Woman Dies in Mysterious Room Slaying Rife With Detail
New York police describe a grisly murder in a riverfront lodging with a gray headed woman found dead and a known imitator of Jack the Ripper as a suspected assailant. The victim, Shakespeare, and companion unknown, were seen entering the Fast River Hotel on Catharine Street where the killer fled after a violent assault.
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Eppctal
Dispatchi
New York
Roosevelt and
Catharine
Jack the Himer
Jack
Water Street
Shekeqeare
Murder Scene at East River Hotel Shocks Police
A brutal murder in room 31 at the East River Hotel prompts a police manhunt. The victim, an elderly woman, is found stabbed and disemboweled, with a bloodied four inch knife on the floor. Suspects Mary Minster Mary Healy and Frenchy are detained as investigators pursue leads through local lodging houses and docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O'Connor
Sarly
Mary Minster
Mary Healy
Soder
Williams
McLaughlin
Detective Bureau
Oak Street
Crowley
Grady
Ward
Dory
Griffin
Mars Minster
Captain O'Connor
Charles S. Brown
Charles 8. Bean
Healy
Shakespeare
Lizzie
Jenkins
Wal Street
Water Street
James
Byrnes
Mamie Harrington
Oliver Street
Carrie Brown
Frenchy
Harrington
East River
Ana Lopez
Mary Ann
Lopez
Mary Harrington
Annie Corcoran
Lizsie Meusbron
Annie Lynch
Byrnes Warns of Jack the Ripper Letter To New York
Inspector Byrnes holds a photograph of a letter purportedly from Jack the Ripper. The letter dated Hell claims the killer will fly to New York to finish his list of fifteen victims. It states nine murders in Whitechapel with two additional suspected cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Murderous figure seeks new victims to reach fifteen
The speaker notes the killer must add at least four more lives to reach a target of fifteen victims, implying a broader pattern of violent crime and ongoing threat.
Similarities Between New York and London Ripper Murders
The Dispatch reports on a crime in New York compared to Jack the Ripper in London. It details chalk marks on walls and body mutilations across multiple 1888 1889 cases in Whitechapel Spitalfields and surrounding areas, noting lack of a police description.
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New York
Jack the Ripper
London
Osborn Street West
Whitechapel
Emma Smith
Martha T. Abrams
Commercial Street
Spitalfields
Mary Ann Nichols
Bucks Row
Catharipe Street
Annie Chapman
Hamburg Street
Eliasbeth Stride
Berver Street
Catharine Eddowes
Mitre Square
Aldgate
Miler's Court
Dorset Strees
Maury Jane Kelly
Maud Millett
High Street
Poplar
Alice McKenzie
Castle Alley
Elizabeth Jackson
Thames
Soldiers as Lynchers at Walla Walla Jail Break Reported
PortyAxp Ore April 2 It is reported that 150 soldiers broke open the jail at Walla Walla Washington this evening and that A J Hunt who shot Private Miller Wednesday night was killed. It is also reported that the guards fired on the soldiers and that several persons were killed. Hunt was a gambler.
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PortyAxp
Ore
Walla Walla
Wash
A. J. Hunt
Miller
Hunt
Mine Workers Meet to Decide Strike on May First
President Rae of the United Mine Workers awaits the Executive Board and district presidents meeting in Corvuses to decide on a possible strike. The gathering aims to authorize a general order if needed, with expectations of district support and caution over the eight hour plan in Monongahela.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae
United Mine Workers of America
Weiss
Pennsylvania
Rue
Monongahela
Mystery Crime Uncovered in Old New York Cellar
In Guess Fauts New York a cellar under a circa seventy year old house being remodeled into a tenement yielded a padlocked chest. Inside lay bones of a large man with evidence of ax cuts, suggesting dismemberment before burial under cement and flagstone.
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DSP
ATOT
Guess Fauts
N. Y
Eld
Governor Pattison Applies For Direct Tax Refund
April 24. At the Treasury Department Governor Pattison made application for upward of 1.65 million dollars of the direct tax refund for Pennsylvania under the direct tax bill. A draft for the amount will be forwarded promptly, as there are no charges against the State.
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Wasuixeron
Treasury Department
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Anaconda Mines Sold to British Syndicate for 25 Million
Baltimore report says William Keyser, president of Baltimore Copper Company, will sail May 6 from New York to Europe to transfer the Anaconda mines to a syndicate led by the Rothschilds. The deal, in progress for some time, values the mines at about 25 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimory
William Keyser
Baltimore Copper Company
New York
Earope
Anaconda
Rothschilds
Von Moltke Dies After Sudden Heart Failure
Brew in April 24 news arrives that Field Marshal Count von Moltke died very unexpectedly this evening after attending the Reichstag session. Physicians reported heart failure as the cause, with his death at 9 45 P M. bringing sorrow to the city.
