Evictions on Olphert Estates In Donegal Face Resistance
Irish troops and constabulary pressed eviction actions on the Olphert estates in Falearragh Donegal. Patrick O'Donnell blacksmith defended his home with a ten man garrison and later surrendered amid cheers. The defense company and spectators faced stone and pitchfork volleys as magistrates ordered a house assault.
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Olphert
Pessanto
Puke
Patrick O'Donnell
Fairarragh
Duke
Duchess of Marlborough
Gladstone
Liberal Club
McComb
Gladstone welcomed by Naples with military honors
January 2 reception at the Municipal Palace honored Mr. Gladstone as he arrived. The Naples city council, led by the syndic, thanked him for his past services to Italy and Naples. Gladstone thanked the assembly and gave a brief, warmly received reply.
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Mr. Gladstone
Syndic
Italy
Naples
Gladstone
Quarrel between the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
Loypox January dispatch reports a light quarrel over a visit from Lady Colin Campbell. The Duchess jealous, the Duke reconciles with Duchess through sister Lady Fannie Majoribanks. Blenheim Palace lively with balls and shoots while a feud with the Woodstock Rector over views and a planned tree plantation grows. An American reporter angers Woodstock Mayor after misquoted remarks.
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Colin
Fannie Majoribanks
Blenheim
Woodstock
Ranc
Blenheim Palace
Marlborough
Gageltes
Blenheim Park
Gladstone and the Pope in International Arbitration
Correspondence follows Gladstone’s telegram denying translation accuracy of his letter suggesting international arbitration over the Pope’s position. Cox of the Tablet defends the Italian original and English translation, while the Pall Mall Gazette backs the translation and seeks clarification on Gladstone’s meaning.
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Mr. Gladstone
Cox
Tablet
Gladstone
Marquis de Rise
Pal
Mel
Mn Gladstone
Gladstone Interview on Home Rule and Papal Visit
Rome reports an interview with Mr. Gladstone in which he rejects Irish home rule as a mere instrument and cites Protestant leaders like Parnell. He says his views on papal temporal power are unchanged, desires a respectful Vatican visit as courtesy only, and to safeguard the Pope’s authority.
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Rome
Riforma
Gladstone
Ireland
Parnell
Italy
Vatican
Parade honors Egyptian officers after battle in Osman Digna era
A parade was held by Egyptian officers praised by the Khédive for bravery in the recent battle. General Grenfell spoke, then awarded gratuities and said he will return to Cairo. A deserter claims Osman Digna tried to send his harem to Suakim, but Arab scouts stopped the women and sent them back to Handoub. The dervishes are said to be suspicious.
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Grenfell
Cairo
Osman Digna
Suakim
Handoub
Split in the Liberal Club Ends Many Members
The National Liberal Club elects 215 town members and 114 country members at a meeting. Six hundred seventy five members resign. Speakers warn Gladstonians the club must act as a real Liberal organization or lose influence as secessions grow. Online new subscriptions amount to unspecified totals.
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Lexpos
National Liberal Club
Gladstonians
Farmer Brown murdered during farm dispute near Ballinasioe
A farmer named Brown, who had reclaimed a farm after evicting tenants, was attacked by four men in a dispute over occupancy and killed on the highway near Ballinasioe. Police have one arrest.
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Dus
Brown
Ballinasioe
Haidar Pasha Ismid Railroad Sale Ordered by Porte
The Porte orders sale of the Haidar Pasha Ismid Railroad to German speculators while British and other European builders remain unpaid, and the English Government is expected to protest the action.
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Constantinople
The
Porte
Haidar Pasha Ismid
Woman charged with murder prefers death over asylum
Philadelphia January 2 Special Telegram Mrs Harriet Barrow, charged with disemboweling her husband William Barrow, prefers the gallows to an insane asylum. She revoked the sole lawyer Mrs Carrie B Kilgore, who had prepared a defense, and asked for a postponement as she seeks a trial with no counsel.
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Philadelphia
Harriet Barrow
William Barrow
Carrie B. Kilgore
Kinsey
James McMillan Nominated for U S Senate in Michigan
Detroit's James McMillan wins the Republican nomination to succeed T W Palmer as U S Senator after a caucus in Lansing. McMillan, a wealthier Detroit citizen with no prior public office, has led multiple Michigan car and iron firms and chairs the State Central Committee.
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Mich
Michigan
T. W. Palmer
United States Senate
James McMillan
Palmer
Detroit
Psst
Wolverine
McMillan
Republican
State Central Committee
Canada
Hamilton
Ont
Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railroad
Michigan Car Corner
Detroit Car Heel Company
Baugh Steam Forge Company
Detroit Iron Furnace Company
Indiana Justices Face Date Dispute Over Terms
Indiana's newly elected Supreme Court judges confront a date dispute as commissions prepared for January 1 start, Governor Gray objects, preferring the first Monday in January. The judges accepted changed commissions but qualified for office today amid constitutional questions.
