Water fall at Cairo and rail strike in Sing Sing
Several items note regional troubles and events. Micekly water at Cairo falls while Sing Sing workers strike. Cincinnati road traffic resumes as Florida assembly passes ship canal charter. Portland Oregon hosts a produce exchange. Chappaqua estate sale of Horace Greeley flagged.
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Cairo
Cincinnati
Florida Assembly
Portland
Oregon
Horace Greeley
Georgetown
D. C
Paul A. Chadbourne
New York
James Gamble
Williamsport
Rochester
Senate panel debates revenue district consolidation plan
The senate appropriations sub committee heard Commissioner Raum oppose a house bill plan to cut internal revenue districts from 126 to 82. He warned consolidation would not cut costs and would disrupt a smoothly operating collection system.
Four More Men Arrested in Panama Railroad Vault Robbery
New York reports four additional arrests in the Panama railroad company vault robbery of $50,000 in gold. Two suspects are watch men and two are clerks. Eight men are now under arrest. no clue to the treasure has been found, with a burial suspected on the Isthmus.
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New York
Panama Railroad Company
Panama
Snow breaks on McLean Avenue disrupts railroad service
A 75 foot section of McLean avenue collapsed into Court Street this morning, washing into the water and taking down the Southern railroad track and cutting connections to passenger and freight depots. Earlier, the Nilsson concert at Music Hall drew a large crowd requiring police to maintain order.
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Cincinnati
McLean Avenue
Court Street
Southern Railroad
Nilsson
Music Hall
Flag Respect Debate Sparks Merchants Fuss in New York
Report from New York on February 21 notes widespread indignation among West Indies traders and other businessmen over the insult to the U S flag on the steamer Valencia. A Wall Street merchant warned that his extensive contacts reveal broad dissatisfaction with a government failing to secure international respect for the flag.
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New York
West Indies
Valencia
Wall Street
Flooding Threatens Memphis and Nearby Farmland
Memphis reports the river at thirty four feet three inches above danger. Thousands of sacks of corn ruined in New Madrid bend while rising waters flood the Upper St. Francis river and halt work on the Kansas City Springfield and Memphis railway line.
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Joseph Gookin
Smith & Conner
C. B. Richards & Co
New York
Europe
Wiineis
Baby
Milford
Massachusetts
Edward S. Stokes
Jos, Mackey
California
William H. Vanderbilt
Madison Square Garden
Craft
Grayson
Memphis
Triverc
New Madrid
St. Francis River
Kansas City
Springfield
Memphis Railway
Deliberate deaths of Flatan couple found in Baltimore home
In Baltimore on West Pratt Street a elderly couple, Isador Ferdinand Flatan and his wife, were found dead in bed with a bottle of prussic acid between them. A farewell letter to the coroner says they chose death by their own hand after landlord George Hollingherst demanded rent and eviction. They left pawnbroker tickets and a watch, planning funeral expenses and burial together.
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Baltimore
West Pratt Street
Isador Ferdinand Flatan
George Hollingherst
Gillingherst
Baltimore City
Richmond
Tiapdor Ferdinand Flatan
Ottilie Flatan
What the Senate Tariff Bill Is
New York Feb 22 The Post's Washington correspondent summarizes the Senate tariff bill. It cuts internal revenue by 41 million dollars and lowers duties across most items. Bessemer blooms and low grade steel see a 5 percent cut, while some champagne duties rise modestly. The Post editorial supports the bill as improving current conditions.
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New York
Post
Washington
Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
The
Rottenness of the English System in Ireland
A London cable to Redpath's Weekly condemns Carey's testimony sworn under life risk as a disgrace and accuses the government of using it to implicate land league leaders. It notes a castle struggle before his production and suggests the move will hurt the ministry more than the Parnellites.
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New York
London
Redpath
Carey
Ireland
Finlly
Land League
Parnellites
Parker Testifies Beal Offered Monroe Post Office for Vote
Detroit, Feb 22, the bribery investigating committee in Lansing heard Rep Burton Parker of Monroe confirm Beals offered him the Monroe post office and a 1200 dollar clerkship for his son in exchange for voting for Ferry. Parker said Beal meant kindness, not corruption. Fisher of Grand Rapids Eagle testified Hubbell pressed the paper against Ferry and later clarified he only relayed partners’ remarks.
