Washington Removals Over Star Route Proxies
The President, on Attorney General Brewster’s recommendation, removes ex Senator Spencer along with DC officials Charles Henry D B Ainger M M Packer and M D Helm amid Star Route prosecutions. Bliss notes credibility issues and calls for restraint, while resignations and anticipated further changes draw wide attention. Nations press praise the action as a duty done and a warning to public plunderers.
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Spencer
Union Pacific Railroad
Charles E. Henry
District of Columbia
D. B. Ainger
M. M. Packer
M. D. Helm
Brewster
George Bliss
Bliss
Marshal Henry
Colonel Bliss
Messrs. Ainger
Parker
Ainger
Michigan
Helm
Merrick
Ker
Peregue
Messrs
Star Route
Garfield
Hayes
Rounds
McE Aga Pha
Brady
Treasury
Post Office
Joseph R. Hawley
Orville H. Platt
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Star Route Livel
Republican Party
Shooting Affray at St Mark's Hotel in Washington
A family quarrel at St Mark's Hotel in Washington ends with J. D. Rugney of Pittsburgh J. H. Ilmot of this city and J. Turnbull a Justice Department clerk shot. Wilmott is fatally wounded, Ilmot and Rugney arrested while Turnbull sustains a scalp wound. Also noted, Clerk of the House appropriation committee Mr Stevens is preparing regular appropriation bills for action.
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St. Mark’s Hotel
J. D. Rugney
Pittsburg
J. H. Wilmot
J. Turnbull
Department of Justice
Ilmot
Augney
Wilmot
Turnbull
Sie Temple
Appropriations Committee
Stevens
House Appropriations Committee
Basil
Regulr
Action Committee
House committee to control time and early budget bills
The committee would hold sway over the House timing for thirty days, enabling passage of every appropriation bill and leaving two months for general legislation. The Indian appropriation bill is seen as the likely first report, followed by the consular and diplomatic bill. A push to end the usual holiday recess aims to prevent any loss of time at session start.
Land office declares soldier must enter land and prove residence
Washington reports that a soldier filing a declaratory statement must make an actual entry, establish residence, and begin improvement within six months, with six more months allowed for residence and improvement. The decision highlights land policy and soldier rights.
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Washington
The
General Land Office
Man Kills Wife and Son with Dynamite on Stove
A Belleview miner Hall Forsyth left four sticks of dynamite thawed and placed on the kitchen stove. An explosion killed his wife and youngest son Charlie and seriously injured two other children. Forsyth, visiting his home, heard the blast and found his family destroyed. He was driven nearly insane by the tragedy.
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Belleview
Elizabeth
Monongahela River
Gumbert & Hurl
Hall Forsyth
Forsyth
Fleming
Yougheogheny
Charlie
Robert
Willie
Fesyth
Curious Revenge in New Orleans Home
A quarrel between Jor dan Joseph and Celestine Ricard ends with Celestine pouring boiling water on Joseph while he sleeps, scalding his neck and back. He awakens and she escapes, after which the couple has kept dodging each other across the city.
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New Orleans
Asiesta
Celestine
Joseph
More Than He Could Bear Chinese Man Drowns After Tail Theft
A Chinese roustabout in Carro was taunted by a crowd in Boston. After a knife cut severed his pig tail, he beat his head with a hammer, wrested it away, and fled toward the river where he jumped in and drowned, preferring death to humiliation.
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Boston Globe
Carro, Ll
Eludin
Ain
Taking a House as Freight
The schooner Griffin under Captain Gould carried a 30 by 16 foot house from the River side Hotel grounds down the bay to Nantucket, with the fore boom raised to clear the building. Assisted by the Favorite under Captain Eldridge, the pair loaded stone, brick, and lumber for Surfside lending, Nantucket, marking the second and third hotel cargoes and leaving enough materials for four more vessels.
