Parochial Schools Urged and Clergy Decline in Ireland
A digest from the era reports the Baptist Missionary Union showing 78,358 raised toward a 150,000 goal by April 1 to meet liabilities. It notes a 710 decline in Episcopal Church of Ireland clergy since disestablishment, and cites Rev. George D. Boardman advocating parochial schools by all denominations. It also mentions Canon Sidders extending confidential absolution, remarks on the Paris Archbishop’s Lenten pastoral, and lists the American New Testament revisers representing seven denominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Missionary Union
Episcopal Church of Ireland
George D. Boardman
First Baptist Church of Philadelphia
Sidders
Pusey
Oxford
Paris
T. D. Woolsey
New Haven
J. H. Thayer
Andover
Mass
Ezra Abbott
Unitarian
Cambridge
J. K. Bury
Methodist
New Jersey
Thomas Chase
Pennsylvania
Howard Crosby
Presbyterian
New York
Timothy Dwight
Congregational
A. C. Kendrick
Baptist
Rochester
N. Y
Lee Episcopal
Delaware
M. B. Riddle
Episcopal
Hartford
P. Schaff
Charles Short
B. A. Washburn
Lowell
Carney
Lowell Committee
Cincinnati Gazette
Mountain of Obsidian in Yellowstone Region
A party in Yellowstone near Beaver Lake discovers a massive obsidian mountain with columnar cliffs rising hundreds of feet. They cut a passage by heating and cooling rock, then breaking it with hammers and wedges, enduring injuries from flying shards. Nearby Gibson River grand canyon reveals yellow and black banded glass cliffs. Indigenous peoples have dressed natural glass for weapon tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone Park
North America
Beaver Lake
Grand Canyon
Gibson River
Senate Debates on Porter Bill and Indian Affairs
The Senate debates the Porter relief bill and discusses Indian appropriation actions. Ministers eulogize the late Senator Houston of Alabama. A House bill for pensions to widows and orphans of totally wounded veterans advances, while discussions continue on jurisdiction and citizenship in regard to Indians. An explosion in a Wilkes-Barre coal mine kills five men.
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Senate
Logan
Porter
Secretary of War
Thurman
Judiciary Committee
House
Houst
Houston
Alabama
Mosara
Wright
Fernando Wood
Cox
Fornoy
Lowe
Williams
Morbert
Worndon
Lews
Samsons
Shelley
Mouse
Atkins
Harris
Blair
Morgan
Judicaary Committee
United States
Fitz John Porter
Hevss
Garland
Secretary of the Interior
Little Mock
Hot Springs
Baldwin
Committee On Commerce
de la Matur
Census
Alawki
Kansas
McMahon
Messrs
Hazlcton
Warner
Hayzleton
Hazleton
Sth
Mer
Teller
Congress
Carpenter
Wilkesbarre
Department needs opportunity for growth and divisions
A Washington letter to Representative Le Fever outlines urgent needs of the Agricultural Department including a suitable building for staff, seed storage, and ongoing exhibition space. Commissioner Le Duc urges adding forestry meteorology and veterinary divisions to expand capability.
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Washington
le Fever
Agricultural Department
le Duc
Mint
Congress
United States
Pittsburgh National Bank of Commercce
Pittsburgh
National Bank Redemption Agency
National Bank
West Office Department
Senate
GeNenan Towano
Senate Selects
Freedmen’s Bank
Jay Cooke & Co
Boston
Pittsfield
New Bedford
Wilkesbarre
Maine Republicans select delegates to Chicago convention
The Maine Legislature chose Eugene Hale Joseph R Bodwell FE T Gill and Almon A Strout as delegates to the National Convention in Chicago on the 8th. Resolutions reaffirm party principles and urge Blaine for the Presidency.
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Tas
Chicago
Maine
Eugene Hale
Joseph R. Bodwell
Fe.t. Gill
Almon A. Strout
Blaine
Roya. B. Conant
Boston
Grant
Hayes
New York
Pennsylvania
Political conventions and incidents across states
Reports from Iowa Wisconsin Indiana Tennessee and Ohio detail party conventions, nominations, and platform positions. Notable items include union greenback and prohibition gatherings, legislative debates on biennial sessions, and local political actions plus a fatal dog bite incident and the St Paul wholesale firm's blaze with half a million loss.
