O Donnell Hanged at Newgate After Carey Murder
London December 17 Patrick O Donnell the slayer of James Carey was executed at Newgate this morning the drop fell at eight o clock He was led to the scaffold after prayers and a light breakfast The executioner Binns placed the cap and noose as the body swung off observers watched from a lattice shield Police guarded the jail and the body was later prepared for inquest and interment under lime in the Bird Wage Walk area
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London
Patrick O'Donnell
James Carey
Newgate
O'Donnell
Father Fleming
St. Sepulchre’s
Holborn
Binns
England Rejects Review in O'Donnell Case
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Frelinghuysen informed that the House had brought O'Donnell to the President’s notice and Britain would not delay the execution. Minister Lowell was told to seek a careful inquiry by Great Britain, allow defense points, and verify citizenship while noting no grounds for clemency.
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Washington
Frelinghuysen
Lowell
O’donnell
House of Representatives
Great Britain
Lord Granville
Lord Granvile
O' Donnell
Marcas
Meany warns of possible Irish reprisal after O'Donnell
Stephen J. Meany told a Globe reporter there are mutterings of a reprisal if Crear occurs, though no Nationalistic society is seen as the agent. He opposes retaliation, saying Ireland lacks the means to challenge England and that past reprisals have led to horror and defeat. He notes no detained Assyrian Monarch passengers have been found.
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New York
O'Donnell
England
GLOBE
Stephen J. Meany
Crear
Ireland
Out of the Frying Pan. O’Bonnell’s Dangers of Leaving US
Peck's Sun reports a year ago Pat O'Donnell was approached by three card monte men on a St. Paul train near Red Wing Minnesota. He claimed to be from Montana and paid the silarpers got 800 cents.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Peck’s Sun Today
Pat O'Donnell
St. Paul
Red Wing
Minn
Montana
Milwaukee to Ireland Witness Ties in Carey Case
Robbers were arrested but freed after allies of the Monte men sought to sway testimony. Mike O Donnell of Chicago, hired in Milwaukee to stay as a witness, received pay and then fled. O Donnell later went to Philadelphia with his wife and to Ireland. He is the same man linked to Lacrosse Redwing Milwaukee and the former Carey shooting, with a Monday hangings upcoming.
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Monte
Mike O’donnell
Chicago
Milwaukee
O’ Donnell
O'Donnell
Philadelphia
Ireland
Lacrosse
Redwing
Carey
Seventeen Years of Litigation Ends in a Murder
In San Francisco Charles Mc Laughlin, a Central Gaslight Company president and prominent landowner, was shot by Jerome B. Cox after a long legal dispute over a railroad contract. Mc Laughlin died thirty minutes later. Cox, a former Civil War captain, fled the scene, and the case follows a history of reversed judgments and a vendetta over $40,000 in settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Charles McLaughlin
Jerome B. Cox
McLaughlin
Central Gaslight Company
Milllionnaires
San Jose
Sacramento
Cox
Central Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court
Justice McKinsely
Tenth Indianna Battery
General Rosecrans
Charles McLaughin
Pennsylvania
Arthur
Virginia
New Jersey
Vessels Lost in November Gale From Gloucester Shores
The schooners Rutherford B. Hayes and Witchcraft with crews of twenty three and eleven men respectively were lost in the November gale. Hayes sailed October 31 from Gloucester for Georges with a 12 man crew. Witchcraft sailed November 1 with 11 men. Total vessels lost in the gale reach seven with 91 sailors, as three more ships remain overdue this week.
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Gloucester
Rutherford B. Hayes
Georges
John Handran
Mathew Handran
William Handran
Henry Reeves
Charles Brown
John Barnes
William Quick
Alexander Auley
Nicholas Warren
Michael Grinsell
James Shannon
Joseph Sampson
Dennis & Ayer
Gloucester Mutual Fishing Insurance Company
Witchcraft
John Briggs
Rockland
H. Nichols Blaney
James Nickerson
James Shute
J. W. Jobson
Enos Smith
A. L. Pendleton
Senator Butler's anti Rhode Island suffrage crusade
A Pacific coast delegation sub committee met to amend the Chinese restriction act. A full delegation session approved a bill expanding reform with two new sections. Amendments cover import restrictions, certificate rules, consular oversight, and enforcement extending to BC laborers and cross-border entry. Details reflect diplomatic and legal contest over Chinese exclusion and related territorial enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pague Coast
Pacific Coast
Miller
Willis
Kentucky
Hayes
United States
Massachusetts Circuit Court
Great Britain
Hong Kong
Flela
San Francisco
Guinamanshall
China
Sumner
Ohio
Columbia
Caine
Senator Butler Seeks Nativity Clause In Fifteenth Amendment
Washington December 14 Senator Butler explains aim of adding nativity before race color or previous condition of servitude to Article 15 section 1 He notes the nativity word was struck out on Rhode Island action and says he seeks a recorded Senate vote to aid the presidential campaign with a clear record in the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Butler
Bhan Sseipinariog
Rhode Island
Senate
Riots Turn Deadly At New Orleans Primary Elections
In New Orleans December 15, violence erupted during Democratic State Convention delegate voting. Captain Fortier died after a fatal shot, Gus Renaud and several others were wounded, and Sheriff Brewster and deputies were detained after surrendering to police following the shootout in the seventh ward.
