Multiple varied items from a late 19th century newspaper
Indications of daily dispatches include Indy Earl of Mayo events in Calcutta, a Union Square Savings Bank dividend note, Horace Greeley health update, Farragut widow leading hospital relief, and Rome Vatican Concordat hints. Reports cover trials, rail travel, Indian outrages, mail delays, Russian fleet fares, New York colored citizens meeting, New York politics, California mining tax, and 1872 sewer pipe convention. Also French and British political notes, ship weather, and Salt Lake City Mormon expose.
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Indie
Earl of Mayo
Calcutta
Union Square Savings Bank of
New
Horace Greeley
America
Admiral Farragut
Ladies’ Association
Bick
Rome
Alsace
Lorraine
New York
James Costello
Jack Glass
French Assembly
Harvard Aluma
Pacific Railroad
Bitter Creek
Salt Lake
Ogden East
la Mesilla
Tucson
Arizona
National Convention of
New Orleans
Chamberlain
Labor Reform Party of
Columbus
Horace H. Day
Sumner Demagoguery Debate Shapes Senate Election Inquiry
Washington February 17 A portion of the press seeks to frame Sumner’s arms resolution as anti investigation while Senators defend inquiry. The crowd gathers editors from Halstead McKee Knapp Bowles and Hooper plans. Hooper aims to push Civil Rights Bill while amnesty follows if the bill passes.
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Sumner
Chicago
Times and Chronicle
Washington
Arime Senate Committee On
Murat Halstead
Cincinnati Commmercial
McKee
Missouri Democrat
Knapp
Missouri Republican
Sam Bowles
Springfield Republican
Samuel Hooper
Boston
House
Sumner’s
Senate
Renewal of the Senatorial Shindy in Columbus
In Columbus Ohio on February 17 the Senatorial shindy was to reopen as the Senate reassembled. Members debated seating Sayler and the right to vote with accounts of per diem refunds and contested seating. The body adjourned until next Monday amid motion and point of order debates.
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Times and Chronicle
CoLumbus
Senate
Morris
Miami
Casement
Putnam
Sayler
Kemp
Putnnan
Pittsburg Oil Case Decided for Plaintiffs in $27,005 Verdict
In the Owsten and Somers versus The Allegheny Valley Railroad Company case the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs totaling 27,004.90. Pleadings show aggregate claims near 50,000 as the trial stretched over three weeks. No verdict yet in the Van Kirk Johnston breach of promise suit.
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Times and Chronicle
Priresore
Owsten & Somers
Allegheny Valley Railroad Company
van Kirk- Johnston
Allegheny Valley Head verdict awarded in suit
A verdict was returned in favor of the plaintiff in a $27,600 breach of contract case involving Miss Van Kirk Johnson. The jury was not discharged after defense motions, and the court refused to grant an adjournment or discharge.
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Associated Pi
Prrrapvea
Allegheny Valley Head
van Kirk Ve. Johnson
Train Zouaves Building Association and Alexis Pets
George Francis Train announces plan as next President of America at City Hall next Monday evening. A Zouave militia company is forming under state law. A dean and building association capitalized at $200,000 was formed last night. Two buffalo calves and a spotted antelope marked for Alexis were brought through the city yesterday.
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Times and Chronicle
Xena
George Francis Train
America
Dean and Building Association
Alexis
Bright's Case Goes to Jury in February Trial
Great interest surrounds the Bright case as it heads to the jury. Judge J. E. McDonald delivered the defense closing, speaking effectively. Many observers expect Bright may be acquitted.
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Times and Chronicle
IspiaxaPollis
Bright
J. E. McDonald
Scranton dispute report ends in fatal shaft blast
In New York Pebran A Scranton dispute claims Reesa a gym try Nena the Pyne shaft killed Teese and two others sought escape to the surface. The former allegedly fell into the shaft and deadly blasts then exploded, blowing him and the others to atoms.
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New York
Pebran
Scranton
Reesa
Teese
Wales
Augio American Telegraph Company considers toll cuts
At a London meeting yesterday the group favored reducing dispatch tolls and welcomed a proposal to lay a fourth cable. In Paris a report notes a disturbance at the funeral of Charles Etienne Conti, with supporters of the Ex-Emperor present and M Rouher’s carriage mobbed before security restored order.
