Funeral for Frederick Douglass Draws Vast Civic Tribute
Washington mourns icon Frederick Douglass with a large mixed crowd at Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal church. Notables including Senators Sherman and Hoar, Justice Harlan, Susan B. Anthony, and May Wright Sewall attend, with sermons by Rev. Jenifer and others, and remarks by Mrs. Douglass and family. The service ends as the procession moves to the Pennsylvania Railroad for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman and Hoar
Justice Harlan
Susan B. Anthony
May Wright Sewall
Washington
Lincoln Emancipation
Metropolitan
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Frederick Douglass
Cedar Hill
Anacostia
Sons of Veterans
J. G. Jenifer
Douglass
Sherman and
Hoar
Womests National Council
Anne H. Shaw
Rachel Avery Foster
Women's Council
B. K. Bruce
W. H. A. Wormley
John T. Lynch
John F. Cook
E. C. Messer
P. B. & Pinchback
C. B. Purvis
L. C. Bailey
J. H. Brooks
J. H. Merriweather
John B. Francis
F. J. Barbedoes
D. L. Pitcher
B. E. Messer
Geo. W. Murray
Sewall
Anthony
Shaw
Israel
H. E. Stevenson
J. H. Rankin
Howard University
Hutchinson
Mr. Douglass
England
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indiana House Passes County Superintendents Bill and Ship Canal Plan
In Indianapolis Feb 29 the House approved a bill to elect county superintendents in September and debated a ship canal feasibility bill funding a 12 500 commission to study drainages from Lake Michigan to the Wabash river. Senate failed to authorize a Brown county seat move, with a 20 to 15 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Indianapolis
Senate
Brown County
Brownstown
Seymour
Lake Michigan
Wabash River
Kankakee
Leedy
Disappointed bidders miss out on new bond allotments
New York February 26 bidders for 31 million dollars in government bonds faced disappointing results. Speculators were denied bonds, about 400 notices refused offers, while one leading firm, Harvey Fisk & Sons, bid roughly 4 million and secured 12 percent of total. Bond quotes on the stock exchange near 119 1/4.
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New Yor
Messrs. Harvey, Fisk & Sons
Stock Exchange
Identified as Train Robber Morganfield in Court
In Stanford C H Va on Feb 26 the commonwealth rested after witnesses identified Morganfield as the train robber. C B Brown Officer Wright Conductor Peters and Cincinnati police named Morganfield in ticket and telescope identifications. Defense plans four witnesses before final argument on instructions.
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Morganfield
Stanforp C
Searcey
Peters
Cincinnati
McDermott
Witte
Morgenfield
Religion by Law. Reichstag to consider anti revolution bill
Dr Rintelen a clerical member of the Reichstag announces an amendment to punish flinging disbelief in deity immortality of the soul or the religious character of marriage with a 600 mark fine and two years imprisonment. The Cologne Gazette calls the proposal an outrage on human liberty and predicts further measures to enforce papal infallibility and immaculate conception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reichstag
Berlin
Rintelen
Cologne Gazette
Germany
Gazette
Murder Mystery Body Found Near Ninety-Third Street
Police believe a 25 year old butcher Fred Holzhuter was murdered and burned to conceal the crime. Two children found the partially burned corpse seated against a tree at Ninety-third Street and Western Avenue. Deep head wounds and singed rope remnants indicate foul play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Ninety-third Street
Western Avenue
Fred Holzhuter
Earthquake Shocks Hit Multiple West Coast Towns
A distinct earthquake shock was felt in Kirkwood Missouri at 5 AM awakening families as windows rattled. Additional light tremors were reported in Tacoma and Sumner Washington and Pontiampa Oregon between 4:30 and 6 AM, with several locations experiencing minor damage or disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kirkwood
Here
Humbeus
Tacoma
Wash
Sumner
Ponthamp
People Called Upon to Rise Up Against the Government
Across multiple regions reports flag rising unrest and martial law. In Cuba the governor general enforces public order law to quell secessionist brigandage. 24 men summoned rebel recruits near Matanzas. In Venezuela political agitation looms after Crespo’s snub at Porto Cabello. Bedouin forces reportedly seize Muscat while London notes uncertain outcome. In Africa a Brass siege ends with native town captured. casualties include Lieut Taylor and several sailors. Menelek’s expedition in South Abyssinia kills 7,000 tribesmen.
