Senate Confirmations And Appointments Highlight Week
The Senate confirmed Nelson H. Davis and Absalom Baird with general officer ranks, Edward D. Clark as Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and Sidney D. Jackman as U S Marshal for the Western District of Texas. A Navy Department accounting investigation is to be conducted by a New York professional. J L Miller was confirmed as Commissioner of Internal Revenue. President Cleveland marked his forty eighth birthday on the 18th. Wright recommends three special agents be sent to Europe to study labor questions. Lamar approves. A Treasury warrant for 552 508 was issued to Kansas Governor for expenses repelling Indian invasions. Henry A. Newman named special agent of the National Bureau of Labor to gather Mississippi Valley data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Nelson H. Davis
Absalom Baird
Edward D. Clark
Mississippi
Navy Department
J. L. Miller
West Virginia
Internal Revenue
Cleveland
Wright
Europe
United States
Lamar
Secretary of the Treasury
Kansas
Henry A. Newman
Labor Bureau of
Missouri
National Bureau of Labor
Bureau
Various late 19th century disasters and events in brief
A boiler explosion at Mahoney Plane Pa injures and kills multiple, plus a fire and gas explosion at Braddocks Pa. Health inspections for cholera begin in New York City. Woman Suffrage leaders denounce Dakota governor Pierce and press for his removal. The Buffalo Courier will continue under executors. Notable deaths, fires, and fraud arrests accompany a broad Saturday report.
Grand Council session sets Cleveland as 1886 focus
The next Grand Council session will open in Cleveland on the third Tuesday of March 1886. Biographical notices report deaths including Henry Ryan a Canton brakeman killed after being run over by cars and City Treasurer H C Newberry of Kent dying of heart disease at 75. Other items note a California Supreme Court alimony ruling and a murder conviction in Council Bluffs.
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McHharen
Cleveland
Kk. B. Leonard
Jefferson
S. Bd. Holbrook
Lebanon
William H. Tucker
Elyria
R. FL. Ludlow
Springfield
E. F. Moulton
Warren
Pay Baldwin
Greenfield
Steignace
Mich
Felix Paquein
Andrew Disolett
H. C. Newberry
Kent
Bargar
Ohio Senate
Dickinson
Fassett
Hare
Berry
United States
Garland
Arkansas
Supreme Court of California
Hill-Sharon
Supreme Court
Francis E. Whitfield
Southern Express Company
St. John’s River
Florida
E. D. Cross
A.B. McCune
Council Bluffs, Ia
Mediation Efforts as China France Tensions Persist at Pekin
Reports say a British customs officer and the Russian Ambassador in Pekin are mediating to end hostilities between China and France. England plans two Suez proposals for Paris talks: declare the canal an arm of the sea and keep it strictly neutral.
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Pekin
China
France
England
Suez Canal
Paris
Prince Edward
I’vince
Wales
Masonic Order
Royal
Alpha Lodge
Prince Bismarck
Russia
Vatican
Empire
Bank of England
James Stephens
Dwyer Gray
Belgium
Gray
Duke of Richmond
London
Cork
Prince and Princess of Wales
Various Post and World News Items From Lather News
Tin Solicitor of the Treasury approves the D A Chicago report recommending acceptance of Madame Arline's compromise offer. Postmaster General Vinas seeks resignations of twenty postoffice inspectors. six have resigned. St Paul Neb postmaster found $800 short. Court-martial findings forwarded to the War Secretary. adjourned sine die. Sawmill boiler explosion near Pine Bluff Ark kills proprietor and engineer. several injured. D S Scoromo Republican elected to fill Logan vacancy. New York banks report mixed changes in loans deposits and reserves. excess reserves cited. Browning dies in Indianapolis. Grand Central Hotel Fort Smith Ark burns. a woman injured. Explosion at Girardsville Pa. damages skating rink building with crowd present. no injuries. Confederate Veterans send sympathy to General Grant. Lonaconing Ind fire causes $50,000 loss. Sir Harry Parkes dies in Pekin. Sheffield colliery wage cuts expected, affecting about 50,000. strike risk rising.
