Times Prints Parnell Letter on Phenix Park Murders
The Times publishes a fac simile letter signed by Charles S Parnell dated 15 5 82 in which he argues denouncing the Phenix Park murders was the only course, says Burke deserved his fate and instructs that his address not be known. Cardinal Gibbons approved amid agitation over coercion and sympathy.
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Phenix Park
Cardinal Gibbons
London
the Times
Parnell
Lord F. Cavendish
Burke
House of Commons
Apostle of Labor in Boston Discusses Movement and Elections
John Swinton arrived in Boston to discuss labor progress, voter impact, and shorter hours in New York. He praised mass support, noted nine hour days in building, printing, and cigar trades, and reminded audiences reform follows popular demand while ridiculing technocratic cures. He joked about Faneuil Hall and defended mob energy as driving reform.
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John Swinton
Boston
New York
Boston & Albany
E. M. Chamberlin
Henry W. Brown
J. W. Badger
Cyrus G. Willard
Swinton
Chamberlin
Worcester Street
Withal
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Parsons
Kan
Dubuque
New York City
Mr. Swinton
Faneuil Hall
Mr. Chamberlin
Kant
Joe Cook
Achilles
Hector
Blackguards
George
Mr. George
The
Nile
Fire destroys New Yorker Zeitung office at Frankfort Street
A five story brick building at 7 Frankfort Street housing several German papers and the Journal offices burned in the early hours. Losses include 25,000 for the New Yorker Zeitung and 7,500 for the Journal, all insured. Fire blamed on arson by German paper managers, building insured and replaceable.
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New York
Frankfort Street
New Yorker Zeitung
New Yoker Hero'd
New Yorker Revue
Morning Journal
New Yorkers
Eiting
Journal
August Bussard
Gustavo Daniel
Texas Siftings
Fresters’ Journa
Catherine L. Wolfe
Fire on Back street woodpile sparks alarm near cemetery
A woodpile fire on Back street near Mt Hope cemetery Dorchester at 7 10 last evening set off Box 362 alarm. Wood owned by John Sexton. In a separate incident Officer Garland of Station 5 found a rear Shawmut avenue fire caused by a kerosene lamp explosion. Blaze extinguished with slight damage.
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Back Street
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Dorchester
John Sexton
Garland
Station 5
Shawmut Avenue
Fires Sweep Various Towns Across The Nation
Reports from St Averstine Florida and other towns show multiple fires of incendiary origin causing extensive damage. Incidents include the San Marco Hotel rear blaze and a St Augustine connection with Jennings suspect, widespread destruction at Bipperorp Maine, and coal docks in New York burned by oil causes totaling about 200000 dollars in losses.
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Fla
San Marco Hotel
Jennings
St. Augustine
Bipperorp
Kiting Rink
Water Street
New York
Muscatine
Ainsworth
Wickham
Palatka
Busines
Crescent City
Crescent Lake
New Orleans
Liberty Street Methodist Episcopal
Norro Adams
Triity & Arnold
Zoar
Santorp
Springvale
Liberty Hall
George Wasson
Chais Bodwell
David Welch
Beverly
Mass
Will Merrill
E. G. Murry
Welch
Los
Dover
N. H
Montreau
Salt Works strike grows as eviction to begin
In Pirrsspurg Pennsylvania 400 to 500 workers strike at the National Pennsylvania Salt Works. Workers have been told to leave company housing tomorrow, with leaders traveling to the site to resist eviction citing a 30 day notice requirement. Deputized officers and special police are dispatched to the scene amid anticipated trouble.
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Pirrsspurg
Penn
National Pennsylvania Salt Works
Obor
Baseball Goods Offered With Ready Stock and Made‑to‑Measure
NET PRICES. We manufacture all our own Base Ball goods and keep stock on hand ready to finish into complete suits. Three days' notice required to fill orders to measure. For rules of measure and price list of Base Ball goods, see Pages 10, 25, 26 and 27 of our new illustrated sporting catalogue.
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Illustrated Sporting
Spring Fashion and Military Gear Ad from Boston
The Crocus and the Robin herald spring while happy youths fill the avenue. A spring overcoat is offered for 6.50, styled to resemble a 14 dollar version. If the summer suit isn’t ordered, a trial order can be placed in the Custom Room. Five hundred orders were taken last week. Free samples, catalogues, and price lists for G. A. R. Suits, Military Clothing, Tennis, Bicycle and Base Ball Goods are available by address at 32 to 44 North Street, Boston.
