Lansdowne eviction dispute prompts Canadian talks
Marquis of Lansdowne refuses the mediators' arrangement and sails to Canada to address tenants. William O'Brien plans speeches in Canada. Germany weighs irregular arrest issues as Alsace and Lorraine possibly face martial law. Irish constabulary vacancies hindered. Pope Cardinal Manning backs worker protection. Emigration from Queenstown to U S rises. Unionists tighten coercion bill terms. German election results show governing majority with 2.6m to 8.9m votes. Rail developments include Milwaukee to Bismark extension and Terre Haute rail line to Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquis of Lansdowne
William O'Brien
Canada
Berlin
Cardinal Manning
Germany
Alsace- Lorraine
Ireland
Parnell
Queenstown
New York
M. Schnaebels
Kassala
Osman Digma
Abu—M 2
France
Pagny-sur- Moselle
M. Schnaebeles
Memorials of Several Notables From Across States
Judge James Bradley of Laporte Indiana former U S district judge Nebraska dies at 77. Rev George White rector Memphis Tennessee dies in 75th year. Mrs Carter Harrison widow of Chicago mayor dies in the city. Erie ill two weeks with sciatica. Secretary Lamar says he agrees with the President on Guilford Miller matter and will try to follow Cleveland's suggestions. Divorce suit against Ross Winans in New York decided against plaintiff. Fire destroys grain warehouse nine story elevator and fourteen freight cars at Louisville loss about 250000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bradley
Laporte
Ind
United States District Court of
Nebraska
George White
Calvary Episcopal Church
Memphis
Tenn
Carter H. Harrison
Chicago
Erie
Lamar
Washington
Guilford Miller
Cleveland
New York
Ross Winans
Baltimore
Scotch Game-Preserve Fame
Louisville
Rail road heating bill passes Assembly and expulsions loom
The New York Assembly approves a railroad commission measure to heat passenger coaches by steam. In Michigan the impeachment of Representative Da kir ends with a unanimous expulsion vote. Illinois moves to eject alien landlords with a sweeping weed out bill while Michigan considers a new liquor law setting a $50 license and 9 pm saloon close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Assembly
Railroad Commission
Dakir
Michigan
Scully
Illinois
Root
Branch
Multiple Economic and Labor News from Dakota and National Update
Allan Heald assigns Fairbank mercantile firm. Brunswick rubber workers quit Knights of Labor. 35000 Dakota bonds sold at premium. Cincinnati shoe workers locked out over wages. Chicago hodcarriers strike for higher pay. Maiden Creek Iron Company fails assets 95000 liabilities 65000. Chicago named central reserve city. Treasury debt statement recap with interest bearing and non interest debt figures and cash reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maiden Creek Iréen Company
Reading
United States
Interstate Commerce hearing on suspension of Section 4 at Mobile
Col W Butler Duncan A Depew and Col Talcott testified on suspending Section 4. Petitions from coal lumber and other towns supported suspension while New Orleans groups urged strict enforcement. Union Pacific and others sought delays amid falling Alabama pig iron and riverboat competition. The hearing moved to New Orleans with many petitions for and against enforcement and varied rate testimonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile
W. Butler Duncan
A. Depew
Col. Talcott
Mobile & Ohio Road
Memphis
New York
Huntsville
Louisiana
New Orleans
Union Pacific Railroad
James Bauron
Tennessee-Alabama Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company
Alabama
Birmingham Iron Men
Southern
Yellow-Pine Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Mobile Cotton Exchange
Cooley
Shreveport
Texas and Pacific
Frederick Knowland
General Eastern
Union Pacific Road
The
Cotton Exchange
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas
C. W. Gibson
Board of Trade of
Aberdeen
Miss
Illinois Central
IL Hardy
Queen and Crescent Line
St Louis
St. Louis
Vickburg
Fentress
Ilinois Central
San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass
Two bonanza mines found by American prospectors in Mexico state
Dispatches report two famed bonanza mines rediscovered after a century by a party of American prospectors including Lieutenant Kipper and two Illinoisans. The Grant relics are shown at the National Museum in Washington. Reports from Texas flag serious cholera death toll. other items note wills, rail tariffs, and regional disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Kipper
National Museum
Washington
McDowell
McVicker’s
Chicago
Daly
Edward Bell
Featherstone
E. A. McDowell
Warrener
Texas
Two Marine Disasters Reported In 19th Century News
The Clotilde from St Johns to New York found floating bottom up with crew missing. The Finland from Table Bay to Mauritius foundered. mail matter and air on board saved. A hurricane hit northeast Australia on April 22. Pearl fishing fleet of 400 boats destroyed. 559 perished. Fires caused heavy losses at Bolton Works Ndale New York Canal Street and other sites. total damages in the hundreds of thousands. The steamer Benton sunk near Formosa with 150 drowned. Flying Scud lost off Alaska. owner Captain and 14 native hunters missing. Louie ONeill sunk in Lake Erie. eight crew perished. Multiple factories and depots damaged by fires across Kentucky Minnesota Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania reporting large losses.
