Debating the Blair Bill and Senate Session Highlights
Summary of last week in Congress. In the Senate Platt urged inquiry into mail delays and extra postage on a Connecticut book. Blair educational bill debated. many measures referred, including marriage laws with Indian women and steam vessel regulation. The House adjourned for illness of Speaker Carlisle as Cox acted pro tempore.
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Carlisle
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Ohio
Washington
J. Crisp
Georgia
oebe-Carlisle
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Messrs
Anderson
Eaver
Pacific
House
Wilkins
House Adjourns After Narrow Vote On Adjournment
The House moved to adjourn after noting no quorum. The adjournment motion passed 189 to 143 in a strict party-line vote, and the House accordingly adjourned.
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Yeas
Ex Justice Strong Questions Blair Bill Constitutional
Ex Justice William Strong, retired from the Supreme Court, lectured at Columbia Law School on the Constitution. He stated he believes the Blair educational bill is unconstitutional and that his opinion is shared by the current bench, though he cautioned he does not publicize opinions on matters before the court.
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William Strong
United States Supreme Court
Columbia Law School
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United States
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Judge Strong
Supreme Court
Grandma Garfield Dies in Mentor at 88
Mrs Eliza Bal lou Garfield known as Grandma Garfield died at the family home in Mentor Ohio at 5 am She was 88 and had mourned her son the assassinated president Her widowhood lasted 56 years The body to be brought to Cleveland and funeral set for Monday at 2 pm to join her son in Lake View cemetery
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Grandma
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Assassina
James A. Garfield
Mollie
Furore
Stanley Rom
Kford
Lake View
Dallas
Fanny Ellis
Bank of England
Abraham Lincoln
Galveston
United States
Mrs Howe Swindled Norristown Woman Out of 230000
Miss Mary A. Brown of Norristown trusted a Philadelphia woman running a ladies bank and was swindled out of a large sum. She had borrowed from friends to invest and expected a return next week. The Philadelphia banker cut off contact and refused further letters. legal action followed.
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Penn
Mary A. Brown
Iladelphia
Miss Brown
Philadelphia
Heroic Deed of a Miner at Mount Uniacoke Mine
W A Reseigh a miner from Cornwall England saved fellow workers at Mount Uniacke gold mines Halifax Jan 19 by dousing a burning fuse box and yielding water to extinguish flames risked instant death. His quick action averted detonation that could have killed several men including those in the shaft. The dynamite box and detonators were scorched but did not ignite.
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Halifax
N. S
Mount Uniacke
W. A. Reseigh
Cornwall
Eng
Roseigh
Collision sinks Norwegian bark Freidis off Irish coast
The British steamer Toronto reports that in fog off Skerries, Ireland, she collided with the Norwegian bark Freidis, sinking her with 18 drowned and only one survivor. The Toronto, sailing from Portland to Liverpool, sustained only slight damage.
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Liverpool
Toronto
Bouchett
Portland
Mersey
Skerries
Irc
Freidis
Savannah
Bobsled Overturns Injures 17 on Broad Way Hill
An immense bob sled carrying 52 persons collided with another sled on Broad Way hill in Kansas City last night and overturned. Seventeen occupants were injured, some seriously, including Maud McDonald Maud Wolseley and Jennie Tracy.
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Kansas City
Broadway Hill
Maud McDonald
Maud Wolseley
Jennie Tracy
Clericals Kill Free Masons in Puebla Mexico
Indignation rises in Puebla after several Free Masons with opposing views were assassinated in a remote part of the state. Freemasons nationwide back General Diaz’s re-election, a factor in the violence. Clericals vow to kill all Freemasons. A monster petition against bullfights in the federal district is expected to be presented to the government.
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Galveston
Puebla
Republic
General Diaz
Federal District
Victory for Bell Telephone in Mexico Court ruling
The First District Court of the Republic affirmed the validity of Bell telephone and Blake transmitter patents under Mexican law. The German mercantile defendants were ordered to deliver their stock of instruments to the Mexican Telephone company.
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Mexico
City of Mexico
Galveston
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Blake
Mexican Telephone Company in Court Fight Over Profits
The Mexican Telephone Company battles for profits and cost coverage in a Supreme Court appeal. The case stems from copies of Bell Telephone instruments allegedly introduced by a German firm into the republic and used nationwide, drawing broad interest.
