Bandits in the Schools at Thaddeus Stevens Student Plot
Miss Taylor and Miss Allen thwart a secret oath bound cadre of Thaddeus Stevens School boys led by Captain Kalor known as Schuylkill Jack. The group planned Indian rescues and wild ventures with bows knives revolvers and campouts while firearms were bought from a local pawnbroker. Kalor and peers faced disarmament and parental intervention as the plot unraveled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thaddeus Stevens Secondary School
John Kalor
E. M. Taylor
Thaddeus Stevens
Seventeenth
Oliver Streets
Philadelphia Cowboys
Johnny
Schuylkill
Miss Taylor
Miss Allen
Captain Schuylkill
Corinthian Avenue
Brown Street
Jack
Philadelphia
Kalor
Charley Bedford
Charley
Cittep
Armstrong
Twentieth Street
Brown
Johnny Kalor
Captain Bedford
Captain Kalor
William Armstrong
Charles J. Briggs
Percy Bally
John T. Boyle
Captain Jack
Delaware
Little Tim
Sam
Cowboy
New York
Hirshburg
Ridge Avenue
Vineyard Street
Thaddeus Stevens School
Death of Salmi Morse at Coroner Inquest
New York February 28 Coroner inquest into Salmi Morse death recounts Miss Blackburn's repeated claim that McGivney struck Morse on the night of the 21st Morse says he no longer remembers disputes about money Morse and Blackburn recount tense meeting at her home with a janitress present McGivney admits room was not dark and witnesses sketch uneasy relations with Blackburn as inquest continues tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Salmi Morse
Morse
Miss Blackburn
Mr. Ome
Popceen
Tom
McGigney
Groundhog’s prophecy proves true as blizzard ushers extra Leap Day
A fierce Arctic storm hits, freezing streets and snapping hats as the groundhog’s forecast appears vindicated. Jack Frost marks the leap year with subfreezing temperatures, gusty winds, and snowy chaos that unsettles a quiet night.
Carpet mill fire wipes out Turkington’s works at Palethorp
Fire at Turkington’s carpet mill on Lehigh Avenue and Palethorp Street destroys the three story building and adjacent worker dwellings. William Dugan, alarm, gale winds, four houses back to Mascher Street quickly ablaze. Declared losses include $1,400 to Germania and $3,000 to North British Conny insurers. Sixty mill hands out of work. Short on total figures but heavy private losses noted for Turkington and Taylor estates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William T. Dugan
Garnet Street
Alexander Turkington
Palethorp Street
Lehigh Avenue
Turkington
Iie
Mascher Street
Charles H. Doll
Mr. Doll
Turkington’s
Germania Company
Conny
Taylor
Pettit Looming Up The Fight For Philadelphia Appointments
Washington dispatch reports new complications in Philadelphia appointments. Sen Cameron and Senator Quay push Pettit for District Attorney, while General Sickel’s Pension Agency candidacy strains the President’s plans. Judge Kelley opposes Vanderslice if nominated, threatening confirmation and revealing Philadelphia politics. Delay in appointments grows as Kelley blocks any move harming Sickel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Vanderslice
Major Phipps
Tak Times
Washington
Friends
Valentine
Cameron
M. 8
Quay
Pettit
General Sickel
Pennsylvania
Kelley
Senate
Phipps
Sickel
Philadelpha
Boston Without Telegraphs Storm Paralyzes City
Special dispatch reports Boston cut off by a severe storm. Wires fail across lines as telegraph and fire alarm systems collapse. By afternoon most electric light wires cross damaged streets and fires go unmonitored. City awakens to darkness and patrols doubled while repairs proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Western Union
Beadle Son in Brooklyn Court Abandonment Case
Special dispatch from New York reports Irwin F. Beadle son of the publisher of Beadle's Dime Novels faced arraignment for abandonment in Brooklyn. Mrs Beadle described a troubled marriage begun two years earlier when he left for another woman and later sought forgiveness few times. Justice urged a satisfactory arrangement between spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Irwin F. Beadle
Beadle
Brooklyn
McDonald Contempt Case In Albany Senate
In Albany on February 28 Contractor McDonald faced the State Senate after an affidavit claimed lack of contempt. He insisted questions concerned private business, then was found guilty by a 14 to 6 vote and jailed in Albany County Jail, with confinement limited to the Senate term as he agrees to answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
State Senate
McDonald
Senate
Department of Public Works
Albany County
Snow Wires Damaged Cut Regional Telecommunication Lines
