New York Sides With Scotland Yard In Murder Case
Metropolitan Police press claim they know the murderer of an elderly woman nicknamed Shakespeare. Inspector Byrnes cites an Algerian suspect Francois and a cousin as possible accomplice, with arrests and a dramatic street scene at the East River Hotel investigation.
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Dispatch
New York
Whitechapel
Metropolis
Europe
Inspector Byrnes
Carrie Brown
Shakespeare
Samed Francois
Fildriage Street
MecLaughlin
McLaughlin
Doran
Griffin
Nes
Francois
Toon St
Mary Ane Lopez
Lizz Sullivan
Nary Minster
Frenchy
Prencois
Frascois
Mary Aunloprer
Byrnes
Francios
Jack
Ripper
Talmage's Kew Tabernacle Opens With Grand Brooklyn Dedication
The new Brooklyn Tabernacle, led by Rev. Dr. Talmage, nears completion with a 6,000 seat capacity and a 25,000 dollar organ. Dedication services begin tomorrow with morning invocations by Rev. Hastings and a dedicatory sermon by Rev. Dr. Hamlin, plus afternoon union services.
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New York
Brooklyn Tabernacle
Talmage
Hastings
Union Theological Seminary
Wandell Prime
Tunis 8. Hamlin
Washington
Union
Insurance Law Passes in Ohio to Freeze Combines
An Ohio House measure becomes law prohibiting insurance companies from forming combinations to fix fire insurance rates. The Superintendent of Insurance may revoke licenses for violations. The act targets entities operating under Ohio law and enforces prohibitions on rate governing agreements.
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Ohio
Repectas Telegnan
CoLtumsus
House
Judge Grants Motion in New Haven Railroad Directors Case
Special telegraph from New York reports Judge Patterson of the Supreme Court has granted transfer of the New Haven Railroad directors case from General Sessions to the Oyer and Terminer. He cites the high character and political stakes involved.
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Depew
New York
Patterson
Supreme Court
New Haven Railroad
General Sessions
Oyer and Terminer
Texas appoints Reagan to Railway Commission as Chilton named to Senate
Austin reports Governor Hoge appointed John H. Reagan to the Texas Railway Commission, with Horace Chilton of Tyler filling Reagan’s U.S. Senate seat. The Farmers Alliance pressed for S. D. A. Duncan, Dallas, but Reagan’s leadership on the commission is supported by most here. Stayton and Foster, with Reagan, are named to the panel.
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Texas Railway Commission
Horace Chilton
Hoge
Aliance Men Wid
James S. Hogg
John H. Reagan
Railway Commission of
Texas
Reagan
United States Senate
Tyler
Chilton
General Hogg
San Antonio
Waco
Palestine
United States
State Farmers Alliance
Alliance
S. D. A. Duncan
Dallas
Dispatch
Duncan
Foster
J. W. Stayton
Supreme Bench of
Treasury Strength Credited With Immense Cash Reserve
Mr Leech Director of the Mint reports the U S Treasury on the 1st has over 751 million dollars in hand. Of this 193 million is trust money for redemption and 258 million belongs to the Treasury as absolute property. He says free cash on hand ensures the Government can meet obligations and opposes any talk of dishonor. He endorses converting assets into available money and drawing from national bank deposits as needed.
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WasHinetTax
Leech
Mint
United States
Treasury
Infuriated mother chastises Newton Lawson after late buggy ride
Lawrence Kansas April 25 Newton Lawson a wealthy young man was horse whipped at 2 am after taking his friend Alicia Reeber out for a moonlit ride. His mother met them with a cane and buggy whip delivering severe blows leaving him with head wounds and a possibly blind eye.
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Kax
Newton Lawson
Lawson
Alica Reeber
Density of population in 1890 as shown by Gannett map
A census bulletin notes that the settled area expanded 24.06 percent in the last decade while national population grew 24.86 percent. The map by Henry Gannett indicates agriculture supports population and calls out densities and redemption of 377,715 square miles over ten years, with 80,384 square miles settled between 1870 and 1880.
