Murder Conviction and Large 1871 News Roundup
Exander Suarmer of Morrisburg Pa is convicted of first degree murder for killing his first and second wives and John Sherlock by poisoning. A Meriden Conn packing plant fire causes $50,000 loss. Greenbush NY man shoots wife, wounds daughter, and fatally wounds himself. Beach tunnel stock issued for $5,900,000, with debt for charter and patents. Fire damages Philadelphia lumber yards totaling $60,000. Vanderbilt takes control of New York and Mahopac railroad. A T. Stewart plans 100 Jamaica Plains houses costing $190,000. Over 500 firms operate under false names in New York lotteries and counterfeiting. Iron City Brewery seized in Pittsburgh for false returns. Erie railroad earnings rise to $21,000,000 since November. Multiple rail and street incidents across the country. Major fires, murders, suicides, and accidents noted from New York to Kansas. Government action includes river obstructions removal and canal dam decisions. International notes include French indemnity talks, Russian diplomacy, and new ship launches.
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Exander Suarmer
Morrisburg
John Sherlock
Meriden Malleable Iron Works
Meriden
Conn
Greenbush
N. Y
Samuel Fargue
New York Senate
Beach
New York
A. T. Stewart
Jamaica Plains
L. I
Iron City Brewery
Pittsburgh
Fraunheim & Feitsch
The
Erie Railroad
W. Sowers
Languard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Staten Island Ferry Company
White Plains
Ackerman
Nan Springfield
Mass
Madison
Grant
Samuel C. Landry
Flint
Mich
David L. Taggart
St. Louis
W. H. Rittenhouse
Belleville and Southern Illinois Railroad
Belleville
Ill
Peter Sita
Michael Schaffer
Gross Point
Chicago
Calumet
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Joe D. O. Cole
Cleveland Rolling Mill Company
Cole
Willie Bradley
Shelbyville
Ind
Globe Insurance Company
Anna C. Buru
Lawrence
Kansas
Supre Court
Uth
Lettter
Michael Welch
Waukesha
Wis
Welch
Zesighouse & Bro
Congress Ends a Busy Session With Various Measures Passed
Across both chambers the 43rd Congress enacted a series of bills including rail right of way for the Great Southern in Florida, and for the Davenport and St Paul line over Rock Island bridge. It approved pay raises for district judges, authorized survey work on U S Canada boundaries, and funded public buildings at St Louis. The Wisconsin Land Grant repeal act passed after a heated vote, while other items covered postal appropriations, military enlistment rules for minors, and publishing debates. The session featured adjournments and scattered action on tariff measures and relief bills for Kansas and the Kearsarge crew.
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Senate
Great Southern Railroad
Florida
Congress
Central Pacific Railroad
Yerba Buena
San Francisco
Pacific Railroad Committee
Central Company
B. F. Myers
Pennsylvania
House
United States
Lake of the Woods
Rocky Mountains
Davenport and St. Paul
Government Rock Island (II
Postoffice
St. Louis
Court of Claims
Kansas
Southern Claime Commission
Garfield
St. Louis Custom House
Portage and Lake Superior Canal
St. Croix and Lake Superior
St. Croix
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Senate On the 15Th Mr. Conkling
Indiana
Conkling
Chicago
Congressional Gice
Secretary of the Treasury
Ambler
Arso
Congress Limits Debate Publication and Passes Pacific Mail Subsidy Bill
The amendment restricting publication of debates to actual occurrences was agreed to. The bill for Pacific Mail Subsidy was considered in Committee of the Whole but adjourned without a vote. Mr. Cox proposed a rules report limiting debates to those that occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates
Congressional Boych
Congress
Cox
Committee On Rules
House
Political Convention Dates Across States and Parties
A compiled schedule lists state and national political conventions and key elections from March to June. It includes Ohio, Iowa, Connecticut, Indiana, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Florida, New Orleans, Oregon, Kansas, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Maryland, Tennessee, Minnesota, Nebraska, Michigan, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Texas, Arkansas, and more with party lines and dates.
