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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1885
Page
5
The Erie Store showcases a elegant assortment of ladies misses and children millinery. Visit to view styles and trims or leave an order for a hats or bonnets and avoid waiting to be last.
News from Battleford reports the massacre of white settlers at Frog Lake near Fort Pitt. Victims include T. T. Quinn and John Delaney, with several priests among the dead. Battleford reports 1,000 Indians surrounding the town and unsettled prospects as armies move toward Qu Appelle and Clark's Crossing.
Report by the Legislative Investigating Committee on the Hocking Valley strike notes both sides heard fully and testimony conflicting. It suggests arbitration and wage law control by supply and demand, condemns the truck system, and calls for legislative consideration on monopoly issues. Several Senate and House bills passed or advanced, including embezzlement penalties, Oberlin bond authorization, tax levy adjustments, school book contracts at cost, and a shortened Weldy intimidation penalty.
Detective Kellert reports secret meetings in a St Gabriel Street hotel and a forming French Canadian association aiding Riel with men and money. Leaders linked to O Donovan Rossa, with funds raised in New York Chicago and Cincinnati. Government notified amid broader antipathy toward Macdonald. Also: William Donovan dies after pneumonia from skating match fatigue.
The Russian press reports growing belief that open hostilities may soon erupt over Afghanistan. Articles accuse Britain and Lord Dufferin of provoking aggression to justify occupation of Herat and other frontier points. Officials in St Petersburg discuss war as a possible outcome and note cautious moves at the Foreign Office and in Parliament.
Oklahoma Leader notes Washington crop report shows wheat yield down over ten percent from last year with key states listing declines. It cites soil conditions, Hessian fly damage, and rye prospects, plus political notes on Barrios death and a pending inquiry into General Barrios and Guatemala.
Cincinnati residents faced a police order to clear gamblers confidence men and unemployed criminals within twenty four hours. Looters and abandoned women on streets after seven at night would be arrested for vagrancy as authorities aim to curb loitering and street crime amid reform.
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