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Clotilde
St. Johns
New York
Finland
Table Bay
Cape Colony
Mauritius
Australia
Bolton Oe Worksndale
Westchester County
N. Y
Canal Street
Col
Benton
Singapore
Formoea
Alaska
Louie O'Neill
Lake Erie
Thomas W. Parker
E. G Berry
Owensboro
Hersey & Bean
Stillwater
Minn
Cincinnati, Wabash and Michigan
Marion
Ind
Thomas Wightman & Co
Pittsburg
Murray Iron Works
West Burlington
Chcago Bridge Company
Chicago
Lehigh and Wikesbarre Company
Sugar Notch
Passenger Train Derailment Near Sterling Kills One
Northern Pacific passenger train derailed near Sterling Oak. One person died and about twenty five were injured with three in serious condition. Steam explosion aboard tow boat J. C. Ristier at Pittsburgh killed one man and fatally injured two others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Pacific
Sterling
Oak
J. C. Ristier
Pittsburgh
Indictments and crimes on a broad election fraud beat
Federal Grand Jury indictments in St Louis target election frauds amid local politics. Reports note arrest pursuit in Southwestern Express car robberies near Tucson and a push for higher rewards. Also covered are Pardons for Mollie Maguires figures, lynching claims in West Virginia, a judge fining his son, and separate trials and appeals in Illinois and Missouri related to killings and train robbery cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Federal Grand Jury
Arizona
Southern Pacific Express
Tucson
United States
Meade
Pennsylvania Board of Pardons
Michael O’brien
Christopher Donnely
Chuylkill County
Mollie Maguires
Sylvester
Proctor
W. Va
Perso
Sylvester Brothers
James R. Bobb
Decatur
Ind
St. Louis
Winchester
Frank Eubanks
David & Fotheringham
Jim Cummings
Watt
Schwarz
Kellogg Nichols
Morris
Ill
Axtell
Chicago Wholesale Trade Surges Under New Interstate Law
A Chicago dispatch notes an unprecedented March demand across wholesale sectors led by dry goods and millinery as the interstate commerce law raises shipping costs and reshapes markets from Milwaukee to Dallas. Dealers report stronger collections and cautious buying patterns. optimism persists for spring and summer despite mixed notes from some cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Garden City
Lake
Chicago Tribune
West
Northwest
Southwest
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Omaha
Denver
Kansas City
St. Louis
New Orleans
Louisville
Cleveland
New York
Cincinnati
Detroit
Fort Worth
Texas
Chicago Debate A Sunday Closing Issue Divides Opinion
The Commercial Club discussed the Sunday closing question amid mixed views. Manager McVicker defended Sunday performances noting theater openings responded to public demand and competition, while expressing he personally opposes Sunday amusements except for his own actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Chicago
McVicker
Reverend H W Thomas an influential Chicago pastor
Biographical sketch of Rev H W Thomas born 1872 in Virginia, his abolitionist roots, long ministerial career across Iowa Rock River Conference and Chicago churches, 1889 Centenary Church tenure, election excommunication over progressive views, and leadership of People’s Church Chicago. Also notes his wife Missie Merrick, seven children, and his lecturing fame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Church
Chicago
Allegheny Mountain
Hampshire County
Virginia
West Virginia
Hiram
Thomas
Beecher
Pittsburg
Evangelical Association
German Methodists
Iowa
M. E. Church
Marshall
Fort Madison
State
Mt. Pleasant
Burlington
Rock River
Park Avenue Church
Aurora
Centenary
Missie C. Merrick
Dempseytown
Hiram M. Thomas
Leresy
People’ Church
Most Attacks Police and Courts in New Haven Speech
New Haven dispatch reports Adolf Most railing against law enforcement and the capitalistic system. He compared his Blackwell's Island imprisonment to seven Chicago defendants condemned by a biased court. He urged armed resistance against government figures and criticized Assistant District Attorney Fellows as treasonous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New Haven
Conn
Herr Most
Blackwell's Island
Banfield
Fellows
New York
Most
United States
Winter wheat conditions report favorable across states
The Farmers’ Review weekly crop summary notes generally favorable conditions for winter wheat with rains in most states. Illinois counties average 80 percent, Kansas counties 84 percent with some improvement, and Iowa Minnesota Nebraska spring wheat reported good though rains needed. Measured notes mention thin meadows in Illinois Indiana Ohio and clover injury from freezing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Revie
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Ilinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Indiana
Ohio
Britain Issued Cheap Postage Stamps in 1840
Unused examples from the first cheap postage issue fetch about 200 dollars. The rarest stamp known to collectors comes from the Brattleboro postmaster and dates to 1546.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Brattleboro
Warming Hands Not Weather Heat
A father asks why his son holds a hand over the fire and the boy replies he is warming his hands, not heating the weather. The exchange highlights a child's simple misinterpretation of warmth.
