Senate moves on Alaska salmon inquiry and Panama aid
A weekly record notes Senate action including a resolution to inquire into Alaska salmon fisheries, passage of the Fortification Appropriation bill, and a Panama Isthmus security appropriation. House debates include a Mississippi River bridge at La Crosse and South Carolina election contests.
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Senate
Alaska
Hughs. Thompson
South Carolina
United States Civil Service
Alfred J. Edgerton
House
Mississippi River
la Crosse
United States
Panamna
Smalls-Elliott
Kansas
Congress
Canada
Evarts
Committee On Elections
Norman J. Colman
Missouri
Judiciary Committee
Elliott
Carroll D. Wright
Panama
Dakota
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Washington
Mass outdoor meeting condemns coercion policy in Ireland
A large gathering of twenty thousand workers in Sheffield England on the tenth passed resolutions denouncing Lord Salisbury's coercion policy in Ireland. Reports of multiple tragedies, crimes, and political actions fill the page, including deaths from poison, shootings, fires, and a broad sweep of social issues and legislation.
Prominent Figures Pass On As Electoral Count Concludes
Obituaries note the deaths of Thomas M. Nienon a New York hard money advocate. Coroner Henry J. Hun longtime DC Soldiers Home official. Rev G L Demenest Universalist secretary and wife celebrate golden wedding. Mrs Kuntee P Hews age near one hundred. Stoney Bankert LL D veteran lawyer. Col Burh Gosuen Barnum's giant who weighed 630 pounds. Also appointments and election events mark transitions in New Hampshire Delaware New York and national government.
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Thomas M. Nienon
New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Minols
Supreme Court of
District of Columbian
Norman J. Colman
Missouri
Henry J. Hun
Soldiers’ Home
District of Columbia
Ogden
U.I
Sawyer
Qgthnan Marston
Exeter
United States
New Hampshire
G. L. Demenest
D. D
General Convention of the Universalists of the United States
Manchester
N. H
Kuntee P. Hews
Lydenville
Helms
Brane
Delaware
Ella F. Brown
New York City
Stoney Bankert
LL. D
Boston
National House of Representatives
Ingalls
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Levi P. Morton
Augen Pruau
Frederick County
Dayton
Burh Gosuen
Barnum
Notable Deaths Across States From Early 20th Century
A string of notable deaths includes William E Lovett a Detroit tobacco magnate aged sixty who died on the th. Rhode Island's George Hine famed as the state’s largest man, died in Providence after lifting a cow. New York editor Eowamp Wifert of the Sunday Dispatch died at his home. actress Kate Claxton retired after fortune. Mobile lawyer Cotonen W Dunn died at eighty one. Dr F M Unqmant of the Marine Hospital Service died in Evansville at thirty three from pneumonia contracted during yellow fever work.
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William E. Lovett
Detroit
Mich
George Hine
Rhode Island
Providence
Eowamp Wifert
New York Sunday Dispatch
Kate Claxton
Cotonen
Dunn
Mobile
Ala
United States
F. M. Unqmant
United States Marine Hospital Service
Evansville
Ind
Global turmoil and disasters reported in a condensed 19th century dispatch
A sweeping, fragmentary bulletin notes snowstorms across Britain France and Germany disrupting rail and telegraph service. It records Vesuvius eruption near Naples Crimea and famine in Anhui and Kiangsu China. It also reports political shifts and a wave of suicides around Lake Starnberg.
Numerous 19th Century Headlines From The Nation
Various items report executions in Minnesota and commutations in Illinois, murders in North Carolina, factory fires in Indiana, Wisconsin and New York, deaths of notable figures in Chicago and naval losses, with political and economic news including bank failures, tax resistance by Half-Breeds in Dakota, and legislative actions in Congress on pensions tariffs and Panama.
President Cleveland Hails Democratic Strength and Tariff Reform
Bartimont Md Feb 15 The Sun prints a Washington review stating President Cleveland is thoroughly satisfied with his administration and its impact on the Democratic party He predicts a great future for the party and expresses devotion to it He calls tariff reform a great issue and believes civil service reform has taken a firm, lasting hold He says he_relieves from the presidency on March 4 and praises the progress of reforms and Southern prosperity without sectional bias.
