Pork Trade Clash Over French Decree In 1881
Washington reports Secretary Blaine instructed Minister Noyes to push admission of American hog products to France. A detailed swine disease report claims European origin for diseases, denying British claims on hog cholera. A telegram to Paris outlines defending U S pork trade against French restrictions.
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France
England
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Austria
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Cramp
Philadelphia
Paris
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Laine
Senate votes on committees as Republican caucus picks resolution
The Senate met and credentials for William S Frye were presented. A motion to indefinitely postpone the Democratic resolution appointing committees failed, producing a tie resolved by the Vice-President's casting vote to postpone. Anthony's ruling later gave the standing committees as per the Republican caucus. Saulsbury objected to the Vice-President's casting vote.
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Pendleson
Anthony
Rhode — Island
Saulsbury
Delaware
Lowan
Finance Committee
Neys
Republicans Move to Oust Incumbent Senators Debated
Washington March 1 Republicans plan to reorganize Senate officers including secretary and chaplain while Democrats hint at blocking steps. Senators Pendleton Garland Hampton and others forecast debate next week with a lively session likely as party lines form and personal views emerge.
Navy Yard Employees Press Eight Hour Law Enforcement
A delegation representing government employees in the navy yards visited the Navy Department to press enforcement of the eight hour work day. Secretary Hunt stated he could not decide the issue immediately, expressing sympathy for labor but duty to the law, and promised careful consideration. The piece also notes a pamphlet on the Chiriqui land grant concessions and a Russia U.S. sympathy telegram from Minister Foster.
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Navy Department
Grant
Huot
Russia
United States
General Foster
St. Petersburg
Senate
Blaine
Washington
Ernest
Alexander Lil
Fosteer
Speculators Warned On Molybdena Field Ventures
A U S newspaper report notes a State Department warning to capitalists about investing in newly discovered molybdena fields near Humber valley Newfoundland. The tract lies in the French fishermen treaty area and may ban any stationary structures. Also mentioned is a 250000 appropriation error in Congress that could derail funding for a pension bureau building in Washington.
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State Department
Valley of
Humber
Bay of Desisies
Newfoundland
Hair-raising run of New Mexico mountain train ends safely
A Las Vegas Optic account details a near-fatal runaway on a New Mexico mountain railroad. Conductor Blessington and crew battled a broken water brake as engineer Jake Brown leaped from a sixty mile hour train. Blessingham and crew then secured the caboose and sanded the wheels to regain control near Jewel basin after a six mile descent.
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N. M
Optic
Blessington
Glorietta Summit
Jake Brown
Brown
Blessingham
Pawnie Charley
Cononcino
Fiendish Crime in South Carolina Lynching Threat Looms
A white 22 year old woman, Miss Cunningham, was attacked by a black man as she walked with her sister near Cun ninghaw. He struck her with a wood, dragged her 150 yards to a swamp, and escaped as rescuers approached. She lies dangerously ill with severe head wounds and one eye beaten out. Lynching is expected if caught.
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Onancreevne
S&c
Cunninghaw
Iis Place
Carver Wins World Pigeon Shooting Championship at Hendon
In the third stage Carver leads with totals 79 to Scots 74 to claim the world championship cup and £650. Scott immediately challenges Carver to a cup contest worth £200 a side within two months. A spectator bets £500 Scott will win. Glass ball scores end with Carver 6505 and Scott 6512 after seven nights.
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Hendon
England
Carver
Scott
Dr. Carver
James Black Hanged After Rope Breaks on Gallows
In Monton Carolina on March 21 James Black was executed for murder after a prior failed hanging caused by a rope break. He faced a second attempt at 1:20 PM that succeeded, with witnesses noting his initial agony and subsequent revival. The governor had not granted clemency.
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Manton
D. C
James Black
Black
Tornado Hits Missouri and Kansas Causes Fatalities
A tornado swept southwest Missouri and neighboring Kansas with rain and hail. In Galena Kay two people died and six were seriously injured as fifteen buildings were demolished. The large tabernacle was destroyed. Joplin saw some damage but Carthage escaped with minor destruction.
