War News From Constantinople and Europe Tangle Politics
Reports from Constantinople show Prince Bismarck advising the sultan on the Rasmelian issue while Servia presses for territory with suspected Austrian backing. Belgium leaves the monetary union as clashes on the Bulgaria frontier leave seven dead and nineteen wounded. Emigration from Germany falls 30 000 in eight months, and Turkish forces move toward Prisrend to block Serbian aims. Elections in France favor conservatives as Irish American MPs plan campaign support.
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War Office
Constantinole
Bismarck
Servia
Austria
Roumania
National Bank
Chamber of Deputies
Athens
Belgium
Monetary Union
Bulgaria
Warsaw
Ireland
Earl of
Carnarvon
Duke Of‘astile
Albania
Turkey
Macedonia
Spain
Germany
Caroline
France
Anon
MM. Floquet
Clemenceau
Paul Bert
de Cassagnac
Parner
Duc
Bohemia
Debt Statement Recapitulates Treasury Cash and Debts
The release shows total debt at $588,07,554.88 with reserves and cash base totaling $483,936,157.05 in the Treasury. Interest payments on bonds run about $7.5 million, reducing debt decline to roughly $5.25 million. Illinois crop culture cited as a success. William Heath & Co. of New York, with $1 million liabilities, assigns as Henry N. Smith cannot meet margins. Smith himself liable for about $1 million. Cala han & Co. of Newburgh and bucket shops elsewhere have failed, with suspensions noted.
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United States
Illinois
William Heath & Co
New York
Henry N. Smith
Smith
C. R. Calahan & Co
Newburgh
Straight Greenbackers nominate Iowa and other states slate
The straight Greenbackers of Iowa held a convention at Marshalltown and nominated Governor Elias Poty Cedar Rapids Lieutenant Governor J K Clark Mount Pleasant Supreme Judge M R Farnsworth Fresco State Superintendent J J Guthrie OsKaloosa J K Eckert chosen National Committee member and a full State Central Committee named Resolutions back the Todianapolis 1884 platform and renounce fusion with Democrats The Massachusetts Republican Convention at Springfield listed a separate ticket for state offices.
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Iowa
Marshalltown
Elias Poty
Cedar Rapids
J. K. Clark
Mount Pleasant
M. R. Farnsworth
Fresco
J. J. Guthrie
Oskaloosa
J. K. Eckert
Masachusetts
Utah
South
Columbus
Hendricks
Ohio
New York
Colorado
Wilbur F Stone
Supreme Judge
Walter W. Queen
Washington Navy Yard
Semmes
Albany Millionaire’s Wedding Cancelled In New Haven
Invitations issued for Arthur Prayne of Albany and a Rev Harwood daughter to wed in New Haven on the 29th alt. Miss Harwood secretly married Truman Heminway in New York on the 28th and the couple sails for Europe on their bridal tour.
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Arthur Prayne
Albany
New York
Harwood
Trinity Church
New Haven
Connecticut
Miss Harwood
Truman Heminway
Twain
Europe
John Glover
Newfoundland
SS. Michael and George
Fred Hassourek
Cincinnati
Paris
Martin V. Lincoln
Tide Flag
Boston
E. M Mano
Petersburg
Kasson
Washington
Jas. Thompson
Ballston
Niagara Falls
New York Boxer General Fights Berry near Pittsburgh
James Donnelly of New York and Edward Berry of New Haven fought a mill near Pittsburgh. In the fourth round Berry pressed Donnelly hard as the exchange continued with punishing blows.
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James Donnelly
New York
Edward Berry
New Haven
Connecticut
Amill
Pittsburgh
Berry
Donnelly
Fragmented 19th Century News Snippets from U.S. Papers
Severe pepper attack leads to a melee with a referee awarding a point to Berry. A meteorite impact near West Virginia farm. the enormous stone draws crowds. Snow blankets Negaunee, Michigan as St Paul closes gambling dens by mayoral order. McDonald weighs Riel fate with Privy Council, French Canadian rebellion risk. Boston census lists 390 406. state population 1 941 465. Postmaster general orders Sunday special delivery. Naval designs for cruisers may require foreign sourcing. Railroads report varied earnings. Alton and St Louis San Francisco show declines. English land fraud case involves R C Bloomfield. cowboys coerced entries and fake entries created. A Holly Springs meeting dissolves into a pistol clash. Mullins and Watson fight, Watson dies. Zanesville ex convict Hiell murders wife and father in law. Salt Lake City five Mormons jailed for illegal cohabitation.
