Correspondence Between Secretary Blaine and Baron Fava
The exchange opens with Baron Fava alleging Italy's need for satisfaction after four Italian subjects were murdered in New Orleans. Blaine replies that the US cannot pledge pretrial punishment or indemnity, while acknowledging indemnity in principle and promising full investigation. The note ends with emphasis on constitutional limits and the need for full fact gathering before any formal response.
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Washington
Blaine
Baron Fava
Department of State
Royal Legation OF
Italy
New Orleans
United States
Marquis Imperiali
Naval Battle Ends Bitter Campaign in North Sligo
Reports from Valparaiso describe an insurgent ironclad Blanco attempting to blow up the government tug Florence with a fish torpedo. The torpedo sank a floating dry dock, triggering heavy return fire. The Florence was blown from the water, with all seventeen crew killed or wounded. The O Higgins and torpedo boat were destroyed in the ensuing fighting.
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San Francisco
Valparaiso
Blanco
Florence
O’higgins
O’ Higgins
Kincaid Testifies Taulbee Threatened Him Before shooting
Kincaid described a two year feud with Taulbee marked by repeated assaults and threats. He testified Taulbee rushed him on stairs with a hand in his pocket and he fired in self defense, believing Taulbee would kill him.
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Silcott
Taulbee
Witness
Evbitt
Kincaid
Capitol
Mr. Goodnight
Mr. Kincaid
Taulbeea
Mr. Wilson
War Cloud No Choice by the People in State Vote
In Providence on April 1 a large state election vote showed no clear winner on the general slate. Gov Davis and Gov Ladd led but balance and several seats remain unsettled. The General Assembly stands Republicans 48 Democrats 23 with 15 seats undecided. Budget for joint ballot majority to elect governor and officers remains. Senatorial results vary across Newport Jamestown Middletown Portsmouth with Republicans favored in most districts.
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Providence
Davis
Ladd
General Assembly
Newport
R. L. Avrill
James I. Hazard
J. W. Horton
Jamestown
Middletown
Portsmouth
Local Officials Named in City Directory Entry
William L. Chase Edward Atkinson Geo. E. Keith Chas. E. Sampson Joseph H. Russell appear as listed figures in the municipal records notice detailing names associated with the city administration and related organizations.
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William L. Chase
Edward Atkinson
Geo. E. Keith
Chas. E. Sampson
Joseph H. Russell
Naval clash at Valparaiso sparks Liberal victory in Chile
This morning’s foreign news reports a fierce naval battle at Valparaiso followed by a Liberal triumph in the Chile election. The Ga rp mel en incident at Slige and Bismarck’s birthday are noted as brief items, with coverage ending on page 2 and an International Miners' Congress session in Paris.
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Valparaiso
Gamrpelen
Slige
Bismarck
International Miners’ Congress
Paris
Dedication of the New Carney Hospital Building
A report on the dedication ceremony for the new Carney Hospital Building as part of the city and suburban notices. The article notes page references and local context for the hospital’s opening and public reception.
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Rotch
Lowell Institute
New Carney Hospital
Herbert Welsh
J. *Ebayer
Massachusetts Reform Ub
Funeral of L B Barnes in Auburndale forest hills
The funeral for L B Barnes a former prominent Boston musician was held at his Auburndale residence and conducted by Rev Calvin Cutter. A floral pillow bearing a white dove and other designs were sent by relatives and friends. The burial followed in Forest Hills Cemetery family lot.
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L. B. Barnes
NewtTon
Boston
Auburndale
Calvin Cutter
Auburndale Congregational Church
Forest Hills Cemetery
Snow v. Aay case to be tried in Barnstable court
In Barnstable Superior Court next week Chester Snow of Harwich will sue Hon John B Aay of Lynn. Snow seeks the value of the remaining 75 bonds after previously winning a suit for 75 bonds of Ostal Telegraph stock. The two cases are identical, the original suit sought 150 bonds.
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Barnstable
Chester Snow
Harwich
John B. Aay
Lynn
Snow
Paintiff
Ostal Telegraph
Tidal Wave Arrives as Gloucester Fleet Seeks Bait
Late ship news from New Bedford reports the spring fishing fleet led by Gloucester schoonter Tidal Wave arriving to seek bait in a market where herrings sell at 125 dollars per hundred. Holmes Hole waits for bait with similar prices, delaying prospects for any price drop. Several ships sailing for European ports and others cleared for various destinations fill the harbor scene.
