Washington Congress Debates Salaries and Contested Election
Washington reports detail Bailey vs Barber contest in Virginia eighth district with Barber leading 15,500 to 9,170 votes amid fraud allegations, and Bailey failing to meet legal pleading standards. It notes ongoing Senate business, salary reduction proposals, and polygamy legislation, plus Eads ship railway advocacy and Blaine Arthur chili Peru correspondence disputes.
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Washington
Bailey
Barber
Eighth
Virginia
Committee On Elections
House
Dailey
Alexandria
Voiicinis
Toto
Mormon polygamy reform and Utah election act
The document discusses legitimizing earlier Mormon marriages in territories under U S jurisdiction, restricting voting and officeholding by polygamists and cohabitants, and reorganizing Utah voter registration under presidential appointment. It also reports timing on Justice Ward Hunt successor rumors, noting Kadmunds and Blatchford as contenders and a mistaken postmaster nomination for Norfolk, Virginia being withdrawn.
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United States
Utah
Senate
Arthur
Washington
William Nichols
Norfolk
Nichols
Ward Hunt
Supreme Court
Edmunds
Morrill
Kadmunds
Mu Ues
Blatchford
Southern Circuit of
New York
Atrociou Act At Lewiston Fish Market Explosion
A fire wood shipment bound for Lewiston Missouri owned by Maynard W Goff exploded when lit injuring Mrs Goff fatally and injuring others. George Prine a brick mason is arrested as the alleged attacker amid community furor and past feuds between the Prine and Goff families.
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Maynard W. Goff
Lewiston
George Prine
Golf
Prine
Goff
Allotment of Lands in Severalty for Indians Bill Favored
Washington reports a House bill from the Indian affairs committee to allot lands in severalty on reservations and extend state territorial protections. The plan sets fixed acreages by relation and age, bars alienation for twenty years, allows limited purchases by the interior secretary, and reserves school land. An appropriation of 100,000 dollars funds the act, excluding the five civilized tribes.
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Congressman Warner
Tennessee
Congress
Supreme Court
Washington
House
Haskell
Committee On Indian Affairs
Indian Affairs Committee
Secretary of the Interior
Five Civilized Tribes
Indian Territory
Discourse on the Mormon Question by Rev. Dr. Newman
In New York a crowd near 2000 gathered at the Congregational Church to hear Rev. Dr. J. P. Newman defend a hard line against Mormonism. He urged Congress to refuse Utah representation, bar Mormons from citizenship or office, abolish the territorial legislature, replace it with anti Mormon officials, and bar polygamists from juries. He offered no religious argument beyond natural sex balance.
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New York
Congregational Church
J. P. Newman
Congress
Utah
Contagious cattle illness alarms Lanesboro farmers
In Lanesboro and nearby, several cows have died suddenly over months. Lester B. Gunn lost multiple cattle and suspects poisoning by a pasture weed. J H Marsh also reports losses, raising fear the disease may spread, with ten to twelve cattle dead and animals choking before death. Remedies fail.
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Lanesboro
Lester B. Gunn
Lake Pontovillc
Gunn
J. H. Marsh
Pittsfield
Surrender of the Charleston Citadel
Wasu Hinoron reports that General Hunt telegraphed the surrender of the Charleston citadel to South Carolina. The state plans to claim $150,000 rent and $20,000 in damages for seized property, with guards stationed since February 1865.
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Wasu Hinoron
War Department
General Hunt
South Carolina
Charleston Citadel
Parker Fortune Ties Texas Will To Pittsfield Family
Crockery merchant C. E. Parker of L. F. Sperry Jr and Co in Pittsfield gains a fortune via a Texas relative's death. He and his son travel to Texas where the relative's will is to be probated, with real estate valued at not less than one million dollars.
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C. E. Parker
L. F. Sperry, Jr., & Co
Pittsfield
Texas
Parker
Waller
Gardner
Kave
J. L. Haanson
Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Penn
West Fourth St
Cincinnati
Ohio
Resignations and cabinet reshuffle shadow Paris politics
Paris reports detail fierce debate in the Chamber of Deputies over constitutional revision. Gambetta resigns as president of the council. Barocet proposed integral revision, rejected 278 to 173. Grevy names De Freycinet to form a new cabinet. further tensions rise as ministers depart. Berlin Reichstag scene and Warsaw riots follow.
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Chamber of Deputies
M. Barocet
M. Gambetta
Grevy
M. de Freycinet
Tribune
Congress
M. Leon Say
General Billot
Jeannette
Marine
M. Vancy
Council
M. Jules Ferry
M. Goblet
M. Humbert
Justice
M. Firard
M. Gochery
Posts and Telegraphs
Wingfield Urges Unity In Virginia Senate
In Richmond on January 28 Senator Wingfield the lone straight Republican in the Virginia Senate urged all parties to join the Republican ship of state. He said he carried Garfield’s flag and invited both black and white factions to come under its folds. Senator Riddleberger mocked the idea of straightouts and dodged questions on voting, saying he would back the Liberal party if the GOP proved true to Wingfield’s principles.
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Eads Ship Railway
Washington
E. J. Reed
M. P
Congress
Eads
Committee On Commerce of the
Senate
Isthmus
Teluantepec
United States
Europe
Richmond
Wingfield of
Hanover
Garfield
Riddleberger
United States Senate
Wingfield
Subterranean Lake Covered in Soil Supports Corn Crop
A Colorado region reportedly contains a subterranean lake under soil eighteen inches deep. On the soil a cornfield yields about thirty bushels per acre. The ground is described as black marlin and fertile in character.
