Conference between Gould and Powderly orders immediate resumption of traffic
The Marshfield report states a conference on the 28th between Jay Gould and W. Powderly led to orders for immediate resumption of work and traffic on the Missouri Pacific pending arbitration. A morning meeting at Gould's residence included W. B. McDowell and Gould relatives, with a renewed understanding reached by evening. The parties agreed to resume business pending the arbitration of disputed points.
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Gould, Hopkisa
George Gould
Des
Fighting in Madagascar: Hovas vs French
Reports from Madagascar detail fresh clashes between the French and Hovas near Tamatave. Gen Willoughby led 3000 French troops against the Hovas, who routed them and destroyed Lametave with Hova help, then withdrew to the capital. Separate fighting near Antananarivo saw 4000 SakatoVAS defeated by 250 Prussian mercenaries, 40 killed, many wounded.
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Hlovas
Plymouth
Bog
Madagascar
Hovay
Willoughby
Tamatave
Housna
Lametave
Hoyas
Duel at Waterloo Ends With Wounding of Miss Shelby
A duel on Waterloo field dated the 25th pitched Mind Valsayre and a Fraries native against Miss Shelby of American origin. After a heated dispute over French versus American family doctors, Valsayre threw a glove and a scuffle ensued. Shelby sustained a slight wound to the bone. both seconds were American. The men argued that France's honor was at stake.
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Waterloo
Mind
Valsayre
Fraries
Miss Shelby
Piodas
Misa Shelby
Obone
Tine
France
Battle reports from Tami and Suakim theater actions
Mobilized Abyaulnian forces under King Join faced Arabs at Tami, defeating them with 650 killed as Osman Digna builds forts and withdraws before the Reitieh expedition. British troops repulse Burmese forces, killing sixty, wounding many, and seizing prisoners and guns including elephants, in a connected campaign.
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Mtag Julie
Abyaulnian
Kusan- Me
Thabplice
Osman Digna Hag
Tami
Reitieh
Suakim
Trains Suspended Between Elk Point and Bronx City
Ice gorge and overflow caused suspension of all trains on the Elk Point to Bronx City line on the 22d. Travel may be delayed for days as Milwaukee and St Paul lines report widespread water damage and the Big Sioux bridge is said to be gone. Superintendent Underwood is on the scene.
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Teweka Unilor
AtNak
Elk Point
D.T
Bronx City
Milwaukeu
St. Paul
Big Sioux
Underwood
Jury verdict in Archer trial ends with murder finding
The Archer trial jury convicted for murder and set the execution date. A series of fires caused extensive losses across Peoria and nearby towns, with reported damages and insurances totaling millions. Reports note political resignations, industrial fires, and a suicide of a Lexington notable amid turbulent times.
Incidents Reported in Pittsburg and Across the Nation
A Pittsburg company forms to manufacture Bee somer ateel with two two-ton converters planned and 250 workers to be employed. In Galveston Alice Walker is jailed one day for bigamy. A land settlement ruling opens 2,000,000 acres formerly held by Atlantic & Pacific Railroad. A fire in Great Falls destroys Merchants Hotel block with $60,000 loss. A burglary in Caana Indiana nets 10,000 in notes and bonds and $120 cash. post office robbed. Williamsport Indiana endures cyclone damage to two churches and other structures. Russian Polard reports a large emigration, with 20,150 leaving for America in 1835.
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Pittsburg
Galveston
Tex
Alice Walker
Secretary of the Interior
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Company
Glendive
Mont
Williamsport
Ind
America
Tunnel Tragedy Near Pottsville Rail Curve
A severe rock fall in the Pottsville and Mahanoy Railroad tunnel near Horve Shoe curve outside Pottsville Pa buries workers. James W Wright a railroad man and an Italian known as Number Five are killed. Samuel Backua Lew Ruber John Coller of St Clair and a steam driller are injured.
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Husty & Cave Ln
Pottevilla & Mahanoy
Horve Shoe
Potteville
James W. Wright
Number Five
Samuel Backua
Lew Ruber
John Coller
St. Claire
Geronimo Meets Crook in Mexican Border Encounter
General Crook with Lieutenant Maus confronts Geronimo and Chiricahuas twenty five miles southeast of San Bernardino Spritgg Sonora Mexico. Crook demands an unconditional surrender or be killed. Geronimo pleads for his life and his band offers surrender regardless of his choice.