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Providence Journal
Griffin
Gould
Nantucket
Riverside Hotel
Schuvoner
Eldridge
Surfside Lending
Panic in Coffee Prices Hits New York Market
A heavy decline in wholesale coffee prices was noted in New York with quotations falling to levels not seen since the panic of 1857. Market stock was around 190000 bags and while several firms reportedly suffered heavy losses, no failures were announced. A portable electric set selling for $5 is advertised by the Portable Electric Light Company of 79 Water Street Boston with free illustrated circulars.
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New York
Portable Electric Light Company
Water Street
Boston
Mass
Water St
Lee
Gambettaists urge military successor if Grevy retires
Paris amid fevered debate as Gambetta supporters approve a resolution urging the republic's president be replaced by a military officer if M. Grevy retires. Berlin reacts with speculation that Gambetta seeks power, while officials fret over potential military implications and European tensions.
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Gambetta
M. Grevy
France
M. Gravy
M. Gambetta
Berlin
Gambettists
M. Gregy
Cireles
Europe
Armong
Germany
French Conspirators Rally Across Republic
Paris reports rising alarm over anarchist and socialist demonstrations. Authorities fear a nationwide conspiracy with leaders at liberty. Meetings in Belleville and several cities feature incendiary rhetoric led by Mme Paule Minck. Police seize weapons and arrest workers tied to Lyons outrages.
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Department of the Republic
Belleville
Marseilles
Lyons
Bordeaux
Mmne
Paule Minck
Revolutionaire
Petroleuse
Pandora’s box opens as Egypt conquest deepen sown path
The passage suggests that observers see Faeland’s move on Egypt as likely to trigger greater trouble. It argues the described plot is developing and that Faeland’s gains may unleash enduring difficulties rather than conclude quickly. The tone implies mounting resistance and imminent complications ahead.
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Sueh
Faeland
Egypt
Sudan Telegrams Rewrite Khartoum Crisis Update
Telegrams from Abdel Kader Pasha, governor-general of Souda, alter earlier Khartoum danger reports. Khartoum’s garrison reports 1000 dead black troops, survivors reach Bara. Khartoum not threatened for now with reinforcements en route. Sudan natives disaffected, rumors of funds to the false prophet, and telegraph lines again cut by marauders from El Mehdi.
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Khedive
Abdel- Rader Pasha
Souda
Khartamaas
Obeid
Khartoum
Bara
Abdel Kader
el Obeid
Birra
Sudan
Kardofan
el Mehdi
A New Scheme for the Reorganization of the Egyptian Army
News from CATRO and London reports discuss a reevaluation of Egypts army reform. The Khedive and British officials debate incorporating Albanian and foreign troops while Baker Pashas plan faces obstacles. The Times notes distress in Ireland and heightened security in St. Petersburg amid epidemics and an assassination in Dublin.
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Catro
Khedive
Lord Dufferin
Chief Pasha
Thaat
Baker Pasha
Vigorous Paris Workmen Protest Against Anarchist Interference
A protest signed by Paris workmen's union leaders denounces anarchists posing as day laborers and misleading English trade delegates visiting Paris. It warns the English delegates to sever ties with the anarchists to protect wage interests and avoid taint to the working movement.
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Paris
Inundations Hit German Rivers Delays Rail Traffic
Continuous rains cause serious floods along the Rhine Weser and Maine. Banks from Rüdesheim to Bingen submerged navagation halted. The Rhine waterway is disrupted and the Frankfurt railway track and quays are underwater.
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Germany
Berlin
Rhine
Weser
Maine
Riberich
Rudesheim
Frankfort
Frenchman's Enterprise in Africa in Tajowia Bay
London reports that a Frenchman named Soleillet has taken possession of Tajowia bay in East Africa and built a protective wall around the harbor area. The land was ceded to him by the Sultan of Laita, according to dispatches received.
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Africa
London
Soleillet
Tajowia Bay
East Africa
Laita
American’s Gift Frees Garibaldi House in Rome
Mr. Frederick Bachman of New York donated the house in Rome once occupied by Garibaldi to the Italian nation. Civita Vecchia municipality awarded Bachman the freedom of the city in recognition.