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Sureme
Mexican Telephone Company
Cae
Bell Telephone Company
Republic
Terrys and Vigilantes in Threatened Stone County Conflict
Denver dispatch reports renewed warfare between the Terrys and Vigilantes in Stone county Missouri. After driving outlaws into Arkansas, both sides fortified positions near Boone and Galena with armed men and 25 Winchester rifles. A potential bloody clash looms as authorities weigh intervention amid past homicides in the White River region.
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St. Louis
Stone County
Arkansas
Boone
Terry
Galena
Pees
White River Country
Frightened to Death in Elk Township Ghost Prank
Levi Kahl, 12, died after a prank by three boys who masqueraded as horned figures at a haunted woods spot near Foxsury Penn. He fled in terror and suffered convulsions and mental decline until death. A boy wore a tree top to resemble horns.
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Foxsury
Penn
Levi Kahl
Elk Township
Kohi Farm
Kahl
Far Into Pond Tragic Dozen Drowns Albany Boy Carouse
In Albany Georgia on January 14 a butcher George Thomas sent his son and other boys in a wagon to lock the stockyard. The wagon sank in a deep pond while boys rode near the water. Three boys, Charles Asbury Thomas aged 18 and two colored boys aged 11 and 12, drowned. The horse was rescued and all bodies recovered. Two women and two men saved one boy who sank twice before rescue.
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Albany
George Thomas
Charles Asbury ‘Thomas
Powderly Illness Confines General Master Powderly at Home
Scranton reports General Master Powderly still confined to his house with slow recovery. He planned a trip to Philadelphia to handle urgent order business but was deterred by doctor orders. Mr Base remains weak and unable to retain solid food, subsisting on fluids, mainly bee tea, delaying his return to office duties.
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Scranton
Penn
Workman Powderly
Philadelphia
Allen
Base
Parcel Post Service Set For March Inauguration
Ottawa Ont January 21 The postmaster general says the Canada United States parcel post convention has been signed by him and Postmaster General Vilas and awaits President Cleveland's signature to become law. The terms satisfy both governments and the service will begin March 1.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
United States
Vilas
Cleveland
Italian Lovers Met By Sarcoma Essay Mix Up
A medical professor, mistaking Cornhill editor James Payn for a poetry editor, brings a piece about two tumors Sarcoma and Carcinoma to Payn’s Waterloo Place office. The editor jokes that they have all the poetry they can use, leaving the professor puzzled by the pun and the mix up.
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James Payn
Cornhill
Waterloo Place
Engagement Ring Heifer Sparks Cattle Dispute
In Webster county Justice Court a debtor sought to sell out to flee to Texas. His wife Claiming a prior engagement gift, she asserts the yearling heifer began as an engagement offering and grew into a herd. The court considers her claim to the cattle.
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Buena Vista
Webster County
Washington Territory Women Vote Signed by Governor Temple
Olympia January 19 reports Governor Temple signed the bill granting women the ballot in Washington Territory. The measure, approved at a late hour last night, extends voting rights to eligible women across Wash Territory.
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Washington Territory
Olympia
W. T
Temple
Wash Territory
Manning Clarifies Speech On Stealing For Life Causes
London January 21 Cardinal Manning explained his Fortnightly Review article arguing a starving man may claim bread or work under natural law, while denying violence. He said the piece was for educated readers, not the masses, and cited Thomas Aquinas to urge reform of the poor law without endorsing crime.
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London
Cardinal Manning
N. Y. World
Archbishop’s Palace
Westminster
Oxford
Charity Organizations Society
Times
St. Paul
Thomas Aquinee
O Brien's Dublin Balcony Speech Praises Irish Unity
Mr O Brien in Dublin at the Imperial Hotel balcony praises the Irish people, hails the day as joyous, laments leaving the mayor in Tullamore, and attacks Mr Balfour. He calls Balfour a fraud and Cromwellian, pledges resolve against suppression, and ends with faith in Ireland's future.
