Congress Debates Amendments and Educational Bill in Session
Senate debates the presidential term amendment Blair educational bill and reading strikes while investigating trusts. Treasury reports slow Massachusetts defences claim. House considers protection tariffs and internal revenue repeal. Reading strike inquiry set as special committee to investigate interstate commerce and coal mine relations.
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Dawes
Secretary of the Treasury
Achusetts
Congress
Sawyer
Post Office Committee
Hoar
1St Office
Frye
United States
Canada
Committee On Foreign Relations
Morgan
Evarts
House
Call of States
Cutcheon
Michigan
Martin
Texas
Barry
Mississippi
Committee On Elections
Indiana
White
Rowell
Illinois
Larry
J. Henderson
Iowa
Springer
Ilinois
Reed
T. Hatch
Missouri
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Ways and Means
Dingley
Maine
Committee On Banking and Currency
Treasury
National Banking Associations
Clardy
Committee On Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Sr. Dockery
Blount
Georgia
Morrill
Kansas
Logan
Blair
Anderson
Davis
Massachusetts
Esquimaux
Arcti Ocean
Napoleon
Wilkins
Ohio
Benator Chandler
Weronesday
Alaska
Russia
Japan
Chandler
Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Boston
Atlanta
Dolphin
Miantonomoh
Dominion of Canada
Riddleberger
Call
Judiciary Committee
Cail
Pugh
Reading
Rayner
Maryland
Reading Railroad
Interstate Commission
Plapdy
Randall
Pennsylvania
Reading Railroad Company
Lehigh
sSewingkill
Cox
Carlisle
Explosion wrecks saw mill. multiple lives lost in Belmont Ohio
Information reached Parkersburg that a boiler explosion at a Belmont Ohio saw mill injured and killed several workers. Abraham Arnold fired the boiler. his father died along with Charles Sullivan Benjamin Travis Joseph Stubbs Frank Warrick Samuel Stubbs Martin Gilldow and others were hurt. The elder Arnold owned the mill, now a total wreck.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Belmont
Abraham Arnold
Arnold
Charles Sullivan
Benjamin Travis
Joseph Stubbs
Frank Warrick
Samuel Stubbs
Martin Gilldow
Stubbs
Come Off the Perch Parrot Scares Burglar
In Chicago on Friday a burglar tried to break into a parlor but was alarmed by a seven year old parrot. The bird shouted warnings twice, causing the thief to flee, leaving his tool behind and slipping into a snow bank.
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H. A. Christy
Dr McGlynn Warns on Strikes and the Ballot
Dr McGlynn addressed the Anti-Poverty Society at the Academy of Music in New York arguing strikes reflect a deadly disease and the remedy lies in the ballot. He criticized church intrusions into politics and warned opponents he can expose their actions if provoked.
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New York
McGlynn
Anti-Poverty Society
Academy of Music
Christian Church
The
St. Stephen’s
Explosion at Austin Powder plant in Newburg Township
The Austin Powder Company mill in Newburg township exploded while starting up. Rueven Wright was killed instantly as about 600 pounds of powder detonated. A large crater formed, the blast shattered windows miles away, and the building and contents were destroyed.
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Cleveland
Austin Powder Company
Newburg Township
Rueven Wright
Wright
Explosion Blows Two Men to Atoms in New Jersey
Wien New Jersey Feb 3 An explosion at the Standard Explosive Company mixing house two and a half miles from the town occurred this afternoon. Two men were blown to atoms and presumed dead. Firemen battled flames as surrounding buildings shook from the blast. Authorities investigated the cause and measured the blast area for safety and salvage operations.
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Wien
Atoms
Toms River
N.J
Standard Explosive Company
The Chances of War in Europe and Ireland Crisis
European powers brace for possible war as Austria Germany publish a treaty seen as a prelude to ultimatums. Russia masses troops near Niemen while Berlin warns of extended railways and growing frontier tensions. Ireland remains a point of political agitation and reform debates.
