Blair educational bill passes Senate with 105000000 plan
In Washington on April 7, Mr Voorhees praised the Blair educational bill as non partisan and reconciliatory. The Senate approved amendments shaping eight year funding totaling 77 million dollars with non sectarian use rules and required state matching. A separate domestic case unrelated notes Mrs Wood and divorce discussions with local mayoral commentary.
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Mr. Voorhees
Senate
New England
South
Voorhees
Jones
Florida
Blair
Vest
West
Mr. West
Moses
Ludiana
Supreme Court
Council of Monkeys
Indiana
Mina
Mr. Hoar
Sherman
Hawley
Opie
Secretary of the Interior
Blair Bill Allocates 105000000 for Common Schools Nationwide
Washington April 8 reports Mr Blair's bill to aid the establishment and support of common schools would distribute 105 million among states and territories based on the census of 1880. It sets conditions on funding, race equality, teacher training, and accountability, with strict limits on building funds and nonsectarian use.
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Washington
Senate
Act
United States
Ft the Interior
Torcelii
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Commissioner of Education
Mayor of Alexandria Improves a Chance to Pass Upon Them
Washington April 12 A government clerk Foster P Wood followed his wife and a stranger to Alexandria after she left the city They registered at the Braddock House as A Volmar and lady The husband alerted police and the guilty were pursued by officers
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Boras
Alexandria
Washington
Foster P. Wood
Braddock House
A. Volmar
Bill Passes House on Territorial Governors Residency Rule
In Washington on April 8 the House passed a bill requiring territorial governors for Arizona Dakota Idaho Montana New Mexico Utah Washington and Wyoming to be residents for at least two years. Debate covered presidential appointment power versus congressional authority, with supporters and opponents clashing over constitutional point and territorial governance.
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House
Arizona
Dakota
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
McGinnis
Great Britain
Eaton
Connecticut
Congress
Muntetary Committee
Brents
Washington Territory
Territories
Mr. White
Kentucky
White
Ye. Buad
California
Lucky California well yields water gas from nested shafts
Cutlar Salmon near French Camp California drilled a seven inch bore to 840 feet and hit copious clear water. He then bored a four inch inner tube to 1250 feet and found gas in the lower water. Gas burned from a home made fixture, supplying fuel for heat and light. Colonel Orr believes gas could run a twenty horse power engine.
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San Francisco
French Camp
Stockton
Cal
Salmon
Pires
Orr
Girl escapes chained abuse by quack in Scranton
Sadie McClanaghan fled a Spruce street back room after nearly three weeks of being chained to a floor by W. S. Sladden. She reached Susquehanna Hotel and appealed to the proprietor’s wife for help. Madden pursued, seized her, but she begged for safety. He fled, was later arrested at his office where chains and locks were found. She testified he promised marriage after a divorce. He admitted chaining her to deter her leaving. Committed to county jail in default of bail amid streets buzzing with lynch threats.
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Scranton
Penn
Sadie McClanaghan
Spruce Street
W. 8
Sladden
Susquehanna Hotel
Madden
Prospects for the Wheat Crop for 1884
Chicago April 14 The Tribune reports from main spring wheat districts. Illinois Indiana and Wisconsin sowing is down while Minnesota Dakota and Nebraska rise. Total yield expected to match prior years with reduced acreage in older states offset by gains in the Northwest. Bogan Cash may be in Canada after fleeing South Carolina.
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Chicago
the Tribune
Northwest
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
Nebraska
Ilinois
Bogan Cash
Canada
Wadesboro
N. C
South Carolina
Colonel Cash
Utah Gargantua letter accuses Murray of Utah graft
A. M. Gibson writes to Representative Springer alleging official corruption tied to Eli H. Murray the Utah governor and former Kentucky marshal The letter details alleged mutilation of Justice Department records political shielding and Murray’s alleged scheme to defraud the government through inflated emoluments and fictitious stock in Utah mining ventures including Black Diamond Coal and Coke Company and other firms with Murray as officer or owner The document lists numerous Utah companies and stock holdings as part of the charges
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A. M. Gibson
Representative Springer
House
Department of Justice
Washington, D. C
Sim—Eli H. Murray
United States
Kentucky
Utah
John B. White
White
United States Marshal’s Office
District of Kentucky
Eli H. Murray
George K. Chase
Marshal Murray
Chase
Murray
Iegal
McCaru
John D. White
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Nero
Rome
House of Representatives
Salt Lake City
Jack Mormon
Eli Murray
Congress
Sweet Will
Ove County
Stoc
Black Diamond Coal and Coke Company
Compra Mae
Hey
Therritory
Salt Lake County
Mount Bald
BE. H. Murray
Pi Murray Diretor
Birnie
Fiat Ore Beering Company
Wee Due Mt
HH. Murr
Eagle Foundry Wn Machine Company
Ownin
Vanderbat Silver M. and M. Company
E. H. Murray
United
LOO
Gordon complaints warn of Khartoum relief delays
Cairo April 10 Sir Evelyn Baring reports General Gordon's bitter complaint about government dilatoriness in lifting Khartoum siege. Gordon fears reinforcements are too slow and considers evacuating with black troops toward the Congo. He worries about peasant reactions and Mahdi loyalists turning against him amid looming massacres.
