Murder at East River Hotel Recalled as Jack the Ripper Case
News notes a sensational New York homicide likened to Jack the Ripper. Carrie Brown known as Old Shakespeare, murdered at the East River Hotel. Autopsy suggests strangulation and knife mutilation, with investigation naming several suspects but offering little conclusive evidence.
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New York
Jack the Ripper
London
East River Hotel
Carrie Brown
Old Shakespeare
William F. Jenkins
Bellevue
Stawley
Shakespeare
Jeff Wlvi
Caroline Montgomery
James Brown
H Win
Salem
Mass
Down
Lawson
Island
President's visit sparks grand border reception at Del Rio
The presidential party rode through El Paso and Del Rio with a boisterous welcome from residents and Mexican officials. A 21 gun salute marked the moment as Gov. Carrillos of Chilimahua welcomed the United States leader, amid flags, arches, and a cross-border celebration.
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el Paso
Tex
San Antonio
del Rio
Mexico
Goy
Currillo
Chilmahua
Rangel
Second Zone
Diaz
United States
Rio Grande
Carrillos
Chilimahua
Uarez
Arizona
Pinkerton Men to Guard Coke Regions and Labor Clash
About 600 Pinkerton detectives will be brought into the coke region to oversee resumption efforts at Frick and McClure works as 500 to 600 Italians are dispatched to the sites. In Leisenring No. 3 a Hungarian woman attacked Sheriff McCormick, wounding him in the hand. the sheriff fired, injuring a woman and a man during confrontations as deputies carried out evictions amid a volatile crowd.
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ScoTtpark
Penn
Pinkerton
Frick and McClure
McCormelok
Leisenring
Ashko
McCormick
Aap
Op. Ande Ion
Lynched by Soldiers Over Murder of Comrade in Wana Watta
Private Hunt, who killed Private Miller, was shot by soldiers from the garrison in the courthouse yard after word spread of a planned lynching. The attack followed intelligence that an attempt to lynch Hunt would be carried out at Wana Watta on the night. Fourteen bullets struck Hunt in the body and head, ending the vigilante threat.
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Blandford
Col. Compton
Hunt
Court House
Miller
Ian
Unt
Wana Watta
Wash
D. J Hunt
Moen of Washburn & Moen Dies in Worcester
Philip L. Moen, president and treasurer of the Washburn & Moen wire firm, died at Worcester of paralysis. Known for practical benevolence, he supported charitable and educational causes. His link to the mysterious “Doc” Wilson and payments totaling over $300,000 were noted, with Wilson tied to unsavory affairs in Uxbridge Mass.
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Philip L. Moen
Washburn & Moen
Worcester
Union Church
Moon
Doc” Wilson
Mr. Moen
Wilson
Moen
Baltimore Hosts Worcester Light Infantry and 6th Massachusetts
The Worcester Light Infantry and veterans of the 6th Massachusetts Regiment were feted with hospitality by Baltimore citizens last week. The 6th Massachusetts, whose 1861 Baltimore passage sparked brutal street clashes, were warmly received before proceeding to Washington for three pleasant days.
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Worcester Light Infantry
6Th Massachusetts
Baltimore
Massachusetts
Washington
Immigration Evasions Seen as Immigrant Flow Shifts
Washington April 23 The Treasury reports a letter from G G Benedict Burlington VT noting no arrivals yet in his district of European immigrants via Canada but warning of possible evasion as navigation resumes on the St Lawrence River Immigrant Inspector Henry says 43 carloads arrived at Montreal in the 10 days to April 17 aboard steamers to Halifax about one third bound for Western U S and the rest for British Columbia Benedict suggests stationing an inspector at Montreal could help stop violations.
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Treasury Department
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Burlington
United States
Dominion of Canada
Opapa
St. Lawrence
Henry
Canadian Pacific Railway
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British Columbia
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New York
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Col
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Talmage
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Bridgeport
Conn
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Hingham
Mass
Nort St
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First Baptist Church
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Order of Hibernians
Bennington
Edgartown
Woods Hall Wrecking Company
Lydia Skoffield
Newport
Dover
James Conley
Ham
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Willie McNulty
John McNulty
Adams
Whipple
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Munsonville
N. H
Keene
Lagrippe
George Fogg
Etna
Etna Pond
Helen
Fogg
Chicopee River
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Shuragey
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Winge Te
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Allen
Pugilistic Mayor of Long Island City Compromises Suit
George R. Crowley, agent for the New York Associated Press, sues Patrick J. Gleason, mayor of Long Island City, for 10000 in damages over an assault. The suit was settled when Gleason paid 1000 to discontinue. Gleason had previously been indicted, convicted of third degree assault, and jailed five days with a fine.
