Remarkable Crime Drop Noted in England with Local Insights
Native Africans use flint lock muskets made at Birmingham England. The American colony in Paris numbers about three thousand yet its value to Paris trade exceeds that of thirty thousand Germans and twenty eight thousand Italians combined. Since December 21 Uxbridge magistrates for a division of thirteen parishes with ~30 000 people have had no cases to deal with.
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Birmingham
England
Paris
Uxbridge
Ruins Uncovered Near Nantes Reveal Roman Hippodrome Road
Excavations near Nantes France reveal foundations of a vast hippodrome and a Roman road to the Loire. Earlier discoveries in the same area include numerous villa remains and artifacts such as jewelry and pottery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loire
Nantes
France
Persian playing cards resemble poker in five suits
Persian playing cards number twenty to the pack in five suits of four each. They are handmade and often finely finished with rich effects on a gold ground, preserved by varnish. Some sets used by the rich may cost about $50. The national game has been played for centuries and closely resembles poker.
Heat in Deep Comstock Mines Surpasses Outside Winter
Marked contrast between surface cold and mine heat on the Comstock lode. Outside is frigid while lower levels run intense, forcing workers to pause work due to the extreme temperatures. Workmen wear only overalls and heavy brogans for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comstock Lode
Newark children showcased in Bowery dime museum
Three Newark children treated by Pasteur were displayed on pedestals in a Bowery dime museum in New York for crowds to view. The museum managers even asked to pose them as Dr Billings 2nd M Pasteur.
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Newark
Pasteur
Bowery
New York
Dr. Billings 2Nd
M. Pasteur
Yale Graduate Mulls Fund Raiser Using Piano Lessons
A recent Yale graduate recounted a dinner tale about a young man from a Michigan college who taught piano to young ladies to pay his way. The college printed the names of these women in its prospects, hoping Yale might adopt the scheme for a boost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New York
Michigan
England Proves Beer Definition Bends With Stronger Brews
In England the legal definition of beer includes any liquor described as beer or sold as beer if analysis shows more than 2 percent proof spirits. Temperance advocates alarmed as several samples of the so called blue ribbon beer reveal far higher alcohol content than 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Digestibility of Eighteen Cheese Varieties Shown
Beidermann’s Centralblatt reports experiments on eighteen cheese varieties. Cheddar digests fastest at four hours while unripe skimmed cheese takes ten. Hard and soft cheeses show little digestibility difference, fat cheeses dissolve quickest. cheese ranks as highly nourishing after meat and eggs based on nitrogen absorption.
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Beidermann
Centralblatt
Doctors Doubt Labels Prevent Medicine Mistakes
An English physician recalls a case where a man used croton oil liniment in a blue fluted bottle with a red label for external use. He mistook his wife's raised letter bottle for his own and swallowed the liniment when he had a cough. He became ill for hours before recognizing the error.
Quinine Bark Harvesting and A Moral Tale
A paper notes quinine prices stay low as cinchona trees endure harvesting. Bark is scraped yearly without harming growth, alternating halves six months apart. An eastern tale contrasts poverty as a beggar shares cucumber parings with a passerby, highlighting shared hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pharmaceutical Society
Mexican Political Auctions Create Ruinous Clash in Guayaquil
Senor Don J. M. P. Caamuno of Ecuador was attacked at Yaguachi and one aide killed. He fled to Guayaquil where his supporters guard him amid unrest. Upon arrival a disturbance erupted with opponents. the police chief and three others were killed and several wounded in the melee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. P. Caamuno
Ecuador
Yaguachi
Guayaquil
Weather and crime dominate Southwest and nation in late cold spell
Severe cold and extraordinary snow devastate the Southwest cattle ranges along the Missouri Kansas and Texas lines. News from Seattle reports the sudden death of Hon John G Thompson ex Sergeant at arms of the House. Captain Samuel H Smithers and other figures face inclinations of crime fire and riot in multiple cities. A Houston area fire and railroad wrecks further shape a turbulent day with legal and vigilante actions reported in Texas and Nebraska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest
Great Ranges
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad
John G. Thompson
National House of Representatives
Seattle
W. T
Mr. Thompson
Union County
Ohio
Ohio Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
Columbi
Samuel H. Smithers
Detroit
Mississippi
Cincinnati
United States Army
Cook
Wth
Smithers
Windsor
War Department
Canada
Ida Tacobs
Norwalk
State Legislature debates bills on textbooks and taxes
The Senate reports many bills including state text book provision and taxation changes. Proposals authorize free school books, regulate freight discrimination, and adjust county officer powers. New measures cover highways, intestate property, labor disputes, and school district boundaries. Adjournment follows routine votes and debates.
