Shooting of Col Stilwell Ends in Death in Anderson
An Anderson tragedy reports Col Thomas N Stilwell president of First National Bank of Anderson shot by John E Corwin after Stilwell confronted him over long standing feuds and financial disputes tied to bank failures and a $14,000 bond. Corwin surrendered to authorities as coroner's inquest opened amid public shock and questions of self defense.
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Indianapolis Sentinel
Axnersox
T. N. Stilwell
John E. Corwin
First National Bank of
Anderson
Stilwell
Circuit Court
Corwin
Col. Stilwell
Congress
United States
Venezuela
Johnson
Middletown
Allen Makepeace
Thomas N. Stilwell
John E Corwin
Colonel Stilwell
Miss Makepeace
Makepeace
Stillwell
Lafayette
Foreign Missionary Society
Terre Haute
J. R. Nichols
Paris
Ilinois
Richville
Muncie
Bloomington
Martinsville
Train repair halted by strike over back pay
In Puivapetenia on January 15, workers resisted efforts to restore the Southern Railroad track, demanding back pay before any repairs. creditors of Jay Cooke & Co. gathered in the Assembly buildings as the Register announced Edwin M. Lewis appointed as Receiver by court order.
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Puivapetenia
Southern Railroad
TAY Cooke
Jay Cooke & Co
Edwin M. Lewis
Virginia coal barge substituted by Woodrow lieutenant
The Cincinnati Commercial notes Lieutenant Woodrow could have brought the Virginias to replace the coal barge if near. It also reports that portions of Booneville schools have suspended classes to allow children to work in the tobacco stem meried, a protest of labor conditions.
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Cincinnati
Woodrow
Booneville
Personalities and Press Names in Late 19th Century Columns
The text sketches figures like Mark Twain and J Miller in London society, notes W W Story distancing himself from a Chicago Times link, and records Congressman J P C Shanks appointing his brother as mail agent on the Cincinnati Richmond and Fort Wayne Railway. It also mentions a new weekly paper titled The Jim and Eliza Journal beginning publication.
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Mark Twain
London
J. Miller
Geneva
W. W. Story
Chicago Times
J. P. C. Shanks
Cincinnnati, Richmond and
Fort Wayne
Jim and Eliza Journal
State Dinner Etiquette In Washington Pamphlet Details
Gath cites Mrs Dahlgren's Washington etiquette pamphlet in the Chicago Tribune noting formality cues for a State dinner. Timings before invitations vary, guests await the president briefly, gloves and attire are specified, seating the host and hostess central, one wine at a time, caterer serves, drawing room coffee served later, men may smoke at table, with a closing note on famine distress in Behar and Bensres.
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Gath
Chicago Tribune
Dahlgren
Washington
Missouri Prison Self-Supporting and Other Global Happenings
The report notes Missouri State Prison now self supporting and cites a range of items including an extradition treaty between Russia and Switzerland, a naval drill near Key West, appointments for Italian Centennial Commissioners, and Elgin’s rat killing bonus. It covers political reform in Madrid, Cuba's debt, and various local incidents from Canada, California, and New York, ending with a Yellowstone expedition update.
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Missouri
Russia
Switzerland
Key West
Elgin
Dunlieth
Iowa
Port Henry
Boost
Germany
Dickens and Collins in a New York study described
A New York letter details a peculiar river route near Pass and splits toward the Gulf and the Pacific, then surveys a Tennessee lodger who shuns churches yet worships in groves. Wilkie Collins rooms near Dickens at Westminster, London-like chatter, and Dickens's desk with a watchful gaze at his fading health.
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Yellowstone
Missouri
Gulf
Snake River
Pacific
Fenton
Tennessee
St. Crispin
Wilkie Collins
Westminster
New York
Charles Dickens
Collins
the Westminster
Inauguration of Governor Allen in Ohio Met with Unmatched Enthusiasm
The inauguration drew vast crowds in Columbus with music flags and a grand parade. Governor Allen urged frugal, speedy legislation and reduced public spending to address the recent financial panic. The piece notes a new epoch for national parties and hints at future actions, praising the governor’s tone and economy. A secondary item recalls Miss Burdett Coutts funding a monument to a dog in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, honoring Bobby the faithful canine.
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Allen
Ohio
Union
William Allen
Columbus
Democratic Party
Northwest
Enquirer
Misa Burdett Coutts
Greyfriars
Edinburgh
Gray
Bobby
James Brown
James
Tichborne witness Luie Accuses Whalley of Perjury
The Tichborne witness Luie is described as habitually deceitful. He accuses Mr. Whalley of suborning perjury, a charge Whalley denies. Whalley is portrayed as a stubborn fool, yet unlikely to commit intentional dishonesty.
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Luie
Mr. Whalley
A Carnival of Blood Millwauxes Jan 17
Bob Turner of Potosi in Grant county is arrested for the murder of his brother Albert. An inquest reveals Turner killed Albert with an axe near a mineral hole. a second murder of Olney Neely, 14, near New California is linked. Turner admits killing two others, boasting of hidden bodies and planning more, while awaiting further proceedings. The report mixes sensational crime with unrelated army rebuke text.
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Millwauxes
Bob Turner
Potosi
Grant County
Albert
Bender
Newton
Bob
New California
Bell
Turner
Young Neely
Young Neeley
Olney Neeley
Robert Turner
Marshal Bennett
Porter case urged for rehearing after Civil War verdict
The Boston Daily Advertiser argues that General Fitz John Porter should receive a military rehearing. It notes his past service, the 1863 conviction at the Bull Run and Antietam era, and suggests Lincoln might have granted a retrial. The editorial presses for the opportunity to review new evidence before any final condemnation.