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New Orleans
Seventh Ward
Amman
Fortier
Michael J. Fortier
Gus Renaud
Edward Lissen
Robert Brewster
John Brewster
Gus Peardeon
Mike Early
Peter Bramson
John Domintelli
Charles Fazio
David Krackerman
George Tirado
John Astredo
Charles Flacho
John Dominick
Dan Douglas
Mike Tarley
Republican Leader Haskell of Kansas Dies in Washington
Representative Haskell, Kansas, dies at his Washington home after a long illness. He wished to be sworn in at bedside and had hoped to join the Ways and Means Committee. a veteran tariff expert, he served three terms and was a steadfast party member. Born in Vermont, educated in Massachusetts and Yale, he moved to Kansas in 1856 and served in the Kansas Legislature before Congress. He was 41.
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Washington
Haskell
Kansas
Capitol
Carlisle
Ways and Means
Kelley
R, Haskell
Vermont
Easthampton
Mass
Yale College
Congress
Chicago Seeks National Democratic Convention
Leading Democratic members of Congress favor a Western venue for the National Democratic Convention. Chicago works quietly to secure it, backed by Iowa and Minnesota party leaders. Louisville also pursues the event while New Yorkers push Saratoga. Rumors place St Louis and Cincinnati in contention, but Chicago leads the drift. Indianapolis appears unlikely to compete.
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Chicago
Washington
Congress
West
Iowa
Minnesota
Louisville
Saratoga
St. Lows
Cincinnati
Indiana
Indianapolis
Governor Butler Sees Democratic Victory Likely in 1884
Governor Butler, in a New York interview, called Democratic strength broad with control in about 26 states and 190 Democratic congressmen to 120 Republicans. He cited two main issues the tariff and sectional North South tensions, and endorsed tariff for revenue only. He praised Tilden’s patriotism and suggested Arthur as Republican presidential head.
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Butler
New York
Times
Tilden
Arthur
Burned to Death Relighting Lantern in Switch Engine
Hartford December 16. Frank Olds a New York and New England railroad switchman burned his left leg to the hip while relighting an extinguished lantern in a locomotive fire-box. He died at Hartford hospital at 10 a m after four hours of exposure. Olds resided in Albany with his wife and two children.
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Hartford
Frank Olds
Olds
New York & New England Railroad
Albany
Farmer fatally mauled by drove of hogs in Indiana
James Robinson of Washington township fed a large drove of hogs near Fort Wayne Indiana when he slipped and fell. The hogs closed in biting him as neighbors rushed to help but he died from injuries to his face and head in a gruesome incident described by local reports.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
James Robinson
Washington Township
Hale on our Navy seeks urgent renovation and rebuild
In Washington on December 17 Senator Hale urged swift action on Senate bills to reorganize the navy, expand personnel, promote, and build new ships as old wooden vessels fade. He pressed careful scrutiny, future focus, and nonpartisan aims, while House leaders announced Haskell's death and set a committee for his obsequies.
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Washington
Senate
Hale
Congress
Naval Committee
House
Haskell
Ingualls
Plumb
Kerell
Dawes
Belford As The Lamb
Washington dispatch notes repeated rumors over ten years that ex Secretary Blaine ex Senator Conkling and ex President Grant might reconcile to unite Republicans all shades. No official announcement yet though such talk recurs periodically as a possible path to party harmony.