Wires damaged by heavy snow hit Easton on February 28 delaying telephone and telegraph service. Most local lines were useless and repairs will take two to three days. Long distance lines to Bethlehem Bangor Washington finckettson Belvidere New Jersey were down. telegraph to New York City broken. Philadelphia contact was difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae Tiss
Easton
Bethlehem
Bangor
Washington
Finckettson
Belvidere
N.J
New York City
Philadelphia
Slate Trade Statistics Show Regional Slate Increase
Returns from state shipments for the year 14383 indicate 114000 squares placed on the market with a rise over 1882. Pennsylvania accounted for three-fifths of roofing slate production totaling 000 squares, Northampton County supplying over 200000 squares, with school slate and blackboards also produced. Outlook for use remains favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timms
Slatington
Pennsylvania
Northampton County
Local political notes on mayoral race and council bids
Mayor-elect Smith returns home after a week away as Democratic ward committees plan reorganization next Monday. Lawrence and Ridgway remain the only declared candidates for Common Council presidency with dark horses anticipated. Supporters and opponents clash over Lawrence’s coalition, while Ridgway backers defend their choice amid talks of old-guard trends and delays in reorganization by a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Common Council
Mr. Lawrence
Billy Oames
Charles Lawrence
John J. Ridgway
Henry Clay
Maloney
City Solicitor Rejects Elevate Railroad Within City Limits
In a long legal opinion City Solicitor West tells council that no law allows an elevated railroad inside the city. He argues Keystone and Rapid Transit proposals exceed municipal power, urging a negative report on both the Keystone and West Philadelphia Elevated Railway bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Solicitor West
Select Council Chamber
Hammett
Henry J. McCarthy
City Solicitor’s Office
West
West Philadelphia Elevated Railroad
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
Surety Contract Company
Keystone Railroad Company
Keystone Company
Mr. West
Clughorn
Keystone and Rapid Transit Railroad
Grace
Banes
Clin
Canning
Cummings
Gates
Glass
Graham
Green
Gross
Miller
Pyle
Hammond
Bailey
Brady
Matthews
Ryan
Vanderslice
Werntz
Whittaker
Friends of Rapid Transit
West Philadelphia
Fire damages South Water Street commission house
A $10,000 blaze at 29 South Water street in the Coon, Brother & Co. commission house lit up by 10:15 p.m. A patrolman alerted Market street ferry plug delay hampered initial suppression. By midnight flames were controlled after reaching upper floors and destroying canned goods. loss shared by Coon, Brother & Co. and C. E. Young & Brother, insured. cause undetermined. a previous small fire occurred about a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Water Street
Coon, Brother & Co
Burk
Fourth District
Market Street
C. Ke, Young & Brother
Southater Street
Royal Insurance Company
C. E. Young & Brother
Four Female Inmates Escape House of Correction
Lydia Proctor alias Sweeney with three companions fled from the House of Correction yesterday morning without leave. Working in the stocking department by day and confined in Wing A by night, Proctor used keys obtained while acting as gatekeeper to free the others. The group hid near the stocking room as authorities pursued, aided by a missing door key thought to be in Proctor’s possession. The escape prompted a police manhunt as the women remain at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia J. Proctor
Alias Sweeney
Annie MecCoombs
Ann J. Ibbotson
Mary McAfee
House of Correction
Lydia J, Proctor
Lydia
Gouekeeper
Proctor
Republican State central committee fixes Slate Convention date
Columnus Ohio February 28 The Republican State central committee set April 3 for the Slate Convention to be held in Cleveland. Four delegates-at-large will attend the National Convention in Chicago, while the remaining delegates are to be chosen by Congressional districts at or before the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columnus
Ohio
Republican State Central Committee
Cleveland
Chicago
Family buried in fatal Stanton street fire tragedy
A blaze on the third floor of 826 Stanton street killed Cornelius Van Riper, his three children, and his wife who jumped from a window. Boarder Lawrence Weaver escaped, as did Ellen Ryan and Presley’s family. Firefighters found the family after a long line of escapes failed. all five Van Riper occupants perished by fire or smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stanton Street
Cornelius van Riper
Rebecca
N. Connally
Ellen Ryan
Presley
van Riper
Lawrence Weaver
van Ripers
Weaver
Ryan