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Cairo
Sir Evelyn Baring
Egypt
Gordon
Khartoum
Equator
Congo
Bahr Gazelle
General Wallace Not to be Recalled in Constantinople
General Wallace the American minister has assurances from Secretary Frelinghuysen that the Porte has not asked for his recall. Russia opposes Aeko Pasha’s re election as governor of Eastern Bourmelia. Under pressure from Lord Dufferin, Britain’s demands on the Porte weight the settlement of British subjects’ claims. Lord Dufferin received instructions from Karl Giavare in London about Smyrna coast trade and passport changes to be communicated to the powers.
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Ceoneral Wallace
Constantinople
Ril
Wallace
Frelinghuysen
Porte
Aeko Pasha
Bourmelia
Russia
Lord Dufferin
Karl Giawile
Engil
Smyrna
Gordon Shells Rebels Out of Camp Carro, April 9
Reports from Khartoum state say General Gordon shelled the rebel camp on the Blue Nile near the city on March 26, killing forty and driving a panic retreat. Rebels counterattacked next day with reinforcements and heavy guns but were repulsed, leaving fifty dead. In White Nile area, conditions are quiet and Khartoum is well supplied.
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Gordon
Carro
Khartoum
Blue Nile
Gordor
White Nile
Osman Digna Plans Conference With Morghani Near Suakin
Suakin April 10 The sheikh Morghani received a letter from Osman Digna saying he would send several sheikhs on the 13th to meet Morghani two hours from Suakin for a conference on an understanding with Egyptian and British authorities.
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Osman Digna
Suakin
Morghani
Bankers Ghislain Fail in Antwerp and Charleroi
The Messrs. Ghislain bankers of Charleroi and Antwerp have failed. Liabilities are estimated at 16,000,000 francs, about 3,200,000 dollars. This financial collapse shocks the Belgian banking scene with major exposure across the region.
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Antwerp
Messrs. Ghislain
Charleroi
Cuban Filibusters Spark Great Island Excitement
Kry West reports Cuba in worsening crisis as Aguero’s landing near Cardenas gains followers and prompts government scrutiny. Aguero widens through Puerto Principe with 5000 troops, no resistance at landfall, as clashes push insurrection toward central Cuba amid censorship and troop mobilization.
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Aguero
Kry West
Cuba
Cardenas
Havana
Puerto Principe
Hutchinson
Mayol
Key West
Fla
Aadvices
Colen
A Rare Chance to Visit Famous Fields
A First Corps of Veterans circular invites late war participants to join a historical visit to Fredericksburg Chancellorsville and the Wilderness on May 15. Signers include Generals Hunt Newton Rosecrans Longstreet Fairechild Wadsworth and historian J H Stive. Many Congress members will attend with guided instruction.
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Famous Fields
Washington
First Corps of
Battefields
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
The
Wilderness
Hunt
Newton
Snowbound Colorado Camps Inchs to Rooftops and Smoke
Gunnison April 14. Entire region buried in relentless snow with camps cut off for weeks. Crested Butte Irwin and surrounding areas report ten to sixteen feet of snow on level and houses buried to roofs. Miners venture on snow shoes amid avalanches as they seek survivors and warns of widening hardship. Cap Thomas leads a party to discover a buried cabin with a smoky chimney and an unexpected front door under the snow. The tale ends with Cap sliding down a mountain and surviving, bragging of his near miss.
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Gunnison
Crested Butte
Irwin
Denver
Euloches
Cap Thomas
Salt Lake
Old Julesburg
Cap
Dividing Honors in Illnos Illinois April 13
Republican conventions were held in four congressional districts. In the first district E R. W. Durham was renominated for Congress and Abner Taylor with J. L. Woolford, anti Logan, named delegates to the National Convention. In the second district the convention split with two sets of delegates backing Arthur and Logan respectively. The third district chose Colonel George A. Davis and J. S. Wheeler, both Arthur men. In the fourth district Samuel Raymond and J. L. Collins, both Logan men, were appointed. The Cook County Republican Committee then named delegates-at-large.
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George A. Davis
J. 2
K. Wheeler
Arthur
Samuel Raymond
J. L. Collins
Logan
Cook County
National Convention Adopts Logan Admiration Resolution
A national convention approved a resolution praising General Logan as a citizen, soldier, and statesman, while opposing the Fitz John Porter bill. The vote reflected admiration for Logan's career and stance on wartime figures.
