Found Dead in New York Guest House Poisoning Case
Tas Cronin, registered from San Francisco at Stevens' House, was found dead in his room after taking morphine. He left a brother in Brooklyn notes about his estate. Also reports from New York on Grant's travel plans and various city incidents including a Vanderbilt sleigh collision and a shooting match proposal between Bogardus and Carver.
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Foreign Notes and London Telegrams Sweep Through Jan 14
Berlin reports conservative journals doubt a clause in the parliamentary discipline bill allowing courts to handle offending members. In London wreck news a ship named Thomas Reed ashore near Freshwater Bay. 20 saved, 3 drowned. A colliery explosion in Rhondda Valley traps and fears many dead. rescue blocked, salvors active. Anti-Socialist law results show 457 injunctions and 62 expulsions. Committees debate pension provisions and military service wording. adjournment follows.
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Thomas “al
Reed
Small
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Freshwater Bay
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Trimby House
Milford
Senate Debates on Railroads and Patent Law Revisions
XLV Congress in Washington on January 14 discussed unobjected calendar bills and a Butler resolution to probe railroad construction on public land in Arizona. Davis praised agricultural interests. Senate split topics, with commerce and railroads referred to committees. Matthews objected to patent law amendments as Morgan proposed sanctions for vexatious suits.
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Arizona
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Committee On Railroads
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Morgan
Geneva award bill delayed as pensions debated in committee
In a tight vote the Geneva award bill was postponed by year 112 with nays 105. The measure for pensions to survivors of the Mexican War and other conflicts moved to the committee of the whole. Sinnickson proposed pensions for soldiers with zero days in service. Oregon and Washington Indian war survivors were later added.
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Eden
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Committee On Appropriations
Julian Hartridge
Hoye
Goode
Marine Service
Sinnickson
United States
Williams
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Oregon
Washington
Ayenders
Rays
Painful scene in St Antoine de Tilly clubbed by cats
The report tells of Maxime Labonte found dead after neighbors forced entry in St Antoine de Tilly. Two cats reportedly gnawed flesh from his face and body after confinement, a grim scene noted by locals.
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St. Antoine de Tilly
Maxime Labonte
Labonte
Self-made Literary Men in Early American Letters
In a Hartford Courant letter James T. Fields recalls Bayard Taylor’s Boston debut and notes how many distinguished American writers achieved fame without a college education. The piece highlights Bayard Taylor, Maria Brooks, Mrs. Stowe, and contemporaries like William D. Novella T. J. Aldrich G. T. Lathrop F. H. Underwood as self-made figures who rose from printing trades or schooling to prominence.
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William D. Novella
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F. H. Underwood
Transic Monthly
Fragments On Currency, Crime, and Public Figures
A mosaic of notes cites 4 Pa fractional currency, local costs, a Sacramento woman and her pet turtle, plans to hang Washington in Kentucky and Jefferson Davis in South Carolina, NY arrests, Palermo streetcars, and memorial funds. Also mentions Howe’s re election, an estate claim, and Lord Beaconsfield versus Gladstone.
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Kentucky
Jeff Davis
South Carolina
O Leary Faces Call for Stricter Regimen After Walk Loss
The article argues O Leary must adopt a tougher routine if he keeps the Astley belt, noting his recent walks lacked training. It criticizes his late habits and indulgence in New York, urging him to retire evenings out and focus on business. Corkey Brown of London and Harriman of Boston seen as strong rivals. Harriman recently logged 480 miles in six days at Mystic Park.
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Jefferson Market
Hell in Marquesas Described by a Former Resident
An American who lived among Marquesan natives recounts their view of hell as total darkness except for passing spirits. The condemned face a wing-flapping demon amid continual fire, with women largely excluded from the highest realms but blessed by male chiefs and priests.
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Priceta
Binghamton Republican Picks Up a Witty Letter Joke
A short, ironic note describes a lady sending nine pithy paragraphs to the Binghamton Republican with six italics implying a joke. A physician praises a six year old boy’s health, while the boy contradicts with a remembered ache from last summer after being whipped by his mother.
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Aftrward
Rene Shtrrarés
Mystery Sentinel Guards Snowdrop Site At Court
The Prince recalls walking with the Emperor of Russia in a St Totéra garden when a sentinel stood watch without explanation. After inquiries, the driver of the watch echoes the order to guard, tracing back to Empress Catherine II who ordered protection of a snowdrop planted a century ago.
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Nan
Catherine HI
Unclear Transcriptions Mix Spelling and Nonsense
A garbled OCR bundle from multiple papers contains misspellings odd phrases about spring chickens maple sugar and trains. It lists fictitious newspaper names and ends with broken quotes and diacritics suggesting corrupted source text.
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