Expiring Moments in Senate as Records Expunged
Washington March 4 The Senate debated the sundry civil bill as a dramatic session closed with expungement of Senator Riddleberger’s arrest record. Speaker Carlisle bid farewell amid time dying adjournment while members pressed for corridor access and honor for the presiding officer.
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Washington
Senate
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Allisoft
Cockrell
Congress
Harris
House
Kiddleverger
Peas Chamber
Sergeant At
Edmunds
Daniel
Yleginis
Kiddleberger
Riddleberger
Hie
Ingalls
Anil
Brothers Fight Brothers in Tempe Tragedy
In Tempe Texas on March 6 Alfred and Herbert Rother clashed with Tom and Hugh Mattock in a street gun battle. Mattock was killed and Tom lies dying while Alfred is wounded. The dispute stemmed from a railroad ticket sale and a lawsuit against the railroad company.
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Tempe
Tex
Alfred
Herbert Rother
Tom
Hugh Mattock
Alfred Rother
Mattock
California Gold Fever Rises Near Ensenada
San Francisco reports a surge of gold excitement in lower California near Ensenada with hundreds flocking to mines. Work on the Cuyamaca San Diego & Eastern railroad halts as labor moves to the fields. steamers raise fares and stages run overland to mines. Mexican border tensions flare with troops called out. Scholars and locals describe vast 100 square mile development and abundant placer riches.
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San Francisco
Cal
Lower
California
Ensenada
Cuyamaca
San Diego
Examiner
Special
Lia Junana
Mexico
Union
Millionaire silver vein found near Maroon in Aspen district
Aspen reports a spectacular mineral discovery at Maroon where Harry Adams, while opening a trail to the Florence Belle mine, uncovered a surface vein rich in silver. The ore, resembling Mollie Gibson ore, is described as highly rich with estimates of value reaching thousands per ton.
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Aspen
Col
Maroon
Harry Adams
Florence Bellemine
Mollie Gibson
Peculiar floor collapse at Rich arson Mfg Co storehouse
In Worcester on March 6 a floor section of the Richardson Manufacturing Company storehouse collapsed into the cellar, taking 300 to 400 Buckeye mowing machines weighing about 110 tons with it. The first floor held over 2000 machines. two brick pins failed under the weight, but no injuries were reported. Damages are undetermined as machines and debris lie in a tangled mass. Each machine valued $60 to $65.
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Worcester
Richardson Manufacturing Company
North Carolina Negroes Urged to Migrate to Border States
In BarerGu North Carolina on March 6 a rally urged colored residents to emigrate to Kansas and Arkansas while avoiding Louisiana and Mississippi. About 2000 attendees, mainly women, heard preachers and a lawyer promote migration with promises of work and welcome in Kansas and in New England states.
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Border States
New England
BarerGu
N.C
Kansas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mistipaipel
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
Relief Comes Amid North China Flood Suffering
The City of New York reports relief efforts for North China flood victims though thousands may still perish from the brutal winter. Rioting surged in Shanghai after police detained a Chinese man, with mobs burning the English and attacking the American consulates. Passengers include John Lane and Marquis Maera, plus three under officials sent by the Japanese emperor to study U.S. military and naval systems.
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San Francisco
Cal
City of New York
China
Japan
Shanghai
Jount Lane
Marquis Maera
United States
Rigsdag
Michael
St. Asaph
Alfred Force
Langollen
Bangor
Boerseneitung
Berlin
Germany
Great Britain
Zanzibar
Zanzviba
Theultan
Bartholomew Edwards
Enland
Ashill
Norfolk
Cambridge
Baron Alderson
Justice Maule
Lord Cranworth
Ife
New York
Pera
Signor
Crispi
King Humbert
Chamber of Deputies
Signor Hiancheri
Humbert
Signor Biancheri
Signor Crispi
Parnell
Europe
America
Wild West romance ends in deadly duel at Dry Cheyenne
In Dovatas Wy March 8 widow Mc Cool age 18, stage route agent at Dry Cheyenne, married plans with Martin Hunton. A visiting Englishman Kidd aroused jealousy. at a dance near Sheriff Williams' ranch a pistol duel erupted as lights went out, ending with gunfire and chaos among cowboys.
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Dovatas
McCool
Dry Cheenne
Here
Buffalo
Martin Hunton
Kidd
Cheyenne
Wiliams
Hunton
da Cook
Duel Ends With Narrow Escape and Eloped Couple
Kidd survived a ambush as gunfire erupted with several killed or wounded, a widow guiding him to safety. Ric secured a horse and they fled, reaching Chadron Nebraska where they married that night. Sheriff Williams and posse chased them to Dry Cheyenne, but the couple is now believed safe at a railway station.
