World News Briefs from The News
Summaries report the suicide of former MP John Ko Cross in Bolton England. Ireland would join the United States if urged, per John Bright. March 22 sees Berlin celebrations with a 101 gun salute. Bismarck warns Europe of peace for 1887. Warrants issued for Father Ryan of Irish National League. Russian demands arrears of war indemnity from the Porte. Six plotters to the Czar hanged. St. Petersburg police seize bombmaking stock. China borrows 5 million marks at 5 percent. French torpedo tests fail. Gladstone withholds support for land nationalization. Chinese village traps 300 tramps in temple. 40 escape. Vienna uncovers anarchist plot to burn the city. Tawton to receive 75 percent of claims. Kansas City made a reserve city. Chicago cloakmaker Leopold Harzfeld insolvent. Last week 406 805 silver dollars minted. Coke pool to continue three years. Philadelphia paper firms assign. Internal revenue down by 17 606. Cotton troubles disrupt New Orleans workers.
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John Ko Cross
Bolton
Eng
John Bright
Ireland
Berlin
Fred
Imperial Palace
Bismarck
Austria
Europe
Mary
St. Petersburg
China
Toulon
Gladstone
Vienna
Tawton
New York
Kansas City
Leopold Harzfeld
Chicago
Minta
Coke Syndicate
Coke Producers’ Association
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
James
John Hunter
New Orleans
Notable Deaths and Appointments Across Cities
Philip O'Brien dies in Chicago at 103. Mrs. John Farnham dies in Utica aged 105. Oscar S Straus named Minister to Turkey. Rev Dr McGlynn to lecture in New York on labor vs capital. Mrs. Ann Wright dies in Dorchester at about 105. Brig Gen Wilcox to retire April 16. Col Wesley Merritt may succeed. Maurice Grau jailed in Quebec for debt. Harriet A Moore sues Moses Hopkins for 250000. jury awards 75000. John McGovern hired to edit in Omaha. Chicago press lauds his career and promise.
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Philip O'Brien
Chicago
John Farnham
Utica
N. Y
Oscar S Straus
New York
Turkey
McGlynn
Ann Wright
Harry
George Wright
Dorchester
Massoori
Wilcox
Department of the Missouri
Wesley Merritt
Military Academy
Maurice Grau
Quebec
Mint Haurriet A. Moore
Moses Hopkins
Redwood City
Cal
John McGovern
Omaha
Eoening Lee
Daily Press
Current
Chicago Daily News
Treasury blocks dragon entry and rail deals shift to Santa Fe
Treasury denies free entry of a dragon rep of a Chinese god in San Francisco. Developments in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad deal point to the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe as the likely acquirer. Chicago elevators report millions of bushels of grain, while Bozeman notes heavy cattle losses easing with chinook and green grass returning. Canadian ads for ocean mail fail. Allan Line subsidy debated. New York Court of Appeals upholds oleomargarine act. Sheriff Wade breaks into a stockholders meeting in Toledo. Snowfalls and varied crimes reported across several states, with multiple hangings and grim incidents.
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Treasury Department
San Francisco
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Company
Chicago
Bozeman
M. T
Great Britain
Allan Line
Pacific Railway Company
Portland
Boston
New York Court of Appeals
Brooklyn
Wade
Toledo
Pike
Toledo, Columbus and
Southern Road
Connecticut
United States
Illinois
President appoints district attorneys and Commerce Commission names
The President named George E Pritchett for Nebraska and Emery B Bellers for Indiana as district attorneys and M W Montgomery as judge in Washington. The Interstate Commerce Commission picks five members including Schoonmaker and Walker with six year terms, and Bragg appointed on a two year term. Chicago Democrats nominate Harrison for Mayor and other city offices. New Jersey grants women the vote for school trustees. New York passes a high license bill. Sherman speaks in Nashville. a bill to abolish grand juries is recommended. Philadelphia gains six congressional districts in apportionment. Mayor Harrison declines Democratic Chicago mayoral bid.
