Almond trees bloom in California delight readers
California reports almond blossoms bring comfort to residents. Mrs. Hancock's Washington friends discuss presenting a house in that city. Rumor suggests the Prince of Wales may visit Canada and the United States. Edison, newly married, jokes about late nights. Henry Bevan plans a Paris mission of mercy to animals as a humanitarian effort.
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Prince of Wales
Canada
United States
Henry Bevan
New York
Paris
Traveling drama groups wrecked in Dakota this season
Several traveling dramatic and concert companies have gone to wreck and ruin in Dakota this season and that too without the aid of either blizzard or the cyclone.
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Dakota
Youngest Regular Army General Besides Miles
Lieutenant General Puip H Snertman turns fifty five as one of the youngest general officers in the regular army, surpassed only by General Miles.
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Puip H. Snertman
Miles
Regular Army
Thousands file in Garden City district for homesteads
Twelve thousand heads of families have filed upon homesteads in the Garden City land district Kansas. They must enter the land within six weeks or it will be open for contest.
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Garden City
Kansas
Turkey gobbler pulled from snow bank in Bryant Kansas
A turkey buried for thirty eight days in Bryant Kansas has been dug out of a snow bank and is reported doing well.
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Bryant, Kan
Georgia Fires Leave One Hundred Children Burned in Winter
The Macon Telegraph reports that during the past winter not fewer than one hundred children died from burns across Georgia, with most incidents occurring when children were left alone in their parents' homes.
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Macon
Georgia
Woman Inherits Texas Lands And Cattle Worth 250000
Mrs Martha Powell of near Huntingdon Pennsylvania unexpectedly inherits 250000 in Texas lands and cattle from her aged brothers who left for the South fifty years ago.
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Martha Powell
Huntingdon
Texas
Edison Develops Cotton Picking Machine in Atlanta Hotel
While traveling through Georgia, Thomas A. Edison, the electrician, conceived a cotton picking machine and showed sketches to people in a hotel at Atlanta, outlining his new invention.
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Georgia
Thomas A. Edison
Atlanta
Canadian Pacific Pass Sparks Blackfeet Libel Threat
Crowfoot of the Blackfeet accepts a perpetual pass over the Canadian Pacific railroad. Chief Kabkewaquonaby warns the Toronto Globe of a libel suit.
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Crowfoot
Blackfeet
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Kabkewaquonaby
Toronto Globe
Ancient Nebraskan Stone Wall Found Near Chadron
Explorers in Nebraska report an ancient stone wall near Chadron extending seven miles within three miles of the town. The wall is over a foot thick, three to four feet high, and laid in cement with pronounced regularity.
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Nebraska
Chadron
Bryant on March Winds and Vanishing Spring
The piece notes Bryant’s lines about March as a stormy month and reflects that the first month of spring still carries wind and changing skies, echoing the same frisky mood described long ago.
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Bryant
Fake Doctors In Berlin Face Prosecution Wave
The Berlin North German Gazette reports a looming crackdown on Germans calling themselves doctors after buying diplomas in America. It claims about three thousand four hundred such so called doctors operate in Berlin alone.
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Berlin
America
Revered Samuel Ramsey Wilson Dies in Louisville
The 68 year old Rev Samuel Ramsey Wilson a prominent Presbyterian leader who headed the split that formed the Southern branch of the church died recently in Louisville Kentucky.
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Samuel Ramsey Wison
Louisville
Presbyterian Church
Freight rates from Chicago to New Orleans drop below New York
For the first time in memory freight rates from Chicago to New Orleans are lower than to New York. All rail rates now stand at fifty cents per barrel to the East and fifty two cents to Southern points, while a shipment to Cairo or St. Louis followed by water transport costs forty four cents per barrel from Chicago.
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Chicago
New Orleans
New York
Cairo
St. Louis
Labor Union Proposes Pittsburgh Depot for Cheap Supplies
The Amalgamated Association of Tron and Steel Workers plans a Pittsburgh depot to supply provisions clothing tobacco and related goods to subordinate shops nationwide at wholesale or commission prices for organized labor.
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Amalgamated Association of Tron and Steel Workers
Pittsburgh
Smoke and swamp talk as fields face cut-worm threat
A Macon Telegraph excerpt describes a strong aroma of burning grass and a smoky horizon. The piece notes farmers guarding fence corners and hedgerows as cut-worms threaten young corn, with humorous asides about bull frogs preparing for a swamp rehearsal.
