Plans of English Socialists Shaping Europe and US Ties
London socialist leader John Burns discusses the labor movement's impact, predicting monarchies may fall if current conditions persist. He cites eight hour drives, unions expanding in Australia and Britain, and a dock strike that swelled union ranks, cut hours, and raised wages. He hints at a May Day rally's significance and possible lectures in the United States.
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John Burns
London
England
Isbor
Europe
Parnell Commission
Friends of Boulanger
France
SY Dunlaf
Loxpor
John Barns
Germany
Cerby
AQLT
London County Council
Hoe
Lord Headley
America
Federation of Labor
Death of a famed English nobleman ends Sydney line
Lordon dies at 83, ending the Earldom of Sydney. He served in the royal household from George III’s reign, was Queen’s trusted financial adviser, and a model of Dickens silvered gentility in a blue frock coat. A longtime Home Ruler, he shared a close bond with Mr. Gladstone, twice serving as Lord Chamberlain.
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Lordon
Earl of
Sydney
England
Royal Household
George Til
Dickens
Leicester Dedlock
Inner Court
Mr. Gladstone
Austria Sties Up A War Cloud May Quarrel
On the Continent a war scare looms over reports Austria may recognize Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Pesth gossip, Kalnoky’s paper, and royal dining spark talk of a Russian counter move. Unclear if action will follow, but tension rises in Pesth and Bucharest.
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Austria
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Count Kalnoky
Pesth
Alexander of
Alexander
Bucbharest
Russia
Portuguese Ambassador Freitas Meets Lord Salisbury on Africa
Senhor Freitas, the new Portuguese Ambassador, met Lord Salisbury and praised the Prime Minister's reception. They appointed a five member commission to fix African territory limits with two delegates from England two from Portugal and one by mutual consent. Salisbury wants the fifth delegate to be American due to missionary interests. Portugal prefers a Portuguese delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senhor Freitas
Lord Salisbury
England
Africa
Portugal
Oie
London
Lisbon
Boulangists Lead in Paris and Saint Denis Rounds
Paris election results show Boulangists Neguet and Mery heading polls in two Seine divisions with second ballots needed. Revest and Laure are reelected in three Saint Denis divisions. Belleval Boulan reelected in the first division of the Sommeux with 71,022 votes to 9,829 for Doblet.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Neguet
Mery
Chamber
Seine Department
Eee Revest
Laure
St. Denis
Belleval
Boulan
Soesux
Doblet
The Answer to Parnell in Cabinet Decision
A four hour cabinet meeting in London considered how to respond to Mr. Parnell who asked about government plans. The discussion was even rather than stormy. The decision to inform Parnell that the government would leave the judge's verdict to ratification by public opinion was adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parnell
W. H. Smith
American Scoundrel Captured in Germany Faces Extradition Doubt
Detective Heidelberg of the Central New York Detective Bureau arrives in Bern to take charge of Loewenherz of Loewenbers & Law in New York, accused of issuing fraudulent notes totaling 21000. Extradition papers may not be granted. In Berwin, General Verdy du Varnois tells Shandau delegates wages will rise with service, and honors state employees with imperial decorations.
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Bern
Heidelberg
Central
New York
Berwin
Shandau
Verdy du Varnois
Forestville Land Sale Sells to C M Carrier for 220000
Brockwayville report states C M Carrier has obtained possession of the Forestville property after a sale concluded yesterday. The deal totals about 220000 with timber estimated at 50 million feet. Carrier plans immediate possession and to start a logging railroad to bring in stock. Brockway still owns personal property and remaining logs.
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Forestville
Brockwaayville
C. M. Carrier
IE Dispatch
BrockWarville
Brockway
Swindled Out of Four Thousand in Springfield Blackmail
Springfield Mass February 16 A wealthy citizen AMASIAH Mayo fell victim to a blackmail plot. In November Frank C Algerton a medium lured Mayo to his room under the guise of massage therapy. A crime gang led by George Algerton demanded payment and issued a bogus check for Mayo’s supposed share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Amasiah Mayo
Frank C. Algerton
Mayo
George Agerton
Con Mason
Ming
Algerie
Steamer Louise Sinks After Collision on St Johns River
In Jacksonville Florida February 16 the steamer Louise of the Jacksonville and Mayport line struck an obstruction near Hunters Mill on the St Johns river and sank in under three minutes. Passengers and crew escaped, the boat was valued at about 115000 dollars.
