News of the Week and Political Turmoil Abroad
Reports from Washington note anxiety over Italy potentially recalling its legation after Blaine’s reply to Rudini. Blaine argues such recall is likely false, while observers link the move to debates over military spending and U.S. finances. Italy warns Americans favor strong profits and indemnity in dealings.
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Washington
Italy
Porter
Mr. Blaine
Rudini
Blaine
New Orleans
Italia Today
Manly Self-Reliance sparks debate on New Orleans lynching
Ex-Minister Edward J. Phelps argues Italy acted precipitously and the New Orleans killings test justice. He says the people alone must ensure justice when courts fail, and that the incident may rebuke inefficient juries while underscoring freedom's price.
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New Haven
Conn
Edward J. Phelps
Italy
New Orleans
Pacen
Italian Notice Causes Diplomatic Tension and Expatriate Talks
April 11 Londny reports uproar over the New Orleans affair hurting Italy's diplomacy and prompting ambassador withdrawal. The piece notes many former U.S. residents in Rome including Princess Colona once Eva Bryant and connections of Mackay and Broadwood, plus several other Italian noble wives linked to American families.
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Londoy
New Orleans
Rome
Colona
Eva Julia Bryant
John W.mackay
Alexandre Ruspoll
Angeter
Thomas Capel Broadwood
New York
Pee
House of Ruspoll
Josephine Mary Curtis
Paris
Aow
Bolognetti
Lante
Marchesa Gavotti
Riggiano
Canada and England diverge on reciprocity stance
The piece notes Sir Charles Tupper sails to England and signals readiness to discuss Canada policy on reciprocity with the United States. It records U S and Canadian positions, with remarks on tariff protections and the improbability of free trade without mutual protection concerns.
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Sir Charles Tupper
England
Teutonic
Charles
Canada
John Macdonald
United States
the Tribune
Ottawa Free Press Attacks Washington Visits as Hype
The Ottawa Free Press mocks the Ottawa Washington trips as a sham to sway voters. It hints Harrison aims for presence, notes Blaine’s version pending, and cites Tory splits over reciprocity and Foster and Sir John Thompson’s swift return. Blaine signals possible Oct twelve meeting with commissioners.
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Ottawa
Ont
Washington
the Free Press
Tupper
Harrison
Peny Blaine
Foster
Sir John Thompson
Blaine
Widow Turmoil Over Artemus Ward Estate Claim
J A Browne of Bloomington Illinois travels to New York to press his mother's claim to the late Charles F Browne known as Artemus Ward. The widow and grown children reject the birth record from Maine and back the affidavits linking Browne to Ward, with papers held by Ten Eyck and Remington not yet filed pending inquiry.
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New York
J. A. Browne
Bloomington
Ill
Charles F. Browne
Artemus Ward
Kentucky
J. Browne
Maine
Ohio
Charles I
Browne
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mob of 500 Negroes Attacks Kansas City Jail
A mob of about 500 men gathers at the county jail to lynch William McCoy, accused of murdering his mistress Nellie McGruder. Twenty masked assailants break in as a single guard warns off intruders, but the effort falters as the crowd disperses after tense standoff.
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Kansas City
William McCoy
Nellie McGruder
Anna Dickinson’s Strange Incarceration Story
New York Herald reports a startling tale about the confinement of Miss Anna Dickinson. The article notes Dickinson arrived in New York with Dr. F. W. Seward and hints at seeking counsel or aid in a troubling situation.
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Anna Dickinson
New York
New York Herald
Miss Dickinson
F. W. Seward
E Aoshen
Unclear OCR fragment with vague references to release and sister
Fragmentary text mentions freedom, incarceration, a sister, Miss Dickinson, and Miss Okinson. Details are unreadable, making it impossible to identify people, places, dates, or the exact event.
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Bierivania
Petra
Miss Okinson
Arivate
Miss Dickinson
Bloodied fight ends in Ross and Anderson deaths
Report from Newport Arkansas on April 11 details a deadly clash at a stave camp near Black and Current Rivers. Steve Ross and a man named Anderson argued over whiskey shared the whistle crew. Anderson stabbed Ross and then repeatedly attacked him. Ross fatally stabbed Anderson after a chaotic confrontation.
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Newport
Ark
Steve Ross
Anderson
Whistlerson
Ross
Pere
Parnell Envoys Speak at Irish National League Meeting
William Redmond and John O’Connor addressed a sparsely attended meeting at Horticultural Hall under the Parnell branch Irish National League. Mrs Delia Stewart Parnell presided and praised the leader, claiming Ireland’s savior role for Parnell. A November appeal previously raised $13,000. last night’s collection totaled about $1,000.
