Irish Land Act Rents Cut in Limerick and Evicted Tenant Relief
Subcommissioners under the Irish land act grant reductions of 25 to 380 percent on judicial rents in Limerick. The Thurles Board of Guardians approves a weekly relief of £1 for an evicted tenant. Germany plans barracks along the French frontier. Massowah dispute prompts Egypt settlement talks. Phelps meets Salisbury in London on Canadian fisheries. conference cordial and hopeful for amiable solution. Gladstone vows Irish agitation, while Tory leader Smith scores political points in the Commons. Various state moves include Michigan prohibition referendum, Tennessee prohibition approval, Illinois anti-miscegenation bill, and Kansas women voting in municipal elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Limerick
Thurles Board of Guardians
Germany
John of Abyssinia
Egypt
United States
Phelps
London
Marquis of Salisbury
Lord Salisbury
England
Canada
William Henry Smith
Gladstone
House of Commons
National Party
Ireland
Illinois
Michigan
Tennessee Senate
Yeas
Illinois Senate
Kansas Senate
Notable Moves and Scandals Across Gilded Age Figures
Michael Davitt sails for Liverpool with his wife while Thomas B. Connery, a New York journalist, becomes secretary of legation to Mexico. Dr. C D Bradley, Chicago physician, declared insane from cocaine use, ruined by drugs. his wife ill from exposure to the drug. Simon Cameron sails to Bermuda with friends. John L. Sullivan recounts a boxing accident caused by Dr Sayre during a failed arm reset. Judge Harmon resigns from Cincinnati Superior Court to join ex-Governor Hoadly’s law firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Davitt
Liverpool
Thomas B. Connery
New York
Mexico
C. D. Bradley
Chicago
Ben
Dr. Bradley
Harvard Medical School
Simon Cameron
Bermuda
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Sayre
Harmon
Cincinnati
Superior Court
Hoadly
Political turbulence across states as lawmakers clash
Re elected Wisconsin Senator Philetus Sawyer is confirmed by Wisconsin Legislature in joint session. Illinois Indiana and New Jersey scenes show ballots and absent quorums. West Virginia and New Mexico stories feature Willey and Gusdorf amid contest, while other states debate repeals and amendments. Ottawa and Canada reaction to U S fisheries, crime bills, and military retirements round out a volatile political week. Fourteen election-law indictments issued in St Louis cap the roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philetus Sawyer
United States
Wisconsin
Madison
Texas
Reagan
Maxey
Ireland
Shepperd
New Jersey
Legilate
Leon Abbott
Indiana
West Virginia
Republicanandidate
W. T. Willey
J. N Camden
Michigan
Homme
Rhode Island
Anarchists Declined for New Trial by Illinois Labor Meeting
Illinois Labor Convention at Springfield declined to recommend a new trial for Chicago anarchists. Western National Bank of New York elected C. N. Jordan president and treasurer of the United States. Boston tailors and machine workers with the Knights of Labor are leaving the union. Waterfront strikers in New York and Jersey City number about 15,000 as police bolster steamboat crews. Seligman and others seized at Wicks Montana by Gregory Mine miners. later released except Seligman. Worcester notices promise factory openings only to operatives dealing with their employing firms, signaling anti Knights of Labor pressure. May & Co wine-dealers fail for 67,000. Union National Bank of Duluth authorized with 500,000 capital. Montreal boot and shoe firm Pinkerton & Turner assigns for 140,000 liabilities. Montral optician B. Lawrence suspends with 60,000 liabilities. Dun & Co reports 271 corporate failures in U.S. and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Labor Convention
Springfield
New York
Jersey City
A. J. Seligman
H. W. Child
FE. Bach
Thomas West
Wicks
Montana
Gregory
Seligman
Worcester
Spencer
Worcester County
Knights of Labor
H. 8. May & Co
Union National Bank of Duluth, Minn
Montreal
Pinkerton & Turner
B. Lawrence
K. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Multiple Fires and Sinkings Trace a Wave of 19th Century Casualties
A summary of catastrophic incidents reports fires and boiler explosions across cities. Brent, Good & Co. on Murray Street New York lost about 5000. An unknown vessel near Upper Prospect N J perished six to eight crew. Wolf Kugler oil wells Ol City Pa boiler killed two. Dallas wholesale grocers suffered 40000 loss. Harvey's paper mill Wellsburg WVa porton destroyed. two killed three wounded. Mercer Opera House Block incinerated. 10000 loss. San Francisco Ander son Calif block fire total 75000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent, Good & Co
Murray Street
New York
Upper Prospect
Wolf & Kugler
Ol City
Dallas
Texas
Harvey
Wellsburg
W. Va
Mercer
San Francisco
Anderson-Calif
Bribery Attempts Reported in O'Neil Jury Trial
In New York ex Alderman O Neil trial, attempts were made to bribe two jurors. In Cleveland police court prize fighters McCoy and Callagher were fined 50 and 1.4 dollars, sentenced to thirty days workhouse, and released on 50 dollar bail on motion for new trial. Judge Normle of St Louis Criminal Court issued habeas corpus writ directing the penitentiary warden last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Neil
