Pleasonton Promoted Despite Long Controversy in House
Washington February 29 The House in committee of the whole passed a bill to restore General Alfred Pleasonton to the army and place him on the retired list as brigadier general. Rosecrans defended the measure against critics like Steele Brown of Indiana and Stockslager of Illinois who argued for pensioning instead. A dispute with White of Kentucky arose over alleged insults, leading to a tense exchange before the bill was amended to make Pleasonton a retired colonel, matching his pre resumption rank.
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Washington
Alfred Pleasonton
Pleasonton
West Point
Phil Sheridan
Grant
Committee On Military Affairs
Rosecrans
Steele
Brown
Indiana
Stockslager
Illinois
White
Kentucky
California
Then and Now Records of a Time When Senators Had Consciences
Washington on February 29 reports early Senate pay records from 1791. Line item deductions show absent senators losing days’ pay, with figures for Bayard Bradley Franklin German Giles Hunter Lambert Lloyd Turner totaling 1518 dollars. Notes mention Worthington and Turner refunds and shifts in pay norms. The piece highlights contrasts with modern salary practices and cites Senator Sharon’s payments during nonattendance.
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Washington
Philadelphia
General McCook
Senate
House
Bayard
Bradley
Franklin
German
Mr. Giles
Mr. Hunter
Mr. Lambert
Mr. Lloyd
Mr.Turner
Mr. Worthington
Mr. Turner
Nevada
Sharon
Forfeiture of Northern Pacific Land Grant Favored by Committee
The House committee on public lands voted 7 to 4 to report a bill declaring all unearned Northern Pacific railroad lands west of Bismarck forfeited. The plan protects settlers who bought from the railroad. Doubtful it will pass the House and Senate, with some arguing for an exception due to past delays and the company’s later completion of the line. Oates Easton Strait Selford voted no. Henley will prepare the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Public Lands
House
Northern Pacific Railroad
Bismarck
Senate
Congress
Northern Pacific
Messrs. Oates
Alabama
Easton
Missouri
Strait of
Minnesota
Selford
Colorado
Henley
California
Cabinet officers assess civil service reform results
Extracts from cabinet officers to Congress on the civil service commission show mixed findings. Frelinghuysen notes few vacancies hinder judgment but promises favorable changes. Folger says appointees meet average capacity. Lincoln highlights reduced personal applications for positions. Chandler cites difficulty obtaining good material for clerkships but supports perseverance and benefits. Gresham says reforms lessen pressures for appointments. Brewster warns against repealing the law. Teller notes census staff reductions and prioritization of valuable workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Civil Service Commission
Frelinghuysen
Lincoln
Chandler
Gresham
Teller
Government clerks and census force transfer method
The speaker argues a disciplined government force is preferable and that vacancies in bureaus were filled by transferring staff from the census office with civil service commission approval. He cannot endorse the act's selection method over the old system, but believes the executive department should back the approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Census Office
Civil Service Commission
Executive Department
President Belford Dines With Arthur in Unlikely State Dinner
Washington reports that Belford of Colorado joined President Arthur for a state dinner. Belford wore a bold swallowtail outfit and loud spotted trousers, stirring questions about his attire. He sat far from the President, limiting conversation, and grew emotional as Nilsson sang later in the drawing room.
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Washington
Belford
Colorado
Arthur
Nilsson
Mr. Belford
Friends of the Tariff Reform Effort in Congress
A congressional bid to radically change internal revenue taxes aims to reduce them. Southern supporters of Carlisle seek to end vexatious revenue officer enforcement and push reform through the House with bipartisan aid, including protectionists and whiskey bill allies, despite parliamentary hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Carlisle
Carolinas
Georgia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Friends of the Bonded
Morrison aims to delay tariff bill report in House
In Washington on March 2, Morrison and associates plan to notify Republican committee members that debate on the tariff bill will be moot as the majority intends to report it. Democrats may face questions about free lumber and coal, notably a proposed free coal clause tied to Canada and British possessions, risking local Washington mining interests and competition with Canadian mines.