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Cleveland
Bartimont
the Sun
Washington
United States
Barn Fire Rampage Hinting at Organized Incendiaries
A barn in Adams County near Emmittsburg Maryland was destroyed by an incendiary fire. The loss amounts to about 7000 dollars with 4600 dollars insured. The blaze is linked to a recent series of barn burnings along the Maryland Pennsylvania border by a group called the White Caps or Bald Knobbers. Authorities note a weapon using phosphorus and a powder-filled cavity devised to intensify ignition.
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Maryland
Bartrose
D. Henry Rieman
Adams County
Emmittsburg
Agricultural Insurance Company
Watertown
N. Y
Frederick
Carrow
Wareheim Township
York County
Maryland Line
Pennsylvania
Blizzard grips Canada with fierce winds and freezing temps
A severe blizzard sweeps across Canada on Wednesday into Thursday, halting rail travel as winds whip dry powdery snow into deep drifts. Reports note two farmers from St Joseph found unconscious and a Beauport asylum inmate frozen to death after escaping.
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Canada
Fotalldlas Reportad
Can Montnear
Can
Quebec
Paul Paloquin
Beauport
Aritt
J. Cameron
T. Brunot
St. Joseph
Forced to Assign. Ohio & Western Coal faces suspension
The Ohio & Western Coal and Iron Company assigns to General James A Hak amid creditor rushes. About 1,000 workers lose jobs as liabilities exceed 3 million. Real estate ~3,100 acres, bonded debt 8.5 million, stock 5 million. Originated from Standard Coal and Iron, once a $75 million empire with Blaine and Elkina bonds.
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Giurdon & Curtis
Ohio & Western Coal and Iron Company
CoLumbus
Ohio & Western Coal Company
James A. Hak
Standard Coal & Iron Company
Ohio & Western
James G. Blaine
Steve Elkina
J. L. Harper
Fidelity Bank
Cincinnati
New York
Standard Coal and Iron Company
D. N. Blanton
George Chapman
Bradstreet
Hocking Valley
Bismarck Delays Samoa Talks Until After Inauguration
Telegrams from Berlin indicate Prince Bismarck favors delaying further negotiations with the United States on Samoa until after President Harrison's inauguration. Lord Salisbury reportedly urged a pause, hoping for a shift in policy by the incoming American administration. Berlin is surprised by Bayard's truce request as Samoa remains contested territory for Germany. The Samoa conference may be postponed for weeks awaiting a Washington special commissioner. Colonel S Mosby is named as a potential successor to ex Consul-General Sewall under Harrison.
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Bismarck
Berlin
Bayard
America
Samoa
Germany
Bex
Washington
Mosby
Sewall
Harrison
Is It Jack the Ripper The Husband Confesses Murder
The Dundee police uncover a woman found in a wooden chest with fatal wounds. W. H. Bury of Whitechapel admits stabbing and strangling his wife after heavy drinking and says he hid the body, hoping to flee. Police theorize the wife knew of East End crimes and may have lured him away.
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Lennon
Whitechapel
Dundee
W. H. Bury
London
Bury
Dundes
East End
President Signs Bill to Create Cabinet Level Agriculture Department
Washington February 12 The president backs the plan to form a new department combining the Bureau of Agriculture and geological and scientific branches naming Norman J Coleman as the first Secretary Coleman who has led the Agriculture Bureau will head the new department which is expected to grow further in Congress and marks a rare addition to cabinets after almost sixty years
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Department of Agriculture
Norman J. Cohnan
Washington
Bureau of Agriculture
Norman J. Colman
Colman
St. Louisa
Fatal Meal Kills Man and Four Children in Tacoma
Bordeaux from Shelton Mason County loses husband and four children after eating poisoned cabbage. Mrs Bordeaux also fell ill in critical condition but may recover. Cabbage from California brought by steamer. doctors suspect Paris green pesticide and insufficient washing before cooking. Mr Bordeaux was a French Canadian from Montreal who arrived about eight weeks ago.
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Tacoma
W. T
Bordeaux
Shelton
Mason County
California
Paris
Montreal
Atx
Electoral count confirms Harrison Morton victory in 1893
National House galleries crowded as Senator Ingalls presided over the joint session counting Alabama’s ten electoral votes for Cleveland Thurman. The Alabama certificate was opened and the result read, declaring Benjamin Harrison of Indiana and Levi P Morton of New York elected President and Vice President for the term beginning March 4, 1893.
