Strife in Cork as Royal Visit Triggers Riots
London April 16 reports describe Cork rioting during the Prince of Wales visit. Nationalists clashed with Loyalists, police used revolvers and bayonets, windows were smashed, armor stores looted, and a midnight mob controlled streets. Authorities faced arrests, bonfires, and mass meetings as violence spread across the city.
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Cork
Lonon
Cirses
Prince of Wales
Durig
Dail
London
Royal Progress
Streats
Loxpon
England
Arabia
Loxvos
Times
Hove
Orimioreln
Kusaia
Lord Dutterin
Russia
Fenjdeh Batue
Komaroil
St. Petersburg
St Petersburg
The
Dousein
Afghanistan
Ita
Unat Punjdeh
Millan
Lamsden
Cairo
Rere
Russi
Nostromm
St. Wetersburg
Manerial Gars
Kronstadt
Teheran
Askabdad
Sarahks
Komaroffs
Komaroff
Berlin
Telegraph
Noe
Diplo
General Grant’s Condition Reported Steady Despite Cancer
A New York bulletin dated April 16 says General Grant slept eight and a half hours, appeared cheerful and chatty, with six minims of morphine given in twenty four hours for pain. Mrs. Grant notes no major change, hope for improvement but cautious. Doctors describe gradual cancer spread affecting glands and throat, with ulcer on the tongue and swollen jaw area. Morphine remains necessary to ease pain and aid sleep as the patient’s strength declines.
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New York
General Grant
Senator Chaffee
Jesse Grant
Grant
Jesa
Stop Pleuro Pneumonia Kill and Buried Plan Emerges
April reports from Waasaswatos describe Missouri concerns over pleuro-pneumonia. Officials urge liberal legislative funding and a forceful eradication plan, including killing exposed cattle and deep burial to stop spread. Attorney General opinion sought on using funds for culling.
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Csidle
Waasaswatos
Commissioner of Agriculture
United States
Bureau of Animal Industry
Department
Colman
Civil Service Exam Demand Across States
The Civil Service Commission notes that many states report large numbers applying for exams to fill vacancies every six months. They warn removals and sweeping changes are unlikely despite patronage pressure, with requests exceeding expectations in several states including Maury, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Kansas.
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Civil Service Commission
The
Maury
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Giio
Dimes
Lows
Kunsig
Colomato
Calethynia
Settlement land order reversed by land commission
The Land Commission revoked an order from 1585 permitting Northern Pacific to manage its final functions between Walia and Dayton, Wyoming, after a misreading of a Lamar letter, harming settlers on 149,700 acres mostly patented to buyers of 2,000 acres from the railroad. Captain Couch pressed Lamar and Secretary Lanier about Oklahoma lands, signaling a drive against cattlemen. Christopher Bradford, part of a lifeboat rescue trio, died after years of paralysis from wave exposure, leaving a life-saving family in Atlantic City.
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Wasatneros
Apri
rLand
Sparks
Wilke Walla
W.Y
Dacitie
Walia
Dayton
Ihelude
Lamar
Couch
Lanier
WaAsuis Gron
Oklahoma
Pirrapunes
Christopher Bradford
Atlantic City
Christopher
Buried in Brick Mill Disaster Kills Five at Qscuna
Seven men clearing brick from John Graw's mill stack collapsed the bottom tier burying workers under fifty thousand bricks. Five were killed on site and others badly hurt as rescue began. A separate building collapse on West Sixty Second Street left up to twenty injured and many extricated by midnight. Threats of lynching arose against the contractor involved in the wider incident.
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Qscuna
Mich
John Graw
West Sixty-Second Street
Tenth
Eleventh Avenues
Coubenetor
A Probable Tax on American Wheat in England
A diplomat connected with the court of St James says England would impose an import duty on cereals if war with Russia occurs. He notes declining British consuls signal a depleted Exchequer and that taxes burden English farmers. He predicts a ten to twenty cent duty per bushel on wheat within thirty days of war declaration.
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Wasuinatos
Diplomatic Corps
Court of St. James
England
Russia
Savage Warfare and Central American Turmoil Rail War
Reports from Wissiexa Manitoba and Battleford detail attacks by Indians on settlers, with towns burned and homesteads desolated. Fort Battleford garrison stands ready as Colonel Morris assists displaced residents and awaits troops. In Ottawa and Washington, arms sales to Indians are curtailed, fears rise over Fort Pitt targets, and Central American peace efforts surface amid Barrios era tensions.
