World Notes and Local Anecdotes in 19th Century Column
A sweeping collection of brief items from around the world and the United States. Topics include bans on certain works by Emile Zola, funeral street car painting, charitable gifts, a Frenchman’s global walk attempt, imperial and royal affairs, labor inquiries, and various curiosities from medicine to politics. Notable bits involve Emile Zola, Emperors, Duke of Wellington kin, a royal commission on labor capital, and geographic notes on London, New York, and California.
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Gon
Washington
Wyrkeey
Emile Zola
Atchison
Mas
Levano Stanrorp
M. Droz
Appoo Tis
Africa
England
St. Louis
Francis Joseph
Reichsrath
United States
Brooklyn
M. Y
Cleveland
London
Europe
Michigan
Cnitt
California
Duke of Wellington
Bristol
Blaine
Prince of
Nassau
Missouri
State University
Montana
Edmunds
Oime
Aiken
D. C
Oakland
Cal
Ducked Smith
Cedar Bluffs
Neb
Georgia
Marion Lerch
Middletown
Baron DE Fava
New York
Atchison, Kas
Tur
Albert Pike
Alexandria
P. T. Barnum
Kine
Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
E. E. Dickerson
Grand Rapids
Mich
America
New York Assembly
Jersey Central Railroad
William Tell
Altdorf
Switzerland
Palermo
Italy
Lincoln
Marquis di Rudini
Philadelphia
Germany
FIRST CONGRESS To the South and West Considered Delegates From Twenty five States
Delegates from twenty five states gathered to discuss the new congress’s approach to governance in the early republic. The assembly focused on representation regional issues and the balance of power between federal and state authorities. Strong personalities emerged as the meeting shed light on the evolving political landscape.
Western States Congress Opens in Kansas City
The first Western States commercial congress convened at the Coates opera house with 25 western and southern delegations. Gov. Francis of Missouri presided as temporary chairman, aiming to unite west and south on free trade, currency expansion, improved waterways, and an international railway. Letters from President Harrison and Agriculture Secretary J. M. Rusk were read.
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Kansas
United States
John C. Wyckliffe
New Orleans
Gala
Congress
West
Mexico
Canada
South America
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Kansas City
Buenos Ayres
T. Dwight Thatcher
Topeka
Harrison
J. M. Rusk
Agriculture
Riots At Findlay Pottery Strike Turn Violent
Rioting erupted at Bell Bros pottery as new workers replaced strikers. Revolvers were shown and stones thrown before a patrol wagon arrived, leading to several arrests. Tension remains high with bitterness on both sides and potential further clashes.
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Fridlay
Bell Bros. Pottery
Rioting Renewed in Bradford England April Demonstration
Rioting continued in Bradford with about 20,009 participants. Protesters smashed street lamps and behaved chaotically as troops police and special constables charged the crowd, injuring many.
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London
Bradford
Archbishop bans certain Catholic activities on Sundays
In a decree issued this April, church authorities announce that Catholics will not be allowed to engage in certain activities or travel to three specified locations on Sundays. The order aims to preserve Sabbath observance and direct parish life accordingly.
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Prnapreria
Apribis
Yin
Blaine Letter to Rudini Reaches Rome in Full
The full text of Blaine's reply to Rudini's note on the New Orleans affair arrived in Rome on Friday. Newsmen and Italian officials including Marquis di Rudini and Ambassador A. G. Porter welcomed the document and pressed for interviews. Officials say the dispute is being adjusted and future talks will focus on properly interpreting international law relevant to the matter.
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United States
Blaine
Marquis di Rudini
New Orleans
Italy
Rome
A. G. Porter
Prize goods trial ends with fine in Baltimore
A grocer convicted of selling coffee with prizes drawn by in-package tickets is affirmed on appeal. The law treats it as a game of chance despite differing prize values, with a $50 fine and suspended imprisonment as part of a test case. An awful rail disaster near Kipton Station kills nine, injures others on Lake Shore and Toledo express trains.
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Baltimore
Court of Appeals
Presidents Harrison Diaz to Meet on Rio Grande Bridge
El Paso mayor wired President Harrison proposing a meeting with President Diaz on the international bridge spanning the Rio Grande linking El Paso and Juarez. Harrison replied the meeting would be agreeable if Diaz wishes. Mexican authorities in Nuarez expect Diaz to come with his staff to exchange compliments.