Trans Sprinkled Across Life's High Way
A compact reflection notes dust and sorrow scattered along life’s journey. The line evokes travel metaphors and emotional tolls without specifying events or persons.
Indian smokes the pipe of peace Irishman the piece of a one
An old-time saying contrasts two men from different backgrounds, noting one seeks harmony while the other seizes fragmentary advantage, reflecting regional perspectives of the era.
Singular Sing Sing Officer James Jackson Faces Inmates
James Jackson of Sing Sing supervises convicts and visitors, spotting disguises and identifying criminals. He travels to track runaways and others convicted in different states, claiming flawless recognition from eye contact and detailing his routines with Brandreth pills and Allcock's Plasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jackson
Sing Sing
Jackson
Brandreth
Allcock
Daily Register
Remarkable Potsdam man Richard Donovan dies in St Lawrence County
Richard Donovan of Potsdam died in Potsdam after a life of astonishing self sufficiency following the loss of both arms in a mill accident twenty years earlier. He handled horse and buggy, built a cow stable, dug a well, mowed hay, dressed and wrote with remarkable use of feet and mouth, accumulating about two thousand dollars in property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potsdam
St. Lawrencee County
Richard Donovan
New York
Donovan
Thomas Collins
Watertown Times
Brooklyn Man Praises St Jacobs Oil For Sciatic Rheumatism
Mr T J Moxony of Deltavoice Place Brooklyn reports relief from sciatic rheumatism after using St Jacobs Oil. He endorses the remedy as very efficacious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Moxony
Deltavoice Place
Brooklyn, N. Y
St. Jacobs
The Expansion of Methodism in the 18th Century
The piece recounts the rapid growth of Methodism from a few Oxford students in 1730 to a global movement by 1791. It notes key figures like Whitefield Wesley and Lady Huntingdon, the spread of meeting houses, and the rise to over 100 000 members in Britain, with substantial American presence and the establishment of an organized leadership structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
London
Great Britain
American
Whitefield
Wesley
Lady Huntingdon
Franklin
Chesterfield
Bolingbroke
Hume
Methodist Church
Connection
Macmillan
Besancon Center of Watch Making in France in 1877
Besancon in Franche Comte leads French watchmaking with 428,754 watches processed in 1877, 296,703 silver, totaling 24,000,000 francs. Paris remains dominant with 250,000 clocks and 300,000 alarms, while Cluses and other towns contribute to a national output of 64,500,000 francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Besancon
Franche Comte
France
Cluses
Eee
Rois Fontaines
Paris
Thieut
Antide
Janvier
Leroy
Berthoud
Breguet
Turet
Beaucort
St. Nichols
Saunier
Trois Fontaines
Morez
Neighborhood
St. Nicholas d’Abiermont
Montbeliard
Selincourt
Dislodge Disease: Stomach Bitters Aids Kidneys Bladder
Early use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters combats renal and vesical maladies. It acts as an efficient diuretic, stimulates safely without irritation, and strengthens kidneys and bladder. It also helps fever age, constipation and dyspepsia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Dream with Soup Motif in College Setting
A narrator recalls a vivid dream where a police official and an employee guide him through a college corridor to find vegetables and a cabbage. The scene ends as a bowl of soup appears at his bedside, suggesting the waking moment was triggered by the soup smell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revue Scientitique
Real Estate Agent Claims St Jacobs Oil Cured Rheumatism
Ira Brown of Chicago, a leading real estate agent, writes that after three months of rheumatism he used St Jacobs Oil and was cured, and has not been troubled since. The statement presents a testimonial about the remedy's effectiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Brown
Chicago
St. Jacobs Oil
W. Hacsxes
Ithaca
N. J
Women Who Hold Back
A street-car conductor describes how women cheat fares, claiming they look innocent and use a steady gaze to avoid paying. He notes men rarely challenge women and argues women can outsmart the company for about $2 a day.
