Post Office Site Funding In Inquiry By Congress
Special Dispatch reports Washington April 19 Supervising Architect Mullett consults with the House Appropriations Committee to determine if a Cincinnati post office site can be procured for 300000 dollars and whether the funds must lapse if a suitable site is unavailable proposals for ground sales to stay within appropriation are urged by Mallett. The Senate French Arms Committee reexamines Gen Franklin on Gatling gun purchases and will draft a unanimous report. In the House Bingham denounces Willard's Civil Service Bill, claiming it erodes rights, drawing praise from both parties.
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Times and Chronicle
Mullett
House Committee On Appropriations
Cincinnati
Mallett
Congress
Senate
French Arms Committee
Gen. Franklin
House
Bingham
Willard
Liberal Convention Call Sparks in Columbus Amid Political Tensions
A self appointed two member committee in Columbus secures a call for a Liberal Convention to select delegates for Cincinnati. Prominent locals sign the call, though many oppose politics within the Republican party. Elsewhere in state news, Senate debates a Swayne appropriations bill, discusses asylums, and the Hamilton delegation backs Creighton Columbia Avenue legislation amid city improvements efforts.
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Times and Chronicle
CoLumbus
Cincinnati
Republican Party
Senate
Swayne
Deak Sais Soren Capiain
Washington Swayne
Walid
Furnish
Eo Motta
Hamilton
Creighton
Columbia Avenue
Board of City Improvements
House
Parks
Convention session in Indianapolis discusses next meeting
Special Dispatch reports a sparsely attended morning session of the convention in Indianapolis on April 19. The question of holding the next convention was sent to the Executive Committee with a call to invite Sabbath schools from the British Provinces to cooperate. A list of attendees from several states and regions is noted, and a week of business was referred to a committee for afternoon reporting before likely adjournment without day. The day featured two well attended evening meetings with multiple speakers.
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Times
Indianapolis
Executive Committee
Messrs
J. H. Vincent
John Hall
Warren Randolph
A L. Chapin
Richard Newton
P. G. Gillett
Geo
Reports of trouble confirmed in April telegraph notes
Lowdow April 18 The Daily Telegraph said an invasion of France was imminent unless military preparations there were discontinued The Augsburg Allgemeine Zeitung calls this correct and says it is Bismarck policy The Zeitung notes Prussian soldiers released after the last war will be recalled to their corps The Telegraph article is said to be Berlin inspired Lomnoon April 10 A royal visit postponed Queen Victoria will visit the Ex Emperor Napoleon at Chiselhurst tomorrow
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Augsburg Allegemeine Zeitung
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the Zeitung
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Berlin
Lomnoon
Victoria
Napoleon
Chiselhurst
Accident To The Emperor In Berlin News
Germany Berlin April 19 reports Emperor William sprained a knee after an accident and is endureing considerable pain as officials assess his condition and next steps for his health and duties.
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Berlin
William
New City Charter Debates Split Opinion Across Papers
New York April 19 reports heated reactions to the proposed city charter. The Times hails it as the most substantial municipal reform yet while the World mocks it as absurd and the Tribune notes many differences from prior laws. The Herald calls it a cautious experimental law with complex machinery. Charles Brooks is imprisoned for a year and fined $500 for selling obscene literature. A morning paper prints the gruesome tale of a wife and three children buried by a white inmate in a justice of the peace precinct. The coroner orders exhumation for medical reasons.
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Albany
Committee of Seventy
the Tribune
Herald
Charles Brooks
John Henry Casper
Matamoras Safe as Revolutionary Forces Face Setback
Dispatch from Matamoras reports revolutionaries under Trevino defeated in Cohbahbalia siege. Rebels lack food and forage, starving amid pursuit by royalist forces. Reinforcements and mail advices from Victoria confirm rout of insurgents and imminent headway by loyalist troops.
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Matamoras
Pomene
Trevino
Ofromises
Occu
Uetenores
Victoria
Forgery Case Involves National Bank Check
A forged check on the Fourth National Bank for 5983.33 was received today for collection. German-
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New York
Fourth National Bank
River News Briefs Details on Steamer Traffic and Weather
Additional river dispatches report heavy rains and clear skies in parts of the region. The river shows fluctuations with fall and rise noted at multiple points, including Louisville and Cairo. Passenger steamers Brill and others move amid cloudy, cool conditions as cargoes and river traffic adjust to the spring rise.
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Tegats
A.M
Saal
J. F. Dravo
Lizzie Gardner
Brill
Reconstruction era policy and political division across states
April 18 reports from Ricamont and Chantytown conventions. Virginia Republicans adopt a platform opposing slavery, expanding civil rights, and reforming education while criticizing Conservative Virginia policies. West Virginia Liberal Republicans and Democrats back Chief Justice Chase for presidential nomination and endorse reform, currency restoration, tariff alignment, and labor rights to restore unity and prosperity.