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Jacksonville
Fun
Louise
Mayport
Hunter’s Mill
St. John’s River
No Parade on St. Patrick's Day Debate
The Irish American Council debated whether to hold a parade on St. Patrick's Day. Delegates from Irish societies discussed the issue this afternoon with advocates of no parade presenting their case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Seregg
St. Patrick's Day
New York Chinese temple leader condemns forgery at shrine dedication
Ju Shing Pong, acting high priest of Joss, exhorted at a crowded 16 Mott Street ceremony marking a new shrine. He warned against Chinese converts to Christianity and blasted forgery, praising Cho Fong while urging fidelity to Confucius and the Joss church in New York.
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New York
Ju Shing Pong
Joss
Mott Street
New
United
Mr. Long
Cho Fong
Confucius
Jesus
Mr. Pong
Fong
Church of
Talmage Proposes Newspaper Fund to Rebuild Tabernacle
Rev. Dr. Talmage announced in Brooklyn that he will edit the Christian Herald and seek subscriptions to raise 150000 for rebuilding his Tabernacle. He said existing church resources are valued at 104000 and cash gifts will still be accepted.
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Tabernacle
Dispatch
New York
Talmage
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Talmagessid
The
Christian Herald
Tabernacle Building Fund
Herald
Last of the Saengerfest in New Orleans
February 16 marked the final Saengerfest day with a midday train trip to Lake Ponchartrain for a garden visit and tableside pleasures. A 3 pm return preceded a Southern Park picnic and shooting festival, then a grand 9 pm ball described as one of the most elegant events of its kind, as Carnival anticipation grows.
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West End
Lake Ponchartrain
Southern Park
Fire destroys wing of asylum in Little Rock
Early morning blaze in the boiler house of the Insane Asylum in Little Rock Arkansas destroyed the laundry kitchen dryhouse bath house pantry and engine room before the fire department could contain it. The main building was saved by heroic effort and Dr Hooper the Superintendent moved patients to safety with no serious injuries. Loss is about 38000 with no insurance. trustees plan immediate rebuilding.
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Little Rock
Arx
Westing
Insane Asylum
Hooper
Jear
Pastoral Letter Denounces Outrage in Hall and Hull
Archbishop Duhamel issued a pastoral letter read in Catholic churches in Hall Ottawa and Hull denouncing recent trouble. It urges the faithful to prevent a recurrence and not countenance such actions in Canada.
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Hall
Ottawa
Ost
Duhamel
Hull
Canada
Wii
Evan
Allegheny Girl Lottie Walters Dies In Wheeling
Lottie Walters of Allegheny City was found dead in 1614 East Street Wheeling at 11 tonight. She had threatened to kill herself during the afternoon but was not believed to act on it. Sadie Tracy’s house at No 1614 East Street is the scene.
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Allegheny
Wheelie
Wheeling
Lottie Walters
Allegheny City
Sadie Tracy
Eaff Street
John A. Cross
J. T. Carmin
Jacob Bobart
F. Manday
McKee
Lathrop Monitor
B. F. Cochran
G. Kinney
Charles P. Jones
Lathrop Bank
the Star
John T. Brooks
Lathrop
Abe Scruggs
Opera House
M. Carmichael
Ward's
Ward
Fuller Cash Carrier Company Dismissed in Meadville Case
In Meadville on February 16 the Fuller Cash Carrier Company won a major legal victory as all suits filed by Lampson Cashier against its patrons were dismissed with costs awarded against Lampson. The evidence showed no case against the carrier.
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Meadville
Fuller Cash Carrier Company
Ainst
Lampson Casher Ey
Dover man fatally shoots wife then kills himself
William Cohn 33 a Dover resident shot his wife in the hand and arm with a .22 revolver this morning and then killed himself by shooting through the head and heart. He was described as crazed and distraught.
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Convanes
William Cohn
Dover
Geearset
Two Opera Dancers Duel With Foils in New York Hotel
Miss Louisa Hilliard and Miss Amelia Bell, both of the King’s Fool Opera Company, fought a 20 minute fencing duel in a Metropolitan Hotel private room over a Pittsburg admirer. Blood was drawn, dresses torn, masks rejected, and Miss Bell won the clash after three rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pittsburg
Diatatch
Louisa Hilliard
Amelia Bell
King’s Fool” Opera Company
Metropolitan Hotel
Weat Aan
Eng
Pittearg
Miss Bell
Miss Hillard
Miss Hilliard
Eve
Miss Engelbard
Hanged in effigy targets Martin's Ferry editor
The Martin's Ferry Daily Clip editor I A Cranston was found hanged in effigy last night. A skull and crossbones banner reading Beware of White Caps signed by a committee was hung in front of his home and blown around by the wind this morning as locals react to his reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin's Ferry Daily Clipper
Wheeling
I. A. Cranston
Martin's Ferry
Dally Clipper
Ee Skull and Crossbones
Judge Powers Fetes Lack Banquet After Liberal Campaign
Salt Lake February 16 Judge Powers organizing leader of the late liberal campaign was not honored with a banquet at the Walker House last night. One hundred guests attended a tabled meal at 10 o'clock and tests began at midnight. Arrival of Cone Commissioners noted. New Orleans February 16 The British steamship Californian from Liverpool via Colon arrived today carrying French Panama Canal Commissioners M. Germain M. Chapport M. Consin M. Duchateuch and M. Pioche
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Salt Lake
Judge Powers
Walker House
News
New Orteans
Liverpool
Colon
Panama Canal
M. Germain
M. Chapport
M. Consin
M. M Duchateuch
M. Pioche
Fishermen Battle Pirates Over Lobster Pots near Sandy Hook
Lobster fishermen along the Navesink coast fired on a small black tug named the Invisible after reports of lobster thefts. The pull of boats with rifles followed as Captain Joe Dennis and the crew of the Arrow hunted the alleged pirate tug from Sandy Hook to Princess Bay. The Arrow stays on patrol for a week or two to guard pots from Seabright to Scotland Lightship.
