Explosions at London Parliament Shock City
A series of dynamite blasts rocked Westminster in London bringing damage to Westminster Hall and the House of Commons. One blast tore through the peers’ gallery and another shattered the hall’s roof while a policeman was badly burned. Suspects linked to the attack were briefly detained and later released.
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House of Lords
House of Commons
Westminster Hall
Gadstone
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George IV
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Ower
America
England
Captain Farrell Dead After Aconite Poisoning Scandal
Capt. Mike Farrell head of Farrells police and detective agency dies suddenly in New Orleans after reportedly ingesting aconite by error. The coroner investigates as Melchert warns of the deadly poison. Farrell led the Souths largest private police force and organized harbor and Exposition security.
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New Orleans
Mike Farrell
Farrell
South
Wm. Melchert
Pinkertons
Howard University Pastor sermon sparks suffrage row
In Washington on January 25 Rev Dr Patten of Howard University preached that women gaining too much liberty leads to skepticism and immorality, citing figures like George Eliot and Harriet Martineau. Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton confronted him as they left the Congregational Church, Stanton praising Patten for illustrating women's own enemies.
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Dr. Patten
Howard University
George Eliot
Madame Roland
Harriet Martineau
Victoria Woodhull
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Miss Anthony
Mrs. Stanton
Old Liberty Bell Taken For Westward Exhibition
In Philadelphia on January 25 the Liberty Bell left Independence Hall at 8 am, escorted by a procession of 500 policemen. The bell rode in a garlanded truck drawn by six horses, flanked by two bands and many decorated houses. At West Philadelphia depot the bell joined a specially built Pennsylvania Railroad car guarded by three officers, with a gilded brass railing and a large supporting frame.
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Independence Hall
West Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tragic Ice Slide Claims Robinson Family Near Heathville
Jesse K Robinson aged 32 and two of Mrs. Mattie Newbold’s children perished when a river ice sheet broke while they rode a large sled near Heathville Virginia. Robinson and the children vanished under the current. Mrs Newbold watched from shore as her fiancé and two children were lost. She and others fear for her health as the double tragedy unfolds amid an imminent wedding.
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Jesse K. Robinson
Mattie Newbold
Northumberland County
Virginia
Heathville
Robinson
London Dynamite and Senate Resolution Debate
Senator Bayard denounces the London dynamite explosions as the Senate votes to express abhorrence with only Riddleberger opposing. Debate centers on lacking federal laws to punish dynamite use abroad and calls for state department data, with concerns about Irish sympathy and the Fenian issue.
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England
Germany
O’domgovan Rossa
Damage to the Wheat Crop
Farmers report a severe winter harming wheat growth with exposed roots and many fields nearly destroyed. Some regions have good snow cover and sound wheat, while others fear a statewide crop failure though grain prices may stay steady due to abundant Northwest stocks. A large West wheat raiser notes mixed prospects and not a gloomy overall outlook.
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Ohio
Northwest
Three Deaths In One Family Shock Farnesville
A Farnesville glassblower and his son Lewis lost a daughter in Pittsburgh when she died suddenly. The old man died of heart disease at the depot while hurrying to catch a train, coffined and sent with his son and wife. Messages of condolence went to Mrs. Berry in Pittsburgh, already grieving from the daughter's death, and the family will attend three funerals in succession.
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Ireland and British security loom in editorial
The Standard argues England cannot lose Ireland regardless of dynamiters actions, saying independent Ireland would daily threaten Britain. The Telegraph criticizes the government for its stance on dynamite outrages, urging tougher action against Parnell. The Daily News approves Senator Edmunds and calls for stronger measures beyond Bayard's motions.
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the Standard
England
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Emmett
Fitzgerald
Telegraph
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Rosa
Parnell
Daily Neves
Edmunds
Bayard
Eaten by Wolves Near Metropolitan Michigan Camp
A. H. Butts reports brutal wolf attack near Metropolitan Michigan as four days of extreme cold culminate. An old trapper, Tom Dodging, killed and eaten two miles from camp. trackers find gnawed bones, thirteen wolves slain by rifle fire, and the hunter's Winchester nearby.
