Germany's Crisis Dominates Week in Parliament and War Fears
The Reichstag rejects Bismarck's army bill after a fierce vote, triggering a new election and heightening European tensions. Reports discuss Moltke and Bismarck urging passage, King George of Hanover's letter, and fears of French aggression. Contending factions, regional loyalties, and potential Waterloo outcomes loom as Britain, Ireland, and other states face political shifts and security anxieties.
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France
Marshal von Moltke
Prince Bismarck
Federation
George
Hanover
Guelph
Napoleon
Prussia
Reichstag
Nema
Chamber of Deputies
British Cabinet Turmoil After Lord Iddesleigh Death
Report covers UK cabinet crisis rumors following Lord Iddesleigh Sir Stafford Northcote death and resignation, noting no Liberal Unionists joined the government besides Goschen. Plotting figures like Churchill and Gladstone stir speculation on ministry, money, and power, with society circles heated by Lady Salisbury and hostile exchanges.
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Goschen
Lord Iddesleigh
Stafford Northcote
England
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Engao
Stafford North
Glad-stone
Hurchill
Gladstone
Aecruit
P. O'Connor
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Salisbury
Marquis of Salisbury
Adolph Churchill
Lady Salisbury
London
Churchill
Lord Randolph
Exchequer
Lord Salisbury
Europe
Randolph Churchill
T. P. O’connor
McLane Visits England After Paris Banquet Request
United States minister at Paris Mr. McLane, who came to England with his family during his father’s envoy tenure, reportedly danced a quadrille with Victoria when she was sixteen. Queen's friends urge a visit to England in the coming year as Paris marks the anniversary of the capture.
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United States
Paris
England
Jackson
London
Victoria
McLane
Priest and Archbishop Case Ends With Verdict for Arch bishop
The Suffolk County Superior Court continued the FitzGerald versus Williams case with evidence from women alleging immoral acts at a Boston house. Fitzgerald denied the charges, claiming confession. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant archbishop, vindicating him.
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Father Fitzgerald
Archbishop Williams
Boston
Suffolk County Superior Court
Fitzgerald
Sea serpent sighting reported off Nyack shores
Two men ventured onto the ice near South Nyack and claimed to see a sea serpent raise its head and five feet of body from broken ice. They describe a brown body about twelve inches in diameter and a mottled brown head with a dirty yellowish belly. The creature posed for a minute then submerged, with reports linking it to a similar sighting last summer.
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Nyack
N. Y
South Nyack
McQuade Denied New Trial in Sing Sing Turn
New York January 13 Arthur J McQuade must go to Sing Sing after Supreme Court Justice Calvin E Pratt denied his bid for a new trial He ruled there are no reasons to grant another jury hearing McQuade's counsel Shen said he would seek relief at the General Term The decision paves the way for the convict to report to Sing Sing to visit a friend Jadine.
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New York
Arthur J. McQuade
Sing Sing
Calvin E. Pratt
Supreme Court
Pratt
Mewuade
Shen
B. Fee
McQuade
Jadine
McFarland Acquitted After Four-Hour Trial
Colonel Hutchins wrapped a four hour argument in the McFarland case. County Attorney Livermore closed his speech, the jury then deliberated and returned a not guilty verdict at six o'clock, ending the indictment and discharging McFarland. A small crowd reacted with subdued applause, halted by the jailer and judge.
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Hutchins
McFarland
Livermore
Oan
Adventure With Bandit Matagas in Havana
A Cienfuegos paper details the kidnapping and release of Senor Roig's son after sixteen days of search. The bandits lined up in Matagas, demanded $7000, refused to lower terms, and only yielded when the apparent head agreed to release the boy after the others proposed taking $2000.
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Cienfuegos
Senor Roig
Matagas
Lek Wet
An Oriental Method of Revenge Explodes in Oregon
A Chinese worker on the Northern Pacific line near North Yakima set a giant powder cartridge to explode between two sleeping countrymen after a quarrel. The blast wiped away the side of one man and badly mutilated the other, who cannot recover.