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Ohio
Columbus
Iowa
Des Moines
Connecticut
Indiana
Indianapolis
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Florida
Jacksonville
Colored People of the United States
New Orleans
Oregon
Portland
Kansas
Topeka
North Carolina
Raleigh
Virginia
Richmond
Louisiana
Maryland
Baltimore
Greensboro
New Haven
Tennessee
Nashville
Cincinnati
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Nebraska
Lincoln
Michigan
Jackson
New Jersey
Trenton
Reading
New Hampshire
National Union
Philadelphia
Texas
Houston
Lansing
Arkansas
Little Rock
Terrific explosion rocks Cincinnati soap plant killing two
A boiler blast at Woods and Callahan soap and candle factory wounded four and killed two. Debris hurled a boiler across Bay Miller street where two children died and another was mortally wounded, while a second boiler crashed into Providence street. Nearby houses suffered minor damage as investigators probe the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Messrs. Woods & Callahan
Baymiller Street
Providence Street
Minnesota Elopement Fooled by Snowbank Story
A Minneapolis girl lured by a fortune teller’s prophecy plans elope with a suitor after crossing a suspension bridge. A heavy snowstorm forces a cutter ride, she falls in snow, screams, alarmed her father, and the plan collapses. She later learns the lover’s faithlessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Minneapolis Tribune
Old Hobby Homestead Shocks Stanwich with starving recluse
In Greenwich a decayed Stanwich house, once surrounded by 200 acres, houses drover Hasted Hobby who lived frugally. Neighbors found him near death from cold and hunger in a frozen room with a roasted pig in the oven and a starving menagerie. Dr. Mead and local selectmen are caring for him as he lingers, reputedly worth about $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Conn
The
Americas Club
Stanwich Road
Second Congregational Church
Hobby
Hasted Hobby
Augustus N. Reynolds
Stanwich
Mr. Hobby
Sylvester Mead
Ile
Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands show active lava cones
Report from visitors on Kilauea to Hilo notes no lava lakes but many active cones. Several small mountains vent molten lava 150 to 200 feet above their summits. Pele’s exhibitions are described as magnificent. Source cites Honolulu Gazette February 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilauea
Hilo
Pele
fTonolulu
Righteous Verdict In Baltimore Packet Case
Burton, a Baltimore man, rode a Baltimore Packet steamer and refused to unlock his stateroom door for the ticket clerk. After forceful entry by officers, he paid the ticket and sued for 5000 dollars claiming mortification and insult. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Burton
Baltimore Packet Company
Packet Company
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H. R. Deacons, Hunsicker & Co
Patterson & Co
New York and Mahopac
Vanderbilt
Willliam Treverr
Tar Supreme Court of Kansas
Medlicott
Ruth
West Hotel
Mendon
Jno
Wallace
Harvey
Saline
Secretary of War
Eau Claire
G. W. Kirk
Clark County
Jeffersonville
Geo. W. Fishback
St. Louis Democrat
Christian Fribolin
Mascontah
Austin Powder Company
Cleveland
Fred
Leonard
Sherman
Ravenna
Kane
Thomas Kane
Venona
LaSalle
Missouri Democrat
Madill
William McKee
George Thompson
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
Sedalia
Mackinac
Fort Wayne
West Virginia
Louisville
Grant and
Harlan
Register
Memphis
F. A.aylor
Appeal
Busteed
United States District Court of
Alabama
Alabama and Chattanooga
Henry Kiebause
Knowlton’s Landing
Ark
John Hyde
Hyde
J.G. Bisnorr
John 8
Washington
GosHory
Dyersburg
Tenn
Sam Russell
Paris, Tenn
L. Gallen
Meade County
Kentucky
David L. Stanton
Tur
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Great Britain
Berlin
France
Suez Canal
Paris
Lesseps
Grand Duke
Alexis
Poland
Havana
Rio de Janeiro
Spain
Amadeus
Madrid
National Guard
London
Times
Board of Erie
Dix
Rupert
Government
Chatham
Rio Janeiro
Paulo
Gibraltar
Royal Navy
Thiers
England
Posen
Bismarck
Cologne
Hilgers, Knoodt
Lord Mayo
Calcutta
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Earl of Mayo
Fort Blain
Vienna
Wittnowitz
Moravia
Political Calendar
French Assembly
International Society
Assembly
Volcanoes of
the Sandwich Islands
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