Greek government to seek forced loan and land seizures
Failing to secure European capital, Greece proposes a forced loan and confiscation of monk lands. French Chamber backs Panama Canal Company lottery loan. Greece orders more war materials. Cremation bill passed in France. Korean king abolishes slavery. A theater roof collapse in Heromal kills or injures many. Belgium arrests in labor riots total about 2,500. Russia to occupy Bulgaria. British Commons notes Salisbury policy in Greece. Knights of Labor strike rules and manager resistance. Buckeye Steam Company files for assignment. Detailed debt and cash data released March 1 showing substantial federal liabilities and available funds.
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Europe
French Chamber of Deputies
Panama Canal Company
Chamber of Deputies
Corea
Heromal
Belgium
Alexander
Russia
St. Petersburg
Bulgaria
House of Commons
Marquis of Salisbury
Greece
Obituaries and Personal News Across Cities
Donald McLellan of the Highlanders died in Detroit at 108. E P Brown, Chicago journalist and humorist, converted to Christianity in Chicago under Sam Jones and Sam Small, will devote himself to gospel work. Louise Michel prepares lectures in the United States. Judge Baxter of the U S Court died at Hot Springs Arkansas. B B Crandall, Buffalo real estate agent, leapt into the Niagara River above the falls, leaving farewell letters.
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Donald McLellan
Detroit
E. P. Brown
Chicago
Sam Jones
Sam Small
Mr. Brown
Chicago Ledger
Deacon Basswood
New York
Louise Michel
United States
Baxter
United States Court
Hot Springs
Ark
B. B. Crandall
Buffalo
Niagara River
Falls
Harris Testimony on Pan-Electric Ties and Senate Actions
Senator Harris testified before the Pan-Electric investigation committee in Washington about the Pan-Electric Company and denied any suggestion that stockholder titles would benefit from official position. A Broadway franchise repeal bill moved to the New York Senate. Republicans at a Washington caucus favored open executive sessions and nominations based on merit, naming Morrill Platt Plumb Van Wyck Hale Dolph Mitchell and Don Cameron as supporters.
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Harris
Tennessee
Pan-Electric Investigation Committee
Washington
Pan-Electric Company
New York Senate
Washington Dispatch
Morrill
Platt
Plumb
van Wyck
Hale
Dolph
Mitchell
Oregon
Don Cameron
Financial Strikes and Labor Talks Across the Nation
Weekly reports to Bradstreet show 200 business failures in the United States, up from 191 last week, with most failures among small traders under 5000 capital. A Pittsburgh streetcar strike ends after a mutual compromise, while Jay Gould and T V Powderly discuss arbitration in New York. Hoxie signals willingness to meet Knights of Labor to settle grievances at the Missouri Pacific as talks continue.
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United States
Bradstreet’s
Pittsburgh
Jay Gould
T. V. Powderly
New York
New York Telegram
Gould
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Hoxie
Powderly
H. M. Hoxie
St. Louis
Knights of Labor
A. L. Hopkins
Sane
Reysay Gould
Knight of Tabor
Martin Irons
St Louis
Missouri Pacific
Bartlett
Herman & Leopold Herzog
Suda Bay
Mediterranean
House of Representatives
O'Neill
W. S. Crissey
Methodist Church
115Th
Illinois Volunteers
Decatur
New Orleans
McMahon
Symthe
Captain Murphy
Emanuel E. Dreyfus
Parish
Thomas Ford
Band of Assassins
Louisiana
Cambridge
Oxfords
Thames
Missouri Pacific Road
Fort Worth
Kansas
Parsons
New York Stock Exchange
Lackawanna
Chris Wiehe
Chicago
Rose Moran
M. Gladstone
Pasteur
Paris
E. P. Alllis
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
St. Clair
Prof
Foostrer
Iowa
Lakes
Atlantic
Mississippi Basin
Foster
Willliam M T. Giovens
Jacksonville
Illinois
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Fort Bethold Indian Agency
Dakota
Bell Company reports Pan-Electric patents of no importance
