Debates Run Hot as House Seats Elliott in South Carolina Case
Chaos in the House as Crisp sparks tumult during debate on the South Carolina seating contest. The House rejected the Smails minority report 143 to 136, with Hemphill attacking northern treatment of colored people. A riotous scene followed before adjournment and a record extension for Crisp.
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Wasmncros
South Carolina
Eliott
Smails
Messrs. Wilson
Minn
Ruswell
Mass
Hemphill
Massachusetts
Rhode Tikxi
North
Mr. Hopkins
Mr. Hemphill
Cheadle
Funston
Kas
Qwen
Rowell
Lil
Chicago
Mobile
New Orleans
Adams
Marion
Fort Beatt
Kan
Oxford
Williams
Ohio
South Carolna
Gallinger
NHL
Megro
South
Lodge
Posetgirs
An. Seysiver
Harmony Effort Underway Among Major Labor Leaders
Philadelphia hosts a February meeting at the Bingham House where leaders from the Knights of Labor, American Federation of Labor, and railroad unions discuss harmony. A resolution calls for unified action across trades unions and allied groups to advance workers’ interests.
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Philadelphia
Mesars
Powderly
McGuire
P. M. Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Wheaton
Order of Railway Conductors
Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
E. Wilkenson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Trades
Bingham House
Resolt
Knights of Labor
Mersis
Gompert
Walton
Fire on Le Rapide Near Dijon Trains Carriage Destroyed
A fire erupted in a new heated carriage on the Paris to Nice Le Rapide about five miles south of Dijon. Passengers, twelve aboard, tried to use the alarm but it failed. They jumped to safety as flames consumed the floor and seats. the guard halted the train and others fetched help.
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Nice
Paris
le Rapide
Dijon
Pennsylvania Veterans Move To Ban Decoration Day Liquor Sales
The G A R of Pennsylvania approved a bill banning liquor sales on Decoration Day and adopted resolutions condemning Pennsylvania soldiers orphan schools. In Switzerland extensive landslides hit Fleurier, Canton Neuchatel, forcing evacuations. Donatosville Louisiana reported the new courthouse, cost 20 000 dollars, burned with many records lost.
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Pennsylvania
Errs
G. A. BR. of
Soldiers’ Orphan Schools of
Switzerland
Quyeva
Fleurier
Canton
Neuchatel
Donatosviais
Barn Burners Terrorize Farming Districts Across Md and Pa
A wave of incendiary barn fires targets Adams County near Emmittsburg and Wareheim Township York County, damaging a D. Henry Hieman property and at least a dozen others in Frederick and Carroll Counties. Losses include 37000 with 4600 insured by Agricultural Insurance Co. of Watertown. The attackers use a two fist sized phosphorus device with powder and an egg sized cavity, and have damaged both rich and poor across parties and origins. Vigilance committees fail to curb the arsonists, and insurers cite large claims across southern Pennsylvania. Owners are warned to remove stock and machinery by set deadlines.
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Bauimary
D. Henry Hieman
Adams County
Emmittsburg
Agricultural Insurance Company
Watertown
N. Y
Frederick
Carroll Counties
Wareheim Township
York County
Maryland Line
Baens
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin legislature heat on adjournment and reforms
In Mavison Wisconsin the House introduced a joint resolution to adjourn from March 3 to March 7 to attend President Harrison's inauguration. Bills target the State Board of Supervision and extend powers to the Board of Charities and Reforms, admit lead mining support, counterfeiting controls, and cock and dog fighting bans. The Senate records remonstrances on the Taylor bill, while Arbor Day as a legal holiday is proposed. The Governor’s appointees Stark and Thorne were favorably reported and confirmed by a special committee.
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Mavison
Wis
Harrison
State Board of Supervision
State Board of Charities and Reforms
Senate
Taylor
H. B. Stark
Labor Statistician
D. K. Thorne
State Board of Health
Peculiar Effects of the Arnett Law in Ripley County
Reports from Ripley County describe how the Arnett law prompts white landowners to replace colored tenant farmers as leases end, gradually driving them from farm districts despite the law’s intended benefits. Other items note political shifts in Indianapolis and Dover, a millionaire will case in Dover with $250,000 sobriety clause, and requests for commutation and testimony in various legal matters.
