Caprivi Opens Diet Warns No Programme Yet Emphasizes Unity
Chancellor Von Caprivi opened the Prussian Diet and said he will not state the government's programme yet. He praised Prussia and the empire, urged practical criticism, and promised cooperation with those who defend Prussia and the monarchic spirit. The Centre Party urged church-state relations and criticized public works administration as others voiced support. The Tageblatt reported Caprivi forbids ministers from leaking to newspapers, with official notices to appear in the Reichsanzeiger.
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Brium
von Caprivi
Bismarck
Prussia
German Empire
Diet
Caprivi
Herr von Huene
Herr Rickert
Freisinnige
Dr. Windthorst
Centre Party
Department of Public Works
Herren Zedlitz
Richter
Tageblatt
Reichsanzeiger
Emin Pasha Expeditions Porters Leave Zanzibar
In Zanzibar on April 15 the convoy grows as 260 porters depart to join Emin Pasha in Bagomoyo for an interior expedition. Major Wissman trains five more caravans, with one slated to travel north of Lake Tanganyika. Berli notes Emin seeks to correct Stanley era statements about manpower and ammunition.
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Zanzbar
Emin Pasha
Bagomoyo
Wissman
Lake Tanganyika
Berli
National Zeitung Today
Stanley
Emin
Equatorial
Duffle
Landowners propose amendments to Balfour bill
In Destry on April 15 a Waterford landowners convention led by the Marquis of Waterford adopted three amendments to the land purchase bill. They seek removal of the twenty year purchase limit an instalment cap of four percent and payment to owners in stock at par value.
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Mr. Balfour
Destry
Waterford Land Owners
Marquis of Waterford
Sioux City San
Lowa
Lottery funds aid Panama Canal work in France
Paris April 15 The Panama Canal lottery drawing yielded a report note from the liquidator. He stated that a committee of inquiry sent to Panama to inspect the canal project would soon publish its findings. The official said completion was not impossible, as financial support already secured would assist once the committee’s report defined the situation.
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Paris
Committee of Inquiry
Panama
Manifesto by German Socialists Urges May Day Rest
The Volksblatt prints a Halle meeting manifesto urging May 1 as a general labor demonstration day if it avoids clashes with police. It advocates an eight hours working day, petitions to the Reichstag, and rest meetings while noting Socialist Reichstag members mostly signed the appeal urging workers to avoid conflict with authorities.
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Volksblatt
Halle
Reichstag
Workmg
Periodical barred from publishing Benwell murder story
Counsel for Reginald Burchell jailed at Woodstock sought contempt against Fireside Weekly proprietor Kate Westlake and editor R G Wilkie for advertising and planning a story on the Benwell murder near Princeton. The judge issued a mandatory order prohibiting publication of the advertisement or story to avoid prejudicing Burchell's interests.
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Toronto
Ont
Reginald Burchell
Woodstock
Frederick
Cornelius Benwell
Princeton
R. G. Wilkie
Kate E. Westlake
Fireside Weekly
Burchell
Harsh Effect of the American Law Upon Canadians
Ottawa April 15. The alien labor committee of the House of Commons concluded its labors today. A report was drawn up for presentation to the House. It will recommend that the government represent to Washington the harsh impact of the U S alien labor law on Canadians, and if not amended pursue reciprocity measures.
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Ottawa
Ont
Alien Labor Committee
House of Commons
House
Washington
Committee On Arbitration
Chile
Mexico
Committee On Extradition
Great Banking Scheme in Rome A Sensational Arrest
Rose April 15 reports a plan to establish a gigantic bank in Rome with four German bankers arriving soon to advance the venture. In St Petersburgo April 15 a young woman and her parents were arrested for attempting to bribe a staff clerk to obtain a mobilization scheme, accused as agents of a foreign power Monica. In April 15 the Bavarian government plans an Eiffel Tower observatory above Starenburg Lake as a monument to a deceased king. In San Francisco April 15 the steamer San Juan reports an earthquake shock on the isthmus lasting five seconds, the severest since 1882.
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Rose
Rome
St. Petcrssure
Monica
Starenburg Lake
San Francisco
Cal
San Juan
Panama
Chemical tests urged for Watertown arsenal metals
Secretary Windom and officials back a $2000 request to perform chemical analyses on test materials at the Watertown arsenal. Colonel Flagler argues this would link composition to endurance, improving research on stone, cements, mortars, steel and other metals. Includes Navy consul movement to Tangier and Pan-American Conference notes.
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Washington
Sorean
Windom
House of Representatives
Proctor
Benet
Flagler
Watertown Arsenal
United States
Connecticut Sons of the Revolution names delegation for Louisville convention
Hart ford board of Managers names delegates to the national convention in Louisville on April 30. Selected officials include Henry C. Robinson Hartford Lieutenant Governor E Merwin Morgan and Franklin H Hart of New Haven J G Crump New London Stephen W Kellogg Waterbury and E J Hill Norwalk. The Connecticut Society annual meeting is set for May 10 in Hartford.