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Count von Moltke
Reichstag
Count Von Moltke A Lifelong Military Leader
Helmuth Charles Bernard von Moltke born October 26 1800 in Parchin Mecklenburg rose from Danish service to Prussian army. He led staff actions in Schleswig Holstein Danish war and Sadowa and Franco Prussian War shaping German unity and earning the title Count and Field Marshal.
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Helmuth Charles Bernard von Moltke
Parchin
Mecklenburg
Napoleon
Marengo
Italy
Holstein
Land Cadet Academy
Copenhagen
Enusburg
Berlin
Prussia
Frankfort-de-the- Oder
Leutenant
Turkey
Ams Minor
Ritter
Alexander the Great
Marco Polo
Fraulein von Bert
Frederick William IV
von Moltke
Doppel
Alsen
Jutland
Moltke
Sadowas
Sadowa
Dresden
Gorlitz
Frankenstein
Bohemia
Presburg
Vienna
Germany
House of Hohensollern
Europe
Napoleon LII
Second Empire
Frederick William
Bismarck
Count von Moltke
Leveeuf
Marshal MacMahon
France
Metz
Strasb
Chalons
Rhine
Maxar
Baden
Wartemburg
Bavaria
Sedan
Gravelotte
Paris
Prossin
Versailles
Mamperor
Maud-Heydekrag
Id Count von Moltke
Emperor Granted Retirement After Long Reign
The passage notes the Emperor being allowed to retire on September 1 1868 and spend his remaining days in rural retirement as his strength waned. His ninetieth birthday was celebrated with great pomp on October 28.
Bust Sold at Auction as Parnell Faction Fades in Belfast
In Belfast the Irish National Foresters vote to remove the bust of Parnell from the lodge room and auction it for two pence and a half, prompting derisive comments. The Mitchellstown Board of Guardians back a motion to add a reinstate evicted tenants clause to the Balfor land purchase bill, with Parnell in support. Michael Davitt reportedly plans to leave England for San Francisco to settle on the Pacific coast.
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Duslap
Lowpor
Parnell
Belfast
Irish National Foresters
Parnellites
Mitchellstown
Grand Duke Michael May Open Lake Como Photo Gallery
Rumor says the Grand Duke Michael, exiled, will reside by Lake Como and start a photography gallery. His marriage displeased the Ozer and led to property loss, leaving him to earn a living as a photographer with aristocratic prestige.
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Grand Duke
Michael
Dunlap
Loxpow
Como
Ozer
Queen to Lay Infirmary Foundation Stone in Derby Visit
Lorpox reports the Queen plans a Derby visit on May 30 to lay the foundation stone of a new infirmary costing £70,000. The outing marks her first official visit to the town in about two centuries and includes an official birthday celebration.
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Lorpox
France
Derby
Grip Disease Forcing House Of Commons Adjournment
In Loscew on April 24 the grip disease sweeps committee rooms halting railway bill work as County Council witnesses fall ill. In Dedford shire colliery villages many miners miss work daily and Great Grimsby sees death rate spike from 15 weekly to 12 to 15 daily. Doctors overwhelmed with calls shorten patient care.
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Dumlap
Loscew
House of Commons
County Council
Dedfordshire
Great Grimsby
Hull
Notable Letters From Princes and Statesmen Found
April 24. Stacks of papers left by the late Prince Napoleon yield unpublished letters from Napoleon to generals ordering harsh vengeance against Spaniards and burning villages. Count Cavour expresses Italian unity aims. Kossuth notes Austria Hungary dispute. Bismarck letters date before Sadowa show stern views.
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Pants
Prince Napoleon
Napoleon
Count Cavour
Kossuth
HOUSE FOR BISMARCK OFFER STIRS POLITICAL SCHEME
Billionaire banker Herr Bleichroder and Count Guido Henckel each offer Prince Bismarck a furnished house with servants and carriages if elected to the reichstag and required to reside in Berlin. Ex-Chancellor expected to win on second ballot by several thousand, Geestemunde dispatch says. London cable report notes work halted in iron and steel works as workers reject 10 percent wage cuts.
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Bertis
Herr Bleichroder
Guido Henckel
Prince Bismarck
Ieichstag
Geestemunde
Dunday
Lowpox
Wanses
Evictions in Coke Region End With Mostly Quiet Protests
Report from Connellsville April 24 describes deputies dumping furniture as strikers are evicted at Morgan Summit White Mines and Summitt. Deputies faced little violence though a woman clashed with a deputy over a rocking chair while a deputy drew pistols during the tense scenes. Evictions continued with a National Guard presence and a dozen or more houses affected. outcome uncertain as talks for peace stall.
