Attempt on General Melikoff shocks St Peterspur
In St Petersburg General Melikoff, newly named military dictator, is shot at by a young man who surrenders after the act. The attacker claims accomplices in a broad Nihilist conspiracy and warns the ruler of continued threats amid a tense city.
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St. Peterspure
Melikoff
St. Petersburg
Winter Palace
Melkoff
Bmietetaky
St. Petrisburg
Modetzky
Aielikoff
Commission of Supreme Control
SS. Peter and Paul
Neva
TILDEN'S DECISION. He Resolves to Compete for the Demo cratic Nomination
Washington dispatch reports from New York say that Mr. Tilden will seek the Democratic nomination. The piece notes past doubts about his retirement but asserts he now intends to run. Victory hinges on carrying New York. the piece urges aggressive organization in New York City and state.
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Tilden
New York
Cincinnati
Huge railroad lobby scheme aims to sway Albany vote
In Albany on March 8, reports claim railroad firms plan to flood the capital with lobbyists and agents to block Hepburn anti freight discrimination legislation. Alleged moves include 5000 free passes and free board plus drinks for workers during the week, with fresh detachments arriving daily to press lawmakers. If this tactic is used, supporters of the bill intend a counter demonstration.
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Albany
House
Senate
Land of Steady Mabuse in Connecticut Crime Wave
A New York Sun report surveys a Connecticut crime wave touching clergy, a derelict aristocrat, and church members. It details poisoning trials, indictments for murder by a clergyman’s wife, and couples jailed for life for lethal poisoning to preserve affairs, with Yale scholars analyzing the state’s executions.
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New York Sun
Connecticut
Puine
Yale College
Chess Association Bars Grundy for Life in Bribery Charge
New York March 6. A meeting of the American Chess Association, chaired by President Colonel Fellows, acted on charges against William Preston Ware Jr and James Grundy. Grundy is barred for life from any association games or tournaments, Ware to receive a reprimand letter from the president, with further steps noted regarding Ware's communications and a potential broader conspiracy involving a congressman.
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New York
American Chess Association
Colonel Fellows
William Preston Ware, Jr
James Grundy
Ware
Grundy
Congress
Douglas the Ute Chief Tries to Escape
Douglas the Ute chief confined at Fort Leavenworth makes a bold dash for freedom. Guards fire as he is overhauled by a rider and a fight ensues until pursuers arrive. He fears hanging and recalled crowds at stations wanting him hanged.
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Douglas
Fort Leavenworth
Douglass
Death From Hydrophobia After Rabid Dog Bite
CuicaGco reports Charles Neeberger a 51 year old Frenchman died this evening of hydrophobia. He was bitten about two months ago by a dog believed rabid and despite precautions the disease developed in its worst form. His family faced grave danger until he was overpowered and bound by neighbors.
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CuicaGco
Charles Neeberger
Tiny troupe member marries fellow performer here
Colonel Reuben Heere a 33 year old, 34 inch tall member of a Lilliputian troupe, wed Miss Rebecca Meyer 27, 33 inches tall, at the Whitcomb House in the city at noon today. R W Saxe of the Universalist church officiated.
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Roen Ester
Reuben Heere
Whitcomb House
Rebecca Meyer
R. W. Saxe
The
Universalist Church
Theodore Thomas Leaves College of Music
Cincinnati March 6 Theodore Thomas resigns from the College of Music and returns to New York. There is considerable feeling in musical circles over the matter.
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Theodore Thomas
Cincinnati
The
College of Music
New York
Washington News Highlights Ohio Vote Rivalries and Scandals
Washington dispatches discuss looming Ohio vote outcomes among Blaine Sherman and Grant camps. Senate gossip centers on Ben Hill seduction suit with Miss Jessie Raymond and Mrs. Lockwood, while West proposes a new Indian Territory court and Cox's lifeSaving Service bill expanding stations and pensions.
San Francisco Armory Guards Move Chinese Tensions Rise
San Francisco reports guards stationed at armories and Second Regiment arms moved to City Hall amid fears tied to Chinese exclusion debates. General McDowell orders 600 troops, with potential total 1600 plus, while authorities deny specifics. Den Dens’ Denis and protesters loom. Kearney urges restraint yet vows defiance against federal troops.
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San Francisco
McDowell
Washington
Bee
China
United States
Chinatown
Old City Hall
Crises Rise in East as Austria Steps Forward
Berlin reports near eastern crisis as Austria seeks foothold in the east. Prince Nikita of Montenegro accepts territorial exchange under czarist subsidy. Roumanians consider Moldavia joining, while Tyrolese garrisons reinforce. Russia and Germany navigate voter lines, with potential Albanian resistance and railways in South Rumelia planned.