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Cift
Rome
Frederick Bachman
New York
Garibaldi
Civita Vecchia
Bachman
Anarchists flee Lyons as arrests mount
Lyons, November 22. The Anarchists of this city have become so frightened by frequent police arrests that many have abandoned homes and clubs and are fleeing the country to avoid arrest and punishment.
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Lyons
The Arabi Trial Plot Alleged in Cairo Debate
Reports from Cairo on November 24 claim European observers see the Khedive delaying Arabi's trial to appease British officials. A scheme posits Arabi will be released to lead Sudan troops, uniting Egypt against the foreigner and ending European intervention, with palace intrigues and Ottoman influence cited as motives.
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Cairo
Khedive
Arabi
Yadiz
Soudan
Egypt
Henry Bulwer
Constantinople
Explosion at Tyne Dale Chemical Works in Newcastle
An ether sparked blast destroyed the Tyne Dale Chemical Works at Newcastle yesterday. Several houses damaged and many people injured. Also reported: a raft with five bodies sighted off Norfolk and dynamite found in tobacco factory stock in Semesvar Hungary. London dates: November 27, 23, 21.
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England
London
Tynedale Chemical Works
Newcastle
America
Norfolk
Vienna
Semesvar
Hungary
Mills in London Burned in Major Fire
The Albert mills in London were destroyed by fire today with losses expected to exceed 30000 pounds. Fire crews battled the blaze throughout the day, causing extensive damage to the mill complex and surrounding areas.
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London
Albert
Horrifying Italian Nomad Camp Feeds Infant to Bears
An Elmira report describes a Wellsburg Italian camp of beggars with bears. A baby reportedly died and was devoured by the bears while parents watched. The party allegedly killed another cub and sold it for $28 to fund provisions. Movements after Elmira unclear.
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Elmira
N. Y
Wellsburg
Canaryvania Line
Hardships for the Irish Peasantry and Evictions
Statements by Irish MPs warn of a grim winter for the peasantry with widespread evictions leaving many shelterless. The National League draws funds from Land Leagues as the crisis grows more severe in the west. A portable electric light is offered in Boston for five dollars with a detailed circular available.
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National League
Siges
Land Leagues
Tragic Providence Factory Fire Claims Several Lives
A devastating blaze at a Providence jewelry manufactory on Calender and Mason streets on Tuesday morning left two girls dead and many others severely injured. Firemen struggled to reach the fourth floor as occupants leapt from windows and a rescuer named Christopher Timmons aided two girls to safety before the structure collapsed into chaos. Thomas Mann, a foreman, survived with severe burns and multiple fractures.
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Providence
Providence Fire Department
Sabin and
Mathewson
Calender
Mason Streets
William H. Robinson
Mason Street
Ares Christopher Timmons
Calendar Street
Thomas Mann
Freman
Eyewitness Accounts of Rapid Fire Spread at Robbins Shop Tragedy
Witnesses describe chaos as flames and smoke trapped workers in a four story building. Mr Owen Callahan Jr recounted guiding terrified girls to windows before they leaped to a frozen ground below. Mr Eugene Fisk noted smoke blocking stairways and a failed rescue of a colleague. Several girls in Robinson's shop jumped or fell from back windows, with five of twelve dying or fatally injured.
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Owen Callahan, Jr
Robinson's
Mason Street
Miss Gassett
Miss Cobb
George Clark
Empares
Jem
Robinson
Steen
Terrible scene at freight house hospital after crash
The New York Providence and Boston railroad freight depot became a temporary hospital. Emma and Delia Gassett died amid the chaos as others were injured or killed jumping from a window. Names and addresses of the injured are listed, with severe head injuries, broken limbs, and burns among the victims.