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Herr von Tisva
Reichstag
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France
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Niemen
Kovna
East Prussia
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Amsterdam
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Nyston
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Kovno
Ossowetzek
Batoum
Father Kennedy
League
Meelin
County Cork
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Sumatra
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Colon
Paseo
Rafael
Broncat
Amateur Athletic Association
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Montreal Lacrosse Club
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Scotland
England
Birmingham
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Edgbaston
Dingwall
County Ross
Inverness
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Rome
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Ire
Doyle
Worcester
Willis Bond
Joseph Slatter
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Yellow River
Vossische Zeitung
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Queenstown
Livelok
Fastnet
Marylebone Force Court
Hamilton & Northwestern Railroad
Canada
Lord Fairfax
Maquis
Ripon
Corporation of
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Morley
Marquis of Ripon
Rand
Head in the Lion's Mouth At Dublin Circus
Mile. Semide, a performer at Lowry's Music Hall, had her head placed in a lion's mouth for a pose. A flash spooked the animal, jaws closed, and it dragged her, tearing her neck shoulder breast and arm. Attendants released the beast and medical aid was summoned. she survives with serious injuries.
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London
Lowry’s Music Hall
Dublin
Mile
Semide
Irons
Mlle. Senide
Notable World Troubles and Local Incidents
Notes report Somali and Serberia killings, Russian raids, and Egypt mail route changes. Reports cover Ireland politics, Irish church foundation, trials of dynamiters, and a Paris duel. Included are university rumors, naval salvage clashes, and a Waterloo monument gesture.
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Bulgaria
Patrick Doyle
Gay Danlos
Ire
Egypt
Suez Canal
Magherfelt
Londonderry
Irc
Suez
The
Patriotic Union
Dublin
Duke of Abercorn
Duke of Abercorn and Other Prominent Unionists. Sixteen Youths of Dromare, Irc
William O’brien
Fitzmaurice
Tralee
Moriarty
Hayes
Anet
St. Petersburg
Irish National Church
Rome
Ryan
Philadelphia
Thomas Callan
Lowell
Mass
Michael Huardins
Russia
Virchow
Frederick Willism
Vienna
Austria
Father McFadden
Gweedore
County Donegal
Lre
England
Waterloo
Lord Rothschild
F. R. Leyland & Co
New Town
M. Vignon
M. Rouvier
M. Bauer
Gil Bias
Paris
Vignon
Father McKenna
Kildysart
Tre
Ennis
Mr. Cox
Eeith
Chelsea
Eng
Pater and Fihus Debate Bank After Graduation
In a humorous exchange, Pater asks Jack to join the bank after graduation. Fihus complains about banking losses this year. Ilins, recovering, admits losing confidence in himself as the dialogue unfolds.
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Harvard Lampoon
Pater
Jack
Fihus
Ilins
Rioting at Pottsville as Poles Clash With Coal Host Workers
February reports describe a fierce coal region riot in Pottsville after a Pole yelled scabs at workers from Shenandoah City colliery. Police and mob engaged with shots fired. John Cathers injured and several Polish men hit by bullets. Sheriff Duffy mobilized three fire companies as officers detained the prisoner amid renewed violence.
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Portsavittr
Penn
Shenandoah City
Main Street
William H. Moyer
Mahanoy City
Coal and Iron
Shirly
Delbert
Moyer
John Cathers
Michael Heffron
Therisoner
Duffy
Burgess Boehm
John Durkin
Kohinoor
Thomas Ryan
William Penn
Potisville Ail
Riot at Kehley's Run Colliery Sparks Poles Clash
A mass confrontation erupts at Kehley's Run colliery as 1500 Poles gather after the 3 30 whistle. Captain Christian and 22 guards confront the mob, carbines fire, 25 rioters reported wounded while coal and iron police retreat. Town braces for a quiet Sunday.
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Portsville
Centre
Alfray
Coal and Iron Police
Kehley’s Run
Captain Christian
Indian Ridge
Kehley
Christ
Coal and Iron
Bloodshed in Pittsburg over non-union mill labor
In Prttspure Pennsylvania a strike over job sharing at Clark & Co Solar Iron Works led to armed clashes. About 80 Black workers left the mill with police escort, a brick sparked violence, revolvers fired at youths, a police shot was reported, and a man named Joseph Kenny lay unconscious in the street.
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Prttspure
Penn
Solar Iron Works
Clark & Co
Penn Avenue
William Simms
Simms
Joseph Kenny
Ed Ys
Not enough readable context for full headline
A fragment describes a shooting with Kenny as a victim and two wounded youths aided by companions. An escorting policeman wrestled the shooter and recovered the weapon but did not arrest it, earning a reprimand from a lieutenant for failing to seize the weapon.
