Washington. Field Criticized Over San Mateo Ruling
Washington December 24. The San Mateo case reached the Supreme Court on appeal from the California district, with Justice Field and Judge Sawyer ruling for the railroad company in the lower court. Field’s ties to railroad attorneys drew sharp criticism after arguments concluded and social events linked him to the parties, sparking debate over his impartiality and the ongoing congressional nominations.
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Washnton
San Mateo
Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
District of California
Justice Field
Sawyer United
Superior Court
Conkling
Edmunds
Sanderson
San Francisco
Leland Stanford
Central Pacific Road
Chamberlain's
Arlington Hotel
Railroad Corporation of
California
Supreme Bench
Calfornia
Sioux Chief Red Cloud to Present Statement in Washington
Red Cloud arrives in Washington with an interpreter and will meet at the Department of the Interior to present a statement detailing alleged wrongs at Pine Ridge agency under Agent McGillicuddy. He opposes a Missouri River transportation change that could endanger about 2000 Indian tramsters’ jobs amid broader public interest and a potential scandal involving a top Indian service official.
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Washreton
D.C
Red Cloud
Department of the Interior
Pine Ridge Agency
McGillicuddy
Missouri River
Indian Service
Washington
Senate Finance Panel Plans Tobacco and Whiskey Tax Cut
A Senate finance committee source says the tax on tobacco will drop to 12 cents and whiskey to about 50 cents, with a delayed effective date to allow stock clearance. The package covers over 1000 items, aiming for annual savings between 765 million and 800 million dollars.
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Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Senate Committee
Washington Christmas Quiet Amid Recess Debates and Garfield Fallout
In Washington, Christmas plans are unsettled as congressional recess debates linger. Ex Senator Conkling visits on Supreme Court business amid coolness with President. army staff pay reform sparks social attention. Garfield burial claims settle, doctors’ audits reveal payments, and Marshal Henry’s removal draws surprise amid star route speculation.
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Washington
Ummy
Brown
London
Army
New York
Donkling
Supreme Court
Garfield
Board of Audit
Bliss
Marshal Henry
Guiteau
Captain Howgate
President delays Loneville postmaster nominee Lampher
President nominates Lampher, a Half-Breed, for Loneville New York postmaster. Frank Hatton seeks to block confirmation in the Senate but fails. Upon word of approval reaching the Post Office Department, Hatton as second assistant postmaster-general orders Lampher’s commission withheld. This afternoon the president nominates Lewis A. Scott, Stalwart.
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Scott
Senate
Lampher
Hatton
Tern
Epire
Mr. Lampher
Washington
Loneville
N. Y
Frank Hatton
Post Office Department
Lewis A. Scott
James
New York
Garfield
MacVeagh
Republican Party
Mac Eagh
MaccVeagh
Oldest Man on Pension Rolls Seeks Higher Aid
Representative Matson has prepared a bill to raise Simpson Harris of Putnam county from 50 to 80 dollars per month. Harris, 106, served as a private in the War of 1812 with North Carolina volunteers and is the oldest pensioner on the rolls.
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Washington
Matson
Simpson Harris
Putnam County
Harris
North Carolina Volunteers
Dishonest Servants: Louisville Officials Arrested in Secret Probe
December 24 Louisville report states Mayor Jacobs ordered a hidden inquiry into delinquent city official reports. Grand jury indicts Philip Hinkle city auditor David Ferguson back tax collector and George W Levy assistant city assessor. Frauds tied to Levy, totaling over 85000, include forged tax bills and embezzlement. Hinkle faces forgery charges. Ferguson accused of converting city funds and understating accounts. Bonds set for trial March 12. warrants allege no conspiracy.
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Louisville
Jacobs
Grand Jury
Philip Hinkle
David Ferguson
George W. Levy
Navy
Fire Department
Hinkle
Ferguson
Troy
Singular coincidence ties two rivals to Milwaukee house of correction
Two rivals from Fond du Lac politics, M. McKenna and G. W. Carter, were jailed for drunkenness and sent to the house of correction after he and she failed to pay a $5 fine. While filing the commitment for McKenna, the deputy clerk noted the ironic trace: the jailed Carter was the same man McKenna once defeated for circuit court clerk in 1874 and 1875 by 241 votes.
