Ocean TragedyDaniel Steinmann Strikes Near Sambro
The Belgian steamer Daniel Steinmann, capt Schoonhoven, struck off Sambro in a cyclone and fog late Thursday night, sank quickly with 90 passengers and 34 crew drowned. Surviving captain and two passengers recount the disaster as rescue operations unfold and an official inquiry is announced.
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Hawrrax
Daniel Steinmann
Mad Rock Shoal
Sambro Light
Gardner Shoal
Sambro Island
Calm Cove
Schoonhoven
Charles Martin
Chipman Bros
White Cross Line
Halifax
Sambro
H. Schoonhoven
Hautrax
N. S
John Neidermann
Schoonhover
India
August Richter
Dusseldorf
Anarchist Central Council Eyed in New York
In New York on April 5 Justus H. Schwab warned that a report of a Berlin explosion could arrive soon. He said publications on making explosives enable action against governments. German and Austrian-Hungarian consulates confirmed receiving word of dangerous movements in the city and relaying it to their governments.
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New York
Central Council
Justus H. Schwab
Berlin
Atlantic
Brainerd
Snewet
J. D. Cheney
J. Ae
H. R. Walker
H. R.alker
Landing of Cuban Filibusters Near Cardenas
Aguero and his filibusters from Key West landed April 1 at Hicacos near Cardenas. Troops pursued them. The schooner Shoters returned to Key West after being seized by Collector Wicker. The pilot claimed Aguero forced him to land at a plantation where ten or more Cubans went ashore.
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Havana
Aguero
Key West
Hicacos
Cardenas
Shoters
Fillibuster
Wicker
Failures and royal funeral rites span April reports
Weekly failure tallies from Bradstreet and R G Dun followed by a London obituary. New York figures show 143 U.S. failures and 34 Canada tied to prior weeks, with historical comparisons. The Prince Leopold funeral in London proceeded with royal procession and solemn music as the queen wept.
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New York
United States
Bradstreet’s
R. G. Dun & Co
Prince Leopold
London
Duchess of Albany
Sst
George’s Chapel
Princess of Wales
Princesses
Christiana
Louise
Beatrice
Prince of Wales
Prince Frederick William
Prussia
St. George’s Chapel
Spohr
Chopin
Seaforth Highlanders
Lochaber
Poet Howard C. Trip Shot Dead in Lemans Iowa
Howard C. Trip a 23 year old poet and magazine writer was mortally wounded by an unknown assailant on a Lemans Iowa street corner amid fallout from a 10 cent pamphlet Legends of Lemurs. He died next morning amid fears of lynching if the killer is caught.
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Lemans
Iowa
Howard C. Trip
Main
Sixth Streets
Mr. T
Tripp
Racine
P. R. Hay
Charles Reade
London
Carolinas
Oswald Ottendorfer
New York
Carl Schurz
Liederkranz Club
Samuel J. Tilden
Charles H. Robinson
Lincoln
Als
O. A. Carpenter
Zara Burns
New York Produce Exchange
Congress
Murphy vows continued push for Hennepin canal completion
Representative Murphy of Iowa rejects reports that canal supporters have dropped the river and harbor effort. He says they will spare no stone unturned and use all legitimate means to secure passage of the railways and canals bill while Congress is in session.
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Washington City
Murphy
Iowa
River and Harbor Committee
Committee On Railways and Canals
Congress
Costly Readjustment Under Spaulding Act
Washington April 3 The Spaulding act directs the postmaster general to grant allowances to postmasters from a prior readjustment. The attorney general has advised it legal and proper in form. The post office department estimates implementing provisions will cost about 50 million dollars.
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Washington City
Post Office Department
Substitute for the Scott Law Passed by Senate
The senate approved a graded liquor tax as a replacement for the Scott law. The bill sets a $100 base tax on all licenses and adds 24 percent when sales reach 3 000 to 11 000 dollars. An extra $250 assessment applies when sales exceed 1 000 dollars, with House action after the spring election.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Remains of ex Secretary Hunt arrive in Washington
The remains of ex Secretary Hunt, former minister to St. Petersburg, have arrived in Washington. Arrangements are underway for his funeral at St. John’s Church.
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Washingion City
Hunt
St. Petersburg
St. John’s Church
Bank Rate Reduced to 2 1/4 Percent
The Bank of England cuts its rate of discount to 2 1/4 percent in London on April 3, marking a tightening of monetary policy.
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Londonn
Bank of England
News In Brief Apr 1 1884 World Markets and Local Incidents
The brief recounts varied items from April 1 including the London kleptomaniac’s umbrella hoard, Mexico’s rail bonds default, Mapleson's San Francisco receipts and profits, and a Chicago bricklayer foreman’s fatal fall. It also notes Shiloh battle anniversary events, Nellie Grant Sartoris in Newp, buffalo gnats killing mules near Grenada Mississippi, Arbor Day timing, Turkish school closures, Vienna assassins, Edison shark sighting, and diverse market reports across Chicago New York and St Louis with stock and grain prices, omissions, and notable deaths and legal notes.
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San Francisco
Mapleson
Peter Carrigan
Open Board of Trade
Chicago
Shiloh
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Newp
Grenada
Miss
Michigan
Wheat stock on hand by state totals 1190000 bushels
A report to Congress by Statistician Dodge of the agriculture department states national wheat on hand at 1190000 bushels with 4500000 in Illinois 9500000 in Iowa 7300000 in Wisconsin and 13500000 in Minnesota.
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Washington City
Congress
Statistician
Dodge
Agricultural Department
Illinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Rebel Leader Osman Digma Commands 1000 Rebels
Cairo reports Osman Digma in command of 1000 rebels at Haibertil eager for battle. He has sent 200 Arabs to monitor movements of friendly tribes at Dabar.
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Cairo
Osman Digma
Haibertil
Dabar
Bourne Reelected Governor as Republicans Gain in General Assembly
Providence R I April 3 The state election returns show Governor Bourne reelected. Republicans secure an eighteen seat Senate majority and a thirty two seat House majority.
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Providence
R. L
Bourne
Senate
House
Comptroller Knox Resigns to Lead New York Bank
Washington April 7. John Jay Knox resigns as comptroller of the currency to accept the presidency of a New York banking house.
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Knox
Washington City
John Jay Knox
New York
Stanley to Retire From Congo Mission
Brussels reports Henry M. Stanley will definitively retire from the Congo mission. The Independence Belge notes the retirement is imminent.
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Stanley
Brussels
The
Independence Belge
Henry M. Stanley
Congo
Cholera Reaches Cochin China Sparks Precautions
The cholera has appeared in Cochin China as London reports the outbreak on April 5. Authorities move to prepare defenses and prevent further spread.
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London
Cochin
China
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