News Roundup: International Loans and Political Moves
Russia issues an internal loan of 100 million rubles at 4 percent. Mr Gladstone weighs timing of a general election, while vowing to resist coercion. William O'Brien plans to visit Canada to condemn Lord Lansdowne’s Irish tenant policy. Parnell may sue the London Times for a forged letter. Elections continue regarding the Lansdowne matter. A Metz report places Schnaebeles on German soil with treason charges. A Russian official’s nephew is arrested over Nihilist ties. Glasgow and Manchester chambers push for trade policy shifts. Union Pacific and Oregon Railway leadership changes noted. Barnum settles Jumbo suit with cash and travel perks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
William O’brien
Canada
Lord Lansdowne
Parnell
London Times
Lansdownees
Berlin
Metz
Schnaebeles
Schnaebdeles
Russia
Nihilste
Glascow Chamber of Commerce
Great Britain
Manchester Chamber of Commerce
Ee Ts Gene 2
Union Pacific Railway Company
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Sidney Dillon
Wheeling and Lake Erie Road
Wheeling
Cleveland
P. T. Barnum
Grand Trunk
Royal visitors and notable deaths cross paths in distant notices
News fragment lists Queen of the Sandwich Islands and high officials arriving in San Francisco then marching to Washington for a London jubilee. It notes Jeannette survivor Lieutenant J W Danenhower’s suicide at Annapolis, and Chicago native leaves a widow and two children in Oswego. Also mentions Wes Blaine in Chicago, John E Blaine’s death at Hot Springs, and various international figures and political notes.
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Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
Washington
London
J. W. Danenhower
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Chicago
Oswego
Wes G. Blaine
Walker
Blaine
Russell Lowell
EU- Me
John E. Blaine
James G. Blaine
Hot Springs
Ack
China
Frederick Leopold
Prussia
Prince Louis, Esterhazy
Austria
F. W. Benteen
Ganon Wilberforce
New York
Patrick Egan
High license bill passes massachusetts house but faced other political moves
The document notes the Massachusetts House passed a high license bill by 188 to 89. It also lists political appointments and rumors, including Edward F. Bingham named Chief Justice of the District of Columbia, Consul Henry Merritt at Chemnit, and Dorsheimer denying a Cleveland re election bid. It mentions Buckner winning Kentucky governor primaries and several postmaster appointments across states.
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Massachusetts
Henry F. Merritt
Ilinois
Chemnit
Edward F. Bingham
Ohio
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Cartter
Bingham
Eee Ae Coen
Common Pleas
Mbus
Supreme Court
Allen G. Thurman
Supreme Court of Ohio
Thurman
Delaware
Simon B. Buckner
Kentucky
Cleveland
William Dorsheimer
Dorsheimer
Fred Dutton
Murray
Idaho
W. W. Hart
Thomas P. Mitchell
West Liberty
Iowa
Jonathan Maxon
Charles L. Hecox
Greensville
Mich
W. W. Slawson
James Dempsey, Sr
Manistee
John A. Thompson
Charles B. Durland
Norfolk
Neb
W. H. Wideman
Charles C. Ellis
Sterling
C. ©. Wilson
Mary ©. Sullivan
West Point
Robert T. Kloke
Charles J. Harrison
Wahoo
J. N. Davis
W. Robson
la Grange
Tex
Arthur Meerachiedt
Robert Kenny
Chicago
Illinois
William J. Vickery
Indiana
Patent Office
George W. Morgan
Arkansas
Landeo Dorsheimer
Multi-Agency Financial and Labor Upheaval Across US
Reports show assignments by George Clark of Springfield Otsego County New York and Charles Weil ler Sons of Baltimore. Procter Gambie plans profit sharing. U S and Canada weekly failures total 171 and 28 with prior weeks lower. Bradstreets notes freight and merchandise declines amid railway shifts. Harmony Mills Cohoes shuts 600 workers. Pittsburgh grass workers threaten strike after wage setback. Chicago District Assembly 24 bans P L Underwood Co. Insolvent George A Winsiey Chicago soap maker. G M Thompson grain dealer fails across three California points with 200000 debt.
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George Clark
Springfield
Otsego County
New York
Charles Weiller & Sons
Baltimore
Knights of Labor
Powderly
Procter & Gambie
Cincinnati
United States
Canada
Bradstreet’s
Harmony Cotton Mills
Cohoes
Pittsburgh
Chicago
P. L. Underwood & Co
George A.winsiey
G. M. Thompson
California
Illinois Central Road to Build Steel Bridge at Cairo
reports indicate the Illinois Central plans a steel bridge at Cairo with significant cost involved. Telegraph line sites for the Santa Fe Road have been built near Galesburg, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinoie Central
Cairo
Galesburg
Interstate commerce law sparks protests and industry notes
Leading Missouri Valley and Southwest papers back the interstate commerce law and urge cash basis for railroad newspaper business. Reports detail complaints by H S Rodgers and others over bridge charges, river men planning to press long and short haul limits, a Swanzey NH box factory suspending operations, and San Francisco merchants seeking exemptions. Also notes fires in Chicago and Brooklyn, a near river flood incident, and a deadly Ohio fording accident.