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Milwaukee
M. McKenna
G. W. Carter
House of Correction
Finnigan
McKenna
Fond du Lac
G. ’. Carter
Waupun
Carter
CG. W. Carter
Tornado at Erie well shoots mud and gas high into air
Last Tuesday evening at the new almshouse farm well near Erie Pennsylvania a vein at 576 feet produced a violent gas blowout and fountain. The 2500 pound tool was nearly lifted as mud gas and water erupted to great heights. Henry Silliman shut off the furnace gas after a prior burn, and a barrel was thrown past the derrick by the blast. The gas roar was heard a mile away and the flame extended twenty feet above the boiler’s smoke stack the following day.
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Erie
Penn
Henry Silliman
Colored preacher in Chicago cleared of marriage charge
A Chicago church case saw a colored divine acquitted after Cora Wheeler accused him of breach of promise. The preacher argued his color, looks, and education showed no intent of marriage. a vote found him innocent.
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Chicago
Cora Wheeler
A Secret Garfield Dorsey History Revealed
A New York report on President Garfield, the Star Route frauds, and the Dorsey case argues Garfield planned a bold post office reform. The informant claims Garfield considered an acquittal strategy for Dorsey to preserve reputations and push anti fraud measures.
A Talk With Toombs on Politics and Power
A Philadelphia Times correspondent visits General Robert Toombs in Washington Georgia and records his recollections of figures like Carlyle Patti and Empress Eugenie. Toombs praises Gladstone and Webster, criticizes Davis, and offers views on free trade interstate commerce monopolies and constitutional limits. He predicts a democratic win and supports Cleveland for New York state leadership as a path to national nomination.
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Philadelphia Times
Robert Toombs
Washington
Thomas Carlyle
John Stuart Mil
Patti
France
Eugenie
Gladstone
Webster
Cas
Poorabs
Jeff Davis
Toombs
Congress
United States
Cleveland
New York
Lane
Deadly collapse at Hardenburg mine in Dortmund
From Berlin comes a report of a catastrophic accident at the Hardenburg mine in Dortmund where a chain breaking under lift cages caused workers to plunge to the shaft bottom, twenty men killed. The disaster heightens concerns as European powers watch growing military movements and diplomatic strains across the continent.
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Berlin
Hardenburg
Dortmund
Juror's Religious Beliefs Stir Local Legal Circles
Washington report notes the foreman of the Star route jury was drawn and sworn despite declaring bias. He protested again from the bench that he should be excused due to his Logérsonist religious views, but the court denied the request and he will serve. Comment swirls among legal circles over the meaning.
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Washington
New York Sun
Colonel Logérson
Workmen Made Wealthy In Romantic Circumstances
Two Riboldi brothers, one a mill minder near Bolton and the other a worker in Bury, have learned they are entitled to two million francs under a romantic tale. Their Crimean veteran father later became a London custom house officer and died, leaving three sons and a daughter. The mother deserted the older children and the daughter was adopted by a French gentleman who also died.
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London Daily News
Riboldi
Bolton
Bury
Crimea
Custom House
London
Fortune of Ribolu is Foundering in French Estates
The text details a family mystery with a will gifting fortune to a daughter who joined a French convent and died. Ads in multiple languages sought the Ribolus, Farnworth postmaster used to lure young men into misfortune. It mentions two large estates in Paris and £90,000 invested, with the elder brother departing for France and the mother’s status unknown.
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Riboluis
Farnworth
France
Fatal Quarrel Ties to American Widow Tale in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati a stable foreman, James Chumley, is killed by his assistant Thomas Lamb after a dispute over washing buggies at W. A. Dunkman’s undertaking. Chumley’s brother James had a violent police history, and his sister was linked to the famed American widow who enamored King Leopold II of Bavaria.
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W. A. Dunkman
James Chumley
Stabio
Thomas Lamb
Chumley
Lamb
Chorney
Central Police Station
Thomas Snellbaker
Washington
Adventuress
Leopold II
Bavaria
Leopold
Assassination Report Ties Local Pump Chief to Robbery
The La Junta Tribune reports on December 12 Benjamin R. Ware, in charge of the AT&SF pump at Tron Springs near La Junta, was assassinated and robbed by a suspect named Wilson who has disappeared. His home is Worcester. Initial doubts arose about a Ware relative but were denied. Ware is with his family at Cornelia Bluffs and not involved with the pumps.
