Curiosities and Conflicts Scattered Across Europe and America
The piece surveys diverse topics from Baron de Jorst leaving half a million to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to Miss Apa Lesion’s work in New York and Mrs. Mary Crow claiming 111 years in Virginia. It notes dynamite tests at the Washington Navy Yard, pension talk for Walt Whitman, a new hanging machine in use, and transatlantic mail contracts via White Star and Cunard lines. It also covers opinions on banking laws, steamship routes, and calls for larger dividends for Pennsylvania Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron de Jorst
Paris
The
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
White Star
Liverpool
Cunard
Queenstown
Inman Line
Liverpoul
Linyd
Southampton
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
London
John Taylor
Philadelphia
White Star Steamship Company
White Star Company
Admiralty
Washington
Pendleton
Manning
Treasury
Peemini Dernetis
Ist
Prince Albert
United State
Indiana
Judge Turpie
Turpie
Harrison
Seltan
Morocco
England
France
Germany
Massowsk
Soudan
Erse Grerce
Athens
Greece
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Congress News Recap of Senate and House Actions
A week of Congress notes key Senate debates on the Sundry Civil and direct tax acts, with amendments funding Fort Scott and Nebraska City projects, and a Senate adjournment after lengthy sessions. House actions include pensions bills, naval pay reforms, seed aid for Texas drought areas, and defense funding moves. Personal and political items cover international subsidies, Irish politics, and global stock markets.
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Congress
Senate
House
Lawler
Lovering
Massachusetts
Plumb
Kansas
District of Columbia
Seagit
Fort, Scott
Kaw
Nebraska Cit
Ned
Pensions Committee
Logan
F. P. Blair
Naval Bureau
Army
Navy
Adj
Texas
Denver
Missouri River
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Hatch
McAdoo
Ingalls
Holman
Dispatches Describe Indian Allotment Bill Opposition
Joyce Wittaro and Native representatives opposed the land allotment bill before the President. Ohio River high water disrupted rail transit at Newport with 14,000 idle workers. later reports said the river was falling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Wittaro
Cincinnati
Sun
Ohio River
Newport
Joux Henman
St. Ansgarins Protestant Episcopal
Morgan
Henry Cuester
Melinda Williams
Ernie
Kansas Legislation Update Across Senate and House
Kansas lawmakers debated budget cuts for guerrilla raid losses and wage changes for state offices. The Senate and House considered temperance bills, highway improvements, and voter registration, with adjournments and votes on local measures, road funding, and mining safety. An incident in Leavenworth and several post office changes are also noted amid routine sessions.
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Senate
House
Boards of Health
United States
Kansas
Timmons
Temperance Committee
Mills
Congress
Territory of
Oklahoma
Murray
Temperance
Barker
Lakevile Asylum
Winfield
Edwards
Pawnee
Arron
State House
Matlock
Ter
Ren
J. H. Maher
Rossville
Maher
Rod
Tur
Kansas State Eclectic Medical Association
Topeka
H. 8. Lawrence
Garden City
J. L. Grinnell
Peabody
C. W. Tidwall
Kansas City
N. Simmons
Lawrence
Martin
John Gill
Wilsey
Jerome
Gove County
Andrew J. Whitehur
Lafayette
Stevens County
John Moore
Bartgestown
Rice County
Craventon
McPherson County
Itasca
Sumner County
Peuriette
Meade County
Pontyville
Hodgeman County
Trenton
Kingman County
Ursula
Ottawa County
W. T. Lea
Wann
Bud Knapp
Sandy
Sandy Short
Tar Kansas Home Insurance Company
Leavenworth
F. M. Starnes
Still Out Progress of the Great Strike in New York
Still Out. Progress of the Great Strike in New York shows thousands idle and rioting at Jersey City. Freight movement is limited along the river front as unions and non union men clash with police and strike committees. The patrols are deployed, gates closed, and PIers report heavy disruption across lines and ships.
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New York
Jersey City
New York Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lehigh Company
New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad
Hudson River
Assembly of Knights of Labor
The
Ocean Association
Mallory Line
Murray
Steers
Pennsylvania
Savannah
Fray
Hudson River Railroad
St. John's Park
Baltimore & Ohio
North River
Republic
White Star Line
Erin
National Line
Morgan Line
Rekveva
Uunarder Aurania
Roanoke
Breakwater
Old Dominion
Steinway Hall
Pitrsnexen
Spearmat
Dowuglous
Mabel
Hemderson and
Clair
Parrist New
Crucible
Pittsburgh
Panic on European Markets Sparks Exploits and Fear
Long report from Losvos on February 4 describes intense excitement on European stock exchanges as indicators of heavy failures in Paris and rumors of a Berlin bank collapse trigger a broad market panic. French Italian Russian and Hungarian securities drop while Paris quotes worsen. In New Jersey a bold Jersey City post office robbery attempt ends with captors failing to blow the safe. Delaware water gap sees severe flooding with homes inundated and families forced to flee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Losvos
Paris
Berlin
Stock Exchange
Paria
New York
Train Plunges Into White River After Bridge Crash
A Boston Express train left on time but derailed near White River Junction as a broken rail caused most cars to leave the tracks. The wreck and ensuing fire killed scores, with early tallies around forty to sixty, many unidentifiable. Rescue efforts hampered by ice and cold left rescuers as witnesses and survivors recount the horror.