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Missouri Valley
Southwest
Kansas City
Rodgers
League of American Wheelmen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Covington and Cincinnati Bridge Company
West
Swanzey
N. H
W. T. Garrett
California Manufacturers’ Association
San Francisco
Chamber of Commerce of
Charles H. Tweed
New York
Atchison
Atlantic Seaboard
East
St. Louis
Senator Sherman Party Kidnap Talk Reaches Cuba Rumor
A New York paper relays a Key West report claiming bandit Matagas planned to kidnap and hold Senator Sherman and his party in Cuba for ransom during the visit. The tale appears as a sensational international rumor with no official confirmation.
Cyclones Cause Heavy Loss Across West and Southwest
Storms carved a 500 mile long, up to a mile wide swath causing numerous deaths. A tornado near Mount Carmel Illinois inflicted 50000 dollars in property damage. John H. Wirth and Lewis Kerstein were killed along with Harvey Hutchins and Miss Manger's two sons.
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Mount Carmel
John H. Wirth
Lewis Kerstein
Harvey
Hutchins
Magner
Murky Crime Roundup From Across The States
Hoboken Water Registrar M H Murphy is said to face over 100000 dollars in deficits after disappearing. In Morris Illinois Watt and Schwartz seek a new trial on perjury claims. In Chattanooga Tennessee John Ray and William Carson fatally shot each other in a duel. In Louisville Kentucky an armed robber wounded a servant during a burglary. Ozark Missouri Grand Jury returns sixteen murder indictments in Bald Knobber cases. Parsons Kansas L V Halifield kills his wife and then himself after brief marriage. San Luis Potosi Mexico a duel ends with both officers dead.
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Hoboken
N. J
M. H. Murphy
Morris, Ill
Watt
Schwartz
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Ray
William Carson
Louisville
Jennie Boemer
Grand
Ozark
L. V. Halifield
Parsons
Kan
San Luis Potosi
Indictments for Murder and Other Disturbances Across Regions
Indictments for murder were filed in Des Moines against Joseph Row and J Reed Hurlbut for the Logan killing during a liquor arrest. Bail set at 10000 each. A Texas man Foster killed his child and was captured. Moreno in Tamaulipas shot his neighbor’s son. he then killed himself and the unconscious wife died. A Me rida wedding riot killed seven. The Paulding County Ohio canal riot destroyed the reservoir. militia deployed. Chicago judge Tuley denied venue change in boodlers case. Walker and Henry fight in Jefferson City. both injured. Blaine left Chicago for Maine en route to Europe in June. A Sunday baseball ban bill failed in Illinois. Calhoun monument unveiling in Charleston with L Lamar speech. Fire in Allegheny City. two dead, two injured. Huron Stamp Mill loss 75000 at Houghton. Scaffolding collapse near Mansfield, IL kills one, injures another. Natural gas found on Cincinnati lot. company forms with 100000 capital. Odd Fellowship anniversary observed nationwide. A snowstorm hit Scotland and Wales on April 26.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Joseph Row
J. Reed Hurlbut
Logan
Hurlbut, Hess & Co
Foster
Harrison County
Texas
Moreno
Tamaulipas
Mexico
Merida
Yucatan
Erie Canal
Paulding County
Ohio
Toledo
Tuley
Chicago
Cook County
Jefferson City
Walker
Henry
Blaine
Maine
Europe
Illinois House of Representatives
Charleston, & C
John Caldwell Calhoun
L . C. Lamar
Allegheny City
Houghton
Mich
Mansfield
Lower Sixth Street
Cincinnati
Odd Fellowship
United States
Scotland
Wales
Alexander Mitchell Dies in New York Hospital
Alexander Mitchell president of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad died in his Hoffman House rooms after a period of illness. Born 1817 in Scotland, he built a fortune as a railroad promoter and financier and served in Congress as a Republican. He is survived by wife, son John L Mitchell, a daughter, and relatives in Aberdeenshire. Estate estimated from 15 to 25 million dollars.
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New York
Alexander Mitchell
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
Hoffman House
Mr. Mitchell
Dr. Kean
Florida
John L. Mitchell
Ann
Pattie
Metropolitan Opera
Edward Bradley
Ellon
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Aberdeen
Peterhead
Milwaukee
George Smith
Chicago
Wisconsin Marine and Fire Insurance Company
Chicago, Milwaukee and
Mitchell
Lincoln
Johnson
Congress
Tilden
John L
Dr. Mackie
Cleveland repudiates renomination says he will not seek second term
Washington dispatch reports President Cleveland declares he neither wishes nor will accept another term. A Senator confirms the White House conversation as sincere with a strong denial of any re election motive. The interview suggests no public plan for a second bid and hints a future public statement may follow.
