Career of Captain Wallace and Indian fights on the frontier
An extensive profile covers Captain Wallace born 1849 in South Carolina, West Point graduate, Seventh Cavalry veteran, and a key Indian fighter. The piece recounts Moylan’s service, Garlington’s West Point path, and a Rushville Neb report of Two Strike’s attack on a provision train near the Bad Lands, with heavy Indian and few soldier casualties. Washington reports confirm Wounded Knee losses and ongoing violence.
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Colonel Fenry
Big Foot
Captain Wallace
Gon
Wallace
South Carolina
West Point
Seventh Cavalry
Custer
Sitting Bull
Little Big Horn
Myles Moylan
Second Dragoons
Regular Army
Massachusetts
Earnest A. Garlington
Georgia
Omana
Neb
the Bee
Rushville
Two Strike
Brooke
Henry
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Cooper
Pine Rdge
Wounded Knee Creek
Somersworth Election Case Delayed by Chief Justice Illness
The New Hampshire Supreme Court meets in special session to rule on the Somersworth senatorial district election and related clerk Jewett petition. Chief Justice Doe is ill. hearing postponed to next Monday with several attorneys from Concord and surrounding towns attending. The split of justices along party lines is noted as four Republicans and two Democrats.
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Conconp
N. H
Supreme Court
Senate
Somersworth
Stephen S. Jewett
Doe
Bingham
Samuel
Felker
Jewett
Harry Bingham
Littleton
W. Parker
Claremont
Qo.ef
Branch
Weare
J. S. i. Frink
Greenland
J. M. Mitchell
Concord
Democrats
W. J. Foster
F. S. Streeter
Eagar Alfrich
Daniel Hall
Dover
J. N. Parsons
Franklin
Frink
Foster
J. Parsons
Messrs. Haskins
Nash
Sanborn
Gilford
Sawtell Taken to State Prison for Execution
Isaac B. Sawtell, convicted murderer, was moved from Dover to the State prison and will be kept there until his execution date. He expressed regret at not being allowed to testify and insisted he killed his brother was not his doing, pointing to Dr Blood as responsible.
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Sawtell
Concorp. N. H
Isaac B. Sawtell
Dover
Dr. Blood
The Big Foot Battle at Wounded Knee Creek
Bee correspondent reports a morning siege of Big Foot camp by Seventh Cavalry and Saylor scouts at Wounded Knee Creek. Indians surrendered arms. later a mass assault with tepee searches led to a fierce close combat. Gatling and Hotchkiss guns joined, ending with near annihilation of the Indian force.
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Omaata
Neb
the Bee
Wounded Knee Creek
Whitesides
Big Foot
Seventh Cavalry
Seven of eight crew survive Barnegat schooner disaster
The Lucinda G. Potter sank off Barnegat after capsizing Sunday noon with eight aboard. Only one crewman, Charles Wallenberger, survived after ten hours afloat. captain and six others perished. The vessel sailed from Boston December 21 to Norfolk to load coal and foundered in heavy seas.
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Prinapreruta
Penn
Lucinda G. Potter
Boston
Norfolk
Barnegat
A. D. Lamson
Cornelius Smith
Laimnson
Five Fathom Bank
Smith
Charles Wallenberger
Lucinda G. Pottex
William T. Potter
Greenport
Jersey
Evans
Wallenberger
One of the Most Experienced Indian Fighters on the Frontier
Bodies of Captain George D. Wallace and other soldiers arrived at noon from the agency in Nebraska and will be shipped to Fort Robinson for burial. Local officials announce the transport and identify the fallen heroes from frontier clashes.
Wolcott Speech Voicing Local Self-Government in Senate
In Washington the Massachusetts born Senator Edward Oliver Wolcott of Colorado opposed the election bill arguing against federal control over local matters. He cited apportionment and copyright bills as priorities and warned force measures would jeopardize property and local responsibility while supporting Western growth. Fellow Republicans Teller Stewart Davis and Plusmb praised his stance and signaled opposition to the bill.