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la Junta
Bent County
Col
Benjamin R. Ware
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Tron Springs
Wilson
Worcester
Benjamin I’. Ware
Darwin FE
Beninam v. Ware
Corneil Bluffs
Death of Hon Trenor W Park on steamer voyage
Hon Trenor W. Park dies in New York Wednesday aboard the steamer he planned to board for Aspinwall. Born December 8, 1828 in Woodford Vermont, he trained as a lawyer in 1846 and practiced in Vermont before moving to San Francisco 1852 to 1863. He returned to Vermont in 1864, served four years in the Legislature, and built vast business interests in Vermont and New York, serving as president of the Panama Railroad Company and First National Bank of North Bennington, with directorships in several banks and railroads.
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Trenor W. Park
New York
Aspinwall
Trenor Wiliam Park
Woodford
San Francisco
Vermont
Panama Railroad Company
First National Bank
North Bennington
Treaty creates new Sioux Reservation and opens Black Hills route
Sioux Indian commissioners arrive and effect an amicable treaty satisfactory to both parties. About four thousand two hundred Sioux of various tribes are to be relocated. The reservation lies north of the Cheyenne River east of the Missouri and west of the 102d meridian, opening vast lands for settlement and providing a clear route to the Black Hills.
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Pierrie, Dak
Cheyenne River
Missouri River
Black Hills
Died With a Hole in His Forehead
In Guilford, New Haven December 22, the body of George Barker, who escaped the almshouse a year ago, was found by fox hunters in snow and ice. One ear was missing and a hole appeared above the eye in the forehead. His hat and one shoe lay some distance away.
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New Haven
Guilford
George Barker
Conservatives urge committee to congratulate king on birth
In the Chamber of Deputies Conservatives proposed a committee to congratulate King Alfonso on the infant princess birth and on Democrats’ adhesion to his throne, prompting a lively debate. A clash between Madrid’s eceeer and Senor Robledo led to a suspended sitting before a Castelar speech defended democracy and monarchy incompatibility.
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Chamber of Deputies
Alfonso
Eceeer
Madrid
Senor Robledo
Chamber
Senor Castelar
Madagascar murders and Greek Roumania tensions
London reports confirm the murder of two Americans in Madagascar linked to French actions while an Englishman’s death was contradicted by later advices. The Daily News urges US government intervention. Separately, Greece and Roumania remain cool despite courtesy, due to persecution of Greeks in Roumania by authorities.
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Madagascar
Durban
Daily News
United States
Greece
Roumania
Athens
Explosive Fire Devastates Exeter Petroleum Stores
At Exeter England a massive explosion and fire destroyed Thomas petroleum stores and nearby buildings. Oil spilled into the canal and river lighting shores. a brig in the canal burned completely. Large-scale damage reported along the waterway with extensive property loss.
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Exeter
England
Eng
Thomas Petroleum
Forty farmers arrested over Ballymena meeting refuse bail
Dusgin December 21 Forty young farmers have been arrested in connection with a proclaimed meeting at Ballymena on Sunday. Bail was refused. A hundred young men and women have been summoned to appear at the sessions. United Ireland a seditious publication. Dublin December 24 A proclamation was issued late last night declaring United Ireland a seditious publication and the editor will be prosecuted.
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Dusgin
Ballymena
United Ireland
Dublin
Appeal by M Buffet in Senate budget debate
Paris December 28. During the budget discussion in the Senate yesterday, M Buffet appealed to the senators in the name of patriotism urging unity and duty in national affairs.
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M. Buffet
Paris
Senate
A Madman's Act Terrible Tragedy in Brooklyn Last Night
Two murdered and two wounded in a St Marks avenue incident near St Luke's Hospital. Alexander Jefferson, a colored man, fired on his brother Celestial Jackson, then returned to kill Henry Hicks and wound Annie Jackson. Jefferson fled as police searched for him. other details include a Philadelphia student assembling a human skin medicine chest from a Hahnemann College dissection.
