Bankrupt Panic Hits Oliver Bros Firm in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh firm Oliver Bros and PurLuprs suspends payment amid rumors of embarrassment. The business traces its rise from a small mill to a major plant valued around five million dollars employing four to five thousand workers.
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Server Bros. & PurLuprs
Pittsburgh
New State
Oliver Bros
H. W. Oliver, Jr
John M. Phil
William J. Lewis
Groff & Bennett
William Shaw
Pennsylvania Railroad
Phillips
Lewis
Oliver
Oliver Tose
George Traviss
Wellsboro
Barber, Nichols
N. Y
John J. Cisco & Son
New York
New York City
Irving Hall
New Bedford
Mass
Webb
Trenton
N. J
O’donovan Rossa
Earl Spencer
Ioie
Cavendish and Burke
Alexander Dirgan
Moldings
Benjamin F. Butler
United States Circuit Court
Stephen Bins
Blaine
Ublican National Committee
Mora County
Mexico
Butler
Elkins
Train time cuts reshape Kansas City Chicago livestock runs
The Southwstern Railway Association sped livestock freight from sixty to forty-two hours between Kansas City and Chicago after protests by shippers about delays. Other items note a fatal shooting by a farmer in Osceola Michigan, family doomsday fears in Creston Iowa, a paralyzed woman in Taylorville Illinois, and a hog buried and later revived in Roscoe. An Illinois grand jury indicted many in ward frauds. executions occurred in Edwardsville and San Francisco. a Kankakee hospital wing burned with 17 dead or missing. a sheriff killed during a prison escape in Albion Idaho. embezzler pleads guilty in St Paul. a Kent County verdict over a downstairs incident. a hurricane hits Breavenville Ohio. a broken rail injures a Wabash train. and Indiana debates woman suffrage.
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Southwstern Railway Association
Kansas City
Chicago
Joseph A. Dibble
Osceola
Mich
Karl
Creston
Iowa
Emma Bond
Taylorville
Ill
Thomas Farrell
Buchanan
Roscoe
Crouch
Jackson County
Eastern Illinois Hospital For the Insane
Kankakee
Henry Brown
Rock Island
H. W. Belden
Galesburg
George Bennett
Morris
Joseph Colbert
Orlando Ellis
Pontiac
J. W. Galloway
Macoupin
Thomas Hickey
Matthew Hague
Chebanse
Twhner
Stevenson County
Thomas Herely
John Johnson
Vermillion
Michael Jordan
J. Nathan
A. Bunyard
Winnebago County
C. Strotz
J. W. Tyler
F. Weymouth
Putman County
Albion
Idaho
Perry Pleasants
Charles Butterfield
Butterfield
Pleasants
David E. Swann
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Kent County
George Thurston
D. Luce
Luce
Breabenville
Ohio
Bismarck
Pierre Hashice Tatenheast
Dakota
Mr. Sweet
Montreal
Canada
Hochlago
Nickel Plate Road
Grand Crossing
Charles Ellis
New York
William M. Evarit
United States
Evart
Edward Cooper
Indiana
Daniel W. Voorhees
Connecticut
O. H. Platt
Pennsylvania
Don Cameron
Misouri
West
Rhode Island
Jonathan Chse
Senate
Secretary of State
Mexico
Central and
South America
West Indies
England
France
Engand
Fitz John Porter
New York City
Newark
New Jersey
Inspector Byrnes
J. E. Dodge & Co
Siouxity
John O. Worrell
Joseph French
John Keelers
Joseph Breur
Reynolds & Reynolds
Dayton
Stanley Mathews
Washington
John Buchanan
Philadelphia
Rebecca Russell
E. Wheeler
Alliance
Mathew Brown
Toledo
Second National Bank
Slocum Opposes Grant Retired List Report
Washington dispatch says General Slocum will not report to the House the Senate bill to retire Grant without naming him. He favors the Fitz John Porter bill and opposes recognizing Grant and Ward. Rosecrans also opposes Grant on the retired list. The Spanish treaty likely won't be reported from the Foreign Relations Committee. Nicaragua treaty may be postponed until next Congress.
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Washington
Slocum
House
Senate
Grant
Fitz John Porter
Rosecrans
Senate Military Committee
Grant & Ward
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Kee
Hennepin Canal
Gen. Hazen
cKeever
Greely
McCrulloch
Randall
Powell
Prussia
United States
Germany
State Department
Washi
KixKeap
Alaska
Congress
Political currents swirl as parties push for power
The dispatch notes Rhode Island leader George Downtna urging New York Democrats to prize winning the colored vote over intimidation. It covers Washington caucus positions on reprisal bills, navy funding, and March 4 politics. Also reports Connecticut Senate nominations Platt and Barnum, Nevada reelecting John P. Jones, St John disputes, and factions opposing Garland. Alabama senator Morgan favors nearby governance growth, Indiana Democrats renominate Voorhees for Senate.
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George T. Downtna
Rhode Island
New York
Cleveland
Washington
Randall
Connecticut
Orville H. Platt
United States
William H. Barnum
Nevada
John P. Jones
United States Senate
St. Joan
Clarkson
St. John
Garland
Springer Committee
Cincinnati
Morgan
Alabama
Albany
Evarts
Morton
Depew
Indiana
Daniel Voorhees
United Stes
Anarchists blamed for murder in Frankfurt front of house
Reports claim the killing of a man in Frankfurt am Main was the work of anarchists. The piece notes police detentions and unrest surrounding the incident amid wider European tensions including Khartoum, Congo, and Africa policy discussions.