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Colorado
Horrible Boiler Explosion in Fairrkcp Maine
A boiler explosion at Kennebec Framing Company in Fairrkcp Maine injures and kills workers. Engineer Robert McComb survived severe injuries while nine firemen killed, others trapped in debris. Rescue teams from Waterville aided by special train. several workers fatally burned or crushed, with many struck by flying debris.
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Robert McComb
John Avery
Charlies Lamere
Noa Tice
W. W. Rice
Maine State Prison
John Smith
Isaac Forkey
Joseph Dicer
Fifteen In Minneola Fall Ill from Raw Ham Three Die
Marshall Minn January 30 Fifteen Minneola residents were taken seriously ill after eating raw ham. Three deaths occurred including Mr Cushner and his family of six, Fritz Piegger and Joseph Willat. Others, Gilbertson Seicheitz Sanderson, Peter Peckles, Oscar Thompson, Anthony Winters and a German resident, are ill or precarious. State Board of Health to review the incident.
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Peter Peckles
Oscar Thompson
Anthony Winters
State Board of Health
Five Tons of Red Hot Iron Tipped in Foundry Blaze
Five tons of tepid hot iron overturned at Wallace H Brink & Co iron foundry in Burlington on Thursday. Four men were badly burned Peter Donnelly severely burned and likely to die while Benjamin Wright Thomas Crowley were conscious and James Hayten seriously injured. The accident started a fire that caused several thousand dollars in losses.
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Burlington, Vt
Wallace H. Brink & Co
Peter Donnelly
Benjamin Wright
Thomas Crowley
James Hayten
Catalyst Nitro Explodes At Bonfire Injuring Children
In New York on a Friday, a bonfire in a vacant lot drew children who were playing nearby. A stick of nitro glycerine left by careless workers exploded, tossing the crowd and badly burning seven youths. Benjamin Burns, 16, died at hospital. others face recovery as investigators probe how the can was left.
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New York
Benjamin Burns
Beriing of the Britian Ship Milton Seventeen Crew Lost
The British ship Milton, bound from Shields to San Francisco with coal, burned on December 22. Seven survivors were rescued January 15 near Dundee aboard the Cochin, while the fate of the other two boats remains unknown after 23 days. Captain McArthur, his wife, two children, and five crew were in the first boat. the second carried the first officer and seven men. the third held the second officer and five men.
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San Francisco
Dundee
Milton
Shields
McArthur
Penn
Lee
West Middlesex
Butler County
West Deerfield Township
Allegheny County
Pittsburg
Allison
Jennie Cramer's Remains Disinterred in New Haven
New Haven news reports the disinterment of Jennie Cramer remains, with autopsy organs removed and examined by experts in the presence of state and defense counsel. Officials seek additional arsenic evidence, amid putrefaction and strong odor in Evergreen cemetery.
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New Haven
Jennie Cramer
Marleys
Blanche Douglass
Chittenden
Evergreen Cemetery
Standard Oil Buys Atlas Refiring and Buffalo Pipe Lines
Standard Oil announces the sale of the Atlas Refiring Company and the Buffalo and Rock City Pipe Line Company to its own firm for about $250 000 to $300 000. The Rock City to Buffalo pumping rate rises from ten to fifteen cents, and the deal ends most opposition to Standard Oil in the region.
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New York
Paris
Union Generale
London
Bank of England
Bank of Belgium
Standard Oil
Buffalo
Atlas Refiring Company
The Horrible Vandercook Murder Mentioned
The cabin of Beckwith the murderer has been burned revealing a subterranean passage beneath the bank. Within the burned debris investigators found a suspect burial area believed to contain the remains of other victims.
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Beckwith
Vandercook
Millions of Oysters Frozen in New York Tide
The city faces an oyster famine as extremely cold weather freezes vast beds exposed by a very low tide. In Mexico City and Temax Yucatan reports 1700 yellow fever cases with 222 deaths, signaling a severe outbreak.
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New York
Yucatan
City of Mexico
Temax
Lyssophobia Case Scares Father of Hydrophobic Boy
The Philadelphia Press reports a Camden tragedy where Edward Gardner’s father Develops lyssophobia after his son dies of rabies. The father’s imagination triggers hydrophobic symptoms Spitting, eye pain, tremors and fear of death. A doctor treats with chloral and bromide while the patient’s mind dominates his body, a case noted for its seeming transmission absence between humans.
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Philadelphia Press
Edward Gardner
Camden
N. J
Mr. Gardner
Gardner
Deluce and Avalanche. Tennessee Flood Destruction Report
Nashville reports Johnsonville destroyed by inundation as Tennessee River rises to flood peak. Knoxville area sees damage to mills and creeks. a landslide occurred east of the city. Buffalo mountains peak undermined by rain caused a 500 foot fall alarming residents within miles. Napa area roads fear landslides. multiple regions report smallpox outbreaks and vaccination mandates at the American Water Company in Waltham.
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Nashville
Johnsonville
Tennessee River
Tennessee
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway
Knoxville
Buffalo Mountains
White Neck Peak
Tell Her Consumption Is Curable Keeps Hope Alive
A sobering note urges mothers with sick children to seek comfort in hope. It claims consumption can be cured by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, asserting it has healed many when other remedies failed. Sold by druggists.
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Pierce
Warren ,T
Brooklyn
N. Y
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