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Wissiexa
Manitoba
Battleford
Indiana
Morris
Skis Ri
Fort Pitt
Wilsied
Prince Albert
Crozier
Ottawa
Cav
Barrios
Senor de Peralta
Costa Rica
Munxico
Honduras
Nicaragua
Salvador
Central Americas
la Livkuran
Galveston
San Salvador
Guatemala
la Linseria
Buena Ventura
Washington
Eve
Zaldivar
Central America
Dark Deed and Mad Dog Attacks Highlight Murky News
A grim report from Sr. Locus Missouri describes a decomposing body found in a trunk at the Southern Hotel amid accusations against two London men, with alleged poisoning and murder on Easter Sunday. Milwaukee reports a mad dog bite spree injuring twelve children and one adult, while a Virginia sea rescue recounts Mrs Reynolds surviving a boat capsize near Old Point.
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Sr. Locus
H. Lennox Maxwell
M.D
C. Arthur Preller
London
England
Maxwell
Preller
Memorial day for Lincoln observed in Seumxnerikty
Ten thousand visitors filled Seumxnerikty on April 16 to mark the twentieth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's death. Rain disrupted the original cemetery procession, with observances moved to the State house. Governor Oglesby gave the welcoming address and was followed by J. C. Conkling, John A. Logan, General Sherman, and Dr. Starkieff. Letters from Cleveland Arthur Lincoln exes Hayes were read expressing regrets at absence.
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Seumxnerikty
Abrahan Lincoln
State House
Oglesby
J. C. Conkling
John A. Logan
General Sherman
St Louis
Starkieff
St. Louis
Cleveland
Arthur
Robert Lincells
Hayes
Secretary Manning to Stay in Cabinet Denied Resignation
Washington reports on April 18 denies official and positive rumors that Secretary Manning contemplated resigning from the Cabinet. It states he never thought of retiring and will remain in his post.
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Washington
Manning
Guardian appointment for Blind Tom amid strike news
General Bethune of Columsis Ga is named guardian of Blind Tom, a musical prodigy declared an idiot, while in Canada five thousand Canadian Pacific construction workers strike for unpaid wages, signaling unrest across the region.
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Milind
Tom
Columsis
General Bethune
Blind Tom
Victorts
B. C
Interior
Canadian Pacific Construction
News in Brief From Across the Nation and Abroad
A crowded digest details debts, political moves, disasters, and notable deaths. Frank Tousey’s insolvency shows a net loss. President Cleveland weighs a New Orleans trip. a Beaver Dam brewer’s death at 44 due to obesity. and a Paris Kentucky ex mayor found dead in Lexington. Other items include Knights of Labor activity in Pittsburgh, a Miami bank burglary, University of Cincinnati presidency, Wisconsin snow and Michigan colder weather, a Montreal tannery fire, and various court cases, rail disputes, and accidents.
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Frank Tousey
New York
Cleveland
New Orleans Exposition
Martin Breinle
Binzel
Beaver Dam
Wis
Pullen
Paris
Lexington
Rufus Ingalls
Washington
Bturgis
Augur
Hunt Snid Palmer
Alexander
NcKibben
J.H. Brown
Pittsburgh
Hot Springs
T. ¥. Powderly
Knights of Labor
Michigan
Indiana
J. H. Mooney
Montreal
Barnesville
Central Railroad
Sparka
Holt County
William Clark
Kossu
Short
Southern Pacific Road
Sparks
Texas
Chicago, St. Paul
Minnecapola
Omaha
Eau Claire
Bloomington
Mount Zion
Andrew Coleman
John Forsyth
Chicago & Eastern
Savannah
Martin
Kansas
Edssund McCurtin
Peter Duryea
Beach
Hanton
Rossenter
Sioux City
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Nowa
Matic
M. de Giers
Czar
Bombay
Gibraltar
Pana
Journal Des Debats
Germany
Toronto
Canada
Une Sperial
J. Vance Gravely
H. J. Snelgrove
Dolphin
Roach
House of Commons
Soudan
Afr
Gladstone
Peter Lumeton
Penjdel
Louis Earl Granville
Rome
Ricel
Red Sea
Senheit
Amadib
Ghary
Massawah
Fla
Senhelt
Rewter
Wolseley
Suskim
Hasheen
Serbert
Abyssinia
Tonquin
Lonpox
Hanoi
M. de Freycinet
Campbell
China
L Commercial Conven
AtLanta
Kelly
J. D. Fish
Marina Bank
Benedict
Marine Bank
Benedlict
Bane
Isthman
Milwaukee
Lome
Admiral Reynolds
Forress Monxor
Admira Reynolds
Old Point
Reynolds
Nuit
Cileass + Tribune
Ciescu
J. Appleton Wolsan
Judee Colns
Vaile
Syatgien Tantiliz
Begus
Pincape
Runa
Franl Siddall
Fulladelphia
J. Armoy Knox
Tezux Siftings
New York Harbor
Butthuldi
Libert
Av & Flery
Lincoln
Ill
Linco Coal Company
Tan
Tanners
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