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New Bedford
Gloucester
Holmes Hale
New York
Bark
Southland
Hull
Mary Lymburner
I Drisko
Rec Beach
Carrie C Mills
Rockland
James A Brown
Thomaston
Julia Frances
Fail River
Andrew York
Portland
Ealand
Rotterdam
Noordland
Antwerp
Scandia
Hamburg
Werra
Isremen
Canada
London
Germanic
City of Chester
Manhattan
Liverpool
Colorado
Saint Oswald
Shanghai
Ailsa
Port-au- Prince
Simon Dumois
Savanilla
City of Para
Colon
Valencia
Havana
Miranda
Halifax
Holland
Foot
St Enoch
Ogilvie
Olbers
Braithwaite
Liverpol
Gelert
Kaempff
India
Petersen
Amburg
Dorian
McFarlane
Kingston
Cottage City
Bennett
Barks Assyria
Robinson
Yokohama
Alice
Jacobsen
Stockholm
Habil
Jensen
Freemantle
Arrarat
Axelsen
Dantzic
C H Eaton
Sinclair
Boston
Steamers Arrived In Ports From Liverpool And Bremen
A list of steamship arrivals dated April in Boston New York Southampton Halifax and Marseilles. Vessels include Samaria Michigan America La Flandre Western land Havel Fulda Britannia Maasdam Teutonic Burgundia and others coming from Liverpool Bremen Antwerp Glasgow New ark and New York with arrival or proceeding details. Several sailings show port changes and departures times noted in the report.
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Boston
Samaria
Liverpool
Michigan
Baltimore
America
Bremen
New York
Nevada
la Flandre
Western Land
Antwerp
Halifax
Glasgow
Southampton
Havel
Fulda
Marseilles
Britannia
Rotterdam
Siemerhaven
Newark
Portland Bill
Maasdam
Teutonic
The Lobby Of Today And Its Hidden Third House
The piece notes the lobby’s legal status last year, then tracks slow registrations by lobbyists at the State House. It names Robert A. Southworth Frank J. Todd Ben Cook George M. Young C. E. Bartlett George H. Fernald F. M. Chamberlain and others, while criticizing the law for failing to curb influence as lobbyists cluster in hotels and corridors. It highlights the absence of Bob Nichols and Thomas J. Marsh and mentions Jimm Maguire and Eadawara Byron Colierder as unregistered figures.
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Third House
Commonwealth
State House
Doric Hall
West End Street Railway
Robert A. Southworth
Republican State Committee
Frank J. Todd
Lowell
Smith & Dore Manufacturing Company
Andover
Ben Cook
Associated
Wallpaper
George M. Young
C. E. Bartlett
Boston & Lowell Railroad
George H. Fernald
Boston & Albany
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
F. M. Chamberlain
Book of Registry
Bob” Nichols
Roxbury
Nichols
Boston
Mr. Nichols
Thomas J. Marsh
Marsh
Legislative
Adams House
Jimm Maguire
Maguire
Eadawara Byron Colierder
West End
Victims of the Grip Reported in Chicago Mortality
Chicago daily mortuary records show 166 deaths today and 165 yesterday amid the grip epidemic. The entry notes the New Dome Sewer Maculyx at 160 Tremont Street.
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Cuicagco
Tremont Street
Struggle in Sligo Ends as Elections Loom
Suice April 1 There is relief over the nearing end of the Parnellite anti Parnerllite clash. Weather spoiled most meetings except a MacWarthyite one in the Town Hall. Conservatives plan to vote for Parnellite Mr Dilion while McCarthyites expect a 1000 vote majority for their candidate. Counting starts Friday morning.
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Suice
McCarthyites
Bismarck’s Birthday Observed in Berlin Era
Prince Bis marck, aged 76, received deputations and floral tributes across Germany. Reveille from Ratzeburg Jaegers rang at dawn. Large crowds arrived by train as visitors including the Duke of Urest and Hamburg guilds paid respects. He appeared in public thrice amid cheers. A torchlight procession of about 3000 capped the day.
Elections in Chill Liberals Triumph Insurgents Iquique
April 1 report from Santiago de Chile states the Liberal victory is complete and insurgent structures at Iquique face dire straits with famine prices and coal shortages. The government flotilla comprising two gunboats three torpedo boats and an armed cruiser is nearly ready to move against rebel ships, signaling a potential clash at sea.
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Santiago DE Cui
Iquique
Royal gathering at American Park in Germany welcomes ex monarchs
In Germany at San Reno on April 1 Princess Letitia and Princes Victor and Louis, children of the late Prince Napoleon, arrived with Ex Empress Eugenie meeting them at the station and a harmonious gathering followed. In Briain on April 1 the Vossische Zeitung reports U S pork and bacon inspection laws may shape new talks to end the German pork import prohibition. In Soria on April 1 arrests rise linked to the murder of Bulgarian Minister of Finance M Belicheff with many Russophile leaders detained.
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San Reno
Letitia
Victor
Prince Louis
Napoleon
Eugenie
Briain
Vossische Zeitung
United States
Germany
Soria
M. Belicheff
Bulgaria
Brazilian firm buys Amaton Steam Navigation plant
Brazil’s Empress de Obras Publicas completes purchase of the Amaton Steam Navigation Company for £850,000. The deal transfers 80 to 100 steamers plus landings and offices from British to Brazilian control, curbing British influence in Brazil’s interior. The same corporation has been acquiring the Para rubber crop to consolidate market power.
