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The German commander resigns after the army bill rejection. Goscheo elected MP for St George Hanover Square. Bombs hit Lyons and St Etienne injuring officers. Austria urged to attack Russia before Balkan reforms. Mrs Henry Wood dies. Strikers detained in Blantyre. Cambridge students topple Gladstone’s tree. Northumberland miners seek 4,000 dollars from unions. France to withhold reinforcements until Feb 21 per Bertin. Rangoon fire destroys 400 houses. House of Commons rejects Parnell amendment. Russian fleet ordered to Japan. A. J. Smith to head Lake Shore Road operations in Cleveland. Lake Erie and Western Railroad incorporated with 50 million capital. Grand Trunk arbitration demand under interstate commerce law looms. Santa Fe extension via Wisconsin Central discussed.
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Becaus
Skuptscains
Goscheo
St George's
Hanover Square
Lyons
St. Etienne
France
Budsa-Pesth
Austria
Russia
Danuba
Balkan
Bertin
Rangoon
India
House of Commons
Sote
Parnell
Mediterranean
Japan
A. J. Smith
Lake Shore Road
E CG Luco
Cleveland
St. Paul Road
Bons-Tide Railway
Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company
Springfield
CGR Cummings
Grand Trunk
Santa Fe
Chicago
Indiana
Marriage of Annie Randall and Charles C Lancaster at Washington
Miss Annie Randall daughter of Samuel J Randall marries Charles C Lancaster with Bishop Spalding of Peoria officiating in Washington. Beach the Australian champion agrees to row Hansln on the Napean River. John F Cook a Rock Island ticket agent ate thirty four quail in thirty days for a silk hat and seeks to dispose of sixty quail in sixty days for 5000 dollars. Louis Bache Louisville Kentucky and a Benjamin Franklin descendant dies at age two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Randall
Samuel J. Randall
Charles C. Lancaster
Washington
Bishop Spalding
Peoria
Beach
Napean
John F. Cook
Rock Island
Louis Bache
Louisville
Benjamin Franklin
Political bills pass across multiple state legislatures
A sweep of state actions shows bills on labor penalties in Texas, mining taxes in Wisconsin, and convict labor limits in Wisconsin. Nevada and Pennsylvania push prohibitory and anti boycotts measures, while New Jersey, West Virginia, and Dakota report continued senatorial deadlocks and local option moves. The Minnesota Capitol roof alert and Market Hall adjournment warning accompany broader legislative activity.
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Texas Senate
Wisconsin
New Jersey
West Virginia
Wisconsin Assembly
Nevada
Minnesota
Ohio Senate
Ravenna
House
Illinois
Kansas
Dakota
Friends of the
Pennsylvania
Nebraska Senate
Alabama
Minnesota House
Market Hall
Financial and Industrial Strikes and Bankruptcies
A Philadelphia clothing firm Goldsmith Brothers assigns liabilities of 100000. The Cosgrove Brewing and Malting Company of Toronto fails for 100000. At Champion mine near Marquette 500 quit. sheriff deputized to keep order. South Boston Horse Railroad strike. 1500 silk dyers in Paterson seek 1 extra dollar weekly and half holiday. Cambridge horse railroad strike for ten hours. Moody Merrill predicts higher earnings with higher wages. 400 ore miners at Champion demand removal of Capt. John Sampson and brother. wider unrest noted. New York report says Idle longshoremen aside, riverfronts look normal and freight moves well despite strikes.
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Goldsmith Brothers
Philadelphia
Cosgrove Brewing and Malting Company
Toronto
Ontario
Champion
Marquette
Mich
South Boston Horse Railroad
Paterson
N. J
Boston
Cambridge Horse Railroad
Moody Merrill
Loston
John Sampson
New York
Gould says interstate bill may halt expansion in Southwest
Jay Gould returns from inspection and warns that if the interstate bill passes into law it will stop the expansion of his railroad network in the Southwest. The Central Traffic Association executive committee met in Cleveland to discuss the matter.
