Political Union With Canada Urged by New Hampshire Senator
Senator Blair of New Hampshire argues for a peaceful political union between the United States and Canada, rejecting commercial reciprocity. He contends Canada must join the American Union for mutual safety and prosperity, warning war if forced. He cites geography, population growth, and naval strength while opposing annexation and urging cordial negotiations with Britain.
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Sherman
United States
Dominion
Canada
Blair
New Hampshire
Committee On Foreign Relations
Henl
Great Britain
Hudson's Bay
Atlantic
Pacific
Cance
Butterworth
Maine
Puget Sound
Cost of the Election Reveals Federal Spend Totals
Washington reports after Congress convenes the attorney general will present a detailed cost of the recent federal election totaling 254,586 dollars. Deputy marshals received 125,535 dollars and supervisors 129,000 dollars, with party patterns noted in their appointments. In Philadelphia delays and pay limits led to deputies earning about 100 dollars and supervisors 38,000 dollars, while New York’s John S. Davenport manipulated lists and pay restrictions, provoking departmental disputes over billing and services.
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WasHington
Congress
House
United States District Courts
Philadelphia
Beng
New York
John S. Davenport
Bureau of Elections
Davenport
By One Or Seven Republican Majority In Next House
Washington dispatch notes Clerk Clark has certificates for 260 members, with 163 Republicans and 159 Democrats. Three districts remain unresolved, two in West Virginia and one in Tennessee. If Democrats secure certificates they still would not lead. Republicans would hold a one vote majority and organize the House. The contest over the speaker's chair grows hotter as health issues affect several Republican members.
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Washington
Clark
House of Representatives
West Virginia
Tennessee
McKinley
Romero dismisses clerical uprising tale from Mexico City
Mexican minister Senor Romero said no clerical uprising occurred in Mexico City as described in El Paso dispatches. He questioned cables from Galveston and noted official cables lack any such report, joking that December 28 is a day for tall tales.
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Washington
Senor Romero
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Galveston
Mrs Schofield Dies After Heart Paralysis at Home
Washington December 80 Mrs Schofield wife of Major General Schofield died of paralysis of the heart at seven this morning after a severe cold and bronchial catarrh. She was a daughter of Professor W H SFrtiety formerly of the United States Military Academy now actuary at Life Insurance Company of whar. The remains will be buried next Wednesday at West Point.
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Washington
See Life Insurance Company
Whar
West Point
Jay Gould's Big Gift From Father to Children
New York on Christmas day centers on Jay Gould's mansion where gifts to his children include 100000 in railroad bonds for each child, about 200000 in railroad stock for George J Gould, and a wife’s jewelry and diamonds. A family gathering at the Vanderbilt mansion adds to the scene with gifts estimated well over 100000, featuring brick and jewelry.
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New York
Gould
Forty-Seventh Street
Jay Gould
George J. Gould
Edith Kingdon
Myers Dies From Electric Shock At Restaurant
Torepo December 26. Frank J. Myers a restaurant cook was killed last night by a shock from an electric light wire that touched an iron window shutter Myers tried to close. The accident occurred in Torepo and details indicate the fatal contact caused a fatal injury.
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Torepo
Frank J. Myers
Myers
Teller Peabody’s Death in Georgia Bank Shooting
John Peabody Jr a 28 year old teller at Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank Colums Ga shot himself this morning. No motive is known and his accounts are reported correct. He was unmarried and a son of Hon John Peabody a leading Georgia figure.
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Co1mumers
John Peabody, Jr
Merchants’ and Mechanics’ Bank
Peabody
John Peabody
Georgia
Rancher gored to death by bull at his stable
Colonel J. M. Jones of Cheyenne county, a wealthy influential ranchman, was fatally gored by a bull at his ranch in Torna Kansas on December 31. The beast struck from behind, knocking him down. he was found half an hour later with injuries described as grievous, including severe head and arm damage.
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Torna
Kan
J. M. Jones
Cheyenne County
Dead in Love at 7s Weds a 16YearOld in California
In Cucamonga, California, Daniel Hamilton a 79 year old wealthy widower and former Brooklyn alderman marries Alice Brigham 16 after years of courting. He plans a grand residence and social recognition for his young bride despite family estrangement. Hamilton has four children, sixteen grandchildren, and one great grandchild.
