Congress Faces Deadlock and Post Office Bid in House
Washington notes 1874 scenes as Kasson bill blocks refunds and a Philadelphia Sept. 5 celebration resolution fails. Senate scenes shift to currency work while Sayler and Pendleton push circuits and tax changes. Crossland proposes abolishing costly customs houses. Union Pacific expansion stalls. Mullett heads to Cincinnati for post office project. McCook nomination advances amid Massachusetts opposition and a Boston political clash. Philadelphia election looms with Stokely favored over McClure by a wide margin.
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Kellogg
Pendleton
R. L
Crossland
Revenue Marine Service
Hunter
Ind
Ae Devries
Customs Revenue Service
Averill
Minn
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Cannon
Utah
Congress
Lawrence
Internal Revenue
Haynes
Arkansas
Inquiry Panel Named for Gen. Howards Case
Washington moves to form a board of generals Sherman McDowell Pope Meigs and Cole with Maj. Gardner as Judge Advocate. The court will convene March 3 in Washington. Retrenchment cuts House appropriations and clerks. Tennessee's Gov. Brown seeks government funds for seized railroads. Havana rumor denied and volunteers at warship Arapiles. District inquiry response to be published in full, likely lengthy. Navy appropriation report shows current balance and prior ex penses. no further funds expected this year.
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Washington
Are
Howard
Sherman
McDowell
Pope
Meigs
Cole
Maj.b. Gardner
Department of State
Havana
Naval Department
House of Representatives
Secretary of the At
Congress
Naval Establishment
Senate
Freight Train Collision Report From Lehigh & Susquehanna Line
Allusxrows dated Feb 16 note a freight train on the Lehigh and Susquehanna line derailed or collided after an incident near a station between two unspecified locations as details remain unclear in the fragment.
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Lehigh & Susquehanna
Train wreck near State Dam Station injures crew
At 2 o clock this morning a landslide derailed a train near State Dam Station. The engine jumped the track, eighteen cars piled, nine freight cars burned by a stove in the caboose. Engineer Daniel Shannon died under the engine. Otto Shannon and Frank Ryan severely burned. Three others killed and several injured.
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State Dam
Daniel Shannon
Otto Shannon
Frank Ryan
Frozen to Death and Lively Grasshoppers in Lancaster
Lancaster Ohio reports a death by freezing Jane Shackleford an inmate of the County Infirmary found in bed Saturday morning. An 18 year old Arthurdlardner was badly hurt at the agricultural works by an elevator. Joseph C Simpson bought two race horses for 2000 dollars and took them to California for spring races. Grasshopper nymphs from Liberty Township indicate a promising season. Sugar Grove residents protest alleged adultery of Mrs Flowers and James Foster leading to pursuit and escape. Ten baptisms were reported at the Presbyterian Church and two immersions at the Baptist Church.
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Jane Shackleford
Arthurdlardner
Agricultural Works
Joseph C. Simpson
Riverside
Ill
Hockhocking
Amanda
John Reber
California
Liberty Township
J. Rutherford
Sugar Grove
State Fair Location Battle Keeps Columbus Hope Alive
The Columbus effort to secure the state fair grounds continues with $12,000 subscribed for Franklin County and $15,000 for the Agricultural College site. City leaders form committees to negotiate with the State Board and back any proposal, aiming to locate the fair in Columbus.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Agricultural College
Board of Trade Rooms
State Board
Two Hunters Accident In Paint Township
Special dispatch reports in Ross County two young men Stevens and Lemar hunted together. Lemar placed a double barreled shotgun on a tree, a twig released the hammer, the gun fired through Lemar’s coat and struck Stevens near the heart, causing his death two hours later. Jarrett Taylor named Postmaster at Bainbridge despite a remonstrance, with bondsmen secured.
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Cincinnati Gazette
Cambcorne
Paint Township
Ross County
Stevens
Lemar
Strikin Stevens
Greene County
Jarrett Taylor
Bainbridge
Mr. T
Father Charged by Daughter with Outrage Involving Son
Fr Waying Inc reports a young girl Mary Alice Kimball filed an affidavit charging her father Jonathan Kimball with an outrage. She alleges the act occurred in late January. a warrant was issued for his arrest. Kimball, a farmer about four miles from the city, aged around fifty five, is said to be of easy means and in presumed danger.
Sudden Death of Mrs West at Hanover Boarding House
Mapisox Inc reports Mrs Withe wife of Daniel West of Hanover died last night from heart disease. She ran a boarding house for Hanover College students. School Trustees granted public school pupils a holiday tomorrow to witness the Mardi Gras carnival, stirring town excitement and curiosity.
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Mapisox, Inc
Withe
Daniel West
Hanover
Hanover College
Courtright Secures Commutation for Burglary Sentence
Samuel W. Courtright, attorney for Agnes Caskey and George Throne, reports that Gov. Allen commuted their one year hard labor sentence at the Penitentiary to confinement for the same duration at the State Farm.
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Cineverius
Samuel W. Courtright
Agnus Caskey
George Throne
Gov. Allen
State Farm
New York Fire Levels Sire E T Building On West Twenty Fourth
A fire in New York damaged the sire eT building at 5625 to 531 West Twenty Fourth Street. The two lower floors housed the Combination Rubber Company and the upper stories housed C E B Becker as a window shades shop. Total loss listed at 210000. Insurance status not known.
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New York
Sire Et
Westwenty-fourt Street
Combination Rubber Company
C. EB. Becker
Moltke Speech Cited On Armament Debate
Bratix reports Gen Moltke’s remarks claiming rapid German armament is needed to deter allies. He asserts peace but says an army is required for defense, not conquest, as the bill moves to committee consideration.
