Conkling Dies After Prolonged Illness in New York
New York reports Dr. Barker and Dr. Anderson detailing Mr. Roscoe Conkling’s rapid decline from lung edema and heart failure. Col. Fred Conkling confirms the ending near 1:50 a.m. with Mrs. Conkling and others at his bedside and public notices noting the death.
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New York
Dr. Anderson
Mr. Conkling
Barker
Conkling
Alderman
Oakland
Sanat Ceeorseen
Fred A. Conkling
Nicholls Wins Louisiana Governor Election Amid Quiet Vote
New Orleans reports a calm statewide vote with scattered disturbances in Ward 2 and Ward 4 polling sites. The Picayune tentatively declares Nicholls elected by about 20,000, with a second Democratic ticket also present in all regions. details remain unsettled into April. A separate item notes Groton College treasurer receiving a $1,190 check.
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Nicholls
New Orveans
Bynes
West ‘Carroll
Madison
The
Picayune
New Orleans
Ge Onimaxe
Michells
Young 3 Democra
Gatchunt Groton College
April H
Groton College
Emperor's illness near final stage in Berlin report
Berlin dispatch says physicians agreed the emperor's malady was approaching its last stage. The emperor has slept two hours. a nurse remains at the bedside by imperial request. A separate notice reports fever rising but no immediate danger.
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Lorpon
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph Company
Oes
Ye Md Berwim
Berti
International Council of Women Holds Major Washington Session
Special correspondence from Washington reports the International Council of Women in its largest session yet with 1,000 to 2,000 visiting women from Europe and the world. Figures include Susan B. Anthony and Cady Stanton, Frances Willard, Julia Ward Howe, Lillie Devereux Blake, and Miss Rachael G. Foster, among others, discussing education, philanthropy, temperance, and women in law, journalism, medicine, and finance.
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Washington
Council of Women
Europe
Susan B. Anthony
Cady Stanton
Frank Leslie
Frances KE
Willard
Julia Ward Howe
Jennie C. Croly
Jennie June
Albaugh
Opera
van Buren
B. HK
Anthony
Miss Anthony
Susan
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B
Eden Deeaeee
Alice Scatcherd
Leeds
Grit
Alexandra Gripenberg
Finland
Woman's Rights
Wischnewetzky
W. D. Kelley
Florence
Florence Kelley
Switzerland
Kelley
Lillie Devereux Blake
Council
Morgan Dix
Lillie
North Carolina
New Haven
Yale
United States
Jonathan Edwards
Rachael G. Foster
Philadelphia
RB. G. Foster
Helen Gougar
Indiana
Helen
E. Willard
Laura C. Holloway
Mia. Stanton
Henry Bisckwell
Knights of Labor
Grange
C. Holloway
Sarah Hackett Stevenson
Ida C. Bowles
Matilda B. Carse
Manhattan Bridge to Span Spuyten Duyvil Creek
New York March 28 Passengers along the N Y C and H R B have long viewed High bridge across Spuyten Duyvil creek soon to be joined by the Manhattan bridge north of it The bridge will be taller and larger than High bridge and will serve as a vital aqueduct and passage for water and vessels linking East and North rivers with Harlem river and the harbor area.
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Big Timber Land Purchase
New York
Oakes
Northern Pacific
Washington Territory
Tacoma
Tacoma ‘Southern
C. W. Griggs
St. Paul
H. B. Hewitt
New Richmond
Wis
Spuyten Duyvil Creek
Manhattan Bridge
Manhattan Island
East River
Harlem River
Hudson
Rivee and
Ten Duyvil Creek
Kattan Island
Battery
Central Park
Westchester County
Oneley
Washington Irving
Knickerbocker
New Vork
Spayten
Anthony van Corlear
Nightmare Car Ride With Savage Elephant Bamboo
James Itchell recalls a perilous journey with Bo Bamboo the elephant on a circus train. A drunken keeper slept in a hay-filled car while Bamboo repeatedly trampled the space, finally breaking the car roof near Eric Pennsylvania, prompting calls for compensation and a swift move to Boston.
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Paugh
James Itchell
Buffalo Bill
Chicago
Niles
New York
Eric
Boston
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Presbyterian Board of Aid For Colleges and Academies
Groton
Louisiana
Mixnearouis
Scandinavian Elevator Company
H. L. Loucks
Dakota Farmers’ Alliance
Seaboard
American Exchange
American Exchange In
William C. Boone
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Sullivan & Cromwell
Cromw
Huron
Walter Marston
Davidson
Chas
Morse
Hawks
Farao
McConnell
W. J. Hawks
Jensky Crry
Ree
Aba County
Helena
Mont
Toole
Schwackhofer
Vienna Hygienic Society
Jaycor
Austria
Albany
the Women's Congress
Loean B. Anthony
Pundita Ramabai
Hindoo
Frances Willard
Phabe Cousins
May Sewell
Julia Howe
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