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Purnaprirnta
Parnell
William Redmond
M. P
John O’connor
Parnell Branch
Irish National League
Horticultural Hall
Delia Stewart Parnell
Dmond
Connig
Ohice
Ireland
Healys
Kiss
Easter Sunday Tragedy in White Oaks Two Women Die by Own Action
Details from White Oaks New Mexico describe a double death by own action on Easter Sunday. Two young women, formerly from Liberty Missouri, were found shot in the heart in a secluded town area.
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Santa Fe
N. M
White Oaks
Liberty
Killing the Bridegroom at a Wedding in New Jersey
At a wedding in East Rahway New Jersey on April 7 Anton Henry was killed when friend Henry Metz fired a revolver thinking it loaded with blanks. Metz was arrested as the crowd mourned the tragedy and the bride remained distraught.
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New York
East Rahway
N. J
Anton Henry
Henry Metz
Henry
Metz
Death of John F. Swift United States minister to Japan
John F. Swift died after a heart pain on March 10 following an influenza illness. His funeral in Yokohama was attended by Japanese officials and foreign corps with escorts from American, British, Italian and Japanese ships. Bishop Williams led the services and an Emperor sent wreath was buried with him. The remains lie temporarily at sea and will be convoyed to California.
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San Francisco
Cal
John F. Swift
United States
Japan
Cipla Corps
Legation
Belknap
Yokohama
Bishop Williams
Pore
Caliornia
Womead Figet
Outer Ering
Feisans
Nnual Behring Sea
Charles Tupper
London Times
Ottawa
Henry Tyler
Charles
Lee
Navassa
Harrison
Caue
Seas Cc
Quelle
John Cooney
Malloy
Republic
Club of Massachusetts
Tracy
the Times
House of Commons
Payne
Club
Kharckoff
British African Company
Massikesse
Manica
British Foreign Office
Cecil John R. Rhodes
Thelong
Ned
Czarewitch
India
Sydney
Thomas Oswald N Keatinge
Keatinge
America
J. Henniker Heaton
Canterbury
Gen. New
Russia
Brazil
Argentine Republic
Italy
Naples
Ust
British Isles
British America
Germany
Hadlings
Southend Watering Place
Thames
Booth
Hollan
St. Anthony Abbey
Wales
Father Ignatius
St. Mary’s Benedictine Abbey
Stanbrook
Worcester
Ablic
M. Belicheff
M. Stambouloff
Customs Department of
Japan Daily Advertiser
Morris
Helena
Siberian
Corea
Nagasaki
Paris
Holy Land
Marseilles
Sardinia
Cagliari
Cannes
Michael Michailovitch
Countess of Nurenberg
Duke of Nassau
San Remo
Genoa
Hof
Bavaria
Pryven
Ferdin
Roumelia
Ferdinand
Green Goods Scam Trial In Atlanta Court
The United States case against John F. Weathers alias John F. Ware was heard in the Circuit Court. Weathers, about 21, is accused of sending defraud letters offering counterfeit money to farmers across the nation, with postmarks masked from Rome and other places. He acted as assistant postmaster and controlled the office to conceal the postmark.
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Atlanta
United States
John F. Weathers
John F. Ware
Weathers
Massachusetts
Green
Rome
Chattanooga
Trion
Cedartown
Chilean ministers defect to rebels amid civil war rift
Reports from Chili state that Guillermo Matta the Chilian minister at Buenos Ayres has declared allegiance to the rebels and is denounced as a traitor. Gabriel Jidal is appointed in his place and Guillermo Puellma Tupper is also branded a traitor. Property of these men is confiscated and Minister Atunes abroad is called a traitor. The revolution is said to be rapidly extending in the southern provinces.
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New York
Chili
Guillermo Matta
Buenos Ayres
Gabriel Jidal
Guillermo Puellma Tupper
Atunes
Paris
Mentlesman
Balmaceda
France
North Dakota crop outlook praised by Gov Burke in St Paul
Gov Burke claims 1910 wheat prospects in North Dakota look strongest in seven years. Seeding underway in several counties with moisture ample and Jim River valley in good shape. He compares current conditions to 1883 and notes increased western acreage and stock raising profits. Dakota prosperity seen despite limited acreage data. The article also notes deaths of Gen John R Cooke and Col P Bissell with fragmented context.
