Fort Pitt and Battleford Dispatches Report Frontier Turmoil
Fort Pitt exchange of fire with approaching Indians leaves two dead as 40 warriors retreat. Reports claim 50 rebels taken at Battleford amid Rebel strongholds. Archbishop Tache warns of a broader Indian uprising while urging decisive government action. Canadian battalions and telegraph lines move to Battleford and Calgary. police raid near a half breed camp nets several captured.
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Winnipeg
Battleford
Frog Lake
Fort Pitt
Middleton
Queen's Own
Swift Current
Hudson Bay Company
Prince Albert
Carlton
Trvine
Crozier
Archbishop Tache
Hudson Bay
Riel
Montreal
Calgary
Quebec
Col. Smith
Scott
Morris
Mounted Police
Miss Ada Sweet and the Pension Battle in Washington
Washington report on Commissioner Black and Miss Ada Sweet describes tensions with the Pension Office over removal attempts. President Cleveland’s stance, interior department actions, and civil service reform views frame the clash, with Black facing pressure and Sweet cited for reporting.
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Washington
Black
Interior Department
Lamar
Gen. Black
United States
Sweet
Miss Sweet
Col. Lamont
Cleveland
Allon
Suy
Senate
Ilinois
Marriage of Mrs Tom Thumb to Count Primo Magic
New York dispatch notes the marriage of Mrs Gen Tom Thumb to Count Primo Magic in a quiet church ceremony at Holy Trinity. The crowd packed Madison Avenue, police opened a path as guests filed in with Miss Lucy Adams as bridesmaid.
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Tom Thumb
Count Primo Magic
Italy
New York
Charles 8. Stratton
Church of the Holy Trinity
Second Street
Madison Avenue
Lucy Adams
Mrs. Thumb
Count M
Mrs. Stratton
Mas. Newell
Stratton
Lave Mionie Warren
Wilber F. Wat
Count Magri Weds In Quiet Watkins Episcopal Ceremony
The clergyman joined Count Magri and his bride in a Watkins Episcopal marriage service. The couple exchanged rings and affection as the crowd outside laughed and watched their departure. They greeted guests at Murray Hill Hotel after the ceremony and reception.
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Acc
Watkins
Magri
Murray Hill Hotel
Missionaries Reach West Africa En Route to Liberia
The U S consul at Sierra Leone reports Dr William Taylor American bishop for Africa Dr Somers and Mr Chatelaine arrived about January 2 on their way to Liberia with a stop at St Paul de Loando. A second group of missionaries reached Sierra Leone February 1 8 on their way to Loando. Sixteen children accompany them the youngest fifteen months. If they reach Loando they face an 8000 mile voyage from New York via Liverpool and plan to travel inland at least 1000 miles.
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United States
Sierra Leone
State Department
Wm. Taylor
Africa
Somers
Chatelaine
Liberia
St. Paul de Loando
Loando
New York
Liverpool
Red Cloud on the War Path
Washington special to the Omaha Herald reports Dr. T A Bland saying white leaders in Sioux and Cherry counties Nebraska urge Red Cloud to secure removal of Agent McGullicuddy and replacement with a satisfactory agent. Failure could trigger an outbreak and a panicked stampede in northwestern Nebraska.
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Red Cloud
Washington
Omaha Herald
T. A. Bland
Chief Red Cloud
Sioux and
Cherry Counties
Nebraska
Pine Ridge Reservation
McGullicuddy
Valentine
McGillicuddy
Massacre in China reports killings of Roman Catholics
The Shanghai Mercury cites a decree by the viceroy of Yunan and Kwee Hong provinces ordering destruction of Roman Catholic converts and believers. Several settlements are said to have been destroyed and hundreds killed, with Kin yaping reported as razed and four converts plus two priests slain. The viceroy’s stated reason is anticipated revolt by Catholics against the government.
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San Francisco
Oceanic
Shanghai Mercury
Yunan
Kwee-Hong
Devee
Shanghai
Kinyaping
Tall
Plot to Assassinate Governor Is Revealed in Ohio
A Coshocton Democratic paper reports a plot against Governor Gay. A wooden box mailed to the governor contained a dynamite device with a triggering string. Authorities are pursuing the case andDetails were not made public until now.
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Coshocton
Ohio
Death of Richard Grant White
Richard Grant White died of gastritis at his New York home on the 8th after a long illness. Born May 23, 1822 in New York, he was a prominent writer on literary and art topics for nearly thirty years, and authored Shakespeare articles for Appletons and Johnsons cyclopedias.
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Richard Grant White
New York
Appleton’s
Johnson’s Cyclopædias
Plan of the Mormons and Utah Statehood Debate
The Salt Lake Tribune cites a leading Mormon bishop claiming the priesthood favors buying statehood for Utah to avoid enforcement annoyances against polygamists. Among laity the plan is now seen as part of the Mormon campaign.
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The
Salt Lake Tribune
Utah
Sir James Bacon Remains on Bench at Eighty-Eight
The long serving vice chancellor, aged 88, defers retirement despite nearing pension eligibility after fifteen years of service. The Weldon case cited by London World praises his clear decisive judgment and sustained vigor.
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James Bacon
Weldon
London
Untrustworthy Man Sparks Editor Replacement
A mock dialogue from the Arkansaw Traveler portrays Colonel Bottleham lamenting a dead editor after promising to write about rising circulation. The episode ends with the editor declaring he will run the paper himself, condemning unreliable men.
