News of the Week highlights Porter relief and Senate actions
In a February recap from Lexate, the Senate and House actions span relief for Fitz-John Porter, anti advertising measures, and agricultural data requests. Debates cover steel vessel construction, pleuro pneumonia bills, and the Arctic relief plan, with notable items on Dakota admission, storms aid, and a Boston Abolitionist death.
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Lexate
Lowell
Committee On Military Affairs
Fitz-John Porter
Evans
Plumb
Commissioner of Agriculture
United States
Greeley
Congress Debates Tax Laws and Alaska Development Bill
Washington reports Ways and Means hearing voices support for reform of internal revenue laws and for a brandy exemption for fruit growers. A Senate bill proposes a $100000 Alaska survey highway near Fort Wrangel and land openings under homestead rules. Munich dairy exhibit invites and February pension warrants noted. interstate commerce bill advances with pooling prohibition amendment.
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House
Ways and Means
Senate
Alaska
Fort Wrangel
Canadian Pacific
Territory of
Imperial German Legation
Washington
Munich
Treasury Department
Tax House Committee On Commerce
Stewart
Barrkiles shade factory fire devastates Brooklyn plant
Fire at the Barrikles shade factory in Brooklyn New York caused about 100000 in damage with heavy insurance and left over 100 workers unemployed. Separate reports note two drownings from the Pennsylvania Canal near Harrisburg and a New Jersey Republican State Convention date change to April 17.
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Barrikles
Brooklyn
N. Y
New Jersey
Pennsylvania Canal
Harrisburg
New York
Cephalonia
Glendale
Robbins’ Reef
Charles Feltz
Henry Green
Boston
Baltimore
Cornelius von Riper
Tae
Trenton
Severe Northwest snowstorm and related incidents report
A sweeping Northwest snowstorm on the 27th alt crippled rail traffic as freight trains were abandoned. Temperatures plunged to minus 29 at St. Vincent and minus 10 at Wilman, with numerous incidents across states. A Kansas shooting over land, a Keokuk barbed wire case decree, and other legal and local notices follow, including a Chicago building permit and hydrophobia deaths.
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Minnesota
St. Vincent
Minn
Wilman
Allen County
Kansas
James T. Harclerode
Robert McFarland
Hugh Guilland
Joseph
Ike
Andrew
Harclerode
McFarland
Guilland
Hawes
Keokuk
McCrary
Iowa
Glidden & Kelly
Indiana
Indianapolis
Commonwealth
Petersburg
Helena
Ark
Preston Warrr
Harry Will
Tillman
Winston
L. Sonn
Toledo
Recorder of
Huron County
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad Company
United States Trust Company
Norcross
Wyatt Pate
William Littlefield
Building Department of
Chicago
van Buren Street
Pacific Avenue
Tuk
Robert Buckley
Cleveland
Elmer Lyons
Alfred Stanley
Ohio Republican State Central Committee
Columbus
Board of Public Works
Supreme Court
Ohio
J. A. Meoor
Constantinople
Samuel Liebschetz
State Colored Convention
Nashville
Tenn
Wendell Phillips
Mads
Notable Obituaries and Incidents Across Cities
Eulogies and death notices for Nancy Brown and Marshant Pax surface. Drowning deaths of seven crew members near Campbell Island reported. Train collision near Paris results in fatalities and wreckage. Bank liabilities total 390000 from E Detrick Co. Cadets dismissed for hazing. Robbery at Cincinnati grocery yields $100. Saginaw arrest for 1890 poisoning case. St Louis citizens form Indian Rights Association led by Herbert Welsh. Oregon swamp land grab alleged with Owen filing four million acres and bribe claims. 372000 acres already chosen.
