Chicago Victory Secures 1892 World Fair Site
Washington reports Chicago wins the bid for the 1892 World’s Fair after a drawn out roll call in the House. Chicago rises on the eighth ballot amid rain, gas-lit halls, and cheering crowds as New York and St. Louis trails in the hopes for the fair’s location.
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Temperance Women Who Raided a Missouri Saloon Fined Five Dollars Each
In Trent on Missouri two crusaders sentenced for disturbing a saloon were fined five dollars each by a jury after a packed courthouse crowd sided with the temperance activists. The verdict sparked cheers and a looming appeal as prosecutors plan further action in Lathrop with warrants for twenty three crusaders.
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Missouri
Trenton
Spickardsville Crusaders
Shanklin
Crusaders
St. Josefn
John A. Cross
Lathrop Crusaders
Charges Preferred Against the Civil Service Commission
Washington February 25. Formal charges were filed before the House reform committee naming Civil Service Commission officers. Allegations include Lyman promoting his brother in law Campbell to a $1200 clerkship, Campbell plagiarizing exam questions, Campbells promotion made with Lymans knowledge, Roosevelt and Thompsons failure to investigate, illegal continued employment of Campbell, Bailey promoted without exam, re marked papers of Mitchell, and Roosevelt backing Hamilton Shidy against oath violations.
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Washington
House Committee On Reform
Civil Service
Ewart
N. C
Charles Lyman
Pension Office
Flynn
Ivy Institute
Campbell
Lyman
Roosevelt
Thompson
Edwin D. Bailey
Thomas Mitchell
Hamilton Shidy
Census Bureau
Steele's Turn Now Court Martial Ordered
Secretary of War Redfield Proctor ordered a court martial for Lieutenant M F Steele of the Eighth Cavalry over treatment of Private Wild. General Ruger will base charges on army regulations and require Wild to testify. provisions ensure Wild receives quarters and subsistence at Fort Snelling if needed.
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Washington
Thomas H. Ruger
Department of Dakota
M. F. Steele
Eighth Cavalry
Wild
Fort Snelling
Death Toll Reaches Through Arizona Valley Turmoil
An alarming report describes a deadly torrent sweeping an Arizona valley, leaving destruction and fear in its wake. Authorities warn residents of ongoing danger as rescue and assessment efforts begin, detailing impacted communities and early casualty notes.
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Arizona
Johnstowns disaster repeats a river dam breaks
Prescott A T Feb 25 a large storage dam across the Hassayampa river burst trapping and drowning many with fears of more deaths. Five bodies recovered and identified, graves arranged as two surgeons head to the scene.
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A. T
Hassayampa River
Walnut Grove Water Storage Company
Hassayampa
Walnut Storage Company
Wickenburg
J. Haines
John Silby
Joseph Reynolds
McCarthy
J. McMillan
Walnut Grove
Service Dam
O'Neil
Pua
Yix
Walnut Grove Company
Omama
Neb
South Omaha
Armour & Cudahy
Armour & Cudahy Fire Department
John Tighe
Hans Olsen
Thomas Linehan
Clan-na-Gael Convention Denounces Old Leaders
New York Feb 25 At the Philadelphia Clan-na-Gael convention a new line against treachery and murder was adopted. The order expelled the triangle and fined camps that did not respond, with Camp No 20 in Chicago singled out for its murder links. The executive was ordered to bar any club harboring those named.
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Clan-na-Gael
Philadelphia
New York
Judiciary Committee
Triangle
Order
National League in Session at Toronto
The National League convenes in Toronto to discuss legal and law and order matters. Delegates, officials, and journalists gather as proceedings address regional policing, judiciary coordination, and crime prevention strategies.
National Law and Order League Ends Eighth Session in Toronto
The National Law and Order League held its eighth annual session in Toronto on February 25. President Bonney outlined the league’s purpose and history, noting rapid continental growth and a planned name change to The International Law and Order League. Delegates reported strong yearly progress and international interest.
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Italy
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Sandwich Islands
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Dudley
League
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South Carolina
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International Law and Order League
Tenants’ League
Education
Ontario
Bonney
Law and Order
Arrest of Dallas Express Messenger Over $35000 Loot
F A Walton the Pacific express messenger who decamped from Dallas with 35000 was captured at St Johns New Brunswick by Detective Grose of the Canadian secret service. Seven thousand three hundred dollars was found on him and the rest had gone to gamblers in the city. Walton had secured passage on the steamer Portia for the West Indies.
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Montreal
Can
F. A. Walton
Pacific Express
Dallas
Tex
St. Johns
N. B
Grose
Canadian
Secret Service
A. Walton
Walton
Portia
West Indies
Murder in St Alban area shocks Quebec town
In St Alban Quebec Rudolph Dubois killed his wife Mary and two children and his mother in law Mrs Olymphe Thibeault with an axe after a quarrel over dinner. He fled and is at large in the woods. Separate items note United Salt Company formation in Cleveland with three plants aiming 5000 barrels daily, a fatal spring gun accident in Spring Hut Missouri, drowning deaths from ice on the Spicket river in Lawrence Massachusetts, and an extra session of the Tennessee Legislature opening to address double taxation and election law conflicts.