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Denim
Mr. O'Brien
Imperial Hotel
Dublin
Tullamore
Gasetly
Mr. Balfour
God of
Mr. Harrington
Cromwell
Plaster of Paris
Oliver
Dr. Balfour
Ireland
O'Brien
Gladstone and the Pope in Rome Mission to Ireland Questioned
The Duke of Norfolk met the Pope and led a large English and American Catholic delegation in Rome. Observers say his third visit signals political aims tied to the Irish question, with England willing to offer concessions to Roman Catholics if needed. Gladstone remains in Florence and may visit Rome soon.
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New York
England
Gladstone
Florence
Pope
Givr Jacin
Flux of international news reaches Venice and beyond
The report surveys a flood of 19th century tidbits: Blaine’s Venice stop and Florence calls, rising crime in Vietnams and Orkney rent reductions, a new London Home Rule paper, Osman Digna’s clashes, and imperial decrees around Adrianople. Mentions of the Pope, Irish question, Germany, and Russia frame a wide political panorama.
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Rds
Osman Digna
Shwar
Adrianople
Michael Hicks-Keach
Tol
England
Rome
Bristol
Michael Hicksi
London Lancet
Potsdam
London
Fish Cabinet
Lerstaud
France
Russia
Puebla
Mex
Zio Battista
Penla
Cardiff
Vienna
Deschauer
Fuchs
Carichner
Henry Drummond Wolff
Himes
Shaw Lefevre
Wolff
McCarthy
Shawferre
St. Petersburg
French
Chamber of Deputies
M. Larien
Seine
Hotel de Ville
Committee
Balfour
Dublin
W. K. Vanderbilt
Constantinople
Vanderbilt
Egypt
Jay Gould
Weekly Trade Review on Strikes Dragging Industry Down
The Weekly Trade Review reports widespread business quietness amid strikes and uncertain markets. Lehigh and Reading strikes curb manufacturing. miners’ poverty alarms traders. prices rise and stocks shift. Exports lag, monetary flows waver, and weekly business failures total 314 globally, compared with prior weeks and last year.
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Weekly Trade Review
Lehigh
Reading
Boston
Philadelphia
Treasury
R. G. Dun & Co
E. Russell & Co
United States
Canada
Sam Satan the giant walker of Tarver plantation
A Baker county tale from the Tarver plantation describes a giant negro known as Sam Satan. He walks from the plantation to Albany, a 20 mile trek, wearing shoes made to measure due to his massive feet. He is noted for strength and speed, and a strange encounter near an old cemetery involving white horses and a vanishing driver.
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Atlanta Constitution
Tarver
Baker County
Albany
Sam Satan
Sam
Desperate Bank Robbery Ends in Lynch Law and Shootout
At Limestone I T four masked armed men rode to Citizen's Bank and killed cashier W T Reynolds before looting about 2500 dollars. A gunfight ensued. outlaw Thomas Evan was killed. three robbers were captured and to be sent to Fort Smith. A broader tale of vigilante justice and wild rumors followed, including extended claims about inheritance and Lincoln.
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Limestone
I. T
W. T. Reynolds
Reynolds
Thomas Evan
Atoka
Bac
Fort Wachita
United States
Evan
Fort Smith, Ark
Burned at Sea Ship J. T. Berry Reported Lost
A Sydney telegram says the American full rigged ship J. T. Berry of 1420 tons was burned at sea on January 9 at latitude 34 south longitude 164 east. Fourteen aboard were saved, 11 on a missing boat. Some crew and passengers landed at Nambuccia head. The vessel, captained by Watts, sailed from Philadelphia for Hiogo with refined petroleum on October 8.
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Sydney
J. T. Berry
Lon
Nambuccia Head
J. Terry
Watts
Philadehia
Hiogo
Japan
Mr Cleveland Gift Delights Pope in Vatican Audience
A Rome cable reports President Cleveland's gift to Pope Leo X presented in the Vatican throne room. Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia spoke, the American delegation knelt, and the Pope expressed deep admiration for the gift and U.S. Constitution copy. The event, part of jubilee celebrations, drew jubilee offerings totaling 880000 dollars.
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Rome
Cleveland
Vatican
Ryan
Philadelphia
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American College
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Lincoln heirs in Dallas inherit forty eight million dollars
A Galveston News report traces the Lincoln heirs colored family in Dallas who reportedly inherited forty eight million dollars from an ancestor in Mexico. Abraham Lincoln, about 35, identified as a capable manager, received eight million, with other heirs Edwin Burr Mat Fannie and Lulu each obtaining two million.