Demonstrations Against Coercion Bill Across Cities
Desk reports show 60 000 at Limerick protest led by the mayor denouncing the coercion bill. In Derby 4000 heard Sir William Vernon Harcourt oppose perpetual coercion powers, with mass meetings in Leeds and Edinburgh debunking the policy. Unionists defend alliances while Liberals in Birmingham reject union proposals and back the coercion protest.
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Limerick
London
William Vernon Harcourt
Derby
Herbert Gladstone
Sir Lyon Playfair
Thomas Power O’connor
Leeds
Earl Spencer
Ireland
Gladstone
Major Saunderson
House of Commons
Joseph Chamberlain
Inverness
Revolutionary
America
Scotland
England
Goschen
Gladstonians
National League
Off to the Gold Fields Expedition Heads North
Ottawa on April 17 reports the Canadian government will send an expedition to Yukon and northern British Columbia. Dr. Dawson directs with two survey assistants and Dominion Land Surveyor Ogilvie to locate and preliminarily survey gold fields while crossing Alaska to reach the base. A police protection order and U.S. permit support the venture as mining firms in Seattle seek secure titles.
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Ottawa
Ont
Yukon
Dawson
Canadian Geological Survey
Dominion Land
Ogilvie
British Columbia
Seattle
W.T
Messrs
Dawson and
Alaska
United States
Burned at Sea Aboard Raratia Survivors Reach Tahiti
The German steamer Raratia burned February 13, leaving 24 aboard: 20 crew and 4 passengers. After 5 days in open boats, Remarino island natives aided them for twelve days before a small cutter carried them to Tahiti, 190 miles away. One passenger, J D Priel, died a day after leaving the burning ship from injuries while being rescued.
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San Francisco
Papete
Tahiti
Raratia
Remarino Island
Taimuta
J. D. Priel
Weather Indications for New England States and New York
Weather bulletin from Wasmondon on April 17 notes Maine New Hampshire and Vermont will see increasing clouds and precipitation by Tuesday morning with easterly winds and a slight temperature rise. Other New England states also face clouds and rain with easterly winds and warm trend, while eastern New York expects light rain and variable winds with a modest temperature increase.
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Wasmondon
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New England
New York
Trouble in Ireland Wounding of Magistrate Hegarty at Cork
Cork April 17 Magistrate Hegarty was fired on from a hedge while returning from a Defence Union meeting and wounded in the head and shoulders by buckshot. He is unpopular and boycotted. No arrests. Clashes between soldiers and civilians in Youghal and Cork hill left several injured.
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Ireland
Cork
Hegarty
Millstreet
Defence Union Today
Youghal
Corkhill
Cardinal Gibbons Course Approved by Pope
Rome reports the Pope approves Cardinal Gibbons course and backs his actions regarding the Knights of Labor. Gibbons has won Cardinal Manning's adherence and will seek support from other bishops.
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Cardinal Gibbons
London
Reuter
Rome
Knights of Labor
Cardinal Manning
The Pope Denounced by Rochefort in L Intransigeante
Paris April 17 M Rochefort writes a violent piece in L Intransigeante denouncing the Pope for sacrificing France to Germany over the Chinese missions issue and aiding Germanizing Alsace Lorraine The article ends by saying ministers who fast on Fridays would be recalled and the religious budget cut.
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Paris
M. Rochefort
L'Intransigeante
France
Germany
Late Ship News From New York Apr 17 1900s
The La Bourgoyne reports sinking of the Borderer on April 13 at 44 30 N and 41 32 W after losing her propeller. The Borderer’s position was reported as to New York. Also mentions arrivals of the Galileo and Dunvegan at Antwerp and London, and the Aurania near Queenstown and Gibraltar.
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Hayne
Borderer
Lipston
London
Galileo
Hailbark Dunvegan
Antwerp
Aurania
New York
Queenstown
Australia
Gibraltar
Will Accept No Compromise in Haytian Dispute
Paris April 17 General Laforestine the Haytian minister here denies that Hayti has agreed to pay England 32000 pounds He says Hayti would accept no compromise except arbitration by a friendly power.
