Jubilation at Rome as Leo XIII holds Jubilee Mass
Rome January 1 reports the fiftieth anniversary of Leo XIII’s ordination marked by a grand pontifical mass at St. Peter’s. Forty eight cardinals and twenty three archbishops attended. about eighty thousand spectators witnessed the ceremony amid regal vestments, cheers, and religious pageantry.
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St. Peter's Square
Humbert
Sala Ducale
St. Peter's
Sewenty
William
St. Peter
Portugal
Ireland
Providence
Leo Sin
Farewell Sermon Marks Smith Leaving M E Church
The First M E church of St. Paul welcomed congregants on New Year’s day for Rev G Smith’s farewell sermon as their pastor. He will assume leadership of the Independent People’s church next Sunday, marking his final service with Methodism.
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Smith
Disastrous Railroad Accidents Near Meadville and Somerset
Two trains collided five miles west of Meadville Pennsylvania on December 31 causing multiple deaths and many injuries. Engineers Swan and Googe and fireman Humes were killed. other listed victims include Arthur Irwin Edward Humes and several passengers and crew members. Causes trace to misread orders as two fast mail trains collided twelve miles below Somerset.
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New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railway
Meadville
Humes
KE. P. Swan
William Googe
Arthur Irwin
Edward Humes
Cambridge
Ohio
William H. Stephenson
Toledo
Somerset
Express
Powell
Lee Withrow
Cincinnati
Lawrence Collins
Ludlow
James. Severance
Kon
James Severance
Stanford
Louisville
Pete Murphy
Freman
Pat Taylor
William Michveel
Tribute by Ingersoll to Ida Whiting Knowles
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll delivered a memorial tribute in New York after the death of Ida Whiting Knowles wife of Howard Knowles former United States collector at Peoria Ill The tribute praises her as a loving wife mother and friend and likens her death to a peaceful sublime passage amid life’s mystery.
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Bob Ingersoll
Ida Whiting Knowles
Howard Knowles
United States
Peoria
Ill
New York City
West Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Si- Wa
Billings Held for Killing Kingsley at Waverley Iowa
M K Billings is held for the murder of W B Kingsley after a coroner's jury verdict found Kingsley died December 21 1887 from a pistol shot fired by Billings the act alleged as deliberate premeditated and felonious. Evidence showed forged notes on Bills wife’s name seeking a meeting at her home while Billings was away.
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Avid Billings
Billings
Kingsley
Forgeries and Blackmail Touted in Kingaley Shooting Case
The article details alleged forgeries and blackmail connected to Billings aimed at Kingaley. It states Billings sought to have Kingaley sign notes transferring property, with the shooting to be proved by circumstantial evidence due to lack of a direct witness.
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Billings
Kingaley
Iowa Registry Law Declared Unconstitutional by Cedar Rapids Judge
Judge Stoneman of the Cedar Rapids superior court ruled the Iowa registration law unconstitutional. The ruling followed precedents in Capen v Foster and similar cases across multiple states, upholding voters’ constitutional right to register or vote. Col. Clark, denied registration due to absence in Des Moines for federal court work, was the plaintiff.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Minois
Col. Clark
Fifth Ward
Dea Moines
United States Circuit Court
Massachusetts
Capen
Half Fare to the St Paul Ice Carnival Excursions Authorized
J N Abbott informs passenger agents that lines may sell excursion tickets to St Paul for the winter carnival at one fare for round trip from Chicago Milwaukee Peoria Des Moines Rock Island Burlington Council Bluffs Omaha and intermediate points. Tickets on sale Jan 24 to Feb 2, return by Feb 5, continuous passage. Optional admission to ice palace at 50 cents added to fare.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
Peoria
Des Moines
Rock Island
Burlington
Council Britffs
Omaha
Honors From the Pope Rumors on Jubilee Appointments
Rumor spread that papal jubilee honors will be awarded worldwide. Supposed new cardinals include Dr. Walsh of Dublin and Archbishop Kendresh of St. Louis. Archbishops Mexico and Rio de Janeiro also listed. foreigners may hold a majority for the first time.
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Dr. Walsh
Dublin
United
Natiel
Kendresh
St. Louis
Mexico
Rio
Enna
John Foley
Cardinal Gibbons
Ireland
St. Paul
Minnesota
Dakota
Chappell
Washington
New Orleans
Great Southern Boom Report Shows South Industrial Growth
The Manufacturers' Record of Baltimore reviews 1887 as a remarkable year for the South with many new enterprises. It notes across the fourteen Southern states new capital investments doubling from 1886 and seventy seven new cotton mills planned, the largest tally yet recorded.
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Manufacturers’ Record
Baltimore
South
Not Born to be Killed Gen Pulford Deathbed Tale
Detroit Special reports Gen Pulford near death at his Detroit home after a Civil War ordeal. A cannon shot shattered his skull and jaw at Alvern Hill, left for dead, captured, exchanged, and nursed in Baltimore. He later survived a neck wound at the Wilderness but has endured twenty years of pain and uses an electric battery device.
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Pulford
Alvern Hill
Baltimore
Treasury Receipts and Expenditures in December 1847
National Treasury reports December receipts of 29 825 285 and expenditures of 10 400 682, leaving a net gain of 15 424 603 after interest payments of about 3 500 000 on the public debt. The debt was reduced by 15 250 000 in December, and for 1847 the year saw a debt decline of 417 000 000 with large monthly payments in June and November.
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National Treasury
Noverygeny
North Dakota teachers meet. education policy debated
The North Dakota Educational association gathered in Fargo with about a hundred teachers and county superintendents. Officers were elected and a strong push urged the township school system, closer university high school ties, and first grade certificates for county superintendents.
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North Dakota Educational Association
Fargo
John Ogden
McIntosh County
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Ogden
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Wilson
Sprague
Grand Forks University
Crowe
Jamestown College
Milton
Congress
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Col. Sprague
Grand Forks
Spurr
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McIntosh
Trail
C. D. Abbey
Parsons
C. BE. Jackson
William. Mitchell
Jamestown
Aged Quourner Catherine Dorsey Claims 117 Years
Catherine Dorsey of Providence asserts she is 117 years old claiming birth in Angarold County Maryland near Baltimore. She recalls the 1780 Dark Day and traces lineage to an African father and Native American mother with thirteen children, nine journeys north, and a long life supported by family records once held.
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Providence Journal
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Ang Srundel County
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Boon
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Isaac Deland
Lamb
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Washington
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