Effort Resumes to Recover Brother Jonathan Wreck Specie
A renewed attempt seeks to recover the $2,000,000 in specie that went down with the steamship Brother Jonathan off the Oregon coast twenty one years ago.
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Brother Jonathon
Oregon
Murphy Temperance Campaign Sees Pledges Rise in Cincinnati
Francis Murphy secured four thousand temperance pledges in Cincinnati. A notable share of recently heavy drinkers at Murphy meetings have taken and kept the pledge, signaling strong local support.
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Francis Murphy
Cincinnati
Rosser Daughter Weds Palatka Lawyer Cochran in Charlottesville
In Charlottesville Virginia Miss Sallie Overton Rosser daughter of Confederate cavalryman Gen Thomas L Rosser married Campbell Carrington Cochran a young lawyer from Palatka Florida The groom is a nephew of Judge John L Cochran of Charlottesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottesville
Sallie Overton Rosser
Thomas L. Rosser
Campbell Carrington Cochran
Palatka, Fla
John L. Cochran
Two Dunkirk officials earn 2446 yearly despite 203 revenue
Two men in Dunkirk New York draw 2446 a year in salaries while revenues from twelve vessels total 203, sparking sharp opposition to a potential change. The piece notes that creating offices is easy but constitutional and governmental tensions flare when officers are removed.
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Dunkirk
N. Y
Mother's Love Sends Books to Death Row Son
The grieving mother of Brooks, now condemned in St. Louis for killing Preller, sends him his old schoolbooks and a case of candles from England. She notes that neither crime nor distance nor global judgment can dim a mother’s love for her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
St. Louis
Preller
President has not contemplated an extra congressional session
An official statement from the Executive Mansion denies any plan to call an extra session of Congress. It says the President and his advisers have never considered the idea or discussed it, despite newspaper claims to the contrary.
Judge Daniels Rules Food Hoarding Conspiracies Criminal
Judge Daniels of the New York Supreme Court holds that combinations to withhold food or necessities to raise prices are unlawful conspiracies and punishable as crime. He calls such acts robbery by law and a burden on the public.
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Daniels
New York Supreme Court
Editor ranks among Russia’s press staff revealed
Among 252 editors in St. Petersburg and Moscow, at least 51 percent are military or civil officers. Sixty five are field or civil service officers of high rank, 37 are senior military or civil servants, 23 are noblemen not officials, and 36 hold very high social status such as Generals Privy Councillors and State Councillors.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Moscow
British Fishing Vessels Seek Indemnity From Britain
The senate committee on foreign affairs asks fishing vessel owners to submit itemized loss statements for the past season. The statements will form the basis of a claim against Great Britain for indemnity in response to Canadian government actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
Washington
Gas Wells Prosper in Pennsylvania Despite Supply Cuts
Reported reduced flow from National gas wells in Pennsylvania challenges producers. In Torrentum and Freeport wells failed, forcing draws from a distant twenty two miles. Bellevue supply cut off, some fields still good. Finest wells found near Connellsville coal basin and Monongahela veins.
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Pennsylvania
Torrentum
Freeport
Bellevue
Connellsville
Monongahela
World reports $30 million untaxed corporate property
The New York World probes tax fairness noting $30,000,000 in untaxed corporate personal property. It highlights widespread complaints about access to personal property for taxation, with concealment methods outpacing assessors. Tax laws vary sharply from strict to lax across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Congress likely lowers passport fee for American travelers
Congress may pass a bill reducing the passport charge from five dollars to one dollar after a Senate inquiry. The State Department noted readiness to cut fees. passports are required for Americans traveling to Germany Russia Turkey Spain and related territories. In the year ending March 7, 1886, 4600 passports were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Secretary of State
Senate
Germany
Russia
Turkey
Spain
Massachusetts Leads Nation in Valuation for Last Year
Massachusetts total valuation reached 1.847 billion dollars, up 65.2 million from the prior year. Personal property valued at 507 million. real property at 1.34 billion. Poll counts rise with 533,595 male and 971 female polls. 816,011 dwellings, 7,766 more than last year. First full return of taxpayers shows 88,348 taxpayers. 351,928 taxed on property and 358,470 poll-only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Union
New York
Death of Horatio Potter Longtime New York bishop
Horatio Potter, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of New York for 32 years, died at his home after years of illness. His era saw strong support for charitable work and the diocese, and his death follows a gradual decline from pneumonia and heart weakness. A busy obituary notes family ties and his brother Alonzo Potter’s Pennsylvania bishopric.
