Funeral procession for Thomas A. Hendricks in Indianapolis
The remains of Thomas A. Hendricks are carried to their tomb in Crown Hill cemetery after a large national turnout. The ceremony includes clergy from multiple churches, officials from Washington, and a prominent display of mourning at the Hendricks home and St Pauls cathedral. A sleet storm accompanies the final rites.
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Ind
Thomas A. Hendricks
United States
UNION
Centralndiana
Ilinois
Bayard
Lamar
Whitney
Endicott
Vilas
Sureme Bench
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Blatchford
United States Senate
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Burh
Harris
Conger
Blair
Polph
West
Beck
Camden
Vance
Jones
Voorhees
Payne
Palmer
Harrison
Schofield
United States Army
Rutherford B. Hayes
Wiliam T. Sherman
St Louis
St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
al umMniou
Hendricks
Mr. Hendricks
Ohio
Shelbyville
Iistant
Supreme Court
Washington
Cathedral of St. Paul
Raickerbocker
Pro-Stringleliow
Montgomery
Ala
St Paul's
Falvon
St. Louis
St. Paul's
Washington Street
Meridian Street
Crown Hill Cemetery
Indianapolis
Origin of Popular Phrases The Devil to Pay
Explains the saying The Devil to Pay and the phrase pay relates to ship pitch. Discusses the English farce The Devil to Pay by Jobson and Nelly and its plot with Sir John Loverule and Zachel Jobson, transforming wives and ending with restoration of marriages.
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Globe-Democrat
Jobson
Nelly
John Loverule
Zachel Jobson
Grissel
Nadir
Obishog
Sir John
My Lady
Cleveland pledges to attend Hendricks funeral after doubt
President Cleveland, urged by Senators and others, reverses initial plan to skip the Hendricks funeral. He cites duty to the nation, public business, and respect for the dead vice president. He now believes travel risk and public unrest outweigh personal sentiment and will not leave wartime capital.
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Cleveland
Hendricks
Mr. Hendricks
Six Men Killed in Northern Pacific Collision Near Missoula
A Missoula special details a crash between No. 13 west-bound freight and a tea train near Furan station. Six men died including both engineers and a brakeman. two tramps were among the dead. cause cited: Conductor Doremus failed to follow dispatcher orders after a slow run through Mullan Pass.
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Missoula
Northern Pacific
Furan Station
Dorenus
William Olson
Mike Rich
Jap Wait
Hell Gate River
Co.ductor
Devine
Sullivan Marries Annie Livingston After East Train Arrival
Noted pugilist John Lawrence Sullivan concluded terms for a ring match and wed Annie Livingston after a day of pleasures. Sullivan, with Ed Senator Tom Grady and Harry Minor, was met quietly by friends. Ella Martyne served as bridesmaid James McKeon as best man. Sullivan gifted a diamond ring to the bridesmaid and a scarf pin to the best man, with a $100 bill in the officiant’s envelope before departing on the evening train.
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Washington
John Lawrence Sullivan
Annie Livingston
Avena
Theater Comique
Ella Martyne
Davene Company
James McKeon
Grady
Harry Minor
Medium Wyman Arrested Over Seance Fraud in Strawberry Point
C F Wyman a noted western medium faced a county jail hold after a group exposed a hoax during a seance at W B Field’s residence in Strawberry Point Iowa. Wyman pleaded guilty and was remanded in default of bail awaiting grand jury action.
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C.F. Wyman
W. B. Field
Strawberry Point
Iowa
Wyman
Baird
Guilly
Wymann
West
Death scandal at Sioux Falls university shocks town
Mrs. Georgia Perry, wife of Prof. F W Perry, was found dead after a night of turmoil when she discovered her husband with Mrs. Spofford in a college residence. The board of directors adjourned as the sensational case prompts action against the professor and university leadership.
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Sioux Falls
Georgia Perry
F. W. Perry
Sioux Falls University
Flandreau
Stone
Perry
Women flog Postmaster in Tampico after beating wife
A group of about ten to twelve women in Tampico Washington kidnapped and flogged Harry Roberts the postmaster tying him to a fence after she had complained of his brutal treatment of his wife Mrs Roberts showed welts and bruises to verify her claims and Roberts ignored a warning to stop.
