Emigrant Gunmen Shoot Kansas Pacific Section Men
Telegraph report from Go Pier Station says Thomas Pitman his brother and John Ebberts were shot by two emigrants Thomas Wooten and James McCollum after a dispute. The assailants fled after robbing the victims. injuries vary and fatality is not yet known.
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Go- Pier Station
Kansas Pacific
Thomas Pitman
John Ebberts
Thomas Weoten
James McCollum
Pitmans
Ebberts
Wooten
Government Building Bills Passed and Immigration Debates
Senate and House proceedings show passage of government building bills for Terre Haute and other cities, while the Chinese immigration bill is repeatedly discussed and considered. March 16 17 records note post office appropriations, tariff commission debate, and Nebraska boundary and bridge projects amid adjournment.
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Senwate
Terre Haute
Logan
House
Senate
Frankfort
Jefferson City
Minneapolis
Mon tana Steamer Hoisted After Canal Blockade
The 1600 ton stern wheel Mon tana was blown over the canal dam around eleven in the forenoon and lies in a precarious condition likely to break in two. Caused by a coal barge blockade, Captain Buesen protests. A barge remains attached and workers remove freight as hull损 hogs near the boiler. dockage and repair needed before voyage possible.
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Louisville
Montana
Tie Morana
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Buly
Immigrant Courtesan Case Opens in San Francisco Court
In San Francisco the Superior Court heard a habeas corpus writ over several Chinese women aboard the British steamer Anjear held for return to Sharna. Captain Rover testified to alleged misconduct by the American Consul Mosby at Hong Kong, presenting blank immigration forms signed with Mosby’s seal that he claimed he could fill at will.
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San Francisco
Sharna
Rover
Mosby
Hong Kong
Roper
Multiple Disasters Reported in City and Regions
Marseilles dispatch reports the Crystal Palace Theater fire with a large loss in francs. Philadelphia dispatch details a 15 year old boy found dead smothered in grain at a Penn Rail depot. Little Rock reports Henry Lemans, 16, in jail after slashing his stepmother with an ax. Bismarck confirms a Northern Pacific wreck near Hart River with four level fatalities and eleven injuries. bridge collapse and fires ensued as trains derailed. Wires down between Bismarck and Mandan.
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Philadelphia Dispatch
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thirteenth
Market Streets
William Ryan
St. Peter’s College
Grand Street
Jersey City
Little Rock
Ark
Henry Lemans
Augusta
Bismark
Dak
Northern Pacific
Hart River
Mandan
Bismarck
Senate Debates Mississippi Levee Funds and War Claims
The Senate discussed the Mississippi levee improvement bill seeking 15 million dollars and severally debated post-office and tariff commission measures without action. A war claims relief measure totaling 291 thousand dollars was considered, along with amendments to aid Western sufferers and related relief provisions.
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Senate
Mississippi
Tariff Commission
Hovsit
Senate approves expenses for Ratler Kellogg backers
A resolution passed to allow Senators Ratler and Kellogg $3,000 and 39,590 for expenses incurred in vindicating their seats. The tariff commission bill was further discussed. In Houston several new bills were introduced as maneuvers for precedence delayed business to a standstill.
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Monnay
Macbath
Senate
Ratler
Kellogg
Houst
Senate activity highlights life-saving bill and appropriations
The life-saving service bill received further consideration while the military academy appropriation bill passed with amendments. Several House bills of no general interest were amended or discussed. The tariff commission bill was also reviewed. Pendleton introduced a joint resolution for constitutional amendment on electing postmasters and other officers. The Chinese immigration bill was debated. A minority report against Dakota statehood was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
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Senate
House
Pendleton
Dakota
Average Man in a World of Shifting Faith
Brother Gardner at Paradise Hall urges readers to judge people by enduring actions, not by talk or appearances. He warns that agreement on weather or politics does not guarantee shared religion or honesty, and advises testing character by consistent behavior before forming judgment.
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Brother Gardner
Paradise Hall
de Pusson
Ad Street Kyar
Jie
Chile
Headless Murder Shocks German Village After Heist
A servant girl in Stutgard saved money in a savings bank and traveled to Schneidemuhl. After warning a butcher of her cash, she was killed. the butcher allegedly hid the victim’s head in a bag, later produced as a sheep head before authorities.
