Prince Alexander Deposed. Potter Debuts at Haymarket
The rebels sue to recover 4900 francs lent to Prince Alexander after his deposition as Bulgarian ruler. Mrs James Brown Potter debuted at London’s Haymarket as Annie Sylvester in Man and Wife to a brilliant audience including the Prince of Wales and Oscar Wilde. The note also covers Irish coercion bill harshness, Smyrna mission protection, an assassination bid on the Czar, and Lord Hartington urging Liberal Union MPs to back Tories against Gladstone.
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Alexander
Darmatad
James Brown Potter
Haymarket Theater
London
Annie Sylvester
Wilkie Collins
Wife
Prince of Wales
Lord Dunraven
Lord Elcho
Charles Phelps
Mr. White
Legation
Oscar Wilda
Constantinople
Porte
Smyrna
Will of Capt James B Eads Probated and Divided
The will of the late Capt James B Eads has been probated. The bulk of his fortune is divided among his family and relatives. Peter Schumaker an insane veteran of the Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry has been allowed a pension of 72 per month. The first payment 12500 will be made at Milwaukee. The Americas Club of Pittsburgh celebrates Grant birthday with a banquet on April 27 Roscoe Conkling to attend. A gentleman in Washington has advices from England that Secretary Manning is worse than when he sailed from New York. Mrs Rebecca Studebaker mother of the Studebaker brothers died at South Beni Ind aged The Rev N G Taylor father of Governor Taylor died at his home in Carter County Tennessee Col Ingersoll admitted to practice in the New York Supreme Court last week He refused to be sworn but affirmed.
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James B. Eads
Peter Schumaker
Fourth Wisconsin Cavalry
Milwaukee
Grant
Americas Club
Pittsburgh
Roscoe Conkling
Washington
England
Manning
New York
Rebecca Studebaker
Studebaker Brothers
South Beni
Ind
N. G. Taylor
Taylor
Carter County
Tennessee
Col. Ingersoll
New York Supreme Court
Missouri Enacts Downing Law Closing Beer Gardens and Loosening Sundays
The Missouri governor signed a Downing law forcing beer gardens and saloons to close and banning Sunday street cars, newspaper publishing, and all traffic. Other items note Blaine's European sailing plans, new federal appointments in Hartford and several other cities, and Blaine's St. Louis Merchants Exchange address event.
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Missouri
St. Louis
Colorado
Connecticut
Massachusetts
James G. Blaine
Europe
Charles C. Hubbard
Hartford
Conn
Colorado Springs
Joel F. Love
E. E. L Pricevenom
Monticello
Towa
T. Alexander
P. O. Babcock
Spencer
Iowa
Clarence H. Buckley
Julius H. Hail
Sterling
Kan
Frank &. Blades
Charles B. Brown
Omaha
Neb
Constantine V. Gallagher
C. K. Conant
Merchants’ Exchange
Eureka Springs
Ark
Charles Fairchild
Treasury
Isaac H. Maynard
the Treasury
Airchild
Martin V. Montgomery
Michigan
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
Justice McArthur
Debt and cash in Treasury report summarized
A Pittsburgh special notes Armour and Co plans in Akron to open several meat shops in response to a local boycott. An agent says meat will be sold at half price. The piece also presents a detailed financial table of debt, interest, and treasury cash figures.
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Touet
Pittsburgh
Armour & Co
Chicago
Akron
Local Butchers Face Unrest Amid Price Fears
Amid mounting tensions over rising meat costs local butchers warn workers may withdraw support if prices stay high. Retailers express concern that labor groups could turn against them unless price relief or policy relief is found soon.
Railroads expand plans after stockholder meeting
Union Pacific stockholders ratified merging Oregon Railway and Navigation with Oregon Short Line and authorized a subsidy extension plan submission. NYC brokers face future commissions. Pittsburgh conductor cites nine tenths of PA line riders on passes expiring March 3. Cincinnati papers drop timetable columns as roads halt free notices, railways accept paid ads and schedule publication decisions.
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Union Pacific Road
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Oregon Short Line
New York
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Stamp designs and post office changes announced
Washington officials unveil a new embossed stamp series with 1 2 4 and 5 cent designs headed by Franklin Washington Jackson and Grant. The series features United States Postage on the upper border and should be issued around May.
Cascading Fires and Shipwrecks Hit North American Towns
A roundup of disasters reports heavy losses: Canadian Pacific Road freight collision near Franktown Ontario costs 100000. Sargeant Paint works at St Louis and four Main Street stores in Memphis burned. Caswell building Troy. four packing-houses Louisville. cotton mills near West Point Georgia. Ludlowville New York dwellingMassick and three children die. whaling steamer Eagle wrecked at St Johns Newfoundland with 200 crew perished. two miners killed nine injured in Scranton Pennsylvania. Pingree and Smith shoe factory Detroit destroyed, 525000 loss. Indianola Texas incendiary fire wipes large part of town. boiler plate failure at Erie Pennsylvania scalds four men. Hartford Boiler inspector Edgar L Sturtevant and two others unlikely to survive. sealing steamer Eagle loss confirmed with 259 aboard and no survivors.
