Dakota Statehood bill and political debate across sessions
Senate and House logs describe Harrison proposing to organize Dakota south of the 46th parallel into a new Lincoln Territory with U.S. officials remaining, arguing a majority desire division. Discussion covers population tests for statehood and representation, while interposed House actions focus on the Inter-State Commerce bill and Dakota admission debates across December 9 to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Harrison
Dakota
Lincoln
United States
New England
House of Representatives
Missouri
Hovss
Blair
Naval Affairs
Eriicson
Union of States
West
Republican Party
House & Communication
Representative Scales
North Carolina
Srennate
Secretary of the Navy
Committee On Commerce
Oregon Central Railroad
Plumb
Garland
Housr E
Hancock
Committee On Appropriations
Treasury figures show US assets and declining farm prices
The report lists gold coin and bullion 233 million and other assets totaling 463.6 million. It notes a general price decline in farm products with grain at 36.5 cents, one cent below 1879. Also reports Prince Alexis Saigo of Japan died in Washington of typhoid fever at age eleven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Alexis Saigo
Japan
Baron de Struve
Washington
Saigo
Oyama
Swaim
Lincoln
Morrow
Navy Department
Nicarauga Canal
A. G. Menocol
Robert E. Peary
Navy
W.S. Chambers
Greely
Loch Garry
Panama
Nicaragua
Sheridan
Washington Monument
Baltimore & Ohio Loan Seized by New York Bankers
The full $10,000,000 loan for western improvements was acquired by Hallgarten bankers of New York City. Alexander Forman and Edward Packard were expelled from the Kings County Republican Committee for disloyalty to Blaine and Logan. Roach's ship yard in Chester, Pennsylvania, ordered wage cuts of 15 to 20 percent. At the American Base Ball Association annual meeting in New York, the constitution was amended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Messrs
Hallgarten
New York City
Alexander Forman
Edward Packard
Kings County
N. Y
Republican General Committee
Blaine
Logan
Roach
Chester
American Base Ball Association
New York
Bankrupts, mine disasters, and notable arrests in brief
Reports cover office Holder ships offshore. Elections name H D McKnight and C Von der Ahe to lead the federation. A lawsuit assigns Wilkinson & Co. to James S. Crouse with large liabilities. Spurious bullion scares the Mint in Philadelphia. Mine explosion at Notch Mine Wilkes-Barre kills one, burns three. Outlaws from Welsh Mountain jailed after examination. A Navy Yard officer dies by suicide over wartime reminiscences. A woman dies after being thrown from a train near Mount Joy. Stabbing in Jersey City. Wide-range business failures rise to 348 for the week. Congressman Strohm dies aged ninety-one. Beecher's church reports 2,067 members. Hog cholera devastates Naugatuck valley. State seats and appointments discussed in New Hampshire. Gin vein at Jones & Laughlins Drilling yields westinghouse-scale results. Union Deposit Bank creditors to receive about eight cents on the dollar. A Columbus school incident ends in a fatality. The Colored National Committee postpones. Gun accident injures family in Littleton. Petersburg tobacco factory burns. Brilliant Mine miners settle with employers. Seventeen prisoners escape Decatur jail. A fatal Idaho duel ends with both men dead. Chicago election fraud defendants post bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginias
Richmond
Indianapolis
H. D. McKnight
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
A. C. Wickoff
Columbus
W. H. Barnie
Baltimore
C. H. Byrne
Brooklyn
C. van der Ahe
W. Munich
William R. Jernee
Brunswick
N. J
John Whitehead
South River
Jernee
Wilkinson & Co
Syracuse
N. Y
Philadelphia
Edward N. Westcott & Co
Jamess. Crouse
Alfred Wilkinson
Wilkinson Bro’s
Rowell P. Flower
No. 10
Notch
Wilkesbarre
William Marshall
Joe Buzzard
Ben Greene
Welsh Mountain Gang
Lancaster
S. Dana Greene
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Monitor
Merrimac
Canton
Ohio
Mary S. King
Camden
Mount Joy
Jersey City
Bennie Taylor
Nathan Conway
United States
Canada
John Strohm
Congress
Henry Ward Beecher
Plymouth
W. White
Naugatuck
Connecticut
Thrall
Humane Society
New Hampshire
Blair
Senate
Rollins
Prescott
Gilman Marston
Mason Tappan
Jones & Laughlins
Iron Manufacturers
Ormsby
Great Westinghouse