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Paris
General Laforestine
England
Hayti
Joint Stock Company Formed for Woollen Textiles
London April 18. An agreement was signed to form a joint stock company to manufacture Irish woollens and other textiles with headquarters established at an unnamed location. The report notes the intended scale of production and potential exports.
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London
English steamer foundered off Corsica with heavy loss
London April 17 reports an English steamer foundered off Bonifacio Corsica with about 150 lives lost. Messrs White and Tyson merchants plan to go to America soon to establish connections with the new company in Dublin.
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Messrs. White and Tyson
America
London
Bonifacio
Corsica
Candahar Troops Entrench as Ghilseai Rebellion Grows
In Bombay on April 17 reports say Candahar troops suppressing the Ghilseai rising are compelled to entrench due to rebels' numbers. Meanwhile Russians are reportedly moving slowly toward Zulficar, about 140 miles northwest of Herat. Maprio notes a dynamite bomb found near a minister of public works office but extinguished before detonation. Lonovoy reports bondholders of the Atlantic & Great Western extension trust will meet to decide terminating the trusts and freeing Cleveland & Columbus and Atlantic & Great Western owners. Paris endures heavy snow and cold as farmers fear crop damage from unprecedented weather. Berne cites America joining the union for protection of industrial property.
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Candahar
Zulficar
Herat
Maprio
Lonovoy
Atlantic & Great Western Extension Trust
Cleveland & Columbus
Atlantic & Great Western
Paris
France
Berne
America
Union For the Protection of Industrial Property
Canadian Pacific seeks Australian and New Zealand mails via Canada
From Wellington advices received by the Mariposa indicate Canadian Pacific plan to carry Australia and New Zealand mails to Canada via steamers to British Columbia and then by rail. Colonial authorities favor United States routes for quicker service despite CP offer.
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San Francisco
General Post Office
Wellington
New Zealand
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Canada
England
British Columbia
United States
Canadian Pacific Company
Rare Boston buyer nets two dollar auction book find
In Pumapetrura Penn April 17 the library of the late E Coppee Mitchell of the University of Pennsylvania was sold at auction. A Boston man bought the sole rare item, The General Laws and Liberties of the Massachusetts Colony 1672, for 2 dollars. Another copy exists and sold for 500 five years earlier. The buyer declined to name himself and refused a $100 bid to disclose or resell.
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Pumapetrura
Penn
E. Coppee Mitchell
University of Pennsylvania
Boston
Massachusetts Colony
Morocco
Cambridge
New England Society
Mexican Land Purchases Highlight Vast U S Investments
Advices from Mexico report several large American land deals closed recently. A Chicago capitalists and U S army officers syndicate bought 5,000,000 acres across Coahuilla, Durango, and Chihuahua, bisected by the Mexican Central and Huntington road from Eagle Pass to Lorado, including 1,000,000 acres of top cotton land in Laguna. Hartford capitalists acquired 500,000 acres in Sonora and Chihuahua for grazing and farming, and Utah investors purchased 235,000 acres in western Chihuahua near Mormon settlements.
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St. Louis
Mexico
Chicago
United States Army
Coahualla
Durango
Chihuahua
Huntington
Eagle Pass
Lorado
Laguna District
Hartford
Conn
Sonora
Jury Disagrees in Arensdorf Haddock Murder Case
Sioux City Iowa April 17 The jury in John Arensdorf's murder trial of Rev George Haddock is discharged after standing 11 to 1 for acquittal. Juror Dennis O Connell held out for conviction claiming pressure and bribery allegations swirl around the curtain verdict and potential jury tampering. The foreman says O Connell was believed bought by the State, a claim disputed by the judge.
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Sioux City
John Arensdorf
George Haddock
Dennis O’connell
Lewis
O’connell
O'Connell
Camden Woollen Mill Company forms in Campen Me
A new Camden Woollen Mill Company is formed in Campen Maine with a 150000 dollar capital, 36000 subscribed, purchasing Goulds mills water power, and plans a new mill. Officers include President W G Alden, Treasurer Eckart W Gould, Secretary Ruel Robinson, with a board of directors led by Alden and Gould among others.