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American Union
Geemserenen
N Bor
Unrite
Lydia Sherman Poison Trial Sees Defense Question
At New Haven trial proceedings, Lydia Sherman faces accusations linked to her husband. Testimony reveals a tea given by the prisoner allegedly caused stomach distress. G H Peck’s testimony reports arsenic found weeks prior at Sherman’s store intended to kill rats.
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New Havens
Conn
Lydia Sherman
G. H. Peck
Sire. Sherman
Sherman
Prof. Berker
Ancient Mines to be Reopened in California Tale
California reports announce reopening of the San Gabriel Placer Mines near Los Angeles, tracing gold to the Philadelphia mint in 1836 and noting rich finds on the ado River. The piece also mentions deaths and the arrival of a Japanese embassy with figures Don Rafael Guirredo, Jugi Kyovari Yoshida, and Geo. B. Williams accompanying a government mission.
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San Gabriel Placer
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Marshall
Coloma
Ado River
Cle
Don Rafael Guirredo
California
Figpecan Ee
Earthquakes Hit Japan in Severe Sequences
The desct ribe report notes multiple strong earthquakes in Japan. It mentions concessions, naval actions, and a telegraph cable apology. It references Japanese tea season closing in March and export figures being one million pounds lower than last season. It also cites a Ku Klux murder indictment in South Carolina and a college observatory discovery of a celestial event.
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Tora
America
Sebastopol
Tiflis
St. Petersbur
Longest Bridge on Mobile and Montgomery Railroad
The article describes the Tensas and Mobile bridge, or bridges, on the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad. It notes iron cylinder piers on piles in the stream bed, used for a structure of about 1,500,000 dollars, under three years of construction, claimed as perhaps the longest in the region.
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Tensas and
Mobile
Mobile and Montgomery
Moutpen Tone
Senate debates on civil rights and amnesty bill amendments
Debates on Sumner amendments to the Amnesty Bill with Robertson support and a proposed add on Civil Rights, plus discussion of treaties, district laws, and bridge projects. House adjourns after Civil Service Reform substitute offered. recommitment motion debated without a vote.
Civil Service Bill Recommitted in House Vote
Reverdy Johnson writes from Washington endorsing his side and urging abandonment of the claim for consequential damages. Utah District Attorney Betes to remain in office. Cabinet debates English complications with no conclusion. House votes 97 to 72 to recommit the Civil Service Bill, near defeat.
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Raverdy Johneon
Ters
Maine
Utah
Betes
House
Dolly Varden fashions spark a fashion craze in New York
From the New York Commercial Advertiser a rant against Dolly Varden outfits, tracing their radical rise from Empress Eugenie’s race attire in 1879 to present day. The piece mocks window-curtain cretonne dresses adopted by society women for all occasions, noting widespread craze among daily workers and social scenes while lampooning the fashion’s absurdity and its social reach.
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Mrs. Perkins
Napoleon
Benedetti
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William
Bia
Eugenie
Longchamp
Bip
Worth
Aris
Saratoga
Moon’s
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Florida
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Dickens
Cat
Dolly
Eli
Counter Cases Debate Draws Focus On Indirect Damages
London discusses counter cases from Britain and United States at Geneva. Withdrawal of indirect damages is hinted as possible, with newspapers praising U S willingness to fulfill the Washington Treaty terms. Berlin dispatch says no ultimatum to France. Bismarck’s tone pacific toward Thiers and distrust of Germany among French people noted.
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Geneva
United States
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Bismarck
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France
Versailles
Thiers
Germany
Vulture Flight and Air Support Across High Andes
Darwin Pewsa argues vultures in high Andes may float long distances with air support. Three explanations: preflight momentum, aerial currents, or steady horizontal float. The piece notes air can sustain a heavy body, urging aeronautical efforts for steady motion and comparing air power to steam and iron advances. London Spectator.
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Sur
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Lerpach
Walter
London Spectator
Explosion on the Thyrian steamer and Laird shipyard blaze
In Mersey waters the Thyrian steamship exploded killing four and injuring three. Simultaneously a fierce fire at Lairds shipyard raged with two deaths so far and heavy material losses. The blaze threatens many workers unemployment.
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Messrs. Laird
Senate actions and bill debates in a Boston paper
The Senate considered a Deficiency Appropriation Bill with an amendment limiting Court of Claims jurisdiction over abandoned or captured property claims. A bill on settling Treasury joint debtors passed. Civil Service Reform faced strong opposition and was recommitted after disputes between Garfield and Butler. The issue of a financially stressed financier in Boston also noted.
