27 Dec 1882
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1882
Page
1
Multiple train wrecks report in December 26 dispatches. The Chesapeake & Ohio collision between an westbound express from Richmond and a freight resulted in five deaths and two injuries. Passengers were jolted as engines and cars were badly wrecked.
Springfield Mass December reports a man Montgomery shot his two children in Packardville after his wife refused to live with him. He killed George and wounded Eva before being restrained by her father and jailed.
In Washington on December 26 Representative Payson of the House Judiciary Committee pushed details on lapsed land grants. He found the Oregon Central road holds over 1,500,000 acres from Portland to Astoria and seeks to open it to settlement under the homestead law. A resolution for forfeiture may reach the committee at the next meeting.
An attack aimed at wrecking the 5 oclock New York train two miles from town failed when a tie was placed on the track causing the engine to halt suddenly. The accompanying limited express for Boston followed shortly after, with no injuries or damage reported.
Dec. 26 news from Santa Fe reports criticism of Attorney General Brewster over cases under his control. Accounts detail Nephew of John Sherman misappropriating funds as U S marshal, later settled by paying misappropriated amount. Other cases include Valerian Dell and Col. Love investigations, with multiple indictments and settlements. A Georgia Internal Revenue case involving Pleasants and At kins raises questions of political influence and federal office conduct.
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