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Porriand
Oregonian
Yakima
W. T
Northern Pacific
Peters
Georgia's Chief Justice Dies at 67 in Atlanta
Hon. James Jackson, chief justice of Georgia, died last night at age 67. He served in Congress before the Civil War and held numerous judicial positions.
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Atlanta
James Jackson
Georgia
Congress
Congress Diary Reports Intersta te Commerce Fight and Pleuro Pneumonia Debate
Senate debates a broad interstate commerce bill with leaders and amendments while the House pushes the pleuro pneumonia issue, votes on creating a Department of Agriculture and Labor, and considers Indian land policy, river and harbor works, and military affairs. The week features centennial planning, naval and army measures, and railway bills amid partisan clashes and conference talks.
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Department of Agriculture
Labor Bureau
Senate
New York Chamber of Commerce
Army
Flam
Secretary of the Interior
Office of Indian Affairs
Cheroxse
Indian Territory
United States
Tursday
Dawes
Committee On Indian Affairs
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Montana, Railroad Company
Montana
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Cameron
Military Affairs
Blackourn
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Washington County
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Call
Bragg
Wisconsin
Willis
Kentucky
Oates
Alabama
Ofolumbia
Secretary of State
Fourth International Prison Congress
St. Peters
Agriculture and Labor
Hatch
Missouri
Department of Agriculture and Labor
Foran
Ohio
Commissioner of Labor
Yeas
Benown
Secretary of Agriculture and Labor
Tilden Trust seeks act to found New York free library
Executors of Samuel J. Tilden’s estate today asked the Legislature to enable a Tilden Trust to establish and maintain a free library and reading room in New York City. They expect at least 4 million dollars from the estate and may exceed it. John Bigelow Andrew H Green and George W Smith named as initial trustees.
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Samuel J. Tilden
Tilden Trust
City of
New York
John Bigelow
Andrew H. Green
George W. Smith
The
Connecticut's Aged Two Centenarians Bright and Happy
In East Happam and Hadlyme Connecticut two women reach 103 years. Mrs Lucy Luther of Hadlyme celebrated her birthday January 14 at home and remains able to move about and read a Bible. Mrs Elizabeth Buck of Wethersfield will turn 103 January 10 1784-born and born near her current home. No formal celebration due to frail health but friends will visit.
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East Happam
Conn
Hadlyme
Lucy Luther
Elizabeth Buck
Notable Deaths and Regency News Across the Atlantic
General W B Hazen chief signal officer of the US Army dies in Washington at 8 PM after diabetic coma. Born 1880 in Vermont, Hazen had a long Civil War record and later served as military attaché. Lord Iddesleigh British foreign secretary dies at 75 while visiting Lord Salisbury. Abby K Foster widow of Stephen Foster dies in Worcester. Cardinal Ferrieri of Rome dies aged 77. Henry B Stanton abolitionist and early suffrage advocate dies in New York.
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W. B. Hazen
United States Army
Hazen
General Hazen
Vermont
Military Academy
West Point
Fourth Infantry
Texas
Forty-first Ohio Volunteers
Chickamauga
Thirty-eighth Regular Infantry
United States
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Germany
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Stephen Jv. Foster
Worcester
Massachusetts
Cirdlinal Ferrieri
Rome
Onry B. Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Tagion
New York
American Legion of Honor Receives Over 1.9 Million
In New York on January 14 the American Legion of Honor reports over 1,909,256 46 raised since its start in December 1878. Benefits paid for 697 deaths total 1,843,000. One assessment adds 108,500 to the treasury. Receipts to date amount to 8,392,290 83 with 2,679 widows and orphans paid 8,348,176 21.
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New Yor
American Legion of Honor
Supreme Treasury
Ground to pieces as mill hopper grinds man in Washington
Fred Love Lovelace, 50, of Baxcor Me, was crushed when he fell into a bark mill hopper at Brookton in Washington county during the night. He left five children and a widow. The incident occurred while he worked at the mill, and investigators described the fatal accident as a tragic, literal grinding.
