Question of Removals From Office Sparks Senate Probe
The attorney general says papers on J. D. Bennett and the Southern District of Alabama were sent to the Senate judiciary committee and notes remaining documents concern the suspension of George M. Dustin. Senators plan to investigate the office administration and compel the attorney general to produce papers, challenging executive shielding. A Kidder Peabody firm closure and notable deaths are noted alongside Mrs. Grant surrendering dower rights amid Vanderbilt debt settlement.
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Senate
United States Attorney
Southern District of
Alabama
The
United States
J. D. Bennett
Judiciary Committee
George M. Dustin
A. H. Ganiaxn
Suboena
Congress
White House
Russia
January Financial Statement on National Finances
Washington special notes January debt reduction of 8.67 million dollars and a seven month total of 50.33 million, led by liability reductions and increased treasury cash. Gold fund up 14.0 million from Jan 1, silver dollars rise to 169 million, silver certs down 3.4 million, and nearly 3 million in January coinage added.
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Washington
Treasury
Washington News Summary from the Era of Rail and Courts
Ex congressman Rainey of South Carolina runs a coal yard in Washington. Surveyor General Dement of Utah gains notoriety for alleged land fraud findings. The president nominates Samuel Thompson Corn of Tling as assistant justice of the supreme court of Wyewing. Lieut Wellborn’s leave is extended five months for disability with permission to go abroad. Garland answers Dustin case papers. Senate and House public lands committees back Col Steele’s title correction bill for Steele site indemnity. Several patents granted and five new Catholic Indian schools established with government funding. Supreme Court decision in Northern Pacific v Herbert noted for its importance. Cornell President Adams optimistic about Morrill act agricultural society funding. Senate finance reports charges against Kentucky collector J B Robinson for unsettled accounts. January public debt drop. gold and silver shifts update treasury holdings to about 169 million.
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Rainey
South Carolina
Washington
Dement
Utah
Samuel Thompson Corn
Tling
Supreme Court of
Wye Wing
Wellborn
Fifth Covary
Garland
Senate
Dustin
House Committees On Public Lands
Col
W. F. Steele
Steele
Col. Steele
W. Hankerson
Litchfield
F. Johnson
Cassell
Nevins
Minneapolis
J. J. Parker
Aitkin
J. R. Pheeney
Owatonna
Father Stephen
Bernalillo
N. Mex
Reno
Nev
Tiraceville
Minn
Washaki
Wyo
Los Angeles
Cal
Supreme Court
Northern Pacific
Ve. C
Adams
Cornell University
Senate Committee On Finance
J. B. Robinson
Kentucky
Covington
Fires Ravage Multiple Towns Across States Causing Heavy Losses
Reports detail extensive blazes in Dewitt Nebraska Oneonta New York Grand Haven Michigan Eau Claire Wisconsin and Mount Carmel Indiana with losses ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands. Structural fires destroyed homes businesses slaughterhouses freight facilities and mine cabins while a cargo vessel arrived after a perilous voyage and a snowslide buried workers at a Colorado mine. Hospital and printed newsrooms sustained damage and rail accidents yielded numerous fatalities and injuries.
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Schwahn Bros
Eau Claire
Valentine Keyser
Mount Carmel
Inl
Keyser
Sanford
Robert Moore
Demarara
Lewes
Del
George Star
John Larson
New York
Tellurider
Col
Sheridan Mine
David Overstreet
Sims Barre
Willian Hanford
Michael Mitchell
Dentist Dr Poor Dies in Dubuque
The article notes the death of Dr. Poor a prominent dentist and inventor in Dubuque. It also mentions Henry P. Kidder as senior partner of the firm involved in the case.
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Dr. Poor
Dubuque
Henry P. Kidder
Notable executions and trials across states and territories
Attorney P M Smith faces probable fatal shooting by Kemp fer in Elizabeth while James W Shamron dies by own hand near Waukesha. Loren Christianson convicted of manslaughter in Bismarck and sent to Sioux Falls for 25 years. Vermont protests bank fraud case linked to Silas M nite. Fort Smith Judge Parker sentences seven murder convicts from the Indian Territory. Buffalo grand jury indicts Standard Oil officers for conspiracy to ruin Buffalo Lubricating Oil. Chinese defendant Chic Chiack found guilty of murder in St. Louis amid mob threats to Baptiste, who aids prosecutions and fears violence.
