Chinese Expulsion Report From Seattle Riots
A Beattle edition describes rioters driving Chinese citizens toward the Queen of the Pacific steamer bound for San Francisco. About 160 aboard so far, with pay demanded and risk of force if fares are refused. Seattle officials seek troops from Vancouver Barracks. no authority yet granted. Chief Justice Green urges intervention while tension grows and bloodshed is feared at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alapatel
Portland
Ore
Saya
Knightaol
Bianane
Francisco
Vipamen
Aan Francisco
Puget
Ranger
Seattle
Vancouver Barracks
Gibbon
Department of Columbia
War Department
Washington
Vancouver
Justice Green
Washington Territory
Garland
Remarkable Miscellany of 1884 Calamities Across Cities
The garfield coffin lies in a Lake View Cemetery sarcophagus amid widespread unrest as a ST Quentin strike escalates with barricades and 53 arrests. Across Chicago a child perishes in a snow drift while a New York suicide follows long illness, and a Montreal tobacco company seeks liquidation with vast liabilities. Fire, accidents, and political turmoil ripple through cities, with numerous deaths, arrests, and losses reported from coast to coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Lake View
Leveland
Bt. Quentin
Paria
Mark Jadman
Chicago
Ivie
Mariv Brombber
New York
High Bridge
Harlemiver
Mexico
Bree
Hera
New Orleans
Castle Craig
Chamber of Deputies
Benjamin Phillips
Bowling Green
William Fennally
Oneida
Leonard Wood
Hallatte Wood
Deaiara
Bridgeport
Cons
James King
George Mackey
W. J. Thomas
Augusta
Freds
L. Rothechild
R. G. McPherson
Mullane & Co
Greenville
S.C
McClelland
Galveston
Tex
J.E. Grabaw
St. Louis
William Lambeo
Lawb
Mesdville
Samuel Baldwin
Leadville
Col
John McMahon
Hoboken
N.J
Kahann
Bartlett
Devil's Lake
D.J
Toronto
Ont
Alide
Territorial Normal School
Madison
D.T
Draper
Masatricht
Tom Een
Jock Ol Q
Hamilton & Co
Batesebey Peak & Co
Mancheater
Peg
Lous
Charien Bisk
Dillon's Falla, C
Staunton
New British Cabinet Announced Amidst Careful Appointments
The new British cabinet under Mr Gladstone includes Gladstone as prime minister and chancellor, Farrer Herewell as lord chancellor, Earl Spencer as lord president, and other key posts held by YH Childmere, Earl Roseberry, Bet Granville, Earl Kimberly, H Campbell Bannerman, Sir Wm Vernon Harcourt, the Marquis of Ripon, Chamberlain, G G Trevelyan, Mundella, Morley, and John Morley. Additional posts name Earl Sydney, Arnold Morley, and Charles Russell among minor offices. The lineup signals a possible compromise, with no further minor appointments announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Gladstone
The
Tressury
Sir Farrer Herewell
Earl Spencer
H. Childmere
Earl Roseberry
Bet Granville
Earl Kimberly
India
H. Campbell Bannerman
Wm. Vernon Harcourt
Arnold Morley
Charles Russell
Marice
Two Men Shot In Kansas City Jewelry Store Robbery Bid
Baker, a Kansas City jeweler and diamond broker, was robbed as a young man entered the shop at 7:80. He shot clerk R. F. Maher and wounded another, then killed carpenter Surrells who tried to intervene. The suspect fled up Sixth Street toward Walnut and is at large. Diamonds likely untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hob & Kansans
Baker
Kansas City
Young
R. F. Maher
Oebler
Ovhlet
Maher
Surrells
Sixth Street
Walnut
Arrela
Sleighing Party Struck by Train in Edgerton Ohio
A sleighing party of fourteen people at Edgerton crossed the Lake Loove Railway track in front of an oncoming freight engine. The collision left six injured, one William Barker fatally, with the others expected to recover. The incident occurred on the night of the fourth, as the team struggled to control the horses and avoid the locomotive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Barker
Progresive Cigar Makers Strike Threatens Relief for 4000 in New York
