The President Urged to Call Extra Session in Deadlock
Washington reports pressure mounts for an extra session of the Forty-seventh Congress as Blaine favors action and senators back it to break a Senate quorum risk. Republicans push for it amid debates on reconstruction policy and patronage, while the White House remains wary.
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Washington
Blaine
Senate
Rollins
Mahone
Petersburg
Blair
New Hampshire
Mr. Call
Florida
Georgia
Colonel Bryant
Congressman Spear
Fenton
Alexander H. Stephens
Senator Brown
Longstreet
Constantinople
United States
North Carolina
Judge Tourgee
Holden
Raleigh
North
Tourgee
South Carolina
Alabama
Missouri
Clayton
Arkansas
Filley
St. Louis
Mississippi
White House
Bruce
Garfield
South
Secretary Windom Adopts Bankers Policy for Bonds Sale
Washington April 10. The treasury will issue a notice to sell 104 million dollars of 4 percent bonds with the right to reject bids. A year’s interest in advance will be paid starting July 1 with a 2 1/2 percent rebate on the 6s. Those who reject the rebate get principal. Banks gain use of about 1.7 million and avoid premium purchases to replace mature bonds.
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Washington
Treasury
Decision on Copyright Case Over Horse Performance Lists
Judge Wylie in the Equity Court denied a permanent injunction against Charles T. Davis's book on trotting and pacing records and discharged the restraining order. The suit by Ridgeway B. Chawles challenges publishing common information in a newer dated compilation. The matter, first of its kind here, may not proceed to trial unless Chawles pursues further action.
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Washington
Wylie
Equity Court
Ridgeway B. Chawles
Charles T. Davis
Chowles
New York
Davis
Chawles
Deliberate Allowance Gap Sparks Govt Fraud Probe
Washington April 10 considerable excitement over a possible attempt to defraud the government by omitting a deduction clause in notices for beef contracts for Indians. Joseph T. Bender, Indian bureau financial clerk, faces scrutiny as omission could have cost the government over 100000. Interior Department to investigate.
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Washington
Joseph T. Bender
Indian Bureau
Kirkwood
Interior Department
Illness Delays Senate Vote With Davis Absent
Vice-President Arthur would hold the casting vote if adjournment occurs for the summer. Senator Davis, confined to his hotel by a severe attack, is not returning to the Senate soon and declines to pair on the election of Senate officers.
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Arthur
Senator Davis
David Davis
Illinois
Senate
Trichinosis Suspected in Deaths After Ham in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia case links a family of four to trichinosis after eating boiled ham. The mother and eldest child recovered with treatment, while two younger children died five and six days after symptoms began. Doctors describe the disease as an acute colon inflammation and discuss the difficulty of detecting trichina in meat.
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Philadelphia
Frederick
Lutz
Werner
Lamstreth
Walker
Pennsylvania Hospital
Langstreth
Damage to the Wheat Crop in Many Large Sections
Reports from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and nearby states show winter killed wheat losses around 30 percent. Cited snowbound Illinois Wisconsin Iowa tracks delay planting and ground preparation. Freight traffic east from Chicago declines with general trade in Western cities faltering.
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ChicaGo
Northwest
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Sharp mutiny aboard the Aurora outside the Narrows
Longshoremen and sailors clashed aboard the Aurora after sailors refused to work over a leaky ship. Ringleader Chilian tried to stab a rigging man. James L. Forrest was stabbed in the back while others were subdued with belaying pins. Forrest's wound is dangerous. the crew were driven to Valparaiso.
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New York
Aurora
Narrows
Duncan
Tueu
Merriman
Otas
Otis
Hernia
James Welch
James L. Forrest
Valparaiso
Forrest
Chambers Street Hospital
Another Cave in Kentucky Unearthed Skeleton Found
In Hastings near Falmouth Kentucky workmen clearing boulders uncovered a deep cave beneath a field. A rope lowered man found three connected rooms showing evidence of human labor. In the entrance cave a well preserved human skeleton was discovered.
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Facmovurna
Hastings
Falmouth
Peculiarities of the New Pacific Railway
Mr. De Young of San Francisco reports on the new Southern Pacific route through southern California and Arizona. Water cars supply engines in arid stretches while a sixty mile waterless gap exists with basins 250 feet below sea level. A white alkali ground belt and salt deposits mark the terrain. A looping corkscrew engineering feat near Los Angeles and San Francisco overcomes elevation by traversing two tunnels.
