Education Bill Aims for Equal School Privileges Nation wide
The Senate passed an educational bill pledging 77 million dollars over eight years to equalize school access for all children in states and territories. Funds disbursed monthly by the Interior Department to governors on conditions, including a common school system, teacher training, and annual reporting to prevent misappropriation.
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Te Educational Bil
Bwasaseros
Secretary of the Interior
Sterney
House
Congress
Blair
Senate
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minister Hunt
William L. Hunt
Navy
Kusula
Luesday
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Dr. Leonard
Justice Bradley
Sheridan
Porter
J. G. Blaine
Stodgers
Gibson
J. C Bancroft
Davis
Peabory
McCammon
Hennepin
Rock Island
Benguard
Stuck Island
Rock River
Immigration Fund
DHL
Board of Commissioners
Messrs Lynch
Devlin
So- 4
William Astor
United States
Supreme Court
Fealer
Lovering
King
California Legislaire
Fth
Hill
House & Resoluion
Committee On Commerce
Dominion to test Hudson Bay route to Europe
Ottawa April Dominion Government will test navigability of Hudson Bay and the straits as a commercial route to Europe. Parliament votes 30000 dollars with more to cover an expedition next season. A sealing steamer will be used to endure ice. three years to test feasibility. Britain declined to join. a US firm offered to fund the straits venture in exchange for monopolies, which the government rejected.
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Dominion
Ottawa
John McDonald
United States
Hudson Bay
On a Well Fought Field at Shiloh Battlefield Remembrance
A Tennessee excursion marked the twenty second anniversary of a Civil War battle with a memorial march from boats to the National Cemetery. Low F. D. Smith gave the oration, Judge T. Lyla Dickey spoke, and hymn singing echoed as children joined in a Stonewall Jackson themed hymn. MD 20th century events note a camp fire and searches for bullets and memorial objects the following Monday.
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Tenn
Shilot Battlefield Belt
National Cemetery
Low F. D. Smith
T. Lyla Dickey
Tennessee
Confederacy
Stonewall Jackson
Grand Jury Chosen to Probe Recent Riots in Cincinnati
A special Grand Jury of Cincinnati business leaders is formed with broad participation and swift service. They will be charged with investigating rioting and courthouse arson, amid reports of bribery tied to the Berner case, as judges confer on next steps. Kirkland case notes involve bribery claims linked to Michigan lumber interests and alleged legislative actions.
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Cinco
CoxncinNati
C V. West
Georges W. McAiplon
Thorns G. Swith
Joseph Satar
Herman Cguepper
A. S. Butterfield
Berner
Pennsylvania Democrats Elect Delegates and Endorsements
Pennsylvania Democrats held their State Convention in Altentown. Delegates elected include W J Harrity W A Wallace J P Barr Eckley D B Cox C F Myers and W H Snowden with Richard Vaux B J McGrath and H B Plummer as electors at large. They denounce centralization monopoly and the subversion of civil service and back Tilden Hendricks. Samuel J Randall is named his party’s presidential choice.
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Keystone
Altertows
Pennsylvania
Samuel J. Randall
Aft
Randall
Sipanta
Repubblcan
St. van Hom
J. B. Henderon
HH. K. Havens
Atlanta
A. EB. Buck
N. A. Fledger
Bf. Pleasant
D. Forsyth
Larga
Arthur
Whig-Republican Party
Carpenter Refuses to Accept Resolutions Over Lincoln Crime
Lincoln UL April 71. Fifty members of a mass meeting visited Orrin A Carpenter to deliver resolutions demanding he leave Logan County. Carpenter refused to accept the papers claiming no authority over him and stating he will act on his own judgment. The scene drew excitement but no violence, with reports of potential lawsuits against committee members and uncertainty about the case’s end.
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Lincoln
Orrin A. Carpenter
Carpenter
Logan County
F. J. Pierce
Illinois Winter Wheat Prospects Reported
Advices from over six hundred Illinois Agriculture Department correspondents show winter wheat ages seven percent below 1833 harvests. Ares sown reach 483,752,750 acres, 184,632 below last year. Prospects vary by division with northern twelve percent better than 1883, central dependent on weather, and southern at two thirds of an average crop. Grass damaged by bad weather. state-wide indications far from 100 percent of average.