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Lore Brascu
Navesink
Shrewsbury
Berst
Sandy Hook
Joe Dennis
Princess Bay
Dennis
Scotland
Refunding Scheme for Government Debt of Pacific Railroads
Senate Special Committee endorses Frye and Davis reports on Union and Central Pacific debt. The bill would value Union Pacific debt as of July 1, 1890 and require repayment with 3 percent interest, secured by mortgage on all property and preserving US liens, with certain railroads excluded. The plan aims to settle government claims by a structured refinancing over years.
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Pacific Railroads
Weess -Smmittec
Wasuhooton
Senate Special Committee On Pacific Railroads
Frye
Union Pacific
Davis
Central Pacific
Apnea
Eee
Union
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Kansas Pacific Railway
Central Branch
Union Pacific Railroad Com
Union Pacific Railway Company
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Californias
Western Pacific Railroad Company
United States
Union Minegees Company
Syndicate gains control of Nevada Bank in San Francisco
A syndicate including I W Hellman Levi Strauss and Scholl Bros has acquired the controlling interest in the Nevada Bank of San Francisco. They will hold five sixths of the bank’s 3 million dollar capital stock, while Mackay and Flood retain one sixth.
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San Francisco
I. W. Hellman
Los Angeles
Scholl Bros
Levi Strauss
New York
Nevada Bank
James C. Flood
John W. Mackay
James L. Flood
James G. Rs
Mackay
Flood
Fair
Zealandia Arrives with Hawaii Election News
The Zealandia bringing news from Hawaii reports February 5 elections across the islands. Early returns suggest the present government is defeated with a National Reform majority, driven by native and labor support. On Oahu nine nobles and seven of eight representatives elected. The day was calm.
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San Francisco
Zealandia
Australis
Honolulu
National Reform Party
Oahu
Denver Saloons Closed Sunday Under Supreme Court Ruling
Following a Supreme Court opinion, Denver saloons in most shops and restaurants closed at midnight and will stay shut until Monday morning. The city observed no disturbances as the first enforcement of the law took effect.
Death of Mrs Simpson Tied to Fireman Allen Simpson
Special telegram from Massillon reports the death of Mrs. Simpson, wife of fireman Allen Simpson from the Lake Shore wreck at Bellevudé. Her death followed the dispatch of news to her invalid aunt, the shock hastening her passing.
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Mis. Simpson
Massillon
Allen Simpson
Lake Shore
Bellevudé
Wealthy St Louis wedding scandal shocks church crowd
In Alphonsus Church St Louis James Hunt Lucas and Prudence Huot wed amid elite guests who ignored decorum. Father Brown publicly rebuked them as attendees cheered, laughed, and even hung onto altar images, forcing repeated exhortations and threats without effect.
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T. Louis
St. Louis
Alphonsus Catholic Church
James Hunt Lucas
Prudence M. Huot
Father Brown
House of God
Marie Halton to Visit Philadelphia as Brother Awaits
In Philadelphia on February 16 Marie Halton the Cas ino stage singer with a noted blond appearance is expected to visit this city Monday or Tuesday. Her uncle and aunt refuse to acknowledge her while her brother Sammy laments her absence and recalls his burnt hat incident told by a fence crack caller.
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Philadelphia
Marie Halton
Joseph Lewis
London
Marie
Sammy
Sis
World did not end sparks panic in Alabama sect
A Shermanites religious sect in St. Clair county Alabama faced widespread fear as their leader predicted the world would end at noon. Members gathered, wept, prayed, and some fainted with hysterics before noon passed and excitement waned by sunset. The minister stayed to pray through the night.