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New York, Providence & Boston Railroad
Emma
Delia Gassett
Father Hughes
Enma Gassett
Belle Baker
Blackstone Street
Mary Harty
Gaspee Street
Mary Geary
Mary Davis
Short Street
Pacerraly
the Kulz
Ship Street
E Iy
Mary Cuddy
Providence Street
Florence Redding
Sullivan Street
Emma Mathewson
Olneyville
Mary Johnson
North Main Street
N. P. Maker
Mountain Street
Thomas Ware
Plain Street
Frank Flynn
Andrew Gilbride
Mr. Smith
Thomas Mann
Atwell’s Avenue
Stella Gasset
Burt
Unclear Gun Incident Leaves Several Injured in Attleboro
A reported incident in Attleboro left George Grant with a broken leg and internal injuries, while George Devon sustained bruising and burns alongside Mr. O'Leary. Another person was thought fatally injured though details are uncertain.
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George Grant
Ab Attleboro
George Devon
Mr. O'Leary
German Lodger Sentenced for Tickling Feet of Landlord's Daughters
Charles Ulrich, a German lodger in Newark, pleaded guilty to entering at midnight and tickling the feet of two young women in a furnished room. After being identified, he surrendered to an officer. he received a six month penitentiary sentence.
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New York
Court of Common Pleas
Newark
N. J
Charles Ulrich
Ulrich
Iich
Love Your Children Phillips Beating Case Reported
Hodson November 26 John Phillips has a reputation for cruel treatment of his family especially his sixteen year old daughter. He beat her with a heavy stick after forcing her to disrobe. Seventeen distinct cuts were found on her face and body. Phillips left town amid threats of violence. He is a Baptist church member and the daughter a church choir member.
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Phillips
Baptist Church
Five of Eight Drown On Lake Michigan Disaster
News from Lake Michigan reports the schooner Collingwood with eight aboard loaded with telegraph poles from St Helen's to Milwaukee sank fifteen miles north of Milwaukee after a gale. Captain Willetts and four crew were lost. four survivors were rescued by the Wisconsin near Grand Haven after twenty four hours on a raft. The vessel, uninsured, valued at 8000 for hull and 8000 for cargo, belonged to Captain Willetts of Kingston and Keith Brothers of Chicago.
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Lake Michigan
Collingwood
St. Helen’s
Milwaukee
Willetts
Wisconsin
Grand Haven
Sheldon
Whletts
Kingston
Canada
Keith Brothers
Chicago
Doctor’s Ghastly Testimony Behind Gruesome Act
Bangor report tells of a Springfield bridge death in 1881. A grieving family sued the town and won $800. during the trial a doctor sought to exhume a corpse to alter a collar bone witness claim, but the grave was found disturbed and the plot exposed by a third party.
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Portland
Argus
Bangor
Springfield
Supreme Judicial Court
Law Court
Youthful criminal Frederick Wilson jailed after wide forgery spree
The 18 year old Frederick Wilson, once of good repute, stands jailed in Independence, Iowa after confessing to a $1200 forgery. Detectives traced him through New York and Chicago to St Louis and Masonville, where he robbed depots and homes during a cross state spree before Jersey custody. He boasted of plans to return and seek revenge.
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Independence
Frederick Wilson
Wilson
New York
Chicago
St. Louls
Masonville
Jersey
Praying Charlestown Woman Causes Stir at Ferry House
A well-dressed elderly woman knelt in prayer in the Desbrosses street ferry house waiting room Friday evening, shocking travelers. She told an officer she was lost and prayed for help finding friends. She named Margaret Hanna of 180 St Philip Street Charlestown Mass and was taken to police headquarters, believed to be slightly demented.
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Charlestown
New York
Desbrosses Street Ferry House
Margaret Hanna
St. Philip Street
Mass
Police
Murray
Webb
Four Years in Colorado: From Mill City Beginnings to Governor
In Colorado history a young East Coast assayer rose from earning 75 dollars a month in Mill City now Idaho Springs to become Democratic governor of Colorado on November 7. He now sits atop a fortune reportedly worth half a million and oversees construction of what is described as the world’s largest silver lead ore reduction works in Denver.
