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Newspaper

Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel

Location

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1881

Page

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Government and International Telegraphs in 19th Century Debate

The British and European models inspire US interest in a government telegraph system. Reports detail potential future adoption by the United States, with talk of a transatlantic connection and a September Paris electric congress discussing such networks.

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Police plan to avert strike disrupt with three streetcar lines

Police officials and streetcar company reps met to finalize a plan for three operating lines and full police cooperation to avert a strike. They vowed no bloodshed unless necessary as unions threaten boycotts against papers while transit vehicles move passengers across routes.

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National dog show notes and railroad update in Mexico

The report covers a Westminster kennel dog show in New York amid a denial by a official of corruption rumors. It also details the Mexican National company’s railroad plans from Corpus Christi to Laredo, Monterey and San Luis Potosi, with timelines for completion and projected traffic surpassing the Denver and Rio Grande line. General Palmer travels with company officials aboard the Arkansas, signaling heavy construction and future rail links.

Mexican Railroad News Gatyvesios Arkansas Corpus Chiiati General Palmer Mexican National Company Mexico Corpus Chrieli Wharf Galveston Laredo Monterey Corpus Christi San Luis Potosi City of Denver and Rio Grande Railway Leydon Clifden Galway Ireland Northern Pacific Railroad Melihoff Yegigt Stsfard Rae Duncombe's Decatur Mich Hond’s F.fe Orisutal Cotton Mills Providence Union Pacific Governmenis Ihis Pic

Leper Landing and Giant Stone Block Arrive in New York

Reports detail the Gaelic quarantine landing of Chinese lepers at Hong Kong and a diplomatic dispute over their removal to a private hospital. Separately, a 20 ton stone block quarried in Bedford, Indiana, was shipped to New York for Vanderbilt mansion construction, destined for the porch.

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Train Master Disbrow Attacked in Denver Incident

Dispatches from Denver report Train Master Disbrow of the Philadelphia road, uncle to the scandal figure, attacked and convicted in the street by Edgar Sayre who accused him of dishonoring his wife. Sayre swore to kill Disbrow when he went west two years ago. A second train master was appointed. Bold burglary follows in Treaty Station county. Three masked men seized Wolgamuth & Waite’s grocery cash, over 400 dollars, tied and gagged him, then fled. no clues.

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Fatal stabbing at drug store after dispute in New York

Reports describe the fatal stabbing of McCartney by Dalgleish in a building housing a drug store. Dalgleish, visiting the Soult family, faced a confrontation outside. a struggle led to a knife attack and a fatal abdominal wound. Dalgleish arrested. both men known in the area. Additional dispatches note post office orders illegal for lottery funding and political maneuvering in Washington.

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Yorks Wool War and Albanian Expedition Plans

A sprawling dispatch notes Albanian Governor Coxstawhinorny organizing an expedition against Guisinja with troops sent to Ipok Prestisa and Jacova amid pacification efforts. Reports from New York detail bank reserves and currency increases, while Paris cites repressive measures in St Petersburg. Other items cover Mt Mortis fire, St Louis streetcar strikes ending, Kansas City river stage, a New Zealand wreck, a Mississippi court sentence, Sultan Abdul Aziz death inquiries, a Baltic body found, and a banknote contract award.

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German girl dies in accidental shooting in Quarry county

April 28 to May Brooks, thirteen, of Quarry, was accidentally shot by James Odenbaugh while fooling with a revolver. The ball entered her chest near the heart and caused instant death. The coroner's jury returned findings in the case.

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Wednesday military headlines from a distant era

Fragments report Greece seeking a kingdom, a German general’s death, rising river floods, a New York Hebrew orphanage fund, rail and streetcar strikes, and various political tremors across Europe and America. Immigrants face smallpox quarantine on Victoria. several local tragedies and political moves are noted with scattered names and places.

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