Vast Mix of News Bits From Europe to Americas
A collage reports on diverse items including Grant Sartoris visiting, a barber shop attachment on the president's train, Rous evolving faster than other European cities, mail service proposals in St Louis street cars, horses shipped from Argentina to England, Stanley's lecture proceeds, fashion notes, diet kitchens in New York, Italian population in New York, Congress output, safe travel assurances in Italy, Birmingham iron pyrites hoax, Ima Hogg nickname, light colors at night, early fire losses, gold nuggets in California after rain, a massive pig in Kansas, consent in kissing a typewriter, Uruguay newspapers per population, rapid marriage and separation in Wellington, Brazil trade data, chinaware labeling, Carnegie origins and holdings, Epwin Arnold on the Mikado, a New York electrical invention, annexation talk for New York outskirts, and various curiosities from Panama to lungs, temperate notes on rum, and hobby fads.
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Dguare Grant Sartoris
Re Kocu
Rous
St. Louis
England
Stanley
New York
Tatmage
Congress
Italy
Birmingham
Hope
Texas
Ima Hogg
Folsom
Junction City
Kan
Nan
Little Republic
Uruguay
Wellington
Brazil
United States
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Sin Epwin Arnold
Mary Lowe
Ethal Electrician
Brooklyn
Galveston News
Rudini
Blaine
Maryland
Panama
Sevierinz
Carlisle
Indiana
Cons. F. Heuser
Baltimore
Ohio River
London
Brazin
Bahavier
Death of Field Marshal Von Moltke Shock Ripples Across Germany
Berlin reports Ond of Field Marshal Count Von Moltke at the German army general staff residence on Konigsplatz. News streams in from William, German princes, and European notables as Berliners honor the veteran who shaped the European map. Funeral planned as private, with a possible state tribute. body to be buried at Cressau beside his wife with a quiet ceremony.
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Europe
Berlin
Count von Moltke
Konigsplatz
von Moltke
Reichstag
Parliament
Emperor William
Wartburg
Thuringian Forest
Germany
Cressau
Kunowa
Heligoland
Cressan
Aid for Miners of the Coke Region in Chicago
J W Hannan and L R Davis envoys from Connellsville district strikers seek financial aid in Chicago after traveling through Pennsylvania and Ohio. They report fair success in efforts to support the coal and coke workers.
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Chicago
J. W. Hannan
L. R. Davis
Connellsville
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ohio Republican State Convention Held in Columbus
The Republican central committee set the state convention for Columbus on June 16 and 17 with R. M. Nevin of Dayton named temporary chairman. A resolution invited Sherman Foster Foraker and McKinley to address the gathering.
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Columbus
Repubican Central Committee
R. M. Nevin
Dayton
Sherman
Foster
Foraker
McKinley
Ex-Congressman McKinley Improves After Illness
Washendon April 27 Ex Congress man McKinley suffered an acute digestive attack Saturday night. He is described as much better and physicians expect a speedy recovery with friends hopeful for full convalescence.
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McKinley
Washendon
Vast explosion destroys ancient relics in Vatican loss
A 265 ton gunpowder explosion in Pozze Pantaleo near Rome caused massive damage at Vatican sites including St. Peter Basilica and St. Paul Church. Windows shattered, priceless stained glass destroyed, and many relics and artworks damaged beyond replacement. The Pope was praying when the blast occurred. he recovered after being aided by a servant.
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Pozze Pantaleo
Rome
Vatican
St. Peter Basilica
St. Peter
St. Paul Church
St. Paul
Three Noose Items From South Carolina Hangings
Three men were executed by hanging in South Carolina. Waites Martin, colored, was hanged in Columbia for the January murder of Alice McLeod, a white woman. Bill Miles, colored, was hanged at Pickens for the murder of Jake Griffin following a dispute over a nickel. Edmund Holloway, colored, was hanged at Manning for the murder of John W. Dubose. the private hanging was conducted under state law.
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Waites Martin
Columbia
S. C
Alice McLeod
Bill Miles
Pickens
Jake Griffin
Griffin
Miles
Edmund Holloway
Manning
John W. Dubose
Nickel Find in South Dakota Sparks Mining Interest
A green quartz ledge in Harney City district South Dakota carries three to seven percent nickel. The broad vein runs through the Margeret tin group and hosts a large amount of white metalExperts deem the deposit genuine and promising for mining potential.