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Jay Gould
The
Central Traffic Association
Cleve
Oriental goods house ships sole Japanese drum on tour
Broad report notes a New York house dealing in Oriental wares sending out the only Japanese drum mer on the road in the United States. The item joins a lengthy list of disasters and incidents from heavy rains floods to a San Francisco theatre bomb scare and assorted crimes.
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New York
United States
Elgin
St. Paul
Rockford
Janesville
Shopiere
Turtleville
Wis
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Monroe
Mich
Detroit
Michigan Car Shops
Steel Spring Works
Chicago
Grand Opera House
San Francisco
Adelina Patti
Patti
Sva
James Hodges
Lizzie Ford
International Medical Congress
Washington
Mauna Loa
Hawaii Island
Howard Crosby
Rutgers College
Destructive fires and floods reported across cities
Fires destroy Jesse Arnot's livery stable in St. Louis with hundreds of carriages and horses burned. Lincoln hearse lost in the blaze. Ice-gorges flood Lyons and Owosso forcing factory closings and river shipping to use boats in Lansing. The Doggett family in Glenville suffers three deaths from poisoned prunes. News of Irish, French and American incidents follows with tornado-like damage and no fatalities reported despite extensive destruction.
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Jesse Arnot
St. Louis
Lyons
Mich
Owosso
Lansing
Doggett
Glenville
Neb
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Wheeling
Wooster
New Methodist
Greensburg
Third Presbyterian
W. Va
Moundaty
Moundeville
Louisville
Tyrone
L A
Arrests, fires, floods and legal moves across 19th century notices
A warrant in Morris Illinois leads to Newton Watts arrest for train robbery and murder links. Berlin’s Hotel Continental burns. Lyons Michigan floods erase towns and cut comms. Belgian forts armered. French timber buys for barracks. Knights of Labor buy HQ in Philadelphia for 265000. Cleveland court approves Nickel Plate settlement trimming 500000. St Louis port libel suits against papers over Glover letter. New Orleans closes gambling houses. duel in St Bernard parish yields wounds. Knox County treasurer jailed. Suney Walsh commits 21 burglaries. Montreal assigns 135000 debt. Boston maker 25000 liability. Galveston lawyer Joseph disappears. Longshoremen strike delayed. work resumes.
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Morris, Ill
Newton Watts
Rock Island
Messenger Nichols
Schwartz
Continental
Berlin
Lyons
Mich
Bohemia
Belgium
France
Knights of Labor
North Broad Street
Philadelphia
Common Pleas Court
Cleveland
Hamilton
R. D. Lancaster
St. Louis
New York
Cincinnati
Glover
Senator West
New Orleans
St. Bernard Parish
Robert Roman
8. L. Thread
S. Ho Lumsesworth
Knox County
Indiana
SipNey Walsh
Milton Pennington
Montreal
William B. Carter
Boston
Thomas M. Joserh
Galveston
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Senate Passes Houge Public Building Bill at Portsmouth
The Senate approves the Houge measure funding a Portsmouth Ohio public building with a cap of 60008 dollars. Flora Illinois residents petition to amend the law so a widow and minor children receive a deceased pensioner's allowance. Wil ianna introduces a coin redemption bill in San Francisco. Post office appropriation passes with 500000 dollars set for mails to the Americas. House backs retirement of the trade dollar with an amendment on bullion counting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur Senate
Houge
Portsmouth
Ohio
Cullom
Flora
Illinois
Williaana
San Francisco
Post Office
South
Central America
House of Representatives
Senate
President vetoes dependents pension bill in 1887 address
President Grover Cleveland returns House bill 10457 without approval, arguing the dependent pension measure would grant $12 monthly to soldiers not proven disabled or in need, risking unfairness, high costs, and widespread fraud. He recalls historical pension laws and cautions against expanding wartime benefits to all veterans regardless of actual service impact.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Mexico
United States
Commissioner of Pensions
Pension Bureau
Ixia
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
Sam
House Committee On Pensions
Grover Cleveland
Washington
The Honest Man and the City of Honest Deeds
A long fable describes a poor honest man who paid taxes modestly, helped the poor musician, and lived quietly in a frame cottage. Despite humble burial and memory, wealthier neighbors are remembered, while the honest man lies forgotten at last, honoured only by a loving poor woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sexton
Chicago Ledger
Oldest Invention Debate and Odd Local Echoes
A collage of quirky quotes and observations from a humorous column. Topics range from pulley versus crowbar as early inventions to California orchard elevations and high apple prices. Scenes include a playful exchange about a pastry cook and light banter between Bob and Uncle Jack.
