Special Pension Legislation to be Checked and Postage Cut
Washington reports from the Navy Bureau detail 91 ships, hulls, engines, boilers, and expenditures totaling $12,478,435.43 on machinery and outfits since 1862 63. Debates cover pension arrears for Mrs. Hayes, and a two cent letter rate with a surplus in the Post Office. also Garfield claims, Indian coal disputes, bankruptcy, and other congressional actions.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Congress
House
Bureau of Steam Engineering
United States Navy
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Pensacola
Nipsic
Franklin
House Committee On
Post Office
James
Bingham
Lake City Fire Wipes Out Business District
A devastating Lake City fire on a gale swept through the business section Saturday destroying five blocks. Losses reach 400000 with 100000 insured. The Commercial Hotel American Express post office Masonic Hall and Sons of Herman quarters burned. no lives lost and no serious injuries. The postmaster saved all letters and reopened later that day.
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Lake City
Minn
Commercial
American Express Company
Post Office
Masonic Hall
Hall of the Sons of Iermann
Signification of the Aurora forecast by Prof Vennor
The Signification of the Aurora reports Prof Vennor’s reply to U S inquiries. He predicts a cold and wet approach to summer over much of the continent with frosts possible each month for the rest of the year. He notes past Aprils' auroras in Toronto and New York have often been followed by cold wet summers.
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Montreal
United States
Vennor
Toronto
New York
White Slavery in Connecticut Provokes Norwich Visit
A Norwich man reports finding an entire family working in a cotton mill with a nursing baby on a bench. Parents must bring the infant to the mill daily and keep it inside until night. The piece mocks the New England white slavery talk as Democratic buncombe and ends with a jab about funding watermelons for Southern freedmen.
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Connecticut
New Haven
Norwich
New England
Buncombe
Dr Pierces Golden Medical Discovery for lung and throat cures
If your lungs are near wasted by consumption Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will not cure you but serves as an unmatched remedy for severe coughs and curable bronchial throat and lung affections. Send two stamps for a pamphlet from the World's Dispensary Medical Association Buffalo N Y.
Fated Peru and the Moores Martyrdom in Chilean War
A lengthy analysis argues Peru's defeat stemmed from foreign capital, weak leadership, and internal strife fueled by Pierola and Prado. It details Chilean victory around Lima, economic turmoil from paper currency, and Peruvians counting on the United States for intervention. Commander Moore is portrayed as a scapegoat for naval reverses, with Pierola’s son implicated in the grounding of the Independencia.
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Callao
Peru
Baquadano
Lima
South America
Pizzarro
Thil
United States
America
Blaine, Shiperd & Co
Admiral Lynch
Cerro de Pasco
Pierola
Bay of
Arica
Independencia
Moore
Plea in Sumter County Votes Refusal Case Dismissed
Sumter County pleaded guilty to refusing to count votes in three precincts. Other counts were not pressed. General Morse, counsel, explained conduct. Judge Hand said the government sought a vindication of the law, and no punishment was imposed. They were discharged.
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Sumter
Morse
Hand
Hurlbut's Death Sparks Poisoning Suspicions in Peru
Lima march 29 reports say minister Hurlbut died suddenly while visiting friends and preparing to sail for the United States. An autopsy split over cause with most doctors citing heart failure while two demanded stomach contents be tested for poison. The stomach was sent to the United States for further analysis with the seal kept intact.
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Lima
Peru
Hurlbut
United States
Law
Mr. Hurlbut
Kaine
Raimond
Unsuccessful Bank Raid at Somers Bank Faces Losses
A masked gang failed to breach the Farmers and Drovers National Bank in the Elephant Hotel corner at Somers. The raid woke Mrs Chapman and her sister, who were bound with ropes while the safe’s outer doors were drilled and blown but the inner compartment remained intact. Thieves fled after stealing a horse, wagon and harness, leaving behind tools and explosives. Authorities later learned the attackers escaped with valuables and fled the area after a 4 am alarm. William Bailey owns the bank property, A. B. Thacker is cashier, and George J T Chapman rents the hotel building with several assistants.
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Croton Falns
National Bank
Somers
Elephant Hotel
William Bailey
A. B. Thacker
George
J T. Chapman
Biinafeld
Gulick
Lucky
Stephen Brown
Mormon Leader Accused in Murder Plot Affidavits Reported
New York April 24. Adolph Razin formerly a Mormon in Utah swears George Q. Cannon urged him to murder Aiman W. Babbitt, Utah interior secretary, in 1855. Razin says Cannon pressed blood atonement doctrine and planned Razin join to avenge offences against the church. Babbitt was later assassinated in autumn 1856, Razin believes at Cannon's instigation. The Tribune prints affidavits claiming Razin's veracity.