Georgia Central official shot dead on excursion
Savannah Ga April 17 F M Fender superintendent of the main stem of the Georgia Central railroad was shot and instantly killed today on board the tug William C Turner by J J Abrams a prominent local lawyer The shooting was accidental Fender had recently left the Henderson division of the Louisville and Nashville and was appointed Georgia Central superintendent three weeks ago
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Savannah
F. M. Fender
Georgia Central Railroad
William C. Turner
J. J. Abrams
Fender
Henderson
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Georgia Central
Desperate Railroad Men Plan Immediate Strike
Desperate railroad workers in Pirrssburg Penn report they will demand a guarantee that no more arrests will occur and that those under arrest be tried promptly. If demands are unmet, a strike will be ordered and all trains halted.
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Pirrssurg
Penn
Pan Handle Railroad
Imprisoned Miners Trapped in Davidson Coke Works Fire
In Connellsville Pennsylvania on April 17 the upper section of the Davidson Coke Works burned trapping three miners Paul Nagle William Roder and a man named Thanman. All others escaped as the fire spread from a small air shaft near the entrance and the mine still burns despite efforts to extinguish it. The imprisoned workers are married with families.
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Connelisville
Penn
Davidson Coke Works
Paul Nagle
William Roder
Thanman
Six Die As Water Tank Bursts Near Painting Ill
Six persons were killed and two fatally hurt when a 100000 gallon water tank burst during a freight train wreck near Painting Illinois. A crowd of country people gathered beneath the structure when the tank gave way, following a morning collision that likely loosened the hoops. Two boys and four men died instantly.
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Ill
Chicago & Northwestern
Mexican presidency crisis frames Diaz reelection debate
In Mexico City on April 17, candidates await Congress action while Diaz contemplates succession. A reform committee backs constitutional amendment to allow reelection, arguing consecutive terms won’t endanger the republic. Liberals on the committee influence public sentiment on extending Diaz’s rule.
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City
Mexico
Congress
Dias
Diaz
The Work of Destruction in Cyclone Areas
Waeewise West Virginia April 17. Days after the storm the towns Martin's Ferry and St Clairsville show little progress clearing wreckage. Destruction of orchards groves and lawns defies repair while rain adds to losses. Telegraph wires and poles lie ruined as hail damages young fruit trees.
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Waeewise
W. Va
Martin’s Ferry
St. Clairsville
Killed in the Asylum at Cranston Death
In the Rhode Island asylum at Cranston two male patients, Alexander Haskins aged 58 and Charles A. Wallace aged 28, shared a small single room due to crowding. Haskins died from brain concussion after a night visit. Wallace, epileptic and described as active, gave a rambling alibi that did not clarify the cause. A spike-like weapon is suspected but not found.
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Provence
R. I
State Institution
Cranston
Alexander Haskins
Charles A. Wallace
Haskins
Wallace
Johnson Defeated by Collins in 100 Yard Dash at Western Union
At Western Union Junction on April 17 H Johnson champion sprinter of America was defeated by James Collins of Edgerton Wis in a 100 yards dash Tw heats ran in ten seconds each Collins given one yard start He won the first heat by one and a half lengths and the second by two feet A large sum of money changed hands
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Milwauxker
Western Union Junction
H. Johnson
America
James Collins
Edgerton
Wis
Collins
Body identification dispute delays case in Rauway
Andrew Kirk wook, brother-in-law of Mrs Agnes P Space of Deckertown, N J, who the day before positively identified the murdered girl as Ray Barman, arrived in Rauway. He asserts the body is not hers, saying the deceased is taller and broader in the face than Mary Barwan, whom he saw in Glasgow last August.
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Rauway
N. J
Andrew Kirkwook
Agnes P. Space
Deckertown
Ray Barman
Mary Barwan
Glasgow
Magdalene Island schooner Hast Lynne crushed in ice
A telegram from Meat Cove reports the Hast Lynne has been crushed in the ice off Magdalene Island and is a total loss. The crew landed about five miles south of Meat Cove. the vessel was probably sealing at the time of the disaster.
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Harrfax
N. S
Meat Cove
U. B
Magdalene Island
Prominent Broker Knapp Flees to Canada Amid $25,000 Deception
Avanta Ga April 17. R J Knapp a noted real estate broker and politician has fled the country. He is said to have victimized many dependents out of about $25,000. He came from Canada in 1886 and is believed to have returned there.
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Canada
Avanta
R. Ji. Knapp
Union Expels Eight For Press Violation at Publisher
Philadelphia April 17 The Pressmen's Union ejects eight workers from the National Publishing Company for violating rules by allowing one man to operate more than two presses. The eight had been running twenty presses in the cited facility.
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National Publishing Company
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