Mulligan
Jennie
Frances
Wife of Montgomery Schuyler seeks divorce on grounds of desertion
Lelia Roosevelt, daughter of James A. Roosevelt, files for legal separation from Montgomery Roosevelt Schuyler. Married in Grace Church in March 1877, the pair lived in Grand Tower, Staten Island, and New York City before separating at Christmas 1881. She accuses him of desertion from their East Nineteenth street home. Schuyler resides at the Darkeralty Building in Washington Square, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lelia Roosevelt
James Alfred Roosevelt
West Thirty-fourth Street
New York
Montgomery Roosevelt Schuyler
Grace Church
New York Yacht Club
Merchant Marine Service
China
St. Louis
Illinois
Grand Tower
Staten Island
East Nineteenth Street
Aldine Hotel
George Biddle
Uniontown Post Office Delay Tied to Political Conventions
Special dispatch from Uniontown reports the post office appointment still delayed after nearly two months. Locals suspect the President waits to gauge outcomes at the Republican County Convention on March 10 and possibly state and national gatherings. Friends of the administration defend the delay amid charges of influencing delegate selection. no action or family involvement has occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Tisbury
Nutt
Lizzie
Major Brown
James
Reading Not to be Outdone in Fast Train Plans
An official of the Reading Railroad vowed not to be outdone by the Pennsylvania Railroad in speedy service to Philadelphia. Plans include a new Norristown to Bridgeport bridge to connect with Norristown tracks, enabling direct fast trains to Ninth and Green streets, with leaders Keim and Gowen cited as hard to beat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Schuylkill Valley
Reading Railroad
Philadelphia
Reading Con
Norristown
Bridgeport
Pennsylvania Company
Ninth and
Green Streets
Reading
Saherestt Valley
Keim
Gowen
Trains collide near Paris injure many. fireman killed
A east bound Indianapolis and St Louis passenger train and a west bound freight collided one mile east of Paris Illinois after leaving at noon. Both engines were destroyed and the freight fireman Lindsay was killed instantly. Cars were wrecked and many passengers injured though counts were not yet known. Rumors say twelve may be dead. cause cited as disobedience of orders.
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Paris
Ill
Indianapolis and
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Here
Lindsay
Iron Workers Wages Debate Near District Conventions
Pirrspure February 28. On March 8 the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers will hold district conventions to consider wage scales for the year and propose changes. Manufacturers will also meet to decide on last year’s wages or a reduction. Both sides are reticent but manufacturers are believed to offer a twenty percent cut while workers may resist, with a possible small compromise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Pirrspure
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steelworkers
Improvement of Galveston Harbor Delegation Seeks 700000
A Galveston Texas delegation arrived in Washington to press a 700000 harbor improvement appropriation. Attending are Moody Wells Bale of the News and Lasker. Attorney Kran, acting for Captain James B Eads, is said to be involved in the bill's passage and has held discussions with Galveston representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
The
Times
Washington
Texas
Moody, Wells
Bale
the News
Lasker
Kran
James B. Eads
Thacker Man Attempts Suicide in Baltimore Morning
In Baltimore on February 28 John Thacker, 60, cut his throat but was discovered and treated. He claims his wife cannot speak English and that he beats her, citing lack of means and a helper as his motive for the self harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavlrimore
John Thacker
Sparks From The Wires Aged Dated News Roundup
San Francisco fund raises 5200 for Ohio Valley flood sufferers. Prince Kro potkine sentence commuted to banishment. John Dunlap Osborne dies in Paris. Sullivan-Robinson match arranged for March 10 at Mechanics' Hall. Boston storm wrecks telephones and fire alarm lines. Photiades Pasha resigns Crete governorship amid talk of revolt. Massachusetts Senate backs Meigs elevated roads bill. Commendatore Barrels of Milan Mint dies by self-inflicted gunshot. Russia Vatican accord complete. a Vatican envoy to be appointed. Vacant sees to be filled at the coming Conclave. Mary Stewart burns to death in Baltimore. Boston, Concord and Montreal RR cuts wages 8-10 percent. crews unhappy. Chicago Burlington and Quincy aligns freight rates with Western Trunk Line.
