Hale's Civil Service Reform critique at Senate session
Senator Hale of Maine condemned President Cleveland's civil service promises as unkept and cited a table of widespread postmaster, customs, and other government office changes by June 1887. Blair Education Bill debates, internal revenue repeal talks, and House committee clerks discussion follow as Congress adjourns after a long week.
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Georgia
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Blair
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Nevada
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Han
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Pety
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Hale
Legation
Internal Revenue
General Land Office
Washington Post
New York
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Republican Congressional Committee
Coke
Saulsbury
R. Hoar
Pacific Railroad Commission
Government notes on treaties and reforms in Congress
The President sent messages to Congress urging enforcement laws for a submarine cable treaty and reporting Indian agreements in Montana. He seeks a maritime conference in Washington to protect life at sea and supports a universal prime meridian. The House Fisheries Committee favors creating a commissioner of fisheries with a $5000 salary. The Interior proposes severing the Interstate Commerce Commission from its department and reporting directly to the President. South Dakota statehood election set for August 28 with new constitution and boundary changes. The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee favors nominees for interstate commissioners.
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Miss
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Chandler
New Hampshire
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Mississippi
Mitchell
Stewart
Paris
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Blount
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Washington
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Michigan Governor's plea over meager salary
Detroit dispatch reports Governor Luce complains that his $1000 annual salary restricts duties and forces him to perform tasks. he notes he is not wealthy but must fund personal needs and even care for his own horse, illustrating economic constraints on officeholders.
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Mich
Luce
Michigan
Explosion Destroys 80 Tons Molten Iron On Breaker Island
In Arsany New York on Breaker Island an iron furnace ruptured late last night releasing about 80 tons of molten iron. The spill ignited steam and a massive explosion tore ground nearby but no workers were injured. The molten metal sits 30 tons deep, being removed by blasting. estimated loss about $1000.
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Arsany
N. Y
Breaker Island
West Sandlake
Swede Kills Wife and Seven Children Near Princeton
A Princeton area correspondent reports a Swede, 20 miles from town, killed his wife and seven children with a broad-axe. A 14 year old boy fled from an upper window. When asked by a neighbor what he had done, the murderer said he had intended to do so for a long time.
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St. Paul
Princeton
Minn
Vast North Blizzard Claims Dozens in 1870s Style Toll
The front of a long report recounts a deadly North West blizzard sweeping Dakota Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin with 63 confirmed dead and fears it may reach 100. It details how winds of 80 below and deep snow paralyzed railways telegraph lines and left travelers trapped near Balaton and Huron while rescuers delivered provisions. Additional victims include Mrs. Knutson of Rushmore and many from Primghar Lenox and Sioux Falls as authorities search for missing farmers and students.
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Minn
Minnesota
Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Nebraska
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Telegrach
Oliver
Knutson
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Inwood
Marion Junction
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Whitelake
Larchwood
Lenox
Oak
Ewis Merriman
Hitchcock
Cak
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Hartford
Conn
Dixon
Yankton
St. Olaf
Brady
Sioux Falls
Carson
Claremont
Minots
Parker's
Lazzie Dwyer
Peter Wiergan
Faulkton
Emma Lamar
Carrie Aulan
Johny Walsh
John Walsh
Avoca
Walter Munger
Mitchell
Suffering in Kansas Amid Extremes of Cold and Starvation
Kansas City reports record cold with 21 below zero and 4 below, sparking freezing cases. Western Kansas suffers from prior blizzard, forcing destitution for about 3000 Clark county residents. Clergy plea for aid notes hundreds may die without relief as stock losses mount and two train loads of cattle freeze on the Missouri Pacific line.
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West
Blizzard grips northern Texas with record cold snap
Despatches from a dozen northern Texas towns report a blizzard yesterday afternoon with temperatures dropping from 40 to near zero in places. A high wind, sleet and snow fell in unprecedented fashion as Panhandle areas report worsening conditions.
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Pan
Extreme Cold Grips West as Storm Claims Lives
Mercury sank to two degrees above zero while cattle drifted and suffered in the blizzard. Nebraska towns report record lows with dozens dead or freezing to death, including six schoolchildren in Minnesota and families found frozen in field victime. Local reports from Helena Belgrade and Osan detail frigid conditions and losses across the region.
Miner Buried After Shaft Fall near Morristown
William Johnson, 28, a miner at Hocklebarney mines near Chester, plunged into an unused shaft yesterday afternoon. Rock collapsed, burying him to a depth of about a hundred feet. Rescue efforts say it will take at least a week to recover the body. two other men escaped. He leaves a wife and five children in destitute circumstances.
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Hocklebarney
Chester
John- Se
Disaster in a Coal Mine at Stellarton
A mine explosion and underground fire at Stellarton coal mine near New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, caused extensive property damage and forced evacuation. Fifteen workers were in the pit when the blaze started. three men were badly shocked, while others escaped unharmed. The mine, owned by a syndicate of English and American capitalists, is expected to be abandoned to prevent fires from spreading to nearby pits.
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New Glasgow
Pictou
Thorburn
Westville
Stellarton
McGrewor
Emirne
Turnbull
Harry McCarthy
Edward Chariton
Sundy
Awful Railroad Accident Near Bradford and Haverhill
A Tuesday express from Portland to Boston wrecked at the Bradford end of the Haverhill bridge over the Merrimack. Nine died instantly with 20 to 80 injured, five more dying later. Two cars left the track crashing into a water tank house where section hands dined. several killed, others injured. Passengers in the front cars largely perished or crushed. male rescuers aided victims. The smoking car suffered severe damage but most escaped. Bridge ironwork remained intact. doctors rushed to aid, with hospital and hotel victims treated.
