Ales of January and February Number Highlights
The February issue prints Julius Caesar as Pontifex Maximus with a frontispiece from the Vatican. It features Ropes the Residuary Legatee tale, J B Dale’s The Will, Octave Thanet’s Half a Curse, Luders Ivory and Gold, Washburne siege notes, Frederic’s Seth’s Brother's Wife chapters, Markham The Last Furrow, Gouverneur Morris diaries, Bunner's New York House, Soley naval policy, Scott's Ducharme of the Baskatonge, Moulton After Death, Coquelin and Brander Matthews notes, and Russian novels.
Senate passes fisheries bill amid House wrangles and local notices
The Senate approved the Edmunds fisheries bill with Mr. Riddleberger the sole negative vote. In Congress, Lawler of Illinois introduced a ships construction resolution, Belmont reported on correspondence about fisheries, and the river and harbor appropriation bill stalled. Other items include pensions for disabled soldiers, a Bell Telephone suit, Naylor & Co. customs ruling, and varied local incidents from storms, floods, and a stranded steamer to political nominations.
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Senate
Edmunds
Riddleberger
House
Lawler
Illinois
Belmont
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Secretary of the Treasury
Outhwaite
Chicago
Rhode Island
Pawtucket
R. I
Supreme Court
Naylor & Co
Boston
Bell Telephone Company
United States Supreme Court
Merrill
Lawrence
O'Neill
New York
United Labor Party of
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Aries
Barnegat Inlet
Kate Seales
Concord
N. H
Edward H. Potter
House of Correction
St. Stephen’s Church
Father Donnelly
Attleboro
Dalton
Bate
Gloucester
A. R. Crittenden
European tensions swirl as Germany and France clash
Germany issues draft orders while France protests frontier war preparations. M. Rochefort backs his account of the Boulang er conspiracy. Odessa Jews face further persecutions. Gladstone drafts home rule resolution for Chamberlain Trevelyan. Paris reports peace rumors. Glenbeigh tenants acquitted. A theatre riot erupts in Ghent.
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Germany
France
M. Rochefort
General Boulanger
Odessa
Gladstone
Chamberlain
Trevelyan
Paris
Glenbeigh
Ghent
Alderman Defends Self as City News Trials Proceed
In a fair and colder session, Mr. Carroll vigorously denied newspaper charges. A.S. Covel is chosen treasurer of Tremont and Suffolk Mills. Lane case delayed in U S Circuit Court until May. Meetings of City Missionary Society Congregational Club and real estate trustees noted. Market lists show ragged declines with Mexican and Union Pacific among the weakest. Boston banks report higher reserves.
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Board of Aldermen
Carroll
A.S. Covel
Tremont
Suffolk Mills
Richmond J. Lane
United States Circuit Court
City Missionary Society
Corse
New York
Sam Jones
Tremont Temple
Evangelical Aliance
Stony Brook
Congregational Club
New York & New England
Union Pacific
Boston
Coal strike spreads amid embargo on New York area trains
The nationwide coal strike reaches New York City and nearby ports with brakemen refusing coal trains, embargoes on shippers, and spread to Maryland and Pennsylvania regions. Meetings at Cooper Union will address effects on business versus working people as longshoremen join the stoppage.
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New York
Jersey City
Hoboken
Maryland
Knights of Labor
Pennsylvania
Hudson River
Cooper Union
Old Dominion
Mitchell the Murderer arraigned in Lynn Police Court
Samuel Mitchell, charged with murdering Mrs Ada Tyler, appeared in Lynn Police Court and pled not guilty. He asked to waive examination, which was granted, and officials ordered his commitment to Salem jail awaiting grand jury action likely next Wednesday.
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Mitchell
Lynn
Samuel Mitchell
Ada Tyler
Oliver
Salem
Supreme Court hears $150 million Bell telephone suit
Washington notes the January session as the Bell Company faces a multi-party suit from several telephone firms. The case, before the full bench, involves $150 million in disputed property and over $1 million already spent by rival companies. The hearing proceeds with many luminaries and lawmakers in attendance and continues next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Boston
Washington News
Washington
Sproran
Supreme Court Room
Bell Company
Wheeler H. Peckham
Grosvenor Lowry
Charles P. Crosby
New York
Chauncey Smith
James J. Storrow
Causten Browne
J. E. Maynardier
McDonald
Goode
Mowry
Samuel Shellabarger
Evarts
President Hayes
Justice Woods
California
Justice Gray
Bell People
Turner to Bring Rhode Island Contested Seat Case
Washington reports Mr. Turner of Georgia plans to call up the contested election case of Rhode Island's second district after the journal reading. Republicans warned they would not filibuster, but aim to sway enough Democrats to keep Price in Congress for the remainder of the session.