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San Francisco
Ohio Valley
Prince Kropotkine
John Dunlap Osborne
Petersburg
Paris
Mechanics’ Ston
Boston
Syatet
Photiades Pasha
Crete
Massachusetts Senate Committee On Judiciary
Meigs
Mary Stewart
Baltimore
Moore Alley
Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad Company
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Denver
Pilots Nest
Colorado
Western Trunk Line Association
St. Louis
Removal of Flynn's killers from Hot Springs to penitentiary
At Hot Springs on February 2 armed militiamen escorted Major Doran, Dave Pruitt, Harry Lansing and John Allison from the Cad t House to the railway station and aboard the eleven o'clock train to Little Rock. Crowds cheered as the prisoners departed, while Flynn sympathizers and city financiers were named as potential threats to public peace and the town faced two hostile factions over the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tak Tracks
Hot Springs
Court House
Fry
Ian
Dave Pruitt
Harry Lansing
John Allison
Johnny Flynn
Cad ¥T
Little Rock
Doran
Rector
Murphy
King White
Pine Bluff
Flynn
Pruitts
Frank Flynn
Andrew Bruon
Hot Springs National Bank
Nagle
Hugh Behan
Canadian Pacific Railway
Behan
Mose” Harris
the Horseshoe
Horseshoe
Harris
Associated Press
G. G. Lutta
Mose Harris
The
Daily News
the Sentinel
Flynn-Doran
Robert Brown
Little Rock Gazette
Mittee
Vigilance
One of Hot Springs Ruffians Noted at Harrisburg
Special dispatch reports Charles Foulke a notorious gambler and alleged killer linked to two Carlisle murders in Cumberland County. Victims included Noble, son of a respected family, fatally stabbed in a saloon. Fields died. Foulke acquitted, and Marshall later cleared, with Marshall admitting he shot the soldier.
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Tax Times
Harrisburg
Charles Foulke
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Carlisle
Cumberland County
Noble
Foulke
Fields
Boston Temperance Leader Reviews Century of Progress
Mrs. E L McLaughlin of Boston, a National W C T U superintendent, spoke at Fifth Baptist Church on temperance and prohibition progress since its beginnings. She noted startling statistics but praised public sentiment gains, and mentioned plans for a Pennsylvania bill requiring physiological textbooks in schools. A reception followed at St George's Hall and another lecture was set for Olivet Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. L. McLaughlin
Boston
National Women's Christian Temperance Union
Fifth Baptist Church
McLaughlin
St. George's Hall
Thirteenth
Arch Streets
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Prize fighters to Stand Trial in Westchester Case
Special dispatch from The Times reports prize-fighters James Murray and Thomas Henry will face trial after Justice Cullen discharged the writ of habeas corpus and left them to Westchester authorities. The judge ruled the evidence indicates a ring or prize fight as defined by the statute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times New York
James Murray
Thomas Henry
Weatchester County
Cullen
Supreme Court
Brooklyn
Coal miners strike over district price in third pool
Pirranuna February 28. The coal miners of the third pool inaugurated a strike today for the district price four cents per bushel. Fifteen hundred men are out and only twenty two are working in the entire district. An assessment of one dollar a week per miner in three other pools has aided to support the strikers, and if this fails a general suspension will be ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirranuna
Jersey Lawmakers in House Debates on Bills and Adjournment
In the Jersey House of Assembly on February 28 the adulteration bill was withdrawn and the Hudson Essex annexation bill postponed. A tax measure on corporations passed 54 to 1, with several members absent. A resolution to adjourn on March 21 was tabled. Bills included glanders control for horses and extending state assessments. A Standard Oil pipe regulation bill was amended to regulate rather than prohibit pipes, under Water Commissioners. Adjournment set for Monday night.
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Renton
House of Assembly
Hudson County
Essex
Cole
New York Tribune
Abbott
Tie
Pratt
Mr. Wildrick
Messrs
Alcott
Fish
Q Bonnett
Robbins
Savage
New Brunswick
Elizabeth
Trenton
Camden
Standard Oil Company
O'Connor
Sixty Four New Dentists Celebrate Dental College Graduation
Sixty four graduates from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery received diplomas last night at the Academy of Music. Among them were six women in a class noted as one of the largest in twenty eight years. The ceremony featured music by the Germania Orchestra, a prayer led by Rev. John C. Thompson, and the conferral of the D D S degree by Judge Peirce in Dr. S. D. Gross’s absence. G L S Jameson of Canada gave the valedictory, and J Ewing Mears M D spoke with professional insight and humor. Floral tributes lined the stage as supporters celebrated the ceremony before tonight’s Philadelphia Dental College commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery
