Texas Has Sprocked Separate Black Republican Parties
Gen. T Harrison received from Houston Republicans a plan to split the Republican vote into two separate Texas organizations the Republican Association of Texas and the Colored Republican organization of Texas both operating with equal national representation but separate state and local conventions The scheme aims to loosen negro influence in the party and attract Democrats by race issues with support from nonpolitician signers and promises of broad backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndianavolis
Gen. T Harrison
Houston
Tex
Republican Association of Texas
Colored Republican Organization of Texas
New York City
Harrison
South
Senate tariff debate and House filibuster described
The Senate debated the tariff bill with Allison seeking 10 minute speeches after 3 p m while Vance pressed to delay the vote for 24 hours to focus on the wool schedule. West mediated a possible compromise as talks stalled. In the House Payson started a filibuster over Oklahoma amendments and Pacific railroad funding, later continuing by Anderson before both sides privately agreed on timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Janu
Allison
Senate
Vance
West
Payson
Illinois
Oklahoma
Friends of the Oklahoma
Friends of the Pacific Railroad
Anderson
Kansas
House
Senator Buck's Health Improves Now on Road to Return
A telegram from Senator Beck reports Senator Buck's health is improving steadily after illness. The message, received late last week, notes Buck is in better condition and moving toward a possible return to duties. No specific date is given for his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aenator Buck
Owashington
Beck
Imarbor
Eviction Quiet On Des Moines River Settlements
Iowa Evictions report shows river land settlers along the Des Moines river in Webster and Hamilton counties have halted removals until spring. Most evicted families have secured homes or long term leases, with only scattered defacing or outbuilding burnings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Fort.Depor
Des Moines
Webster
Hamilton
Sheriff Sets Feb 15 Execution Date for Two Prisoners
In Alexandria Minnesota Sheriff de Frate announced that a governor issued warrant fixes the execution date for prisoners Martin Moe and John Lee, convicted of the murder of Charles Chelin last summer. The men showed visible emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Minn
de Frate
Martin Moe
John Lee
Charles Chelin
Catholic Knights elect Iowa state officers for two years
The Catholic Knights of America state council for Iowa elected officers for the ensuing two years and adjourned. The next council will meet in Des Moines on the second Tuesday in January 1891.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokue
Iowa
Catholic Knights of America
State Council For
Des Moines
Lynching Attempt Fails as Sheriff Forces Prisoners to Fight
In Fort Worth Texas a deputy US marshal and Graham citizens escorting four Marlow brothers Pierce and Buckhart to Parker county jail were met by a mob of about thirty. A fierce gun battle ensued two Marlow brothers and four posse members were killed. Pierce Marlow and Buckhart wounded but escaped. further pursuit by a large regional posse began as Sheriff Richardson expanded the guard with deputies from six counties. The clash occurred two and a half miles from Graham late Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nob
Fort Worth
Tex
Richardson
Graham
Young County
United States
Marlow Brothers
Pierce
Buckhart
Parker County
Marlow Boys
Marlows
Marlow
Henrietta
Vernon
Wichita
Cisco
Abilene
Colorado City
Terrible tragedy ends in mob lynching of farmer
In Mercer county, Missouri, Henry Thomas killed two sons in law after discovering his daughters eloped with them. He then hanged by a mob near his home after capturing the remaining daughters and restoring them. Public sympathy reportedly favors the lynchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Henry Thomas
Bolar
Mercer County
Hasbourn
Thomas
Thomas Allison
Edward Greason
Not a defaulter, perhaps a cashier Marshall’s affairs
New York January 22 The Tribune reports on the late Henry P Marshall cashier of the Seamen's bank who died suddenly in November. It says the 8000 raised by hypothecating bonds for the Seamen's Church Missionary Society was used for the society, with most funds spent on its bills. Accounts were kept carelessly and the exact credit due for disbursements is unclear. If a shortage exists it is now believed to be small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
New York
Henry P. Marshall
Seamen’s Bank
the Tribune
Seamen’s Church Missionary Society
Missouri teacher murders cousin and four children in home
Kansas City dispatch reports from Laclede Missouri that Joseph Howe a local school teacher killed his cousin Mrs Malinda Hall and her four children Saturday night. He set the house on fire and cremated the victims. Howe was traced through snow to Brookfield and arrested. Authorities expect possible lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas City
Laclede
Malinda Hall
Joseph Howe
Brookfield
