Quiet Capital Debate on Isthmus Canal Policy
The Senate debated canal policy with Davis proposing a reconsideration of appointing a special nine member committee. It was argued the issue is vast legal commercial and foreign in scope and should not be rushed. The chamber eventually reconsidered the initial committee vote amid voices favoring foreign relations and commerce input. The House heard speeches on removal of causes to federal courts with references to national unity and postwar reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Garland
Eaton
Foreign Affairs Committee
Committee of Commerce
Burnside
Senate
Conkling
Committee On Foreign Relations
Bayard
Garfield
Herbert
Alabama
Conree
House
Blackburn
Mr. Stephens
Conger
Mr. Conger
Jackson
Robeson Triumph Clears Riders Rule Clash in Congress
Special Dispatch to Tres Times reports February congressional action as Warner fails and Robeson, with Garfield coaching, pushes an amendment banning riders to appropriation bills. Randall notes the economy constraint, Democrats back Robeson 115 to 43, Morrison offers a substitute, both sides rally, rule passes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Warner
Robeson
Garfield
Randall
Morrison
Rascality of Freedman's Bank Probed in Senate Report
Special dispatch notes little committee activity while the Senate Freedman's Bank inquiry reveals solvency through 1874. Anson M Sperry cites deposits rising from 300000 in 1866 to 31000000 in 1872 and 55000000 in 1874, blaming wild speculation for the collapse. Frederick Douglass adds limited understanding of the bank's inner workings. General Beauregard to testify on lottery questions next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freedmans Bank
Tur Times
Washington
Congressional
Senate
A. B. Maynard
Indianapolis Sentinel
Indiana
House Committee On Territories
Indian Territory
Senate Select Committee
Freedman’s Bank Ansom M
Sperry
Frederick Douglass
House Committee On
General Beauregard
Widow sues to recover life insurance surplus after creditor case
Supreme Court rejects claim by Anna M. Matlack against William Mann over $2,473.23 excess from two $5,000 life policies. Court finds no evidence of a binding promise to pay surplus beyond satisfying the debtor's claim, despite a prior withdrawal of notice to insurers.
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Supreme Court
Anna M. Matlack
William Mann
Matlack
Mann
Rance Company
Rival Syndicate Builds Texas and Pacific to El Paso
A contract with bonds and stock per mile aimed to finish the Texas and Pacific line to El Paso within three years. Investors include Gould, Dillon, and Boston interests. bids neared 90 percent, with a 30 day window for inclusion. Huntington group dominates west, Gould east, sparking debates over true competition and government guarantees.
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Texas and Pacific Railroad Company
el Paso
New Mexico
Jay Gould
Sidney Dillon
Boston
Pacific
Huntington
California Seaboard
Frank 8. Bond
Gould
Bond
Huntington Party
Gould Party
Huntingdon End
Central
Union Pacific
Count Mitkiewicz Denies Fraudulent Intent in Coal Case
February 19. Count Eugene Mitkiewicz responds to Charles A. Hardy and others trading as Castner Co. coal case in City Court. He denies all fraud claims, asserts evidence supporting his statements, and says credit for coal went to the firm’s debtors only to the extent of 3000 dollars secured by his wife, asking for dismissal with costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitkiewicz, Cook & Co
Kintz
Bughmore
Washington
Six alleged horse thieves arrested near Reading today
Special Dispatch reports six alleged Philadelphia thieves arrested in Reading and Amityville. Names include John Wilkins Charles Harris John Morn John Francis James Viring and Isaac Sehmehl. Firing and Sehmehl accused of murdering Amityville Humbletonian stallion valued at $1000. Horse bled to death after stabbing in stall. Prisoners committed for hearing by Squire High amid threats of lynching.
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Tae Tres
Reading
Philadelphia
John Wilkins
Charles Harris
John Morn
John Francis
James Viring
Isaac Sehmehl
Sehmehl
Amityville
F. B. Rhoads
Squire High
Sackett’s
Wentzel’s Hotel
Sherman Club Forms In Washington By Sherman Friends
A Sherman Club was organized in Washington at the office of C. W. Moulton, brother in law to the candidate, with plans to form branches in major cities across the United States.