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Morrill
Court of Claims
United States
Tela
Treasury
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Garfield and
Butler
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Wreck of a Fine Weasel Telegraphed From Bombay
Telegraphic dispatch reports Maria sailed from Bombay on March 15 bound for Liverpool and was wrecked with thirty five lives lost. The tragedy highlights peril at sea and regional distress. Local authorities await further details and passenger lists.
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Maria
Liverpool
River trade and towboat movements on the Monongahela
Special Dispatch notes the Monongahela at 7 ft 2 in with vessels including Carrie Brooks Granite State and Benwood arriving from Brothers Islands. Gobs of coal lost from Grand Lake near Parkersburg. Towboats depart this evening. Shamrock to Louisville. Greensboro at 8 ft rising Brownsville 10 ft. Lumber flows on the Allegheny near two hundred million feet. prices higher than last spring. cloudy weather.
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Times and Chronicle
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Monongahela
Carrie Brooks
Wheeling
Granite State
Portsmouth
Re & Wallace
Corrie Brooks
Exchange
St. Is
Shamrock
Comet
Louisville
Greensboro
Brownsville
Allegheny
Warning to Many of Us From the Omaha Herald
The Omaha Herald recalls Thomas A. Scott, once Cameron's secretary in 1861, now aged and altered by time. It notes his role in transportation and railways, predicting his end may come decades before his natural time due to overtaxed mental strain. The piece paints Scott as a formidable figure, entwined with railway power and political history.
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Omaha Herald
Thomas A. Scott
Simon
Lincoln
Washington
Scott
Conangie Sage
Cameron
Four Year Old Pianist Impresses Town Orchestral Talent
A New York correspondent from Wurteboro New York reports Charles fam They Senn and fly are talented musicians living three quarters of a mile from town on Monticello road. The youngest Peulina shows remarkable musical powers with accurate renditions of difficult pieces. She performs at church and on Sunday and Monday after lessons the child exhibits mastery beyond many adults.
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Wurteboro
N. Y
Monticello
Charles Fam
Peulina
Uatoel
Market prices and product notes from BUFFaLo area
BUFF aLo reports varied market quotes for commodities including fair ingu bush at 1.90 for white and 1 for No 2 Milwaukee club. Cars at GO 6l from store and 60¢ on ae Sr. Low 19. cver seaty one. ae changed. pare ee am to choice red. No 2 mixed 4',c. No 2 mixed SIC. Rye No. 2 Suc. Whis ky batter B334¢. Pork quiet at 8. $1200. Bacon price per one eats 7c. Lard Hing rm 2 to 6c.
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Ingu Bush
Milwaukee
Sr. Danas Charges Against the Navy
Fragmentary excerpt appears to critique naval matters and government actions. The text is incomplete and garbled, with irregular spellings and missing context. No clear individuals, places, dates, or events are discernible beyond a general anti naval government sentiment.
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Una
The
Sun
Beson Secmiey
Math
Living Out of Town in New York Rural Life Debate
The New York Tribune argues country living near the city offers health and sociable neighborhoods but warns of high transport costs, market access limits, and learning curves. It notes some can invest two to three thousand dollars, buy land, and improve value, yet cautions many will blunder and miss their horticultural dreams.
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New York Tribune
New York
CIA
the Tribune
Sewing Machine Patents Debated by Senate Committee
The Senate Committee on Patents weighs Mr. A B Wilsons bid for a second extension of his twice reissued sewing machine patent. Opponents argue the plan would extend profits for Wheeler and Wilson, Singer, and others, claiming collectors extract 18 million annually from workers and warn of 108 million over six years. They criticize high machine prices and allege greed.
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Senate Committee On Patents
Anne
Washington Chronicle
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company
Singer Company
Congress
Rota
Adams Not Our Man in Cincinnati Convention
The Irish People argues against Charles Francis Adams as a presidential nominee. It warns that Adams would alienate Irish voters and damage the Democratic party, citing his record as minister and alleged British sympathies. It claims Adams could not win five states and would inflame Irish support against the party.
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Cincinnati
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August Belmont
White House
James
Edward O'Mer Condon
Hastile
Pene
Condon
Michael O’brien
Manchester
O’brien
Charles Francis Adams
Roll Your Wheat and Do It Now
A Prairie Farmer correspondent argues for rolling wheat the same season it is sown. He shares experience sowing oats with wheat, using a heavy roller, noting rapid growth and strong spring crops. He cites local farmers who see wheat damage when not adopting the method, calling opponents “fogy.”
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