War fears rise as Russia massing troops in Europe
Vienna reports 300000 Russian troops ordered to mass at Kiev and ten thousand houses notified of soldiers billeting nearby. Clemenceau vows France will stay passive if Germany and Russia clash while other dispatches note a Lisbon fire death toll and ongoing express robbery investigations with confessions surrounding Adams Express and Pinkerton efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Russia
Kieff
M. Clemenceau
France
Germany
John Dillon
Lisbon
Portugal
London
Campbell
Duel Fights in Mexco Endangers High Society Names
Prince Augustin Iturbide and Senor Carcedo of high status dueled with swords in Mexco. Carcedo sustained an arm wound. General W W Loring, veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars and later Egyptian corps commander, died of pneumonia in a New York hotel. Ex President Hayes’ son wed Miss Sherman of Newark. Miss Kate Thompson, granddaughter of the Confederate Treasury Secretary, wed Van L Kirkman in Memphis. Michael Davitt married Mamie Yore in Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Augustin Iturbide
Senor Carcedo
Mexco
Carcedo
W. W. Loring
New York
Hayes
Sherman
Newark
Ohio
L. Ys. Otis
Chicago
Memphis
Kate Thompson
van L. Kirkman
Nashville
Michael Davitt
Mamie Yore
Oakland
Cal
Funeral of General Logan Draws Washington and Chicago Honor
The Executive Departments in Washington closed for General Logan's funeral. Gen Sheridan led the marshal procession with an imposing display. In Chicago at Central Music Hall a large turnout honored the statesman. The Chicago Council allocated lakefront burial space for General and Mrs Logan. Charles H Raymond of New York, hardware dealer, failed for half a million. Lyon and Curtis of Sacramento cannot meet liabilities of forty five thousand.
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Washington
Gen. Logan
Sheridan
Central Music Hall
Chicago
Chicago Council
Lake Front
Lyon & Curtis
Sacramento
General Land Office seals remove funeral fences on vast public lands
Peremptory action by General Land Office agents last week cleared funeral fences from 274000 acres in the Denver district. In Washington, General Logan's burial was held in the Senate Chamber on Friday January 31, then moved to a Washington cemetery awaiting final burial site decision. Proposals in Chicago included moving the southern lake front grave site and a Grand boulevard monument with a Logan name change. The Logan casket, crafted in Oneida New York from Spanish red cedar, is covered with broadcloth. A liberal pension is planned for Mrs. Logan while nationwide donations aid her livelihood. Also, M B Curtis known as Rami l of Posen appears in a new comedy Caught in a Corner at McVicker's Theater Chicago.
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General Land Office
Denver
General Logan
Senate
Washington
Chicago
Lake Front
Grand Boulevard
Logan
Oneida
N. Y
M. B. Curtis
Rami'l of
Posen
Mr. Curtis
McVicker's Theater
Fires and Fatalities Spark Broad City Fire News
A wild blaze consumed the Opera House Block in Galesburg Illinois injuring several people after a drunken fireman drove through a crowd. A steamboat beacon house in Jackson Alabama burned with twenty five lives lost and others drowned. Upper Marlboro Maryland Burned twelve buildings valued around sixty thousand dollars. Nicholasville Kentucky Opera House Bank and Sparks Hotel burned with losses over one hundred thousand. Peppina Latorre eighteen killed by an elevated train in New York after falling onto the tracks. rescue required raising the engine with jack screws.
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Galesburg
Jackson
Ala
Upper Marlboro
Nicholasville
Boas
Peppina Latorre
New York
Far Recovered in Bank Heist Case Led by Jim Cummings
Colonel L C Weir reports the Adama Express robbery yielded 51 000 to 82 000 with over 40 000 recovered. Pinkerton agents from Leavenworth and St Louis led by Wittrock and Oscar Cook seized about 10 000 in one day. Money hidden in beer bottles under John Cox’s house and near Cook’s father’s home totaled about 49 000 recovered. Mrs Wittrock supplied 27 000 explaining funds linked to a wheat deal and the shooting of a broker in Chicago. Authorities say accomplices and others connected to Fred are being pursued as money flows are traced.
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Isaac Bickel
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ira
Preblo
Col
Fred Wittrock
Kansas City
Damsel
Adams Express Company
St. Louis
W. W. Haight
Haight
Robert Pinkerton
Leavenworth
Oscar Cook
Fotheringham
Express
L. C. Weir
Adama Express Company
Jim Cummings
Pinkerton
Wittrock
John Cox
East Bottoms
Cook
Jack Cook
O Ars Brother
Mra. Wittrock
Mra
Fred
Chicago
Wee
Rumors of Senator Brown Resignation Stir Washington
A Georgia dispatch reports whispers that Senator Brown plans to resign mid month. Contenders for the seat include Gen A R Lawton C F Crisp and J Black schemes circulate through friends.
How Old Art Thou as Years Fly on in New Year
Brooklyn reader notes a sermon by Rev. T De Witt Talmage urging reflection on how we measure life. He contrasts worldly pleasure, wealth, and sorrow with spiritual growth and deeds, urging preparation for eternity and praising those who live for others. The talk frames a Christian standard for time, death, and the coming of heaven as the true measure.