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Porter
Marshal Bazaine
Fitz John Porter
Pope
Bull Run
Richmond
McClellan
Maryland
Antietam
Lincoln
Stanton
Holt
Gen. Porter
Ashantee Reception and Positivist Festival Report
An Ashantee reception describes King Koffee Kalkalli’s ceremonial pageant for an English visitor with umbrellas, guards, and a royal procession through Coomassie. The report shifts to Milwaukee in Jan with a Positivist Festival of Humanity overview and remarks on August Comte and a charity feast. Milwacker, Jan. 15. Financial summary from Wisconsin Governor Taylor’s Madison address notes deficits and misused funds, calling for rapid fiscal repair. Duluth reports a Superior skating rink 32,000 miles in extent.
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George W. Towle
Harper's Magazine
Coomassie
Koffee
Duluth
A and P Dividend Date Set. New Jersey Southern Strike Meeting
New York January 17 report states the A and P railroad dividend on Missouri and Pacific stock is not due until the 20th with Atlantic and Pacific 90 days to pay before forfeiture. General Stockton, receiver of the New Jersey Southern, will meet strikers at Manchester. Joseph Baker, a white man, was hanged at Charlotte on January 16 for killing Newton Weishonger, a Black man.
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New York
Walsh
Berghall
Tenth Ward Arbiter Union
Allaire
Avenue A
Tenth Street
Justin Schwab
Seventeenth Precinct
Atlantic & Pacifes. BR
Missouri and Pacific
Atlantic and Pacific
General Stockton
New Jersey Southern Railroad Company
Manchester
Oseph Baker
Charlotte
N. C
Newton Weishonger
Frightful Accident on Eastern Division Railroad
In South Pittsburgh a coal train over a high trestle on the Eastern Division Railroad toppled after a coupling broke. The locomotive and two cars stayed upright but the rest plunged 14 feet into Saw Mill Run. Brakeman John Reed and a boy named Philips were killed. cause appears to be a broken wheel.
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Pirrssurer
Eastern Division
Pittsburgh
John Reed
Philips
Mexican Veterans Seek Pensions and Honor Abroad
Washington January 17 The Mexican war veterans adopted a memorial to Congress urging pensions for those who served in the Mexican war or their surviving widows and children. They then visited the Executive Mansion where ex Governor Herbert of Louisiana praised the President as an old companion in arms. The President thanked them as Gen Sherman and many ladies attended the reception with general handshakes and cordial talk.
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J. Willie Booth
Washington
Cleveland Leader
John P. Hale
National
John Wilkes Booth
Hoath
Charles
Schiller
Miss Hale
United States
Boutwell
Europe
England
Germany
Germany, Giving Them Higher Prices.” Will Mr. Boutwell
America
Mississippi
Jine
Eliza
Adirondack
Murray
Wisconsin
Bishop
King Bill
Buffalo
Hepworth Dixon
Queens
Catharine
Annie Boleyn
Babcock
Burlington
Iowa
Horace Binney
Philadelphia
la Crosse Democrat
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Sarah Aldridge
Tom Sayers
Marylebone
London
Ville du Havre
Havre
Massachussetts
Mr. Browning
Wadsworth
Jollicock
Henri Rochefort
Julia Ward Howe
Kingston Freeman
Julia
McCutchins
New Hampshire
Santee
Louisiana
Shreveport
John Bishop Hall
Mark Twain
Missouri
Henry
Gladstone
Home
Mr. Jewitt
John Howard Payne
Payne
Sun
William M. Tweed
Tam
W. M. Tween
Positivists
New York
August Comte
Mr. Beecher
Free and Independent
Brooklyn
Daniel Webster
Mr. Webster
Comte
Congress
Executive
Herbert
Mexico
Sherman
Large Fremont Street Fire Threatens Water Supply
In Boston mass, a major blaze on Fremont street near Parker House spread as hydrants froze and water could not be drawn. By 2 pm, firemen controlled the flames at S. S. Houghton & Co. lace store located at 73 Front street, with smoke greatly reduced.
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Boston
Jax
Fremont Street
S. S. Houghton & Co
Front Street
Fire Proof Paris Key to Fire Immunity and Civil Remedy
A Paris correspondent argues fire resistance stems from construction that eliminates air spaces between floors walls and studs and uses tile or metal roofs. Cement fills floor and partition gaps slowing fire and enabling early quenching. The system discourages arson through guaranteed legal damages and shared accountability, contrasting Paris with American practices.
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Paris
France
American
Paria
The Medicinal Gum Tree at Regent's Park Garden
London Times reports Royal Botanic Society members discussing eucalyptus globulus in the new house of economic and medicinal plants in Regent's Park. Secretary Sowerby notes a tall specimen, several years old, and the plant’s febrifugal leaves. Bentley discusses its medicinal reputation, lack of cinchona alkaloids, and potential to render malarious districts habitable. Also notes eucalyptus oil source and tannin-like products, plus plans for the new house.
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London Times
Royal Botanic Society
Sowerby
Society
Green House
Regent’s Park
Australia
England
Bentley
Europe
Algeria
Mediterranean
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George C. Clark
David Doty
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Lafayette Brown
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Mark Valentine
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BR. P. Hauck
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Nice
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