A Romance of Rascality in South Carolina’s Ex Governor
The New York Times prints a detailed history of ex Governor Frank J. Moses of South Carolina, a rebel and later a robber. The portrait traces his rise from Sumter to Speaker, his corruption with pay certificates, lavish spending, pardons for criminals, and eventual downfall when funds vanished and supporters abandoned him.
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Franklin J. Moses: from wealth to beggar in New York
The article sketches the rise and fall of Franklin J. Moses. Once cultured and powerful, he used his talents to commit fraud and theft, robbing his wife and mother, fleeing to New York where he starved while living on his wits. A sheriff pursued him but never captured him, leaving him in destitution.
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Was it a robbery at the Clearing House?
A bank messenger and detective mislaid a pocketbook with 43,000 in gold certificates, 24,000 in legal tender notes, and 160,000 in clearing-house certificates en route to the Clearing House. The loss, not theft, is debated as authorities consider the missing pocketbook and unverified numbers, with a fresh shipment sent to the Clearing House.
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Remarkable Career of Mary Jane Pettis in a Noted Forgery Plot
Mary Jane Pettis died at forty three in a New York tenement. She spurred the plot against her husband Spence Pettis, a New York forger, saving him from imprisonment at first but ultimately failing to secure his release. Her devotion, influence and struggle against illness marked a dramatic end to a noted chapter in late 19th century crime.
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Death by Own Action at House of Refuge Island
Katie Ranch a sixteen year old girl committed to the House of Refuge on Randall's Island August 28 on parental complaint. She hanged herself yesterday after refusing to work, with testimony from matrons confirming the suicide and noting the death occurred in her room before supper.
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Grant's Berlin reception described by Bayard Taylor
Despatch recounts an intimate audience with the Empress and Emperor at the Berlin palace. The Empress expressed desire for peace and urged friendship between the United States and Germany, asking Taylor to convey a message to General Grant. She spoke with emotion of workers' distress and the need for peaceful relations between the two nations.
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Cuban Slaves Revolt At Michebena Sugar Plant
A Cuban slave gang at Michebena plantation Aguila County Colum jurisdiction struck on the 12th resisting forced return to duty. The overseer Spaniard and storekeeper were killed and the lower wounded. Lieutenant-Governor sent 100 cavalry to scene with larger force and ordered alarms to parishes amid widespread panic in the slave district.
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Boston Bulldozing Tactics in Massachusetts Election Exposé
A New York World reporter documents widespread intimidation in the Massachusetts election era, detailing factory boss pressure, covert circulars, and threats against workers, clergy, and banks. Cases include discharges at the Boston Customs House of German and other workers for supporting Butler, with corroborating affidavits and widespread hush-hush tactics.
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A Pious Fraud Exposer Charles Fitch's Infamy in Worcester
Worcester readers recount the career of Charles Fitch a self styled sanctimonious fraud who exploited churches and women across multiple towns He posed as a Christian light, used a Main Street young woman for gifts and then fled to evade debts and bigamy charges Detective Dyson ties his history to Westford Clinton Auburn and other places and notes his latest marriage in Canterbury Conn He faces court in Brooklyn Conn and is wanted in this state as investigations continue Varying towns and dates frame a sensational public exposure of the con artist with Worcester figures lingering in social memory
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Moroney and Sister and Chinatown Immigration Debate
Representative Layis proposes a modified Chinese immigration bill with a heavy per chinaman tax instead of penalties. The plan would fund care for sick and indigent migrants and quarantine facilities, aiming for broader support among Eastern lawmakers. Also, narratives recount James Freeman Moroney’s search for a sister and a long accident tale of a missing sibling. Separate report on Congressman Acklin includes testimony alleging seduction and marriage arranged to benefit a planter, with corroboration and a committee finding of guilt.
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New York Dispatch List of World Facts and a Fatal Fall
The item catalogs geographic superlatives from oceans to rails and landmarks, then reports on a December 24 incident in Brooklyn where Miss Ann Robinson, 15, was knocked unconscious by a wire stretched across Myrtle Avenue by watching youths, suffering a fractured skull. Police seek the boys responsible.
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German Chess Union Formed At Leipzig Event
From the Deutsche Schachzeitung comes word that over forty German chess societies have backed forming a General German Chess Association. The body, Allgemeiner Deutscher Schachbund, will hold its first congress in Leipzig next year.
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Meadow-Hay Opening and Chess Play Analysis
The fragment shows a chess game with players White and Black, moves labeled and many illegible tokens. Commentary notes that Black adopts a waiting strategy, but the position favors White as the game drags on. It describes a sequence where defending the pawn risks loss of the rook, and lines lead to potential draws or material equality depending on exchanges.
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Played at the Boston Chess Club featuring a chaotic clash
The game between Allpater Garobit and Mr Curran is described with a flurry of mislabeled moves and piece trades. Black and White players struggle through an unusual sequence, with notes on queen moves, knight threats, and a controversial late position. The account notes the position’s popularity for odd middlegame motifs rather than strategic merit.
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Brave Franklin Boy Rescues Skater From Frozen Pond
A thirteen year old Franklin boy saved Bennet, who fell through thin ice at Colonel Scott’s pond near City Mis, by using a fence rail Johnny Db. Mann, aged thirteen, stretched from the shore, rolled the rail to Bennet, and kept him afloat until escape. The water was deep and the current strong, Bennet nearly exhausted. The Massachusetts Humane Society may recognize the heroism.
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Public Works Expenses and Ex Congressman Death Notice
Public Works expenses in the last two fiscal years are summarized by the Register of the Treasury in Wasuinoroy D C dated December 26. The Philadelphia dispatch reports the death of ex congressman and notes Colonel Owen Jones, a Philadelphia bar member, on December 27.
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Trouble with the HN Tribes and Lahore Ambushes
Private advices from Calcutta report hill tribes near Lahore ambushing English foraging parties with severe losses. Military actions to subdue the tribes are dangerous and difficult. Berlin politics center on Bismarck’s financial plans and tobacco monopoly. the Federal Council delays other measures deemed vital by the Chancellor.
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Outrage Report Of Executions Near Plum Creek
Reports from the Kearney Press detail a brutal execution of two suspected cattle thieves Mitchell and Ketchum near Plum Creek Nebraska on the 10th. The men were chained and hung over a pole while a slow-fire burned beneath them, their bodies scorched and entrails exposed before death. A Cincinnati firm, S C Wheeler & Co, was arrested for swindling creditors after writing and cashing large checks then cashing out the firm balance.
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Two Local Boys Die In Lakeport Freeze
Two boys from Lakeport Elmer Eaton aged seventeen and Douglass Hoppin twelve went hunting and failed to return. A search found their bodies in a ditch on Banksouglass farm a mile from home, the pair having frozen to death.
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Doctor’s cured remedy offered free by East India missionary
An elderly physician claims a simple vegetable remedy can cure Consumption bronchitis catarrh asthma and nervous complaints. After testing it thousands of times he offers to mail the recipe with full instructions in German French or English to interested sufferers at 149 Powers’ Block Rochester with postage stamp and paper name SUERAR.
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A Man of a Thousand Recipe Sold for Stamps
A man, after trying every remedy for his dying child, discovers a cure using Indian hemp. The desperate father offers his life saving recipe in exchange for two stamps, with the address at Abdbeck & Co., 1032 Race Street, Philadelphia.
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