Epitome of the Week and World News Highlights
A Yokohama dispatch notes Gen Grant arrival. Bismarck hosts Dr White in London. Talmage preaches in London. Semple Birge mill collapse. Spanish royal nuptials agreed. cholera outbreak in Burma. Mary Anderson and infant die in New York fire. codifying army regulations under act. Solovieff pistol supplier sentenced to hang. Mogowe Industrial Exhibition postponed. Margaret Shaw jailed for life. Castle Garden immigration up. Congress bills and resolutions tallied. Sutro Tunnel near completion. U S debt and treasury figures. Cincinnati court fines for election neglect. Rev Patton declines London professorship. Niagara stunt foolhardy. government refunding certificates repurposed. San Francisco queue-cutting ordinance struck down. Sherman circular on wartime service disclosures. Bitting Bull interview notes war aims and desire to be left alone.
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Varna
Locomotive Legend Figures in Mathew Baird Estate
The late Mathew Baird of Philadelphia, famed for building locomotives, left an estate of 4,156,000 dollars. The fortune goes to his widow, ten children, and two grandchildren.
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Matthew Baird
Philadelphia
Tragic double murder and suicide shock Greeneburg area
An elderly man Joseph Akins aged 71 shot and killed his wife in Greeneburg Pa then shot himself after telling a neighbor he had killed the woman. The incident followed a dispute over a small piece of property.
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Joseph Akins
Greeneburg
Fortified Walls Destroyed in Wars and Executions Reported
Destruction of walls at Widin Slesia Ruatchuk and Varna under Berlin treaty terms. Irkutsk fire destroys 400 houses. Executions include James H. Holland and Charles G. Wobroth for murder. mob violence in Denver and Cheyenne Indians hanged in Miles City. Senate adjourns after five o clock, pay debates and praise for officials. House agrees with Senate adjournment. clerks pay conference report approved.
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Slesiia
Ruatchuk
Varna
Irkutsk
James H. Holland
Charles G. Wobroth
Mexico
Denver
Col
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Ahty
D.T
Kennedy
Kum
Tursday
Senate
Wan Nally
United States
Benatora
Oto Mer Thorman
Wheeler
Provident
Gongronn
Henate
Herndon
Cincinnati
Samford
Chandler's Senate Speech Attacks Democratic Party Role
Senator Chandler of Michigan denounces the Democratic party in an hours‑long Capitol speech. He accuses them of coercion, inflationary finance, and rebellion while urging voters to judge the 1870s platform in upcoming elections. He labels Republicans as right and Democrats as wrong, pledging to hold them to their stated platform.
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Chandler
Michigan
Democratic Party
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Conereas
Iau Lter
Ita
Tne da
Businass
Appomattox
Congress
Sta
Deffereon Doyle
Washington
North
United
Staten
National Treasury
Republican Party
Callahalt
Royal North Ia
Paris Ladies Bet on Lightning Bonnet and Silk Umbrella Ornaments
In an old book, Paris women adopt top bonnets with a bright metal thread and a four‑chain trailing to the ground to guide lightning away. Silk umbrellas reportedly carry wires and chains to ease walks in storms, though the writer questions lightning’s care for such schemes.
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Paris
France
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
St. Nicholas
IOWA STATE NEWS Digest of Early Local Tragedies and Notices
Readable items describe a cataclysmic bridge accident near Vinton with a fatal woman, drownings in Skunk River at Danville, a suicide in Clay County, and multiple local misfortunes including lightning injuries, snake bites, a hanging, assaults, and a range of postmaster appointments. Also noted are court actions, church conferences, prison counts, and farm fraud warnings.
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Wesleyan University
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Charles Elliott
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Lizzi Hamar
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Eppa Patteson
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Nhea
Ruth Hoskins
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Mer
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Coalville
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Littleport
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Reading
Northern and Southern Democrats in a Power Struggle
The piece profiles Senator Wallace of Pennsylvania opposing a caucus device and pursuing a final stand to close Courts as leverage to repeal Election laws. It alleges a mutual agreement where Northern and Southern Democrats would trade supports to overturn jurors oath and election laws, shaping party strategy.
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