Testimony in Parnell Commission Reveals Revolutionary Plots
Dr Le Caron testifies about June 1881 talk with Alexander Sullivan on changing Irish representation and visiting Ireland. He details August 3 1851 meeting on dynamite plans, mining classes, and O Connor links to the Irish Republican Brotherhood as officials debate arms and insurrection. Sullivan and others discuss continued American aid while avoiding a full British response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Envoz
Dr. le Caron
P. Beach
Parnell Commis
Alexander Sullivan
Sullivan
Ireland
Parnell
Sullivan Biterly
Pem
I Party
Wit‘noes
John O
Chicago
Gneral Webster
O'Connor
Irish Republican Brotherhood
Hannen
O’conanor
America
Palmer House
Mackay
Lomasneyis
Lemmemey
London Bridge
England
Webster
Brotherhood
Spec al
Mooney
Eng
Egan
Milwaukee
Englsad
Bellivan
Carenco
Alexander Suallivan
le Caron
Parnell Commission
London
Ate
Lanu League
Storming the Ice Palace at Montreal Carnival
The carnival spectacle drew about 30,000 spectators as allied snowshoe clubs attacked and captured the ice palace on Mount Royal. Fireworks lit the walls and tower while colored flames erupted from the palace for two hours before surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
MaxrTheat
Mount Hoyal
Dominica
Payton John Election Contest Headed by House
The House engrossed the General Deficiency bill and opened the Payton John contest from Spencer County. The majority backed the contestant after findings of thirty four illegal votes for John overturning a 21 vote lead and giving the contester a thirteen vote margin amid claims of White Cap intimidation of about forty five colored voters. The minority denied illegal votes. Senate discussed a bill to repeal a married women as surety statute, which failed 337 to 11.
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Ixotaxarcus
Ind
House
Payton
John
Spencer County
Senate
FREE SUPPLIES FOR INDIANS AT VERMILION LAKE RESERVATION
An official report from Ashland Wisconsin on February 8 states Agent Gregory Chief Clerk Beazer and staff travel to Vermilion Lake near Tower to distribute blankets pork flour and other provisions to starving Indians under treaty provisions. The effort aims to relieve destitution with large quantities of essentials as welcomed by the community.
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Wisconsin Redskins
Gregory
Ashland
Wia
Beazer
Rodman
la Pome Basses
Vermilion Lake Reservation
Tower
Wrecks and Disasters Off Cape Hatteras and Cowes
Reports detail the collision of the Glencoe with the Largo Bay off Beachy Head, the loss of the Glencoe’s crew of fifty four, and the bark Largo Bay's near-sinking. Also recounted are the Arlie Chester wreck off Cape Hatteras with four survivors and the brig Florence reportedly lost after a November storm.
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Beachy Heed
Glencos
Glen Line
Glasgow
Liverpool
London
Prawle Point
Glencoe
McGregor, Gow & Co
Lloyd's
Larga Bay
Largo Bay
Targo Bays
Cowes
RHIP
Cape Hatteras
New York
Thomas Ingersoll
Wills
Arfie R. Chester
John Christmas
Chester
Cook
Christmas
Anderson
Keach
Janes E. Kelsey
Pamspetrata
Florence
Galveston
Atkins
Milton
Del
Awakening From Thirty Five Day Trance Reported
The story recounts Mrs. Althouse waking after thirty five days in a trance. She showed signs of struggle, bled from the nose, breathed rapidly, and had a fluctuating pulse and ordinary temperature. Nourishment was given and she gained strength, communicating by head motions.
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Althouse
Dante
Fire destroys multiple buildings in Kiagara Falls and nearby towns
Fire yesterday morning gutted three structures of St May's Institute near Port Harrz, Ind. In Ontario a Niagara Falls Brewery warehouse burned, with losses around 60,600 insured and 50,040 reported for other facilities. Another large mill and machinery loss estimated at 100,000 accompanied by uninsured damages.
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Sirent
Etal Daokeren
Nracata Falls
Ont
Kiagara Fails Brewing
Ozof
Sore Wes Gontores
Contenta Lous
Pireta 2
Tums Harrz
Ind
May's Institute
Lona
Insarmca
Hoosier Village
Boutn Bexp
Walkerton
Baltimore & Ohio
Indianapolis, Penu & Chicago
Movement for female suffrage in Washington Territory convention
Senator Hoar leads a petition in the Senate to secure female representation in a forthcoming Washington Territory constitutional convention. Nineteen other senators, including Frye and Sherman, are on the list, while Platt remains wary. Legislative actions and hearings continue on related territorial bills and municipal provisions, with a May adjournment date debated in Springfield.
