20 Feb 1891
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Newspaper
Alton Daily Telegraph
Location
Alton, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1891
Page
1
A year ago we established a Local Agency for Popular Music and report splendid results. The shop will maintain a complete line of music with a new supply of free catalogs available at the store or by mail. Prices are 0 for one copy and scaled discounts for multiple copies. the music is high quality and suitable for beginners with vocal and instrumental selections.
Streets around West Seventy first street fill with mourners as Rev Thomas Sherman leads a simple Catholic service for Gen Sherman. A black velvet caisson borne by four horses carries the general to a funeral train to St Louis with a vast military escort and thousands along the route.
On the Pennsylvania system unrest brews amid refusals to grant wage and hour demands by the trainmen engineers firemen conductors brakemen and baggagemen representing about 6000 workers. General Manager Joseph Wood issued a lengthy bulletin denying all requests. Meetings are planned to decide next steps.
In Charleroi district the civic guard reserves are called out by the government causing nationwide tension. Workingmen’s committees view the troop mobilization as a sign that federal authorities plan to force a constitutional revision resistance to universal manhood suffrage.
In Berlin the Kaiser faces possible action against Bismarck over unspecified remarks or publications. London hears Professor Bryce's call for free access to uncultivated lands, provoking landowner consternation. Paris sees Empress Frederick and Eugenie arriving amid public interest. London reports labor unrest in Cardiff with police and troops on standby. British firms Wilson and Sons blame McKinley tariff for failures. Other items note cronmel jail transfers, a Minooka marshal killed crossing tracks, a gas explosion in Martins Ferry injuring several, a Kentucky stallion sale at $55,000, a trial near Bell Boy, a Jesse James house sale to Chicago buyers, and the death of Professor Winchell.
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