Relief measures and political clash at the Senate
Surgeon General Hamilton testifies to a House committee amid charges of unskillfulness and alleged manipulation of public opinion. He cites a board dispute and abuses linked to yellow fever cases, while a Senator ferries a page through a noisy session. The piece also notes bonded warehouses and Ohio flood relief planning. A railroad incident near Keokuk reports shots fired at a Chicago line train with minor damage and no injuries.
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Hamilton
Bin
National Basra of Health
Cabell
Davis
Tim
Lamilton
Boards of Health
Ile
Pensacola
Tlesith
National Bond
Warins
National Board
Wering
Brownsvlle
Murray
Marine Hospital
Smith
Smart
Senate
Secretary of War
House Committee On Appropriations
Cairo
Evansville
Pointe
Ohio
Danville Riots Hearings Reveal Racial Clash Details
In Washington on February 14 the Committee of Forty heard testimonies on the Danville election riots. Witnesses described white mobs threatening blacks, shootings, and a fear-driven boycott of voting. Several accounts claim armed whites and blacks clashed as violence erupted, with one man killed and others wounded.
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Wasnaton
Danville
Congressibon Cabell
John S. Wise
Walter S. Witheres
Bean
Fred
Committee of Forty
Jack Rudd
Republican Committee
Cabell
Ned Hatcher
Hatcher
L. L. Ivy
W. T L. Taylor
Lie
A. H. Blant
Jie
Sherman
Wise
Virginis
D. B. Teaple
Ile
Flood claim kills and displaces dozens in Parkersburg
A Brick boarding house collapse in Parkersburg amid floods buried ten and drowned multiple occupants. Rescue teams saved survivors as families mourned. The rear wall failure followed by rising water alarms caused chaos and fear among residents. In the same dispatch, news from Huntsville reports Frank James arriving for trial and Scioto-Lomas case verdict follows.
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Civeisway
Ludiow
Pearl Streets
Pearl
Lidlow
Burk
Coulter
Maud Ellis
Lydia Ells
Willie Kyle
Robert Kyle
George Oyster
John W. Kyle
Mary J. Carter
Maud Ells
James Ogden
Barney Winkler
Winkler
Thomas Burke
Parkersburg
W. Va
United States
Court House
David ©. Keller
Kelier
John Lomas
Minzo Junction
Adolescent Confesses Father Killing in Minnesota Haystack
In Worriuseitos Minnesota on February 15, the death of farmer Martin Riley near Adrian is solved by the confession of Riley’s thirteen year old daughter. She says William, his sixteen year old son, killed his father as retaliation for punishment. The boy has fled the scene.
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Worruisetos
Minn
Martin Riley
Adrian
Riley
William
Rumored lynching attempt and varied late news items
Rumor from Duluth of a dissat isfied faction trying to lynch a local figure near Low Adastes. Reports note a diverse mix of incidents including theft damages, a counterfeit silver dollar scare, student enrollments at Battle Creek Adventist academy, a depot vandalism arrest in Rock Island, a fatal fall in Indianapolis, and political parliamentary activity in Washington on wool tariffs. The record also mentions a Canadian sports census and an heiress dispute over a New Jersey estate with English litigation, plus remarks by Lord Lansdowne on Canada's military role.
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Duluth
Minn
Negley
Aston Lear
Washington
Battle Creek
Mich
Roek Island
Aucustus Belhome
Indianapolis
Ind
Committee On Ways and Means
Wamed Garrity
Benwood
W. Va
Riverside
Petersburg
Battersea Cotton Manufacturing Company
Rhodes
Dexter
Columus
New York
Newark
Michael B. Clare
London
Jamaica
Napoleon
de Clare
Louis Xviieii
England
Clare
Tely J. F. Roberts
B. Clare
Miss Clare
America
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Hot Springs
Bardwell
West Virginia
Ark
House of Representatives
Keoxvx
Chicago, Hock Island & Pacific
Belfast
Sand Prairie
Danville Riots
Wasninetox
Committee of Ways and Means
Mayes
National Woolen Manufacturers’ Association
Boston
Whitman
Arlington Mills
Torexa
Kan
City of
Mexico
Cincinnati
Boseang
Tle
Sre
Mary Carter
Mand Elis
Mary Calter
Mary
Mary E. Colter
Frank James
Brisuvewaw
Ala
Huntsville
Missouri
McGhee
Eliott
Kansas City
United States Court
Mussel Shoals
A _Froy
Imperia
Hood
Edward Simon
Capitol
Pullman Palace Car Company
George W
Commissioner General of the Land Office
Billington & Missouri River Railroad
Nebraska
Lord Lansdowne
Ottawa
Dominion Artillery Association
Canada
National Insurance
Oakley
Prulvot Lasou&e
Wolfrobes
O. R. Oakley
Lyon Bros. ‘Palace Drug Store
Dunkirk
Center Street
S. Sale
J. A. Staph
Ww. C
Hamburg
Hove
Gidley & Bloss
Wirtner & Alling
Fattery & Haplega Gallery
Hardwarsh
Monroe
ST. James
RED Cross
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