Seven Pneumatic Dynamite Guns for Coast Defense Awarded
New York Feb 12 the secretary of war awarded the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun company a contract for seven coastal defense guns three at Sandy Hook two at Fort Schuyler and two at Fort Warren Mass The guns must elevate 35 degrees and fire through 860 degrees with pneumatic or hydraulic power and a one mile range delivery within eight months.
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Secretary of War
Pneumatic Gun Company
Randy Hook
Fort Schuyler
Fort Warren
Mass
Port Lafayette
Zalinse
Pneumatic Dynamite Company
Fort Lafayette
Cramps
Philadelphia
Silliman
Jersey City
Sandy Hook
Spezzia
Italy
United States
E. L. Zalinski
Europe
Zalinski
Lieut. Avery
Navy Promotions Shuffle Senior Command Line
Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi is detached from New York navy yard to command the North Atlantic squadron replacing Rear Admiral Luce. Luce will retire next month under the forty years service clause. Belknap, now commander of Mare Island navy yard, will be promoted to rear admiral.
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Luce
Washington
Bancroft Gherardi
Navy Yard
New York
North Atlantic
Belknap
Mare Teland Navy Yard
San Domingo May Take a Hand in Caribbean Power
The World cites a Cape Haytien letter dated Feb 3 reporting a Jan 29 conference at Monte Christi San Domingo between Hippolyte and General Hereaux president of Domingo. Details are scarce but promise a boon for Hippolyte and an alliance that could topple Legitime.
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San Domingo
New York
Cape Haytien
Monte Christi
Hippolyte
Hereaux
Domingo
Legitime
Ex-Mayor Abrams Attacks McDowell Statement
In New York on February 1% ex mayor Abrams denounces William McDowell’s Jersey City Tilden club speech accusing Hewitt of betraying Mr. Tilden and misrepresenting his views on the electoral commission bill. Also reports a verdict of first degree murder in Rozzolo case and an English earthquake felt in Bolton and Manchester.
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New York
Abrams
Hewitt
William McDowell
Jersey City
Tilden Club
Mr. Tilden
Electoral Commission
Red Nosed Mike
W Barre
Michael Rozzolo
Paymaster McClure
Yellow fever rises in Rio as immigrant flow fuels health fears
A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro reports yellow fever gaining ground amid a flood of European and Ceara drought immigrants. Sanitary authorities fear an upcoming epidemic, noting rising fevers and drought-stricken cattle in Ceara, Pernambuco, and Bahia. the government moves refugees to safer provinces and plans transport for 800 evacuees.
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Rio Janeiro
Rio’ Janeiro
River Platte
Rio
Ceara
Pernambuco
Bahia
New York Packet
Our Innocents Abroad The Base Ballists Tour Italy
Cairo date reports the khedive sending regrets at not meeting the Cairo baseball team. The nine players depart at noon for Ismalia then Port Said, boarding the Bayern to Brindisi. They will visit Rome on the 24th for a scheduled game.
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Cairo
Italy
Khedive
Helowan
Ismalia
Port Said
Bayern
Brindisi
O Brien and His Sympathizers Arrested in Ireland
William O Brien was removed from Clonmel to Tralee under heavy guard. Crowds at Clonmel stoned guards who charged with batons but the prisoner boarded the train. A second demonstration occurred at Tipperary as the train arrived. police dispersed the crowd amid tensions.
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Clonmel
Tralee
Dublin
William O’brien
Tipperary
Statue of Giordano Brune Erected in Rome This May
A life size statue of Giordano Brune will be erected in the Campo De Flori Rome on the burial site of February 16 1600. After years of local opposition Rome’s municipality grants consent and the monument will be inaugurated in May with a coming celebration.
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Giordano Brune
New York
Campo de Flori
Rome
Italy
Libby Prison site found in Chicago on Wabasha avenue
The Libby prison syndicate seeks to move the Richmond facility to Chicago. John D. Jennings leases 800 feet on the east side of Wabasha avenue for ninety nine years, near Sixteenth Street. Lease terms withheld but valuation described as low.
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Libby
Chicago
Richmond
John D. Jennings
Wabasha Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Americans in China count 1022 residents
A state department communique from Minister Denby reports 1022 American citizens living in the Chinese empire. Of these, 506 are missionaries, 73 seafarers, 28 in the customs service, and 23 engaged in mercantile pursuits. 345 are listed as unclassified.
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Washington
State Department
Denby
Knights of Labor to Return to Absolute Secrecy
Report from Chicago dated February 1 indicates local assemblies expect the Knights of Labor to go back to strict secrecy. George Schilling refused comment noting difficulties in keeping secrets and implying the main secret would be maintaining anonymity. A second leader says the organization is reorganizing on a secret plan.
