Court action pits Post Office against Messenger Company
The Attorney General seeks to disgorge profits and end the Roy Messenger Companys practices while the public sympathy leans to the company. Parliament members protest over licensing and monopoly as court hearings loom after Easter. A similar case targets District Messenger Service with an injunction.
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HY Dunlaf
Conrant
Lospexs
Post Office
Messenger Service Company
Raikes
England
Postoffice
Roy Messenger Company
District Messenger Service Company
Sir F. Milner
Sr. Cameron
Hyron Reed
Lord Gramston
G. Baden- Powell
Bay Messenger Company
District Telegraph Messenger Service
Old and New Rumors About Bismarck and the Emperor
Reports swirl around Prince Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelms court after exchanges with General Von Waldersee at Altona and Friedrichsruhe. Rumors of reconciliation clash with tales of refused letters and strained relations, hinting at a possible peace negotiations revival. Prince Luitpold is said to return to Friedrichsruhe tonight.
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Ter
Frederick
Prince Lemarrk
Prince Biswarck
von Waldersee
Prince Hisemarck
Friedrichsrabe
Arab slave hunters threaten Free State frontier in Congo crisis
A Belgian press dispatch from Brussels reports a private note on the Quelle threat. Arabs, halted at the Aruwimi by Free State forces, moved north to Roubi and reach Opozcho threatening Dishbir. Djabbir’s chief seeks aid from Yakoma and Branzville as M. von gore contemplates necessary measures.
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Denlaf
Brussels
Belgium
Kopra
Quelle
Aruwimi
Free State
Roubi
Opozcho
Dishbir
Boma
Riches in Beer Declares Twelve Percent Dividend
Lowpor March 2 The Indianapolis Brew series Company met this afternoon under president John Akenhead The beer sales for the period ending October 1 show a drop of more than 5000 barrels In the five months since prices fell sales rose by more than 7000 barrels After all preliminary expenses and a 12 percent dividend £1405 remains in the company’s credit.
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Indianapolis Brewseries Company
John Akenhead
Duc d Orléans Spotted in Paris in Disguise
Report from Duxlaf's Cable Company notes strong evidence that the Duc d Orléans was seen in Paris recently. Sightings in the French capital sparked talk of royal activity and political intrigue.
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Orleans
Paris
Duxlaf
Duc d’ Orleans
Prince Victor Napoleon in Paris Escapades Admit Uncertain State
Report notes that a Paris rumor of the Prince in Tiflis is unfounded and that Victor Napoleon frequents Paris in disguise. M Boucher, his tutor, resigned after losing control of the youth’s escapades. The Comte de Paris’s agents are unsettled about his son’s whereabouts as he faces uncertainty.
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Tiflis
Paris
Fncornite
Victor Napoleon
M. Boucher
Comte de Paris
Carnot Honored by Czar With Grand Order in Paris
At the Elysee Palace Baron de Mohrenheim the Russian Ambassador presented President Carnot with the grand cordon of the Order of St Andrew a sign of cordial relations after the Russo French alliance. The ceremony included honors to cabinet ministers and State officials with mutual expressions of goodwill.
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Paris
the Elyzee Todaur
Baron de Mohrenheim
Carnot
French Republic
Russia
France
Cza
Dangerous wire near Hyde Park corner threats to Queen
A handbill in Los Box windows warns of a dangerous overhead wire at Hyde Park corner with enough voltage to kill six people. It claims Queen Victoria and five nobles pass beneath it and notes attempts over 18 months to have the wire removed, with no authority able to act.
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Los Box
Hyde Park Corner
Honors for Bismarck to Receive Silver Service Estate
Berlin March 21 The Association of German Manufacturers plans a costly celebration for Prince Bismarck on his birthday in April. They will present a Nimable silver service designed by Leyden, with excess funds used to buy an estate near Friedrichsruhe for the prince in addition to his own grounds.
