Grant widow inherits by ex senator Chaffee death
The wife of U. S. Grant Jr. inherits a million dollars upon the death of her father, ex Senator Chaffee. A note mentions maple sugar production and a favorable outlook for a sap crop. The Virginia Legislature rejects a bill making railway passes to state officials a misdemeanor. Kansas acts unite Wyandotte and Armerdale into Kansas City, Kansas, sparking cross river confusion with Kansas City, Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Grant, Jr
Senator Chaffee
Virginia
Kansas
Wyandotte
Armerdale
Kansas City
Kan
Fionipa Strawberries Hit Northern Market At Five Dollars
Fionipa strawberries enter the Northern market at a striking five dollars per box. It is expected that hotels and boarding houses will refrain from supplying guests with them during Lent.
Widow of eminent chemist plans June party for president
A wealthy widow, sister of the French president, hosts a June gathering inviting thirty thousand guests to meet the head of state. In Brooklyn, a man hurt on the bridge sues both Brooklyn and New York for ten thousand dollars, with the judge ruling joint responsibility on both cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Republic
Peronze
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
New York
Walsh
St Paul Editor Endures Winter Cold and Libel Suits
In St Paul a harsh climate and frequent libel suits keep an editor busy. one paper faces fourteen suits as Providence or warmth from subscribers helps him endure the chill and press on in shirt sleeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Providence
Society Begins Its Forty Day Rest Observed in Chicago
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes society begins a forty day rest period, urging fathers and mothers to acquaint themselves with their sons and daughters. Many Chicago parents know more about the President or the Queen than their own children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Supreme Court rules corporations subject to state taxes
In a five to four decision the United States Supreme Court holds that corporate property cannot be exempted from state taxation by legislative action. The majority says that a future legislature cannot bind past actions, establishing an important legal principle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
New Jersey Railroad Tax Declared Unconstitutional
The New Jersey special railroad tax ruling stirs excitement as about two million dollars were collected but must be refunded. The State Treasurer halts warrants and lawmakers and officials face suspended salaries amid a tense political and legal climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
California Climate Spurs Recovery After Accidental Shot
Four year old Dan Murphy, shot in the breast by a forty two caliber revolver on New Year’s Day, is now playing around the street. The wound, though severe, is healing as both climate and citizens’ spirit aid his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Dan Murphy
Woman fixes clock by boiling works for two hours
A Michigan young woman heated a clockworks in hot water for two hours to adjust a kitchen clock. She replaced the wheels and restarted it, and the clock now keeps excellent time. The feat sparks comment on female inventive genius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Supreme Court strikes down law authorizing book seizure in fraud case
The Supreme Court rules Congress cannot authorize seizure of a merchant's books in revenue fraud cases as it violates the right against unreasonable searches and seizures and the protection against self incrimination. The decision centers on the Fourth and Fifth Amendment guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Supreme Court
Law of Congress
Neighborhood rushes doctor through snow storm in Maine
During a severe Maine snow storm a Limington streetman sent a messenger on foot to summon a doctor three miles away. The messenger halted at farmhouses to request residents to clear roads. Neighbors complied and the doctor reached the patient before noon, after starting at about three in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Limington
Unusual Ulster County Ice Disaster Described
A strange whirlwind polar event in Ulster County New York lifted ice from a pond and hurled it two hundred feet up a mountainside. The old resident says such a sight is unseen before. Nearby a Kingston farm slid into the river, but the ice disruption surpasses that incident in fearsome spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster County
N. Y
Ulster Couny
Kingston
Weekly Senate and House actions March 16 19