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London
Augio- American Telegraph Company
Paris
Charles Etienne Conti
Napoleon
M. Rouher
Pere la Chaise
Rouber
M. Rouber
Senate debate on arms sales and political strategy in America
The transcript covers a Senate debate on arms sales to Prussia and France, queries over accounting discrepancies, and party politics. Speakers including Mr. Morton, Mr. Sumner, Mr. Schurz, and Mr. Logan discuss international law, government accountability, and potential shifts amid Democratic, Liberal, and Republican factions. The discussion touches on arms shipments, treasury audits, and upcoming conventions as part of broader political maneuvering.
Woman preacher in New York church row stirs debate
Correspondence from New York reports a quarrel sparked by Miss Smiley a Quaker woman who preached beyond traditional bounds. The dispute involves church authorities led by Dr. Cayler and hinges on the General Assembly's 1832 stance that women should not preach. The incident highlights tensions over women’s roles in ministry and the church’s reaction to female religious leadership.
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Times and Chronicle
New York
Smiley
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Paul
Dr. Cayler
Jaye
Theo
Cu Cuyler
Cuyler
Eles
Michigan
Illinois
Minnesota
Kansas
Aff
Oberlin
National Council
Geneva Board of Arbitration case on Alabama claims before Parliament
The document, submitted by Britain's counsel, outlines the Geneva Board of Arbitration in the Alabama claims. It cites Rule II of Article 6 of the Treaty of Washington on neutral ports, discusses damages, liability limits, and asserts Britain’s position that while rebel cruisers caused harm, the United States must prove England’s liability for just damages, and expresses readiness to accept the arbitration outcome.
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Lexpos
Geneva Board of Arbitration
Great Britain
Alabama
Sas Ag
Ss Pet
United States
Shenandoah
England
M Adams
Fark Russell
Eight Hour Law Strike Affects Hat Factory Burn
Report notes a severe fire at a heavy hat works plant linked to labor disputes around the eight hour law. The incident follows a broader talk of reform and possible corruption ties to local ring activities. Authorities investigate suspected arson while workers recount chaotic scenes and safety breaches.
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Scott
Fragmentary financial and political notes from New York
Dispatches record talks of reorganizing and funding debts owed by France, with four million offered and six million from Reformers. a potential consensus around two million. The Western Union union plans a state circular to trade societies for enforcement of a one hour rule starting soon. A fire destroys an establishment in Bethel and a steamer St Laurent arrives. a beneficiary is placed with charity commissioners.
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Mittee
France
Ceone Raphe Igeae
Wectinason
Bethel
St. Laurent
Roth
Oth
Heavy Water Pipe Contracts and Poor House Plans Awarded
The Board of Water Commissioners awarded contracts for 500 tons six inch pipe 300 tons fifteen inch pipe 500 tons twenty inch pipe and 150 tons of pipe to Sheckle Morrison Co of St Louis over Dennis Long of Louisville W Smith of Pittsburg and the Gaylord Iron and Pipe Co of Cincinnati. The County Court awarded million dollar premiums for the first second and third best plans for a new poor house to be built at a cost of two hundred thousand dollars with Desbonne McNamare Cameron Mortimer all of St Louis as successful bidders. A river level drop was noted and dignitaries from Nova Scotia and Montreal visited but no definite plans emerged.
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Board of Water Commissioners
Sheckle, Morrison &Co
St. Louis
Dennis Long
Louisville
W. Smith
Pittsburg
Gaylord Iron and Pipe Company
Cincinnati
F. W. Raeder
Desbonne & McNamare
Cameron & Mortimer
P. Mitchell
Dominion
John Demville
Nova Scotia
J. McLachlin
John Kemmer
Bank of Montreal
Fashion Edict Delaying Social Flourishes In Lent Season
Correspondence notes Ash Wednesday marks a penitent period with parties and balls curtailed. Fashion trends show Dolly Varden outfits giving way to morning wear, lace trimmed caps, and refined lingerie.
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Tins
Chronicle
New York
Subhjeet
Fekle
Dolly Varden
Morning West
Robe de Chambre
Ballete
Valenciennes
Marie Antoin
Ohio Legislature Act Aims Forest Cultivation Push
Forty years ago most of Ohio was forested. A proposed resolution in the Ohio Legislature urges expanding forest cultivation to restore woodland cover and promote conservation.