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Berry
Pensylvania
West Virginia
Negaunee
Mich
St. Paul
John MacDonald
Riel
Privy Council of England
Dominion
Boston
Naval Department
Northwestern
Omaha
Detroit
Lansing
Northern
Manitoba
Alton
St. Louis
San Francisco
Land Office
Washington
R. C. Bloomfield
Arkansas Land and Cattle Company
Denver
Ture
Holly Springs
Nsg
L. W. Mullins
W. W. Watson
Watson
Mullins
Zanesville
Ohio
George Hi ‘Ell
Murdg
Salt Lake City
Collisions and Fires Hit Several Regions Across States
A string of disasters from Illinois to Maine leaves multiple fatalities and injuries. An axle failure on a passenger train near Downs, Illinois kills one and injures two, while fires devastate Sherman House in Dakota and cause extensive property losses in Eau Claire Wisconsin and Gallatin Tennessee. Prairie fires scorch McPherson County Dakota with $200,000 in damage, a battery explosion at Solar Iron Works Pittsburgh injures seventeen with several deaths, and a fatal train derailment near Kamloops harms several. A Jersey City machine shop burns for $100,000, a wrecked circus train near Fergus Falls kills five, and a Rockland Maine vessel wreck with no survivors follows. An accident in Port Jervis leaves a boy crushed by machinery, dying shortly after.
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Downs
Ill
Sherman
Bargo
Dakota
Eau Claire
Wis
Gallatin
Tenn
Dickinson
Dak
Solar Iron Works
Pittsbifred
McPherson County
Campbell County
Dinwiddie County
Virginia
Kamloops
Salem
Mass
Fergus Falls
Minn
Jersey City
Rockland
Convicts Break From Texas Camp Amid Gunfire
Reported at Kansas and Gulf Shore Line near Lufkin sixty convicts surged from supper toward the woods. Guards fired. twenty five were killed or wounded. Thirty five escaped and are pursued with posses and guards on alert. In New York Philip Wenz faces a magistrate for cruel abuse of his nine year old daughter. Burglars raid Cyrus Henderson’s Wooster Ohio home stealing 1400 dollars. T W Hooper faces forgery charges for 7000 dollars in county warrants. A county officers and legislative nomination convention is anticipated.
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Philip Wenz
New York
Jae
Rusk
Tex
Kansas and Gulf Shore Line
Lufkin
Cyrus Henderson
Wooster
Ohio
T. W. Hooper
Monroe County
Ark
Legisla
Ambassadors report Roumelian talks hedge against war
The Roumelian issue is seen as likely to be handled by the powers with Turkey and Bulgaria, avoiding conflict. Senate agenda includes 500 to 600 postmasters confirmed, plus many more replacements as terms expire, and a large number of presidential postmasters will change in two years. A Texas special reports convicts escaped and were killed during pursuit. robberies occur on a Pennsylvania train. Cardinal McCloskey’s death is anticipated. The New York tax board reports state valuations. Irish canvassers decline to go. Indiana reunion notes the 1851 legislature with English funding. A Pension Office clerk is dismissed for insulting language toward the President.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Senate
Rusk
Texas
Lumkin
Ytive
Harrison “Vy
Clark
Jacksonville
Alabama
Ledwith
Robert Simpson
Wheeling
West Virginia
Hugh Sterling
Sadie Young
Eddyville
Centucky
Lucy A. Johnson
Benton
St. Louis
Cardinal McClose
New York
Hollidsburg
Pennsylvania
Alegheny’ Furnace
Pennsylvan Railwry Company
New York State Board For the Equalization of
Father Cronin
James Mooney
Buffalo
Ireland
Indianapolis
Wm H. English
Andrew J. Hay
Joseph E. Harpy
Pension Office
United States
Pennsylvania Vene
Haydn
Arthur
Papal Decrees Shape American Church Education Reform
A Baltimore special reprints Rome’s letter on the Plenary Council of Baltimore. It says decrees will modernize clergy education and align Christianity with contemporary civilization. New education plans include schools for children, normal schools for teachers, and a university for priests and lay scholars, funded by offerings, not state subsidies.
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Baltimore
Rome
America
United States
France
Austria
Baltimore Council
Tragedy at Ames Station as Circus Train Wreck Claims Several
Fergus Falls dispatch reports a serious collision on the Northern Pacific near Ames Station six miles west of the city. Four cars broke apart, six killed, many injured among nearly 200 canvasmen and roustabouts. Names of dead and seriously wounded listed. hospital care arranged and an inquest planned.
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Fergus Falls
Minn
John Robinson
Northern Pacific
Fergus and
Black Hills Road
Ames Station
Ames
George Krouse
Cincinnati
Mainstret
H. Roberts
Wadena
Vanvs
Charles Wallace
Portland
Samuel Blair
Colfax
Pakota
James Wilson
James Eccles
Joe Brown
New York
Wm. Winfield
Appomattox
Wil
Thomas Vanata
James Meyers
al Turner
Iowa
Henry Boise
Murray
James Coleman
Jenkins
Ed Siegler
Warren Cleveland
Peterson
Brainerd
Ohio State News Cries of Crime and Tragedy Across Counties
Reports from Corneaut to Columbus detail burglaries in Crestline and Toledo, self inflicted deaths by hangings and morphine, and a wide array of local calamities. The Washington tornado relief fund tops 16300 as Kenyon College undergoes improvements in Gambier.
Peculiar Sandoval Accident Ends in Tragic Death
A Sandoval girl, six, was killed when a plow tongue snapped down onto an iron kettle with four legs, the kettle trapping her head and penetrating the brain. The incident occurred Saturday near Sandoval, six miles north of Centralia.
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Centralia (Ill
Sandoval
Birkley
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Princeton
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