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Adolph Razin
Utah
Razin
George Q. Cannon
Congress
Ragu
Aiman W. Babbitt
Interior
Cannon
Babbitt
Washington
Ragin
the Tribune
Statement of the Firm's Liabilities Presented to Creditors
Creditors of the Providence Tool Company met to review a liability total of 1 000 594 30 with 853 633 78 in notes payable and assets of 2 690 444 including real estate 513 002 machinery 1 829 422 and 91 403 in company stock which is worthless. A committee was formed to examine and report and to finish stock in process for marketability. The committee members are H R Nightingale Robert Koight H H Thomas Albert KE Tenney and KE H Robinson. The meeting adjourned subject to the committee call. Indebtedness exceeds prior expectations as Providence banks hold about 250 000.
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Providence Tool Company
H. R. Nightingale
Robert Koight
H. H. Thomas
Albert KE
Tenney and KE
H. Robinson
Paper Mill Boiler Explosion in Claremont Kills Worker
A Sugar River Paper Mill boiler exploded at 12 10 this morning wrecking the plant and fatally injuring Warren E Whitney a machine tender He died in the rubble within a half hour The boiler was buried 300 feet into Sugar river Loss estimated over 20000 Whitney leaves a wife no other injuries reported
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Claremont
N. H
Sugar River
Warren E. Whitney
Whitney
New Hampshire
Boton
Desperadoes Try Rob Express Train Near Rincon NM
A West to East Atchison Topeka Santa Fe passenger train was ditched near Rincon New Mexico last Sunday night as five armed men attempted to rob the express. Train men and passengers confronted the robbers who fled. The engine baggage and express cars left the track. The fireman was killed and the engineer and Wells Farge Co messenger badly injured.
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Sr. Louis
Kansas City
Rincon
New Mexico
Wells, Farge & Co
A Leap From the Brooklyn Bridge Dare
A Scottish jumper named Robert Donaldson bet $250 to $1000 he could dive from the Brooklyn bridge into the East river and land safely. An agreement set May 14 with Daniel Foster and Richard Kk Fox wagering the same sums that he will succeed. Donaldson has jumped from Highbridge’s parapet, 116 feet above water, with the Brooklyn bridge height about 135 feet at mid span. In Maysville Missouri a tramp claiming James boys fame eluded arrest and was shot dead after a daylong siege by a sheriff’s posse. the tramp was killed after being wounded seven times.
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Robert Donaldson
Tain
Scotland
Brooklyn
East River
Police Gazette Office
Donaldson
Daniel Foster
Richard Kk
Fox
Highbridge
Brooklyn Bridge
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Maysville
James Boys
Charles Alkire
Tragedy in Pennsylvania Ends in Double Murder Suicide
In Emporium on April 24, Preston Gowers shot and killed his brother in law Clarence Linsley. He then returned home and killed his wife by cutting her throat before shooting himself. Gowers had been regarded as a peaceable citizen.
Girl chambermaid dies in court after robbery charge
Jennie O'Brien age 18 arraigned in Jefferson Market Police Court on a charge of robbing a guest room at the Sturtevant House of $3000 while employed as a chambermaid. She collapsed and died from shame and mortification after denying the charges.
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New York
Jennie O’brien
Jefferson Market
Sturtevant House
Paris Suffrage Apathy and a Circus Rider's Death
Paris readers are reminded of low municipal turnout with abstentions at major cities, while Emilie Loisset the Cirque Detais rider dies after a fall during rehearsal. Noble mourners attend her funeral as Prince Reuss leads tribute. Darwin dies in London after a storied scientific career. The dispatch notes the era’s unrest, royal processions, and international reactions across Madrid London and Paris.
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Toulouse
Lyons
Marseilles
Rouen
Sieele
Emilie Loisset
Cirque
Clotilde
Princess von Reuss
Prince Reuss
France
Irish unrest and arrests during strike across Dublin
A strike by colliers triggered rioting with property damage. Auniee Kirke of the Ladies' Land League in Dublin was arrested at Tulla by order of Mr. Clifford Lloyd. Reports place seven cavalry regiments, twelve artillery batteries, three engineer companies, and thirty-two infantry battalions in Ireland. Reynolds alias Rev Mr Lemeseurier, among those arrested in London for the Hatton Garden post office robbery, claims Chicago origins.
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Ladies’ Land League of
Dublin
Tulla
Clifford Lloyd
Ireland
Reynolds
Mr. Lemeseurier
London
Hatton Garden
Chicago
Harmony Mills closed at Cohors amid labor unrest
Labor trouble spreads across several towns as Harmony Mills at Cohors New York shut down with 2500 workers affected. Police patrols in place, pay to be issued for those on notice while others await regular payday. Pro rally and committees reorganized as strikes press for 10 percent wage cuts.
