Garfield's Sophistry Disproved by His Own Words
Washington reports outline the Garfield debate, noting his speech lacked prepared opposition, exposing perceived hypocrisy. The piece traces Democratic and Republican stances on army use at polls, vetoes, and election law repeal, predicting a lengthy congressional battle into the dog days.
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Washington, D.C
Garfield
Congress
Nizance
House
Sam Cox
United States
Qatar
General Garfield
Woman shoots self in New Haven street distressing scene
In New Haven Fannie Johnson, 21, fled from Carlisle street rooms with blood on her clothes after a stomach wound. She sought Portsea street workhouse area for help, resisted explaining the act, and a doctor was summoned to examine a nonfatal wound.
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New Haven
Conn
Fannie Johnson
Carlisle Street
Portsea Street
Fannie Rice Arrests Spark Controversy
The narrative notes she may recover from injuries unless inflammation develops. It cites her troubled record under the alias Fannie Rice for disorderly conduct as context. Authorities hint the act arose from a dispute with a man.
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Fannie Rice
Talmage Urges $1000 Pledge to Resolve Church Debt
Brooklyn preacher Talmage, after five days of presbytery scrutiny, urged his Tabernacle audience to donate a $1000 pledge to settle a debt dispute. He preached on the glorified heavenly host, describing their numbers, dress, symbols, and songs, and urged generosity to support his work.
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Talmage
Presbytery
Pf Ny
Great Britain
American Woman Weds Italian Count in Rome Ceremony
Miss Ada Hungerford, sister of Mrs. Mackay, marries Count Giuseppe Telfener in Rome on March 15. Archbishop of Foggia conducts the ceremony with Mgr Cape and Mgr Cataldi present. The villa Portenseau grounds host spectators including King Humbert Duke of Aosta and other notables. the couple will reside in a palace built for Victor Emanuel amid extensive grounds.
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London
Rome
Maroh
Ada Hungerford
Mackay
Giuseppe Teltener
Foggia
Mgr.Cape
Mgr
Cataldi
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Villa Ada
Telfener
Humbert
Amadeus
Duke of Aosta
General Medici
Victor Emanuel
Mies Ada Hungerford
Paria
Count Telfener
Romaia
South America
Youth's Home Library published with promise and price
Boston’s Enterprise reviews the Youth's Home Library Publishing Company's new monthly, praising its low twenty five cent annual price and broad contents from outdoor sports to science. The piece notes strong editorial input from Rev N K Bishop and urges readers to subscribe at the Congress building office, promising six months free for referrals of twelve boys.
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N. K. Bishop
Emanuel Church
Somerville
Pet
Congress Building
Fatal Conflagration at Tremont House Claremont
A fire at Tremont House in Claremont New Hampshire early today killed five people and injured several others. Guests and staff battled dense smoke as flames spread rapidly through the wooden hotel. Rescuers and neighbors aided survivors while the cause remains under investigation, with the leading theory being a coal gas explosion in the office stove.
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Claremont
N. H
Tremont House
Riley Deming
Poncas Plea for Return to Omaha Reservation
Omaha residents express universal sympathy as Ponca families, expelled to the Indian Territory, appeal to Secretary Schurman after General Crook grants a brief stay. Church groups urge their return, sending telegraphs to secure permission for reentry to the Omaha reservation.
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Indian Territory
Crook
Scharm
Omaha
MARRIED IN HASTE Elopement of a New York Belle and a Car Driver
New York reports two high profile elopements. Miss Clarence Treadwell, a fashionable New York debutante, marries Dennis McQuinn, a Sixth Avenue car driver, and seeks a western farm life away from society’s gaze. A second tale concerns Miss Sarah Hall of Providence, linked to old New York families and famous allies, now married to a driver amid gossip of engagements and kinship.
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Clarence Treadivell
Dennis McQuinn
Sixth Avenue
Treadwell
Seventh Avenue
Quinn
Hall
Providence
Sarah Hall
KR. L
Perry Davis
van Rensselaer and Schermerhorn
Dream foretelling suicide echoes in tragic New York mystery
New York Sun reports Mrs. Schwartz dreamed of discovering her husband dead with a pistol by his hand and blood on his shirt before his death. The housekeeper found William Schwartz in the same room, brushing hair before breakfast, with a bullet wound to the temple and a revolver nearby. The scene matched the wife’s visionary account.
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New York Sun
William Schwartz
Elizabeth Street
Sue
Schwartz
Dora Stoltz
Lehbwartz
Monster devilfish hauled from Santa Barbara nets
A Larco fisherman trapped a massive devilfish near the kelp line, with an elongated body about four feet long and an 11 foot spread from beak to tail. Eight long arms carry sharp hooks and talons, while the creature emits a dark yellow fluid. Locals inspected the catch at the wharf, noting its reddish gray top and pale pink underside, and it was later used as bait after some parts were secured by Mr. Reece.
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Santa Barbara
Larco
Lim
Victor Hugo
Reece
Smatl
Vessels Ashore on Delaware Coast Reported
Washington reports multiple ships ashore along the Delaware coast including the schooner Julius Webb from Virginia to New York with pine lumber and the schooner Fannie below the steamboat pier. The German ship Geestermunday drags anchors with no signals for help while steam tugs await calmer seas.