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Vars
Wasniscron
Hoar
Senate
Washington Territory
Committee On Territories
Gray Wins Election Contest Amid Beef and Pork Trust Fight
In Mapisoy Wisconsin on Feb X the House upheld Jimoreve Gray in yesterday morning’s contested election while a Senate petition objected to Taylor's Railroads bill. A five member joint Assembly-Senate committee was appointed to join with other bodies to act against the beef and pork trusts. Bills introduced include lowering streetcar fares, reforming the State Treasury Agent, and funding the Soldiers' Memorial Hall with ballots printed at public expense. A suspended-rule vote in the House imposed a mill tax on Milwaukee property to support Grand Army events, creating a $50 fund.
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Gray
Elenore
Mapisoy
Wis
House
Cana
Jimoreve Gray
Senate
Taylor
Treasury
State Board of Chartres and Hefoin
State Board of Supervision
Soldiers’ Memorial
Milwaukee
Grand Army
Unclear fragment hints at 1880s political notes and figures
Fragmentary text references an auditorium, Republican converts, a famous hotel, and individuals including James H Breslin. Details are unclear, but hints at a festival or political event and a Chicago connection in February.
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Forties
Cnuago
the Auditorii
Famois
James H Breslin
Portguese Gunboat Seizes Whale Vessel in Atlantic Waters
The whaling bark Mary Fraser of Edgartown is seized on the high seas by a Portuguese gunboat and towed into Fayal harbor where captain and crew await trial for selling tobacco. U.S. Consul appeals to Lisbon, then to Washington for redress. Americans remain in Fayal amid losses and hardships.
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New Yoas
the Times
New Bedford
Main
Htis
Mary Fraser
Edgarton
Fayal
Lisbon
United States
Faya
Death in the Blizzard Claims Two in Michigan
Intense cold grips Michigan as Bay City street laborer Fred Close freezes to death and Ogeman Springs resident George Lutes dies in the blizzard. Marine City reports 20 below zero while Sanxo Beach endures a two day northwest blizzard with 20 inches of snow and travel paralysis.
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Michigan
Dsrxort
Mich
Fred Close
Bay City
George Lutes
Ogeman Springs
Marine City
Sanxo Beach
The
Mercury
Indianapolis Convention Adopts Last Year Wage Scale
The Indiana coal operators and miners convention met with delegates from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. The Progressive Unionists won all points, approving last year’s wage scales: seventy cents for bituminous and eighty cents for coal. A plan to adjourn to March or April to hear district views on adjusting the scale was proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapali
IspiaxaPolis, Inc
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Epidemic of scarlet fever and assorted notes
An assortment of brief items reports a scarlet fever outbreak in Yaging, a sugar company charter dispute, a Port Huron clothier assignment, and various legal, political, and personal incidents across multiple states. Notable items mention a forgery sentence in Logansport, an inheritance rumor in Reading, a fatal shooting in Edinburg, mine disasters, and a prison escape/re-capture in Jeffersonville.
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North River Sugar Refining Company
Barrett
Sigmund Goodman
Port Huron
Mich
Lower South Carolina
Gages W. Vaoskiver
Logansport
Ind
May
Reading
California
Edinburg
Charlie Winterberg
George Fender
Pine Lake
Pitts
Belgium Glass
New Haven Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Bridgeport
Thompson
Calumet
Edward Keily
Buffalo
A. Y
St. Joseph’s
Russell B. Harrison
M. T
Montana
W. W. Bursey
Phanix and
E Vgie Savings Bank
Columbus
Jonathan Dilion
Anderson
Jad
Cole Younger
Stillwater
Minn
Belle Bierr
Louisville
Otto Spiegel
Ohie
Ninth Street
Cincinnati
James Johnson
Jaist Ashlend
Wis
Draunken
Charles Wilson
Burnett
Evert Corey
Louisville, New Albany & Chicago
Bell Boy
Lexington
W. T. Woodwards
George M. Bridt
Chiattenoogs
Tenn
Fritz Ruebl
New York
Germany
Beis
Francis
Missouri
Kaness
Beef’ and Pork Trust
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