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Harrison
Diaz
Rio Grande
Caples
el Paso
Tex
Atlanta
Mexico
Juarez
Paso del Norte
Mex
Mexico, Will Be Most Agreeable To Me If It Meets With His Wishes.” Diaz
Nuarez
Bharrison
Entenaive
New Treatment for Tuberculosis At Paris Discussed
Medical circles in Paris and France follow Prof Germain Lee's system for tuberculosis. Patients spend hours daily in a chamber with air under high pressure saturated with creosote and eucalyptus. Pressure rises to 1.5 atmospheres with reported lasting improvements.
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Paris
France
Germain Lee
Our New Treaty With Spain Reaches Partial Reciprocity
The draft treaty of commerce between the United States and Spain, concluded Friday, provides partial reciprocity of trade with Cuba. It is understood to fix a very low rate of duties on flour and other articles imported into the Antilles from the United States.
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Spain
United States
Cuba
Antilles
Blaney Escapes From Baltimore Jail Before Execution
William Blaney, condemned for the murder of his grandmother and aunt and sentenced by Governor Jackson to be hanged on June 12, fled from the Baltimore jail. The planned Friday reading of the sentence was missed as his cell was found empty, triggering a manhunt.
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Wm. Blaney
Gov. Jackson
Baltimore
Blaney
Denial issued on Porter Rome leave rumor
Officials in Rome deny the report sent to the Daily Chronicle that Hon. A. G. Porter U. S. minister to Italy plans a three months leave of absence. The denial states there is no truth to the rumor and no imminent departure is planned.
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Rome
Daily Chronicle
London
A. G. Porter
U. S
Italy
Official canvass shows Washburne lead in Chicago mayor race
The official canvass for Chicago mayoral election completes with Washburne, Republican, holding a plurality of 296 over Democrat Cregier. Some districts still subject to revision.
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Chicago
Washburne
Cregier
Trial Trip of the Bennington Gunboat Report
Official report records the Bennington trial showing main engines at 3,322.8 horsepower and auxiliaries bringing total horsepower to 3,434.09 on the trial voyage.
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Bennington
Charles Matterson Elected Chief Justice of Rhode Island
Charles Matterson, senior justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court, was Friday elected by the legislature to the chief justiceship, elevating him to the highest judicial post in the state.
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Rhode Island
Charles Matterson
Supreme Bench of
Graceful and Useful Deed Featured in Chronicle
King Humbert arranges a gift of £100 for each child left an orphan by the Utopia disaster at Gibraltar, a grace noted by observers and officials. The aid aims to support affected families as relief work continues amid ongoing inquiries.
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Humbert
Gibraltar
Terrible Marine Disaster Report From Pacific Wreck
The steamship Mononia arrived in San Francisco after a 25 day voyage from Sidney and seven days from Honolulu bearing word the British ship St. Catheris was wrecked near the Caroline Islands with ninety lives lost.
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Mononia
San Francisco
Sidney
Honolulu
St. Catheris
Caroline Islands
Execution of William Green in Gretna Jail Yard
William Green, a colored man, was executed Friday afternoon in the yard of Gretna parish jail for the murder of Joseph Prosper, also colored, committed January 6, 1890.
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William Green
Gretna
Green
Joseph Prosper
Colorado's Koch hospital opens amid cures claimed
A new Koch hospital near Denver claims success for Koch lymph therapy in curing consumptives with Colorado climate. Discharged Sunday was Small, once tagged incurable, as optimism grows for a large patient influx.
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Colorado
Berof
Denver
Koch
Josef Saat Alloo
America
Rockies
Chicago
Haymarket
Reunion of Ninth New York and Third Georgia Soldiers
Two Civil War regiments the Ninth New York and the Third Georgia met in New York at the Hotel Brunswick to mark the thirtieth anniversary of their unit, exchange stories, honor fallen comrades, and reaffirm their enduring union under the stars and stripes. Seventeen Georgia survivors attended a banquet amid banners from the war and a new flag created for the Zouaves by Judge Claiborne Snead’s daughter.
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New York
Georgia
Roanoke Island
Fredericksburg
Antietam
Brunswick
New York City
U. S
Claiborne Snead
Postal Clerks Killed and Injured in Rail Collision
Forty three postal clerks died and about five hundred were injured when a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern train collision near Norwalk Ohio trapped mail in the front car. Papers arrived soaked in blood with illegible addresses as Victor Bradley reported a decade of 43 railway clerks killed and 479 injured.
