Monster natural gas well ignites Chicago area
A sensational gas flow near the north side of Chicago draws crowds as a monster flame erupts on Ohio street near the Leland Hotel. The jet measures a few inches to a diameter, two feet high, with intense heat and water spouting hot within sixty minutes. Factories and homes plan to utilize the heat and explosive pressure to light heat and power others.
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Bay State Speakers at Portrait Presentation in Congress
In Boston and Washington, Massachusetts delegates, including Breckinridge and Lodge, delivered eloquent remarks during a portrait presentation in the House. Speakers Long Rockwell Allen Collins Hayden Lodge Breckinridge and Randall received applause as portraits were welcomed by Massachusetts representatives and senators.
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Committee On Appropriations
Johnson
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Commonwealth
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Dawes
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Burnett
New York
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Breckinridge
Mr. Lodge
Randall
Colonel Breckinridge
Kentucky
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Hayden
Lodge
Metropolitan Club
Carroll D. Wright
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Washington
Portrai
National House
Samuel J. Randall
Bulgarian Question-Negotiations to Be Resumed in Berlin
Jan 19 report from Brunin說 negotiations will resume over the Bulgarian question after Count Schouvaloff's return. Bismarck and Kalnoky oppose a Russian Sofia commission, preferring a regency to enable a new prince. Ferdinand’s defiant New Year speech shocks Austria. Germany’s peace for three years is questioned. Russian troop arrivals worsen Galician frontier conditions. typhus rages at camp Czeutoschan and frost deaths increase. Warsaw commissariat forwards provisions as a special corps moves toward Czeutoschan. Austria suffers housing shortages while Vienna limits frontier forces. Romanian and Ottoman area mobilization and military defences noted. The situation strains czarist decisions on active work or withdrawal.
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Steamers Arrived Off the Lizard and Across Ports
Shipping news reports arrivals and departures with vessels such as Waesland from New York off the Lizard in January, Columbia and Montauk from Mediterranean and New York routes, and ships at Leith Boston Baltimore Liverpool and Calais. Detailing Jan 14 to Jan 19 arrivals including Michigan Catania Chancellor Gothia Ville de Calais and Benita with origins Havana Mediterranean ports Philadelphia and New York.
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Galveston
Gale Delays Seafaring Traffic Off Chatham And New York
A heavy northwest gale looms and moderates. several schooners and steamships anchor near Chatham while others move or await orders. Ports report outbound clearing steamers and shipments to Havana, Nassau, London, Liverpool, and other locations as crews monitor conditions.
Dennett's Food Stirs Quite a Scene in Praise
A fragmentary chorus declares shock and praise in relation to a drastic event, with mention of Dennett's Food as a focal point. The wording hints at upheaval and tribute surrounding the rise or act of a new figure, framed in dramatic, period voice.
Arrangements for the execution of young Nowlin
The issue notes that arrangements were completed for the execution of young Nowlin. additional brief items include a biblical exercise by Miss Ella Wheelock at Channing Hall and a tariff reform talk by General Hazard Stevens at Mt Bowdoin reading room. Rep Foe W. L. Douglas hosted a dinner for his agents at the Revere House. Oregon Navigation lease approved by all parties. copper deal details up to date. Metropolitan Street Railway returns for 1887 filed in Kansas City.
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General Hazard Stevens
Mt. Bowdoin
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Revere House
Oregon Navigation
The
Metropolitan, Street Railway Company of
Kansas City
Makches
Russian Court Lookout Prompts Carnival Change
The article notes a key official named Peters plans to reroute a carnival and announces actions tied to the event. It mentions Anitchkoff's March 3 timing and says the Czar has received a favorable reception, with court plans and police concerns discussed for the Hermitage period.
Basis Policy in Cork Jail Sparked Protests
A fragmented report describes Mr. Lane M.P. jeered in Cork Jail during questioning on policy. Warnings and protests echo as officials debate prison conditions and government handling. Local figures referenced include wardens and police, with broader tension over Irish representation.