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Berlin
Association of German Manufacturers
Prince Bismarck
Bismarck Ee
Leyden
Germany
Friedrichsruhe
Sligo Nominees Spur Tense Election Preparations
March 4 report from Sligo notes Alderman Bernard Collery and Alderman Dillon as candidates amid town excitement. East Lancashire regiment remains in barracks with 18 on standby. resident magistrate orders lancers from Dundalk and military from Mullingar, while police drill daily in readiness.
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SY Dunlap
Cable CowPain
Sligo
Bernard Collery
anti-Parnell
Dillon
Parsellite
Dublin
East Lancashire Regiment
Slico
Lancern
Dundalk
Muallingar
Italians in London Protest Massacre Calm Meeting
A modest Italian gathering at Holborn Town Hall to condemn the New Orleans massacre. Less than 100 attendees, led by Albert Pintus, urged humanity and justice while denouncing the Mafia and avoiding hostility toward Americans.
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Lexpos
Holborn
Albert Pintus
Humanity
New Orleans
Balmaceda restricts foreign steamers to Chilean coast ports
A semi official Chilean dispatch reports President Balmaceda forbids foreign steamers, mainly British and German, from touching ports between Chanari and Arica. The dispatch confirms the Thaipo has arrived at Iquique with troops from Santiago and Valparaiso and arms. The Parliamentarian party, aided by nitrate mines, plans to boost funds by exports.
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Paps
Chile
Balmaceda
Chanari
Arica
Thaipo
Iquique
Santiago
Valparaiso
Anarchist Plot Disclosed in German City
A large anarchist conspiracy is uncovered in a German city as Baden papers link German Swiss and American anarchists. Three men are secretly arrested for high treason after clues found during the search for Schladeback the woman killed for betraying the anarchist cause. others have fled to Switzerland.
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Boeks
Baden
Schladeback
Switzerland
Postmaster General Demonstrates Telephone Link Paris London
Lex Dos March 26 The Postmaster General held a private demonstration of the Paris London telephone connection proving the line workable. Amid the test the hearing of Massenet's Le Mage from the opera house was clearly audible to attendees.
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Dunlai
Lex Dos
Paris
London
Jnst
Massenet
Des Moines
John A. McKay
New York
New Hampshire
le Mage
Adventist General Conference
Battle Creek
Mich
Six Polish Workers Arrested in Russian Detective Murder Case
Police arrest six Polish workmen on March 26 on suspicion of murdering the Russian detective found dead near Kalisch.
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Dunlap
Berurs
Kalisch
Women Build World Fair Building Prize Winners
Miss Sophia G Hayden of Boston won the $1000 prize for the best design of the woman’s building at the World’s Fair. Lois L Howe, also of Boston, took second prize $500 and Laura Hayes of Chicago received third prize $250.
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Boston
CascaGo
Sophia G. Hayden
Lois L. Howe
Laura Hayes
Chicago
Harden
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miss Howe
Miss Hayes
Mra
Potter Palmer
Hayden
Wisconsin Family Dies and Falls Ill From Trichinosis
Mrs. John Runke, Olga, Henry, and Edward were stricken weeks ago after eating tainted sausage. Olga and one son died, doctors attributing deaths to trichinosis from hog meat purchased recently.
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Milwaukee
John Runke
Olga
Henry
Edward
New York Whist Club Dissolves After Controversial Games
The New York Whist Club at 18 West Thirtieth street votes overwhelmly to dissolve after years of rising stakes and internal strife. Founder Isaac H. Bailey and Stephen Fiske started the group in 1886. famed members included J Pierpont Morgan and William K Vanderbilt. The play saw bets up to 15 dollars per game and club assets exceed 3000 dollars with dues of 40 dollars annually. The plan is to auction the property and restart a new organization without the objectionable members.
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Dispatch
New York
New York Whist Club
West Thirtieth Street
Calvins. Brice
William K. Vanderbilt
Matthew Morgan
Various Latest News Shorts From Across States and Nations
A digest of late news notes epidemics storms adjournments pensions rail and political moves. Topics include Chicago grip Iowa snow Kansas storm Lisbon and Lisbon reports New York and San Francisco events Rome Paris Tokyo and state legislatures.
