Epitomes of the Week: Political Turmoil and Local Misfortunes
The column reviews political maneuvering over reorganizing the Senate leadership with Pendleton and Cameron in adjournment talk and the Vice Presidency power debate. It also notes a string of calamities and incidents including fires in Newburyport, executions mishaps, a Kansas collision, bank burglar allegations, Apache attacks, drownings, boiler explosions, and frontier tensions with the White River Utes.
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Pendleton
Regoluion
Anthiete Bait
Waa
Con Baie
Deus
Fouls
Gan
England
France
Soule Hood
James
Peking
Sen ‘Branelecoear
Samraxp
Utlea
Valley
Samuel Clagaton
Potter
New Mexico
Bartlett
Newburyport
Mass
James Black
Marion
8. C
Parsons
Kan
Northampton
Arizona
Mars
Mary Rougrs
Terre Haute
Ind
John Means
Osceola
Ark
Birges
Mischief and crimes sweep across cities in varied cases
Reports detail vandalism in New Bremen Ohio a schoolhouse blown to fragments by powder. Secret Service uncover land frauds in Southeast Missouri. arrests in Cleveland and Pittsburgh for false affidavits on land titles. New York police court case against Joseph Hassfeld for communist notices. meetings praising the czar's assassination and radical rhetoric attributed to William Drury.
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New Bremen
Ohio
Secret Service
Missouri
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
United States
Joseph Hassfeld
New York
Russia
Nim
William Drury
Massachusetts Charitable Mechannical Association
New England
Louis Osnotina
Jobe Carroll
Table Rock
Pickeng County
Philadelphia
John McBride
John Pfeiffer
Thal
Reems
The
Worlds Fair Commission
Eltheré
Daim Cudviterr
Mivelsipp County
Deco
Contention
Arisone
Paul, Wells, Fargo & Co
Horace
Ashuelot Bayings Bank
Wincheater
N.J
N. Y
Memphis
West Virginia Legislature Adjourns to Mid January 1882
A compilation of scattered political items from state legislatures and public notices includes adjournment of the West Virginia Legislature to the second Wednesday of January 1882, Senate and House vote tallies for U S Senate seats, state tax and constitutional measures, and appointments. Other items report European and domestic political moves, appointments, and public notices from Maine, Indiana, Michigan, and Massachusetts.
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Tus
West Virginia
Genznat Ewony Arron
Prealdie
Cal
Frank Wright
Weatminster
Colorado
Silver City
New Mexico
William P. Frrm
Maine
Blaine
United States Senate
Senate
William P.frye
Richard A. Frye
House
W P. Frye
R. A. Frye
Tax Democrats
Michigan
Cyronius P. Black
Tuncola
Conger
United States
Paris
J. Branley Brown
Garfield
Arkansas Senate
Michigan Senate
Russia
Edmunds
Washington
Florida
Vance
Quonax Jones
B.D. Morgan
Oliver Hoyt
George Jones
Supreme Court of M
Massachusetts
Illinois Senate
Iioola Central Railroad
Foreign throne change and czar assassination aftermath
Tum Ruaalan Charowics ascended the throne as Alexander III on the 14th and issued a manifesto. Russakoff, an assassin, was a mining academy student. A St. Petersburg dispatch reports severe injuries to the czar, many wounded, with the body embalmed and moved to the palace chapel. Arrests followed among students as investigations spread.
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Shlikoff
ABN
Parexspyra
15Th Maya
Dolgorovski
Morgenatig
Caar
Bigg
Bilan Garihe
Belgium
Spets
European unrest and royal scandal noted worldwide
Reports from Berlin to St Petersburg and London detail political intrigue and violence. Events include a German premier eloping with a princess, an assassination at the Czar’s riding grounds, and debates over constitutional reforms, with warnings of further upheaval across Europe.
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Portugal
Austriesbay
J Coonr
Hunfraz Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Berlin
Elizabeth
Carolath-Beuthen
St. Petersburg
Mins
Wea
Biegallt
Paul
House of Commons
Austria
United States
London
Carver
Scott
Reomnt
Russia
Europe
Pas’ i
Paris
Perzisnune
Ireland
Corporation
Mansion House
Bank of England
bin Gaares Dilke
Professor Hind
Russia Czar Assassination Confronts New Reign in Colorful Proclamation
Reports detail the March 19 attack that killed Czar Alexander II and the Imperial manifesto naming Alexander III as successor. Accounts cover the assassination aftermath, public reaction, and a biographical sketch of the late emperor’s life and heirs.
A Cruel Hoax Battimone March 15 Westminster
A Westminster special reports the rumored death by vigilante violence of Frank Wright, son of Isaac Wright, after a mining dispute in Colorado. Letters hint he may still be alive. family seeks government detectives and waits for clarification from New York sources.
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David Wilson
Methodist Protestant Church
United States Army
Colorado
Wilson
Young Wright
Alpine
Hindland
Dolint
Nds
Tenao Wright
New York
Wright
Dog in Gravecase Terrorizes Cemetery Scene
Last Friday Martin Flannigan of Ireland died and was buried in Columbus Indiana Catholic cemetery. Yesterday classmates discovered a large dog in the grave tearing soil and gnawing the coffin. Patrols fired and killed the animal to stop the disturbance. The event shocks local mourners and is noted alongside a Columbus centennial reference.
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Martin Flannigan
Illinois Legislature debates taxes, asylums and rail rules
The session covers bills on insurance tax exemptions, asylum appointments, and county court powers. Debates include licensing, taxation, rail rebates, and public works funding with governor nominations and pending revenue measures.
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Lincoln
Neesons
Laxare
Champaign County
Pinsane
Masgrove
Committee On Agriculture
Senate
The
Claims Commission
Chicago Deaf and Dumb School
Plategrass Insurance Companies
Hoost
Eeaulste
Stato
Chicnaga Deaf and Dumb School
Judiciary Committee
Charles W. Marsh
Northern Insane Asylum
John L. Donovan
Eastern Insane Asylum
E. P Kirby
Central Insane Asylum
John G. Monahan
Deaf ,and Dumb Asylum
Archibald ¢ Wadworth
Institution For the Blind
Graham Lee
E. Callahan
Wm. H Fitch
Eye and Ear Infirmary
John L. Kilnaker
Soldiers’ Orphans Home
Thomas 8
Ridgway
Snamuc MM Ingalls
Southern Normal University
Simon Kendall
State Reform School
J.C Corbus
William A. Grimshaw
FB. Haller
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McDule
State Fish
Railroad Committee
J T Sanford
M. Gray
House
State House
Township Sonsdiidsven
Bk“Nate
Board of Railway Commissioners
Certon
Littleabash
Supreme Court
Hovasx
Farmers’ Legislative Club
Lincolnment Association
Douglas Monument
Henry
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