Turbulent Times Across Nations and Ships in 1880s News
Abundant updates note the death of Mr. Beecher and Tilton’s quiet reply, the Tonga king closing Wesleyan College and Wesleyans departing to Fiji, plans for a Houston cannery by Texas cattlemen, and long tenure figures in the Washington Postal Department. Also covered are tax and treasury decisions on blind education funds, naval storms on Lake Ontario, cholera trade fears from Rio Plata, and a dramatic Chinese minister’s lavish wardrobe during a Washington visit.
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Tonga Islands
Tonga
Fiji Islands
Prolific News of the Week From Global Events and Local Incidents
Personal notes report Braco of Pend du Lac Wis ill at home with eyesight loss and partial paralysis. Tennessee's governor signs a bill for a statewide vote on a prohibition amendment next September. Paris sees the Duchess of Otranto commit suicide after grief over her husband’s death. Long Pine Kan. lawyer Groves disbarred before the Interior Department. Austrian mathematician Klein dead in Vienna. The U.S. appoints Taylor to Liberia and Hosmer to Central America. Philadelphia redistricting favors a Democratic seat for Randall. Frontiersmen press Afghanis tan frontier to support the Amir. Cardinals named at Rome consistory. Eads funeral held in St Louis. Mrs Wasnurse wife of ex-Minister Washburne dies in Chicago. Buffalo is gifted with Cody as a senior aide and commissioner. Sickles will disposes millions to heirs. President Curvetasp turns fifty. Various accidents, fires, and financial woes populate the week.
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Tennessee
Duchess of
Otranto
Paris
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United States
Guatemala
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
House of Representatives
Randall
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Ameer
Afghanistan
Archbishop Gibbons
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Rome
James B. Eads
Christ Church
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Schuyler
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Reed
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Wasnurese
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Chicago
Goveaxon Taarer
Nebraska
W. F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
General Sickles
Benton J. Hall
Town
Montgomery
Ciurvetasp
Faruxn Kriearn
Ireland
Dublin
Garden City
Ti Tue
Torexa
South Topeka
Topeka
Robert J. Harmon
Aspen
T. B. George 'Haw
C. H. J. Taylor
Wyandotte
Liberia
Georxa Maxacrn Situ
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Kansas City
Lawrence
Emporia
Florence
Nickerson
Arenisex
Pexsio
Kansans
Eliza J. Campbell
Newton
Orlando Heath
Milford
John Ward
Scand
Manuel Denny
Garnett
Peter Kelly
North Topeka
Albert McCauley
Penfield
Benjamin Wright
Turin
Sammel Decker
North Cedar
Michael E. Boles
Chapman
Benjamin Jordan
Jacob Fatzer
Dowell
Samuel Waugh
Winfield
Leander W. Harris
Baxter Bprings
Secretary of State
State Board of Agriculture
Board of Horticulture
Kansas
Ciat Dexter
Jopes Burwen
C. H Venner
Boston
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Road
Indian Territory
Santa Fe Company
Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
Venner
Santa Fe
Catalpa
Gove
John F. McDonald
Kalamazoo
Sedgwick County
Ames
James W. Brown
King City
McPherson County
Elgina
John H. Craven
Karoma
Hodgeman County
Grange
Smith County
Ainsworth
Wichita County
James J. Holland
St Hull
Marshall County
Henry K. Benson
Page
St. John On Tees County
Frederick C. Wegener
Frederick C. Wegener, As Toasterbaers
Leavenworth
Kansas state laws and Arbor Day proclamation noted
The Kansas legislature approved multiple acts including highway and county organization measures, bonds for Richfield schoolhouse, anti discrimination by railroads, guardianship actions, bridge funding, and new county creations. Arbor Day was proclaimed for April 14 1847 with tree-planting urged statewide.
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Labette
Kan
Richfield
Abraham J. Heckman
Tw Cell
Liberty
Montgomery County
Kansas
Garfield, Gray, Haskell
Grant
Stanton
Kearney
Hamilton, Pinney
Hiodgmas
Ford
State OF Kansas
Dep't. T
Topeka
Jousx A. Martin
Ten Victims Buried in Roslindale Hospital Tragedy
Ten victims of Monday's railroad disaster near Boston were buried in Roslindale and Dedham as the injured, many critically hurt, were treated at area hospitals. Names of the dead included Miss Ide Adams and Miss Alice Walton with dozens more injured, some fatally, as rescuers and physicians worked through the night.