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Teme Trates
Washington
Friends of Sherman
C. W. Moulton
Union
Perils of Land and Sea Claim Multiple Fatalities
A blotched review of disasters reports several deaths and injuries. Job W. Green died after a shaft incident in North Wilbraham Massachusetts. Richard Pascoe was instantly killed after stopping before a passenger train near Taylorville. The Belgian steamer Switzerland lost a boat and one man overboard near Antwerp. The steamer Monarch returned to Newcastle due to heavy weather, vessel wrecked and crew injured. Fire destroyed the Waterbury Spoon Factory with heavy losses plus uninsured items. Dorset Manufacturing in West Troy lost its roof to wind. no injuries. A building in Waterbury was unroofed. Gale wrecks trees and signs. Yawl capsized near India Point with three Block Island men lost. Boiler explosion at Barton & Babcock distillery near Peoria killed two and injured several. danger remains as boilers ran dry.
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Scranton
Richard Pascoe
Lackawanna
Taylorville
Switzerland
Anderson
Antwerp
New York
London
Monarch
Thompson
Newcastle
Waterbury
Conn
Booth & Hayden Works
Dorset Manufacturing Company
West Troy
First Street
Madison
Providence
R. I
Archibald Milliken
Henry Condon
G. Addison Rose
N. F. Dixon
KE. W. Rose
India Point
Block Island
Barton & Babcock
Peoria
Ill
John Sill
Benjamin Babcock
John Richardson
William Burns
Louis Laufenberg
Masher
Oscar Mills
Last Volume Removed From Old Philadelphia Library
The Philadelphia Library Company bids farewell to its Fifth and Library streets building with the last volume and furniture moved out. The new branch at Locust and Juniper opens to the public Tuesday as inquiries about the Franklin-founded library are redirected. The article recalls the library’s 1789 cornerstone laid by Benjamin Franklin and notes its storied history, donors, and notable visitors including President Washington and Congress.
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Fifth and
Library Streets
Benjamin Franklin
Locust
Juniper Streets
Washington
Philadelphia
Congress
Independence Hall
Carpenter Hall
Philadelphia Library Company
America
Library Company
Fifth
Library
London
South Seas
Chile
Peru
Mons. Frezier
William Rawle
Edmund Spenser
Ae Company
Salaries of Luzerne Officials Questioned by Attorney General
Special Dispatch to Tas Traces reports Luzerne county officers demanded compensation under the salary act for counties over 150000. Auditor General Schell sent the matter to Attorney General Palmer, who ruled the 1878 fee bill applies since Luzerne now has about 80000 inhabitants, limiting the officers’ claim.
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Tas
Harrisburg
Luzerne County
Schell
Palmer
Luzerne
Pennsylvania Census Supervisors Adversely Reported
Two Pennsylvania Census Supervisors, Clark of Columbia and Sampson of Lancaster, were adversely reported by the Senate committee. Dr. Sherwood of Philadelphia remains held but is likely to join them. Speaker Randall urged Sherwood's confirmation, but no other Philadelphia congressmen showed interest in the case.
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THE
Times
Washington
Pennsylvania
Senate
Clark
Columbia
Sampson
Lancaster
Sherwood
Philadelphia
Randall
Was It Unprovoked Killing Trial of Samouet Reeves
Samuel Reeves faces trial before Judge Finletter for the fatal stabbing of Thomas Weldon in November. Defense opened after further testimony claiming self defense as Weldon and companions beat Reeves. Principal witness John Brown testified Weldon knocked Reeves down and warned others, while Reeves was beaten on the pavement before the stabbing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Reeves
Finletter
Thomas Weldon
Reeves
Weldon
John Brown
Hettle
Reaver
Reaves
Walnut Street Bridge Plan Before Port Wardens Committee
A group of gentlemen urged the Port Wardens to grant permission for a bridge pier over the Schuylkill at Walnut Street. The bridge company presented charter plans and an elevation matching Market Street Bridge, noting the 188 foot span and 37 foot 6 inch headway.
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Schuylkill River
Walnut Street
Port Wardens’ Committee
Board of Wardens
David W. Sellers
William McMichael
William Ludow
United States Army
Smedley
William R. Tucker
South Street
Chestnut Street
A Big Junket to See the Little Indians
An excursion party will depart Washington at 10 40 A M tomorrow to visit the Carlisle Barracks training school for Indian youths. The trip is led by Governor Pound of the Indian committee of the House of Representatives with invitations sent to senior government officials, committee members, and family members.