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Des Moines
Bloomington
Iowa
Topeks
Cher Dougass
Fort Leavenworth
State Senate
Wisconsin
House
Union Greenback Labor National Convention
St. Louis
Ralph E. Hoyt
Indiana
George W. Brewster
Town
Stephen B. Dillaye
New Hampshire
Ed. Chambers
Texas
Chicago
Wilmington
Del
United States
Republican State Central Committee
Indianapolis
Blaine
Grant
de la Matyr
Union Greenback Labor Party
C. M. Beckwith
Colorado
Charles Davidson
Georgia
Jackson
R. E. Hoyt
Jd. VP
Knapp
Minola
J. O. McKee
Kansas
Nelson
Mississippi
Ira
Hiseltine
Missouri
G. W. Brewster
Nebraska
Tennessee
Nashville
State Committee
Bayard
Seymour
Tilden
Ohio
Columbus
William HH. Dean
Cleveland
William Mungen
Finlay
James A. Brush
Mount Union
Board of Public Works
J. H. Larimer
Springfield
Eupreme Court
George Calderwood
Greenville
Jay Odell
Mahim Pickeorel
Logan County
President Hayes
General Grant
General Assembly
W. H. Hayes
United States Court For
District of Kentucky
Louisville
Auerbach
Much, Culbertson & Co
St. Paul, Minn
Attempted assassination and unrest reverberate in Europe
Report from St Petersburg describes General Melikoff narrowly escaping a Nihilist’s bullet and being jailed after arrest. A court martial sentenced a would be assassin to death, while alarms of revolutionary acts spread across Russia and Finland. Queenstown prepares emigration to the United States as Finland shows independence movements. A Russian manifesto published in Paris on the 5th contrasts with Berlin dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Melikoff
Supreme Executive Commission
Russia
Revolutionary Committee
Queenstown
Ireland
United States
Berlin
Sth
Finland
Melodetsky
Paris
Agitation Rises Over Russia and European Repressions
Government repressions on intellectual development fuel agitation in Russia as strikes press for a constitution. Ferry accuses Jesuits in France of a state conspiracy. Duchess of Marlborough notes Dublin distress grows. A Glasgow explosion kills twenty three. Paris reports 5000 arrests in St Petersburg. Hartmann seeks exile after the Winter Palace blast. Papal note urges Polish bishops to curb Catholic involvement in anti czar plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Cezar
Sth
Ferry
Society of Jesuits
Duchess of Marlborough
London
Treland
Glasgow
Scotland
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Hartmann
Franco
United States Policy on an Interoceanic Canal Across the Isthmus
President transmits to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State with papers on the Interoceanic Canal project. He asserts U S control and opposition to European involvement, arguing the canal should strengthen national defense and commerce while protecting private capital. Also notes Supreme Court rulings on Federal Section law and elections cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Megsare
Senate
Strananitherewith
Secretary of State
Pobriary Livat
North America
South America
Department of State
United States
American Isthmus
Interocennis
Atyortoun
Atlantia
Prertio
United
Gomaeree
Lurnnikvonn B. Hay Ra
Ohio
Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Dustries Clon and Field
Agreement With the Ute Indians Reaches Formal Draft
Washington reports negotiations with the Utes concluded with a formal agreement. It provides surrender of those implicated in Agent Meeker’s murder, cessions of land in Colorado and allocations for each head of family and individuals, with settlements on La Plata, Grand River, and Uintah lands. Annuities, surveys, and a commission to oversee settlement are outlined along with per capita payments and support for education.
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Washington
Meeker
United States
Colorado
la Plata River
New Mexico
Grand River
Ciumiison
White River
Uintah Reservation
Utah
Congress
Senate and House Proceedings Amid Debates and Delays
Legislative notes show Senate debates on constitutional amendments and road bonding, with no bills passed on the Ist and 2d. House committees weighed tax and county office salaries, prison asylum moves, and police policy, while several measures were indefinitely postponed or amended. A Prohibition amendment and defense bond questions dominated session, with factions divided and adjournments common.
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Senate
Parnell
Hanif Tag
House
Supreme Court
Sande Marnell
Dillon
Tras
Sunareh
Panceltrba- Metin
Ford
Venatiad
Hroutorg
Aro
Gonipinlody
Mutianl
Political Convention Details and Local Tragedies
The notice outlines a State Republican Convention in Des Moines on April date to elect delegates to the National Convention, detailing apportioned delegates by district, and the party's governance. It also reports a Cedar Mines accident killing John Walker, medical figures Keown and Watson’s deaths, a deadly church-area shooting, editor Sir Sorta, and various weather and commodity notes amid a flood of local items.
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Thomas Brooks
Bosd
Valleoud
Hagland
Myla
Uede
Bagh
Bela
Dow Moines
Chlanray
Tao
Wwe
Patito
Hondoh
Guay
Mtnsaat Tks Mous
Cedar Mines
Albin
Oeht
John Walker
Walker
da Preenan Keown
Keokuk
Thomas JK. Watson
Town City
Burlington
Atbla
Dill
Duseque
Bryan Miges
Convicts From Kentucky Arrive in Vatu County
A Greencastle correspondence reports Kentucky inmates recently pardoned and shipped into this state by Governor Blackburn. The piece urges immediate investigation and federal and state action to prevent cross state pardoned convicts from being imported, citing fears of a wider national failure and inter state hostility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Kentucky
Vatu County
Blackburn
Blackburn Didl
Citiog
Patnam
Fred
United States
Bhiokhin
Midhoe
Phas
York
Kantucky
Alges
Ladianapolia
Why on Barts Are Cristinen Democrats in This Hour
A fragment recounts a heated 19th century political speech debating Democrats and Irish American voters. It cites Lincoln era themes, slavery, union loyalty, and the Civil War, arguing that Republicans defend freedom while Democrats favor slavery, urging unity and continued opposition to Democratic doctrines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winory A. Sterna
Barth
Paresen
Flere
Petufont
Patelota
Bert
Mana Buedinet
Thamselverd
Republican Party
Trish
Currin
Oration
Beauvet
Plankatt
Holt
Burke
Democratic
Democratic Party
Daventio Decker
Kansas
Friends of Freedom
Democratic Uicket
Conrresk
Vale
United Suites
Maine election tampering and partisan battles erupt in press
A Maine Republican senator figure is tangled in a disputed Berwick vote count with 258 ballots miscredited as George A Wakefield due to a capital letter error. Investigations show original returns altered, sparking blame and calls to uphold army honor while Cincinnati and Chicago papers debate reform and party strategy. Senator Epmunds is noted for wealth and a large art collection.
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Maine
George H. Wakefield
Berwick
George A. Wakefield
Marceson
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