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Washington
Lewes
Julius Webb
Virginia
New York
Fannie
Geestermunday
Elisath
Serious Charges Against Blackwell's Island Officials
A New York morning paper cites outrages at Blackwell's Island institutions. It recalls past deaths, including a pauper beaten to death and a mentally ill man found dead with injuries, and urges sudden inspections by competent authority to expose daily brutality. Credit Mobilier case involves Union Pacific suing Henry McComb to return profits, with totals exceeding 40 million dollars and further suits planned against other beneficiaries. The Supreme Court decision earlier limited government action on these contracts.
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New York
Blackwell's Island
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Henry McComb
Supreme Court
Credit Mobilier of America
United States Supreme Court
Abduction and assault of eight year old Carrie Henninger
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on March 31 Carrie Henninger, eight, was abducted on a crowded street by a man. After hours of unconsciousness she walked home in a bloody state. Doctors fear fatal injuries. John Paul was arrested amid threats of lynching.
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Williamsport
Peno
Carrie Henninger
John Paul
Boston's Fun Costly and Lures Youth Away
The Rev Henry Morgan lectured on Boston's fun last night, condemning amusements from stage and spiritualist seances to betting and racing. He warned of high costs to schools, families, and morality, urged a volcanic zeal to awaken young men, and praised religious duty as life’s true stage.
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Henry Morgan
Boston
Solomon
America
Vytheness
Isaiah
Earth
Hife
Skeleton of a Man Found Thought to Be Dr McDonald
Workmen uncover a skeletal remains in Dartmouth believed to be Dr McDonald, who vanished thirty two years ago after serving as sole executor to his brother, a wealthy real estate owner. He disappeared after leaving for a Halifax meeting. Thorpe, a truck man, is said to have grown suddenly rich and lives in Pictou.
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Havirax
Dartmouth
McDonald
Thorpe
Halifax
Pictou
Kearney's Scars Rally Urges Defense of Leader
Large San Francisco rally denounces the Santa Ana assault on Denis Kearney founder of the Workingmen's Party. Clitus Barbour and speakers call for a forceful response, organize 10 000 men to go to Santa Ana, and propose sending a bodyguard to Kearney with a telegram requesting rendezvous details.
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Denis Kearney
Santa Ana
Clitus Barbour
Workingmen’s Arty
Kearny
Welcock
Barbour
Bali
Santa Anna
Kearney
Workingmen’s Party
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Wellock
J. Beerstecker
Dénis Kearney
Southern California
Workingesen
Eurs Keirney
California
Mr. Barbour
Death on the Rail Fires Western Express Wreck
A night express on the Grand Trunk railroad near Smith's Creek Michigan derailed after a rail was removed by suspected train-wreckers. Engineer Benjamin Wavers and fireman Jerry McGuire died. brakeman Robert Wilson killed. Francis Kellogg and others injured. Suspects arrested as authorities investigate. An accompanying report notes a separate Haverhill case where Bowles v. Landaff favored the town over a refund dispute.
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Grand Trunk Railroad
Smith's Creek
Mich
Robert Wilson
Benjamin Wavers
Jerry McGuire
Francis Kellogg
Erie
Penn
I. Willard
Chicago
Haverhill
N. H
Supreme Court
Bowles Va
Landaff
Pawtucket Girl Resists Dress Standard On St Patrick’s
The Weekly Visitor reports a mill overseer in Pawtucket who fired a girl for wearing a green ribbon on St Patrick’s Day. It praises the girl’s patriotic stand and condemns the act as petty tyranny, hoping nearby towns honor her resolve.
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R.1
Pawtucket
Great Success of a Charitable Benefit
In New York on March 31 the Academy of Music was filled as Mapleson's Opera Company presented a charity concert. All chief artists performed to aid Hungary flood survivors, drawing audiences from undesired orchestra chairs to top gallery seats.
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Academy of Music
Mapleson
Opera Company
Hungary
Ambitious Denouncer of the State Attacks Theatre
The Rev. Mr. Buckley of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Brooklyn denounces the stage as immoral and unchristian calling theatre going a moral danger. He argues that evil thoughts persist regardless of outward warnings and condemns theatrical entertainments.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Buckley
Methodist Episcopal Church
Revolution in Sonora Ends Peacefully
San Prancisco reports the revolution in Sonora has ended without violence. General Carlo leads Ares to open control and Sirena proclaims freedom. Refugee families are returning home as stability returns to the region.
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Sonora
San Prancisco
Ares
Carlo
Sirena
Anxiety over Col Pearson command surrounds Ekowe relief efforts
London dispatch reports Col Pearson isolated with no reliable intel. Despatches via native runners found routes to Ekowe with roads blocked by krale and Zulus, while a relief expedition grows to fourteen companies of regulars. Other items note Major Humphreys in Pishin Valley, Nihilist arrests in St Petersburg, and various European developments.
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London
Pearson
Ekowe
Tut
Lower
Zuguela
English Champion Elliott to race Courtney for $5000
Sporting circles buzz over an international single scull match proposed between English champion William Elliott and Charlie Courtney of Union Spring. Negotiations involve James Taylor of Newcastle and ex-Mayor Liddell of Pittsburgh, with potential races on the Allegheny river in August or Saratoga and Owasco Lake later, featuring purses from £200 to £500 a side and substantial travel expenses.
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William Eliott
Charlies KE
Courtney
Union Spring
James Taylor
Newcastle
Liddell
Pittsburg
William Eion
Pepswood
Allegheny River
Biliots
Auburn
Elliott
Saratoga
Owasco Lake
Sara
Shell
Elhow
Five Children at One Birth in Cincinnati Area
Mrs. John Hoine of Anderson Kentucky gave birth to two children last night in Cincinnati. All are reported alive and doing well.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
John Hoine
Anderson, Ky
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