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Washington
Post
Massachusetts
Senate
West
Hoar
Edward Oliver Wolcott
Colorado
Long Meadow
Mr. Wolcott
Roger Wolcott
Boston
Stewart
Nevada
Walcott
Congress
House
Denver
South
Teller
Davis
Minnesota
Senator Plusmb
Kansas
Train wreckers sentenced in Greenbush case
Troy N Y Dec 30 John Reed convicted last night of attempted train wrecking at Greenbush Sept 4 was this morning sentenced to seven years in prison. Accomplices Arthur Buett and Thomas L Cain pleaded to the indictment and received two and three years eight months respectively. The men sobbed aloud when the sentences were pronounced.
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New York
First Avenue
Biery
Hermann Koehler
James Dunneen
Louis Weber
A. Ackerman
Bruenlinger
Rudolph Dorn
Cooper Epsey
P. Hansen
John Trayes
Thomas Heath
Peter Hendrick
Thomas Lahey
John Tully
Joseph Turner
William Williams
Adam Ackerman
Turner
Williams
Ackerman
Bellevue Hospital
Troy
N.Y
John Reed
Greenbush
Arthur Buett
Thomas L. Cain
Entity
Uett
Clinton
Cain
American Historians Hear Papers on History Topics
The American Historical Association session featured papers on Dietrich Flode, village community theory, English municipal reform, Mirabeau's 1790 speech, the French Constitution, Koller and the liberal student movement in Germany, Bismarck as the typical German, with afternoon talks by Herman V. Ames and Edward Campbell Mason of Harvard.
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Washington
American Historical Association
Dietrich Flode
George L. Burr
Cornell University
Charles M. Andrews
Bryn Mawr
Charles Gross
Harvard University
Adolphe Cohn
Karl Koller
Germany
Kuno Kanke
Bismarck
William G. Tyler
New York City
Herman V. Ames
Harvard College
Edward Campbell Mason
Harvard Law School
Exile from Russia Sergius Stepniak Arrives in New York
Sergius Stepniak, Russian Nihilist exile, novelist and journalist, reached New York on the Umbria. He spoke of Nihilism as a misnamed cause seeking universal suffrage and constitutional reform, aims to fund Free Russia in London and establish a similar paper in the United States, and outlined beliefs in a federation of states and suffrage. He expected to lecture fifty times in the country.
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New York
Sergius Stepniak
Umbria
Russia
America
London
Free Russia
Stepuiak
Senate Denies Fast Closure in Aldrich Cloture Fight
In Washington on December 30 the Senate heard Reagan propose amendments to Aldrich cloture that widen minority power by altering after close rules. The change allows only amendments or adjournment options after closure and adds five minute debate windows for amendments. Hoar continued his election bill defense, attacking South Carolina's “eight box” law and defending black suffrage as a federal right, while urging Southern senators to honor constitutional amendments. The debate continues on the next page.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
Aldrich
Hoar
Charleston
Cs News and Couner
South Carolina
Puzh
United States
Fire risk from electric wires spurs insurance urged reforms
December discussion in The Post cites Providence blaze at J B Barnaby Co. as proof electric wiring dangers. Edward Atkinson and F E Cabot advocate a law fixing liability for fire damage caused by electric lines, urging compulsory standards and stronger oversight to curb fires from lighting and motive power installations. Continuous vigilance by insurers and officials highlighted.
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Edward Atkinson
Post
Boston
Mutual
F. E. Cabot
Boston Board of Underwriters
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Exchange
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William T. Parker
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William W. Crapo
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Salvation Army
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General Holt
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Stepniak
Nashua
Winchester Highlands
Potter Lovell Company
Dr. G. P. Wesselhoeft
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Central Democratic Association
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Boston Athletic Association
Democratics
Dr. Ernst
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Berlin
Dr. Koch
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Lowell Institutes
NEW England Investment CO
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Equitable Building
Kosten, Riaws
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harney-Hall School House
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the Tribune
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Norseman
Offacilly Islands
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New
TRAD
Doliber-Goodale CO
Chief Two Strike
Seventh
Ninth Cavalry
Savage, King & Co
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Hampshire
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Buett
American Historians
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Vis- Avis
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Green Street
Bow Doin SQ
Mr. Hour
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