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Lonnox
Berlin
Bosnia
Austria
Novi Bazar
Nikita
Montenegro
Porte
Roumelia
Hapsburgs
Erredenta
Turkey
St. Petersburg
Germany
Russia
France
Rursia
Bribery and corruption in city election plot alleged
Bipperorp March 8 One of the most corrupt plots reportedly by the Republicans to control the municipal election. Democrats and Greenback canvassers in ward work for Republicans with bribes offered up to 80 and 840. Bulldozing used on laborers. Democrats withdraw from polling places with ballots.
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Bipperorp
South
Irish famine relief and Afghan dispatches reported abroad
Overseas items report Abdul Rahman repulsed by Afghan insurgents and British aid to Candahar governor Shere Ali with six pounders and 2000 rifles. Ireland famine letters from four provinces urge relief as clergy praise America, landlords blamed. Also notes on Hartmann case, Irish relief progress, English weavers emigrating, Russia grain trade inquiry, a Paris fire loss, an international dog show, a large gun burst, and a Glasgow boiler explosion killing six.
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Loxpoy
Cabul
Abdul Rahman
Karam
Shere Ali
Candahar
Sporosanos
Roberts
Fevered Plymouth Brings Health Concerns To Light
The naval board inspecting the United States steamer Plymouth in quarantine at Portsmouth reports poor conditions aboard. Deep decayed food debris and stench were found between decks, and much of the woodwork is badly decayed, raising questions about the vessel’s safety and the health of its crew.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Board
United States
Plymouth
German Attends Auction. Divorced Wife Fires Two Sons
In Bloomington Louis Bibel, a German citizen, attended his ex wife’s auction of household goods. She hurled cayenne pepper, and Bibel fought back as Louis Jr and another son fired at him. Police stopped the melee, locking up the mother and sons. In New York, De Borgne Bennett, jailed for distributing improper pamphlets, to be released around May 6 with supporters planning a homecoming and possible steamer charter.
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Bloomington
Louis Bibel
Bibel
Louis, Jr
New York
de Borgne M. Bennett
United States Circuit Court
Albany
Bennett
Postmaster General Letter on Confederate Mail Books Valuation
A message to Congress notes the postmaster general regards Confederate state mail books and papers as valuable but unsupported by funds, estimating possible $25,000 value if claims are later adjusted. In Paterson New Jersey the Odeon theatre was gutted by about 1000 people after managers fled with funds triggering extensive interior destruction and $2000 damage to Ackerman's house.
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Washington
Postmaster-General
Confederate States
Paterson
N.J
New York
Odeon
N. J
Ackerman
Congress
House Special Committee
Start of Six Days Tramp Opens In San Francisco
The six days pedestrian match between Dan O Leary and E P Weston for 5000 a side began at 1 o clock this morning in San Francisco Weston's condition is not optimal while O Leary is in excellent form About 1000 people were present at the start O Leary led from the start and by 8 am the score was O Leary 40 miles 4 laps Weston 37 miles 7 laps
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San Francisco
Weston
Dan O'leary
E. P. Weston
O'Leary
Counterfeit $100 Bills Spread Across Several Banks
The treasury department warns of counterfeit $100 notes circulating against the Revere National Bank Boston Pittsfield National Bank Pittsfield Merchants National Bank New Bedford Second National Bank Wilkes Barre Penn Pittsburg National Bank of Commerce.
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New York
Treasury Department
Revere National Bank of Boston
Pittsfield National Bank of Pittsfield
Merchants’ National Bank
New Bedford
Second National Bank of Wilkesbarre
Penn
Pittsburg National Bank of Commerce
Burglars Hit Dacey's Block in Woodstock Ill
A Wood stock dispatch reports burglars entered Dacey's block in Woodstock early today. They forced entry to two iron safes and one in the office of the American Ex followed by an explosion or fire, details incomplete. The incident occurred around 2 o'clock this morning.
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Woodstock
Ill
Dacey
Blast and Fire Wreak Major City Losses in Block Fire
The press company in the same building was blown open with nitro glycerine and robbed. Fire in Dacey's block and Jefferson's warehouse caused extensive damage. Losses include $2000 to $2800 in Dacey's block, $2500 for the warehouse, $8000 for The New Era printing office, and total damages around $40,000 with several local businesses affected.
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Paris
Mesageric Nationales Company
Dacey
American Express Company
New Era
Bird
Judd
Disappearance and fraud woes rocker Northampton official
In Northampton Massachusetts A P Peck long trusted trial justice and school committee man vanished then reappeared amid new breaches of trust. A servant girl claims $750 wages attached to the homestead. Probate court appoints J C Hammond as administrator for the Hibben estate with bondsmen facing about $12,000 in defalcations plus additional heirs’ shares. The Jerusalem lodge of Free Masons shows intact affairs while Peck had resigned as trial justice prior to his latest disappearance.
