Epitome of the Week Highlights Legislation and Accidents
Weekly congressional roundup notes Senate and House activity from January to 22. bills on post office, tariffs, naval and census funding. Sworn-in lawmakers Doxey and Caine. Death of J W Shackelford announced. Widespread reports include a whisky warehouse fire loss and Niagara Falls incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Robeson
J. W. Shackleford
Third
North Carolina
Senate
Kansas
Congress
Jair
Voorhees
Indiana Board of Agriculture
Signal Service
Department of Agriculture
Rosecrans
Census Bureau
Resolution action and policy notes from Washington
Reports from Washington detail a National Board of Trade resolution endorsing the Lowell bankruptcy bill and a National Railroad Commission to regulate inter state commerce. It notes sugar duty petitions flooding Congress, Republican Committee representation rules, a new secretary at the Republican National Committee, and various unrelated items including a murder case, tax repeal talks, and clearing-house totals for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Board of Trade
Washington
Lowell
National Railroad Commission
Congress
Republican National Committee
District of Columbia
John A. Martin
Knsas
Dorsey
Crane
Hicks
Guiteau
Hazen
Washington Police Cou
Raum
Brewster
United States
Canada
Frederick E. Shaw
E.W
Charles Shaw
Washington, D. C
Resolution Board of Trade
Aington
Doniphan
Starist
Washth
East Port of New York Immigrant Arrivals and Local Notices
Immigrants arriving in New York from 1872 to 1892 totaled 2 380 500. A Mesia Pa suit awards custody to the mother. two children to college, elder to father’s expense. Providence funds exceed 30 000 for Burnside statue. Henry Kip dies in Buffalo. Hoar reelected U S Senator. Potter Co of Troy fails for 150 000. Melrose rail accident murder charges raised against officials. R Newbold dies in Norris Town. Harvey Taylor kills wife and mother-in-law then commits suicide. Stallion 2 24 killed in accident involving J W Humenrey & Co. A charter for Yellowstone Improvement Co. Jersey records. The People's Bank of Bath suspend payment after a run. bank deemed solvent by examiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judge Crayton
Mesia
Providence
General Burnside
Kellingbeck
Winnard
Bennett
R. Newbold
Norristown
United States
Mexico
Harvey Taylor
Richfield Springs
N. Y
J. W. Humenrey & S
Yellowstone Provement Company
Pemberton
A. Ies
New National Park Inn
People’s Bank of
Bath
Multiple Disasters and Crises Mark West and South Regions
Reports detail fires and collapses from Milwaukee to Cisco Texas, fatal accidents in Louisiana and Kansas, weather extremes from Utah to Nebraska, and criminal acts including a Milwaukee arson case and Golden State explosions. Also noted are oil and gold prospect findings in Alaska and political-judicial shifts in Iowa and North Carolina.
Bandits Attack Express Car in Pueblo Rail Incident
The bound express was side tracked upon arrival. after about thirty shots, the robbers fled as the express agent frustrated the attack. No deaths or injuries reported. Rioting resumed at Opelika Alabama with Montgomery militia under marching orders. Fay and Connkey, Chicago wholesale grocers, suspended with about 530000 demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opelika
Ala
Montgomery
Fay & Conkey
Chi
Worldwide turmoil and disasters rumor sweep through Europe
Reports describe Bonapartist demonstrations in Paris with arrests, a London bank failure for 2 million pounds, a Switzerland landslide burying Mara, Kingston disappearances, a Limerick mob protection for hangman Marwood, and a Cambridge appointment for George Darwin. Also notes Irish destitution, Star-route remains to Halifax, Lyons trials, Holland gunpowder blasts, and maritime collisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spence
Prince Jerome
Paris
Cooper, Hall & Co
London
Eng
Mara
Switzerland
Robenstein
Kingston
Ont
Marwood
Limerick
George Darwin
Cambridge University
Dublin
Ireland
Canon Wilkinson
Truro
Benson
Canterbury
Ess
Halifax
England
DeLong
Irkutsk
Lyons
France
Prince Kropotkine
Gautier
Bernard
Bordat
Gunpow
Mullen
Holland
Kversey
Russia
National Army
Tehuantepec
Mex
Berlin
Prince Frederick Charles Alexander
Germany
Cimbria
Forwarts
Lissons
Prine of Wales
Canada
Science Association
United States
Toronto
Can
French Academy of Sciences
Glasgow
Horrible R R Accident near Tehichipa Station
An overnight Southern Pacific overland express wrecked near Tehichipa, plunging down a steep grade. Twenty one dead and many burned as cars crashed and flames spread, with relief and inquest efforts under way in multiple California towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Cal
Xpress
Tehichipa
Overland Express
Sumner
Los Angeles
Harry Connors
James Woodhbull
Connors
Porter Ashe
Bakersfield
Angeles
Cor Red
Wright
Express
Charles Pieson
Mamie
Mamie RB. Squires, Mrs H. O. Olver
M. Wethever
James Cassel
Colonel Larrabee
Wisconsin
Downey
Larrabee
Explosion at Grand Opera House in Milwaukee
January 18 report details a calcium light explosion during Lights o London at the Grand Opera House. Three men died early, later two more fatalities, with stagehands injured as debris shattered scenery and a joist. Audience remained calm. officials investigated hydrogen oxygen mix in cylinders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwauker
Grand Opera House
London
Tors
Albert Seymour
Robert Farrington
Gustave Steuber
Calcium Light
Gerous
Collier
Claudex
Charles Williams