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Tampico
Yakima
Wash
Harry Roberts
Disgraced man lashed by vented anger before leaving town
Women fired with indignation subjected the man to lashings using various devices before he fled to places unknown. The incident brought relief to the betrayed wife and the neighborhood as he departed quietly after the punishment.
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Ing
Roberts
Multiple 19th century U S news items reported in Norwich Ohio and beyond
A compilation notes Mrs Birdie Schroyer's suicide in Norwich Ohio over marital drink issues. Other items include Walter Wiggins accused of embezzling 450 dollars in Sullivan Illinois, Aberdeen Oak land office appointees N H Harris, a Hendricks funeral attendance figure of 40 000, and Governor Hubbard declining an extra session. Additional items cover Alaska population gain, a murder mystery in a wheat car, Montana mining boom, a fraud trial of C F Wyman, a Sioux Falls professor's wife death, city proclamations, and various legal and business notices.
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Ohio
Birdie Schroyer
Solomon Schroyer
Walter Wiggins
Bethany
Ill
Sullivan, IL
Peoria, Dacatur
Evansville
Alaska
Lisbon
Oak
Montana
C.F. Wyman
Iowa
Perry
Sioux Falls University
Gov. Martin
Kansas
J. W Greyson
Grand Central Hotel
Parsons
Navy
A. W. Collins
Brazilian minister arrives with wife amid reshuffles and plans
The new Brazilian minister Baron Ita juba arrives with his cultured wife. The president plans to demand Frederick Douglass's resignation as recorder of deeds and possibly appoint a colored successor. A stolen US Treasury bond sold in Montreal for 700 dollars is to be returned. Reed, the Fairmont West Virginia postmaster, is to be dismissed. debate over a president pro tem in the Senate centers on Edmunds who favors judiciary leadership and cites health as a constraint.
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Baron Itajuba
Dakota—Ree Heights
Stafford
Iowa
Greencastle
H. Woods
Heatonville
Frederick Douglass
Recorder of Deeds
J. Douglass
United States Treasury
Montreal
Treasury Department
Washington
Hayes
Mr. Reed
Fairmount
W. Va
Edmunds
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Notable Obituaries and Donations Across the Nation
A roundup of notable deaths and gifts includes Elizur Wright a tree-planting advocate. Illinois pioneer J H Stuart dies at Springfield aged 78. Peter Donohue a California millionaire dies in San Francisco. Col W B Royal to join his regiment in Arizona with wife and daughter. James G Blaine donates silver dollars to St Mark's home in Augusta. Alva Bradley, ship owner, dies in Cleveland at 71. Mrs J Ayer travels to Philadelphia for treatment after diamond holdings. Samuel Jennings, Baltimore defender and Star Spangled Banner printer, dies. Miss Mary R Smith of Raleigh leaves 50 000 to Protestant Episcopal diocese and 15 000 to state university trustees. Miss Winslow, Boston merchant's daughter, noted in London and Paris society. Isaac Palmer Caldwell Sr prominent Louisville lawyer dies. Amanda and Julia Dickson receive 500 000 from late David Dickson will upheld. Col H H Finley sails to Europe for political errands. Benjamin Johnson dies at 79 in Jeffersonville penitentiary. Ada M Sweet of Illinois marries J Berdine Carter at Baby lon. Rev George Carter of New York performs ceremony. couple to reside in Cedar Rapids.
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J. H. Stuart
Illinois
Springfield
Peter Donohue
California
San Francisco
Col
W. B. Royal
Arizona
James G. Blaine
St. Mark's
Augusta
Alva Bradley
Chain of Lakes
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Philadelphia
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Baltimore
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Raleigh N.C
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London
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George 8. Winslow
Boston
Isaac Palmer Caldwell
Louisville
United States Senate
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Julia Dickson
David Dickson
Dickson
H. H. Finley
St. Paul
J. Tilden
Europe
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Benjamin Johnson
Jeffersonville
Ind
Sing Sing
N. Y
Lodiana
Ada M. Sweet
J. Berdine Carter
J.D
Sammis
Babylon
L. I
George Carter
New York
Mr. Carter
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Wisconsin Fires and Fatality Shock in Arcadia and Black River Falls
Arcadia narrowly escaped a large fire disaster while Dr. Charles Bradley allegedly became insane from cocaine and harmed his family. Nearby near Black River Falls, Mrs. Ambuster was found dead by the road three miles from town with investigators deeming temporary insanity as a possibility.