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Horatio Potter
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
New York
aAlthough
Henry C. Potter
Onderdonk
Potter
Alonzo Potter
Pennsylvania
Bishop Onderdonk
Pension for Gen Logan's widow expected to pass
In Congress a bill granting Mrs. Logan a $2000 yearly pension passed the Senate without dissent and awaits House action. The same session also approved a Blair pension increase and discussed funds for naval and army needs, with debates on pensions, river improvements, and a new department of agriculture and labor.
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Senate
Mitchell
Committee On Pensions
John A. Logan
Coke
Sherman
Call
Commissioner of Agriculture
Plumb
United States
Pratt
House
Military Academy
Washington
North Carolina
James W. Rew
Navy Department
Donelson
Blair
Logan
Maritime Canal Company of
Nicaragua
Capt. Crawford
Geronimo
McPherson
Secretary of the Treasury
Pacific Railroad
China
Sayres
Tex
Boutelle
McAdoo
John McNaughton
Ohio
Erskine
Aller
Springfield Armory
Fort Riley
Kan
Nebraska
Kansas
Minnesota Senate and House Open With Quiet Session
The Minnesota Legislature opened with Gov. McGill absent due to family illness. Senators and representatives were sworn in, party officers elected, and initial bills introduced on liquor licensing penalties, criminal property destruction, and youth protection. Committees were named as both chambers adjourned for further business.
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House
Hans Mattson
William FE. Lee
Todd County
Justice Dickinson
Supreme Court
Leall
R. M. Anderson
Brown
Baffum
W. KR. Merriam
Ramsey County
Lucas
E. T. Champlin
Blue Earth
Rogers
Merriam
Champlin
John R. Howard
F. L. Warner
C. R. Carpenter
J. Morrison
G. F. Fuller
8. C. Morse
W. F. Gray
F. G. Potter
W. H. Harrington
J. T. Tripp
J. J. O'Brien
C. ©. Locke
L. A. Normandin
J. G. Sheehy
Army
J. Boland
H. Fellgate
G. Smith
Senate
Goodrich
Edwards
Senator Goodrich
Carnally
Donnelly
Committee On
Banking
Judiciary Committee
State Railroad Commission
Committee On Railroads
Pope
State Board of Corrections and Charities
Gov. Hubbard
Nomination of Ex Governor Davis for U S Senate
The Minnesota Republican caucus at the capitol on January 6 nominated Hon. C. K. Davis for the United States Senate after a dramatic turn when a letter from McMillan ally Finseth urged withdrawal. The vote and unanimous final support followed with cheers as McMillan was honored. The senatorial election is set for January 18, with Democrats likely backing Michael Doran.