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James W. Shamron
Waukesha
Indiana
Loren Christianson
Bismarck
Sioux Falls
Vermont
Silas M Nite
Brattleboro
Fort Smith
Ark
Parker
United States
Chic Chiack
St. Louis
Lou Johnson
James C. Baptiste
Baptiste
London collapses leave five dead amid street disaster
Six buildings on a London thoroughfare collapsed killing five and injuring many as details of the catastrophe unfold and authorities assess the scene and casualties.
Various ills and intrigues plague late 19th century America
A long assemblage of items traces political scandals legal disputes and social tensions. Topics include Mount McGregor jurisdiction, Milwaukee exposition losses, Halleck and Grant rumors, Wheeling mine disaster blame, Rock Island line plans, insanity in Reading, a Meridian divorce bid, Chicago university finances, shoe trade shifts in Massachusetts, Pratt County violence over seat relocation, Vanderbilt art gallery plans, Milwaukee St. Paul lumber strategy, Iowa state expenditures probe, woman suffrage committee gains, Ritzinger bank failure, Fauger pauper death and German heir, Cincinnati law and order, Harpers reprinting notes, and a Mandan proposal dispute ending with a shotgun stand-off.
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Beeman
Watson
New York
United States
Mount McGregor
Grant
Halleck
Wheeling
Cable
Rock Island
St. Paul
Kansas City
Clymer
Reading
Isaac Vortolsky
Meridian
Miss
Chicago University
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Massachusetts
Pratt County
Kansas
Tuka
Pratt Center
Cornelius
William K. Vanderbilt
Wall Street Daily News
Fenal
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Frank L
Augustus W. Ritzinger
George B. Yandes
Melchio Fauger
Cincinnati
Fauger
Germany
Law and Order League of Cincinnati
Gov. Foraker
Gilbert
Harpers of New York
America
Victoria Hospital
Mandan
Dak
Potts
Porter
Opening Night of St Paul Winter Carnival Makes Grand Debut
Bitterly cold procession opens the carnival as 14 below zero tests endurance. The ice palace lights up in a torch lit parade with 5,000 uniformed club members. Mayor Rice and George R Finch mark the ceremony while Minnesota’s capital pledges thirty more such carnivals.
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St. Paul
Northwest
Pinch
Rice
Pioneer Press
St.Paul's Ice Palace
United States
St. Petersburg
Russia
Montreal
Canada
Ice Castle
Winter Club
Crystal Palace
George R. Finch
Mayor Rice
Ire Bear Club
Yellowstone Park Report Sent to Senate Committee
Washington special details Hulett Phillips report on Yellowstone Park made public for the first time. It cites 4,000 summer visitors, widespread arrests on frivolous pretexts including an Illinois congressman case, and critiques Wyoming administration, with calls for capable park officials and clearer regulations.
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Washington
Hulett Phillips
Lamar
Senate Committee On Territories
Senate
Judge Payne
Illinois
Jodge Payne
Wyoming
Judge Payson
Phillips
Weare
Cleveland on civil service reform and office holding
The Boston Herald quotes President Cleveland on reforming civil service. He says offices should be divorced from party service and removals are for cause. He insists he applies the same rules to Republicans and his own party and seeks trust from Republican senators.
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Boston Herald
Washington
Mutiny and Shipboard Massacre on the Frank N Thayer
Captain Clark of the American ship Frank N Thayer recounts a fatal mutiny by two Manila seamen on a voyage to England. They killed two officers and three sailors, wounded the captain, set the cargo on fire, then leaped overboard as the vessel burned. The ship and crew drifted at sea for a week before rescue at Plymouth England.
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Clark
Frank N. Thayer
Plymouth
Eng
Thayer
England
Gen Sherman plans move to New York residence
Reports from St Louis and New York papers indicate General Sherman intends to relocate his family to New York for permanent residence. He says a move to New York is decided but not immediate with spring and summer travel planned in the West and sale of his St Louis quarters anticipated next winter.