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New York
Brazil
Amaton Steam Navigation Company
Empress de Obras Publicas
Para
Not an Ideal Judge Faces Senate Removal Demand
AvansTA Me April 1 The Senate found Judge Hamilton of the Biddeford Municipal Court guilty of intoxication notorious habits of immorality licentiousness and the illegal issuance of blank warrants and voted 20 to 3 to adopt and issue an address to the Governor asking for his removal.
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Avansta
Senate
Hamilton
Biddeford
Four More Give Bail In New Haven & Hartford Indictment
In New York on April 1 five of twelve directors of the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad surrendered to bail of 5000 each for heating cars with stoves. John D Rockefeller stood surety for William Rockefeller while William D Bishop and Joseph Park were vouched for by Hobart J Park. Charles P Clark was backed by Frank Tilford. Olivier Depew arranged bail later, leaving seven directors to be visited by Nichollis. Reported true bill found by grand jury by twelve to eleven.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
John D. Rockefeller
William Rockefeller
William D. Bishop
Joseph Park
Hobart J. Park
Charles P. Clark
Frank Tilford
Mr. Depew
Pullman Pal ace Car Company sues Central Vermont Railroad
In Curacao on April 31, the Pullman Palace Car Company began attachment proceedings in the Circuit Court to recover 113,739 dollars. The action claims a balance due for the use of Pullman cars on Central Vermont lines, with an affidavit by Thomas H. Wickes, second vice president, noting the defendant’s Chicago property though its main office is in St Albans, Vermont.
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Curcaco
Pullman Palace Car Company
Central Vermont Railroad Company
Central Vermont
Thomas H. Wickes
Pullman Company
Chicago
St. Albans
Flower Show Draws Crowds at Horticultural Hall
Hundreds of flower-lovers visited Horticultural Hall for the show yesterday. Today is Ladies Day and visitors can stroll the two exhibition halls. Mr. W. E. Gilmore sends two rare orchids, Oneidium papilio and Angraecum sesquipedale, noted for butterfly and shield forms.
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W. E. Gilmore
John M. Ward Arrives to Join Brooklyn Team
John M. Ward arrived on the Teutonic and will depart for Boston in the morning to join the Brooklyn ball team. In New York baseball results New York defeated Williams College 21 to 3 and Yale beat the Manhattans 16 to ?
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John M. Ward
New York
Teutonic
Boston
Brooklyn
Williams College
Yale
Manhattans
Justice Dept acts on New Orleans jail killings
Attorney General Miller told a AP representative that the Department of Justice has instructed the New Orleans district attorney to conduct a thorough investigation into the Italians killed in the local jail. He said to expect a detailed report on nationality, naturalization, links to the murder of Hennessey, bribery allegations, and all facts. He declined to discuss diplomatic aspects, deeming the issue not particularly serious.
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United States
Louisiana
Department of Justice
Miller
Associated Press
New Orleans
South
Hennessey
Our Naval Defences and the One Battle Ship in Commission
Commodore Ramsay outlines America’s naval posture amid Italian diplomacy. He notes only one completed battleship, the Miantonomah, at New York Navy Yard, with two more under construction and armor not yet rolled. He warns against overconfidence in past naval strength and stresses defense plans to deter a potential Italian assault. General Kelton likewise says war is unlikely and New York would remain safe with adequate coastal defenses and citizen resolve.
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Washineton
Italy
Mediterranean
American
Italia
Lepanto
Europe
Baltimore
Newark
Coast Line
Tracy
United States
Washington
Navy
Ramsay
Navigation Bureau
New York Navy Yard
Monitor
Richmond
James River
Ingalls
New York
New York City
Kelton
United States Army
US Minister Porter Meets Italian Premier in Rome Absence Noted
In Rome on April 1, United States Minister A J Porter visited the Marquis de Rudini, Italy's Premier, but Rudini was away from the city. The encounter follows diplomatic exchanges between the two nations as the April schedule unfolds.
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Washington
Sororan
Blaine
State Department
Baron Fava
Marquis Imperialii
Porter
New Orleans
Italy
Navy
Rudini
Rome
Europe
Congress
United States
A. J. Porter
Marquis de Rudini
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Imperials
Executive Department
Marquis Rudini
I. Ea
James G. Blaine
North Sligo
Prince Bismarck
Rhode Island
State Street Safe Deposit Vaults
State Street Exchange
Third National Bank of Boston
Moses Williams
Francis 8. Sears
Fred’k Ss. Davis
Andrew Robeson
Safe Deposit Vaults
Royal E. Robins
Benjamin F. Brown
Thomas C. Richardson
Otis E. Weld
Benj. F. Stevens
Francis B. Sears
Charles A. Welch
Henry B. Endicott
Jerome Jones
United States Treasury
Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Marblehead Building Association
Connecticut House
Fourth Avenue Tunnel
Mechanics’ Hall
Huntington AY
Chauncy Hall Scho House
Boylston Street
Copley Square
Sligo
General Foreign News
American Park
Professor Tyndall
New Haven & Hartford
Vermont Road
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