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Washington
Morrison
House
Pacific Slope
Northwestern Territories
Canada
San Francisco
Australia
Europe
Star Route Investigation Delayed to Wednesday Testimony
The Star route inquiry in Washington shifts to Wednesday after ex-Postmaster-General James cancels Tuesday appearance. Witnesses are now slated to testify a day later, with MacVeagh on Thursday, Spencer on Friday, and Gibson likely Saturday. Springer aims to reveal why beneficiaries were not prosecuted and to cover the full history of the case. He notes a Brooklyn lecture on the 12th and says completion could stretch into early May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James
Springer
MacVeagh
Spencer
Gibson
Ker
Dorsey
GLOBE
Sam
New York
Brooklyn
Eaton
Select Committee
A Prophetic Youth From Marietta Foretells Floods and Fires
A ten year old Marietta Ohio boy, regarded as precocious, claimed visions of a street flood two weeks before one occurred, and of an oil well blaze with tanks nearby. He also described a Cherry Grove fire with a burst hose. Parents dismiss the episodes as unhelpful ramblings, while the boy’s prophecies later align with reported events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Cherry Grove
Bradford
Twelve Story Office Building Planned at Van Buren Corner
Armour, Kent and Beasley filed a permit for a twelve story office building sized 174 by 172 feet at the Van Buren street and Pacific avenue corner. The project, valued at 1 million dollars unfurnished, will be the area’s most expensive, with a roof height of 176 feet above the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caiiaco
Armour, Kent & Beasley
van Buren Street
Pacific Avenue
Graham Wins 4 Victory in Sudan Battle
General Graham’s forces clashed with rebels near Fort Baker and along the Tech road. About 1000 rebels were killed or wounded while British losses were reported light, with 10 killed and 40 wounded, as troops pursued the retreating enemy.
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Trinestat
Graham
Fort Baker
Hussars
Sand Knolls
Sertb
Tech Road
Eagan
Baker Pasha
Tokar
Grahai
Vokar
Teb
Caro
Khartoum
Kemaleen
Houdeilla
el Mahdi
Sennaar
London
Wareh
Long Granville
House of Lords
Soudan
Phirione
Engpon
Conttry
Wolseley as a Prophet at Fishmongers Banquet
Lonpox March 1 Worshipful Company of Fishmongers hosted a banquet for Lord Wolseley. In reply to a toast to his health he predicted glorious news from the late army in Egypt within twenty four hours.
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Wolseley
Lonpox
Lord Wolseley
Egypt
Capsized in mid ocean after bark Champion voyage disaster
The British bark Champion capt Gardiner capsized January 28 with crew of eleven saved by the steamship Sirocco. Survivors include Philip Doherty and William Bowen among others. Vessel carried 4843 barrels of oil valued at $23,848 on voyage from Baltimore to Hamburg.
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Baltimore
Champion
Gardiner
Philip Doherty
Henry Foster
Onanuary
Sirocco
Galveston
West Point
Liverpool
Mr. Doherty
William Bowen
Benith Engelethe
Christiania
Norway
Henry P. Olsen
Finland
Alfred Vinka O Memiel
William Gardiner
Gloucester
Mass
Patrick Ward
John Johnson
Hans Pederson
Neil Alton
Lorenzo Randolphi
John Beong
Hamburg
Robber Works Worker Throws Man Into Crusher
In Malden on March 3 Patrick Feely and Jeremiah Kelliher, both at the Boston Rubber Shoe plant in Wyoming, fought. Feely seized Kelliher and plunged him into a crusher, tearing an arm. Kelliher saved, Feely fled and police seek him. Kelliher’s family lives on Pearl Street Edgeworth and Feely on Middlesex Street Malden.
