Virginia to send Grant delegation to Chicago says Jorgenson
Special Despatch from Washington April 17 reports Virginia Republicans favor Grant, with Jorgenson noting a five to one margin over anti Grant factions. A southern pick for vice president is discussed, favoring Key, while stalwarts oppose a southern ticket. House debates an anonymous letter in the Donnelly Washburne case and adjourns after votes on Indian affairs and a deficiency bill.
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Murder at Frisco Chinaman Ah Lung Dies in Cell
A Boston Globe despatch from San Francisco reports the murder of Severance by a Chinaman named Ah Lung. He dug a grave under a setting hen nest, lured investigators with a staged scene, and killed Severance with an axe. Ah Lung later hanged himself in his San Rafael cell during Severance’s funeral, avoiding execution.
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Grant and Blaine: The Sun’s Worcester Convention comments
The Sun’s editorial columns decry Grant’s party control as states shift to favor the Republican cause. It argues Blaine and Edmunds shape delegates where Republican ballots determine electoral votes and cites Texan, Missouri, and Kentucky reps guiding Massachusetts and Iowa. It also notes Blaine’s attack on Massachusetts backfired and criticizes his rhetoric as overreaching.
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New York Sun
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Texas
Missouri
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Iowa
Mr. Blaine
Senate
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Capitol
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Penobscot
Mysterious disappearance amid New Haven voyage
Miss Ellen Wynn, an Irish girl, sailed on the City of Richmond from Queenstown to New York with a young man. She vanished Thursday before reaching port, after dinner, while all parts of the ship were searched. No evidence of accidental overboard or self-harm was found, and the accompanying young man also disappeared upon arrival.
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Inman Line
Queenstown
New York
Miss Wynn
Ishmael Jones
Iss Wynn
New Haven
Fall River Teacher Arrested for Bond Theft in Three States
Miss Mary Harris of Fall River, long a respected schoolteacher, was arrested in New Bedford on a charge of stealing 1400 in government bonds from her grandmother in Fall River. She allegedly obtained a 2500 demand note in Westerly and tried to negotiate it in Providence, then sold bonds to a banker for 1300 and used 800 to help a family family.
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Fall River
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Westerly
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Bennett plans two cent morning newspapers belt
The Chicago Tribune reports James Gordon Bennett aims to launch a chain of two cent daily papers from New York to the Pacific coast. John Russell Young travels the Midwest to arrange operations, with West Coast expansion planned. Backed by Bennett capital, the papers would join the Herald telegraphic system and stay politically independent.
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Chicago Tribune
James Gordon Bennett
New York
Pacific Coast
Buffalo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
San Francisco
John Russell Young
West
Bennett
Herald
Summer Boarders Ad Request From New England Towns
If you want summer boarders and live in any New England town send your ad dress at once to Tuk Boston Daley GLOBE Boston Mass.
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Tuk
Boston Daley Globe
Boston, Mass
Boston Daily Goops
Boston
Mass
Boston Daily Glopt
Czarist Cooks Accused of Poison Plot and Naval News
Reports from Paris and St. Petersburg recount an alleged poisoning attempt on the czar by palace cooks, arrests of assistants, and a royal note praising loyal subjects on the twenty fifth anniversary. The dispatch notes political unrest among the nobility and a chaotic scene in czarist authority with growing Nihilist influence.
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The
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Heuvessie Journal
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
A Morrible Crime in Paris and Other 19th Century News
Paris reports a four year old girl brutally murdered by a sailor named Meneslow in Rue Grenelle. Crowds tried to lynch him as he was escorted to prison. Also noted: Dr Lyon Playfair re-elected MP for Edinburgh Universities, Dr Kenealy dies, Lord Beaconsfield resigns, Afghan road blockade, Dean Stanley on Napoleon memorial, loss of Atalanta search, anti government plots in Paris, and possible new US cardinals at Rome with Germany-Vatican accord.
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Lyon Playfair
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Dean Stanley
London
Napoleon Memorial
Westminster
Louis Napoleon
M. Leon Say
United States
Rome
Germany
Vatican
Desperate Outlaw Kills Officer in Caledonia Shootout
Forger and outlaw Harry English killed Constable Wrenth and wounded Constable Volmer during a St Marys pursuit at Caledonia Elk County. A posse from St Marys tracked him to his house where he shot then fled to the woods before being wounded in the leg by District Attorney Mersell. State Volunteers Company H mobilized to capture him.
