Pension Denied for Custer Widow and Canal Proposals
Congressional notes report adverse action on a pension for General Custers widow. Also discussed are bills on public buildings in Denver reclamation of arid lands and postmasters salaries. House and Senate consider interoceanic canal statistics and transport across the isthmus as sessions adjourn.
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Mena Washington
Cockrell
Committee On Claims
Custer
Ferry
Garland
Committee On Judiciary
Randolph
Fitzjohn Porter
Eaton
Inter-Oceanic Canal
Edmonds
Hill
Colorado
Committee On Public Lands
Morrill
Committee On
Denver
Edmund
Senate
Senate confirms census supervisors for eight states and territories
In executive session the senate confirmed all supervisors of census for California Colorado Oregon Arizona Dakota Idaho Montana New Mexico Abraham Hoyt Washington territory F W Sparling and Wyoming Homer Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
California
Colorado
Oregon
Arizona
Dakota
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Abraham, Hoyt
Washington Territory
F. W. Sparling
Wyoming
Homer Merrill
Indian lands and bigamy bills dominate congressional action
Washington February 11 The house Indian affairs committee favors Scales bill to sell 320 acre allotments in Kansas to thirty New York Indians. Senator Garland reports a judiciary committee bill tightening anti bigamy laws with fines up to 500 dollars and prison terms up to five years. John Russell Young is named as a prospective minister to China succeeding Seward with support claimed by his backers.
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Washington
House Committee On Indian Affairs
House
Kansas
New York
Ite
John Rusdell Young
China
Seward
Young
Geo. Grant
Beey
Evarte Young
Noted December Scandal Ends in Fatality in Allentown
In Allentown on February 11 Edward Mulherin visited Goldberger to dispute a scandal about Goldberger and his wife. A brief talk preceded Goldberger shooting Mulherin dead.
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Allentown
Leighton
Edward Mulherin
Goldberger
Gold
Goldbe
Mulhorin
Donnelly murder inquest opens in Lucan Ontario
Lucan Ontario February 11 inquest into the Donnelly murder begins. Physicians say post mortems show burned bodies making sex undeterminable and death cause uncertain. Witness John Connors testifies that Constable James Carroll arrived to arrest old man Donnelly between noon and two, with Thomas Ryder and John Purtell also present in the house.
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Tie
Wind Storm Folds Opera Front in Central City
During a concert and ball at the Central City opera house a strong wind blew the entire front of the building into the street. The scene turned chaotic with confusion but no lives were lost as panic was avoided.
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Deadwood
Opera House
Central City
Senate Naval Affairs Panel Recommends Blocking Schenck Nomination
The senate naval affairs committee recommends rejecting Lieut. Schenck for captain and assistant quartermaster of the marine corps, deeming the nomination an unwarranted act of favoritism as it would bypass thirty or thirty five senior officers.
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Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Schenck
Marine Corps
Pacific Mail Announces War of Rates to San Francisco
New York reports the Pacific Mail company will cut fares after tomorrow with passenger rates at 75 dollars for first class and 35 dollars for steerage. Competing railroads respond with first class 100 dollars, second 75 dollars, and third 45 dollars.
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New York
Pacific Mail Company
San Francisco
Fort Keogh skirmish ends Sioux pursuit
Sergeant Glover and ten men with ten Indian scouts hunted a five man Sioux party tied to Sitting Bull’s band after a killing on Mezpah creek. A skirmish near Pumpkin creek left two Sioux dead, one soldier dead, one wounded. Capt. Snyder’s company arrived at night to end the action and prisoners are being brought in.
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Deadwood
The
Fort Keogh
Montana
Glover
Second Cavalry
Sitting Bull
Mezpah Creek
Pumpkin Creek
Snyder
Fifth Infantry
Desperate Duel Between Women Over Jealousy
A violent confrontation occurred at Hancock Virginian last Saturday between two young women one with a pitchfork the other with a club. Both sustained severe wounds and were not expected to survive. The clash arose from jealousy over a young man.
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Chicago
Hancock
Virginian
Chicago Tribune shifts to Blaine as frontrunner
The Chicago Tribune signals a shift away from Grant and Washburne toward James G Blaine. It notes Michigan’s 1870 stance against Maine may turn for Blaine and reports waning Grant support while Sherman and Blaine gain prominence in western coverage.
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Chicago
The
Tribune
Grant
E. B. Washburne
Blaine
Washburne
Maine
West
Michigan
St. Louis Dispatch
Sherman
Dublin and world notes of fund raises and politics
Dublin funds total 55000 pounds and the Marlborough fund receives 200 pounds from the Empress of Austria. In New York Edward Reinhardt faces execution for wife murder on April 2. Constantinople hosts a British embassy dinner. Philadelphia theaters plan charity performances for Ireland. Berlin expects socialist laws to extend two years. Washington appoints Charles G. Belknap Indian agent at Tule River California. Paris opposes plenary amnesty. Woonsocket weavers strike for 20 percent raise. general strike likely. Chicago reports Blaine gaining support after Illinois delegation shift. grain options exchange starts with limited success. London notices a strike threat by Burnley operatives. 25 mills idle. New York burglars steal 3500 at bank vault. Trinity Church burns, cost 125000 with 50000 insurance. London hears Baroness Burdett Coutts may donate 500000 for Ireland relief. St Petersburg hints Gen Skobeloff appointed Tekke expedition commander. Lawrence Andrew Smith jailed for twelve-year misappropriation at National Andover Bank. Nine thousand houses burned in Tokio via Hong Kong steamship Gaelic report.