Weather details from Pittsburgh service officer report
United States Service officer in Pittsburgh provides a terse weather summary listing maximum and minimum temperatures and mean temperature with rainfall data. The garbled OCR text suggests measurements for March with ambiguous figures and weather terms.
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Pittsbueg
United States Service
Mas Cerseeererr Ld
Ceca
Weather Bulletin Predicts South Storm Reaches East Today
A South storm may hit this section today as heavy snow ends in Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas while Nebraska Iowa and Northwest Missouri see continued falls. Rain blankets the Mississippi Valley south of Illinois and in the Ohio and Tennessee valleys, with the storm moving toward the Middle Atlantic states. Northeast winds rise with fog and steady temperatures bring rain today.
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Colorado
Wyoming
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Mississippi Valley
Illinois
Ohio
Tennessee
East Gulf
South Atlantic
Georgia
Middle Atlantic
Weather notes and river readings across towns
Specting telegrams report river levels at multiple locations with conditions. Warren River at 3.1 feet stationary cloudy mild. Morgantown 4 feet stationary cloudy. Allegheny Junction 6 feet 6 inches falling clear cool. Arno 43 feet falling. Louisville notes rising river and canal activity with locks closing. Cincinnati river 33 feet rising. New Orleans clear cool. Memphis 34 feet stationary warm with rain.
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Warren—River
Heownsville
Morgantown
I. m
Allegheny Junction
Arno River
Louisvills
Louis
Hiver
Cincinnati
Rlver
New Orleans
Memphis
River
Secretary Windom's Will Sets Wealth To Widow And Children
The will of the late Secretary Windom provides the family home to his wife Ellen F. Windom as sole executrix with a three year trial period for her control. The remainder goes to children William D. Windom Ellen H. Windom and Florence B. Windom with a trust lasting twenty years and eventual distribution to survivors or their heirs. If the widow does not survive, the estate is divided among the children immediately.
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New York
Windom
George Waddington
Ellen F. Windom
Thefts at Fifth Avenue Liquor Store
A youth entered the wholesale liquor house of A Zangatina at 570 Fifth Avenue and bought a jug of beer. He handed a $2 bill to the proprietor who reached for change. The thief snatched the pocketbook containing a $20 gold piece and a final one dollar, and escaped through the back yard gate.
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A. Zangatina
Fifth Avenue
Plasterer Benjamin Hell Dies After Self Inflicted Wound
Benjamin Hell an East End plasterer died after cutting his throat with a razor at a boarding house on Shakespeare street last Thursday night. He died at Mercy Hospital early yesterday and his body was removed to his brother James Bell on Collins avenue.
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Benjamin Hell
East End
Shakespeare Street
Mercy Hospital
James Bell
Collins Avenue
Easter Clothing Sale for the Poor
City merchants offer one day Easter sale items including 320 suits for men 12 to 19 500 pairs of boys knee pants 800 pairs of pants and 650 boys suits at deep discounts. Stores include Clothing Company corner Grant and Diamond streets Parcels Jones 29 Fifth avenue Harpy Hayes 529 Smithfield street and more. Deals aimed at helping poor shoppers with Easter clothing selections.
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PC. CC
Perosphere Commeriation Clothing Company
Grant and
Diamond Streets
Exciting race shapes Western Football League pennant chase
Old Pop Smith seeks to play shortstop as West ern Football League standings tighten. McDonald leads with three wins and no losses, but Lawrenceville, McKeesport, and Braddock press close. Upcoming games include Allegheny Thistle vs McKeesport and Pittsburg vs Braddock, with key matchups at Recreation Park.
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Smong
Donald
Cessesceeen
McKeesport
McKeesports
Lawrenceville
Thistles
McDonald
Braddock
Shaner
Pittsh
Homestead
East End
Eureka
Allegheny Thistle
Pittsburg
Recreation Park
Alex McPherson
Pittsburgers
Baner
Bruno1s Island Shoot Promoted By Noted Organizers
A large Brunot's Island crowd witnessed a live biccon shoot promoted by Kebe Shaver and Jim Crow. Seven entries paid $25 each with F H Denny winning first place for 21 birds while G E Savner and J G Hoffman tied for second with 19, H B Mobler followed with 18, and others scored down to 11. James Beard Shaw attended and praised the event.