The union and manufacturers dispute wages tied to last year’s average price. About 4000 workers face hardship as the walkout continues with many displaced in box making and labeling. An estimated 500 cigar makers and their families have left for San Francisco to aid funds, delaying relief until Pacific earnings arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ople
Cigarmakers’ Union
Ate
Sonteguenos
Central Labor Union
Ita Treasury
Tita
International Union
Gac
San Francico
Pacific Coast
New York
Senate Proceedings and Bills on Oklahoma Lands and Public Works
The record lists February Senate actions with bills on ex soldiers civil service tests, division of Sioux land, and an Oklahoma settlement issue. It notes petitions by Knights of Labor, a resolution on Henry Ward, and various appropriations and committees, including a treasurer inquiry and port of entry matters for Tyimptt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Mopar
Call
Daekote
Towapay
Knights of Labor
Oklahoma
Utah
Logan
Wepnrmay
Goneril
United States
Frye
Tiga Catallona
Congresa
Texas
Colorado
Oregon
Nebraska
California
Kanaan
Nevedie
Washington
Tunenay
Secretary of the Treasury
Conscience Fund
Conchen Fund
Kaye
New Jersey
Statee Island
N. J
Knights’ of Labor
Congress
Territory
Provident
Union Pacific Railway
Indian Land’ Fund
Fray
Musers
Hoar
Urye
Cullom
Conger
Duern
Alison
Home Hinds
Diawen
Enter
Wil
Henry Ward
Tyimptt
Ilc
Port Brady
Mich
Blair
Bureau of Public Health
Crater Like Nations Park
Hewitt
Turabay
Holman
Hendricks
Mewers
McCreary
Long
Browne
Randall
Springer
Geddes
Lowery
Hull
House
Wroveapar
Belors
United States Penitentiary
Boise City
Idaho
Fotlowtog
Atlantic & Pacifi
Committee On Banking and Currency
Department of Sgriculturs
Jimita
Sibo
Waabfogtor
Crlup
Abollel Oar Tuiz Leee
Rose
Hones
Tavaspsr
Colbertaon Callag
House Debates Depositions and War Tax Bill Passage
The House debated allowing depositions under state law in certain cases and discussed delaying the Fitz John Porter bill while approving various private and bank bills. The session included a president’s message on contract records with Southern Pacific and Pacific Steamship, and a pension appropriation bill totaling about 18 million dollars over prior funding. The chamber adjourned until Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
United States
Hammond
Gno
Slep
Judiciary Committee
Augusta
Tharnoft
Brag
Wis
Fitz
John Porter
Read
Ferpay
Houns
Secretary of the Interior
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Southern Pacific
Pacific Steamship Company
Hovsa
Blount
Eexaron
Prancea BE. Stewart
Jas. W. Parieh
Victor Beauboucher
G. S. Hunt & Co
Pinney & Jackson
Dudley Hid! & Co
Billa
National Bank of
Laird
Fitz John Porter
Mondas
Thagepy Tragedy in Hattie Creek Family Murders
Neighbors in Battl Creek Mich report a brutal family murder at Dr. Martin White residence. The White family, including a wife and two children, were found with throats cut from ear to ear. They had not been seen since Sunday night. Police suspect a possible suicide pact or mental breakdown following a violent struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Creek
Mich
Martin White
Battl Creek
New York Streetcar Strike Ends In Ten Hour Victory
A 2,000 plus streetcar employees strike in New York halted Broadway Seventh Avenue Sixth Avenue and Forty second Street lines at 4 AM. After ten hours a negotiated settlement set twelve hour workdays with pay of $2 for conductors and drivers and $11.50 weekly for stablemen. All lines except the Broadway cars resumed service by 4 PM with four horses per car to catch up. Next days likely targeted lines. No drunken or disorderly conduct reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Sixth Avenue
Vanderbilt Fourth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Méd