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San Francisco
Cucamonga
Pomona
Los Angeles County
Brooklyn
Daniel Hamilton
New York
KE. M
Alice
Dawes and In galls The Former Expects It to be Enlarged Rather Than Repealed
Speech excerpts from the Chicago Commercial Club debate on the interstate commerce law. Dawes argues for enlargement and clearer regulations to govern interstate rail commerce. Ingalls asserts the law will endure and rests with railroad managers to maintain fair rates.
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Chicago
Commercial Club
Ingalls
United States
Dawes
Massachusetts
Congress
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
St. Louis
New York Central
Ennsylvania
Lake Shore
Pawers
Mr. Ingalls
Seven Drowned After River Boat Capsizes Near Rierey
A boat carrying Mrs Turner and her young daughter, a daughter of George Cloyd, three Brooks brothers, a little girl, and an unknown man capsized while crossing the river near Rierey O December 30. Tew occupants were drowned in the incident.
Explosion levels millinery wareroom at Wilcox store
A blast in Wichita Kansas yesterday blew the millinery wareroom of J P Wilcox from its foundation and fire followed. A woman and a boy are believed killed in the doorway as the structure burned. Investigators have not determined a motive or cause for the explosion.
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Wicuita
Kan
J. P. Wilcox
Chicago Man Vanishes With $10,000 of Wages
Thomas Vines, assistant timekeeper at Adams & Westlake Manufacturing, disappeared suddenly taking $10,000 in weekly wages for 700 workers. The money was prepared in 700 packages for delivery and Vines had an express wagon waiting, though he did not usually handle funds.
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Thomas Vines
Adams & Westlake Manufacturing Company
Vines
White Caps Force Closure at Rawson Saloon
In Loa Iowa on December 8 a group masked as White Caps forced John Morrisoner, saloon keeper at Rawson, to close after they had previously warned him. They entered the saloon, whipped him and he pleaded for mercy, swearing off the liquor business.
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Loa, O
John Morrisoner
Rawson
Monster Shark Weighing 1500 Pounds Caught in Ipswich Bay
Fishing schooner Northern Eagle brought into Portsmouth a shovel-nose shark unlikely for northern waters. Measured 12 feet long with nine foot girth, weighing about 1600 pounds after being caught in a vessel's trawls in Ipswich bay on December 30.
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Monster
Ipswich Bay
Portsmouth
N. H
Northern Eagle
Iron and steel trade poor in 1888 says trade bulletin
A Philadelphia report summarizes 1888 for iron and steel in the United States. It notes lower consumption than 1887 and 1886, with pig iron production near 6 million tons and Bessemer rail output around 1.35 million tons. Prices fell overall, rail shipments rose, and Superior mine shipments exceeded 6 million tons.
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Philadelphia
United States
Bulletin
American Iron and Steel Association
Bessemer
Superior
Lake Superior
Pennsylvania
New York
White mother Indian father at Fort Bennett
Mrs. Chaska nee Cora Bell Fellows gave birth to a son on December 23 at Fort Bennett and both mother and baby are reported as doing well. The couple previously lived at Swift Bird's camp after returning east and recently moved to Fort Bennett seeking medical care. Chaska and wife have spent liberally and show no farming talent, preferring a comfortable life.
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Fort Bennett
Dak
Chaska
Cora Bell Fellows
Swift Bird’s Camp
Simply a Newspaper Hoax
Ex Paso Texas reports the tale of a Popish uprising in the City of Mexico was a hoax staged by Chihuahua newspapers on their editors.
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Paso
Tex
City
Mexico
Chihuahua
Adirondack Bear Traps Outwits Hunter With 40-Pound Weight
An Adirondack hunter reports a massive bear outsmarted his trap near Boomville on December 24. A log trap anchored in the wood was torn free by the bear, dragging the trap away after a noisy struggle that roused the surrounding area. Local observers note bears are abundant as winter approaches.