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Havana
Yarra
Matanzas
Guantanamo
Omapnio
Senor Abarzuza
Cuba
America
New York
Caracas
Porto Cabello
Venezuela
Crespo
London
Imes
Bombay
Shiek Syedsule
Muscat
Brass
Guinea
Africa
Admiralty
Taylor
Rome
Massowah
Menelek
Abyssinia
Judge Upholds Excise Tax on Express Companies
Franklin county Ohio judge David F. Pugh sustains the excise tax law against Atty Gen Richards suits challenging Adams United States and National Express. He rules these joint stock firms possess corporate attributes and rights, making them taxable despite NY incorporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CoLtumsBus
David F. Pugh
Franklin Common Pleas Court
Atty
Tragic Kentucky death as rifle discharged at home
Mrs Nannie Mendenhall of Ryland’s Station Kentucky died when a rifle fell from a chair in a domestic accident. Her husband John brushed the weapon triggering the cartridge which struck her in the head killing her instantly. In Cleveland Ohio reports say three sewing machine firms plan to buy out White Co for 1.2 million dollars in cash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Nannie Mendenhall
Ryland’s Station
Kentucky Central
John
Cleveland, O
Singer
Domestic
Davis
Tragedy Strikes City Rail. Two Men Dead
In Lin, Feb 26 an intoxicated Clinton Pearson slept on Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago tracks and was killed by a west bound train. In Wanzen, Feb 26 John Temple a plumber died after his mangled body was found on the rails. City mayor Bergman orders a crackdown on slot machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lin
Clinton Pearson
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Wanzen
John Temple
Temple
Youngstown
Portiano
Ind
Bergman
Hayward Testimony in Ging Murder Trial Continues
Barry Hayward, defendant in the Ging murder case at Moormeapouis Minn, testifies about his night return to Ozark and news of Miss Ging's death. He recalls loaning money and offering his revolver, describes the sweat box, morgue viewing, and funeral arrangements. Accusations tie Adry to a prior masked holdup. Adry to take the stand denying the alibi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry .Hayward
Moormeapouis
Minn
Harry Hayward
Ging
Ozark
Miss Ging
Ireland
Adry
Harry
Baby Cordelia Hill Acquitted in Paternal Shooting
In Charleston West Virginia on September 26 Cordelia Hill an eleven year old colored girl was acquitted of murder after shooting her father in defense of her mother. The mother and a ten year old son testified for the prosecution. The trial lasted about three hours and the verdict came in thirty minutes. The girl said she shot because she believed her father would kill her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordelia Hill
Charleston
W. Va
Seb
His Body Cut in Two Killed Jumping Freight Train
Owed to a Sunday accident four miles west of Bellefontaine Owen McFarland sixteen years old was killed when he jumped a Big Four freight train and his body was cut in two. His father also died on the tracks years before, leaving a widowed mother and four remaining children. In other Ohio notes minister Dr W A Davidson aged 74 was found dead in his home cellar from heart failure at Cuyahoga Falls. Anna Gould denies Catholic conversion and wedding trousseau praised as magnificent and tasteful.
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Kearns
Prttspurex
Edward P. Kearns
Internal Revenue
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Edmund A. Bigler
Bellefontaine
Owen McFarland
Here
McFarland
Axton, D
W. A. Davidson
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
New Yorks
George L. Pease
Shoe and Leather National Bank
Brooklyn
Samuel C. Seely
Frederick Baker
Seward's Head May Be Saved
Priesurch Pennsylvania reports Maj. Willis T Seward condemned in Honolulu for conspiracy to overthrow the republic has many Pennsylvania friends pressing for death sentence commutation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seward
Priresurch
Willis. T. Seward
Honolulu
Republic
Pennsylvania
Mills to Start Up After River Ice Breaks
Valley View Kentucky reports ice breakup on the Kentucky river ends danger to log booms and the mills along the river will restart after three weeks of shutdowns due to cold weather. Gov Matthews Wins, Indiana caucus votes to reconsider governor appointing power. Died Aged 115, Kittie Benson, Green county Kentucky, served soldiers in the War of 1812 and was freed before the Civil War. Theater Hat Bill Detested, Jefferson City Missouri, house defeats bill making it a misdemeanor for women to wear hats in theaters and churches. Beried Under Rovk, Marble, C Ohio, John Mony killed by a mine fall at a mill site.
