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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1886
Page
1
The House Committee issues a Minority Report on the Milver Bill, calling for an international conference to regulate tariff and disarmament, detailing delegate limits, salaries, and the proposed goals of cooperation among nations. Separate items note silver currency debates, a payroll breakdown for House employees, and pending public works appropriations.
Dexter Mores Iowa reunion gathers nearly two hundred former legislators from territorial to the eleventh General Assembly with Governor Larrabee hosting a reception. Also obituary for John L. Gough of Worcester with a large funeral and pallbearers listed.
Fragmentary report describes a man named Beara aged eighty four who allegedly killed his wife, a seventy five year old, with a land yaw in Homer. The text is garbled but indicates a homicide and a forthcoming grand jury or trial proceeding.
A condensed report from February 22 highlights 1883-84 and 1884-85 education data across Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa. It notes public school enrollments, daily attendance, term lengths, school values and expenditures, teacher pay, and regional variations in school population and attendance. Major entities include Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and the state education departments with figures on enrollment and expenditure.
The wife of Prof. Leonard Waldo of Yale Observatory leaped from Pine Rock after a long mental collapse and rescue attempts by hundreds. she died within minutes. The incident followed a night of sleeplessness and a day of searching by 800 students and 200 citizens. Her death leaves two young children. she was from Philadelphia and a niece of Judge Futlerton. Washington's birthday was observed nationwide with parades and ceremonies. in Havana ships wore flags and in Mexico American activities included hospital stone laying and a minister's speech. In New Jersey, a bill to convene a special term of court to review a railroad tax ruling was rushed through both houses, signaling potential state bankruptcy if new taxes are not approved.
Fragmented report from February 25 notes Bishop of Montreal ordering bishops to condemn Knights of Labor and labor unions by Sunday. Montreal organizers plan to defy church directives, citing previous constitutional amendments offered by Powderly. Other items include Annie Gaskins acquittal in Par-namé cross trial for infant death amid mental illness testimony, an explosion in Winchester Kentucky injuring eight, and a Minnesota fire at Montheimer's block with $162,000 loss. Also mentions Geners Cavender's death and Archbishop Gibbons seeking transfer to New York.
A report from United States Minister Charlen Dene by to Secretary Bayard describes China advancing woolen goods and paper production. It notes officials like Li Hung Chang backing steam railways, opposed by revenue fears and taxation concerns. A miniature American railroad model impressed the imperial court, prompting interest in practical adoption.
Early opening anticipated at Buffite and a formal Soldiers Memorial Wall dedication in Toledo Ohio. Veterans counts rise in Leavenworth. A Protestant teacher killed his wife and three children. A CT man saved by a stranger. thankful and revived. Political and financial notes from Iowa to Illinois include river trade, fraud rumors, and municipal losses. Communications, steamboats, and a rash of accidents mark a bustling, scattered items page.
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