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Missouri
Galena
Kay
Missouri Line
Joplin
Dispute Over Hog Cholera Report Between Nations
The United States and Britain exchange sharp letters over hog cholera in Illinois. Secretary Blaine and Sir Edward Thornton seek to correct exaggerated claims from Vice-Consul Crump. The State Department awaits an authoritative denial from British authorities.
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Crump
Ilinois
United States
Blaine
Edward Thornton
State Department
Sir Edward
Rescue at sea as Jamestown sinks with crew saved
In mid ocean eastward, the steamship Ethiopia encountered the Jamestown from St. John N B in a sinking state. A rescue boat reached the crew despite heavy seas before the Jamestown disappeared. Jamestown had earlier suffered gas incidents and a broken rudder. temporary repairs failed. Owned in Richmond Missouri, the 12 year old ship was 1889 tons burden.
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New York
Ethiopia
James
St. John
N. B
Jamestown
Richmond
Northampton Teen Killed in Basket Factory Shafting
Northampton mourns Cornelius Doyle sixteen after a shafting accident at the Northampton basket factory on Wednesday. His body endured five thousand revolutions, each strike reducing him to pulp, in a tragic industrial death that alarms workers and officials.
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Northampton
Cornelius Doyle
Attempted Bombing of London Lord Mayor Prompts Wide Alert
A box of powder found behind Mansion House led to intensified security at Parliament offices and Bank of England. Police say the fuse was near smouldering paper and could have caused serious damage, with investigations revealing possible Irish ties and explosives seized in Leith.
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M.C. Arthur
Scotland Yard
Metropolitan
Parliament
Bank of England
Horse Guards
George Street
Common Council
Count Herbert Bismarck Elopes With Princess Elizabeth of Carolath
Beriis March 16. Count Herbert Bismarck has eloped with Princess Elizabeth of Carolath Beauthen. They arrived at Messina Sicily weeks ago. The Princess is wife of Prince Charles of Carolath Beau then, count of Schonareh and head of a leading Prussian noble family. She is step-sister of Prince Herrman of Hatztgldt. Prince Carolath, 36, has left Parliament for his estates in Sicily and will file for divorce. Bismarck, 2 years old, was former secretary at Berne and to his father. Domestic strife blamed for recent irritability. open secret not yet in print.
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Herbert Bismarck
Elizabeth of
Carolath Beauthen
Messina
Sicily
Prince Charles of
Reichenbach
Count Carolath
Sybella
Prince Carolath
Count Herbert Bismarck
Berne
Prince Bismarck
R A. Croffitt
New York
C. 5. Fowler
Republic
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Third Avenue Street Railroad
Detroit
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Orson
Texas
Riot at Aldershot Involving Irish Regiment
A severe riot erupted in Aldershot on Thursday as the eighteenth royal Irish regiment initiated disturbances with sticks then joined by other Irish soldiers. Mounted police attacked the rioters, bayonets drawn, and several regiments were deployed. Many people were injured, pubs cleared, and rioters captured or rescued. provosts were assaulted. The disturbance lasted about three hours.
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Loxpoy
Aldershot
Eighteenth
Royal Irish Regiment
Kruger calls for arbitration as peace talks loom
Despatch from New Castle Natal transcribes Paul Kruger to President Brand urging a peaceful path. He distinguishes royal inquiries from peace settlement commissions and rejects a jury. favors arbitration, not a royal commission, and insists on Boer autonomy under British protection with troops kept at frontier camps until peace.
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Natal
Paul Kruger
Brand
Orange Free State
George S. Colley
Kruger
Lorses
Lord Kimberley
Sth
Transvaal
England
Dillon Attacks Irish Judges At Woodford Meeting
March reports from Galway describe Mr Dillon denouncing the Irish judges during land meeting remarks. London items note government plans to reclaim Irish lands for thirty acre tenant farms, with opposition expected from Conservatives. Loughlin receives ten year term for the Corker case. Tralee land leaguers trial adjourned to summer assizes.