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Cohors
N. Y
Mohawk
Fall River
Steamship Lydian Monarch Tragedy Haunts New York
April 24 report recounts misery aboard the steamship Lydian Monarch bringing 884 emigrants to New York. Dudley Wood chartered Nemesis for emigrants to London, then failed to shelter them. Seven died at sea including Mrs Eva Labala who gave birth to twins before dying. two infants survived under Mrs Warner’s care. Names of other deceased listed: Karl F Joaanesen Oscar D Johanesen Peter Jacobson August Albin Henry Padbury James C Game.
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Wray
Clara B. Warner
Europe
London
Jolanesen
Karl F. Joaanesen
Oscar D. Johanesen
Peter Jacobson
August Albin
Eva Labala
Henry
Petition Granted for Universalist Minister Powers Set Free
James C Powers, once sentenced by Justice Ely for ten months at the house of correction on vagrancy charges, was pardoned by Governor Long. Influential ministers including Rev Dr Miner lobbied, citing Powers education in New York and Brooklyn Universalist ministry before his Vermont and Massachusetts pulpits. His wife’s death drove him from ministry to journalism and later to tramp life. now he may find a good position thanks to support from friends.
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James C. Powers
Ely
House of Correction
Long
Miner
Powers
New York
Brooklyn
Vermont
Massachusetts
North American Review
Philadelphia
Runners report McMaster and six Mexicans killed at Eagle Creek
From Tucson April 24 a Eagle Creek party states McMaster and six Mexicans died there as Indian raiders destroyed freight shot horses and burned wagons. Other reports claim ten Mexicans died including McMaster’s wife and children and that troops found bodies warm upon arrival.
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Aln
Eagle Creek
McMaster
Safford
Natze
Jub
Newland
McMurren
Party
San Carlos
Loco
New Orleans Letter Tenders Thanks for Presidential Message
A New Orleans Cotton Exchange note to President Chester A. Arthur commends his Congress message and the Mississippi valley’s vast interests. It praises his appreciation of the valley’s deprivations from recent floods and urges renewed national effort. Texas Train Rubbers Again at Work.
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New Orleans
Chester A. Arthur
United States
Washington, D. C
Texas
Crop Reports From the South Forecast Mixed Yields
A cotton firm in the city received a New Orleans letter noting Texas may see a 20 percent crop rise but likely not exceed last year. Corn and cereals are expected to be large, while the rest of the Southern belt shows 30 to 40 percent less cotton. Fertilizer use declines as water recedes and planters prepare seed stock.
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New Orleans
Texas
Cotton Belt
Bnot
Blaine Testifies In Blistering Blast At Probe
Ex Secretary Blaine testifies before the House foreign affairs committee on the Peruvian company and Cochet and Landrean claims. He brands Shipherd an unmitigated liar, cites forged opinions, and swears to strong culpability, while a clash with Belmont ends the session.
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Washington
Blaine
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Maine
State Department
Mulligan
Shipherd
Molly Maguire Story Shocks Pennsylvania Village
Elias Klinger a notable Mifflin Schuylkill county resident faces arson and threatening letter charges tied to Molly Maguire activity. A burned George Wagner barn preceded threats to his family, prompting detective work and Klinger's arrest after a tramp detective identified him near the scene. He is 55, married with a large family and owns a flour mill.
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Peno
Mifflin
Schuylkill County
Elias Klinger
George Wagner
Wagner
Klinger
Alarming Instance of Their Immorality in Hooper Scandal
New York Tribune reports ex Congress delegate Hooper and family in Washington receive notice a government suit over 300,000 feet of timber taken from public land. Hooper admits taking timber tied to railroad land, offers to pay, cites 600,000 extra feet. Secretary Kirkwood considers writing to drop suit. case highlights timber lands access for settlers and public works.
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Hooper
Washington
Salt Lake City
Kirkwood
Congress
Ee Kirkwood
Attorne
Looper
West
Portuguese lad brutalized aboard bark Veronica near Fayal
A Portuguese youth on the Veronica was beaten by the cook a day out from Fayal, then scalded with boiling water. He endured severe injuries and pleaded for help in Fall River. Boston court declined action since the cook was not an officer and no weapon was used.
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Fae River
Veronica
Fayal Island
New Bedford
Fall River
United States District Court
Boston
Whiskey Flood Bursts Broadford Distillery Warehouse
A large bonded warehouse at the Broadford distillery in Fayette county Pennsylvania collapsed around 2 am Thursday under the weight of 4200 barrels of whiskey. Hundreds of barrels fell, liquor ran into the Yough river, bystanders used buckets to recover it, and many drank the flowing liquor. Loss estimated at several hundred barrels.
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Broadford
Fayette County
Penn
Restless Life Sermon Warns Of Loss In Child Rearing
Fragmentary 19th century text urges vigilance over children and family bonds. References warn mothers and friends to protect young girls and brothers, noting the fragile life of Victoria and noting sleepless concerns amid teething and growing pains.
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Victoria
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