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Lawrence Brown
Mahoney Plane
Amos Grinder
Smith
Crawford
New York Board of Health
Braddocks
James McCullouch
David Cubbage
McCullough
J. P. Connell
James Yeager
Ed Marshall
John Bret
Kenney
Woman Suffrage Society
Albany
N. Y
Lillie Devereux Blake
Kate Stoneman
Stoneman
California
Hamilton Wilcox
Caroline Gilkey Rogers
Gilbert A. Pierce
Dakota
Cleveland
Pierce
C. W. McCune
Buffalo
McCune
Sampon
Osa E, Ta
Don
George Bleistein
Courice Company
W. B. Rich
Camden
Gordon W. Burnham
Waterbury
Milford
Mass
T. M. Mare
Elizabethport
N. J
Edward Hill
Cape Elizabeth
Elias Bray
New York
England
Liverpool
J. Spargo
Edinburg
Pittsburgh
Tuigg
Rome
Father Wall
St. Michael’s Theological Seminary
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gallitzen
Allequippa
J Michaelis
Altoona
Fox
Hatch
Berger
A. Burritt Hardware Compeny
United States
George A. Gray
Delaware
Layard
United States Senate
Rothrock
Supreme Court of Town
Mary Johnston
J. R. Johnston
Canfield, C
Martha Hunt
Spartansburgh
N. C
Straitsville
Hocking Valley
Sandusky
New London
Frank Smith
Mat Roberts
Central Railway
Reagan
Falls County
Tex
J. Jeffords
Issaquena County
Miss
Congress
Mississippi “Shoe String
Vicksburg
Howard, White & Co
Chicago
Atlanta
James Bank
J. H W. Canfield
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Oriental Hotel
Seattle
W. T
Hinrich Johnson
Mike Tobin
Ed. Downey
Olef Otteson
J. B. Moe
Grand Council of Ohio
Royal Arcanum
Ifth
Treasury
United States Dist
Madame Arline
Postarasten GuxErgy Vinas
St. Paul
Neb
Pine Brail
Ark
H Edward Montgomery
Morrison
Ranin
D.S. Scorromo
Logan
New York Associated Banks
Wintias L. Browning
Brown County
Indianapolis
Tur Grand Central Hotel
Fort Smith
Les
Dynasure
Girardsville
K. E. Les Camp
Grant
Tux
Lonaconing
Ind
Harry Parkes
China
Pekin
Sheffield
Legislation Moves Through Senate and House in March Sessions
A sweeping overview of Senate and House activity outlines bills on forestry, elections timing, city government, and law reforms. Notable actions include passage of anti oleomargarine measures, enhanced guardianship and education provisions, and a proposal to shift state elections from October to November.
Bridge completes 479 foot St Johns span links rail networks
A cantilever bridge over the St Johns River connects Colonial and American rail systems reducing New York Halifax rail distance to 640 miles. It promises lower freight ratios among Philadelphia New York Boston and British provinces and could transform Gulf of St Lawrence fish trade by enabling refrigerator transit. Ferriage prior to the bridge was five dollars per car.
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St. John’s River
New York
Halifax
Philadelphia
Boston
Gulf of St. Lawrence
St.John’s River
British Army Drives Back Osman Digna at Suakim
British forces under General Graham renewed the Tamai advance at Suakim facing desultory fire. After five hours of heavy fighting the rebels were driven from Hasheen Hills with an estimated six hundred killed and forty British dead. Marines earned high praise for dislodging the rebels, while Irish and Sikh units suffered reverses and the Mahdi's desertions continue as Khartoum natives report famine-like conditions.