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St. Paun
Minn
Jim River
Ransom
Barnes
la Moure
Jamestown
Missouri River
Red River Valley
Far West
Dakota
John R. Cooke
Richmond
Friday Mornin
Missouri
Viennia
North Garotna
Philip St. George Ved Cogke
Fine 'P. Bissell
Victoria
Veteran General and other 19th century notes from a busy frontier era
A garbled summary recounts a Civil War veteran Brigadier General of Volunteers born in 1840 in Granville New York, later tied to Florence Italy and a bath at Bath, along with various 19th century incidents. It mentions a high profile funeral at Washington for Gen Albert Pike, a New York Tribune 50th anniversary celebration, a murder trial in Palmer Massachusetts, a New Haven fire with heavy losses, and multiple legal and political notices across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
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Florence
Tealy
Granville
Washington
N. Y
Neww York
North America
Dubuque
Clark
Lerdo
Richburg
8. C
Clarence Robinson
Mary E. Levey
Eo Solomon Levey
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Albert Pike
First Congregational Church
New Hampshire House
Judiciary Committee
Austin Corbin
Concord
Edward F. Costello
Palmer
Mass
Charlestown
Jacob Schwarz
Central
New Haven
Michael Daley
Daley Brothers
Kincaid
Taulbee
Kentucky
Notuilty
United States Supreme Court
United States
New York Tribune
Metropolitan Opera House
Foster
Canada
Europe
Lewis Booker
Richmond
Somy
St. Paul’s Episcoe Church
Booker
Hanewinckel
Samuel Fisher
Fisher
Lorenzo Crounz
Nebraska
Slangery
Crounz
Gen
Batcheller
New York
Department O Indian Affairs
Treasury Department
Massachusetts
Rock Island
Vincent
W. H. Hope
E.J. Brown
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago
Gibson
Whiskey Trust
Shufeldt
Gleason
Long Island City
James Reilly
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Lake St. Louis
Treasury Books
Grip
New York Friay
Gri
Wition
The
Morton
Tracy
Morrill, Hawley
Hiscock
Plumb
William McKinley, Jr
Chauncey M. Depew
Charles A. Dana
Roswell G. Horr
George William Curtis
Yarmouth
N. S
Tupper
Newfoundland
Whiteway
Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
McHale
Senate
Daniel G. Fowler
Virginia
Raleigh
N. C
Braddock
Penn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Arica
Tacna
Department of Tacna
Congress Party
Nicholas Fegrinee
Ian
Julia Hugenek
Bradley
Petcolis
Sore Tae
Was
Wednes Py
Valparaiso
Dr Tourjee Founder of New England Conservatory Dies
Dr Eben Tourjee died Sunday in his apartments at the New England Conservatory of Music he founded. He suffered mental exhaustion for four years and built a national conservatory system, directing the East Greenwich academy and later the Providence and Boston schools. He earned a doctor of music from Wesleyan University in 1869 and influenced 30,000 schools to adopt his methods.
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Eben Tourjee
New England Conservatory of Music
Tourjee
Ourjee
Hee Conservatory
America
Warwick
Tis
East Greenwich
Fall River
Mass
Massachusetts Musical Journal
R. L
Begga
Providence Conservatory
Boston
Eamel
New
En Jana Conservatory of Music
Ee Gappansi
Tourfee
Sapen
New England Conservatory
Methodist Episcopal Church
Music Herald
Street and Smiths Good News Bootblack
A playful exchange unfolds about bootblack work and a character described as a millionaire, with quirky diction and a hint of satire.
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Street & Smith
Bootblack
Ene Wetblack
Royal labor commission nominees from diverse British figures
London reports the Queen named 28 members to a royal labor commission to study capital and labor relations and strike causes. Includes Marquis of Hartington Earl of Derby Hicks Beach Gorst Munella Fowler Courtney Harlan Balfour Burt Abraham Mann and others. France meanwhile apppoints commercial attaches to embassies. Prince Napoleon will divides the will equally among family.
