Death of Representative Barnes Of Missouri Remains Theme
Congress adjourned for a day in respect to the sudden death of Representative Barnes of Missouri. The House and Senate paused after abuse of debates, with tributes offered and memorials discussed in the wake of the Missouri congressman's passing. The day featured no standing votes beyond formal adjournment, while committees prepared for resumed consideration of river and harbor orders and tariff measures. Barnes death casts a pall over a session dominated by tariff disputes, trusts legislation, and budget deliberations.
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Representative Burnes
Diphtheria Outbreak Extends Twenty Miles in Pa
Reapine Pennsylvania reports a widening diphtheria scourge in Berks and western Lehigh counties. The disease has claimed multiple child lives in nearby families and even adults are dying suddenly. Doctors note the spread runs about twenty miles, worsening near low watercourses.
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Death of famed oculist Dr Gustavus H Roth
Dr Gustavus H Roth an eminent oculist died at his apartments in Hotel Adelphi 2161 Washington street at 1245 Friday morning aged about 58 after eight days illness with complications He was born in North Germany and was a member of the Massachusetts Lodge of Masons The funeral will be held at his late residence on Tuesday next md
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CONSUL HOTCHKISS REPORT ON US CANADA LOG TRADE
United States Consul Hotchkiss in Ottawa on January 25 released a detailed report on cross border lumber trade. It shows US pine logs and round lumber shipment to Canada over ten years totaling 449 600 000 feet valued at 4 600 000 dollars and Canadian logs exported to the United States totaling 19 82 000 feet valued at 167 000 dollars. The report notes imports felled in Wisconsin and Minnesota for Rainy River mills in Ontario and suggests the findings may prompt retaliatory legislation by American lawmakers.
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No Boomers Too Drive Out Rumor Untrue Says Oklahoma Dispatch
Reports from Oklahoma indicate that rumors of United States troops driving out boomers from Texas were false. A company has been at Oklahoma City near the railroad crossing and the Canadian river for months, with about 30 settler families nearby waiting for Washington, but no action or entry into the promised land has occurred. Everything remains quiet in the territory and the boomers' movement is described as at a low ebb.
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Business Failures Across Nations Reported by Agencies
New Yorks Jan 25 The Mercantile Agency reports 343 total failures in the past seven days worldwide. United States 310, Canada 2, with a drop from 387 last week and 881 the week before. Year ago totals not yet matching.
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Consternation Among Lumbermen Over Logging Ban
The Interior Department order stopping all logging on the Court d'Oreilles and Flambeau reservations is issued. It causes fear of at least $200,000 in losses for local lumbermen. Mayor Shaw traveled to Washington to seek reversal.
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Senate passes land ownership bill in Kansas
Kansas City report says the Kansas Senate unanimously approved a bill restricting real estate ownership to American citizens or those who have declared intent to become citizens and limiting corporate land holdings to one section or less.
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Boulangist Victory Reported in Paris Amid Street Riots
Paris crowds clash as Boulangists surge in balloting across the city. Returns show Boulangier leading in several districts with a large overall majority. Government ministers weigh resignation and cabinet reshuffle as police mobilize to keep order while awaiting final tallies.
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O'Brien Trial Sparks Masses as Police Clash at Carrick-on-Suir
William O'Brien faces conspiracy charges in Carrick-on-Suir as 20,000 rally outside the courthouse. Police clash with demonstrators, lifting batons but failing to disperse the crowd. O'Brien greets cheers entering the court. defense by Timothy Healy.
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Moonlight Raiders and Moonlighters At Parnell Commission
Testimony details Moonlighters in Kilcondy with organized divisions and captains, paid for raids on farms and cattle. Tobin outlines multiple deeds with payments, while cross examination with Davitt questions motive. Additional notes report troop withdrawals, expulsions, embezzlement, and unrest in Europe.
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Soldiers or Sailors Get 100 Per Month Pension Boost
In Congress today a Senate bill passed to raise the pension for soldiers or sailors who have lost both hands to 100 dollars monthly. The House also set a joint meeting for Feb 14 to count electoral votes while district business was blocked by appropriations. A reference resolution sought copies of Samoa protocols and memoranda deemed incompatible with public interest.
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Mail treaty bill would compel railroads to carry mails
Washington January 28 The House committee on post offices and post routes authorized a favorable report on a bill amending the Revised Statutes. It provides that any railroad company must convey mail on any train when the postmaster general requires service or obeys mail transportation laws. A daily penalty up to 1000 may be imposed for each day of continued refusal or neglect.
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Pitiful death of Michael Connor at Holyoke mill
In Holyoke Massachusetts on January 28 Michael Connor an elderly employee of D O Connell and Son was crushed under a collapsing foundation wall at the Winona Paper Mill during excavation. He received last rites from a priest but died eight minutes later.
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Centenarian resident of Brimfield keeps aging record alive
Brimfield January 26 Walter Haynes nearly reaches a century as the town’s hardy farmer and stockman born November 19, 1789 in Monson. He apprenticed as a clothier, moved from Brookline to Olney New York, then settled at the family homestead. He still drives to town, trades apples for groceries, voted in the last election, and his wife continues all household work at age 1? She handles butter sales and household tasks without hired help.
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Derelict W L White completes 5000 mile cruise to Hebrides
A Stornaway telegram confirms the derelict schooner W L White from Rockland Maine finished a 10 month transatlantic drift. The vessel, abandoned off Delaware Bay, sailed toward Europe then zigzagged across the Atlantic under winds and currents, finally grounding on Lewis Island in the Hebrides.
