Papal Annuity Arrears Reach Ten Million Dollars
The Italian Finance Minister notifies the Vatican that sixteen years of papal annuity arrears total 10 million dollars. Alcazar Palace in Toledo, built for 1 million, is burned, endangering the town and wounding about twenty people. In Berlin, the army bill faces adjustments as Moltke urges firm leadership to avert war. Bismarck warns against Bulgaria as a trigger. Lord Iddesleigh dies after a fainting spell in London. Rea, an Irish landlord, seeks workhouse aid in Kerry. German Parliament narrows the army bill to three years. Bismarck dissolves the Reichstag and sets elections for February 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican
Alcazar
Toledo
Spain
von Moltke
Bismarck
Germany
Austria
Bulgaria
Lord Iddesleigh
Stafford Northcote
Lord Salisbury
London
Gladstone
Rea
Killarney
Reichstag
Notable Deaths and Donations Highlight Diverse Pastimes
A stream of brief notes reports John Fitzgerald of the Irish National League donating 1000 to Mrs Logan's fund. Henry Logan’s Chicago fund receipts total 15000 with 6500 recently delivered. Baptiste La Prairie dies aged 108 in Milwaukee Soldiers Home. Dr William Perry, Harvard’s oldest graduate and Ful ton steamboat survivor, dies in Exeter NH at 0. Frank James seeks clerk job in St Louis after shoe store stint. James Jackson Chief Justice of Georgia dies in Atlanta at 67. Fannie Verona Baldwin acquitted of insanity charges in Chicago after earlier ruin claims.
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John Fitzgerald
Irish National League
Logan
Jacob Stoltz
Salvation Army
Maryville
Missouri
Alexander Crawford
Duluth
Australia
Washington
Gen. Logan
William Penn Nixon
Chicago
Thomas
Illinois
Bermuda
William Perry
Harvard College
Fulton
Hudson River
Exeter
N. H
Frank James
St Louis
James Jackson
Georgina
Atlanta
Baldwin
Fannie Verona Baldwin
California
Political Upheaval and Senate Ballot Battles Across States
Report of legal actions in Indiana where Robertson faces a postponement request in Indianapolis. Indiana Democrats nominate David Turpie for U.S. Senate on the fourth ballot amid party clashes. New Jersey House erupts with fights as Dr. William M. Baird is named Speaker by Republicans and bolting Democrats clash on the floor. Turley and Walters election disputes prompt committee referral. National notes show Cleveland civil service critique by Indiana Democrats and Hill cited as 1938 presidential hopeful. Republican gains unseat Meagher, altering Indiana House balance at a joint session.
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Smith
Robertson
Indiana
Ayers
Indianapolis
David Turpie
United States
McDonald
New Jersey
William M. Baird
Assembly
Beckwith
Gov
Abbott
Gov. Abbett
Hudspeth
Baird
Turley
Walters
McDermott
Feney
Waters
Elections Committee
United States Senate
J. C. Mathews
Albany
N. Y
Colored Register of Deeds
District of Columbia
Cleveland
W. Scott Ray
Ray
David B. Hill
New York
House of Representatives
Mnet
Cornelius Meagher
Vigo County
Meagher
Knights of Labor
Democrats
Acclaimed nomination for Harrison highlighted in minutes
Minutes note Harrison was the sole name proposed by acclamation, implying broad agreement and no opposition recorded. The event centers on a formal endorsement through unanimous or non-contested selection, reflecting consensus in the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Labor strife and market failures shake early 20th century business
Boston streetcar workers strike over pay and meal allowances, amid broader labor unrest. insolvencies hit M De Long Co piano dealers Philadelphia and Verghe Ruhling Chicago. Chicago Drug and Chemical Co liabilities near 100000, assets 125000. National Farmers Congress backs Cabinet-level Agriculture, waterways, and anti disease funding. Cook & Co Toledo fails. Jersey City Lorillard workers strike. New Orleans riot injures workers. Richmond murder case closes. Fort Smith executions conclude notable crimes.