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Ill
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Chicago Lumber Company
Metropolitan
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Scanaba
Tom
Mother's carelessness leads to fatal house fire in Auburn
Mrs. P A Shepard of Auburn left two small children alone in a room. Returning, she found smoke and the younger child crying, its clothing burned away and upper legs and abdomen severely burned. The child died before aid arrived. authorities believe the stove fire played with sparked flames.
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Mica
P. A. Shepard
Auburn
Man Slaughter Arrest in Lawrence Over Daughter’s Death
Lawrence Massachusetts January 25 James Sheridan of Martin Street was arrested on a man slaughter charge. He allegedly kicked his thirteen year old daughter Annie in the abdomen while enraged last Sunday, causing her death on Thursday.
Veterinarian Eyes Inoculation to Fight Pleuro Pneumonia
State Veterinarian Rowland plans inoculation using virus from affected cattle lungs to curb pleuro pneumonia in Delaware. The procedure follows usual vaccine methods, aiming to provoke a mild form of the disease to build resistance in cattle.
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Wilmington
Del
Rowland
Treasury estimate for executive department appropriations
Wasixeton on January 25 the Secretary of the Treasury sent to Congress an estimate totaling 27003.10 percent of appropriations to fund work of the various executive departments through the end of the current fiscal year.
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Congress
Congress Daily Rundown January 21 26 1880s Senate House
The report covers Senate and House actions from January 21 to 26 with debates on the Court of Appeals Oklahoma lands treaty issues and Indian affairs. It notes appropriations bills including the army and agricultural measures and references a Baltimore Philadelphia silk flag heritage and condemnations of the London explosion.
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Indian Territory
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Womans Silk Culture Association
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Committee On Indian Affairs
Women’s Silk Culture Association
Bermuda Rule Delays Cremation Of Foreign Died Merchant
Friends of New York merchant Theodore T. Wilmending learn Bermuda law bars removal of foreign bodies for one year after death. Wilmending died on the island last Friday, triggering attention to the restriction and its implications for his family and other expatriates.
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New York
Theodore T. Wilmending
Colonizing is Beaming a Mania Across Europe
The article notes a growing zeal for colonial ventures among nations in Europe while America remains calm and cautious. Citizens are urged to stay level headed as they prepare and quietly board the swift route toward Canada, signaling a rapid, organized migration trend.
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Canada
State legislative moves touch debt, voting rules and bonds
January sessions in Columbus and ColumsBus saw Senate and House bills on debt collection, extended redemption for sheriff sales, voter challenges, and indemnifying bonds in disputed property cases. Measures also addressed cheap school books, oleomargarine bans, highway labor rates, and public debt payments. Local acts authorized bonds for courts, memorials, and education reforms while establishing health statistics and sanitation plans.
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Tragic smothered infant case shocks Cleveland
In Cleveland Mrs Lawton woke to find her one year old smothered after being wrapped in a quilt to keep warm. The incident prompted grief and a fatal accident inquiry. In politics the Senate appoints Senators Lewis Reed and Elliott to probe Hocking Valley trouble. In Delphos James Comode, a miser, was found frozen to death in his hovel.
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Wreck of the Nisero and a Dreadful Sumatra Ordeal
A British iron screw steamer Nisero of 1818 tons sailed from Liverpool in June 1882 for Penang and Singapore. After grounding near Acheen head, the crew of 28 were captured by natives, endured harsh captivity at Pongah Tenom and near Tenom, with reports of ransom demands, fever, dysentery and cholera, and eventual rescue by the Pegasus in September. The voyage and captivity exposed the dangers of warlord rule, delayed relief, and the crew’s endurance before returning home fifteen months after leaving port.
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Pongan
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Bradley
Pantograph hailed as art aid yet fails to create artists
A commercial artist recounts how the pantograph, once seen as a path to instant artistry, proved insufficient to impart talent. Though it can enlarge outlines from small pictures and aid map tracing, true expression requires an skilled hand. The device spurred rapid lessons and sales, but few users became capable of faithfully matching originals.
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