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Washington
Carlisle Barracks
Pennsylvania
Indian Committee
House of Representatives
Governor Pound
Interior and War Departments
General Sherman
Ediucation
Committee On
Indian Affairs
Senate
House
Congress
Board of Indian Commissioners
Wheeler
Libel trial of Dublin Lord Mayor at Bow Street
Lord Mayor of Dublin Right Man. BR Dwyer Gray sues for libel over article in Sporting and Dramatic News. Plea presented by Maddick, Meher, and J and E Judd at Bow Street Police Court. Judge adjourned case to Saturday next.
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London
Maddick
Meher
J. & E. Judd
Sporting and Dramagie News
Bow Street
Dwyer Gray
Dublin
Gray
Mansion House
Prohibitionist Nominee in Rhode Island. Several Trials and Votes
A sweeping round of political and legal notes spans yesterday's headlines. Rhode Island Prohibitionists nominated Albert Howard for governor while Tennessee census nominee Henry Gibson saw Senate rejection. Acquittal in Atlanta, Lovett for murder. Bucholz trial witness lineup in Bridgeport. McCormick pleads guilty to second degree manslaughter in New York. Peabody Fund trustees appoint Chief Justice Manning. Postmaster General bans delivery to fraud linked Smalley & Gale. Blue Ridge Railroad progress in South Carolina. Hammond convicted in Illinois for counterfeit notes. Scranton counts Powderly over Bushnell. local arrest and still seizures near Paris. National Base Ball Convention revises rules. De La Matyr hails wealth concentration to Greenback audience. New Orleans Grand Army repudiates Ex-Union group. Treasury clarifies no premium on silver dollars 1823 coinage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Albert Howard
Henry R. Gibson
Tennessee
Senate
Warren P. Lovett
Atlanta
Georgia
James K. Reynolds
Bucholz
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Patrick McCormick
New York
John Allen
David Dows & Co
Baltimore
Peabody Educational Fund
T. C. Manning
Louisiana
Richard Taylor
Smalley & Gale
Broadway
South Carolina General Assembly
Blue Ridge Railroad
Charleston
Cincinnati Southern
Knoxville
United States District Court
Springfield
Illinois
Willi Hammond
Pete McCartney
Secret Service
Scranton
Powderly
Bushnell
Cooper
Memphis
Henderson
Kelso
Henry County
Paris
Messrs
M. B. Scanlon
National
E. J. Garity
Albany
James Mutrie
Jersey City Club
Bingham House
Philadelphia
de la Matyr
Spring Garden Institute
New Orleans
Grand Army of the Republic
Union Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Association
United States Senate
Kellogg
Grand Army
United States
Explosion at Winter Palace Investigated in St Petersburg
Reports from Gen Gourke and Imperial officials detail an anti royal plot using dynamite likely set off by an electric battery. Four workmen stored in palace cellars, three arrested, one missing. Casualties include two servants injured and multiple deaths among the injured. News from London and Berlin recounts officials and public figures reacting, with questions over security and political reform.
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Sr. Pergrenora
Gen. Gourke
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Novoe Vremya
Hesse
Bulgaria
Ace
London
The
Daily News
St P Petersburg
Montag
London Times
the Times
Reuter
Duke of Edinburgh
Duchess of Edinburgh
Lord Dufferin
Foreign Office
Morning Post
Oaarina
House of Commons
Lord Hartington
House of Lords
Beaconsfiel
Standard
Berlin
Palace Yard
Common Council
City of London
Bern
William
Bismarck
Explosion at the Winter Palace Terrifies Petersburg Court
A dispatch describes the moment of a deadly explosion at the Winter Palace as the Russian Czar and Prince Alexander were discussing Balkan politics and Bulgarian elections. The Empress slept through it. The scene afterward shows a frightened court, cooks, guards, and nobles rushing through halls while the palace appears undamaged. The Emperor later thanked the Virgin for preservation, riding to Kazan Cathedral at dawn.
