Crowning the Czar Amid Great Moscow Coronation Festivities
The coronation of Tsar Alexander III in Moscow proceeded with extensive police security and mass spectacle. Crowds filled streets to witness the pageant despite steady rain, as 60,000 attended in the cathedral square. The ceremony featured imperial regalia, Te Deum services, anointment, and a 101-gun salute, with costs estimated at around 10 million dollars and praise for orderly proceedings.
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Order of St. Andrew
Catherine
Orloff
Alexander
Moscow
Russias
Christ
Kremlin
Novgorod
St. Petersburg
Cathedral Square
Ustensky Cathedral
Wala
St. Alexander Newskin
M. Giers
Russia
Rega
Cronstadt
Ingenious death by own action of a Blind Man
Detroit May 28 Washington Triop a 76 year old blind man died by hanging Saturday in his closet with a rope stretched on a cane from clothes hooks. He had been blind seven years and had formerly worked as a book keeper for Zach Chandler and later at the custom house. The act appears deliberate and the cause remains unknown. The piece also notes the deadlock of a duel between Leyla and Graves and Dr Graves unrelated to the duelist.
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Detroit
Washington Triop
Zach Chandler
Custom House
Christ
Antioch
Sissions
Paige Savings Bank
Treasury
Washington
Beecher on Spiritualism and missionary duty
New York May 25 Mr Beecher arrives from Peekskill to join Plymouth prayer meeting discusses spiritualism. He urges scientists to study it while warning common people against credulity. He defends fasting, criticizes seances, and stresses the missionary aim of the gospel. He argues true religion spreads and that fear alone should not drive missions.
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New York
Mr. Beecher
Peekskill
Paul
Barnabas
Cyprus
Antioch
Simeon
Niger
Lucius
Cyrene
Manaen
Herod
Tetravell
Saul
Holy
Christ
Portland
Cook's Raw Meat Remark Sparks Duel Threats in Monmouth
The Rev. Joseph Cook and traveling man FE. M. Gill clashed at the Commercial Hotel dining room in Monmouth DL over a meal of raw meat. Gill vowed to whip Cook and threatened bullets. police escorted Cook to his lecture at the Opera House, and Gill left town during the night.
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Cook
Gill
Sam
Hughes
Opera
Sonny
Paper Hull Yacht Built At Lansingburg For Westinghouse
Waters & Sons of Troy near completion of a paper hull yacht for Westinghouse Machine Co of Pitts burg. The craft, 20 ft keel, 2 ft draft, 25 seats, 8 tons load, uses a six horsepower Westinghouse engine. Hull resists water, bullets, and can’t be soaked. trials planned.
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Troy
Waters & Sons
Lansingburg
Westinghouse Machine Company
Pittsboro
Penn
Smith & Wesson
Westinghouse
Fight at St. John s Church in Goshen Endangers Pastor
In Goshen New York at St John s Episcopal Church a fight broke out after pastor Rev Mylton Maury accused Sunday school teacher William Matthews of disrespect. Matthews resisted and grabbed the minister by the throat while Mrs Maury was pushed aside. Matthews and associates claim the doctor had no legal right to the rectorship and he was arrested for disturbing a religious meeting.
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Goshen
N. Y
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Mylton Maury
William Matthews
Matthews
Remarkable Surgery in Chicago Rebuilds Officer Skull
Chicago police officer Patrick Mulvahill was shot by Bill Allen last December. He lingered between life and death until doctors Lee Murphy and Fengen performed brain surgery using a hypodermic syringe to drain pus, remove skull bone, and place a drainage tube. A hard bone-like substance later formed over the wound and he returned to light duty.
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Chicago
Patrick Mulvahill
Bill Allen
Orerrey
Lee
Murphy
Fengen
Trapeze Accident Leaves Performer on Soup
At CuicaGo Park Theatre Whiting’s teeth bent under strain as Ryder dangled in a strap caught in Whiting’s teeth. The strap released and Ryder fell suffering head and limb contusions. Whiting’s teeth were later reset by a dentist and he must live on soup for several weeks.