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Erry Ber
Foo Tonquin
Sealice
Frankfort-on-the- Main
Stewart
Gakdul
Howeryatt
Lord Garmoyle
Congo
America
Africannternational Association
Africa
Henry George
Royal Exchange
London
Vienna
Gaschsky
Admiral Moorsom
Dublin
Holyhead
Santa Clara
New York
Edmond About
Ignatieff
Siberia
Suakim
Turkey
Egypt
Montreal police warned after threats to bomb city hall
A Montreal police chief received a note threatening dynamite against city hall if tavern keepers in Hochlago are interfered with over Sunday openings. The warning comes amid a spate of distressing reports in 1883.
Fire devastates Eastern Illinois Hospital ward killing numerous inmates
A fire at 3 a m struck a detached ward of the Eastern Illinois Hospital for the Insane in Kankakee. Inmates fled in night clothes into freezing 12 degree cold as attendants struggled to rescue them. Twelve bodies were recovered, with several more missing. Fire risk factors included insufficient alarms and unsafe furnace proximity to pine joists.
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Kankakee
Eastern Illinois
Cabbro
Brown
Rose and Wife
Reid, Williams
Fireman
W. A. Reid
Reid
R.S. Dewey
Chicago
Mas Hereley
Hereley
James Colbert
M. Jordan
Thomas Ickey
Springfield
F. Weymouth
Peru
Henry Brown
Rock Island
R. C. Williams
J. C. McFarland
P. Skully
J. R. Willett
Avalanche devastates Klangenfurt in Corsinthia Austria
Dispatches report a massive avalanche in Corinthia Austria burying parts of Klangenfurt under up to thirty feet of snow. Authorities and 3000 men search for the missing as casualties rise with war corpses recovered and many homes wiped away.
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London
Corinthia
Austria
Klangenfurt
Berlin
Si Mountain
Warner's Safe Remedies touted as cures and guarantees
A public health notice extols Warner's Safe Remedies for kidney liver and blood disorders and other ailments. It claims permanent curative effects after years of experience, with guarantees and testimonials, and emphasizes sanitation along with reliance on these products.
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Boards of Health
Koch
Warner
Congress in action on grants pensions and commerce
The measure to place General Grant on the retired list with full rank and pay passes the Senate. Bills seek a $1000 annual pension for General George H. Thomas's widow, and adjustments to Navy and Indian affairs. Debates cover the Slater interstate commerce amendment and rail rate disputes, with conference committees over land grants and Oregon Central issues. A House inquiry addresses the Eight Hour law and a public notice highlights postal and maritime interests.
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Gen. Grant
Senate
Miller
George H. Thomas
Hale
Nicaragua
Ae William A. Richardson
Court of Claims
Davis
Ce Ee
Ingalls
Allison
Li Lag Ck
Cameron
Monongahela River
Beck
United States
Henry Wilson
Philadelphia
Cuba
Porto Rico
House of Representatives
Memphis
Cobb
Hiscock
House
Oregon Central
Tes
Dana Green
Ly Reee
T.e Indian
Ma. Fare
Maine
Slater
Gibson
Handall
Wheeling
Ers
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United States of
Colombia
Tunja
Montissar
Santander
Boyaca
Nunez
Eisner Alfred Lex
Delaware
Potter
Huntington
Order of the Ho Cross
Lee
Nathaniel McKay
Panama
Panama Canal
Westee
Scotland
McKay
de Lesseps
Department of Agriculture
Gulf Coast
Dix
Forward
Gulf
Galena
Tennessee
Key West
Yantic
Swatara
Colquit
Joseph E. Browne
Georgia
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Terre Au
Ate
Oates
Committee On Judiciary
Gores
Josohn G
Kilbourn- Ompion
John H. Evans
South Carolina
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The
New York Ledger
Rockland
Col
Chine
Jupper
David Davis
Washit
Gen. Frement
John C. Fremont, Jr
Regular Army
Robert Browning
ST. Wheat
Roensidees
Pons
James S. Prescott
North Union Shakers
Bright
Helen Leikem
West McHenry
S. A. Gettys, Insurance
Chillicothe
Liverpool
James Waxham
la Porte
R. H. McMichael
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South Bend
Ind
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Paris
Edwin Fay
Davenport
Opole
Litton
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Rien Vaniehash
Rochester
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Lynn
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Hatchville
Conn
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Chadwick
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Atlanta, Ga
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Michigan
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Peart
R. U. Aware
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Emporia
Kans
Onty
Nala
Khiinvaniefarh
N.Y
Seater
the Dude
His Pop
Bolus Hankus
Bolus
Pop
Jim Beardsley
Waterford
Hunter
Mellon
John O’ Gaunt
West End
London Society
Perry
Boston Journal
Toysoniat
Lydia
Pinkham’s
Mast
Mast. For Pamphlet. Oytes
Wick
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Dr. Kennedys
American Hug Bug Pattern CO
Biddeford
N.J
Exmoos
Betsey Hamilton
EARTH
W. J
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Nawager
Vaalreth
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A. P. Lacey
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