Palmer released from asylum to private insane facility
William L. Palmer, detained eight years in the Criminal Insane Asylum of Avusues New York, was freed and moved to a private asylum in Middletown New York. He shot a Metropolitan Hotel officer during arrest attempts eight years ago and killed him. His brothers Charles P. and A. D. Williams of New York arranged the release and accompanied him on a special palace car. Palmer survived by tube feeding for two years and expressed willingness to eat if transferred.
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Distatch
Avusues
N. Y
William L. Palmer
Middletown
N.Y
Metropolitan Hotel
New York City
Palmer
Metropolis
Charles P
A. D. Williams
New York
Wheel Factory Burned In Queen City Blaze
A midnight fire at the Royer Wheel Company factory caused extensive damage in Queen City. The old established carriage and wagon wheel maker’s stock material and machinery were valued at about $200,000, with insured cover. Firemen battled the blaze. one wage earner was prostrated, and damage and loss were not less than $200,000.
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CrecusMatt
Royer Wheel Company
Contractor in Lacrosse Faces Government Building Bond Crisis
In Lacrosse Wisconsin on January 2 R L Reynolds the city’s largest contractor was assigned to S B Oatman. His liabilities are estimated at 30 000 to 35 000 while assets total roughly half that. He was the contractor on a government building costing 100 000 with uncertain government estimates and bonds.
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Lacrosse
R. L. Reynolds
S. B. Oatman
I Neon
Hye
Hungarian maize ring collapses amid 3 million loss
The Chronicle's Vienna correspondent reports the Hungarian maize ring syndicate has collapsed, having lost 3,000,000 florins. Maize can be bought for half of what the syndicate paid.
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Lexpos
the Chronicle
Vienna
Bones for a Museum Sparks U S Consul Recall
A San Domingo episode shows Consul H C Astwood proposing to lease Columbus bones for display. Dominican officials and press condemn the private offer as a national scandal, leading to Astwood’s recall to Washington. Dominican authorities view the U S action as appropriate after the controversy.
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Astwood
United States
San Domingo
Christopher Columbus
Washington
Senor Figuero
H. M. Linell
United States of America
America
Columbus
Dominion Republic
Linell
H. C. Astweon
Bones of Columbus
Consul Astwood
Railroads in Indianapolis Show Passenger Gain Despite Freight Drop
Indianapolis railroads report 1888 loaded car total 818,873, down from 874,812 in 1887, a freight decline of 65,059. Total movement including empties 1,057,853. Local traffic steady. Belt Road moved 600,130 cars to other lines, 58,818 to factories. Passenger traffic rose with 39,598 trains and 208,433 coaches in 1887, up from earlier totals, linked to pilgrimage traffic to Harrison shrine.
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Indianapolis
Eross
Harrison
Death of Rev H H Morrell shocks Wheeling church
Special telegram from Wheeling reports Rev. Dr. H H Morrell rector of St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church found dead in his room on Tenth street at 9 pm. Cause appears apoplexy. He was 60 and had arrived three months ago from Owensboro Kentucky. He was scheduled to lecture at the church tonight.
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New York
San Domingo
George W. Clyde
H.C. Astwood
Astwood
H. M. Linell
Christopher Columbus
Republic
Wheeling
H. H. Morrell
St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church
Tenth Street
Owenboro
City grants free passes to all city officials on visits
The Lansing official press report says the Common Council passed a resolution requiring visiting theatrical companies to provide every city official from Mayor to scavenger with a complimentary theater pass. The measure aims to ensure access for all officials during city events and engagements.
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Lansing
Mica
Common Council
Quarantine at Onondaga County Penitentiary Sparks Revolt Fears
Smallpox outbreak at Onondaga County Penitentiary leads to quarantine ten days after first cases. Termed prisoners held past their sentences mingle in corridors as Superintendent position remains vacant. Detained inmates threaten revolt if released while keepers fear breakdown without leadership. Police prepared to assist if outbreak occurs.
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Syracuse
Onondaga County Penitentiary
Wallace A. Noble
Woman Testifies to Plot by Stepmother in Murder Case
Susan Schoop, daughter of a killer, sworn affidavit says her stepmother planned to marry Anton Schilling for his money. She alleges the stepmother ordered poison in soup, laudanum in coffee, and a rope to murder Schilling, with the plan to fake suicide. The father admitted that his wife would have kept Schilling alive otherwise.