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Montreal
Boomvillg
N. Y
Adirondacks
Sancaten
Fragmentary Note on Ice Trap and Animal Toward Montreal
A garbled report describes a trap, a chain and clog found through ice, and strength details near Montreal. It mentions weights around 30 pounds and a hardwood clot, with tracks and movement toward Montreal noted in rough terms.
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Montreal
British Franchise Clash Delays Honolulu Streetcar Line
San Francisco dispatch reports a British commercial house won a Honolulu franchise to build a line to Waikiki but violated rail standards and bridge construction rules. The interior minister ordered the work halted and rails torn up, provoking a protest to the British minister J H Wadehouse. The commissioner warned the road to stop and reported the dispute to the imperial government. no construction resumes.
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New York
The
Herald
San Francisco
Honolulu
Waikiki
Puglish House
J. H. Wadehouse
Fire destroys the steamer John H Hanna on the Ouachita
The John H Hanna steamboat carrying 100 aboard plus 2500 bales of cotton burned near Plaquemine La on December 24. Only about 14 were saved. The disaster killed Captain J S Holmes and several crew including Powell and Crafton. Fires swept the vessel and a hot stream of smoke and steam thwarted rescue attempts as passengers fled and drifted in the river. Local hotels and homes aided survivors.
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John H. Hanna
Ouachita River
Plaquemine
Madison
Ind
Louisville
Ouachita River Consolidated Line
Holmes
R. Powell
Jordan
Henry Pples
Louis Rawlings
William Aniey
Damiel Carroll
Reeset
Chet
Powell
Marion
Ames
Merriam
Jules
J. 8. Holmes
Samuel Powell
Bob Smith
Smithland
Mike O'Neil
Joe Crane
Monroe Deck
Jack Dutt
Joe Carrey
Jim Watson
John Crafton
Dan Carroll
Jim O'Neil
John Chibbens
Lous Welch
Willie Higgins
Barkeeper
Kate Adams
Higgins
Carpenter
Death of Secretary Folger's Daughter
Miss Jennie G. Folger, daughter of the late secretary of the treasury Charles G. Folger, died today at Saranac Lake of consumption at 85. The obituary notes she had been in Albany earlier and mentions Susie Cue as an only surviving family member.
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Folger
Plattsburg
N. Y
Jennie G. Folger
the Treasury
Charles G. Folger
Saranac Lake
Penacency Aattiadt Peats Pan
Albany
Susie Cue
Unprecedented Strike Threat Ties Labor to Capital
A railroad engineers meeting reveals a nationwide boycott of Q engineers by major roads except three Chicago lines. They warn that continued financial support and boycott will trigger the greatest strike in U.S. history, pitting organized labor against organized capital across the railway system.
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Cutcano
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
United States
Brotherhood
Funeral Procession Through City Streets With Hearse and Pall Bearers
A mourner recalls a funeral in the city where a 20 car procession moved from the cemetery line to the graveyard, with pall bearers guiding the hearse and friends of the family aboard. The account notes switches or side tracks and a crowded funeral train reflecting the deceased man’s wealth.
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Cottin 18
Hertest
Galena Leaves Hayti Toward Santiago With Indemnity Issue
Port Au Prince message says the Galena leaves with the Haytian Republic towing, aboard Captain Compton and Owner Morse. Admiral Luce has no instructions to enforce indemnity, and Haytians want federal court settlement. Americans react to the lack of orders as the vessel heads to Santiago.
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Port Au Prince
Santiago
Admiral Luce
Galena
Whch
Compton
Morse
Irregular Diets Across Lands Humblets Curious Tastes
Gentleman's Magazine notes unusual global eating habits including serpents lizards and dogs eaten in South America and the Americas. It cites Humboldt on centipedes and dogs, vultures, and kites as carrion fare. It mentions clay consumption across torrid zones and by Magdalena river women shaping earthen vessels then eating clay.
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South America
Humboldt
Missouri
Mississippi
Arabia
India
Egypt
Hindostan
Cochin China
Terracina
Indies
Java
Torrid
Sweden
Finland
Magdalena
Marblehead's calamity fire destroys town and jobs
A December 25 Marblehead blaze swept 20 acres, destroyed about 60 buildings including a church and shoe factories, with losses estimated from 250000 to 300000 for buildings and 100000 for stock. The disaster left 1500 to 2000 workers unemployed as repairs begin and temporary railroad facilities are prepared.