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WashingtTon
Turner
Georgia
Committee On Elections
Rhode Island
Price
Pawtucket Postmaster Seat Seeks New Holder
In Pawtucket Rhode Island the postmaster term ends February 5. Three applicants compete with local Pawtucket supporters backing different candidates. Hugh Carroll backs Ed Smith, seen as the leading contender due to a long list of endorsements.
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Washington
Soreram
Pawtucket
R. I
Hugh Carroll
Ed Smith
Amendment to Pacific railroads funding bill aims to raise interest
Washington January 24 Mr Outhwaite prepared an amendment to the Pacific railroads funding bill to raise the companies debt interest to a fraction above 8 percent per year. The move follows Treasury remarks on a House resolution about interest under the bill showing a rate just under 3 percent.
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Washineton
Jan
Outhwaite
Pacific Railroads
Treasury
House Proceedings Record Debates and Bills Snapshot
The House heard a Treasury reply to a resolution on subsidized Pacific railroads and the funding bill. New measures were introduced including a constitutional time change for Congress, naval spending, an Atlantic ship railway, life saving crew duties, mail book transmissions, and a Pacific railroad earnings inquiry. A foreign affairs resolution urged disclosure of Canadian port disputes affecting American fishing vessels. A land claims indemnity bill passed, and river and harbor funding debate stalled with multiple quorum gaps.
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HOUSE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Springer
Illinois
Lawler
Ilinois
Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Clardy
Missouri
Atlantic & Pacific Ship Railway Comany
Belmont
New York
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Thompson
Ohio
Committee On
United States
Richardson
Tennessee
Senate actions and bills in brief from Washington
In the Senate Butler introduced a bill for a steam cruising vessel of twenty knots. Credentials of Cushman K. Davis and Charles B. Farwell were presented. McMillan reported favorably a House bill to extend transportation of dutiable goods to Bridgeport. A post offices bill was taken from the calendar. Beck would move to take up a bill to prohibit lawmakers from acting as railroad attorneys. The Senate adjourned at 5:35.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Senate
Wilson
Iowa
Beck
Congress
New England Residents Granted Pensions in Washington List
Pensions granted to residents across Maine New Hampshire Vermont and towns including North Waterboro West Bowdoin Augusta Durham Cherryfield Portland Manchester Laconia Great Falls Manchester and more. Recipients span widows mothers and veterans with increases restorations and reissues noted for individuals such as Lydia Quimby Lizzie M. Quimby Mary Hubbard and Moses B. Quimby among others.
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Washington
New England
Maine
Lydia
Lewis Lair
Union
Mehitable
David G. Bagley
Increase
Liberty
Ebenezer T. Flood
North Waterboro
Lendall A. Prout
Orignal
West Bowdoin
Bradford F. Lancaster
Augusta
James A. Bennett
Durham
Robert L. Walley
Cherryfield
Lewis E. Goodridge
Portland
New Hampshire
Lizzie M
Moses E. Quimby
Manchester
Mary
Leland Hubbard
Littleton
John L. Kelly
Peter Trainor
Laconia
George A. Jones
Great Falls
Moses B. Quimby
Vermont
Charles L. Rawson
Monkton
William Davis
Woodstock
Four Boilers Explode at Spang & Co Iron Works
Fire at Spang & Co. iron works in Etnaboro near Pirrsrura Friday morning kills guard George Patterson and injures several workers including William Colville who is dying from steam burns. The blast damages the mill over thirty thousand dollars and a cause is yet undetermined.
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Pirrsrura
Penn
Spang & Co.’s Iron Works
Etnaboro
George Patterson
William Colville
Barkley Knocton
Mulholland
Rumors of War and Austro Hungarian Draft Rules
Reports from Vienna describe massive Austro Hungarian mobilization plans with corps of at least 250000 and Landsturm rules forcing broad conscription. London and Paris dispatches deny imminent war while noting diplomatic tensions and stock market jitters over war rumors.
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Vienna
Jal
Russia
Bulgaria
France
Germany
Landsturm
London
Foreign Office
Daily News
Paris
London Exchange
Berun
Herr Benningsen
Hanover
London Daily News
England
Boulanger
Liberte
Goblet
Journal Des Debats
Berlin
Glenbeigh tenants acquitted amid bonfires on hills
Magistrates acquitted the Glenbeigh tenants. Tonight the hills for miles around were ablaze with bonfires in celebration. Forty bullocks valued at £700 were found missing their tails on Marquis of Wattreford s Curaghmore estate.
