Warren at Sherman's Headquarters Reveals Raleigh Mission
Special dispatch details Dr Edward Warren's role as a member of Governor Vances staff and military escort in the Raleigh mission to Sherman. Warren describes the flag of truce, delays, near capture, and Kilpatrick's handling of the city, along with Lincoln's assassination halting any restoration order.
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Vance
General Sherman
Raleigh
Sherman
Davis
Charlotte
Appletons
Europe
Kilpatrick
Frank P. Blair
Union
General Blair
North Carolina
River and harbor bill fails after Hennepin canal setback
In Washington the river and harbor bill faces a decisive vote after the Hennepin canal decision collapses. The House, 189 to 122, approves debate but 109 to 95 sustains the chair’s ruling killing Hennepin. Debates continue with no Mississippi commission funding.
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Torares
Washington
House
Randall Committee
Senate
Hennepin
Chicago
Mississippi River Commission
Waters
House Debates Post Office Bill Amid Lobby Pressure
The House considers the post office appropriation bill with anti subsidy forces wary of a conference committee. A Senate subsidy revision fuels lobby activity as Pacific Mail and others push for a four hundred thousand dollar increase. Several lobbyists and journalists maneuver to influence coverage and outcome.
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Washington
Hiscock
New York
Townshend
Illinois
Committee On
Appropriations
Conference
House
Appropriations Committee
Senate
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
Fry
Beavers
Indians and Pension Bills Move in Senate
In Washington on February 24 the Senate heard a memorial from the Illinois Legislature urging early settlement of the Oklahoma question. Dawes sought quick action to negotiate purchase of remaining Indian rights to the lands, a motion quickly passed, then pension bills occupied the Senate with no further public business.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Senate
Cullom
Ilinois
Dawes
Plumb
New Congress Seeks Early Extra Session Demand
A dispatch from Washington notes many new members elect, especially Democrats, pressing for an extra session. They arrive eager to take up Congressional duties and secure offices, arguing the country needs swift action and reforms.
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Tae Tings
Washinoton
Washington
Congress
March Behind Peter Monroe Inaugural Club Meeting
The Continental Club of the Third ward met at Eleventh street below Fitzwater to plan attendance at the Washington inauguration on March 4. Councilman Pe Monroe was elected chief marshal and a crimson velvet banner with national state and city colors was presented by Thomas Pecks on behalf of ward ladies. Senator Kennedy received the flag. The club will take seventy five men to Washington.
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Peter Monroe
Continental Club
Third Ward
Eleventh Street
Fitzwater
Washington
Pe Monroe
Thomas Pecks
Kennedy
Pugilist Mitchell visits Government House in Toronto
Charley Mitchell the pugilist called at Government House in Toronto at the request of the Lieut Governor and spent a pleasant hour. Several prominent citizens attended the gathering while Harry Gilmore covered George Fulljames' forfeit for a light retail match in Canada.
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Mitchell
Toronto
Ontario
Charley Mitchell
Government House
Harry Gilmore
George Fulljames
Canada
Oles
Oe Saeireel
Qin
Harvard President Eliot condemns brutal inter collegiate football
President Eliot criticizes inter collegiate football for brutality and dishonor and calls for prohibition of inter collegiate football. He contrasts football with long standing sports like cricket tennis fencing shooting rowing sailing hunting and racing and warns bad conduct harms moral education and college standards.
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Boston
Eliot
Harvard College
Committees of Girls Collect for Yonkers Carpet Weavers Strike
Special dispatch reports Yonkers strikers receiving monetary support from local girls going door to door. About three thousand workers were discussed as secret caucuses met to weigh prospects. Mill president W B Smith claimed no concessions and no clear reason for the strike while noting past wage trends.
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New York
Yonkers
W. B. Smith
Fatal shooting by niece ends in tragedy in Pamrapo
Jersey City February 24 County physician Converse reports no inquest is needed in the accidental shooting of Mrs. Maria Harris by her niece Annie Demarest at Pamrapo. The 60 year old woman died instantly from a brain wound as Annie, playing with a revolver, discharged it while the family talked nearby. Annie is said to be in a state of collapse.