Twenty Injured in Paris Political Riot at Duquesne
Paris reports a Sunday riot at L Avenue Duquesne with twenty injuries and two rioters arrested. Boulanger supporters clashed with opponents as police tried to contain the disturbance amid a charged political atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
L’avenue Duquesne
Boulanger
Cabinet officers urge firm policy with Germany over Samoa
Secretary Whitney says time has come to establish a definite Pacific policy. He commends Capt Mullan at Latonga and orders the Nipsic to remain at Samoa, to be joined by the Trenton and Vandalia. Vandalia to sail soon from Mare Island while Nipsic nears Samoa. cabinet circles expect Congress to settle the dispute, and Germany is viewed as having overstepped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Washington
Navy
Whitney
Pacific Ocean
Mullan
Latonga
United States
Nipsic
Samoa
Trenton
Panama
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
Congress
Vandalia Heads to Samoa Amid Fog and Talks
The Vandalia, after a foggy departure from the Mare Island navy yard, anchored for the night and will proceed to Samoa today. In London, U.S. Minister Phelps met Lord Salisbury for half an hour to discuss Samoa difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samoa
San Francisco
United States
Mary Island Nayy Yard
Salisbury
London
Phelps
Lord Salisbury
Exodus from Ireland Drives 400 Families to Argentina
Dusuin Jan 22. Despite warnings from the bishop, 400 families will depart Limerick to sail from Queenstown to the Argentine republic seeking new homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Dusuin
Limerick
Queenstown
Argentine Republic
German Sailors Fire On American Flag In Samoa
Arta Samoa January 21 The German men of war Adler Olga and Eber attacked Mataafa’s soldiers under the German consul and Capt Fritz. Twenty two German sailors killed thirty two wounded as ships burn American houses and flags and take citizens prisoner. United States Consul Blacklock reports American lives and property in great danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arta
Samoa
Adler
Olga
Eber
Mataafa
Fritz
United States
Apia Harbor
Apia
George Scanlan
Matatagatele
E. L. Hamilton
Blacklock
Bayard
Policy questions loom on Samoan crisis in Washington
Secretary Bayard says the State Department has exhausted discretion to handle Samoan trouble honorably. The Senate will define policy after receiving full correspondence. Secretary Whitney urges a definite Pacific policy as the Nipsic, Trenton, and Vandalia are ordered to Samoa to safeguard American interests.
Sioux City and Northern to link Manitoba with Pacific line
Arrangements with Philadelphia Trust Co to fund construction of the Sioux City and Northern railroad from Sioux City to a Manitoba connection near Marshall Minnesota, a 130 mile link. Location set by a local company with much right of way secured for the first thirty miles and Plymouth county tax votes to fund completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Philadelphia Trust Company
Sioux
Plymouth County
Manitoba
Pacific Short Line
Tragic Wyoming shooting follows elopement attempt
In Cheyenne on Friday night a young man named Cushing and a woman named Bloodgood eloped on horseback. Bloodgood’s husband, foreman of Ham’s Fork mines, pursued with friends and was killed when she shot him after he refused to release her lover. The sheriff is pursuing Bloodgood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Cushing
Bloodgood
Ham's Fork
Rates Cut by Competing Railways Warned by Burlington Official
Chicago January twenty third. The general passenger agent of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy holds evidence that several rivals are cutting fares. He presents tickets bought in Denver and Chicago at $1 to $2 below standard prices, tied to street commissions paid to brokers. The tickets include Missouri Pacific, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Chicago Kansas and Nebraska, and a Rock Island division, suggesting widespread violation of verbal Western railroads agreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morster
Phan Thit Wabash
Chicago
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Denver
Missouri Pacific
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Kansas
Nebraska
Rock Island
Stirlington
Fire Raze Damages Berksford Bakery Confectionery
A blaze at 4:30 a m destroyed the upper floors used for manufacture and storage at the Berksford Baking and Confectionery company in St Paul. The second floor and below suffered water damage totaling a total loss of stock including flour sugar and crackers. Firemen stopped the flames after about thirty minutes with the third and fourth floors gutted. The firm estimates the total loss will reach a large sum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Losy
Iowa Supreme Court Rules Damages for Trespass on Unoccupied Lands
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that owners of unoccupied lands may recover damages for trespass by grazing stock. The decision, announced from Fort Dopee on Jan 23, settles the issue in all pending suits. Northwestern Iowa prairie lands, largely owned by Eastern capitalists and corporations, have long provided free forage to stock raisers, generating significant fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Court