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Boston
Knights of Labor
M. de Long & Co
Philadelphia
Verghe, Ruhling & Co
Chicago
Western Nail Association
Chicago Drug and Chemical Company
Randolph Street
National Farmers’ Congress
Washington
Congress
Commissioner of Agriculture
France
Germany
Committee On Resolutions
H. T. Cook & Co
Toledo
George W. Weber
Mortgage paid for wife of express robber in Leavenworth
Mortgage on the Leavenworth home of Mrs Wittrock, mother of the express robber, has been paid off with funds reportedly supplied by the Adams Express Company. Illinois Grange session in Bloomington draws 100 delegates including many women. Department of Agriculture reports large corn wheat and oats figures with price changes and yields. oats and corn totals, values, and per bushel rates given. A Dutch syndicate buys about 990 square miles of timber land in Western Florida.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Mra. Wittrock
Adams Express Company
Illinois State Grange
Bloomington
Department of Agriculture
Washington Dispatch
Pacific Coast
Florida
Multiple 1880s Casualties and Fires Reported Across Cities
A collection of brief notices details a string of disasters and biographical notes including a dynamite factory explosion near Plattsburg New York, attorney Frank Haddock leaving law for a Methodist calling in Oshkosh, Edward A. Bross dying in Elgin and his kinship to a Chicago Tribune figure, a gas explosion injuring the Pittsburgh fire chief and crew, Thomas Murphy sacrificing his life in Portsmouth Ohio, the Celtic Monarch abandoned at sea with passengers saved, 1886 US iron mill fires causing 4.4 million in losses, a boy Harvey McCellam killed by barbed wire near Waynesburg Ohio, the destruction of Norman B Ream’s Chicago home, a major business block fire at Ladoga Indiana with 50 000 dollar loss and small insurance.
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Plattaburg
N. Y
Frank
Haddock
Oshkosh
Sioux City
Edward A. Bross
Elgin
Governor Bross
Chicago Tribune
Twelfth Street
Pittsburgh
Portsmouth
Ohio
Thomas Murphy
United States
Waynesburg
Harvey McCellam
Norman B. Ream
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Ladoga
Ind
Crimes and Criminals Amid Mountain Executions and Bank Frauds
A Milwaukee court sentences Dexer Fay to three years hard labor after guilty pleas for jeweler robbery. Wayne County mountaineers witness William Pruitt’s execution for murder in Monticello. Rail wreck on Missouri Pacific near Dunbar kills engineer and injures staff and passengers. Walter L. Bingham, the deaf mute who killed Lizzie B Turlington, rumored to have leaped into Niagara River. Calvin Pratt jailed fourteen years for forging $14 000 checks in San Francisco. Brothers Daniel and John Phillips shot while resisting arrest in Chickasaw Nation after horse theft charges. John M Wilson hanged at Norristown for murder after confession to Chicago police. H T Blackstone captured in Winnipeg after embezzling $76,000 from a Portland bank. A Chinaman explodes in Chehalem, W T.
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Dexter KE. Fay
Boston
Milwaukee
Wayne County
Monticello
William Pruitt
Jarvis Buck
Missouri Pacific
Dunbar
Neb
Walter L. Bingham
Lizzie B. Turlington
Raleigh
N. Y
Bingham
Niagara River
Calvin Pratt
Pacific Bank
San Francisco
Daniel
John Phillips
Chickasaw Nation
Indian Territory
John M. Wilson
Norristown
Anthony W. Dealy
Wilson
Chicago
H.T. Blackstone
Portland
Winnipeg
Checlum
W. T
Sleeper exhumation as arsenic test fuels poison case
The body of Oliver Sleeper was exhumed at Mt. Auburn for organ examination amid seven such burials linked to Mrs. Robinson. If arsenic is found the investigation will widen. Other updates include wreck crew remains buried in Norfolk and various political and criminal notes.
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Boston
Bedy
Oliver Sleeper
Washington
House Committee On
Senate
Logan
Sheridan Station
Pittsburgh
Curley
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Nelson Borden
Borden
John Letcher
Letcher
Abner
Journeymen Bakers
Chicago
New York
Congress Moves on Inter State Commerce Bill Report
The House heard Mr. Crisp state the conference report on the Inter State Commerce Bill was not for action now but to be printed in the Record and bill form. Mr. Richardson led a joint resolution probe into Pacific railroads aided by the US. The House adjourned after partial committee consideration.
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Crisp
Richardson
Committee On Pacific Railroads
United States
House
Blount
Georgia
Messrs. Tucker, Collins
EK. B. Taylor
Ohio
Mr. McMillan
Tennessee
Cameron
Senate
Philadelphia
M. C. Mordeca
Charleson
Havana
Wilson
Iowa
Plumb
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
West
Evarts
House of Representatives
House Coinage Committee
Sccretary of the Treasury
Sudden Calls and Demise of Noted Figures
Obituaries note the deaths of opera singer Alice Oates and Judge John G. Rogers. John Roach, famed shipbuilder, dies in Chicago after cancer pain, with family at bedside. Roach built ships for the U.S. including Dolphin and Boston, and led Delaware River Iron Ship Works.
