Anarchists alledgedly drill in Pittsburgh movement grows
A Pittsburgh police official says dynamite is stored locally and arms have been shipped from Chicago to anarchists. Prominent socialist Frick confirms armed groups exist in the city with about four thousand members in Allegheny County. Chicago reports echo similar activity as modular socialist meetings press agitation and anarchist calls for defiance of law.
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Pittsburgh
Dispatch Tonight
Chicago
Joseph Frick
Allegheny County
Curiaco
West Side
North Side
Cleveland, O
F. K. Geyer
International Workingman’s Association of Anarchists
Geyer
Franta Sakrid
Croton Street
Wolseley to Rescue Gordon in Sudan Crisis
February 6 report says Cabinet backs Lord Wolseley taking any measures to rescue General Gordon if alive and to strike against the Mahdi. India troop dispatch ordered, Suakim reinforced, and Khartoum retaken. Officials debate Gordon’s fate as El Mahdi vows to capture him. Wolseley plans five week movements before heat season.
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Lowpox
Lord Wolseley
Gordon
Soudan
Khartoum
India
Suakim
England
Mediterranean
Wolseley
London
Korti
el Mahdi
el Obeid
Hicks Pasha
General Gordon
Hicks
Khartoum Ace
Stupendous Stealing Alleged in Kentucky Robberies
A Frankfort dispatch reports a fifteen year system of state level robberies in Kentucky under cover of law. The investigation suggests losses near 2 million dollars, with at least one million in criminal prosecutions costs and 500 thousand in keeping idiots, plus other expenditures, possibly totaling more. County and district rings aided by the Legislature are implicated.
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Louisviltre
Frankfort
Kentucky
Department of Criminal Prosecutions
A White Cyclone Strikes as Blizzard Paralyzes Rail Lines
A severe snowstorm blankets Chicago and surrounding railways, with trains abandoned or halted on Grand Trunk Wabash Louisville New Albany Chicago Pittsburgh Chicago St Louis lines. Weather spreads from St Louis to Indianapolis and beyond as crews report six feet of snow, forcing suspension of post and limited mail delivery.
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Chicago
Ohio
Grand Trunk
Wabash
Louisville
New Albany
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Kaokekee
Michigan
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Texas
Arkansas
Indianapolis
Congress Debates River and Harbor Bill and Inter-State Commerce
The February congressional records show Senate passage of an Inter-State Commerce bill with a nine member, six year term commission and party balance rules. House actions include river and harbor committee debates, pension bills, and a prohibition on removing Civil Service personnel except for cause.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Evarts
House
Committee On Civil Service Reform
Mississippi
Memphis
Bayard
Houst
Department of Justice
Secretary of the Treasury
Cole i
Tyler
Texas
U. S
Springfield
Mr. Ingalls
Palmer
Cortoner of Pensions
Wasurxaron
Halpine
Thomas
Christain Brothers College
St. Louis
Galveston
State Legislature Debates and Bills Across February Sessions
Ohio senate and house actions reported from Columbus through February 6 show debates on pension protections for ex Union service members, anti lottery and artificial butter bills, prison reform, waterworks and health board measures, and county city consolidations. Several changes passed or failed, including labor arbitration courts and Sunday newspaper legality debates.
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ColumsBus
Senate
Reed
Mooney
House
Ford
Circuit Court
Columnus
School Board of Cincinnati
Board of Public Works of Cincinnati
Hamilton County
State Board of Health
Commission
Ohio
Youngstown
Senate Committee On Mines and Mining
Ryan
Loewenstein
Pruden
Cincinnati
Columbus
Williams
Godfrey
Masons Aim to Reproduce Washington Lodge Attire at Dedication
In Washington on February 6 the Masonic fraternity plans to recreate George Washington’s lodge appearances for a monument dedication. The gavel, chair, apron, Bible, and possibly jewels are held by Potomac Lodge and Washington Alexandria Lodge and will be used. A notable feature is that the two identical candles from Washington’s funeral will be lit as the “lesser lights.”
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Washington
George Washington
Potomac Lodge
Georgetown
Washington Alexandria
Virginia
Death in pew shocks College Avenue Church
Mrs Lizzie T Sibert, a leading church worker at College Avenue Methodist, dropped dead of heart disease in her pew during services. Her sudden collapse halted the congregation and left her little boy with the scene. She was active in missionary societies and beloved locally.
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BroomineTox, Inc
College Avenue Methodist Church
Lizzie T. Sibert
Jesus
Train wreck near Creston kills four passengers
A southbound train west of Creston Iowa struck a broken rail on a bridge, capsizing the bridge and wrecking two coaches and a sleeper. Twenty to twenty five passengers were aboard with four killed: Robert Brown Pleasant Iowa Mrs Powell New Albany Ind Mrs W C Carroll San Gache Colorado eight others injured. Likely cause was a broken rail from cold weather.