Academy of Music
Germania Orchestra
John C. Thompson
D. Gross
Peirce
Zampa
G. L. 8. Jameson
Canada
J. Ewing Mears
M. D
Philadelphia Dental College
Academy
Green Denies Transactions With Wise In Virginia Assembly
In the House of Delegates Armistead Green a colored member questioned Congressman John Wise's claim that colored legislators sought him in his kitchen. Green replied he never had dealings with Wise and accused him of using colored people only for their votes, denying any personal privilege comments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rich Mann
House of Delegates
Armistead Green
John 8. Wise
Danville Investigation Committee
Washington
Green
Tax Collector Murray Arrested in Blythe Township
Porrsvile February 28 William Murray Tax Collector and Treasurer of Blythe township was put under heavy bonds for election frauds. He won re election by thirty votes amid claims of illegal ballots and dated tax receipts given to partisans. Twelve voters testified they did not receive receipts on the dates stated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Porrsvile
William Murray
Blythe Township
William Murray, Jr
Pottsville
A Wedding That Did Not Take Place
Special Dispatch reports a Canton farmer Colonel Miller and Miss Lizzie Glenn were to wed in Washington on February 28 but Lizzie Glenn failed to appear. Disappearance prompted by friends leaves motive unknown, both from good society, sparking widespread talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Colonel Miller
Canton
Lizzie Glenn
Miss Glenn
Philadelphia party to hunt sea lion near Schuylkill
A large group of men and boys will depart Philadelphia early today with firearms nets harpoons and boat-hooks to capture a sea lion sighted in the Schuylkill near the Junction Hotel Robeson township Mrs Josiah Brooks describes the creature as dog headed but body as large as a yearling calf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Schuylkill
Junction Hotel
Robeson Township
Josiah Brooks
Pittsburg Prize Fight Ends After Foul Dispute
At Arsenal Park Dan Martin and Harry Short fought a grueling 98 rounds for 100 a side. The match ended with Martin claiming a foul which the referee upheld, leaving Short and his supporters displeased. Both men endured heavy punishment throughout the bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prttsspurg
Pittsburg
Arsenal Park
Dan Martin
Harry Short
Martin
Short
Appointments in City Controller Office Fully Named
The City Controller's Office filled two principal posts with Frank Willing Leach named chief clerk and Edwin A Poe named chief auditor Leach moves up from chief auditor with unchanged 2000 salary Poe, an Eighth ward Democrat, is new to the office and previously held no such post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Controller’s Office
Frank Willing Leach
Edwin A. Poe
Pue
Fire engulfs third floor laboratory at Powers Weightman works
Early this morning a blaze broke out in the back room on the laboratory’s third floor at Powers and Weightman’s chemical works on Knox street below Parrish. The building contains quinine and large quantities of fusions. Fire raged fiercely as press time indicated a serious conflagration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers & Weightman’s Chemical Works
Knox Street
Parrish
Fie
Boiler Explosion Kills Engineer Near Minkely Georgia
In Macon Ga on February 28 a boiler explosion at a stationary engine used with pile driving machinery of the Central Railroad near Minkely killed the engineer William Stoan and seriously injured his young son the fireman and two others. The engine and the car carrying the machinery were wrecked beyond recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon
Central Railroad
Minkely
William Stoan
Wool-sorters at Campbell Company strike over lower pay
Twenty wool-sorters formerly at the Continental worsted mills of the Campbell Company at Twenty-first and Washington avenue refused to work after being offered fifty five cents per hundred pounds for sorting Australian wool, instead of the seventy five cents they say is the regular rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell Company
Twenty-first and
Washington Avenue
Large Boiler House Stack Collapses at Nanticoke Plant
At Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on February 28 a massive smokestack at the No 2 boiler house of the No 2 shaft of the Susquehanna Company at Nanticoke collapsed due to lining burnout. One man was badly scalded and operations will be delayed for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesharre
Busquehanna Company
Nanticoke
Ocean Steamship Arrivals Listed at New York and Queenstown
Arrivals include New York Hohenstaufen from Bremen and Assyrian Monarch from London along with Bohemia from Hamburg. Queenstown Lord Clive arrives from Philadelphia and sails for Liverpool. Liverpool Virginian from Boston and Stampburg Moravia from New York are also reported.
