Tragic German Father Murders Three Children in Holyoke
John Kemmler, an 38 year old German immigrant living on Park Street Holyoke, murders his three children in a premeditated act. He lured the eldest and infant to rooms and shot them, then shot the baby in the bed. He later confided to police he killed to spare them bad futures and to free his wife from poverty. Neighbors describe him as sane at times but the act and motive remain disputed. the mother is devastated and faces potential insanity. An arrest followed by interrogation revealed a troubled history of Westward travels and work in several towns before settling in Germania mills. The crime shocked Holyoke and surrounding communities.
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Hollyvonke
Mass
John Kemmler
Park Street
Germania Block
Wiother
Anow
Ler
Blaise Borlen
Borlen
Lipon
Kemmler
Lim
Main Street
Gardon
Martin Smit
Tv Slipz
Borien
Adolph Enge
Orty Hall
Tripe
Germany
Magland
England
Spain
Gibraltar
Morocco
Caye of Good Hope
Zanzibar
America
Ersthampton
Pomeroy & Son
New York City
Northampton
Asherst
Amherst
Adams
Connecticut
Hanover
Ansie Voo Suke
Bays
Caery Company
Clement, Hawkee & Maynard
Riverside Cowery Company
Southington, Conn
Peck, Stones & Wa
Holyoke
Germania Mills
Black Hills
Mechanics’ Savings Bank
Northampton Savings Bank
Leadville
Omaha
Chicgo
Boston
New York
Leaven
Kemmier
Germania Lock
Germania
Enmler
Childron
Borley
Goddard
Eddard
Adolph Engel
Alderman Winkler
Kemmter
Simith
Kioypebar
Bes
Kempiler
Carbonate
Swith
Iowa
Smwith
Tomwnon
Imateu
Tie
Bickerioxe
Oace
Rapa
Umu
Luis
Sue
Lexdville
Howe
Lynn Tragedy Links Granger to Perjury Case in Lynn
The arrest of John B. Granger on perjury ties him to the Lynn trunk murder of Jennie P. Clarke. Investigators note connections with Buzzell and the Naumkeag House in Peabody, with towns and people from Saugus to Salem involved. A French immigrant girl’s testimony and a letter opened from a misdelivered mail heighten inquiries. Detectives remain cautious about identifying Clarke’s body and linking Buzzell to the crime as the investigation pivots on scene trails and witness statements.
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John Baker Granger
Naumkeag House
Peabody
Jennie P. Clarke
Lynn
John B. Granger
John N. Buzzell
Saugus River
Granger
Naumkeax House
Buzzell
Mayo
Grangers
Salem
Buard
Toe
Groovera
Im & Lown
South Shore
Hill
Miss Clarke
Boston
Curve Street
Collision at Sea Delays Two Steamers Italy and Canada
In New York on June 21 the steamers Italy bound for Liverpool and Canada for London collided near Bedloe’s Island. Italy struck the barque Barbarossa, then collided with Canada as it backed away. Barbarossa received a large hole, Italy ashore to prevent sinking, Canada towed to dock with cracked plates. Estimated losses total about 60,000 dollars with no lives lost.
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New York
Italy
Canada
National Line
Liverpool
London
Bay
Bedloe’s Island
Itily
Cordes
Sleep that ended in death at Perrerporo New Hampshire
Naomi Howard, a 65 year old widow, fell into a trance on Friday afternoon and could not be awakened through Friday night and Saturday. She remained unconscious until yesterday when brief signs of revival appeared before she again slipped into death. She had enjoyed good health prior.
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Perrerporo
N. H
Naomi Howard
Tod
Picnic Perils Riot at Communistic Picnic in Chicago
Chicago June 22 A riot at a Communistic picnic in Silver Leaf grove on the west side led to reports of multiple deaths which were later found to be exaggerated. Sharpshooters escorted by police faced a hostile crowd, firing and stoning as arrests followed. Wounded include V Ork Henry Williams and others, with one man Donahue reportedly gravely hurt. The incident spurs debate over armed gatherings and militia laws set to take effect July 1.