Fort Dopee
Supreme Court of Iowa
Iowa
Supreme Court
Small Pox In Denver Rumored Epidemic
Edward Washburn of Omana reports a Denver private letter confirming a small pox epidemic in the city. The writer claims the disease is widespread and being kept from public knowledge, estimating about 140 cases and noting travelers may unknowingly encounter exposed locations with no warning signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omana
Edward Washburn
Denver
Public Building Funds Approved for Three Cities
The president has signed bills increasing public building appropriations for San Francisco Milwaukee and Omaha. San Francisco gets 800000 dollars, Milwaukee 1200000 dollars, and Omaha 1200000 dollars for building and site projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Washington
Wis
Various world and national news items across politics and industry
Reports include Clinton Iown electric light activation, Judge Advocate Swaim nearing retirement, Senate tariff bill delay to 5 pm, Jack McAuliffe training in Beloit for Billy Myers bout, Pasteur honored by Greece, Groton linseed oil mill starting, Panama Canal company leadership, Ottawa lumbermen on export duties, Lubeck bringing quiet Samoa news, author John Geoghegan dead at 74, Wissmann to be German consul general in Zanzibar, Baltimore oyster fleet case, Danbury hat factory fire, Birmingham mob lynching report, Bishop Joshua Hughes dead, Indiana sugar cane outlook with H W Wiley comment on sorghum feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swaim
Senate
Jack McAuliffe
Beloit
Wis
Billy Myers
Greece
Order of the Saviour
Professor Pasteur
Groton
Dak
M. de Lessepps
Charles
New
Panama Canal Company
Ottawa
Lubeck
Samoa
Sidney
John Geoghegan
John Barleycorn
Lieut. Wissmann
Zanzibar
Baltimore
Robert C. Mills
Danbury
Conn
Green Bros
Birmingham
Ala
Trbng
Meadows
Kellum
Louis Jackson
Joshua Hughes
St. Asaph
England
Indiana
H. W. Wiley
United States
Chicago Grain and Provisions Prices Summary
Prices for Wheat, Corn, Oats, Pork, Lard and Short Riley listed by month and contract. January figures include Wheat at 9654c and Pork at $12.30, with other months showing varied cents and dollars across grains and products. The data mix includes several garbled tokens but conveys monthly price points for grains and meats in Chicago markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Short Riley
Restrict Immigration Provisions Animate New Tariff Bill
Washington report on the Ford immigration measure outlines strict limits on arrivals. It bans idiots and paupers, those with certain crimes, diseased persons, and contract workers except clergy or professors. Penalties include fines up to 1000 dollars, head taxes of five dollars per passenger, and carrier notification duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford Immigration Committee
House
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Circuit
Senate Accepts Sugar Bounty Clause in Tariff Bill
The Senate approved a sugar bounty amendment 27 to 28, creating a one cent per pound bounty for U S sugar producers until April 1900. Applicants must file production plans and obtain an annual license from the internal revenue commissioner. The bounty is funded from duties on imported sugar, with penalties for misrepresentation or fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Jan
Reagan
Cooley
Mr. Payne
Ohio
Mr. Quay
Pennsylvania
United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Treasury
Washington Senate Proceedings and Early Presidency Notes
The senate considers credentials for Hoar Ivory Higgins with on motion by Edmunds. sugar clause tariff debate adjourns. House actions include Arkansas Mississippi South Carolina and West Virginia court bills. DC age of consent raised. Spinola seeks minority Ford immigration report. fortifications appropriation under review. Morton begins prep as Vice President elect, reading papers before formalizing presiding duties. De Lesseps elected Panama Canal company president. Barnett & Lichtenstein department store in Des Moines fails with large liabilities reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dawes
Senate
Hoar
Anthony Higgins
Delaware
Committee On Privileges and
Edmunds
House
Arkansas
Mississippi
South Carolina
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Spinola
New York
Morton
Gen. McCook
Massing Dervishes Rumors Reach Khartoum Invasion Talk
From Souakim January 19 reports say dervishes are massing in Khartoum with plans to march on Nyongola and the Mahdi may be contemplating an invasion of Egypt amid Bazaar rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souakim
Khartoum
Nyeongola
Egypt
Cabinet guesses and cabinet offers in early 19th century US politics
