Gladstone Letter Sparks Protests From Woman Suffragists
London dispatch notes Gladstone's letter damages the women suffrage movement and stirs protests from its advocates. Queen Victoria, in improving health, plans to receive roses for St George's Day. the Prince of Wales faces frail health as ministers discuss relief work for Russia.
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N. T. Associated Publ
Londox
Mr. Gladstone
Costa Belle
Queen Victoria
Duke of Clarence
St George's Day
Windsor
Prince of Wales
Mr Smith
Russia
Samara
Empire
America
Testimony on Naval Target Practice Near Solent Ports
The government committee heard Sir Henry Waring Sir William Pearce and others testify that a target practice shell fell within 20 yards of their yachts near Weymouth and Portsmouth. Pearce’s yacht narrowly avoided collision with a floating target while racing up the Solent at full speed.
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Lespos
Henry Waring
Wweimu Pearce
Wiymeouth
Portsmouth
Solent
William Pearcve
Italian steamer Solferimo reaches Genoa with yellow fever deaths
April 22 report from Genoa notes Solferimo with 510 passengers arrived from Rio Janeiro and reports five deaths from yellow fever during the voyage. Quarantined with Duchessa di Genova, which carried yellow fever aboard Bertix. April 2 Fushnagel of Bochum sues Pricee Bismarck for alleged libel over remarks about the Prince and the Iron and Steel Association director.
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Hous
Solferimo
Genoa
Rio Janeiro
Duchessa di Genova
Bertix
Fushnagel
Bochum
Pricee Bismarck
Prince
Herrnagel
Herr
Great Iron and Steel Association
Bockum
Purgeon's Vacant Pulpit and Papal Cardinacy News
At a Metropolitan Tabernacle meeting on April 22 James Spurgeon was invited to occupy the pulpit for three months and Dr Pierson was asked to hasten his American visit to preach there for one sermon. The Pope refused to confer a Cardinalate on Archbishop Corrigan of New York amid reported tension with Cardinal Gibbons.
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Purgeon
Metropolitan Tabernacle
James Spurgeon
Tabernacle
Dr. Pierson
Fom
Corrigan
New York
Cardinal Gibbons
Demard the Aleced Spy Arrest Report
Police in this city announce the arrest of Mr. Delmand, an agent of an English projectile firm. Desmard had previously worked for Nordenfelt Company.
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Demard
Pants
Mr. Delmand
Ms. Desmard
Nordenfelt Company
Claim of Exaggeration over Spy Allegations
They say the account is overstated claiming he was dismissed from the military prosthetic department at Meudon near Paris on suspicion of espionage and has since been closely watched by police.
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Military Prostatic Department
Meudon
Paris
Anarchist Roundup Sparks Broad Arrests Across French Cities
Paris police arrested 45 anarchists, with similar actions in St Etienne 80, Dion five, Amiens eight, St. Quentin ten, and Lyons four. A special meeting led to warrants across jurisdictions to map the anarchist network and study stolen dynamite cartridges, but searches found no decisive documents linking plans or actions.
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Paris
St Etienne
M. Loge
Soissy
Iron Trade Review Sees Hopeful Future For Industry
Cleveland reports the Iron Trade Review notes rising optimism in iron markets with a buying season near. Pig iron stockpiles have stopped growing and overall business in rail and other sectors shows strength, though prices stay flat and ore sales remain limited.
Pope's Jubilee Celebrations Planned for Future Year
From Rome comes notice of a grand jubilee for the pope with thousands of gifts anticipated. Over300 committees are organized across Christendom to collect donations, with earlier sums reaching into millions. A 1893 international pilgrimage and a February 1893 event are planned alongside educational institutes and a new Church of St Joachim near the Vatican.
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Rome
Vatican
Christendom
Leo Xtil
St. Joachim
Leo Xiil
Jaeger Mysteriously Missing After Darmstadt Letter
The Rothschilds’ cashier Jaeger remains unfound despite a letter mailed from Darmstadt claiming guilt and imminent death by own action. Police doubt self murder and seek him while the Rothschilds offer 1,000 marks for his arrest.