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Nancy Brown
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
San Francisco
Marshant T. Pax
F. W. Lyndsey
E. Detrick & Co
Jacob E. Tabor
H. Jastromeski
Frederick Parker
W. Maxey
Secretary of the Navy
G. A. Bennett & Co
New York
Margaret A. Smiira
Saginaw
Mich
Pontiac
St. Louis
Herbert Welsh
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Association
Elliot
Washington University
M. Snow
Oregon
Portland Oregonian
H.C. Owen
Eugene
R. V. Ankeng
Washington
Explosion at London Cloak Room Damages Public Property
A man claiming to be American, named Brogue, left a rubber bag at Victoria Station cloak room on the night of the 26th alt. He warned staff to handle it carefully as contents would break. The cloak room was locked and an explosion followed about an hour later, causing about £4000 in damage.
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Victoria
London
Reichstag
Wiey William H. Haigh
Port Hope
Ontario
England
Halifax
Elizabeth of Hesse
Sergius
Russia
de la Motte
Chamber of Deputies
Greece
George Anderson
Monte Carlo
Battles near Trinkitat and Kansas election results
Advices from Trinkitat report a daylong battle on the 29th ult between British troops under General Graham and rebels at an old fort near Fort Baker. British losses were 24 killed and 142 wounded. rebels suffered about 1,000 killed. Four Krupp guns, two howitzers and a machine gun were captured. General Graham entered Tokar on the 1st as rebels fled, leaving a small garrison. In Kansas Second District, Funston (Republican) won the seat over Riggs by 3,000 to 5,000. The Portland Connecticut Stamping Company works burned on the Ist, with 300 workers and losses around 400,000 and 225,000 insurance. A major Utica fire destroyed many stores and buildings on Genesee Street, with total losses near 800,000. In Philadelphia six men accused of pistols sales to schoolboys were held for trial. Financial notes show bank activity with loans up, deposits down, and reserves ample. House actions covered public lands fencing and inter-State commerce bills amid Naval Appropriation discussions.
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Graham
Fort Baker
Tokar
Kansas
Haskell
Funston
Riggs
United States Stamping Company
Portland
Conn
Urica
N. Y
H. J. Holbrook & Co
Holbrook
M. B. Delong
James Rockwell
Catherine Street
M. Co
E. D. Comstock
Erie Canal
Utica City National Bank
Newell & Sons, Paper and Ae
Utica Observer
Comstock Brothers
C. H. Sayers
Edward Martin
Genesee Street
Philadelphia
Thaddeus Stevens
Port Baker
Sixty-fifth
Gordon Highlanders
Teb
Baker Pasha
Page l
Fort Burnaby
Nedellonsie
Teb Wells
London
Radical pension reform bill aims to aid disabled soldiers
A new pension measure seeks broad relief for Civil War veterans and widows. It would grant pensions to disabled soldiers even without proven service-connected illness, set monthly rates up to twenty four dollars, extend pensions to widows and dependents, and simplify proof requirements. Senator Harrison supports the plan as a crucial Union cause, while Representative Cannon pushes parallel legislation to speed benefits and expand eligibility for invalid pensions and dependent relatives.
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Potomac
Harrison
Cannon
Navy Departments
Congress
War
United States
Navy Department
Tnil
Regular Army
Brooklyn Girl Wins $950 in Laundry Hazard Case
A fourteen year old girl in Brooklyn lost her hand while working in a laundry last summer. She sued the laundry owner under a statute making it a misdemeanor to employ a minor at work endangering life and limb. A verdict for $950 was upheld on appeal by the higher court.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Eagle
King Howard of New Orleans and the Lottery
The Chicago Tribune records King Howard a powerful figure in Louisiana politics, once a prominent Lottery head in New Orleans, later noted to have no fortune and acting as an agent for the Kentucky Lottery Company.
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King Howard
New Orleans
Louisiana Lottery
Crescent City
Ciacago Tribune
Population composition by origins in the United States
The Chicago Herald notes that eighty three percent of the population are white natives and immigrants from Germany and Great Britain, leaving four percent from other countries and thirteen percent African descent.