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Philadelphia
Susan Schoop
Anton Schilling
Central Police Station
Pole
Schilling
Paul Bauer Dead, Coney Island Hotelkeeper Dies in Asylum
Paul Bauer, prominent Coney Island hotelkeeper, died this morning in Bloomingdale Asylum at age 42 after a year of mental derangement. Born in Bavaria, he rose from waiter to Bowery concert hall proprietor, then Atlantic Garden on Coney Island, later known as West Brighton Beach Hotel. He served a short penitentiary term for excise law violations.
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Coney Island
New York
Paul Bauer
Parenis
Bloomingdale Asylum
John Y. McKane
Bloomingdale
Bavaria
Bowery
Atlantic Garden
West Brighton Beach
Senators View Cass Statue in Statuary Hall
Washington dispatch reports Senators Sherman Merrill and Palmer visiting Statuary Hall to inspect French's statue of Michigans General Cass. They praise the likeness and art, note a lip feature linked to tobacco use, and deny Cass chewed tobacco. Presentation to Congress awaits scheduling. Chandler may be Michigan's next honoree.
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Dispatch
Washington
Sherman and
Merrill
Lewis Cass
Statuary Hall
Palmer
French
Cass
Congress
Michigan
Zachariah Chandler
Goff's Election Contested by Opponent Fleming
In Wheeling on January 2 a Telegram report says Judge A. B. Fleming, Democratic challenger, served Governor-elect Goff with formal notice of contest before the West Virginia Legislature claiming the gubernatorial election.
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Wheeling
Goff
West Virginia
A. B. Fleming
Strike Settled Lake Erie and Western Yardmen Return
Lima January 2 A compromise ended the yard workers strike on the Lake Erie and Western. Men returned to work immediately and trains ran as usual. Yardmaster McCarthy was reinstated.
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Lake Erie and
Western Yard
Stecmal Telec
Lima
Lake Erie and Western Road
McCarthy
Lord Mayor of London and New York Mayor greet via phonograph
On January 3 Lorpos reports the Lord Mayor of London and the Mayor of New York exchanged greetings by phonograph, marking a ceremonial communication between the two cities.
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Lorpos
London
New York
Prohibition Referendum Schedules May or June Vote
A constitutional prohibition measure is set for a spring vote, aimed to avoid entanglement with other questions. The article notes Mr Eisner of the Democratic Committee preparing for business as the Legislature reconvenes, with inter municipal bills and class-based city organization pushed through in light of the 1887 municipal act ruling and looming elections.
Kisner Opens Democratic State Committee Headquarters
Special Telegram from Harrisburg reports Chairman Kisner of the Democratic State Committee arriving in the city and setting up two rooms on Market Street as a base for campaign planning. He will consult legislators and party officers statewide to organize and distribute literature with Chauncey Black joining to aid distribution and county organizing efforts.
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Kisner
Democratic State Committee
Harrisburg
Democratic Mate Committee
Market Street
Ajor Wormac
Philadelphia
Chauncey Black
National League of Democratic Clubs
Eisner
Insurance of a Child's Life Prohibited Urged
Philadelphia citizens sign memorial urging Governor Beaver to push Legislature to ban life insurance on anyone under sixteen to curb murderous acts by parents. Memorial cites a Philadelphia murder linked to such policies and notes similar failures in past attempts.
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Harrisburg
Beaver
Philadelphia
England
Exemption Bill Aims to Tax Benefits for Colleges
Special telegram from Harrisburg reports Senator Smith leading a bill to exempt colleges from municipal taxation. He cites a citizen who donated $1,000,000 to an educational institution but must pay taxes on the gift, despite munificence.
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Harrisburg
Smith
Gas Inspector Ramsey Nomination Leads Senate Action
Harrisburg January 2 in the Senate, on motion of Mr Newmeyer, the Ramsey nomination for Gas Inspector of Allegheny County was acted upon. The telegram to the dispatch notes Rowsey’s status as fine. The proceedings reflect political maneuvering over county gas regulation and personnel.
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Rowsey
Harrisburg
Senate
Newmeyer
William M. Ramsey
Allegheny County
Contested Lycoming County Judge Seat Referred to Attorney General
Special telegraph dispatch reports that Attorney General Kirkpatrick heard arguments on whether Governor should issue a commission to Judge Metzger of Lycoming County. Metzger, a Democrat, faces contest from Bentley. Counsel for Metzger urge immediate commissioning. Bentley camp seeks vacancy until election inquiry ends. About two thirds of Williamsport lawyers urge Metzger’s commission.