Collier's
Newhall-H
al Grand Opera House
Farrington
Sinking of the Cimbria After North Sea Collision
The Cimbria of the Hamburg American Line sank two hours after a collision with the Sultan off Borkum in the North Sea. Fifty six survivors are known, with one boat reaching Cuxhaven and Diamant rescuing others. A foggy night hampered lifeboat deployment as the ship sank rapidly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cimbria
North Sea
London
Hamburg American Line
New York
Sultan
Borkum
Emden
Prussia
Cuxhavin
Hammoure
Theta
Cuxhaven
Diaman
Elbe
Coansa
la Able
Er Hansa
Funay
Rin
Pass Company
Rest
Bavaria
Cimbria Disaster and Other 19th Century News
Report covers the Cimbria wreck and Diamant rescue at Hamburg with sixteen passengers. Sultan accused after collision. survivors say it could have saved more. Political notes include Kenna and Coke elected U.S. senators, party petitions, and a Milwaukee murder-suicide. Shipping, rail, and Tariff debates also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamant
Hamburg
Sultan
Cimbria
Joan E. Kenna
United States
West Virginia
Womans’ Christian Temperance Union
Townhive
Lena Zemprrek
Milwaukee
Richard Coke
Texas
John R. McPherson
New Jersey
Pine Hill
New England
Clarence River
Australia
Sidney
George’s Creek
Virginia
Cumberland
Cumberland & Pennsylvania
Gustave Dore
Senate
Necktie Trade Reaches 7 Million Dollar Year
Report notes about seven million dollars’ worth of neckties are worn domestically each year. The figure highlights the scale of clothing accessories in national fashion consumption.
Iowa Prohibitory Amendment Declared Invalid by Court
The Iowa Prohibitory Amendment to the Constitution was ruled invalid in Koehler & Lang v Hill of Davenport. Judge Severs writes that enrolled bills are not required for amendments to be laws, and legislative journals can serve as evidence of the amendment. The case centers on beer sales and the Nineteenth Assembly’s actions, with Judge Beck dissenting. The Davenport audience filled the Senate Chamber for the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drs Moines
Severs
Koehler & Lang
Hill
Davenport
House of the
Senate
Hayes
Iowa
House of the Eighteenth Assembly
Beck
Nee Re
Cosa
Nebraska man offers $1000 for life after lost fifty
A Nebraska man took a dose of Parie freen after losing fifty dollars and then headed toward a dock and offered one thousand dollars to save his life. Pau Dupotson, hanged at Qe bec recently, followed ancestral customs. his father and grandfather died on the gallows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Pau Dupotson
Qebec
Astronomers Note Clouds and Atmosphere Observations
Observers discuss cloud formations and the implications for Venus atmosphere. Report mentions canals Oswego and Erie with scarce ice by the acre, reflecting cold conditions and atmospheric inference in early science notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ovn
Venus
Oswego and
Erie Canals
The Sambo Tragedy and a Virginia Slave Narrative
A lengthy Virginia tale recounts Sambo the slave on a James River plantation who learns a brutal lesson about forcing rails as a weekly task. After defending himself against his master’s whip a murder occurs, a moral confessor is pressed by a lawyer, and Sambo is hanged following a court case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Blue Ridge
Jamesiver Bottom
Capes
Rockbridge
Carlyle
Naples
Sambo
Sam
Toom
Motherwell
Doctor
Virginia
Lynchburg
Cor
Philadelphia Press
The French banker Pont and a church theft tale
An old French banker Pont is described as sharp witted in a crowded church incident. A thief brushes Pont, then slips away with a timepiece. Pont tries to frame the event as a learned, informal clumsy heist by well dressed men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pont
Philadelphia Burglaries Prompt Suspect Arrest Identified
A Philadelphia house was burglarized and a man arrested on suspicion. The suspect was positively identified by a servant who said the man was asleep and unaware of the crime until the next morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Philadelphia News
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Culley
Pike's Run
Thomas John& Factory
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Thomas Hilson
Joan R. McPuer
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State Falconer
James A. Garfield
George Scheller
Newhall
Interior
D. B. Chisholm
California
Mansfield
Cisco
Tex
Carrington & Burkeville
Commission
Richmond
Iowa Supreme Court
Journal of the House
St. Louis
Elihu Palmer
Palmer
Illinois
Mercury
Ogden
Utah
Butte City
Tris
Yukon
Alaska
John W. Shackleford
Omaha
Neb
Durham
Sharks
Thompson
William Graham
Larkinsville
Wth
Principe
Moorhead
Minn
Chicago Times
Supreme Court
Friends of Temperance
Des Moines
Arthur Little
Chicago
C. J. Dep
Mill Creek
Rochester
Ind
M. Eisen- Stadt & Co
Brainard
Patsy Early
Billy Landerman
Gold Mountain
Silver Peak
Nev
Elkton
Montello Station
Central Pacific Road
Foreign Intelligence
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Tally
Grena N Milwaukee
Madame Charlemont
Cortouse
Potter's Field
W. Y. World
Com
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Republican Party
Toose
Republic
Democratic Party
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Third District
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Attenton
South
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Garfield
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