Irish Leaders Face Breakdown After Surrender and Peace Talks
Folkestone February 13 Dillon and O'Brien surrendered to police and left for London to serve sentences from Tipperary court for conspiring to incite tenants on the Smith Barry estate not to pay rent. O'Brien and Dillon report on Irish party strife urging reunion while recalling past negotiations and the need to regain freedom of action after serving their terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folkestone
Dillon
O'Brien
Boulogne- Sur-Mer
Messrs
London
Tipperary Court
Smith-Barry
William O'Brien
Myself
Ireland
Mr. O'Brien
Parnell
America
Mr. Dillon
Havre
Mr . Brien
Gladstone
Farm animal counts and values report for January
Estimates of numbers and values of farm animals returned to the Department of Agriculture show little change overall, with heavy losses on the Pacific coast. Horses on farms total 14,056,750 at an average value of 67 dollars. cattle numbers 26,875,648 with mixed regional values. sheep 48,431,158 at 2.51 each. swine 50,625,106 at 0.15 each. A shift toward dairying grows in the South and mountains, while a winter storm window cuts totals on the Pacific slope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ieb
Department of Agriculture
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Pacific
Connecticut
Arkansas
Texas
Katherine Drexel Takes Final Vows for Indian and Negro Mission
The Philadelphia banker’s daughter Miss Katherine M Drexel became Sister Catherine at a solemn ceremony in the convent chapel with Archbishop Ryan and Cardinal Gibbons in attendance. She pledges to devote life and fortune, over seven million dollars, to founding a new order the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament to aid Indians and colored people. The mother house will be near Philadelphia at Andalusia with a novitiate for training in teaching and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirrsaunren
Katherine M. Drexel
F. A. Drexel
Philadelphia
Sisters of Mercy
Drexel
Ryan
Philadel
Phia
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Congregation of Cardinals
Andalusia
Assassins Captured in Gillham Murder Case
Alton IllinoisFebruary 13 The murderers of Senator Daniel Gillham have been arrested two men are jailed in Edwardsville John Brown and N C Wyatt Wyatt confessed implicating George Starkey Starkey was arrested at St Joseph Missouri Brown was captured while at work on the bluff line Wyatt said Starkey entered the house and did the shooting while Brown and Wyatt kept guard outside
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turning Hawk
Wounded Knee
WashingTon
Indian Bureau
American Horse
Mr. Cook
Pine Ridge
Miles
Custer
White House
Senator Gillham
Alton
Daniel Gillham
Edwardsville
Gillham
John Brown
N. C. Wyatt
Wyatt
Omaha
Brown
George Starkey
St. Joseph
Starkey
GAVE AWAY A FORTUNE TO HIS UNCLE IN COURT FILE
In Butte Montana on February 13 a district court document shows Thomas Jefferson Davis, son of Andrew J. Davis, assigns 100000 to John A. Davis as his claim to his father's estate. The estate is valued around eight million and the will's validity is under challenge, affecting potential heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Mont
Thomas Jefferson Davis
Milionaire
Andrew J. Davis
Iowa
John A. Davis
SLAIN BY HIS SON A Kentucky Judge Under Bonds
Fragmentary text reports a Kentucky judge slain by his son amid mention of bonds. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Mur
Horrible Tale of European Immigrants in Brazil
Warsaw Courier correspondent M. Dygasinski reports Brazil blocks truth on immigration. He says 10 million immigrants planned, 140000 landed by North German Lloyd, each paid 300 marks. They were left in forests or exploited by planters. 700 dying in a wooden chapel near Rio Grande. thousands camping in cities or forests. Immigration continues, even at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Lonnon
M. Dygasinsk
Warsaw Courier
Lloyd Steamship Company
Rio Janeiro
Rio Grande
