Post Office Appropriation Bill Passes Congress
Washington April 30 The post office appropriation bill has finally passed both houses and will be approved this week. The bill authorizes 600000 for special mail facilities with discretionary use by the postmaster general. Debates arose over funds and quorum issues as the conference report was agreed to without a formal ayes and nays.
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Springer
Washington
Cannon
Utah
Chalmers
Hooper
Churen
Kirkwood
Lynch-Chalmers Seat Contested and Lynch Installed
Washington April 30 Republicans oust Chalmers of Mississippi and seat Lynch after 125 to 83 vote. Mackey v O Connor and Dibble election outcome noted. Tariff bill to be considered next. Editorials debate Blaine and presidential promises amid Indian troubles and a large US Supreme Court bond case in New England. Kilbourn Thompson verdict set aside for false imprisonment. Shipping bill favors tonnage rules and Canada trade. Guiteau death rumor debunked as jail suicide attempt tied to New Jersey murder. Mississippi River improvement bill passes after amendments withdrawn.
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Lynch
WashingTon
Chalmers
Mississippi
Mackey Ve. O'Connor
O'Connor
Blaine
National Republican
Kilbourn-Thompson
McArthur
Ireland's Outlook Predicts Dublin Legislature This Year
M D Conway from London predicts a Dublin legislature before year end as Tory and Liberal bids for Ireland heat up. He notes Gladstone's stark Ireland view and the Land League crisis, with evicted tenants and Riband men driving unrest. A land act, home rule, and gradual transfer of land to tenants are discussed as possible paths.
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London
Cincinnati
Ireland
J. Gladstone
League
Riband
Guardians of Order
Gladstone
Grattan
Dublin
Five Newark Girls Attempt Escape From Verona Home
In Verona, near Newark, five girls aged 14 to 18 plotting flight from the Newark city home were thwarted by a botched rope escape. A second girl’s weight caused both to fall. one broke a leg and another fractured a hip. They planned to flee to Newark and then to New York after the search ended.
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New York
Newark City
Verona
Orange Mountains
Newark
Deadly mail devices target Vanderbilt and Field
Two infernal machines were found in U S mail bags addressed to Cyrus W Field and W H Vanderbilt. One exploded on an elevated rail, scorching the pouch and discoloring mail. The devices were pasteboard boxes with canister powder and electric attachments. no suspects are identified.
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New York
United States
Cyrus W. Field
W. H. Vanderbilt
Icebergs Sighted in Atlantic Ice Field by Steamship
The Craigallion, arriving from Glasgow after an eighteen day passage, reported sudden heat giving way to Arctic frost as monster ice mountains appeared on the starboard bow. Some bergs were pure white with blue veins, extending for miles with sea spray and cascading water. The ice moved slowly southeast, and the vessel passed close enough to hear waves breaking against their ragged sides.
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Craigallion
Glasgow
Niles
Eaouch
Mysterious explosive in New York vestibule
A cigar box packed with explosives was left in the vestibule of 319 East Nineteenth Street New York last night around 10 o clock causing a loud blast and rising flames. Authorities suspect Socialist involvement and plan arrests while Walling of 311 East Nineteenth Street is named as the target. In Brownsville Texas note bandit Valentine Mancera was lured into Calaya by women and shot by soldiers.
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Walling
Brownsville
Tex
Calaya
Mexico
Valentine Mancera
Check-Raisers Raided in New York City Heist Plot
Police swept up a gang led by Edward Croft Ryland and his wife Elsie with Charles Crawford and W. B. Woodman in New York on April 28. They used forged checks, raised amounts, and fake distress tales to swindle traders including G. S. Duncan and Sheridan Brothers, with ink erasers and bank notes seized. Ryland, Crawford, and Woodman faced Tombs Court arrest, and the band’s past forgery history and English links emerged.
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Howard Croft Ryland
Elsie
Charles Crawford
Palmer
Varick Place
Watts Street
W. B. Woodman
Rylands
G. 8
Duncan
Erocer
Third Avenue
Philadelphia
Sheridan Brothers
Eighth Avenue
Sheridan
Sixth National
Ryland
Washington
St. James
Senator Jones
Nevada
Tombs
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America
England
Brooklyn
Eee
Second National Bank
Bradstreet Company
Crawford
Charles Fister
Herman
Kush
Miller
Lawrence
Chicago
Fisher
Colgate & Co
Graphic
Woodman
North River
Chancery
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Thomas Fullerton Warren
Henry M. Walker
Broadway
Theerson
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Luke F. Cozans
J. H. Mapleson
James Henry Mapleson
Academy of Music
New York City
London
Eng
Mary Ann Ryland
Newington
Surrey
J. H. MacLeson
Wolfgang Kuffner
City
A Journalist’s Remedy for Congressmen’s Liquor Craving
A New York writer reports there is no drug to curb stimulant desire. the cure is self discipline plus a heavy, theatrical remedy involving food, drink, and a theatrical outing. The piece ends by claiming a cast iron stomach and strong conscience can force the avoidance of alcohol.