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Detroit
Mich
Lansing
Burton Parker
Monroe
Beals
Ferry
Beal
Fisher
Grand Rapids Eogle
Hubbell
Fighting a Judge
San Francisco February 21 The board of supervisors debated a resolution urged by Supervisor Strother asking Pacific coast congressmen to move impeachment proceedings against Judge Lorenzo Sawyer for overstepping authority by issuing an order restraining the board from setting water rates The measure failed on a tie vote
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San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
Strother
Pacific Coast
Congress
Lorenzo Sawyer
United States Circuit Court
Sawyer
Fast Trains Across Europe and America Highlight Speed Records
The article lists rail speeds in various countries and routes. Notable examples include the New York to Boston run at 42.5 mph average and the Flying Dutchman London to Bristol at 45.3 mph with stops, plus several routes near 50 mph running times. It notes fastest services and average through line speeds.
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Switzerland
Russia
Boston
Stonington
New York
Springfield
Berlin-Potsdam-Magdeburg
Berlin
Paris
Italy
Bologna
Brindisi
Germany
Hanover
Magdeburg- Halberstadt
Orleans
Bordeaux
Marseilles
Calais
Northern
New York and Philadelphia Express
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Germantown Junction
Great Western Railroad
London
Bristol
Swindon
Belford Denies Star Route Involvement Over $2000 Check
Washington reports Congressman Belford vehemently denies any financial dealings with Senator Dorsey tied to a $2000 check mentioned in today’s star route trial testimony. He says he never saw or heard of such a check and asks Col. Ingersoll to call him to the stand to swear the evidence is false before the trial ends.
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Washington
Congressman Belford
S.W. Vorsey
Dorsey
Col. Ingersoll
Theodore Thomas Proposes Major Concert Tour
The Dramatic News reports Theodore Thomas will tour next spring with guarantees totaling 160000 dollars for ten weeks. San Francisco gets 50000, Denver 25000 for single weeks, Salt Lake City 20000 for four concerts in the merge city, with a sixty member orchestra and eminent soloists including Mme. Julia Rib-King as pianist.
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New York
Theodore Thomas
Chas.b. Locke
Thomas
San Francisco
Denver
Salt Lake City
Merge City
Taberncle
Mme
Julia Rive-King
Senate panel debates Internal Revenue District consolidation
Washington February 22 The sub committee of the senate committee on appropriations debated a bill provision to cut internal revenue districts from 126 to 82 Commissioner Raum argued the move would not lessen costs but would disrupt the revenue service machinery which is currently operating smoothly.
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Washington
Senate Committees On Appropriations
Raum
House
Senate Committee of Appropriations
Edmunds discusses suffrage as a political question in Utah bill
Washington February 21 Senator Edmunds declared that suffrage is a political matter under political power and that Mormon women’s opinions lie outside the bill. He would have women vote if their true views could be known, and noted Congress could regulate suffrage in the District of Columbia or territories by class limits, except perhaps for Judge Black.
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Edmunds
Washington
Utah
Judge Black
Congress
District of Columbia
Aged Couple Murdered Near Memphis
Nine miles south of Memphis Daniel Towns end and wife were shot in their sleep by 20-year-old farmhand Alex Hill. Hill, described as soft brained, killed the couple in one room and was arrested. The motive is not given.
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Memphis
Daniel Townsend
Bhloved
Alex Hill
Townsend
Hill
Seymour Hunt & Co Officially Promoted in 14th Century Tone
Seymour Hunt and company claim long history with offices in New York Chicago and Louisville as bankers and brokers. They offer facilities for buying and selling stocks lands grain and provisions and reference Mechanics National Bank Fifth National Bank and German Security Bank. Members include J. Hunt and A. Seymour with Newark Stock Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade affiliations.
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Seymour, Hunt & Co
Exchange Court
N.Y
la Salle St
Chicago
Mechanics’ National Bank
New York
Fifth National Bank
German Security Bank
Louisville
Mv M, Seymour
Newark Stock Exchange
Hunt
Chicago Board of Trade
A. L, Skymour
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Sonhd Henlt
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Tiponaitin
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Lettersutampa
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Jerome B, Rick & CO
Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens
Cambridge
Am. Journal of Medicine
Mesorole
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Aston
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H.C. F. Koch & Son
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