Notable Disasters and Political Updates Across Regions
A grain elevator boiler exploded in Janesville killing George Kastner, Kennedy, and James Bracker. fire risk mounted as water failed. Louisville coal dealer Diebold frozen to death. Ireland’s WilliAm O'Brien released from jail. Don Carlos presses for Spain’s strength and Morocco expedition. White Caps in Shelbyville assault minister Wesley Meeks. Knights of Pythias set for Cincinnati. Leslie McCune kidnapped in Ironton, mother and helpers pursued across river.
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Janesville
Wis
George Kastner
Diebold
William O'Brien
M. P
United Ireland
Tullamore
James G. Brooks
Secret Service Division
Treasury Department
John 8. Bell
Newark
N. J
Tuk
Congress
Muskingum River
Ohio
Venice
Don Carlos
Spain
Morocco
South America
Shelbyville
Ind
White Caps
Crawford County
Wesley Meeks
United States Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Cincinnati
Ganrienp
James A. Garfield
Mollie Garfield
Europe
Garfield
Mentor
Old Homestead
Trobridge
Ironton
Leslie McCune
Libbie Culberton McCune
New York City
Ashland
Kentucky
Ackman
Leslie
Walter 8. McCune
Democratic State Committee Chooses Kisner Over Sanders in Harrisburg
At the Pennsylvania Democratic State Central Committee meeting in Harrisburg Eliott Kisner of Lehigh County defeated Dallas Sanders of Philadelphia for chairman by votes 42 to 35 with 1 for Robert Wright. Congressmen Scott and other lawmakers backed Kisner and adopted a resolution endorsing President Cleveland and tariff reform. The Ways and Means Committee also saw tariff reform progress in a dispute over revenue policy.
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Pennsylvania
Democratic State Central Committee
Harrisburg
Dallas Sanders
Philadelphia
Handall
Eliott Kisner
Laterpe County
Scott
Eisner
Banderas
Robert EF
Wright
Cleveland
Republican Party
Chairman Mills Ill, McMillan Presides and Revenue Debate
Chairman Mills was ill, Mr McMillin presided and a motion to refer bills from the Public Printer to subcommittees passed. Mr McKinley urged repeal of the tobacco tax but the Democratic majority favored addressing tax cuts with the general tariff-reduction bill. Breckinridge moved to defer McKinley’s bill until revenue reduction is considered, winning 5 to 4. Washington telegram notes Randall’s Pennsylvania state committee defeat and Democratic protection leader’s resilience.
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Mills
McMillin
McKinley
Ohio
House
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Washington Telegram
Randall
Pennsylvania
Eagle Tron Works failure and Reading miners strike fears
The Eagle Tron Works at Wilkes Barre Pa fails with heavy liabilities while the San Francisco Bridge Company assigns owing 300000 and assets of 200000. Reading miners and railroad men fear a protracted strike and many head to Wyoming and Clearfield regions as market jitters persist with dull wholesale trade and rising prices in hard hit sectors.
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Eagle Tron
Wilkesbarre
San Francisco Bridge Company
Reading
Pittsburgh
Wyoming
Clearfield
R.G. Dun & Co
Unts
Chicago
Drouth
Rail wreck and blizzard toll case in early Northwest news
A broken rail derailed a Lake Erie and Western train near Bluffton Ohio injuring several members of Frank Mayo's Nordeck company. Edwin Naird lost a hand and Albert Gilbert of Fostoria was killed. Fire in Springfield NL wiped out Dodd drug store and Hickox grocery. losses around 155000. Blizzard victims list shows 135 dead across Dakota Iowa Nebraska Montana Minnesota and other states with many named individuals. A Tacoma special reports Chinamen drowned attempting to reach San Juan Islands. Near Ennis Texas two girls and a young man drown after ice breaks during skating and rescue attempts fail.