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Valley View
Kentucky
KnNoxvil_e
Tenn
Kittie Benson
Green County
Senate morning session handles district and deficit bills
In Congress, house members pressed for unanimous consent to local relief measures. Bills passed for James Phelan, Michael Ryan, Matthew Priest relief, a bridge at the Illinois river, Smithsonian board member Hubbard appointment, and a bronze statue for Prof. Samuel D. Cross. Indian appropriation amendments nonconcurred. district business set for Thursday. committee of the whole resumes general deficiency appropriations. Hoard of two soldiers and naval funds discussed. 10.850 million requested for quarterly pension payments across multiple cities. Louisville tragedy reports a fatal accidental shooting. New York banking official Pease dies after stroke. Newfoundland seeks a $2 million loan for revenue-backed finances.
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Wasuainaton
James Phelan
Michael Ryan
Matthew 8
Illinois River
Hennepin
Gardner B. Hubbard
Washington
Charles Morgan
C. B. Payne
Southern Steamship Co
Senate
Cockrell
House
Chandler
Manderson
Gorman
District of Columbia
San Francisco
Annapolis
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
Boston
D. C
Augusta
Columbus
Detroit
Mich
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Wealthy distiller Paul Jones dies in Louisville
Condensed telegraph bulletin reports Paul Jones died in Louisville from brain ailment. Also notes gas explosions injure five in Sharon Pennsylvania, a horse accident near Inez Kentucky kills Josie Stepp, and various national items including a loan premium in London, a Missouri Sons of Veterans encampment, and other short notes.
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Paul Jones
Louisville
Sharon
Josie Stepp
Inez
London Stock Exchange
Missouri Division
Sons of Veterans, U. S. A
Hannibal
Vanderbilt University
Chauncy M. Depew
Delaware County
Ind
Samuel Bickerstaff
Jimmie Dime
Young Griffo
Boston
Camden Club
London
Baseball Association
Elvrra
Charles Gesku
Youngstown
Johnston
Maria Pontius
Petersburg
Mahoning County
Freedmen’s Aid Society
M. E. Church
Alarcity
Shanghai
Wei-Hai-Wei
Lin Kung Tao
Ryan
N. Y
Committee On Railways and Canals
House
Cooper
Lake Michigan
Wabash River
Humor and dialogue from the Good News column
A misc compilation of jokes and quips with characters Pat and Western Boy. The pieces parody old time wit, Irish wit, anti kissing club satire and weather gags with brief punchlines and banter reflecting newspaper humor.
Markets Report Across Cities Hit Wide Price Range
Flour and grain prices vary across Cincinnati Baltimore New York Toledo and Chicago with winter patent flour at 8.55 to 3.70 and corn, oats, rye showing mixed spot and future values. Cattle and hog markets show wide spreads from high quality steers to common pigs, while lambs and sheep occupy mid to upper ranges.
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Cincinnati
Baltimore
Toledo
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Fractured Dialogue Fragments From a Lively Page
A garbled collage from a 19th century paper shows a brisk alderman, a rude interrupter, and snatches of dialogue about politics flirtation and editorial chatter. The text preserves voices like Alderman Grabbit and a vulgar interjection while other lines reference humor and teaching drills.
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Board of State Soldiers’ Home
Gov. Matthews
State Soldiers’ Home
James BR. Carnahan
Col
D. N. Foster
Jas. B. Wallace
Lafayette
Christopher J. Murphy
Evansville
Isaiah B. McDonald
Columbia City
G. A. RB
Ricamont
Jefferson Davis
Hollywood
Wenes
Indiana Legislature
Law
Musecat
Sewing Machine Trust
Anna Gould
Plaze Hotel
Minas Gould
S -Trouss
Trousseau
Inpranapolis
Rovk
Maauron, C
John Mony
Miller
Stantly
Reek Monio
Congress
Clarence Watts
Max Brunn
Brunn
Watts
Watte
Bruno
Newfoundland
St. Jonns
N. F
Whiteway
Bridget
M. Pan
Miss de Style
Musical Weekly
Pat
Atlanta
Antique
North Pole
Rye—Western
Banrleey—Western
Northern
DramaPoris
Grabbit
Maude
Evith
Nellie
Mande
Ditiwellias
Little Sister
Little Brother
Cora Fee
Brette
Topica
Lire
Hicke
Hicks
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