The week’s sessions show Senate debates on presidential papers in removal cases and a resolution, House bills for widows pensions, post office savings banks, and commissions on war claims and polygamy. Alaska land laws and Chinese import debates, plus local losses from Fall River fire, frame the legislative week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Cullom
Dolph
Maxey
House
Rowell
Townshend
Bynum
Thomas A. Hendricks
McComas
Reagan
Conference of American Nations
Warner
Voorhees
Wilson
United States
Hoar
Alaska
Turunspay
Spooner
Brown
Territories
District of Columbia
Harris
Collins
Lawrences
Kan
Bowen
Colorado
Utah
Washington War Department retires Major General Pope
The War Department ordered the retirement on the 16th. President Cleveland nominates Trenholm for Comptroller of the Currency and Oberly and Lyman for Civil Service Commissioners. The government plans a patent test suit against Bell Telephone Company in Columbus, with preliminaries by Thurman. Dr. Rogers testified there was no intent to profit from Pan-Electric stock donations. Alfred H. Terry’s major-general rank was confirmed. Government reports on seven day and year-to-date U.S. business failures are noted. Howard nominated for Major-General to fill Pope vacancy. House Elections Committee rejects Hurd claim to Toledo seat. Pensions for widows and dependents approved. Education Committee declines to report a bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tue War Department
Pope
Murray
Utah
Lamar
Cleveland
William L. Trenholm
South Carolina
John H. Oberly
Illinois
Charles Lyman
Connecticut
Civil Service
United States
Columbus
Bell Telephone Company
Canada
C. O. Howard
House Committee On
Hurd
Rome
Frank Hurd
Toledo
Tur House Committee On Education
Various 19th Century U.S. Disasters and Labor Actions
Reported events include a creditor suit in New York awarding 1 million to a receiver, a Pittsburgh cremation after a natural gas fire, a teen girl’s suicide in East Buffalo over skating bans, a large cloakmakers strike in New York City, Miss Abigail Bates’ death in Scituate, and a British misinterpretation of American force from a fife and drum display in Belluate harbor. Other items cover a Grant family financial loss, a New York alderman bribery arrest, a large tube works strike in McKeesport, a Philadelphia Methodist conference opening, a New York street railroad franchise bid law, Maria Brot’s suffocation in a tenement fire, and a Murrayville gas explosion that burned three and destroyed seven homes. General business was dull with strikes contributing to the downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William 8
Warner
Ferdinand Ward
Davis
Pittsburgh
Laura A. Miller
East Buffalo
N. Y
New York City
Abagail Bates
Scituate
Beiluate Harbor
Philadelphia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Maria Brot
Murrayville
Bradstreet
Turbulent times as 19th century shocks sweep towns
Reports from Toledo to Missouri recount grasshopper swarms, Apache sightings, silver deposits, a War horse’s death, court absences, and fires. Rail strikes, mob trials in Mississippi, train wrecks near Fort Worth, and a fatal family tragedy in Avondale feature amid arson and arson-related fears.
Foreign Intelligence Roundup Across Europe and America
Notable events include a heavy snow storm in Tonovenour England on the 7th and a fatal boiler explosion in North Walcott Vermont killing three and wounding two. Reports of cholera in Italy, counterfeit coin circulation in Egypt, and a dramatic warm spell in London and Paris mark the period. Socialist rioting in Linge Belgium disrupted Rue Leopold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Spain
North Walcott
Harrington
Mombara
London
Zanzibar
Italy
Egypt
Paris
Linge
Belgium
Rue Leopold
Multistate Weather, Crime, and Political Notes Chronicle
A moon flood at Milwaukee inundated the St Paul shop forcing 1700 men to quit. Lightning killed farmer George L Pringie near Scranton Pa. Funeral of Senator John H Miller in San Francisco drew a large crowd. A farmhouse near East Aurora N Y was chloroformed. $2 in currency stolen from a bank fund to buy land. Lightning destroyed a residence in Watertown Conn killing SaraI and Eliza McGaffey. A severe streetcar blockage and a big blizzard paralyzed Bangor Mo roads. Missouri and Kansas tariff talks cited. Missouri Pacific wage policy stated. Banking data show weekly exchange volume and gold in treasury atWashington. Mexican horse thieves pursued near Lordsburg N M. three killed, six horses recaptured. Heavy snow across Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Indiana. Senate not in session. House debates silver bill.
