Warlike Capitol in Maine Angers Governor and Public
January 26 report from Avenuera describes Davis claiming evidence of a conspiracy to seize the Maine capitol, while Republicans and Fusionists dispute the claims. Troops, a Gatling gun, and armed guards guard the state house as headlines note the first quiet Sunday since the crisis began. observers debate future actions, arrests, and treasury moves. Governor Smith, in a statement attributed to Josefa L. Surru, urges lawful government restoration and warns against military overreach while noting investigations will reveal facts.
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Josefa L. Surru
Governor Smith Explains Maine Position From Augusta
Governor Smith stays at Augusta House with his family and faces no arrest, stating the path to solve the crisis may be quickest. He will issue a proclamation urging citizens that armed displays at the capitol are unjustified and that his party seeks no force to gain rights, relying on reason and the laws of the state.
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Smith
Augusta House
Maine
Jude
Governor Denies Advising Armed Enlistment in Crisis
Aveveta January 25 Governor Smith angrily rejects claims he urged armed men to Back his cause. He says he would refuse force under any circumstances and will seek legal remedy in the courts. He notes no willingness to resort to force and doubts courts will ignore fusionist concerns.
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Aveveta
Smith
Foolhardy Displays by Davis and the Fusionist Threat
The Springfield Republican weighs Maine politics, denouncing Corporal Davis and his militia callout as a dangerous show of force. It argues the governor should seek civil remedies over military action, urging transparency and restraint to avoid provoking violence and losing public sympathy.
Fusionists Await Supreme Court Action in Maine
Avousta January 26 report details Corporal Davis denying Mark Hayden access to curtains claimed as governor Garcelon property. Desks searched, papers examined including A P Gould letter. court questions from Fusionists may reach justices in Bangor.
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Harris
Coporal Davis
Avousta
Corporal Davis
Mark Hayden
Garcelon
A. P. Gould
Smith
Henry Ingalls
Wiscasset
Bangor
Appleton
Financial stalemate marks early Washington session
Washington January 24 report notes stalled financial legislation in both houses. Senator Bayard defends a reform resolution opposed by Beck and Coke and opposed by Republican leaders. The Buckner plan to require half the banks reserve in coin fails amid a mixed vote. Reagan’s inter state bill on unexpended award balance uncertain. Tariff fights loom as Ways and Means eyes reform while yellow metal craft groups press duty relief. A separate domestic incident recounts a child found safe after a cat invasion. the mother absent, a neighbor kept the child, then police and officials intervened.
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House
Bayard
Senate
Bayard Kitaif
Buckner
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Friends of Free Suit
Luther
Utes Meet with Government Officials for Reservation Talks
Washington reports General Adama leads an interior department delegation and two Ute chiefs toward Colorado for talks with Lite Indians on vacating their reservation. Secretary Schurz has partially agreed terms with Ouray and the chiefs, expected to be accepted. House committees move on Donnelly Washburne Curtin Yocum cases, woman suffrage hearings, Meeker testimony, and pensions payment reforms.
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Adama
Interior Department
Colorado
Schurz
Ouray
Committee On Elections
Donnelly
Washburne
Curtin
Yocum
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Judiciary Committee of the
McCrea
Iowa
White
Illinois
Stebbins
Michigan
Saxon
Louisiana
Blake
Gage
New York
Phoebe Cozzens
Susan B. Anthony
Meeker
Washington loan association secretary defaulter for 25000
Seth A. Terry secretary of the Territorial Savings Buildings and Loan Association of Washington is a defaulter for 25000. He came from Connecticut during the war and was long with the Freedmen bureau under General O O Howard. He invested in claims of colored soldiers and later in twenty percent claims, now totaling nearly 60000, with no losses to his creditors if honored.
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Seth A. Terry
Territorial Savings Buildings and Loan Association
Connecticut
Bureau of Freedmen
O. O. Howard
Second National Bank
Firet
Four Year Old Boy Locked Alone in Tenement
In New York on January 22 police court heard a chilling tale of abuse by Mrs. Emerson. A tenant recounts that the mother kept Freddie, about four, confined in a locked room while she drank and frequented men, returning late and leaving the child alone until near noon the next day.
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New York
Emerson
Snow avalanches threaten Quebec houses and lives
A Quebec despatch reports multiple avalanches from the citadel cliff. Michael Iuck's Champlain street home was crushed but spared by back windows, as residents fear further slides. Snow fills streets, trapping dozens of houses and delaying aid while three eight year olds were buried but survived after a lengthy rescue.