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Northampton
Mass
A. P. Peck
James Hibben
J.C. Hammond
Supreme Court
A. Perry Peck
R. T. Hibben
W. Crafts
Br. James Dunlap
James Dunlap
W. H. Stoddard
Rioters Seize Canal Avenue Rails Near Toledo
In Toledo on March 8 a mob opposed a railroad right of way on Canal avenue. Despite an ordinance defeat, workers spiked the track and a crowd attacked rails and ties, flooding the area with mud and debris. Police could not regain control. no serious injuries reported.
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Toledo
Toledo, Delphos and Burlington Railroad
Canal Avenue
Death in St Louis Hotel Ends Stockton Kin Legacy
A guest at the Butaw Hotel in St Louis died by morphine overdose. Identified as K. Stockton, nephew of Commodore Stockton and cousin of Senator Stockton, he had a storied past from the Naval Academy to the Confederate navy, later a Galveston real estate dealer, temperance speaker, and western manager for the United States Trade Journal. He died after a prolonged spree, leaving a widow and three children aided by life insurance. Knights of Honor to manage burial.
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Cuyrence
the Times
St. Louis
Butaw
Stockton
Commodore Stockton
Senator Stockton
Naval Academy
Commodore Terry
Japan
United States Navy
Confederate Navy
Galveston
United States Trade Journal of
Oston
Jefferson Davis
Knights of Honor
War Preparations in China Stir Global Tensions
A Hong Kong dispatch reports heavy Chinese war preparations and extensive arms purchases. The Kuldja dispute worsens, Russian settlements in eastern Siberia are viewed as threats, and China adopts a defiant stance toward foreign powers. England and Russia seek advantage as the czar pressures Japan and sovereignty questions surface over the Soory islands.
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New York
Hong Kong
China
Siberia
Pekin
Russia
England
Asia
Japan
Soorroy Islands
Terrible Boiler Explosion At Milo Me Fatal Injuries
A boiler explosion at Jere Fenno's steam mill near Milo injures three and kills two young locals. Effie Snow and Nettie Gould are among the deceased and survivors face imminent death. Frank Gray of Orrington sustains severe injuries. The blast shifts the engine and boiler and destroys part of the building. In a separate case, Telegraph Companies fight an injunction over line access, with Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph adjusting wires while the U S circuit court order remains in force.
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Bangor
Jere Fenno
Milo
Effie Snow
Stephen Snow
Nettie Gould
Snow
Gould
Frank Gray
Orrington
Telegraph and Railway Companies
Omaha
District Court
Atlantic and Pacific and Western Union Telegraph Companies
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company
McCreary
United States Circuit Court
Red Men Oppose Northwestern Railway Survey
In March near Fort Bartlett on Cheyenne river Indian forces led by Red Shirt deter surveyors from a planned route while at Fort George White Ghost and Brule Sioux forces blocked a second attempt. Bad River road runs through the reservation as three agencies report renewed resistance and a pledge to fight further survey parties.
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Yankton
Oak
Northwestern Railway
Cheyenne River
Fort Bartlett
Red Shirt
Fort George
White Ghost
Bad River
Rat Killing Match in Gotham Highlights Terrier Feats
In Gotham New York on March 8 a rat killing contest featured Crib a 22 pound bull terrier killing 50 rats in eight minutes and 100 in twenty five minutes Flora a 20.5 pound bull terrier killed 50 rats in seven minutes and 100 in seventeen minutes Both dogs were bull terriers providing a dramatic display of speed and endurance.
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Gotham
New York
Crib
Flora
The Great Canal and United States Control Claim
The article reports Lieutenant Collins arguing Nicaragua offers greater sailing savings than Panama for a future canal, with distances and days saved shown. It notes U S resolutions asserting American possession and control of any interoceanic route, Monroe Doctrine commitments, the president’s canal message, and Count De Lesseps' meetings with the president.
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WasumneTex
Frederick Collins
House
M. de Lesseps
Panama Canal
Collins
Panama
Nicaragua
Pacific Ocean
North
South America
Maury
Bay of
Vanama
San Francisco
Siedpte
Coblins
United States
Washineton
Inter- Oceanic Canal Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Europe
Monroe
American Continent
Caribbean Sea
Uni
Count de Lesseps
de Lesseps
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Russian Revolutionary Committee
M. Mouravieff
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Moscow
Foreign Office
Revolutionary Executive Committee
Hartimann
London
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Prince Orloff
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Ohio
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Georgia
Supreme Court of
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Jessie Raymond
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Athdayi
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Raymond
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Sherman
Chicago
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Aja Tilden
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Fifteenth Street
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Maine
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Cox
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Eye
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Kearney
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Prince Bismarck
Constantinople
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Bosphorus
James Redpath
Tribune
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Pants
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Macclesfield
Minister of the Interior
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Karl of Prussia
Rome
Glasgow
Fenoon
Mr. Bennett
Confederate States’ Mail Service
O’leary-Weston
Iron Horse
John Bull
Manilla
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Batavia
Australia
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Brito
M. de Lexseps
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