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Winter Palace
Paris
Prince Alexander
St. George
Alexander
Imperial Household
Neva
Palace
Novsky
Kazan
Four youths assault elderly man in Wanamie area
In Wilkesbarre on February 19 a party broke into Benjamin Smith's home on a rural road near Wanamie. Smith, 83, was beaten with a pitchfork handle, robbed of sixty cents, and alleges assault on his eldest daughter with arson attempts. Two suspects, Felix Dolphin and Anthony Loftus, were arrested at Olyphant and will face hearing in Newport.
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Wilkesbarre
Benjamin Smith
Wanamie
Smith
Murderer shoots divorced wife in Columbus home
A special dispatch reports William Theison, a German soldier back from the West, murdered his divorced wife Mrs. Tory Redewaald in her Columbus home this morning after being arrested previously for breaking her furniture. He returned to attack her and fired, killing her instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
the Times
William Theison
Tory Redewaald
Theison
Far West
AID FOR IRELAND BENEFIT PLANS AND BROAD MERIT
The theatre community in New York organizes an Irish famine relief benefit at the Academy of Music next Thursday afternoon. The program includes The Pirates of Penzance act two, Princess Toto, Carncross Minstrels, a State Fencibles drill, and the final act of The Serious Family with a quadrille. Notables such as Mrs. John Drew and Miss Fanny Davenport are listed among dancers. Proceeds and rehearsals are described, with donations from Drexel & Co and church groups boosting relief totals. The Chestnut Street Theatre Company went to New York to perform for Haverly's Brooklyn Theatre and raised over 1500 dollars for Ireland. Receipts for the citizens relief committee total 16508.66 dollars. St Bonifacius church contributed 823.79 dollars and Our Mother of Sorrows 514 dollars.
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A. Meachum
J. L. Carnerosa
W. H. Daly
Academy of Music
James M. Sardie
Chestnut Street Theatre
Toto
John Drew
Fanny Davenport
Katherine Rogers
William D. Gommill
Charles A. Meachum
John L. Carnecross
James M. Hardie
George Hoey
Harry Lee
Brooklyn
J. H. Trevers
Andrew Walsh
David T. Myreno
Haverly
Chestnut Street Company
Drexel & Co
Ireland
Citizens’ Relief Committee
St. Bonifacius
F. X. Schuttgen
Robert A. Coffin
Redemptorist
Mischievous Dummies Roil City Wharf After Dark Prank
A group of youths rig a papier mache dummy as a dead man on a Willow street wharf. A Sixth district patrolman investigates, the sergeant examines the scene, and a crowd laughs at the ruse. News reaches the Central Station and the coroner is notified.
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Willow Street Wharf
Delaware
Sixth District
Delaware Avenue
Tahim
Joseph Porter
Vine Street
Discontinuance of the Le Duc Investigation
General Le Duc, Commissioner of Agriculture, presented a detailed statement to the House Agriculture Committee sub panel outlining the department needs and its hardships. Chairman Le Fevre called the statement eminently satisfactory, signaling the probable end of the inquiry into Agricultural Department operations.
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Washington
General le Duc
Agriculture
House Committee On Agriculture
Agricultural Department
le Fevre
le Duc
National Council of Education discussed in Washington
The Depart ment of Superintendence of the National Educational Association convened in Washington with representatives from nearly every state. Mr Wickersham of Pennsylvania proposed a committee of ten to study forming a National Council of Education and reporting a plan to the Board of Directors at Chautauqua, N Y in July. The resolution was adopted and a committee appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Superintendence
National Educational Association
Wickersham
Pennsylvania
National Council of Education
National Teachers’ Association
Chautauqua
N. Y
Greenback State Convention Planned in Harrisburg
The National Greenback State committee met in Harrisburg and set the state convention for Tuesday March 23 in the House of Representatives hall. They indicated plans to nominate a state ticket and to select a straight-out electoral ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
National Greenback State Committee
House of Representatives
Clubbed His Wife to Death in New York
February 19. Patrick Flynn of 340 West Thirty-ninth street, unemployed, came home drunk and after quarreling with his wife, struck her with movable furniture and killed her. The murderer was arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Patrick Flynn
West Thirty-ninth Street
Duurderor
No resumption of silver talks in Commons