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Quebec
Citadel
Michael Iuck
Champlain Street
Walier Street
Blaine Strength Slashes Grant's Third Term Bid in Pennsylvania
Washington dispatch reports trust sources indicate Grant will not have his name used at the Pennsylvania convention next week. Delegates may favor Blaine, with many instructed to vote for Grant, hindering a unanimous delegation. Grant’s associates doubt a party-wide nomination majority, while Blaine is expected to secure a Pennsylvania delegate lead. Grant reportedly plans a major business venture over politics.
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Washington
New York Sun
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Pennsylvania
Grant
Blaine
Herald
Two Drunken Scoundrels Break Into Farm House
On the Ogdensburg road near Mooer's Forks New York two drunken men broke into Chester Alford's farm house while he was away. They assaulted his wife who was alone with two infants leaving her in a precarious condition. A liberal reward is offered by Supervisor Hagar as officers pursue the suspects.
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Hagar
Boiler Explosion at Carrolls plantation in Carribaria
A sugar boiler blast at Carroll's plantation killed Willis Wright and Arthur Parker and seriously wounded thirteen others at Carribaria. The sugar-house suffered about 8000 dollars in damage.
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New Orleans
Carroll
Carribaria
Willis Wright
Arthur Parker
Coroner's Inquest Links Pie Poison to Death of George Wheeler
In New York on January 22 the coroner held an inquest into the death of George Wheeler who died after eating poisoned lemon pie. Three Wheeler family members were very sick but recovered. A chemist testified that the pie contained aniline yellow and a brown dye, likely Bismarck brown, and that experiments on a dog showed the poison potency of the aniline yellow.
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Bewaxet
New York
George Wheeler
Wheeler
Bismarck
Tragic Double Act Follows Wife’s Flight and Suicide
Cincinnati report: John McFarland, a laboring man, pursued his wife to her sister’s home after she fled. He dragged her into the yard, choked her until she appeared dead, then cut his own throat. He survived but is not expected to live.
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Cincinnati
John McFarland
McFarland
Mansion House Relief Appeal Faces Ireland Crisis
London and Dublin report a London lord mayor backed appeal for famine relief in Ireland as western counties suffer extreme privation. Funds already distributed total £8340 with significant pledges from Washington and New York. Davitt and Daly attended land meetings amid fears of famine repeating 1847.
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London
Mansion House Relief Committee
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Dublin House Relief Fund Committee
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New York
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Davitt
Daly
Bohola
Operator's Bleeder Causes Fatal Railroad Collision
A telegraph operator at Cameron failed to stop a freight train, triggering a collision with a Sterling train on the Philadelphia and Erie line. Engineer Dean perished along with the eastbound train's fireman and brakeman. thirty others injured. Two locomotives and twenty cars were wrecked. The operator is jailed under guard to avert lynching.
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Penn
Cameron
Sterling
Philadelphia and Erie
Dean
Shocking Revelations At The Shepherds Fold In New York
January 24 reports in New York describe mistreatment of children and inmates at the Shepherds Fold. Testimony portrays vile contagious diseases, filth, hunger, and vermin. Rev. T. Cowley faces court action as officials vow a thorough inspection. Witnesses include a father describing a emaciated son and a school principal noting uncleanliness and stolen food.
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New York
Martin Rockwell
Harsh Conditions Reported in Old Inmate Facility
Witness described days of deprivation where children wore clothing as makeshift blankets and shared a single comb and brush. Inmates faced minimal meals of condensed milk, bread, and water with Indian meal if bread was unavailable.
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Ture
Old Sinner in Vermont Jailed After Family Attack
In Windsor Vermont on January 21 an elderly Jewett Mann was jailed for attempting to kill his daughter Ella. His wife and two daughters attacked him with broomsticks and pokers, driving him into a corner behind the stove. Mann hurled a coffee pot at Ella injuring her head and eye while being beaten. He was fined 30 dollars plus costs and bonded for 130 dollars to keep the peace for a year, with an appeal to the county court.
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Winydsor
Jewett Mann
Ella
Mann
Rahway's Robber Indicted For Embezzling City Funds In Union NJ
Joseph T. Crowell once Rahway city treasurer and New Jersey politics figure was indicted by Union County grand jury for embezzling over 48000 from Rahway. He pleaded not guilty at Elizabeth before the court of oyer and terminer and posted 5000 bail to return on the first Tuesday in May.
