Abilene Reflector Prints Wide Range of Foreign and Domestic Items
Diverse items from Mexico trade to Kentucky constitutional plans and a deadly train wreck near Valdiya Chili. Reports cover Port Huron and Detroit quarantine removals, arson-accusations in Charleston, Pa Va, Wisconsin horsebreeders expulsions, Utah mine deaths, German diplomacy on Samoa, New York City debt, Dakota timber suits, Beaver Falls fire losses, Balkan thaw impacts, and Paso del Norte reforms under Mayor Esperidion Provencio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso del Norte
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Iyear
Esperidion Provencio
Senate and House move on silver and succession
Long Congressional review spans Senate and House with debates over silver coinage, the national debt payment in gold and silver, and a presidential succession bill. Notable actions include executive sessions, pending bills from Alabama and Illinois, and shifts in committee plans while international items and miscellaneous notices accompany the day’s political weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Harrison
Committee On ‘Territories
Dakota
Lincoln
Beck
House
Oates
Alabama
United
Parson
Illlinois
Weaver
Iowa
Treasury
Warner
Ohio
Vance
Mr. Ingalls
Kansas
New York
Caldwell
Tennessee
Committee On
Reagan
Ingalls
Owen
Indian Affairs
United States
Arkansas
Secretary of War
Missouri Home Guards
Coke
Mession
Curtin
Cooper
Oho
Congress
New York Board of Trade and Transortation
Colorado
Brown
Maxey
Sewell
Tlante
Kansas Representatives on committees and fires in Leavenworth
Kansas delegates in Congress hold key panel posts including Ryan on Appropriations Anderson on PolicLends Funston on Agriculture and Education Perkins on Indian Affairs Peters on Post Offices Morrill on Invalid Pensions and Levees. A large Leavenworth building housing John Sorenton Furniture burned with heavy loss and wind hampered efforts. cause unknown but insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Congress
Ryan
Anderson
Funston
Slso
Perkins
Peters
Morrill
Iso
Mississippi River
Hanbeck
Department of Justice
John Sorenton
Leavenworth
Jass
George Eddy
Hutchins
Burrton
William F. Boswell
Atchison
William Errin
State Agricultural Society
Topeka
Joshua Wheeler
J. W. Johson
William Sims
John Francis
James Culbertson
Dickenson County
F. M. Potter
Marion County
F. J. Martin
Cowley County
LM. Pickering
Cherokee County
J. Carter
Coffey County
Holcombe
Department of Agriculture
State Bar Association
A. H. Horton
E. 8. Turrence
Winfield
Pstunric of
Senate
Bradford
Mayor Nesly
Learvenworth
Clough
Atchison County
Benny Kumpf
Tur Board of Jade
Fort Scott
W. L. Parkinson
Ottawa
Board of Trade
Southern Kansas
Medicine Lodge
O Miley
Kansas City
Parsons
Paris
Frederick L. Kirkebride
Wyandotte
Obediah J. Smith
Iola
G. Gish
Redfield
Elizabeth A. Craig
Arlington
Albert A. Brooks
Georgr C. McVern
United States
Kingman
Foster
Minois
Kansas Bar Association
Topeka Power Company
Turex
Winchester
Boycotted Boots Target Convict Labor In Chicago Firms
The Knights of Labor assembly at Decatur denounces five leading Chicago boot and shoe houses for using convict labor and urges a public boycott. Firms named are M. B. Wells, Selz Schwab & Co, C. H. Fargo & Co, P. M. Henderson and Phelps Dodge & Palmer. Boots claim prison-made goods from Wisconsin, Joliet, Tonla and Jackson prisons, Jefferson City and Allegheny City, Michigan City. The firms dismiss the boycott as ineffective and express indifference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmecaco
State Assembly of the Knights of Labor
Decatur
Chicago
M. B. Wells, Selz, Schwab & Co
C. H. Fargo & Co
P. M. Henderson Acne Phelps, Dovge & Palmer
M. B. Wells
Waupun
Wisconsin
Selz, Schwab& Co
Joliet
Fargo
Tonla
Jackson
Michigan