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Washington
Committee On Public Buildings and Grounds
Senate
Eighth
Ninth Streets
Post Office Department
City Post Office
Money Order Department
General Post Office
Eighth Street
Court House
Register
War Department
Surgeon General
Seventeenth Street
Bureau of Statistics
Soldiers’ Home
National Cemetery
Jersey Crry
Converse
Maria Harris
Annie Demarest
Pamrapo
Harris
Slackensack
Annie
Man Dies by Self Inflicted Razor At Mother's Home
James Fitzgerald 37 of 1346 Howard street employed by the Inquirer for twenty years ended his life with a razor in a shed behind his home. He had been paralyzed for a long time and, in a despondent state, told his mother he would be dead soon before carrying out the act. The fatal moment occurred as his mother left to shop.
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Sherman
Vance
North Carolina
Raleigh
Davis
Mr. Vance
Governor Vance
Confederacy
Mr. Davis
General Sherman
Kilpatrick
Lincoln
General Blair
Mr. Lincoln
James Fitzgerald
Howard Street
the Inquirer
Mr. King
Mrs. King
Mary Burns
YMCA Elects Sixty One Members Adds Medical Students Convention
At the monthly meeting sixty one persons were elected to full membership. A convention of medical students will be held next Sunday to share practical information on medical missions abroad. Addresses by Parvin Agnew Mitchell Luther Henry Dale Atterbury Cameron and others noted from China and Syria. Plain Talks to Young Men Only begin Thursdays in March.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Theophilus Parvin
D. Hayes Agnew
Arthur Mitchell
D. D
New York
R. M. Luther
Burmah
Ch. ©. Henry
Canton
China
Gerald F. Dale
Syria
Atterbury
Pekin
Jas. Cameron
China Inland Mission
Railroad Tax Appeals Heard in Trenton February 24
Judges Depue and Scudder heard writs of certiorari from railroad companies including Reading, Morris and Essex and Susquehanna divisions. Franklin Gowen and other Reading officials argued the tax amount pending appeals. about thirty writs sought, with Pennsylvania Road counsel present but not active.
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Trenton
Depue
Scudder
Franklin Gowen
Reading Railroad
Reading
Morris and x
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania Road
Naval Officer Rainey Missing From Portsmouth
Lieutenant F W Rainey executive officer of the USS Portsmouth disappeared about ten days ago while at the Norfolk navy yard. He was last seen near the yard and a yard command to drag the river and harbor for his remains was carried out without results. Friends and fellow officers remain hopeful he is alive.
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Norfoix
F. W. Rainey
Portsmouth
Navy Yard
Poisoning of Mother and Two Infants in Ivrnaca NY
In Ivrnaca New York on February 24 Mrs John J Whiting temporarily insane and while her husband away poisoned her two infant children and herself with Paris green. The total amount taken by all three was two ounces. After twenty two hours of intense suffering a neighbor discovered them and a physician was summoned. All are slowly recovering.
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Ivrnaca
N. Y
John J. Whiting
Paris Green
Electric sparks and political notes on 1890s woes
Long Island faces a coal famine if the lee embargo remains. President nominates Robert Carson for Postmaster at New Brunswick New Jersey. Spanish deficit projected at about 12 million dollars. Mrs. Whalen of Orange New Jersey dies from kerosene lamp blast. Wohlen house fire kills six. Lancaster arrives Tangiers to back freed prisoners demand. Russia pledges fidelity to Russo English treaty. Joseph L Stickney buys Detroit Post. British 1886 navy budget set for 73 new ships. Crude oil prices and production reported from Oil City Pennsylvania.
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Long Island
Robert Carson
New Brunswick
N. J
Whalen
Orange
Wohlen
Switzerland
Aargau
United States
Lancaster
Tangiers
Journal de St. Petersburg
Russia
Central Asia
Joseph L. Stickney
Detroit, Post
Oil City
Nasional Irangit Cotihess
Fire kills five in King residence at 1530 Pine street
Coroner hearing on the February 21 1885 blaze accounts for deaths of John A King Charles R King Jennie Hamilton Catherine Berry and Eleanore Groebe. Testimony critiques fire department delays while survivors recounts escape and Mary Burns statement. Jury verdict found no one censured and urged greater firefighting facilities.