Annual stockholders meeting in Boston states Pan-Electric patents are of no consequence. Sulphur mines at Lake Charles Louisiana yield 200 barrels daily from one flowing well. A counterfeit five dollar brownback note, claiming to be from Central National Bank Norwalk Connecticut, appears with wrong charter numbers. Military movements assign generals to divisions and departments. Actor Robert L Downing books two week engagement at McVicker's Theatre Chicago with Vautour the Exile. Kiralfy Brothers announce The Ratstcher at McVicker's next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
Boston
Pan-Electric
Lake Charles
Montevideo
South America
Missouri
Chicago
Gen. Howard
Pacific
Crook
Department of the Platte
Gen
Miles
Department of Arizona
Robert L. Downing
McVicker’s
Kiralfy Brothers
McVicker's
Vast Flood Losses and Ship Lost at Sea
Reports detail floods in the Southern States with many drownings and property damage. The steamship Gulf of Akaba, en route from Spain to New York with iron ore and a crew of 35, is declared lost, valued at $220,000. In Chattanooga and Alabama floods, thousands displaced, livestock swept away, and extensive industrial damage noted. A Montgomery dispatch notes relief boats delivering food to perishers. convict labor camps flooded. uncertain number of drownings, mostly Black, with one exception.
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Gulf of Akaba
Spain
New York
Jeff" Wilson
Lexington
Jennie Sanford
Chattanooga
Tenn
Montgomery
Ala
Board of Inspectors
Caba River
Western and Central Railroad
City Plunged Into Darkness as Gas Works Submerged
In Selma Alabama the city lost power after the gas works were submerged causing extensive blackout. Rome Georgia reports damages around 300000 dollars as the area reels from flooding and outages.
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Selma
Ala
Rome
Multiple Local Crimes Highlight City Graft and Firearm Death
Al Bennett of Memphis was shot and killed by his mistress Laura May Porter who then wounded herself. In Mercer Pennsylvania a moonshine gang operating near the courthouse was busted with two leaders seized. Belleville Illinois Grand Jury indicts City Treasurer Launtz and Recorder Canty for public funds fraud and conspiracy. Cincinnati report notes a citizens committee pursuing city and county official fraud with most directors of the City Infirmary indicted and others fled abroad.
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al Bennett
Memphis
Tenn
Laura May Porter
Court House
Mercer
Erie
Belleville
Launtz
Recorder Canty
East St Louis
Cincinnatis
Citizens’ Committee of One Hundred
City Infirmary
Canada
Cuba
Holland
Planters’ House Fire in St Louis Traps Four Servants
Flames engulfed the Planters’ House in St Louis sending guests fleeing. Four servant girls suffocated in the hallways while guests escaped unharmed. damage described as light.
Reform in Civil Service A Key Democratic Banner
Congressman Barrows condemns the 1880s civil service reforms as political to the core. He argues Democratic pledges to honest, merit based appointments were betrayed by mass removals in the Post Office and other offices, exposing abuses and secret charges. He cites figures of 8,931 removals in twelve months and denounces secrecy and vindictive tactics.
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Barrows
Reform
Democratic Party
Democratic
Baltimore
St. Louis
Cleveland
Ohio
Post Office Department
Dfone
United States Senate
Senate
Postoffice Department
Higgins
Internal Revenue
Washington
John Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
John Quincy Adams
The Tooth That Won’t Let Go A Laughing Memoir
A humorous reminiscence recounts a boyhood tooth cherished like a friend then plagued by a painful cavity. The narrator endures dentist drills and forceps in a comical dairy of gas, muddled meals, and a dramatic extraction, ending with the tooth’s final justice.
Squire Hebbs Filosory on Insanity Humility and Justice
The text presents a stylized rambling moral reflection by a lazy yet clever speaker. It contrasts wisdom and ignorance, condemns greed, and frames humanity as a flawed path toward civilization. It uses dialect to discuss sympathy, justice, discipline, and the roles of intelligence and mortality in society.