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Suakim
Loxpox
Graham
Tamai
Uaskeen
Mudir
Dongola
Merani
Hassinyet
Omberman
Russia
Ameer
Afghanistan
D&erters
el Mahdi
Wolseley
Khartoum
Prince Bismarck
Schoenhauser
Reichstag
General Grant Faces Possible Tongue Surgery
Doctors debated removing the cancerous growth on General Grant’s tongue as soon as his vitality permits. The operation would be delicate and performed by Dr. Sands, with Sayre noting historical mixed outcomes but some hope for benefit if feasible.
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New York
Douglass
Sands
Shrady
Lewis A. Sayre
Grant
Governor Hoadly Announces Appointments in Ohio Senate
Governor Hoadly sent nominations to the Senate and they were confirmed. Har lem P. Idoyd of Hamilton named trustee of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans Home at Xenia. Horace M. Horton of Keigs County named trustee of the Athens Asylum. Francis M. Marriott of Delaware named to the Intermediate Penitentiary Board of Managers. Joseph Clegg of Montgomery named trustee of the Dayton Asylum. Samuel Champse requests removal from Deaf and Dumb Asylum board.
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Senate
House
Williams
Cleveland
Committee On Municipal Corporations
Tron
William Allen
Old Hall
House of Representatives
Washington
Terrill
Adjutant General’s Office
Boards of Education
Matthews
Dickinson
Ford
Nenate
March
Fierce
Cincinnati
Crowell
Reed
T . Juloyad
Athens Marriott
Joseph Clevir
Montgomery County
Davioin Asylum
Lones Mine
Hocki ‘Alev
Brush
Finley
Iidusial
Oyden
Yeas
ColumpBus
Hoadley
Harlem P. Idoyd
Hamilton County
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans
Xenia
Horace M. Horton
Keigs County
Athens
Francis M. Marriott
Delaware
Intermediate Penitentiary
Joseph Clegg
Dayton
Oklahoma Boomers Clash With Troops Near Arkansas City
Arkansas City dispatch notes tensions over the Oklahoma question with Major Benton blocking a line beyond which Boomer forces may advance. General Hatch plans arrest of the colony, while casualties and threats loom amid disputed dispatches from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas City
Kas
Washington
Oklahoma
Couchls
Benton
Hatch
Boomer
Couch
General Hatch
Ciircumstances
General Sheridan
Cleveland
Dallas
Tex
Wichita Falls
Rangers
Wilbarger County
Mount Vernon
Nesmith
Maximo Apadaco
Ruperto Lara
Lara
Terrible mine disaster near Berlin claims many lives
A blast and cave-in at Camp Hausen near Berlin traps about 200 miners. By nightfall 92 bodies were recovered from the mine shaft with fears that many more remain entombed as rescuers work in dangerous conditions. Families gather at the entrance in anguish.
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Camp Hausen
Berlin
Germany
Damages by Flood Submerges Missouri Gorge Region
Reports from Lexington and Waverly describe immense flood damage along the Missouri near Mansnartz as ice gorge overflow worsens. Attempts to blast the ice with dynamite failed. relief teams found widespread suffering, with families rescued and a six-member death toll near Waverly. Cattle along the river are drowned.
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Mansnartz
Lexington and Waverly
Niles’ Point
Dover
Waverly
Judge Thomas
Vanmeter
Telegraph Company cables safeguarded by Central American guards
New York March 18 secretary Beard says Mexico San Salvador and Nicaragua have posted guards at the cable landings of the Central South American Telegraph Company. Secretary Bayard telegram shows the US government will protect American property. James Scrymser says Guatemala is held responsible for injuries to cables or US citizens. Weatchusett to be instructed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James R. Beard
Central South American Telegraph Company
Mexico
San Salvador
Nicaraugua
Bayard
United States
Washington
Jas. A. Scrymser
Central and South American Telegraph Company
Legation
Guatemala
Central America
Weachusett
Latinion
TY. F. Bayard
New Union Depot Planned for Indianapolis at $1 Million+
The Union Railway Company officers approved building a new Union Depot in Indianapolis. A committee including W. R. McKeen M. E. Ingalls and W. T. Malott will arrange details. The depot, resembling Pan Handle and Chicago Burlington & Quincy styles, will cost over $1,000,000 and serve eighteen roads.
