O Neill Helped By Labor Delegation On Deficiency Funds
Washington report notes Congressman Neill aiding 250 discharged Washington navy yard workers after the appropriation dried up. He pursued a deficiency appropriation and pressed for moving exhibits to St Louis. Bland rejects candidacy for senator while denying involvement in such talk. Senator West suffers neuralgia after a three hour Dakota bill speech. doctors blame strain and congestion risk. Also reported: pension granted to Dennis E. Maxon and visitors at the Ebbitt House. National Holiday declared closing all executive departments on Washington’s Birthday. Country doctoring on tobacco and cancer notes lip cancer tied to tobacco use and sweets Hammond.
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the Star
Wasuixeron
Neill
Washington Navy Yard
Davis
O'Neill
Barnes
St. Louis
National Museum
St. Lois
Senate
Conference Committee
Missouri
Congressman Bland
Washington
Bland
Cockrell
the Lian
Mr. Bland
West
Dennis E. Maxon
Denver
Worth County
Fred Wright and Wife
Springfield
Ebbitt Ebbitt House
Aluminum and its Alloys by Cowles at MIT Lecture
The 3434 meeting of the Society of Arts at MIT featured Albert H. Cowles of Cleveland discussing the Cowles electric furnace. He described its design, materials, and process to produce an aluminum copper alloy, claiming crude production costs under 40 cents per pound while noting the high temperature capabilities and minimal heat loss.
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Boston Herald
Society of Arts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Albert H. Cowles
Cleveland
Cowles
Messrs. Cowles
Washington Monument
Committee On Public Health
Massachusetts
H. L. Bowditch
References About the Number Seven From a School Contest
The Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph notes a school contest prize for the most references to the number seven across Bible, history, science, and culture. It lists seven wonders, seven days, seven hills, seven years, seven notes in music, and numerous seven related figures, events, and concepts from ancient to modern times.
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Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Egypt
Mont Cenis
Italy
B. C
Charlemagne
Aix la Chapelle
Rome
Constantinople
Jobian
Sophocles
Orestes
Gettysburg
Frederick William
Australia
St. Magdaline
Job
Jericho
Sampson
Jacob
Leah
Rachel
Balaam
God
Terpsichore
Handel
Taurus
Women printers in the government office and Kate Chase Sprague portrait
A Washington Star piece excerpts women printers at the government printing office noting equal skills to men, limited numbers, and social barriers. The column on Superb Kate Chase Sprague recalls her quiet elegance amid wealth, debts, and Paris salons, contrasting public image with private life.
Lawmakers Debate State Affairs Report on Invested Commissioners
Kansas lawmakers in Toreka debate the state affairs committee report on state house commissioners. The house used the forenoon and may stay in session to finish, but no conclusion was reached.
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Kansas
Toreka
Kas
House
Committee On State Affairs On Investigation
English Scandal Opens After Parliament Rise
The opening of parliament sparks a major scandal in upper society as a leading English gentleman faced with procuring something unspecified amid political heat. Police and press prepare follow ups as inquiries loom and public interest grows.
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London
Paris
England
Ticket Canceled For Lady At House Of Lords
A personal intervention by a high official led to the cancellation of a beauty's admission ticket to the House of Lords. On arrival she was refused entry and had to retreat amid snide peeresses. That same evening a noble guest was denied a princely visit at a fair subject’s door.
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House of Lords
Lord Chamberlain
How Two Armourdale Rivals Failed to Fight a Duel
Two Armourdale youths once rivaled over a young woman and prepared to duel. They loaded revolvers, took twenty paces, and on learning seconds were needed they swapped to blank cartridges. Fear and nerves prevailed. they shook hands and returned home, calling it a joke.
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Armourdale
Business Failures Across Nation and Canada Rise
New York February 19 report shows 251 U.S. business failures and 35 in Canada in the last seven days, total 286. Compared with 275 a week ago and 287 the prior week, southern states and Canada remain above average in business casualties.
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New York
United States
Canada
Government raises liquor license prices across Ontario
TORONTO February 19 The government has decided to raise liquor license prices and set the scale by locality. Cities over 20 000 inhabitants pay 250 dollars, under 20 000 pay 200, towns 150, villages 130, and townships 100. Saloon licenses in cities cost 300 dollars and in towns 250.