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Bluffton Ohio
Lake Erie
Frank Mayo
Nordeck” Company
Edwin Naird
Albert Gilbert
Fostoria
Ohio
Springfield
R. N. Dodd
W. Hickox
Oderkirk Seminary
Richview
Northwest
Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Montana
Scotland
Joseph Kocaren
Doland
Willie
Harry Driver
Raymond
Ermine Lamar
Carrie Alman
Faulkton
Saran Darland
Palmer
Walter Munger
Mitchell
Jacob Beholf
Robert Chambers
Haron
Gunstrom
Sioux Falls
Jacob Kratz
Lesterville
Tyndall
Wakonda
Joseph Hutchinson
Gary
Bridgewater
White Take
Emil Gilbertson
Altoona
Pierson Brothers
Virpls
Lewis Merriman
Hitchcock
W. Headley
Baerkston
T. Owen
Entworth
John Newcomb
Cavour
Miss Jacos
Guide
Miss Brandy
Mallee
Dustin
Bolline
Otoe County
Charles Maxwell
Beatrice
John Denlinger
Garrison
J. W. Hines
Michael Klienes
Schuyler
W. Taylor
Clearwater
Eller
Omaha
Tacoma
W. T
Victoria
San Juan Islands
Washington Territory
Ennis
Texas
William Williams
Babbitt
Mr. Williams
New York Legislature Receives Electric Death Proposal
A 1886 commission report to the New York Legislature recommends using electricity to carry out capital punishment. It argues death would be instantaneous and capital punishment would occur privately and without risk to officials. The document details experiments on animals to study electrical effects on the heart and respiration.
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New York
Albany
Unprecedented Cold Cripples Texas Cattle and Crops
Reports from Northern Texas describe extreme cold causing massive cattle losses and widespread suffering among people. The cold also threatens cereals and fruit prospects for the year. A New York Legislature commission from 1886 recommends abolishing hanging and adopting electricity for executions.
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Texas
New York
Embezzler Boss at Michigan Carbon Company Arrested
Charles E. Young of Detroit the secretary and confidential bookkeeper is charged with defalcations totaling 76000 dollars and possibly more as a quiet probe by company president Deming Jarvin reveals falling dividends and missing funds. Masked robbers menaced a Missouri City express but were thwarted by officers and a posse.
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Charles E. Young
Michigan Carbon Company
Detroit
Deming Jarvin
Young
Wabash
Kansas City
St Louis
Missouri City
St. Louis
Cooley's Lake
Mersey
Wools
Arsuit
Aullet
John Sweeney
King
Sweeney
Missouri
Jesse James
O'Brien Freed from Jail Amid Cheers in Tullamore
William O'Brien MP editor of United Ireland was released from Tulllamore Jail on January 20 after imprisonment since October 21. He went to a priest's house in Tullamore while a crowd cheered without disorder. Father McFadden of Gweedore, arrested in Armagh, faces trial for anti landlord and anti police meetings. Mr Blane of South Armagh also jailed for inciting tenant resistance.
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William O’brien
United Ireland
Tullamore
Father McFadden
Gweedore
Armagh
Blane
Donegal
M. P
South Armagh
Hale Critiques Civil Service Reform as a Spoils System
Senator Hale denounces the Democratic administration for eroding civil service reform. He cites extensive removals from office, party-driven appointments, and coercive campaigning, warning that reform promises have become a tool for political control and predicting renewed abuses to secure votes.
Purpose of the Republican League Convention
The convention in New York aimed to extend and stimulate Republican club organization nationwide. It created a Republican League to boost club formation, not to name a presidential candidate. The League will aid the party and work to elect the National Convention nominee, while preserving party unity. The Philadelphia Press.
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New York
Republican League
Republican Party
Philadelphia
Presa
Lamar's Confirmation Sparks Partisan Debate
The Chicago News notes that twenty eight Republican senators opposed Lamar's confirmation citing trust in constitutionality. It argues Democrats lacked independence and that Voorhees and Turpie would have blocked him. The piece echoes Milwaukee Sentinel and suggests free traders now concede the tariff message was bad politics.
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Lamar
North
Supreme Courts
Jefferson Davis
Senate
Voorhees
Turpie
Indiana
Chicago News
Milwaukee Sentinel
Poisoning campaign note in New York politics
The Inter Ocean quotes a New York Times paragraph describing Governor Hill’s “poisoning campaign” against President Cleveland as a subterranean and indirect political effort observed by the era, highlighting Democratic harmony shifts in the Empire State.
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Empire State
New York Times
Hill
Cleveland
Inter Ocean
Democratic pledge on civil service reform in coming election
The Democratic party vows to oppose civil service reform at the next session as a presidential election approaches. Democrats in Congress are portrayed as more politic than the Speaker, with the party to prove its convictions in practical legislation after the campaign. This stance is framed as a clear issue for voters next year, per the St Paul Pioneer Press.