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Hamersace
Kirkpatrick
Metzger
Bentley
Lycoming County
Jud Metzger
Alen and Hart
H. C. Parsons
Samuel Ling
H. ©. McCormick
Congress
Lycoming
Williamsport
Prohibition Question to Be Placed Before Voters This Spring
Governor Beaver urges early submission of the prohibitory amendment to the people in May or June to avoid political influence at November elections. Prohibitionists expect a flood of petitions and worry high license revenue to treasuries in several counties, though they fear majorities against the measure in Philadelphia Allegheny Lancaster Berks Lehigh Lackawanna Luzerne.
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Harrisburg
Beaver
Legizlature
Sresten Ee
Treasuries
Philadelhia
Allegheny
Lancaster
Berks
Lehigh
Lackswanua
Luzerne
REFUSE TO INDORSE PETITIONS FOR FEDERAL CANDIDATE
Harrispur January 2 Republican legislators oppose circulating petitions for Federal post candidates. A petition urged Chill Hazzard of Washington county for Pension Agent replacing Barclay. Some Western Senators refused to commit to Hazzard’s candidacy.
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Harrispurg
Chill Hazzard
Washington County
Barclay
Hazzard
Senator Reyburn Opposes State Aid for Philadelphia House
Haresburg January 2 Senator Reyburn, poised to chair the Appropriations Committee, opposes another $500,000 appropriation to buy the Philadelphia House of Refuge and build facilities unless the institution is placed under state control.
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Psfecial Alegham
Haresburg
Reyburn
Senate
Heaxas
Philadelphia House of Refuge
Inaugural Ball Controversy Splits Indianapolis Clergy
Indianapolis reports reveal dancing ministers plotting to denounce the inaugural ball at a forthcoming union meeting. Presbyterians align with supporting the President, while Rev R. Hunter and Rev D T Carnahan condemn the proposed resolutions and call the ministers fools. The clash highlights personal conscience over dancing and political propriety.
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Indianapolis
R. ¥. Hunter
Seventh Presbyterian Church
Washington
D. T. Carnahan
Port Townsend
Wash. T
Harrison
Ion
Uniontown Man In Jail Slashes Throat In KC Prison Cell
William Snyder, son of a local farmer, was arrested in Kansas City for drunkenness and confined. He slashed his throat with a tin cup handle in his cell, was saved, and remained in critical condition in hospital. He previously threatened his father and his wife left him amid drinking and abuse. He has two daughters who are teachers.
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Uniontown
Kansas City
William Snyder
John Snyder
Here
Snyder
Political figures and Pennsylvania campaign finance details
The text notes vast spending by both sides in the state with Pennsylvania contributing 90000 to the general campaign fund, the largest by any state. It mentions John Wanamaker likely joining the Cabinet and Blaine potentially serving as an advisor, and lists Pennsylvania candidates Montooth Cooper Senator Delamater Gobin Osborne and possibly Major Fitler amid upcoming contests.
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Pennsylvania
Keystone
Quay
John Wanamaker
Blaine
Harrison
Bismarck
Gladstone
Montooth
Cooper
Delamater
Gobin
Osborne
Fitler
Philadelphia
Taylor Protest Over Revenue Bill Failure
Harerssure January 2: Mr Taylor, a two year House message clerk, denounces the governor's message claiming the 1887 revenue bill was not taken to the Senate after the Speaker signed it. He asserts he carried it to the State Department believing it signed by the President pro tem. Samuel A Losch and another man were present in the rotunda as he declared the bill was safe. Prominent Republicans urged him to drop any investigation into the bill’s missing signature.
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Harmssme
Senator Delamater
Colonel Quay
Delamater
Senate
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Allegheny
Supreme Court
Beaver
House
John B. Robinson
Monongahela House
Robinson
Boyer
Taylor
Executive
Harerssure
State Department
Samuel A. Losch
Losch
Mirage Night Fire Towers Over Carrington North Dakota
A January night spectacle near Carrington shows mirage effects with two northeast fires casting vivid reflections into clouds. Warm day and hazy atmosphere create a striking illusion of a distant tower of flame, the fiery reflections wavering and fading as the fires die out.
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Dakota
Canrtsedoy
Dax
Carrington
Americans Honor Foreign Officers in Legion of Honor
January 2 reports the award ceremony honoring foreign recipients. Scribner from the cultural department and Temeres from Ti Joeger are named among the honorees.
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Legion of Honor
Messrs. Scribner
Temeeres
Ti Joeger
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Donegal
Patrick
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McFadden
Stephens
Thesce
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Patrick O’donnell
the Pope
Senator Palmer
Detroit, Mich
Supreme J of Indians
Queen City
Railroad Statistics
Fairmount Park
Gen
Judge Fleming
Delamater Happy
Col. Quay
Democratic Committee
Car & Seguter
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Pattison
Methodist Conference
R. J. Keeling
Everett
A Gover
Gm Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Cochran
Pittburg
Indiana
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