Stokes Indicted in Fisk Murder Case Moves in New York
Grand Jury in the Court of Oyer and Terminer indicts Ward 8 Stokes for the murder of James Fisk Jr. on January 6 with two counts. District Attorney Garvin to return from Albany before arraignment. trial expected midweek. Also reports on foreign relations, Cuba, currency, and bar association impeachment efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yor K
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
House
Cuba
U.S
The
Bar Association
Albany
Judiciary Committee
Bernard Biglin
England
United States
Biglin
William Blakely
Tyne
Bigglin
Oyérand
Stokes
James Fisk
Edward
Fisk
James Fisk, Jr
James Fisk Jr
Garvin
Oser
New York Tribune
Bill Maki
Committee-on -Foreign Relations
Eecebeliss
Legal clash with Henry Bergh over professional interference
Payne engages top city lawyers in a high profile dispute with Henry Bergh President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A bank examiner case against Callander for bribery is nearing Commissioner Osborn and awaits Wednesday ruling. Powers of the Grand Central Hotel denies AP reports he charged Fisk expenses for a shooting incident and vows only fair charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bergh
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Payne
Bergh
Callander
Ocean Bank
Osborn
Powers
Grand Central Hotel
Associated Press
Fisk
Nominations sent to Senate for federal posts and court figures
The President sent numerous nominations to the Senate including receivers, land office registers in Wisconsin California Illinois and Alabama, tax and internal revenue officials in several states, naval officers and a class of 1865 masters. Also noted are Supreme Court rulings on tenler acts and a revived impeachment petition against Judge Field and Judge Hoff man, with no action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
J. H. Wing
Bayfield
Wisconsin
Thos. B. McFarland
Sacramento
Cal
Leane
Springfield
N. Baldwin
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Isaac D. Sibbey
Huntsville
Sam’ F. Shaw
David C. H. Tribon
Edward Terry
R. L
Wm. B. Whiting
Mosse
Tilley
Knox
Collins
Simons
Paul
Meeker
Webster
Shaw
West
Merrill
Eaton
McGinnegle
Belknap
Jacques
Gilmore
Hunter
Dayal
Leutz
Sebeze
Worden
Mitchell
Sullivan
Pendleton
Clay
Swift
Mansfield
Hyde
Carmandy
Heald
Simonds
Christopher
Hagerman
Wood
Goodwin
Jacob Boyd
J. W. Miller
Clover
Bridge
J. M. Miller
Little
Meigs
Wise
Blucker
Dunlap
Rusk
Gheer
Field
Cunningham
Colby
McClellan
Logan
Paine
Arnold
Saturdey
Avery
Perkins
Cowles
Greenleaf
Benney
Grimes
Balles
Toussig
Pillsbury
Russia
United States
Curtin
Florida
Spain
Supreme Court
Strong
Congress
Messrs
Messrs. Swain
Davis
Miller
Bradley
Chase
Clifford
Nelson
House Judiciary Committee
Judge Field
United States Supreme Court
Hoffman
California District Court
San Francisco
Judiciary Committee
Fire limit ordinance sparks Chicago protest at City Hall
A January Chicago protest crowded City Hall as thousands clashed with police over a proposed fire limit ordinance banning frame buildings. Spectators carried banners including No tene ments or barracks and Homes for all while the crowd pressed the doors, forcing adjournment after a chaotic scene and chants of down with the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
United States
North Side protest erupts at city council meeting
A German and Irish laborer crowd plebes the Chicago Common Council chamber as bricks fly after adjournment amid protests over a fire limits ordinance. Police fail to quell rumpus. leaders deny violent aims and seek a softened measure. Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias in Illinois reports 23 lodges represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sible
Common Council
Grand Lodge
the Knights of Pythias
Tllinois
CulcaGo
States Attorney
Ald. Carnly
16Th Ward
Military Occupation of Chicago Hotly Debated Tonight
Springfield January 16 reports indicate discussion on the military occupation of Chicago. It is believed the Governor's course will be endorsed by a majority of the House in the expected lively session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Chicago
Solar mysteries of the southern hemisphere explored
Lockyer and colleagues pursue solar science with sharp instruments to study the corona and the sun’s center. Professor Young observed a massive coronal feature lasting minutes, breaking into flying debris that stretched 100000 miles in length and 40000 miles in depth before dissipating, prompting questions about solar eruptions and their origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockyer and Company
Professor Young
Early American coal use and distribution history
Bituminous coal was mined near Richmond Virginia as early as 1700 and used in Pennsylvania by 1776. A Richmond foundry forged it into shot and shell during the Revolution. Coal was sent to Boston Philadelphia and New York in 1789. Obediah Gore and Connecticut potters used anthracite. The Valley of 1768 and Philip in the Mali ads show early household uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Raiload
