Morgansea Crevasse Threat on Lower Mississippi Levee
Report on Morgansea crevasse near Morgansen, Louisiana, detailing 150,000 cubic feet per second discharge, break width over 1,200 feet, rapid caving, and $3,000 daily loss at the lower end. Describes mattress effort with willows, barge and tug operations, and caution against sensationalism. Notes on defense morale and anti semitic disturbances amid flood emergency.
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Bayou Sara Cravaase
Hayou Sara
Kingsman
Morginsea
United States
Ruby
Prince
Tilia
New
Louisiana
Morgansen Crevasse
Atchafalaya
Kingman
Stanley Arrives at Dover After Brussels Voyage
Henry M. Stanley reached Dover England from Brussels on the 20th amid cheering crowds and pier confusion. Reporters clashed with police as a fight loomed. Friends including New the American consul general in London and Turkish ambassador Rustem Pacha were kept from the steamer, while Stanley thanked the crowd in a municipal address before departing for London at 4 05 p m.
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Mr.tanley
London
May Day Tensions Weigh on Austria as Military Moves In
As May Day nears in Austria, anxiety grows with appeals for civilian protection amid rising labor unrest. The government steps up military use in garrisons and camps, abandoning prior restraint to curb disorder after Vienna riots showed police inefficiency. The labor movement faces counter protests and opposition from loyal factions, diminishing public sympathy.
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Austria
Vienna
Bidwell seeks release aid for brother from English jail
G Bidwell leader of the four Americans who forged five million on the Bank of England is in Boston to win support for his brother Austin who also has a life term in England. Bidwell names ex Presidents Cleveland and Hayes and others as influential backers and cites a Bright letter endorsed by Gladstone Chamberlain Bourgeon and others.
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G. Bidwell
Beo Aa
Cleveland
Hayes
James Russell Lowell
Pierrepont Morgan
Clarence A. Seward
Robert G. Inpersoll
Senator Hawley
Charles Dudley Warner
Bidwell
George
John Bright
W. E. Gladstone
Joseph Chamberlain
Charlee Bourgeon
Leila
Isabel
Laila
Liela
Skeleton mystery swirled in Kansas City murder case
Sawyer Graveston sparked a dramatic arrest of Detective Sherman for the W C Weightaman murder. A supposed forest skeleton on the Missouri river bank was claimed as Weightaman’s, but two sisters misidentified their brother John Foley’s clothes. Graveston vows Wrighteman’s murder proof and Sherman’s culpability, while Grover upholds a California sighting.
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Sawyer Graveton
Sherman
Kansas City
W. C. Weightaman
Missouri River
Wrightsman
Graveston
Lizzie Foley
Dugan
John Foley
Tney
California
Graveton
Wrighteman
Randolph Bridge
Grayston
Purose
Mad
Comrles Grover
Wrighterman
Silence the Best Policy Telegraphed Confession News
From Los Angeles a confession story attributed to Thomas Hooper before his death last winter stirs little in Little Rock Arkansas where Governor Eagle voices regret over its publication. He declines to confirm or deny the California report, saying he will not reveal details yet and that the pursuit of justice may require disclosure in a few days.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Thomas Hooper
Little Rock
Ark
Gov
Eagle
Col. Clayton
California
Arkansas
Aegassina
Blood and a Razor Disappearance at Montreal Hotel
A young Englishman named Kimber vanished from the Grand Central hotel in Montreal after staying with two companions. A bloodstained bed cover, walls, and floor, plus a bloody razor found in the room, deepen mystery as police seek clues. Kimber had planned to follow friends to Vancouver, but disappeared after days of dissipation.
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Kimber
Grand Central Hotel
Montreal
Can
Grand Central
Ameber
Bloo
Leila and Isabel Cross Paths in Royal Mercy
In the Granada setting Leila, a Jewish maiden, seeks mercy from Queen Isabel as Torquemada looms. The queen refuses to surrender the girl to the Inquisition, pledging protection and arranging sanctuary with a brave knight and noble ladies, while urging mercy and faith.
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Isabel
Torquemads
Leila
Torquemada
Ferdinand
Almamen
Tenbet
Inquisition
Dread Court
Teaber
Juan
Tomas
Taabel
Leila Reaches Castle After Inquisition Escape
Leila arrives at a fortified castle in a Moorish setting after escaping the Inquisition tent. Soldiers and guards escort her through Gothic halls to a chamber where Moorish grace and courtly ritual surround her. Sleep eludes her as noon light fills the room and a calm, sorrowful nurse tends her at the bedside.
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Almamen
Inquisition
Leila
Isabel
Halle
Torquemads
Leila’s Embrace of Judaism and Royal Ties in Spain
Donna Inez guides Leila through faith and empire as Jewish lineage, Christian salvation, and royal guardianship intertwine in a tale of conversion, gratitude, and the perilous balance of belief amid Spanish politics and lineage. Leila wonders about immortality while Isid Quezada’s memory and Inez’s mercy shape her path.
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Leila
Emile
Donna Inez Quezada
Spain
Donna Inez
Naples
Ehild
Edat
Quexada
Sam
Quexade
Inez
Wen
Holy Land
Tia
Iarael
Isabel
Donna Inex
Yalal Aeiaiss Wilatt
Taft
Bimm
Genesia
Riot at Chicago Carpentry Strike Ends in Arrests
A body of striking carpenters caused a riot in southwestern Chicago on the 22d inst. About fifty were locked up and Police Sergeant Beglay was seriously hurt. Non union workers clashed with the crowd on Wallace Street near Plit third street as about 100 idle carpenters joined a committee to persuade quitters. The melee led to arrests of roughly fifty rioters while others fled and police pursued. Sergeant Jagley received medical aid at home.
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Chicago
Wallace Street
Plit Third Treet
Beglay
Otty
Beles
Sergi
Jagley
County officials arrested in Ulysses wolf bounty swindle
Investigation of county acts in Ulysses Kansas leads to arrests of county Clerk George W. Pare and Commissioners D C Sullivan Q L Green F B Lenburt J D Barbor O A Robison and George Doherty. Clerk and commissioner's charges include illegal scrip issuance tied to a wolf bounty totaling about sixteen thousand dollars.
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Ulysses
Kan
George W. Pare
D.C. Sullivan
Q. L. Green
FB. M. Lenburt
J. D. Barbor
O. A. Robison
George Doherty
Mre
Opening of the Baseball Season of 1890
Harper's Weekly announces the opening of the 1890 baseball season with twenty night portraits of leading players and other illustrations forming the commemorative plate. The feature promises a timely record of teams, players, and season outlook.
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North Dakota
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Edward Bulwer Lytton
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David
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