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Indianapolis
Union Railway Company
Union
W. R. McKeen
Vandalia
M. E. Ingalls
Cincinnati, St. Louis
Old Citizen Thomas Brown Dies in Knoxville
A telegraph from Knoxville, Tenn., reports the death of Thomas Brown at six o'clock Tuesday morning. Brights disease of the kidneys caused the death. Brown was a longtime Youngstown resident with ties to local business and quarry operations. He was brother to Richard and Joseph Brown.
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Younastown
Thomas Brown
Knoxville
Tenn
Bright
Mr. Brown
Youngs
Richard
Joseph Brown
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Cambridge Herald
Cambridge, Guernsey CO
Ohio
Mahaffey & Ogier
J.C. Steele
Cambridge
Hutchison Block
W. A. Carpenter
Davis Block
Sam’l C. Ludcock
Cosgrave
Main Street
Wv. BD
Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public
Guernsey County
Febutt
J.B. Taylor
R. T. Scott
Taylor & Scott
Attorneys-At-Law
New Taylor Block
Aply
Physicians and Surgeons
L. C. Wells, M. D
Taylor Block
J.C. Warne, M.D
Cambridge, Ohio
Wall's Drug Store
WM. T. Ramsey, M. D
Providence Hospital
National Medical Dispensary
Washington, D. C
Hutchinson Block
Aplessly
Ohto
J.M. McGill
City Drug Store
Eagle Hotel
Cuhberdamd
Gro
E. McEndree
Janiz
Cumberland
Hotels
Court House
Joseph Morton
del St
W. A. Gill
Reading House
Markits
Arcade Hotel
William Weaver
Prop
Deis
Exchange Hotel
John W. Robinson
Bir
Corner Market
Fourth Streets
WM. Kirk
Thompson
Crow
Mark
J. W W. Lippincott
Beecher
Cor. Broadway
South Streets
Quaker City
Mark Ts
Amerecan
Washington, Ohio
James Smiltie, Pepp
Globe House
James Canady, Prop
Coed
iLbuse
Auglopett
Carnes
Pine Street
Main
Cambridge, O
D. K. Kwle
Marble and Granite Works
Lambert Thomas
E. Harper
Boots and Shoes
West Main St
John Moss
City Ball
Steubenville Street
Boots & Shoes
William Ogier
Public Square
Brurcon & Co
Portland
Maine
Det 'Stly
Zanesville, Ohio
Gexuixe
Stachine
Ovier’s Drug Store
EH Veitch
America
H. Hallett & Co
South End Mill Street
Sostara
Trey & Co
Augusta
T. C. Stanley
Papeor Flanger
Ovier
Wit Free
Terms Lett Book Co
Det Stly
Mia
Blue Bell
C. & M. Junction
Point Pleasant
Harifore
Menecaville
Morgan Jct
W.H. Atkinson
Prea
Batesville
E.C. Winstanley
Independence
Everett
Akron
Ratbilunied
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P. m
A. Mh
Isaac Reynolds
L Mannor
R. W. EH. Smith
R. A. Carran
Gen'l Pass. Agt Transportation
New York and Cleveland Coal Company
Schoharie National Bank
Schoharie
Robert Perry
Ringgold
Jefferson County
Speer
Perry
John Mallen
East Bridgeport
Conn
Mallen
Jerome Bowen
George Rutherford
James Heintz
Heintz
Cardinal McCloskey
Ith
Foreign Intelligence
Lather News
Ohio Legislature
Bureau of Forestry
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Japan
Osman Digna
General Grant
Hoadly
Texas
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New Union Depot