News of the Week: Alliance, Alabama Claims and Global Dispatches
Military and diplomatic updates sweep the globe. Paris reports on Armistead Washburne and Geneva arbitration. London notes the clash over Alabama claims and possible settlement, while Sherman meets Italian royalty. New York politics face indictments as Mardi Gras excitement, floods of dispatches, and financial strife ripple through the week.
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Wales
Alexandils
Jeff Sandringham
Ins
Paris
Armister ‘Washburne
London
Alabama
New York
Washington
Change
the Times
Geneva Board
Daily Telegraph
England
United States
New York Herald
Quebec
Langevine
Great Britain
Canada
Bellair
Chanveau
Schenck
Gladstone
Caleb Cushing
J. Bancroft Davis
William M. Evarts
M. FR. Waite
Geneva Board of Arbitration
General Sherman
Rome
Messrs
Henry Olows, & Co
New York City
House of Lords
Sherman
Victor Emmanuel
Grant
Prince Humbert
Earl of Mayo
India
Teheran
Persia
Cockburn
London News
Italy
Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration
Paris Journal Des Debate
América
Miniater Washburne
Count de Remusat
Thiers
Northern Wisconsin interests and national events noted
The item mentions Northern Wisconsin matters of interest, Texas views in Salt Lake City about the Japanese Embassy possibly returning to San Francisco, and Union Pacific blockade prospects. It notes the Stokes trial jury completion, Louis E. Johnson resignations, Foater murder case new trial denial, and Ira H. Bird of Ohio Odd Fellows dying in Cincinnati at fifty.
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John W. Forney
Philadelphia
Frederick Baker
Patrick Halpine
Alton
Rockford, Rock Island & St. Louis Railroad Company
Alderman Busse
Chicago
Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Alderman Carney
Archbishop Spaulding
Baltimore
Robert Anderson
Fortress Monroe
North
J. B. Burbank
Hubs Bell
Springfield
Mass
S. J. Williams
Stokes
Oyer and Tonniner Court of
New York
J. A. Watrous
Fond du Lac
Northern Wisconsin Editorial Association
National Hotel
Menasha
Grand Jury of
Court of General Sessions
Mayor Hall
Hall
Congressional Committee
Custom House
Washington
Mississippi
New Orleans
Charleston
W. Va
Salt Lake City
Congress
North Carolina
Tallahassee
Fla
Reed
Day
Virginia
James
Nebraska
Omaha
Senate
Baldwin
Michigan
South Carolina Senate
Robertson
Sawyer
United States
Yeas
Ohio Republican Central Committee
Columbus
Grant
Ohio
Ohio Woman's Suffrage Convention
M. M. Cole
Ilgby
Wisconsin
Texas
San Francisco
Union Pacific
Louis E. Johnson
District of South
Carolina
Foater
Hook Mourderer
Court of Appeals
Ira H. Bird
The
Odd Fellows
State of
Cincinnati
Nebraskan Legislature Holds Secret Joint Session After Governor Refusal
The 16th meeting of the Sts Prece legislature formed a quorum in both houses. A committee was sent to the Governor who refused to communicate. Galleries cleared and both houses convened in a joint secret session.
Congressional Proposals Highlight Civil Service Reform and Infrastructure
Senate and House actions include petitions to reform officer appointments, removal of duties on railroad freight, and a push for an International Copyright Law. Bills cover Cherokee lands relief, Nebraska boundaries, Missouri River bridge, and harbor improvements. Debates address amnesty, arms, and arms sales to France amid Franco Prussian tensions.
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Senate
Kansas
United States District
Fort Gibson
Indian Territory
Nebrecka
Browneville
Southern Farms Commissions
Odd Fellows’ Lodges
National Banking Act
Ohio
Mississippi
Louisville Canal
Michigan
Nebraska
Nevada
Wyoming
United States
Treasury Department
Toledo
Judiciary Committee
Committee of Ways and Means
Springfield Armory
New York Chamber of Commerce
Hooker
Gordon
Stanton
Yeas
Ashe
Washington
Tribunal of Arbitration
Geneva
Chicago
Sumner
Secretary of State
Secretary of War
Spain
House
Albany
Crocker
Washburne
Massachusetts
Universal Peace Union
Schuylkill River
Committee of the House
Andrew Johnson
Brownlow
Beck
Tennessce
Reconstruction
Mound City
Ill
Secretary of the Navy
Northwest
St. Croix
Laka
Committee On
France
Philadelphia
National Potographic Association
Festival invitation Aims for Cleveland Meet
A fragment notes an invitation by the American Association to attend a festival in Cleveland Ohio next May. It mentions appointing a five member committee to attend and address on a personal occasion and to deliver a reply by a specified day.
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Cleveland
Erican Association
Highlands
Ku Klux in Tennessee seen aboard train
A Cincinnati Gazette account recounts a Brownsville Tennessee incident where about one hundred Ku Klux members on a Memphis to Cincinnati train harassed passengers after a negro’s hanging. They shot at travelers, wounded four negroes and a white man, and forced the train to halt before continuing toward Cincinnati.
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Ku- Klux
Indie
United States Army
Brownsville
K. K
K. I
Cincinnati Gazette
Feeding cattle from the straw stack criticized by Canadian correspondent
A Toronto Gite correspondent argues straw-stack feeding wastes fodder and harms cattle. He claims feeding from stable straw yields healthier, sleeker cattle by late spring and increases manure, while endwinter shortages force poor, vermin‑ridden stock to eat inferior material.
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Toronto
Hobson
Suspicious Dispatch Promptly Sent by Bangor Telegraph Worker
A man unfamiliar with telegraphy visited a Bangor office and demanded an urgent dispatch. The operator hung the message on a hook and a tense exchange followed as the patron insisted the line had already been sent.
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Bangor
Bean Sour Soup with Salt Pork and Eggs
Wash beans and boil with salt pork until soft. Strain, return to pot with four hard boiled eggs cut in quarters and a lemon slice. Add a little pepper if desired, simmer briefly, and serve. Western Rural.
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the Republican
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Susquehanna Depot
Pennsylvania
Erie Railway
Thornton
New York State Homeopathic Medical Society
Agricultural Convention
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Peterboro
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Los Angeles
Cal
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