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Dublin
Mansion House
Austria
Marlborough
New York
Edward Reinhardt
Constantinople
Philadelphia
Ireland
Berlin
Washington
Charles G. Belknap
Tule River
California
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Woman Burns Self in Yard Fire Tragedy
Mrs Ellen Fitzgerald aged 49 commits self harm by setting fire to her underclothing with a match. Found in the yard with her body afire and nearly burned head to foot. hair singed. Suffering long insanity, she acted in a low mood and cannot recover.
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Louisville
Ellen Fitzgerald
Reception and Banquet Planned for DeLes Seps at Delmonico's
Arrangements set in New York for a February 24 reception and banquet for DeLes Seps by merchants and others at Delmonico's parlors. Rev. Dr. Storrs will preside and speak. The parchment invitation will be a notable autographs album, with signers of high eminence. Representatives from the nine United States of Colombia are expected among the guests.
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New York
DeLesseps
Delmonico
Storrs
United States
Colombia
The Boomerang Described by The Philadelphia Saturday Night
The article explains the boomerang as used by Australian aborigines a two foot long curved wooden weapon with a blunt edge and one sided bulge that enables a return flight. It notes similar tools in India and Africa and describes how air forces the weapon to circle and return toward the thrower while Australians reportedly hit birds with it.
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Philadelphia
India
Africa
Archbishop Croke Receives Paris Relief Gift
Archbishop Croke of Cashel thanks Louis Venillot and the Paris Universe for a thousand francs donated to relieve distress in his diocese. He says he is more proud of this French support than any larger sum from other countries or sources.
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London
Croke
Cashel
Paris
Louis Venillot
France
Monsieur Venillot
Universe
Blaine not seeking second place with Grant says Herald
Washington special denies Blaine plans to be Grant running mate and notes he opposes a third term and would not accept under any circumstances. Rev Edward Cowley resigns as sept of Shepherds Fold. ladies committee to run institution. Police in St Petersburg seize press copies of pamphlet on Redistribution of lands. many forged passports found. occupants arrested.
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New York
the Herald
Washington
Blaine
Grant
Hev. Cowley
Edward Cowley
Shepherd's Fold
St. Petersburg
Indiana Republicans to Hold District Conventions for Delegates
Chicago date Feb 11 Indiana Republicans replace state convention with district conventions on February 25 to appoint delegates to the national convention. Congressional districts will assemble to choose delegates in Chicago.
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Chicago
Union Pacific to Move Kansas City Offices to Omaha
The Kansas division office and clerical staff of the Union Pacific railway will move to Omaha. Only the general superintendent and assistant general passenger agents offices remain in Kansas City. Both departments will relocate to a building near the union depot as the old Kansas City headquarters wing is vacated.
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Omaha
Kansas Division
Union Pacific Railway
Kansas City
Union Depot
Railroad opens mining district center of Nevada
San Francisco February 11 The railroad from Battle Mountain station on the C P railroad to Austin Nevada is completed. The line opens the mining and grazing district in the center of the state.
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San Francisco
Battle Mountain Station
C. P
Austin
Nevada
Lake Shore and Erie sign contract for New York Centre
New York authorities report late last evening a contract was signed by the Lake Shore and Erie interests, with New York Centre joining as an agreeing party.
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New York
Lake Shore
Erie
New York Centre
Train collision near Courtland claims conductor
Memphis dispatch reports an extra freight train on the Mississippi & Memphis road collided with a bridge train near Courtland Mississippi, about 60 miles south of Memphis. Conductor Gibson of the bridge train was killed. Engines and several freight cars were badly damaged. No other casualties.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi & Eee
Courtland
Miss
Gibson
New Mexico Arizona Rail Line Block Sold for Bonus
Wall Street reports a subscription block for the Bonora railroad from Guaymas on the Gulf of California to the southern extension of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe system in New Mexico and Arizona was sold in Boston for a $500 bonus. The last sale was $850. The first thirty miles will be built immediately starting at Guaymas.
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New York
Wall’ Street News
Bonora Railroad
Guaymas
Gulf of California
Atchison, Topeka & Sata Fe
New Mexico
Arizona
Boston
Mes Winslow's soothing syrup advertises relief for teething pain
An old time advertisement promotes Mes Winslow's soothing syrup claiming immediate relief for crying babies. It touts bowel regulation, safety, pleasant taste, and credits a respected physician. The text also markets a land sale at Cheyenne Pass Ranch with 600 acres and 1000 cattle, plus contact details for Davio Lannan in Wallback, Wyoming.
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Cheyenne Pass
Davio Lannan
Idantt Wallback
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar Remedy
Visiting this country will find Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar a superior remedy for coughs colds and bronchial difficulties. Cubans who have tried it praise it. it has no equal in the pharmacopoeia. Procura an offer at 60 cents and 1 dollar. Henry H. Kellogg of Watertown NY endorses its use and sale.
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Hale
Henry H. Kellogg
Watertown
N. Y
Pike's Toothache Drops Cure In One Minute
An advertisement claims Pike's Toothache Drops cure nervous debility, vitality loss, and other ailments using Sir Astley Cooper's Vital Restorative by Dr Mintle in Denver. It promotes nephratic remedies, dandelion pills, and a weekly paper pitch with guarantees and drugstore sales.
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Pike
Astley Cooper
Mintle
Holliday Street
Denver
Dr. Mintle
All Druggista
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Martef
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John L Bhorey
Gan
Lion
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