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California
O4grnter
Harrison
Darky
Virginia
Jack
Bob
Mary
The Ruling Passion
A conversation between Jones and Jollyboy reveals Jollyboy in final stages of consumption clinging to humor. He vows to disprove the saying laugh and grow fat, jokes about grape digestion, and quotes a pepsin bottle as a grim aid to endure illness.
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Jones
Jollyboy
Anyon
California
It Will Be Red Next Year
A humorous exchange about Tom May and his marriage, with quips on his supposed bride and a playful twist of wording. The Chestnut Street reference hints at a local social note in a Chicago Ledger style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom May
Chestnut Street
Tom
Chestnut Belle
Chicago Ledger
Miss Sophie Baku nin enters Naples medical study
Amon students of medicine at the University of Naples include Miss Sophie Baku nin daughter of a renowned Russian agi tar. An irascible father comments that a bent twig grows into a shoot, reflecting his belief on her path.
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Amon
University of Naples
Sophie Bakunin
Agitar
Wuart
National Law Makers in Congress Pass Broad Measures
Kansas and national lawmakers report extensive activity with Senate passage of twenty House bills including labor contract and dutiable goods transport reforms. Military production bills for steel and gun factories at Watervliet and Washington Navy Yard receive $21,000,100. Presidential nominations to consul general, Indian agent and postmistress roles announced. House approves rail right of way through Indian Territory and $15,000 for Detroit building. Memorials, eulogies, and varied public notices fill sessions amid party votes and disciplinary moves.
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Kansas
Territory
Oklahoma
Senate
House
Watervliet Arsenal
Washington Navy Yard
National Board of Trade
Ingalls
Matthews
District of Columbia
Eb, C. Lore
Missouri
City of
Mexico
J. M. Needham
Franklin
Ind
Lemhi
Idaho
Margaret M. Yyrrell
Akin
Franklin County
Ill
House of Representatives
Indian Territory
Chicago, Kansa and
Nebraska
Detroit
Carlisle
Kelley
Randall
Internal Revenue
Sp.aker
New Lebanon
Ohio
Canada
Mobile and
Ohio Road
United States
Aurora
Sanford G. Given
Chenoa
Tll
Sylvanus Chapman
Earlville
Berkley G. Barratt
Monroe
Mich
Henry R. Noble
Plainwell
Jacob V. Rogers
New Richmond
Wis
Evra A. Glover, Jr
Fort Howard
Peter V. Cottrell
Benicia
Cal
William H. Foreman
Buffalo
Wyoming
Leollie Simmons
Butte City
Montana
Patrick Ta'en
Rock Springs
Wyo
Houston
San Francisco
New York
Messrs
Millard
van Faton
Felix Campbell
John A. Logan
Hudd, Pettibone
Henderson
Iowa
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Fort Worth
Denver
Traethroush
Comanietas
Indiana
David Turpie
Rocky Mountains
Cowar d'Alene
Sub
Treasury
Louisvile
Illinois
Cullom
Millinburg
Cyrus A. Haton
Houtzdale
G. W. Dickey
Lewisburg
Wiliam Himmelright
Brownsville
Tenn
Jamel Bond
Fox River
Btanford
Unite States
Thomas A. Osborn
Mar Hal
State of
California
Secretary of the Interior
Penston Offee
Congress
Killikinick Use in Indian Tobacco Debated by Agriculturist
The Mobile Register notes Indians mix tobacco with red willow and larch leaf to make killikinick, a spring practice with sweet odor. It recalls forty years ago sumach leaves blended with tobacco, a trade lure for bacon and corn, and suggests testing such blends today.
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Koky
Mobile Register
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John Roth
William Despain
Keith
Joseph Plew
Dunham
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