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County Galway
London
Ireland
Gladstone
Lonpos
Loughlin
Ment
Devon
Sanders
Corker
Castle Island
Kerry
Dublin despatch reports Corkey beating and bounty on relief
A Dublin despatch says farmer Conroy was brutally beaten by a party of men at Corkey with bail allowed for jurors who are mostly league members. Sige Gountyy is expected to live. The emergency council has sent Ulster laborers to Donnell Belmullet for Catholic relief.
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Dublin
Conroy
Corkey
Cou 'Tres
Donnell
Belmullet
Doneral
Professor Hind's Fisheries Allegations Questioned
In Parliament Sir Charles Dilke said representations from Professor H. Y. Hind about the fisheries award were referred to the Dominion government. Hind was told to send further communications there. Dilke stated Hind's allegations were unworthy of serious attention and that giving them currency would serve no purpose.
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Lonnox
House of Commons
Sir Charles Dike
Cader
Alexander MacDonald
Her Majesty
H. Y. Hind
Dominion
Professor Hind
Sir Charles Dilke
Her
Poor Peru Given Over to Lawlessness During War
From Lima reports say the Chilean general ignores the late President TVierola and a provisional government may form. In Salaverry and Trujillo mobs plundered, thirty rioters were killed, peace later returns. Tacna campaign losses stand at eight thousand lives and twenty million dollars spent, to be settled by indemnity or territorial cession in peace terms.
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New York
Lima
Tvierola
Jauja
Salaverry
Trujillo
Tacna
Chili
Officials Enforce Crackdown on Havana Fraud Ring
MAbunio March 19 report: Spanish government orders Captain-General Blanco to aggressively pursue fraudsters in Cuba. Blanco cites $200,000,000 in frauds detected across naval and civil services, with $15,000,000 unaccounted for. Several high officials already arrested in Havana and Matanzas, others implicated but evasive.
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Blanco
Havana
Matanzas
News from Stanley in Africa via Gaboon Missionary
Philadelphia Press prints a December 17 1880 Gaboon report by Count de Braza detailing Stanley’s Congo exploration. He describes feverish conditions, scarce provisions, interactions with natives including a Baptist mission casualty, and a new station amid a highland rail of travel from the Ogowe to the Congo basin.
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Joshpa H. Reading
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Paris
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Asia Minor
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Carinthia
Austria
Rome Flood Devastation Strikes Bridges and Losses
March 21 Rome Georgia reports unprecedented storm floods. The river rose three feet higher than any record, Wooley bridge fifteen miles above Rome washed away, two other bridges lost, property damages set at four hundred thousand dollars. A negro fleeing in a skiff drowned after collision with debris. Business halted, newspapers suspended, rail travel suspended for days, residents move about streets in boats.
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Wooley Bridge
Murder at Valley Force as Burglar Slain by Owner
Samuel Clugston of Valley Force was murdered at about 3 am Wednesday when a burglar pried open a window and entered his home. Clugston, who once owned the Valley Forge Paper Mills, shot the intruder after a struggle and died within a half hour. The attacker fled leaving clothing behind. a man with bloodstained shirt is in custody awaiting police. Also reports indicate Chicago pork packing for the season reached record highs with thousands of hogs processed, marking significant year over year gains.
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Clugston
Valley Forge Paper Mills
Celebrated horse trainer Richards dies in Georgetown
A. Keene Richards died in Georgetown, Kentucky, today of pneumonia. Known worldwide as the polaroes horseman and breeder of thoroughbreds, Richards earned fame across the racing world.
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Louisville
Georgetown
A. Keene Richards
Richards
Polaroes
Tragic end of a father and son in New York
David Smith of Huntington, L. I. has been missing since March 23 and is believed to have killed himself. He was to face arson charges in a Tuesday trial. His father, one of his bondsmen, died by his own hand Wednesday after the news of the son’s disappearance.
