Senator Cameron sued for breach of promise in Pennsylvania
The article reports Senator Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania being sued for breach of promise of marriage by Treasury Department employee Mrs. Mary E. Oliver seeking 450 000 in damages. Oliver is a 35 year old widow in the department. Cameron is 78 and a widower. The case is described as potentially involving blackmail. Additional brief items note the nolle prosequi in Gen Belknap case approved by the President, the death of John O Mahoney ex Fenian leader, Lerdo and Escobedo arriving in New York, other recent deaths, Bishop O Hara excommunicating the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Lerdo’s statements on Mexican rebellion, the death of Rev John Wiley aged 81, and a California farmer charged with bribery of Secretary Chandler in a land dispute.
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Simon Cameron
Pennsylvania
Mary E. Oliver
Treasury Department
Oliver
Cameron
Gen. Belknap
Nolle
Criminal Court of
District of Columbia
John O'Mahoney
Fenian Organization
New York
Ireland
Lerdo
Escobedo
Mexico
Theodorus Bailey
Washington
Henry F. Tomlinson
Memphis
Tenn
Ashtabula
O'Hara
Scranton
Order of Hibernians
Supreme Court
Inglesias
Republic
Fey
John Wiley
Protestant Episcopal Church
Baltimore
Stewart
Yuba County
Cal
Zach Chandler
Yellowstone Engagement and Farther Dispatches Reported
Gen Miles command details a violent clash with Crazy Horse’s Indians on January 8 with 600 lodges driven from camp and losses of dead wounded and prisoners. Other items note the George Washington wreck near Cape Race with thirteen bodies found, two revenue officers killed in Greensboro, Paine’s Ashtabula loss figures, Maggie Mitchell at McVicker’s Chicago, Spotted Tail’s departure from Camp Robinson, Germany cattle import ban, and a proposed relocation of the Washington monument foundation in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Yellowstone
Crazy Horse
Indiana
St. Johns
N. F
George Washington
Cape Race
Greensboro
N. C
South Carolina
Charles Paine
Lake Shore
Ashtabula
Maggie Mitchell
McVicker’s Theater
Chicago
Washington Monument
Massachusetts Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Washington
Hogs Packed by City Totals and Early 20th Century Business News
The report lists hog packing totals at Chicago and other cities, with figures from 1,411,434 at Chicago to 16,156 at Sioux City. It notes failures by Thomas R. Agnew of New York with 884000 liabilities and 460000 assets and E H Charles of Montreal with 100000 liabilities. A March wage increase is announced for Wamsutta Mills in New England as a sign of business revival.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Louisville
Indianapolis
Peoria
Des Moines
Gedar Rapids
Kansas City
Quincy
Sabula
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Thomas R. Agnew
New York
E. H. Charles
Montreal
New England
Wamsutta Mills
Louisiana Returns and Returning Board Hearings Contentious
The House committee questioned Governor Wells and Returning Board members about canvassing Louisiana votes. Wells refused to answer until relieved from duress, while Abell and Judge Davis described actions on December 3 and Vernon parish matters. Kenner denied offering money to influence Louisiana’s Tilden vote as Kenner and Woodward testified on the seventh.
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Gov. Wells
House
David Dudley Field
Louisiana
Returning Board
Wich
Charles
Abell
Littlefield
Vernon Parish
W. Itness
Davis
Duncan F. Kenner
New Orleans
J. Madison Wells
Tilden
Washington
Louis M. Kenner
T. W
Youk A. Woodward
Isiana Returning Board
Sressional
Ken
Vernon
Eaton
Woodward
Stearns
Florida
House Privileges Committee
South Carolina
Hayes
W. E. Chandler
Bismarck
D. Willard
North
A. B. Levisee
Senate
Levisee
C. Irving Ditty
Maryland
House Committee
Maddox
Quadroon Hall
Lyman Trumbull
Sparks
Judge Trumbull
Capt. Ditty
John F. Mulherin
Louisiana Returning Board
Maj. Eaton
Tyner
Watts
Oregon
Testimony on 1876 electoral misconduct and Florida dispute
Witnesses describe intimidation and alleged alterations to returns in Louisiana and Florida as the Electoral Commission weighs the legitimacy of Florida certificates. Levisee recounts offers of bribes to defect in the Electoral College, while Ditty notes reputational doubts of Maddox.