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Tatertiow
Crook
Hig
Maus
Geronimo
Chiracahuas
San Bernardino
Sonora
Mex
Belgian Riot Striker Dead as Troops Clash in Belgium
Reports from Belgian mining districts say fighting between strikers and troops continues with many wounded on both sides. Arrests rise as violence spreads. In Seraing on the 2nd a striker was shot dead by troops. German anarchists involved have been arrested. Liege dispatch notes the strike widening but the city remains quiet.
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Berning
Troopantii
Seraing
Liege
Marcy
Jecebjataikos
Walt
Agein
Beus
Petition Causes London Turmoil Over Queen Victoria Visit
A demented old soldier caused a press of excitement by forcing into a royal carriage and tossing a mysterious package. The crowd panicked, but the object proved to be a harmless petition for a pension, and the man was arrested.
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London
Queen Victoria
Baal
Man
Belgian Unrest and Labor Strikes Dominate Dispatches
Dispatches report violent unrest in Coertsrul bay with deaths and many wounded as troops confront rioters including 200 women at Jumet. Strikes spread to Namur and Beuzels troops called. Pittsburgh streetcar lines halted. wage conjunctures and weekly pay increases debated. Coal shortages shut Ready ing area mines. Tobacco and furniture sectors face wage and strike actions. St. Louis refinery halts due to national strike impact.
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Coertsrul Bay
Bes Bon Orcher
Jumet
Namur
Beuszels
Pittsburg
Columbus
Unien
Dayton
Catlin Tobacco Company
Louis
Ralling
Readying
Connerdville
Ind
St. Louis
Nailvonal
Concrete as Paris building material gains rapid solid strength
The article describes a concrete mix of sand gravel burned lime cement and hydraulic lime used in Paris for building. It notes a three story terrace house with a 200 foot long retaining wall built entirely of this concrete, including foundations vaults walls and decorative work. It cites Laskey the lawyer praising the material and a quote about people striking bird bargains while profiting.
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Paris
Beicht
Laskey
Atlanta
Hej Vaid
Prisoners Ravage Court After Rioting Sentence
Five men convicted of rioting and assaulting police were sentenced in Limerick. They received terms from three to six months. In the dock the prisoners attacked officers, sparking a savage struggle that forced the magistrate from the bench before the attackers were overpowered and beaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mira
Limerick
Land
San Francisco Examiners New US Senator Named George Hearst
A dispatch from Washington dated the 23rd reports Gov. Stoneman appointing George Hearst as United States senator to succeed the late John F. Miller. Hearst, proprietor of the San Francisco Examiner, is a mining entrepreneur with a fortune around 20 million dollars and a daily income of about 2,000. He is 61, born in Missouri to South Carolina parents.
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San Francisco Incr
Benator
Washington
Stonsaman
Geo
United States
John F. Miller
George Hearst Ia
Ran Francisco Examiner
Fally
Hawfore
Tone Ia
Missouri
South Carolina
Seetchook
Congressional Procxes and Senate Deliberations Reported
The Senate convened with routine orders March 22 and 23 as Mr Logan and others introduced resolutions touching executive sessions and inquiry on past Senate actions. A conference committee was appointed on the urgency deficiency bill and measures on pensions, customs, and public lands were debated or referred to committees.
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Senate
Logan
Mir
Ingalta
Cockroft
Blair
Hancock
Beck
Loghu
Marta
Morgan
Judiciary Committee
United States
Sabin
Sonata Bare & Bill
Mississippi Water Power and Boom Company
Brainard
Minn
Mississippi
Fumay
Movay
Ocasda
Soaegh Rankin
Irote
Wisconsin
W. S.eancock
Nayear
Wels Tracpiy
Reagan
Tex
Buck & Senate
Davie Colnny
McRae
Ark
Committee On Public Lands
Blanchard
Lui
Sinai
Nelson
Chistomas
Mean
Ack
Dinglay
Rankin
Fairay
Springer
Sen
Erebem
Ana
A Burglar Proof Safe and the Texan Bank Heist
In Chicago a former convict recalls a bold bank robbery plan in Texas near Austin. A private bank cashier boasted a safe lock patent, lure for he and associates to drill, smell of calcined powder and rotten odor, they flee to jail after the cashier ambushes them. The tale continues with the cashier’s staged recovery and offer to help in exchange for leniency. Also included is a note on Alabama’s joint snake disassembly and reassembly as a curiosity.