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John A. King
Charles R. King
Jennie Hamilton
Catherine Berry
Eleanore Groebe
Mr. King
Pine Street
Ashbridge
I. C.manlove
Central Station
Fifth and Chestnut Streets
Fifth and
Market Streets
McDevitt
Insurance Patrol
Atwood Smith
Cantlin
Zane
Richard Martin
Fifth District
Jeannie M. Hamilton
Henry J. Coates
City officials arraign four in diseased cattle meat case
Dr Francis Bridge state veterinary surgeon and John Kester with Harrison Hipple and W A Hipple were arraigned for hearing at Central Station. District Attorney Graham was absent and the case was continued a week. Authorities say pleuro pneumonia meat may be fit for food. No sale of alleged affected meat by the Hippies has occurred. Several officials claim meat from died cattle is pure and wholesome.
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Francis Bridge
John Kester
Harrison Hipple
W. A. Hipple
Central Station
Graham
Leffmann
Jefferson Medical College
Great Britain
America
Ena
Lover Quarrel Ends in Shooting on Third Avenue
In New York on February 24 Henry Saunders, a guard on the Third Avenue Elevated, and Mary Drappe living at 1508 Third Avenue quarrel over a diamond pin. Drappe shot Saunders in the head during the dispute. she was arrested.
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New York
Henry Saunders
Third Avenue
Mary Drappe
Mary
Saunders
Henry
Fire Rescues Nine From Triple Blazes On City Streets
A series of fires in the city caused heavy smoke and danger. Officers and neighbors rescued eight children and two women from Tribolt Brothers store and Wakstock residence, while a separate fire at 250 Franklin street damaged the building and injured an invalid resident. The Tribolt store loss is about 2500 dollars insured. Wakstock and Franklin street blazes are under investigation.
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Pine Street
Tribolt Brothers
Marshall
Oxford Streets
Edward George
Twelfth
Hutchinson
Malone
George
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Ellis
Sixth Street
Oxford
Seventeenth Police District
H. Wakstock
South Eighth Street
Barney Gillespie
Lewis Stopper
Waxstock
Mystery surrounds Lamar moves in Albany during Cleveland visit
Special dispatch traces Senator Lamar’s hurried Albany sojourn with the President-elect. He stayed at the Kenmore, exchanged few words, then left for New York after hours of private meetings. Rumors link Lamar to a potential Interior appointment and hint at broader White House reshuffles involving McLean, Thurman, and Jones.
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Albany
Lamar
Kenmore
Fowner House
Manning
Bank
Argus
the Kenmore
New York
Cleveland
Interior Department
Thurman
McLean
Ohio Democratic
Massachusetts
Navy Department
Jones
New Hampshire
United States
Evarts
Governor Hill
Mr. Cleveland
J. Howard King
Question on Daniel Manning's Eligibility for Treasury Post
Washington reports a debate on Daniel Manning of Albany serving as Secretary of the Treasury while holding stock in the Commercial National Bank. Judge Lawrence cites prior opinions that stockholding in a national bank is permissible, as was directorship in other banks, since the law bars dealings in public securities and commerce but not stock ownership.
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Washington
Daniel Manning
Albany
the Treasury
Commercial National Bank
Judge Lawrence
Folger
Geneva National Bank
Sherman
Nosense
Negro named Honesty sentenced to death in Virginia
In Winchester on February 24 the Staunton jury found Honesty guilty of first degree murder in the McFaul case. Judge Clark set the execution for May 15. The defendant claimed he did not strike McFaul, saying McFaul knocked him down and someone struck him.
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Winchester
Staunton
McFaul
Clark
Ian
Cassatt Seen Likely to Join Cleveland Cabinet
A Pennsylvania Railroad former vice president A. J. Cassatt is likely to be named Secretary of the Interior in Cleveland's cabinet. The report notes strong urging from leading Democratic figures due to Cassatt's executive ability and to bolster Pennsylvania's party standing.
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Taz Times
Aroona
Pennsylvania Railroad
A. J. Cassatt
Road
Cleveland
Democratic Party
Pennsylvania
Flourishing Beneficial Order Holds City Meeting
Emerald Beneficial Assembly No 78 met at Philopatrian Hall last evening with about 150 members. G A Goulden national secretary of the Order spoke from Pittsburg along with state secretary George P Strome and legislator John T Martin. The assembly is in excellent condition.
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Emerald Beneficial Assembly
Philopatrian Hall
G. A. Goulden
Pittsburg
George P. Strome
John T. Martin
Wellsburg Gas Explosion Inquiry Reveals Broken Pipe
Special dispatch reports seven lives lost in Wellsburg gas explosion. Investigation shows a gas pipe linking the main to an escape valve was broken, diminishing the excitement as residents resume normal gas use.
