Washington Grand Jury Indicts Burnside for Embezzlement
News of the Week notes a Washington Grand Jury indictment against Colonel Burnside, former Post Office Department disbursing officer, accusing him of embezzling 64000. It also lists White House expenses, October tax-debt figures, and weekly exchange clearings, plus the acquittal of William Jones in the Garfield assassination case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burnside
Post Office Department
White House
Treasury
Reading
United States
William Jones
Guiteau
Garfield
Fall of Rock Kills Three Hungarians Near Centralia Pa
A rock fall near Centralia Pennsylvania a few days ago killed three Hungarian laborers. The incident adds to a string of regional calamities and unrest reported in the period.
Long-ago crimes and deaths across states prompt scattered notices
A historical round of brief items reports the abolition of a county court in Indiana after seventeen years, fatal scaffold and fall injuries in Minnesota, a Sabbath and liquor debate in Cincinnati, a horse fall and rider death in Texas, an ex-auditor’s suicide in Rush County, Indiana, a saloon tax suit ending by statute, a fatal wagon incident in Elkhart, Indiana, a political meeting shooting in Louisiana, a Brownington Missouri killing, a Tex store clerk murder, a cotton factory defaulter in Augusta, Georgia, a Baltimore girl’s self-inflicted death, and heavy snow in Louisville Kentucky followed by a Baltimore & Ohio train incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court
al- Ten County
Ind
Av Deluth
Minn
Tur
Ohio Presbyterian Synod
Cincinnati
Sherman
Tex
Alexander Posey
Rush County
Rushville
Patrick KeMcown
Justice Anthony
Samene Wourrorp
Elkhart
Fansse Point
I. J. Terrill
Brownington
Petrin Johnson
Shrackett
Jackson
Enterprise Cotton
Augusta
Louisville
Disappearances and disasters headline in distant advices
Disturbing reports from Belleville Ontario reveal a bank clerk named Scott stole an express package. Cholera and typhoid fears spread across Europe and North Africa with fatalities in Nantes Oran and spells of winter gales sinking ships and killing crews. Local tragedies include a Glasgow theater fire panic and a Bedford Station gunpowder explosion that maimed residents. Total cholera deaths worldwide reach nineteen thousand seven hundred fifty four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Merchants
Belleville
Ont
London
Mediterranean
Normandy
Nantes
Star Theater
Glasgow
Scotland
Trinidad
Bedford Station
John McCrimmon
Alpheus Brown
France
Corsica
Algiers
Italy
Spain
Wolseley
Election results and world news brief from 1890s press
The article notes a tight Prestacutian election with New York's tally likely deciding the result while Indiana West Virginia and Virginia lean Democratic. Congress composition and Senate split are given. It reports snowbound Quebec Central Railway stoppages, a Covington Ga. hanging, cholera cases in France, U.S. labor and railway incidents, fires in Syracuse, and various curiosities about wealth, cheese, oysters, and a Prussic acid incident in Birmingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cleveland
Blaine
Indiana
West Virginia
Virginia
Congress
Senate
Quebec
France
United States
Canada
Fall River
Mass
Hocking Valley Road
Ohio
Murray City
Spain
West Shore
Rochester
N. C
Theodore Disse & Co
Syracuse
Salt Lake City
Cali
Colombia
Republc
Chicago
New York Election Returns and Party Turmoil
Complex gains and disputed tallies in New York reflect Cleveland leading in official county returns while Blaine gains remain possible. Party leaders, merchants, and lawyers convene to guard ballots amid incendiary press and potential riots. Neutral observers urge calm as Democratic and Republican chiefs publish vigorous statements asserting victory and demanding orderly canvassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yon
Tribune
Associated Press Dispatch
Cleveland
Blaine
Nevada
New York
the Sun
Digine
Officea
Indiana
Jay Gould
Western Union Telegraph Company
Associated Press
National Republican
Fifth Avenue
W. B. Somerville
WH. French
Ann
Democratic National Committee
A.J. Vanderpool
GS. Fairchild
Francia C. Barlow
W. G. Peckhiamn
Inga
W. OH. Barna
Jonas and Gorman
National Democratic
Cleveland and Hendricks Win New York Returns
New York early Nov 8 reports show Cleveland leading Blaine by a narrow margin with districts still uncounted. Democratic officials claim a statewide plurality as clerical errors and delayed tallies are corrected. Contemptuous references to Republican denial and calls for nationwide recognition mark the era as Democrats press for formal victory certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toner