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Hartford
The Maine Democrats State Convention in Augusta June 4
The Maine Democratic State committee met at Hotel North in Augusta to plan the campaign. The convention was set for June 4 in Augusta with William L. Putnam likely as standard bearer. The platform will back tariff reform, oppose the McKinley bill, and favor ballot reform.
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Augusta
Avgusta
pedAu
Democratic State Committee
Hotel North
John B. Donovan
Alfred
Fred E. Bean
Hallowell
M. P. Frank
Portland
Fred W. Plaisted
Cleveland
Rhode Island State Democratic Committee
New England Meteorological Society hears climate talk in Providence
Providence April 15 The New England Meteorological Society held one of its three annual public meetings with President William H. Niles of Boston presiding. Speakers included Harvard's William M. Davis on climate and continental shifts, Archibald of England on solar activity, Brown University's Winslow Upton on memory, and Lt. Finley on tornadoes. They described Gulf Stream effects on Europe, North Pacific storm origins, and tornadoes as part of a global system. past storms like Louisville and Johnstown were cited to illustrate movement and impact.
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Providence
R. L
New England Meteorological Society
William H. Niles
Boston
William M. Davis
Harvard University
Poth
Archibald
England
Europe
Winslow Upton
Brown University
Society
Davis
Brown
Lieutenant Finley
United States Signal Service
New England
North Pacific
Louisville
Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Working Girls Convention Opens In New York
Eight hundred women attended the sixth annual convention of the Association of Working Girls Societies at the Metropolitan Opera House. Mrs. Richard Irving opened with remarks about the event, supported by the New York Boston Brooklyn associations and the Philadelphia New Century Working Women's Guild. Delegates from Massachusetts and Connecticut cities plus Rhode Island and other states joined discussions led by Mrs. Mary Storrs Haynes and Grace Dodge on cooperation, organization, and home making. The evening session at Cooper Union featured reports and talks by Miss Grace Dodge and Marion Harland among others.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Association of Working Girls’ Societies
Richard Irving
Boston
Brooklyn
Philadelphia New Century Working Women's Guild
Lawrence
Springfield
Mass
New Haven
Danielsonville
Rockville
Bridgeport
New Britain
Norwich
Plymouth
Hartford
Waterbury
Cooper Union
Grace Dodge
Terhune
Marion Harland
Sunday Mail Debate at Havermin Board of Trade
A heated Havermin Board of Trade discussion on instituting a Sunday mail ended with a motion to indefinitely postpone the measure. Clerical leaders led opposition, citing social business and naval concerns. Notable participants included President Thomas Sanders and several ministers, plus ex-mayor How.
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Havermin
Board of Trade
Miller
Methodist Church
Thomas Sanders
Samuel A. Duncan
Ira E. Chase
Amos W. Downing
Dudley Porter
A. A. Ross
C. H. Holman
Perley A. Stone
C. W. Arnold
How
Warlike Sioux Drive War Party Into Cheyenne Area
A runner arrived from Cheyenne to report a bands of about forty Indians led by a chief named Big Foot were resisting land settlement and refusing to vacate. Two infantry and three cavalry companies pursued and cornered the group on the reservation. The intervention aims to restore order and secure settlers amid the conflict.
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Pierre
Cheyenne
Here
Big Foot
Railroads Fail To Reorganize As Major Lines Skip Meet
Chicago April 15 The Interstate Commerce Railway Association committee met but accomplished nothing as Missouri Pacific Wabash Wisconsin Central and Kansas City Fort Scott and Memphis did not attend. The attempt to replace the old agreement with a new president's pact is dead for now. AlsoH K Stone resigns as vice president of Chicago Burlington and Quincy effective June 1 to head a group of telephone companies. In Knoxville stockholders approve Queen Crescent plan authorizing 6 million dollars in bonds for improvements and action on Memphis Charleston matter. FitchburgRailroad opens Chicago agency to protect and grow freight traffic appointing Frederick A Wellington to manage eastbound traffic and canal boat movement via Rotterdam Junction. Observers expect Vanderbilt lines may abandon extra Boston traffic taxes amid potential interstate action.