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Srrmorizo
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Wcre
Apaca
Banks With Closed Doors Across Cities Shock Markets
On April 9 First National Bank of Monmouth closed after cashiers speculative actions. Estimated deficit ranged 45000 to 110000 with stockholders liable for double capital. April 10 Hagen Billings bankers assigned with preferreds to Seligman and a Kansas City firm. Exchange Bank of Vaensailles closed April 10. receiver B F Coppess to face about 60000 loss on stockholders.
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Depoaltories
New York City
Monmouth
Dad Versatiles
Monmoura
First National Bank
T. C. Hubbard
Board of Trade
Twn
New York
Julius H. Hagen
Otto Witte
Allen Lexow
Hagen & Billings
J. & W. Seligman
Kansas City
Colin, Walter & Co
Messrs Hagen & Billings
Vaensailles
Exchange Bank
B. F. Coppess
Greauville, O
Pitched Battle Near Junction City Ends in Fatalities
A feud between the Breen and O Connor families flared on a road near Day Creek twelve miles from Junction City Kansas Monday noon April 9 Tim O Connor and brother Mike ignored warnings not to cross school district land and were confronted by five men with guns. Tim was killed by Emmet Allen and Mike mortally wounded a Breen with an axe. Shotgun was broken over another Breen as the group scattered. All survivors were jailed.
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O'Connora
Greens
Junction City
Kansas
Alan
Jashion City
Kan
Tim O'Connor
Mike
Day Creek
Ernest Allen
O'Cannor
Allen
Breen
Mike O'Connor
Emmet Allen
Breens
O' Connors
General salary reductions announced by Gould and Wabash orders
A general order from the Executive Committee of the Gould and Wabash systems proclaims a ten percent cut in salaries for officers earning $100 per month or more. Engineers and trainmen are exempt. The reductions cover April May and June, or longer if needed.
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Sr. Louis
Gould and Wabash Systems
Jouger
Six Men Drown Crossing River at McDowell Plantation
A disaster occurred Tuesday night when six of eleven men attempting to cross the river at McDowell's plantation were drowned after their shift overturned. One or two others were rescued in an exhausted condition, leaving five unaccounted for in the perilous crossing.
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Viceksurne
Bliss
McDowell
Knights of Honor Grand Lodge decerns death by own act rule
At the Illinois Grand Lodge meeting the death by own action clause in membership rules was rejected by a near unanimous vote. Grand Lodge instructed representatives to seek repeal from the Supreme Lodge. Officers elected include J. J. Stevens as Grand Dictator and H. M. Gilmore as Grand Vice-Dictator. In Mexico news, nationwide store closures protest a stamp tax, merchants fear fines, and the government dispatches police as unrest looms.
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Cascade
Grand Lodge of Knights of Honor
Ilinois
Laxige
Supreme Lodge
Grand Lodge
J. J. Stevens
Murphysboro
Absolute Prohibition Passes in TuscoL4 County
In TuscoL4, UK, on a Monday night the City Council enacted a city ordinance banning liquor sales by drug stores. No prescription or doctor’s dodge will permit sales. The county shows zero tolerance for liquor sales under the new rule.
Ohio Man Convicted of Manslaughter After Deliberation
The jury in the State of Ohio versus Witney Blakely, indicted for murder in the second degree for the death of Richard Hickey, returned a verdict of manslaughter after two hours of deliberation.
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Lyocher
Lexinorey, O
State of
Ohio
Witney Blakely
Richard Hickey
Mayalgughter
Great Eastern Ship Queries Director General Burke
Captelo Eads informs Director General Burke that the Great Eastern slagamer seeks support for a major ship project. The message conveys interest in leveraging the World's markets and potential collaboration for a new vessel.
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New Osizana
Chicago and Alton stockholders elect officers
At the annual meeting in Chicago on April 8 stockholders reelected Messie Jon F. Slater of Norwich Conn and George McMullin of Chicago as directors. The board then elected Blackstone president with J McMtailin as vice president and Chappall, Sager, B C Kelsey, and C Beckwith named to various officer posts.