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Gen. Sherman
St. Louis
Tate
New York
Fitch
Minnesota Railways 1885 Annual Report Highlights Reforms
The Minnesota Railroad Commissioners report major reforms in 1885 including abolition of transit rates on grain except optional forms, wood rate reductions, improved station housing, uniform grain grades and weights, and plans for a statewide railway map. They note enforcement of new rail regulation law and increased public complaints leading to tighter supervision.
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Commonwealth
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Northwestern
Duluth & Iron Range
Northern Pacific
Daker
Arso
Idea Commission
Minnesota
Cedar Rapids
Congress
National Supervision of Railways
Mit
Couny
Chicago, Ilwaukee & St. Paul
Minneapolis
Chicago
Northwest
St. Paul
Duluth
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul
Minneapolis & Omaha
Milwaukee &St Paul
Minneapolis & St Louis
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Milwaukee
St. Paul & Duluth
Omaha
Manitoba
United States
Destructive Sleet Storm Hits Newburyport and Area
Reports describe Newburyport Massachusetts suffering a severe sleet storm with extensive damage and a long road to recovery. The piece notes related local business troubles and several unrelated national incidents from the period, including a physician’s suicide in Nashville and a fatal shooting in Houston.
Faribault man elected president of Minnesota Agricultural Society
The twenty ninth annual meeting in St Paul elected H W Pratt of Faribault as president and S M Emery of Lake City as secretary. Clarke declined re election. Pratt pledged to lead a strong future for the society while noting a $20 000 surplus from last year and hopeful $25 000 from upcoming fairs. Pratt, a longtime grain merchant and elevator owner, is described as a prominent, aging Minnesota figure.
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Minnesota Agricultural Society
Clarke
Judson
Ramsey County
United States
Chirke
Gen. Baker
S. L. Crocker
Horace Pratt
Faribault
Truman Smith
St. Paul
Fred C. Pillsbury
Minneapolis
Gen. la Dae
Society
BR. C. Judson
J. F. Wilcox
J. F. Norrish
Dakota County
A. N. Johnson
Swift County
Board of Managers
Horace W. Pratt
Minnesota
H. W. Pratt & Co
Northwest
Preliminary survey on Hutchinson line underway in Minnesota
The report notes completion of an initial survey led by Chief Engineer Stevens for the Hutchinson Glencoe and Southern road. Subscriptions total $500,000 as stockholders back the project amid optimism for success.
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Stevens
Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph Company
St. Paul
Charterhouse’s ancient monastery meets modern demolition debate
The London Times notes Charterhouse origins dating to the 14th century plague burial ground later chosen for a Carthusian monastery. It recalls monastic life, Henry VIII cruelty, Sutton’s 17th century founding of the charity, and the estate’s preservation yet threatened reform under a new parliamentary request.
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Charterhouse
London Times
London
Walter Manny
Edward Iiii
Charterhouse-square
Sir Walter Manny
London Charterhouse
Prior Houghton
Houghton
Newgate
Bruges
Edward North
Lord North
Duke of Norfolk
Howard House
Earl of Arundel
Earl of Suffolk
Thomas Sutton
Charterhouse Charity
Sutton
Elizabeth
James I
Lord Bacon
Hallingbury
Essex
Howard
Merchant Taylors’ Sey
The
Howards
Henry
Sam Jones Portrait and Southern Rural Life Reflections
A Georgia observer discusses Sam Jones birth in Alabama, upbringing in Georgia, and the influence of ancestral blood on his character. The piece compares Jones to Wordsworth and Beaconsfield, notes his platform presence, and reflects on rural life, mental health, and the need for reform and recreation.
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Georgia
Chambers County
Alabama
Oak Bowery
Lafayette
Virginia
Kentucky
Sam
Jones
Sam Jones
Saul of
Tarsus
Bunyan
Ignatius Loyola
Wesley
North Georgia Conference
Floyd County
Wordsworth
Lord Beaconsfield
James Watt
Chalmers
Tennessee
South
Snow Fleas and Poinsettia Fashion in Washington
A humorous note on snow fleas in Idaho snow and the poinsettia becoming a fashionable Washington winter blossom. The writer explains tiny snow insects darkening footprints and lively behavior in fresh snow, then mentions the poinsettia as a dominant flower for the season in the capital.