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Washington
St. Louis
Cleveland
White House
Life sentence for Kellogg Nichols murder in nineteenth century trial
After a thirty day trial, Newton Watt and Schwartz were found guilty of the Kellogg Nichols murder. The jury sentenced both to life imprisonment in the penitentiary. The verdict was delivered after a brief jury deliberation of about five hours.
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Morris (Til
Schwartz and
Watt
Kellogg Nichols
Dibell
H. Robinson
Schwartz
Murder of Kellogg Nichols Convictions Highlight 1596 Case
The night of March 12, 1596 saw the murder of Kellogg Nichols, a Rock Island train express messenger based in Chicago. Schwartz and Watt were convicted for the killing, which occurred in Nichols's car near Morris after the safe was breached and a package containing about 20900 dollars was stolen.
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Kellogg Nichols
Schwartz
Watt
Nichols
Chicago
Morris
Richest colored woman in America linked to Rome, Georgia
The New Orleans Picayune notes Amanda Eubanks of Rome, Georgia as the wealthiest colored woman in America, owner of $400,000 in pecans inherited from her white father. The piece highlights broader progress as colored women advance in finance, journalism, law, medicine, and education across the North and South.
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America
Amanda Eubanks
Rome
Will
Philadelphia
Charlotte Forten
Frank Grienke
Atlantic Monthly
New York City
New Orleans
Little Eddie Starts Own Housekeeping
A boy on Bagg Street begs his mother for a cutting board to set a table for his imagined wife. She jokes that his future wife would not want a board for meals, and Eddie decides to begin housekeeping alone in a corner of the sitting room.
Sunlight Blamed for Kitchen Dirt in Quip
A cook retorts to a perpetually complaining lady that the sun causes all the dirt. He recalls a previous job with a shaded snug kitchen downstairs where the area never became dirty.
Early Franklin Initiatives Set Up Conductors for City Protection
Lieutning conductors were first set up for the protection of buildings by Franklin shortly after 1752.
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Franklin
Bess Became Widespread From Boston Roots in 1670
Bess were introduced in Boston in 1670 and have since spread across the American continent.
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Boston
American
The Terror of the West Cyclone Ravages Missouri Town
A devastating cyclone swept through Vernon county Missouri on Thursday night. The storm, about half a mile wide, ruined fences barns and houses, with over thirty homes destroyed and at least fifteen deaths reported. More fatalities expected as reports vary from Township to Township.
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Missouri
Nevada
Vernon
Terrible Arkansas cyclone devastates Clarksville area
A west to east cyclone of two to three miles wide struck Friday morning, demolishing houses and fences. Six people were killed and several injured. Farmers face heavy losses to buildings, fences, stocks, and crops as farms lie open and aid is urged for affected families.
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Clarksville
Ark
Cyclone Wipes Prescott Kansas Area Widespread Damage
A terrible cyclone struck Prescott Kansas on Thursday evening tearing the town apart with all buildings destroyed and many fatalities reported across the county. Hail up to thirteen inches in circumference was recorded and damage spread to Blue Mound Mapleton and surrounding areas.
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Prescott
Kansas
Blue Mound
Mapleton
Tornado Strikes Kentucky South of Cincinnati
A tornado swept through a portion of Kentucky south of Cincinnati on Friday morning. In Paris a violent storm produced a tornado with thunder and lightning, creating a 400 yard wide track where trees were leveled and houses unroofed. No fatalities reported though property damage is heavy.
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Kentucky
Cincinnati
Paris
Cyclone Strikes Blossom Prairie Texas Causes Widespread Damage
A Friday morning cyclone hit Blossom Prairie Texas causing extensive damage to nearly every business building, many homes unroofed, and damaged fences and orchards as the storm moved north in about four minutes. No lives were reported.
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Blossom Prairie
Texas
Storm Damage and Severe Weather Across Regions
Centralia Illinois reports smashed windows from large hail followed by heavy rain. Northwestern Wisconsin sees a Friday snowstorm with seven inches at Eau Claire and train blockages at Ashland. Minnesota and Dakota report snow sleet and cold delaying seed planting. Montreal ice jam raises St Lawrence four feet causing damage.
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Centralia
Ill
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Ashland
Minnesota
Dakota
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Kidnap Plot Aimed at Senator Sherman Havana Plot Exposed
Private letters from Havana reveal a Cuban banditti scheme to seize Ohio Senator John Sherman during his Cuba visit. The plan reportedly relied on an arranged capture at a plantation, but the party departed five minutes before the attack, with possible planter involvement.
