Multiple global events prompt wide political and legal actions
The report surveys mourning at the White House during Cleveland's era, penal reform shifts in Russia, a Badeau Grant case denial, a Canadian Pacific loan and monopoly concession, Zanzibar’s peaceful accession, a forger’s London conviction, Liberal debates on the Local Government bill, cholera updates in Chile, NY Custom House clerks laid off, a Vanderbilt related French cook affair, Maryland pardon for election fraud, Russian diplomat notes on Europe, and rail company earnings comparisons with 1887. It also notes Knutsford’s toponymic origins, Kaiser’s death, German larynx surgeries, bucketshop suppression in Canada, and potential penalties for stock-related misconduct.
Congress Week in Review Senate and House Actions
Congress weekly summary: Senate petitions on equal protection for agricultural products, anti immigration measures, and direct senatorial elections discussed. bond purchases and funeral appropriations debated. House passes funeral funding, Alaska Territory plan, and various public land bills. multiple pension votes and confirmations. Events include Chief Justice Waite funeral, foreign affairs notes, and numerous miscellaneous reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Committee On Territories
Alaska Territory
Wuen
Blair
Edmunds
Walte
Worthington
Post
Union Pacfic
Military Academy
General Public
Supreme Court
Berry
Kansas
Post Ofice Committee
Canada
Mexico
Central and South America
Brazil
John A. Logan
F. P. Blair
Logan
Kansas state news round up from Atchison county and Topeka
An Atchison County elder, Carrais George N. Faciesex, aged ninety two, dies after a life spanning Kentucky Missouri and Kansas. The report covers a land office staffing dispute in Washington, patents issued to Kansas inventors, a Missouri Pacific wreck near Leavenworth, Loyal Legion growth, a Kansas Railroad Commissioner appointment, No Man's Land annexation bill progress, church college dedication, GOP delegate tallies, a Topeka penny dreadful conviction, and multiple local incidents including a jail suicide attempt, a fatal horse kick, union strike at the State House project, a Wichita fire, banker meetings, and a tornado at Kin gman County with widespread damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heterarus
Hungary
Mezo
Bereny
Hundsdorf
Caminha
Portugal
Clrarine House
New York
Senate
House
Union Pacific
International Woman's Council
Washington
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
London Exchange
Paris
Germany
Wankes
Ark
Colored Baptist Church
Central Labor Union
Typographical Union No.6
Carl Sahm Club
Progressive Union
Wall
Clayton Mumm
John Conrad
Bushong
Rv. Mumm
Conrad
Swallow
Namoa Island
China
Carrais
George N. Faciesex
Atchison County
Leavenworth
Culpeper County
Kentucky
IkSibe
Missouri
Kansas
General Land Office
Bickel
Larned
Register Brownlee
United States Land Office
Register
Brownlee
Bake Borton
Clyde
Alanson B. Griswold
J. M. Bradbury
Bunker Hul
Joseph Crum
Stockdale
Thomas H. B. Millsap
Harper
Howard Gamble
Lansing
Patten M. Askren
Circleville
Three Mile Creek
Sexatox Pirma
State of
No-Man’s-Land
Tax Methodist College
Winfield
Women’s International Congress
Anna C. Wait
Lincoln
Nellie T. Butterfield
Florence
Nannie Stephens
Wichita
J. E. Spaulding
S. E. Hull
Fort Scott
Topeka
James G. Blaine
John J. Ingalls
John Sherman
W. Gresham
Robert Lincoln
Benjamin H. Harrison
Chauncey M. Depew
P. B. Plumb
Manhattan
Republican State Central Committee
John Curry
Coffey County
Curry
Tor
State House
George H. Evans & Co
Kansas City
Contractors’ Association of the
Missouri Valley
Lhe Pork
Joseph Ackerman & Co
Tur
Kansas Bankers’ Association
Kansas City Clearing House
Tut Keystone Security Company
Capital Stock
State Bankers’ Association
John R. Mulvane
Tope
L. L. Turner
D. A. Moulton
B. F. Scott
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Emporia
Newton
Kearney
Leavesworts
Ninniscah
Kingman County
Herald
J. R Milleap
Cumming
Smith
Rono
Tragedy and mob violence in Leavenworth incident
Last evening in North Leavenworth a fatal shooting left Harrison Young dead and Sam Hedspeth and Ben Easton wounded as a frenzied mob gathered, police and Mayor Neely attempted to quell the bloodthirsty crowd while King fled along the river and was later hidden in a water works pump house before cavalry moved him to Fort Leavenworth. A separate Kansas City record notes a double shooting over a land quarrel and an additional incident in Arkansas where Amos Sharp killed John Rice without warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leavenworth
Kan
North Leavenworth
Harrison Young
Sam Hedspeth
Ben Easton
Roberts
Neely
James King
Second
Dakota
Hedspeth
Young
King
Euston
Missouri
Water Works Company