New York
Binjop
Lewin
New Térsuy
West Virginia
Neavillern
Whenntley
New York City
Kings
Democratic Party
Peonia
National Republicanty Immittar
United States
Cleveland
Hendricks
Connecticut
Indiana
West
Virginia
York Republican Committee
Republiccan Stac-Committee
Blaine
James D. Warren
Manning
Manufacto
Daniel Manning
New York State
Danie Manning
Cleveland Andendricks
Democratic National Committee
Counic
Associated Press
Garfield
Essex
Madison
Saratoga
Sullivan
Ulster
New Yeak
the Sun
Davenport
O'Brien
Republican County Committee
Bureau of Elections
National Democratic Committee
West Twenty-Fourth Street
Grover Cleveland
Thomas’ A. Hendricks
William HL. Bars
We National Democratic Committee
East Kent lavender and peppermint farming begins
English agricultural journals report a new industry in East Kent growing lavender and peppermint for oil extraction. The practice mirrors earlier Surrey success but notes declining yields at Mitcham and Carshalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Kent
Jong Iwen
East Surrey
Mitchamn
Carshalton
Ten Lives Lost in Pennsylvania Mining District Explosions
Terrifying disasters strike Stoudsburg and Robesonia as dynamite factory blasts kill three and injure five, and a furnace stack collapses, crushing seven workers and injuring five. Dozens of buildings suffer damage across neighboring towns, with the force felt eighteen miles away. Names of the dead and injured are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reaome
Stoudhsburg
H. W. Stump & Co
Frank Slate
Joseph Krouse
Frank Kapp
Harry Smith
Wm. Gross
Womelsdorf
Sheridan
Robesonia
Newminstown
Richland
Rosisonia
Seague
Stoudsburg
Joseph Reed
David Buckley
Henry Spangler
Weary Foot
Fred Foreman
Monroe Peifer
David Harden
Louis Geech
Todi
Floods Hit Fhe Ganabian Coast With Devastation
Reports from Quebec and surrounding shores describe a catastrophic high tide inflicting estimated losses up to 250000 across towns from Trois Pistoles to Sandy Bar. Waves 60 feet high battered wharfs, homes, and fisheries. several vessels wrecked, and at least two men lost at sea.
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Quense
Piltick Dist
Little Metis
B'Tsjah
Uorisiderabid
Wey
Trois Pistoles
Quebec
Brandy Lots
Rever-ei-Loup
Margaret M
Les Honlenicils
Sandy Bar
Atc
Signal
Lake Nepigon
Bridges Burned by Strikers on Straitsville Line
Three bridges on the Straitsville branch of the Columbus Hocking Valley and Toledo Road were burned yesterday morning. Loss estimated at about $10,000. Wires cut and communications with general offices cut off until yesterday. Bridges lie between Straitsville and Nelsonville. Before the fires, unknown men appeared in Murray City and threw bombs from the hills which exploded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Alfred G. Luders & Co
New York
Klein's Tavern
Columbia County
James D. Keller
Pennsylvania
Butler
Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Maine
Schenectady
Chester
Martin Ryan
Alexander Smith
Erie & West Shore Railways
Chicago
Thomas D. Sutherland & Son
Franklin Ironworks
Troy
Pittsburgh
Pia
Knoxville
Bacon
United States
Philadelpia
Wiliam Cullen Bryant
Roslyn
L. L. Bany
Tuntingdon
Win
Holt
James Davis
Pawtucket
Morning Star
Loston
Ionoluia
Sth
Tammany
New York City
Grace
Democracy
Barthromew Haas
Jersey City
Abel D. Breel
New York Central
West Shore
St. Louis
Stouchburg
Robesonia
Yellowstone River
Montana
Dale
Northwest
Grabmer
Carrollton
Ind
Tennessee, Virginia
Georgia
Chattanooga
St. Louis Smelting Company
Garover
Gardner
Georgetown
San Francisco
Liberia
New Orleans
Columnus
Straitsville
Columbus, Hocking Valley
Toledo Road
Sane
Nelsonville
Murray City
Canada Revenue Near Thirty-Two Million For Year
Montreal reports revenue for the fiscal year ending June 30 totaling 32,000,000 dollars. The figure implies about 16 dollars per person for the entire population, a level critics call excessive and scarcely compatible with prosperity. Of the 32,000,000 dollars collected, all but 200,000 dollars were spent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motreal
Canada
Pennsylvania
Carnage at Louisiana rally ends in deadly melee
A Republican meeting near New Iberia sparks a violent clash between black and white attendees. Joe Gilfaux is fatally wounded after a pistol shot, triggering a hand to hand battle. Over 1,000 shots fire, six black and two white individuals die, with many wounded and no immediate aid given.