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Galveston
New York
N. W. Cooney
Texas
Lincoln
Dallas
Paris
Tex
America
Bank of England
Pelce
Abraham
Burr
Mat
Fannie
Lulu
Abraham Lincoln
Twenty-fourth Street
Maxwell to hang as Supreme Court denies writ of error
Washington Jan 23 The Supreme Court denied the writ of error in the case of Maxwell who awaits death for the murder of Preller in St Louis.
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Supreme Court
Washinetox
Maxwell
Preller
St.Louis
Jumped Jones Claim Ends in Fatal Ranch Seizure
San Dirco California January 21 A deadly shootout followed a post office area land seizure near Movusa with Jones attempting to repossess a claim. McCarnigy and two others were killed while Constable Reese was wounded. the ranch remained under Goen possession with rumors of further violence.
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McCarnigy
Terrible letter found on wreck tale shocks Ottawa readers
Ottawa reports a sealed envelope recovered from the Newfield wreck near Sable Island. The note in French dated Newfoundland November 12, 1887 claims a farewell to parents and imminent death for 890 passengers. Marine department investigates origin and circumstances of the message.
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Ont
Newfield
Marine Department
Sable Island
Halifax
Newfoundland
Unfortunate Skaters Near Ennis Texas Tragedy
Seven children including four Williams sisters and a Babbitt youth froze while skating on Sandlake ten miles east of Ennis Texas. Two sisters fell through thin ice, followed by rescuers. all seven drowned as others tried to help. Mother nearly drowned but was saved. Seven coffins prepared for the victims.
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Sandlake
Here
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Epidemic Among Oxford Dogs Sparks Rabies Fear
In Oxford, dogs suffer a severe outbreak with hydrophobia signs widespread among canines. Cattle deaths follow dog bites as locals report extreme cold contributing to the disease. Authorities order destruction of all afflicted dogs. no human bites have been reported yet.
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Bervipere
N. J
Oxford
Texas Sittings in a Lawyer's Office Tale
A Texas lawyer notes a young law student’s irregular habits. The student replies he was absent due to a toothache and confinement to his room. The exchange ends with encouragement to focus on the upcoming examination and admission to the bar.
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Texas
Blackstone
Hatfields Raid Kills Family In Wyoming County
Report from Oceana Wyoming County says the Hatfield gang raided the home of Sim McCoy, brother of Randall. Mrs Randall was tied to a tree and shot, and her eldest son also killed. The McCoy house was burned with McCoy and his two youngest children dying in the blaze.
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W. Va
Dan
Oceana
Wyoming County
Hatfield
Sim McCoy
Randall
A Base Insinuation (Omaha World)
An Omaha World item notes a Louisville boy reporting men visible through a window playing cards for money. The Louisville uncle quips that Louisville gentlemen would not gamble wives, hinting at social proprieties and rumor.
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Omaha World
Louisville
Rich Colored Men Promote Mass South American Colony Plan
A Topeka backed movement proposes relocating hundreds of thousands of African Americans to South America and Central America. Leaders claim $2 million of private funds, official concessions from Brazil and Argentina, and free transport for worthy newcomers to settle in Guinea highlands, Brazilian lands, and Argentine colonies.
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Herald
Topeka
Kan
Africa
Liberia
Sandwich Islands
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
South America
Brazil
Argentine Confederation
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Equator
Amazon
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Alabama
Mssissippi
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Lexus
Tese
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Tughlan Sand Pampas
Sheriff Williamson Weds Ivy Bennett in Gooping Affair
In Atlanta on January 14, news reports reveal Pierce County Sheriff Williamson secretly married Ivy Bennett, daughter of a neighbor. The ceremony occurred quietly in Waycross after a planned trip, despite stern parental objections and local disapproval.
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Williamson
R. H. Bennett
Blackshear
Ivy Bennett
Patterson
Waycross
Pierce County
Lus Bonnie Brice
Shakespearean Kisses Through History in Verse and Play
A Washington Star note surveys famous kisses in Shakespeare, citing Petruchio’s embrace in The Taming of the Shrew and imagery from Richard III and Antony and Cleopatra. It weaves through lines about roses, lips, and dramatic parting kisses, hinting at how the Bard’s scenes shaped romantic gesture.
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Washington Star
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