Denver Sunday amusements clash ends in mob violence
In Denver on January 23 police arrested managers and performers across city theaters as a crowd of about 500 attacked Dean Hart’s parsonage after the arrests. Officers battled rioters with clubs and revolvers, many injured, and arrests were not made due to the chaotic melee.
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Denver
Col
Central Variety
Tabor Grand
Dean Hart
Trinity Episcopal Church
Lieut
Clay
Making a portable, stylish travel portfolio at home
A home crafted portfolio designed for travelers replaces bulky stationery sets. Its simple base uses a light board and felt with cambric lining. Pockets are sewn in from felt to hold papers, while brass tacks secure edges for a neat, durable finish.
Barrett Browning’s son forgets poetry to paint
Barrett Browning, son of famed poets, showed promise at age five and was praised by John Ruskin as a future great poet, yet he became a painter instead. The Moscow emperor monument nears completion and dedication next spring after seven years of work. Mrs Heven Eviza Abeth King of Cleveland copies Huntington’s portrait of Gen Sherman for Ohio’s world fair exhibit, and Whittier’s centennial hymn illumination by Annie Lewis Wriley to be featured in the Woman’s building with an autograph letter anticipated.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Webb
F. 8. Hilbish
Hayes
Spiegel Grove
Lucy
Fremont
Harrison
Army
Navy
United States
Congress
Ohio
Ruthford B. Hayes
Grand Army
Gen. Hayes
Lake Shore
Grassmere
Cleveland
Webb C. Hayes
Col. Corbin
Spiegelgrove
Miss Fannie
Mr. Cleveland
Sherman
J. L. Albritton
Methodist Episcopal Church of
J. W. Bashford
D. D
Lucy Webb
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Chillicothe
Alfred Arthur
David H. Kimberly
Dorr
Barrett Browning
John Ruskin
Russia
Moscow
Gen. Sherman
War Department
Washington
Whittier
Annie Lewis Wriley
Pennsylvania
Dempsey Found Guilty of Felonious Assault
The jury in the Hugh F. Dempsey case returned a guilty verdict for felonious assault with intent to murder after deliberating from 10:30 a.m. to 1:10 p.m. Judge Stowe outlined the counts and the defense planned a motion for a new trial. The maximum penalty is seven years and a $500 fine. Dempsey showed shock upon hearing the verdict and left the courtroom with his lawyers.
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Dempsey
Pirrsspurgh
Hugh F. Dempsey
Stowe
Asault
Porter
Mr. Dempsey
Notable figures and curiosities from old notices
The tallest man in the G A R is William P Boyne of Green County Pennsylvania at seven feet. A Russian vendor in Connecticut bears a odd card legend SamMUEL KTXDGHUTTOUSMRYSTEM Tin Peddler. Reverend Samuel Wakefield aged ninety three and his wife ninety have ten children with no family deaths in sixty one years. Major General John Sullivan first grand master of New Hampshire masons and revolutionary hero. Charles T Emerson California pioneer once king of Apemenea visiting California. Epison the eclectician enjoys cracked wheat and cream for lunch, once a poor operator counting every quarter he extended.
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William P. Boyne
Green County
Sammuel
Connecticut
Samuel Wakefield
New Hampshire Masons
John Sullivan
Charles T. Emerson
California
Apemanea
Gilbert Group
Islands
Epison
Major Alton Junction wreck claims many lives
Nine killed and about fifty injured in a catastrophic Alton Junction crash when an open switch on the Big Four line caused a passenger train to collide with a freight train. Flames from tank cars and a subsequent explosion swept the area as bystanders rushed to aid victims. At least fifty more were fatally injured or seriously burned, and damage topped $100,000 with emergency crews rushing to hospitalize the wounded.
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Aton
Ill
Alton Junction
Southwestern Limited
Webb Ross
Limited
Wann
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
St. Louis
Maroon
White
Chicago & Alton
H Alf
Alton
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Mattoon
Hiram Cornelius
Shurtliffe College
Iowa
Edward Miller
Henry Pinney
William McCarthy
John Fritz
Edwardsville Crossing
Ed Maupin
St. Charles Charles Utt
Edward M. Miller
William Shattuck
Upper Alton
Henry Penning
Willie McCarthy
John Locke
Edward Maurin
Daniel Havers
William Manthe
Fosterburg
Charles Utt
William H. Miller
Charles Harris
John Wilkinson
W. H. Miller
Manthe
Wealth and Beauty in Simple Gardens and Knowledge
The excerpt extols that wealth is unnecessary for joy in landscapes and books. A small garden or cherished window plant provides pleasure, while seeking knowledge offers winter wisdom and piety adds divine goodness, revealing a hopeful view through sorrow toward a blessed world.
Senate and House Debates on McGarrahan and Anti-Option Bills
The Senate debated the McGarrahan bill and anti-option measures on the sixteenth and seventeenth, with several amendments defeated or approved and July first proposed as a bill start date. The House considered war claims inquiries, but filibusters stalled a constitutional amendment for senatorial elections. The death of ex-President Hayes prompted memorial adjournments as sessions continued through the twentieth.
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Senate
Morrill
Vermont
McGarrahan
Peffer
Kansas
Call
Florida
Wills and
Daniel
Washburn
House
Executive Department
United States
Sherman
Hayes
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
R. B. Hayes
Potter
Judiciary Committee
Wolcott
Colorado
New Orleans
B.ll
Gray
Delaware
Brice
Ri B Hayes
Tver
Caendar
Outhwaite
Oho
Train Collision Kills Passenger Near Jersey City
An express train on the Pennsylvania line collided with a local near Jersey City on the 19th. John Blewett was killed. Mrs. Decker and Henry Martin were fatally hurt. twelve others injured. The incident follows other national news items on gifts to Yale, a bank theft. strikes. fires, and rail and metal industry data.
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Jersey City
N. J
John Blewett
Decker
Henry Martin
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Yale College
William H. Vanderbilt
Charles W. Thorne
Kansas City
St. Paul
Minn
Canada
Horace Smith
Springfield
Mass
Muncie
Ind
Wilton Bennett
Port Jervis
C. MacArdell
Daily Argus
Goshen
N. Y
Ohio County
Shelbyville
Tenn
Richmond
U. T
Story & Co
New York City
Interior Department
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Pittsburgh
Dempsey
Hugh S. Dempsey
Porter
Visitor's taunt sparks tall tale in Brooklyn Life
In a Brooklyn Life snippet a visitor teases Tommy about growing tall. Tommy retorts he does not care and vows to get even, joking that his father will have to wear his old pants cut down for him.
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Tommy
Pop
Brooklyn
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