Montenegro Prince Opens Peace Talks with Ottoman Government
Cable dispatches report the Prince of Montenegro agreeing to direct negotiations with Turkey for peace terms. Midhat Pasha has been dismissed as Grand Vizier in Constantinople. The Bavaria steamship, from New Orleans to Liverpool, burned at sea February 6 at 9 30 p m. passengers and crew survived after being rescued by the Dorothy Thompson in a northeast gale and landed at Beaufort, South Carolina. An Omaha woman, Caroline Lambert, 101, died after kerosene fire set by spilled fluid while lighting a pipe to smoke.
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Montenegro
Constantinople
Midhat Pasha
Bavaria
New Orleans
Liverpool
Dorothy Thompson
Beaufort
8. C
Caroline Lambert
Omaha
Robbery and murder cases unfold in early Chicago pages
A. Seeley residence in Chicago was entered by five men last week. Mrs Seeley, a hired girl and a child were overpowered as money and valuables valued at about 700 were stolen. The break in occurred in broad day on a principal street. Warren Clough of York county Nebraska was tried for murdering his brother and robbing the corpse of a large sum and sentenced to be hanged in August. John D Lee application noted.
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Seeley
Chicago
Sanforrd
SanForp
Catarth
Sanford
Beaton
Eorge F. Dinsmore
Bank officers held on charges amid large bank losses
John Di Tracy and J L Chapman of the Hartford bank were arrested with falsifying accounts and embezzlement of 75000. The institution faces about 560000 in overdrafts and poor security, though it shows 300000 surplus and 90000 in undivided profits. In Maryland, Chas Henry Simpson and Martin Henry were executed for the 1876 murder of John W Everett. Simpson’s neck broke, Henry strangled. About 4000 spectators, mostly Black, attended at Port Tobacco.
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John di Tracy
J. L. Chapman
Farmers’ and Mechanics’ National Bank of Hartford
Chas
Henry Simpson
Martin Henry
Port Tobacco
John W. Everett
Simpson
Henry
Russian Prime Minister Succession and Global Turmoil
Prince Gortschakoff retires as Russian Prime Minister. Count Adlerburg succeeds him. The British Parliament convened Feb 7 with the Queen delivering a speech denouncing Turkish crimes in Bulgaria and noting hopes for peace through an international accord. Reports warn of maritime and industrial disasters including a drowning in Lundy Channel, a Fass colliery explosion, missing fishing vessels, and a Calcutta gunpowder explosion with numerous casualties.
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Prince Gortschakoff
Count Adlerburg
Bulgaria
Constantinople
Turkey
Ethel
Lundy Island
Fass
Bolton
Eng
London
Yarmouth
Calcutta
Arbitration Hearings On Florida Electors Overview
The record details daily sessions from Feb 5 to Feb 12 as the Electoral Commission debates Florida electors. Speeches by Evarts and O Conor precede secret sessions on evidence admissibility. February 7 to 10 show votes on Humphreys eligibility and final elector certification, ending Feb 12 with Louisiana certificates read and an adjournment.
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The
Electoral Commission
Florida
Senate
Board of State
Humphreys
United States
Messrs. Evarts
O’conor
O'Conor
Tursday
Justice Miller
F.C. Humphreys
Yeas— Bradley
Edmunds
Frelinghuysen
Garfield
Hoar
Miller
Morton
Strong
Ways
Abbott
Bayard
Clifford
Field
Hunton
Payne
Thurman
Frederick C. Humphreys
Yeas
Bradley
Nays
Frelingh
Woods
Newark
Hoadley
Mesers
Shellabarger
Evarts
Merrick
Tilden
Charles W. Pearce
William H. Holden
Thomas W. Long
Yeas—Bradley
Messrs. Edmunds
Louisiana
Joint Convention of Congress
Senate and House actions on foreign relations and appropriations
The Senate reports a bill to promote telegraphic links with Europe and passes the public land settlers relief. It declines a House pay bill for Capt Ends jetty contract. The Washington Police Board abolish bill fails over a veto. The House spends the day on the Deficiency Appropriation bill and orders printing of Louisiane committee testimony. Feb 6–7.