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Chiago
Interstate Commerce Railway Association
Missouri Pacific
Wabash
Wisconsin Central
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Memphis
H. K. Stone
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
Mr. Stone
Chicago
Knoxville, Tenn
East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia
Queen & Crescent
Fitchburg Railroad
Fitchburg
Fountain Head
Frederick A. Wellington
Lackawanna Line
Washington Street
Wellington
Boston
Chamber of Commerce
Fitchburg Company
Rotterdam Junction
Vanderbilt Lines
New England
Record of Fires across multiple towns and losses
A compilation of fire reports from Orono Maine to Philadelphia and beyond notes mill and building blazes with losses from $700 to $150000. Incidents include E J Webster’s Stillwater River mill in Orono with $30000 loss, Perkins’s block and Adams’s mill damaged, and other fires in Damariscotta Dover and Worcester area with varying insurance. Several fires were sparked by roofs, embers, or kerosene lamp explosions, and some buildings were insured while others suffered uninsured damage.
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Orono
E. & J. Fred Webster
Stillwater River
Penobscot River
Perkins
Adams
Beverly
Oberwold
Montserrat
Philadelphia
Adam South
Thirty-sixth
Porter Streets
Bay Crry
Mich
Rensfield & Co
Damariscotta
Mulligan Bros
Damariscotta Mills
Danpury
Conn
John McCarthy
Comstock Street
Dover
Dell Warren
Parkman
Athot
Joseph Elliot
South Athol
Matpen
Oak Grove Station
John Staples
Wartham
Prospect Hill
Somerville
Medford Street
Swift & Co. Pork Packers
S. T. Anderson
Scierville Avenue
Alexander Black
Kirkland Street
Chardon Street
Fores, Hayward & Co
Hook and Ladder 1
Otticer Gilmore
City Aldermen Announce Planting of April 22 Election
Providence officials report canvassed results from Saturday's supplementary election with no substantial differences between wardens and aldermen. A third vote for tenth Representative has been ordered for Tuesday, April 22.
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Providence
Board of Aldermen
Paternal Government Criticized by Ex-Union Veteran
An Ex-ALICAN VETERAN letter to the editor argues paternal government is misused by the current nation’s ruling minority. He denounces favoritism, coddling of labor, farmers, manufacturers, soldiers, and a rearguard spoilsman class, urging a firmer, fairer policy. Cambridge letterhead from Ext Baeus I E.
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Sir—Paternal
Remembering a Statesman: Mrs Randall Honors and Memorials
Washington April 15. Condolences flow after the death of a prominent congressman. Ex President Cleveland sent sympathy, while George G Meade Post G A R prepared to escort the body from the station to the grave. The House appropriations committee viewed the remains and praised his service and integrity. An honorary pallbearer list mistakenly omitted Postmaster General Wanamaker.
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Washington
Randall
Cleveland
George G. Meade
Philadelphia
House Appropriations Committee
Wanamaker
New York Seventh Regiment Invited to Lee Monument Event
The Lee monument unveiling at Richmond on May 29 faces mixed reactions as New Yorkers contemplate inviting the Seventh Regiment to attend. Colonel Appleton and other officers received invitations after regiment members urged participation, but Appleton says attendance is impossible due to prior Memorial Day parade plans in New York.
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New York
Appleton
Seventh Regiment
N.G
N.Y
General Lee
Richmond
Hood's Sarsaparilla touted as cure all by officials
Editor K C beGone and ex mayor Buckland praise Hood's Sarsaparilla as restoring health and purifying blood after illness. They claim the tonic cured weakness and sickness, urging others to try it.
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Hood
K. C. beGone
Enterprise
Belleville
Mich
W. H. Lawrence
Agricultural Epitmist
Indianapolis
Ind
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Boylston Street
Public Library of the City of
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Massachust
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
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Henry T. Page
Commonwealth
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Francis FE. Blake
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Ekdmund M. Wheelwright
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Hastings
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Hannah
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S. Hastings
Edmund M. Wheelwright
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C. H. Cooper
Fiske Wharf and Warehouse Company
Henry B. Peirce
F. R. Rrepet
R. J. Riley
Basin Manager Gazette
St. Clairsville
Ohio
C. I. Hood & CO
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D&c
Kaoston
C.s. Williams & CO
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Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge
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Irving A. Evans & CO. Bankers
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A. J. Hodder
Chattanvees Land, Cou, Iron & Railway Co
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Muses
Avril
John Eaton
London
Berlin
John Munroe
the Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
WM. F. Hammety
John Referules & Sons
Devonshirs Street
East Tennessee Land Company
Harriman
MAYS
New England Headqun
Maclinton B. Fisk
New Englan
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Washington St
J. R. Leeson
A. A. Hopkins
R. W. Hereed
Iwalterc
Warner
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Sanford, Me
Pinal County
Arizona
S. A. Kean & CO
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A. Lewis
Devonshire Street
J. C. Davis & CO
School Street
Geo. A. Kettell
Copartnership Notices
Hovbs, Glidden & Company
Saul
John E. Jarry
State Street
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Hobbs
Edward O. Glidden
William C. Norcross
Parry Bros
Glidden
Slate Street
Parry Bros. & CO
F.C. Sturtevant
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