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Baxcor
Fred Lovelace
Brookton
Washington County
Earthshaking Explosion Terrifies San Francisco Coast
The schooner Parallel carrying 100,000 pounds of giant powder exploded after grounding near Point Lobos. The blast wrecked the Cliff House and life saving station, killed two seals, injured three crewmen, and leveled nearby buildings. Captain Hayslop reports beds shook and the coast trembled as the disaster unfolded.
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Astoria
Garden Gate
Point Lobos
Seal Rocks
Cliff House
Adolph Saltier
Horace Smith
Charles Rogers
John Wilson
Hayslop
Pacific
Chit Pose
Norma
Peter Hansen
Siheenne Ecguek
Nak
Neilson & Co
HB. Peterson
Sacramento
Jordan
Port Discovery
Farm statistics show corn wheat and oats outputs
The Agriculture Department reports 1 665 000 000 bushels of corn from 75 000 000 acres valued at 610 million dollars with 22 bushels per acre. Wheat yields 457 000 000 bushels from 37 000 000 acres valued at 414 million dollars and oats 624 000 000 bushels from 23 000 000 acres valued at 146 million dollars.
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Wasanrncron
Department of Agriculture
Governor Hauser's Message to the Montana Legislature
Governor Hauser delivers the message in Hexena Montana stating the territory is debt free with 57000 in treasury. He endorses the school system supports rival railroad lines and predicts more than 1000 miles of road will be built next year. He urges liberal taxation policy especially on mortgaged property and favors irrigation and desert land law amendments to transfer lands to the government for public good.
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Vermont Beekeepers Elect Officers at Annual Meeting
The Vermont Beekeepers Association closed its annual meeting with P. C. Robey of Essex as president and F. N. Wricht Enosburg B Hall South Cabot J E Crane Middlebury as vice-presidents. R H Holmes Shoreham secret ary and E Crane Middlebury as treasurer. Prof W W Cooke of Vermont University spoke on how flowers produce honey. next annual meeting likely in Burlington.
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Burlington
Denver Chamber Endorses Interstate Commerce Bill
At the annual Denver Chamber of Commerce and Board of Trade meeting resolutions unanimously endorsed the interstate commerce bill and urged Colorado delegates in Congress to vote for it and aid passage. A similar resolution was adopted at the State Association mid winter session.
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Dawes
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Senate
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Civil Service
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Gettysburg Battlefield
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Morrill
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Treaty of Washington
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Moxey
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Morrison
Ilinois
Committee On Rules
Calinol
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Ashueiot
Interstate Commerce
Denver
Cal
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State Association
Alaska white population doubles in eighteen months
Governor Swineford of Alaska arrived in St. Paul on January 13 and asserts the white population in Alaska has more than doubled in eighteen months. He plans to urge Congress to act on developing Alaska during his Washington visit.
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Minn
Swineford
Alaska
Washington
Congress
Aska
What Ne Will Eat in One Day
A fragment from a column hints at dietary habits of the fasting gentry and a new formidable rival, a nya, entering the scene, signaling a shift in eating customs and social dynamics.
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Nya
Ogre who could eat 115 pounds daily sparks curiosity
An eccentric figure proclaims he can consume 115 pounds of food each day without regard to cook or raw. This claim promises a livelier diversion for curiosity seekers than the usual pallid fasters.
Boomers Fight With Troops Near Indian Territory
Reports from Camp J. H. Martin describe a clash with wood thieves on the Chickeska river. A detachment of five troops confronted ten outlaws who drew their guns and fled after the sergeant warned of firing. The thieves were captured and taken to the main camp to await U S commissioners.
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Leavenworth
Kan
J. H. Martin
Indian Territory
Chickeska River
United States
International libel case echoes Cutting affair in El Paso
El Paso Texas January 15. Imbroglio similar to the Cutting case arises as Ynocente Ochoa, wealthy Paso del Norte financier and railroad president, has Pero Garcia of the Observador Frontirero indicted for criminal libel. Garcia is arrested and likely to face transfer to federal court, creating a cross border legal dispute.