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Lake Shore Railroad
Kipton Station
Cleveland
Toledo Express
Edward Brown
Toledo
Charles A. Tapliff
F. J. Nugent
Charles Hammil
Elyria
KF. EF. Clemens
Cleveland, CO
John A. Bowerfine
James McKinley
Conneaut
Ohio
C. H. McDowell
Shaley
Fast Mail
Fipton
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Norwalk
New York
Victor J. Bradley
Railway Mail Service
To Hang for Rape Sentenced at Charleston
Sim Johnson, a Black man, was sentenced in Charleston West Virginia to be hanged for raping Eva Bailey, a white woman. After the judge pronounced sentence Johnson violently attacked the judge, but officers intervened and dragged him away. the judge escaped serious injury.
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Sim Johnson
Eva Bailey
Charleston
W. Va
Snyder
Johnson
Fifteen Hundred More Italians Arrive in New Batch
A large group of 1,558 Italian immigrants landed at the barge office Monday after traveling on the steamers Alesia and Alexandria. Two arrivals aboard the Alesia were barred upon discovery they are ex-convicts.
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Alesia
Alexandria
Strange swarm of June bugs seen over Green Castle Indiana
Saturday evening a strange phenomenon occurred in Green Castle. A loud roaring sound accompanied rapid black clouds moving west to east, composed of millions of insects about three quarters of an inch long. The bugs caused noise like an express train and several were captured as June bug variety.
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Greencastle
Ind
Majority Favor Women Authorized at New Hampshire Conference
Polls closed in Newport New Hampshire on Monday showing 57 vote in favor of admitting women as lay delegates to lay electoral and general conferences and 23 against. Thirty four oppose the amendment of the second restrictive rule while 53 favor it.
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New Hampshire
M. E
Newport
N. H
Years of Thievery Snags Five in Pittsburgh Train Robber Ring
In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania police arrested five members of a long running gang that stole freight train goods totaling about 100000 dollars over several years. One suspect confessed and warrants were issued for thirty more gang members.
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Pittsburgh
Bank clerk Dubroy jailed with two suspects in Canada
Joseph M. Dubroy a clerk at Euclid avenue National Bank of Cleveland Ohio and his wife and M Odell a brake man on the C and C railroad and his wife were arrested in Toronto Ontario Sunday evening. Dubroy is charged with stealing 2000 dollars from the bank and the others with being his confederates.
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Joseph M. Dubroy
Euclid Avenue National Bank
Cleveland
M. Odell
Toronto
Dubroy
Gibson Indicted Over Bribe Plot Against Distillery
A Chicago grand jury returned a true bill against Geo J Gibson former secretary of the whisky trust on charges of attempting to bribe a government officer to blow up Shufeldts distillery A capias for his arrest was issued at once
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Gibson
Chicago
Geo. J. Gibson
The
Whisky Trust
Shufeldt
Minnesota Tights Bill Fails After Overnight Session
During a marathon Saturday session the Minnesota legislature debated the world famous McHale tights bill. An hour before adjournment the proposal was brought to a vote and defeated by a decisive majority after extending into Sunday morning.
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Minnesota
McHale
Poison Sickness Strikes Fleming Family in Pennsylvania
The family of Rev. W. B. Fleming of Washington Pennsylvania is afflicted by poison exposure believed self inflicted or mysterious in origin. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming and Miss Alice Williams of Liverpool Ohio are in critical condition.
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W. 8. Fleming
Washington, Pa
Fleming
Alice Williams
Liverpool, O
Steamer Olympia Arrives at New Orleans Quarantine Station
The Olympia sailing from Palermo arrived at the quarantine station in New Orleans on Sunday morning with 450 Sicilians aboard who were cast adrift Monday morning from the northeastern wharf.
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Olympia
Palermo
New Orleans
Man Crushed Attempting Theft of Ride in Rowlesburg
A man named Duvall was crushed to death by vehicles while trying to steal a ride in Rowlesburg West Virginia. The incident occurred as he attempted to board moving cars, investigations pending by local authorities.
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Duvall
Rowlesburg
W. Va
Plated Present in Kaiser’s Stables Sparks Disciplinary Action
Officials reveal that the czar’s gift harness and fittings for the Kaiser’s droschky and horses are merely plated. The czar dismisses his master of the horse for the fraud, following the cleaners’ findings in the Kaiser William stables.