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Waserschos
Henry Gannett
Aod
Porter
Public Works Opens Bids for Street Sweepers and Sprinklers
Chief Bigelow of the Department of Public Works opened six bids for new street sweepers and sprinklers yesterday afternoon. Clerk Bingaman will tabulate the bids and contracts are to be awarded on Wednesday.
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Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Bingaman
Sinking of Blanco Encalada by torpedo near Caldera Bay
Chilean warship Blanco Encalada sunk April 23 in Caldera Bay by the Almirante Lynch torpedo gunboat. About 200 killed, with reports varying to 500 missing. the flagship was captured earlier by rebels at outbreak of insurrection. The Almirante Lynch, 240 feet long, carries torpedo boats and multiple guns. Madrid dispatches confirm the loss.
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Chile
Galvestox
Blanco Encalada
Caldera Bay
Almirante Lynch
San Francisco
Calton
New Yorke
Charles R. Flint & Co
Valparaiso
Almirante Cochrane
Laid Bros
Birkenhead
Madrid
Caldera and
Garrizal
Riot at Michigan Car Works sparks citywide strike
About 2,500 Michigan Car Works employees led by Senator McMillan walked off the job in Detroit. Stones and bricks shattered windows as they went to the Detroit Steel and Spring Co plant. Police dispersed the crowd. workers fear a broader, planned strike for higher pay and shorter hours. Some expect a return Monday, others anticipate renewed action.
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Senator McMillan
Detroit
Michigan Car Works
Detroit Steel and Spring Company
Departmentae
Michigan Car
Military Allegory in Song Aims to Aid Grant Monument
New York April 25 Arrangements are nearly complete for a war allegory in song to raise at least 25000 for the Grant Monument fund. A B DeFrece leads the project promising the largest theatrical historic display in America with a 1000 voice chorus 200 children a 100 piece band and 300 G A R members in a stage battle General Floyd Clarkson commands the military march Colonel John H Amon assists.
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Npd
Ameries
Floyd Clarkson
John H. Amon
Henry W. Slocum
Daniel Sickles
Franz Sigel
Daniel Butterfield
Robert Nugent
Carl Schurz
Sherpian
Mrs Cleveland Secures First Seat in Army Event Sale
The sale of seats began with Mrs. Cleveland securing first choice at 25 dollars.
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Cleveland
Psychical Society to Test Immortality With New Psychograph
The American Psychical Society plans a steel psychograph device to test spirit communications and slate writing by a trance medium. Built under Carmine Carnegie’s supervision, the two foot tablet uses a movable slide and typewriter mechanism to print letters, aiming to detect genuine psychic writes while allowing for potential fraud scrutiny.
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American Psychical Society
Spectal Thlegham
Dispatch
New York
Psychical Investigation Society
Heber Newton
Minot Savage
Boston
Pittsburg
Carnegie
Trapped Cork Endangers Brooklyn Pastor
The Rev. Dr. George W. Bothwell of the Church of the Covenant in Brooklyn remains gravely ill in Brooklyn Hospital after a cork swallowed during a prank became lodged in his windpipe and left bronchus. Doctors attempted multiple procedures, including a tracheotomy, but the cork remains unreached. His condition is precarious with danger of suffocation or a rupture from coughing fits.
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Dmrates
New York
George W. Bothwell
Church of the Covenant
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Hospital
William Biggan
Westbrook
Sherlock
Union League Club
Bothwell
Rothwell
Shock as Austrian Brother Commits Suicide in New York Home
August Benedict arrived from Vorarlberg and surprised his brother at 415 East Fifteenth Street. He learned John Albrecht was dead, having shot himself in a second floor room. Authorities moved the deceased’s effects to Duane Street, while a New York Loan Association did not seek the chattels.
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London
Baker
Oak Street
New York
Benedict
Vorarlberg
Austria
Werra
East Fifteenth Street
John
Ble
Albrecht
Jobn
Duane Street
New York Loan Association
Phoebe W. Cousins Case: Treasury Action Pending
No action will be taken by the Treasury Department for now in the matter of Phoebe W. Cousins removed as secretary of the Board of Lady Managers of the World's Fair. Vouchers for expenditures require approval by the Secretary of the Treasury, and action will be considered when the successor’s April voucher is presented.