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Harrison and
Morton
National House of Representatives
Senator Ingalls
Senate
Joint Assembly
Lufcont
House
Otcers
Ingalls
McCook
Bassett
House of Representatives
United States
Alabama
Manderson
Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Levi P. Morton
New York
Devastating Costa Rica Earthquakes Report
Advices from Costa Rica recount the December quake sequence starting at San Jose with the major shocks at 1 am and 4 20 am. San Jose landmarks including the cathedral and presidential palace were heavily damaged and many homes wrecked. In La Laguna ground buckled like a rough sea. a family was buried with others cast far distances. By December 16 the Irazu eruption added alarm in Cartago.
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Nimi
Panama
Advlcea
Costa
Carmen and
Merced
National Peace
National Printing Offices
Union Bank
San Jose
Alajuela
la Laguna
Irazu
Cartago
Civil Service Reform Conference Planned in Baltimore
The Civil Service Reform Association of Maryland calls reformers nationwide to a Baltimore conference February 28 to keep the new administration straight. About 8000 reformers are invited for general policy discussion and formal addresses on civil service progress under Cleveland and expectations for the incoming administration. Carl Schurz and George William Curtis plan to attend.
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Baltimore
Civil- Service Reform Association of Maryland
United States
Charlee J. Bonaparte
Cleveland
Carl Schurz
George William Curtis
Indians Starving in Minnesota Owing to Withheld Annuities
Earth Minnesota Fe 14 The Red Lake and Pembina Chippewa bands totaling 264 persons have had their annuities withheld for five months by Indian Commissioners. The outcry describes nakedness and destitution among the tribes and futile appeals for relief, with Eastern women providing scarce charity to stave off famine.
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Minnesota
Uncle Sam
Earth
Minn
Red Lake
Pembina
Aged Counselor Sidney Bartlett Celebrates 90th Birthday
Boston reports Sidney Bartlett prominent active Boston Bar member observed his 90th birthday on Wednesday. A contemporary of Daniel Webster Chief Justice Shaw Justice Parsons and Rufus Choate he remains active in practice with yearly earnings around $100 000.
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Sidney Bartlett
Boston Bar
Boston
Daniel Webster
Shaw
Parsons
Rufus Choate
Gladstone
Explosion at Johnson’s dynamite factory wipes out building
A noon explosion at Johnson’s dynamite factory in Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania, killed John Harline 33, who was blown to pieces. The factory was totally demolished and his widow and three children survive. Authorities say a frozen water spigot caused friction in the nitroglycerine magazine. No other injuries reported.
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Pennsylvania
Yon
Johnson's
Mount Wolf
John Harline
Harline
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Riiamn Wilk1s
St. Louis
Johnie Powens
Orange Farm
Middletown
Chemical Laboratory
Oho State University
Pennsylvania Road
Bill Kizemore
Carl Smith
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Tim
Agana
James Smith
Arlington
Tuk Mutchner-Jhyins Company
Indianapolis
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Roy Ryper
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Crestline
CuAask
Geneva
Neb
Mth
Nevada
Mn. Cranes G. Wasbury
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Washburn & Moon Manufacturing
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Edward J. Scribner
St. Paul
Frank Fehrs
Florida Chautauqua Opened On the Lith At Defunick Springs
Clares W. Ganer
Reading
Sheffeld
Eng
Lord Salisbury
Treland
J. Bordeaux
W.T
Riley
Kan
Samuel Halton
Tom Woodrox
Macon
Georgia Supreme Court
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Ilinois
James Fowler
Alexander Campbell
Essie Evans
Charlotte
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Fatuen AsuFieto
St. Peter's Catholico Church
Luxe Palmer
Burington
W. Buncx
Keokuk
Harry Hupsey
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W. W. Oppenheim
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Chicago
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Oppera
Grand Lake Coal Company
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Tue Union Stock Yards
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West End
Tue Keeney House
Pike
Jeanie Mack
Thames
Hippomenes
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Duara
Kopohmore
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Aston
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Committee On Ways and Means
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Prince of
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Jack the Ripper
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