Irish Parliament Riot and Davitt Arrest Shock London
In London and Dublin a dramatic parliamentary scene followed Michael Davitt’s arrest in Dublin for arms to the Fenians. Sir William Harcourt cited ticket of leave violations, Parnell and Dillon led protests, and police ejected the Irish delegation as Gladstone's coercion bill faced revision. Security tightened in Dublin amid unrest and prep for broader measures.
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House of Commons
Home Rule
Parnell
Home Secretary
Davitt
William Vernon Harcourt
Gladstone Rose
Dillion
Dillon
Mr. Dillon
Mr. Gladstone
Gladstone
Dir. Parnell
Finigan
Ennis
Stafford Northcote
Messrs
Chamberlain
Cowen
Jesse
Collings
Burt
Dirk
Iself
Michael Davitt
Dublin
County Mayo
Ireland
Straide
United States
Pennsylvania
England
Michael
Rochdale
Meath Ladies' Land League forms to carry on work
In Tullamore today Meath joined several ladies to establish a Ladies' Land League with an executive committee and officers. Branches were formed in other towns and villages across Ireland to continue league efforts in event of local leader arrests.
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Meath
Tullamore
Ireland
Davitt Arrested in Dublin and Remanded to Millbank Prison
February 4 report details Michael Davitt's arrest in Dublin for breaching ticket of leave, transport to Holyhead then London, and confinement at Millbank. It notes police guard, magistrate Sir James Ingham’s privatized hearing, and questions about how long Davitt may remain jailed.
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Lowpox
Michael Davitt
Dublin
Kingstown
Holyhead
Millbank
the Thames
Davitt
Scotland Yard
London
Euston Square
Mr. Davitt
Bow-street
James Ingham
James Neham
The
Land League
Shaw
Indignation Meetings Across Ireland Over Davitt Arrest
Desk reports a Dublin paper summary of indignation meetings in Loughrea Galway Maryborough Ballinasloe and elsewhere protesting Davitt arrest. It cites reactions from The Irish Times Freeman's Journal Daily Times and The Irish Press praising public opinion and denouncing government action as a political blunder and a threat to the Land League.
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Loughrea
Galway
Davitt
Maryborough
Ballinasloe
Borris
Tipperary
Toles
Atlantic
Ireland
The
Irish Times
Mr. Davitt
Irish Home Rulers Call for Calm Amid Parliament Conflict
In London a February 5 manifesto to Irish people urges quiet resistance and seeks to avoid clashes with imperial forces. Parnell and 33 MPs sign an appeal condemning speaker actions and urging continued constitutional action while reports cite arrests and suppression in Ireland as tensions rise.
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London
Parnell
England
Dublin
C. 8. Parnell
House of Commons
Ireland
Esterday
Carlyle Dies at Chelsea Residence Aged Historian Passes
London reports the death of Thomas Carlyle at his Cheyne Walk home in Chelsea. Born December 4, 1795 in Dumfriesshire Scotland, he became a renowned English historian and writer. The obituary highlights his early schooling, Edinburgh University, literary career, marriage to Jane Welsh, and major works including Sartor Resartus and The French Revolution.
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Londvon
Thomas Carlyle
Cheynewalk
Chelsea
Middlebie
Bcclefechan
Dumfriesshire
Scotland
Thomas
Carlyle
Ecclefechan
Annan
Edinburgh University
Tiis
Burgh School
Kircaldy
Edinburgh
Brewster
Jane
John Welsh
Haddington
John Knox
Craivenputtoch
Durafriesshire
Cariyie
Robert Burns
London
Isaace Newton
Thomas, Aird
Large St Louis factory district wiped out by blaze
A massive fire swept away the Greeley Burnham Grocery warehouse in St Louis and damaged the O H Peckham & Co candy factory adjoining. The blaze destroyed or greatly damaged Soule & Co grocers Long & Hall storage and caused losses including 250000 to 60 000 valued stock and 60000 building for Greeley Surnham. A platform collapse ignited about 1000 cases of matches and intensified the fire.
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St. Louis
Greeley Burnham Grocery Company
O. H. Peckham & Co
Leon Boucher
B. Soule & Co
Long & Hall
Greeley Surnham Company
Carlos S. Greeley
Soule & Co
Lippincott Libel Suit Over Poet Widow’s Bio
In Philadelphia the Court of Common Pleas heard a libel suit by Mrs. Catharine M. Realt widow of poet Richard Realt against J B Lippincott & Co over a life sketch of the poet by Rossiter Johnson published in Lippincott's Monthly in March 1879. She seeks $20,000 damages alleging the article brands her a woman of the town and harms her name fame and credit, bringing public scandal and disgrace.