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Knights of Labor
Chicago
George Schilling
Senate in Secret Session Weighs Panama Crisis
The Senate in secret session considers a $200,000 plan from the Foreign Relations Committee to protect and assist American workers on the Panama Canal. The president has also sent Norman J. Colman of Missouri as nominee for secretary of agriculture, with a bill to expand agricultural department powers.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Senate
Norman J. Colman
Missouri
Committee On Foreign Relations
United States
Panama Canal
House
Secretary of State
Panama
Senate Closes Session on Panama Canal Americans
In Washington on February 12 the Senate moved an executive session as Mr Sherman indicated. discussion center on Americans working on the Panama Canal. House pressed an amendment to the direct tax bill. conference ordered. Senate confirmed several nominations in military and revenue marine service.
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Washington
Sherman
Committee On Foreign Relations
Panama Canal
House
Missouri River
Leavenworth
Kan
William A. Rucker
Charles M. Terrell
Thomas J. Anderson
Supreme Court of Utah
Cleveland
Military
Revenue Marine Service
Breckenridge Nominated Inspector General of U S Army
Washington reports reveal in secret session the vote on rejecting the British extradition treaty. From Wausau Wisconsin Rev J Scott Davis pastor of the Methodist church arrested for criminal libel linked to Kate Bushnell allegations about police rescuing girls from prostitution. In Srszy Iowa W B Stevens druggist severely burned and likely to lose an eye after an acid explosion. Minneapolis engineers end a short strike as the company meets several demands.
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Washington
Wausau
Wis
J. Scott Davis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Davis
Kate Bushnell
Death at a University in Grand Forks
The first death at the university from diphtheria occurred Sunday the janitor's child. All the sick students had been removed.
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Grand Forks
Cak
Death of Cardinal Pietra Reported in Cablegram
A cablegram to The Catholic News from New York announces the death of Cardinal John Baptiste Pietra, second in rank in the sacred college. Born August 1, 1812 in Chamforgueil, France, he was created cardinal in 1463 and served as one of six suffragan bishops of the Roman pontiff.
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New York
Catholic News
John Baptiste Pietra
Sacred College
Chamforgueil
France
Boulanger Denies US Style Constitution Favor in France
Paris reports Gen. Boulanger denying claims he favored a constitution like the United States. Mrs. Cleveland's public reception on Feb. 23 is canceled and replaced by a carder event on Feb. 16 from 3 to 4 p.m.
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Boulancer
Paris
The
Presse
Gen. Boulanger
France
United States
Farmers’ Industrial Institute
Creston
Iowa
Martin R. M. Wallace
Aoman
Chicago
Mary Ryne
New York
Murray
Buffalo
Barry Sullivan
England
Roasted by Church in North Dakota House Row
Governor Church delivers a barb filled message to the North Dakota House rebutting the judiciary committee report on the notarial bill. Ex governor Pierce is roasted as the session’s focus while the message is laid on the table amid political maneuvering and talk of removal.
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Pierce
House
Bismarck, Dak
Neb
Church
Judiciary Committee
Col. Price
Aikens
Canton
Jones
Charles Mix
Harrison
Grafton
North Dakota
Caldwell
Immigration Commission
Capitol
Swindling Depot Scheme Tarnishes Minnesota Survey
A February dispatch reports a group posing as railway surveyors took payments to locate depots along routes from St. Paul to Boone and other towns. Depots were placed on farms or obstructive sites in exchange for bribes, with sums from fifty to five hundred dollars. The venture is linked to a broader scheme of misrepresentation and land ploys along the path.
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St. Paul
Boone
Iowa
St. Pau
Pioneer Press
Minneapolis, St
Twin Cities
Kansas City
Conan
Mutilated Dundee Body Tends to Jack the Ripper Rumor
A Dundee police discovery of a mutilated woman's body in a wooden chest sparks sensational talk that the killer could be Jack the Ripper. The woman's husband has been arrested as investigators weigh the grim clues.
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Edinburgh
Dundee
Jack the Ripper
Five Vienna Children Murdered In Father’s Grim Act
Tacoma, Feb 12. J D Bordeaux of Shelton Mason county and four of his children died from poisoned cabbage. Mrs Bordeaux is critically ill but may recover. The cabbage grown in California was brought to Shelton by steamer. Physicians suspect Paris green poisoning to kill bugs and improper washing aided poisoning. Bordeaux was a French Canadian from Montreal who arrived six weeks ago.
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Tacoma
W. T
J. D. Bordeaux
Shelton
Mason County
Americans Kill Eight Mexicans Over Historic Mine Chart
Cheyenne Wy February 12 report says eight Mexican prospectors were slain in Wyoming mountains by American intruders over a chart to a gold mine once worked by Spaniards. A fight ensued and the chart was seized by the Americans.
