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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1885
Page
2
Washington Reacts as Dynamiters Terrorize Capitol
Members of Congress in Washington discuss the England house attack and the proposed Edmunds bill to curb dynamite work. Lawmakers warn radical action could provoke attacks on the Capitol while inaction risks war with Great Britain and damage to commercial relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Capitol
House of Commons
England
Great Britain
Edmunds Bill Proposed on Nitro Explosives for Crime
In Washington on January 24 Senate member Edmunds introduced a bill making any purchase manufacture or sale of nitro or chlorate explosive compounds with intent to use for injury murder or destruction a felony. It defines penalties imprisonment or fines and imposes duties on transporters and depot operators. The measure, drafted at Edmunds request, was referred to the judiciary committee for refinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonia
United States
Edmonds
Committee On the Judiciary
Committee On
Judiciary
Feeling in Congress After London Dynamite Explosions
Washington news on London explosions stirs Congress as members debate seriousness and demand action. Finerty notes potential Nihilist involvement. Senators seek details via Associated Press. mood shifts from doubt to urgency as reports confirm the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
London
House of Representatives
Irsh
Russia
Chicago
England
Associated Press Office
Senate
Senate condemns London attack in indignant relief
Senator Edmunds reported the Mite bill at the State Department as explosions hit Washington. In secret session senators condemned the London crime with strong language. Senator Bayard introduced a resolution denouncing the attempt to destroy Parliament and public buildings and expressing horror at the act. Consideration was postponed until Monday for fuller information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmunds
State Department
Washington
Bayard
Senate
Senate of the
United States
London
Measure in Congress Quiets Anti American Sentiment
England views the Edmunds bill introduced in Congress to curb dynamite conspiracies in the United States as a positive move. The news has alleviated hostile sentiment toward America sparked by recent explosions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Congress
Edmunds
United States
America
Sarasota Vigilance Committee Described In Murder Plot
Reported arrest and confession outline a secret society in Florida named S S V C Sarasota Vigilance Committee. Leaders Dr Hunter and Edward Andrews formed a nationwide network with executions by buckshot and throat slitting. Eight members jailed in Manatee with ties to Beeline area crime.
Shocking Case of Wife Murder in Cleveland
In Cleveland an Irish immigrant Michael Roch murdered his wife then cut his own throat after weeks of frequent quarrels. They had arrived from England on New Year’s day. After a drunken night Roch pursued his wife as she fled to a neighbor’s home, both later entering their apartment. Mrs Roch was found with her head severed and Roch with a fatal throat wound. he died soon at the city hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Michael Roch
England
Roch
John McFadden
A Washer Woman Discovers $800 Stashed in Clothing
Dayton reports a washer-woman found $800 sewn in an undergarment of Mrs Elizabeth Schrader who died recently. Schrader and her son in law Henry Kuest planned to move to Nebraska where Kuest bought a farm. The discovery shocks relatives who believed she had little savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Elizabeth Schrader
Henry Kuest
Nebraska
Kuest
Diabolical Outrage In Stockton Victim Is Child Mary Jane Collins
Hazuston Pa Jan 24. A brutal assault on a child under five years old left Mary Jane Collins suffering from a loathsome disease. Miner David Jeavins identified as assailant. Father pursued the suspect and 100 men search the Lehigh region. Public mood strong and Jeavins likely to be captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazuston
Stockton
Mary Jane Collins
David Jeavins
Jeavins
Lehigh
Joavins
Tlf
Railway surgery and rail accident details from Dr Joseph W Marsee
Doctor explains that railway injuries mostly arise from coupling and uncoupling cars. Hands and fingers suffer most. issues include gloves freezing, deadwoods, drawbars, and pin handling. Uniform couplers debated. old link and pin praised for reliability. Injured workers often treated at St. Vincent's Hospital. some reassigned if crippled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Marsee
Journal Reporter
Massachusetts
St. Vincent's Hospital
Pennsylvania
Union
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Ray House
South Street
Roswell Grant Dies at 85 in St Albans
Roswell Grant, aged eighty five, died at his St Albans home. Uncle of General U S Grant, he was born in Ohio and supported the Confederacy in the Civil War era. A farmer who lived a spotless life, he was married three times and survived his last wife. He voted for seventeen presidents, all of whom were elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestoon
W. Va
Roswell Grant
St. Albans
U. S. Grant
Ohio
Ulysses
Daily Weather Bulletin for Ohio and Mississippi Valleys
Weather bulletin from the Chief Signal Officer dated January 25 1885 reports colder conditions across the Ohio Valley and Tennessee with local rains and westerly winds. Lower Lake Region cooler with local snows or rains and southwest winds. Upper Lake Region colder partly cloudy with local snows and a rise in temperature then brisk southerly winds. barometer rising in the east. Upper Mississippi Valley generally fair and colder with a slight temperature rise and westerly winds turning southerly. barometer rising in the south. Missouri Valley fair and warmer with winds turning to southwest and falling barometer.
