Congress Deliberates on Seed Distribution and Financial Bills
The week covers debates on seed distribution authorized by the Agriculture Department and a series of fiscal measures. Senate votes on holiday, tariffs, and silver coinage, while the House passes district measures and tables several finance bills amid criticism of agricultural policy and secretary Morton.
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Potomac
Naval Observatory Grounds
Washington
Arlington Estate
Alaska
Sauarve
Senate
Mensure
House
Treasury
Morton
Agricultural Department
Congress
Messrs. Moser
Livingston
Georgia
Boamer
Louisiana
Arbitrator to settle Italy Brazil disputes protocol signed
The article notes a protocol signed to refer all unresolved claims to President Cleveland's arbitration. It cites labor bill support in Congress and a non-partisan commission to investigate labor troubles. It also reports Joe Donoghue breaking skating records in Washington, including five miles in 14 minutes 47 3 4 seconds and two miles in 5 33 4 5.
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Canada
Italy
Brazil
Cleveland
Phillips
Pennsylvania
House
House Committee On Labor
Washington
Joe Donoghue
Neilson
Minneapolis
Donoghue
Red Bank
N. J
Olaf Rudd
Multiple 19th Century Accidents and Appointments Reported
A wreck in Pittsfield Massachusetts damaged four locomotives valued at 10000 after the Great Burlington local ran through an open switch. In Claremont New Hampshire the Sullivan Savings Institution was enjoined from further business by the state bank commissioner. A Buffalo fire damaged a four story building owned by the American Tool and Ax Company, causing 965000 in losses. Abraham M Beitler, Philadelphia public safety director, named associate judge of Court of Common Pleas No 1. Frederick Perchin residence fire in Pittston killed his children Henry and Emma. An execution was issued against George Shulmyer of Lancaster for 10000, with total judgments reaching 25642. The Pullman Wyndham car exploded in Pittsburgh yards injuring Laura Foss Nadie Conroy and James Richards. National Trotting Association elects officers in New York with John of Lexington as president and Bonner of New York as first vice president.
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Massa
Barington
Sullivan Savings Institution
Claremont
Nhi
State Bank
Quay
Buffalo
American Tool & Ax Co
New York
Abraham M Beitler
Public Safety
Philadelphia
Court of Common Pleas No 1
City
Allison
Frederick Perchin
Pittston
Henry
Emma
George Shulmyer
Lancaster
Shulmyer
Wyndham
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburg
Laura Foss
Nadie Conroy
James Richards
National Congress
National Trotting Association
New York City
Hon. P . John
Lexington
David Bonner
N. T. Smith
Menlo Park
Cal
Fire damages Farr & Bailey oil cloth plant in Camden
Fire damaged the oil cloth manufacturing plant of Farr and Bailey in Camden New Jersey on the 15th. The loss is reported as 960000 and fully insured.
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Camden
N. J
Several Far Reaching Fires and Crimes Reported
On the 14th Kopper and Co. of Chicago assigned a loan while assets and liabilities remain undisclosed. A blaze hit Co. G Loaz store and a Sunfield Michigan hotel and printing office. multiple buildings burned with $100,000 loss and partial insurance. In Pocahontas a depot shooting left Len Hart dead and Clara Clemens wounded as George Gray fled. A fatal boiler explosion at J R Plummer’s sawmill near Asheboro North Carolina killed three workers and wounded three. Ward E K Matthews of Otterbein Indiana inherits a New York estate valued at 375 000. A Milwaukee jury found P T Day not guilty of defrauding depositors amid bank insolvency. Mrs Pearl Rivers, pen name of Mrs G K Nicholson, owner of the New Orleans Picayune, has died. her husband George Nicholson died recently. Pullman Palace Car Co vows to resist sleeping car berth price cuts by law. Chicago, William H Hughitt, son of the C and NW president, fatally shot himself. Robert Williams, who shot Policeman Suggs in Montgomery Alabama, was lynched. Buckeye Glass Works at Martins Ferry Ohio, a major plant, burned with about 150 000 loss.
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George Gray
Len Hartsook
Clara Clemens
Gray
J. R Plummer
Ashboro
N. C
Ward EK Matthews
Otterbein
Ind
New York
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Wison
Létk
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Mra G. K. Nicholson
Pearl Rivers
New Orleans Picayune
George Nicholson
Pullman Palace Car Co
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Marvin Hughitt
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
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John F. Suggs
Montgomery
Ala
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Martin's Ferry
Ges. Harrison
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Woodruff
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Grand Rapids
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Peter Denster
Wisconsin
Crefeld
Germany
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Carlisle
House Committee On Elections No. 2
Coleman Va. Buck
Louisiana
Mr Buck
Dem
Lauro Sodre
Glasgow
I’ara
Irish Sea
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Committee On Privileges and Elections
Dupont
Davis
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Fire in Guayaquil Kills Five Firemen and Wrecks City
Panama dispatch reports five firemen dead and forty wounded after a major blaze in Guayaquil Ecuador. About 130 houses burned and property losses estimated at four million dollars.
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Berlin
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Lilioukalani Dominis
Hawaii
Indiana Convention Delegate Declined by Harrison Amid NRA Talk
The Indiana Republican state convention sees Gen Harrison refusing to allow his name as a delegate at large to St Louis. He has told friends urging the matter to desist as futile.