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Creston
Robert Brown
Pleasant
Powell
New Albany
Ind
W.C. Carroll
San Gache
Colorado
The Novel Plan Behind a Maryland Tragedy
In Baltimore Mo February 6 the shooting mystery of Eva DeCoursey aged seventeen in Washington County Maryland was solved. Clarence Newell a law student had courted her for two years and after a quarrel devised a plan to reconcile by luring her past his house. He shot the fireplace as two men watched then he shot himself. DeCoursey shot herself after seeing the revolver and said she would die with him. Newell and the two men mourn the outcome as DeCoursey fights for her life with the bullet near the heart.
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Eva DeCoursey
Washington County
Maryland
Clarence Newell
Miss DeCoursey
Newell
Miss Dcoursey
Clarence
Himsel
H. Austinstall
Cincinnati
Frank van Ospe
Baywod
Williamsburg
Joan B. Reap
New Philadelphia
T. Buchanan Read
James McCarty
Cable
Joan L. Firestone
Salem
Columbiana County
Frep. Ruut
Lancaster
Jacob Cramer
Liberty Township
Hancock County
Joseph Snedker
A. E. Burkhardt & Co
Chris Quartlander
Lizzie Katzman
Panhandle
State
Miners’ Union
Neva Jonxson
Toledo
Delphy
Johnstown
Licking County
Samuel Adams
Bellefontaine
Urbana
Logan County
Springfield
Frank Hayes
Cleveland
May Adams
Landes Hartman
Collier’s Bank
Akron
Allie Sharp
Conductor Sharp
Wheeling and Lake Erie Road
Reedy
Logan
George Hartman
Ohio Central Railroad
Jay Gould recalls early surveying days and moneyless work
In Port Jervis, Jay Gould reflects on a cobbler bill from Ulster County and his youths surveying the county a century ago. He recalls working for Snyder who offered no pay beyond a small book to log boarders and debts, learning to demand payment, finishing the map with Mr. Tilson, and earning $1,500 that summer by making noon marks for farmers.
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New York
Jay Gould
Port Jarvis
Alligerville
Ulster County
Snyder
Mr. Tilson
Tilson
Reading Farmer Slaughters Stock Then Kills Himself
Philadelphia report details John Steinman a 63 year old Reading farmer found in his barn at noon with weights and a neck brace. Five cows and two horses were slain, a damp instrument and $1000 in cash sewn in his coat found on his person. Authorities deem it a deliberate act possibly tied to religious fervor.
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Philadelphia
Reading
John Steinman
Steinman
Earle's forces reach Sha koob Wells in Sudan action
A War Office telegraph from Berti reports General Earle advancing toward Berber with his command. His cavalry detachment surprised and routed a large rebel group at Sha koob Wells, with thirty killed and six taken prisoner. Rebels fled with cattle, camels, and many Remington rifles, led by a treacherous chief linked to Col. Stewart's death.
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Osman Digna
Col. Stewart
Notable airstreams and obits from old times
A roundup of personal notices and brief items mentions Miss Alice Bacon in Berlin as a rising pianist and Edward Langtry gaining fame, alongside various deaths, accidents, and legal notes. Notable figures include Rev Dr. Seymour in Massachusetts, Hamilton Fish, Evarts, and Frelinghuysen, with miscellaneous disasters and local events across Ohio and beyond.
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Alice Ms Bacon
Berlin
Edward Langtry
Bavaria
Beda Lucas
Corley
Ark
Robert G. Seymour
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Boston Journal
L. P. Farmer
Pennsylvania Road
Boston
Boston Herald
Hamilton Fish
Evarts
Frelinghuysen
Harpers Bazar
Soong
Harper's Bazar
Annie Boyer
Middleton
Del
N. Y- Sun
Victoriano Nievez
Carmen
Mexico
Republic
Boy Killed in Hub and Spoke Factory Accident
Indianapolis dispatch reports fifteen year old John Dougherty employed at Hartford City hub and spoke factory was killed when his clothing caught in a rapidly turning shaft. He was whirled around severely, struck a brick chimney, boots torn, feet mangled, and his right side mashed. He died two hours after the incident.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Hartford City
John Dougherty
Man shoots wife then kills himself in Muskegon flare up
Philip Ivet, intoxicated, shot his wife in the abdomen then killed himself after family dispute over support. The woman is expected to recover. They had argued after she moved to town from the farm and he threatened to kill her if she did not return. He fired twice, the first graze to the forehead, the second to the chest.
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Muskegon
Mich
Philip Ivet
Ivet
Reinforcements Ordered to Egypt Open Route to Berber
London reports three thousand more troops are to march swiftly to Egypt at Lord Wolseley’s urging to open the Suakin Berber corridor. A Red Sea naval demonstration will support the land movement as several British ships sail soon. Total reinforcements to Egypt reach eight thousand. War Department completes commissariat and ordnance transport preparations and Woolwich stores are loading.