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Penn
Caledonia
Elk County
Harry English
St. Mary’s
English
Wrenth
Volmer
Justice Burk
Mersell
Company H
State Volunteers
Stone Mason Conroy from Erie Cured at Dismont Asylum
Daniel Conroy a stone mason from Erie Pennsylvania who went insane about three weeks ago over the fifteen pee has been confined at the Dismont asylum near PirrsBuRG and is now cured according to local reports dated April 16.
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Penn
Daniel Conroy
Erie
Dismont Asylum
Hill scandal letter claims Raymond plotted to ruin senator
Senator Ben Hill of Georgia outlines in a letter a complex plot by Jessie Raymond and conspirators to ruin him with false paternity claims and public scandal. He accuses national newspapers and treasury officials of backing the scheme and vows to uphold his duties despite threats to his safety and career.
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Ben Hill
Georgia
James M. Mobley
Raymond
Atlanta
Senator Hill
Washington
Jessie Raymond
Nee Ray
Politi
Chinese Right to Labor Ruling Strikes Down California Act
In San Francisco the US Circuit Court ruled the California anti Chinese employment law unconstitutional, citing the United States China treaty and the fourteenth amendment. Judge Sawyer abstained from a written opinion, while Judge Hoffman issued the decision, noting potential appeal to the Supreme Court and General Butler’s readiness to handle the case for the people.
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United States Circuit Court
San Francisco
Tiberia Parrott
California
Sawyer
United States
China
Hoffman
United States Supreme Court
Butler
Thieving Tramps Nabbed After Freight Car Break-In
Four alleged thieves from Boston, Troy, Baltimore, and New York broke into a freight car near West Paterson New Jersey to steal dry goods worth thousands. A motioned struggle with rail workers occurred during a moving train. Detected and captured, James Wilson Thomas Folley John Sullivan and John Golden were tried in Paterson and given three year state prison sentences.
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Sufferns
Brown and Sheehan
Jersey City
Paterson
Buckalow
Billiard match in Paris ends with Vignaux victory
In Paris on April 14 M Vignaux resumed his 35th inning from 1451, scoring 107 and 193 before winning by 243. Siosson totaled 3118.3. Vignaux challenged Cook and Roberts to play for 1600 a game.
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Vignaux
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Roberts
Dress at Once to The Boston Daily Goops
A brief call to action appears urging readers to prepare attire promptly for an event staged by The Boston Daily Goops in Boston Massachusetts. The exact nature of the gathering remains unspecified in the fragment.
Albany Apple Barrel Bill Leads Uncle David to Dance Lesson
An Albany despatch recounts Assemblyman Uncle David Gray meeting Judge Slate in a Capitol room during an Apple barrel debate. Gray, famed for Mohawk Valley dancing, learns a stage figure from Slate taught by Billy Florence, then mistakes the actor for the congressman, ending with a lively supper and a cider toast.
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New York Sun
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Committee On Internal Affairs
W. J. Florence
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Oneida
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Doug. Levine
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Delavan
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Lcan
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Mr. Florence
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Geneenn
Slate from hidden veins behind bars described for coins
The article explains slate sources and how it is worked, noting a common type known to Bostonians found in small detached veins behind bar-room counters. It is typically enclosed in wooden uprights and requires substantial working to perfect. no quicksilver or nimbled sixpences are needed for amalgamation with the ore.
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Tax Globe
Hanging tap slate creates odd beer joke in mining tale
A fragment describes large chunks of slate called hanging tap found by miners and notes its quirky relation to a reporter and Shakespeare. It mentions the yield dwindling after two weeks and jokes about theater receipts versus sheriff's execution payments with a quip about to beer or not to beer.
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Shakespeare
Destructive Storm Hits Ohio Maryland West Virginia
Cincinnati reports heavy rain and high winds causing major damage across Ohio and West Virginia. Barns roofs and walls blown away, rail facilities and offices unroofed, trees toppled, and church steeples felled in Newark New Philadelphia Canal Dover Milford Centre Lebanon Wheeling and nearby towns. Snow also blankets California Wisconsin and Milwaukee with rail disruptions and wrecks amid the season’s severest storms.
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Newark
Scott & Co
Gas Works
New Philadelphia
Canal Dover
Milford Centre
Lebanon
Lebanon House
Wheeling
W. Va
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad
Zion Methodist Episcopal Church
Bellaire
Bridgeport
Martin's Ferry
Plumed Knight Blaine Faces Senators In Court Affair
In the senate on Tuesday a heated exchange unfolded between Senator Blaine and Senators Thurman Bayard and Carpenter. Thurman attacked Blaine's legal grounding while Blaine cited Caleb Cushing to uphold his position. Carpenter challenged the authenticity of Cushing who supposedly authored the cited letter. Blaine retorted that Carpenter imagined Blaine pleads in a common pleas court.