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Menomonee Valley
Milwaukee
St. Paul
George L. Pringie
Scranton
United States
John H. Miller
San Francisco
California
N. Y
Watertown
Conn
Saral
Eliza McGaffey
Bangor
Ouerat
Missouri River
Elk Point
Missouri
Kansas
Gould
H. M. Hoxie
Missouri Pacific Company
Reading Clearing-Houses
Huspukana
Mias
M. Blasner
Tur
England
Treasury
Washington
Lordaburg
N. M
Ilinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
United States Senate
Strikes and Talks Ring Across Regions in Missouri Pacific Clash
A lengthy telegram from Vice President Hoxie refuses a conference with Knights of Labor leader Powderly over the Missouri Pacific strike. Powderly replies that he will not meet in any capacity other than general master workman. Governors in Kansas discuss settlement terms as losses mount railway and business-wise across Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoxie
Missouri Pacific Company
Powderly
Knights of Labor
Jay Gould
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Road
The
Kansas City
Martin
Bacon
Kansas
Marmaduke
Labor Commissione
C. A. Hal
Mr. Hoxie
St. Lou's
Linis
Csine Pe
Chanceston
D. C
Dallas Merchants’ Exchange
Greenville
Tex
Charleston
S. C
Dallas
Hunt County
Missouri Pracific
Mssouri Pdecific
Mackin case rehearing denied by Supreme Court
Ottawa dispatch reports the Supreme Court has denied the motion for a rehearing in the Mackin case. The defendant must serve the five year penitentiary term from Judge Moran's court. Absent a gubernatorial pardon, only death can release him from the penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cascaco
Ottawa
Supreme Court of the State
Mackin
Collision on North River Boats Sparks Panic Injuries
New York report describes a collision yesterday afternoon on the North River between the Lackawanna ferryboat and the Baltimore. The Baltimore struck the Lackawanna near the gentlemen's cabin ripping the vessel and causing a panic. Several people were seriously hurt, with one man reportedly badly injured requiring amputation. The Lackawanna, a train boat, was crowded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
North River
Lackawanna
Hoboken
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Railroad
Strange Darkness Fells Osameosu On March Day
A sudden thick darkness swept Osameosu Wisconsin shortly after three pm causing panic among residents. Women and children screamed as the event lasted about ten minutes then rolled east in a great wave. Similar reports came from several western cities indicating the cloud moved from the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osameosu
Wis
Alderman Jaehne Arrested for Broadway Franchise Bribery
Henry W. Jaehne, New York City Council member, was arrested on a charge of taking bribes to sway votes on the Broadway surface franchise. He confessed to receiving payments totaling about $20,000 for votes on multiple railroad franchises since becoming an alderman, and named others implicated. Bond set at $15,000 as prosecutors prepare further indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaekne
New York Council
New York
Henry W. Jaehne
Martine
Jaehne
Byrnes
Gildersleeve
Joehne
China and Japan News From Hong Kong Dispatches
Hong Kong reports a San Francisco Chinese group warns against U S travel after mobs destroyed over 500000 in property and killed several. Japan's Mikado donates 500 to the Grant Monument fund. Japan's census lists 38500000. Four Trenton crewmen with smallpox ashore in Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Hong Kong
Grant Monument Fund
Japan
Yokoyama
Lang Wah Hospital
Chung Wa Wui Kan
San Francisco
United States
Two Kwang
Canton
Tsung Li Yamen
Grant Monument Committee
New York
Empire
Trenton
Tragic Cincinnati Suburb Murder Suicide Scene
In Avondale near Cincinnati a wife fatally cuts her son Albert and herself with a razor after a prior suit loss. another son Arthur is wounded by a hammer blow and survives. Neighbor Mr Boltman recalls hearing a disturbance in the bedroom where the family slept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Esquire Bohrman
Avondale
Albert
Arthur
Death of Abigail Bates Heroine of Scituate War Story
Abigail Bates aged eighty nine died in Scituate after her famous 1812 crisis memory. Along with her sister Rebecca Bates they scared a British ship from landing by sounding a drum and fife, saving the town and two carloads of flour. Their father was lighthouse keeper. the sisters were aged nineteen and fifteen during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Abigail Bates
Scituate
Rebecca Bates