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New Iberis
New Orleans
Fansse¢ Point
Lberia
Toeria Parish
Bayou Teche
Joe Gilfaux
Gilfaux
Bayou Techy
New Iberia
LeJeanville
Fire scare at Star Theater kills sixteen in Glasgow panic
A false cry of fire at the Star Theater in Glasgow on a Saturday night caused a deadly stampede. Sixteen people died and twelve were seriously injured as attendees rushed to exits amid chaos. Police and fire brigade struggled to control the crush as the injured and dead were transported to hospital. The theater suspected a former employee of starting the alarm. The audience numbered about 2000, largely attending a music hall show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Star Theater
Blok
Fedca
City Ambulance Corps
Iro
Pullman Car Company not liable for diamond pin loss
Judge Richards reversed a Jeffersont County court ruling in Gaylord vs Pullman Car Company, holding the Pullman Company not subject to stringent innkeeper liability but must keep a reasonable watch over passengers and property. The decision notes failure to keep faithful watch limits liability, and no negligence was proven, reversing prior judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonsville, Ky
Richards
Superior Court
Dtessiot
Fudge Silex
Court of Common Pleas
Jeffersont County
Gaylord
Pullman Car Company
Chicago
Louisvile
Pollman Company
Pullman Company
Death of Cadet Strang sparks hazing inquiry at Naval Academy
Friends of Cadet Strang of Oregon investigate his death at the Naval Academy amid hazing rumors. An Oregon investigator met Senator Dolph to plan presenting evidence to the Grand Jury for criminal trial rather than court martial. Strang reportedly died from injuries after being rolled downhill in a barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasmxetox
Cadet Strang
Oregon
Naval Academy
Dolph
Strang
Personal and Literary Snippets Across Cities and Figures
A digest of cultural notes: Dr. Tanner heads to Mexico to ranch life, Olive Logan writes in Brampton. The Congressional library holds over 513000 volumes plus 170 pamphlets. Sutro plans a San Francisco public library costing hundreds of thousands. Moody grows stouter as silver threads appear. Will M. Carleton marries, settling in Brooklyn. Franklin memory inspires Paris library society. John Garrett’s devotion to his wife noted. Peter Marker in Washington honored with Japanese Ginko plantings. songwriter Mat O Reardon linked to musical glasses and a love tale. John McCullough, late for Spartacus, races seven miles to stage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner
Mexico
Olive Logan
Brampton
Eng
Congressional Library
Sutro
San Francisco
Evangelist Moody
Chicago Herald
Paris
Will M. Carleton
Brooklyn
Betsy
Chicago
France
John W. Garrett
Philadelphia Press
Lafayette Square
Washington
Peter Marker
China
Park Commission
Japan
Washington Star
Mat O’reardon
Louisville Charity Hospital
Alice Oates
John McCullough
Cabin John’s Bridge
Ford
McCullough
Spartacus
Amusing Miscellany from Old Newspapers
A compilation of humorous clippings from various papers. Jests about freshmen, apothecaries, cats, rare coins, marriage proposals, a cow with treasure in its stomach, absent minded teachers, lip service to weddings, hippo discoveries, and light social banter on a chilly evening. Includes jokes from Philadelphia Call and other sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
W. F. Independent
Philadelphia Authority
Louisville Courier-Journal
Clara
Fankers Statesman
Dayton
Oregon
St. Paul Herald
Elopement Rumor Suppresses News at Home
A sixteen year old girl on Howard Street recalls her father hiding daily papers to keep her from reading stories of an elopement involving two coachmen. She buys every morning and evening issue, reading them fully, and jokes that if he overshadows her reading he must halt printing rather than the papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viulois
Switzerland
Croesus
Robbie
Phagidelphia
Nile
Norristown Herald
Smith
George
Sixth Avenue
N. F. Independent
Howard Street
Detreit Free Press
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Telegraph and Mail
Alto
Kalamazoo
Mich
Columbia
8. C
Seneca City
D. C
Air Line
Little River County
Newton
Kan
Steubenville
Flora Campbell
G. E. Rives
Petersburg
Colorado
Rodger Clawson
Salt Lake
Simrall
California
Virginia Midland Road
Accotink Bridge
Lee
Tom Farnsworth
Buckhannon
W. Va
Tom
Dalles
Ore
Ong Gon
Oceanic
Gordon
Khartoum
England
Ferry
Can
Lower
St. Lawrence
Ricet Hox
Harry Fawcett
Naples
Cairo
Mehdi
Osman Digma
Red Sea
Stafford
Chinigny
Montreal
Russell Hall
Moody
Foreign Intelligence
Prof. Rice
Cold Springs
N. Y
Herald
Birmingham
Germany
Empire State
Prince of Wales
Princess of Wales
Duke of
Edinburc
Princess Louise
Marchioness of
Princess of Teck
Duke of Cambridge
Bar Harbor
A. P. Gormas
The
Nations Executive Committee
National Committee
Ulaine
Fo Chiireau
B. F. Jones
Republican National Committee
Lam
Westchester County
Citfautea
Tts
Associates Press Sons
Ips
Teteo
Ghanie
Noris Tisew
Yorks
Tink Mainsios Gurkett
Pune
Banat
Unese
Eet Hl
Wade Park
John Pbk
Hvery
Clevuttio
Whet Lena
New Fonk
Abnasy
Board of Supervisors
Genend Orrin
Lakewell
Sweetmoet
Cie
Kleeterstone
Indianapolis
Republican State Central Committee
Democratic Commie
Vinaistas Peterssurg
Noy
Kimbbcans
Cleveland Ba
Pittsburgh Post
Fion Ag
Port Pd
Denver Triainte
Louisiana
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