Central European customs treaty talk and unrest abroad
A wide survey shows moves toward a Central European customs coalition with Germany Austria Hungary and Roumania amid reciprocal talks with Russia and Spain. The piece notes U S concerns and domestic treasury shifts while reporting a gasping fire in Tarrytown and a shaken cityscape two miles away. It also covers the Presbyterian general assembly in Detroit, tax receipts, hydrographic notes, a rabies case in Corunna, and labor strife at Scottdale with miners.
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Germany
Italy
Iherland
Roumania
Helgium
Aus
Hungary
Austria
Munghaly
Awhtverhind
Verginia
Russia
Spain
Tarrytown
Congress
Customs and Internal Revenue
Treasury Department
New York
Treasury
Presbyterian General Assembly
Detroit
Moore
Cincinnati
Presbyterian Church
United States
Committee On
Lowrie
Pau Ginter
Pasteur Institute
Corunna
Mich
Scottdale
Frick and McClure
New York and
New Jersey
Hudson River
Lieut
Corrinaer
Blaine
St Louis
Abner Dew Ant
Frenchy No
Carrie Brown
East River Hotel
Weekly Crop Bulletin Reports Mixed Impacts Across Regions
A weekly weather crop bulletin notes generally favorable conditions in Minnesota and Dakota spring wheat regions after recent showers, with warmer weather and rain helping crops. Illinois and Missouri valleys show good wheat heading though central Illinois faces insect damage. Corn planting advances amid cloudy conditions, while hail damages corn in Kansas and forest fires affect crops in Michigan and Ohio. Caterpillar stoppages delay trains in Minnesota and Wisconsin, and a missing Northern Pacific express package resurfaces with a robbed safe in Oregon. Lumber strike issues between New York lumber dealers and handlers are resolved, with yards to reopen and strikes ended.
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Minnesota
Dakota
Tate
Missouri Valley
Ilinois
Kay
Misi
Michigan
Morbhary
Ohio
India
Brewers Press For Legislation At World Fair Amid Union Meeting
At the World’s Fair a special building for brewers was advocated by the National Brewers' Association. A committee urged protest to Congress against high import duties on brewing materials. The group praised recent regulatory shifts and announced elections with Eilis Wainwright as president and James Mann as treasurer. A series of tragic incidents included the deaths of William Vilas Hill and a forest fire on the Cheat River mountains.
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National
Brewers’ Association
Committee On
Reive
Congress
Quon
Regisiaus
Eilis Wainwright
James Mann
Brooklyn
Eury Clinson
New York
Tost
Chicago
K Shoe Company
Memphis
William Vilas Hill
Vvilas
Avis Shoe Company
Dlive
Cheat River
Minia
Cvs
Nd Village
Wiis
Esmeraty
Madison County
N. C
Wiareiu
Hialy
Colored Farrers’Alliance
Colored Alliance
South Carolina
Savage
Donnelly
California
Tiphesian Dome
CG. W. Miller
Thealifornian
People’s
Kingdom Esme
Mr. Miller
iN THE WEST Trans-Mississippi congress picks Ferry chairman
A. C. Ferry of Utah elected chairman of the trans-Mississippi congress after debate over free coinage and party lines. Other actions include resolutions on Hennepin canal, Mississippi river improvements, and a $3,000,000 annual appropriation proposal. Police force funding and city estimates are discussed amid Chicago concerns.
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A. C. Ferry
Utah
Ex-Av. Anthony
Kansas
Anthony
Ferry
Hennepin Canal
Louisiana
Missouri
Tris
Chicago
Maj
McChaughrey
Marsh
Thomas O. Osborne
Grant
Cleveland
Paraguay
Davis
Helena
Ment
Henry A. Root
Jin
California Fruit Canners’ Campany
San Francisco
Beileve
West's Demands Adopted By Trans Mississippi Congress
Resolution report urges Burroughs bill for 10 million dollars to build and maintain Mississippi levees. It calls for rail oversight, liberal steamer subsidies, admission of New Mexico and Arizona, Torrey bankruptcy law, arid lands cession, mining foster care, stricter naturalization, and a canal, jetties in Galveston, and silver dollar protections. Next meeting set for Omaha in November.
