Imperial Diamond History and Its Royal Connection
The Imperial diamond, famed for size and celebrity from India court disputes, was owned by a powerful syndicate and exhibited in Paris. Weighting about 180 carats after cutting from 457, it was cut under top lapidaries, with the Queen Regent present during work. The stone lent its name after a royal exclamation at its display.
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India
Hyderabad
Jacob
Calcutta
Messrs
Pittin
Leverson & Co
London
Paris
France
Pitt
Madras
Earl of Chatham
Amsterdam
Hoand
Prince of Wales
London Times
Epitaph of George Rutleigh Watch Maker and Yellowstone Note
A Welsh epitaph from Llwndllwfwdl tombstone lauds George Rutleigh watch maker for integrity and industry, noting his death on November 7, 1811 and his hope of being repaired by his Maker. The text also recalls a claim that at least 50 billion dollars of US paper money has been lost or destroyed and marks twenty years since Yellowstone National Park began.
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United States
Washington
Senate
Charles S. Aldrich
Ilinois
W. H Taft
Becretany Tvxis
Army
National Bank
Lond Salisbury
Wharton
State Department
Bering Bea
the Treasury
Nerr
William BR. Morrison
Joint
Compittes On Immigration
Ellis Island
N.Y
Cabinet crisis and Ossified Man Dominate Berlin Dispatch
Berlin dispatch reports Count Caprivi's likely resignation as Chancellor amid Cabinet crisis. Emperor retreats to Hohenzollern castle. Prince Henry joins him. Empress follows. Also details Edward Emmons, the ossified man, Port Jefferson, who died after 16 years bedridden, with family rheumatism. A New Orleans leper hospital case and a Paris bank director suicide are noted along with a Monroe Scott double murder suicide near Baton Rouge.
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Berlin
Germany
Bismarck
Hiller
Hube
Miguel
Themperor
Choobil
Caprivi
Huberrusstock
Prince Henry
Kaisar
Nertheless
von Capriv
Hubertusgtock
Em R
Albert von Tevetzow
The
Reichming
Snowfall Delays Traffic and Local News From East Coast
The heaviest snowfall of the season delayed traffic in New York City while the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled for the State in the Branch case. A Newport naval base pigeon carrier abandoned, a Pittsburg watchman shot his wife and killed himself, and the British bark Windemars ran ashore near Deal Beach as a blizzard raged. A New Haven railroad station fire caused losses over 200000 and Albany’s First Reformed Church marked its 230th anniversary. A cemetery suicide, dissolution of the Standard Oil Trust, and libel cases involving Beaver Star publishers were reported. Lawmakers urged removal of Judge Maynard, and Dr. D Hares Aasen, famed Penn professor, died in Philadelphia.
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Middle States
New York City
Supreme Court of Connecticut
United States Naval Training Station
Newport
Frep Mruury
Pittsburg
Penn
Windemars
Milford Haven
New York
Calcutta
Deal Beach
N. J
Asbury Park
Tax Union Railroad
New Haven
Conn
First Reformed Church of
Albany
Comstan Rcsen
Koopar
Oakwood
Troy
Jim
Standard Oil Trust
Voto
Tos
Parsons
Harriaburg
John A. Mellon
William H. Porter
The
Beaver Star
Quay
Tof
Bar Association
Maynard
Dutchosa County
Court of Appeals
D. Hares Aasen
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Drew
Lancaster County
Lynching at Haymarket Ends Farquhar County murder case
Officers conveying Helin and Dye, both colored, murderers of an old woman, were met by a crowd at Haymarket and lynched. Reports also note a fatal stabbing in Rosebury, a major snow storm across several states, and assorted crimes, disasters, and political moves from Wisconsin to Washington.
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Tennessee
Alabama
Turnow
H. D. Benjamin
Portsmouth
Ohio
Tuer
Liggett & Myers
St. Louia
AxpEnson
Charles C. Dame
Mount Pleasant
Charleston
S.C
Chicago
Frank Ives
Jacob Schaefer
Ives
Painonville
Balmnaceda
Bantin
Chila
Coetet
Pratra
Fiaporor Wat
United States
Paris
Patpa
Fanaina
Cocoy
Crowd fills Capitol as Bland Silver Bill debate opens
At Washington the Bland free silver bill debate drew a huge Capitol crowd the largest since Speaker Crisp took the chair. Spectators packed galleries and corridors while Congress members and diplomats observed a lively session with speeches for and against the measure. A petition with 6000 Democrats urged delaying any silver action to the next Congress.
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House of Representatives
Washington
Capitol
Crisp
Bland
Tracey
Treasury
Missouri
Williams
Mass
Harter
Ohio
Rayner
Taylor
Hopkins
Crawford
McKarg
Maryland
Marter
Congress
Indians Tortured By Mexican Bandits Arouse Fears
Henry Withers ranch raid on the Garrita River in Arizona by Henry Witheers band of horse thieves led to a brutal pursuit. Withers was captured, bound naked, left on a cactus bed, and tied to a snake. An ant hill near the site was used to terrorize him until he died from bites and consumption of flesh. A prisoner who witnessed the atrocity later recounted the event warning it would be the future punishment for anyone harming a band member.