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Connellsville
Coke
Morgan Summit
White
Crawford
Castle Law
Michael McInerney
Morgan
Robert Trew
Broadford
White Mines
Sommitt
PaneEu
Red Flag Tensions Rise at Mt Pleasant Coal Yard
Report from Mt Pleasant describes increased work crews at Standard Works and planned evictions next Wednesday. Tensions flare as Polish and Jewish immigrant workers face hostility amid talk of a red flag and organized departures.
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Bessemer
Robert Ramsay
Standard Works
Standard
Scottdale
Mrs. Wasinskey
Marks
Denouncing the Laws by Socialist Speakers at Mass Strike Meeting
A mass meeting of strikers at the fair grounds was addressed by August Delabar Alexander Jonas and others. They denounced U S laws and the press as biased toward coke operators urging naturalization for foreign-born voters to elect laborfriendly lawmakers.
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TUR Dispatom
Asroytown
Fair Grounds
August Delabar
Alexander Jonas
New York
Mike Dusmon
James Beeson
Robert Shaney
George Lord
Jonas
Delabar
United States
Coke Strike Fights Continue as Federation Aid Expected
Still fighting hard unions and coke workers clash in Tyrone Lessenring No. 3 and adjacent plants as a May 1 Federation aid deadline nears. Labor officials report growing force at several coke sites while some plants like Trotter show little action and Frick's Summit expands with new Italian workers. Twenty four pages promised tomorrow.
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Scortpage
Tyrone
Lessenring No. 3
Jimtown
Adelaide
Morewood
Davidson
Trotter
Frick
Evictions Paused After Arriving Company C in Armory
Stay of hostilities reported as Company C arrives by B& O train and camps at the armory. Sheriff McCormick says no further evictions are planned until Monday, with six at Leith and nine elsewhere postponed. General McClelland praises Company C and Captain Frasher.
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Union Town
Armory
McCormick
Leith
General McClelland
Pittsburg
Company C
Frasher
Strikers Bound Over in Riot and Stoning Case
Twenty-nine men and women faced a local magistrate in AsrosTows on April 24. The docket lists 24 held for riot and house stone-throwing, with the remainder released or pending further action.
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AsrosTows
Squire Dawson
Queen of the Census resigns from key division
The so called Queen of the Census, Mrs. Smith, resigns from her top division after a high salary and strong executive record. She leaves to a more lucrative position in New York, sparking competition for her post. Miss Chamberlain is expected to take the helm, with Mr. Switch's support.
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Porter
Smith
Bureau
Mormon Elders Expelled From Lincoln County
April 24 report from Elina states Lincoln county residents, angered at Mormon elders who have preached for about a year, organized 60 farmers to invade the elders home last night. The group drove them away with threats of death if they return.
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Dispatch
Elina
Lincoln County
Dynamite for Frick A Hungarian bomb plot in Braddock area
Thomas Timmons, an English carpenter from the Twenty second ward, reports a band of Hungarians arming to avenge workers killed in coke country. He observes them filling bombs and learns they seek Frick, the Coke King, to blow him up, with plans to act soon in Braddock and nearby woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke King
H. C. Frick
Coke
Thomas Timmons
Twenty-second Ward
Wilkinsburg
Homewood
Timmons
Common Brotherhood of Labor
Pittsburg
Coke Country
Frick
Braddock
Mrs Sherwood to Discuss Polite Society Topics Tomorrow
Mrs John Sherwood will present a discussion on the etiquette of polite society addressing entire tuluments in The Disputum set for tomorrow on a twenty four page issue offering all the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
John Sherwood
Beardstown Fort Madison Sioux City Rail Line Planned
Illinois capitalists form Beardstown Fort Madison Sioux City railroad with $2000 stock to extend the Baltimore and Ohio line from Beardstown toward Sioux City via Fort Madison Des Moines line. Aim to reach Dakota wheat fields and grain trade. Work to commence soon as investors and buyers are sought.
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Really the Ripper
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Eves Tre
Fast River Hotel
Catharine and
Water Streets
James Jennings
Mary
Mary Cody
Miss Mintter
Pacific
Bidy Fitzgerald
Lou Shine
Eddy
Mers Minster
C. Dicola
Omsan
Westend
Eddy Fitsovreld
Ripper
Mine Workers’ Meeting
The
Thom
Freld Marahai von
Klse
England
Dunlal
William Nixon
Uniontown
Mc McInerney
Nizon
Skiles
McInerney
Nixon
Summitt
George Chowinski
National Guard
Sarah Reynolds
Riat
MT. Pleasant
Jonas, Delabar
Continus
Mis
West Virginia
Sprcial
Dynamite
Covery
East End
the Coke King
Iowa
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