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Joseph T. Crowell
New Jersey State Senate
Assembly
Washington
Rahway
N. J
Grand
Union County
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Elizabeth
Crowell
Chamberlin's
Thomas J. Raynor
Railroad Combinations and Big Purchase Rumors
New York January 21 reports a high level conference between Pennsylvania Railroad vice president McCullough and Louisville and Nashville vice president Newcomb over leasing the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and its dependencies for a term of years. Details are scarce but the notion is not dismissed and further talks are planned. Also reported is the Illinois Central completing the purchase of the New Orleans St. Louis and Chicago railroad known as the old Jackson route and its branches. Stock of the New Orleans company to be retired with holders receiving one Illinois Central share for every two New Orleans shares.
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McCullough
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Newcomb
Louisville and Nashville Company
Pennsylvania Company
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
New Orleans
St. Louis
The Polygamy Laws Evaded by the Latter-Day Saints
Washington January 21 The Woman's Anti Polygamy Society of Utah presented a memorial in the senate urging Congress to expel Cannon the Mormon delegate. They claim he is one of the twelve apostles who practice polygamy and have advised others to do so. They allege he has four wives and multiple children and discuss schemes to evade law by secret marriages and dual marriages without precedence.
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Woman's Anti
Sarah Jane Jenny
Eliza Tinney
Martha Tilley
Comical Oustanding Prank On Philadelphia Stage
Sydney Rosenfeld announced matinee of Dr Clyde at Wood's Museum but blocked by audience. He narrated a joke while theater manager Wood confronted him. The house reopened with Lucille, a Story of the Heart, and Rosenfeld left content with his payoff.
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Sydney Rosenfeld
Dr. Clyde
Chestnut-street Theatre
Wood's Museum
Arch
Ninth Streets
Rosenfeld
Lucille
Chestnut Street
Lutherans Capture a Catholic Priest in Baltimore
A Baltimore priest Rev Johann Hodja, pastor of the Bohemian Catholic Church of St Wenceslaus, resigns from the Catholic faith and joins the Trinity St German Evangelical Lutheran Church. Hodja, 32, a noted scholar, arrived from Bohemia eight months ago to serve his Bohemian flock.
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Gibbons
Johann Hodja
St. Wenceslaus
Father Hodja
Bohemia
Trinity St. German Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lawyer Proves a Better Warrior Than a Soldier
Cincinnati January 21 General Hodge and Albert Root a Newport attorney met yesterday morning on a business matter and fought a severe altercation. Only fists were used and they fought alone in Root’s office. Hodge was badly beaten and carried home nearly insensible.
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Hodge
Albert Root
Newport
Potas
Uaaly
Meee
Tally
Louisiana Senator Gibson Elected for Six Years
In New Orleans on January 22 the joint session of the Louisiana legislature elected Hon. Randall S. Gibson as United States senator for six years starting in 1883. He received all 122 votes cast.
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Senator Gibson
Louisiana
New Orleans
Randall
Gibson
United States
Almost a Murder at Suffolk Street Cambridgeport
A woman in a modest four story Cambridgeport house was assaulted at around 6:06 AM by a tall burly man in dark clothes and a slouch hat. She fought him off with help from her son and neighbors, but sustained head, arm, and back injuries with probable internal trauma. A doctor attended. suspect fled into a cellar. Neighbors report prior suspicious Frenchmen in the area.
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William Richardgon
Bryant
Cass
James
Lincoln
Memorial Seeks U S Intercession Over Yakoob Beg Children
A New York Society letter to the President urges U S action to spare the children of Yakoob Beg, a Chinese rebel executed in 1877. Fourteen to fifteen year olds are said to face a fate worse than death, to be kept jailed then branded as slaves. the society offers to house and educate them if banished.
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Senate
Kernan
New York
Elbridge Gerry
New York Society For the Protection of Children
Yakoob Beg
Hose
Coke
Adventist Priest Accused in Iowa Boy Murder Case
In New Hampton Iowa an Adventist preacher Elder Buck is accused after a neighbor heard screams and saw Buck beating his young son tied to a bed. Buck claims the boy ran away, while locals fear a ritual sacrifice by a religious fanatic.
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Duuvaque
New Hampton
Iowa
Elder Buck
Buck
Mg Aoung
Freeman
Massachusetts
Horsewhipped by a Woman in Wal Wort Church Scandal
In Wal Wort Ohio the Rev J R Henderson pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church was horsewhipped by organist Miss Norma Comer after he publicly censured her for attending dances. She met him in her father’s store where she administered the chastisement. He offered no resistance and returned home.
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J. KR. Henderson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Norma Comer
Miss Comer
Doctor J Sherman to Remain in Boston for Month
The article notes Dr J Sherman will stay in Boston for the rest of the month to continue his rupture treatment. It touts his success and claims other parties are copying his method, while he rejects external and invasive treatments. The piece highlights his patients and the perceived convenience of his approach.
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