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New York
David Smith
Huntington
L. L
Land Swindle Arrests Shake Government Title Trust
Special Agent Tyrrell arrested Robert L. Lindsey a noted lawyer on conspiracy to defraud the government of lands by false deeds. The scheme dating to 1854 involved 1,000,000 plus acres across Missouri and related arrests extend to Cleveland and Pittsburgh figures with more to come. The government hopes to vacate titles and recover lands as investigations widen.
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Tyrrell
Robert L. Lindsey
Wayne
Butler
Hanson
Kinley
Oregon
Carter
Reynolds
Dent
Iron
Missouri
Lindsay
Herman FE
Schuster
Charles Vosel
Charles Newman
Orland Vandiz
John K. Corwin
Cleveland
George Linn
Linndale
Addison F. Burns
H. R. McClellan
Pittsburg
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Robert J. Lindsay
James Lindsay
Irontown
Washington
General Land Office
St. Louis
Land Office
Schurz
Terrill
Wittsburg
Congress
The Famous Dwight Case Settlement of $225000
New York March 21 In the Court of Appeals Justice Folger ruled against several life insurance companies in the Dwight case. Colonel Walton Dwight of Binghamton sought $225000 across many firms in 1878, with autopsy and expert opinions cited. Equitable and Home paid, while others pressed appeals.
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Court of Appeals
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Germania
Washington
Manhattan
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Dwight
Walton Dwight
Binghamton
United States
Equitable of
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Monterier
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Worcester
Mutual of
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Berkshire
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National of
Chicago
Astor House
Insurance
Delafield
Equitable
John Swinburne
Burd
Home
Fire in Kentucky Coal Vein Burns Six Months Near Somerset
A coal seam in Clifty creek cliffs ten miles west of Somerset glows red for miles after being ignited by fox-hunters. The burning stratum, fed by stone coal, has scorched hundreds of yards into the hillside for six months. Locals report night winds, bright illumination of hills and Fishing creek, and a crowd gathering for music near the cave mouth.
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Clifty Creek
Fishing Creek
Reynard
Five White Men Murdered After Apache Mule Theft
A posse of five men Bud Blunt John Marshall A Powell John Hughes and Noah Jackson pursued Apaches who stole eight mules from Bud Blunt’s rancho near Tombstone Arizona. After seven days the Indians ambushed them and killed all five pursuers.
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Col
Bud Hlunt
Tombstone
C. T
Bud Blunt
John Marshall
A. Powell
John Hughes
Alpine
Noah Jackson
Leadville
Chained Lightning Incident At Weed Parsons Engine Room
A young man was injured when he ground scissors near Weed Parsons engine in Albany. The scissors were drawn into the armature of the electric lighting machine powering Whitney Co. store, spinning rapidly and posing serious danger.
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Albany Journal
Weed, Parsons & Co
Whitney & Co
Pearl Street
Torgo
Yung
Spectacular Machine Malfunction Electrifies Room
A brief chaotic event followed by a halted machine shows the danger of unrestrained power. Whirling blades snagged by the armature caused electric arcs that sprayed from exposed wires, momentarily suspending a room in a sheet of light like Fourth of July fireworks before workers finally threw the belt and stopped the perilous display.
Professor Fowler Spat Sparks Divorce Suit In Public
A long searing critique recounts the Fowler marriage turmoil with Professor C S Fowler, dubbed father of phrenology, facing divorce proceedings while his wife Mary seizes his earnings and property. The piece recalls antics, rival claims, and forecasts an unknown fate for Orson as he ends in Texas.
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E. Fowler
Charac
Remarkable Ohio Revival Sparks Disturbing Incident at Coalport
A Coshocton despatch reports a revival near Coalport Ohio at Bethel church. McAfee, a Wolfe farm hand, embraced fervent beliefs and behaved oddly door to door at midnight and in a store, shocking locals. He later pursued Wolfe’s daughter with a knife claiming Christ commanded sacrifice and was confined to the asylum.