Senate Debates Bills on Butter Adulteration and Liquor Education
The Iowa Senate and House opened with discussions on temperance, butter adulteration, railroad Sunday traffic, and a soldiers home. Bills include explosives near dams, savings banks, peace officer powers, co ownership liens, and teaching alcohol effects in schools amid tributes to Maj. Gen. Hancock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dooley
Cassatt
Hutchinson
Casey
Sixteenth
General Assembly
Dodge
Iowa
Teale
Supreme Court
Deal
Wilkins
State Board of Health
Ryder
College For the
Blind
Vinton
Parrott
Executive Council
Miller, Girton & Watters
Schmidt
Sweeney
Maj. Con. Hancock
Senate
Petitions Move on Butter Beef Obscenity and Arbitration
Senate debates petitions on adulteration of butter and beef and beef for dairy committee. Proposals include an obscene literature measure and higher surveyor fees. Schmidt notes Scott county bar opposes centralizing the state Supreme Court at Des Moines. McCoy backs a local voluntary arbitration bill for miner operator disputes signed by August Erickson and 407 other miners of Ma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schmidt
Scott County
Supreme Court of the State
Des Moines
McCoy
August Erickson
Iowa Senate considers soldiers home and suffrage bills
Petitions favoring a soldiers home and woman suffrage were presented as the senate debated bills on a half mill tax for a soldiers home, state supervision of orphan children, and bridges over boundary rivers. New measures included authorizing library transfer, and various bills addressing county supervisors and district representation.
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Hon
J. W. H. Tabor
Boards of Supervisors
Iowa
Hutchison
Balter
Bloom
Muscatine
Louisa Counties
Bayard
Guthrie County
Senate
Senate Petitions and Bills On Suffrage and Liquor Laws
Senate records show petitions presented for woman suffrage by Balter Wilkins Gatch Bloom and Deal for soldiers homes. Bills intro include a labor dispute trial process by Dooley and Clark amending liquor law enforcement and nuisance suppression, and Glass shortening suits against municipalities to six months with notice.
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Balter
Wilkins
Lass
Deal
Gatch
Bloom
Dooley
Clark
Twentieth General Assembly
Senate Adjourns for Memorials and City Legislation Advances
The session adjourned and convened with the house in joint session for memorial exercises for the late senator Eastman. Bills passed include allowing cities of 7,000+ to establish and maintain superior courts and legalizing Riverside’s incorporation. Petitions on dairymen protection and woman suffrage were presented, with others on Soldiers' Home and municipal suffrage. A large number of bills were indefinitely postponed.
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Johnson
State University
Board of Regents
S. F
Board of Regents of
the State University
Robinson
Miles
General Assembly
Casey
Boards of Supervisors
Barrett
Board of Supervisors
Lyon County
Dodge
Doud
Parrott
Young
Rnights
Wilkins
Territory of
Iowa
Aspen Grove
Senate
Committee On Schools
House
Iown
Adair
Adair County
Eastman
Hotchkiss
Garrett
Messrs
Manderscheid
Montgomery
Schacller
Messervy
Robb
Fire Department of
Sioux City
Redhead
Riverside
Weaver Speech Favors Silver Coin and Finance Reform
Congress debated Weaver of Iowa speaking on finance and a Senate resolution to probe New Orleans sub-treasury practices for silver dollars and receipts. The discussion touched presidential appointments and the Senate’s information rights, followed by routine business and several bills. The House adopted resolutions on the death of General Winfield Scott Hancock and adjourned.
