Washington Senate fighting on through April sessions
Debates on executive session and nominations continue in the U.S. Senate as Republicans assess weakness and readiness to back the fight. Discussions touch Tennessee debt repudiation, Virginia readjusters, and pending papers from the Attorney General while members press for swift action.
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Washington
Senate
Boerie
Captain Pauls
Mobone
Cayilsin Paul
Virginia
Sithough
Aare Vinele
Senaae
Mos
Starfield
New York
Hedag
Ate Porter
Burcra
Porter
Farris
Tennessee
Yeas
Johnsenm
Demands on Washington as Postmaster Nominees and Underground Wires
President nominates Richard A. Elmer for Second Assistant Postmaster General amid Senate debates over other officials. Reports detail Georgia marshal confirmation, bonds, and a long discussion on underground wire systems in England with technical notes on pipe sizes, wire capacity, and installation practices.
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Washington
Richard A. Elmer
New York
Thomas J. Dindvy
WLA
Gyr
Pentsslvania
Flynx
Erlfrae
Oice Departent
North Carolina
Negi Carolia
Prye
Robertson
Baltimore
White House
Gen. Longstreet
United States Marshal
Georgia
Brown
Longstreet
Ben Hill
Treasury
French stenographic machine described by Munson
Mr. J. Ja. Munson of New York describes a French stenographic device about the size of a typewriter with two keyboard halves and a central wheel with a novel set of stamps. He notes speed from compound characters but doubts it will outpace English shorthand and cites French experts criticizing current French stenography.
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J. Ja. Munson
New York
Munson
England
Shierry-Meig
Paris
France
Michela
Funny Death Scen es and Stage Farce in Deaths
The writer recalls ludicrous accidents in death scenes from old theater, noting Venice Preserved by the Forest Amateur Dramatic Association of Philadelphia. Actors J. Little and White played Pierre and Jaffier, with the final scene featuring the conspirators' deaths.
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Venice
Litle
White
Pierre
Jaffier
Theater anecdotes of Venice Preserved and a Chicago stage mishap
A ghost collapses mid performance in Venice Preserved drawing roaring laughter as White and Ligihe struggle on stage. At McVicker's Chicago a page disguise leads to boot mishap during a battle scene ending with the actress dragged off and a gallery quip about the missing star remains.
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Parcs Oiber
Thes
White
Ligihe
Venice
McVicker’s Theater
Chicago
Meicker
Owineti
Teihie
Manchester gas board runs city works for public, not profit
The Guardian notes Manchester gas supplies the city at a low rate, funded by profits from gas and street lighting. It covers rates, past debts, and annual sums allocated to improvements, with prices dropping from 12s to 2s 10d per 1000 cubic feet and a large workforce operating a vast works and storage.
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Manchester
Eng
Guardian
Immigrant arrivals at Castle Garden surge in 24 hours
Nearly 7,000 immigrants reach Castle Garden in the last day, Germans make up about three quarters. Year to date, asylum admissions exceed last year’s pace by roughly 25,000 at this point. Notables arriving include Chief Constructor Easby and Gov. Hawkins. Mrs. Garfield toured City Hall and the new Court House with Mayor Grace.
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New York
Castle Garden
Oregon Navigation Party
Northern Pacific
Billings
Union Pacific
Easby
Hawkins
Roderick Butler
Tennessee
Garfield
New Court House
Grace
Remarks by Siddy on Servants and Domestic Life
A long anecdotal piece recounts miscommunications and mischief in service. It covers maids, mistresses, flirtations, and errands from kitchen to parlor, with scenes in a rectory, Brighton, Woolwich, and a village setting. It highlights class tensions and misunderstandings in domestic work.
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Tir
Heme
Cduse
Tine
Voath- Wal
Annie
Laos
London
Isllen
Ra’m
Martha
James
Brighton
Eliza
Tend divine service and weekly afternoons in dispute
The excerpt shows Tend resisting a request to spare an afternoon each week for a private service. He agrees to try for one evening instead, while the other party insists on a weekday routine to avoid public scrutiny or delays related to changing my novels.