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Philadelphia
Court of Common Pleas
J. B. Lippincott & Co
Catharine M. Realt
Richard Realt
New York
Rossiterohnson
Patie
Lippincott’s Monthly
Bridgeport’s 30‑Foot Double-Runner Sled Carriage
Bridgeport Connecticut reports a thirty foot double runner capable of carrying thirty two men each up to 150 pounds totaling 4800 pounds. The ash sled is twelve inches wide and one and a half inches thick with full length rests and side wings to guard attire, plus round side handles for grip. A truss resembles those used beneath drawing‑room coaches for strength.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Champion double-runner sled praised by state leaders
A beautifully built runner sled with a powerful brake and pulley guided steering is described as capable of carrying heavy loads and stopping quickly. It cost $150 and is hailed as the champion double-runner in the state, with support from statesmen, bank presidents, doctors, lawyers, sculptors, artists, poets and ladies.
ANOTHER COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE
A colliery explosion at Cheadle North Staffordshire this morning left twelve to twenty men in the pit. It is believed all have perished and the shock was tremendous. The manager is seriously injured and the engine-house burned.
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London
Cheadle
North Staffordshire
Mysterious explosive barrels found at Pier 35 in New York
A shipping clerk at Sound Steamers reported two barrels marked G M Gray delivered to Pier 35. Barrels contained nitro glycerine and palatine cartridges, apparently intended to blow up a Bridgeport steamer. Driver fled. barrels sent to Fire Hall and later stored aboard a powder boat.
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New York
Edward Bell
Bridgeport
Pier 35
East River
G. M. Gray
Waterbury
Conn
Clerk Bell
Okill
Police
Walling
Fire Hall
Mercer Street
Bureau of
Shea
Éassen
Latlin & Rand
Havemeyer
Explosion on yacht Carrie kills four in Baltimore
Four men died when the Baltimore yacht Carrie exploded off Chase's wharf. Captain H J Poplar was away in Havre de Grace. Edward and H J Poplar, ages 22 and 19, Joseph Brown, and a colored steward Ellis were aboard. Boiler blast threw wreckage 50 feet and upper deck ruined. Bodies recovered. inspectors investigate cause.
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Baltimore
BaLttimore
Carrie
John Waughtmough
Philadelphia
Chase's Wharf
H. J. Poplar
Havre de Grace
Edward Poplar
Joseph Brown
Enroy
Ellis
Western Union Stockholders Vote on Contract and Capital Rise
A Western Union Telegraph Company meeting in New York saw 74.34 percent of stock represented by 307,825 shareholders. Two resolutions passed: contract approval and stock capital increase to 80 million dollars. Directors changed with Twombly and Chapin resignations, Gould and Sage elected, Eckert named director and top executive, Stager resigning as vice president but remaining director.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hamilton Mek
Twombly
Chester W. Chapin
Jay Gould
David Jones
Russell Sage
Chapin
T. T. Eckert
American Union Company
Odd Tales Of A Saw Mill Sewer Mystery Stirs Cambridge
The Traveller cites a bizarre report of three horn-pouts blocking Cochituate flow in a Lincoln Street saw mill sewer. A horseshoe crab wedged at Craigie bridge created a valvelike obstruction, sparked by sewer pressure, prompting the strange yarn. Also notes a Chicago telegraph venture linking New York and Chicago with $1,000,000 capital and 20 cent messages.
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Lincoln Street
Cochituate
East Cambridge
Cambridge Street
Craigie Bridge
The Enoch Arden of the Commune
A Havre merchant Warenhorst killed himself on an express train to Rouen after learning his wife’s former husband was amnestied. His suicide followed disgrace and grief from the Commune history and the return of a former amnesty recipient.
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Havre
Rouen
M. Warenhorst
Navarin
M. Warenhierst
Tragic Gas Well Explosion Claims Card at Stonington
Providence report: George F. Card employed by the Stonington Railroad descended into a tar well at Stonington yesterday carrying a lighted lantern. An explosion occurred and Card was killed. The brief notice underscores the accident and its fatal outcome.
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Providence
George F. Card
Stonington Railroad Company
Stonington
Card
Wintry Weather's Wiles Across the Nation
A sprawling weather dispatch reports a severe midwinter storm blanketing the nation. From Minnesota to Oregon, gales, flooding, and ice disrupt rail travel, with delays on multiple lines and reports of wrecks and closures. Coastal ice extends from New England to Virginia while California and Colorado experience freshets and floods threatening towns and infrastructure.
Bold Theft of 64 000 Worth of Jewelry
New York on February 6 thieves flung a lead block through Newberger's Sixth Avenue window and abstracted 4000 dollars worth of diamonds watches and jewelry. Newberger chased two fugitives for blocks but could not catch them as about ten or twelve men appeared to be aiding the escape.
