23 Sep 1883
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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1883
Page
1
Unsettled report details a boiler explosion at a rail bridge construction site near Shreveport. Five men killed, four or five injured, rescue and recovery operations ongoing as authorities review safety lapses and factory practices.
From Guaymas Mexico on Sept 2 nine deaths from yellow fever were reported in the past twenty four hours. Thermometer high, streets dirty, and fears of a renewed fever outbreak grow. Eleven new cases were reported yesterday as rain failed to cleanse streets and heat fuels malaria. Public health officials are criticized for handling the outbreak.
In the Bridgeport inquiry at Bridgeport Conn dated Sept 22 Prof White of Pale College testifies in the Lewis Ambier murder case. He reports finding a small heap of material possibly hair or wool and a statue said to be connected to the crime. He recovered wood and a cart found in Lewis possession and returns this to New Haven for examination. Testimony points toward Lewis as the murderer though no arrest yet.
A dispatch from Wilmington reports a lynching in Richmond County on February day. Archie Johnsen was hanged from a tree for attempting to rape a White girl, with a placard reading our wives and daughters must be protected.
The article discusses a British subject status challenge for a Chinaman naturalized in Hong Kong and seeks to determine whether his rights to land extend beyond the colony. Judge Field is urged to decide if naturalized Chinamen have rights only within the colony limits and must prove passport validity under British authority before rights can be recognized in U.S. courts.
The dispatch from Ogden Utah dated Sept 22 reports Helena Mist special visitors at Yellow Park while Governor Crosby from Montreal asserts strict orders from Ken Sterman. He says the group followed commands precisely and no unnecessary killing occurred.
Early this morning in Kansas a station agent named EB Royce was found with a fractured skull. He had been robbed of 400 dollars, a golf water, and a revolver, with no clues yet for the motive or perpetrator.
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