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Glenbeigh
Dupuy
Wattreford
Curaghmore
Gladstone Backs Home Rule Resolution For Unionist Conference
Mr Gladstone has prepared a resolution affirming home rule principle to be sent to Chamberlain and Trevelyan for acceptance at the resumption of the Gladstonian Unionist conference. If Radical Unionists agree it will be proposed in the House of Commons at the earliest possible moment in the new session.
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Gladstone
London
Chamberlain
Trevelyan
House of Commons
Rochefort Reveals Conspiracy Against General Boulanger
In Paris the Intransigeant reports Henri Rochefort detailing Opportunist maneuvers to overthrow General Boulanger. He guarantees authenticity and says he possesses proof of the conspiracy.
Ghent Theatre Riot Over Flemish Play Sparks Disorder
In Ghent a riot broke out during a Flemish play about French occupation. Workingmen and Socialists in the audience hooted actors after a prearranged signal, leading to clashes with tradesmen and middle-class attendees. The Marseillaise was sung as chaos filled the theatre.
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Brussels
Ghent
Belgium
Bullion Added to Bank of England Balance in London
London reports £327,000 of bullion added to the Bank of England balance. Ad vices from Zanzibar say Count Jenny, the Austrian expedition leader exploring Central Africa, has begun his main voyage after arriving in Zanzibar last June.
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London
Bank of England
Zanzibar
Jenny
Central Africa
Zan
Jury Completes in O’Neill Trial in New York
The jurors were chosen and the court adjourned for the day. The panel includes three Yankees one Englishman five Germans one Hebrew one Irishman and one Frenchman. All but one are married. The jury is regarded as a good one.
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New York
O’neill
Controversy Flares at St Stephen’s Church in New York
In New York on January 24 a volatile confrontation at St Stephen’s unfolds as Father Donnelly locks the basement, orders confessions halted, and police remove arguing parishioners. Captain Ryan leads roughly sixty officers to guard exits while Dr McGlynn’s loyalists cheer louder than Donnelly opponents.
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New York
Sprcrau
St. Stephen’s
Father Donnelly
Ryan
McGlynn
Cullman and Cady
Carroll and
Brennan
Mary Halligan
Dr. McGlynn
Mr. Bach
Henry Carey
Captain Ryan
Father McGlynn
Shrady
Pension measures pushed by Grand Army pension committee
Major George S. Merrill returned from Washington where the Grand Army pension committee met with Congress. The House passed a bill granting $12 a month for total disability and establishing dependent parents, with eligibility rules. The committee urged swift passage, noting 15,000 veterans in almshouses could gain pensions, and eight of thirteen recommendations have become law.
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Larwence
Sprerau
George S$. Merrill
Washington
National Grand Army Pension Committee
Grand Army
Congress
Merrill
House
United States
Pension —Committee
Senate Committee
Senate Pension Committee
Grand Army Committee
Rey
Grand Army Pension Committee
Senate Bill on Fisheries Retaliation Sparks Debate in Washington
In Washington on January 24 the Senate debated a bill authorizing the President to protect American fishing vessels and rights, with critics urging negotiation over retaliation and opposing a broad power to close ports. Key speakers argued over whether the measure signals peace or war with Great Britain and Canada, citing numerous alleged outrages against American fishermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
United States
Frye
Edmunds
Canada
Mr. Frye
Hoar
Iagalls
Committee On Foreign Relations
Great Britain
Pacific
Dominion
Ingalls
Senatos
Kansas
Mr. Ingalls
Fiji Islands
Marion Grimes
Quigley
Terror
Steamer Aries Stranded Off Barnegat Inlet In Storm
The Arctic era steamer Aries bound from Fall River and Eastern ports to Philadelphia is driven ashore six miles north of Barnegat Inlet during a morning gale. Captain Winslow Loveland and a crew of twenty were rescued by breeches buoy from life saving stations Nos. 14 and 15. rudder is lost and one boat carried away. The ship is a three masted iron steamer built in Glasgow in 1862, 832 tons, 198 by 27.6 by 15.9, owned by Whitney & Simpson of Philadelphia.
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Barnegat
N. J
Aries
Winslow Loveland
Fall River
Henry Windsor& Co
Philadelphia
Barnegat Inlet
Whitney & Simpson
Glasgow
General Charles P. Stone Dies After Years of Service
General Charles P. Stone, noted for his conspicuous contributions to the optical army in recent years, has died. The announcement confirms his death and marks a notable career in military service.
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Charles P. Stone
Optian
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