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Tex
el Paso
Paso del Norte
Ynocente Ochoa
Banco Mines
Chihuahua
Mexican International Street Railroad Company
Observador Frontirero
Spain
Kentucky Couple Endure Seemingly Fatal Trance Death
John K Fowler and his wife, both Spiritualists, lived in a boat on the Ohio River bank in Lauraville Kentucky. After a paralytic stroke he predicted a short trance like departure and asked his wife to keep his body for three days. He died on Monday night and was buried after three days with the wife sleeping beside the body each night.
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Lauravillr
John K. Fowler
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Ead
Democratic Chair Gift Sent to President Cleveland
Mrs. P. C. Goodwin of Boston sent an antique chair to Grover Cleveland calling it a Democratic chair once owned by governors Seymour Toucey and Hubbard. Cleveland replied thanking her and noting the chair aided him during illness with a Democratic cane. The chair stands over four feet high three feet wide, with a satin velvet silk patchwork cover of 26 000 pieces.
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Boston
Cleveland
Express
Seymour
Grove Cleveland
Dr McGlynn Plans Rome Trip Amid Henry George Articles
New York reports Dr McGlynn will travel to Rome in February as priests in his diocese urge repudiation of Henry George's articles. The controversy grows with reactions from Catholic figures including Father Kelly’s appointment as rector, while McGlynn remains reticent.
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Rome
Henry George
Devenger
Fort Wayne
Ind
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New Jersey
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Father Kelly
Ninety Days Unconscious In Mass. Girl Recovers
Eva Keith eight year old daughter of Merritt S Keath a provision dealer fell ill with scarlet fever and lay unconscious ninety days. Doctors doubted she would recover but she improved and her mind now seems clear.
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Explosion at Xenia mill shakes Columbus area
An explosion of several tons of powder occurred in a Xenia mill at 11 o clock last night. The shock was distinctly felt in Columbus and surrounding areas. Details remain unclear as officials seek information on the specific mill and location.
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Columbus
Xenia
Skeleton Sprague and the fate of boys who swim
In Rockland on January 14 a long account tells of Isaac W. Sprague the living skeleton once shown by P T Barnum. He suffered progressive muscular atrophy after a pond swimming incident. autopsy by Harvard pathologists reveals severe muscle loss and spine deformity with pneumonia as the fatal cause. his life included travel with Barnum and a late life exhibition in museums.
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Thearvard Medical School
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R. A. Forrest
K. W. Southgate
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Henry W. Dudley
H. Greeley
Abington
Asa Millet
Auction of Samuel J. Tilden Estate Stock and Farm Implements
Executors of Samuel J. Tilden's estate plan a sale at the American Horse Exchange in New York on Thursday. The catalog features Jersey cattle including Hell ersey V and Greystone stock, Guernsey bull Ammackassin, Shropshire sheep, St. Bernard Kernie, poultry such as Toulouse geese and bronze turkeys, and various carriages with harnesses. Three horses named Ellenwood Michigan Boy and Wnne are listed among the entries.
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American Horse Exchange
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Dido
Gem
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Marie
Celeste
Greystone
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Desirable Court Companion Labouchere At Royal Suppers
An 18th or 19th century account recalls Sir Alexander Malet, Britain's veteran diplomat, living in Germany and serving at the Diet of the old German Confederation. Laboucher describes a court ball and how Malet refused wine, prompting a guest to share his own glass, leading to a rivalry for seating near him at court suppers.
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England
Germany
Great Britain
Frankfort
Labouchers
Were They Anarchists Theories On A Freight Train Robbery
Five masked robbers boarded a Pan Handle freight near Sheridan station. Fireman Curley was shot in the leg and a brakeman knocked senseless as the gang fought the crew, then fled after engineers spotted brakes set on three cars. Pursuit continued as robbers fired on the pursuers and scattered ammunition along the line.
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Sheridan Station
Curley
Sheridan
Joe
Asta
Fey
New York Man Questioned Over Dark Venture Oddity
A New York City man is questioned for venturing out only at night drawing attention to his unusual habit. Reporters describe him as cautious about daytime exposure and allegedly selective about when he goes outside.
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Norriatown Herald
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