Congress Debates Army Increase and Labor Arbitration
Senate debates the army bill with General Sheridan endorsement and Montana admission. House considers resolutions on Confederate veteran pensions, Grant cottage conveyance, and labor arbitration to ease strikes amid warnings of a unified national crisis and political maneuvering.
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Senate
Logan
Sheridan
Plumb
Europe
Teller
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of the Treasury
Mount McGregor
Grant
New Orleans
Reagan
Carrollton
Miss
Belmont
Rock Springs
Wyoming
Committee On Labor
Voorh
Montana
Cullom
Ashington
Abraham Lincoln
O. O. Howard
John Pope
Randall
Pennsylvania
Texas
Congress
Barksdale
Mississippi
House
Messrs. McMillin and
Houk
Tennessee
Coburgers in Navy Quietly Retaining Soft Berths
A naval officer describes a class of favored officials in Washington nicknamed Coburgers. He cites officers who never stand watches, rapid promotions from the naval academy, and long entrenchment in the capital. Petticoat influence is alleged to sustain these positions.
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Navy
Navy Department
Naval Academy
Washington
Judge Advocate General’s Bureau
Judge Advocate General
Remey
Marine Corps
League Island Navy Yard
Penny wages in Eden era noted by economist
An economist recalls a time when a penny equaled a fair day's wage for a laborer, contrasting it with Adam in Eden who earned far less and could not spend it. The note mentions no shop across the street selling a cigar for a cent, per the Norristown Herald.
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Adam
Eden
Norristown Herald
Long-Distance Phone Invention Highlighted In Ohio
Ohio report notes Dr. Luther C. Rose of Palmyra Mahoning County has tested a Rose long distance telephone transmitter achieving 875 miles between sites. Capitalists back the device claiming potential for 2000 mile conversations. Also covered are wage raises at John W. Stoddard Co Dayton and cooperative profit sharing plans at Cotterill Fenner Co. plus various legal and local news items.
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John W. Stoddard & Co
Dayton
Cotterill, Fenner & Co
Youngstown
Luther C. Rose
Palmyra
Mahoning County
Blake
Rose
Tiffin
Clinton Township
Alexander M. Campbell
John B. Mannix
Archbishop Purcell
Gobel
Mannix
Joseph Hosdowitch
Farmers’ National Bank
Mansfield
Canada
Common Pleas Court
Hosdowitch
Cleveland
Ellen Lawrence
Ohio Farmer
Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
Herbert C. Ayer
Chicago
Lake Superior Iron Company
Brown, Bonnell & Co
United States
Baxter
Tip Davis
Hamilton Furnance
Hanging Rock
Marblehead
City Infirmary
Newforth
Cincinnati
Bellaire
Charlie Anderson
North Fairfield
Jerome Stevens
Buckeye Stove Company
Norman A. Gilbert
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
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Navy Pension Fund
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ETON
Ecaria
Akinbani Ak
U.S
Treasury
Reese Eee
Econ
U. 8 S
U. S
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Wess
Tne
Donceseethse Saart
Financial and Industrial
Burrer—Choice
PetraTors
Bulances
Eyr
Pork
Vis
Cesssees
Sloper
Jack
Mammoth Cave
Jupiter
Joel Sloper
Hebbs
Natur
Privat
Chile
Alwaz
Congressional
Dour
Washington Territory
Vance
Maine
Blaine
John C. Wise
Mankato
Minn
H. N. Jewett
Massachusetts
Sivas
Webster City
Springer
Labor Committee
Messrs
Hammond
Weaver
Brumm
Daniel
Twentyfourth Infantry
O’neill
Lawler
Farquhar
Glover
Ohio State News
Cincinnati Board of Education
Cincinnati, Hocking Valley
Huntington
E. P. Pratt
First Presbyterian Church
Portsmouth
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