Death of Judge John G. Rogers in Chicago Store
John G. Rogers a Circuit Court judge in Cook County died suddenly in a dry goods store on State Street Chicago. A Glasgow Ky native born December 25 1418 he practiced law in Glasgow before moving to Chicago in 1857 and was elected judge in 1879 1835. He was a Whig then a Democrat and served as Grand Master of Illinois Odd Fellows and treasurer of the Chicago Relief Committee after the fire receiving 151000 for needy members.
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John G. Rogers
Chicago
Circuit Court of
Cook
State Street
Glasgow
Georgeers
Transylvania University
Cook County
Chicago Relief Committee
Brotherhood
Alice Oates Dies in Philadelphia After Wasting Illness
Philadelphia dispatch reports the stage star Alice Oates born Merritt in Nashville Tennessee on September 22 1846 died at her husband’s home in Philadelphia after a long decline from a complication of diseases. She married James A Oates in 1857 later to Tracy W Titus and finally Samuel P Watkine with a noted career in Chicago New York and the Oates Comic Opera Company. She was known as a powerful comic soprano and directress and was described as vivacious and energetic though not delicate.
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Philadelphia Dispatch
Alice Oates
Nashville
Tenn
Merritt
Cincinnati
Chicago
Earl Darnley
Elf
Chestnut Street
Tracy W. Titus
National Law Makers Debate and Debates in Senate and House
The report summarizes Senate actions on food safety in DC and territories, lands for Indians, various nominations for consulships, and multiple appropriation measures. It notes debates over internal revenue taxes, tariffs, post office funds, and a new department of agriculture and labor. The House advances public buildings projects, monuments, and naval fortifications while authorizing commissions for a centennial celebration and adjustments to post office classifications.
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Senate
District of Columbia
Territories
House
Messrs
Stanford
Cullom
Beck
North Carolina
Senator Irye
Post Office
Isaac BR. Diller
Ilinois
Florence
Oscar Malwros
Minnesota
Cognec
Willoughby Walting
Indiana
Leith
Secretary of the Treasury
Warner
Ohio
Marietta
Northwest Territory
Morrill
Kansas
Green
Crain
Texas
Athletics and Womanhood in Victorian Thought
The article argues moderate athletic training for girls strengthens the body and nerves, improves vigor and posture, and reduces restrictive dress. It suggests better air, healthier eating, and overall vitality, leading to fitter women for marriage and motherhood as discussed in Lancet.
Justice Appeased in Double Murder Case at Norristown Jail Yard
John M. Wilson was hanged for the February 1885 murder of Anthony W. Dealy near Philadelphia. The trial tied to a linked case involving Frederick Stahl, a missing Philadelphia butcher, and a dismembered body found in Wissahickon Creek. The confession and extensive similarities between Stahl and Dealy drove a sensational conviction.
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Norristown
John M. Wilson
Anthony W. Dealy
Montgomery County
Philadelphia
Wilson
Scaffoff
Anthony Dealy
Frederick Stahl
Albert Dieterle
Moore Street
Adolph Scheuringer
Vine Street
Stahl
Scheuringer
Chicago
Philadelhia
Wissahickon Creek
Dealy
Sailor Jack
Prince Nicholas of Mingrelia as Bulgarian throne aspirant
Prince Nicholas of Mingrelia a former Caucasian chief and Russian court dependent is named as a Bulgarian throne candidate. Born December 23, 1846 he held Mingrelia then sold it to Russia for 1,000,000 rubles and later married Count Adlerberg’s daughter. He is seen as popular in Berlin and St Petersburg but disliked in Austria and seeks Bulgaria’s throne aided by Moscow following Waldemar’s rejection.
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Principality of
Mingrelia
Transcaucasia
Black Sea
Caucasus
Nicholas
Count Adlerberg
Russia
Prince Nicholas
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Austria
Prince Waldemar
Bulgaria
Prince Alexander
Conundrum Puzzles Henry and Fred in City Ball Tale
Henry asks why a young lady in a full ball dress seems suburban while you stay in the city. Fred dismisses the question. Henry says one is a trained miss and the other is a missed rain.
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Henry
Fred
Ohio Legislature activity summarized for January 6 to January 12
The report covers Ohio Senate and House actions from January 6 to 12 including amendments to liquor law enforcement in municipalities, bills on discharge powers at Longview Asylum, a proposed Harrison statue in Cincinnati funded by the state, and requests to Congress on revenue distribution from liquor taxes. It lists numerous bills on railway sales, jury verdicts, age of consent, township terms, insurance taxation, rosters of soldiers, opium, education, road funds, penitentiary admissions, prisoners letters, and canal sales, along with resolutions and payroll changes and requests to mark battlefields and adjust wool tariffs.