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Senate
Cameron
Committee On Foreign Relations
Europe
Windom
Committee On Appropriations
House
Washington Board of Police Commissioners
Senate and House clash over Florida votes in Electoral count
Amid heated debates the Senate and House juggle electoral objections over Florida and Louisiana certificates. A party line vote sustains the Florida decision, while a joint session proceeds with a chaotic Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana tallying for Hayes and Tilden amid contested electors.
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Intel Academy
Ingalls
Senate
Mesers
Hamlin
Dorsey
Davis
Eads
Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
House
Government Printing Office
Congressional
New York
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Blount
Committee On Appropriations
Tuurns Bay
Garland
Arkansas
Mississippi
Hale
Louisiana Returning Board
Electoral Commission
Capt. Howgate
America
Europe
Morrison
Louisiana
Board of Returning Officers
Hayes
Wheeler
Townsend
United States
Saronpay
Ferry
Field
Florida
Whyte
Wilkinson
Col
Robert Bullock
J. B. Yonge
R. B. Hinton
Sherman
Messrs. McCrary
Kasson
Wilson
Banks
Warren
Jones
Sayler
Randall
Cox
Tilden
Tellera
Georgia
Hendricks
Ilinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Kellogg
McEnery
Desmonds
Messenger
John Smith
Cooper and Cary
Company 2
Bulldosers
McDonald
The Gospel of Merit and the Pierce Remedies
In an age of inquiry the text argues positive proof of merit for medicines. It praises R V Pierce M D and his products from the World’s Dispensary Buffalo NY, including Sage’s Catarrh Remedy and Golden Medical Discovery. It claims cures for coughs colds bronchial and nervous conditions and promotes Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets and Favorite Prescription. It advertises The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser a 1000 page book priced $1.50 with postage.
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Smong
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
N. Y
Sage
Dr. Pierce
Buffalo, N. Y
Physicians Admit Lungs Consume Fatal Progression
Honest doctors say once consumption grips the lungs death is certain and about half of deaths stem from neglected coughs or colds that could have been cured by a small bottle of Liquid Opodeldoc or Johnson's Anodyne Liniment.
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Johnson
Rheumatism Cure Promised by Darang Remedy Ad
A circular offer invites readers to obtain Darang Rheumatic Remedy from Helphenstine & Bentley in Washington DC. The ad claims internal use will cure rheumatism worldwide, with price one dollar per bottle. It promotes J H McLean tonics for blood purification and strength, listing St Louis address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helphenstine & Bentley, Druggists
Washington, D. C
Catarrh Snuff Ad by Dr J H McLean
Nasal spray ad promotes Dr J H McLean's Catarrh Snuff to soothe irritation and heal sores on the nose face or skin. Trial boxes priced at 50 cents by mail. Address 314 Chestnut Street St Louis.
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J. H. McLean
Chestnut Street
St. Louis
Chestnut
Notice of Refund for Parsons Purgative Pills Purchase
A public notice states authorization to refund cash to any buyer who purchases Parsons Purgative Pills and fails to receive relief or satisfaction. The refund applies to all such purchasers. No other details are provided in the excerpt.
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Parsons
Pulmonary Balsam Ad by Cutler Bros Co Boston
An advertisement for Pulmonary Balsam promotes it as a great New England cure for coughs colds and consumption. The Boston firm Cutler Bros & Co claims to offer the only genuine product.
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New England
Cutler, Bros. & Co.'s
Boston
Garibaldi Reported Very Ill Beyond Hope of Recovery
Garibaldi is said to be very ill and beyond hope of recovery. A caption or ad titled Down with high prices accompanies the notice, reflecting the era’s public sentiment on cost of living.
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Garibaldi
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