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Washington
de Young
San Francisco
Southern Pacific
California
Arizona
Los Angeles
Hattie Deuell Nearing End of Forty-Eighth Fast
In Iowa City on April 11 Hattie Deuell remains alive but constantly weaker and unable to swallow water. Her pulse is feeble and the physician’s touch feels like fire. She is so low that she pays little attention to visitors whose excitement further weakens her, now entering the forty-eighth day of her fast.
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Iowa City
Hattie Deuell
Fatal accident on snow drift near Wixpom Minnesota
At Wixpom Minnesota on April 10 Ludwig Ludka was killed and August Bergmaster fatally wounded, with three others seriously injured while a locomotive pushing snow from a drift breached the line on the opposite side. The engineer miscalculated resistance and plowed through the drift into the men.
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Wixpom
Minn
Ludwig Ludka
August Bergmaster
Attempted body exhumation in City cemetery
In City, April 11, a torpedo blast at a cemetery unearthed the grave of Russell O Harel's daughter. The explosion injured or scattered the would be grave robbers who then fled, leaving the body unrecovered.
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Plain City
Russell O’ Harel
Name of man torn by shafting at Washington Mills
Lawrence April 12 William H Denning thirty year old single man employed in the scouring room at Washington Mills was fatally injured Thursday when his clothes were caught in the shafting while attempting to put on a belt police said. The accident occurred at the plant in Lawrence. Denning was unmarried.
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Lawrence
William H. Denning
Washington Mills
Eight Thousand Dollars for One Bible Sold in New York
The Brinley book sale last week fetched $8000 for the Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed with movable type. Hamilton Cole of New York purchased the work, in two volumes, printed by Joannes Gutenberg at Mentz between 1450 and 1455. Bidding opened at $5000.
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New York
Brinley
Hamilton Cole
Aawner
Joannes Gutenberg
Mentz
John Medina Named Reliable Hair Dealer by Globe
Announcement notes John Medina, dealer in human hair, is personally known to the Globe management as a reliable man and merchant who fills orders promptly.
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John Medina
Globe
Beaconsfield Grips London as Illness Deepens
Beaconsfield suffers a violent relapse of his spasms with doctors at his bedside and experts warning death may come soon. The scene unfolds with a physician council convened in London as the ailing premier’s condition deteriorates.
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Boston Globe
Lonpoy
Lord Beaconsfield
London
Nineteen Year Old Nihilist Ready To Kill Czar If Time
From London to St Petersburg reports a young Russian Nihilist woman of 19 years, daughter of a countess, educated in Germany and Switzerland, who says she will kill the Czar if warned, amid trials of Nihilists in St Petersburg. Other dispatches note sentences and trials, with Grand Duke Alexis slated to assume naval duties, and threats faced by the Czar from Nihilist circles.
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Alexander II
London Cuckoo
Imperial Guard
Siberia
St. Petersburg
Germany
Switzerland
Russia
England
St. Peterspura
Constantine
Alexis
Alexander
Nicholas
Constantinoviteh
Iver
Bradlaugh Re-elected MP for Northampton by 122 votes
Charles Bradlaugh has won re-election as member of Parliament for Northampton by a majority of 122. He will seek the oath in the House on Monday, facing two objections: mockery due to past refusal to take the oath and possible disfranchisement from a recent prosecution. Greece Must Stand Alone in war matters. England declines intervention and notes Turkey’s offensive prospects.
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London
Charles Bradlaugh
Northampton
Bradlaugh
Greece
England
Turkey
Peru and Chile Establish Provisional Government
Reports from the South Pacific say a provisional government is formed at Magdalena with Chilean consent. Pierola’s provisional president Dr Francisco Garcia Calderon maintains a dictatorship in the south but wields limited force and recognition. Most towns pledge allegiance as provisional authorities negotiate a war contribution with Chile.
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Panama
South Pacific
Peru
Magdalena
Francisco Garcia Calderon
Pierola
Town submerged as Guadal Medina floods Malaga
River flood cripples life and property in Malaga. Barrio Perche underwater. boats manned by guards evacuate families from second stories. Rail travel cut off. aid limited as the poorer residents suffer most amid the disaster.
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Malaga
Guadal Medina
Barrio Perche
Guardia Civile
England Inquiring What We Know About Railroads
Four London & Northwestern directors and a manager will visit the United States to study American railways. They plan a cross country tour from New York to San Francisco to adopt successful features for England's system.
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England
Loxpown
London & Northwestern Railway
United States
States
New York
San Francisco
Escape by corpse swap nets prison break for Ginn
Kinchen Ginn a state prison inmate escaped in a novel ruse by swapping places with a dead fellow convict. The body was coffined and carried to the grave. Ginn concealed in the coffin, groaned to frighten workers, and fled as the pallbearers ran. He was tracked to Gold Hill and recaptured.