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New York Associated Press
Long Island
Patrick J. Gleason
Long Island City
Gleason
Mr. Crowley
Mi 8
Hunter's Point
Mo Priegnent
U S Tops Britain in Iron and Steel Output in 1890
General Manager Swank of the American Iron and Steel Association reports that the United States led in iron and steel production in 1890. Pig iron reached 9,202,703 gross tons, about 1.2 million tons more than Britain. Bessemer ingots totaled 3,688,871 tons, nearly 2,000,000 tons above Britain, and Bessemer rails 1,867,837 tons, about 1,000,000 tons more. Open hearth steel lags Britain, but remains the key area where the U S ranks second.
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Philadelphta
Penn
Swank
American Iron and Steel Association
United States
Great Britain
Bessemer
Mystery girl found wandering in Hamtroop streets
A barefoot, bareheaded yet well dressed young woman was found wandering in Hamtroop, Conn. Police seek her identity as she refuses to speak. She mutters, I love, I love, I love, while touching gown buttons, suggesting possible drugging and desertion.
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Hamtroop
Conn
Population of Maine in the 1890 Census
Washington April 26 Sept Porter of the census bureau issued a bulletin on Maine population. State total 661,086, up from 648,936 in 1880, a 1.87 percent rise. Seven counties fell, Lincoln county declines 14.49 and 11.88 percent, Aroostook rising 18.02 percent with 7889 more people. Twenty six cities and towns report 4000 plus residents.
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Washinoton
Porter
Census Bureau
Maine
Lincoln
Aroostook
Indictments in Morrilltown Ballot Box Stuffing Case
Federal grand jury indicts Walter C. Wells R A Baird Green Roberts Wood Rainwater and C Bell for stuffing ballot boxes and falsifying returns at Morrilltown Ark last congressional election where Breckinridge and Longly ran Rainwater and Bell served as clerks of election and others as judges. Also notes Gen Grant birthday observances in Boston immigrants landing at New York barge office record, a Wilmington divorce suspension, and unrelated local incidents.
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Little Rock
Ark
Federal Grand Jury
Walter C. Wells
R. A. Baird
Green Roberts
Wood Rainwater
C. Bell
Morrilltown
Breckinridge
Longly
Rainwater
Bell
Sawyer Peshall
New York
American Kennel Club
Buena Vista Tunnel
Colorado
St.ohn
N. B
Nellie McAllister
Ethel Allen
John Callaghan
Royal Military Academy
Kingston
Ont
Cape Vincent
N. Y
United States
Anid Melmans
Brooklyn day ends in tragedy and unrest across cities
Fragmentary reports describe a fatal incident after a vacant pie event and a string of unrest. Other items include strikes, arrests, fires, and political moves across New York and beyond.
Formulas for Corn and Potatoes Use and Proportions
A reader asks for right manure for corn and potatoes on sandy soil and per acre mixtures. Andrew H. Warp suggests a corn mix of 1400 lb fine ground phosphate, 800 lb nitrate of soda, 300 lb soda ash, and 2000 lb additional mixture per acre, totaling about 822.50 lb phosphate, 18% phosphoric acid, 21.4% nitrogen, and 12% soda. The mix is spread broadcast and harrowed in, not drilled in the hill.
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The
Globe
W. B Monmouth
Andrew H. Warp
Devonshire St
Boston
Mass
Puck Teases About Beer and Poker Etiquette
In a terse exchange, Puck jokes about beer and poker, mocking the idea of players using wrong terms. The dialogue shifts to a quip about catching crooks, reflecting a playful, wry tone.
