Harrison's Guillotine Heads for Weak Republican Officeholders
Wanisa Ind Feb 18 A local paper prints an interview with Gen Harrison by W G Sayre ex Speaker of the Indiana General Assembly. Harrison outlines plans to force resignations of fourth class post office incumbents before March 4 to replace them with Republicans and opposes civil service expansion to railway mail service. He says reinstatement of Republican clerks should occur without examination.
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Harrison
Gen
Sayre
Two New Tariff Bills Introduced by McMillan and Randall
Washington Feb 18 The house ways and means committee will report a tariff bill by McMillan resembling the Mills plan reducing revenue about 70 million dollars. Randall’s bill would cut about 33 million, Cowles bill about 22 million. Both measures to be reported with a fierce fight expected over Randall. Republicans to back Randall with solid support and about seventy Democrats pledge to back it for consideration.
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Washindon
House Committee On Ways and Means
McMillan
Randall
Cowles
Ways and Means Committee
House Action on Omnibus Bill Not Affecting Session
In Washington on February 18 Republicans argued that the omnibus bill for admitting territories would not derail an extra session of the Fifty-first Congress. They predicted a possible session starting mid-April, with others expecting it to convene around October 1. The day also covers Idaho Wyoming and Arizona admission proposals, Creeks treaty ratification, direct tax bill conferees, and other political items.
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House
Washington
Harrison
Idaho
Wyoming
Arizona
Canada-US Trade Strain Highlights Dominion Policy
The text criticizes Canadian policy for denying Americans transshipment rights for fish while Canada benefits from bonded systems on American railways. It accuses the Dominion government of hostility to US interests, warns such blunders threaten Canada's welfare, and notes a government stance to curb debate until the Republican administration begins in Washington next month.
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United States
Ottawa
Peter Mitchell
Ale
Dominion
Canada
Washington
Repairs as a Bribe Fodder Delays Albany Ceiling Case
New York reports allege that ceiling repairs in the Albany assembly chamber were used to loot state funds. An appropriation committee member claimed a $5,000 bribe to influence a whitewashing report. The scene shows a tangle of investigations as ceilings, contractors, and bribery claims draw scrutiny.
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New York
Assembly Chamber
Albany
Appropriations Committee
Assembly
John Martin
Texas spring palace opens with vast exhibition plan
Fort Worth prepares a spring palace to debut June 1. The mammoth 200 by 200 foot structure will feature a dome clad in wheat and twelve towers wrapped in sorghum, beef horns, sheep, pelts and samples of Texas minerals, horticulture, and agriculture, with one tower showing shells from the coast.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Lone Star State
Cabinet memo shows Blaine names and other political notes
A Gilsey House fragment lists secretaries and officials including Blaine for state, Foster for treasury, Rusk for war, Miller for navy, and Daniels for attorney general. Other items report a San Domingo clearance dispute, indictments in Indianapolis, a Shaw Plessner Corbett trial update, West Virginia senate ballots, and Francis replacing two police commissioners in St Louis.
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New York
Col. New
Indianapolis
Gilsey House
New
James G. Blaine
Treasury
Charles Foster
Ohio
John Wannamaker
Pennsylvania
Jerry M. Rusk
Wisconsin
W. H. H. Miller
Indiana
William O. Bradley
Kentucky
Charles Daniels
Warner Miller
Remarkable fossil tree found in Meriden quarry
Meriden Connecticut February 18 superintendent Depeyster of the Meriden Quarry company reports the discovery of a remarkable fossil tree unearthed at the lowest level yet found there. The tree named cellus gigantus is claimed to be the only specimen in the world and is linked to an extinct species mentioned by Herodotus.
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Meriden. Conn
Depeyster
Meriden Quarry Company
Herodotus
Villa Compa Leader of 1836 Revolt Dies in Prison
Maprib reports Gen Villa Compa, key figure in the 1836 republican revolt, has died in prison. The veteran general, whose actions helped spark the uprising, passed away on a tough stretch of detention. Further details are awaited from authorities.
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Maprib
Villa Compa
Warlike tensions rise as sheriff hunts tax dodgers in Dakota
Disturbances threaten in Bartlett county as sheriff Trynn and Dakota National Guard seek to arrest half breeds who seized horses a tax levy. Gov Church warns militia not to act beyond authority while Gen Ruger weighs sending US troops. War Department mulls instructions to prevent outbreak amid no imminent danger.
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Dakota National Guards
Trynn
Dunseith
War Department
Washington
Church
Dakota
Secretary of the Interior
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St. John’s
Vilas
St. Paul
Ruger
Department of Dakota
Governor Church
Secretary of War
United States
McAuliffe to fight Myer over draw ruling
Myer and backer Alf Kennedy protested the recent North Judson match calling it a draw. Chicago reports McAuliffe must fight Myer again or forfeit his share of the $5,000 stake. money remains with stakeholder Harry Ballard under the contract.