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Macon
Bull
Winter wheat condition in the Mississippi Valley noted
The Cincinnati Price Current reports on winter wheat in the Mississippi Valley with acreage changes from last year and condition indices. Ohio Indiana Michigan Kentucky show 100 and 93 95 in various comparisons while Illinois Missouri and Tennessee appear around 91 to 96 percent.
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Cincinnati Price
Mississippi Valley
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Kentucky
Kansas
Illinois
Missouri
Tennessee
Boycott Protests Over Cigar Seller in Georgia Town
In a Georgia town near Greensboro a cigar dealer’s daughter becomes the center of a boycott. A local suitor wins her affection but faces the father’s resistance. The young man forms a sympathetic club, prompting residents to boycott the dealer until the barricade is removed. The elder is said to be weakening under pressure.
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Greenborough
Senate Debates and Civil Service Reforms Guide Week
A weekly summary notes Senate debates over papers on file in departments and Civil Service issues. It covers March 9 to 12 with actions on Indian Appropriation bills, pensions, and the Gould railway strike, plus multiple executions and public incidents across states.
Washington News in Brief on Budget, Vetoes and Pensions
The Treasury was urged to withhold payments to Uran Territory's Legislature until settlement. A House committee proposed a bill granting $24 monthly to totally disabled Civil War veterans. President Cleveland vetoed a Des Moines river lands relief bill. Commodore Taraxton retired at 62. Post Office Committee opposed higher package rates. US business failures fell to 211 in the week ending the 12th. Interior lists 4,500 Indian depreciation claims totaling about $15 million. Pan Electric stock issuance to government officers under review in Washington.
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Uran
Durham
Secretary of the Treasury
National House Committee
Congress
Callis McBlair
Army
Taraxton
President Cleveland
Des Moines
Iowa
House Committee On
iPost
United States
Secretary of the Interior
Washington
House of Representatives
Notable 19th Century Tragedies and Industrial Disasters
Reports from early 1800s America recount murders in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, a bribery finding on a Broadway railroad charter, a boiler explosion killing five in Boston, large-scale labor action by Knights of Labor in Cohoes, two powder mill explosions near Portland, deaths from heart attack at dinner, poisoning at an almshouse, a bank closure in New Jersey, an oil well strike near Washington Pennsylvania, a physician's death from sneezing, ongoing mine explosions in Uniondale, a Niagara river disappearance, a high-stakes billiards match record, a fire that killed two children near Pittston, and a Pittsburgh discovery claiming gas explosions can be prevented while retaining heating quality.
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California
Sacramento
Turfare
Los Angeles
Chicago
Minneapolis
Minn
Cal
Amon
Ridgeland
S. C
Sauls
Gould
Ith
Colorado
Ilth
Cincinnati
Ike Bonham
Vicksburg
Miss
Ohio House
Dalton
San Francisco
Sargent
Logansport
Ind
Sarah Hassett
Joseph Heffner
Patrick Ford
John Murphy
New Orleans
A. H. Murphy
Louis O'Neil
Portland
Ore
Lewis McDaniel
Knights of Labor
Lickingvale
John T. Everhart
New York Senate
Boston
Cohoes
N. Y
Gambo Powder Company
Joseph Carney
Edinboro
Lebanon
Paris
Dime Savings Bank of
New Brunswick
Secretary of State of
New Jersey
Arthur G. Ogilby
Washington
Frank Mercarroyo
Philadelphia
Uniondale
Niagara River
Horseshoe Falls
New York
Schaefer
Vignaux
Josefh Garce
Pittston
Pittsburgh
Three Archer brothers lynched after jail escape at Shoals
Report of John Martin and Thomas Archer among three brothers accused of murder seized from Knox County jail and lynched by a mob near Shoals Indiana. Also noted are a $50,000 shortage in Knox County accounts, a Ohio centennial celebration plan for 100 years of settlement, Missouri Pacific strike action with guards and detectives in St. Louis.