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Face
Wicemen
Kenny
Twice in Thirty-Five Years Reunion of Long Lost Couple
In Brooklyn a husband and wife who married in England in 1253 are reunited after 45 years apart. William Martin left with his wife remaining in England to care for an invalid uncle. The wife later migrated with their son to search for him, feared dead after years of rumor. A brief reunion occurs before he again departs to England to settle an estate.
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Brooklyn
William Martin
England
Martin
Drigas Street
Mr. Martin, Jr
Hei
Washreaton
Harvard
Burke's
W. H. F. Lee
Fairfax County
Arlington
Cambridge
Bob Lee
Virginia
Fanny
Massachusetts
William Everett
Lee
Old Dominion
Itay
Albert Sidney Johnston
Appomattos
Congress
Everett
Washington Observations on Lee and Overcoats in Congress
In Washington Feb 5 a historian recalls W H F Lee once at Harvard and his Civil War career with Johnston. The piece notes other congressmen like Tillman and Jones in winter attire, debates presidential term start dates, and a Senate plan to shift inaugurations to April 30 1889 lasting through existing terms.
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Hannibal Hamlin
Congress
Capitol Hill
George D. Tillman
South Carolina
Palmetto State
Prince Albert
Willman
Harvard
Senator Jones
Arkansas
Capitol
Senate
Fire at Dubuque House sends sixty five guests fleeing
A sleeping crowd in night clothes fled the Dubuque House on South Clark street when a lamp ignition from a broken chimney sparked a blaze at 3 am. The panic trapped residents as fire insurance patrol workers saved a mother with a newborn before she fainted in the street.
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Chicaco
Dubuque House
South Clark Street
Rs. Haucker
Impossible Claim Sparks Kanana Gisy Meeting Debate
Sam Jones reported finding a woman who never had a corn at a Kanana Gisy meeting. He claimed a contrary story, while attendees questioned the assertion and the speaker's accuracy.
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Chicago Herald
Sam Jones
Kanana Gisy
Victim of Hypnotism Sparks Rescue in New York
A Chicago despatch reports Detective search for Dwight T. Holmes, accused of hypnotizing young women An nette Garlanger and Kitty Rood. Rood feigned death, coffin dug up revealed life by a thread, Holmes sought for manslaughter charges.
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New York
Chicago
The
Herald
Alamo
Mich
Dwight T. Holmes
Annette Garlanger
Holmes
Kitty Rood
Miss Rood
Hidting Sanne
Balloon disaster found in Minnesota woods
Farmers near Deturn report locating a stranded balloon in the woods along with the dead body of a man wedged in tree limbs. The aeronaut appears unidentifiable, with a torn forehead and no identifying items found. A rope and a half full bag hint at a failed attempt to steer to safety as the craft drifted away.
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Deturn
Minn
Dhr
Sawmills at Seattle Burned In Major Port Blakeley Fire
Two Port Blakeley saw mills opposite Seattle were destroyed by a blaze started by a hot box. Wind from the belts fueled the flames, forcing workers to flee. Loss pegged at 260000 dollars with no insurance.
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Seattle
W. T
Port Blakeley
Puget Sound
Judge Hand rules murder retrial impossible after jury deadlock
The Scranton district Judge Hand holds that a defendant indicted for murder cannot be retried after a jury disagreement. If upheld on appeal, several murderers awaiting second trials would be released, prompting concern that many executions may have been illegal.
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Hownspace
Penn
Hand
Scranton
Reductive Clauses Save Wisconsin Women Vote Limits
Wisconsin Supreme Court sustains 1885 law restricting female voting to school matters. Mrs Willis of Racine challenged inspectors who refused her mayor and other votes. Circuit Court ruled in her favor, but the Supreme Court affirmed, upholding the law’s narrow scope.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Yipie Willis
Racine
Phillips
Willis
Wil
Ace Amages
Circuit Court of County
Ins Eate
Roswell Flower Denies Candidacy for Any Office
Roswell P Flower states clearly he will not run for governor or any other position. He reiterates he will vote for the Democratic nominee and has no plans to pursue national office, dismissing rumors of a political comeback.
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New York
Roswell P. Flower
Mr. Flower
Exchange Place
United States
Sam
Flower
Democratic Nomites
Albany
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