Irish Home Rule Debated as Shaftesbury Suicides and Unrest Rise
Intelligence from London covers Gladstone and Harcourt backing Irish home rule with a second reading set for May 6. The Earl of Shaftesbury dies by suicide in London. Reports note protests, stock issues, and land reform plans amid broader political and labor turmoil.
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House of Commons
Harcourt
Gladstone
Goschen
Michael Hicks-Beach
Earl of Shaftesbury
London
M. Pasteur
Irish sympathy measure and Tennessee senatorial appointment
The New York House passed a sympathy resolution for Ireland and praised Mr. Gladstone. A House committee amended the pension bill for prisoners of war, setting the confinement requirement at thirty days to obtain benefits. Tennessee’s Governor named W. C. Whitthorne to succeed Howell E. Jackson as U.S. Senator.
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New York House of Representatives
Ireland
Gladstone
House Committee On
Washington
Stella
Sxty
Tennessee
W. C. Whitthorne
United States
Howell E. Jackson
Labor unrest and strikes ripple across railways and schools
Forty switchmen quit in Chicago area B and O yards over non union workers. Strikes erupt in St Louis schools with two Hodgen pupils whipped by the principal. Knights of Labor figures indicted in St Louis for telegraph tampering amid a Gould Hoxie plot. Coinage totals show 52 million silver dollars in circulation.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Chicago
St. Louis
Hodgen
Martin Irons
A.C. Coughlin
Knights of Labor Assemblies
G. M. Jackson
S. M. Nichols
United States Grand Jury
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis Citizens’ Committee
Southwestern
Quincy
Ill
Philadelphia
Gould
Third Avenue Street
New York
Road
Empire Protective Association
United States
Canada
Oklahoma Territory proposed after Cherokee strip open to settlement
House Committee on Territories in Washington approves a bill to open unoccupied Cherokee Strip lands at 1.25 dollars per acre and to organize the Territory of Oklahoma from Indian Territory and public land. Also notes on Pow derly to Gould, railway earnings, electric streetcar tests, Montreal nude statue prosecutions, and Parnell thanking Detroit treasurer.
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House Committee On Territories
Washington
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Scranton
Powderly
Gould
Root
St. Louis
Knights of Labor
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Montgomery
Ala
Montreal
Charles Parnell
Reilley
Detroit
National League of America
Casualties from fires, trains, and cyclones across multiple states
Reports describe coal gas incidents in Erie Pennsylvania killing a woman and driving Charles Rooney to insanity. A Republican Valley Railroad wreck near Oketo Nebraska left two coaches off track but occupants rescued. a child died and fourteen injured. Minnesota cyclone fatalities and hospitalizations rise with many homes damaged. repeated losses stretch to Missouri and Louisiana. A Covington Kentucky tobacco factory burned for about $60,000. a Meervick Long Island resident fatally shot his coachman. The St Cloud Minnesota dispatch notes over fifty injured, with extensive hospital care and widespread property damage totals.
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Charles Rooney
Erie
Rooney
Republican Valley Railroad
Oketo
Neb
Blue River
Gizip
Babe
St Paul
Minnesota
St. Cloud
Louisiana
Robert Hamilton
Covington
Thomas 8
Taylor
Meervick
Long Island
Thaddeus Gritman
Gritman
Minn
Sisters of St Benedict
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Sauk Rapids
Brindisi cholera toll and assorted world news items
Telegraph reports sixteen deaths from cholera at Brindisi. Chicago switchmen strike after demands unmet. A fire in Xenia Ohio kills John Domthett and wife with arrest of Charles Morris for arson and robbery. Three Chicago stores adopt eight hour workday next month. Learn Snyder assigns debts of $40,000. W C T U seeks injunctions against thirty three saloon keepers. George Smith, veteran journalist and State Register owner, dies at 59. Alice the elephant arrives in Newark. Tyre lines cut rates to 12 cents a word east of the Mississippi to Europe. London jury acquits Mrs Bartlett of poisoning husband. Pittsburgh foundry fire scatters molten steel burning workers. Vienna to move Beethoven era remains to Central Cemetery. Canada imposes 74 percent sugar duty. Labor Committee to subpoena Powderly Gould Hopkins and tour cities. A South Carolina lad with a taillike spine reported. Kentucky sheriff executes Robert Smith for patricide. body sold to physicians. Citizens of St John plan Grant memorial on Decoration Day in New York. Clintonville powder explosion kills Arthur Edwards and injures six. Boston clash between Italians and longshoremen raises tensions. House debates export tobacco manufactories and river relief funding. no action on river flood relief.