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C. E. Robinson
Mill City
Idaho Springs
Col
Colorado
Denver
Dargset
Destruction of Property at Buffalo City
A terrible storm struck Buffalo on Friday afternoon around 3 o clock as the house of George Bailey near the Sisters Hospital was destroyed by fire. The 125000 dollar building was uninsured and the wind prevented fighting the blaze while trees were blown down signs unhinged and windows blown out in nearby homes.
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Buffalo
N. Y
George Bailey
Hosital
Largest Schooner in the World Is Launched at Baru
The four masted schooner Augustus Hunt of 1205 tons, owned by B. W. & H. F. Morse and others, was launched at Baru Me on November 27. The vessel is billed as the biggest schooner in the world.
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Baru
Augustus Hunt
Pocasset Parallel A Fanatical Fisherman Slays Son
A Santa Ana despatch details Josiah B. Smith a fisherman who killed his fourteen year old son with an eight inch butcher knife on an isolated Chico beach island off Westminster California He claimed divine command to sacrifice the boy and showed no remorse The family lived in a tiny shanty on the island and the crime was discovered when Smith confessed to Westminster authorities The mother faces possible arrest and Smith is jailed in Los Angeles awaiting trial with indications of insanity on religious grounds
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Santa Ana
Los Angeles County
California
San Francisco Post
Josiah B. Smith
Chico Beach
Westminster
Smith
Justice Aldridge
James McCoy
McCoy
Los Angeles
The Railroad War and Freight Rate Cuts
The railroad war continues with west bound freight rate cuts by the Central Traffic Association and Northwestern pool. Rock Island lines initiate reductions to southern Minnesota, prompting St Paul and Milwaukee to refuse Northwestern pool rates and cut ten cents per 100 pounds to all Omaha road points. Passenger rates remain unchanged for now.
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Chicago
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Central Traffic Association
Northwestern Pool
Rock Island
Minnesota
The Festive Cowboy Takes Charge Of Western Town
A band of Omaha cowboys rode into Lone Pine Neb on Tuesday and seized the town. They burned wooden sidewalks, sacked saloons, and forced a St Louis drummer to dance for two hours with a revolver aimed at his head in a display of lawless revelry.
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Lone Pixe
Neb
Omaha
St. Louis
Warren Celebrates Seventieth Birthday With Silver Salute
The veteran comedian William Warren was honored last Friday on his seventieth birthday by the Museum company with a circular silver salad bowl lined with gold. Crabs in bass relief adorn the surface, accompanied by gold salad spoon and fork. Warren sent a congratulatory letter from the green-room.
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Warren
William Warren
Museum Company
Masked Robber Strikes Kentucky Stage Near Campbellsville
A masked thief ambushed a Columbia to Campbellsville stage two miles from Campbellsville on Monday morning. With two male passengers and a woman aboard, he took two watches and cash, rifled registered mail, broke a coach wheel, then vanished into the woods armed with a long revolver.
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Kentucky
LoouiIsville
Columbia
Campbellsville
Wife of Norwalk man attempts suicide over alleged starvation
In Norwich on November 26 a wife of Josiah Dodge of Norwalk tried to hang herself, claiming that living on two potatoes a day became unbearable. Rescued, she said her husband, earning 31600 a year, starved her, resulting in a forty pound weight loss over six months.
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Norwich
Conn
Josiah Dodge
Norwalk
Left Handed Whipping in Newcastle Pillory
In Wilmington Delaware on November 26 five white men were whipped at Newcastle Saturday. Three men received ten lashes each and two forty lashes each, with all standing in the pillory. The day was cold and the pillory punishment caused left handed blows due to the rough conditions.
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Dublin
Dvsblin
Middle Abbey Street
Cox
Wilmington
Del
Newcastle
Boy 12 Sentenced for Manslaughter in Father Killing
St Louis report states Guy Smith aged 12, originally convicted of first degree murder for killing his father, granted a new trial, found guilty of manslaughter, and jailed for one year. Reporxo's RUSSIA SALVE is claimed to prove its efficiency by a test of almost three quarters of a century.
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St. Louis
Guy Smith
Reporxo
Russia
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