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John
Martin
Thomas Archer
Shoals
Ind
Hollingworth
Knox County
Ohio
Columbus
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Fires and riots across continents mark fraught month
Reports from Freusdorf and Amiens detail major fires and an assassination attempt on Jules Verne. Scattered Europe endures storms and frost as Ireland faces severe famine conditions. Incendiaries devastate Valparaiso and a Brazilian customs house, while Toronto riots spur police action and aid to the injured.
Robbery on Rock Island Express Lands $25,000 Loot
An express train from Joliet to the west was robbed between Joliet and Morris after a dawn 13th attack by masked men. Kellogg Nichols of Chicago, an express messenger, was killed during the hold up. About 25,000 in cash and jewelry stolen. a $10,000 reward offered for the murderers.
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Rock Island Road
Joliet
Morris
Kellogg Nichols
Chicago
San Francisco
China
Texas
Saltillo
Monterey
Mexico
Loxpon
Ireland
Missouri Pacific Road
Lih
St Louis
State Circuit Court
Sedalia
Knights of Labor
Cohoes
N. Y
Soldiers Orphans
Erie
Imatevsn
Jones
Small
Oregon
Fire Island
New York
Mth, Ly
Lillard Mateh
Jaco Schaefer
Maurice Vignaux
Paris
Schaefer
Benator Miller
Capitol
Washington
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Sticker
Congressional Pco
California
Peny
Nichols
North Avenue
Watts
Express Company
Wagner
R. D. Martin
Blue Island
Kimball
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Joliet and
United States Express Company
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
A. Kimball
Desperate Fight Over Valuables Ends in Tragedy Near Morris
On the Rock Island Route near Morris Illinois a trainman defends valuables in his care and dies at his post after a desperate struggle. Robbers stole $35000. rewards total ten thousand dollars are offered for the arrest of the murderers as stories of the trainmen circulate.
Horrific Express Robbery and Murder at Morris
A Kansas City express on the Chicago line was robbed near Morris on Saturday morning. Express agent Kellogg Nichols was murdered after a brutal struggle lasting fifteen minutes, with three bullets and an axe blow. The loot includes about $21,500 in currency and jewelry. four men fled, with a $10,000 reward offered for arrests and conviction.
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Nichols
Morris
Chicago
F. L. Wagner
Kellogg Nichols
N. H. Watt
Wagner
Joliet
Minooka
Matt
Nick
Nicholas
Express
Davenport
Manu
Morrs
Nichole
Grundy County
Hand
Court House
H. Watt
O. N. Carter
E. Sanford
Quenco
United States Express Company
Joseph Spafford
Express Company
Morria
Hammond
Kellogg Nichola
Disaster at Sea: Collision Near Fire Island Sinks Oregon
The Cunard steamer Oregon with about 800 aboard collided with the schooner Fannie A Gorham twenty five miles southeast of Watch Hill. The schooner sank with all hands thought lost while the Oregon, after rescuing passengers, also went down later in the day. Fully saved were eight hundred souls landed by pilot boat and Fuld a.
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New York
Oregon
Fannie A. Gorham
Watch Hill
Center Moriches
L. 1
Elsie Graham
Cottier
Fulda
Bremen
Cunard
Taylor
Guion Line
J. Elder & Co
Glasgow
Queenstown
William H. Guion
Cunard Company
Trains Stand Idle in Missouri Pacific Strike Situation
Long series of locomotive movements and refusals mark the Gould Southwest and Missouri Pacific strikes. Knights of Labor press for arbitration. officials deny action while police and detectives bolster security as trains remain halted and market supplies grow tight in several towns.
Toledo House of Refuge Fire Incendiary Total Loss
The Toledo House of Refuge near Toledo caught fire in the roof just before noon Saturday and burned completely. The city owned facility held about eighty boys with maintenance funded by the state under a contract expiring April. An upstairs tank-room boy had warned of flames. Superintendent McDonald was absent at a legislative inquiry into alleged cruelty.
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House of Refuge
Toledo
Totedo
Toledo House of Refuge
Lancaster
McDonald
Cleveland
House committee eyes Chinese indemnity for outrages
Washington March 15 The House Foreign Affairs Committee discussed State Department letters on indemnifying the Chinese for losses in the riot at Springs Wy The panel favors Bayard’s view and plans to report a bill for the $160000 indemnity The move may trigger further claims from California Oregon and Washington Territory raising totals beyond this amount
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Tack Springs
Wy. T
Bayard
California
Oregon
Washington Territory
General Officers Nomination and Assignments Reported
Washington reports Major General Pope to be retired tomorrow with Brigadier General Howard likely to be nominated to succeed him. General Terry, recently confirmed as Major General, may command the Atlantic division at Governor's Island New York, while the next Major General would lead the Pacific division at San Francisco.