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New York
Newberger
Sixth Avenue
Longest-serving Hoosier Henry Lane dies at 123
Vernon Indiana February 3 Henry Lane reported to be the oldest person in Indiana died last night at age 123 He served General Mercer during the American Revolution and his age claim was reportedly well established The obituary notes his long life and service as a Revolutionary War era servant
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Delaware
North America
Capes
Dagmar
J. F. Merry
Arendal
Philadelphia
Movunt Vernon
Ind
Henry Lane
Indiana
Mercer
Mount Vernon Hostler Aided 1844 Campaign Speech
The text notes a man reaching majority during the Richmond fire period and arriving at Mount Vernon in 1831 with pioneer Baker Vlummer as hostler. It highlights his notable merit and a 1844 campaign speech on the ag square supporting Henry ay.
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Richmond
Mount Vernon
Baker Vlummer
Hostler
Ag Square
Henry Ay
Charley Ross Case Gains New Lead From Toronto Visit
A Toronto visitor with a reporter learned from the boy yesterday that he remembers key details of his abduction. The youth, now living with farmer Joseph Bond near Lonnox, described a buggy kidnapping by two men, time in an Indian family, and brutal abuse before ending with Bond who guards him as a possible Charley Ross. Further developments are awaited.
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Lonnox
Ont
Charley Ross
Toronto
Joseph Bond
Tuscarora Reserve
Brantford
Ward
Wilson
Bond
Plague From Mennonite Migrants Isolated Dakota Town
A Dakota town Jefferson twelve miles west of Sioux City is ravaged by black small pox. Over ninety cases have occurred with thirty-two deaths and six recoveries amid public burials and strict quarantines. Isolated cases appear in southern Dakota as relief efforts continue.
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Sioux City
Jefferson
Dakota
Elk Point
Union County
Napoleon Bronelli
Bronelli
Yankton
Railway Wreck in Texas Injures Opera Troupe Members
Nine miles north of Hempstead an express train bound north wrecked as the Cedar Creek bridge failed. The Strakosch and Hess English opera troupe were passengers. Eighteen injured including Conductor Littig Rose Marion and Mr Levi. Injured taken to Houston for care.
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Strakosch & Hess Opera
Galvestown
Hempstead
Cedar Creek Bridge
Strakosch & Hess
Littig
Rose Marion
Levi
New York
Houston
Dr Carver Wins Pigeon Shooting Match in London
London February 7 The pigeon shooting match for 400 pounds between Dr Carver and Mr Scott took place today in good but poor weather. Carver shot 66 birds to Scott 62. Hanlan the oarsman is reported in excellent condition for his next race with Laycock. Betting favors Hanlan at 5 to 2.
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London
Dr. Carver
Mr. Scott
Carver
Hanlan
Laycock
Shooting Affray Over Mine Claims Near Leadville
Leadville reports a feud over Taylor mountain mining claims between Robert O Neill Peter Hughes and Judge Pendy. Nine guards faced eighteen attackers at midnight in a fusillade that lasted to dawn. O E Field was killed and Ed Phillips wounded. attackers unhurt. No arrests.
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Leadville
Robert O'Neil
Peter Hughes
Pendy
Taylor Mountain
O. E. Field
Ed Phillips
The Unlucky Number Steamer Disaster
An English steamer bound from Balboa to Middleboro foundered with thirteen lives lost. In Arkansas a mob hanged three men after a violent assault on Miss Georgia Hablet, abducting and killing them before disposing of the bodies in the river.
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Lonpoy
Balboa
Middleboro
Little& Rock
Ark
Georgia Hablet
Augusta
Rascals
Monroe County
Socialist Refugees Arrive With German Leaders Aboard Rhein
On the Rhein from Bremen passengers include F W Fritzsche Reichstag member and Louis Viereck ex Parliament, prominent Socialist party leaders now delegates of a German Social Democrat group. Fritzsche exiled from Berlin. In Denver Rodney Foos former Ohio Supreme Court clerk and Hayes secretary arrested for grand larceny pleaded guilty and jailed on 3200 bail after stealing library books to buy food.
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New York
Rhein
Bremen
F. W. Fritzsche
Reichstag
Louis Viereck
Socialist Party
Fritzsche
Berlin
Social Democrat
Denver
Rodney Foos
Ohio Supreme Court
Hayes
Methodist University Library
The Electoral Count Resolution in the Senate Debate
The Senate shows unusual mood as it revives Henry Clay’s electoral count resolution with Blaine, Davis, and Wal lace shaping a plan to address the electoral college. A joint commission proposal and a constitutional amendment aim to ensure public will, while debates consider counting votes, Georgia’s status, and the House's later adoption to proceed the count quietly.
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Washington
Senate
Wallace
Henry Clay
Blaine
David Davis
Weaver
United Politics
Waite
Congress
Judge Cooley
Barnard
Garfield
Hancock
Eaton
Ublicans
Illinois
Davis
California
Edmunds
Terry
Washmorox
Georgia
Felton
Mr. Felton
J. Calkins
Indiana
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Jones’ Turpentine Distillery
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House of Representatives
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J. A. Sherman
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