Knights of Labor Committee
Depora
Sman
Lens
Avenue Lines
Forty-second Street Road
Sixth Avenue Company
Atrikera
Public Whippings At New Castle Jail In Larceny Case
At New Castle Del on the 6th met Harrison Rothwell Jatn Beacham George Norris and Frank Playford colored men were publicly whipped on bare backs in the jail yard for larceny with five to twenty lashes each. Edwin J Hollingsworth jailed an hour in the pillory for forgery. The thermometer neared zero, intensifying the punishment. The first man whipped is 22 and has prior jail terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Del
Harrison
William Rothwell
Jatn Beacham
George Norris
Frank Playford
Edwin J. Hollingsworth
Crime Report from Forrest City Area Details Lynch Threats
A chilling crime report from seven miles south of Forrest City Arkansas describes a Black assailant named Johnson who killed a four year old girl by placing her before an open fireplace. Authorities hunt the suspect, with strong likelihood of lynching if captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest City
Ack
Johnson
Japd
Straightening Up a Chimney at Bosy oke Maas
A chimney eighty feet high at a machine shop near Boly oke Maas was found to be forty two inches out of plumb. The righting method used a harness under the cornice, jackscrews under girders on both sides, and water poured in to loosen the earth. Repeated cycles gradually leveled the chimney to proper position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolyoke
Maas
Boy Driven to Death by Rabies After Hydrophobia Torment
A boy from Cohooe, N Y, bitten years earlier by a dog not known or proven mad showed hydrophobia after a long quiet period. He suffered violent convulsions with unbearable pain, resisting all remedies. Faced with extreme agony, doctors advised euthanasia as the only relief, concluding life could not be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geownae
Cohooe
N. Y
Mutiny Aboard Frank N Thayer Ends in Destruction of Ship
Captain Clarke of the American ship Frank N Thayer reports a mutiny by two Manila seamen who killed two officers and three sailors on deck. The captain was wounded but escaped to his cabin as mutineers scuttled the vessel after setting fire to the cargo. The ship burned and sank while the mutineers fled in a boat. The crew drifted at sea for a week before rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Frank N. Thayer
Plymouth
Eng
Thayer
England
Gnally
First on Record appoints new British cabinet
A London dispatch reports the new administration naming Fiward Heneage as chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster and John Nairb as lord chancellor in Ireland. Other posts include Samuel Walker solicitor-general for Ireland and James Bryce under foreign secretary, with Henry Broadhurst named under-home secretary. The choice of Broadhurst, a workingman, causes political sensation but signals no shift toward mass influence against aristocracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worytingman
du Glaviotune
London
de Thinat
Duchy of Lancaster
Fiward Heneage
Tord
Ireland
John Nairb
Samuel Walker
the MacDermott
Admiralty
John T. Hibbert
James Bryce
George Osborne Morgan
India
A. K K. Stottleworth
Home Department
Henry Broadhurat
Broadhurst
Gladstone
Weston completes 2500 mile walk to New York end point
Edward Payson Weston finished his 2500 mile walk at Chicago on the night of the 6th and boarded a train to New York an hour later. He averaged 46.15 miles daily over 54 days. O Leary collapsed earlier and did not finish, with a final tally of 2202 miles. The endurance match carried a $3000 purse from temperance advocates, split with two thirds to Weston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Payson Weston
Chitego
New York
Weston
O'Leary
Opening Carnival Pageant Chains Northwest Spectacle