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Notable Derelict Cruise Records from Hydrographic Office
The derelict vessel’s cruise, described by the hydrographic office with highly complete records, is the most interesting on record. The report notes it was reported 45 times and cannot estimate how many more times vessels passed dangerously near her at night or in thick weather.
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RIDDLED WITH BULLETS IN NEW IBERIA MURDER
Samuel Wakefield shot and killed his employer James W. Trainor at a sash factory in New Iberia parish. Wakefield was captured by deputies and a crowd followed to the jail where he was attacked. the mob overpowered guards, and Wakefield died from their gunfire near the jail door.
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James W. Trainor
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Denver Reports Genuine Routt Earthquake Shocks
Information from Routt Colorado confirms a genuine earthquake in January. Shocks began the afternoon of the 15th with violent quakes at 4 o clock rocking small buildings and dislodging rocks from mountains. Thunder preceded the tremors. no rain recorded. Hot Springs observed a water gas geyser with a sulphuric stench harming birds and making people ill. Water receded after the convulsions, followed by a rushing river sound. The disturbance traveled south to north.
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Rioting spreads in mines with Hungarian death in Pennsylvanian towns
Rioting between Hungarian and Italian laborers flared again at Shenandoah and Barry Station. A Hungarian shanty burned after a fierce Tuesday clash, and a severely beaten Hungarian man, trapped in the shed, perished in the blaze.
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Roanoke Reports Rioting Rumors in Virginia Mines
Roanoke Virginia residents react to reports of miner rioting in West Virginia. A clash between Pocahontas and Elk Horn miners reportedly left five white men and two Black men dead with several wounded. The strike and work suspension triggered the confrontation. militia may be ordered.
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Father Kolasinki Administers First Communion in Detroit Chapel
A Detroit despatch reports Father Kolasinki, once removed from the Polish church here, administered first communion yesterday to many children of his followers in a chapel prepared in his house, amid lingering controversy from three years past.
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Interstate Commerce Commission Opinion On Passenger Tariffs
The Interstate Commerce Commission has promulgated an opinion on passenger tariffs and rate wars prepared by Chairman Cooley. It discusses the St Louis October reductions from about 22 to 6 560 and 10, and a Chicago rate war involving brokers, commissions, and illegal acts. It urges amendments to the Interstate Commerce Act to define excursion on commutation tickets, ban commissions on interstate ticket sales, and require carrier redemption of unused tickets, renewing prior recommendations on joint tariffs and rate notices.
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Agricultural Report Reveals Record Cereals Output
The Department of Agriculture reports a record cereal production totaling about 8.2 billion bushels, roughly 50 bushels per person, with large hay and maize gains and ample meat and fruit supplies. cotton and wool outputs are mixed.
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Fatal Boiler Explosion at Poplar Bluff Kills Three
A boiler exploded in the saw mill of R. H. Perkins at Poplar Bluff Missouri killing three men and fatally injuring three more Judge J R Stramount John Chromster and John Moore were killed Robert Malcolm was fatally scalded Richard Perkins and Richard A Robins were fatally hurt Clayton and Robert Spencer were badly hurt four others escaped with minor injuries The entire mill and 100 feet of shed were blown down with boiler fragments carried up to 200 yards Water shortage in the boiler caused the disaster.
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Fire destroys Grand Opera House and adjacent post office
In DoenvuTn Minnesota an early morning blaze wiped out the Grand Opera House and adjoining post office. The Hotel St Louis nearby was evacuated as flames threatened it but was spared. Five stores and multiple tenants housed on upper floors suffered losses. one occupant died. The Opera House owned by Munsell and Kell, valued at 112000 with 70000 insured, is expected to total losses surpass 200000. Front wall collapsed into the street. no other injuries reported.
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Wreck of the Ship Merrimac Discovered After Years
Primapenenra Jan 27 The wreck off the clipper Merrimac found near Townsend inlet by James Point wreckers after years of search and costly effort. The ship sailed from Livernen for Philadelphia with Wright & Sons as consignors. Cargo included silver bars zinc and other metals, valued at about 150000 dollars. wreckers plan recovery next summer.
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Cowboys in Stafford Town Rampage Near Broken Ride
Three cowboys drove a buggy at breakneck speed through Stafford Kansas on January 24 after drinking. They fired at a marshal and another officer who attempted arrest. The team overturned the buggy, top and box were shot, and the trio escaped on foot with the team as a posse pursued.
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Remarkable 102 Year Old Kentucky Widow and 82 Year Husband
Louisville January 25. The funeral in Lexington marked the burial of Mrs. Dr. J. G. Chinn at age 102. She married Dr. Chinn who was 82, 13 years earlier, and she lived with vigor and generosity amid a crowd that celebrated a union seen as notable in Kentucky society. The couple, wealthy and prominent, sparked public curiosity about longevity as they shared a last decade of marriage and social influence until pneumonia ended her health.
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Longtime Wattmore resident Nancy Edgerly dies at 104
Mrs. Nancy Edgerly, a life long Wattmore resident, died Saturday night at age 104 years 5 months 28 days. She retained her faculties until near her last birthday, then declined gradually. In her final two weeks she subsisted on cold water only.
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Nancy Edgerly
Philadelphia Belle in Love Tale From The Record
A fragment from the Philadelphia Record hints at a belle and her mother discussing a romance. The lines mention George falling for a girl and a foreign tone suggesting social expectations and parental concern.
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Philadelphia Belle
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