Senate Action and Debates Jan 16 20 1889
Senate and House proceedings cover resolution protests on government notes, educational bills, and personnel confirmations. Debates on voting rights, direct taxation, banking, and postal issues span multiple days with adjournments and pending measures.
Central Ohio Rail Line Opens Through Service to Bowerston
The new through car service connects Toledo Cambridge and Marietta with Bowerston forming links to the Pennsylvania System for eastern points. Routes extend to Akron Youngstown Pittsburgh and Chicago with James M Halt and Woodford listed as general manager and general passenger agent.
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Toledo
Bowerston
Pennsylvania
Cambridge
Marietta
Akron
Youngstown
Pittsburgh
Chicago
M.D
Woodford
James M. Halt
Gen
Gen'l Pass
National Democratic Committee to fix time for convention
The National Democratic Committee will meet in Washington February 22 to set the time and place for the National Democratic Convention. Inquiry at the War Department shows the Forty first Kentucky Regiment did not complete organization and was never mustered in for back pay claims of about 150 000 dollars. The President pardoned William H Walter and commuted three months of Thomas Henderson. James J Brooks resigned as chief of the Treasury secret service division, effective February.
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National Democratic Committee
Washington
War Department
Forty-first Kentucky Regiment
William H. Walter
Utah
Thomas Henderson
James J. Brooks
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
Compulsory education urged by New York superintendents in Albany
The New York State committee of school superintendents met in Albany on the 16th and agreed to petition the Legislature for a compulsory education law akin to Governor Hill’s vetoed proposal. Contained items include mine explosions in Parke County and a rail collision in New York, with multiple regional updates on politics, industry, and crime.
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New York
Albany
Hill
Henry Cox
George Thompson
Parke County
Ind
Allerton
Wool Merchants’ Association of
Philadelphia
Congress
Washington
Erie
Avoca
Kanana
N. Y
Rochester
Maynard
Marsh
Grant
American Iron and Steel Association
United States
Cambria Iron Company
Johnstown
Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
Edward Coffey
Policeman Evans
Pittsburgh
Coffey
James Grinder
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Grinder Mn
Boston
American Board of Foreign Missions
Mardin
Turkey
Adana
Pennsylvania
Democratic State Central Committee
Harrisburg
Sth
Elliot P. Eisner
William A. Wallace
William L. Scott
Berkley B. Coxe
Samuel J. Randal
William Mulder
William McClelland
J. Henry Cochrane
International Hotel
F. Parker
L. Fulton
Siubenacode
Philadelphia Rolling Mill Association
Massachusets Senate
Reading Railroad
Corbin
Federation of Trades
State
Workingman’s Assembly
Canada
John Clinton Gray
New York City
Rapelio
Court of Appeals
Catherine FE
Crilley
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carney’s Tunnel
Greensburg
Magone
Europe
Wood Street
A. W. McCloy & Co
F. J. Totten
Gregg & Elliott
Pennsylvania Company
Altoona
Shipton Greene
Woensooeket Rubber Company
Providence
R. L
Train wrecks and a sled crash across two states
A west bound Lake Erie & Western train wreck near Bluffton Ohio on the 16th killed Albert Gilbert and injured nine as a broken rail caused the derailment. At Kansas City Missouri on the 17th a bob sled accident injures 17 with three serious. Detectives seek the sender of a mysterious box found with explosive cartridges. Iowa Legislature joint session on the 18th elected James F Wilson US Senator for six years from March 4 1889. The San Francisco Bridge Company assigns liabilities and assets of 230000. George W Voice and Patrick O Neil are named.
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Lake Erie & Western
Bluffton
Albert Gilbert
Kansas City
Eighteenth Street
Broadway
San Francisco Bridge Company
George W. Voice
Patrick O'Neil
Ship John T Berry Burned Off Hiogo Then Crew Split
The American ship John T Berry sailing from Philadelphia to Hiogo burned on January 9 at 34 south 163 east. Fourteen crewmen landed at Nambuccra Heads while eleven more are missing in a launch. A new line plans petroleum tank ships from the United States to Europe and has launched its first vessel at Greenock. In Shanghai a breakwater crew of 4000 faced a flood rush with only a few escaping. William O'Brien MP and United Ireland editor, freed from Tullamore jail, reached Dublin amid cheering crowds. Toulon reports army activity as ironclads and cruisers prepare to sail. Spain reportedly plans a Morocco expedition of 25,000 men.
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John T. Berry
Philadelphia
Hiogo
Nambuccra Heads
United States
Europe
Greenock
Scotland
Shanghai
Hoang Ho
William O’brien
United Ireland
Tullamore
Dublin
Toulon
Spain
Morocco
Job
Jemima
Kezia
Kerenhappuch
Paul
The
Corinthians
Holland
Atlantic
America
Earth
Elizabeth
England
James of
Scotle
Robberies and disasters linked in late 19th century dispatches
Reports detail a Chicago burglary where $2,970 and six family members were drugged, a ship John L Berry missing crew, a Holyoke envelope mill fire causing $325,000 loss, Mrs. Eliza Ballou Garripe Garfield’s death, a Tariff Reform Club dinner with 354 attendees, and a jewelry store burglary in North Jackson. Additional notes include a New York editor Carl Adolf Deenat’s death and fire fatalities in Tower Minnesota, plus a tugboat boiler explosion and a Northern Pacific express collision in St Paul with casualties.
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Anton Jedlicka
Chicago
Mr. Jedlicka
Trpines
John L. Berry
Philadelphia
Sidney
S. W
Holyoke
Mass
Holyoke Water Power Company
B. F. Perkins’ Machine Works
Eliza Ballou GarrieLp
President Garfield
Mentor
Garfield
Richmond
N. H
Tariff Reform Club
New York City
W. GC. P. Breckenridge
Henry Watterson
Kentucky
M. D. Harter
Ohio
Melbourne H. Ford
Michigan
Cleveland
Bung Lans
Ben
Tower
Minn
New York Harbor
John Connolly
Patrick Healey
John McKenny
Bernard Rooney
Northern Pacific Express
St. Paul
Broken Promises of Marriage in Modern Society
A sermon on the binding nature of engagements and the tragedy of broken betrothals. It cites Jephthah’s vow from Judges and warns that abandoning a promised marriage harms both parties, urging women to pause before pledging and to seek steadfast, truthful commitments.
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M. D
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National Medical Dispensary
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Eaglid Hotel
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Cambridge, Ohio
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Corner Market
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Zanesville, Ohio
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William Ogier
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Andre Fremont
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John S. Bell
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Thomas Furlong
Frank B. Bowman
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Thomas A. Maddox
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J. Madison Wells
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Oderkirk College
Richview
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Milton Young
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Mobile County
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