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New York
Hohenstaufen
Bremen
London
Bohemia
Hamburg
Queenstown
Lord Clive
Philadelphia
Liverpool
Virginian
Boston
Stampburg
Moravia
Brith Challenge Accepted for 100 Yard Race
Pirrsuura reports the challenge by George Brith to run any other foot racer in the country 100 yards with a stake of 1000 dollars to 000 a side. Harpers Kansas fighter Leeman has accepted. Arrangements are incomplete but will be completed soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pirrsuura
George Brith
Tom
Leman
Harpers Kansas
Ertay
Dynamite Plots Target London Railways At Charing Cross
The cloak room clerk at Charing Cross reported a ticking noise from a heavy valise and police sent it to Woolwich. The valise contained twenty pounds of dynamite and a timed clock device. officials deny dynamite was found beneath the station. A third internal machine with dynamite was reported at Paddington. Two men arrested at Charing Cross were later found to be government officers transporting nitro glycerine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charing Cross
Woolwich
Victoria Railway Station
House of Commons
William Vernon Harcourt
Paddington
Woolwich Arsenal
Impending Battle in the Soudon Near Trinkitat
London dispatches report a pending clash between General Graham's troops and rebels near Trinkitat with no confirmation of a defeat. The War Office has no new information, and Reuters dispatches omit such an outcome. An English expedition headed for Fort Baker aimed to bivouac last night and advance to Teb today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Graham
Trinkitat
War Office
Reuter
Daily Telegraph
Fort Baker
Obituary notice of Mr W H Hunt former US minister
The Times reports the death of Mr W H Hunt a Southern and upright diplomat who served as United States Minister to St Petersburg He was noted for his venerable presence and influence among Kremlin coronation diplomats and for hosting generous hospitality at his Moscow villa where the Stars and Stripes waved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpon
the Times
W. H. Hunt
United States
St. Petersburg
Hunt
Kremlin
Moscow
American prima donna Albani in Lucia at Brussels
Albani wrapped up her Brussels engagement with Lucia di Lammermoor after earlier starring in Rigoletto Mephistofele Traviata and Faust. Her singing drew great enthusiasm and lavish bouquets were given. The Queen attended every performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Albani
Lucia di Lammermoor
Mephistofele
Faust
Mr Gladstone and the Franchise Discussed in Commons
Mr Gladstone introduced in the House of Commons a franchise bill aimed at strengthening the State by enfranchising capable voters. He cited America’s postwar reinvigoration as proof that entrusting rights to capable citizens preserves democracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowroon
Mr. Gladstone
House of Commons
America
Duel at Quirinal Palace Left Signor Belgiosso Wounded
A sword duel occurred yesterday between Marquis Antoldi and Signor Belgiosso, a Chamber of Deputies member, arising from a dispute at the Court ball at the Quirinal Palace. Signor Emercise was wounded but not seriously, in the hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romer
Antoldi
Signor Belgiosso
Chamber of Deputies
Quirinal Palace
Signor Emercise
Han
Italian actor Salvini returns as Othello at Covent Garden
London February 28 Signor Salvini the Italian actor made his re entrance at Covent Garden in the role of Othello. The gallery amphitheatre and pit were crowded though stalls and boxes were not full. The actor met with a fervent reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Signor Salvini
Covent Garden
Weather Forecast For Middle Atlantic States Today
Indications point to fair weather across the Middle Atlantic States with winds from the northwest to the southwest. Barometer higher and temperatures generally colder. Yesterday at the Signal Office record shows a high of 41 and a low of 17 with a mean of 20.8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle Atlantic States
City News In Brief Highlights From City Ledger
Police reported multiple unsecured doors windows and gates after a Wednesday night. City Treasurer Irvine shows a weekly balance of 2 615 224 15 with payments 193 719 and receipts 154 525 64. Various local deaths arrests court actions and church events are noted, including a notable probate and floods relief fund updates and Irish National League rally plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvine
Richards. Smith
Union Insurance Company
Lenar
Delaware County
Fifth
Green Streets
Andrew Pilacky
Christian Street
Smith
Joseph Flucta
Bainbridge Street
William Button
Brownsville
Fayette County
Supreme Court
Herman McKenney
Sergeant Street
Pole
Robert Miller
Clover Street
William Birely
Virginia Street
Hommopathic Hospital
Girard Palat Works
Twenty-third
Harlion Streets
Michael I. Cronin
Chestnut Street
Thompson
Trust Company
Church of St. George's
Fourth Street
Vine
Philadelphia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Henry Warren
Augusta
Kentucky
Deexel & Co
Michael Davitt
Irish National League
Temperan
Carepenter Street
James Hagan
Samuel Clements
Cheltenham Academy
Matthew
Rondaymor Sturgis, Jr
Boston
Christan
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Jack Frost
Rex
McDonald's
Solicitor West
Ohio Republicans
Mr. van Riper
Uniontown Post Office
Ve. A
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Lansing
Allison
Union
Marshall
Poulke
Jersey
Mr. Green
Mr. Wise
Prospect
Vienna
Tageblatt
Count Tolstoi
Interior
Tchernaieff
Ignatieff
Atlae M. Abasa
Soudon
Minister Hunt
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