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United States
Germany
Great Britain
Chicago Herald
Flooring work uncovers cash in Worcester cigar stand
Union Station construction workers in Worcester Massachusetts find 37.51 dollars in small change that had sifted through a crack in the money drawer of the cigar stand in the restaurant.
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Acnters
Union Station
Worcester
Mass
Jostor Herald
British Triumph and Heavy Losses in Trinkitat Battle
Unofficial dispatches describe a daylong battle at Trinkitat with fierce rebel resistance. British forces in an oblong square faced large rebel pits and artillery, eventually taking Fort Burnaby and the Teb wells after intense combat. Reported casualties include twenty four British killed or wounded and over one hundred wounded, with four guns and two machine guns captured.
Steam pipe explosion injures many at St Patrick’s Church
A steam pipe burst during an evening service at St Patrick's Church in St Louis injuring numerous worshippers. Panic spread as crowds rushed for exits with several people trampled. Mary Mc Laughlin of 800 O'Fallon Street suffered serious injuries.
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Str. Louis
St. Patrick’s Church
Sixth
Biddle Streets
Father McCaffrey
Mary McLaughlin
O’ Fallen Street
Disastrous Fire Destroys U S Stamping Plant in Portland Conn
Fire gutted the United States Stamping Company works at Portland on Saturday night. The tin stamping factory employed about 500 workers, shipping six to eight carloads daily. The buildings burned completely with losses reported around 2,500,000 dollars. Pickering & Co adjacent to the log works reportedly saved.
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Hartrorp
Conn
United States Stamping Company
Portland
Pickering & Co
Ickering & Co
Red River Flows Into Atchafalaya Reported by Yazoo Valley
The steamer Yazoo Valley reports the Red River current flowing into the Atchafalaya, noting shifting water channels and navigational implications for river traffic and local trade.
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Yazoo Valley
Red River
Atchafalaya
Treasury weighs shift to silver certificates for bank balances
New York reports show the Treasury may switch paying daily balances to silver certifi cates instead of gold. From March 1883 to February 1884 the exchange with banks favored gold certificates, leaving a net gold drain of about 146 million dollars. Treasurer Acton acknowledged no decision yet but indicated a possible change and talks with banks were pending. In port receipts, silver certificates accounted for about a third of customs revenues on a recent Saturday.
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New York
Treasury Department
Wall Street
Sub-Treasury
Stee Bt Thes Paar Sven Salvatori
Acton
Worst Blizzard Paralyzes Northwest Rail Passages
Heavy snow and plummeting temperatures sweep the Northwest as trains run late or are halted. Manitoba lines report drifting and wind, Northern Pacific endures washouts, and Winona and Peter lines abandon services. Cheboygan reports a violent snow storm with ships gearing to operate after repairs.
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St. Paul
Northwest
Manitoba
St. Vincent
Mercury
Wilmar
Breckenridge
Minneapolis & St. Louie
Tuesse
Albert Lea
Winona & = Peter
Yellowstone
Ra River
Fargo & Southwestern
Sus- Cheboygan
Mich
Alguman
St. Ignace
Swine Industry Report Declares Pork Harmless
The Commission asserts no diseased or unhealthy pork conditions exist in the U S swine industry. It cites strict carrier and slaughterhouse scrutiny and humane laws, with only trichina as a minor concern. Signatories include Loring Blatchford Chandler Salmon and Curtis.
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Washinetox
Loring
United States
Boards of Health
Humane Societies
Chambers of Commerce and Trade
George B. Loring
E. W. Blatchford
Chicago
Chandler
New York
D. E
Cattle Plague Puzzle Delays Landing of Ontario Cattle
The cargo of cattle from Portland on the Ontario arrived at Liverpool with many cattle and sheep suffering from foot and mouth disease. An order prohibits landing of Portland cattle until March 12 to allow inspectors to determine if the illness came from the Ontario or from cattle taken to Portland earlier.