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Lane
Cork
Souda Jers UY Ned-Nearly Four
Confused dispatches report tensions in Sudan with numbers unclear. References to fighting, casualties, and political moves mention Florence, Parliament, and international reactions amid unsettled conditions.
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China
Barb Wire Prices Raised in Steel Trade Meeting
A barbed wire producers association, with twenty five members, voted to raise the price to 1 cent per hundred. The action cites higher wire rod costs from foreign mills and increased spelter as reasons. The move would tighten prices across the United States.
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United States
Reading Railroad workers strike affects Boston area
Ashland, Jan 18 The Reading Railroad workers strike enters a new phase as foremen at Northream and others prepare to start colliery work while a general reduction in wages is discussed. Henry S Lyons returns to Boston after attending a State board and Knights of Labor meeting where non union lasers are ordered to continue work despite the strike. The move aims to pressure the Lasters union and widen labor tensions in the region.
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State Board of
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New England Lasters
Protectionists Frighten Public Over Tariff Debate
In New York a Carnegie ally rejects wage cuts beyond 10 percent and suggests arbitration to end labor disputes. The piece links a drop in iron and steel prices to fears of tariff changes and portrays a broader fight over protection versus free trade, with Boston politics framing Blaine’s rising prominence at a Republican banquet.
Protective Tariff League Annual Meeting Report and Officers
The American Protective Tariff League held its annual meeting in New York on January 19. President Edward H. Ammedron and LeGrand B. Cannon of Burlington Vermont attended, with Henry B. Metcalf of Pawtucket Rhode Island. A board of managers including Cannon Metcalf Brown Phillips Cheney Bliss Weed Delano was elected, and a war plan committee was appointed with Cannon Porter Bliss Metcalf and Thropp.
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American Protective Tariff League
Edward H. Ammederon
LeGrand B. Cannon
Burlington
Henry B. Metcalf
Pawtucket
Eny B. Metcalf
L. L. Brown
Adams, Mass
James Phillips, Jr
Fitchburg
Mass
Cheney
Ballou Lectures On World Tour At John Street Church
M M Ballou famed journalist and founder of the Boston Globe spoke at John Street Congregational Church to aid the Home for Young Women and Children. The lecture titled Around the World in an Evening used 150 stereopticon views and covered India Spain Japan China and Ceylon among others as part of a single evening tour.
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M. M. Ballou
Boston Globe and
Ballou Magazine
John Street Congregational Church
Ballou
Agra
India
Granada
Japan
China
Ceylon
Spain
Weather Indications Show Cold Snap Ahead in New England
The Weather Bureau reports a 24 hour period starting Friday in New England and eastern New York with snow and colder air before a warming trend and brisk southwest winds. Storm signals extend from Sandy Hook to Eastport as a Colorado storm center and a sharp barometric contrast sweep the region. The Washington chart notes a severe blizzard on Jan. 12 and a north warming trend following, with New England turning notably chillier before relief arrives. The highest U.S. temperature Wednesday was only 30 degrees above zero.
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Massachusetts Portrait Gifts for Capitol Honored Speakers
The Massachusetts governor and council funded and commissioned portraits of Speakers Sedgwick Varnum and Banks to hang in the national Capitol. Edgar Parker painted Sedgwick, a Varnum portrait was bought in New York, and Nathaniel Banks was painted by Vonnoh. The three portraits, with Winthrop, were brought to Washington by a Massachusetts delegation to be presented to the House.
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Massachuetts
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Capitol
Massachusetts
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Varnum
Banks
Winthrop
Commonwealth
Sedgwick, Varnum and Banks
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Stuart
Stockbridge
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Washington
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Webster
Everett
Lon Low
Charles
Byerson
Phillips
Charles H. Allen Recalls Varnum Era Speaker Role
The text recalls Colonel Charles H. Allen noting nearly a century since General Joseph Bradley Varnum of Massachusetts presided as Speaker. It reflects on the Commonwealth’s call to the era of past parliamentary leadership and debates in this body.
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Charles H. Allen
Joseph Bradley Varnum
Massachusetts
Old Commonwealth
Uito
Earl
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