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Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wy. T
Amity Post Office Robbed of 7000 in Arkery Burglary
News from Amity Arkansas reports the post office in W C Hayes store was entered Saturday night. Thieves blew the safe with powder and stole seven thousand dollars including government funds and Hayes money. Three killed and a score wounded in Newport riot between Italians and Negroes over a whisky dispute.
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Amity
Ark
Little Rock
W. C
Hayes
Newerort
Here
New C
O. Road
Five Tragic Murders and a Fatal Boiler Explosion
A Goldsmith poisons five children with cyanide and dies by self-inflicted poison. A boiler explosion at Guild White Gillespie works kills one and fatally wounds another, the facility then catches fire. Eight workers die when a train passes near Halle. A shore raid captures two oyster schooners after a gun battle. Various international notes include MexicoBritain extradition treaty ratified and GermanyEngland silver standard talks. Multiple brief items cover public figures and incidents from New York to St. Petersburg.
Acquittal for George M Bradt in Tennessee arson case
George M Bradt a Chattanooga businessman was acquitted after being charged with setting fire to a block of buildings last summer causing $800000 in damage and five deaths. Col J W Langley gains strong backing for pensions commissioner with eastern Illinois veterans endorsing him. Ross accepts Daly challenge for mixed style wrestling $200 a side. Plattsburg cock fight wins for Cohoes. Shaefer challenges Daly for billiards $1000 a side. Hewitt plans European trip to secure Ward signing amid bidding by other clubs. Needham defeats Harrington in five rounds. Murphy and Weir to fight for featherweight title prize money and badge rights.
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George M. Bradt
Chattanooga, Tenn
Col
J. W. Langley
Illinois
Plattsburg
N. Y
Jerry Grogan
D. Staves
Cohoes
Jake Shaefer
Maurice Daly
Europe
Ward
Child Kidnappers in Court in Chicago
The cases of Harvey Gurley and wife charged with abducting Annie Redmond and D. C. Parsons and wife as accessories were continued in Judge Lyons court until Wednesday next. The Gurleys are in default on $2,500 bail each while the Parsonses were released on $750 bonds.
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ChicaGo
Harvey Gurley
Annie Redmond
D. C
Market Quotations for Feb 11 St Paul Grain and Provisions
St Paul market notes show bids and asks across wheat corn oats rye and seeds with prices for No 1 hard 1.17, No 2 Northern 0.8, corn 8 cents bid, oats May 32 cents bid and 83 cents asked, flax seed 1.53, timothy 1.40, clover 4.60, dressed hogs 5.25, hay bids 4.00 to 4.50. Chicago quotes follow with February wheat 31.034, corn 4, oats 5, lard 6.70, hog receipts 21,000 head.
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St. Paul
Clover
Chicago
A Brave Little Sailor Stirs Hearts In South Washington
Seven year old Garfield Slocum, son of Captain Slocum, sits aboard a weathered bark in South Washington after a 7,000 mile voyage from South America. Born in 1881 in Hong Kong and named for President Garfield, he has sailed at least 275,000 miles, visiting three Americas Europe Asia Africa and many islands. His recent voyage on the Libertad covered seven thousand miles in a vessel only thirty five feet long, with his father mother and elder brother aboard.
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South Washington
Garfield Slocum
Capt
Slocum
South America
Garfield
Hong Kong
China
Col. Mosby
Americas
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Libertad
Sailor Gu rfield Brave Sea Trials on Libertad Voyage
The crew faced 2000 mile stretches from land as the frail craft battled storms yet endured. Gurfield, a seaworthy sailor who has spent little time on land, expressed doubt about the boat's size for prayer on the voyage, saying Mamma this boat isn't big enough to pray in.
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Cgurfield
Libertad
Washington Cor
Chicago News
Wrestling With a Bear Hunters chase cubs on mountain trail
A Catskills duo trailed a bear for three days and surprised a mother bear with three cubs at a sheltered slope near Sundown. Levi Small tackled a cub after a fall, the old bear attacked but fell to a shot, the other cubs were captured alive.
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Catskills
Levi Small
Small
Bruin
Philadelphia Times
Painless dental work by Kelle Kellogg partners
Kelle and Kellogg affiliated with the CFR and A. E. Kellogg announce full service dentistry in the First National Bank block. They offer pain free tooth extraction, pain obtundent fillings, gold crowns porcelain faced crowns Logan crowns and bridge work on roots without plates, plus plate options in gold rubber and celluloid.
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CFR
A. E. Kellogg
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery
First National Bank
J. F. Kellogg
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