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United States
George E Pritchett
Nebraska
Emery B. Bellers
Indiana
M. W. Montgomery
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thomas M. Cooley
Michigan
William R. Morrison
Ilinois
Augustus Schoonmaker
New York
Aldaco F. Walker
Vermont
Walter L. Bragg
Alabama
Schoonmaker
Walker
Edmunds
Massachusetts
New England
Kernan
Chicago
Carter IL Harrison
John H. McAvoy
John Sherman
Ohio
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Hlingis House
Harrisburg
House
Philadelphia
Randadas
Carter H. Harrison
Bakery Co-operative Assigns Its Assets in Knights of Labor
The Eau Claire Wisconsin Bakery Company a Knights of Labor co operative association has made an assignment. It is thought the creditors of Walter E.
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Eau Claire
Wia
Knights of Labor Co-Operative Association
Walter E
Multiple Disasters Reported Across Regions Including bridge Collapse
A train fell through Otter River bridge killing nine and wounding others near Lynchburg. In Hittville a schoolhouse floor collapsed injuring ten to fifteen during a donation event. A coroner cleared Bessemer boardinghouse staff after a deadly blaze. Fire destroyed John Taylor & Co. pork packing in Trenton and W S Wood planing mill in Binghamton. Yorkville courthouse and jail burned with records saved. A freight train collided with a passenger train near Leetonia killing the engineer and injuring several. Floods near Lograce, Dakota Territory caused five drownings.
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Otter River Bridge
Lynchburg
Hittville
Utica
N. Y
Bessemer
Mich
Frank Miller
Miller
John Taylor & Co
Trenton
N. J
Wood & Co
Binghamton
Yorkville
Pittspurg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Leetonia
Ohio
Lograce
D.T
Crimes and Murders Across Several States Reported
Reports detail the Buffalo Kentucky Quaker meeting-house blown up by giant powder and Frank Van Meter’s arrest. Willie Sella confesses to parricide, claiming his brother killed their father first. Trials begin for John Arenadorf in Sioux City. Detroit bodies of Charles Gavin and his wife discovered in their home. Newark Ohio woman kills husband with boiling water. Illinois La Salle County auditors flag deficits in treasurer sheriff clerk and probate clerk accounts. Chicago Grand Jury indicts several officials for malfeasance and conspiracy. bail posted.
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Buffalo
Kay
Frank van Meter
Willie Sella
Erie
Kan
Willie
John Arenadorf
George C. Haddock
Sioux City
Iowa
United States
Murphy
Lewis
Charles Gavin
Detroit
Newark
Ohio
Jacob Bread
Board of Supervisors
la Balle
Ilinois
Chicago
Daniel J. Wren
Adam Ochs
Johan EB. van Pelt
Harry Varnell
William J. McGarigle
Charles Frey
Elisha A. Robinson
Secretary Whitney of Navy to resign amid New York whispers
Reports from New York state Whitney plans to quit as Secretary of the Navy due to dissatisfaction and lack of patronage. He hoped for the Treasury post under Cleveland, but opposition from Manning supporters blocked the move, prompting his announced departure to trusted friends.
Haddock Murder Trials Reveal Sioux City Conspiracy
Sioux City corresp says Rev. George Haddock, temperance advocate, was killed on a rainy August night in 1886. Harry Leavitt implicated John Arensdorf and others. grand jury returns two indictments for murder and conspiracy. Trial of Arensdorf begins with defense denying guilt and proposing alibi. prosecutors outline motive tied to injunction suits against liquor dealers.