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Rome
Bayard
Brindisi
Lake Shore Road
Chicago
Xenia
Ohio
John Domthett
Charles Morris
Learn & Snyder
McKeesport
Penn
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Clinton
Iowa
George Smith
State Register
Springfield
Illinois
Alice
Jumbo
London
Newark
Mississippi River
Great Britain
France
Germany
Bartlett
Dyson
Pittsburgh
Singer, Nimick & Co
Vienna
Beethoven, Glick
Schubert
Joseph Strauss
United States
House Select Committee On
Powderly
Gould
Hopkins
Washington
St. Louis
Atchison and
Fort Worth
Laurens County
South Carolina
Nicholsville
Kentucky
Robert Smith
James Lea
St. John
New Brunswick
New York
Gen
Grant
Clintonville
Wisconsin
Arthur Edwards
Hoosac Tunnel
Boston
Murders and Arrests Across Cities Include Bribery Probe
At Grand Ledge Michigan John Moore shot his divorced wife in the shoulder and then killed himself. In New York eleven members of the Board of Aldermen charged with accepting bribes for votes on the Broadway Railroad franchise. At Golconda Illinois Sheriff Frank Thosn-
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Grand Ledge
Michigan
John Moore
New York
Golconda
Dlinois
Frank Thosn
Historic executions and crimes recounted in grim 19th century notices
The item lists multiple 19th century crime briefings and executions: William J. Randolph kills a former county treasurer. Joseph White fatally stabs F. Northup and commits suicide at Ellington Iowa. J A Biggs is jailed in Bloomington for ticket theft valued between five and ten thousand dollars. Allen J. Adams executed in Amherst for the 1875 murder of Moses Dickinson after a drunken dispute. Camillo Gonzales hanged at Bracket Texas for ranchman Peter Johnson’s murder yielding two hundred dollars. Charles Robinson hanged for outrage in New Castle Delaware. bank defalcation by J E Robinson leads to suspension of Angelica NY bank. Thomas C. King of Chicago sentenced to 25 years for wife murder.
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William J. Randolph
Ellington
Iowa
Joseph White
F. Northup
J. A. Biggs
Lake Erie and Western Road
Bloomington
Ill
Allen J. Adams
Amherst
Mass
Moses Dickinson
Massachusetts
Camillo Gonzales
Bracket
Texas
Peter Johnson
Charles Robinson
New Castle
Del
Governor Foraker Defends Land Owners Rights In Tax Debate
Columbus April 14 Governor Foraker defends land owners against a tax dodge alleged by noble and parsons. He argues the constitution requires taxation of all bonds and notes, reviews debates from the 1850s convention, and warns against uneven real estate valuations while urging a state board to ensure uniform assessments.
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Columbus
Onto
Mr. Noble
Mr. Parsons
Janney
Groesbeck
Ranney
Lawrence
United States
John Brough
Noble
White Deer Killing Brings Bad Luck Claim in Oral Tale
An old Western hunter recalls hearing of a white deer killed near Chico and links the event to a string of misfortunes. He, living on Feather River in fall of '53, pursued hunting, mining, and trapping when a single bloodied white deer supposedly cursed his luck.
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Chico
Feather River
Like a Good Many Other People
A humorous exchange from the Philadelphia Call recalls a child who cannot recite the ten commandments from memory but claims to know them when she sees them. The vignette highlights ordinary family dialogue and the playful contrast between rote memorization and recognition.
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Mamma
Bess
Philadelphia
Ohio General Assembly Gossipy Synopsis of April Proceedings
A stitched summary of Senate and House actions from April 13 to 16, including bills on murder for felonious intent, boy's industrial schooling, taxation returns by executors, ditches and saloon bans, creation of a State Board of Elections, pay bills and corruption probes in Payne’s Senate race, and appropriations for departments with dialogue on Irish sympathy, Miss Carrollton massacre, and candy adulteration. The note highlights moving delegations to Columbus, committee reports, and votes on resolutions.
