Beecher Died in Brooklyn After Long Illness
Rev Henry Ward Beecher died at 9 30 this morning at his Brooklyn home surrounded by family and friends. Reports say he sank after midnight with physicians noting rapid decline. funeral plans mention Greenwood cemetery and Plymouth church with services at Holy Trinity.
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Elmira
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Florida
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Plymouth
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Washington Notes The Telephone Case
Washington notes report an old interference case involving J W Mc Donough Eliash Gray T A Edison and Alexander Graham Bell McDonough asks the patent commissioner to reopen the interference and allow more proof on telephone operativeness A hearing is set for the 17th. Reserve city designations and bank reserve rules are outlined with Chicago and Kansas City named. An appropriations tally lists totals for many departments and programs including army navy pensions postoffice and civil costs.
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Miss Nina VanZandt Visits Anarchist Prisoner Spies
In Chicago on March 8 Nina VanZandt gained a brief jail visit with August Spies the anarchist through a cage barrier. They spoke a quiet hour as other visitors awaited, then she departed. A separate Supreme Court ruling upheld drums taxes as illegal. Fisher and Car merchants of Dawn Missouri face small liabilities and assets following a failed venture.
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Cmrcaco
Nina VanZandt
August Spies
United States Supreme Court
Fisher & Car
General Merchants At Dawn
Livingston County
Wool Merchants Seek Reclassification to Aid Prices
A Chicago based Wool Merchants Association and signers from Milwaukee St Louis Louisville Indianapolis Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit and other western points along with Boston New York and Philadelphia urge reclassifying wool from first class to third class. Petitions claim the industry has suffered declines of 15 years with prices per pound dropping to 30 25 20 and 15 cents. If granted the change would revive distressed growers and energize the western wool industry amid a downturn of the last two years.
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Cmesco
Mareh
Wool Merchants Association of Chicago
Joint
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Wool Merchants
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Cleveland
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Divorce case ends as plaintiff dies by own hand
In St Louis on March 8 the circuit court heard Robert Niesen versus Dora Niesen for divorce. The plaintiff announced he would die by his own hand when the case resumed. He then shot himself five times, dying. The divorce case was dismissed.
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Robert Niesen
Dora Niesen
Fesen
Ead
Three Die In Bowery Tailor Fire Rescue Accident
A blaze at Nicoll the Tailor on Bowery in New York on March 8 caused a traffic jam on the elevated road. Passengers escaped onto a narrow plank but several fell as trains started, killing three and wounding several others.
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New York
Dangers of Gas Light in Nurseries Warned by Doctor
A physician warns that gas light endangers children's health through too bright illumination, poor air, and fire risks. He urges open air exercise, pure water, boiling nursery water, and ample fats like butter in diets to prevent illnesses. He criticizes gas and parasine lamps in nurseries and stresses sunlit rooms.
Prosperous Paper Firm Buys Press and Building
Springfield news item reports Ambrose and Hobart, owners of the Hersid, closing a contract worth 18000 dollars for a four cylinder Hoe press and a new brick building to house the printing business, signaling expansion.
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Springfield
Messrs Ambrose & Hobart
Hersid
Injunction Granted Against Liquor Sellers in Leavenworth
In Leavenworth on March 8 Judge Crozier granted a perpetual injunction in state suits against Hannon Baum Kirmeyer Thos Cassick and Jacob Lau under the prohibitory law to restrain liquor sales.
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Kirmeyer
Thos Cassick
Jacob Lau
Crozier
Anarchist Oscar Neebe to attend wife's funeral
Oscar Neebe the anarchist will be permitted to attend the funeral of his wife who died from apoplexy yesterday in Cairacolt. The event will proceed under local authority decisions.
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Cairacolt
Oscar Neebe
Ve Fa
Thorough Work for Better Farm Profits
N Shepherd argues thorough preplanting and cultivation pays higher returns than expanding acreage. By preparing land well, timing planting, and frequent weeding, a farm can reach higher yields per acre and profit with fewer acres, urging farmers to crowd less and work more thoroughly.
Personal and Literary Notes From Rome to Chicago
Paul Tilton son of Theodore Tilton builds a reputation as an artist in Rome. Hugh O Northcote, son of the late Lord Iddesleigh, is a banker in New York and a son in law of Hamilton ish. Col Fred Grant edits his father’s papers and MSS which may make two or three volumes as large as the General’s Memoirs. Madrid scholar Senor Carulla completes a rhymed Bible version with 260000 verses. Dwight L Moody in Chicago addresses two thousand, then asks for air as a man must sleep.
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Theodore Tilton
Rome
Hugh O. Northcote
Lord Iddesleigh
New Got
Hamiltonish
Fred Grant
Madrid
Senor Carulla
Dwight L. Moody
Chicago
Saloe
Telegraphic Briefs From Around the Nation
A collection of short items notes Huntington miners striking in Pennsylvania Memphis painters seeking $3 daily wage New York Republicans nearly unite for high license Halifax dry goods dealer B A Smith fails with 60000 in liabilities Newburyport miser Lewis Pike dies in a dirty hovel Boston dealers Randall Gile Shallies assign 80000 liabilities A Maryville wreck demolishes six freight cars Snowbound rail routes to Quebec delaying Saturday mail Wall Street rumor binds B&O with Western Union The comptroller delays action on revenue cities without certified Lillis document Drowned farmers Robert Blacker and infant crossing swollen streams near Scipe Indiana Chillicothe citizens form a board of trade William Mellwrath elected president Vevey Indiana Marry Grove and four children drown when skiff overturns near Ghen Kentucky Pettis county superintendent nominee G W Sentten for fourth term
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William Mellwrath
Marry Grove
Vevey
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Ghen, Ky
Market Reports From New York to St Louis and Chicago
New York money market shows Moxer On call easy at indicated rates. Mercantile papers steady. Kansas City grain and livestock figures list bids and asks for No 3 red winter wheat. live stock receipts and prices report across St Louis and Chicago markets with cattle, hogs, and sheep values and trends.
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Moxer
Mercantile Parts
Exciance
Sterling Exchange
St. Louis
Atockere
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