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Ohio
Key West
New York Herald
Havana
John Sherman
Cuba
Sherman
Oldest French woman may be 125 in Auberville Royans
Report claims a woman in Auberville Royans is the oldest in France and possibly the world. Born March 1, 1762, she would be 125, with the authentic birth record in the parish register of St. Just de Claix, Isere department.
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France
Auberville
Royans
St. Just de Claix
Department
Isere
German cork sand lime bricks for light partitions
For some time past experiments have been made in Germany with a composition of cork sand and lime molded into bricks for the construction of light partition walls. This mixture is said to exclude sound better than brickwork and is a light non conductor of heat.
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Germany
Why is a Window Called an Es
An es is named for people who gather there to look out. The term reflects the function of the space as a place to observe the outside world.
Way on a First Floor Mirrors a Lie in This Story
A fragmentary line suggests a narrative where a first floor setting mirrors deception. The brief hints at a metafictional theme, inviting interpretation of surface truth versus underlying falsehood.
The Largest Check In U S History Drawn By J D Taylor
The article reports John D. Taylor then treasurer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, drew a record 14 256 440 check on the National Bank of Commerce to Lee Higginson & Co. Boston. It notes Nathaniel Thayer's stake and Jay Gould's potential control, the stock sale at 140 on the dollar, and the money transfer from Philadelphia to Boston via New York without major market disruption.
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United States
John D. Taylor
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lee, Higginson & Co
Boston
Miladelphia, Wilmington
Baltimore Road
Nathaniel Thayer
Jay Gould
Jersey Central
Thayer
Pennsylvania
Taylor
National Bank of Commerce
Philadelphia
New York
Oston
New York Mail
Health Advice for Women and Curious Colonial Inscriptions
A Medial World physician advises women on foot care including woolen stockings hand knitted for warmth, thick calfskin boots, careful use of rubbers, and foot soaks. Tasmanian travel notes recount a slate inscription about Mary Jones and a clever stonecutter pun. Various short items promote products such as Red Star Cough Cure and St Jacobs Oil, with notes on paraffin linseed oil fabric waterproofing.
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Lamb
Jerusha
Echoing Caverns and Caves Across Worlds and Ages
The text details echoes in a closed vault, a Pantheon cave with coat flap noises resembling cannon reports, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, Smellin cave in Finland where a live animal causes terrible sounds, a Dalmatian cave with stones producing a storm, Fingal's Cave with organ pipe imagery, and a grotto opening near water that harmonizes with sea movement.
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Souxp
Kentucky
Smellin
Viberg
Finland
Pliny
Dalmatia
Fingal
Staffa
Paradise for Tramps Burning Gas Well in Findlay Ohio
G Fredrick Wright describes a Findlay gas well discovered Jan 20 1586 heating the night in February 1886. The six inch pipe flames rose 20 to 30 feet and melted snow within two hundred yards. The scene drew tramps and crickets filled the night while a sleeper rested near a barrel as warmth radiated from the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Findlay
Ohio
Toledo
G. Fredrick Wright
St. Nicolas
The Moxie Nerve Food Becomes Queen of Medical World
After about a year on the market Moxie Nerve Food is claimed to be the largest selling product of its kind. Doctors praise its effects and big cities discuss its lasting popularity. The piece hails Moxie as the new queen of nervous relief for overworked people.
Etiquette of Courtship in New York Society
A Harper's Bazaar writer praises the American youth for showing respect to women while noting French manners surpass American in parental courtesy. The piece advises that a suitor should greet and honor the mother, deliver invitations through the mother, and visit on her terms, shaping social acceptance in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Ncere National
Mles
New York
Hostetters Stomach Bitters Promises Restorative Tonic
A historical ad claims lack of energy and morning languor can be eased by Hostet ters Stomach Bitters, which supposedly adds muscular energy and aids digestion. It warns against mineral poisons like strychnia and nux vomica and asserts the tonic cures nervousness headaches biliousness appetite loss feeble stomach and related ailments. It also states fever and ague kidney trouble and rheumatism yield to it.
Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy Cited By Thousands
The passage notes bad breath and catarrh hurt both pride and relationships and claims Dr Sage’s Catarrh Remedy has cured the worst cases, with 43 thousand testimonies. It also comments on world momentum and crank enthusiasts as a cultural aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sage
Chicago Ledger Subscription Request in 19th Century Letter
A woman asks her partner to subscribe to the Chicago Ledger, praising the paper as a premier cheap story publication. He agrees, promising to order it today and to read a May 11 storyline, noting sample copies and a Chicago address for the Ledger.
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George
Mabel
Chicago Ledger
Ledger
Franklin Street
Chicago
Bayete
Ae Eee Br
Sampes
Re & We
Price & Longley
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Cambridge University
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Common Sense Journal
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Warrensee
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Wis
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