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Arcadia
Wis
Charles Bradley
Ambuster
Black River Falls
Fritz Armbuster
Quarrel-Related Deaths Reported in Georgia Virginia
In Dooley county Georgia Calvin F E Powell was shot and killed by John P Klegg during a quarrel. In Spring Grove county Virginia John E Newby a married man tried to shoot Tucker but missed and killed Stephen Pierce. Newby is at large. Mrs St John and Mrs McCue of Louisville Kentucky quarrelled over a turkey incident leading to pepper being sprinkled in a flat and Mrs McCue convulsing likely to die.
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Dooley County
Calvin FE. Powell
John P. Klegg
Spring Grove
John E. Newby
Tucker
Wich Newby
Stephen Pierce
Newby
St. John
McCue
Woodside Tops Prince's Fifty Mile Bicycle Record
Woodside, the Irish champion, lowers Prince's fifty mile bicycle record. A British expeditionary force captures Mingyan after a sharp fight with the Burmese, with three Britons wounded. R Johnston Niven dies at Southampton. Queen Victoria writes to Prince Alexander of Bulgaria praising strategy and sending English Servian reports. In Berlin, Marchese Rita Candice is convicted on fourteen charges and sentenced to eighteen months.
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Prince
Mingyan
Victora
Alexander
Bulgaria
Berlin
Marchese
Rita Candice
Mario
Grisi
Notable Miscellany of Old News Highlights
A grab bag of brief items notes Minnie Disher of Columbus Neb sleeping twenty nine days. Doctors dispute treatment for Vice President Hendricks. Bona parte estate in Bordentown sold for only twenty two thousand with executors withdrawing consent. Michigan GOP candidates include Hubbell Osborn and Holland. Trinity College president declines Easton Md bishop post. Sam Lazarus of Sherman Texas loses a thousand dollar diamond on his ranch, found in a chicken’s craw after a preacher dinner. Administration letters granted for actor John McCullough’s estate valued at forty five thousand with forty thousand in personal effects. Gen Terry relieves Maj Alexander Sharp paymaster from Dakota to East, per War Dept orders. Jennie McElroy elopes with Buffalo drummer Redmond. a poisoning tale follows with arrests but no murder evidence.
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Minnie Disher
Columbus
Neb
Hendricks
Bonaparte
Bordentown
N. J
Michigan
Jay Hubbell
C. T. Osborn
Marquette
C. E. Holland
Houghton
Smith
Trinity College
Hartford
McCullough
Gen
Terry
Alexander Sharp
U. S. Army
Department of Dakota
War Department
Department of the East
Jennie McElroy
Indiana
Redmond
Various Dakota and Wisconsin Local News Update
A digest of items from Brookings to Minneapolis notes forgery arrest near Brookings, artesian well depth at Columbia and Kimball, divorces in Wisconsin, a death near Black River Falls, currency mutilation case, wills and bequests in Waukesha and Winona, several fires and robberies in Dakotas, bank and railroad news, legal actions, and political shifts including Dakota reapportionment debate and forthright governor’s stance on an extra session.
Minnesota news notes and railroad plans across the state
Articles include formation of the Western Minnesota Seminary at Montevideo with $10 000 subscriptions, court actions, a rail line proposed from St Paul to St Croix Falls, new bridges, mills and farms expanding, and notable deaths and marriages across cities like Rochester St Paul and Mankato.
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Western Minnesota Seminary
Montevideo
R. P. Herrick
C. A. Strong
F. W. Sturtevant
H. E. Hoard
M. E. Titus
Nev
F. N. Walcott
St. Paul
Job Whithead
Pipe Stone
Pleasant View
Pipe Stone County
Carleton College
Northfield
Rochefort’s Enduring Vitality and Lanterne Income
Paris Letter to London Truth describes Rochefort as a robust, white haired French writer with an income of 25,000 francs a month from the Lanterne. He spends freely, saves nothing, and remains highly productive, composing best when pressed by deadlines and printers.
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Rochefort
Victor Hugo
Lanterne
Paris
London
Boy refuses extra book as teacher orders first reader
In Arkansaw Traveler style a teacher quizzes a boy on reading and spelling. The boy defends his current book the fast one and jokes about fetching another as a possum hunt distracts them. The exchange ends with plans to leave.
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Arkansaw Traveler
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