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Lincoln
Gen. Grant
President Hayes
Repub
Soan
Arthur
Hale
Republican Party
Cleveland
Boston
George W. Curtin
Democratic Party
Legation
General Land Office
Civil Service
Reform
Lamar
John ©. Calhoun
Calhoun
Senate
General Land
Pension Office
New York
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Hawley
Washington Post
Washingto Republican
Ita
Polk
Pierce
Buchanan
Congress
St Paul
Ohio Legislature Journal Highlights Jan 1 to Jan 19
Senate adjourned after a journal vote and House session with no business. Bills discussed include increasing Dow tax, reimbursement for war loan interest, township school supervision, estate appraisals, and extending township officers. Committees reported, several local bills passed, plus acts on hygiene, prisons, and railcar regulation.
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Senate
House
Billa
Common Pleas
Congress
Hamilton County
School Board of Cincinnati
Enitentiary
Hartwell Road
State Board of Elections
Ohio
Cincinnati
Hamilton County Commissioners
Cincinnati Fire Department
An Odd Bird Now Extinct
The Smithsonian receives boxes of bones of the great auk from Newfoundland. The bird stood over two feet high with a small useless wing. It swam powerfully with webbed feet and rapid wingbeats but was clumsy on land. Humans hunted it from early times, driving it to remote rocks. The last confirmed sighting was 1844. reports afterward are disputed. It laid a single egg on rock, then vanished.
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Smithsonian Institution
Banks
Newfoundland
American
Europe
Iceland
Trinity Bay
Symington Grieves
Washington Star
Dissension at church leads to expulsion talk and reform
Dialogue shows ministers, deacons, and parishioners debating church authority while a theater manager interviews a performer who traces a history of bizarre roles and seeks a new act. The scene weaves religious conflict with showbiz stunts and odd jobs.
Confirmation of Lamar to Supreme Court Sparks Senate Debate
National lawmakers report that Lucius Quintus C Curtius Lamar was confirmed as Associate Justice. The 82-28 tally featured Republican opposition centered on experience and wartime record while Democrats remained quiet. References follow to Vilas Dickinson Bragg and upcoming bills in both chambers.
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Lucius Quintus
Curtius Lamar
Supreme Court
Senate
United States
Riddleberger
Virginia
Stewart
Nevada
Stanford
California
Edmunds
Evarts
Allison
Sherman
Hoar
Ingalls
Hawley
Wilson
Iowa
Judiciary Cou
Lamar
Mississippi
Bate
Berry
Beck
Brown
Butler
Blodgett
Cockrell
Coke
Call
Colquitt
Daniel
Faulkner
George
Grady
Gorman
Harris
Hampton
Jones
Ark
Morgan
McPherson
Pugh
Reagan
Laiisbury
Turpie
Vance
West
Voorhalthali
Socrata
Aldrich
Blair
Bowen
Cameron
Ch Cullox
Dawes
Dolph
Davis
Ewarta
Frye
Farwell
Hale
Hiscock
Mitchell
Paddock
Platt
Palmer
Klumb
Gray
Spooner
Stockbridge
Manderson
Teller
Sawyer
Nev
Sabin
Morrill
Chandler
Blackburn
Gibson
Eustis
Hearst
Kenna
Payne
Pasco
Ransom
Messrs
Vilas
Dickinson
Gen
Bragg
Mexico
South Carolina
Des Moines River
Raccoon Forks
American Forestry Congress
Townshend
National Bank
Treasury
Landes
Chipman
Mie
C Larsney
Quay
Cox
New York
Carlisle
Wilkins
Weaver
Anderson
Committee On
Thoebe-Carlisle
Trimble
Barnes Ve. Adama
Thoebe
Pacific Railroad
Congress
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
House
Interior
Hawzery
Connecticut
Secretary of the Interior
Grand Haven
Mich
Lexington
Burlington
Mr. Mandersons
Secretary of War
Omaha
Netherlands
Committee On Appropriations
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Defiance Co. Express
HR Express Publishing Company
the News Record
Telegraph
Ways & Washington Telegram
Ways and Means
Tariff Reformers
Financial and Industrial
O'Brien
Carrun
Ae” Carrum
Wurar
Milwaukee
Peer Rer
Louis
Toledo
Uffal Cartle
Bere CarrLe
Rane Nee En
Maine
Greas
Eventuag Post
Fellows
Nicoll
Civil Service Reform Association
Merchants and Business
Yamuany Hall
Democracy
Edward Cooper
United Democracy
Carl Schurz
Cooper
League
Ohio Legislature
Deacon Jones
New York Sun
Dime Museum
Buck & Tansy’s
Tenth Street
Borneo
National
House of Representatives
Crisp
Georgia
Committee On Elections
Lynen
Laws
Rowell
Llimon
Lodge
Massachusetts
Lyman
Rolley
Springer
Llinois
Supreme
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