Senate Proceeds on Land Grant Forfeiture of Atlantic & Gulf
Washington March 13 Senate discussed a resolution to direct the State Department to furnish info on a rumored Guatemalan seizure plan affecting Nicaragua Honduras San Salvador and Costa Rica. Debate focused on the Atlantic & Gulf West India Transit grant and whether Congress should forfeit lands in Florida and Alabama to aid railroads, with settlers’ rights and prior decisions cited. The session adjourned after no action on the forfeiture was taken.
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Atlantic & Gulf Railroad
Washington
SenaTe
Manderson
Secretary of State
State Department
Rufin Barrios
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honduras
San Salvador
Costa Rica
Committee On Foreign Relations
George
Florida
Alabama
Waldo
Tempa Bay
Congress
van Wreck
Call
Chandler
Interior
Schurz
Contresa
Railway Corporation
United States
Edmunds
Messrs. Morgen
Plumb
Committee On Public Lands
Fionda
Call Phoughe
Cameron
Pennsyvania
General Grant Recovers and Cancer Doctor Sparks Debate
General Grant passed another good night and woke rested. He ate a hearty breakfast and worked on his book while staying largely secluded. Cancer specialist W E Brown from North Adams visits and declines to reveal treatment details, claiming two hundred cures in two years. Major General D E Sickles recounts how he raised five regiments and faced disbandment before President Lincoln. he describes resources and early conditions on Staten Island and Broadway. Advancing spring prompts readiness for warmth. Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised for blood purification.
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New York
W. E. Brown
North Adams
Mass
Bir. Brown
Fred Grant
S. B. Biking
Sickles
D. E. Sickles
Military Service Institution of the United States
Governor's Island
Lincoln
Morgan
Staten Island
Broadway
Striking Rail Labor Crisis Across Cities
Reports from Arkansas, Missouri, Maine, and Texas describe a widespread railroad strike with freight traffic halted and crews laid off. Governors and railroad officials seek mediation while troops guard yards and reluctant towns weigh intervention.
Cabinet Meetings Shift To Thursday In Civil Service Reform
The Weekly Cabinet meetings move from Friday to Thursday. The Democratic caucus fixes minority representation for Senate committees in the Forty-ninth Congress. The session covered appointments, the Oklahoma matter, and a public White House reception followed by various clerical changes and a possible Government Printer appointment for E H Butler. A Moorish antimony mine concession near Tangier is offered with open competition until June 5.
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Wasmiseron
Oklahoma
White House
Fairchild
the Treasury
Judge French
Higgins
Senate
Sacket
Capitol
Bayard
State Department
E. H. Butler
Buffalo Evening News
Butler
Mediterranean
Tangier
Cockrell
Don Cameron
Pennsylvania
Terrific boiler explosion at Middletown works
A boiler explosion at American Tube and Iron Works in Middletown Pennsylvania injured twelve workers seriously and killed two. The blast wrecked a fifty by fifty foot brick boiler-house and hurled the boiler thirty feet. Injured include Engineer C. P. Melhorn severely scalded and likely to die along with Alonzo Solon who is crushed and internally hurt. Other workers Groff Kendig Evier Frantz Miller Mattis Cole Keener and one unnamed man were severely bruised or burned but not fatally.
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Tliarrisdurg
American Tube and Iron Works
Middletown
C. P. Melhorn
Alonzo Solon
Elsner Groff
John
Kendig
John Evier
John W. Frantz
Harry J. Miller
Charles Mattis
John &. Cole
Elijah Keener
John Keener
Longtime Indiana settler John Van Eirk dies at ninety one
Vincesors Indiana March 13 John Van Eirk an early settler died yesterday at age ninety one He lived in the county for almost a century He served as a guard during the summer of 1812 near General Harrison s residence where a treaty with Tecumseh was made He heard the dispute between Tecumseh and the Territorial Governor and the subsequent order for Tecumseh and his followers to depart He left behind valuable reminiscences and wealth He leaves a wife and several children.
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Arcomson
Kan
St. Louis
Messrs. Hoxie and
Hays
Sedalia
Parsons
Jefferson Crew
Brown
Pleasantville
Centertown
Movrixy
Misouri Car Company
Wabash
Sipatra
Scewlis
Jameson
Marmaris
Iseman
Texas
St. Lewis
Missouri Pacific
Telegraphers' Protective Union
Dallas
Gould
Vincesors
Ind
John van Eirk
Br. van Eirk
Tippecanoe
Harrison
Tecumseh
van Kirk
Central America braces for Barrios clash and regional stance
Reports from San Salvador and San Juan Del Sur indicate active war preparations across Central America as governments mobilize to block Guatemala's President Barrios from uniting the states. Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Guatemala show cautious moves toward a diplomatic settlement amid broad public support for resistance.
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New York
San Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Central America
Barrios
Guatemala
Rio
Janento
Brazil
Germany England mixed commission to settle South Africa claims
In a Commons debate on expenses for recent diplomatic services Mr Gladstone praised German friendship while urging a nonconfrontational tone. Britain and Germany agreed on a mixed commission to Capetown to settle British residents’ claims seized in South Africa.
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Loxpox
House of Commons
Germany
England
Capetown
Ireland
Charles Bradhaund
London
Laboucheree
the Times
Russia
Balih
Afghanistan
Tarkish
Beavin
Prince Bigmarek
Suanm
East Surreys
Tome
Rome
Prince of Wales
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General Grant
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