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Kidd
Ric
Chadron Neb
Sheriff Williams
Hunton
Cheyenne
Judge Goddard Dead at 63 in Maine General Hospital
PortLane March 9 Hon C W Goddard died this morning at Maine General Hospital. A distinguished Maine figure, he was Bowdoin class of 1844, served in the House and Senate, presided as Senate president, consul-general at Constantinople, and Cumberland County Superior Court judge. He was Portland postmaster for 12 years and a noted speaker and writer. Funeral Tuesday afternoon at First Parish Church, with the bar attending in a body.
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PortLane
C. W. Goddard
Maine General Hospital
Goddard
Bowdoin College
Androscoggin County
George Knight
Knight
Clifford
Charles Walton
Maine House of Representatives
Senate
Lincoln
Constantinople
Cumberland County
Portland
Massacre of French Tourists Reported in Yellowstone Park
A half breed hunter arrives with word of a brutal massacre of five French tourists in Yellowstone National Park. Hank Ferry, a guide and sole survivor, says Indians killed the party after looting their camp and wearing their clothing. Canyon City authorities organize a posse, while Ferry’s tale is met with some skepticism among locals.
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Cueyenne
Wy. T
Yellowstone National Park
Canyon City
Park
Hank Ferry
Ferry
M. le Clair
J. Vincent
Paul Ge
Rerot
Vincent
Erry
Rees
Pay dispute ends with revolver fire in House row
Washington March 11 A dispute over extra pay between S B Cunningham disbursing clerk and Turner Hackman a House page escalated when Hackman asked about pay and Cunningham allegedly insulted him Hackman struck Cunningham who drew a revolver and fired missing his aim Cunningham was arrested on Hackmans warrant
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Washington
S. B. Cunningham
House of Representatives
Turner Hackman
House
Hackman
Cunnngham
Cunningham
Morning wrappers described in New York Sun
A New York Sun piece reviews morning wrappers in silk wool and flannel, detailing styles from simple to elaborate. It notes redungent fits, back fullness, accordion silk fronts, velvet trims, girdles, and vivid color combinations such as red and black stripes, with options in silk, surah, and cashmere.
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New York Sun
Webster County Struck by Fatal Black Death Epidemic
A Herald Dixon special reports Webster county is in terror from a mysterious and deadly epidemic called black death. About 5 cases are known locally with reports of 80 or 40 deaths daily in the interior. Since early February, 60 deaths from the disease have occurred.
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New York
Dixon, Ky
Webster County
Parnell Commission Resumes as Letters and Evidence Accumulate
The Parnell commission reopens with Attorney General Webster detailing Pigott’s Madrid letters to Mr. Soames and Mr. Ponsonby. The court allows evidence on Irish World newspaper distribution linked to the Dublin league, while adjournment granted due to ill witnesses. News includes international strains, strikes, and shifts in British and European politics.
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Parnell Commission
Webster
Pigott
Madrid
Soames
Times
Davitt
Dillon
Oman
Coleman
Ontario
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Ireland
Macauley
League
Burke
America
Nody
Winnier
Messrs
Parnell
O'Kelly
Wash
House of Commons
Bulgaria
Alexander
Berlin
Zurich
Wedness
W. H. Smith
Duke of Cambridge
Gibraltar
Anzibar
Villefranche Harbor
Lancaster
Agship
Quinnebaug
Adriatic
Sih
Capitan Fricassa
Rome
Harrison
Pawer
Stuebel
Savoa
Herr Knappe
Mataafa
Paris
Parnell Seeks Indissoluble Link With British Empire Banquet
A London banquet by the Eighty Club honored Lord Spencer Lord Rosebery Sir William Vernon Harcourt Mr Parnell Mr Morley Sir Charles Russell and other leaders. Parnell received an ovation and Spencer urged Ireland govern herself within the empire while praising Gladstone’s conciliation. Rosebery offered thanks and echoed Parnell’s call for broader home rule and reform.
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Ireland
Eighty Club
London
Lord Spencer
Lord Rosebery
William Vernon Harcourt
Parnell
Morley
Charles Russell
Parne
Times
Gladstone
Mr. Parnell
Mr. Gladstone
Balfour
Storm Dominates Black Sea and Global Tensions Rise
A three day south Russia storm halts Black Sea shipping. The Electric Light sinks near Vortland Maine after abandonment. Germany seeks Swiss passport controls. Sultan ashore at Comino. Georga B McFarland crew landed at Bristol. Snow damage in Berne is extensive. Boulogne honors General Boulanger with a sword. Panama Canal case reclassified as civil association. Swiss council blocks meetings amid armed peasants. Romanian ex-deputy threats by dynamite to the chamber. Police tighten vigilance against disruptions to proceedings. Navy plan debate prompts letters from Lords Randolph Churchill and Keresford.
