Bismarck anti Socialist bill likely to fail
From abroad reports that Bismarck’s anti socialist legislation may be defeated as it moves slowly through Parliament. In Berlin the Russian loan’s success strengthens ties with Germany while Sargent’s possible replacement is discussed in London. Empress Anna, widow of Emperor Ferdinand IV, dies aged eighty in Prague with three months mourning ordered. London notes trial by jury expanding, with 444 judge-alone cases out of 1,024 in one court.
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England
State of Florida disaster risks underwriters' loss
Gleascow May 4 underwriters face a 30000 pound loss if the steamer State of Florida is lost. The signal ship was a full rigged English built vessel without a flag. It signaled City of Rome then proceeded westward. Five other sailing vessels were seen. Ice may have contributed as reports mention ice in the area. Detectives awaited word on an embezzler aboard.
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Pennsylvania
Florida
America
Rome
State Line Steamer Devon Recovers Florida Lifeboats
New York dispatch reports Devon bound for Bristol picked up two lifeboats from the State Line steamer Florida on April 27 in the Atlantic. A City of Rome signal near 46 42 indicated shipwrecked crew aboard. Passengers from both sides named. Devon captain believes occupants were taken off by a passing vessel. London confirms signals and investigations await Glasgow arrivals.
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Austin Baldwin & Co
State Line of Steamships
Glasgow
Devon
Bristol
State of Florida
City of Rome
State Line
Liverpool
Florida
Isa
Cable
England
Rossa
P. Ward
Cleveland
Henry Wood
Lillian W. Wood
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M. E. Wood
May Shackleton
Ohio
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J.G. Graham
Canada
J. Cruikshank
Braddock
Andrew Tarus
Thomas Williamson
Thomas Taylor
White mob visits Hughes home likely to whip him
At Montserrat Missouri last night a group of white men went to Joseph Hughes’s dwelling two miles north to punish an insult alleged against a white woman. Two men entered. Hughes resisted with an ax, fatally wounding Charles Miller and badly injuring Long. Hughes surrendered to authorities as Miller lies dying and Long uncertain.
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Joseph Hughes
Charles Miller
Long
Miller
Hughes
Meadsville man shoots self in mental crisis
Henry C son of Hon H D Lowing publisher of the Linesville Herald attempted suicide last evening in Meadville during a mental aberration caused by a severe prior fall. The ball passed through both temples destroying both eyes and physicians fear permanent blindness though recovery remains possible. He is twenty four and formerly a newspaper compositor.
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Henry C
H. D. Lowing
Linesville Herald
Lowing
Female Lawyer Admitted to Practice in Philadelphia
Judge Thayer delivers opinion in Court of Common Pleas admitting Mrs. Carrie B Kilgore to practice. Other Common Pleas Courts refused her. Orphans Court had previously acted favorably. Judge Arnold dissents from Thayer and Eleock, arguing the ruling rests on common law not overridden by statute.
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Phiadelphia
Thayer
Court of Common Pleas
Carrie B. Kilgore
Common Pleas Court
Orphans’ Court
Arnold
Eleock
Daring thieves encounter in Pennsylvania ends in killings
Reports from Pittsburg pa May 3 describe a wave of burglaries in Armstrong Clarion and Jefferson counties. Three men led by Mitchell robbed a ticket office and two stores at Manorville then fled by skiff. Detectives pursuing the trio confronted them in a wooded hollow. a fierce gunfight followed with reports of multiple deaths. The telegraph delay limited details.
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Clarion
Jefferson
Allegheny Valley Railroad
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Armstrong County
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Daniel
II Sled Sol
Gora Evesrothers
Mitchell
Buchanan
Kittanning
Stives
Haynes
Forest Fires Ravage Gilman's Depot Area in May 3 Blast
May 3 report from Port Jervis New York states Gilman's Depot was wiped out by fire. Forest blazes across the region followed days of flame with 150 men idle after rails burned. Loss tipped at 150000 to 200000 dollars and no insurance. Andrew Campbell and John Murren badly burned. Two railroad bridges burned.