C. M. Henderson
Jefferson City
Allegheny City
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
Michigan City
Knights
Missing Mariners Spark Coastwise Ship Anxiety
In New York a storm endangers several coastwise vessels overdue at sea. Over a dozen ships remain unheard from, including the American Undaunted which left for Philadelphia in tow and was abandoned by the tug. The Alice B Phillips and Ulrich Church from Baltimore are missing, and the Eliza Gaker is believed lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mittos Westox
Allegheny County
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Riverside Penitentiary
Weston
Haymaker
Murraysville
New York
Kate Bavaro
Washington
Cleveland
White House
Uscent
London
Ireland
National League
Noturxe
Nassau
Delaware Capes
Jacksonville
Fla
Sexen Dox Maxvel Pri Cauro
Legation
Valparaiso
Zeitung
Berlin
Prussia
Secretary of the Navy
Pacific
Samoan Islands
Ealtimore
Bexsaurs F. Weeks
City Bank
Houston
Tex
Salvation Army
Joliet
Sparks
Land Office
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Alice B. Phillips
Baltimore
Ulrich Church
Eliza Gaker
Prominent Charleston Citizens Tied to Fire Insurance Conspiracy
The Times reports in Charleston West Virginia a homegrown conspiracy to destroy property for insurance profits. Arrests of W. S. and L. Morgan and others are expected, with damages running to thousands across Wheeling and nearby eastern cities. Other items note Rock Island Road remarks on Kansas extensions, a tragic hunting accident in Madison County, Alabama, and fires at Opelika Alabama including a Times printing building loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
WW. Va
New York
the Times
W. Va
West Virginia
Maryland
Wheeling
W.S
L. Morgan
Cimenco
Kansas
Cable
Rock Island Road
Uist
Southwest
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Union Pacific
St. Joseph & Grandstand
Jackson
Texs
Huntersville
Madison
Janes K. Merriweather
Harvey Crittenden
Merriweather
Opelika
Moxroomzer
Avs
Robert
Times
Roberts
Western nominations confirmed by Senate in Kansas and surrounding states
The Senate in executive session confirmed Western nominations across several districts and agencies. Appointments include U S District Attorneys for Kansas Minnesota and Arkansas Indian Agencies in Indian Territory and Utah postmasters in Kansas Missouri and Nebraska. Receivers of public money and other federal posts were named with multiple Kansas and Nebraska locations listed. A separate report notes a stagecoach robbery near Fort Robinson and widespread storm deaths across Kansas with numerous frost fatalities and missing persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Efet
Wasurvatos
Senate
United States
William ©. Perry
Fort Scott
Kan
District of Kansas
George N. Baxter
Minnesota
District of Minnesota
Stewart
Mississippi
Iateere Miss
Roberta Yeakie
Arkansas
Little Rock
Ark
Vous K. DeKteamer
Colorado
Leadvn
Moses Neal
Kansas
Oberlin
Henry L. Beckett
Larned
Alfred T. King
Harrison, Ark
Hugh C. Wallace
Salt Lake City
Andrew J. Quincy
William K. Edgar
Missouri
Trenton
Kansas, Missouri
Nebraska
Ethan Wail
Kingman
B.J. Sheridan
Paola
George C. Kembaugh
Winfield
Cyrus A. Rieder
Anthony
A. McCleary
Medicine
J. A. Manley
Mound City
RT. Lawsonen
Junction City
J. & Degarnette
Chetopa
I. V.gavigan
Columbus
FP. W. Frye
Parsons
W. A. Wright
Moberly
E. T. Phillips
Bethany
A. A. Warde
Butler
W. II. Pipkin
Springfield
James S. McGee
Paris
Charles W. Hodge
Columbia
G. SL. Larwood
Harrisonville, IL
S. Herbert
Rotta
William Grosbeck
Independence
A. D. Garth
Clinton
Misa Caradovna Clark
Blair
Edwin T. Best
Nelleh
John A. Framley
Stoamsburg
Albert Watkins
Lincoln
T. B. Wilson
David City
Train Derails Crossing 500 Foot Bridge Near Matawan