The Northwest opened with a magnificent street pageant in St Paul as a prelude to the ice palace dedication. About 4,000 uniformed skaters tobogganers and snowshoe clubs marched with torches and illuminated arches while crowds from the United States Canada and the British Northwest watched. Evening ceremonies followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tnt Mtrant Paras
St. Paul
United States
Cani
British Northwest
Drownings After North River Towing Incident
On the evening of the 8th, the tug Bisachette towing a railroad boat on the North River near New York collided with a rowboat attached to the Austrian corvette Donau off West Twenty Sixth Street. The rowboat carried Midshipman Karsch and eleven men. he and four sailors are missing. Five men were beached by the tug, two rescued by the Garrett. the survivors were placed aboard the corvette, and Captain Hubert of the Blanche Kate was arrested by river police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North River
Bisachette
New York
Donau
Weat Trenty-aix
Strest
Karsch
Garrett
Hubert
A Wonderful Memory of C F Brown in Albany
Hamilton representative C F Brown entertained House members with stories of his wonderful memory and penmanship after milking twelve cows at home. He claimed to know all nearly 250 members by name and town, a feat he attributed to his penmanship rather than teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ipeton Cor
New York
Tripone
C. F. Brown
Hamilton
Seasion
Skill of the Pen Includes Upside Down Writing
A writer demonstrates rare penmanship by crafting words upside down and backward from right to left. He memorizes and reproduces a complete state government roster including every town and city address, presenting each name and place in reverse order with the last letter first.
Wisconsin State News Highlights From Monroe to Milwaukee
Monroe charter member Loum Scauntze dies of Bright's disease. La Crosse board of trade reports broad industry gains, lumbering lagging. Roth Manufacturing in Milwaukee suffers major fire damage. Gov Rose appoints and commissions state agents and regents. Wisconsin G A R encampment opens in Milwaukee with about 300 delegates. Eau Claire organizes Turnverein and fire department adds stations. Prairie du Chien records a tragic death from Rough on Rats. Gazar, mouse-trap maker, dies in Milwaukee. Shipbuilding in Milwaukee advances with a 1860-ton steam barge. Douglas County likely to be divided into three townships. Eastern Eau Claire seeks local governance autonomy amid county reorganization. Eau Claire fire destroys slaughterhouse tanks. loss around 2000. Ashland leader S S Vacghn dies. Ashland trades pine stumps deal. logging rapid with heavy snow. Largest banked log lot reaches 1800 feet. record single-day work reaches 18000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roth Manufacturog Company
Milwaukee
T. D. Weeks
Whitewater
W. H. Chandler
Madison
C. V. Guy
River
Falls
Wisconsin G. A. R
Robert Chivays
Eau Claire
Turnverein
Feiee Aa
Fred Walterndorf
August Karl
Inrichs
Prairie du Chien
Lizzie Dunn
Josepa Gazar
Hie
Gazak
Hungary
Worr & Davinson
Douglas County
Sehwahn Bros
Galloway Agency
S. Vacghn
Ashland
Joan H. Kwiem
Chicago
Cleveland murder tragedy ends in blood and vows of vengeance
In Cleveland a violent double murder and attempted murder unfolded after Alfred Smith, enraged by a divorce suit, returned drunk to the Crocker Block residence. Mrs. Atheldine Smith and Mrs. Louisa Jane Wilson were found dead in a bloodied room, with Smith himself wounded and unconscious. The scene followed a Saturday disturbance and threats, with police alerted after the janitor discovered the blood stained bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Bor
Atheldine Smith
Louisa Jane Wilson
Smiths
Crocker Block
City Hall
Superior Street
Smith
Wileon