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Murphysboro
Ill
Logan
Logan Fund
Railroad Gazette
Cox
New York
Ways and Means
Hewitt
Cranbrook
Smith
Newport
England
J. E. Beiley
Minneapolis
Baltimore & Ohio
William Smith
Virginia
Exitra Billy
Senate
Portland
William Henry Clifford
United States
Eugene Hale
Council
Massachusetts
Hoosac
Fitchburg Road
P. Searle
Danville
Senator Sewell
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Gen. Logan
Hawley
Committee On
Gen. Sewell
Library
Stanford
Gen. Hawley
N Ow
Minnesota
Capitol
M. J. Daniels
Olmsted
Toom
S. G. Comstock
Clay
S. G. Iverson
G. B. Arnold
Lehman
Finseth
McMillan
St. Paul
A. K. Finseth
United States Senate
J.35
C. K. Davis
Davis
Brown
Buckman
Burkhardt
Chapman
Clark
Clough
Compton
Comstock
Daniela
Day
Dodge
Edwards
Goodrich
Hall
Halvorson
Hixson
Hoard
Morrison
Naeseth
Nobles
Nordvold
Potter
Pratt
Prosser
Reese
Rogers
Sevateon
Shave
Shaler
Swartwondt
Swenson Tompkins
Tousley
Warren
Walstrom
Wilson
Watson
Gordon E. Cole
Crandall
Senator Crandall
Cole
Donnelly
Train Derails After Frost Cracked Switch Near Alton
Saturday the 1st inst mercury 28 below zero as Chicago, Burlington & Quincy train No.5 from the east ran over the Grand river switch near Alton. The switch rod snapped in frost causing derailment of five cars including the baggage car smoker two passenger coaches and the sleeper. A woman, Mrs. L Matthews en route to Conway Iowa, suffered a broken arm a facial laceration and brain concussion and is in a critical condition. Fourteen others sustained slight injuries and a full list of the injured includes Dr St Broughton J M Pitman Mrs Emma Horton E C Mann H M Sawyer B Battender A M Townsend F B Mapel Mrs Fannie L Ford J W Hahne W J Mars August Swanson John Melly and G W Death erage.
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Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
Grand River Switch
Alton
L. Matthews
Conway
Iowa
St. Broughton
Brodhead
Wis
J. M. Pitman
Mr. Pleasant
Emma Horton
England
E. C. Mann
Des Moines
H. M. Sawyer
Hauiburg
B. Battender
Creston
A. M
Townsend
Chariton
F. B. Mapel
Clarinda
Fannie L. Ford
Hastings
Neb
J. W. Hahne
Montrose
W. J. Mars
Brooks
August Swanson
Sweden
John Melly
G. W. Deatherage
Gravity
Four Courts Photographs Tie Robbery Suspects to Case
Fred Wittrock Thomas Weaver and W Haight photographed at the Four Courts. They are the only train robbery gang members to be prosecuted in this city. Others arrested released except Oscar Cook who faces Kansas City court. Kinney Mrs Haight and others hold recovered stolen money. express company sees no gain in prosecuting them. Fotheringham is not quoted. Wittrock may clear suspicions of voluntary involvement.
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Tosethey
Hawthorne
Certai
Elizabeth Cleveland
St. Louis
Fred Wittrock
Thomas Weaver
W. Haight
Louisville
Oscar Cook
Kansas City
Kinney
Express Company
Fotheringham
The
Wittrock
Train Strikes Sled Party Near Fort Wayne. Two Die
A fast eastbound express struck a sled carrying twenty youths two miles east of Fort Wayne as they traveled to a country home for a dance. Lizzie Lepper, 25, and Lena Mincer, 17, were killed. Several others injured including Lottie Rix, Lizzie Kanning, Lena Haight, Emma Schuler, Gusta Hein, Lizzie Weilke, and B. Slope. Driver Byron Westrumb failed to stop despite pleas.
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Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Gusta Hein
Lizzie Weilke
B. Slope
Byron Westrumb
Fire damages hit Ode block in Chicago hotel blaze
A fire at the Ode block in Chicago caused $40,000 in damages to the building and contents. The five story hotel, valued at $250,000, housed fifty guests at the time of the blaze.
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Chicago
New York Doctor's Wife Inherits $400000 Sum
The wife of Dr. W. H. Hammond of New York has inherited $400,090. A bronze monument to Peter Cooper in New York will feature a Quincy granite pedestal and cost $40,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hammond
New York
Peter Cooper
Horrible Collision Near Republic Ohio Kills Many
A freight train collision near Republic Ohio eight miles east of Tiffin caused engines and coaches to telescope and ignite. Twenty-two people are believed dead among sixty five passengers with several named victims and witnesses recounting the horror and failed rescue as flames consumed cars within minutes.
