Chamberlain Seeks Broad Liberal Unity on Reform Agenda
London reports Chamberlain spoke at Birmingham where Mrs. Chamberlain attended. He voiced faith in a Gladstonian platform shifting focus from Home Rule to other issues Liberals can unite on, noting Ireland’s improved state under Balfour and a diminished Irish question as evidence. Rosebery suggested voters may favor Home Rule after reflection.
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Birmingham
London
Mr. Chamberlain
Senate
United States
Ireland
Balfour
Chamberlain
Gladstonians
Lord Rosebery
Scarborough
Pierrepont
Disraeli
England in Zanzibar and Berlin Comment on Blockade
A Zanzibar letter in the Deutsche Wochenblatt says the East Coast blockade worsens disorder and fails to curb the slave traffic. It accuses the German consul of inaction and warns that Sir John Kirk’s return as British consul would restore English supremacy and fuel anti German sentiment.
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Berlin
Deutsche Wochenblatt
Zanzibar
Africa
John Kirk
England
Moonlighters claim organized raids under league orders
Dennis Tobin testifies before the Parnell commission that the Kilcondy Moonlighters operate in divisions with captains and armed bands paid for raiding tenants cattle. He says raids are official under the league, not random acts, and describes rewards for each act. He facing cross examination by Michael Davitt denies police suggestion.
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London
Parnell Commission
Dennis Tobin
Kilcondy
League
Thompson
Tobin
Kerry Moonlighters
Michael Davitt
Gaelic Congress in Thurles Ends with Seizure of Session
The Gaelic congress met in Thurles to elect an executive when a tumult broke out. President Davin left after failing to hear the financial statement as delegates, including priests, followed. A central council was elected but repudiated £500 debts. Secessionists plan a new association. Forty detectives monitored the vicinity.
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Dustin
Thurles
Davin
Vavin
Ovation to O'Brien at Clonmel as trial looms
William O'Brien arrived in Clonmel to an enormous welcome. A thousand torch-bearers and six bands accompanied him through the streets before he spoke from the Town Hall steps. He claimed London Govan results and county council elections signaled coercionists’ defeat.
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Pusu
William O’brien
Clonmel
O’brien
Govan
London
Remains of Mme. di Murska Cremated at Gotha
The remains of Mme. di Murska and her daughter were cremated in Gotha. The Austrian husband and about a dozen Gotha opera members attended as mourners. The mother's urn is inscribed These ashes are all that remain at a nightingale. The text notes the daughter’s ashes as well.
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Mme. di Murska
Gotha
Gotha Opera Company
Fragmentary inscription on urn reads of a woman’s suffering
An inscription on a woman's ashes notes she endured much throughout her life, claiming her battles were in vain. The fragment emphasizes personal struggle and unresolved suffering without identifying names or places.
Britain Seizure of Tonga Islands Provokes Inquiry
Paris reports Foreign Minister Goblet has telegrammed ambassador Wad dington asking Lord Salisbury for an explanation of Great Britain's seizure of two Tonga Islands, a move deemed inexplicable by Paris. The note follows diplomatic tensions between Britain and France over Pacific territory.
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Great Britain
Tonga Islands
Paris
M. Goblet
M. Waddington
England
Lord Salisbury
Congressman Burnes Dies After Paralysis on House Floor
Representative James Nelson Burnes of Missouri collapsed with paralysis on the House floor at 2 30 pm and died at 12 46 am. Born 1832 in Indiana, Burnes was Harvard Law School 1858 graduate and served as judge 1868 72 before his third term in Congress. He had voted for Buchanan and Breckinridge as a presidential elector in 1856.