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Washington
Blaine
Conkling
Grant
New York
Mr. Iy
Meet Mr. Blaine and the Conkling clash
Report describes a tense encounter where Mr. Conkling threatens to throw someone out a window if they press a suggestion. The would be harmonizer backs off, avoiding further contact with Mr. Blaine due to fear of a harsher rebuke. Relations between Mr. Conkling and the ex secretary of state remain unfriendly, while Mr. Belford of Colorado is urged to stay neutral between the two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Blaine
Mr. Conkling
Conkling
Rockies
Belford
Colorado
Senate Control Hinges On Five States In 1886
Washington dispatch explains that on March 3 1886 twenty five Senate seats will expire with fourteen Democrats and eleven Republicans. Democrats must gain at least three of eleven retiring Republican seats to secure a Senate majority, leaving Colorado Connecticut Nevada New York and Pennsylvania as crucial targets. The piece notes current Democratic prospects in these states look reasonably favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Messrs. Pugh
Alabama
Walker
Arkansas
Farley
California
Call
Florida
Brown
Georgia
Voorhees
Indiana
Williams
Kentucky
Jones
Louisiana
Groome
Maryland
West
Missouri
Vance
North Carolina
Pendleton
Ohio
Slater
Oregon
Hampton
South Carolina
Messrs. Hill
Colorado
Vlatt
Connecticut
Logan
Liinois
Allison
Iowa
Ingalls
Kansas
Nevada
Blair
New Hampshire
Lapham
New York
Cameron
Pennsyvania
Morrill
Vermont
Wisconsin
Senate
Illlnois
Ver Tnent
Conneticut
Pennsylvania
Fears Of A Gentile Merchant In Mormon Trade Network
A Chicago report recalls Gentile merchants wary of publishing interview details on Mormon issues. A Utah trader pleads with a United Press reporter not to reveal his comments, fearing ostracism and loss of business among Mormons in Utah, while noting tense cross-state trade dynamics and cultural enforcement.
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Chicago
Utah
United Press
Zoe
Mississippi
Louisiana
South
Land Suit Opens in New Hampshire Over 25000 Acres
After four weeks of testimony the United States Circuit Court case by the New Hampshire Land Company against Littleton residents closed its hearing. The suit seeks possession of timber lands in the White Mountain region based on the 1831 Willey conveyance, while defendants rely on 1706 road repair grants. 39 lawyers are involved, making it the largest NH case to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shire Land
Concord
N. H
United States Circuit Court
Lowell
Boston
Famous Land Company
New Hampshire Land Company
Connecticut
Littleton
Winte Mountain
James Willey
Charles H. Burns
Wilton
William M. Chase
F.5. Streeter
Charles P. Sanborn
John
Mugridge
A. F. Pike
F. N. Parsons
Daniel Barnard
W. M.barnard
Franklin
Williams. Ladd
Everett Fletcher
Lancaster
Alvan Burleigh
George H. Adams
Charles A. Jewell
Plymouth
Keely Motor Company Stockholders Postpone Meeting
Philadelphia December 12 stockholders met at Walnut street offices with President Randall noting no written report from directors and Keely sending a long letter regretting delay He predicts progress and urges postponement to February 1 1884 while directors for the coming year are elected Joseph Annin Ollit Baldwin George B Collier A R Edge F G Green E G Randall J E Smith
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Philadelphia
Keely Motor Company
Walnut Street
Randall
Keely
Joseph Annin
Ollit Baldwin
George B. Collier
A. R. Edge
E. G. Randall
J. E. Smith
DULL DAYS FOR IRON MEN IN CAPITAL DISTRICT
Albany report shows the Rensselaer Iron Company rail mill shut with about 500 men discharged. Other branches employ 2700 men but run at half capacity. Cohoes rolling mill says 6 percent wage cut and will operate all winter. Troy Malable Iron Works strike persists as four workers remain. management plans to hire non union labor to keep mills running.
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Albany
Rensselaer Iron Company
Cohoes
Malleable Iron Works
Troy
Too Heavy a Charge Ends Bridegroom Serenade
In Marshall county a wedding serenade turned fatal when Shannon Wilman fired an old musket held overhead. The blast crushed his skull as the recoil struck the temple, killing him instantly amid the wedding celebrations in Wheeling.
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Wheeling
W. Va
John Crow
Miss Hopkins
Marshall County
Shannon Wilman
Cranky Inventors and Odd Machines in a Patent Office Tale
A veteran patent solicitor describes cranks seeking patents for steamless locomotion and Mars communication schemes. He recounts a persistent man showing diagrams for magnetic propulsion, then a woman convinced of a grand invention, and a young dreamer proposing an earth mars signaling machine. The narrative shifts to a factory scene of skilled polishers and a vast array of drill bits and machines.