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Berti
Jaeger
Rothschilds
Frankfort
Darmstadt
Arether
Cutting Brickmakers Wage Reductions Spark Philadelphia Unrest
Painapetram April 22 The first Isbor agitation of the season hits Philadelphia brickmakers as employers announce wage cuts up to 1 percent Molders drop from 3 25 to 2 60 daily and other reductions sparking ferment at yards with at least one strike already in progress. Manufacturers say brick prices demand cost cuts while unions plan to press for a conference with the Brickmakers Protective Association and warn of a general strike if demands are not met.
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Painapetram
Isbor
Journeymen’s
Brickmakers’ Protective Association
Pennsy negotiates sale of Ligonier Valley Railroad
Negotiations proceed between Pennsylvania Railroad officials and the Mellon Brothers of Pittsburg for the sale of the Ligonier Valley Railroad. The price has reportedly nearly doubled since last year, with expectations the sale will close soon. The line may extend five to six miles beyond Ligonier to develop coal lands and local quarries.
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Greenssire
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mellon Brothers
Pittsburg
Ligonier Valley Railroad
Pennsylvania
Ligonier Valley
Ligonier
France and Vatican urge calm Catholic visitors obey limits
The Paris visit of French ambassadors to the Quirinal and Vatican sparks debate. Officials warn French pilgrims may enter France freely but must keep demonstrations within Vatican bounds. The Pope pressed reconciliation between the Republic and Catholicism during talks in Rome.
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Aprie
Paris
Quirinal
Vatican
M. Billott
Italy
Holy See
Rome
U S to fund models of Columbus ships for Fort Columbus event
Maprio April 22 reports the United States Government will bear the cost of building celebration models of the caravels Pinta and Nina. Spain is constructing a model of the Santa Maria, the largest vessel in Columbus fleet.
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Maprio
United States
Fort Columbus
Columbus
Casting Glass Tubes Rediscovered by Indiana Inventor
Axnewson Iyp April 2. G Guptill, a leading glass maker, says he has revived the lost Egyptian method for casting glass tubes. He has drawn capitalists, built a Pendleton factory, and yesterday produced a successful first cast. The tubes are intended for sewer gas and water mains and are joined with a glass cement of Guptill’s invention. The plant is large and operations are kept secret.
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Axnewson
Iyp
R. G. Guptill
Pendleton
Antarctic expedition to launch in July by Tamnone
Tamnone plans an Antarctic expedition in July. Tur Deeming trial adjourned to April 28 awaiting witnesses from England. Paris police secure concessions after threats to strike. Mas Moxtaore Irish noblewoman taken to Londonderry jail for cruelty to child. Austrian Galician attackers injure a high church official and attempt drowning. Missouri steamer sails to rescue starving peasants from Liban region. Jebn king breaks treaty with English Lagos colony disrupting transit trade and threatens attack. Simla Government opens higher posts to natives. Severe snowstorm followed by earthquake near Hermannstadt. Tur Rajah of Sikkim abdicates and flees to Tibet. Iratr faces national bankruptcy with austerity and asset sales. Bulgarian ban on certain Russian papers. other outlets censored. Archbishop of Avignon and bishops prosecuted over electoral duties letter. Lushai country unrest as natives resist orders. Cachar frontier guarded. Conan Doylius story of the Berj Coronet to be continued in THE DISPATCH.
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Tamnone
Tur Deeming
England
Paris
Mas Moxtaore
Londonderry
Roffiana
Gallicia
Czerowies
Jebn
Lagos
Simla
Hermannstadt
Transylvania
Tur Rajah
Sikkim
India
Tibet
Iratr
St. Petersburg
Novee Frempa
Moscow
Viedoriea
Avignon
Montpelier
Nimes
Valence
Viviers
Lushai
Cachar
Logan denies resignation rumor at Pennsylvania Railroad
Parmapecrata April 22 news states the Pennsylvania Railroad office denies any truth to a Uniontown telegram claiming Judge James A Logan will resign for health reasons. The report also says no offer has been made to Judge Nathaniel Ewing or anyone else for the vacant position.