Rome Explodes Powder Magazine Nearby Causes Disaster
At 7 am a massive explosion rocked Rome collapsing the Parliament cupola and damaging the fort and Vatican windows. The Pozzo Pantaleo magazine held 250 tons of powder. Civilians, soldiers, and clergy were injured or killed. Humbert I aided the wounded as Italy’s cabinet traveled to the scene.
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Rome
House of Parliament
Pozzo Panteleo
Ng Humbert
Italy
Tallan
Marquis di Rudini
Iny Humbert
Vatican
St. Peter’ Basilica
St. Ter
St. Paul's Church
Britain's Little Wars in Gambia Trigger British Gunboat Action
London reports an outbreak of unrest in Bathurst Gambia as the native king allegedly orders the seizure and mutilation of a British envoy. Three gunboats have ascended the Gambia River to avenge the assault and restore order, signaling a new local conflict for Britain in West Africa.
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London
Bathurst
Gambia
Great Britain
Bia
Gilbert Thomas Carter
Page
Gambia River
British Advance Burns Villages in Manipur Engagement
Information from Simla reports British columns under Generals Lockhart and Turner moving on a Manipuri settlement in the Bhagri valley. Scouting parties informed rebels of a peace offer, they refused, troops advanced, 12 villages burned, rebels retreated to the hills, shelling followed, many enemy killed or wounded, peace overtures the next day.
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Simxa
Manipur
Sweet
Portugal Backs Down Under British Ultimatum Over Pungwe
Portugal agrees to allow free passage on the Angwe river after British ultimatum to enforce access under the modus vivendi with England. Portuguese cabinet acts amid pressuring show of force and seizure of two British cargo boats connected to the Willoughby expedition.
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Lrspon
England
Massikesse
Pungwe River
Lord Salisbury
House of Lords
Great Britain
Portugal
Angwe
Free education bill drafted in Britain in April
London reports the free education bill likely to be introduced before Whitsun recess, abolishing elementary school fees after Sept 1, with popular control via elected representation from parents and rate-payers alongside existing managers. It notes Liberal push for universal school boards, Conservative unease over religious questions, and possible autumn dissolution. also reports Gladstone's temper in the Commons over Irish land bill remarks.
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London
Lord Salisbury
House of Commons
Mr. Gladstone
T. W. Russell
Russell
Gladstone
Mrr. Russell
Mir Sanderson Rose
Mr.reese
Unclear language spurs mixed reactions at Font scene
A puzzling encounter, described with unfamiliar phrasing, drew mixed responses. Radicals reacted with approval in part, while Pont Mr. Iledevone’s colleagues appeared tense and uncomfortable during the episode.
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Pont
Sentence of Death on Evicted Tenants and Paris Fund
The National Press headlines Sentence of Death in reference to Mr Redmond's statement at a Tenants Defense League meeting. It condemns Mr Parnell for ending the Paris fund and leaving evicted tenants without money to fight landlords.
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Denim
National Press
McCarthyite
Redmond
Tenants’ Defence League
Renee
Paris
Parnell
Grip halts House committee over illness in rails bill fight
In Lonpong on April 24 the railway bill committee adjourned for a week as disease rots through the canal company towns. Coal workers from Befo and nearby villages suffer from the epidemic with many forced to quit pits daily. Death rate in Great Grn may rise from 12 to 15 per week between attacks.
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Lonpong
House of Commons
Ie Cpany
Be Fona
Grmnaby
Lord Randolph Churchill Leads South Africa Expedition
London reports Lord Randolph Churchill departed by special train on the Garth Castle for South Africa. Capt Giles of the Royal Artillery commands the expedition and has left for Cape Town with stores. The party aims to reach Lashons by mid July and return to England by year end, evaluating emigration prospects cussed with a professional party and Emin relief support.
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London
Lord Randolph Churchill
Garth Castle
South Africa
Giles
Royal Artillery
Cape Town
Crocodile River
Golph
C. Parking
Cid Reels Bneer
Efsaby Uynyd Nyelliams
Lord Randolph
England
Pro Russian Protestants Face Monthly Detachments
In Odessa on April 25 a police and military detachment raided a house where Protestants met for worship. Twenty worshippers were found, five women, all tried for unlawfully meeting for worship and sentenced to two months in prison. Similar raids recur across the Caucasus and remote districts targets of religious suppression.