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CuicaGo
the Park Theatre
Whiting
Ryder
Arbuckle the Cornet Player Dies at 54
Matthew Arbuckle renowned cornet player and bandmaster died at 54 from pneumonia. Born in Scotland, he led bands in Troy and Worcester before joining Gilmore's Boston troupe. He served with the Twenty fourth Massachusetts in the war and led the Ninth Regiment band for years. He also soloed at Coney Island in summers.
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Arbuckle
New York
Matthew Arbuckle
Scotland
Troy
N. Y
Worcester
P. §. Gilmore
Boston
Unjust Discrimination in Beef Trade Across Atlantic Markets
Review of grain and livestock trade shows no weekly rise in exports to London Liverpool and Glasgow markets for the week ending May 26 1885. American cattle face restrictive laws while Canadian cattle gain advantages. shipments total 2065 cattle 2123 sheep and 340 quarters of beef with freight rates firm. Cattle yard activity remains active with price declines and shifting market power toward Western dressed beef dealers as Boston and other markets adjust.
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London
Liverpool
Glasgow
Debarkation
Montreal
Almertern
Lloyds
Boston
A. N. Monroe
Lingham & O' Brien
Francis Jowett & Co
James A. Hathaway & Co
C. M. Acer & Co
G. H. Hammond & Co
C.M. Acer & Co
Court of Admiralty
Missouri
City of
Chester
Halifax
Howe Slaughterers Ae
Chicago
Swift Brothers & Co
Messis
Armour & Co
Hammond & Co
Milners
Brighton
Finance and Commerce A Review of Boston Stocks Past Week
Boston stocks review for the week ends with a quiet money market and favorable borrower rates. Bank loan demand remains cautious. outside paper offerings are limited. Prices and rates for mercantile paper, factory notes, and call loans are detailed, with New York money market and Treasury reserve figures noted.
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Boston
State Street
Prine Corporation
New York
Ini
Dunkards Love Feast Observed at Ephrata District
About 4000 Dunkards gathered in Ephrata Pennsylvania for their annual love feast. Ministers preached in morning and afternoon while feet washing and the Lord s Supper were held. The feast served in thirteen pine tables with rice soup lamb meat and bread. Bedding theft led to replacements before the feast.
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Ephrata
Penn
Connecticut Tales: Hen Nest Hatch Attempt to Steer Gig
A Connecticut hen sits on a nest in Naugatuck and struggles to hatch eggs. In Harwinton a young steer trots harnessed in a two-wheeled gig guided by lines. In Middletown a thunderstorm spooks a four year old girl who exclaims at the thunder. Connecticut’s early industry noted. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral praised for colds.
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Naugatuck
Conn
Harwinton
Mr. Winship
Middletown
Connecticut
Oliver Eilaworth
Hartford
United States
Boston Markets Report from May 26 Trade Desk
Reports from trade departments show no material improvement in business. Bean prices rose with mixed lots. corn steady with fair demand. drugs and dry goods show modest activity. Freight rates to London and Australia edge up, but overall markets remain unsettled with cautious leasing and conservative trading tones.
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Amonsa
lLand
Autgati
Ousn
Calcutta
Lord of
Western
Koston
Elaine
Bermudas
Choice Canada
Greenleas
Bel
Lear
Senterventra
Heston
Patna
Rangoon
Tid
BosTon Daily Globre
Boteer
Choice
Wranklin County
Vermont
New York
Zagibe
Tom
Livestock Arrivals and Beef Cattle Prices at Brighton and Watertown
Weekly arrivals show Western cattle 4989 Eastern 91 Northern 605 total 6076. sheep and lambs 6400 plus 1689 Northern and Eastern totals. swine 18012. veals 1627. horses 631. Beef cattle prices per 100 pounds live weight range from extra quality 19.5 to poorest grade 3.00 and dressed weight 4.50 to 9.50, with hides and calfskins listed.
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Brighton
Watertown
Watertowna
Wright
Bostat
Ountry
le Va
Woulskins
Hubbard Bros General Agents and Range Grove for Sale
Fragmentary ad notes Hubbard Bros Boston as general agents to hire and train others for new work with five year terms and costs, plus a sale notice for a large Range Grove near a railroad station with groves of large trees in Putnam county outlining contact by F M McMelain.
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Hubbard Bros
Federal St
Boston
Hilla
Lakes
F. M, McMelain
McMeeckin
Putnam County
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