Tragedy in St Louis as man shoots mother-in-law then wounds self
Nicholas Emil, a brushmaker who had lost his wife weeks earlier, went to his mother-in-law Mrs Lenie Schmitt to seize her belongings. A quarrel led him to shoot Schmitt dead, then return home and fatally slash his own throat. A doctor attended and reports Emil unlikely to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Nicholas Emil
Lenie Schmitt
Emil
Kosciusko Street
Warner Missing After Judgment Against Him in Ward Case
New York reports William S. Warner is missing with indications he fled to Canada though friends dispute this. A judgment for 1 501 908 was entered against him on Referee Cole s report. George Holt sued to recover the money for Ferdinand Ward s estate. the referee awards it to Julian T Davies receiver for Grant Ward If upheld creditors would receive forty cents on the dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William
Warner
Canada
Cole
George Holt
Ferdinand Ward
Julian T. Davies
Grant & Ward
Stanton urges Miss Cleveland to curb immodest fashions
Elizabeth Cady Stanton writes from Tenafly New Jersey an open letter to Miss Cleveland urging her as first lady to lead a movement to check the trend of women dressing immodestly. She blames Paris courtesans for fashion influence and notes that young girls imitate their example without understanding the temptations involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Tenafly
N.J
Cleveland
Land
France
Massacre at Carrollton Courthouse Sparks Lynch Mood
Reports from Carrollton Mississippi recount a deadly courthouse ambush. White assailants killed ten black defendants and wounded three others after confronting a trial in progress. The violence follows tensions over race and alleged leniency by Governor Lowry, with Carrollton described as a small, divided county facing evolving vigilante sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrollton
Miss
New Caunvans
James M. Liddell, Jr
Carroll County
Liddell
Winona
Court House
Lowry
Greenville
Grenada
Illinois Central
Referee Rules Ward Funds Fraudulent in Ward vs Warner Case
New York report states Hamilton Cole found all Ward contract payments void against Julien Davies receiver Grant Ward. Warner and wife must repay $1,395,752.54 total, with interest from May 6, 1884, and execute deeds within thirty days to satisfy the judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hamilton Cole
George C. Holt
Ferdinand Ward
William S. Warner
Supreme Court
Julien T. Davies
Grant & Ward
Ward
Warner
Davies
Fight Over Admin Letters for George Rapp Estate
An argument before Beaver County Register Bricker over a caveat by Harmonist Society lawyers against granting letters of administration to Charles Meyer of Philadelphia on George Rapp's estate. Rapp founded the society. 105 German heirs claim under Württemberg law. The register reserved his decision. dispute could go to court if denied. The estate value is listed at 17 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitrspurcu
Register Bricker
Beaver County
Harmonist Society
Charles Meyer
Philadelphia
George Rapp
Rapp
Wurtemberg
Germany
Strike at Texas Pacific Ends as Arbitration Sought
New Orleans March 18 The Texas Pacific strike nearly ended with trains running normally again. A Knights of Labor committee met Receiver Sheldon and agreed to submit Hall of Marshall Texas for arbitration in a United States court. It is believed the court will decide and end the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avondale
Cincinnati
Bobrman
Albert
Columbus
Louisiana
Michael Hahn
San Francisco
Chicago
California
New Orleans
Texas & Pacific Road
Sheldon
United States Court For Arbitration
Manny Greer
Ironton
Waturer
Common Council of
Milwaukee
Beda
Marshfield
Ore
Cape Perpetua
Supreme Court of Illinois
Joseph C. Mackin
Hoxie
Missouri Pacific Road
Powderly
Poplar Bluffs
New Oaleans
Texas Pacific Railroad
Knights of Labor
Hall
Marshall, Tex
Irish Day Parades Raise Funds Across Nation
March 18 report notes no local parade spend yet a concert and ball at the First Cavalry armory netted $2,000 for the Parnell fund. Observances spread nationally with ten thousand in a Sixty-ninth parade in New York and similar turnouts in Brooklyn and Baltimore. Other cities held parades and banquets including Erie Pittsburgh St Louis Kansas City and Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Iriah
First Cavalry Armory
Parnell Fund
United States
New York
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Kansas City
Denver
Ice flood from Loup river swamps Columbus area