Richmond
Sinia
Pennsylvania
Hichmond
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Obediah Gore
Connectiottai
Fell
Philip
Gales
International and Domestic News Update of Various Nations
Reports from Rome Berlin and Paris note the Italian Parliament reassembling in Rome and Count Valmaseda spared removal. The Prussian Diet and Japanese events are outlined, including a fire at Yoshiwara and a naval review in Yeddo. Dispatches from Matamoras and Havana describe sieges and support for Sagosta. A portrait of Frederick W. Loring’s youth and ambition accompanies the global brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bismarck
Senor Sagosta
Yeddo
Havana
Cuba
Valmaseda
Haywaywas Islands
KE. M. Vansed
Reichsrath
United States
Colorado
Japan
China
Corean
Matamoras
Mexico
Mier
Quiroga
Monterey
Cortina
San Juan River
Camargo
Camergo
The
Mikado
Horace Greeley Urges Saving and Land Ownership for Working Men
In a recent address Horace Greeley argues workers should save two dollars weekly from age twenty one to twenty five to gain security. He dismisses strikes and argues for land ownership and village-like settlements, noting limited grounds for improvement through wages alone. A Californian inventor is described as creating a railroad track grading machine with a rotating table and bucketted attachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Greeley
New York
Snca & Purpose
Cook
Wien
Advantages of Evening News The Hartford Post
The Hartford Post argues evenings offer fresher, more abundant news. Wires keep updating until print time, letting readers get a full day’s record at night. The paper's calmer, family-friendly time suits lounging readers with coffee and slippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telgram
Hartford Post
Thought as a machine for converting energy
The article surveys correlations between thought and energy, noting that deep thought produces more heat than mere emotion. It cites Barker of Yale College arguing brain energy derives from burning carbon, like muscle energy, and asks if thought is measurable as a natural force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barker
Yale College
Chamber
Foreign Narrow Gauge Railways in Operation Abroad
The report lists foreign narrow gauge systems including Queensland Australia 222 miles and India Port 19 miles with rolling stock details. It notes locomotives such as freight engines and tender six wheel coupled passenger engines and tenders and six wheel tank engines. Cars vary in width from six feet six inches to eight feet and speeds range 12 to 25 mph. Costs per mile in India and Norway run 12 000 to 14 000 dollars including engines cars and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Australia
Government Railway
Codgeveran
Arconum
India
Toronto
Nipisaing
Canada
Norway
Dayton items mix with political notes from Kentucky town
In Dayton Kentucky Kennedy expressed happiness while a meeting of a syndicate was planned for the evening. A local referendum failed by 115 votes. A muddled note references Terrace A, Ferry Committee, and railroad matters with several garbled lines and names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Nlow
Terrace
Ackod
Soasme Nena & Partia
Ron
Monster Turkish cannon arrives at Constantinople arsenal
Reports note a monster cannon made in an American foundry for the Turkish Government arriving at Tophane the arsenal of Constantinople. The Tichborne case hearing resumes with Sir John Coleridge denouncing the claimant as a forger and impostor while noting forthcoming witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tophane
Constantinople
Mordaunt
Prince of Wales
John
Duke of Coleridge
Baigent
Carter
Sir Roger Tichborne
Sir Roger
Radcliffe
Heenan on the War Path Aboard Ship
Ex-pugilist John C Heenan speaks about his health after a voyage and libel actions, describing injuries from a storm, a voyage halt at St John Newfoundland, and conversations with ex mayor Gunther and writer Brooks aboard the Algeria as he plans legal action in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Heenan
Gunther
Brooks
Heenan
Aee
London
Beard
Mr. Heenan
Basinghall Street
Henry Smith
Capain
St. John
New Foundland
New York
The Use of Grandparents in Child Rearing
Fragmented passage extols grandparents as indulgent figures who excuse faults and delay rebuke. It contrasts misinterpreted kindness with accusations of spoiling children, noting the quiet influence of forbearance and discretion in easing parental burdens.
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Daily Evening Star
American Press Association
New York Bar Memorial
York
New York World
Eonion
Samhary
Charles Mordaunt
Leon Ab
Ildliners
Rome
Count Valmaseda
International Telegraph Congress
de Long
Stuttgardt
Germany
Lyons
Bordeaux
Yoshiwara
Tribune
Cambridge
Workingmn
Pers
Dayton, KY
Duke of Edinburgh
Dr. Jenner
Paris
Savelli
Count de Chamberd
National Assembly
Corsica
M. Rouher
Pari
France
Pouver Quertier
Thiers
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