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Kaiser William
Immigrants Ordered Back After Arrival at New York
Eighteen newcomers, largely Italian, were sent back to their origin after arriving in New York. They were deemed likely to become a public charge and refused admission under immigration rules.
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New York
Army Officer Promoted to Brigadier General
Col August W Kautz of the Eighth Infantry was promoted Monday to brigadier general to fill Gen Gibbons vacancy. Kautz was born in Germany in 1828, and his parents emigrated to Ohio the same year.
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August W. Kautz
Eighth Infantry
Gibbon
Kautz
Germany
Ohio
Tragic double suicide in New York hotel room
A young man and woman, unidentified, died by their own action in a New York hotel room. They breathed gas through tubes from the chandelier and were found dead locked in each other’s arms.
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New York
Tenement Fire Claims Child’s Life in New York
In a New York tenement, Philip Deitz and his wife left their three children alone. One child was severely burned and is expected to die, while the other two were rescued with difficulty. Authorities investigate the circumstances of the fire and parental responsibility.
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Philip Deitz
New York
More Jews Expelled After Czar Assassination Plot
A confession links numerous Jews to a conspiracy against the czar and reports accuse several dozen others while about three thousand are expelled from Kiev amid the crackdown.
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Czar
Kieff
Congress M D Ford Dies in Grand Rapids
Congressman M D Ford died of apoplexy at Grand Rapids Michigan on Monday. He retired in his usual health at midnight Sunday night.
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Congressman Ford
M. D. Ford
Grand Rapids, Mich
Boone descendant arrested in pension fraud case
George S. Boone, lone lineal descendant of Daniel Boone, was arrested near Des Moines Indiana by U S authorities on pension fraud charges. It is alleged he has been drawing the pension allotted to his father who is dead.
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George S. Boone
Daniel Boone
Des Moines
United States
Man Dies in Dollar Bet Run Across Milwaukee Bridge
In Spring Valley Minnesota John Wright attempted to beat an oncoming train by running across the Milwaukee bridge for a dollar. He was struck and killed, failing to win the wager.
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Spring Valley
Minn
John Wright
Milwaukee Bridge
Ohio Legislature Adjourns Without Quorum Amid Acts In April Sessions
Columbus reports show both chambers lacking a quorum and adjourning after journal readings. The Senate and House advanced bills on public works, policing, and infrastructure, including sidewalks, armories, and railroad protections, with notable measures on under ground drains and levies. A portable saw mill boiler explosion near Lima killed one worker and injured several, while other local cases include criminal sentences and gambling prosecutions.
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Columsus
General Assembly
Senate
Oren
Ft. Ancient
Warren County
Archanological and Historical Society
Ottherwise
National Guard
ColumsBus
Ohio
South Charleston
Clark County
Cleveland
Board of Equalization
Toledo
Board of Equalization of
Portsmouth
Lucas County
Sycamore Township
Wyandot County
Columbts
Texas
Columbus
House
Corcoran
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
U. S
Lucas
Ottawa
Cincinnati Hospital
Cuyahoga County
Hunt
T. W. Dobbins
Lima
Sigler
Kocn
Hamilton
Urbana
Rivers Pratt
Russell Williamson
George Webber
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad
Youngstown
Ohio State News apportionment plan approved by Ryan and Poe
The commission for decennial apportionment of the general assembly completed its labors proposing a Senate and House distribution for the next decade beginning January 1892. Secretary of State Ryan and Auditor Poe approved the plan with Governor Campbell voting against it. An alternative amendment to create revised joint senatorial districts failed.
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Ryan
Poe
Campbell
General Assembly
Audi
Senate
Grand jury in Kenton fails to indict Bales lynchers
Judge A B Johnson charged the grand jury amid the William Bales lynching case calling it a deliberate murder and duties to indict all proven guilty. Senate adopts war tax distribution totaling 1 332 025 93 with sinking fund and general reserve allocations. Various local appointments pardons and deaths noted including Dr B W Davis and Mrs John Creagan found petrified.
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Kenton
A. B. Johnson
William Bales
Ed Harper
Senate
General Reserve Fund
Kenton Grand Jury
Bales
Geo. Newman
Miami County
J. B. McClain
Schulte Fire Department
Gov. Campbell
John C. Harter
Jefferson County
W. J. Extott
Columbus
Osborne
B. W. Davis
Marion
Brooks
John Creagan
Rose Hill
Youngstown
Mary
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Lake Shore Road
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Ohio State News
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