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Republic
Tiffin
Ohio
Scipio
Milwaukee
Bellaire
Grant Russell
George Simpson
Charles P. Toll
Detroit
Fish
Joliet
Lil
Gen. Logan
Charles
C. P. Bradley
Washington, D. C
Joseph Postlethwaite
Spencer
Henry
Wisconsin Minnesota and Montana Tool and Attachment Listings
Machinery and hardware items listed by state for various trades. Names include Wisconsin Broadhead Clinton Tomah Milwaukee Milwaukee Racine Milwaukee and others with items such as gate end gate wagon box lock wagon axle hub attaching device lock hinge mechanical telephone printing press tug coupling and more.
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Wisconsin
J.G. Barbour
M. Christiansen
Clinton
H. Commander
Tomah
C. Farner
Milwaukee
G. A. Gilbert
Mandt
J. Marx
Cross Plains
J. M. Nash
Hudson
E. A. Oliver
Bellville
W. A. Spade
Racine
F. L. Tripp
Eau Claire
Minnesota
W. Findersen
Fergus Falls
H. ©. Higgs
Winona
C. A. Johnson
St. Paul
J. Kurtz
Delano
E. M. Newcombe
Minnelis
T. H. Weinhaus
St. Oud
Leva
Rusk Inaugurated Governor of Wisconsin in 3rd Term
Governor J M Rusk took the oath in Madison with Chief Justice Cole presiding marking his third term. George W Ryland Ernest G Timme H B Harshaw C E Estabrook J B Thayer Philip Cheek Atley Peterson named to key offices. deputies reshuffled including Harshaw Patton Luse with others remaining.
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Madison
Wis
Cole
Wisconsin Supreme Court
J. M. Rusk
George W. Ryland
Ernest G. Timme
H. B. Harshaw
C. E. Estabrook
J. B. Thayer
Philip Cheek
Atley Peterson
Commonwealth
Gov. Rusk
Grand Army of the Republic
Lucius Fairchild
Wisconsin
Timme
W. D. Harshaw
Oshkosh
J. A. McFetridge
Baraboo
Col
W. H. Patton
Charles Wedelstedt
Milwaukee
L. K. Luse
Stoughton
W. H. Chenowith
Legislative committee member list appears in fragmented OCR
A partial roster shows several department and committee names with multiple surnames including Judiciary, Public Accounts and Expenditures, Public Lands, Federal Relations, Education, Towns and Counties, Military Affairs, Agriculture and Manufactures, Labor, and Claims. Names repeat across groups, suggesting a larger government body or caucus membership.
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O- S. Reishur
SAR
H. Butler
J. M. Low
Jesse Prosser
McKnee Cochrane
Lewis
Willian O'Connor
Willie Lund
Scheffer
Pete
Elmer E. Adams
L. Osborn
H. E. Ives
Grain and Warehouse
Nelson
A. P. Swenson
Swenson
Rice
Senate
Judiciary
Comstock
Goodrich
Ives
Eaton
Ard
Daniels
Day
Edwards
Bowen
Childs
Finance
Buckman
Hoard
Crandall
Smith
Oswald
Wallmark
Hall
Whiteman
Thacker, Dodge
Pope
Welch
Hayden
Nachbar
Johnson M
Compton
Halvorson
Sampson
Lende
Wood
Burkhart
Chapman
Johnson B
Dodge
Heard
Thacker
Shields
Ward
Daniela
Banks
Brown
Finseth
Aikin
Anderson
Hixon
Keller
Clark
Halverson
Cope
Johnson T
Durant
Eaton, Clark, Clough
Gibson
Clough
State Reform School
Smith, Wood
Hospital For Insane
Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Burthart
Shielda
Scheffer Halverson
Goodrich Johnson M
University and University Lands
Ene Howard
Prosser
Knox
Hurd
Tenner
Rogers
Keyes
Barker
Latham
Donnelly
Potter
Lum
Iverson
Gregory
Lucas
Hendrickson Finance
Pratt
Shuler
Alexander
Light
Powers
Agriculture
Manufactures
Estes
Johnson
Buffum
Nobles
Cullen
Ryan
Labor
Coby
Jones J. N
Arneson
Trawicky
Warren
Costello
Baker
Og Come Walstrom
Jones J.N
McArdle
Names and Sketches of Gov McGills New Appointees
The piece lists Governor McGills appointees including Horace Austin John L Gibbs George L Becker D L Kiehle W H H Taylor H G Stordock H M Knox F W Seeley Charles E Chapel Warren J Ives and Charles Shandrew with notes on their careers and prior positions in Minnesota government and public service. It also recounts Austin from St Peter and Gibbs as former speaker and McGills rival, plus Becker and Kiehle long time public officials.