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Roslindsis
Boston
West Rosbuary
Roslindal
Namiet
Opos
Wo. J. Strong
Mise Ide Adams
Harriet Cardinal
Sarah Ellis
Hattie E. Troeias
Albert E Johnston
Alice Burnett
Wm. Snow
Peter Schwapsa
Emma
Roslindale
Medfield
South Evangelist Church
Dedham
Lizzie Mandeville
Alice Walton
Myron Tilden
Samuel T. Houghton
Young Strong
Alfred Swallow
Hovey’s
Oscar Norman
Geldoski
Ranut Latropp
Casson
CR. Whitcomb
Folsom
Whitcomb
Nellie T. Abraham
Leonard T. Abraham
Nellie
Harkins
Kittredgs Street
Joseph Metcalf
Bellevue Street
William Peters
La + Grange street
West Roxbury
J. Watson
Smith's Organ Factory
John Murphy
Mamie
George Richards
Rockland National Bank
William Snow
E. Plummer
Centre Street
Chas. Morse
Emma P. Hill
Ro Ho White & Co
Mhs White
Forest Hill
Czar In Danger as Plotters Aimed Explosives at Day
Reports from St Petersburg recount a failed attempt on the Czar during a Sunday procession. Police seized several suspects with dynamite bombs and hollow books, while over 20 arrests followed amid searches and inquiries at lodging houses and suburbs.
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Dymite
Sr. Percusacec
Czar
St Petersburg
Daily News
Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul
The
Times
Neva
Novsky Prospect
Morskaia
Vladimir
Clerical error widens exemption in interstate passenger tickets law
A serious notice reports that a transposition error in the Interstate Commerce bill altered a clause. The intended limit on exemptions for mileage, excursion or commutation tickets became an unlimited provision. The board will soon decide how to interpret this section regarding passenger business.
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Uassenger Trafic
Wasurxetox
Death of Lieut Seward Mott in Arizona Agency
A report from Captain Pearce details Lieut Seward Mott’s death at San Carlos Arizona. He was in charge of 120 Indians, a dispute over land division led to the shooting by a tribal leader, a white farmer rescued and was wounded. Mott died from a bullet wound to the abdomen after being unarmed and attacked.
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Utica
N.Y
Seward Mott
Rockville
Pearce
Sconc
Mott
San Carlos
A. T
SB. Mott
Victims of the Richmond Hotel Disaster in Brivaro
Details emerge from the Richmond Hotel fire in Brivaro New York with a list of dead including Katie Keot Minnie Kelly Katie Pierce Wilson Purcell and several others. The injured and burned are named along with hospitals in Syracuse Buffalo Newburgh Scranton and more, as rescuers recount peril and loss.
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Brivaro
N. Y
Mare
Richmond
Katie Keot
Chamberman
Minnie Kelly
Chambermand
Katie Pierce
Wilson Purcell
RG. Dun & Co
Mark Osborne
Amos Johnson
Toronto Railway
Kate Wolf
Lockport
Jacob Kahn
New York
Henry B. Rumsey
Maggie Mulrach
Buffalo
Mary Nolan
Edward Whelan
Newburgh
J. Lyne
Scranton
F. K. Moore
Cleveland
Edward Wheelan
Newburg
William J. Makay
Niagara Falls
Perry Davis
H. B. Smith
Syracuse
Sisters’ Hospital
Maggie Man
Nichols
Fannie Harvey
Fitch Hospital
Frederick K Moore
Clevelant
Willian
Haven
Helena
Mont
Edwin A. Flueh
Henry B. Romer
C. M. Dubois
Jacob Kolin
Lee
Madalan
May Wills
General Hospital
Mathew Shannon
Cimtocs Bidwell
Nellia Welch
Kate Pierce
Women Plead for Prohibition in Nationwide Address
The text reports a March Chicago address by national women urging liquor-law reform. It cites decades of petitions, the temperance education bill, and local option efforts, arguing prohibition reduces crime and pauperism while criticizing saloon-based revenue. It notes liquor makers’ wages and the social harms tied to drink, urging legislators and voters to act.
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Congress
Bess
Ares
Republic
Condiman-Ce Thas
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Treasury Department
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Argentine Republic
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Chang Yen Hoot Je
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General Garfield
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William Wathon
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the Czar
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William Henry Ayres
Cornelia Goodfellow
Shen
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Kun
Mary Ann Brundage
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West Division Railway Company
Weeks
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Keller
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Richmond Hotel
James McGuire
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