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Bottleham
South
Arkansaw Traveler
Spirit of Poetry Views the World in Many Moods
The verse celebrates a muse who steers stars, wakes dawn, and saddles nature with life. She moves through towers, hills, storms, and meadows guiding birds, lilies, and lovers, mingling with alchemy and misty specters in a nocturnal, ethereal panorama.
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Heaven
Carleton Leigh's Folly in a Storm at Leigh Manor
A stormy day at Leigh Manor sets the stage for a tense visit as Carleton Leigh is drawn to Maud Armitage. The elegant couple, Lillias and Carl, host Ellice Beaumont and the striking outsider Maud, whose southern beauty unsettles him. Enchantment and jealousy mingle as the storm intensifies.
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Leigh Manor
Carleton Leigh
Carl
Mrs. Leigh
James
Ellice
Miss Armitage
Lillias
Lillias Leigh
Maud Armitage
Ellice Beaumont
Leigh Manor House
Atonement of a Wayward Heart in a Southern Summer
Carleton Leigh falls for Maud Armitage at a riverbank mansion while his wife Lillias grows ill. Maud schemes to win him, but revelation and jealousy lead to a deadly rift. Lillias survives as a lifelong invalid while Carleton devotes his life to her care, seeking forgiveness for his earlier infatuation.
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Carleton Leigh
Maud Armitage Ad
Carl
Lillias
Cavalier
Maud
Ellice
Guy
Stella Vincent
Lillian
Stella
Rose
Mr. Leigh
Louisiana
Maval Armitage
Syren
Lillias Gates
Thad
Maud Armitage
Janet
Master Leigh
Lillias Leigh
H. Maria George
Chicago Ledger
Rhine Timber Rafts On The Rhine River Trade
The timber rafts travel from mountain forests down river systems like the Neckar Main and Moselle to Dorhech where they are sold. Each raft carries eight to ten small houses and 400 to 500 workers including rowers and pilots. A raft is steered by large oars and can twist through narrow channels, with sale value around $150,000 per voyage.
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Rhine
Neckar
Main
Moselle
Dorhech
Bacteria as Food Claim by Prof C F Aandler
Prof C F Aandler asserts all foods contain bacteria and micro organisms. Hay shows abundant bacilli and humans are never free from them in saliva skin and digestive tract. Pasteur cited Duclaux on bacteria aiding seed germination and food digestion.
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C. F. €Aandler
Pasteur
Duclaux
French Academy of Sciences
Telephonic Profits Push Toll Cuts Debate
The Utica Herald cites figures from the American Bell Telephone Company showing ten months to January earnings of 3 067 554 with expenses 687 375 and ten months dividends totaling 1 440 315. It argues dividends are inflated and consume about 70 percent of customers’ payments, prompting calls to reduce tolls.
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Utica Herald
American Bell Telephone Company
Remarkable River Reka Explored Hidden River Route
Explorers traced the underground Reka from its Austrian start in Carniola to the Timavo outlet twenty miles away. They passed six waterfalls within Karst Caverns and reached a seventh obstacle requiring special apparatus. Magnesium light illuminated the dark subterranean stream as they noted a cavern large enough to house St. Peter's Cathedral.
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Reka
Carniola
St. Peter's Cathedral
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Petrified Forest near Corizo Featured in Boston Journal
Visitors approach the Petrified Forest along the Little Colorado and see signs of petrifaction as the road near Corizo leads into a basin. High shale and white clay banks enclose the area where petrified stumps and trunks lie scattered across about 50 acres.
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Corizo
Colorado
Boston Journal
Severe Winter Ice Forecasts Record at Lake Ontario Shore
Residents along Lake Ontario in Wayne and Oswego counties report the severest winter since 1854. A Monday ice survey at Sodus Point shows a wider ice field than ever recorded with two miles of solid ice offshore. Sodus Bay lies nearly completely iced over with two foot average thickness. Harbor entrances are frozen and buried in heavy snow drifts as crowds view the grand ice and snow scene daily.
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Lake Ontario
Wayne
Oswego
New York
Sodus Point
Sodus Bay
Trentlow Gazelle
Abandoned Hulk Colorado in New York Navy Yard
The dismantled frigate Colorado lies among ships in Rotten Row at the New York Navy Yard. Once the finest naval architecture and proud of the American China Station, she now sits ruined and unsold for old timber, a symbol of faded glory once called la belle frigate.
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New York Navy Yard
Colorado
China Station
China Seas
Corea
Singapore
A Finland Girl’s Ordeal and Citizenship Risk
Reported by the St. Louis Globe Democrat the rule requires a Finland girl seeking to leave the country to obtain a church blessing and recommendation, then a physician’s certificate allowing a set absence. The process costs about $2 and risks permanent loss of citizenship if the time limit is exceeded.
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Finland
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Monster Aerolite Report From California Foothills
San Francisco papers describe a monster aerolite striking the earth near Chico in the foothills. It measures over 30 feet long and about 2 feet thick, leaving a 2 foot deep gutter carved through lava rock for 200 feet before stopping. The metal resembles copper in color but resists marking by a finely tempered cold chisel. The report seems dubious per the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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San Francisco
Chico
Cal
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Tacks and wakefulness mix in curious old exchange
A wife asks about a drug to stay awake while her husband returns at night. The response suggests sprinkling the floor with tacks as a deterrent, illustrating a sharp, witty exchange likely from a bygone era.
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Reil Redskins
Miss Ada Sweet
Fair
Interior
China
Dian
Anon
Des
J. N. Matthews
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