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Washineton
Pope
War Department
Howard
Terry
Division of the Atlantic
Governor’s Island
New York
Division of the Pacific
San Francisco
Lead for the Strikers in Arkansas Rail Tie Up
Idle railroad men resist an attempt to run trains from Little Rock with masked strikers seizing engines near Benton and Mablevale. A striker named Sullivan is wounded as officers fire on fleeing workers while Missouri Pacific yards report limited opposition and broader strike hopes grow.
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St. Louis
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain Road
Carondelet
de Soto
Kerrigan
Marvin
Harrison
John D. Willians
Knights of Labor
Roundhouse
Furlong
Secret Service
Martin Irons
District Assembly No
Gould Southwest
Colonel Hoxie
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Gould
Irons
Gould Southwest Companies
District Executive Board of Assembly No. 101
Trades Assembly
Merchants and Mechanics’ Exchange
Pritapecpeaia
Powderly
The
Knights
John ©. Brown
Texas & Pacine Railway
Texas
L’acuie
Brown
Little Rock
Ark
Iron Mount Railroad Company
Whedon
Richardson
Kansas City
Downs
Atchison
Iron Mountain
Benton
Mablevale
United States
Fletcher
Wheeling
Sullivan
Marsh
Missouri Pacific Railway Yards
Eighteenth Street
Ewing Avenue
Compton Avenue
Texas Pacific Railway Company
Martin Trons
Missouri Pacific Management
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers
Prominent Alderman Charged as Fence for Thieves
New York March 13 The Senate committee probing the Jake Sharp Broadway franchise unearthed Henry W Jaehne vice president of the city council. He is charged with acting as a fence while posing as a jewelry dealer in Brooms street. An affidavit from Mrs Van Courtlandt Hamilton details burglars stealing silver valued at 1100 dollars and Jaehne’s hush money payment to settle the claim.
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New York
Senate
Jake Sharp
Broadway
Henry W. Jaehne
Broomsstreet
Seward
Jaehne
Anti Chinese Boycott Platform Emerges at Sacramento Convention
A Sacramento anti Chinese convention adopted a platform urging U S government action to prohibit Chinese immigration and advocating to discourage Chinese presence, favor white labor, and boycott employers of Chinese amid broad xenophobic rhetoric. The report also notes varied anecdotes and humorous quips from other papers.
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San Francisco
Sesson
Sacramento
Hes Lued
United States
California
eYory
Notorious New Orleans Murder Case Ends in Hangings
Pat Ford and John Murphy were found unconscious in their cell after poisoning with belladonna. They were hanged at 12:40, amid a political scandal surrounding Judge Thomas I. Ford and police officers, with trials marked by bribery and perjury before a final conviction.
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Pat Ford
John Murphy
New Orleana
New Orleans
A. H. Murphy
Ford
Sisters of Mercy
Murphy
Thomas I. Ford
Fourth Ward
Epee
Cap” Murphy
EB. John Ellis
Captain Murphy
Claiborne Canal
Captain
Corne
Claiborne Street
Dumain Street
O Dumain
Isis
Fortifying Halifax as Britain's Great Naval Station
A British plan to fortify Halifax includes an arsenal and enlarged fortifications to guard the harbor. The dockyard will be reestablished, and a second British regiment ordered to the garrison, aligning with Canada’s rail and imperial routes to India. Riot disrupts Toronto streetcars as police clash with crowds.
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Boston
Halifax
Advertiser
Canadian Pacific
England
India
Canada
Britain
New World
Millionaire Captain Hall Dies by His Own Hand
New York report says Captain Henry J. Hall once sunk California gold-fields shaft and became a millionaire, but died by self inflicted gunshot at the Fifth Avenue Hotel amid severe dyspepsia. Also reported: Fire Chief Francis Mahady killed when an engine ran into his bogey, crushing his shoulder and arm.
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New York
Henry J. Hall
California
Fifth Avenue
Francis Mahady
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