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London
William Henry Smith
Treasury
House of Commons
Royal Labor Commission
Marquis of Hartington
Earl of Derby
Michael Hicks-Beach
John E
Jesse Collings
Bordesley
Birmingham
Thomas Burt
Morpeth
William Abraham
Rhondda
Wales
Professor Marshall
Sir . Lewis
Bute
Gardury
Ismay
Melite Star Steamship Company
David Dale
George Livesey
Arthur Wellesley Peel
Is Ouse
Lee Well
Bethnal Green
Otice
cCarthy
Govement
Davitt
Parnell
Rome
Napoleon
Victor
Peter
Louls
Eugenie A Plauds
Début of Lady Zetland Tour to Achill Island Ireland
Dwueuty April reports Lady Zetland wife of the Lord lieutenant and Miss Balfour touring Achill island with triumphal arches and crowds. They visited Inniss turk Innissboffin Leenane Letterfrack Kylemore Deradda amid gifts, photography, and wide public enthusiasm as relief funds aid poverty.
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Dwueuty
Zetland
Miss Balfour
Achill Island
Balfour
Innissturk
Innissboffin
America
Pegelc
Ireland
Our
Earl of Zetland
Inniss Boftin
Lady Zetland
Leenane
Letterfrack
Kylemore
Deradda
Times Looks for a Resolution on the Opium Question
The Times notes debate in the House of Commons on the opium issue and warns the government to seize a chance to decide if Parliament is truly moved by sincere policy or a brief wave of cheap Puritanism.
Ring with a Leather Setting Causes Confusion
A jeweler and a patron dispute a ring order with a leather setting. The jeweler retorts the customer asked for a setting with some “sole in it,” implying the design was literal and misunderstood. The exchange highlights miscommunication over craft details.
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Jeweler’s Weekly
Checkers Edwin A Durgin Chess and checker players meet
Boston April 14 1891 notice from Edwin A Durgin editor invites chess and checker players to meetings daily at C Taylors Liberty Square with several game positions and diagrams showing moves and outcomes.
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Edwin A. Durgin
Boston
Mass
Chocas Divan
Tremont St
C. Taylor
Liberty Sq
Chess and checkers notes from the Northern Weekly Leader
Position No. 1536 by Mr. F Tescheloit London Black 10 White draw. Prize problem No. 866 by Mr. Tellum. Old Arctic corrections refined the play. A checker team match at Pastime Checker Club Cambridge St. Saturday 11th inst Captain Durgin Weathersby leading, with each side listing nine boards and scores.
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Mr. F. Tescheloit
London
BLACK
White
Tellum
Leader
J. Aitchison
Old Arctic
Tescheleit
Checker Club
Cambridge St
Dean
Durgin
Weathersby
Barker
Wright
Prominent Clubman Reports Major Loss Over Interprofit Scandal
A Chicago club man says his family lost about a quarter of a million dollars due to the controversial Interportfolio affair linked to the great Daniel Webster figure. He emphasizes the financial hit to his family amid the ongoing affair’s fallout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Mail
Daniel Webster
Debts and Debauchery in a Forgotten US French Payback
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls US payments to France for seized vessels. It charges Daniel Webster with blocking action after a political debauch, noting about 250000 dollars set alight by whiskey fumes and chimney soot as funds were diverted and later paid in full to French claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United Paeree
Cat
Daniel
Congress
Anne
Webster
Lamoke
Butter and Cheese Markets Show Steady Demand and Firm Prices
The market reports butter prices easing to steady levels with strong demand and good sales. Cheese and eggs remain firm amid active milk products trade. dairy receipts and prices show continued strength, while groceries, flour, and grains exhibit mixed movement in regional markets.
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Oston
Roston
Franklin Co
Maas
Vermont
New York
Aimee
New Hampshire
Ghana
Afane
Tolman
Florida
Choina
Sierty
Jersey
Parabase
Martolk
Nortolie
Shane
St. Andrews
Eeiin
Watertown Cattle Market Arrivals and Prices
Weekly arrivals at Brighton and Watertown show cattle 2937 sheep 7834 veals 1730 hogs 23685 horses and cattle prices by weight. Western cattle at 175 dollars per head eastern and northern cattle 762 dollars live weight 25.50 to 7.50 per 100 pounds. Hides and tallow prices listed in cents.
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Brighton
Watertown
Walinaoh
Pleased Her Clothier and Furnisher
A brief dialogue notes a clothier and furnisher pleased a woman with assistance at 11 30, while she resists moving from her seat and claims it a great pleasure.
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Frenchman's Way
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Reece Luttonhole
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Pideroan Collery
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Errol
Rotorua
J. R. Nasmyth
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Perth
Leon
Wis
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Roy
Tatie
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Timor
Lagei Do
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Mala
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Rica
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Jencia
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Timothy
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Fiscar
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