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John Wanamaker
Harrison
Carl Strakosch
Kellogg Opera Company
Yale
Harvard
Thames
Congressman Barnes
Missouri
F. J. Quimby
Providence
Estes & Lauriat
Washixcton
James Nelson Burnes
Mr. Burnes
Indiana
Culpepper County
Burnes
Harvard Law School
Buchanan
Breckinridge
Dommon Prcas
Congress
Beer Brewery Seized in Chicopee for Stamp Violations
William Ritters ale and lager brewery in Chicopee was seized with 400 barrels after noon by H W Ashley and A H Peabody. They found evidence including Ritters confession of using beer stamps a second time and bottling beer legally. The government suspects large fraud, with Ritter reportedly earning a dollar per barrel on old stamps. A keeper now runs the plant and officials in Boston and Washington were notified.
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Springfield
William Ritter
Chicopee
H. W. Ashley
Westfield
United States
Massachusetts
United States Internal Revenue
A. H. Peabody
New Lebanon
N. Y
Ritter
Fitzgerald
Boston
Miller
Washington
Kellogg Singers and Strakosch Turmoil Reported
A Cleveland telegram claims Clara Louise Kellogg is ill and Carl Strakosch accuses Kellogg company members of stealing funds and deserting him in Toronto. Kellogg’s H. H. Lee and La Batt deny wrongdoing while Edgar Strakosch calls the complaint insane.
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Creeveland
Clara Louise Kellogg
Euclid Avenue Opera House
Hartz
Carl Strakosch
Buffalo
Strakosch
Dernorr
Mich
Edgar_ Strakosch
Kellogg Opera Company
Cleveland
Miss Kellogg
Minnesota senatorship bribery probe clears Washburn and Sabin
In St Paul Minnesota January 23 the House committee on investigation reported no evidence linking General Washburn or Senator Sabin to bribery in the U S Senate race. The report was read amid debate as ballots showed Washburn leading with 107 votes in joint ballot. Separate state results noted Dolph elected in Oregon and Harris re-elected in Tennessee.
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Congress
Senate
Sherman
United States
Samoa
House
Butterworth
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Postmaster- General
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Hoar
Bigelow Carpet Company
Quay
Lynn
Nahant
Ritter
Chicopee
Internal Revenue
St. Pau
Minn
House of Representatives
Committee On Investigation
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Sabin
Lane
Ives
Dem
W. D. Washburn
E. W. Durant
GC. M. Start
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M. E. Clapp
Durant
Start
Wilson
Scattering
Lautern
U. N. Dolph
Charleston
W. Va
Goff
Kenna
Tenn
Isham G. Harris
Harris
Diplomatic Moves to Protect Samoa Interests
Washington action seeks $600000 for Samoan protection and Pagopago harbor works. Senate aims to deter German encroachments while awaiting protocol on Samoa and potential Berlin talks. Naval land purchase proposed for a coaling station with $100000 funding. A fire in Apia damages the German consulate. Germany and England reportedly negotiating Samoa issue.
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Siamoa
Apia
Washington
Sprcraz
Senate
Bayard
Secretary of State
Congress
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Berlin
Sherman
United States
Samoan Islands
Pagopago
Tutuila
Samoa
Evarts
Mklemania
Prince Bismarck
Germany
House
Pendleton
Blackock
Bern
Cologne
England
National Zeitung
Zanzibar
Bremerhaven
Malietoa
Marshall Islands
Funeral of ex minister Bell in New York
The funeral of Isaac Bell Jr former minister to the Netherlands was held at Trinity Church with services by doctors Dix Houghton and Baker. He was interred in Greenwood cemetery. The church was crowded with eminent and longstanding Knickerbocker families. N8 Purinton of Augusta Maine was elected pension agent yesterday by unanimous vote of the governor and council.
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Bell
New York
Isaac Bell, Jr
Netherlands
Trinity Church
Dix
Houghton
Baker
Greenwood Cemetery
Knickerbocker
Purinton
Augusta
Philadelphia man meets President-elect in Indianapolis
John Wanamaker of Philadelphia arrived in Indianapolis at noon and, after an unexpected meeting with President-elect Harrison lasting about three hours, declined interviews and left for home at 5 20 p m.
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Indianapolis
Ind
John Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Harrison
Anawan Mill Fire Claims Spinner Langson Injur y
A blaze at the Anawan Mill on Pocasset street in Fall River trapped workers including spinner Joseph Langson who died after being rescued from the third floor. Firefighters gained control within half an hour. estimated loss under $12,000 with $75,900 insured across several mutuals. The mill, built in 1825, had recently begun sprinklers and mule repairs.