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Canadian Pacific Road
Franktown
Ontario
Sargeant Paint Company
St. Louisa
Main Street
Memphis
L Besthoff & Co
Caswell
Troy
N. Y
Louisville
West Point
Ludlowville
Matthew Massick
St. Johns
N. F
Eagle
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Pingree & Smith
Detroit
Indianola
Texas
Erie
Edgar L. Sturtevant
Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Company
Crimes and Criminals crack the surface of frontier law
In San Francisco Dr James Hodges was found guilty of assault to murder after exploding a bomb during a Patti concert. Marino Seyba, an outlaw in New Mexico, was shot dead resisting arrest at Antelope Springs. A $1200 reward was offered for his capture. B F Allen and F M Hubbard were arrested in Des Moines for misappropriating funds from Monarch Insurance. Edward M Newman of Michael Levinson’s wholesale house in New York was jailed for embezzling $75000. Thomas M Reed was shot near Springfield Illinois in a self defense plea to be entered. Willis Conner and his three sons fired on Captain Scott’s State Rangers near Hemp Hill, Texas. three Conners and Ranger Rogers died and Captain Scott was wounded. Jacob Sharp to be the next of those
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James Hodges
Patti
San Francisco
Hodges
Marino Seyba
New Mexico
Antelope Springs
Hiscorpse
Santa Fe
Monarch Insurance Company
Des Moines
B. F. Allen
F. M Hubbard
New York Senate
Edward M. Newman
Michael Levinson
New York
Springfield
Finois
Thomas M. Reed
Wirt Butler
McClernand
Willis Conner
Scott
Hemphill
Sabine County
Texas
Conners
Rogers
Jacob Sharp
Indicted for Complicity in Broadway Surface Railway Steal
District Attorney Martine has decided to bring the case to trial. A Springfield dispatch reports a tragedy in which horseman Wirt Butler shot and killed Thomas Reed, a farm hand employed by Butler. Reed drew a revolver and Butler fired after protesting unhitched horses. Butler, intoxicated, telephoned authorities and remained indoors until arrival. Reed, living with Butler, was seen as a trusted worker. Butler’s background includes prior shooting of a Springfield policeman and lineage to Illinois officials. Lewis Stewart (colored) was hanged in Laurens, South Carolina for wife murder.
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Broadway
Martine
Springfield
SII
Wirt Butler
Thomas Reed
Butler
Springfeld
Reed
William Butler
Illinois
Bissell
Wirts
John A. McClernand
Tomlinen
Lewis Stewart
Laurens
S C
Scythia Breaks Up at Scituate in Mass Rescue Feared
A Cunard steamship Scythia lies on the breakers at Scituate Massachusetts with over 500 passengers aboard. Authorities fear a heavy loss of life as rescues are mounted and conditions remain perilous for the vessel and its occupants.
Senator Sherman Speech on Rights and Tariffs in Tennessee
Hon John Sherman speaks to Tennessee lawmakers in Nashville arguing equal rights for Black citizens, a national tariff policy to protect American industry, and a strong federal role in currency, education, and internal improvements, urging Tennessee to become a Republican state to foster growth and prosperity.
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John Sherman
Nashville
Tenn
Sherman
Tennessee
Kansas
Nebraska
Abraham Lincoln
South
United States
North
Cincinnati
Congress
Democratic Party
Republican Party
India
Carbonic acid gas as a cancer of phthisis treatment trial
Philadelphia Hospital physicians test rectal injections of carbonic acid gas for consumption. Under careful dosing of four to five gallons per bag, patients show rapid improvement with reduced cough, better appetite, and weight gain, including men and a woman with pneumonia. About twenty cases show marked responses and stable gains.
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Philadelphia
T. N. Meaughlin
E. T. Bruen
R. A. Taylor
McLaughlin
Claude Bernard
Bernard
Bergeron
Lyons
Academy of Sciences
Paris
Lrench
The Labor Horizon and booming industries
A wide survey reports rising labor demand across the nation with immigration boosting skilled and unskilled labor. It notes stronger trade unions, few strikes, and expanding output in textiles, iron, and shoe trades. Building trades grow in western cities while wages rise, prices steady, and new mills and cooperatives emerge.
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Schewetdad Ab Reserve Fund
U. S
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Imare Seeepeseee
Railroad Intelligence
Post Office
Franklin
Jackson
B. F. Bergen
General Land Office
California Redwood Company
Humboldt County
California
Bergen
Robert T. Lincoln
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cooley
Lamar
Col. Morrison
Bragg
Morrison
Judge Cooley
Schoonmaker
Walker
Pennsylvania Company
Kate Claxton
A. Stevenson
McVicker’s Theater
Miss Claxton
D'Ennery
Brain Stealer
A. R. Cazauran
Cunard
Scythia
Scituate
Alsace-Lorraine
Metz
Antrim
St. Petersburg
Gatshina Palace
Herr Most
St. Thomas
Michigan Central
Bliss
Court House
John A. Logan
National Capital
Hotel de Monte
Monterey
Southern Pacific Company
Pola
Adriatic
Herman Knauf
Lizzie Zinke
Titania
Bedouin
Sandy Hook
J. S. Burdal & Co
Jeansville
Wilkesbarre
Haydon & Co
William Colpit
John G. McGarvey
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of War
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Cleveland
Melville W. Fuller
Haddock
Sioux City
Arensdorf
Leavitt
Bureau of Labor
Indiana
Indianapolis
Lew Wallace
Crawfordsville
George Langsdale
Greencastle
D. M. Ransdell
Hugh Dougherty
Bluffton
S. B. Voyles
Salem
Peru
Beeves
Liberty
Cartia
Senator Sherman
Martin van Buren
Buchanan
New England
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Alabama
Carlisle
Boston
Cuba
West
Wall Street
Randall
Senate
Epublican Party
Great Britain
China
South America
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Brazil
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Alleghenies
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N. C
Manchester
Eng
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Paterson
Atlantic
Gulf
Mass
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