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South Dakota
Harney City
Death of Count Von Moltke in Berlin Sessions
Count Von Moltke died suddenly at 9:45 p m reports say after heart failure. He attended Reichstag sessions Friday afternoon and his passing brings sorrow to Berlin. Born October 26, 1800.
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von Moltke
Count von Moltke
Berlin
Hennessy Jury Bribers Indictments Grow in New Orleans
In New Orleans the grand jury on Friday returned two more indictments for attempting to bribe the jury in the Hennessy case, bringing to six the number of persons charged. Indicted are Ferdinand Armant, a prominently connected lawyer, and Chas Granger, with the grand jury continuing its probe into the matter.
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Hennessy
New Orleans
Fernand Armant
Chas. Granger
Grand Jury
A Husband's Terrible Mistake in Windsor, N Y
Mr and Mrs Arthur Moore of Windsor New York welcomed a baby girl on Tuesday. On Thursday the husband gave his wife a teaspoon of carbolic acid thinking it medicine she had been taking. The mother died after intense suffering, following the deadly error.
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Arthur Moore
Windsor
N. Y
Brooklyn clergyman dies after cork swallowed
Reverend Geo W Bothwell of Brooklyn accidentally swallowed a cork and was dying at a hospital Friday. The cork lodged in his throat and a tracheotomy operation failed.
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Geo. W. Bothwell
Brooklyn
Mormon Elders Expelled From Lincoln County West Virginia
Two Mormon elders proselyting in Lincoln County West Virginia faced opposition from indignant citizens due to questionable conduct and were driven away, ending their proselytizing efforts in the area.
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West Virginia
Lincoln County
W. Va
Immigrant record shattered at barge landing bureau
A three day tally shows 9 164 immigrants landed at the barge office on Wednesday Thursday and Friday surpassing all prior three day records in the bureau history. The milestone marks a historic surge in arrivals and highlights the agency’s peak activity period.
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Barge Office
Barge Office Landing Bureau
San Domingo Seeks Reciprocity Pact Talks in Washington
An agent from the republic of San Domingo travels to Washington to negotiate a reciprocity agreement with the United States, aiming to expand trade and economic ties between the two nations.
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San Domingo
Republic of San Domingo
Washington
United States
Phosphate mining boom fuels Florida and South Carolina
Over two years more than $12,000,000 has been invested in phosphate mining in Florida and South Carolina while fifty-one other companies with aggregate capitalization of $21,000,009 have been formed to develop phosphate lands.
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Florida
South Carolina
Baltimore man drowns self in bath tub
Albert W. Bissell, forty five, committed death by suicide at his Baltimore home by drowning in the tub. He had been despondent over health and employment. Bissell formerly resided in Woostas Borough, Vermont, and was a veteran.
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Albert, W. Bissell
Baltimore
Hissel
Wocasborough
Prehistoric Vault Thought to Be Mound Builders Work
While leveling a lot on North Jefferson street Huntington Indiana small rude masonry was exposed six feet below ground. An irregular hemispherical stone mass about six feet diameter and three feet high sat over flagstone layers and an empty vault. Limestone stones not local to the area suggest a purposeful construction. The purpose remains unknown but attribution to mound builders is suspected.
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D. A. Purviance
Jefferson Street
Huntington
Ind
Behring Test Case Postponed Until October
The Sayward suit to test U S jurisdiction over Behring Sea seal fisheries is postponed to October 19 due to Justice Bradley’s illness. Briefs are filed. case seeks to prohibit U S authorities from selling the Sayward under a forfeiture decree for sealing violations. Arguments cover court jurisdiction and executive legislative judicial relations.