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Trans Mississippi Congress
trans-Mississippi Congress
Congress
Mississippi River
New Mexico
Arizona
Honneepin
Gwalveston
Omaha
Foreign Jottings From Army Headquar ters and Europe
An officer reports Buffalo Bill and Gen Miles influenced by Indians returning from Europe with unspent earnings. Kicking Bear and Short Bull are seen as economical as they contemplate homes. European awe and large military presence are cited as factors in surrender. Chilean turmoil and possible end to the war described with migrations and famine relief. Italy’s foreign policy criticized, and Baron Bleichroder cites gold imports to Russia. American gold destined to return for grain purchases due to European harvests.
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Army Headquarters
Chicago
Buffalo bin
Europe
Miles
Kicking Bear
Short Bull
Buffalo Bill
South America
Chili
Valparaiso
Santiago
Buenos Ayres
Iquigna
Abalmaceda
Argentina
Peru
Bolivia
United States
New Orleans
Italy
Associated Press
Baron Bleichroder
Berlin
Russia
England
France
Trust decision limits recourse in business noncompete case
Judge Thayer rules in American Preserves company v Taylor Manufacturing that a trust bound by an agreement not to reenter business in the United States for 25 years is enforceable only against signatories, with the demurrer upheld. Also reports a Mexico Missouri tornado near Bean Creek killing and injuring residents, damage near Gainesville, and a commutation of Conrad C. Miller’s postal-law sentence.
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Thayer
United States Court At
St. Louis
American Preserves Company
Taylor Manufacturing Company
Taylor Company
American Preserve Trust
Missouri
Birth of the People's Party of the United States
The new movement debuts amid frenzied crowds in Cincinnati with Rev Delamatyr and Ignatius Donnelly presenting platform reforms. Delegates from 34 states, 1,417 attendees, draft demands on money, taxation, railroads, and government control of communications, plus a plan for a national committee and future conventions.
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Ciucknutt
Warmers’ Alliance
Cunningham
Gilbert Delamatyr
Greenback
Delamatyr
Kansas Glen Club
Jessa Harper
Ilinois
Committee On Credentials
Helen M. Gougar
Polter
Committee On Platform
Ignatius Donnelly
Robert Schilling
People’s Party of
United States
St. Louis
Qenla
Omaha
Nob
Treasury
Congress
Davisu
Warre
Tus
Crom Eich Rhabe
Caseh Tate
Isch
Alliance
J. G C. Otis
Kansas
LB. Taubennel
Mllinois
Thore
Taubeneck
W. Lamb
Texas
Taubneck
Taubeneek
National Committee
Arkansas
L. P. Featherstone
Isaac F. McCracken
J. Q. A. Bush
California
Marion Cannon
H. C. Dillon
A. G. Hinckley
Connecticut
Robert Pique
Florida
W. D. Condon
L. Baskins
J. D. Goss
Georgia
C. C. Post
Iowa
J. B. Weaver
M. L. Whear
A. J. Westfield
Indiana
C. A. Powers
Leroy Templeton
J. D. Comstock
Vllinoise
S. N. Norton
A. J. Streeter
H. E. Taubeneck
P. P. Bider
Levi Dumbald
R. B. Osborn
Kentucky
Andre Stevenson
Missouri
Paul J. Dickson
J. W. Rodgers
W. A. Atkeson
Maine
H. 8. Hobbs
A. Howard
D. W. Smith
Nebraska
J. H. Edmonton
William Dysart
West
New York
Jacob H. Binder
Joel J. Hoyt
The President and Wife Receive Gifts From Tour
Mrs Harrison’s trunks were robbed on arrival, revealing a glittering display of about 400 souvenirs. The collection includes gold and silver items, a silver salver for Mrs Harrison, a silver baby carriage, and a silver territory presentation to the President, with a San Francisco invitation card and a city-themed gold square.
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Harrison
San Francisco
Benjamin Mes
New Jersey Justice and Rural Fire Threats Highlighted
A Jersey City incident ends with a fine after a man in rubber boots is jailed for suspicion. A Corning correspondent warns that bushwhackers in Pennsylvania woods ignite fires to expand huckleberry plots, risking life and property. The Metropolitan Museum will open Sundays after a long debate. A Missouri man dies from a nosebleed after a burst blood vessel.