M. Dygasinski
Kremen
Blaze destroys Crescent Mercantile Building in Aurora
A fierce fire at 1 a m destroyed the Mercantile Building on Fox Street and Broadway in Aurora. The loss is estimated at least 100000 with the block valued at about 70000. Balmoral restaurant The Fair Pratt's gallery and many offices burned. A 1000 volume library of Alschuler Murphy and instruments belonging to Dr. W T Murphy were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Ill
Mercantile
Fox Street
Broadway
Pratt
Alschuler & Murphy
W. T. Murphy
Improvement in General Sherman's Condition Noted
New York Feb 13 bulletin says General Sherman is slightly improved since morning. A later dispatch to the President reports faint hope for recovery at 1 pm and 4 pm notes greater improvement. Extreme unction was given at 11:25 pm as death seemed imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Sherman
New York
Alexander
Biarrison
John Sherman
Indiana House tightens salaries and vets new capital bill
In Indianapolis on February 18 the House, in committee of the whole, held a dozen votes over the fee and salary bill. Grangers kept salaries down to committee figures, trimming Governor's secretary to 1200 and Governor's clerk to 600. Deputy Secretary of State salary eyed for 1509 but stays at 1200. Librarian and Deputy Auditor raised to 1400. State officer salaries fixed: Governor 5000, Secretary of State 3500, Auditor 4000, Treasurer 3000, Attorney General 3500, Librarian 1400, Clerk Supreme Court 3000, Superintendent of Public Instruction 2500, Geologist 2000, State Statistician 1500. A Chicago capitalists bill would empower stock yard firms to condemn lands, lay water mains, erect lights, build canals, and more, likely aimed at Lake County developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ina
House
Granger
Supreme Court
Chicago
Indiana
Lake County
Catfish Behavior and Fossil Debate Shown in Odd Text
Fragmentary notes describe catfish surface behavior and spawning, then pivot to a professor claiming catfish descend from placoderms. The text shifts to a weathered market section with grain prices and poultry figures, creating a jumbled historical snapshot.
Heir to Anneke Jans Estate Noted in Indiana
Mrs. Silas Covalt of Munch Indiana has been informed she is an heir to the Anneke Jans estate in New York City valued at 200000000. She and other heirs plan to meet in Indianapolis next month to arrange settlement. The estate includes thirty six acres leased to Trinity Church since 1790.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munch
Ind
Silas Covalt
Anneke Jans
New York City
Indianapolis
Covall
Eliza Whiterow Kyeers
New Albany
Amneke Jans
Trinity Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
O’brien
England
CoLtumbus
National Miners’ Convention
United States
Colorado
Denver
Col
Daniel Sheehan
Red Mountain
W. R. Graham
Cedar Falls
General Bragg
Fonopu Lac
Wis
General E. E. Bragg
St. Paul Railroad Company
Biavarck
N. D
Farm Animals
Plainview
Tex
Solkoia
Black Vail
Kate Drexel'Will
Sister Katherine
Sidney Lewis
ne _ nage
Sidney
Vaderbilts
Vanderbilts
Marquette
Michigan
Samuel J. Tilden
William H. Bar Mwund
Blaine
Hincron
Columbia
Julie
Bungary
Mexico
Urigua
Ylemala
Portugal
Vader
Kou
Ncarigua
Rusia
Horduias
Foe
Slam
Chui
Spain
Civi
Seen
Norway
Colombia
Turkey
Pennesde
Nasaviere Tean
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Warrollton
Daniel Looper
Luc
Katherine
T. J. Davis
Millionaire Davis
Sse Niethern
Biruienam
Ala
William Youngblood
Republican National Committee For
Alabama
Cor
Harrison
Wanamaker
The
Legislature
Dean
Wren
Froviniona
Bie
Ames Burrer—Creamery
Wisconsin
Primio
Hensley
Andy
Kran
Aneke Jans Heira
Evansville
Jacob Freundlich
Cook Brewing Company
Ohio River
Freundlich
Lawrenceburg
Edward W. Jackson
Miller ‘Township
Terre. Havute
Gompera
Logansport
LocAnsport
Samuel A. Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Columbus
Terre Haute
Henry Humphrey
New Goshen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!