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Sayward
U. S. Supreme Court
Great Britain
United States
Behring Sea
Supreme Court
Bradley
U. S
Ex Confederates Invited to Jackson Monument Unveiling
A formal invitation from the United Confederate Veterans and allied Mississippi groups invites ex Confederate veterans to attend the June 3 unveiling of the Jackson monument. General J B Gorpon accepts, ordering the annual Confederate veterans meeting at Jackson on June 3, with thanks for southern brotherhood and official appreciation.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
P. Reynolds
United Confederate Veterans
Ladies’ Monument Association
National Guard of Mississippi
South
J. B. Gorpon
Death of a Colored Woman Aged 128 in Washington
Susannah Nelson, a colored woman born a slave near Fredericksburg, Va., died in Washington city Thursday night from la grippe progressing to pneumonia at age 128. Her ninth child, now over eighty, lives in Washington. Nelson claimed twelve years old at the revolution. She had sixteen children. her funeral was held on Monday.
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Susannah Nelson
Washington City
la Rippe
Washington
Nelson
Fredericksburg
la Grippe
Canton
Joseph Kaiser
Hocking Valley
Bors
Ohio
Australia
Ohio State Association of
Mexican War Veterans
Sidu
Little Wirt Allen
Oscar Allen
Portsmouth
Altthough
Joan Graham
Cald
Gov. Campbell
Mason L. Alvard
Fulton County
Woodsfield
Mansfield
Jacob Rick
Galion
William Shilling
Ruraldale
Muskingum County
Campbell
Toledo
Henry Rohrs
Napoleon
Henry County
Senate
Committee On Benevolent Institutions
Gro. Graber
Cincinnati
Germany
Board of Pardons
Stanley Jones
Lake County
Urnton Miller
East Liberty
Akron
Clover Hill
Fox Lake Coal Co
Massillon
Asher Post
Crestline
Columbus Hare
Ohio State University
Wilberforce
Peters Cartridge Co
Gro. Gresner
Dayton
Cleveland
Rose
State House
David Tod
Tod
Clinton County
Reagan's Senate Vacancy Filled by Horace Chilton
Gov. Hogg of Texas appoints Hon. Horace Chilton of Tyler to succeed Senator Reagan. Chilton, a renowned Texan lawyer, is highly regarded by the people for his legal acumen and service.
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Reagan
Gov. Hogg
Texas
Horace Chilton
Tyler
United States Senate
Chilton
Ingersoll Stricken by Grippe in New York
Col Robert G Ingersoll is confined to his bed in New York seriously ill with the grippe He arrived there from Rochester on Tuesday and has not been able to leave his bed since
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Ingersoll
Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
New York
Ile
Rochester
Theatrical Man Cowhided in St Louis
T. S. Stout, a theatrical man, was cowhided by actress Georgie Lingard in St Louis after Stout sent Lingard an insulting note. The incident centers on a dispute between a theater figure and an actress with public confrontation.
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T. S. Stout
Georgie Lingard
St. Louis
Stout
Young Physician Fleming Commits Suicide in Visit
Dr. Samuel S. Fleming a noted young physician from Catlin NL died by his own hand while visiting his parents in Indian. The death is reported as a suicide with no further details disclosed.
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Samuel S. Fleming
Catlin, NL
Invitation to ride Pike's Peak railway by officials
The Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company through General Manager J P Hulbert invites President Harrison to stop at Manitou and spend a day visiting and riding the railway to the summit of Pike's Peak the highest point reached by a railroad.
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Pike’s Peak
Manitou
New Tabernacle Dedicated in Brooklyn Church
Rev. ST DeWitt Talmage presides at dedication of a new tabernacle in Brooklyn. The structure has cost $410,000 to date and needs $40,000 more to complete. There remains a debt of $200,000 on the main building.
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New Tabernacle
ST. DeWitt Talmage
Ew Tabernacle
Brooklyn
Ground broken for Grant monument at Riverside Park
Thousands gathered at Riverside Park New York as ground was broken for a monument to General Grant. The event featured a gun salute from the warship Yantic on the Hudson and remarks by Gen Horace Porter with floral tributes from Sheltering Arms children. Commander Freeman presided and noted Greek heroes beside American ones in a ceremony of pageantry and reverence.