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Indans
Three inca Striggling for Life Helena
The report recounts a harrowing mountain crossing near Helena involving Helena Montinay Hernda and Phree maen biebuding DON. Floods and blizzards hamper a buckboard journey toward the North Viatte railroad as horses fail and men press on on foot.
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Montinay Hernda
Don
Cooke
Vine
Viatte River
Aly. Foote
Hin
Lita
Ihey
Mpesaverca
Tichi
Wilk
Annie Louise Carey Plans Retirement From Stage
Hartford Times interview reveals singer Annie Louise Carey intends to retire after this season. She notes a desire to be remembered as a good singer and fears overlong tenure, while recalling stage fright, past headlines, and hopes fans will accept her exit with sympathy.
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Hartford Times
Carey
Avention Sun
Sug
Joules
Loss of Cattle in the West Reflects Overproduction
The New England Farmer surveys cattle herds in Texas Colorado Wyoming and Montana noting large counts yet drought and a severe winter have killed thousands. Colorado losses may reach thirty to forty percent with other regions reporting sizable declines and calls into question the Western grazing capacity.
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New England
Texas
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Peuble
Chicago Tribune
Woman inventor from Cleveland licenses sleeping car berth guard
Mrs Elanore McMann daughter of ex Mayor Calking and wife of a Lake Shore conductor has invented a sleeping car berth guard and sold the rights to Wagner company. The guard prevents upper berth rollouts and deters theft while passengers sleep, using a tubing railing with woven wire cloth panels hinged to the berth edge.
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Elanore McMann
Cleveland
Calking
Lake Shore Railway
Wagner Company
Curious Excerpts Spread Across Holes in Letters and News
An assortment of anecdotes and quotes traverses gossip, travel, and a long list of immigration statistics. It notes Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr as a figure in New York work and cites a bizarre medical recovery after a skull injury in Gloucester Township. Also discussed are Wagner and Wagnerian ideas, Richard Wagner’s penchant for forests, and a Deadwood court witness remark on Jennie Drysdale’s veracity. The piece closes with estimates of foreign-born populations and immigration trends in the United States, projecting millions more arrivals and demographic impact through 1899.
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Cinahi
Thisa
Iancaselio
Himiself
Oliver Wendell Hilms
New York
America
Atini Piriinotens Tinry
Lforquis
Wierds
Europe
Richard Wagner
Aent Wineh
Mvs
Mother Wen
Ottawa
Gloucester
Canada
Lepeth
Pian
Beaconsfield Funeral Likely With Public Aid
London April 2 The friends and relatives of the late Lord Beaconsfield are said to be willing to fund a public funeral The chapel of the remains rests in Westminster Alley unless papers of the deceased alter plans Lofil Rawton former private secretary to the late lord visited Queen Victoria at Osborne on related matters The funeral time remains uncertain.
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Tady
Ann
Maury
Nim
Mary
Miram
Morvan
Nissis
Ray Cish
Jane
Lord Beaconsfield
London
Westminster Alley
Lofil Rawton
Osborne
Princess Dolgourouki flees St Petersburg with children
The widow of the late Czar, Princess Dolgourouki, left the capital two hours after her husband with her three children. Vienna papers claim she escaped the Winter Palace under a false name amid chaos. Her future seems secure with over $30 million in Berlin banks and a recent deposit of $6,001,000 just weeks before the Czar’s death.
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Dolgourouki
St. Petersburgh
Vienna
Winter Palace
Rrussia
Berlin
Who Fought in the War
A late-article note reports published figures alleging the exact number and nationalities of individuals who served on the Union side in the Civil War. It cites claims of precise counts and origins, reflecting debate over wartime enlistment demographics.
Do Bees Think A Singular Event Noted In New South Wales
A report from a dry New South Wales valley describes bees preempting drought by stocking many hive cells with water instead of honey. The practice aims to weather hot, prolonged aridity and suggests instinctive anticipation of similar emergencies.
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New South Wales
Chicago man has one foot in the grave report
A Reston Post brief cites a Chicago man in a dire condition described with grave wording. The item frames the man’s status as precarious and costly to his prospects, reflecting a stark health or life-situation update.
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Chicago
Reston Post
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