Legislature Briefs Record Sparse Action
Beth branches of the legislature held brief sessions with no major actions. Bills passed include street assessment levies, penalties for campaign finance violations, and measures on licenses, education funding, and municipal affairs. The senate and house debated and passed multiple bills, including tax, bond, and judicial changes, with no standout decisive outcome.
Trade Retardation and Weather Hinder Early 1900s Trade
R G Dun & Co reports weather and money tightness dampening business while confidence rises. Exports and imports rise modestly, but pig iron prices stay low and Southern furnaces idle. Demand weak for boots and shoes though women’s goods show orders. Overall, production profits buoyed by cotton but crop gains unlikely.
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Beachstreet’s
Will Build a Hall for Republican Convention in St Louis
The Republican National Committee plans a new auditorium to seat at least 12 000 for the convention. After reviewing Exposition and Wigwam options, they endorse a custom hall with three possible sites around Washington Park. Construction will start once a site is chosen and funds are in hand.
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Isaac S
Hail
Washington Park
Twelfth Street
Clark Avenue
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Funda
Southern Delegates to Meet in Chicago for Exposition Plans
Chicago February 13 Southern governors appoint delegates to the Chicago Southern States Exposition convention to organize the exposition company Temporary secretary McNeill Georgia Kentucky and Tennessee each send over 30 delegates totaling about 150 delegates from various business lines The Chicago delegates include 100 leading citizens to confer with southerners and coordinate representation from railroads manufacturers and major firms.
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Swift
Flemingburg Bank Assignment To Benefit Creditors
An assignment was made Friday by the Exchange Bank of Flemingsburg Kentucky for the benefit of all creditors. Assignees are RK Hart and Robert Sourley. Liabilities are about 70000 with assets over 100000. Depositors and other creditors will be paid in full. Nebraska Republican State Central Committee Fixes April 15 for Convention in Lincoln and Omaha to select delegates for St Louis. Manderson considered for presidency but McKinley sentiment stronger. Manderson has not authorized anyone to present his name.
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Republicana
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Lancoln
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Manderson
McKinley
Disaster at Troy Factory Fire Kills and Injures Dozens
A blaze at the Burdett building in Troy New York began in the J Stetheimer Co shirt waist factory on the fifth floor at about 526 PM. It trapped around 300 collar and shirt waist workers causing five jump deaths and many injuries. The fire destroyed the six story structure and spread to adjacent buildings resulting in an estimated 100000 dollars in losses.
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Mra Herbert
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Mamie Danks
Kittle Connor
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Watson
Alfred Casey
John Ormsby
John Boland
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J Stetheimer
Zandt & Jacobs
Stetheimer & Ca
Lillie Kreiger
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Kenmore
Thomas Hiss
Burke Watson
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James Quinn
Quinn
Willard
Keenan at Chancellorsville Remembered as Cavalry Charge
Wartime reminiscence recalls Maj Keenan leading about 300Pennsylvania cavalry in a doomed push against ten thousand Confederate riders at Chancellorsville 1863. The heroism is praised as the Union army was saved by desperate action and the courage of Keenan and his men.
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Slocker
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Hinl
Morgantown residents stunned by murder tied to robbery
News from Morgantown ten miles south reports the discovery of the body of John Post at Indian Creek. Decomposition and signs of foul play suggest homicide for robbery, with Post known to carry a large sum of money. Meanwhile in New York a steamship from Europe brings £172,000 to J P Morgan & Co and the Etruria carries $27,000 consignments to order from London bankers.
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Youngest drummer of the Civil War seeks muster pay
Indiana lawyer John W Brooks formerly Johnnie Brooks aged nine served as a drummer in the Fifth veteran reserve corps from 1863 to 1865. Congress considers a bill urged by Representative Dick Blue to muster and discharge him with veteran pay, aided by affidavits from company FE and Kansas lawmakers.
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Secretary of War
John W Brooks
Mr Brooks
Ellsworth
Johnnie Brooks
United States Army
Fifth Veteran Reserve Corps
Johnnie
Lincoln
Indianapolis
Washington
Springfield
Capitol
Brooks
Kansas
Firth
St. Louiso
Old War Scars and Reconciliation Among Veterans
An anecdote from a Washington hotel recalls a reunion where a Confederate veteran meets a Union officer and mother, sharing respect and ending hostilities. The piece ties to broader notes on postwar reconciliation and veterans, mentioning Dr Jameson’s arrest, Mat letters, and Fermiles from Pennsylvanian roots.
The Poetry of Arms in War and Legend
The article recalls moments where soldiers recite poetry under fire linking Gray and Macaulay to battlefield courage. It cites Wolfe, Sir Adam Ferguson, and Col Daniel McCook as exemplars, noting how verse steadied troops and inspired defiant charges in campaigns from Quebec to Kenesaw Mountain.
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Gray
Wolfe
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Adam Ferguson
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Roderick Dhu
Roderick
Adam
Union War
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McCook
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Sherman
Kenesaw Mountain
Macaulay
Horatious
Horatius
Veteran's Story Reveals Unlikely Prisoner Capture at Burkittsville
A Vermont veteran recalls the Civil War fight near Burkittsville Virginia before Sharpsburg. After three hours of fierce combat 400 prisoners, 700 rifles, one artillery piece and three colors fell to Union forces while the narrator escaped a Confederate soldier who traded prisoner status in good humor.
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Confederna
Slocum
Louisville Courier Journal
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