A Washington correspondent queried 41 senators and 126 representatives about cabinet picks. Top choice favored by 21 senators and 62 representatives included Blaine as Secretary of State and Alger as Secretary of War. Second option backed by 9 senators and 31 representatives included Sherman and Alger. Reports also mention Alfred Buck of Georgia possibly receiving a cabinet offer and Carnegie being courted for the interior secretaryship amid comments from The Sun Indianapolis and The Evening Express in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James G. Blaine
the Treasury
Warner Miller
Russell A. Alger
Nathan Golf
Interior
S. B. Estee
John Wanamaker
Joseph R. Hawley
John Sherman
T. ©. Platt
Navy
Theodore Roosevelt
James F. Wilson
S. B. Esten
William Mahone
Buck
Georgia
Carnegie
New York
the Sun
Indianapolis
Col
Alfred Buck
Wolverhampton
Eng
Evening Express
Andrew Carnegie
Harrison
On to Oklahoma invasion plans emerge
Major Lillie discloses Oklahoma invasion preliminaries advancing well with 500 to 1,000 travelers leaving Kan. city Jan 28 and a 5,000 strong column expected to reach the territory line. Troops would only arrest trespassers, not compel movement, amid questions about handling thousands of marchers. The report also notes Canadian canal work and other 1880s news items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cisey Wicaita
Kan
Maj
Lillie
Pawnee Bill
Oklahoma
Major Lillie
Gladstonian Gain in Govan Seat Election
In Govan division Lanarkshire Gladstonian Liberal Mr Wilson defeated Unionist Sir John Pender by 4420 to 8849 after Sir William Pearce had held the seat with 8574 votes to Liberal Dickson's 3212 in the prior contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galascow
Govan
Lanarkshire
William Pearce
Wilson
John Pender
Mr. Dickson
Chinese Palace Scorched in Pekin Fire
A Pekin dispatch reports part of the imperial palace burned as the Chinese empire reportedly spends lavishly for the emperor's forthcoming marriage. In Moorhead Minnesota, the Brown murder trial concluded with a verdict of first degree murder after a three hour jury deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
Pekin
Moorhead
Mooreeheav
Minn
Brown
Mills
Yale Will Cross the Pond Rowing Challenge
Capt Woodruff says Yale will likely row Cambridge on the other side of the pond between August 1 and 15. He notes little chance of Yale facing Dublin University crew this season and expresses confidence in a great victory for Yale abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Woodruff
Cambridge
England
Dublin University
Plemen
Steady Decline in Prices Reported by R G Dun & Co Agency
R G Dun & Co reports mild weather retarding trade and a slow distribution of goods, with no strong demand for iron due to bankers' agreement. Dry goods movement stalls, woolens modest, cottons weak, and open winter slows farm marketing and collections. Prices trend downward across wheat corn oats pork butter eggs leather coffee cotton. stock markets show tempered strength, and weekly business failures total 830 US and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Bun & Co
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Atlantic
United States
Canada
Dominion of Canada
Poverty in Canada Alarming Increase in Cities
The Trades and Labour Council in Toronto reports 163 admissions to the casual ward and 635 outdoor relief cases in the first half of January. They attribute rising poverty to over-emigration from Great Britain to Canadian labor centers and note unfulfilled promises of immigration cuts by Premier Sir John A. Macdonald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Trades and Labor Council
House of Industry
Great Britain
Canada
John A. MacDonald
Indignant town lynches triple murderers in Tiptonville
A Memphis despatch reports at Tiptonville Tennessee, an angry mob hanged a trio who killed an elderly widow to rob her. The plot involved the young man who married the widow’s daughter and his wife, seeking the $300 to $4109. The town, isolated with no railroad or telegraph links, quickly mobbed the accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Memphis
Tenn
The
Herald
Tiptonville
Mississippi River
Here
J. F. Atcheson
Shanghai
Preparing to Lead Inauguration News
Washington on January 18 reports the Western Union Telegraph main office undergoing enlargement and extensive repairs to boost business capacity by over one third in anticipation of the inauguration. The New York Baseball Club signs Wagenhart, ex Princeton College club, to fill in at shortstop for Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inauguration
Washington
Western Union Telegraph Company
New York
Wagenhart
Princeton College
Ward
Also Mentioned on This Page
Texas
Burchard
Washington, Jan
Normandie
Washington Post
Blaine
Emmons Blaine
H. Burchard
Wanamaker
Europe
Philadelphia
la Gascogne
Catholic Knights
Banfield
Arbeiter Bund
Tuley
Cabinet
BatTimore
Sun
State Department
Acific Ocean
Kentucky
Evansville
Ind
Spottsville
Green River
Louisville, St
General Dawes
Northern
Clinton Iown
Ford Committee
de Lesseps
M.delesseps
New Panama Canal Company
Barnett & Lichtenstein
Dominion
United States Engineers
Poe
Detroit River
Amherstburg
Hayti
Jamaica
Galena
Key West
CP Iore
Port Au Prince
Thompson
Legitime
Haytien Republic
Morse
Boston
Gould
Jay Gould
J. P. Munn
Mr. Gould
Swarm
Board of Army
Geneva
Ills
Bauereisen
Barron & Co
Hoou
Hood
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!