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George H. Butler
New York
Washington
Fourteenth Street
Tibbetts’ Palace Market
Tibbetts
National Theatre
Sam Kinsley
Imre Kiralfy
Workman killed by rock during engine house blast
A Swedish workman Andrew Linstrom was killed in Boston Highlands when a 300 pound rock from a ledge blasting hit him as he sought refuge in an engine house. He defied orders to enter safety and was struck in the abdomen, dying after the blast.
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Boston Highlands
Linstrom
Owen Nawn
el Ree
Man dies after severe injuries in New York immigrant
A severely mangled man, newly arrived from New York and recently employed by Mr. Nawn, died en route to City Hospital after an accident at a Tremoor and Prentias Streets residence. He boarded with Mr. Juengling and, though unidentified, had a sister in Brooklyn. He appeared about 30 years old.
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City Hospital
New York
Nawn
Juengling
Tremoor
Prentias
Brooklyn
Hanlan Wins Easy Thames Rowing Race
Edward Hanlan defeated Edward Trickett by four lengths on the Thames river in a £500 a side race. The start came just after 9 o'clock as a large crowd watched, betting favored Hanlan and he led from start to finish, receiving a perfect ovation.
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Burning of the Steamer City of Sanford Tragedy
The steamer City of Sanford burned near Jacksonville on a Monday morning. Nine persons perished as the vessel grounded in three feet of water near Point Lavista while attempting to reach shore. The George Bird rescued survivors and carried them to Jacksonville. remains were later brought in for burial and identified as burned.
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Suspicion of Poisoning Rests on His Son in Pennsylvania
In FleetwoopPennsylvania April 30 great excitement surrounds the rumor that Jacob Dewees a wealthy hotel owner died suddenly and was buried recently. His physician son the executor is suspected for giving a dose of medicine before death and for securing life insurance on his father. The elder Dewees left a will and three children two daughters one married to the local justice of the peace and iron ore operator.
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Lorasburg
Arizona
Tritle
London Mastodons Scandal Involves Foote and Colored Servant
Chicago News London correspondent William Foote recounts a sensational trip with Colonel Jack Haverly’s Mastodons. A young colored servant causes trouble in London as fans mob the artists, leading Foote to promise to send the boy back to America to avoid legal trouble.
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Ton
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Kersands
St. Louis
Jane Gray Swisshelm
Prince of Wales
Foote
England
America
General Hurlbut's Funeral in Belvidere
General Stephen A. Hurlbut, late Peru minister, buried with large civic and military display in Belvidere. About 10,000 attendees including five companies of the Third Regiment, State militia, Knight Templar encampments, 300 Civil War veterans, and Masons. Services held in public square with W. W. Wood and Rev. Dr. Ker, followed by cemetery interment with Masonic honors.
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Peru
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Mr. Lawrence
The Cowing Railroad King of the Pacific
A New York rumor links a grand Pacific railroad owner to becoming the railroad king worth about 10 million dollars. It also claims an English duke, now poor, plans to visit America in spring with a child or two to learn money making, welcomed by the big house.
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Lords’ Committee On the
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Newdegate
North Warwickshire
Ten
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United States
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Edison
Dun and Co reports weekly business failures by region
New York on April 30 reports 110 failures in the past seven days, down 14 from the previous week. Failures broken down by region: 19 in the Eastern States, 27 in the Western States, 30 in the Southern States, 20 in the Middle States, 9 in the Pacific States and Territories, and 6 in New York City. Also notes use of Dr. Pierce's Pellets for stomach and bowel disorders and bilious headaches, priced 26 cents per vial.
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Dun & Co
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Across the Atlantic English Cabinet frees Irish suspects
The report surveys events from St Petersburg to London and Paris. It notes Nihilist activity in Moscow with mines near Spirous stations and a suspected undermining of the Moscow exhibition pavilion. The British cabinet plans to release Irish suspects not charged with outrages while detailing other European turbulence and court actions.