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Coshoeton
Coalport
McAfee
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Wolfe
Jeans Christ
Sheriff Severns
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American Free Speech Jonathan Allen Plans Ireland Trip
Jonathan Allen, an Irish American advocate from Holyoke, plans to travel to Ireland next month to speak on landlordism in public and, if needed, by force. He expects arrest and aims to test U S protections for naturalized citizens abroad, starting in Limerick where he believes a reception awaits. He cites prior Fermian era imprisonment and credits for freeing Owera Condon in 1878.
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Jonathan Allen
Holyoke
Ireland
Springfield Republican
United States
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Allen
Owera Condon
Evarts
Condon
England
Manchester
Ma loney Seeks Proof On Sir Roger Claim In Australia
Rev G F Maloney reports himself personally acquainted with the Tichvorne claimant from Sydney in 1854 and believes Arthur Orton or Thomas Castro is Sir Roger. He sent strong evidence to the claimant and offered to prove in person if needed. The letter was returned with State seals and a prison governor said the convict Arthur Orton could not read it.
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Tichvorne
Sydney
Australia
Arthur Orton
Thomas Castro
Sir Roger
Dartmoor
Swedish woman flees employer after violent threat
New York dispatch says a Swedish woman in Montclair New Jersey refused to work for Mrs. Williams and, faced with dismissal, became violent. Two men were summoned to restrain her, she knocked them down, and she escaped by train to New York City.
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Montclair
N. J
Williams
Eleven Year Old Boy Hangs Self in Barn
Leonard Stebbins of Winchester, an 11 year old son of John Stebbins, hanged himself last night by fastening a chain to a beam in the barn. He was described as bright and active. Kerner, March 21.
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Kerner
Leonard
John Stebbins
Winchester
Man’s loose dentures lodge in throat after bite
A Niantic man dropped half of his false teeth while eating and they became stuck in his throat in a way that could not be pulled up. Doctors had to push them down to clear the airway.
Extra Session Hints at Funding Bill Vote and Speaker Hope
An extra session of Congress is likely to center on funding legislation while other business proceeds. Democrats largely back the fifth Carlisle section, opposed by Republicans, shaping a tight vote outlook. Kasson is favored for speaker as talk of Bingham moving from Japan to Vienna circulates.
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Congress
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Senate
Carlisle
Ford
Missouri
Greenbacker
Marsh
Illinois
Russell
North Carolina
Conger
Frye
Fernando Wood
Randall
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Vienna
Bingham
Japan
Republicans Fail To Elect Senate Officers In Pace Of Democrats
Washington March 20 The Senate session tomorrow is expected to be dull with no caucus held by either party on officer elections. Democrats claim unity against changing officers but a few dissenters could derail proceedings and stop Vice President from voting. George C. Gorham notes four Democrats will not back any caucus opposing election by Republicans.
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Senate
George C. Gorham
James R. Young
Rankin
Mahone
Pendleton
Garland
Hampton
Ransom
Jones
Florida
Allisbury
David Davis
National P Press Association
New York
Cers
Washmetos
Drowning Victim’s Children Discharged After Tragic Death
Falt River report states David Rigby drowned February 6 leaving three daughters and a mentally weak son. The children, stunned by the death, were discharged from the mill. The eldest, Dora Rigby, absconded with burial funds to Connecticut, returned with an elder sister who is a violent lunatic, terrorizing neighbors. Dora to be placed in an asylum.
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David Rigby
Rigby
Connecticut
Dora Rigby
Dora
Robbers Take Millions in New York Heating Bonds
A daylight robbery in New York seized several million dollars in bonds from the New York Heating Company at the East Fifty ninth Street flats. Thieves also took valuable papers jewelry and apparel. Detectives are investigating, following a similar theft earlier at Abraham E Simons on East Seventy Seventh Street.
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Abraham E. Simons
East Seventy-seventh Street
W. E. Pratt
New York Heating Company
East Fiftyninth Street
Detroit Socialists repudiates Schwab Sayings
The Detroit Socialists publish a statement denouncing Justus Schwab of New York and his remarks about the ring Vanderbilt and Jay Gould as idiotic. They sever all connection or sympathy with him and say his utterances will hinder efforts to improve working class conditions.
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Justus Schwab
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Ring
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