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Denny
Brunot’s Island
Kebe
Shaver
Jim Crow
Boundar
James Beardshaw
F. H. Denny
G. EB. Savner
J. G. Hoffman
H. B. Mobler
A. H. King
Reilly Fooled Them in Columbus Prep for Pittsburg Return
Columbus detectives were misled as Reilly headed to Cincinnati while the Pittsburg club tried to arrange travel details. Officials fear legal issues but aim to avoid trouble. Pop Smith seeks a Breen at shortstop. O'Neil will forward the request to Manager Hanlon.
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Florida
Columbus
Reilly
Columbus Depot
Zanesville
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
O'Neill
O'Connor
Pittshutz
Mark Baldwin
O'Neil
Pop” Smith
Breen
Hanlon
Louisville Baseball Club Faces Stock Dispute Over Capital
Louisville stockholders clash as capital stock rises to 25000 dollars with minority holders to take the larger share. Original purchasers have 12000 dollars and minority holders only 3000. If the rest is not subscribed soon the club risks sale and crippling financial trouble.
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Louisville
Louisville Baseball Club
Davidson
League magnates' Cincinnati meeting delayed and other sports notes
Washington dispatch incorrectly claimed a League meeting in Cincinnati. it will occur today. President O Neil formed a team including Soden Younz Rogers and Day who will arrive in Cincinnati this morning. Talks yielded little and O Neil promised quick resolution. Plans for Farrell Daly fight shift between Philadelphia or Harrisburg with police protection arranged for Harrisburg. Madden has Daly under contract and Faatz will play for Syracuse. Efforts resume to reinstate the trotting stallion Nelson. J H Porte Fishing Club banquet set for Monongahela House Sunday. Brooklyne club roster completed with Byrne signing Dalley. George Smith to report as actor at Washington Park.
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Washington
League
Cinciinati
O'Neil
Messrs
Soden
Younz
Rogers
Day
Cincinnati
O'Nell
Broshaba
Pat Farrell
Jim Daly
Philadelphia
Harrisbure
Billy Madden
Daly
Jay Faatz
Syracuse
Nelson
Ginoinaud
J. H. Porte
Monongahela House
Dalley
Byrne
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Victoria
BT Dunlap
Wisconsin
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House of Commons
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Ark
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Clark O. N.T
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Rochester
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Michigan
Austin
Tex
Joseph Bernard
New York “Green Goods
Edmonton
Man
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Canadian Pacific
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Sardou
Comedie Francaise
Thermidor
Pacific
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Ala
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Hamburg
Naples
Merriam
Minnesota
Miles
Indian Territory
Alcide Dadoro
Queen Victoria
St Grasse
Congress
United States
Stanley
Department of Texas
Pacific Coast
Gibbons
Department of the Pacific
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Ortega
Priore Bismarck
Steppes
Prussia
Great Britain
Italy
Spain
Scandinavian
Ans Samperor
MWF
West Virginia
West Vincosita
Special Weather Bulletin
Elver Telegrams
Suiciding
Thoreday
Parcels & Jones
Harpy & Hayes
Smithfield Street
Iron City Brewing Co
Ana & Haves
Usp
Pareets & Jonszs
Baccarat
Dresden
Royal Worcester
Harpy & Hargs
Smithfield St
Pop Smith
Max Klein
Federal St
Allerhny
Mhbu
JOS. Fleming & Son
Market Street
Pitzaburg
L. Goldsmith
Bro. & Co
Btc
Liberty ST
Daly and Farrell
Carlsbad
Ns & Mendelso Aberoad Ae Pel Salts
Jos
Fleming & Son
Pitsburg
NEW Life
Keech's
Penn Avenue
Ninth Street
Cor
Sixth ST
Penn Ave
Pittsburg Combination Clothing Company
Diamond Stree
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