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Eustis
Finance Committee
New Orleans
United States
Senate
Senate action on finance and administration bills reported
Senate committees favor bills to expand bank capital and army efficiency and approve public works at Sioux City and Oshkosh. A bill for an assistant secretary of the navy was debated with an amendment for a secretary of war. education and land irrigation measures move forward. House calendars include post office reforms and money order fixes as well as treasury payments from the system. The session adjourned after halting progress on war tax claims and the half gallon tax bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur
Cole
Gad
Senate
Schee
Oder
Reas
House
Hancock
Blanchard
Lousiana
Secretary of the Treasury
Butler
Banks
Department of the Gulf
O' Neill
Wisconsin
Brown
Pennsylvania
Hhe
Hammond
Georgia
Weaver
Iowa
Congress
Treasury
Manderson
United States
District of Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Nebraska City
Hastings
Norfolk
Kearney
Allison
General Land Office
Omaha National Bank
Nebraska
Logan
Sioux City
Oshkosh
Wis
Cameron
Navy
Teller
Kansas
Public Land
Miller
Banking and Currency Committee
Duvin
Committee On Commerce
Warner
Committee On
Peters
Belmont
Committee On Foreign Affairs
London
Resolution on Hancock monument at the seat of government
The committee on library was asked to report on erecting a monument or statue at the seat of government to the memory of Gen. Hancock and the resolution was agreed to. Dolph offered an amendment to Sherman's silver bill to strike a phrase in the bullion cost clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heard
Committee On Library
Gen. Hancock
Dolph
Sherman
Senate Debates West Point Promotion Bill And Slavery Treaty Plea
Senator Mitchell introduced a repeal treaty bill limiting Chinese entry to diplomatic officials only, which was laid on the table. The Senate advanced a private relief measure and then passed the West Point promotion bill after discussion. Morgan and Gorman spoke on the education bill as an executive session followed. A pension request for General Hancock’s widow was noted, and Reed's resolution adjusted the Fitz John Porter bill schedule. The House briefly debated the Porter bill before adjourning.
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Mitchell
United States
Mitchhell
Senate
West Point
Sewell
Plumb
Morgan
Gorman
Binztham
Hancock
Beach
Reed
Maine
Fitz John Porter
Randall
House
General Hancock Dies at Governor's Island
Major General Winfield Scott Hancock died on February 9 at Governor's Island from a malignant carbuncle on the neck. He left a widow and three grandchildren Mara Ida and Gwynn. Whipple will command the department pending President Grant's appointment of Hancock's successor. Hancock’s career spanned West Point 1844 through Civil War commands and postwar leaderships.
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Hancock
Governor's Island
Gen. Hancock
Washington
Mara
Ida
Gwynn
Russel
Whipple
Jackson
Schofield
Terry
Howard
Winfield Scott Hancock
Montgomery County
West Point
Gettysburg
Middle Department
Missouri
Louisiana
Texas
Dakota
Meade
Army of the East
Governor’s Island
New York Harbor
Garfield
Crawford Murder Claim Cited by Officer Letter
An Arizona officer writes that Crawford was really murdered by Mexicans. He claims the killers knew the victim and talked with him for about half an hour before the shooting in Salt Lake City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Salt Lake
Arizona
Tribune Job Printing Notice
Public notice indicates job printing services offered by The Tribune. Details are limited within readable text and reference to Tribune printing capabilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Ex Governor Horatio Seymour Dies in Utica
Ex governor Horatio Seymour died at his sister Mrs. Roscoe Conkling’s Utica home after a long decline from sunstroke and vertigo. Born May 31 1810 in Pompey, he served as Utica mayor and New York governor, led during Civil War drafts and riots, presided over 1864 and 1868 Democratic conventions, and advocated dairy farming and prison reform. His wife Mrs. Seymour has been ill, and the article notes he believed death near.