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Senator Blaine
Bayard
Thurman
Carpenter
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Jaine
Caleb Cushing
Mr. Blaine
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Common Pleas
Secretary Evarts Reports on China and Great Britain Talks
Secretary Evarts transmits to Congress a statement on negotiations with China and Great Britain over the Chinese question. The note notes concerns about immigration to the Pacific coast and the contract system, urging frank discussion with China to ease tensions while preserving existing treaties and favorable relations. It cites incomplete negotiations and says publishing the correspondence would be incompatible with public interests.
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Great Britain
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Evarts
Destructive Storm Hits Ohio Indiana and Kentucky
A fierce storm sweeping southern Ohio, southern Indiana, and Kentucky caused widespread damage. In Dayton signs and sheds were wrecked, Wheeling depot roofs damaged, Canal Dover rolling mill ruined, and Cameron and Co. blocks unroofed. Princet on Crofton area saw bridges down and structures destroyed. A woman named Stevens reportedly killed by a falling dwelling.
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Kentucky
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W. Va
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Canal Dover
Tuscarora Agricultural Society
la Fortsmouth
Cameron & Co
Rivenna
Reed
Princeton
Crofton
Stevens
Hopkinsville
Rivals Slay Peasant and Bride in Roumelia
A Roumelian farmer wed a Gypsy girl but was slain by rival Gypsy youths on his wedding night. They bound him and sawed him in two while the wife was strangled. The tribe fled that night and authorities have not yet captured the culprits. Protests arise in San Francisco over Wells Fargo express letter service. California business groups urge reversal and ask Congress to intervene.
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Wells, Fargo & Co
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Pacific Coast
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Congress
Man seeks details on 15-puzzle prize from Westernville mayor
A Westernville New York resident writes to Mayor Prince asking for information about the 15-puzzle. He believes it is a Boston affair and wants to know the prize amount and the conditions. He asks for an explanation and an answer from the mayor.
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Westernville
Oneida County
New York
Prince
Boston
Death Toll Soars From Berkley Powder Works Blast
A massive explosion at the giant powder works near Berkley across the bay killed twelve white men and twelve or fifteen Chinese workers, with many more missing or blown to atoms. The blast, likely caused by careless hammering, shattered six houses, sent debris into the bay, and left extensive destruction. Coroner officials and workers surveyed the scene as thousands of pounds of powder remained intact nearby.
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Berkley
Bay
Jacob Vandelen
Augustin Fisher
Peter Shaughnessy
Joseph Kegan
Philip Lambert
Fleming's Point
Sheep Island
Hamilton
Cadet Whittaker Topic Sparks West Point Outrage Discourse
Rev Justin D Fulton argues at Brooklyn talk that West Point's treatment of Cadet Whittaker reveals deep anti Negro bias among students and faculty. He cites past abuses of colored cadets including James Webster Smith and quotes from President Grant era. calls for investigation and restoration to West Point.
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Brooklyn
Justin D. Fulton
West Point
Fulton
Whittaker
National Academy
Benedict Arnold
Washington
James Webster Smith
Fred Grant
Colonel Grant
President Grant
Mr. Clarke
Hartford
Smith
Fraud on the Treasury: forged letters of administration exposed
A treasury probe uncovers a man using forged letters of administration to obtain duplicate U.S. bonds. The duplicates were redeemed after falsified papers, while the true owner reappears demanding redemption of the original bonds. Authorities question need for special appropriation.
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Treasury Department
WaAsaInoron
Treasury
United States
Rich Gold Discovery Reported in Wisconsin
Ashland Wisconsin April 19 rich gold washings with pans have been made on Browns ville creek between Marengo river and Silver creek. The Ashland supervisors are building a ram there. The Chicago Times and New York Graphic have men on the spot and Ashland is in a tremendous state of excitement. The richness of the placers seem authenticated and lands are being bought up fast.
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Silver Creek
Chicago Times
New York Graphic
Four Men Reported Hit by a Landslide Near Mineral King
A Visalia dispatch from SAN Francisco dated April 19 reports a landslide at Mineral King that crushed the Empire wine boarding house. One report says fifteen men are missing, four are known dead, while other advices say all are alive but several badly hurt.
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Republican conventions tally in nineteen counties report
The Enquirer claims Republicans held conventions in nineteen counties with fourteen for Sherman and five for state ticket. The Democratic paper denounces Republican prospects and urges readers to heed Boston Daily Globe analysis.
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