Favorite Prescription Promises Cure and Build Up Women
A promotional sketch notes how a fair damsel seeks relief from female weaknesses and disease. It touts Dr. Rhese Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as unrivaled and healing, urging readers to send 10 cents for a pamphlet from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association in Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Man
Rh. V. Pierce
World’s Dispeoecy Medical Association
Main Street
Offalo
N. Y
Editors Spend Leisure Hours In Work
A correspondent asks how editors spend their leisure. Editors reply they spend it working, turning downtime into productivity and editorial energy.
Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets Prominent in Ads
An advertisement extols Pierce’s Pleasant Purgative Pellets as popular and effective. The copy highlights praise, profit, and promised health benefits, urging purchase. Additional lines praise a pharmacist patronage and novelty, with a lamplike jab about social wit in a modern girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Pri Petty
Pharmacista
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Jay Gould
Sidney Dillon
Indianapolis
Caboose
Exro
Milwaukee and
Financial and Industrial
Ssnes
Ee Enevse Een Hong
Gary Pid Peerage Railroad
Tetal
Nan
WRICH
Treasury
Railroad Intelligence
Pacific Railway Commission
Union
Central Pacific
P. Huntington
Charles
Interstate Commerce
Alexander Mitchell
David F. Mitchell
Isabella Mackie
Chile
Peru
Santiago de Chili
New York Produce Exchange
Russia
Joseph Chamberlain
Glasgow
Mr. Gladstone
N. F
John Knox
Evansville and
Terre Haute
Baltimore and Western Railroad
Stephen B. Elkins
Charles Morrow
Nicholville
St Lawrence County
Paul Grottkau
Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles Martin
Surveyor General of
New Mexico
Congress
General Land Office
Albuquerque
N. M
San Marcial
Lake Valley
el Paso
Michigan Assembly
Seth Murdough
Willoughby, Hill & Co
Casper H. Borgess
Borgess
Manning
A. & H. Strauss
Mattoon
Lil
Fairmount
Muncie
Mosely
Interstate Commission
San Francisco
Indian Territory
Montgomery Station
Duboise
Baltmore
Ewe Nee
Toledo
Waarat
Eass Liberty
Great Mississippi Basin
H. W. Thomas
Divine
Chicago Ledger
Ledger
Irene
Franklin Street
Chicago, IL
Jupaixe
Wive Roe
Paes
Hazard, Hazard & Co
Hood
J. M. Vennea
Lincoln
Masa
Lawesine
Post
Neenah
Wis
Radway
Dauggere
All Druggier
Oy Seeman
Ajitt Hut
Ely
Cara
C. J. Corbin
Chestnut Street
Phila
Catarreh
Bamesa
Buneon
U. S
Clain A
Ficzgerald & Powell
Bensamre
Wie
Cen
M. Gn
M.D
B.S
A. P. Lacey
Washington, D.C
Etine
Gil
Ian
Dark St
Chiago
Cidder
Mase
Williams
Droeguiset's
Pililliams Mpg.o
Grannan Detective Bureau
Arcade
Isaac Thompson
John L. Thompson, Sons & Co
Troy
BTS
Ipays
Freicht
Widrees Jones
Binghamt
Binghamton
Chichester
Frence
Hose Heur
M. W. Dunham
Wayne, DuPage Co
Llinois
Pilerce
Ayers
Chemical Laboratory of
Wom.p's
Shoo Twins
SW & MS
Car
Coryza
Thomas J. Rusming
Pine Street
J. Louis
Dr. Sage
Bunyan P
Columbia Co
Sam
Boone
Holly, Mich
Randolph St
Lord & the
Pensions
His
Wizard Oil
U.S
Hamlin
Sil
Pany
OL P
Tre
Warter
Uvirta
N. S. J. Srrmehe
Perfect Riding Co
Iprand
Scatea
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