A north bound New York and Long Island express derailed on a 500 foot trestle near Matawan after a broken frog. Engineer Gi Clicknor throttled the engine to avert a plunge, passengers shaken but unharmed. Also reports a mine cave in at Rittenhouse Gap, burying several miners, a panic in a Chicago Opera House, and Cleveland facing a water famine as pumps halt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.C. Vebmeyer
Kinzie Street
Chicago
Grant Monpeed Abcentee
New York House of Delegates
Teruse
Greenbaum
Samos
United States
Germany
H.R Hosnano
New Haven
Conn
Pennsylvania
M. Bannese
the Eure
France
Paris
Mabel Dillaway
Gloucester
Mass
London Daily Telegraph
Ireland
Earl of Carnarvon
White Star Line
Germanic
Liverpool
Barnum
London Royal Zoological Gardens
Alice
Jumbo
London
Canada
Pacific
Brows & Axpantes
Broad Street
New York
Timothy Brown
Alexander Nichol
Opera
Lexington
Direct Cable Company
Cone
Connellsville
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Boutello
Norfolk Va. Navy Yard
Thomas W. Honren
Colorado
G. W. Bassett
Vandalla, I
Henry Stair
Nevada
Noah Merriman
Belleville
Charles Wilson
St. Louis
William George
Lake Providence
Stair
Algoma
Lake Superior
Moore
Hastings
New York & Long Island Railroad
Matawan
Gi Clicknor
Shdle
Happendin
Axnurres
Rittenhouse Gap
Exppeodin
James Shiffert
Frank Eck
Tee Ee
Stupa
Sherman Reaffirms Grant Admiration in Letter
General W T Sherman defends his high praise of Ulysses S Grant in a letter to Rev George Morris. He says he never wrote or said the contentious lines attributed to him and notes their wartime bond and Grant’s leadership at Shiloh Vicksburg Donelson Honey. He includes a copy of his Army of the Tennessee speech praising Grant at his death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Froguet
Chamber of Deputies
Ohio Senate
House
John Sherman
United State Senate
Sherman
Allen G. Thurman
Buancacon
Lorn Bexesrorp
San Domingo
Chihuahua
Mexico
William
Europe
Abuinat Paxton
Washington
Dolphin
St. Lewis
George Morris
Baltimore
Dean Srk
Grant
Padreah
General Grant
C.F. Smith
Shi Joh
F.smith
Gene Grant
Army of the Tennessee
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Strother & Litts
Kentucky
Valdiya
Chili
Tur Grand Trunk Railroad
Port Huron
Detroit
Montreal
Pa. Va
Wisconsin Horsebreeders’ Association
T. J. Dunbar
Milwaukee
National Trotting Association
Ogden
Utah
Couxt Vox Horzvetpr
Marquis of Salisbury
Samoa
Prince Bismarck
Lord Salisbury
Hill
New York City
Commissioners of Sinking Fund
Secretary of the Interior
Attorney General
Isuit
Dakota Cattle Company
J. P. Wetherbee
Landa
Beaver Falls
Sixth Avenues
Mansion House
Maritza
Roumelia
W Downes
Wyoming
General Land Ofice
News OF the
Telegraph and Mail
Customs Service
Tor Outbresk
Bertholdi
Quack
Tagr
Chadron
Fort Robinson
Fort Niobrara
Merchants’ Telegraph Company
Carrars Collins
Hylton Castle
Long Island
Stephen Woolsey
Montrose
Fort Wayne
Ind
St Mary's Catholic Church
Anthony Evans
Mariners
Osatta
Imilitary
Howard
Dawes City
Neb
Express
Aso
Port Niobrara
Dewlwood
Cheyenne
Laramie
McKinney
Loolkent
Sarva
Anx
H. H. Quick
Johnson
Hickory County
Dan Quick
Johnson County
Holden
Quick
James Johnson
T. Harner
Aml
John Bebee
Henry Surratt
Wiley Cox
Horeville
Preston
Bios
York
Cincinnati
Sevant County
Ford County
Bllis County
Lincoln County
Garden City
Hai
Ganlen City
Elmer Smith
Scott Center
Scott County
Syracuse
Hamilton County
M. P. Israel
Israel
Mr. Ford
Pinney County
Lakin
S. Higgs
Kensal
I. O Ward
George Chapman
Esane Staffle
Windom
Groote County
Chapman
Staffe
Ward
Staffie
Meller
Powelson
Wakeeney
Scott City
Moeller
Motler
Lucky Hill
Cmeaco
Ini
Conservatory of Music
Chicago Opera House
Samuel Kayser
C. Crevetasp
Crib
Bairmors
the Sun
W.T. Sherman
North American Review
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