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Gilman’s
Andrew Campbell
John Murren
Mount Carmel
Penn
Northumberland County
Altoona
Peenn
Brisbin
Clearfield County
Hoover, Hughes & Co
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Westhoffer
Young Lord Jailed for Vagrancy in Toronto
Richard B. Chamberlain son of Chief Baron Chamberlain in London and Walter N. Redford son of Colonel Redford were arrested for vagrancy in Toronto. They had been living in style at Rossin House with an alleged Lord Rossmore’s son. The proprietor demanded payment. after a dispute they were detained by a detective. They claim the money was taken by Lord Rossmore’s son and promise to settle when the English mail arrives. Meanwhile the “bloods” will enjoy jail.
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England
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A Wife Murderer Sentenced After New Trial
Harrisburg May 3 The jury found William Andrews guilty of murder in the second degree for killing his wife at Highspire on July 4 1881 and burning her body The court had instructed that proof of the killing or the body was required The Commonwealth failed to produce any burned remains Andrews had already been convicted of first degree murder but received a new trial and a twelve year sentence.
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Wm. Andrews
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Commonwealth
Andrews
Desperate Skelly brothers wound officers in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on May 4 officers King O Shea and Staley tried to arrest three Skelly brothers. A gunfight left King shot twice in the head while O Shea and Staley escaped serious injury. About twenty shots were fired. The Skellys were arrested and jailed, reputed as desperate men.
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Man poisons himself after giving Paris Green to children
New York on May 4 a 39 year old named John Wentz bought Paris Green and dissolved it in four tumblers. He gave one to each of his three children aged 12, 10, and 8 and ordered them to drink. The man drank as well and died during the night. He reportedly was likely intoxicated.
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New York
John Wentz
Wentz
Locomotive Crashes Train in Dense Fog Trapping Passengers
A Grand Trunk engine collided with a Chicago and Eastern Illinois suburban train near South Englewood in heavy fog. One car was telescoped, two others crushed, leaving two dead and about twenty seriously injured among Englewood passengers. Engineer Terwilliger blamed fog. he was arrested then released on bond.
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Henry Wilson
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Terwilliger
Grand Trunk Engine
Town of Lake
Prisoners Escape from Clayton Jail in Rural Missouri
Four inmates, including three blacks, escaped St. Louis County Jail at Clayton near St. Louis. They attacked the waiting jailer with a stick, then fled as townspeople pursued with shotguns and pistols. After a brief chase, the fugitives surrendered within a mile and were returned to town by villagers.
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St. Louis County
Clayton
Chicago Tragedy Follows Rivalry At Dining Room
Henry England and William Butler, rivals for a young woman's affection, argued at 75 Wells Street and England was knocked to the floor. Butler struck him with a heavy knife, the blow fatally injuring England. Butler was arrested hours later.
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Curiaco
Henry
England
Wm. Butler
Wells Street
Butler
House Fire Claims Duffey Child In Missouri
In Independence, Missouri, a fire at the Duffey farm home during early hours killed the farmer's thirteen year old daughter who did not wake. Duffey and his wife were badly burned and another child was severely injured with life despaired of.
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Independence
John Duffey
Duffey
Pennsylvania Desperadoes Arrested in Springdale and Freeport
Sol and George Haynes and Dan Mitchell, desperadoes who had terrorized Armstrong Indiana Jefferson and Clarion counties for weeks, were arrested today at Springdale and Freeport and placed in jail after an earlier encounter with Sheriff Stivason and deputies last Saturday.
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Kittanning
Sol
George Haynes
Dan Mitchell
Armstrong
Indiana
Jefferson
Clarion
Stivason
Springdale
Ega Freeport
Drowned Mother and Child After Dredge Capsize
A Cleveland dredge capsized in rough water four miles from Black River at 10 last night. A woman cook and her five year old daughter drowned. Seven men aboard were rescued by the tug bound for the West. The incident followed the dipper chain breaking in heavy seas.
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West
Black River
Cook
Simmons Arrested for Murder of Mother in Law in Turtle Creek
PriTsburg Pennsylvania May 5 Thomas Simmons of Turtle Creek was arrested on a charge of murdering his mother in law Catherine Dexter. A son of Mrs Dexter says Simmons struck her against a door causing fatal injuries.