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Hin
Bin
Alsey
Earth
Mars
Dle
The Steel Bit Factory in Connecticut Described in Detail
A New York Sun report from Chester details a Connecticut steel bit factory near Ches ter, describing the steel formation from heated bars to finished bits. The piece covers forges, trip hammers, clippers, swedgers, annealing, pickling in sulfuric acid, and multiple machines shaping, drilling, and tempering bits, highlighting the labor of skilled workers and varied tool types used in producing bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iNew York Sun
Chester
United States
Connecticut
Alony
Hiram W Chase's supposed death revealed as fraud
In Worcester a carpenter Hiram W Chase 35 faked his and his second wife's deaths to collect $2000 life insurance from the Golden Cross order. After a chain of misdirections, missing funds, and conflicting telegrams, investigators traced inconsistencies, exposing the ruse and leading to suspension of both spouses from the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcrsten
Hiram W. Chase
Houchy Avenue
H. F. Leavitt
Millbury
Nova Scotia
Mr. Chase
Chase
Worcester Commandery
United Order of the Golden Cross
Order
Clase
Kendall
William EB. Cole
Order of the Golden Cross
Dr. Cole
H. Gray
Port Hastings
Cape Breton
Poe
U States
Mia
John Melnnes
Sky Glen
Worcester
Buffalo
N. Y
Mrs. Chase
Anne Gray
Litigation Promises to Take First Place in New Mexico
A Santa Fe dispatch reports a high profile suit between J. W. Bosler of Pennsylvania and ex-Senator Dorsey. Bosler, allied with Dorsey’s rival, produced letters and bank papers tied to Star route affairs and seeks to account for up to two million dollars in sales and stock. Dorsey, who owns the ranch, seized stock, prompting Bosler to file cross bills. Justice Axteil appointed Joseph Temples as receiver. Public sentiment favors Dorsey amid a multi million dollar dispute beginning in this Territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CuicaGo
Santa Fe
N. M
J. W. Bosler
Pennsylvania
Dorsey
Treasury Department
Bosler
New Mexico
Ap Blance Cattle Company
Bill
Justice Axteil
Joseph KE
Genteman
Colfax County
Gave Her Life for Her Children
New York on December 12 a young married woman, Josephine Bassett, spilled an oil lamp and caught her dress in flames. She rushed from her children to avoid lighting them, cried out that she must save them, and died after Fireman Linehan wrapped her in blankets.
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New York
Josephine Bassett
Linehan
Ellen Ford's Mission in Ireland and London Visit
Ellen Ford arrives in New York detailing her Irish trip to distribute $5000 for families of men hanged or imprisoned over Phanix Park murders. She describes shadowing detectives, distress of families, and a London trial she calls a farce. She notes English hostility to Americans and recounts social reactions in Dublin and London.
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New York
Ellen Ford
Ireland
Phanix Park
Brady
Kelly
Fitzharris
Harmon
Rowels
Fagan
Mullett
Currey
Frien
Miss Dougherty
Queenstown
England
Dublin
London
O'Donnell
Carey
America
Miss Ford
Fenwick Miller
Matos
Oscar
Wilkie
Ford
O’ Donnell
Curious Will of Tramp Solomon Hastings Found in Surrogate Records
NEW YORK December 16 A clerk in the Surrogate's Office uncovered a peculiar 1874 will of Solomon Hastings a self described tramp and beggar who transacted land business along Fourteenth Street and Sixth and Eighth Avenues. Executors named John Giligan and Thomas Phelan. Bequests to friends include shirts a crutch and a seat by a window. Other legatees listed with playful conditions and odd items. The document hints Hastings lived among the poor and included personal tokens and allowances with Sunday county humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rollins
Solomon
Hastings
Fourteenth
Sixth
Eight Avenues
New Youk
Hastings Inne Tanso
John Giligan
Thomas Phelan
Alex J. McConnell
Grand Street
Ialso
Joan Francis Oese
Joseph J
M 5
of & Friends
Charles Alexander
Ny Cnarley
Tom Giset
Ida Hobbs
Jobo Clusk
Court Scuffle Ends With Ten Day Jail Sentence
In St Louis Circuit Court Henry Boemler a leading attorney faced shouted insults from Benjamin Von Phule a real estate dealer after Boemler called him a perfidious scoundrel Von Phule attacked Boemler seizing his head and beating it until it resembled raw beef The judge ordered Von Phule ten days in jail and overruled his justification. Mary Ann Kell died in Baltimore at age 86 noted as a famed beauty and Washington season belle linked to Lafayette ball receptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Circuit Court
Henry Boemler
Benjamin von Phule
von Phule
Menn
Boemler
Adams
von Phale
Mary Ann Kell
Baltimore Belles
Baltimore
Judge Kell
Washington
Lafayette
America
Paris
Invitation to form a club and distribute free samples
An 1884 notice invites all readers to act as club agents to form a newspaper club. It promises generous subscription rates listed in the first column and urges scattering free sample copies everywhere.
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Odonnell
Phenix Park
Cisely
O’bonnell
Senator Butler
Morrison
Representative Maskell
MR. Hale
OUR
NAVY
Belford As
the Lamb
Mie
Mille
Albany, Troy and
Hiram Chase
Beccar
James Ler
John Fer
Perpuse
J. A. Sherman
Mile Street
New York Police
Broadway
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