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Jim Kezevin
Chicago
Joliet
cab # bank
Texpo
Jack
Bill
Texarkana
Jes
Austin
Bil
T &Pavchiv
Christopher Columbus
Georgia
Atlanta
J. W. Marshall
Alabama
Labor plan divides profits among workers and shareholders
The proposal, aiming to pay laborers full wages during the season and then allocate earnings as net profits divided into thirds among workers, shareholders, and a permanent reserve fund, promises workers a dividend between 40 and 80 dollars in good years. The text notes workers are skeptical but see a goodwill gesture from employers.
Man Mixes Soil From States in Capitol Park
A man identified as Clark of Capitol Hill Washington engineered a soil collection from Maine to Arizona, received earth in September, and on Washington's birthday mixed the dirt and dumped it in a corner where the national flower is sown, seeking notoriety.
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Clark
Capitol Hill
Washington
Capitol Park
Maine
Arizona
Flogging in Siberia and Dostoyevsky era punishments
A London correspondent recounts old Siberian penal life with flogging, the gantlet, and birching as daily punishments for convicts. He describes Orloff’s astonishing endurance, the brutal “green lane,” and officers who take sadistic pleasure in torment, alongside contrasting acts of mercy and fear among prisoners.
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London
San Francisco Chronicle
Siberia
Con- Fide
Dostojevsky
Dastojeveky
Orloff
Battlee
Bideria
Orlos
Duavojeveby
Orlon
Nertchinak
Oriol
Phocgt Ona
Dostoyevsky
Janesville and Rock County News Highlights
Wisconsin state items from Janesville report Decesner born in 1814 in Erie County Pa later in Belviderell, fire near Evansville destroys a barn and fifteen tons of hay at Tracy Montgomery's farm, several incidents including forgeries by Joan Ayperson, a Baptist parsonage tax ruling, and a $945 lumber company verdict. A two headed calf born to a Bayfield cow, multiple fires and accidents near Rock County, and notable local figures including Ike Kirby’s Milwaukee ties and Bowen’s Janesville postmaster past are noted.
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Janesville
Decesner
Erie County
Belviderell
California
Bommson
Harris Manufacturing Company
Tracy Montgomery
Evansville
Porter
Rock County
Antons
Joan
Ayperson
St. Julien Gear Company
Pepe
Anderson
State Supreme Court
Darlington
Church Society
Ar Bay
Claire
Sage al Va
Badger State Liomber |Mpany 8
Lumber Company
George Stark
Bayfield
Traak
Afton
Ebben
Scott Barry
Henry Terwilliger
Sh Ie
Burell Eatate
New Orleans
Icherd D. Kirby
Sorel
Kirby
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Chicago
Mississippi River
Sca
Lake Pepin
Crosce
Wabasha
St. Louisa
Tclwr Olson
Eau Claire
John McKay
McKay
Tur
Chicago & North-Western Railway
Wootville
Is Crouga River
Grant
Janesville Gazette
Milwaukee Sentinel
Biadistirict
Ira
Howard
Ton
Ragged Humorous Fragments From Bright Daily Snippets
A collage of humorous misreadings and dialogue pieces from various dated quips. Snatches reference a nurseman in Burlington, art sales in New York, jokey council bills, dog taxes, and social chatter on manners and hymns. Includes exchanges about poker, dancing, and everyday urban life.
Folio of Quotations and Odd Tales in Prose and Verse
A collage of quotes from Swift, Boyle, Addison, and Cotton on virtue, power, and learning, followed by short anecdotes and sketches. It includes Elizabeth Carter’s story, Hubbard and his daughter, and an account of an early marriage in Georgia with suitors rushing to wed.
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Sprat
Jeremy Taylor
Darx
Boyle
Palay
Locke
Addison
Swift
Ceen Amon
Elizabeth Carter
England
Fragmented verse reflects a late night dream scene
A garbled text fragment presents a dreamlike meditation on wakefulness and longing. The lines hint at laughter, regret, and a dawning morning across a window pane, with phrases suggesting sleep’s muddled memories and early light. The source remains cryptic and partial.
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Thuce
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Goss
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New England Granita Works
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R. L
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New York Star
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Morton House
Taamen
Uncle Stead
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Readfield
Lovejoy
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Burlington Free Press
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University of Texas
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New York
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Hyman
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Gov. Hubbard
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