Ill advised remarks in the era of bridges and empires
The piece cites a New York Jersey City bridge contract at 25 million dollars and mocks yen for capital. It ridicules Chicago temple figures, notes Dick Croxer’s rumored million pounds gambled away in England, and comments on American poker wit. It also covers a presidential proclamation taxing German vessels and reports shifting immigration patterns from Austria Hungary and Britain to newer arrivals.
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Hudson River
New York
Jersey City
Dick Croxer
England
Alabama license to kill despoiler of kin questioned
A Southern editor argues against a bill to license a man to kill a despoiler of a feminine relative. The piece claims general approval is unlikely and that only a sheriff should hold such power, with some doubting even that.
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Alabama
South
Movement to compel sultan risks revolt and fanatic pressure
The attempted push to force the sultan to bow to outside will risks backfire. The sultan, while unable to resist demands, becomes a tool of religious fanatics who may revolt. Intervening powers could be driven by fanaticism beyond their original aims.
Secretary Olney Signals Possible Cuba Policy Change
Secretary Olney states the current Cuba situation cannot continue without worsening and warns the United States may soon need to consider a decisive shift in policy due to its rights, interests, and duties tied to the island.
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Olney
Cuba
United States
Mormon Elders Purged From Suwannee County Visit
Delegates from Salt Lake were found concealed under beds in homes of converts in Suwannee County Florida. They were rough handled and forced to buy tickets to Arizona and depart with orders not to return.
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Florida
Salt Lake
Suwanne County
Arizona
Secretary of the Interior report on lands entered and settled
The interior secretary notes since the homestead law nearly 168 million acres of public land were entered by settlers and over 335 million acres acquired under other laws. Together settlement and cultivation have expanded to about 498 million acres within the current population’s lifetime.
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Secretary of the Interior
Spanish brutality alleged in Maceo case report
A report on General Maceo and Gomez mentions their bodies being tied to horse tails and dragged along a road to town for identification. The method suggests extreme violence by Spanish forces, reflecting brutal treatment and a pattern of atrocities that alarmed observers.
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Chujeda
Maceo
Young Gomez
Age of chivalry and Honeh clash in Kentucky misread
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a Kentucky scene with hints of a historical feud and gunfire. The text references Mohes and McCoys, old rivalries, and a clash or confrontation, but the passage is garbled and unreadable in places, leaving only scattered phrases about a feud era and shooting.
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Kentucky
Morfe 2d
Iat
Congress in Session Througһ Mid January Briefs
Reports from the Fifty fourth congress describe sessions from the 7th to the 13th with 71 senators present and 18 absent. The president’s message was read, treaties and bills discussed, and the Dingley bill debated. Ex Speaker Crisp’s death prompted Senate and House adjournments as reactions and protocols unfolded.
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Senate
House
Crisp
Dingley
Georgia
Cuba
Cullom
Call
Fla
Capitol
Coaptain Couden
American colonist Lund shot by French troops in Madagascar
Advices report Lund, an American colonist, killed by a detachment of French troops who had gone to rescue him from rebels at Lim. Separate items note a fire destroying part of Illinois Central train 108 at Trimble Tennessee, and Henry Stockstill, 44, at Maplewood Ohio, killed himself after parental opposition to a visit to neighbors.
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Madagascar
Lund
Lim
Ilinois Central
Trimble
Tenn
Henry Stockstill
Maplewood, C
Loss of German Lloyds Sulier signals sea disaster
Dispatch from Vigo on the 10th reports the loss of the steamship Sulier of the German Lloyd line with 78 crew and over 200 passengers after striking the Coruna Corrobedo rocks. It is believed no one survived. On the 11th George Erb, a 34-year-old mason from Mechanicsburg Pa, confessed to involvement in a Fort Smith Ark murder. Mrs Sarah L B Cooper and her daughter Hattie were found dead from gas in San Francisco, likely due to Hattie’s act after her mother fell asleep.
