Debts and floods dominate a week’s news
The week’s items include a public debt exhibit with total debt of 1 873 415 923 and cash in Treasury of 37 374 200, plus December decreases. Reports cite Arkansas flood with counterfeit nickels, a Hillsboro Illinois jury verdict of not guilty in the Emma Bond outrage case, warnings of mob action, and a meteor-like fre explosion near Cape Cod.
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Arkansas
Fort Smith
Emma Bond
Hillsboro
Ill
Litchfield
Montgomery
Pettis
Clementi
Ovy
Cape Cod
Winiuraxs McHones
Cincinnati
State Land Board of Texas
Ranney
Cleveland
James Andrews
St. Louis
Carriel Stevens
Missouri Penitentiary
Crittenden
Stevens
W.invine LinveEau
Lexington
Rospert Martin
James B. Graves
Newark
N. J
E. H. Kanar
New York
Sperry & Barnes
Chicago
Oxford Collery
Scranton
James A. Wallace
Hopkinsville Ky
Mechanicstown
Milton Highland
Stranney Grisrirh
Salem
Newcastle
Denver
Col
India
D. F. Wapsworth & Co
Ishpeming
Mich
Brewster
Strongman
San Francisco
Gould System of Railways
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pullman Company
Massachusetts Legislature Opens Amid Political Tensions
The Massachusetts Legislature convened on January 2 with an election for Congressman ordered for January 17 after Governor-elect Robinson’s resignation. The report also notes Governor Hamilton’s denunciation of bribery at elections as a state disgrace and other national political moves.
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Tre Massachustts
Robinson
Hamilton
Maryland
Lowett
St. Andrew’s University
Edinburgh
Scotland
Groner W. McCrary
Santa Fe Road
Kansas City
Francis Hawey
Connecticut
Hartford
Chandler
de Long
New York
Hopeson
Maryland Senate
Wren Clementi
Emma Bond
Irving
Hillaboro
Ill
Orvin J. Sura
Amelia Kase
Jacksonville
Russell Sage
Glick
Kansas
D. C. Haskell
Massachusetts inaugurated governor orders debt policy and liquor enforcement
Groves D. Ropmyger as governor proclaims a funded debt of 81 426 080 and calls weekly employee payments and strict liquor law enforcement. Baltimore Orphans Court cousin of Poe dies. Henry Villard resigns as Northern Pacific president and assigns to creditors then to his wife after debts cancel. Albert Kent of San Francisco adds 25 000 to a 50 000 gift for Yale College chemical laboratory.
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Groves D. Ropmyger
Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Omer Jupen Nelson Por
Orphans’ Court of
Baltimore
the Raven
Henry Villard
New York
Northern Pacific Road
Villard
Albert Kent
San Francisco
Yale College
Forfeiture of Grant concession ends submarine cable project
The Mexican government forfeits General Grant’s concession for a submarine cable linking the republics after no work was done in the allotted time. Reports also note frontier prefects urged to curb anarchist threats, and various international incidents including floods in Montreal and a deadly rail collision in Ontario.
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Montreal
Can
Grand Trunk Road
Brevensville
Ont
United States
Cairo
International Tribunal
Jacmel
Hayti
Great Britain
Turkey
Russia
Paris
Geneva
St. Petersburg
St. Martin
O'Donnell
United Ireland
Carey
Fires and deaths from multiple disasters across world and localities
A string of late news reports details a devastating convent fire in Burleville Illinois where sixty pupils struggled to escape as eleven bodies were found and sixteen more perished. Other items note a Jerseyville Illinois jail blaze killing four prisoners, a heart attack in New York, and large losses from fires in Cleveland and Chicago with temperatures plummeting across Virginia Tennessee and North Carolina.
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Burleville
Alice Mason
Sarah Marsden
Wilkesbarre
Preston
Eng
Moopy
Clapham
Battersea
Sankey
Jerseyville
Walt Dunsdan
James Gregg
Emile Kahler
August Schultz
Edward Lasker
Liberal Party
Germany
United States
New York
Suh
Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
New Park
Cleveland
First Presbyterian Church
Quebec
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Beaurivage Flats
Poman & Preps
Boston
Tanners
Dietrich Canvas Bag Manufacturing Company
San Francisco
Burrell Comstock & Co
St. Louis
Menick, Walsh & Phelps
Art Charleston, & C
Frightful Canadian rail crash near Toronto kills twenty two
In Toronto on January 7 a Grand Trunk Great Western suburban train collided with a freight train on a curve near the bolt works. Twenty two people were killed and sixteen wounded. The crash, explosion, and ensuing fire left many victims at the morgue and hospital. Conductor Barber admitted taking orders to Queen's Wharf and omitting the suburban train from the timetable. The fatal tally stood at twenty two dead and sixteen injured.
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Toronto
Ont
Canada
Great Western
Grand Trunk
Union Station
Bolt and Iron Works
Humaber
Bolt Works
Thomas
John Rowlett
Lynde
Barber
Hamilton
Queen’s Wharf
Bond case verdict shocks town as jurors acquit three defendants
In Hillstone Alabama on January 83 the jury found John C Montgomery Lee Pettis and Emanuel Clementi not guilty in the Bond case. The crowd voiced disgust and judge Phillips urged restraint as the jurors maintained they acted on the evidence and alibi.
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Hiillstone
John C. Montgomery
Lee Pettis
Emanuel Clementi
Aberty
Phillips
John Montgomery
Davenport
Imew
Illinois State News Highlights Local and Legal Affairs
A petition from Southern Normal University trustees urges Governor to convene the legislature in extra session to fund rebuilding at Carbondale. Reports cover new presidential post offices, a Milwaukee lawyer starting practice in Chicago, accidents, suicides, and social incidents across Illinois counties. The piece notes state university restoration, crime sentencing, and a range of local events from Macon to McLean counties.
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Southern Normal University
Southern Normay University
Carbondale
Legi
N-Of- Tearning
Bove University
Lebanon St. Clair
Grayville
White County
Wright’s Grove
Cook County
Kate Kane
Milwaukee
Chicago
Mallory
Criminal Court
Gary
John Balby
Maron
Macon County
St. Louis & Pacific Railroad
H. L Little
Bloomington
Fayette County
Hillsboro
Montgomery County
John Ritter
Boody
Decatur
Michael Hurley
Alfred Alsbury
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Charles Kntcemer
Avery
Illinois Bar Association
Springfield
David Davis
Chicago Manual Training School
Chicago Commercial Club
Dr. Stiers
Selma
McLean County
Lexington
Bella Dodson
Chicago & Alton
Pana
Christian County
Louis Mosher
Lyman
Ford County
Henry
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