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Senate
Brown
Warren
Dow
Eggers
Longview Asylum
Outcast
Gen. Harrison
Cincinnati
St Speropeaton
Poorman
Congress
Cincinnati Southern Railway
Ohio
House
Wabash Canal
Paulding County
Pickaway County
Schmeicher
Hamilton County
Board of State
Hamilton County Board of Equalization
Sunflower faces east after sunset in Colorado study
In 1881 near a Colorado irrigation ditch C A White observed sunflowers Helianthus annuus turning from west toward the east within an hour after sunset. The switching occurred under clear skies with no unusual conditions, retracing the day’s semicircular sunward movement.
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C. A. White
Washington
Nature
Colorado
He Prayed for Too Much Pepper
A city preacher recalls a vivid class meeting anecdote about a wicked man who prayed for plenty to eat. The plea asked for barrels of flour lard bacon ham butter and salt plus pepper and ended with a humorous exclamation about too much pepper.
Gett ysburg Soldier Earns $100 a Week in Museum
A witty exchange in the Texas siblings column jokes about a living Gettysburg veteran who has not written a magazine article on the battle and is called a freak for not contributing. The remark suggests he could fetch a museum position paying $100 weekly.
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Gettysburg
Texas
Great figures grouped in history and influence
The passage notes that greatness arises in groups from Socrates and Plato to Cesar and Anthony, through to Luther and Loyola. It reflects on how the Magnificent was intensified by these pairs and lists Elizabeth Oakes Smith in Phrenological Journal as a source.
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Socrates
Plato
Pericles
Aspasia
Cesar
Anthony
Cleopatra
Herod
Luther
Loyola
Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Phren. Journal
Editor greets returning idler with warm acknowledgement
The editor welcomes the returning idler with a friendly, approving remark, signaling appreciation for the person’s presence and a return to familiar routine in the newsroom.
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Defiance Co. Express
the News
Financial and Industrial
P. Lorillard
Jersey City
New Orleans
Richmond
Thomas J. Cluverus
Fanny Lillian Madison
Cluverius
Miss Madison
President Madison
New Boston
James E. Doughty
Martha Benedict
Albert O'Dell
James Lamb
John T. Echols
John Stephens
Fort Smith
Ark
O'Dell
Lamb
Edward Pollard
Echols
Stephens
Congressional
Beeves
Shippi
Bai Waukat
Milwauker
Asiedhavepa Sa
Steerer
Wurat
Oari— Mbo
Eseseesieecensaere
Detroit
Berry CarrLe
Liberty
Carrie—Best
John Roach
New York City
New York Telegram
Roach
Garrett
Wm. F. McPherson
John B. Roach
Garrett N. Roach
Stephen W. Roach
Emeline Roach
John Walton
County Cork
Ireland
America
Allaire Works
Morgan Tron
Neptune Works
Franklin Forge
Chester
Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works
Dolphin
Whitney
Arist
Mr. Shriman
Llth
Freedmen's Bank of
Nebraska
San Antonio
V. B. Collins
Mississippi
Charlottetown
Prince Edward's Island
Fred Ellison
St. Helena
Anna
William C. Rich
William A. Miller
Monmouth
John W. Lusk
Wisconsin
Dodgeville
M. J. Briggs
Sturgeon Bay
George W. Alesi
Salina
Nicholas A. Farrell
Charleston
D. C
Secretary of War
Board of Engineers
Illinois and
Michigan
Hennepin
House Committee On Railways and Canals
Department of Agriculture and Labor
Secretary of Agriculture and Labor
Yeas
Allison
Berry
Blackburn
Bowen
Cockrell
Coke
Colquitt
Conger
Dolph
Edmunds
Eustis
Fair
Ferry
George
Gibson
Gorman
Gray
Hale
Harris
Hawkey
Ingalls
Jones
Nev
McMillan
Manderson
Mitchell
Oregon
Palmer
Plaid
Pugh
Sabin
Saulsbury
Wer Fewell
Kerman
Spooner
Teller
Vance
Jest
Walthall
Whitthorne
Town
Nays
Messra
Aldrich
Link
Chase
Cheney Evatta
Hampton
Hoar
Payne
Platt
Illiams
Caldwell
Dibble
Fort Rcott
Pennsylvania
Prince Nicholas of
Conundrum
Ohio Legislature
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