Government in Agriculture Misses the Point
The New York World argues Congress should not fund agricultural experiment stations or expand government agricultural programs. It says private farmers and journals provide better, cheaper guidance, citing Le Duc tea experiments and sorghum issues as warnings against wasteful official efforts.
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Congress
United States
le Duc
Agricultural Bureau
New York World
Barbarous Christian Rituals in Orthodox Lands
A report notes surviving pagan-like sacrifices within Russian and Finnish Orthodox communities. In Vyborg Karetes and Mantschinschara near a Prophet Elias chapel, villagers slaughter oxen several times a year. The carcasses are boiled and shared among pilgrims and residents.
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Russian Empire
St. Pocsiewa Zeitung
Vyborg
Finland
Mantschinschara
Texas Man Sells Cotton Then Vanishes Near Dallas
A Texas man near Dallas sold a large cotton lot and disappeared. His wife offers a $500 reward for his production dead or alive, prompting police to investigate his sudden departure and possible foul play.
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Texas
Dallas
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Dr. Goodell
Pilgrim Congregational Church
James Brown Potter
Gen. Grant
Vanderbilt
Nances
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Neb
Oneonta
N. Y
Grand Haven
Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee Railroad Company
Railroad Gazette
Clarinda
Iowa
Herald Printing House
I Liderman
Platt
Frank Beale &Co
Harbison
Hartford, Beale &Co
P. M. Smith
B. O. Kempfer
Infanta Donna Eulalia
Spain
Christina
Moses A. Hopkins
Liberia
Monrovia
Johnson
Beatrice
Prince Henry of
Mgr. Stoner
Gladstone
Windsor
John Neishe
Ireland
McDermont
Hemphill
the Press Association
Gladstow
Exchequer
Farrer Hlerschell
William Vernon Harcourt
Earl Granville
H. C. A. Childers
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Yellowstone Park Report
President Cleveland
Minnesota Railroads
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Red Wing
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Northfield
Manitoba Line
Minneapolis & Omana
State Railroad Commissioners
H. A. Taylor
National Bank Examiner
Luverne
First National Bank
Cannon Falls
Luce
Albert Gallus
Partenaud
Todd County
Clarendon
Brainerd
Rice County District Court
Mary
Elroy
Wood County
Renville
Kandiyohi
W. A. Nimocks
W.A. Nimocks
Martha Nimocks
Frank D. Robertson
Newburyport
Mass
Cowing & Co
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J. M. Gorman
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Houston
Jack Crowley
Jack Hanlon
Crowley
Hanlon
John de Laney
Miss de Laney
Red Cloud
Red Leaf Sioux
Col. Manypenny
Bland
Atkin
H. W. Pratt
Ri. C
Teo
G. W. T. Wright
Iowa & Minnesota
Milwaukee Road
Goodrich Avenue Presbyterian Church
Goodrich Avenue
Seventh Street
S.S. Kimball of
Hennessy Bros
Agnew & Cox
Loren Cray
Lake Crystal
P. J. Sylvester
Bicking
Heffner
Stillwater
Mentor
Congressman Strait
A. G. Hoff
Zumbrota
Manchester
Tolleffson & Graham
Spring Grove
Horace E. Horton
Rochester
Goodhue County Agricultural Society
M. L. Webb
J. C. English
H. W. Squire
Henry Scofield
M. Laying
O. A. Strand
E. A. Bigelow
T. N. Lee
H. L. Alson
Clarion Estate
Frank Riley
Austin
A. G. Perkins
Taylor's Falls
New Methodist Episcopal Church
Glencoe
Chaffee
State of Minnesota
Mary Nolan
Hastings
Office of the Register of Deeds
Mower County
Winona County
Rust Milling Company
Forest Mills
G.H. Rust
J. R. Rust
E. W. White
Swift County Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers’ Alliance of
Pine City
Union Pacific Railroad
the Charterhouse
Sam. Jones
J. R. Dodge
Idaho
St. Nicholas
Official Agriculture
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