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Gen. Grant
Riverside Park
New York
Hudson River
Yantic
Monument Association
Alexander Hamilton
Grand Army
Lawson W. Fuller
Sheltering Arms Institution
America
Marine Band
Dr. Clark
Freeman
Horace Porter
Greece
San Salvador and Honduras Announce War Alliance
San Salvador and Honduras pledge mutual arbitration in disputes and free duties for each other’s products if at war with a third power. They plan an inter-oceanic Honduras railroad and a branch from Puerto Union to aid during conflict. The aim appears to isolate Guatemala as Central American tensions rise.
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Puerto Union
Honduras
San Salvador
Guatemala
Central America
English Lady Plunges From Monte Carlo Terrace
Sensational act in Monte Carlo as an English lady, reputed to have lost heavily at gaming tables, leaped from the terrace into the sea. A sailor instantly dived in and rescued her, bringing her safely to shore. Names of the actress and rescuer were not yet released.
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Monte Carlo
Smuggling Chinamen From Mexico
Government authorities were notified of the Monday arrival in Chicago of five Chinese men who had evaded immigration laws by being landed in Mexico and brought across the Arizona border. A Chinese agent in Mexico is said to be running a large smuggling operation.
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Mexico
Chicago
Arizona State Line
Grant Cabin to be moved for World’s Fair exhibit
The historic log house in St. Louis county built by General and President Ulysses S. Grant will be moved from its site and shipped to Chicago for re creation and display at the World’s Fair after restoration.
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Grant
St. Louis County
U. S. Grant
Chicago
British cattle seizure tied to American contagious disease
In the house of commons Mr. Chaplin, president of the board of agriculture, stated that British authorities had no doubt the American cattle seized at Deptford were suffering from contagious disease.
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House of Commons
Chaplin
Board of Agriculture
Deptford
The New U.S. Treasurer Enos D Nebecker Takes Office
Hon Enos D Nebecker of Indiana becomes the new U S treasurer entering duties after his bond was approved and oath of office administered last week.
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U.S
Enos D. Nebecker
Indiana
David Dudley Field Returns Home Very Ill at 86
David Dudley Field, who had been stopping at Mamaronock, was carried to his New York home Monday in a very ill condition. He is 86 years old.
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David Dudley Field
Mamaronock
New York
H. G. Canowelr
Chas. L. Weens
Steubenville
Jacob Metz
Sidney
Lorimie Creek
Voys
Adolph Schaufflespeihl
Blanchard River
Findlay
Prominent Middlesboro man commits suicide in Knoxville
M. O. Meredith a noted business and church figure and local agent of the New South building and loan association, Middlesboro KY, shot himself in the head in Knoxville TN on Monday. He was to be married Wednesday night to Miss Lucy Hudiburg daughter of Postmaster Hudiburg.
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M. O. Meredith
New South Building and Loan Association
Middlesboro
Knoxville
Tenn
Lucy Hudiburg
Hudiburg
Minister Falls Dead While Preaching in Burlington NY Church
Reverend R A Ricks a prominent Christian minister collapsed and died while delivering a sermon in the Methodist church at Burlington New York. The incident occurred during services drawing mournful notices from local parishioners and neighbors.
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R. A. Ricks
Burlington
N. Y
Ohio Senate and House pass multiple local funding bills
Ohio reports from Columbus detail Senate and House actions from April 20 to 25 including authorizations for city, village, and township fund transfers, new bonds for schoolhouses and bridges, election cost shifts, and provisions affecting labor, education, and public works. Notable items involve San dusky Goshen precinct voting, Man chester ferry pret, and Sandusky soldiers home admissions.
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Columbus
Senate
City of
Sandusky
Goshen Township
Mahoning County
Council of
Logan
Hocking County
Nashville
Holmes County
Convoy
van Wert
Sanitary
Manchester
Ferry
Board of Education
Ipiros
House
Marion
Wyandott
Crawford
Toledo
Ohio National Guard
Hovuske
Cleveland
Ohio State Reformatory
ConuMbous
James H. Smith
Newark
Ohio State University
Board of Review
Board of Revision
Courts of Common Pleas
Board of Administration
Board of Cincinnati
Tenth Judicial District
Wyandot
Hovass E
General Assembly
Ohio
Attorney-General and Canal Commission
Reform School
Fish and Game Commission
Belmont County
Board of Public Works
Paulding County
Brown County
Feesburg
Higginsport
Hamilton
Butler County
Darke County
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