Part of a Canada Southern Train Dumped from a Ferry Boat
A Canada Southern passenger train crossing the river from Ambertsburg to Grosse Isle overturned on a transfer boat. The sleeper car fell into the water with fourteen passengers aboard. three were missing, feared drowned, though later reports suggested no lives were lost after a diver found the car empty. A second wreck followed as the Swain tug sank near Detroit river mouth, while the Jay Gould propeller sustained little damage.
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Canada Southern
Detroit
Canada Southern Railroad
Ambertsburg
Grosse Isle
Pelmell
Mick
Jay Gould
Swain
Detroit River
Attempted theft of Garfield remains sparks security and crowds in Cleveland
Sensational reports of an attempted removal of Garfield’s remains prompted guards and police to secure the vault. Mrs Garfield and family return to Mentor aboard a special train as crowds gather and arches are dismantled. Garfield monument fund urges nationwide assistance, asking banks and newspapers to collect and remit contributions to the Second National Bank of Cleveland, with donor names recorded.
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Garfield
Cleveland
Garfield Monument Fund Committee
United States
James A. Warfield
Second National Bank of
Ohio
Second National Bank
Terrifying explosion rocks Council Bluffs as car of powder detonates
At 5 o clock yesterday Garfield memorial exercises ended when a carload of gunpowder exploded after being rejected by Union Pacific. The blast leveled the Rock Island yards roundhouse and repair shops, wrecked the freight house, and shattered windows across Omaha and beyond. Four engines buried, fifty cars destroyed, and one resident fatally injured. Estimated loss near half a million dollars to Rock Island Peoria railroad.
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Council Bluffs
Rock Island
Peoria
J. C. Reynolds
Denver
Col
Union Pacific Comany
Omaha
Missouri Valley
Round House
Fires Wreck Homes Spark Typhoid Malarial Fever Across Chicago
In Chicago on September 27 reports detail malarial fever typhoid colic and pneumonia among homeless forest fire survivors. Many deaths occur and several patients near death in desolate districts. A proposal suggests sending mourning drapery to provide clothing bedding and wrappers for relief.
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Chicago
Ill
Knox county grand jury indicts on murder charges and local retrial
The Knox county grand jury indicts Charles Smith for murder of his baby and mother in law and the Richards and Grose for killing Willie Cain at Rockport. A Harmony shooting last spring will be settled by a $100 payment to the victim, with no criminal prosecution of the possible murderer. At Maine Medical School in Brunswick, Prof. S H Weeks of Portland is named chair of surgery, succeeding the late Prof. William Warren Green. Prof. Fred Henry Gerrish of Portland becomes anatomy lecturer and Dr. Charles O Hunt of Portland lecturer on materia medica and therapeutics.
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Washington
Corkhill
Guiteau
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Cranech
Guitean
Supreme Court of the District
New Jersey
Cox
Megane
Saville
Chicago
Emery Storrs
Gutteau
Army of the
United States
Boston Journal
Washington, D. C
Sergi
Mason
Bedford
Stone
Gamin
Arthur
Sergi. Mason
McGill
Emilar
Abraham
William Hudson
Philadelphia Times
Criminal Court
Gaiteau
Vicim
Ben Bailer
Boynton
Bliss
Keeper McGill
New York
Long Branch
N.J
Lanning
Grand
Knox County
Charles Smith
Richards and
Grose
Willie Cain
Rockport
Harmony
Maine Medical School
Brunswick
S. H. Weeks
Portland
William Warren Green
Fred Henry Gerrish
Charles O. Hunt
Samuel Lovejoy Dies In Barn Accident At Mulford
Samuel Lovejoy, 75, a leading Mulford farmer, fell from the barn high beams and was instantly killed on Monday night. In Haverhill Supreme Court, A W Moore of Lisbon vs Phenix Insurance went to trial, jury out eighteen hours, verdict for plaintiff 2533.
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Samuel Lovejoy
Mulford
Supreme Court
Haverhill
A. W. Moore
Lisbon
Phenix Insurance Company
Widespread mishaps and political notes from local scenes
A Fitchburg brakeman Henry Percival suffered a severe head wound after a fall from a moving car in North Adams tunnel. doctors fear he may survive. A steamer collision near Quicks Hall sank Porto Rico with crew rescued at Vineyard Haven. Salisbury officers face censure for beach gambling inaction with a local assailant fined. A Norwegian woman Thea Gulpranson gave birth to a stillborn infant in Worcester amid homicide suspicions. The Garfield club formed in Pittsfield with Harker and Stevenson among leaders. A Middleboro depot safe was blown, losing about $40 and delaying morning trains.
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Henry Percival
Fitchburg
North Adams
Norman
Porto Rico
Bangor
Salem
Quicks Hall
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Salisbury
Thea Gulpranson
Worcester
James A. Garfield
Republican Campaign Club
Pittsfield
Dalton
T. Harker
J. M. Stevenson
Dayton
Old Colony
Middleboro
Various Social Notes From The Era Include Politics And Matrimony
A collection of brief items notes President Carters winter plans in New Haven Miss Hattie A Whiting studies music in Boston under Prof Tufts Herr Most the editor of London Freiheit to be housed in socialist circles for Berlin elections Brother Kalloch and son Isaac Jr exiled from Baptists as a pestilent faction Callan MP to tour the United States to study tobacco growth for an Irish bill Death of John A Cuthbert veteran Georgia congressman aged 94 Vance aims at meeting Hussey over railroad dispute Jennie June speculates on a White House wedding involving the president and a wealthy New Yorker Arthur widower rumors of future First Lady arrangements
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Williams College
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Hattie A. Whiting
A. T. Whiting
Cincinnati
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Herr Most
London Freiheit
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Kalloch
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Pacific Slope
Isaac, Jr
Kallachs
Callan
M.P
United States
San Francisco
Chicago
Ireland
John A. Cuthbert
Mobile
Congress
Georgia
Lb. M. Vance
Vance
Greensboro
N.C
J. &. Hussey
The
Patriot
House
Hussey
Washington
Fast Mail
Charlotte Observer
Jennie June
White House
Gen
Arthur
McElroy
Resolutions of Respect for Garfield at Boston School Board
The Boston school committee meeting chaired by Mayor Prince adopted resolutions mourning President James A. Garfield. Dr Moran led praise for Garfield as scholar teacher and statesman and offered to express sorrow for the nation’s loss and the murderer’s crime. The board also noted Garfield’s devotion to education and his impact on moral and intellectual instruction, sending sympathy to his wife and children. The meeting included resignation acceptances from Henry P Bowditch and vice president Finney and a plan to convene a convention to fill vacancies.
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Weir Village
Taunton
Otis A. Thayer
Geo. A. Lave
Norton
Lysander Kk. Hall
Raynham
Hiram
Freeman
Lemuel C. Witherell
Stephen Early
Swanzey
Llaus M. Field
Philander Williams
Joseph G. Earl
Rehoboth
William
Briggs
Washburn
Damon D. White
Joseph W. Lane
Ayrshires
L. Soper
Chestnut Hill Stock Farm
Berkley
Sidney W. Leonard
George W. Bowen
C. W. Leonard
Nathan Rogers
Stafford &Co
Barrowsville
F. S. Hall
Stafford & Co
L.C. Withrell
C. S. Sweet
George H. Horton
Miller
A. E. Cavil
Frank B
Worcester North Agricultural Society
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Ashby
Charles H. Page
Leominster
Dr. Fuller
Mayor Culley
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Scramble
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Topsy
Gertrude
Moran
James A. Garfield
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Finney
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