Union Deposit Bank
Greensburg
Garfield
Charles Scott
Johnny Aylesworth
Scott
Colored National Committee
New Orleans
Littleton
W. Va
John P. Harden
Quarles & Jones
Petersburg
Brilliant Mine
McCunesville
Shawnee
Decatur
Texas
J. M. McIntire
Idaho
Chicago
Blodgett
Notable incidents and disasters reported in brief
A collection of early 20th century dispatches covers a suicide attempt in Jackson Michigan, railroad port terminus approval in Montreal, a fatal streetcar fire in Guadalajara, a shipwreck in St Johns Newfoundland, a Vienna hurricane damaging infrastructure, financial deficits in Prussia, Montreal firm liabilities, and international conflicts including Ottoman Macedonia abuses and a Madagascar fort seizure by General Miot with French casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Sanders
Crouch
Jackson
Mich
Coal Harbor
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Montreal
British Columbia
Guadalajara
Mexico
St. Johns
N. F
Stella Maris
St. Mary’s
Vienna
Tiffin Brothers
Horsery
Nottingham
England
America
Odessa
Macedonia
Miot
French War Department
Madagascar
Gold mine excitement near Marion in McDowell County NC
Western North Carolina sees a rush of miners to a new gold discovery near Marion with pockets reported. In other news Dr. Theodotus G. Clark dies in Bedford Ohio at 79, founder in Cleveland’s medical history and fish culture author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Marion
McDowell County
Theodotus G. Clark
Bedford
Ohio
Western Reserve
Cleveland
John Charles Fagett
New Orleans
Napoleon III
Reuben R., Springer
Cincinnati
Springer
S. H. Barret
William Leshner
Leshner
Baltimore
Andrews
Granberry
8. K. Cox
R.S. Foster
Bishop Asbury
John Wesley
Charles Price
Indianapolis
Charles Doherty
Price
Bruneau
Houghton
Mich
Death of Mrs. Catharine Kearney in Newark Visit
Mrs. Catharine Kearney aged 74, mother of Irish orator Dennis Kearney, died at her son's Newark home after arriving from London three months ago. The notice notes her arrival September last and a London origin before visiting her son in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine Kearney
Dennis Kearney
Newark
N. J
London
National Democratic Committee
Washington
James G. Berrett
Cleveland
Victoria
B. C
United States
British Columbia
Dominion
Third Plenary Council Letter From United States Archbishops
Baltimore December 12 Archbishops and Bishops publish a pastoral letter to clergy and laity highlighting growth of the ecclesiastical body, expanded Catholic institutions and territories, emphasis on education and seminaries, church property and debt practices, laity rights, Canon Law aims, and cautions on mixed marriages and hostile societies. The letter urges stronger Christian education and adherence to Catholic teachings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United States
James Gibbons
Saeed
Delegate Apostolic
West
Pius IX
Vatican
Council of Trent
Europe
Christa
Astoral
Rea Zion
American College
Rome
Council
Holy Sea
Prevent Council
Coal syndicate aims to freeze out four and five foot veins
A New York telegram reports the coal syndicate plans wage cuts and reduced mining costs for eight and ten foot veins to outprice smaller veins. By pushing prices down, the larger operators seek total regional control similar to Standard Oil in the oil region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hocking Valley
Standard Oil Company
California Emi Grants At Sixteen Hundred Weekly
A prominent Californian notes emi grants now arrive at about sixteen hundred per week. Most settle in the south to form colonies and pursue fruit and wine culture, many being wealthy for health and business, while poorer settlers head to northern agricultural areas. California’s population is estimated at one million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Millionaire Inmate At New York Asylum
A 24 year old heiress, valued at four to five million dollars, is confined in a New York State asylum. Her violence is extreme, with hands kept in padded gloves and she has attempted to tear out her eyes. She is strapped to a bed or chair for days during her spells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Albany Journal
Uranium Ore from Black Hills Shipped to Germany
Report notes shipments of uranium ore from the Black Hills to Germany. Details on volume and dates are not provided, but the item emphasizes cross border ore movement and trade in radioactive materials during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Hills