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Toronto
Kohler divorce suit ends with illegitimate children ruling
The New York jury ruled that the plaintiff never married the defendant and that the two children are illegitimate. The plaintiff plans to appeal. The article notes the Kohler case and comments on attitudes toward commerce among Maylays.
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New York
Kohler
Two Men Fatally Wounded in Kentucky Feud and Jailbreak
Evansville dispatch notes a Wednesday night shooting in Howsville Ky between Ed Cooney and John Keown leaving both fatally wounded. The violence stems from Cooney courting Keown's sister. Authorities fear factional trouble as local officials swear in extra police. Separately in Carthage Mo nine prisoners escaped custody by prying walls and floor with improvised tools. Names include Masters Hillion Abbott ONeill Elkins Pedigran McClure Hamilton Williams Fortune. External help suspected. a bank money investigation follows involving a St Louis Union Society club and a misappropriated $1,000 in new ten dollar bills attributed to trustee Harris Sims and clerk Bert Mitchell. Mitchell cites outside tampering. police recover policy tickets upon search.
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Howsville
Ed. Cooney
Jno
Keown
Cooney
Star
Carthage
Thomas Masters
Newton County
G. H. Hillion
C. B. Abbott
James O'Niell Elkins
Pedigran
McClure
John Hamilton
James Williams
James Fortune
Masters
Neosho
Martin
Furlong
Oxce
Boatman’s Bank
St. Louis Union Society
Christie Avenue
John W. Harris
John Sims
Messrs. Furlong and
Burke
Harris
Sims
Bert Mitchell
Mitchell
Four Courts
Watson
Fourteenth and
Chestnut Streets
Mob Hangs Burns Near Martinsburg After Attack
In Martinsburg West Virginia a mob of seventy five to one hundred masked men seized Joe Burns from the jail and hanged him to a tree two miles outside town for an assault on Miss Felters of Baltimore. The crime occurred three weeks earlier as she walked from the railroad depot to a friend's house.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Joe Burns
Miss Felters
Baltimore
Burns
Preparations for Private Guard to Shield Capitalists
New York reports a ready plan for a private capitalists league to fund a 500 strong armed guard to patrol the city and monitor labor meetings, linked to a charter application and feared by labor leaders who warn it could spark riots and lives lost. The piece notes wary Socialist opposition and the role of law enforcement in recent disturbances.
Millionaire colored social star in St Louis arrested for larceny
Bert Mitchell a prominent 45 year old bachelor trusted with large sums while working as messenger for the Missouri Pacific and Wabash railways is jailed after a 2400 dollar package to Crockett Texas was delivered but found 1000 dollars short. The arrest follows a report that millions passed through his hands without loss until this incident.
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St. Louis
Bert Mitchell
Bert
Four Courts
Chief Furlong
Gould System
Secret Service
Steve Burke
Calaboose
Mitchell
Missouri Pacific and
Wabash Railways
D. S. H. Smith
Smith
Crockett
Tex
Pacific Express Company
Exress Company
Express Company
Mitch
Chicago Markets Move Lower on Wheat and Pork News
Chicago wheat opened lower with early weakness while rains across Indiana Ohio and Missouri prompt crop damage chatter that markets largely ignore. Large European shipments and a smaller visible stock imply a slight price dip while pork futures firm on light hog receipts and rising estimates for next week.
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French Bros
Chicago
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Europe
Lester & Hutchinson
New York
French Brothers
Merchants Exchange
Kansas City
Efforts to Raise a Grant Monument Fund Fail in New York
New York February 19 Only twenty of six hundred Grant Monument association members attend a special meeting at Mutual building Nassau street to discuss a new Grant Fund under a recent act. Oliver Hoyt contributes 193 75 and laments the committee’s failure to raise expected funds. He expected about 500 000 by now rather than 115 000. Committeemen Farley and Little condemn the committee as worse than none. Cornelius W Bliss and Wm H Wickham are appointed to audit old funds and transfer to thirty two trustees of the new Grant Fund association once organized. Amusements report at Coates: Miss Jeffreys Lewis stars in Odette with mixed reception, while supporting performances are praised. The show continues with announcements for further performances.