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India
Syria
Greece
Pharaoh
Jacob
Joseph
Lord Dundas
Christan
Earth
Heaven
Hell
John Milton
Salmasius
Sheridan
Drury Lane
Cumberland
Bishop Cooper
Ce Avery
Christ
Piszah
Promised Land
Calvary
Paul the Apostle
Bethlehem
John Bradford
Luther
Richard Baxter
Philip Doddridge
Paul
Wilberforce
Quinn
Lord Chesterfield
Godfrey Kneller
Edward Payson
Brother
Hudson River
Boyhood
God
Andover
Princeton
New Brunswick
Edinburgh
Christendom
Knowledge
Celestial Mansion
National Picture Gallery
London
Ghent
Cakes Named for People and Roles in a Witty Scene
The passage lists playful cake names tied to identities such as a pretty girl angel pugilist and agr iculturist with a closing quip about a Marquis in his own country. A humorous scene shifts to a paradox with a scene shifter remarking on a bet and a cow.
Jim Cummings Letters and Wittrock Case Tied to Adams Express Robbery
A Chicago coal dealer Fred Wittrock and accomplices are linked to the Adams Express robbery near St Louis in October. Pinkerton detectives trace two guns, a skiff, letters from a man calling himself Jim Cummings, and a bag of cheap ballads to a Chicago loft and Mrs Berry’s room. Weighing warrants, arrests follow as investigators recover cash, firearms, and a haunted trail leads to Wittrock, Weaver, and Haight.
Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Home trustees report and notes
The annual report filed with the Governor by Gen Grosvenor notes exceptionally good health among inmates, two deaths, and $2,718.36 spent of a $10,000 appropriation for an industrial building with $7,821.64 remaining. A 16 acre land purchase for $3,200 is urged, military company movement praised, and costs, inmates, applications, and per capita figures given.
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Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans’ Home
Secretary of War
Grosvenor
Noah Thomas
Cose
Ohio
John Auredehn
Cincinnati
Lizzie Decker
Sandusky County
J. H. Stratton
Akron
Emil F. Dietrich
Cleveland
James Donoghue
Harry M. Farnsworth
Union Paper Bag Machine Companys
Philadelphia
Eugene Fontaine
John Given
Mount Lookout
Simon Goodman
Dayton
John Kirby, Jr
Dayton Manufacturing Company
Cyrus V. Osborn
Edwin R. Prector
Washington Court House
Longley L. Sagendorph
H. P. Lloyd
James M. Sanders
Morrisville
John Wittman
N. B. Yingling
Seven Mile
Homer T. Yargan
Toledo
Fred Lesnearer
Defiance
Manmee
Mr. Lesuener
William C. Williams
Zanesville
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Defiance Co. Express
Defiance, Ofio
Elmer
the News
Financial and Industrial
Geniral
Sprcvar
Atlanta
Brown
A. R. Lawton
C. F. Crisp
J. ©. Black
London Standard
Gladstone
Ireland
Standard
Mr. Goschen
Liverpool
Lord Hartington
Gloucester
Mass
Paris
M. Goblet
Stock Exchange
DetTroit
Ler
Sandwich
Pelee Island
Lake Erie
Ontario
Dresden
Kingsville
Stuff Bottoms
Robert Kennedy
Colchester
Oie
Lottoms
Kennedy
Bottoms
Kenndy
Jim CumMinaa
Pacific Express
NEW Vork
Beevers
Sewer
Floun
Haxtra Pvidg
WuBat
Louis
Ncinnati
T. de Witt Talmage
Brooklyn
the Tabernacle
D. D
Jim the Penman
Chicago Daily News
Adams Express
San Francisco
Wm. A. Pinkerton
Western Division
Adams Express Comny
Pinkertons
Messenger Fotheringham
Pacific Junction
St Louis
Express Company
Frisco Junction
Vinita
Rowery
Yerender Cee
Huron Street
Williams
Arbor Place
Florida
Avenworth
West Lake Street
Thomas Weaver
Weaver
Kansas
Sears
Cummings
Dotala
Lom Raiffe
Missouri River
St. Charles
Fotteringham
Wmen
Kotheringham
Chesnut Street
Mra. Berry
Tenn
Lincoln Street
Ed Kinney
Quincy
Rose Wittrock
Robert
William Pinkerton
William
The
Aily News
Daily News
Ordey
Kinney
Parbero Bros
Madison
Mr. Pinkerton
Fifth Avenue
Mra Wittrock
Ohio State News
Windisch-Muhlhauser Brewing Company
John Kaufman Brewing Company
Xenia
G. A. St. Posts, Women’s Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
Electric Light Works
Board of Trade of Columbus
John Mcbride
Ohio Miners’ Association
Columbus
Davis
Howlett Block
Harrison's
Fowler & Conner’s
Berlin Heights
John McGee
Springfield
Sarah M. Victor
Frank Kuntz
Ohio Penitentiary
Ashtabula
Caleb Stussell
Calas
Mansfield
D. ‘Theobald
Gov. Hoadly
Youngstown
KR. T. Warren
Fremont
Sandusky
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