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Treasury Department
Washington
Phoebe W. Cousins
C. H. Jones
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Miss Couzins
Department
Insult to Royalty in Star Paper Angers London
Londoners rage over a Star newspaper paragraph attributed to Professor Stuart supporter of Gladstone. The item suggests the Princess of Wales wishes to identify with a lunatic asylum and implies an insult to the royal family. The metropolis decries the perceived affront and defends the Prince and Princess of Wales.
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Lonpos
London
Prince of Wales
The
Star
Stuart
Gladstone
Princess of Wales
George the Third
Death of General von Moltke Overshadows Berlin
Berlin mourns as Emperor William rushes home after General Count von Moltke dies. Funeral plans call for a simple ceremony and burial at Kreisau honoring the late strategist. The count’s death follows a day of health surprises and a swift, somber Reichstag mood.
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Berlin
William
Saxe-Weimar
Count von Moltke
Caprivi
von Moltke
General Staff Department
Kreissu
von Caprivi
Kreisau
Heligoland
Cousf
Hid
Langenbad
Reichstag
von Wolff
Moltke
Herr von Levetzow
Germany and United States trade tensions and May Day unrest
A report outlines German and U S commercial relations and growing strikes around Bochum amid wage disputes. Socialists urge caution while extremists push a May Day abstention and public demonstrations as the Emperor orders bans on Sunday racing to deter worker participation. Troops standby though not expected to intervene.
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Germany
United States
England
France
Spain
Bochum
Essendin
The
Fortwaerts
Von Moltke on the Civil War insights from Bigelow interview
Poultney Bigelow recounts conversations with Emperor William and General von Moltke. The Emperor praised Moltke as a paternal mentor and defender of American generals' tactics. Moltke, contrary to some reports, did not disparage the American Civil War.
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von Moltke
Lowpost
William von von Moltke
Mackay-Bonynge Feud Warms to New Harassment Adverts
Loxpox April 21 Mackay Bonynge feud continues with two Bonynge newspaper ads. One offers 100 reward for a person who bribed Captain Randolph Stewart's servants to search waste baskets for correspondence. Another offers 1000 for info leading to arrest of one who spread libels against the Bonynge family in London and abroad.
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Bonynge
Randolph Stewart
United States
Americs
England
Egypt
London
House of Mackay
Italian Bank Failures Send Shock Waves Across Cities
A major firm, Thomaso, Orsini & Co. of Capua, collapses with liabilities around 5 million francs after a poor bank return. In Genoa bankers Pontremoli father and son flee with 800000 francs, with a large reward offered for capture. Ignor Massa, Genoa partner, died by suicide and was buried Thursday.
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Londow
Thomaso, Orsini
Genoa
Xavier's College Hall chosen for Catholic Press meeting
A telegram from New York states Xavier's College Hall on West Sixteenth Street has been selected as the meeting place for the second amngalon of the Catholic Press. Editors are invited to attend. details and date to be sent later.
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New York
Frapers Xavier's College
West Sixteenth Street
Amngalon
Catholic Press
States
Sovbent
Ths
Cates
Pa Hich
Will Ve
Gma Alay
Two Seminary Students Enter Catholic Church
Two General Theological Seminary students, John B. Werner of Allentown and R Morey Ludlow of St Louis, joined the Roman Catholic Church after leaving the Episcopal seminary on Ninth Avenue. They were received by the Paulist Order and plan to consider clergy in Catholic ranks. Episcopal officials fear a wave of similar conversions among students.
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Spectal Thlegham
New York
General Theological Seminary
Episcopal Church
Ninth Avenue
John B. Werner
Allentown
R. Morey Ludlow
St. Louis
Werner
Muhlenberg College
Ludlow
Cardinal Newman
Hoffman
Younl
The Dispatch Directory
Classified issue overview from Tar Dispatch listing sections and page locations. Mentions Europe news, court notices, society notes, markets, puzzles, and various feature columns across Parts I and II with several named contributors and departments.
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Tar Dispatch
Europe
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