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Wak Department
Ovyrice
Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Lower Lake Region
Upper Lake Region
Mississippi Valley
Missouri Valley
Cold wave signal hoisted as temps edge near 37
Maximum temperature recorded at 36.8 with a minimum of 30.2. At 6 15 P M the cold wave signal was raised. A slight cold wave is expected to follow with temperatures dropping fifteen to twenty degrees over the next twenty four to thirty six hours.
Queen of the Street Subsides in Wall Street Visit
Mrs. E. H. Green, famed as the richest woman in America, visited John J. Cisco & Son in Wall Street to review mortgaged securities. She plans to remove remaining stocks and bonds totaling 25 million dollars from vaults while assignee May offers to surrender holdings if an 800000 dollar check is paid, potentially allowing an early depositors' dividend.
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New York
E. H. Green
America
John J. Cisco & Son
Wall Street
May
Cisco & Son
Two Men Die In Montreal Express Wreck East of Smith Falls
The Montreal express on the Canada Pacific line ran off the track near Smith Falls Ontario this morning. Three cars burned two men killed and several seriously injured. The baggage man McDonald and shanty-man Bonsecours died instantly their bodies burned amid wreckage. Second class passenger LaFrance had a badly crushed leg and was rescued with difficulty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Fallus
Montreal Express
Canada Pacific
Ottawa
McDonald
Bonsecours
LaFrance
Call for Women Authors at Exposition in New Orleans
Mrs Julia Ward Howe heads the women exhibit at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition and seeks a comprehensive collection of literature by women. She invites authors and publishers nationwide to send books and pamphlets to the exposition without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Julia Ward Howe
Wholesale Indictment of Election Judges in Cuicano
A special county grand jury indicted 249 judges from the recent national election. It criticizes registry and election laws as inadequate for a large city, noting violations at 164 of 171 precincts, with issues attributed to ignorance, carelessness, and possible criminal intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuicano
Special County Grand Jury
Drowning of Three Boys in Margurrie Bay Ice
Three boys skating in Margurrie Mich broke through the bay ice this forenoon. Albert Stewart aged seventeen and James Williams aged fourteen drowned. The Williams brother escaped once, then entered twice to try to save him and was rescued. both bodies recovered shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margurrie, Mich
Albert Stewart
James Williams
Williams
Shipping Arrivals Reported From Major Ports
Philadelphia dispatch lists Switz erland from Antwerp. London reports City of Berlin and Amerique from New York. New York notes Indiana from Glasgow and Pennland from Antwerp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Switzerland
Antwerp
London
City of Berlin
Amerique
New York
Indiana
Glasgow
Pennland
Fulton man shot and killed in Tonawanda grocery brawl
A Tonawanda dispatch reports Gilbert Lampkins of Fulton was shot and killed by Philip Dumont in Henry Dietrich's grocery after a prior wrestling contest ended with Dumont being thrown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burravo
Tonawanda
Gilbert Lampkins
Fulton, N. Y
Philip Dumont
Henry Dietrich
Lampkins
Dumont
Record of the Elevated Roads in New York
The elevated railways of New York City have carried since their commencement to December 31, 1884, 500,844,201 passengers. Only one person has lost his life aboard the cars, and that was due to his own carelessness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York City
Fire Rages in Eaton Block at Kennebec Bridge
A blaze at the Eaton Block on the west end of Kennebec bridge in Augusta threatens the structure after burning for two hours. Firefighters from Avatsta and Hollowell have been alerted for aid as collapse risks loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avatsta
Eaton Block
Kennebec Bridge
Hollowell
Fire at Whitney Arms Company reduces stock and building
A morning blaze at the Whitney Arms Company mill in Whitneyville New Haven destroyed machinery valued at 30 000 dollars stock loss of 20 000 dollars and 10 000 dollars in building damage all insured officials said the blaze started this morning at Whitneyville Conn January 24
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitneyville
Conn
New Haven
Milling and Ee
Whitney Arms Company
Current publications and new books listed in 19th century catalog
A catalog of recent books with publishers and pricing. Lewis Heil volumes cover epitomized history and biographical dictionaries. British Orations includes speeches by Eliot, Pitt, Fox, Disraeli, and Gladstone. Other titles address women sanitation, education in manual industry, and Porter's romance Allan Dare and Robert le Diable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Heil