Gren
Kong
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas City
E. Setzier
Charles Evans
Third and
Walnut Streets
Wiemrra
Shorty” Booth
Ed Coulter
Tyrone
Seward County
Snorty
Coulter
Little Rock
Ark
Wittsburg
Amos Sharp
John Rice
Riot at Chicago sparks massive railroad strike after derailed freight train
Curacao March 3 report details a clash between striking switchmen and replacement crew on a Burlington MilwaukeeSt Paul line. A switch engine derailed cars at Kinzie and Western, Pinkerton guards were overwhelmed, and Division Superintendent Besler was beaten. One man, William Quirk, arrested sparked a 171 switchmen and 28 engineers and 28 firemen walkout, crippling yard operations. Bail offered, then Quirk released to cheers, prompting a quick resumption of work by 9 PM. Besler suffered severe bruising and both train crew were badly beaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith & Perry
Rich Hill
Burlington
Chicago
Pinkerton
Austin
Tex
W.S. Taylor
Chanutes E. Cross
Samuel C. White
Bank of Raleigh
N. C
Toronto
White
New York City
Nantucket
Mass
Peoria and
Lake Streets
Davis & Rankin
Zimmerman Refrigerator
Joms Gartick
Ezekiel & Burnham
Cincinnati
Louis F. Serega
South William Street
New York Cotton Exchange
Santa Maura
Greece
Twe St Paul & Milwaukee
Round House
Aurora
Ill
Downer’s Grove
Delaware
Reading
New England
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Dun
United States
Canada
Arovst Hetzke
GrtuooLr
Inspector Hayes
Curiaco
Kinzie Street
Western Avenue
John Besler
William Quirk
West Madison Street
Quirk
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Milwaukee & St. Pau
St. Paul
St. Paul Company
Bester
Fraud and conspiracy in Chinese return certificates case
In San Francisco a trial of Ferdinand Ciprico and B McLean ex customs inspectors concluded with W A Boyd confessing a conspiracy to sell Chinese return certificates. They procured tags from Chinese registrants to obtain certificates and shipped 100 or more certificates per voyage, with funds returning to conspirators in this city. Also reported are Chief Justice Waite funeral proceedings in Washington and various brief items from Minnesota, Nebraska, Rome, and Missouri events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
United States
Ferdinand Ciprico
B. McLean
W. A. Boyd
Boyd
Ciprico
McLean
J. E. Kipp
A. Hanse
China
Custom House
Bord
Hanse
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reflector Publishing Company
White House
Cleveland
Grant
Hendricks
Arthur
Waite
Irkutsk
Amur
Siberia
Mas. Joyn D. Grant
Stanley, Clark & Smith
Badeau
Badeau-Grant
London
Canadian Pacific
Sar Knauir
Zanzibar
Burgasc Ben Said
Rixecoty Coorer
London & Westminister Bank
Chili
Santiago
Valparaiso
New York Custom House
Fairchild
W. K. Waxpersitt
Mr. Vanderbilt
Jackson
Maryland
The
Norce Vremya
St. Petersburg
Count Schouraloff
Europe
Russia
Austria
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad and Iron Company
Knyvtstorp
Cheshire
Sir Henry Holland
Knutsford
England
Knute
Canute
Iceland
Caroline
Prince Consort
Max Kaiser
Breslau
Bergmann
Mackenzie
Dominion of Canada
News OF the
Joyce
G. Sharp
Democratic State Executive Committee
Tate
William Dorsuemer
New York Star
Savannah
Lyons
N. Y
Frederick
Victoria
Prussia
Konigsburg
General Boulanger
Council of Ministers
Epwuxp Dwrek Graf
Irish Parliamentary Party
Dublin
Freeman's Journal
Belfast Morning News
Lord Saussvxy
Baron de Staal
Bulgaria
House of Representatives
Bishop Paret
Episcopal Church
Toledo
O. Gexen
Forest Cemetery
Congress
Army of the Potomac
Army of
Northern Virginia
Gettysburg
George William Curtis
Kiso Jonx
Abyssinia
San Marzano
AxyonTer
France
Boulanger
Carnot
M. Floquet
Cookeville
Tenn
Peter Bertine
Bathurst
N. 8
Wits G. Wessex & Co
Boston
Great Lakes
Marine Trades Council
Faner
Montreal
Grand Trunk Railway
Rt. Joseph
Brotherhood
North Manchester
Conn
Scott County
Georgetown
Chima
Honan
American Bible Society
Baltic
Bible Societies
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Kansas State News
Wild Times
Torrepo
Watte
Summit Street
Locust Street
Richard Waite
Ee Cleveland
St. Part
Mino
Minnesota Farmers’ Alliance
Omana
Neb
Albert Marish
William Patterson
Rome
San Marzante
War Office
Wassixotos
Lancaster
Navy Department
Funeral Services
Capitol
Dea
Elita
Fourteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ingalls
Carisse
Smithsonian Institute
Court of Claims
Supreme Court of the District of
Diplomatic Corps
United States Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Bar
Bayard
Sheridan
Congressional Committee
Paret
St. Louis
William G. Barile
Michigan Central Road
Toledo, Wabash & Western
Burnsides
Moxtcomexr
Ala
Alabama
Western Railroad
Atlanta
Montgomery
Fufala
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