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Wellsburg
Tue Tiowes
Wuxe Iia
Les Stens
Rice contraband of war in French notice to ships
Paris reports the French government will treat rice as contraband of war on vessels bound to or from Chinese ports after February 26. China claims stores in Pekin enough to last two years.
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Paris
Fatal accident on Erie and Pittsburg Road at Allison
A fatal morning wreck on the Erie and Pittsburg Road at Allison left brakeman John McCrary dead. Charles Dowler was fatally injured, while John Baker of Garland Pa and Mr. and Mrs. John Thornton of Allison Pa sustained severe injuries.
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Erie
Erie and
Pittsburg
Allison
John McCrary
Charles Dowler
John Baker
Garland
John Thornton
Fire readiness ordered at Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane
A special managers meeting appointed a committee to ready the Kirkbride hospital for fire. Dr Chapin, physician in chief, will install an alarm box immediately.
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Blockley
Pennsylvania Hospital For the Insane
Kirkbride's
Chapin
Bishop Worthington Consecrated in Nebraska Bishop
The Rev. George Worthington of Detroit was consecrated Bishop of Nebraska at St. John's Church. Bishop Coxe of New York presided and Wilson, deacon of St. John's, served as master vererem.
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Detroit
George Worthington
Nebraska
St. John’s Church
Coxe
New York
Ar.ilson
St. John's
Hendricks Heads to Washington on B&O Private Car
Vice President elect Hendricks will depart Indianapolis on Thursday for Washington. He will travel in the private car of President Garrett of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway, which has been placed at his disposal for the journey.
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Hendricks
Washington
Indianapolis
Garrett
Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Aged Woman Dies After Burns at Barmore Home
Mrs. Margaret Vieweg aged seventy three died this evening from burns suffered when her clothing caught fire while she sat with her feet near the stove. The incident occurred at her home in Barmore on February 24.
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Barmore
Margaret Vieweg
Death by own action of Two Chinamen in February
Long On and Louis Ling, two Chinese laundrymen, committed death by own action with opium today. The act was brought about by an ex-apree.
Ocean Steamship Arrivals Inconsistent City Reports
Ocean steamship arrivals list ships arriving at New York City and nearby ports with uncertain spellings and garbled origin lines including Para Aspin walk Llavana and uoonstown from New York.
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New York City
Para
Aspinwalk
Llavana
Uoonstown
New York
O Brien suspended as Gladstone moves to resume debate
In London on February 24 the House of Commons heard Gladstone seek to postpone notices and resume debate on Northcote's censure motion over Egypt policy. Redmond opposed, joined by Parnellites in a noisy scene. Speaker named O Brien after remarks and suspended him amid further uproar. Sexton pressed a point of order but was overruled.
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London
House of Commons
Stafford Northcote
Redmond
Parnellites
William O’brien
United Ireland
Home Rule
Mallow
Ireland
O’brien
Dublin
Thomas Sexton
Sligo
O'Brien
Parneliites
Murphy
Gladstone-O'Brien
Mr. Gladstone
Parnell
John Lubbock
London University
Egypt
Charles Stuart Wortley
Sheffield
Gordon
Pope Receives French Operatives On Pilgrimage
In Rome on February 24 the Pope granted an audience to French operatives who traveled to present an address to His Holiness. The meeting focused on duties between employers and employees and related concerns.
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Rome
Seamen Drowned as Steamer Allehany Lost near Cardiff
London February 24. The steamer Allehany bound from Cardiff for Galle has been lost with a crew of thirty aboard. The disaster reports say the vessel disappeared with all hands presumed drowned.
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London
Alleheny
Cardiff
Galle
Morita Cohn Charged in Common Pleas Court Judgment
Execution issued from the Common Pleas Court against Morita Cohn cigar dealer on a $5,000judgment from A A Solomon note dated January 13 due in one day. Niwood Wilson et al appeal upheld that interest on municipal bonds is apportionable. McClure lectured at St Luke's Workingmen's Club Piprou Sout since lans of rayouts.
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Morita Cohn
A. A. Solomon
Supreme Court
Niwood Wilson
Orphans’ Court
A. K. McClure
St Luke's Workingmen’s Club
Piprou
Sout Since
Lans
Rayouts
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