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Ohio
Protestantism runs strong with great success in the a me
The report notes Rev. Bob D forsaking the Lutheran fold and the New Testament Provisers nearing Luke chapter two with six years to finish. In Mount Pleasant Nebraska the Sunday school nearly all converted and Minnesotan and Iowa church leadership shifts are reported, including a new Missions Superintendent for Northern Iowa and Y M C A religious work in Massachusetts. A broad view touches on Darwinian faith, deaconesses debate, and urban church movements as church life crosses regions from Michigan to Boston.
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Bob D
Mount. Pleasant Methodist
Nebraska
Maine
Epistates Star
Decorah
Iowa
Guernsey
Boston
Railroad Presidents Meet Over Freight Discrimination Inquiry
In Columbus on February 17 a certificate was filed for Hocking Co operative Mining Company to mine coal and iron in Athens Hocking Perry counties with a Nelsonville office. Railroad leaders met to assess Senator Smiths Senate resolution on freight discrimination. they warned full disclosure would be costly and likely impracticable, casting doubt on any forthcoming legislation. In the House today petitions from Cincinnati firms against the Fallis Bill repealing the Southern Railroad Act were presented. Chase introduced a bill on leasing Ohio railroads by other states forces. Taft offered a school code bill. Hoag moved for sine die adjournment on the 20th but was laid on the table.
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Times and Chronicle
COL_umbus
Hocking Co-operative Mining Company
Athens
Hocking
Perry
Nelsonville
Senate
Smith
Railroad Committee of
House
Wai, Kleiner
Cincinnati
Wm. Glenn
Fallis
Mr. Chase
Ohio
Mr. Taft
Hoag
Wapakoneta Meeting Backs Western Central Railway Line
A Wapakoneta meeting discussed the Western Central Railway proposal to run through Wapakoneta and St. Marys. Messrs Hunt and Young of Kenton reported strong public support across counties west of Auglaize for immediate construction and routing to Chicago, with Auglaize citizens pledging 125000 in aid and Chicago backers like J Young Scammnon among supporters.
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Times and Chronicle
Waapaakoneta
Wapakoneta
Western Central Railway
St. Marys
Messry. Hunt and Young
Kenton
Auglaize
Chicago
Lafayette
Bluffton
Mercer
Hardin
Marion
Caledonia
Ohio
C.R.R
J. Young Scammon
DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET AT Sagasta'S Cabinet
The February report notes disputes within the December cabinet formed by Sagasta, pitting Admiral Topete, minister of the colonies, against other ministers. A new conservative cabinet appears likely. In London, immense preparations were under way for the St Pauls thanksgiving services on February 27.
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Maprio
Sagasta
Topete
London
St. Paul’s
New York Republicans Endorse Reform in City Affairs
The German Republican Committee of New York adopted a resolution to follow national Republican lines while engaging in municipal matters with any reform-minded party. Philadelphia chemist C F Dillon was found ill and dying in the street and died at Tombs prison this morning.
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New York
Reilena Party
C.F. Dillon
Philadelphia
Tombs Prison
Marine panel arrives in Queenstown
Marine dispatch from Queenstown reports that the panel from China and Columbia have arrived in port on February 17, signaling a diplomatic or naval gathering.
House Debates In Washington On A Quiet February Saturday
The House met for general debate with Mr. McKee in the chair. The hall appeared empty and deserted as a few items were read or tied for publication before adjournment.
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Washinatou
McKee
State Senate Debates Resignations as Resolutions Tabled
In Atlaxy on February 17, Senator Lord Eeweeble and others debated a motion about the President’s alleged guilt and the Clerk’s actions. A map with the late prescription rotches was referenced. The resolutions were tabled.
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Atlaxy
State Senate
Lord Eeweeble
Outerels
Pittsburg U11 Market Report From Portssvure
Special dispatch notes a quiet Portssvure market with a weaker tone. Crude prices show limited activity at 213 cents, refined product slipping, and a dull petroleum market with bids around 395 and asks near 400.
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Pittsburg
The
Times and Chronicle
Portssvure
Saint
Jera
Rm Samaren
Aton City
Lower Creek
Petesleum
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