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Parmapecrata
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Uniontown
James A. Logan
Logan
Railroad coal rate increase approved by Pennsylvania at meeting
At a meeting of coal freight agents in the Trunk Line Association rooms the Pennsylvania Railroad joined other trunk lines in approving a 2 cent per ton advance on westbound coal rates. The increase had been ordered last week but Pennsylvania delayed assent until today.
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New Yor
Trunk Lines
Trunk Line Association
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
Hayes Chosen as President for Union Pacific Railroad
It was unofficially stated that ERS Hayes accepted the presidency of Union Pacific. A conference set the board to be elected April 27, with control parties withholding names. It is understood Jay Gould and Ansel Sage will be dropped from the board.
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New York
Hayes
Union Pacific Railroad
Jay Gould
Anasel] Sage
Cotton Manufacturers Meet Over Looms Curbed Production
A Manchester conference of cotton manufacturers discussed the sharp downturn in the trade and decided to curtail production by the weavers to address the low mood in the industry.
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England
Manchester
Cutcaco painters win their strike in local dispute
A fragmented item reports Cutcaco painters and decorators ending a strike. The text mentions wage reductions affecting various workers and creditors, with references to firms in Philadelphia and Boston facing financial strain and labor action amid broader economic tensions.
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Cutcaco
Numerous Local Business Updates and Corporate Notices
Assessments and plant upgrades appear in a flurry of notices. A 89 ton daily capacity ice plant adds a 40000 dollar machine to raise output. Judgments totaling 40000 dollars are entered against Allen and Swiney owners of the Dubuque electric railway. The plant sold at commissioner’s sale for 21000 dollars to Townsend of Hartford. Mahoning and Shenango Iron Association elects officers in Youngstown. New York box makers form an association over strawboard price increases. Kensington Ferry Company chartered to cross the Allegheny river, capital 9500. Allegheny Water Company chartered to serve Logan township, capital 64000. Financial News and Price Current reports Pittsburg firm capital 15000. New Orleans Cotton Exchange week shows 95702 bales down from last year with April losses and year-to-date gains of 54184 bales over last season.
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Allen & Swiney
Electric Railway
Dubuque
Townsend
Hartford
Mahoning and Shenango Iron Association
Youngstown
H. C. Bornell
J. G. Buller, Jr
W. E. Taylor
New
Exetanp
American Strawboard Company
Kensington Ferry Company
Allegheny River
Kensington
Westmoreland County
Allegheny County
Allegheny Water Company
Logan Township
Financial News and
Price Current Company
Pittsburg
Stenerang Hisren
New Orleans
Railway Interests and Rates Reshape Western Transport
Officials deny any imminent strike as railway changes unfold across the West. The North Pacific Coast narrow gauge line extends from San Francisco to Cazadero with ferry links and is sold to William Graves. Wool freight reductions widen from Colorado and Utah to Montana shipments, while Chicago conference rail leaders move toward continuous passage tickets. The New York and Boston Inland Railroad shows $10 million capital with headquarters planned for Middletown Connecticut.
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Nicaragua
William Climmie
The
United
Coloo
Utah
Chicago
Alton
St. Paul
Kansas City
New York and Boston Inland Railroad Company
Connecticut
Middletown
Conn
Fire records and losses across Michigan towns
Saginaw Weldman Brothers plant fire caused $25,000 loss with $11,000 insured. An incendiary blaze damaged Magee’s tenement and Shipley’s stable in Uniontown, $2,000 total loss. Grier home on Buena Vista street suffered $20 in damage from a crossed wire fire. Traverse City Slights fire total $5,000 loss with many homeless. town and coal kilns destroyed. railroad tracks damaged. Grand Rapids and Indiana line disabled.
