03 Apr 1885
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1885
Page
1
Erie Stores Millinery Parints announces new season arrivals at the fashionable Spr Milliner. Our prices are excellent and our beams and trims cater to every taste. Attending customers urged to visit for updated styles and hats.
The Senate announced the withdrawal of Alexander Lawton of Georgia as Minister to Russia due to Fourteenth Amendment disability. Separately, the Navy prepared to ship about 200 marines to Panama, with a larger force ready if needed, while officials anticipated possible nonuse but urged prompt action. Republican senators protested confirmations of federally appointed collectors where tenure is indefinite, opposing Democrats’ success in placing Republicans at risk of losing offices.
A December 3 river flood reports ice gorges and overflow causing Parker's Landing bridge to fail. Two bridge sections carried away as water surged, with possible pedestrians on the structure. Coal boats and river traffic awaited safer conditions for days. Fast Pennsylvania Railroad through-trains to extend rapid transit between East Coast cities and the Midwest begin April 5.
Secretary Whitney and Navy officials discuss sending up to 500 marines to Aspinwall from New York and New Orleans ports. The City of Para will carry 200 men tomorrow at noon and six more ships may follow with additional troops and provisions. Marines to command by Major Charles Faywood with naval officer oversight.
The fast mail train wrecked near Newport Kentucky after being hurled from the track. Several passengers and crew injured including clerks and a conductor. two coaches damaged. nine horses aboard the express car. damage estimated at $10,000. Fire and rescue efforts reported. no fatalities. Nearby incidents include a family fire in Alexander Kentucky and a Rowan County clash with potential militia intervention. Jefferson Davis reportedly in good health.
Long dispatch from St. Petersburg notes Russia maintains war preparations with cruisers and torpedo boats at Nikolaieff and moves troops toward Afghanistan while Britain builds an auxiliary navy from merchant ships. Admiralty inspectors review merchant steamers to assess conversion to war use, with many ships capable of carrying guns and armored for action. The fleet divides into fast and slower vessels. officers stress the thoroughness of regulations and the urgency of mobilization despite diplomatic shifts.
The Ex-President, General Ulysses S Grant, lay in a fragile condition at his New York bedside on April 3. Early reports told of restless nights and alarming symptoms, with family alarm and visits from Hamilton Fish General Sickles and others. Bulletins at 9 and 10:30 p.m. noted improvement, restful scenes, and a quiet, sleeping General Grant, though the situation remained grave.
The Senate confirmed Henry G Pearson to be postmaster of New York and then adjourned sine die. Reports from Washington note the day included tributes to a dying leader and updates on General Grant. Police in Berraro hunt for Charles Lappin, accused of large scale stock and oil fraud linked to bogus quotes and brokers.
Turbulent reports from Oak Lake and Battleford as General Middleton faces resistance. Troops advance from Nipagon Bridge to Quappelle with supply lines set twenty miles apart. Disquiet grows among Cree Indians and half breeds. unrest extends to Fort Quappelle and Humboldt. Amid rumors of engagements, officials limit press dispatches while Ottawa, Toronto and Norfolk note bank suspensions and militia preparations.
A Philadelphia dispatch reports 36 homing pigeons released by the Federation of America Homing Fanciers in South Fifteenth Street New York near City Hall at ten o clock yesterday. They are owned by J G Ware and S J Lambertson of Keyport New Jersey. The voyage can reach sixty two miles and marks the year first long flight, starting from here last year. The next return journey heads to Havre de Grace Maryland.
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