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Thomas Simmons
Turtle Creek
Catherine Dexter
Dexter
Simmons
April Fire Losses Reach 10.3 Million Across U.S. and Canada
The Daily Commercial Bulletin reports April fire losses in the United States and Canada at 10.3 million, above the nine year April average of 7.5 million. Since January 1, losses total 37.55 million, about 6 million more than the first four months of 1883.
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New York
Daily Commercial Bulletin
United States
Canada
Ball of Fire From the Heavens Rattles London
A heavy May afternoon thunderstorm in southern London produced a ball of fire that plummeted to a street and exploded with a loud report, startling residents for miles around. Witnesses report vivid sights and sounds from the event.
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Remarkable fall saves a toddler in Zanesville
In Zanesville Ohio on May 3 a child eighteen months old, son of Thomas Coulton a leading local merchant, fell from a second story window to brick pavement. Miraculously the infant was unhurt aside from minor bruises, astonishing the startled mother.
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Weather Storm Strikes Winnipeg and Territories
Severe rain and hailstorm sweeps Winnipeg and western territories. Telegraph wires and telephone offices damaged by intense electrical storm, impacting communications across the region.
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Monn
Territories
Druggist James Maxwell Dies in Cell After Murder Arrest
Harrisonville Missouri May 3. James Maxwell a young druggist arrested last night for the murder of his brother in law Newton Safron was found dead in his cell this morning having swallowed poison hidden in tobacco on his person.
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James Maxwell
Newton Safron
Vest Confession Leads to Hidden Wealth in Albury Death
In Albury Vermont Dr D R McGerr a wealthy bachelor died after refusing to part with an old vest during illness. The vest contained 50000 in bonds and certificates to be split among one brother and the children of two other brothers. The Rutland Herald reported the discovery.
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D. R. McGrer
Rutland Herald
Geyser Found East of Yellowstone Basin Near Forest
A new geyser was discovered in the basin east of Yellowstone ten miles south of the petrified forest near San Francisco California. The report places the find in a remote basin adjacent to notable geological sites and mentions its proximity to historic forest landmarks. The discovery could expand knowledge of regional geothermal activity and attract scientific interest.
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Cali
Execution of McHugh Ends Murderer’s Reign in Cincinnati
McHugh, condemned for murdering his wife Sophia Zurwelle, was hanged in Cincinnati after a drawnout legal battle. The May 3 execution followed a solemn priory and mass, with deputies, Father Brady, and the sheriff present. The crowd watched as the lever released the trap and the condemned man met his fate, while his mother’s distraught cries echoed outside the jail.
Legislative gridlock and tariff debate in Congress
The May 1-5 proceedings show Senate and House action on military secrecy for Fitz John Porter, territorial governors residency, a pontoon bridge draw, and foreign land ownership limits. The tariff bill, China immigration, and shipping rules dominate, with debate on raw materials and wool duties, and a Siam embassy cost question.
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Destructive fires rip through Brisbin and Gilman’s Depot
May 5 reports from Houtzdale and Port Jervis describe Brisbin ruins with residents sleeping outdoors and appealing for charity to aid overwhelmed refugees. Gilman’s Depot lies desolate with barns burned and residents sheltering in mills. Ralph Bagaley tallies Elk County losses over a million dollars, naming mill owners as hardest hit.
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Postmaster Resigns From Nutt New Mexico Town
The message from Nutt New Mexico postmaster reports the town dwindling to a single family and resigns the position as the westward movement of empire continues, noting the town’s decline and departure from public service.
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Nutt
New Mexico
Star of Empire
Medal for humanity awarded to Nelson Spalding
The Governor General in Ottawa reports the U S President presented a gold medal to Nelson Spalding of Quebec master of the Entine Chelmsford. It honors his humane act in rescuing the master and crew of the wrecked American schooner William H. Phail on December 1, 1883.
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United States
Nelson Spalding
Cattle disease link traced to English shipments
The Blue Book reveals correspondence between Britain and the United States on foot and mouth disease. Reports indicate the outbreak is not native to America but stems from cattle cargoes arriving from England, per the Chicago Witness.