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Odessa
Kieft
Qeleagiee
Sointy
Caucasus
Russian Ambassador’s Note Tangled in Dardanelles Incident
In Constantinople on April 25 the Russian ambassador M Nelidoff protested the detention on April 13 of the Nishmi Novgorod by Ottoman authorities in the Dardanelles. The note claims safe passage for Russian merchant ships while the Ottoman reply warns other powers may weigh in if Russia acts unilaterally.
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Constantinople
M. Nelidoff
Dardanelles
Nishmi-Novgorod
de Porte
M. Grelidett
Sunk by Torpedo at Caldera Bay in Chile War
The Blanco Encalada ironclad, seized by rebels at the outbreak, was sunk on April 23 in Caldera bay by a torpedo from the gunboat Almirante Lynch. About 200 lives, half the crew, were lost. Rebels now near Valparaiso threaten surrender terms, while government forces report pressure at Iquique.
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Iquique
Chill
Blanco Encalada
Caldera Bay
Almirante Lynch
Congress Party
Caldera
Carrizal
Valparaiso
Perilous Sea Voyage and Rescue Efforts Reported
A wrecked steamer Utopia with many missing and a sea rescue effort unfolds near Cadiz and Rangoon reports share flotations. Separately a mine incident traps miners near Longton, and potato relief measures prompt government action. A Glasgow heiress leaves £70,000 to Salvation Army founder Booth.
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Utopia
Cadiz
Angier
Rangoon
Jobraj
Manipur
Grant
Longton
Staffordshire
England
Amon Mall
Thune Ereen
Bay Deeste
N. F
St. Pierre
Glasgow
Gen. Booth
Salvation Army
Boston Market Notes on Butter Eggs and Dairy Goods
Commercial matters from Boston report steady butter prices amid good demand though receipts are light. Listing expands across Northern and Western creamery butters, extra and first grades, with multiple regional prices and receipts. Also covered are eggs, beans, sugar, flour, grains, coffee, and produce markets with current quotations and existing stock adjustments.
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Northern Creamery
Franklin Co Apy
Vermont
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New York Vermont
Western
New York Extra
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Inne
Yart Akirns
Sears
Fey
Doat
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Baldwins
Maine
Talman Sweet
Florida
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Hebron
Tersay Paxtra
Gabbage
Too
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Norfolk
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Caine
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Fred Siber's Vocal Studies From Oliver Ditson Co
Instrumental advert summarizes Fred Siber's Vocal Studies as disciplined voice training for teachers and pupils. Two parts listed include mezzo soprano vocalises and soprano vocalises with piano, plus Tosti and Geibel songs and other vocal pieces.
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Oliver Ditson
Fred Siber
Len
Paule
Tosti
Geibel
Sainty
Seraphs
Checkers Enthusiasts Meet in Boston Venues
Edwin A. Durgin announces communications to the Chess Divan in Boston. Chess and checker players gather at 210 Tremont Street daytime and evening, and also meet daily at C. Taylors, 118 Water Street.
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Edwin A. Durgin
Boston
Mass
Tremont St
C. Taylor
Water St
Solution of Position No. 1536 by J. Stephenson
A concise study by J Stephenson examines the method and results for Position No 1536. The piece outlines problem setup, approach, and final findings, emphasizing key steps and conclusions with focused detail.
The English Tournament Champion Crowned in Tight Finish
A 23 year old new champion defeated Jordan and Naaema in the semifinals to claim first prize of 20 dollars. Beattie secures second place raising a possible challenge to the title. notes hint at Rio or Yardage as contenders.
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Jordan
Naeema
Londe
Momaen
Beaby
Chame Beattie
Beattie
Rio
Amond
Reed and Hester win Wyllie's forfeit at Divan event
Reed and Hester claimed and were awarded Wyllie's forfeit due to non appearance. The Divan tournament had not started and, given late season, likely will not. No team matches were played at Mc. Deans 185 Cambridge St on last Saturday evening. Noteable play involved Barkarow on Saturday with Barker achieving 27.20 in the Second idle Corner. a friendly Wright versus Grover contest would likely be very close.
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Reed
Hester
Wyllie
Mc. Dean's
Cambridge St
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Bark ‘Arrow
Barker
Wright
Grover
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