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Saginaw
Mich
Weldman Brothers
Ninth Street
William Lester
Thirty-ninth Street
Uniontown
Samuel Magee
William Shipley
Buena Vista Street
Samuel M. Grier
Allegheny
Traverse City
Grand Rapids and Indiana
Uncle Sam Swindled by Undervalued Sumatra Tobacco Schemes
Port of San Francisco frauds involve 600 bales of Sumatra tobacco valued at 250 000 dollars taxed at 35 cents per pound instead of 2 dollars. Loss to revenue about 100 000 dollars. Bales traced to Cincinnati and other cities. innocents buyers like Myers & Sons to bear losses. Officials plan hearings. some tobacco released amid pending legal action.
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San Francisco
Curcaco
Treasury
Sohngen
Cincinnati
McCoy
Cpverelehla
Myer & Sons
Clark
Spaulding
Washington
Myers & Sons
Liebes & Co
New York
Sumatra tobacco seized in Philadelphia warehouse
In Philadelphia on April 22 authorities seized twelve thousand dollars worth of Sumatra tobacco from Leopold Loeb & Co by Treasury order for alleged fraudulent entry at the San Francisco customs house. The consignment is sent to the appraisers for examination. Loeb & Co claim innocence and say the tobacco came via Lieber Bros in New York and San Francisco.
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Philadelphia
Leopold Loeb & Co
Secretary of the Treasury
San Francisco Custom House
United States
New York
Lieber Bros
San Francisco
Bank cashier Dunkle sentenced amid illness in Atlantic City
Oliver K. E. Dunkle former cashier of Merchants National Bank of Atlantic City was convicted yesterday of embezzling bank funds and today sentenced to six months in jail. Dunkle is reported gravely ill and unlikely to survive three months.
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May
Lanptnc
N. J
Oliver KE. Dunkle
Merchants’ National Bank of
Atlantic City
Geneenk
Dunkle
Tae
Car Collision With Streetcar in DuBois
A shifting engine of the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad struck a Du Bois traction car on a grade crossing in Du Bois injuring no one seriously thanks to the engineer. Ten passengers were aboard the car at the time.
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DuBois
Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad
du Bois
Badness in Boston Preacher Downs Sues for 50000
Rev. W. W. Downs seeks 50000 in damages from Joseph Story and six others over ouster from Bowdoin Square Church pulpit. Case dragged for two years with postponements and dramatic promises of lurid testimony. Next week witnesses will be examined amid claims of conspiracy and social scandal.
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Dispatch
Boston
W. W. Downs
Bowdoin Square
Joseph Story
George E. Stakpole
Rufus K. Noyes
Sidney A. Wilber
Fred J. Tabor
Abbie Campbell
Alice Nepton
Alice Watson
Parson Downs
Sir Downs
Fred T. Tabor
Downs
How He Won His Bride
Lieutenant Edmond L. Butts of the Twenty first Infantry and Miss Winfred Kimball of Salt Lake were married in Salt Lake City after a prior Sioux Falls ceremony. The couple staged a second ceremony to satisfy religious custom, aided by Dr. William Moore and attorney Kirby, while Mr. Kimball and his niece later departed for Salt Lake City.
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Edmond L. Butts
Twenty-first Infantry
Miss Winfred Kimball
Salt Lake
Sioux Falls
Butts
Fort Douglass
Miss Kimball
H. P. Kimball
Heber C. Kimball
Brigham Young
Kimball
Strength of Limpeta Cling to Rocks Surprising Power
English experiments reported by Pearson's Weekly measured limpets clinging to rocks. Random specimens showed an average shell area of 1.07 square inches with 22.5 pounds per square inch adhesion. Detachment required 54.3 pounds per square inch of contact, with observed adhesion from 37.1 to 71.1 pounds per square inch.
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England
Pearson's Weekly
Whitellaw Ried Notes French Newspapers for The Dispatch
Whitellaw Ried discusses French newspapers in a preview for The Dispatch to appear tomorrow. He analyzes reporting styles and notable outlets shaping international coverage.