Marblehead Fire Destroys Hotel and Much of Town
A June 25 1877 blaze at Marblehead Mar blehead Hotel near the brick reservoir gutted the hotel and swept through the shoe factories Rechabite Hall and most of the business district. Seventy two buildings were destroyed including South Church and multiple dwellings with losses near six hundred thousand dollars. Names listed as losers include Joshua Lefavour William Lefavour Fielder Brown William Gregory and Thomas Foss dwelling owner.
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Marblehead
Es Be
Munroe
Pleasant
School
Sewell
Spring
Joshua O. Lefavour
William C. Lefavour
Fielder Brown
William ©. Gregory
Thomas Foss
Ideal Fishing Grounds Off Queen Charlotte Islands
The fisheries department reports two British Columbia schooners returned from exploring Black Cod Banks off Queen Charlotte Islands. Fish were abundant at depths of 150 to 300 fathoms, about three miles from shore, with excellent coastal anchorage and shelter. Victoria crews praise the promising fishery prospects and anticipate a prosperous industry.
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Ottawa
Ont
Fisheries Department
Victoria
British Columbia
Queen Charlotte’s Islands
Street Cars in the City of Mexico
An English visitor notes Mexico City’s street railways with horse power supplied by mules, showing first and second class cars priced from about 12 cents to two cents. The first class is as comfortable as Broadway cars, second class has roof windows, and third class ferries freight and Indians. roads extend beyond the city to the main com ing an gonna be, pagent In funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
New York City
America
Mexico
Great Fire Destroys Bottineaux Drug Store and Town Block
A fire in Bottineaux Cak on December 50 destroyed McArthur Bros. drug store and wiped out the business district. The blaze damaged the post office and land office with estimated losses around $32,000. insurance coverage is about $12,000.
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Borrineaux
Cak
McArthur Bros
German worker killed opening nitroglycerin can near Totypo
Jacob Kohler, a German railroad employee for Wheeling and Lake Erie, found a can of nitro glycerine on a stump near Totypo and tried to open it with a tool. He was blown into the air and killed. His clothing was blown off and every limb mangled. He leaves a widow and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totypo
Jacob Kohler
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Electric Car Plunges After Collision in St Joshen
At 10 90 last night a street car on the electric line was struck at Main and Robidaux by a switch engine of the Chicago Saint Paul Kansas City railroad. The car with about 15 occupants was thrown 35 feet down an embankment into Black Snake creek. The car was demolished and most riders injured. Two occupants, William H Ray and his wife, were fatally hurt.
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St. Josnen
Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway
Main
Robidaux Streets
Black Snake Creek
William H. Ray
Nine Foot Sheave Bursts at Amoskeag Mills in Manchester
A nine foot diameter iron pulley in the No 3 mill at Amoskeag Manufacturing Company Manchester New Hampshire burst at noon tearing down a partition and injuring two workers Gilbert M Mills and Albert Hil. The pulley was steam driven with water power supplying the rest of the mill so the financial loss is limited to the pulley and related property damage.
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Manchester
N. H
Amoskeag Manufacturing Company
Gilbert M. Mills
Albert Hil
Confederate seal presented to South Carolina
The State of South Carolina was presented with the Confederate States of America seal. Made in England and reaching Richmond before the war’s end, it was overlooked at evacuation and later came into the possession of Colonel William bk. Earle of Washington who now presents it. The bronze seal, three inches across, bears Washington’s equestrian statue on one side and the inscription Four Confederate States of America, 22d Feb., 1862, Deo Vindice on the other.
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Canada
England
France
Central America
United States
Central Pacific
America Union
Europe
Iave
Hayti
Sherman
Sheridan
Exico
Engand
Germany
Russia
Columell
S. C
South Carolina
Confederate States of
Confederate States of America
Four Men Killed as Cable Road Collapse Buries Laborers
Denver December 26 Four men died and two were mortally wounded when a section of a cable car track collapsed on Fifteenth Street during gas line work. About 100 workers were excavating six feet deep beneath the track when the entire block dropped trapping several laborers. Names given include William Kath James McKuen and N M Wilson among others. The accident is under investigation with suspected negligence by the gas company.