Bonith
Record-Breaking $5140 First-Plane Ticket Sold in Boston
The Fitchburg Railroad sold to a Buffalo physician an unlimited first-class ticket for $5140, the highest price ever paid for such a ticket. The ticket measures 54 inches, contains 35 coupons, and entitles the holder to a special car via the Hoosac Tunnel route to San Antonio, Texas, with return along the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston ‘Transcript
Watnon
Fitchberg
Buffalo
Hoosac Tunnel
Dan
Antonio
Tex
Atlantic Coast
Remembered Boston Printer Bernard Smith A Scholar and Skeptic
Bernard Smith a native of New York who came to Boston as a youth is remembered as a prolific printer and scholar. He worked in magazines and printing offices across Boston and Cambridge, read deeply at the Boston Public Library, and advised writers and publishers. A one time aspiring priest and early abolitionist, he became skeptical and infidel, yet remained celebrated for his exact knowledge, editorial judgment, and firm independence until his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Bia
Hiss
Stuart M3
Cambridge
Andover
Bernard Smith
New York City
Cheverus
Fenwick
Achool
Bernard
Forty-first
Massachusetts Infantry
Thomas Chickering
Louisiana
Smith
Cornelius DC. Felton
Harvard College
Dubit
Washington
Cleveland Herald
Senor Valeria
Brusselg
State Department
Bullnes
Frelinghusen
Bayard
del Campo
Santiago
America
Prominent Figures and Oddities Reach Across Continents
A cache of eccentric gossip reports travelers and dignitaries in New York, Santiago, and London. notes include a Chilean authorities’ push to remove a nuisance, Empress Liszt’s London visit, and Senatorial portraits. Also dated anecdotes about Ex’ervator Tason’s windfall, Princeton daughters’ long walks, and a Versailles minister’s quirks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santiago
Godoy
Marquis of Queensberry
Remarkable Librarian and Global Notables Featured
The article extols Ainsworth R. Spoford as the foremost United States librarian and a vital resource for lawmakers and scholars. It also notes historical notes on quinine bark harvesting, Swiss oil barons shifting power in Russia, and a vast wealth estimate for J. P. Chase, citing figures around 400 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pharmacetical
Noble
Russia
Standard’ Oil Company
Chase Wealth
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Marshfield Times
Marseyvild
Thomas
Norton
Farnsoa Re
Sheridan
William Baker & Sons
Tranton
Nova Scotia Sugar Refining Company
Halifax
Allegheney River
Parnassus
James Brown
William Snyder
James Phillips
Miami
Gow Station
Xenia
Wilmington
Katia Jenkins
Cable
Champaign County
Grand Haven
Detroit & Milwaukee
Jackson
Minn
Jones’ Hotel
Angell’s Hall
Green’s Bank
Brownwood
Tehe City
Ida P
Ida Pavey
William Oates
Born
Ind
Paveys
Young Oates
Charles Pavey
Oates
Qates
Pavey
Acal
Bankhey
Wacker
Tlova—Paterts
Ipl Gracias
Sae
Liu
Wara—é
Ieluig
Boztaig
BOK Dara
BanhEy
Kyx
Ieee Koar
Yeyuanaomnanasnasie
Plova—Giood
Ing
Nares
Hantery
Baty
Ln Eadl
Cutawe Brita Veryeerbeentaneh
Swentinn Rere
Gouxon
SB Bane
Cala Bay
Magro
Aruuase
Pirst
Ume 8T
Paul Carneval
Fagaliie
Pive Mex
Wisconsin State News
Carr
Loum Scauntze
Monroe
G. A.B. Poms
Bright
la Crosse Board of Trade
Pace
Hirachheimer
Montaguesed Sharpeaty
Culver
A. Prs
Ervator Tason
Bonanis
Rexagon Rane Basrror
McCond
Princeton College
Thiane
Princeton
Trenton
Cortecueas Brace
Proce Bismaxce
William
Feaxz Liszt
Liszt
Joax W. Booxwatter
Springfield
Ohio
J Polnce Cartan McDorxeun
Wall
Trench
M. Grevy
Drogheda National League
John Boyle O'Reilly
James Stephene
O'Reilly
Aurzous Benator Evarta
Vermont
Cumberland
Commodore Footy
Moncurx
D. Coxway
Librarian of Congress
Ainsworth R. Spoford
National Library
Rey
Capitol
Meat Man
New Hampshire
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