Berlin chef cooks chicken in six minutes for bet
Former royal cook now head chef in a Berlin restaurant bets $25 he can kill, dress, cook and serve a chicken in six minutes. He performs before spectators as a gas stove heats a broiler, feathers removed in under a minute and the dish served just under six. Immigration problems discussed by Inspector Layton in THE DISPATCH to
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Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Berlin
Cresa
Message crosses Atlantic in seconds via cable
A message takes about three seconds to travel the Atlantic cable from one end to the other, equating to roughly 700 miles per second. The note highlights the astonishing speed of long distance telegraph or telecommunication lines.
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Atlantic
Old Man Sends Telegram With Death Row Payment
An elderly New Yorker, acting as trustee of a deceased father’s estate, travels to Cheyenne to wire $18 to Charley Miller, a 17 year old condemned for murder. He intends the money for a suit and burial before execution, but the telegraph asks for 110 dollars for the message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Western Union Company
Charley
Groves Howrz
Cheyenne
Charley Miller
Coner
Ex Maniac Dying After Farmyard Affray
Jordan Main lies dying at his home after an altercation on a farm with employer Coston Burns who is jailed on assault charges. Burns says he acted in self defense when Main attacked with a club during a road scraper incident. Burns posted 1500 bail for a hearing as authorities investigate the case.
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Ployer
New Castiex
Jordan Main
Coston Burns
Burns
Main
John Main
Ener
Jordan
Farmer Burns
Steamship Conemaugh Sail to Riga With Famine Provisions
The steam ship Conemaugh carries about 6,000,000 pounds of flour 88,000 pounds of rye and other relief for Russian famine sufferers and will sail to Riga tomorrow afternoon.
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Philapetphia
Conemaugh
Russia
Riga
Ruassia
What It Really Is Pneumonia and Its Causes
An old advertisement argues pneumonia is a result of weakened health rather than a standalone disease. It claims strengthening the body prevents pneumonia and touts Duffy's Pure Malt whiskey as a preventive tonic, warning against other remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutty
Orleans’ Double Hanging Saintly Injustice
In New Orleans on April 22 Philip Baker and Etienne Deschamps were executed for murder. Baker spent the prior night in the chapel and faced the gallows with a steady walk, smiling at onlookers as he proclaimed his innocence. Deschamps and Baker shared a chapel communion before the vigil, and Baker's lawyer attempted to file an injunction. Baker declared his innocence aloud before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Philip Baker
Etienne Deschamps
Baker
Deschamps
Arseonece
Beon
Father la Blasc
McGreery Surrenders and Is Sentenced in Quebec
R. H. McGreery, convicted with O. E. Murphy of conspiring to defraud the Connelly Bros, fled to New York to escape punishment but surrendered in Quebec. He was brought before a judge and sentenced to one year in prison. COL A. K. McLure writes of unrewarded war heroes for The Dispatch tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
R. H. McGreery
O. E. Murphy
Connelly Bros
Murphy
New York
A. K. M’clure
No Queensberry Rules Altered Prize Fight at Braddock
John Coyle a Carnegie Phipps & Co. expert hooker explains the Braddock incident with Harry Brown. He denies a six round riverbank bout, says only one round occurred in the works, Brown insulted him, Coyle struck back knocking Brown down and both were discharged by Mr. Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braddock
Brappock
John Coyle
Homestead Mills
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Harry Brown
Coyle
Brown
Mr. Coyle
Cane
Standard Coal and Nut Coal at Rail Yards
Coal manufacturers and families supplied by carload or at our retail yards. We guarantee standard coal and standard weight 78 pounds to bushel. Lamp broken nut coal and stick for stoves and ranges, best and cheapest in the market. Railroads yards only. Fourth avenue and Try street Panhandle Railroad. Thirtieth street and Liberty avenue Pennsylvania Railroad Morzns & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Avenue
Try Street
Panhandle
Thirtieth Street
Liberty Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Utsssu Latives
Morzns & Co
Four Big Bargains For Today's Men's Suits Sale
PCC C clothiers offer four special prices 7 990 1175 and 13 to move a large stock of men's fine suits. The sale aims to keep staff busy and attract shoppers at the Grant and Diamond streets corner.
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P.C.C. C
Clothiers
Grant and
Diamond Streets
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