided aid after the case came to light. The poison was given in water, and four children did not receive a full dose due to division of the arsenic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrrtore
William Hall
Elkton
Burial Instead of a Bridal in Maryland Tragedy
Miss Lane Goettig aged nineteen died in a fire after a planned wedding was cancelled. A funeral drew six black-clad women and an immense crowd as her body was carried in a casket. Her mother and sister were severely burned during the fire that consumed her clothing and home. Earlier she spoke with her lover in a poignant, final interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartmone
Lane Goettig
Iton Costas
Nutt Acquitted In Pittsburgh Murder Verdict Draws Storm of Cheers
In Pittsburgh on January 23, James Nutt was acquitted of murdering N. L. Dukes. The courtroom erupted as the foreman declared not guilty, with cheers from spectators and street crowds. Judge Stowe urged calm. Nutt was moved to a Fayette County farm for confinement and later possible discharge. Mrs. Nutt and her daughter wept as jurors consoled the widow.
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James Nutt
N. L. Dukes
Pittsburgh
Nutt
Rowland
Stowe
Fayette County
Prisoner Rebellion Injures Belmont County Jailer Colby
In Sr Clamsville Ohio on January 23 a group of ten prisoners overpowered Jailer Colby in the Belmont County Jail. They beat him and a revolver was taken during the attack. A boy in a cell raised an alarm, a domestic let in and locked doors, and the prisoners escaped briefly to the roof before returning to their cells. Colby lay insensible with serious wounds, condition later unclear.
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Clamsville
Colby
Belmont County
Cass
Ami
Droisisen
Jilon
City of Columbus wreck details from Mussel Bed claim
Boston readers hear fishermen dispute the Devil's Bridge strike location claiming the City of Columbus hit rocks near a mussel bed outside the buoy. Sailor McDonnell and Captain Wright give conflicting statements on course changes and the state room instruction before Tarpaulin Cave light, contributing to blame for the wreck.
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Boston
Columbus
Caytaiin Wright
Quarlarnimter McDonall
Nooski
Wright
Wright Adits
Nooska
Imate
Woman Driven to Madness by Married Life at Pennsylvan
Bertha Clear, who wed Garrison the living museum skeleton, has become a maniac in her West Philadelphia home. Doctors call her condition critical as her husband seeks divorce notes, claiming she has been of unsound mind for months.
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Pinladelphla
Bertha Clear
Garrison
Philadelphia
Bertha
Premonition Follows Death in Gay Head Wrest
The body of Hilon Brooks of Northorp Massachusetts arrives home after the Gay Head wrest. Brooks had warned relatives about his finances before leaving. He recounted a dream the night before President Lincoln’s assassination, which was later seemingly corroborated by received intelligence.
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Northorp
Mass
Hilon Brooks
Brooks
Mior
Lincoln
Express No. 2 wrecks on trestle near Beaver town
Express No. 2 on the Cincinnati division of the Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis Road jumped a twenty foot trestle near Beaver town Tuesday evening. Seven cars and a baggage car plus an engine plunged into the wreck. The trick wheel failed midspan causing the pile up. Twenty people were aboard four injured. Loss estimated at ten thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darrox
Express
Cincinnati
Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis
Beavertown
Weard
Fvur
Republicanism Tendency Exposed in Brewster Lottery Case
The piece criticizes Attorney-General Brewster’s handling of the New Orleans lottery dispute between the Post Office Department and the New Orleans National Bank. It claims he bullied a federal judge to uphold executive authority, denounces Republican contempt for law, and argues Federalism has eroded citizen rights. It cites broader party arrogance, calls for restored balance, and notes surrounding remarks about liberty and constitutional guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Brewster
New Orleans
Post-office Department
New Orleans National Bank
United States
National Bank
Judy Pardee
Pardeé
Washington
Jude
Supreme Court
Bridget
Tan
L.change
Bossism and reform in Republican ranks, a Boston view
An American Megister viewpoint argues that the party’s reform image under Warner Miller collapses as he acts as a boss reshaping New York’s delegation and steering the national scene. It criticizes party leaders for deceit and favors aggressive control, while noting signs of reform and voter rights restoration. Editor cites a Lowell Institute lecture on spider life by Prof. Wood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Warner Miller
New York
Senate
Republican’party
Conkling
First Water
New York State
Miller
Arthur
Republcan
Bern
Republican Party
Megister
Lowell Institute
Boston
Wood
Boston Journal
Railroad color vision study notes color blind limits
The Pennsylvania Railroads inquiry into employee color vision by Dr William Thomson finds train hands average color sense of 4.2 with 4 percent fully color blind unable to distinguish gray from green and red flags. Also reported are ship wages of over 15000 dollars awaiting next of kin in New York. A Syracuse man recalls riding only in wagons while his wife once got him on a train. A Baku Russia petroleum well may yield up to 8400 barrels a day, surpassing famed wells in the US.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Pennsylvania
Railroa‘i
William Thomson
Hanes Arins
Philadelphia
United States Circuit
New York
United States
Apostle of molasses and moonlight in print, a literary list
A Boston paper quotes critics and figures across 19th century literature and politics. It notes Arnold praised as an apostle of molasses and moonlight, mentions Arthur as US President candidate, speaks of Titus Shears’s Irish origins, and cites forerunners like Bret Harte, Mark Twain, and others with ages. It also references forgeries, marriages, and literary earnings of Trollope, Captain Marryatt, and Beaconsfield.
Humorous fragments from old newspapers parade puns
A collage of humorous quotes and anecdotes from various U S papers. Jokes about singing coffin names, a gal hugged by a bear, Elizabethan costume church sociables, poets and rhymes, a cowboy boasting woolly breadth, a dog admiring cloth colors, roller skates in a dome of heaven, a jail warning over taking items, Irish banter about orphans and learning a trade, and a cigar-store memory. The tone mimics era humor columns and light verse.
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Andy
Gloucester
William B. Astor
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Senor Romero
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Mexico
Leroy Warner
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Erie
Maguire
Peter Wilds
George T. Comings & Co
Concord
N.hl
Conenat Township
BOY Witness
Columnus
Paris
Miss Booth
Salvation Army
Downing
Wells
Central Pacific Road
Edward Bentley
C. Dalton
Corydon
Dalton
Young Bentley
Indianapolis Journal
North Andover Center
Ladies’ Tok
Cink
Sing Sing
Sun
Dislogne
Camden
Cty Council
Newark
Pegieter
Syracuse
John Murphy
Willows
Syracuse Journal
Baku
Russia
Guishet
Matthew Arnold
Chicago Herald
Titus Shears
New York Assembly
Ireland
N. ¥. Times
Saulsbury
Delaware
Boston Post
John Hall
Frederick” the’ Great
Miss Sheriff
R. J. Burdette
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
D. ‘Howells
Thomas Bailey
Aldrich
Joaquin Miller
James Russe
Lowell
John G. Saxe
N. ¥. Tribune
E. D. Winslow
Boseton
Buenos Ayres
South America
W. D. Lowe
Boston, Herald
Boston Traveller
Bruce
Massachusetts Senate
Marden
Massachusetts House “of ‘Representatives
New Hampshire
Dartmouth College
Fresno
Noah Hickok
Elizabeth Hickok
M. Ronstan
Tunis
Washington Star
Trollope
Captain Marryatt
Lord Lytton
Messrs
Routledge & Sons
Messrs. Longman
Lord Beaconsfield
Endymion
Sknger
Idaho
Hoston Herald
Bartley Campbell
Heaven
Oil City
Kentucky Late Journal
Kosciusko Murphy
Austin Avenue
Kosciusko
Texas Siftings
Calvin
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