New York
Cleveland
McCoy
Callagher
Normle
Criminal Court
St Louis
Train robbery case links and grim local crimes in brief
Reports from Jefferson City Missouri bind convicts Wittrock and Haight for testimony in the Adams Express Company case against Messenger Fotheringham. A Baltimore slur leads to Mrs Lurglary entering a store and death. Mrs Ava Millman drowns with two children after a plunge into a plater. Mrs Cabalek of Cleveland murders her children and herself. A Bohemian paper relays the crime with graphic detail. Five of Gordon Texas train robbers are jailed. three more may be caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson City
Wittrock and Haight
Adams Express Company
Messenger Fotheringham
Jim Cummings
Mary Jones
Baltimore
Ava Millman
Burr Oak
Mich
Gordon
Texas
Madison
Wis
Sarah A. Angle
Chicago, Portage and Lake Superior Railroad
California
Southern Pacific
Los Angeles
Benedict & Ruedy
Cleveland
Edinburgh University
Prince of Wales
Missouri
Fred Wittrock
Taft named to Ohio Supreme Court seat
Governor of Ohio appoints William H Taft to the vacant Ohio Supreme Court seat. His father previously held the post, establishing a family legacy in the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
William H. Taft
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
Traction Company
Beck Railroad Attorney Bill Move Debated In Senate
Tur Senate on January 20 set the Judiciary Committee's substitute for the Beck Railroad Attorney Bill at the foot of special orders by a 24 to 20 vote. Mr. Beck, expressing anger, warned the measure must be voted on daily. The House also packed the Postoffice Appropriation Bill and set aside 310,000 for a seed distribution program in Texas by the Commissioner of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur Senate
Judiciary Committee
Beck
House of Representatives
Postoffice
Texas
Commissioner of Agriculture
National law makers discuss naval buildup and votes in Senate
The Senate debated fisheries protection authorizing naval armament, considered a post office reclassification, and examined resolutions on Texas outrages while Senate and House advanced river, harbor, and agricultural experiment measures. Nominations were sent to the President and veto messages issued on pension and contractor cases.
Philetus Sawyer Reappointed to U S Senate from Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Legislature elected Philetus Sawyer to the U S Senate for a new term beginning March 4 and ending March 4, 1893. Born September 22, 1816 in Whiting Vermont, he built a political career from logging and farming to Oshkosh leadership, serving in the State Assembly, as Oshkosh mayor, and in Congress before his Senate terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Philetus Sawyer
Senate of
Whiting
Addison County
Essex County
New York
Adirondacks
Rosendale
Fond du Lac
Algoma
Oshkosh
Daring Robbery on Texas & Pacific Express Car Near Gordon
An eight man armed heist happened two miles east of Gordon on the Texas and Pacific Railroad between 2 and 3 am. The robbers forced the engineer to break into the express car and looted the safe, with losses estimated from 8000 to 15000 dollars. They also took mail packages from the mail car while passengers were untouched. A sheriff on board exchanged shots with the bandits, and a unit of negro soldiers assisted, but no definitive total on mail value or loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Worth
Texas
Gordon
Texas & Pacific
John Bosquet
Bosquet
United States Mail
United States
Four Killed as Indiana Boiler Explodes at Saw Mill
Indianapolis special reports a boiler explosion at Jackson Norris’s saw mill in Daviess County near Washington Indiana. Norris aged 55 died with his two sons Frank and John and William McAfee, all killed instantly. The mill was wrecked and boiler fragments flew as far as four hundred feet. Norris leaves a wife and two children. McAfee and the Norris sons were single. The boiler was old and to be replaced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis
Jackson Norris
Daviess County
Washington
Ind
Norris
Frank
John
William McAfee
McAfee
Findlay
Bruce Wable
Wable
Baltimore and Ohio
Newark
Chris Dennison
Dennison
Clermont Avenue
Charley Cook
Common Pleas Court
Bellefontaine
Judge West
Robert Collard
Pomeroy
Coal Ridge Salt Company
Bucyrus
Crawford County
Knisely Springs
Charles Moorehead
Scioto Valley Railroad
Circleville
Ashville
Moorehead
D. H
Julia
Barney
Dayton
Women’s Baptist Mission of the West
American Baptist Home Missionary Society
Widows’ Home
The
Baptist Union
Foraker
W. 8. Cappeller
Leo Hirsch
8. E. Kemp
John M. Doane
F. B. Loomis
Alexander McDaniels
Mitchell
Springfield
John Breen
Kent
Inventor claims faster cooking with copper blade conductors
An English inventor says thrusting metal conductors into joints saves one third of cooking time and reduces loss by ten percent by heating meat evenly. The device uses copper blades with iron globular heads, aiming to prevent overcooking the exterior and preserve juices inside the meat.