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Vigo
Spain
Lloyds
Sulier
Coruna Corrobedo
George Erb
Mechanicsburg
Harrisburg
Fort Smith
Ark
Sarah LB. Cooper
United States
Hattie Cooper
San Francisco
Mixed 19th Century News Briefs Span Finance and Warship
On the 10th the banking firm of Jon athan EEsterly & Co. of Columbiana Ohio failed into receivership with assets around 200000 and debts to depositors about 165000. the wind-up began. Also on the 10th the steel clad monitor Puritan was commissioned at Brooklyn navy yard. China orders schools to teach English and western sciences to stay in touch with Europe. Failures in the US and Canada show weekly totals similar to last year. A tariff bill is described by Republicans as a moderate measure to be drafted this winter. August 11th vindication arrives for A J Southe in a Denver murder case. It leaks that Mustafa Bey, Turkish minister to Washington, seeks a retraction of President Cleveland’s Armenia remarks.
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Jonathan Eesterly & Co
Columbiana
Brooklyn Navy Yard
China
Europe
United States
B G. Dun & Co
Canada
House
A. J. Soute
Smith’s Lake
Denver
Col
Mustapha Bey
Washington
Cleveland
Congress
Armenia
Ven Venezuelan treaty details reach Caracas via cable
Official sources confirm full disclosure of proposed terms to Venezuelan minister Senor Andrade before his Washington departure, with Cabnets in Caracas approving by cable prior to his return. The Turkish minister denies government instructions or public statements to the US on this subject amid broader disinformation concerns. The Associated Banks weekly report shows reserve and deposits shifts, while President Cleveland plans a duck shooting trip to Annandale club in South Carolina. A Toledo death at Calvary cemetery follows a young man’s suicide. Cuban affairs fear Genoa Maceo assassination reports, and Salineville Ohio faces dangerous mine-ground subsidence. Ohio National Guard members organize in Toledo for Cuba service.
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State Department
United States
Senor Andrade
Washington
Crespo
Caracas
Andrade
Associated Banks of
New York City
Cleveland
Annandale Club
South Carolina
Iu Calvary Cemetery
Toledo
Edmund E. Wright
Wright
Maceo
Congress
Salineville
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Cuba
End of a Long Life and Fires and Death in Illinois News
Illinois state banks report to the auditor. W C Carter 80 died at Jacksonville, early Republican pioneer who aided fugitives. Arcola arson suspect Diehl bound over. he confessed fires. Henry Van Doren, medical student, shot himself in Cincinnati after note. Geddes murder suspect Hartman indicted. connections to Melvin and Danforth cases noted. James Woodrow, deaf and dumb football star, dies in Normal. Monmouth imposes curfew for under 15 after 9 pm in summer, 8 pm winter. New Springfield hotel planned at Fourth and Jefferson for 1850000. John Chepman dies from horse kick in Macon county. Rail agent J Hicks killed riding trolley at Monmouth. Mother and son burned near Carlyle.
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W. C. Carter
Jacksonville
Republican Party
Tlinois College
Hedge” Deill
Arcola
Tipton
Ind
Diehl
Ife
Denf
James Woodrow
Central Ilinois
Deaconess Hospital
Normal
Rush
Normal University
Indignation Over Maceo Death Sparks U S Debate
Reports from Cleveland Dallas San Francisco and Cincinnati describe intense public outrage after Cuban general Maceo's assassination. Citizens urge congressional action and support Cuban independence with warnings Spain could face stronger US responses. Local groups form Cuban Aid associations and demand firm stands against Spain.
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Modoc
Indian Territory
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Canby
Thomas
Meacham
Sear
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Colorado National Guard
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McKinley
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NEWS
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Auditor of Public Accounts
Henry van Doren
Mllinois
Cincinnati
R. Parsons
van Doren
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Kankakee County
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Geddes
Fred Hartman
Fred Geddes
Ford County
Wu Firm
Hartman
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St. Nicholas
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Blue Mound Township
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Carlyle
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Newton Watt
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Culiom
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