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Denver
Col
Fifteenth Street
Tremont
Court Place
Denver Gas Company
William Kath
N. M. Wilson
Joseph Trainers
Mike Dillon
James McKuen
Fas Compa
Expedition from Pacific to Yukon Maps Ogilvie Route
From the Pacific a scientific party led by Professor Ogilvie arrived at Edgarton after route via Chilkat inlet Taing Pass Lake Lyndeman and the Lewis River. They traced main Yukon branches Porcupine and Mackenzie to Peele River, noting coal fields and railway potential. They crossed Fort Smith rapids and reported 418 miles Yukon to Peele River with 1147 miles surveyed total. Forty Mile Creek near historic gold excitement feeds Yukon trade.
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Epsortox
William Ogilvie
Canada
Edgarton
Lac Labiche
Victoria
Pacific Coast
Chilkat Iniet
Taing Pass
Lake Lyndeman
Lewis River
Yukon
International Boundary Line
Old Fort Yukon
Alaska
Bells River
Rockies
Mackenzie
Peele
McConnell
Chippewagan
Pence An Athabasca
Ogilvie
Fort Smith
Forty Mile Creek
Reek
Dynamite cartridge explosion at va dance near McGaheysville
A dynamite cartridge exploded under a house corner during a dance near McGaheysville Virginia on December 29. In Harrison County authorities report Amos Moore and two women fatally injured and the building nearly destroyed. Suspect believed known to authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGaheysville
Amos Moore
Pleading for Protection in Newfoundland Rights Crisis
London dispatch reports Rev. Darby of Borne Bay Newfoundland appealing to the British government for protection of British subjects on the French shore. He warns that oppression could lead to bloodshed and murder if British rights are not upheld amid tensions over French lobster fisheries and Newfoundland's isolation from Canada.
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Newfoundland
Montreal
London
Pall Mall Gazette
Darby
Borne Bay
N. F
Pone Steuge
Drpute
Vung
England
Onintons
Druggist Captures Live Eagle After Fierce Battle
Frederick B Hubbard a druggist of Bamarrori Conn fought an eagle that struck him from the West End. After a sever struggle he pinned the bird and threw it to the ground. The eagle then attacked his leg above the knee before Hubbard finally secured the bird guarding its wings. He bears three deep wounds but has the satisfaction of capturing a live American eagle now a local curiosity.
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Bamarrori
Conn
Frederick B. Hubbard
Hubbard
West End
Regulations on Danish Railways Move Women to Guard Posts
The Rehoboth Sunday Herald reports strict Danish railway rules require married pairs of guard and track walker workers. If one dies, the survivor must remarry within six weeks or face dismissal, with exceptions disallowed for relatives or servants. A widower near the German frontier sought extra time but kept to the six week limit, finding a new wife before rank and job were jeopardized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rehoboth
Old Town
The
Folzond
Wool Growers Meet Urged by National Leader
Columbus Delano, president of the National Wool Growers Association, calls a meeting of officers and associations in Washington D C on January 8 to review pending Senate measures and assess relief provisions for the industry and related groups. The appeal targets wool growers nationwide and emphasizes united action.
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Columbus, C
Columbus Delano
National Wool Growers’ Association
United States
Washington, D. C
Senate
Auesiana
National business failures tally for week ends Dec 28
New York reports to Dun and Co and Russell 276 U S failures and 23 in Canada totaling 299 for the week. The earlier period recorded 308 failures, reflecting ongoing economic strain nationwide.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Russell & Co
Num
United States
United St Satan Ana
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Granite State
New England
Unitedtates
Empire
Greatritain
Ireland
South Pole
North Chanel
St. Lawrence
Erior
Piedres
Teller Peabody
Dawes and Ingalls
Chicago Commercial Club
Temperance
Iron and Steel Trade
Hawaii
Haytian Republic
Luce
West Indies
Gentleman’s Magazine
D. P. H. Powers
Pleasant Street
Powers
Buldings
Queen Charlotte's Islands
City of
Bottineaux
St. Joseph
William BE. Earle
Profesor Ogilvie
McGaheysville, Va
Frederick B. Nuabbard
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