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Horatio Seymour
Roacoe Conkling
Utica
N. Y
Seymour
Tilden
Hancock
Pompey
Onondaga County
Oxford
Geneva
Partridge
Middletown
Marcy
State Assembly
Assembly
Lewis Cass
Washington Uunt
Myron H. Clark
James 3. Wadsworth
Stanton
Lincoln
Seymore
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Lee
New York
Harrisburg
John E. Wool
Department of the East
Gov. Seymour
Wool
United States
Chicago
Gen. McClellan
George H. Pendleton
Andrew Johnson
Thomas A. Hendricks
Ohio
Salmon P. Chase
Wisconsin
Francis P. Blair
Blair
Grant
Colfax
National Dairy Association
Agricultural Societies
Prison Reform Association of
Roscoe Conkling
Pioneer Andrew Leech Dies at Bloomfield Home
Andrew Leech died at his Bloomfield home after a life spanning Iowa and the West born May 1807 in Washington County Pennsylvania. He helped settle Iowa, served in its first state legislature in 1846, and was U S land office receiver at Sioux City, later Montana treasurer, and a Jackson Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Leech
Bloomfield
Washington County
Guernsey County
Ohio
Ilinois
Mississippi
Mr. Leech
William
van Buren County
Davis County
Wm. Leech
Montana
Iowa
U. S. Land Office
Sioux City
Pierce
Fire destroys Hempstead Club stables at Meadow Brook
At Hunter's Point New York a fire swept the Hempstead Club stables of the Meadow Brook hunt in East Meadow destroying two neighboring stables as well. Twenty four horses burned with a total loss of thirty thousand dollars for horseflesh and seven thousand dollars for the stables insured.
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Nolte
Davenport
M. Frahm & Sons
James Courtland
Ashville
N. C
Hunterspoint
Hempstead Club
Meadow Brook
East Meadow
Master Hunt
Hobson's Choice
Royal Fusk
Trombone
Stanley Mortimer
Jericho
Laurelwood
D. Stokes
Tomboy
Dan
H. B. Richardson
E. T. Custings
Damerail
H. O. Blye
Cowboy
Pony
Elliott Roosevelt
J. D. Bersford
Belmont
Pady
Oshkosh
Wis
Walter Follett
Reinhold
Follett
Munhall
Monongahela
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Atlanta
Clayton
Georgia
Venable
Dulin
Paris
Texas
Lamar County
Baldwin
R. T. Garrett
Davis
Garrett
Chackley Prairie
Valentine
Neb
Henry Paulson
Henry Stevens
Stevens
Paulson
Bloomington
George Braden
Waterbury
Conn
George W. Tucker
American Ring Company
Boston
Parnell
Galway
Lynch
Captain O'Shea
London
Paraledi
Hunter's Point
N. Y
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Clear Lake
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Mt. Vernon
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Milwaukee Railway
Kansas City
Ottumwa
O. M. Davis
Galland
Lee County
Will McKinne
Jas. W. McKinney
Bristow
Linn
Alexander H. Graber
Council Bluffs
Sykes Estate
Larchwood
America
Geo. C. Johnson
Oskaloosa
Dubuque
Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad
J. F. Knight
Theodore Rykert
Burlington
Keokuk
Charles DeWalle
Cresco
Crawford County
Clarkson
H. C. Sigler
Matthew Long
State Insurance Company
Pasadena
Cal
Iowa Pharmaceutical Society
Wallace
Independence
Fred Lehman
R. W. Crawford
Fort Dodge
Larrabee
John E
Eli M. Wyant
Waterloo
Henry F. Brammer
E. H. Schmidt
C. E. Given
Cedar Rapids
James O. Stewart
Spirit Lake
Geo. A. Taylor
New Hampton
Daniel W. Webster
R. 8. Smith
Osceola
Ferdinand Windler
Dunlap
Harrison County
Woodbine
Hamilton County
Joseph Eirich
Conrad Grove
Grundy County
D. Steelson
Michael Buchan
Lewis
Cass County
W. M. Conrad
M. Y. Davis
Living Springs
Pottawottamie
W. I. Wiber
P. H. Peterson
Morrison
Ruben Bly
G. B. Wallace
Ossian
Western Packers and Canned Goods Association
Jamestown
C. T. Rayner
State Legislature
Eovass
Kaska County
Gault
State Agricultural College
Sutton
Bayless
Aoves
Perry
Iowa House of Representatives
Synate
Hovir
Barnum
Benson
Boggs
Bruce
Culbertson
Carroll
Gates
A. G. Smith
Delaware County
Lathrop
Anamosa Penitentiary
McCarthy
Mesertey
Webster County
Nelson
Ramsey
Riley
Shee
Walker
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General Revenue Fund
Wilson
Cass
Louisa
Novsz
Congressman Weaver
Finance
Nover
Tovis
Hancock Cone
McLane
Chamber
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