Washington News and Gossip From the National Capital
Reports from Washington on cabinet rumors and appointments. Hon John C New is named Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Bills on whisky tax reduction and bonded period extension are discussed. Signal Service reforms and militia numbers are noted with political shifts in several states.
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John C. New
Indiana
of the Treasury
Washington
Distillers’ Association
Virginia
Maxey
Signal Service
Democratic Party
Tariff Commission
Randall
House
Boston
Commissioner of Agriculture
Young
Agricultural Department
Soreldo
Mall
Christiancy
Blaine
State Department
Legation
Loreldo
Barton
Farwell
Texas
Congress
Scoville
Chicago
Rau
Secretary of War
Illinois
Missouri
Senate Committee On Public Lands
Prison Life at Trenton Gatekeeper Baldwin in Blues and Reds
Oscar L. Baldwin, a former Newark bank cashier now serving a fifteen year sentence, works as a gate-keeper at the mechanics prison in Trenton, wearing prison garb split blue and red. He rooms with Leeds, while Hedden and Leggett also reside nearby in connection with financial defaults. Meanwhile Miss Jesse Blood, eighteen, of St Clair, is missing after expressing despair, with fear she may have taken her own life near Detroit. Her brother has died, and no motive or foul play is suspected.
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Trenton
N. Y
Oscar L. Baldwin
Mechanics’ National Bank
Newark
Baldwin
Leeds
Leggett
Elizabeth
Hedden
First National Bank of Newark
Detroit
Mich
Jesse Blood
F. H. Blood
St. Clair
Sudden Death Linked to Laudanum Overdose Three Years Ago
A fragment notes a death attributed to an overdose of laudanum occurring three years prior. No additional details on person or location are provided.
Mail Robbery Near Bloominton Fair Grounds
Early morning residents find a large United States mail bag near the fair grounds cut open with contents missing except for a few papers. Fitzpatrick took the bag to town and left it with Postmaster General George F. Dick. The bag traveled from St Louis on the Chicago and Alton destined for Carrollton, Illinois, and was likely stolen from a depot truck during transfer. No suspects yet.
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Bloomington
Fair Grounds
United States
Fitzpatrick
George F. Dick
St. Louis
Chicago
Tammany Helps Republicans Gain Clerk and Committee Power
In Albany on February 15 Tammany influence swung the Clerk election to a Republican, with Mr Johnson chosen by Tammany support. Senate action followed as Mr Pitts moved to vest committee appointments in the Lieutenant Governor, and three Tammany Senators joined Republicans to adopt the resolution. The Lieutenant Governor would appoint standing committees.
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New York Legislature
Albany
N. Y
Ammany
Johnson
Senate
Pitts
Tammany
Wal How
Texas Railways Damaged By Floods Readies Delays
A great storm abates in Minola Texas. Two eastern division bridges on the Texas Pacific railroad are washed away halting trains. Dallas Missouri Pacific lines operate while Texas Central washouts at Chambers Creek halt running. Widespread damage delays all Texas roads.
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Texas
Minola
Texas Pacific Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Dallas
Texas Central
Chambers’ Creek
Five workers killed in tunnel collision in Baltimore
In Baltimore on February 13, Hive trackmen named David Grier Timothy Kennedy Edward Birmingham James Irvin and Patrick McGoff were struck while stepping from one track to avoid a passing train. They walked into the path of a locomotive on the opposite track near Union depot.
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Baltimore
Baltimore and Potomac Road
Union Depot
Western Maryland Railroad
David Grier
Timothy Kennedy
Edward Birmingham
James Irvin
Patrick McGoff
Justifiable Homicide in St Louis Affects Wright Store
In St Louis Missouri on February 13 Robert P Hunter colored spree user smashed Fred Wright Postmaster store and threatened him. Wright fired penetrating Hunter head. Hunter died on scene. Shooting ruled justifiable. In Polo Illinois February 11 J F Clopper missing groom remains in town unaware of planned wedding to Lizzie Hoover of Wabash Indiana.
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St. Louis
Fern Ridge
Robert P. Hunter
Fred Wright
Wright
Hunter
Polo
Til
J. F. Clopper
Lizzie Hoover
Wabash
Ind
Insurrection Proclaimed in Greenwood New York
Governor declares Greenwood in a state of insurrection after residents resisted sale of town property tied to interest on town bonds for an unrealized railroad project. Separate notice reports the recovery of Benning's body from the War Eagle disaster near the Rock Island bridge, found decomposed at Taylor's Landing.
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New York
Greenwood
Stuben County
Keokuk
Iowa
Mr. Benning
Douds
Rock Island Bridge
Taylor's Landing
Hannibal
Attempted Fraud Suspect Arrested in Herreit Michigan
Ralph J. Jewell, a hardware merchant and notable citizen, is jailed on charges of complicity in an alleged attempted fraud. The Sheriff holds his store. Jewell denies involvement except as a dupe of Navin. A public aid meeting for Jewish refugees is planned in Philadelphia. An 8 year old boy died in Montreal after a February 14 incident at Point St.
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Herreit
Mich
Navin
Adrain
Ralph J. Jewell
Philadelphia
Europe
Montreal
Point St
Wealthy Kentuckian John Shanks Murdered in Kentucky Barn
Crab Orchard Ky February 13 John Shanks a 60 year old wealthy resident was found slain in his barn Sunday morning The weapon was a shotgun and authorities suspect robbery The grand jury returned a verdict of willful murder against the perpetrators responsible for giving him liquor.
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Charles
Crab Orchard
John Shanks
Noclew
Assassination in Stanford: Jenn Carr Shot at Home
In Stanford Kentucky on Sunday night Jenn Carr, a respected Black man, was shot dead in his house while holding his child. Authorities have no view of the perpetrator and are investigating the slaying.
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Stanford, Ky
Here
Jenn Carr
Murder in the First Degree in Pennsylvania Outlaw Case
Pittsburg February 16 Ward McConkey a Dead Men's Hollow outlaw was convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of George A. McClure near McKeesport last August three months after the crime.
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Pittsburg
Ward McConkey
Men’s Hollow
George A. McClure
McKeesport
Stories About Blind Men and Extraordinary Confession
Two articles recount tales from Chambers and London News. A trio in a pub involves a blind man using gas control to level the fight, then a courtship tale ends with a comic fall. The other piece reveals a staged confession by a dying victim claiming the original prisoners were innocent.
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Chambers’ Journal
Cupid
Hymen
Maggie
Markets Mixed as Wheat, Corn Steady in New York Trading
New York on February 15 reports dull flour with buying interest. Wheat opened lower then recovered. futures show March at 1.304 1/4, April 1.304 1/7, May 1.344 1/2. Corn steady to lower with No 2 around 4 1/4 to 4 3/4 while oats eased. Baltimore notes similar activity with Western wheat prices slipping and oats weak. Toledo lists steadier wheat and quiet coin markets.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Toledo
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