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Captain Wood Fires at Sawdust Box After Mouthful Clash
Bystanders describe Captain Wood biting a mouthful and firing with a calm voice. He calculates he would yield about eight barrels while turning his quid, revealing a tense scene with a lump visible on his side under his coat.
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Indian Massacre Accounts and Electric Power Scheme
Reports from Arizona detail a brutal Apache raid with many killed, including women and children, and a mass rally to raise volunteers. Separate dispatches cover fires and clashes near Clifton and San Carlos, plus a bold Niagara Falls electricity plan claiming 2,000,000 horsepower and cables to 65 cities, backed by government bonds.
Harmony Mills Strike Signals Labor Turbulence
Labor troubles unfold as Harmony Mills gates close despite mass protest. A mass meeting in Camden draws 2000 from Philadelphia with anti Chinese and anti monopoly rhetoric. In Chicago strikers threaten dynamite at South Chicago Rolling Mill prompting heightened security. Philadelphia carpenters vote for a fifty cent daily wage rise while Muskegon miners face possible break without outside support. A Clearfield miners’ strike looms May 1 if demands aren’t met.
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Conors
Philadelphia Carpenters In Mass Meeting
Muskegon
Mich
Philadelphia
Clearfield
Three Thousand Chilians Stricken With Fever in Lima
Lima reports three thousand soldiers of the Chilean occupation army felled by fever. Officials tightened sanitary rules and engaged Peruvian doctors with disease expertise. In Valparaiso, Miss Mary Trumbull, Wellesley graduate, dies suddenly after returning from studies in Massachusetts.
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Mary Trumbull
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Wellesley Seminary
Massachusetts
Fatal Boiler Explosion in Kin ville D C
The steamer Marion on the Wateree river exploded a boiler. A Tenia party of 35 to 40 aboard included Miracle Henry killed instantly. Several injured and missing, with multiple fatalities feared among passengers and crew. The vessel is wrecked and ice battles reported nearby.
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Marion
Wateree
Miracle Henry
Mattie
Nannie Henry
Lizzie Henry
J. C. Eason
William Trumble
Minnie Bates
Arvel Stilea
T Om Richardson
Ored
John Williams
Energy Government
Whale Attack Survivor Recalls Narrow Escape
Captain Wood recounts a close call with a whale while at sea. He had a harpoon in hand when the whale surfaced and struck the boat, knocking it away and nearly swallowing him. He fell into the creature’s mouth but was spat out after the whale’s death throes, badly wounded yet alive.
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Nantucket
A Shower of Fish in Degraff and Frogs in Bellingham
In Degraff Ohio during a windy rain storm last week minnows and small fish, some three inches long, fell in the streets. In Bellingham the North Village reports a shower of tree toad frogs, also called peepers, occurring on a recent evening.
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Bellefontaine
Degraff
Bellingham
Runaway Boston Girl Saves Debt Work Outs Her Bill
A 17 year old girl Lizzie Lucas from Boston sought help from Detective J M Fuller in New York after fleeing an undertaker bill dispute. She worked as a servant for $100 weekly to repay the debt, faced family disapproval, fled to New York, and returned home after arrangements by a family friend.
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New York Sun
J. M. Fuller
Broadway
Lizzie Lucas
Homestead Place
Boston
John R. Perry
Charlestown
New York
J. Fuller
Revere House
F. Libby
Fuller
William Tomlinson
Honora Lucas
Lizzie
Leopardess Attack at Beach and Lincoln Store
Dog fancier Al Watts learned a leopardess escaped from a cage at his shop on Beach and Lincoln. The animal leaped him at 1 am, biting his right arm, leaving lacerations after a ten minute struggle. He corralled the creature and sought medical help. injuries not considered dangerous.
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al Watts
Beach
Lincoln Streets
Nora
Liverpool
Centenarian Bridget Healey Visited After Death at New York Morgue
At the New York Morgue on April 29 a large crowd viewed Bridget Healey who died at 107 in the Hospital for Incurables on Blackwell’s Island. Born in Kerry Ireland in 1775, she had eight children who have all died. Assistants note that visitors came to stare and ask questions rather than offer sympathy, prompting the keeper to refuse further viewing with a brief statement of respect for the friendless dead.
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New York
Bridget Healey
Blackwell's Island
Dece
Kerry
County Kerry
Ireland
Biaby's Petition and Restless Life Message
Fragmentary note speaks of life’s restlessness and fleeting days. Mentions children and mothers, with an ominous warning to take all friends. No clear local context or verifiable names or dates.
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