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Bratix
Reich
Moltke
Peace in World Affairs Domestically Shifting
From St Petersburg to London reports indicate the Czar hosts a grand dinner signaling a stance to preserve peace among major powers. London notes the ministry will resign with Gladstone to Windsor, while Commons tallies 348 Conservatives to 300 Liberals and Home Rulers.
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London
Gladstone
Windsor
Lonpox
House of Commons
the Times
Currency reform debate dominates Forty-Third Congress actions
Senate discussions focused on a bill to equalize the currency and limit the Treasury Secretary’s power, with a substitute proposed to repeal banking limits and expand national banks. Debates covered resumption, tax reforms, and potential recommitment as the House addressed pension laws and commemorative resolutions.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
House
Butler
Congress
Washington
Cameron
United States
Nat National Bank
Pratt
Ind
Pennslyvania
Frelinghuysen Wen
Treasury
Flanagan
Texas
Buckingham
Morton
Scott
Sherman
Pinsaes
Logan
Connecticut
Finance Committee
Pope to Create Eight Cardinals in June Consistory
Rome dispatch reports a June consistory in which eight cardinals will be created and Archbishop Manning is named among them. The British Minister held a long talk with Foreign Minister Bageste on the detention of a British vessel in a Spanish port.
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Rome
Manning
Bageste
Ex- deputy sheriff William Conkl ing convicted in New York
William Conkl ing former deputy sheriff was convicted today in New York on the charge of stealing fifteen thousand dollars in gold certificates from Burr 8 Craft. Sentencing was deferred. A new horse sickness affecting stage and streetcar horses appeared with many animals prostrated but low mortality and rapid recovery with treatment. A reception at Cooper Union honored Polaris officers and crew with calls for extra compensation for survivors.
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New York
William Conkling
Burr
Craft
Cooper Union
Dalyne
T. T. Hayes
Buddington
Tyson
Dr. Hayes
Robeson Channel
Fire attempt ends in explosion injuring boarding house keeper
Little Rock Ark Feb 16 Mrs Outlaw a boarding house keeper attempted to kindle a fire in the stove with coal oil The can exploded and Mrs O is now lying at the point of death Gov Baxter issued a proclamation offering a reward of 500 for the Hot Springs mail robbers either alive or dead
Case of Ex-Treasurer Gage Postponed
The ex City Treasurer Gage faced a criminal case in Cubcano Criminal Court for failing to pay over city funds. He pled not guilty through counsel, and trial was postponed to the March term with a specific date set. A motion to quash a second perjury indictment was scheduled to be argued next Monday.
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Gage
Cubcano
Reed
King of the Carnival Arrives Aboard John A. Dix In New Orleans
A parade of welcome on Canal street marks the arrival of the Carnival King aboard the U S steamer John A Dix. The Mayor and officials greet the royal party on the levee and escort them to the St Charles Hotel where a silk banner is presented to the King. Rex then visits each group as free mantinees are offered to eager crowds.
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New Orleans
Canal Street
U. S
John A. Dix
St. Charles
Rex
Indians Petition for Civil Rights in Indian Territory
Petitions circulate across Indian Territory urging Congress to grant equal rights to Indians and to establish a territorial government. The messages seek better governance and protection of tribal interests amid calls for reform and citizenship.
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Parsons, Ka
Indian Territory
Congress
Atlanta Banker Arrested For Embezzlement
Phillip D. Corie cashier of the Atlanta branch of the Freedman's Savings Bank and Trust Company was arrested on February 15 for embezzlement. The defalcation is estimated at $10,000.
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Atlanta
Phillip D. Corie
Freedman’'s Savings Bank and Trust Company
Unsettled Tenders and Distressing Local Incidents
Reports cover diverse events including a large legal tender sum of 381 million dollars, Alexander H. Stephens illness, a fatal stabbing in New York over jealousy, Chief Justice Waird's impartiality, a senator’s wife death near Alexandria, Mardi Gras crowds in Evansville, Buffalo harbor funding pleas, a Nebraska house fire with three children killed, Union Pacific 1973 earnings and gains, Ingalls family illness, railroad labor strikes in Lowell and Anderton with pay-day toil, and workers demanding higher wages.
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Alexander H. Stephens
Dennis Killard
East Seventy-first Street
New York
Michael Barry
Waird
James
M. Mason
United States
Alexandria
Evansville
Buffalo Board of Trade
Congress
Buffalo Harbor
Joseph Grey
Lincoln
Neb
Traffic Department of the
Union Pacific
Ingalls
Atchison, Ks
Washington
Lowell and Anderton
Radway’s Ready Relief Claim As Quick Pain Cure
An unreadable advertisement touts Radway’s Ready Relief as a fast pain remedy. It asserts instant relief for headaches pains and various ailments within minutes and promises quick comfort for tired or strained readers.
Radway’s Ready Relief Promoted For General Ailments
An advertisement touts Radway’s Ready Relief claiming rapid easing of bladder and bowel inflammation lung congestion sore throat breathing trouble heart palpitations and fevers. It also sells Radway’s Pills as a superior remedy for fever and malaria with a fifty cent bottle price and travel advice.
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Drugyista
Radway's Regulating Pills Offer Gentle Digestive Aid
Promotional blurb for Radway's Regulating Pills claiming tasteless coating and vegetable composition cure disorders of stomach bowels kidneys bladder nerves digestion and biliousness. Lists symptoms like fullness, sour belching, and faintness. asserts effective relief and urges purchase from druggists with address at Radway & Co.
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Wade
Ahans Way
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