Germany
Health Boards Conference Reports Sanitation Efforts Across Cities
Delegates at the National Conference of Health Boards hear reports from Dr. Raymond of Brooklyn on pond filling and sanitation, and from officials in New York, Cincinnati, Dayton, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Galveston, Richmond, and beyond. Leaders discuss wells, privy vaults, sewer flushing, and quarantine control amid cholera fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conference OF Health Boards
Ashington
National Conference of Health Boards
Raymond
Brooklyn
Erastus Brooks
State Board of New York
New York
Dr. Smith
C. W. Rowland
Cincinnati
Iddings
Dayton
Gray
Pittsburgh
Germer
Erie
C. B. Thornton
Nashville, Tenn
Lindsley
State Board of Tennessee
Wiliam Perry
Galveston
Tex
J. G. Campbell
Richmond
Reeves
West Virginia State Board
Wheeling
J. T. Reeve
Wis
Townsend
Washington
Momezumbert
Quebec
Health Boards of Canada
Cavernton
William Conniff
Toronto
Baker
Michigan
McCormick
Kentucky
West Virginia
Fire at Gray Toynton Fox candy factory claims three lives
December 13 report from Woodbridge Street describes a rear second story blaze at Gray Toynton Fox where three workers perished and four others were reported missing. Fire caused an estimated loss of 350000 with partial insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drrrorr
Gray, Toynton & Fox
Woodbridge Street
Annie Lynch
Bertie Messinere
Pol Glass
Chesapeake Bay Storm Claims Dozens of Seamen
A severe northwestern storm on the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries causes heavy losses. Twenty seven deaths are confirmed with many missing as boats laden with oysters sink near Monoskin and along the Rappahannock. Most victims are colored men. eleven bodies have washed ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Lower Bay
Rappahannock River
Raphannock River
Monoskin
Rapahannock
Curtonen
Middlesex
Joseph Scott
Polk's Wharf
Cockerill Creek
Garrison Arrested for 1876 Plymouth Murder in Pa
Will iam J. Garrison of Plymouth was arrested in Wilkes Barre for the January 16 1876 murder of Philip Calender a wealthy resident. The capture follows a confession by Lane Howard a county desperado lynched in Dakota who implicated several 1877 killings and named accomplices. Garrison recently exited a year in a state insane asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
William J. Garrison
Plymouth
Philip Calender
Lane Howard
Dakota
Garrison
Committed for Throwing Creosote in a Young Lady
Miss Florence Miner was bound over to the Superior Court in 1000 bail for throwing creosote in Miss Susan Twomey’s face. Twomey is too ill to attend, risking eye loss. Miner remains jailed as her North Stonington farmer father seeks bonds. The offense carries seven to ten years in state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Conn
Florence Miner
Susan Twomey
North Stonington
Treaty with Spain Tutoring Trade Terms Favor U S
The Times publishes Madrid copy of the Spain treaty with Cuba and Porto Rico goods admitted free of duty or under specific rates. Articles from both nations cover cigars, tobacco, petroleum, coffee, sugar, and manufactured goods. Benefits apply only to merchandise carried in U S and Spanish owned vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Times
Spain
Madrid
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States
Minera l
Ibars
Bristol Board
Generous Donation for National Catholic University
Miss Mary Caldwell of 121 Madison Avenue gives 500000 pounds to establish a National Catholic University per the Balti more Plenary Council. A fund will grow to one million dollars under a committee chaired by Archbishop Gibbons with seven bishops and five laymen including Eugene Kelley and Reuben Springer. The university may be located in New York State. Caldwell and her sister inherit four million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mary Caldwell
Madison Avenue
Baltimore
Caldwell
Archbishop Gibbons
Hocking Valley Cases Continued In Murray City Riot
James Wheatley and forty-two other Hocking Valley miners charged in the Murray City riot were granted a continuance by Judge Friesner. Trials remain set for February 16 next term, delaying convictions as operators seek to break the strike leadership.
