Blockley Insane Asylum Fire Kills Inmates
Philadelphia reports a major blaze at Blockley Alms House male department. Over six hundred inmates were affected. twelve bodies recovered with fears many more dead. Firefighters battled flames since eight o'clock last night as the connected buildings risk destruction. Water limits hindered containment, with some inmates escaping to streets and later being locked up. A later telegraph says sixty inmates perished while fire is contained to the male wing.
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Kanawha
Charleston
W. Va
Richard McLoughin
Senate Debates Pacific Railways Debt and Michigan Land Bill
The Senate discussed a Interior Department reply to a Van Wyck resolution on Pacific railways indebtedness, and a joint committee plan to inform Cleveland and Hendricks of their elections. Debates covered Michigan preemption and timber culture lands, private entry rights, and concerns about speculators. The session included committee actions, executive confirmations, and appropriation measures.
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Veet
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Allison
Conger
Dolph
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Acta of Congres
Grim tale of a colored undertaker in Mistenis Tenn
A February report from Mistenis Tennessee recounts a horrific incident in which a colored undertaker dug up the body of a child buried by a respectable colored woman after the mother could not pay two dollars. He demanded the money before reburial, prompting neighborly outrage and eventual white residents contributing to a proper reburial.
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Thrisday
National affairs notes on pension office probes and expositions
A long-winded roundup reports pension office examiners questioned by House committees over alleged order to defer rejected claims before the October elections. It also covers dynamite resolution debates, tobacco import duties amendment, contested elections expenses, and the New Orleans Cotton Exposition funding request endorsed by the President. Military finance and navy expansion talks follow, with Harvard Club attendance snubbed over race, and multiple executions across cities.
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Treadhead
Missouri
Massay
Frederick Va. Wilson
Iowa
Aate
Congress
New Orleans
United States
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Long
Harvard Club
Richard Stcener
Border troubles eased after peaceful on river island talks
On February 13 at the Rio Grande on a border island, Lee Hill and Sheriff Kenney met Mexican officials to seek a peaceful solution to incursions. Four of five Mexican prisoners were to be released, with investigations into charges, while Americans would surrender raiders. Reports of further border trouble followed with troops deployed and warnings of imminent attacks near Carrizo Springs.
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Dummit
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British forces win at Kerhekan amid Khartoum rumors
War Office dispatches report Brackenbury’s unit enveloped the Arab position after Earle’s advance. Six companies of Black Watch and Stafford Regiment turned the ridge, Earle led the assault and fell in battle. Eyre and Coventy killed. Nineteenth Hussars captured the camp. ten standards seized. Baker claims Khartoum fallen. calls for 12000‑strong Berber expedition and Sarazen relief. News of German annexation fears and missing Welsh Fusiliers captain adds to unsettled mood.
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No Senator Yor From Cincinnati Legislature News
Republicans in both Houses refuse to recognize Democrats action on Senator vote amid absent members. A morning session adjournment attempts fail as Democrats fear Republican strength. Only one Democrats vote recorded, adjournment set for noon today. Cincinnati Trad Assembly resists Mooney price and school book printing bills amid penitentiary publication debate. Father Thorp of Cleveland referenced.
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