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Stutgard
Germany
Schneidemuhl
Women’s Best Adviser Says Editor Could Help
The Globe-Democrat notes that a minister’s advice is limited to his province and urges that a woman’s best confidant is a husband or male relative. It argues editors may better shield her from scandal by reporting carefully.
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Loings Globe-Democrat
Sleeves padded to lift above shoulders
The description notes padding in sleeves to raise them above the shoulders. The detail suggests a tailoring or garment construction choice highlighting increased shoulder height and structure.
The Burden of the Sea Poem Fragment
A poem fragment speaks of the burden of the sea heard deep in night. The speaker asks what voice rises through the spheres and who hears the endless woe of ages. The lines ponder duration and divine listening with the refrain How long it seems to mean O Lord how long.
Almost Buried Alive: Woman’s Horrific Trance Ordeal
Josephine Ryman, a young woman from Evansville Indiana, survived a winter episode where she lay presumed dead in a church trance. She described hearing every word spoken around her coffin and watching relatives plan her funeral before a sister's sudden scream and her miraculous revival.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Evansville
Ind
Josephine Ryman
Brown
Josephine
St. James
Josie
Mormon Temporal Power and Bishopric Abuse Alleged in Utah Case
A letter from Rev. J. D McMillan of Utah describes Mormon church control of all temporal affairs, with bishops presiding over civil and ecclesiastical matters. It recounts a land dispute where a bishop punished a rightful claimant, ostracized him, and vowed divine curses, prompting redress through the Land Office.
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J. D McMillan
Utah
Whiiits
Michigan
Judiciary Committee
Mormon Church
High Council
Satan
Land Office
Paracn
Dog survives river voyage from Niagara Falls to whirlpool
A large dog was seen in the upper Niagara River, went over the falls, drifted through the gorge and whirlpool on a cake of ice, and surfaced in Suspension Bridge area still alive. Witnesses later confirmed the remarkable, multi mile swim through rapid waters.
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Niagara Falls
New York Sun
Suspension Bridge
Tea Cultivation at Friend Field Plantation in Georgetown
The Georgetown Enquirer reports on examining the tea plants at Friend Field Plantation, home of Dr. Forster’s family, noting a tea nursery on site and the plantation’s tea leaves.
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Georgetown Enquirer
Friendfield Plantation
Dr. Forster
Tea Plant Exhibition At Baltimore Importing House
A report notes tea plants submitted for inspection at a leading Baltimore importing house. They declare the tea from these plants equal or superior in pungency strength and richness to the finest imported article. On Friend field there are 1,632 ten plants showing vigorous development. some reach six feet in height and ten to twelve feet in circumference due to lack of pruning.
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Baltimore
Friendfield
Quaker Congressman Refuses Cadet Appointment
Jonathan Chace of Rhode Island opposes recommending a district cadet to West Point citing conscientious objection to war. The Rhode Island governor will handle the appointment in this case.
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Jonathan Chace
House of Congress
Roode Island
West Point
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Detroit
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Niagara
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Lawrexes & Mantix
Green Braum
Internal Revenue
Washington
D. C
Lawnenes & Maautin
Lawrence & Martin, Proprictors
Chicago
Ill
Druccists
Attorneys At Law
Young'’s
Sullivan, Ind
Ous T. Gunn
Real Ptate
South Side
Joulson & Coulson
Attorneys-at-Law
Sullivan
Indiana
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Reid
Bcfe & Patten
Offie
Square
Eaton & “Jiles
Hass & Hays
Attorney
Omive
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Croner Public Square
Suiiven
Comimneriet Row
Sulmana
Crowders
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Ee Danat
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Otte
Noole
Maine Street
Guth Side
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Curry & Dutton
North Side Square
Te Diana
EO Sears
Eee
Witten
Cincinnati
West Point Base
DR. J. & Marchiss
Utica
N.Y
Marchisi
Crowder & Reed
Gillys
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Arnes Har
Sullivan Or
J. P, Stratton
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