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Russia
Black Sea
Electric Light
Vortland
Germany
Switzerland
Comino
Mediterranean Sea
Georga B. McFarland
Fernandina
San Fernandino Trinidad
Bristol
Canute
Pensacol
Berne
Boulogne
Boulanger
French Court of Appeals
Panama Canal Company
Tribunal of Commerce
Federal Council
Ticino
Bellinzona
Roumania
Chamber of Deputies
Bucharest
Parne
Forge Etters
Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Charles Keresford
The
Times
Lord Randolph
A Blighted Romance in a Dining Car Encounter
In a crowded train a young man from St Louis tries to woo Miss Cahokia Hopper in a brief courtship that ends abruptly when the dining car invitation interrupts their exchange. He rushes to seat himself first and the budding romance dissolves into a hasty departure.
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Chicago Tribune
St. Louis
Illinois
Even Job Would Say Something Tart
A Somerville Journal note muses that it is possible to plough an acre without swearing, though few men would attempt such a feat in an ordinary New England field.
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Job
Somerville Journal
New England
Pall-Bearers in Deep Mourning at Columbia Episcopal Funeral
Ten colored pall-bearers served at the funeral of a prominent white Episcopal figure in Columbia. The procession reflected a notable, though controversial, gesture in race relations of the period.
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New York Tribune
Episcoe Para
Columbia
Torpedoed Nipsic Story Questioned by Officials
German reports claim the Olga bombarded Mataafa's camp and torpedoed the U S gunboat Nipsic, sinking her, with Blaine saying no notice of such event reached the State Department. Naval officers doubt the account, suggesting it may be a German-feeler report to gauge reaction.
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Brestar
Schlesische Zettung
Samoa
Mataafa
Blaine
State Department
Olga
Bresau
Nipsic
Germany
America
Contention Over Samoa Crisis Spurs Congressional Talk
Washington reports a possible early Fifty-first Congress call if Samoa news proves correct. Naval matters center on the Nipsic Olga engagement and four German ironclads en route from Genoa, with American sentiment rising amid tensions in Apia.
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Washington
Fifty-first Congress
Harrison
Congress
Samoa
Executive Departments
Olga
United States
Nipsio
Apia
Navy Department
Genoa
Italy
Leman
O Apia
Nipsic
Kimbery
San Francisco
Reenard
Charleston
Secretary of the Navy
Naval Bureau
Fy Fernald
City of Pueblo
Auckland
Vsevoros
State Department
Berlin
Benjamin Butler
John A. Kosson
William Walter Phelps
Sewall
Augustin Contess
Illinois
Robert L. Stevenson
Hawai
Bismarck
London
Haeore
Coetlegogne
Sieregeer
Klein
Amushe
Malietoa
Adier
Nihilist in Chains En Route to National Insane Asylum
United States Secret Service officers Wilkins and Arnold brought prisoner George Dienstrovitch from Sitka Alaska to Washington under heavy shackles. He confessed to setting fire to Sitka’s powder magazine to blow up the town and claims nihilist aims as he travels to the asylum.
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Curecaco
United States Secret Service
Wilkins
Arnold
Chicago
Sitka
Alaska
National Insane Asylum
Washington
George Dienstrovitch
James
Russia
Hannibal Mamilin's Lone Hand Address to Lincoln Club
Hannibal Hamlin recalls the moment Schuyler Colfax announced him as Lincoln's running mate in a Washington hotel room. He describes a playful euchre hand, the crowd’s reaction, and his quip to Colfax about spoiling his single hand.
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Hannibal Mamilin
Lincoln Club
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Schuyly Colfax
Fessenden
Grimes
Iowa
House
Maine
Washington Hotel
Schuylar Colfax
United States
Pizies Colfax
Nomination Surprise Sparks Unlikely Office Bid
In a brisk exchange the speaker laments the nomination, saying they had no idea they would be considered for the office and compares it to an unlikely strike of lightning, revealing surprise at the political turn and the reaction to the process.
Seven Centuries Of Life In Bolles Family Of Mattapoisett
Mattapoisett Massachusetts reports a remarkably large aggregate age for the Bolles family. Samuel Bolles born 1765 married 1797 to Maria Ellis aged 20. They had twelve children. Several descendants are listed with ages from 8 to 81. Eight of the family live within two and a half miles of their birthplace.
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Mattaporsett
Mass
Bolles
Samuel Bullies
Maria Ellis
Samuel Bolles
Lois Randall
Ellis Bolles
Eunice Hiller
Vis
Joshua Bolles
Prince Bolles
Sylvia Bolles Purrington
Epi
John Ericsson Dies at 85 at New York Residence
John Ericsson, famed engineer and inventor born in Sweden in 1800, died at 36 Beach Street New York City late Thursday night of cystitis at age 85. His career spanned vast mechanical advances including warship designs and the Monitor Merrimac era, with numerous inventions and scientific pursuits noted. His son reported a brief illness before his passing.