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Ripley
O. Arcey, C
Dover
N. H
Fitrom Barker
Hiram Barker
Council of Royal Templars Bans Dancing Events
The Council of royal Templars of Illinois met Dere Wednesday and disapproved dancing, resolving that no dancing parties shall be held under their auspices. The minutes signal a strict stance amid local social disorders.
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Council of Royal Templars of
Illinois
Samoan Berlin Conference Doubts Rise Over U S Role
From Wasmixcox Feb 15. Report notes U S Secretary Bayard may not attend the Berlin meeting on Samoa as Germany delays via mail. Potential truce talks hinge on Bismarck accepting telegraphed instructions to suspend belligerent action. Bayard urges Germany to show real intent to restore peace rather than seek vengeance.
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Wasmixcox
Berlin
Count Arco Valley
Bayard
Bismarck
Harrison
Germany
Samnoa
Matanta
Piaying
Mr. Bayard
Prince Bismarck
Pendleton
Mr. Bayerd
Bomoa
Pacific
Mataafa
Emigration Opposition Sparks Threatened Riot in North Carolina
News from Charlotte reports escalating tension in Wayne County where farmers and white citizens, armed and ready, oppose further black emigration. Emigration agents are expelled as 1500 Negroes and families in Goldsboro await passage to Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi, raising fears of violence.
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North Carolina
New York
Charlotte
N. C
Warne County
Wayne County
John P. Richardson
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Goldsboro
Horrific Fire Killings Shock Havana Crowd
In Havana on San Miguel street Dolores Cordoves, a mulatto girl, rejected advances from four men. One man doused her with petroleum and set her ablaze, causing fatal burns. Police and neighbors intervened as the victim ran into the street, but she died Wednesday morning after suffering severe agony. The assailant escaped.
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Bavaoa
Havana
Cuba
Dolores Cordoves
San Miguel Street
Masi
Explosion wipes out Pennsylvania dynamite factory
A blast at the Doon dynamite factory in Mount Wolf, York County, Pennsylvania, killed and dismembered 33 year old employee John Flatline. The factory was completely demolished leaving a widow and three children. The cause appears linked to a nitroglycerine magazine incident.
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Pennsylvania
Texrx
Yorx
Doon
Jabwon
Mount Wolf
Thir County
John Flatline
Leavesa
Herline
Ates
Earthquake Devastates San Jose and Alajuela Areas
Reports from Panaus dated February 15 describe the December quake in Costa Rica with multiple shocks. San Jose saw collapsed churches, the National Palace and central barracks damaged, streets blocked by ruins, and losses over 200000. Alajuela and Cartago regions reported damage and volcanic eruption activity at Irazu.
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Panaus
Costa Rica
San Jose
Carmen and Merced
Preaidentia
Artiery
National Palace
Irazu
Cartago
Bonfield Resigns Amid Suspended Inspector Break
Chicago inspector John Bonfield who was suspended by Mayor Roche for an on going probe sent a caustic letter to the mayor. He claimed political advisers warned that staying in office could draw opposition from anarchists socialists lottery men and gamblers and that voluntary relief would prompt immediate reinstatement after the April election. He refused to resign previously and remains suspended.
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Chicago
Roche
Curcaco
John Bonfield
Chicago Times
Socialista
Bonfield
Giant of Barnum dies at Clyde New Jersey
Colonel Ruth Goshen, Barnum's celebrated giant, died in Clyde New Jersey after a six month illness of dropsy. He stood seven feet two inches tall, measured two feet six inches across the shoulders, twenty eight inches through the chest, and weighed 634 pounds. Born in Egypt, he was about seventy years old.
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Goshen
P. T. Barnum
New York
Ruth Goshen
Barnum
Clyde
N. J
Egypt
Floquet Government Falls as Deputies Pass Adjournment
In Paris the Chamber of Deputies approved an adjournment motion on constitutional revision by 307 to 218 despite government opposition. Premier Floquet announced the Ministry would resign and, immediately after, all ministers submitted their resignations to President Carnot, signaling a government collapse.