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United States
America
England
Chicago
Serious accidents and arrests in Ohio region news
A collection of state items reports Hon. George H. Washburn of Elyria injured by a heavy paper-cutter knife, with a long gash above the knee. Engineer Richard Henderson badly injured after a fall from a cab. An escaped inmate David Phillips returned from the asylum, later jailed as a redemptive outcry. Jailbreaks, poisonings, and legal notices fill the ledger with multiple incidents across towns like Bowling Green, Bellefontaine, Youngstown, and Columbus.
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Robert Young
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Holland authorizes large scale silver coinage demonetization
Report notes Holland will demonetize twenty five million florins of silver coinage when finances permit, a move equal to over one sixth of all silver in circulation. In England parcel post underperforms with eight months yielding only £155,000 from an estimated £340,000. The oldest resident of Jaffrey Massachusetts Mrs Latty Hemmingway dies at ninety four.
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Postal Service
Unknown Hypropnesia Shapes Dog Import Rules in Australia
The article notes Hypropnesia remains unidentified among Australian dogs, a fact linked to policy shifts. New South Wales and other colonies ban dog imports from Europe and America, aiming to curb potential disease or unfamiliar conditions affecting local canines.
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Reverend Hickmott imports nuts for Missouri youth
The Rev. J. W. Hickmott of St. Joseph Missouri has imported large quantities of red filberts, Kent calib nuts and English walnuts to scatter through Missouri. He expects to be thanked by the boys and girls of many generations yet to live.
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St. Joseph
Missouri
Krakatoa Ash Analyzed By Dr Reusch
Dr Reusch analyzes Krakatoa volcanic ash and finds main constituents to be ordinary pumice stone with fragments from invisible powder to more than one millimeter long.
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Reusch
Krakatoa
New York Jury Duty Exemptions Narrow Registered Pool
A New York jury pool drawn from 182 531 voters saw only 15 450 eligible for service. Exemptions included physical disability in 30 000 cases and lack of property in 70 000. Other exemptions covered firemen militiamen and similar categories.
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New York
Baby wins diamond ring from Lucia Zarate auction
A PaitapetrHia baby claimed a diamond ring won from Lucia Zarate, the Mexican midatte, with the infant aged twenty one days at the time of prize claim.
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Lucia Zarate
Navy asked to rescue Rainier shipwrecked crew
A request to the Secretary of the Navy seeks a rescue ship for the Bath Massachusetts Rainier crew lost January 5 in the South Pacific. Survivors are on an obscure island in the Azrael group about three thousand miles from the mainland.
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Bath
Mass
Rainier
South Pacific
Asrael
Cobweb bonnet trends in Paris with netting and flies
The Paris bonnet features a fine metallic gauze frame over silk lining. Delicate flies appear fixed on the wire at intervals as if strolling into the room, with lace rolls and a ribbon bow in front, a butterfly resting atop.
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Paris
Expedition Officers Dine In French Cafeteria
On the day the Bear began its Arctic voyage the officers enjoyed a French billed dinner. A discussion followed about whether future meals of salt horse pemmican and hard tack could be priced in classic French to ease their culinary hardships.
Chicago Packers Plan Bremen Pork Packing Plant
Two Chicago packers have sailed for Europe to open a pork packing establishment at Bremen. They intend to use native hogs since American pork cannot be imported. The Bremen plant would operate on the same Chicago model and, if successful, could lead to similar facilities throughout Germany.
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Europe
Bremen
Germany
Lawrence Mass pupil tardiness ends in tragedy
In a Lawrence Massachusetts school a teacher summoned an absent pupil who arrived with an excuse that his aunt, alone at home, had fainted. An older pupil was sent to check on the aunt and returned with the startling news that she was dead while the family were at the mill.
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Pulpil
Buried at Sea After Death on Palatial Steamer
A Scotch gentleman died of consumption on a steamer near New York and was buried at sea despite his wife's pleas. The World laments the lack of ice chambers or embalment systems on grand steamships for non contagious disease victims.
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New York
Dynamite Fired From Cannon at Greenville
Two charges of dynamite were fired from a twelve pounder at Greenville recently. A five pound dynamite load, packaged in half pound cylinders and brass encased, was shot. One projectile went across New York bay, traveling over half a mile before splashing into the water. the other otter reportedly fell short.
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