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John Ericsson
Beach Street
New York City
Wermland
Sweden
Charles John Bernadotte
Pisuo
London
Buth
Ericsson
Isricsson
Aryl
Unbroken Slate Nominations Sent to Senate in March
President Harrison sent to the Senate on Tuesday March 6 a slate of cabinet and postmaster general nominees including James G Blaine for secretary of the treasury William Windom for secretary of war Redfield Proctor for secretary of war Benjamin Tracy for secretary of the navy John Noble for secretary of the interior JW Noble? John Wanamaker for postmaster general Jeremiah Rusk for secretary of agriculture The nominations were confirmed in a brief ten minute Senate session.
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Harrison
Senate
James G. Blaine
Treasury
William Windom
Minnesota
Cegeeune
Redfield Proctor
Navy
Benjamin F. Tracy
New Yor
Interior
John W. Noble
Missouri
Harrison's Chance Fears Oklahoma Raid Proclamation Threat
Reports from southern Kansas indicate settlers plan a grand raid into the Oklahoma country on April 10 if President Harrison does not issue a proclamation opening the area. Oklahoma Harry Hill, Captain Paine's scout, leads with Colonel Sam Crocker near Parcell, J T ex Sheriff Brown at Caldwell, and Colonel Cole of the Kiowa contingent. Indiana Territory line guards demand passes for entry. Hill vows to tear fences and burn grass in the Cherokee strip if the raid proceeds.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma Country
Harrison
Oklahoma
Harry Hill
Paine
Sam Crocker
Parcell
J T
Brown
Pottawattomie County
Caldwell
After the 4th of March predicts changes in town
The Washington Post quote compares March 4 to a watershed, noting impacts like boarding-house rates dropping and people swearing less publicly after March 4. A Twelfth Street resident phones a leading physician to be on standby, suggesting a potential medical call within about a week.
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Washington Post
Washington
Twelfth Street
Rendonas
Saat
Phean
Have You Had Experience
The Washington Post asks un married women to name the husband they want. Answers vary with age from a handsome wealthy aristocrat to a sensible widower, reflecting shifting preferences as women age.
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Savannah News
The
Washington Post
Wool Merchants Seek Tariff Clarity On Wool Waste
The Philadelphia Wool Merchants Association asks Secretary Windom to rule on tariff classifications affecting wool and woollen goods. They urge maintaining 60 cent duty on wool tops, preventing imports under the name waste, and classifying worsted cloths as woolen products. They offer evidence and a hearing if needed.
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Prrtaprirmra
Philadelphia Woollen Merchants’ Association
Windom
Philadelphia Wool Merchants’ Association
Syan
England
Treasury
United States
New York
Flour price and aid measures at Los Ancetros camp
March 9 report from Los Anceles California notes flour at 50 a sack and canned goods valued highly as provisions are hauled into a remote camp under martial law. Mexican rural guards arrived and disarmed the arms with return upon departure.
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Los Ancetrs
Cal
Hinsenada
Secretary Noble Orders Transfer of Minnesota Land Officers
A Tribune dispatch reports Secretary of the Interior Noble started moving Minnesota land offices. He telegraphed staff at Redwood Falls to transfer operations to Marshall as partisan changes begin. Citizens fear the upheaval may shift control from Fergus Falls and Redwood Falls, signaling broader reform.
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Minnesota
Cureaco
Tribune
St. Paul
Nobie
Rewood Falls
Marshall
Fercus Fal Redwood Falls
How Vernard Made Money
Erna Indiana March 11 report that W. Vernard, a prominent local figure and tire insurance agent, vanished from home amid evidence of crooked business. He allegedly wrote policies for less than standard premiums to skim funds, with suspicions of forgery and pending arrest as the case unfolds.
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Erna
Ind
W. Vernard
Vernard
Ool
Dr George F Root feted at public meeting in Curcaco
Dr George F Root, famed composer of Tramp Tramp Tramp and The Battle Cry of Freedom, was honored by friends at Hyde Park School. The event recalled his Civil War era songs with congratulatory letters from James Russell Lowell, Governor, and General Grant family ties noted.
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Dr. Root
James Russell Lowell
Fred Grant
Pthermen
Alger
F. Smyth
America
Root
City
Bhae
How He Broke the News Lincoln Journal Style
A rough account describes a reporter delivering tragic news of a man named Quimby to his wife. The scene is chaotic with distressing reactions, a vivid portrayal of fear, grief, and the reporter’s reluctance as he informs her of the husband’s fate. The narrative uses dramatic, archaic diction typical of period installments.
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Lincoln Journal
Quimby
Tonga
Logain
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Reed
John G. Carlisle
Aud
Worcester Warehouse
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Judge Goddard
Yellowstone Park
Pace and Clerk
Kentucky
U. S
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Olza
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Noble
George F. Root
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