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Logan
Fitz John Porter
Sprague Mansion Seized By Union Company In Providence
Providence April 14. The sheriff has taken possession for the Union Company of the Sprague mansion on Young Orchard Avenue after a court ordered sale under a trust deed. Ex governor Sprague and his mother lived there rent free until her death, after which possession was pursued. The wife’s illness delayed action. she has since recovered and left for New York. Sprague says he has no claim to Canonchet.
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Providence
Union Company
Sprague
Young Orchard Avenue
Chaffee
William Sprague
sWife
New York
Electra
Wille
A. I. Patton
Charles Chaffee
Milton Sf. Shattuck
Colon Company
Glonep
Canonchet
Sixty Three Years a Maniac in a Pennsylvania Dungeon
Daniel Hawn aged 84, oldest maniac in Pennsylvania, died after 63 years confinement in a dark room in Juniata township Huntington county. He sat chained behind a chimney with a silvery beard, unable to speak coherently, sustained by a stove in a sealed cell. His illness was blamed on a childhood chill from overheated fieldwork and cold water. His wealth and burying ground remain.
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Pirrishung
Daniel Hawn
Hawn Brothers
Juniata Township
Huntington County
Pennsylvania
Yean
Big Bess
Death trap murder of pedlar in Nashville
Russian pedlar Myer Freldman was lured from his room by a death trap set with stones and heavy bowlders at the door. He was attacked with a butcher knife and a bowlder, his skull fractured and lungs torn, while his wife heard his cries and the attackers fled through the back. No clear suspect, only bloody footprints in the hall.
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Nashville
Myer Freldman
Freidman
Nell
Imurder
West Virginian’s Long Sleep Deprivation Case Stuns Wheeling
In Wheeling on April 15 a ship carpenter named Joseph Salisbury endures over three months without any sleep. Despite no rest for days, he continues to work cheerfully and normally. A group watched him five nights in a row, confirming the remarkable lusomnula condition.
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Wheeling
Joseph Salisbury
Salisbury
Sailsbury
Bold Robbery At North Eleventh Street Diamonds Taken
A bold diamond robbery occurred at Flora Marks's establishment on North Eleventh Street. Three young men, one returning with accomplices, entered about 2 AM, threatened Miss Marks and assistants, and seized jewels including cluster rings, earrings, bracelets, pins, a necklace, and a ring valued over $2500 before fleeing.
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Sr.jlouis
Precious Stones Reported at Turtle Mountain Dig
C Lucker of Rochester New York returns from Devil s Lake with news that Turtle mountain fever ragling continues and that precious stones found with half breeds are used as diamonds to cut glass. Gold in paying quantities is no longer denied as Turtle mountain riches may confirm Father Lehaure s estimate after years of missionary work among the la
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Granov Forks
Dak
C. Lucker
Rochester
N. Y
Devil's Lake
Turtle Mountain
Father Lehaure
Dolphin Launches With Noted Delegation in Chester
The new steel cruiser Dolphin was launched Saturday in Chester before Secretary Chandler and a wide circle of officials and visitors. The vessel measures 256 feet overall with a 32 foot beam, armed with 47 millimeter revolving cannons, two Gatling guns, and a six inch breech loading rifle. Powered by two cylinder compound engines delivering 800 horsepower, she is designed as a flagship or blockader with mix of steam propulsion and limited sail.
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Morgan Iron Works
New York
Dolphin
Hotchkiss
Annapolis
Bureau of Ordinance
Navy Wee
Washin
Meee
Death by own action shocks Lancaster community
Nellie F. Phelps, 22, formerly of Clare mont High School and later a compositor for the Gazette, died in Lancaster after a trip to Littleton with J H Baird. An inquest is in progress. The case involves alleged seduction under promise of marriage and rumors of scandal surround the offices of the Republican and Gazette.
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Lancaster
Nellie F. Phelps
Republican
J. H. Baird
Claremont High School
Gazette
Baird
Littleton
Liberia Laborers Paid Three Dollars a Month for Flea Work
Marla Rouse, an aged Liberian negress, recently confined in Atlanta city prison, recounted her exodus from Alabama in 1873 with seventy six Black compatriots to Liberia. She describes fever deaths, low wages, and jigger fleas that torment workers, with only ten of the party surviving in Liberia. She saved 56 dollars to fund passage to New York and intended to depart for Alabama.
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Atlanta
Marla Rouse
Liberia
Alabama
America
New York
Hair Turns White in a Week Story of James Campion
In Roc EstLe Ter, Maine, April 14, James Campion a long time county resident nicknamed Black Sun saw his hair and beard rapidly turn gray and then white within seven days. At about 45 and in perfect health he cannot explain the sudden change.
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Rocs Estter
Mine
James Campion
Mar, Campion
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