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London
Lord Wolseley
Egypt
Suakin
Berber
Red Sea
War Department
Commissariat and Ordnance Service
Woolwich
Tower explosion case raised to high treason charge
February 9 report states Cunningham and Burton, previously charged with conspiracy in the Tower explosion, now face a high treason charge after Crown counsel indicate the testimony supports the change.
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Cunningham
Burton
Rossa Improves. Could Leave Hospital in Ten Days
New York report states O'Donovan Rossa rested comfortably last night and doctors expect he may be able to leave the hospital within ten days if his condition remains steady. He received many visitors this morning.
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New York
O’donovan Rossa
Rossa
Bridge Repair Tragedy Leaves Five Men in River
Havre De Grace Mo February 9 This morning five bridge workers on a Susquehanna scaffold fell fifty feet when the scaffold broke. They plunged through ice into the river. Two men drowned and three were rescued in a precarious condition and cannot recover.
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Havre DE Grace
Susquehanna
Executions of Anarchists Reinsdorff and Kuechler in Halle
From Berlin reports, Reinsdorff aged 43 faced the court, shouted down barbarism, and died in about half a minute as the executioner’s work completed the sentence. Kuechler followed with tears, silent to the end, after clergy guidance. Both executions by Berlin’s official executioner lasted twelve minutes in total.
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London
Berlin
Reinsdorff and
Kuechler
Halle
Reinsdorf
Reinsdorff
Bist Noch So
Jung
Steamship Rio Janeiro Brings Far East Dates to San Francisco
San Francisco reports the steamship Rio Janeiro arriving with Hong Kong dates to January and Yokohama to the 9th. Fatshan gunpowder works exploded December 22 near Canton, killing 250 workers. Corean Government agrees to indemnity Japan for the outbreak and station burning, 120,000 yen, and to punish rioters. Negotiations mediated by General Foote, U.S. Minister to Corea. Rumor Russia may seek to annex Corea at Tianjin.
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San Francisco
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Fatshan
Canton
Coreen
Japan
U. S
Corea
Tien Tsin
Russia
Weekly U S and Canada Failure Totals Reported
New York reports failures for the United States at 514 and Canada at 22 for the week, totaling 346 against 354 prior week and 411 the week before. Failures remain high in the Western and Southern States, while other regions quote figures near average.
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New York
United States
Canada
A Norwegian's Fatal Jump
J J Rud ley a Norwegian aged forty five last night jumped from the third story of his lodging and was killed. Rudley had given the proprietor of the place 33 percent in cash to keep for him and had in his pocket a through ticket from Chicago to Norway.
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Pui la Desputia
J. J. Rudley
Rudley
Chicago
Norway
Fugitive Sheep Surrounded by Grass Seed Hybrid Near Yuba Dam
A sheep found near Yuba Dam swam through muddy water and became coated with slickens mixed with grass seed. The animal and the growing grass are being guarded as the unusual California curiosity. When the grass matures it will be harvested as hay and preserved.
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Yuba Dam
California
Chicago Times
Petersburg Cotton Mills Suffer Idle Workers Relief Efforts
In Petersburg Virginia on February 8 officials report over a thousand workers from six cotton factories are idle as closures persist for months. Authorities have begun relief measures to ease the suffering of affected families and communities.
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Petersburg
Decatur Horse Breeder Samuel Powers Dies at 69
Samuel Powers a noted breeder and racer of thoroughbreds died in Decatur Illinois last night of pneumonia at age sixty nine His estate was valued at about a quarter of a million dollars.
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Decatur
Ill
Samuel Powers
Curious Florida orange bears ridged and white fruits
A Florida orange tree yielded two unusual fruits one with a rind covered in sharp ridges running from stem to blossom end resembling a small squash the other entirely white.
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Florida
Note Payable If Lewis Cas Elected President In 1848
A Rome Georgia man holds a Gate of 1848 note promising payment when Lewis Cas is elected President. With Taylor winning the election the note has remained unpaid, and no payment has been made.
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Cairo
Ill
Rome
Lewis Cass
United States
Gosse
Philadelphia
White Elephant
Lewis Cas
Taylor
Nonsense Bits From Diverse Papers Parade
A collage of lighthearted misprints and quips from various papers. Jests range from a Portland Oregon joke about a klickit at an Oregon town to domestic humor about hired girls feeding worms and a mail stamp mix up, all illustrated with playful regional flavor.
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L. O. Emerson
Welcome
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V. C. Perkins
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Ildren
Edith A
Perkins’ Golden Whippoorwill
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Oliver Ditson & CO
H. Ditson & CO
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Preston
Conn
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Prince Murat
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General Jackson
James Cartwright
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W. H. Hutchins
Alexander McGill
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Glass
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Georgia
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Chicago Herald
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Chicago Journal
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