Absence of House Members Alarms Washington Inquiries
Washington reports growing alarm over House absence as quorum fails to vote on the Consular and Diplomatic bill. Said to be days of retreat from duty for many incumbents, while factions maneuver on appropriations and the Woods Supreme Court nomination faces partisan opposition and executive pressure.
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Divorce Petition Filed by Catharine Chase Sprague
Catharine Chase Sprague seeks a divorce from William Sprague in Washington County Rhode Island with claims of adultery and abuse. She cites multiple lovers and years of misconduct across Providence Nantasket Beach South Kingstown Alexandria and Philadelphia, plus extreme cruelty drunkenness and neglect. She asks for dissolution of the marriage, custody of four children, alimony, and restoration of her maiden name, Katherine Chase.
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Consolidation Plan Unites Eleven Railroads Into Buffalo Pittsburg Line
Philadelphia reports a huge merger plan uniting the Pittsburg Titusville and Buffalo, Buffalo Pittsburg and Western, Salamanca Bradford and Allegheny River Railroads of PA and NY. The new Buffalo Pittsburg and Western Railroad will own 294 miles with capital 17.65 million. Bond terms shift to 6 percent interest. stockholders may receive par bonds plus stock bonus. NY and Boston interests reportedly back the issue.
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Irish Land War Escalates As League Courts Rise
London reports that the Land League governs trials in defiance of ordinary courts. Arrests are anticipated, Habeas Corpus may be suspended, and Dublin and Curragh troops confront mass protests. Davitt speaks publicly while Gladstone faces Boycott amid political shock and public tension.
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Miserable conditions reported at Connemara settlement Minn
A Cine despatch describes a visit to the Connermara settlement near Graceville Minnesota where twenty five miles from Morris. Journalists found severe poverty in 12 by 16 foot shanties with few beds and stoves. Potatoes were scarce and aid from Morris saved many, blamed on poor planning rather than land fertility.
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Plucky Worcester Woman Fights Domestic Siege
A Worcester wife, Mrs Webster, resists her husband Mr K A Goodnow’s bid to oust her. He leased their house to bank director E B Shattuck and cut city services, while two ex policemen guard the premises. She files suit, attaches Shattuck assets, and keeps living in the home with legal help and access to credit.
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Samuel Preston Dies After Forty Years on City Police
Samuel Preston longtime Boston police sergeant died at his residence 109 Worcester street on December 17. A native of Hampton Virginia born in 1812 he came to Boston twenty four years earlier to join the night watch in 1842 and served through the Second Police and City Hall detachments before retirement.
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