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Celestial Jackson
Alexander Jackson
Hin
Alexander
Henry Hicks
Philadelphia
Hahnemann College
Morocco
City Bank of Rochester Fails Amid Upton Stock Speculation
The City Bank of Rochester closed its doors amid a reported deficit near 800,000 and a scandal around President Charles E. Upton. Depositors withdrew funds as investigators, directors, and lawyers move to appoint a receiver. Upton faces grand larceny charges and bail was set at 20,000 while his brother-in-law in Victor suspends payment.
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N. Y
City Bank
Charlies Upton
Attourney
Monroe County Savings Bank
George Maurer
Jacob Devos
The
German Insurance Company
Jobin Fahy & Co
Upton
J. B. Perkins
Albany
New York
Ross
American Exchange National Bank
Detroit
Boston
OF Bank
Barnard
I T
Thomas Leighton
Leighton Bridge Works
E. M. Parsons
William Churchill
Sibley, Lindsay & Carr
John Barnard
Paints and Oils
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Western New York
J. Breck Perkins
Co. R. Upton
Latil
Myself
American Exchange Bank
Wells
Charles E. Upton
Wheeler
Pancoast,Seager & Morse
H. H. Warren
H. L. Little
W. C. Moore
Victor
Ontario County
City Bank of
Description of a Small Pox Hospital by Courageous Catholic Priest
In Minneapolis on December 24 a pest house overflows with small pox, and a funeral follows each patient’s death. Father McGollick condemns the filthy, ill ventilated three room facility where eight patients crowded in one lower room and water shortages left patients without water for hours.
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Minn
Father McGollick
Pest House
Miners and Hunter Family Riot at Montgomery Ind
In Montgomery Indiana a riot broke out between Cannerburg miners and the Hunter family. The clash began on the Ohio and Mississippi eastbound train and continued after alighting. Firearms rocks and clubs were used leaving Frank Hunters skull fractured and likely to die. Several miners including Lyman Carrico John Connaughton Ike Cassidy and Ed Blannon were injured as sheriff and posse restored order.
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Washington
Ind
Montgomery
Here
Cannerburg
Hunter
Frank Hunter
John Hunter
Charles Hunter
Lyman Carrico
John Connaughton
Ike Cassidy
Ed Blannon
Three Children Burned to Death in House Fire
In Brookings Dakota December 24, Mrs Barker of Estelline left three children aged 6 3 years and 6 months alone as they played with fire. Two children were charred corpses when the blaze grew, and the baby died of burns after the mother, attempting a rescue, was crippled by flames and remains in critical condition.
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Broockins
Dak
Horsewhipping and murder suicide shock Curcaco
Mrs Moore and Miss Hawkins of Curcaco are jailed for horsewhipping Dr Evetsky two weeks after he accused his partner Dr Clay of instigating the attack. Clay was slain Friday and Evetsky killed himself following the incident. Two physicians involved.
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Curcaco
Potatoes Collected at Newark Schools for Charity
Pupils from public schools in Newark brought one potato each for a charitable Home for the Friendless. Several barrels were received at each school. Lawrence and Commerce streets schools contributed ten barrels of potatoes one barrel of apples and half a bushel of oranges along with turnips candy and a doll.
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Newark
Lawrence
Commerce Street
Supply and Demand to Regulate Beer Price in Cincinnati
December 24 report from Cincinnati notes visiting brewers left without agreement on beer pricing. Local supply and demand will determine prices going forward.
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Cincinnati
Ipswich family sues for 1.26 million in revolution loan
The Jewell family of Ipswich claims 1.26 million dollars from the national government. They allege a family member lent money to the government during the revolution, and with interest the amount reaches the claimed total.
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Jewell
Ipswich
Trunk Disaster Unveils Homicidal Scene on Train
A Galesburg despatch reports a heavy trunk on a transfer track burst open on Friday evening, revealing a 50 year old man with his throat cut. The marshal halted the train to inspect passengers. one unnamed man with a matching trunk check was arrested. The trunk was checked from Chicago.
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Curcaco
Galesburg
Chicago
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