European War News and Political Moves Across Europe
Prince of Wales to visit Emperor William on his birthday. Cork women vote for jubilee memorial to the Queen. Rhondda colliery explosion claims six lives with twenty nine rescued. Austrian reserve officers banned from leaving. French officers buy horses in Spain. Several European governments seek cartridges from English firms. Rumors of a Polish rising amid Russo Austrian tensions. Alsace Lorraine residents seek Austrian neutrality through citizenship. Conservative conference at the British Foreign Office previews Tory strength. German elections show government losses in Berlin with Social Democrats rising. Berlin results indicate mixed ballots and strong anti septemates. Public Printer Benedict faces opposition over qualifications and conduct. Michigan and Indiana legislatures advance pension and monument bills. Missouri Senate delays action on prohibitory amendment.
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Prince of Wales
William
Alsace-Lorraine
Germany
France
Austria
Salisbury
House of Commons
Ireland
Berlin
Reichstag
Socialista
Empire
Hoeisnrat
Septenrat
New German Liberal
Eturna
Singer
Hasenclever
Hamcurt
Social Democrats
Murphy
Killarney
Henry George
Benedict
Washington
Chicago Times
Michigan
Congress
Indiana
Circle Park
Indianapolis
Missouri Senate
Notable Misfortunes and Marital News Across the Nation
A schoolteacher near Catlin Illinois faces arrest and fine for a past severe whipping of a bride-to-be, with patrons funding his release. Other items note Robert Ronner's rejection of 110000 for Mand 8, the death of James W. Foshay, and Col James H. Ion's deathbed confession of French lineage. Also: actor Ravallack’s Hamlet profits, Milton A. Barlow jailed for alimony, Sister Genevieve seeking vows retract, John M. Glover and Augusta Patten marry and depart for California, Judge Treat resigns, Mrs. John A. Logan gains letters of administration, and Minister Rufus Magee returns with his wife’s remains to Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Catlin
Robert Ronner
James W. Foshay
Broadway Railway
New York
James H. Iion
South Carolina
Sephin
France
Lattin Eyg
Ravallack
Gratea Oy
Florida
Milton A. Barlow
Genevieve
Newark
Ohio
Chilicothe
John M. Glover
St Louis
Augusta Patten
Financial and Industrial News Briefs From 1882 Era
Reports on labor disputes at Junction Iron Works in Ohio and eight hour work rule in St Louis. Bank closures at Merchants National Bank Deadwood with liabilities around 425000. Phillips Brothers & Co. deed of trust in Baltimore for 400000. Troy dry goods failure Liabilities 225000 to 250000. Renshaw of New Orleans Action Exchange signs over assets 162000 with 112000 liabilities. Light of Eureka Steamboat Co Rochester NC assigns liens 60000 liabilities 45000 assets. Treasury call for 10000000 in 8 percent bonds details and redemption notes. Illinois oil and coal bore venture organized by George M. Irwin and Chicago associates.
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Junction Iron Works
Mingo
Ohio
Knights of Labor
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
Merchants’ National Bank of Deadwood
Baltimore
Phillips Brothers & Co
St Louis
Church & Phalen
Troy
James A. Renshaw
New Orleans Action Exchange
Harvey E. Light
Eureka Steamboat Company
Rochester
N. C
Secretary of the Treasury
Esme
George M. Irwin
Missouri public opinion shifts on militia funding bill
Public sentiment in Missouri prompts the Houses to rethink a vote denying maintenance of the state militia. A New York Assembly member proposes a bill to ban treating at saloons. Obie Hons advances a measure on the abolition and fate of the Wabesh and Erle Canal, but the item is promptly tabled.
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Missouri
New York Assembly
Wabesh and
Erle
One of five hundred delegates votes against canvass on pension bill
Wisconsin Grand Army encampment delegates discuss the vetoed dependent parents pension, with only one of five hundred voting no. The rest support the canvass amid a tightly watched issue.
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Wisconsin
A J. Howard
Southern Indiana Penitentiary
Winnipeg
Howard Blackstone
Canal National Bank
Portland
Maine
Genevieve Ward
McVicker’s Theater
Chicago
Sydney Grundy
Queen Anne
Sarah Jennings
Duchess of Marlborough
Keary St
Atis- Waril
Clea Cat
Nancy
White House
Washington
Cleveland
Columbus
Behring Sea
Uirtisa
McGlysin
Dr. McGlynn
Toronto Dispatch
Standard
Canada
Macdonald
Casualties From Devastating Storms and Fires Reach Across Regions
A sweeping blizzard and firestorms cause extensive damage from Colorado to Ohio. Five members of J. O. Pendergrass family perish in Roseville, Nebraska style. Trains derail and are damaged near Colorado Springs and Denver under 60 mph winds. Dozens killed on railroads nationwide last year. A Dalton Ohio man dies in a house fire, his wife near death. A dugout capsizes in the Ohio River. several drown. A fruit schooner wrecks near Jacksonville with all hands lost. Emery Opera House in Titusville burns, property loss $30,000. Lightning burns cotton docks at Tompkinsville. two workers die. Rocky Mountain storm claims cattle and disrupts travel from Denver to Lincoln.