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Henry
Henry Witheers
Garrita River
Arizona
Alway Gil
Withars
Aingla
Withers
Aid to Russia Famine Appeal From St Petersburg Report
A cable from St Petersburg describes dire famine in Russian districts with twenty million people at risk of starvation. Typhus fever rages across provinces as horses and cattle perish. The American committee urges help, praising the American people and outlining orderly food distribution supervised by the American Minister and a strong committee including Rudolph Hawkerbure Drexel Middle.
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St. Petersburg
Rusia
Russia
Nui
Holpust Rudolph Hawkerbure
A.J. Drexel, Jr
Alexander W. Middle
Miners to Work Five Days a Week After April 11
Delegates of the British Miners Federation in London decide that after resumes, miners will work five days weekly starting April 11 with shifts on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday. Sundays remain off and Mondays will be holidays for the miners. An unrelated note reports a youth found with a cigarette attached to an arrow in Wingina City.
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British Miners’ Federation
London
Minus
Wingina City
Congressional Practices and Bills in the Senate and House
The record chronicles daily House and Senate activity with bills on Arizona World’s Fair aid, naval armament, pensions, electrical stations, and agricultural standards. It notes chair rotations, committee actions, and ongoing debates on the Free Wool bill and public land relief.
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Arizona
Merriateing
Hale
Peffer
Morton
Manderson
Senate
Frye
United States
Poffer
Casey
Hawley
Sherman
Washington
Sim Day
United State
Treasury Department
Monroe
House
Anna Maria Young
Tocat
Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal
Yeas
Mesars
Call
Kyle
Perkin
Pugh
Vance
New South Wales to Exhibit at World's Fair in Chicago
World’s Fair notes report New South Wales plans to participate with a tribe of aborigines, while Peru India and Costa Rica prepare exhibits. Fortion exhibits arrive in Chicago. the fair grounds set June 1 deadline for site acceptance. Peru and Mexico displays planned. numerous national and state collaborations loom for Midway Plaisance and transportation sections.
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New FousbLand
New South Wales
8. J. Hosten
Nevada
Crawford
Midway Plaisance
Custom House
Chicago
India
Costa Rica
Peru
Tis
Arkansas World's Fair Board
Little Rock
A &W
Ciear
Cunard Steamship Company
Georgia
IME
North Caro Hoo
Atlantic
Pacific
Fisheries Department
Tay
Philadelpha
Pennsylvania
Meade Post
George W. Childs
Drexel Institute
Benjamin Frankly
Stephen Girant
Atco
Mexico
Atala
Senator Morrill Survives Death Crisis in Washington
Senator Morrill of Vermont, once near death from grip and pneumonia at his home in Washington, has passed the crisis and is on the road to recovery after three weeks of grave illness. Despite surgeons’ dire forecasts and several grim bulletins, his rugged constitution aided a slow but steady improvement as he rests and gains strength.
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Morrill
Vermont
Washington
Senate
Aldermen Indicted in Bribery and Conspiracy Case
Grand Jury in Chicago, Illinois indicted aldermen W. J. O'Brien D. KR. O'Brien N. A. Creamer Patrick J. Gorman Philip Jackson Stephen M. Gosolin and John F. Dorman. O'Brien faced bribery charges while the others were charged with conspiracy to commit an unlawful act. Alderman Hota named O'Brien and Powers as boodle payers for votes on Northern Pacific and Economia Gas ordinances. Amount of 1750 allegedly received. All defendants arrested and released on 18000 bail.
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Grand Jury
Chicago
W. J. O'Brien
D. KR. O'Brien
N. A. Creamer
Patrick J. Gorman
Philip Jackson
Stephen M. Gosolin
John F. Dorman
Powers
Hota
O’brien
Markets Record: Late Prices for Beans and Dairies
New York market report lists 1891 bean grades with priced ranges for Beams-Marrow, White kidney, Red kidney, Yellow corn? and Lima in bush per unit. Dairy items include Creamery products with varying extras and tub prices. State factory full cream and skim varieties shown with quality distinctions. Indicates a broad array of dairy and bean prices across regions and grades.
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New York
Lima
Cal
Wis
Kls
Cresmery
Cramnery
Tolsti
Broom Corn Profit Eyeed as Cotton Prices Fall
An acre of broom corn is cited yielding 1000 pounds per cut, plus 30 bushels of seed and four tons of hay. Two harvests a year, July 10 and November 1, with seed for stock feed and hay noted as superior. Possible 500-ton contracts at 80 per ton cash, seeds at 1 per bushel, and low cultivation costs referenced. Also mentions a British art offer withdrawal and a Kaffir kraal leper report near Pretoria.
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St. Louis
Colorado
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Tom Stafates
Grand St. Jereer City
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