New York Bankers Opdyke & Co Fail in Suspension
Opdyke and Miller announced suspension to the Stock Exchange and made a general assignment for creditors to William Peet. The firm cites losses on stocks and margin failures as causes with unsecured liabilities estimated at 200000 to 250000 dollars. Assets are expected to nearly offset liabilities, though largely tied in real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Opdyke & Co
Stock Exchange
George Francis Opdyke
Edward M. F. Miller
Wiliam Peet
Bristow, Peet & Opdyke
Held for Forging Pedigree of Imported Clydesdale Horses
In Chicago on December 9 United States Commissioner Hoyne ordered Joseph Reeside of Waukegan Illinois held without bail in the case over forging pedigrees of Clydesdale horses imported from Scotland. Papers will go to the Secretary of State. the English Wydesdale Association official attended to press the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Reeside
Waukegan
Ill
Scotland
United States
Hoyne
Trinte
Wydesdale Association
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey CO
Day J
Mahaffey & Ogier
J. C. Steele
Cambridge
Hutchison Block
W. A. Carpenter
Cambridef, Ohio
Davis Block
Sam’l C. Ludcock, Attorney-at
Cosgrave
Main Street
Wv. D. Craic
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Jebitt
R. T. Scott
Attorney-At-Law
New Taylor Block
Physicians and Surgeons
L. C. Wells, M. D
Flomceopathist
Taylor Block
J.C. Warne, M.D
Cambridge, Ohio
Wall's Drug Store
S. S. Carnes
Fred
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, O
D. K. Kyle
Marris
E. Harper Jefferies
Lambert Thomas
Lambert Thomas & Co
Produce and Wool Commission
North Water St
N. Wharven
E. McPheene
Soois
West Main St
John Moss
City Hall
Steubenville Street
William Ogier
Public Square
Davis
Stinson & Co
Portland
Maine
Det
WM. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hosital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. c
Hutchinson Block
J. R. Downar
Eagle Hotel
Cumberland Tannery
Gro. E. Miendree
Cumberland
Hotels
Joseph Morton
B.S. Hering
Marlé-Tf
Antrim
William Smith
Exchange Hotel
John W. Robinson
Birek
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
Mar
Zanesville, Ohio
Parmer's Hotel
Mill Street
Iney & Son
Beecher
Col. Broadway and
South Streets
Quaker City
Washington, Ohio
James Smith, Prop
Globe House
Cumberland, Omio
James Canady, Prop
Auglig
Ogier's Drug
Rebliff
H. H. Veitch
H. Hallett & Co
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Fortune
Tree & Co
Augusta
T. C. Stanley
Ogier
Lett Book Co
N. Y. Ry. Co
Arkia
Blue Bell
F. M. Atkin
Pay, Vincinai St. Lous
New Comerstown
Cincinnati Express
Express
Eastern East Linexpress
Pullman Palace
Central Standard Time
W. H. Kipp
James McCrea
B.A. Ford
Gen’l Pass
Agt
News OF the
Houst
Warner
J.D. Taylor
House
Foreign Intelligence
Oravicza
Hungary
Park
Albany
London Bridge
Ballin’s Wharf
Hezekiah Brown
Howard County
Coal Creek
Tennessee
Samuel Music
Joe Wilson
John Presswell
Hugh Stafford
New York Associated Banks
Jobwrk
Hal
Che Beta
Sil
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