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Wyoming
Malden
Patrick Feely
Jeremiah Kelliher
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
Feely
Kelminer
Kelliher
Pearl Street
Edgeworth
Middlesex Street
Indiana Farmer James Patterson Vanishes After Large Windfall
Huntington Ind March 3 James Patterson a wealthy farmer fifteen miles from Huntington sold his farm and real estate for about 60000 then gave his wife their three youngest children as part of the proceeds. A day later he disappeared leaving his family stunned and puzzled.
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Indiana Society
Huntington
Ind
James Patterson
Ok E
Woman Leaves Westward With Lover After Leaving Family
A widow, Mrs Louise Van Arsdale, aged 48, recently departed with Patterson after promising to stay with her five children. She left a note to her husband, who died eight years ago, and had a fortune she used to support the family. Three days ago she took the youngest child and vanished. The elopement has stunned society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise van Arsdale
Herhusband
Patterson
Laborers with Winchesters massacre Pacific islanders
A Honolulu laborer shipment to Nanouti island in the Gilbert group ends in a brutal clash. Returned workers armed with Winchester rifles attack Apiang and Tarawa natives, killing about twenty and wounding many, while defenders escort the wounded to Apamana. The island king Tembinska dispatches aid, but a subsequent boat engagement results in further deaths and captures.
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San Francisco
Auckland
Pacific
Honolulu
Julia
Sandwich Islands
Julla
Nanouti
Gilbert
Sandwich
Aplang
Tarawa
Apiang
Apamana
Tembinska
Nanotti
Explosion Aboard Egyptian Monarch Shocks Crew and Passengers
New York February 29 A meteor explosion above the bridge of the steamship Egyptian Monarch on February 9 13 sent a violent electric shock through officers and passengers. The blast filled the air with brimstone odor for minutes while fierce seas and a hurricane raged. Sailors reported a red ball near the mainmast and forks of fire as the meteor exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Atlantic
Kate Cook Countess of Euston in Duchess of Grafton case
Mayfair magazine previews a sensational looming trial as Earl of Euston seeks divorce claiming Kate Cook's first husband alive at her 1882 marriage. He asserts his wife is not lawfully Countess of Euston and could lose the title Duchess of Grafton if the case succeeds. The drama rivals the Tichborne case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mayfair
Earl of Euston
Duke of Grafton
Countess of
Tichborne
Henry Fitzroy
Lord Augustus Fitzroy
Kate Cook
Augustus Fitzroy
Earl
Euston
Duchess of Grafton
Grafton
Mean Treatment of an Old Hero Captain Jeffrey
New London March 3 One day in February 1853 Captain Jeffrey cruised near Margaritta Island to aid survivors of the steamer Independence wrecked and burned nearby He buried 88 bodies and ferried 565 survivors to San Francisco at his own cost He received no reward and died poor A House bill for relief for his widow and heirs gains support from Connecticut members
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New London
Jeffrey
Pacific
Lower
California
Rocky Island
Margaritta
Independence
San Francisco
Congress
Connecticut
Elopement of girl with old widower shocks Newport
A fourteen year old girl from Newport ran away with Jessie Brownlow a 55 year old widower an old colored man. Police traced them after a theatre exit and arrest occurred in New York. No kidnapping charge was found. Brownlow was released. The pair claimed they were in love since his wife’s death.
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Newport
P. Riley
New York
Jessie Brownlow
Brownlow
Equal Rights Leagues Organize in Ohio
Graham Denwell, a noted lawyer and politician, returns from Ohio where he formed equal rights leagues among colored people to press repeal of Ohio black laws. They target the penitentiary offense for interracial marriage, separate schools provision, and the word white in the state constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equal Rights Leagues of
Springfield
Graham Denwell
Ohio
Equal Rights Leagues
Fish planted in Great Lakes chain for restocking
Erie report notes three million white fish and minnows released in the bay last week with additional plantings at Manitowoc and Grand Haven. Oswego is to receive a similar number this week and total stocking across the chain is expected to reach seventy five million in the next ten days.