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John O’brien
Taylor
Sam
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Convention at Huron Debates Electors for November Election
The constitutional convention met at Huron Dak on the 9th to prepare a memorial to Congress demanding recognition of the people's rights as expressed in the November election. It is probable a committee will report in favor of electing Bypaidantis electors in South to next fall.
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Disappointment over Tuttles Fairchilds and Lincoln reveal
In Washington on January 16 the Tuttles and Fairchilds learn Robert T. Lincoln, then secretary of war, ordered battle flags removed from the ordnance museum. Captain McNally executed the order, packing flags into the Winder Building cellar where moths ruined them. The piece also covers social notices of Burnett’s social circle, new eccentric stationery fashions, and American shipping subsidies debates led by Major Cook and the American Shipping and Industrial League.
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Washington
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New Bedford
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Veesela
Congress In Session Aims And Debates In Senate And House
The Senate plans a secret session to review nominations of Lamar Vilas and Dickinson with reports expected. The morning hour will include the tax bill and the education measure as well as the deficiency bill. The House contemplates suspending rules to pass sanctioned measures and reports on contested elections.
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Catholic University Work to Begin Next Spring
Baltimore January 11 The coming week may decide key steps for inaugurating the Catholic University Work will start on the Washington building in spring A conference with Bishop Keane of Richmond and Bishop Ireland of St Paul will seek feasibility of opening the theology department and appoint a head Rev A L Macmen of St Mary's Seminary is named as likely department chief PMID Cardinal Gibbons may host the bishops during their visit.
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St. Mary's Seminary
Snake alarm at knothole spares woman in Canandaigua
Mrs. R. T. Morgan of Fruitland Wayne County woke to a three foot black snake coiled on her bed, trapped by a knothole in the floor. Her husband killed the serpent and she remained in critical condition, the incident reported from Canandaigua New York.
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Henry Colt Bead dies after stroke in Pittsfield Mass
Henry Colt Bead aged 74 died early today after suffering a stroke Saturday. He served 23 years as a B and A R director and 20 years as Pittsfield National Bank director, also on the State Board of Agriculture and once trustee of the State Agricultural College at Amherst. He leaves a wife, son, daughter and a fortune of 500000.
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Roane county lynching gang tied to murders
In Parkersburg West Virginia on January 11 evidence grows that a Roane county mob that lynched three men for the murder of Rev. Thomas P Ryan last October were the killers themselves. It is claimed the group included squatters who for years have terrorized settlers to hold land.
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Thomas P. Ryan
Great Strike Looms In Coal Regions With Arbitration Failures
Notes from Reaproc Pennsylvania report a prolonged labor clash in the anthracite sector. Twenty five thousand Lehigh miners idle four months, Schuylkill lockout two weeks, arbitration unlikely as leaders predict a long siege. Non union efforts at Excelsior and Kehley Run hint at possible breaks, with Reading meetings planned to curb momentum and unite miners and railroaders.
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Port Richmond Strikers Kept Order Despite Notices
Reports from Port Richmond describe strikers as orderly and confident they will be re employed. Constable Branson says nine residents in Bonse Seas houses were served notices for arrears with 30 days grace for one Bath Street man. He notes that most pay up and that the number notified is not larger than in past years.
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W. H. Branson
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William
Branson
Fall River Spinners Consider Strike Amid Rising Dissent
Dissatisfaction grows among the Fall River spinners as union leaders prepare for talks on a binding agreement with manufacturers. Absence of Frank R. Stevens delays tonight's conference, with an executive meeting planned and wage questions slated for the upcoming Distri 50 K of L convention. New Bedford spinners back a strike as their wage demand remains unmet.
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Manitoba political crisis prompts Liberal leadership move
In Winsyepes Manitoba the Liberal Thomas Greenway will be called to take the reins after Premier Harrison's resignation following John Norman's re-election as Liberal leader. Ministers plan to resign tomorrow, Greenway to form cabinet, and the legislature will adjourn to seek constituent approval.
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Manitoba
Harrison
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Greenway
Loss of a $70,000 church in Mixyeapouis Minn
Fire crews battled the Universalist Church of the Redeemer all day as temperatures plunged to 22 to 30 below. The stone structure, ten years old and valued at about $80,000, burned to walls with a $70,000 loss and $50,000 insured. An organ and bell chime, donated five years ago by W D Washburn and others, were covered for $5,000. Chief Stetson and eight firefighters were overcome by smoke. two men were said to be in a dangerous condition.
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Minn
Ch of the Redeemer
Universalist
W. D. Washburn
Stetson
No Yellow Fever in Florida Report
Jacksonville Fla Jan 14 The report that yellow fever exists in Tampa and Plant City is without foundation. There has not been a case in either place for nearly two months and there is no infectious or epidemic in the state.
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Jacksonville
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Tampa
Plant City
Beck Re elected Senator in Kentucky Senate
Louisville January 11 in a joint session the Kentucky Legislature reelected Mr Beck to a third term in the United States Senate. The vote affirmed his renomination amid a close party contest and signals continued leadership for the commonwealth in the Senate.
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Louisville, Ky
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