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Golpsboroo
N. C
Ginn
Gold Hill
Green County
Two Brothers Die in Kentucky Street Duel Over Politics
In Grayson Kentucky on the eve of a presidential campaign, Dick Williams and Dave Williams confront Bangs Horton in a saloon quarrel. After a march to Crocker Neck woods the trio fight with knives pistols and rocks. Horton wounds Dave and cripples Dick, while the Williams brothers are mortally injured and likely to die.
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Grayson
Dick Williams
Dave Willams
Bangs Horton
Dave
Horton
Penneng
Crocker Neck
Williams Brothers
Failures in the United States and Canada in First Quarter 1881
Bradstreet’s summary for April reports 1986 mercantile failures in the US first quarter 1881, up from 1394 in 1880 and 2850 in 1879, with causes linked to abnormal western and southern conditions and earlier activity. The week ahead shows 123 new failures, rising in the West especially Michigan and California, while the South New England Middle Atlantic and Canada decline.
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New York
Bradstreet’s
United States
Canada
Michigan
California
New England
Middle States
Provinces
Might Have Been Better Employed
In New Bedford, Major Southward Potter, an accountant, expanded a project to include 3,000,003 figures. He compiled all numbers from 1 to 618,616, spread over 147 pages, each 8 by 14 inches, averaging about 20,408 figures per page. The first page lists numbers 1 to 5205 for a total of 9,713 figures.
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New Bedford Standard
Southward Potter
Eupingen
Rail pooling to divide New England traffic established
Montreal April 9 The pooling arrangement between the Central Vermont and South Eastern railways and several connections is definitively arranged. An equal division will be made at all competing points and the combination now controls the entire New England business. The tunnel scheme is expected to be pushed, with leading New York capitalists said to be interested and feasibility noted.
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Montreal
Can
Central Vermont
South Eastern Railways
New England
New York
Head nearly severed in mill accident at Harris privilege mill
In Woonsocket on April 9 a 13 year old French boy, George Girouard, was pulled into an elevator while looking down at a companion and his head was nearly severed. He died instantly. A coroner s jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
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Woonsocket
George Girouard
Harris Privilege Mill
I Aes
Western Floods Destruction Across Dakota and Nebraska
Reports from Sioux City and Yankton describe extensive flood damage across Dakota and Nebraska. Homes flooded, families forced onto roofs or beds, and several deaths probable near Bon Homme and Green Island. Rescue efforts continue as refugees move to Elk Point and Portlandville, with aid appeals growing stronger.
Missouri River Flood Worsens in Omaha Area
Omaha reports the Missouri River rising to 23 feet above low water, flooding broad areas and severing rail access from the east. The river cut a new channel toward Council Bluffs, threatening bridges, shops, lumber yards, and jobs for about 1500 workers. Council Bluffs suffers severe inundation as the flood advances toward its core.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Union Pacific Railroad
Rapid River Flood Feared as Gorge May Break
Residents report 6000 pecans moved from homes to the high ground while the river rises steadily. A vast inland surge is anticipated, with many fearing the river will breach a forty mile gorge between Yankton and Sioux City, halting travel and causing widespread disruption.
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Yankton
Missouri
Pentiah
Vermilion
Terry
Chateau Creek
Sioux City
German woman and child with smallpox ride to Provincetown
A German woman with her four year old granddaughter Etta Franks traveled from New York by rail to Provincetown. At Old Colony station an officer suspected smallpox after observing eruptions on the child's face and hands. They were removed to Canterbury Street Hospital for treatment. The woman claimed she knew the child had smallpox but chose the journey to reach the mother in Provincetown instead of complying with New York authorities.
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Sioux City
Dak
Eli Point
Jefferson
Elk Point
Etta Franks
New York
Old Colony
Provincetown
Baggare ci
Foster
Division 4
Board of Health
Canterbury Street Hospital
Bible canvasser dies after motel dispute in Lancaster
Luther F. Hurd, a Bible canvasser, dies after a confrontation with William B. Finney, landlord of the Grape Hotel. Finney is under arrest on suspicion of causing the death following a dispute over a boarding guest named Moran who left unsettled bills. Hurd suffered a fatal hemorrhage after being struck and kicked, with medical staff unable to save him. Coroner’s inquest to determine official cause pending.