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J. O. Pendergrass
Roseville
Ate
Colorado
Denver
Denver and Rio Grande
Colorado Springs
Salt Lake
South Park Road
Como
Leadville
Dalton
Ohio
John Baughman
Ohio River
Smithland
Mra
Abner Cooper
Jack Roach
St John’s
Jacksonville
Fla
Emery Opera House
Titusville
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Rocky Mountain Range
New Mexico
Saya
Denver Dispatch
Lincoln
San Praire
Wis
Noted Crimes and Punishments Across Several Cities
A series of criminal cases reported across the United States includes a first degree manslaughter verdict in New York with a twenty year sentence, Sioux City fines on saloon-keepers, a mother’s murder by her son in Peoria, another murder in Cincinnati, a Salvation Army member found guilty of murder in Elmira with a planned hanging, and various street crimes including assaults in Cincinnati and a fatal stabbing near Mt Vernon Kentucky.
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Bohl
New York
Sioux City
Laws
Ogden
St Peoria
Matilda Warren
Cincinnati
Edward Jordan
Robert van Brunt
Salvation Army
Elmira
N. Y
Charles & Beker
Mt Vernon
Charles Childers
Brownlow Townsend
Strikers’ Threats Prompt Kneeland Street Inspection in South Boston
A Boston special reports a South Boston strike case where police inspected Kneeland Street area after a resident’s letter described suspicious activity in a tall building near Kneeland and Federal streets. Bricks and paving stones were found on the roof, suggesting a potential attack, with no proof linking any individuals to the plan.
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Boston
Kneeland
Federal Streets
Federal
Tmn
Kneeland Street
Ind
South Boston
The
Law and Order League
Albany
N. Y
Charles C. Bonney
Chicago
L. Edwin Dudley
John H. Perry
Southport
Covn
Andrew Paxton
Chisago
Canada
Legislature Passes Several Bills in Senate Session
The Senate on February 17 advanced a broad package including a bill for an additional Associate Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court, and approved funding for coast defense vessels. It also addressed ship railway proposals, pensions, and various appointments while the House passed the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill and related measures.
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Supreme Court of the Ti of
New Mexico
Senate
Hale
Treasury Department
Secretary of War
Vent
Eads
James B. Exda
Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway
van Wyck
Wilson
Citizens of
C ‘Ational Board of Arbitration
Samuel N. Aldzieh
United States
Soare
Dubuque
Iowa
Arthur EK
Delsnay
Wisconsin
District of
Alagha
Cleveland
William W. Armstrong
Charles E. Broytes
Colorado
del Norte
Col
House of Representatives
House
Perpetual Emigration Fund Company
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Eral
Legislative Assembly
Supreme Court of
Territory
Nauvoo
Council
Ertent
Beck
Committee On Commerce
Missouri River
Manderson
Bixmara
Alaska
Committee On Appropriations
Columbus
Jonagon
Ohio
Committee of Conference
Richard O'Neal
Twentysixth Indians Volunteers
John Reed
Ordnance Committee
Washington
Marime Canal Company
Nicaragua
Tenn
Senata
Amos M. Thayar
Missouri
Henderson
North Carel
Aiia
Steele
MoRahans
Indiana Senate and House Debates on Reforms and Suffrage
Legislative records show February sessions debating governance changes in courts and prisons, control of benevolent institutions, and a broad suffrage debate. Bills consider taxation, rape of votes, medical practice regulation, and a Fort Wayne center for the mentally ill.
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Levi Gesster
Ohio
Fe. VA
Hoare
Gardasi
Coun Courta
Committee On Prisons
Jeffersonville
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Indiana
House
Boards of
Cincinnati
Gordon
Institute For
Fort Wayne
Clark County Agr Association elects officers for fair
The Clark County Agr Association elected officers with George H. D. Gitdon as president Pray Melfillin as vice president M. D. Reeves as secretary and Haymaker as marshal The annual fair is scheduled for September 5 to 9 with a reorganized roster for Fort Wayne and new commissions.
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Clark County Agreiation
George H. D. Gitdon
Pray Melfillin
M. D. Reeves
Haymaker
Fort Wayn
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Galing
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Enworth
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Corydon, End
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George W. Denbo
Attorney At Law
Cobydon, Ind
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Uarison
George Hk. Gwartney
Attorney At Law and
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der Ewford
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Supreme End
Federal Court of
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Ingen
Leve. Worth, Ind
Crawford Country
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Everon
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Corydon, Mnd
Atention
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