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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1894
Page
2
Princess Bismarck dies at 6 am after years of bronchial trouble and gastric catarrh. Funeral arrangements planned for early next week with services and the prince’s expected sorrow noted. The Iron Chancellor’s health has recently improved as he resumes daily drives.
Reports say Princess Bismarck died from dropsy with heart disease after a long illness. The prince, his doctors, and family aides conveyed condolences to the emperor and empress as telegrams poured in from rulers and ministers. Funeral plans are modest, with burial likely near Sachsenwald or Schonhausen, as Germany mourns the loss of the Kaiserin’s companion.
Dispatches report a clash Sunday evening as ten bandits robbed an express office and fled toward Antelope hills. Three outlaws wounded. two killed and three pursuers disabled or killed. Sheriff McGee had been killed earlier. a large, improvised posse pursues from Hemphill county.
In Philadelphia Judge Dallas dismissed petitions by Levi Hicks and others in the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The decision bars retaining these workers while allowing continued union membership as receivers of the Philadelphia and Reading Company resume control. Attorney General Olney previously argued workers may organize and that unionism benefits both employees and the railroad.
Buffalo reports two reform currents led by Rev Odell and Alderman Smither. Odell aims to close saloons citing large congregations. Smither asks council to investigate comptroller and courts. Also notes a hotel robbery in Baker City and other brief items across states.
A fragmented listing shows transit times and routes across New Brunswick and nearby towns. It mentions Sam and Woodbridge schedules, daily and Sunday times, week day variations, and connections via Trenton and Winmouth Junction with multiple morning and afternoon cutoffs in a dense OCR snippet.
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