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Erie
Penn
Bay
Manistee
Grand Haven
Mich
Oswego
Chain of Great Lakes
Life in the Arctic Described by Lieutenant Garlington
Lieutenant Garlington of Fort Buford Dakota talks of the Arctic regions and the Greely party. He describes hardships, ice, walrus, sled dogs, and the look of icebergs, and notes plans to join a polar expedition with four vessels sailing from New York harbor.
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Pittsburg
Garlington
United States Army
Fort Buford
Dakota Territory
Arctic
Monongahela House
Greely
Lady Franklin Bay
Hit
Washington
North Sea
Melville Bay
Greenland
Sam
New York
W. WH. Emory
Schley
Thetis
Dundee
Scotland
Alert
Sir George Nares
Smith’s Sound
EX-TREASURER POLK DIES IN NASHVILLE AT 52
Ex treasurer of Tennessee Marshall T. Polk died at his East Nashville home at 8 50 PM. He had been ill since last week as his Supreme Court case was postponed. A West Point graduate and former Confederate captain he defrauded the state of 400000, fled to Texas in 1888, and was captured, tried, and sentenced to thirteen years. He owned Mexican mines recently sold to an Eastern syndicate for about 1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Marshall T. Polk
Tennessee
East
Supreme Court
Polk
James Knox Polk
West Point
Fronsier
Cheatham
Leonidas Polk
Shilof
Bolivar
Tenn
Bolivar Bulletin
Texas
San Antonio
Mexico
Grandmother of Betsy L. Mody to Celebrate 102nd Birthday
In Portland on February 29 Mrs. John M. Brown, Betsy L. Mody’s granddaughter, said her grandmother will celebrate her 102nd birthday tomorrow. She was a Gay enter of Aaron Libby, early Livingston settler, and has three children, fourteen grandchildren, thirty great grandchildren, and six great great grandchildren, retaining her faculties well.
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With &x
Portland
John M. Brown
Betsy L. Mody
Aaron Libby
Livingston
What became of the Rabbit in Omaha Hunt Tragedy
Four boys Chris Madsen 17 William Mallus 12 John Stett 10 and William Abney went hunting and chased a rabbit under a powder mayan. The fragment ends with unclear consequence.
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Omaha
Neb
Chris Madsen
William Mallus
John Stett
William Abney
Catastrophic Powder Explosion Destroys Building
A blast from 500 kegs of powder in a building set fire to the structure and caused a massive explosion. The ensuing shock blew the house down, killed the occupants, and scattered flesh over 600 feet while felled trees framed the scene. The city heard the blast and a fire alarm was triggered.
Bold Ruse of a Wizard Swindle Ends in Vanished Loot
In Baltimore on February 29 Mrs. Caroline Jentener, a credulous woman, paid $100 to awizard dealer claiming to summon the ghost of the late Mrs. Schumacher to reveal hidden wealth. A magic circle and red fire preceded the unseen confederate presenting a box that contained only rubbish. The supposed money vanished with the wizard, while Mrs. Webber was discharged after a magistrate hearing for lack of evidence.