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Ontario
Liverpool
Portland
Winnipeg customs official J. T. Bradley charged with coal duty fraud
A Winnipeg special reports J. T. Bradley, collector of customs at Emerson, arrested in a case alleging de manifests fraud on coal duties running into thousands of dollars and misappropriation of funds. He is also accused of other related offenses and unlawful possession of money.
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Winnipeg
J. T. Bradley
Emerson
Mass meeting supports high license bill in New York
Thousands attend a New York mass meeting backing the high license bill. Henry Ward Beecher questions enforcement but argues the bill would shut the vile dens flourishing in the metropolis.
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New York
Henry Ward Beecher
Permanent cattle trail urged from Texas to Nebraska
A Texas border report says stockmen presented Secretary Teller a memorial to keep the old cattle trail open and seek a permanent Texas to Western markets path. They claim fences allow large herds to pass. Congress may be asked to establish a lasting route amid high rates and long distances making rail shipping impracticable.
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Srrriz Rock
Ark
Texas
Teller
Nebraska
Congress
Texas Line
Southwest
Kansas
Excitement in Eagle Wisconsin Over Alleged Diamond Find
In Eagle, Wisconsin, reports claim a diamond discovery near a well on the Milwaukee to Prairie du Chien line. Jeweler S B Boynton and W P Merrill secretly bought nearby land after a Chicago expert valued the uncut stone at about 300 dollars. Operations to develop the alleged mine are expected to start soon.
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Milwaukee
Eagle
Prairie du Chien
Milwaukee & St. Paul
S. B. Boynton
Boynton
Chicago
W. P. Merrill
Erie Boatmen Plan to End Scalping Transport Company
A Burrano New York meeting of canal boatmen discussed creating the Erie Boatmen Transportation Company to run ski houses and towing operations from Buffalo to Tonawanda and New York. Capital set at 1000 shares of ten dollars each with 500 needed for a charter. G M Clarkson spoke as secretary. five members to solicit subscriptions.
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Burrano
N. Y
New York
Buffalo
Tonawanda
Champlain Boatmen
G. M. Clarkson
The
Erie Boatmen’s Transportation Company
Four Boys Die in Powder Magazine Explosion near Omaha
Four boys aged fourteen, twelve, nineteen, and ten were killed when a powder magazine south of Omaha owned by Steele Johnson and Co blew up. The blast occurred around three pm as they hunted in the woods, shattering windows in the city and felling trees in a wide radius. Debris was found up to three quarters of a mile away and crowds gathered at the scene.
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Omaha
Steele, Johnson & Co
Willie Mallus
Willie Abner
Chris Madsen
Johnny Stitts
Gettysburg & Harrisburg Rail Line Lays Last Rails
The final rails were laid on Seminary Ridge marking the completion of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad project. Two golden spikes bearing 1863 and 1864 were driven to honor the year the line began. The railroad, backed by Jay Cooke, will open to travel mid April and reduce Harrisburg to Gettysburg distance by twenty miles.
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Harrisburg
Gettysburg
Seminary Ridge
Jay Cooke
Was Morse Murdered New Yorks Feb 28 Inquest
Actress Mise Blackburn testified Morse left the Cosmopolitan Theater with her Friday morning. McGivney the theater manager struck Morse, called him a rascal, and Morse fell. He got up and went outside followed by McGivney. Six hours later McGivney returned in a disordered state. He visited again in the afternoon.
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New Yorks
Salmi Morse
Mise Blackburn
Morse
Cosmopolitan Theater
MecGivney
Riyney
Prominent NL Official Predicts 1884 Season Boom
An NL official foresees the 1884 season as the most successful in baseball history with more professional clubs, a bitter Union Association war, and heavy player competition. He predicts Cincinnati will win the American pennant while St Louis and the Metropolitans and Baltimore’s strongest club contend in a Union tie.
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Union Association
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Elun Oe
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