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Greensburg
Adamsburg
William Stewart
William Crock
William Stemtz
Stewart
Raverex
N. C
J. B. Lanter
Salisbury
Anne DE LA Penang
St. Alban
Here
Rudolph Dubois
Olymphe Thibeault
Mary
Short Specials Highlight Varied 19th Century Events
Reports from across the nation mention royal illness in Spain and political moves in Britain, with deaths from glanders in Illinois and a planned Cherokee Strip homestead move. Lincoln shows improvement, baseball league franchise rumors surface, and a Maine schooner wreck leads to drownings. Time changes spread in Cincinnati while burglaries hit Dixon silks, a rat bite proves fatal in Indiana, and Siberian exile petitions gain traction. A Kendallville railroad is organized, Wade Thompson is killed in West Virginia, John Runk drowns in Indiana, and Dutch settlers plan celery farming near Decatur Michigan.
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Little Duck Island
Maine
Portugal
George Geary
Hillsdale
Mich
Canada
Cincinnati
Brown Bros
Dixon
Ill
James Hilliard
Columbus
Ind
Russia
United States
Butler, Kendallville & Chicago Railroad Company
Kendallville
Butler
Chicago
Wade Thompson
Ceredo
W. Va
Samuel Pratt
John Runk
Shelbyville
Decatur
Three Sisters Jump From Carriage in NJ Crash
A runaway carriage on the boulevard near Emmaneta NJ left three sisters from Newark dead or gravely injured. Mary Ellen Tyler, 30, died instantly. Carrie E. Tyler, 25, died two hours later. Ella Tyler, 19, was badly hurt. In Avanara GA, three Hunt Beach children aged 6, 4, and 2 perished at home after a fire that engulfed the house. The oldest’s skeleton was found in the youngest’s arms.
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Newark
Mary Ellen Tyler
Carrie E. Tyler
Ella Tyler
Avanara
Hunt Beach
Markets in Chicago and New York Steady with Mixed Prices
The Chicago market reports a range of commodities with flour and wheat prices varying by grade and delivery. Live cattle and hogs show a slow to steady trend, while butter, lard, and poultry offer steady to weak signals. New York quotes another round of wheat and corn futures with overall softness in time for February trading.
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Baarley
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County correspondence from Little York Iowa notes visits and events
Mrs Emma McCrery spent Thursday with Mrs Beal Mr Nelman from Pennsylvania visits his sister Mrs Shuchman James Henry badly burned Sunday evening while trying to start a fire with kerosene D Streeter in the village Monday Ed Boggs family visit Mrs B's parents H R Moore John Brownlee and Abel Straum attend a hop at Keithsburg Wednesday Jas McCall arrives in Alexis with a broken leg Mrs Jas Camblin buried Sunday Dan Churchill improving after paralysis Snow three inches Sunday John Severs preparing to sow oats Sick in the neighborhood improving Kirkwood announces spelling school at Gumbles hall Thursday night L S Douty leases a car and plans move to Parker Dakota Albert Hicks wins silver castor at Kelly show Lizzie White visits Monmouth Ed Gilmore of Red Oak Iowa visiting friends Kelly Komedy Kompany leaves for Danville Iowa Mrs J M Oaks arrives from York Nebraska W L Barnes visits family and aid in new time card C R Kaiser at home over Sunday Blooded stock sale at Francis farm March 3 J W Pence travels to Springfield for health sale James Green called to Peoria county Jasper from western Nebraska to visit Henry Salter visits home of John Salter Sr Mrs Wm McIntyre Jr and children travel toward Youngstown to join husband renting a farm
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Little York
Emma McCrery
Beal
Mr. Nelman
Pennsylvania
Shuchman
James Henry
D. Streeter
Ed Boggs
H. R. Moore
John Brownlee
Abel Straum
Keithsburg
Isaac Giles
Jas. McCall
Alexis
Jas. Camblin
Dan Churchill
John Severs
Ru. L. S. Douty
Parker
Dakota
Albert Hicks
Albert
Lizzie White
Monmouth
Ed Gilmore
Red Oak
I. H. Valentine
J. W. Pence
Springfield
James Green
Peoria County
Jasper
Nebraska
Henry Salter
Peoria
John Salter
Wm, McIntyre, Jr
Youngstown
Chicago Market Quotes Report Feb 25
Chicago market news shows estimated hog receipts 22 000, cattle 10 000, sheep 7 000 with 9 30 a m opening. Wheat Q1 Bey corn May oats May pork prices listed for 9 974 closing at 1 15 p m with May wheat 774 May corn 29 30 May oats 20 May pork 9 974 10.
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Rheumatic Syrup Co. Man Swears By Rheumatic Syrup
A Dubuque man writes that after years of inflammatory rheumatism neuralgia and stomach problems he found relief using Ibbard’s Rheumatic Syrup. He praises its efficacy after taking ten bottles and credits his recovery to the remedy. Spriges & Sons and Smith & Dunbar sell it. An 1890 Monmouth ordinance update creates a city marshal and sets term dates.
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Jackson
A. J. Bowery
Lorimier House
Dubuque
Spriges & Sons and
Smith & Dunbar
City of Mouth
City of
Monmouth
City of Monmouth
H. Burling
J Arthur Stevenson
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