Early morning ice gorges at the Union Pacific bridge over the Loup river cause widespread flooding in Columbus and adjacent bottom lands. Water continues rising threatening railroad travel and prompting evacuations, with couriers warning nearby residents. No lives reported missing yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omawa
Neb
Union Pacific
Loup River
Columbus
Platte River
Dynamite Accident Injures Two Wisconsin Boys
A Prairie du Chien dispatch reports that Lewis Randall and Gus Noggle, both thirteen, lost their hands when a dynamite cartridge they were carelessly handling exploded near Muavavuker Wisconsin on Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muawavuker
Wis
Prairie du Chien
Wiscousin
Lewis Randall
Gus Noggle
Man Fails to Answer in Courthouse Bond Forfeit Noted
Salur Lake City Utah March 18 George Q Cannon charged with unlawful habitation did not respond when his case was called in court yesterday and forfeited his bond of 25900 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salur Lake City
U. T
George Q. Cannon
Cleveland’s Partyless Presidency Faces Democratic Disgust
The Philadelphia Press notes Mr Cleveland governs without party support as Democratic papers condemn Civil Service reform appointments. It argues many in the party see his leadership as inconsistent with platform aims, leaving him a president without a party and without allied political groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
South
Macon
Cincinnati Pnquirer
Senate
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Macon Telegraph
Georgia
Washington Post
Mr. Cleveland
Galveston
Philadephia Press
Appointment of Bishop Oberly to Civil Service Post
The piece condemns President's nomination of Illinos Democratic State Committee chair Bishop Oberly to a Civil Service Commissioner post. It calls Oberly a spoilsman and offensive partisan, argues the move undermines reform, and suggests the appointment violates civil service principles and risks political influence over merit. It compares Oberly unfavorably with Boss Gorman and notes the broad criticism from Chicago Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil-Service Commission
Gurney
Washington
Harrison
Honest Troy
Trenholm
South Carolna
Civil Service Commission
Edgerton
Oberly
Illinois
Democratic State Committee
Ilinois
Joe Mackin
George W. Curtis
Boss Gorman
Civil Service
Gorman
Chicago Tribune
President Cleveland’s Veto of Des Moines River Lands
Iowa voters face a harsh veto clash as President Cleveland blocks the Des Moines River Lands bill. Iowa settlers, led by General Weaver and local Democrats, warn of widespread dispossession and political backlash, asserting the veto favors Eastern capital. The measure, repeatedly passed by Congress, would relieve hundreds of poor families. its defeat could swing votes toward Republicans in a pivotal state race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Des Moines
Iowa
Congress
Penuorens
House of Congress
East
United States
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Weaver
Mr. Cleveland
Iowa Slate Register
Public offices as a political trust and patronage
A collection of 19th century quotes on public office as a trust from Grover Cleveland and cabinet members, critiquing patronage, partisan appointments, and personal control of government funds and offices. The remarks touch on embassies, cabinets, street railways, shipyards, and partisan spoils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayar
Dan Manning
the Treasury
Whitney
Vilas
Senate
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
Republican Briefs Highlight Attacks on Administration
Newspaper clippings critique President Cleveland and his ministers. The Minneapolis Tribune, Cincinnati Journal, Detroit Tribune, Washington Republican, and New York Herald all use sharp phrases about private papers, postbellum governance, and political appointments. The clippings reflect party tensions and calls for transparency in nominations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Minneapolis Tribune
Cincinnati Journal
Edmunds
Detroit Tribune
Washington
Mane
N. Y. Herald
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Summersett & Wyandt
Oo van Wert
Ontm
News OF the
Telegraph and Mail
New York Police Force
Grant
O'Connor
Fall River
Mass
Toledo (O
Lieurtenant Mays
Arizona
Art Palisade
C. T
Stonewall Jackson
Old Sorrel
Richmond
Salt Lake
Wilder
Crete
Marshall
Fort Worth
Mississippi River
Dubuque, In
Foreign Intelligence
Jay GouLp
Arkansas
Texas
Southwestern Railway
National Tubeworks
China
Harmonists
St. Patrick's Day
Nebraska
Cannon
Public Office
Grover Cleve
Republican Briefs
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