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Minnesota
W. R. Merriam
Ames
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Charles Kinsman
Chicago
Jungis
New York
Sackett’s Harbor
N. Y
del Lyst
Joseph Reid
Elwood
Ind
Nevada
William M. Stewart
United States
Stewart
Adams Express
Wittrock
Haight
St. Louis
Weaver
W. H. Richardson
People’s Voice
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
George Smith
Philadelphia
Senate
Henry K. Boyer
James W. Husted
Gov. Robinson
Massachusetts
Chicopee High School
Mathew 8
Quay
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Refuge
Superior Bay
Fox
Montello
Duluth
Red River
North
Mississippi
Des Moines Rapids
Hlinois River
Ohio River
Cairo
Atchafalaya
Columbus
Hickman
Memphis
Greenville
Vicksburg
Logan
Robert E. Lee
Mass
H. J. Boardman
Charles J. Noyes
House
Manning
Mexico
Michigan
Charles J. Monroe
D. M. Markey
Conger
Frank Hurd
Mackey
Ohio
Eau Claire
Hugh J. Price
Nils P. Haugen
Gov. Bodwell
Republican Legislative Caucus
Francie B. Steenbridge
Kalamazoo
Horace Austin
John L. Gibbs
George L. Becker
D. L. Keihle
W. H. H. Taylor
H. G. Stordock
H. M. Knox
F. W. Seeley
Charles E. Chapel
Warren J. Ives
Charles Shandrew
Austin
Ninth Judicial District
St. Peter
Davis
Washington
Fargo
Dbak
Ren
McGill
Railroad Commission
Congress
D. L. Kiehle
Hl. G. Stordock
Clay County
Hans Mattson
F.w.seeley
Lake City
Seeley
United States Artillery
Burger
Ramsey County
State House
Hutchinson
McLeod County
Ives
Gov. McGill
Victorian Kitchen Staples Beets Rice and Pudding
Beets are cleaned boiled tender then peeled sliced and served with a buttered seasoned vinegar sauce. Boiled rice is enriched with egg sugar milk and nutmeg then baked or served. Sweet potatoes are baked tender. Plum pudding combines currants raisins suet bread crumbs eggs milk sugar and spices then boiled in a cloth for several hours and served with sauce.
Lost dog Leon terrifies blizzard travelers at Girard House
In a Philadelphia blizzard, a blonde Englishwoman fears for her missing Leon a poodle with a blue ribbon is found by a bellman near the elevator after a frantic hotel search. The scene unfolds in the Girard House breakfast room as staff rally to locate the beloved pet.
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Chestnut Street
Girard House
Leon
Levi
Philadelphia Temes
Washington Court Prompted By Ladies to Take Seats
A Philadelphia Bee note observes that Washington court ladies disrupt proceedings by insisting on the lowest seats, stepping up as they fail, a situation described as justified by authority if agreed upon by all.
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Washington
Philadelphia Beer
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J.j.coles
Carl Grosse
Billings Brewing Company
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Montgomery Oil Works
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Omaha
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Rice County
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Jordan
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Boedigheimer
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Teubert
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U.S. Senate
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