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Chicago & Alton
Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Yestards
Messie
Jon F. Slater
Norwich
Conn
George Si McMullin
Board of
Durecuernee
Blackstone
McMtailin
Nice
Ogee Foster
Chappall
Sager
B. C. Kelsey
C. Beckwith
Bismarck resigns Prussian ministry in 70th year
Foreign dispatches report Prince Bismarck withdraws from the Prussian ministry while retaining imperial influence due to frail nerves and age. He says Germany must watch global capitals and that the chancellorship is demanding, requiring the Emperor's support to persist. Additional items note Gordon's Khartoum withdrawal, Cuban filibusters, and various European updates.
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Brrux
North German
Prince Bismarck
Lismarck
Bens
Bismarck
Germany
New York
Washington
Gordon
Khartoum
Blue Nile
Cuba
Aguero
England
London
Mandalay
Buriuah
Pagin
le Monde
Thanhoa
Tonquin
The
Car Exchange
Liverpool
Standara
Madrid
America
Aquero
Key West
Armenia
Euphrates
Diarbekir
Kharput Buenanest
Roumania
Chamber of Deputies
Lonpox
Oxford
Cambridge University
Putney
Mortlake
Cambridge
Bates
Lespoux
Gladstone
House of Commons
Sydge
Crouch and Holcomb Granted Bail in Murder Case
In Jackson Michigan on April 1 Jndt Gridley set bail at 20000 for Crouch and Holcomb charged with murdering the Crouch family chief figure. The judge noted the gravity of the crime after lengthy testimony and admitted the men to bail. Friends congratulated them while the crowd remained silent.
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Jackson
Micb
Jindt Crouch
Dan Holcomb
Crouch Twwily
Gridley
Flamies in a Flat at 17th Street Burned Building
New York April 7 A fire destroyed the eight story St George's Hall at 223 and 835 East Seventeenth Street by 4 pm. The loss exceeds 300000. Thirty two families were evacuated safely amid injuries to three firefighters. The thief Thomas Scott now jailed in Jackson Michigan claimed to have seen valuable papers stolen for a regiment.
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Flamies
New York
St George’s Hal
East Seventeenth Street
Moma
Thomas Scott
Jackson, Mich
Sean
Crouch
Jem” Ward
London
Emmanuel Gelbal
J. C. Sorrows
Michigan
Senate
Treasury
Grooklyn
S. B. Anderson
Betlamont
Mich
Gew City Polo Club
Dayton
Indianapolis
National League
Miller
California
Republican Central Committee
Washington
Cisco
Yex
F. W. Metz
Seventh Street
Louisville
Leraelf
District of Columbia
Chicago
Ingersoll
A. B. Cripp
Corkkil
Gregory
Fred Douglass
E. W. Barber
Grant
Jackson
Young Men's Democratic Club of
Brooklyn
Bayard
Howard C. Trippeet
Lemarts
Leimars
Pocshontan
Virginia
Hampton
Wheeling
W. Va
Boston
Galway
London Athletic Club
W. G. George
A.C. Knopf
Iis
Sioux City
Charleston
W. Vua
C. P. Willard
Willard
Montreal
la Prairie County
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railway
Andrew Cunningham
Kate ‘Townsend
New Orleans
Troisville Sykes
Cuusizhan
Oen
Traquuis Club
Pendleton
Loadly
J. Sterling Morton
Hubbard
Texas
Democrats
Cincinnati
Petersburg
D.T. Cowen
Fifty-Second ‘Ohio Volunteers
Clairsville
Calumet
Hecla Mining Company
D. Revel
Rebardad
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Knox
John Jay Knox
Cur Teory
WONEN
Mousa
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Maybury
Dorsheimer
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Heed, Brown
Indiana
Taylor
Wasuixerox
Mesun
Edmunds
Stephenson
Charles N
Fanit
House Committee On Commerce
Nicholas Muller
Sane Ee ‘Ossary
Btate
Heaton
Phlladelphia
Baltimore
Sansanlace
Eethera
Europe
Selecren
Toronto
Cau
Qaturlo
Kirkland
J Mildred
Missouri
Tarrsnunau
Uma
Prohibition and Home Protection Party
Vais
Union
Lafayette Hall
Danvinur
Joseph J. Cannan
John A. Logan
Urrin J. Carpenter
Elaven
Milnais Knights of Honor
Mexico
Republic
Morgan
Wales
Roamania
Holcomb
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