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Pennsylvania
Corning
N. Y
Pennsylvania Woods
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Foster Defies Critics Printing Brewery Ads in Paper
The Rev. P. Foster, a former Cincinnati Congregationalist minister, defends publishing brewery advertisements in his weekly paper. He argues alcohol ads are a duty amid labor strife and accuses the church of corruption, while workers in Cincinnati react with strikes and labor unrest as Dobsons face importation claims under labor laws.
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Rev. & P. Foster
Cincinnati
Christ
Ha City
Blow at Trust Companies Court Rules on Noncompete
Judge Nhayer of the U S Court in St Louis held a trust agreement restricting a company from reentering business is enforceable against the Taylor Manufacturing Company. The American Preservers Company argued the clause bound three signatories, and that the contract was lawful in Missouri. The Taylor Company resumed business after twenty five years, prompting ongoing litigation.
Veil catches fire at Dayton church during first communion
At St John s Catholic Church in Dayton Ohio a grease flare ignited Miss Clara Miminger s veil during a 39 student first communion. Father Dara and parishioners quickly controlled the blaze preventing a panic. The ceremony continued after the accident with Miss Ein azer confirmed.
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St John's Catholic Church
Dayton
Ohio
Clara Mimninger
Father Dara
Einazer
Mining Camp on Rio Grande Receives 450 Sacks Mail
Ilium Colorado reports 450 sacks of mail in a week along the Rio Grande Southern. The mail, all New York Tribunes dated March 1, is addressed to Charles 8 Newton Superintendent Caribban Mine. Government mail weight schemes are suspected as railroads' pay bases. Newton summoned to Washington.
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Ilium
Colorado
Rio Grande Southern
New York Tribunex
Haries
Newton
Caribban
New York
Washington
United States Grand Jury
Des Moines
A C. Newton
Des Moines & Kansas City Railway
Imported Weavers Spark Strike at Philadelphia Carpet Mill
Philadelphia carpet workers strike after John and James Dobson imported English weavers from Luister's mills Bradford to work in the plush department. The action triggers widespread discontent among veteran staff and escalates as additional imported operatives join the dispute.
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England
Philadelphia
John & James Dobson
Luister’s Mills
Bradford
Wretched gold cure swindle in Baltimore unearthed
In Baltimore a scheme led by Gephart claimed to increase gold via a crucible process. A real estate agent, moneyed investors, and a so called gold-increasing company backed by about 100000 dollars participated. When the vat opened after three weeks the gold had vanished and only rocks remained.
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Sheeny AL
Edward Pinter
London
Baltimore
Monumental
North Charles Street
Gephart
Charles Street
United States
Gephaart
Tle
California Giant Tree Sent To World’s Fair Exhibit
The government plans to ship the largest possible specimen of California big trees to Chicago for display. A thirty foot diameter tree will be cut thirty feet above the ground and rendered into exterior sections for assembly at the fair. The center rotunda of the Government Building will house the exterior trunk with interior cones bark and attachments forming rooms all lit with electric lights.
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Chicago
California
Combine of Canning Companies Formed in California
A syndicate of English capitalists led by HL Francs has prompted California canners to unite. The California Fruit Canning Company is incorporated with 82,000,000 capital, comprising about two thirds of the state's canneries. Other items note storms in Texas, a gold rush near Springfield Ohio, and various society tidbits.
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HL. Francs
California
California Fruit Canning Company
Louisiana Supreme Court
Texas
Springfield
B. Winson
Great Bend
Kan
Seattle
Wash
Ballingall wills to Ottumwa city with $80000 endowment
The will of Col H G Ballingall of Ottumwa leaves the bulk of his estate to the city including the Ballingall hotel property and five coal palace lots. About $80000 funds are to be placed in a sinking fund and then distributed to churches and charities with a foundlings home receiving a quarter. Trustees elected by the city will manage the property and income under the plan.
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H. G. Ballingall
Ottumwa
Ballingall
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