Cr & Co
New Yor
Bowen
Dianapolis
Charles Kendall Adams
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York
Bowen, Merrill Co
Indianapolis
Price
Sir John Eliot
Disraeli
Gladstone
Pym
Chatham
Burke
Pitt
Fox
Canning
Macaulay
Bright
D. Appleton & Co
Admiral Porter
Allan Dare
Robert le Diable
Magazines Received Eclectic and Law Titles List
Magazines listed include Eclectic from E. R. Pelton of New York Outing from The Wheelman Co. of Boston and Law Quarterly Review from London with C. C. Soule of Boston also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Pelton
New York
the Wheelman Co
Boston
Law Quarterly Review
London
C. C. Soule
Pooling schemes collapse as rail lines fail to curb competition
The New York Commercial Advertiser argues that water seeks its level and pooling systems such as trunk-line pools have failed. After seven years, Pennsylvania and New York Central abandon the pool and weaker lines gain via pro rata shares, inviting parallel routes and undermining dividends. The piece blames the railroads themselves for the collapse of pooling efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania Road
New York Central
Baltimore & Ohio
A Very Conscientious Reporter
Edmund Alton recalls the breach of confidence in secret Senate sessions and the reporters who learn the decisions. He notes lawmakers once sought reporters for what happened behind closed doors, while journalists guard the talks as executives remain silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Alton
St. Nicholas
Senate
Capitol
Model Singer Book Intro for Singing Classes Advertisement
An old catalog entry advertises a model singing book for singing classes with 192 pages and 60 cents per dozen. It lists graded exercises glees hymns anthems and chanted tunes for singing school teachers. A longer edition targets higher schools with 160 pages and 82 harmonized songs plus solfeggios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson
The Journal 1885 Aims to Improve Indiana News Coverage
The Journal presents itself as Indiana’s leading paper, pledging extensive news gathering from the Western Associated Press, Washington dispatches, and state reporting. It vows impartial national coverage, republican editorial stance with critique, and a family friendly format with special columns for women and children, plus fresh Railroad News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Indiana
Western Associated Press
Washington City
Democratic Party
Washington
Republican Party
the Journal
Indiana journal promotes year of new stories and Sunday edition
The Indianapolis Journal announces a special arrangement with authors to print original stories from noted writers such as Howells Roe Aldrich Stockton Jewett and others in the Saturday edition. The Sunday Journal boasts large circulation and top-tier content while the Journal of Monday previews Rev. Dr. Talmage sermons from Brooklyn Tabernacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Journal
Ats
W. D. Howells
J. T. Trowbridge
E. P. Roe
T. B. Aldrich
Frank R. Stockton
Helen Jackson
Sarah Orne Jewett
Sunday Journal
Indiana
Talmage
Brooklyn Tabernacle
The Indiana State Journal described as best secular weekly paper
The Indiana State Journal is hailed as the best secular paper in the state with a comprehensive weekly news compendium, trustworthy market reports, and industrial and agricultural intelligence prepared by an experienced editor. It claims superiority over agricultural papers and invites agents to subscribe and club with other papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Industrial and Agricultural Intelligence
Rates of Subscription Terms Invariably In Advance
The notice states subscription rates and that payments are to be made in advance with postage prepaid by the publishers. It outlines the billing method and prepayment requirement for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epps
Civil Service Lane
James E & CO
Homeopathic Chemists
London
England
One year subscription options and rates
The text lists subscription terms including one year by mail with Sunday delivery and prices such as 13.00, and three months options. It appears to show different rates and durations for newspaper delivery, with some unclear lines.
Per co Gus yuan by mail
Sunday Journal reports a small item about mail order or parcel handling involving Gus yuan. No clear names, dates, or places are readable. The fragmentary text suggests a brief notice or gossip note likely from a society page.
Subscription terms appear unclear in partial notice
The fragment describes pricing details with a dollar amount and monthly par value, noting a minimum subscription period and a partial address. It references durations under a year and over three months and mentions a weekly rate, but essential names, places, and complete terms are missing.
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