In the House of Commons on February 19 the Chancellor of the Exchequer said there is no intention to resume negotiations on the silver question raised by the United States and debated at the Paris Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
United States
Farini Re-elected President of Italian Chamber of Deputies
Signals from Europe report Signor Farini securing another term as President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. A note from Prince Nicholas of Montenegro indicates willingness to negotiate over Turkish territory instead of Guzine and Playa. In Spain, Cuba’s budget is outlined with 37.5 million pesetas ordinary and 10 million pesetas extraordinary expenditure, plus new taxes during wartime. In racing news, Lorillard entries for the Liverpool spring cup weigh 131, 96, 92, and 91 pounds, and Muscadin carries 153 pounds in the Croydon steeplechase. Dispatches from Constantinople note martial law proclaimed but reportedly affecting no one, with capitulations protecting Europeans and reforms to be carried out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signor Farini
Chamber of Deputies
Nicholas
Monterfegro
Gusinje
Playa
Senor Fiduayen
Liverpool
P. Lorillard
Parole
Mistake
Sly Dance
Wallenstein
United Kingdom
Croydon
J. G. Bennett
Constantinople
Manchester Guardian
Oil Men Compromise At Timersville February Meeting
The Oil Producers Council approved a prearranged settlement with Pennsylvania Railroad and Standard Oil details. Agreements include no rail rebates, fair freight rates, no discrimination by pipelines, and certificates for oil custody. Legal actions against Standard to be dropped with Standard paying forty thousand dollars for costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TiTusville
Oil Producers’ Council
B. Campbell
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Stanchard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Standard Company
Equity
Clarion County
Producers’ Council
Supreme Court
Funeral of William M. Cooper G A R member at South Front Street
The funeral for William M. Cooper, longtime figure at the Cooper Shop Volunteer Refreshment Saloon, was held yesterday from his family home at 408 South Front Street. Anna M. Ross Post, with a 300-member band, led a large turnout, and about three thousand mourners passed through the residence before the noon procession to Odd Fellows Cemetery where Commander M4 of the G A R conducted services at the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Cooper
Cooper Shop
South Front Street
Anna M. Ross
Grand Army of the Republic
Mr. Cooper
Odd Fellows’ Cemetery
Cattle seizure ends in mob at Waterford farm
On February 19 four bailiffs with a large police force distrained cattle for rent on a Waterford county farm held by a widow. A crowd of about five hundred overpowered officers and recovered the cattle. Ringleaders face assault summons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowmel
Waterford
Transit Passages Across Battered Maritime Routes
Chart lists travel leg details with origins and destinations including New York Pomona Montego Bay Spain Liverpool London Canada Blenheim Bristol Scotia Hong Kong Belgie San Francisco and related pairs, highlighting a mosaic of intercontinental movement and port connections.
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New York
Pomona
Montego Bay
Spain
Liverpool
London
Canada
Blenheim
Boston
Bristol Scotia
Hong Kong
Belgie
San Francisco
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Bull
Freedman’s Bank
Tere Trane
Aida
Tres Times
Texas and Pacific Railroad
Count Mitkiewicz
Sherman Club
Job W. Green
North Wilbraham
Mass
Fugland
Robert Barclay
Henry Cox
James I
Privy Council of
Samuel Preston
Chevening
Kent
England
William Mackenzie
Abraham Claypoole
John Bleakly
James Cox
Pennsylvania Census Supervisors
Samouet Reeves
Walnut Street Bridge
Autocrat
Europe
Czar
Laord Beaconsfield
Luserne
AID For Ireland
Uncle Sam
the Ocean
City Notes
R. Calhoun Deringer
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mary Ann Hartshorne
Miller Street
Germantown
Central Station
Pole
William Tustin
St. John Street
Walter
Charles H. Kuhnle
Germantown Avenue
Mascher Street
Columbia Avenue
Board of Health
Public Building Commission
Burgess
Boyer
Henry Conway
Master Streets
Patrick Cassidy
Twenty-eighth Street
Perot
Sixth
John S. Davis
Twenty-first Ward
Charles Thomson Jones
Ward
Turner Hall
North Third Street
Committee For
Silesia
Jacob Keller
Waterloo Street
Episcopal Hospital
Annie Bailey
W. Boardman Reed
Blcock
Bailey
Citizens’ Irish Relief Committee
John Wanamaker
Pancoast
Tillerman Vansciver
Thomas M. Richards
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Elizabeth
N. J
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