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Lancastra
Grape Hotel
William B. Finney
Luther F. Hurd
Hurd
Moran
Finney
Lizzie McCann
Marble Street
Boston
E. P. Hurd
Great Falls
N. HH
Frank Hurd
Springville
Rural Tragedy: Old Farmer Found Fatally Stabbed in Bed
Springfield dispatch reports East Longmeadow farmer Smith Ransom found in bed with a fractured skull. Henry Bridge, recently delirious from alcohol, admitted to the killing after learning of Ransom's death. Bridge, 35, had worked at Longmeadow quarries and faced recent heavy drinking and illegal liquor activity.
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Springfield
Smith Ransom
Hall Hill Road
East Longmeadow
Henry Bridge
Ransom
Bridge
Longmeadow
Murder in a Cell by a Claimed Brother and Sister
In Clearfield Pennsylvania on April 9 a prisoner named Goodwin faced a fatal stabbing after a man and woman claiming to be his brother and sister were admitted to his jail cell. The couple were pursued after the incident and captured at Curwensville, now held in custody.
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Clearfield
Penn
Goodwin
Curwensville
Groveland Elopement Ends in Marriage at State Line
In Groveland, Minnie Danforth aged fifteen and Augustus Pickard about twenty wed after eloping Thursday to a town near the New Hampshire line. Parents opposed union, but the couple married and returned to Groveland where Minnie remained with Pickard despite family pressure. Pickard is described as sober and industrious with good wages.
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Haverhill
Groveland
Minnie Danforth
Augustus Pickara
Miss Sanforth
Pickard
Acrisia
New Hampshire
Ex-lieutenant governor Rainey works as laborer in Charleston
Rainey once served as lieutenant governor and later a U S representative. While shoveling dirt on a street, a garbage cart dumped a load revealing a copy of the Congressional Record with a speech he gave on the civil rights bill. He is not ashamed of manual labor despite past wealth.
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Charleston
D. C
Rainey
Congress
Mormon families encamp on Grand canal near Phoenix
Thirty Mormon families from Nauvoo Utah Territory camp four miles above Piueix Arizona with considerable livestock. Immigrants have settled along Salt and Gila rivers near Phoenix creating new communities like Jonesville and Mesa City. Reports say control of rich Gila Bend lands may bring hundreds more families to occupy them. An ad in The Glode promotes Nephreticum by Dr Bullock of Providence as a kidney and bladder remedy.
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Grand Canal
Piieuix
Arizona
Nauvoo
Utah Territory
Salt
Gila
Jonesville
Messa City
Phanix
Gila Bend
Bullock
Providence
KRL
Tragic Fall in Bradford Bobbin Shop Claims Worker
On Thursday afternoon March 31 Daniel F. Hoyt an employee in the bobbin shop of Mason B Presley of Bradford New Hampshire was caught on a revolving shaft and carried round several times breaking five ribs one shoulder and an arm and both legs in several places He lived about three hours and retained his senses until within five minutes of his death Deceased leaves a wife and four small children.
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Daniel F. Hoyt
Mason B. Presley
Bradford
N. H
Vigilance Committee frees Jameno prisoner in California
In San Francisco on April 9 Jameno brother of the Mexican herder hanged for ravishing and murdering Mrs Sargent near Santa Barbara was released by a vigilance committee after proving an alibi. Officials say the release is likely the first of its kind on the coast despite strong Steele evidence at the outset.
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San Francisco
Jameno
Sargent
Santa Barbara
Earthquake Horror With Thousands Killed in Island
A London Times despatch reports 70,000 inhabitants on the island hit by a quake. Estimates say 1,000 to 7,000 killed and 25 percent of survivors wounded. Gun-vessels assist relief as Chesme losses are heavy and 30,000 lack shelter. Greek committee appeals for aid. Lord Mayor opens subscriptions, nearly £10,000 raised.
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London
Ohio
The
Times
United States
Chesme
Chio
Lonpoy
Constantinople
Liverpool
Terrible Shaking Up of Casamicciola Disaster In Italy
Our Naples correspondent recounts the Casamicciola catastrophe with 2000 homeless, 240 houses destroyed in a three kilometer area, and widespread suffering. Many families lack shelter as wooden huts are erected where needed. dramatic tales reveal a girl saving her baby, a shoemaker found sewing, and a baker’s boy rescued from an oven. The Pur-gatorio church is ruined, yet a statue survives, prompting prayers for a miracle as a Naples student and his family perish.
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Elk Point
Eli
Richardson's
Vermilion
McCook
Portlandville
Chandler House
West Vermilion
Manny
Bonhomme
Bates
Haddon
van Allen
London News
Naples
Casamicicola
Casamicciola-on-the-Mill
Laceo Ameéno
Casamicholsa
Lawl
Casamicciola
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