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Ohio General Assembly
Senate
House
Uiring Railroad
Columbus
Ohio
Philadelphia
Pay County
M. Rowne
Itentiary
Gladstone and
Parnell
Pas Eg
Ohio National Guard
H. B. Payne
United States Senate
Whic
Ohio House
Congress
Carrollton
Miss
Ohio Senate
State Board of Elections
Penitentiary Act
Payne
Harlan
Too Many Juliets for Romeo's Comfort
Knickerbocker Jones asks Bob Van Slyck where he is going near Grand Central Depot. Bob says he will be away for a day as tomorrow is his birthday and three fiancées plan to visit him. He fears being at home when all three call, so he leaves for the 3 o'clock train.
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Romeo
Knickerbocker Jones
Bob van Slyck
Grand Central Depot
Bob
van Slyck
New York
Texas Siftings
What a Woman Does When She's Angry
A cheeky meditation on women and fashion notes the complexities of corsets and buttons, contrasting with a jokey male obsession with clothing. It also recalls an old New Jersey law equating seduction by cosmetics to witchcraft, followed by a noisy dockside sighting in Jacksonville.
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America
San Francisco
New Jersey
Bees and Beehives Triggered Train Escape with Horses
A Kentucky farmer moved eight horses in a box car with his two sons and a dog. Bees in two additional hives escaped as the train jolted. The boys and dog leapt out to stop the train while passengers faced a buzzing chaos until the hives were removed and the horses saved.
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Kentucky
Kansas
Prof Mueller dies in recitation at Wittenberg College
Ohio news notes the sudden death of Prof H C Mueller aged 32, head of German French and Latin at Wittenberg College Springfield from heart disease after a strenuous start to class. It recalls his language mastery birth in Russia and career in Canton and Springfield. Also covers School Superintendents meeting notes and various Ohio political and local items.
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Defiance Co. Express
Defiance
the News
Thaddeus Fairbanks
St. Johnsbury
Vermont
Jacob Hack
Racine
Wis
John M. Rountree
Cook County
J. H. Arnett
American Express Company
Niagara Falls
John H. Noyes
Ontario
Brattleboro
Hayes
Ann J. Mercer
Montgomery County
R. T. Smith
Leroy
N. Y
Dennis C. Wilcox
E. H. Shirk
Peru
Ind
Lamar
Macon
Amelia Morosmi
Riverdale
Thomas H. Ruger
Department of the Missouri
Miles
Buffalo
William Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Oscar Folsom
White House
Noonan
J. J. McGarry
Missouri Pacific
F. Mayer & Co
Order of the Knights of Labor of America
Southwest
Order
Jay Gould
Hoxie
T. V. Powderly
Financial and Industrial
House of Representatives
Alabama
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U. Cckisvsee
Ork—Mess
Milwaukee
Chucobecbestes OaTs
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Cincinnati
CoRmn
Ccoastepeibab Es
Pork—Mess
Cobevsdees
Annséscodakiaven
Brrr Cattle
Breer CaTrie
Indianapolis
Eeereee East Liber
Foraker
Beatty
Rufus P. Ranney
William 8
Europe
Gen. Beatty
Netter
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Sinking Fund
Toledo
Cleveland
Board of Revision and Equalization
Ohio Legislature
Ofa Et. VY
Jacksonville
Fla
Baltimore
Florida
Ohio State News
H. C. Mueller
Wittenberg College
Mueller
Russia
Paris
Canton
Indiana
W. N. Hailman
LaPorte
J. N. Study
Richmond
E. H. Butler
Winchester
Wheaton
St. Marys
Mt. Vernon
Joe Hooker
Painesville, Wooster and Ohio Railway Company
Zanesville
Albert E. Boone
Rufus C. Burton
Frank N. Wedge
William A. Cassell
Daniel B. Gary, Jr
John Bane
Robert N. Cochran
Henry Cassell
Gideon E. Meigs
Painesville
John Bain
Sylvester Baker
Kansas City
Brookville
Union City
Kelloggville
Milo Coll
William Schneider
Soldiers
Schwartz
Building Association
Gov. Foraker
Lucinda A. Moser
Christopher Tiddle
Moser
New Carlisle
Washington Township
Holmes County
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