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Sioux City
George Haddock
Methodist Church
Sionate
Iowa
Temperance
Larrabee
Harry L. Leavitt
Leavitt
Chicago
John Arensdorf
Franz Brewing Company
Henry Peters
Arensdorf
Fred Munchrath
Geo
Treiber
Paul Leader
Harry Sherman
Louis Rath
Munchrath
Sherman
Albert Kosehnitski
California
Sylvester Grande
Kansas City
John Avensdorf
Lewis
O. C. Tredway
Isaac Pendleton
Morgan Township
Thomas Crilley
C. C. Barnett
Little Sioux Township
John Madden
Miller Township
Dennis Murphy
O’ Kedron
C. G. Gross
Correctionville
Thomas Frazier
Rutland Township
W.P. Pennell
Concordownship
David Keiffer
Taylor
George C. Haddock
Water Street
Fourth
Water Streets
Argo
Harry Leavitt
Interstate Commissioners Named For Six To Two Year Terms
Judge Thomas M. Cooley leads a slate of five Interstate Commissioners with terms ranging from six to two years. The group includes William K. Morrison Augustus Schoonmaker Aldace Walker and Walter L Bragg. Temporary offices will be arranged by the Interior Secretary likely in the Pension Building. An initial fund of 100000 is provided to cover start up costs through December with money to be spread to salaries and expenses. Emperor William receives honors and gifts as Berlin celebrates his birthday with widespread illuminations and official ceremonies.
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Washington Special
Thomas M. Cooley
Michigan
William K. Morrison
Illinois
Augustus Schoonmaker
New York
Aldace F. Walker
Vermont
Walter L. Bragg
Alabama
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Notable American Jurists and Politicians Profiles
Biographical sketches of Thomas M. Cooley born 1824 Attica New York later Michigan jurist and university organizer. William R. Morrison of Waterloo Illinois congressman and senator contender. Aldace F. Walker Rutland lawyer and rail problem legislator. Walter L. Bragg Alabama Harvard graduate railroad official Democrat. August Schoonmaker Kingston New York lawyer senator attorney general and governor candidate with long party activity.
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Thomas M. Cooley
Attica
N. Y
Mchigan
Supreme Court
University of Michigan
Gresham
Wabash
William R. Morrison
Waterloo
Monroe County
Illinois
McKendree College
House of Representatives
United States
Logan
Morrison
Jehnnker
Aldace F. Walker
Edmunds
Rutland
Vermont
Senate
Walter L. Bragg
Alabama
Harvard University
Cambridge Law School
General Morgan
Democratic National Committee
Alabama State Railroad Commission
August Schoonmaker
Kingston
Rochester
State Senate
Court of Appeals
New York
Rsso
Chicago
Berlin Celebrates 90th Birthday of Emperor William With Parades
Berlin marked the 90th birthday with religious services attended by schoolchildren, statue and bust wreaths, and citywide decorations. processions led by bands, the Emperor appearing at the palace window, and a royal 101 gun salute from Koenigsplatz accompanied by clergy, civil and military officials, and scholars.
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Berlin
William
Frederick the Great
Gymnasia
Koenigsplatz
Bismarék Ord
Marshal von Moltke
Confession Opens on Kansas Hatchet Murders by 16-Year-Old
Willie Sell, a 16-year-old convict, confesses to killing his father and brothers and mother and sister in Erie Kansas. He details the night of the killings and subsequent actions. The case drew mixed local opinion as he awaits the governor's signature on the death warrant.
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Kansas City
Willie Sell
Erie
Kas
J. W. Sell
Willie
Ina
Waty
Father
Mother
Wary
Ilred
Mr. Mendall
Miscreant's Bullet Targets East St. Louis Representative
A failed assassination attempt on United Labor member George Bailey of East St. Louis occurred near his boarding house on Capital Avenue. A pistol bullet penetrated Bailey's coat and book, lodging in a memorandum. no suspect is caught, and letters warned of retaliation for Labor traitors.
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Springfield
George &. Bailey
United Labor
East St. Louis
Bailey
Elder
Prince Albert
Karlowski
Labor Party
House
Burke
Representative Hohrbach
Neebe
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