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Chicago
McAuliffe
Alf. Kennedy
Streator
North Judson
Harry Ballard
Million-Dollar Fire Destroys Mills Street Mills
Montreal report states a raging fire on Mills street near the canal destroyed Ogilvie's elevator and Peckbenny & Co.'s rolling mills. Fire still spreading as losses exceed one million dollars. Separately, Wat terloo postmaster in New Hartford, Thomas Houlehan, is removed after a $400 shortage. H. I. King appointed. Also London denies any plan for Emperor William to visit England next summer amid yacht overhaul rumors.
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Montreal
Mills Street
Canal
Ogilvie
Peckbenny & Co
William
England
London
Berlin
Hohenzollern
South and North Dakota Legislature Proceedings Snapshot
In BisMARCK, February 15, telegrams announced the lower house vote. A joint resolution thanked Washington allies as both chambers adopted it. A soldiers' home bill for Hot Springs passed 15 to 9 amid veto risk. newspaper and Pinkerton bills also advanced. In the North Dakota and Valley City debate, agriculture sites Fargo or Valley City faced a close council vote. In St Paul, February 18, a flood of local bills issued with a teacher exams bill set for February 26 and others recommended for passage.
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Bismarck
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Moody
Gifford
Mathews
Congress
Aitkin
Canton
Washington
Hot Springs
Brookings Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture
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South Dakota
North Dakota Committee On Agricultural College
Valley City
Fargo
Winnesota
St. Pau
Secretary of State
Senate Rebukes Dr. Kate and Kept Beef Probe Unconcurred
Madison Wisconsin February 18 The senate committee on state affairs rejected a house resolution for a legislative investigation of northern dives and declined to concur in appointing a committee for the interstate beef trust inquiry The assembly adjournment resolution for Harrison’s inauguration was killed. Sioux City Iowa February 18 A team and hack plunged through ice crossing the Missouri River and disappeared.
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Priory Diyoz
Madison
Wis
Kate Bushnell
Senate Committee On State Affairs
House
Kate
Interstate Beef Trust
Harrison
Sioux City
Iowa
Covington
Missouri River
Hack
Four Murders and Fire at Parkersburg Farmhouse
John Elsmere a wealthy former preacher in Wert county beat his wife and killed her two daughters and a hired girl after a drunken dispute. He then burned the house down and was jailed amid talk of lynching. Other brief items note a Cincinnati area killing and a Knights of Labor matter.
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John Elsmere
Parkersburg
W. Va
Wert County
City Clerk Burke defalcation found in Council Bluffs
County officials report Burke's books show a defalcation of 2533.35 dollars. Burke fled the city before discovery and has not been caught. The note adds bicycle race scoring with multiple riders and numbers.
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Council Bluffs
Council Brufns
Iowa
Burke
Three Women and a Child Murdered in London Freeborn County
A special report from Albert Lea Minnesota says three women and a child were killed in London town by desperadoes. The sheriff heads to the scene as details remain scarce with two killed initially and a third dying later. all victims were women.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Journal
London
Freeborn County
Four Deaths In All After Albert Lea Murderer
In Minneapolis on February 18 Joseph Chemeleke, 19, shot three women including his sister-in-law and her sister and their mother. He then killed himself near the house. a survivor died later, bringing the total to four deaths. The killer’s body was found about 40 rods from the residence amid a nationwide outcry and threat of lynching if captured.
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Albert Lea
Minneapolis
Joseph Chemeleke
Philip Chemeleke
Mary
Joe
Chemeleke
Deed of Desperadoes Three Women and a Child Murdered
A North Carolina crime report describes masked men killing Mrs Faucett and her child Ada Wreg in Mount Olive, with two enslaved women murdered in a nearby cabin. Ella Chavers escaped after waking and hiding as flames burned the houses. No arrests yet. motives cited involve neighbor disputes with Jacob Faucett.
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New York
Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Ella Chavers
Jacob Faucett
Mount Olive
Bertie County
Anna Faucett
Ada Wreg
Anna Gordon
Chavers
Faucett
Inaugural program and regional updates crop up near Fort Wayne
Reported items include March 4 inaugural program in Fort Wayne Indiana with natural gas piping over forty five miles. inspector Banfield of Chicago police resigning amid claims of political suspension. lumber auction sells over 15 million feet. Also notes include brewers association protest, a Boston lawyer at 90 still practicing, Indian agent removals, embezzlement case in Patterson New Jersey, and various political and criminal items across the country.
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Chicago
Roche
Williamsport
Pennsylvania State Brewers’ Association
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Sidney Bartlett
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