Panama canal sale nears completion in major railroad deal
The Panama railroad sale moves toward formal ratification after American and canal company officers reached an agreement. Purchase price around 17 million for stock valued about 7 million, with cash retained assets over 3 million and yearly payments possible. Evictions in Ireland depict harsh scenes as troops enforce removal amid suffering families.
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Trevor W. Park
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Mr. Thompson
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J. W. Ellis
J. W. Seligman & Co
Jesse Seligman
Fortheir
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Cornell crew seeks admission to Henley visitors plate
London reports the Cornell four upset at being excluded from the visitors plate at Henley. They believe they could win and are pressing for admission. The item notes related protests and broader European political notes along with other brief dispatches.
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Joyce
Kilmallock
County Limerick
Branch Land League
Indiana items recount fires deaths and trials in 19th century scenes
Mont gomery county wheat prospects and harnessed harvest risks appear alongside a Lebanon sun stroke death, a Greensburg inspector appointment, and a Metamora barn fire. Other notes cover lottery indictments, band victories, suicides, accidents, school openings, and county officials shaping the region's year.
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Wm. Dickman
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Readjusters claim unity after Richmond ticket choice
In Wastimeron June 6 report the Virginia readjusters praise their Richmond nominated ticket. A party member in Washington says convention actions unite Republicans and readjusters though some GOPs oppose coalition. Democrats say the readjusted ticket is as strong as they can make but cannot win. An ex congressman says Lewis will not gain GOP support but will drive the Democratic vote.
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Merchants' exchange sets 5 cent sale price with 5 percent penalty
St Louis reports the Merchants' Exchange council reversing a prior call and fixing the No 2 coin May deal at five cents with a five percent penalty for non delivery, yielding an actual price around 54.07 cents. A protest against elevated railways is planned against St Louis Railroad and Boulevard Co. in Walnut Street westward plans.
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Merchants’ Exchange
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St. Louis Railroad and Boulevard Co
Walnut Street
Stabbed ex policeman near death in Cincinnati quarrel
Peter Eichel berger a former police officer lies near death from a knife wound sustained during a midnight quarrel with Louis Schweigart who has been arrested Schweigart faces opposition from St Louis. James Keene of New York sends an agent to St Louis to organize a competing barge line to New Orleans challenging Gould interests
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St. Louis
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New Orleans
Gould
Michigan Legislature Ends Session in Detroit
The Michigan Legislature adjourned late at night after a session spanning from January 10 in Detroit. The action concludes the state’s annual legislative cycle with final measures not specified in the brief.
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Detroit
Impending Fight in Cumberland Gap crowds line railroad
A Courier Journal special from Sloanesville reports Cumberland Mountain along the Cincinnati Southern railroad crowded with people as preparations for a fight or confrontation proceed.
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Courier Journal
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Cumberland Mountain
Cincinnati Southern
Destructive Floods Hit Little Rock Caverns and Sewers
A severe rainstorm drenched Little Rock causing cellar and lower-floor flooding as the Black River sewer broke bounds. Damage runs to thousands of dollars. In Van Buren county Louis Sweeton was murdered. six men previously arrested for bee theft were tried and acquitted. Sweeton planned to present the case to the grand jury despite threats.
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Wurderera
Supreme Court Opinion on Senatorial Election Duty
Concord report notes that the supreme court holds the present legislature must elect a United States senator. The June 10 dispatch from New Hampshire describes the court’s view on legislative duty and electoral process.
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Supreme Court
United States
Directors Elected as Indiana Western Railroad Holds Meeting
The Indiana western railroad conducted its annual directors election in Chicago yesterday. Prominent greenbackers from several states attended a labor committee session in St Louis to choose leaders.
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Conract Pacific Hotel
St. Lous
National Gree
Mutilation claims in Wabash township spark tension
Dispatch from Decatur Ind reports alleged thefts and petty crimes by the Odell family near Ceylon with hogs bled by knife wounds and cattle disfigurement. A cow killed by a fallen tree blamed on the Odells follows a pistol threat over a property claim. William Randall, a Martinsburg Va forgery convict, now evangelist paints scripture on rocks and fences during a Pennsylvania tour.
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