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Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Duval Naillsen
Floquet
M. Floquet
Carnot
Fatal collision wrecks express train near Galesburg
Express train No 15 of Chicago Stirlingon Quincy derailed at St Augustine near Galesburg Illinois after colliding with a freight tied up for switch. Express messenger Whiffen killed instantly and brake man and conductor Brown of freight hurt slightly.
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GalespuBa
Chicago, Stirlington & Quincy
St. Augustine
Here
Whiffen
Brown
Fragmented News Snippets From February Dispatches
A collection of short items citing Perry Belmont in Madrid, a conference call by the Civili Service Reform Association for February 23 in this city, Powderly of the Knights of Labor recalling a in a Gould Southwestern strike plot, a domestic tragedy in Bravia Pennsylvania where Charles W. Gabel shot his wife and attempted suicide, a Minnesotan man Shrke killed by a French man, the Prohibitionists Conference in Louisville endorsing the Indianapolis platform, and a note on the Samoan Conference with Mr Coleman to represent the American Legation.
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Barrruort
the. Civit. Service Reform Association of
Tas
Powderly
Pumapetrinta
Knights of Labor
le Caron
Beeurux
Coleman
Legation
Atocrieu
Sansoun
Notable Deaths and Crashes Mark Midweek News
Abner Pruth of Frederick County Maryland dies at age 100 in Dayton Ohio. An Illinois Central stock train derails through a bridge near Delaware Junction Indiana. cars demolished and several cattle killed. John Schoff fatally injured when his team runs away and hits a moving train near Fort Wayne Indiana. Thomas M. Nichel’s funeral held in New York City with few friends present. The High Court reelects Thomas W. Saunders as High Chief Ranger in Bloomington Illinois. Broadway and Revent Avenue railroad directors donate 9000 to police funds after a strike. Roy Hyder, Youngstown Ohio schoolboy, dies from stomach inflammation linked to chewing and swallowing paper. Belvidere Illinois reports measles, chicken-pox, scarlet fever outbreak closes public schools. doctors note unusually high child illness.
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Abner Pruth
Frederick County
Dayton
Delaware Junction
Fort Wayne
Ind
John Schoff
Schoff
Thomas M. Nichel
Garfield
New York
High Court
Hitnoss
Independent Order of Forestesters
Bloomington
Thomas W. Saunders
Chicago
Broadway & Revent Avenue Railroad
Roy Hyder
Youngstown
Belvidere
Barbed Wire Patents Claimed Invalid in US Law
Discovery in St Louis shows barbed wire control may not rest with American firms since French inventor Louis Janin secured a patent on April 1 1865. A US Supreme Court ruling holds foreign patents can void US patents, potentially nullifying Glidden era royalties and making manufacturers liable to recover payments.
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St. Louis
France
Louis Janin
United States Supreme Court
Michigan measures seek price control and school map printing
In Lansing on February 5 the Michigan Senate advanced bills to curb price collusion and to authorize printing Michigan maps for schools, while a civil license for marriage was required and penalties for neglect established. House measures included thistle control, Ann Arbor hospital funding of 25000 dollars, and a railway labor arbitration board proposal. A separate report from Portsmouth notes a hot air spring eruption four to five feet underground observed by a digger, with heat capable of boiling water.
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Lansing
Lansine
Mich
Senate
Michigan
House
Ann Arbor
Ohio
Portsmouth
Dry Run
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Shales
Mr. Crisp
Mr. Johnston
Smalla
Crisp
Indiana
Ane Tha
Renaen
Wadia
Maryland
Wisconsin
Indianapolis
Inpianapolis
Reynolds
Dusware
Barney Kennedy
Iowa
Borrato
John
J. Hydlea
Secretary of
Rational Land
Parnell
Tpiemaen
League
Fale
Carcano
Harvey Gurley
Annie Redmond
Criminal Court
John O. Hudson
Bloomdale
Besmarck
Samoa
San Jove
Tenze Haoerte
William IL. Porter
Vermilion County
Windom
Toepo
Devins
Mount Vernon
Pennsylvania Railway Company
Minnesota
Jermie Durignault
WOK
Perry Belmont
St Madris
Manpary
Wednenlay
Bravia
Charles W. Gabel
Paul
Shrke
Unio
Cenfer
Louisville
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