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Baltimore
Caroline Jentenor
Ludwig Schumacher
Nizabeth Wenner
Jentever
Sextonville
Baltimore County
Webber
Mra. Jentener
Fleure
Telephone to Talk Across the Atlantic Prototype Demonstrated
Engineers in New York tested Webster Gillett's twenty point transmitter linking Postal Telegraph lines to Washington over 320 miles. The device aims to push voice communication across the ocean via the Bennett Mackey cable once laid. Despite gale damage and current derangements, steady voice was heard as Morse clicks stopped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Postal Telegraph Company
Webster Gillett
Ypsilanti
Mich
Washington
Ocean
Shot by Her Lover and Strong Affections
Katie McDonnell was shot by her admirer Dennis Hennelly outside 315 East Pity seventh street after he demanded marriage. He warned he would kill her and himself if she refused. She refused, was wounded in the breast but urged him to go home. She later went inside, prepared for bed, and hospital assessment followed. Hennelly was found drinking in a liquor store and jailed awaiting outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Katie McDonnell
East Pity Seventh Street
Dennis Hennelly
Hennessy
Katie
First Avenue
Forty Years Courting Ends In Sylvania Marriage
In Sylvania Georgia on February 29 a forty year courtship culminates in marriage between Mary Poythress and Jane Gross. Their tale spans 1845 to the present with repeated engagements and separations. Mary, once the county belle, remained single until Gross returned adult and bearded, prompting a long-delayed wedding after decades apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvania
Mary Poythres
Jane Gross
Mary
Gross
Mr. Gross
Millionaire Pioneer Left Vast Cleveland Estate Without Will
Cleveland March 1.8 Stone a pioneer who died last night left an estate estimated between two and seven million dollars. He married a housekeeper described as eccentric and reportedly hospitalized for insanity. No children. if no will, the entire estate would go to the widow and then to her legal representatives. Lawyers doubt a will exists and a plan proposes R P Ranney as administrator due to the widow's claimed incapacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Stone
Lke
Jarvis M. Adams
Wade
R. P. Ranney
Sixteen Houses Shattered by Dynamite in Harnesvuka Penn
A morning dynamite blast in a small shanty on Eleventh Street Harnsveuka, Penn caused total destruction of sixteen houses. Cartridges dried behind C McCormick's quarry store. residents Isaiah Parsons C B Brown J Clancy and G Ikckert saw their homes wrecked and all glass shattered. Brown's wife and two children injured by flying glass. no other injuries reported.
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Harnsevuka
Penn
Eleventh Street
C. McCormick
Isaiah Parsons
Brown
J. Clancy
G. Kckert
Remarkable suspended animation case puzzles physicians
LEADVILLE Colo February 2 one of the most extraordinary cases of suspended animation in a child is baffling two leading physicians who have treated him for two months. An eight year old boy, healthy siblings, remains in a deathlike stupor with only occasional eyelid twitch. The child sleeps, awakes hungry, then sinks again into animation loss. Doctors tried galvanic treatment and various remedies without success, plan to consult European experts and possibly transport the patient to New York for further examination.
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Leadville
Col
Carbonate Hill
Europe
America
Thelr
Thad
Tim
Mount Massive
New York
Fat Ladies Ball in Baltimore Noted as Joyful Leap Year Event
A Baltimore fat ladies ball at Schlegel's Orchestrian Hall drew over 200 attendees on a leap year night. Weighing 200 pounds and up, guests danced to tunes like Kiss Waltz and Come Fly With Me while many sat at side tables. organizers included Mrs. Morgan as chair and several women over 200 pounds among the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schlegel
Baltimore
Schmidt
C. Hahn
Aude
Hildebrand
Waller
Muller
Williams
Schmuck
Spaller
Morgan
Hilebrand
Lamovert
Ohio man convicted under miscegenation law in 1934 case
Robert Bailey, colored, was tried in Toledo for marrying a white woman under a 1540 miscegenation act. The court overruled a demurrer claiming unconstitutionality, ruling the law applies to all races and imposing the same penalty. Bailey received the full punishment of a $100 fine and three months imprisonment. The prior Cleveland case under the law had been dismissed as unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Robert Bailey
Defnte
Bailey
Cleveland
All the Family Dead The Father and Three Children Die
A fire on the third floor of 326 Stanton street in New York destroys Cornelius Van Riper and three children. His wife leaps from a third story window to the sidewalk and dies instantly. N Connolly and the family suffer total loss. the cause remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stanton Street
Cornelius van Riper
N. Connolly
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General Rosecrans
Backwoods
United States
Committee On Public Lands
Northern Pacific Land Grant
Boorish
Friends OF the Tariff
Star Route
Fortune
J. A. Sherman
Mile Street
Broadway
Sher
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