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London
Trades Council
Liverpool
Glasgow
Manchester
Dundee
Birmingham
Bremixocuam
Ava
St. Clair County
Drunkard for Luck Ends in Officer Slain Escapes
Bayonne night watchman John Keating attempts to arrest a drunken man on the Central Railroad round house main track. An eastbound freight train strikes Patrolman William Hurley, killing him instantly, while the suspect escapes with minor injuries to another person named Joyce.
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New York
John Keating
Central Railroad Round House
Bayonne
William Hurley
Ecerie
Sonoaeeh Cavie Peti Chatedk Re Perecion
Hurley
Joyce
Disconsolate Mrs Stetson Loses Mascot Coin
Mrs John Stetson, wife of the theatrical manager, reports the loss of a $50 octagonal gold piece she kept as a mascot in the middle compartment of her pocketbook during a Saturday shopping trip. The compartment was disturbed and the rest of the coins remained untouched, leaving the large sum missing.
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TEE Distator
New York
John Stetson
Hoffado House
Coin lost by Mrs Stetson promised reward
Mrs Stetson advertised the loss offering 50 pounds to the finder for the return of a coin kept in a pocketbook. She said the coin was a gift from an old friend of Mr Stetson and that it was the first coin of a million dollars he made in business and would prove lucky.
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Miss Hilliard
Mollie Hilliard
Ads Walker
Directoire
Mias
Lou Nichols
Mabel Nichols
D. T. Engelhard
Miss Engelhard
Poszles
Stetson
A Book Agent in Luck in Appleton Delegates
Thomas D. Reed, a canvasser from Appleton, sold over $1,000 worth of the Dictionary of American Biography to Pan American delegates in Washington. A second attempt convinced a Mexican delegate and others that the purchases were a courtesy to Speaker Thomas B. of the House, thus seen as a compliment to the United States.
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St. Louis
Reed
Georgia
Thomas B. Reed
Dispatch
Wasshoron
Thomas D. Reed
Pan- American Congress
Washington
Thomas B
House of Representatives
United States
Funeral of Thomas James in Dallas After Boxing Tragedy
The funeral for Thomas James, victim of the Kilrain Muldoon boxing match, was held in Dallas at 3 pm. The widow favored Denver burial, but the mother insisted on Dallas. Bricklayers led the cortege with about 300 clad in mourning, a stark sight as pallbearers bore the burden. The crowd mourned deeply in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Thomas James
Denver
Ias
Sane
Absence of Albany Farmer After Wife's Death
Andrew Laing, a sober farmer from six miles outside Albany, disappeared after his wife died of brain fever on Friday. He drove to arrange an undertaker and has not been seen since, with authorities and friends searching town and countryside for him. The only plausible theory is temporary insanity from the shock of bereavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Andrew Laing
New Seton? Plank Road
Madison Avenue
Moneere
Londenville Road
Red Man and White Cap Mob Attacks Reported in Rockport and Clay
February 16 dispatches describe mob violence in Arkansas with a Rockport couple beaten with hickory switches and the wife tied to a tree. In Clay County a woman was driven from her home as armed assailants fired weapons and warned residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockport
Wood Cononty
Charles Smith
Arkerab
Clay C. H
Metropolitan Gamblers Said to Recover Lost Company Funds
Three coaches and eight gamblers arrested at Dink Davis house after a raid at Jefferson Market Police Court. Treasurer Charles B Wigton of Glamorgen Iron Co Philadelphia allegedly squandered 28 thousand pounds of 51 thousand six hundred funds. Dave Appleby Gilpin Jr and others sued to recover the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Dispatch
New Yeak
Jefferson Market
Dave
Lucius Appleby
John ‘Arley Gilpin, Jr
Appleby
Daily
Davis
Fatal Epidemic Diseases Strike Moryeap Pouis Indians
Reports from the Millac Indians reservation ahead of a visiting commission describe a severe fatal epidemic. The grip epidemic has caused widespread deaths and left encampments short of food for the sick and able, with head chiefs awaiting government aid that has not arrived. Indiana Agent P B Sebaler has dispatched medical aid from Brainerd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moryeap Pouis
Millac
Washington
Indiana
P. B. Sebaler
Brainerd
Lathrop temperance clash probes politics behind crusade
In Lathrop Missouri a temperance confrontation draws in men with political grudges and petty spites hiding behind women's crusade. Three fifths of the town's leading women face grand jury scrutiny for trespass and riotous conduct as threats of bloodshed loom if warrants are served.
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Lathrop
LatHnor
Lisble
Kos
Cross
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PIRE
Fuller
West
Heaven
Engle
Rmr
Nevada
Tom Reed
Georgia Religions Society
Alabama
la Grippe
Lathrop, Mo
Kell
Carroll
Thomas Ward
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