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Areneskam
Concord
N. H
Woodstock
Central Vermont
White River
Pittsburgh
Vienna
Prince Bismarck
Austria
England
Italy
Russia
Germany
France
Indiana
Ilinois
Louisville
Jousx Buaxpox
Richard W. Brandon
Forestine Ark
John Brandon
Coxconn
X. A. Reb
Boston
White River Junction
Dock Bridge
Old Windsor Station
Hartford
Wwe
Sareer
Woncester
Mass
C. W. Bowker
Montreal
Raging Rivers Floods Hit Cincinnati and Surrounding Areas
Floods cripple Cincinnati access to the Central depot and threaten streetcar routes between Newport and Covington as the river rises an inch an hour. Reports show water climbing to five feet six inches, with many families evacuating lower floors. Similar rises affect Nashville area as Cumberland River floods lowlands, forcing dozens of families from homes though no mass danger is reported. Further rises loom in Louisville and nearby towns, with suspensions to Navigation in Primrose, Pennsylvania, and surrounding regions as water levels climb.
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Cincinnati
Newport
Covington
Ohio
St. Louis
Louisville
Evansville
Tennessee
Nasaukee
Tenn
Cumberland River
Nashville
Carthage
Burnside
Kentecke
Lorisville
Shippingsport
Pennsylvania
A Cold Run and a Brave Little Hug News Clips
Reports from Watrasrny and Thomaston detail a drunken aloonkeeper Tom Reston causing chaos and a near-fatal exposure after sleeping in an old room. A mother in Curanors Ohio attempts suicide with her family’s aid, a detective gunfight in Pennsylvania injures officers and criminals, and a county insane asylum inquiry reveals disturbing staff practices.
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Strotherb & Litts
Charles P. Stone
Saxo
Bangor
C. T
Cuana
Shanghai
Globe
de Perens
M. Pasteur
Comsis
Apa Lesion
Manton County
Virginia
Mary Crow
Hameros
Bock
Miller
Tegs
Tue
J. W. Booxwarren
Franer
Washington Navy Yard
Condortes
Walt Whitman
House Committee On
Wrsters
News OF the
Union Pacific Company
Thomas H. Reesett
Nickerson & Co
Secertany Manxsivo
Lavon
Armour & Co
Cambridge
Horse Railroad
Lear & Gonzales
Pensacola
Fla
Wyoming
Lees
Boston & Providence
Ofice
Signal Corps
Kentucky
London Stock Exchange
Pirtscreen
Spearman
Douglaus & Mable
Leon
Panama
Limerick
Ireland
Counse
Belvedere
N. J
Pahaquarry Township
Delaware River
Shawnee
Delaware Water Gap
Chestnut Mound
St. Johns
Ariz
John
Henry Brown
Red” Murphy
Associat
Raleigh
N.C
Dr. Wilcox
John Baker
Baker
TaLnott
Fanny Davenport
Memphis
St. Emonique
Can
Dispatch
Hohne
Halligan
Cleveland
Henry McMunn
Alliance
Monongahela River
William Comstock
Auburn
N. Y
Gowanus Canal
Lexnos
Henny Waxe Beecum
Amherst Alumni Association
Knights of Labor
Fargo
Dak
Jamestown
Kansas State News
Commission
Ancti
T Sioner
Denser
Crtt
Erie Railroad
Bevvinege
Peter S. Michaels
Michaels
Wage
Central Vermont Railroad
Vermont
Ed F. Dillon
Darmouth
Burlington
Frank L. Wesson
Springfield
D. Maigaet
Shanigan
Quebec
Edward Banks
Brakeman
Lebanon
XNI
M. R. Burgess
Pullman
Nancy Dunbar
Porters Station
Somerville
Mason Mills
Troquois
Ont
S.C Bturtersnt
John Haden
Pilgrim
Cephrus Mills
Iroquois
Boulanger
Holyoke
A. J. Hammer
Albans
Edgar J. Wilder
Dayton
Broker Noble
Wall Street
Lake Superior
Montreal River
Wisconsin
Michigan
Detroit Tribune
Maryland
Zallimore Sun
Lin
Kester
Reston
Acuranors.o
William Morrison
Wasnixeros
Garland
Mississippi
St Louis
Keseur
Pirrsmeee
Hobne and
Herry MccMunn
Ravenna
Mulligan
McMunn
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