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Far River
Anawan Mill
Pocasset Street
Joseph Langson
Langson
Anawan
Manufacturers’ Mutual of
Boston
What Cheer Mutual of
Providence
Arkwright Mutual of
Fall River
Firemen’s Mutual of
State Mutual of Providence
St. Louis
McKinney
Tex
Lancaster
New York
Walker Street
Unionvibue
Fires Across Cambridge Struck by Overheated Furnaces
Overnight and morning fires in Cambridge caused by overheated furnaces and stoves damaged several buildings. At Winsor Market a furnace blast tore the upstairs ceiling, injuring the McGinniss family and furniture with losses around 600 to 700 dollars. A second blaze at 67 Harvard street damaged the Graham residence and caused 15 dollars in damage. A separate small fire at 7 Green street, home to Eugene Richards, and a larger blaze at 58 Commercial street affected Hinckley Bros. and Soule with total damages near 1500 dollars. An Oxford street fire at 7 Oxford street inflicted about 50 dollars in damage.
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Cambridge
Winsor Market
Main
Winsor Streets
H. H. McGinniss
Harvard Street
Edward Graham
Green Street
Eugene Richards
Commercial Street
Hinckley Bros
C. EH. Soule
Oxford Street
W. A. Fraser
Shipping news snippets from multiple ports in January report arrivals and departures
A bulleted, scattered list shows vessels at Boston London Glasgow Yokohama and other ports with dates in January. Ships include Sirocco North Flint Katie Pennsylvania Mabel Leonora and many more traveling between New York Liverpool Philadelphia Baltimore and various global destinations.
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Otranto
Hull
Krenen
Duke of Muckingham
West Point
Bedford
Brunswick
Constantinople
Sirocco
Charleston
Odessa
Gibraltar
North Flint
Mediterranean
Galimore
Pawnee
Palermo
New York
W J Radcliffe
Carthagens
Baltimore
London
Katie
Glasgow
Devoia
Stockholm City
Port ‘Oval
Lizard
Nederland
Philadelphia
Antwerp
Yokohama
City of New York
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Hong Kong
Quenetown
Pennsylvania
Liverpool
Galveston
Bahia
Oranmore
el Callao
Laguna
Hipparchus
Rio Janeiro
Michigan
Swansea
Mabel
Bilbao
Alava
New Orleans
Leonora
Statesman
Cynthia
Napier
Savannah
Barcelona
Som Pee
Ek T
Hisparchus
Santos
Gallao
Tariff Bill Road Map Dominates Gop Debate in Congress
Washington January 23 The Senate tariff measure likely moves to the Ways and Means Committee as Speaker seeks its fate in the House The row over reference and possible conference reports hinges on party rules while Mills plans swift committee action Democrats favor revisions to ease burdens while opposing undervaluation and Lambs customs commission proposal The split between Senate Republicans and House tariff reformers delays action into the new Congress with uncertainty over passage dates
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WasHindox
Srrcraz
Ways and Means
House
Senate
Committee On Appropriations
Judge Kelley
William Reed
Major McKinley
General Browne
Captain Burrows
Cannon
Illinois
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Mills
McCulloch
Manning
Fairchild
Lamb
Customs Commission
Congress
Ways and Meany Committee
Weather Summary for New England and New York
The Weather report notes fair skies and warmer temperatures in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont over the next twenty four hours. Elsewhere in New England and eastern New York expect fair conditions followed by rain Friday with warmer temperatures and winds turning easterly.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
New York
The New Collector for Halifax
Ottawa reports the cabinet named Inspector Hill acting collector of customs at Halifax. The resignation of Hon. William Ross was accepted, with a retiring allowance likely. The government deems his permit of cargo transshipment by an American vessel unpardonable.
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Halifax
Ottawa
Inspector Hill
N.S
William Ross
Ross
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