Ohio Legislature Bills and actions early January
A summary of Senate and House activity from January 4 to January 28 detailing introduced bills on taxes, pensions, police courts, hydrants, misdemesnor cognizance, school privileges, and immigration. acts authorizing privates such as sewers, court facilities, and real estate firms. resolutions on pensions for Gen Logan and Gen Blair, adjournment dates, and pending local option and liquor tax measures. and bills concerning elevated railways, vinegar adulteration, and crime prevention. The report notes numerous appointments confirmed by the Governor and the passage or loss of local option and various public works bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Ighe Hunt Street
Neinnati
Justices of the Peace
House
Columbus
Springfield
Board of Equalization of
Cincinnati
Intermediate
Toledo Asylum
National House of Representatives
Logan
Gen
Blair
Lampson
Board of Public Affairs
Cleveland
Congress
Butler County
Columbia Township
Hamilton County
Clifton
Pugsley
Little Things Tell In A Mirthful Sketchbook Note
A collage of quips about babies, secrets, and childhood mischief, with jokes about a famous actress’s daughter and a mother’s etiquette. includes a brief mock history note on deaf-mute schooling, the St Gothard tunnel, and a tomb inscription by Count Bevsy. The piece blends humor with curious facts and oddities.
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Defiance Co. Express
Defiance, Ohio
D. T. Elmer
the News
Charles H. Barnes
Wisconsin Assembly
Michigan Senate
Ohio House
Committee On Railroads
Nebraska House
Railway Commission
Santa Fe
N. M
A. Gusdorf
Taos County
Pedro Sanchez
Gusdorf
Romero
Sanchez
Territory
Miister of Customs
Maggie Mitchell
Jeannette
New Brunswick
United States Senate
Ottawa Dispatch
Foster
Marine and Fisheries
Windsor
Niagara
Interior Department
Garland
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central Railroad
Shanghai
Charleston
Albert J. Seligman
Wickes, M.T
J. & W. Seligman & Co
Financial and Industrial
Manning
Western National Bank of New York
Jordan
Emmons
Frank Girard
Kankakee
Tur
James E. Quinn
Longshoreman’s Union
Old Dominion Steamship Company
Marquis of Rovagnosca
Italy
Henri Rochefort
Odessa
Vilna
Siberia
Missouri Central Road
Kansas City
August
Congressional
Rabine Dair
Milwaukee
Toledo
Detroit Beer Cavity
Hoas
Baer Setweees Asters
Wubat
Michigan Ked
Louis
WuHtata
Seinyes
National
Kiddleberger
Virginia
Allison
Lawler
Committee On Naval Affairs
Secretary of the Navy
Springer
Illnois
Thomas
Messrslair
Bowen
Cheney
Conger
Cullen
Dolph
Farwell
Hoar
Manderson
Oregon
Palmer
Pratt
Sherman
Teller
Wilson
Lowaj
Paira
Chace
Ransom
Dawes
Gorman
Frye
Stanford
Camden
Miller
Kenna
Butler
Cameron
Jones
Ark
Harrison
Plumb
Minneapolis
Chattanooga
Arm
Department of Neonate
Morgan
Keck
William Reed Lewis
Pennsylvania
Tangier
Aaron A. Vedder
Whitehall
John Banta
Muncie
Page Va
Pierce
Committee On Privileges and Elections
Washington County
Coke
Brenham
Hackworth
Moore
Schultze
D. C. Giddings
Grenham
American Congress
Eustis
Evarts
J. C. Matthews
Albany
District of Columbia
Senate Fisheries
Belmont
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Engineer Bureau
Columbia River
Ingalls
Committee On
House Judiciary Committee
Epmcnpbs
Vermont
Finance Committee
Mahone
Pension Bureau
H. K. Belding
Minnesota
Edward J’. Mealey
Maryland
Munich
Washington Cable-Railway
Fort Worth
Ohio Legislature
America
Paul
Kate
Jack Mrost
St. Gothard
Lucerne
Milan
Andermatt
St. Cothard
Mount Denis
Bevsy
Oh” State News
Wm. H. Warren
Central Congregational Church
Cranberry Marsh
Mercer County
Lima
Troy
Piqua
Jonathan Whitaker
Clermont County
Lucretia Bass
Caldwell
Secretary of the Treasury
William C. Palmer
Internal Revenue District
Lake Erie
Wm. H. Clement
Morrow
Hayes
Ohio State University
Erie
Sandusky
Paddy's Run
Postoffice Department
Glendower
Maggie Coe
Nelson
Gerry Wint
George Jackson
Akron
Mt. Gilead
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