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Star
New Yorks
Grant Monument Association
Mutual
Nassau Street
Grant Fund Association
Oliver Hoyt
Farley
Little
Wm. H. Wickham
Old Fund Association
Great Republic hailed by fans for Miss Lewis in Stephanie
Announcement pleases those who saw early week performances and look forward to more. Gillis continues with the Great Republic as the attraction. Next week McCaull Opera company appears at Gillis with the Black Hussar. The cast is very strong and the Hussar is expected to be a big hit wherever produced.
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Miss Lewis
Stephanie
Gillis
McCaull Opera Company
Black Hussar
Hussar
Drummer Misses Robinsosn Suit Mix Up On Train
A Boston Sunday suit swap near Beacon Hill ended with Governor George D. Robinson narrowly escaping a major mix up. A drummer found the governor’s grip sack on a New Bedford to Boston trip and nearly kept the clothes as his own until the governor recognized the bag and praised the man’s honesty.
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Robinson
the Star
Boston
New Bedford
George D. Robinson
Beacon Hill
Druggist Brown Pours Liquor On Gutter Protest
J J Brown a Springfield druggist removes liquor from his store and pours thirty gallons into the curbside gutter near Limestone street. He declares he will stop selling whisky and cigars, stating he pursues temperance and will abstain from all liquor sales except for necessary medicinal use. The act, valued at 50 to 60 dollars, shocks onlookers and spurs talk of a temperance meeting.
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Springfield
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Limestone Street
High
J.J. Brown
Mr. Brown
Brown
Leonard
Mother Stewart
Aerial Navigation Company Chartered in Chicago
Chicago announces incorporation of the Aerial Navigation company with $150,000 capital to build airships using vacuum theory. Directors include Arthur Debousette Eugene Manugaret and Jules Long. Deboussette aims to navigate the air without hydrogen and to aid polar exploration with a ship capable of traveling on ice. A Smithsonian letter and contact with James Gordon Bennett are noted.
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Ill
Transcontinental Aerial Navigation Company
Arthur Debousette
Eugene Manugaret
Jules Long
Deboussette
Debanssete
North Pole
Smithsonian Institute
James Gordon Bennett
Railroad scheme sparks county bond debate in Anderson
Ottawa Kansas February 19 prominent businessmen from Ft Scott and Topeka offered to build a Ft Scott Topeka railroad via Garnett and other Anderson County towns if the county issued bonds totaling 100000 to cover the project. The plan failed and another proposal sought Ottawa Franklin County routing with 90000 county and 5000 city of Ottawa bonds. Mass meetings and petitions seek county election. Colonel Hogeland to lecture at Baptist church tonight.
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Ottawa
Kas
Ft. Scott
Topeka
Anderson County
Garnett
Franklin County
City of
Manyaccidents Reported Today A Grim Spill of Calamities
BloomingTon Illinois February 19 A maniac David Sholty burned a barn and shot two people then died in charred ashes. A fatal railway derailment near Marshall Illinois left Fireman James Summers dead and Brakeman Toddlow buried under scrap. Ohio penitentiary fire in Columbus caused lighter losses than feared at under ten thousand dollars. Steamer dog rescue and daily financials noted. Wheat and corn markets showed weaker activity with mixed bids and several no-offer reports.
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Ill
David Sholty
Marshall, Ills
Cairo, Vincennes
Chicago
Here
Jas. Summers
Toodlow
Man learns he is son of War of 1812 hero after 55 years
An elderly New York man, Oscar Wilcox, reveals to his family that he is the son of Daniel B. Wilcox, a Kentucky pioneer and battlefield figure. He cites family papers and connections to notable figures, claiming right to a fortune traced through generations and seeking answers in Kentucky, northern Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
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Madison Street
Oscar Wilcox
Mr. Wilcox
Wilcox
Daniel B. Wilcox
New Orleans
Kentucky
Charlotte Seleck
Crosby Seleck
Philadelpha
Amanda
New York
Philadelphia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Washington
John Quincy Adams
Cleveland
Lafayette
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