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Chicago
St. Vincent School
Silver Leaf Grove
Quckly
West Madison Stees
V. Ork
Henry Williams
Daniel »cCarthy
D. H. Wilkie
John
A Leadville Romance A Strange Reunion in Carbonate Camp
In Leadville during a romantic era a woman once separated from her Iowa husband meets him again after years of hardship. The pair, who endured poverty and public shame, reconvene when the husband recognizes her in Leadville. They decide to renew their life together and depart to start anew.
Cigar Makers Rally Against Tenement House System
In New York City a mass meeting of cigar makers condemned the movement-house method of cigar production and urged a law banning cigar manufacture in tenement houses. The Socialistic Labor party backed efforts to enforce the eight hour law with speeches by leading socialists. The National Labor party also convened to discuss workers’ current conditions and to back Labor party actions in California.
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New York City
Socialistic
New York
Senate
Socialistic Labor Party
National Labor Party
Labor Party
California
Vessels report fires at sea near New York port
June reports from brig Emma L Shaw and barque Sultana describe distant fires about 15 to 25 miles northeast of Kiw. Captains Maccomber and Mosher observed heavy smoke and flames, with little wind and calm seas, suggesting burning oil laden ships and possible crew saved by other vessels.
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New York
Emma L. Shaw
Galway
Sultana
Antwerp
Maccomber
Save
Porch
Kiw
Mosher
Fire charred barque seen near Sultana rescue at sea
The barque burned near the water’s edge while the Sultana drifted close to the bulk for hours to aid any boats. No rescuers appeared. A vessel eastward may have aided. The burning ship then went out and was last seen at 10 3 14 N 65 42 W.
Hull inquest resumes in murder case with suspender link
New York reporters note a dull inquest as boarder Thomas Boetger testifies about suspenders thrown away around mid June. The coroner seeks the item in framing a link to the Hull residence murder, while witnesses recount door status and a strange man seen near the scene. Jewelry found in Boston pawnbroker’s office is identified as Mrs Hull’s, with an arrest expected soon.
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New York
Thomas Boetger
Hull
Boetger
Townsend
Ull George LD. Hyde
Vietn
Boston
Uncle Sam Log Returns Home After Sea Trial
Halifax dispatch details the voyage from Boston on the Uncle Sam with a becalmed start, compass loss, repairs at Great Brewster, gale encounters near Provincetown, Cape Cod, and Cape Sable, then hospitality in Halifax. Goldsmith thanks Cowarey and Lewis for canned goods and denies a rival claim of funds from yachtsmen.
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Halifax
N.S
Sam
Boston
Great Brewster Island
Barber
Great Brewaver
Mate
Mre. Goldsmith
Mae
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Ames
Wilson
Leeward
Jate
Wate
Cape Sabie
Cape Sable
G. Swim
Cape Neuro
Lewis G
Goldsmith
Revolution in Judaism A Sunday Sabbath Move Gains Steam
In New York discussion mirrors Chicago clashes between Orthodox and Reformed Jews. Rev Dr Kobler resigns from a major synagogue. A Reform rabbi promotes making Sunday the Sabbath, arguing law and public opinion favor business on Sunday. He envisions a sweeping shift in practice and faith.
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New York
Chicago
Kobler
Seaume
Betto
Wach
Starvation case reported in New Beptorp orphan child
In New Beptorp, Massachusetts, June 21, Rev. Isaac H. Coe was told of an apparent starvation attempt on a two month old illegitimate boy born at the Teosks bury almshouse. Amelia Joseph, seventeen, listed as mother, is described as an idiot. the infant was moved to the city almshouse for care and is expected to recover. Neighbors describe the scene as a horrible sight.
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New Beptorp
Mass
Isaac H. Coe
Babbitt Street
Tewsksbury Almshhouse
Amelia Joseph
Anna Joseph
William H. Taylor
Bavoy
City Elms-House
Desperation ends in shooting in Bridgeport
In Bridgeport Oliver Tomlinson filed for divorce after posting his wife. She returned to the city and, after entering his room, took his revolver and shot at him above the heart and then killed herself. Her wound was not dangerous and doctors could not assess Tomlinson’s injury. Mrs. Tomlinson says the shot was accidental. he says deliberate. Both are prominent property holders in the city.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Oliver Tomlnson
Tomlinson
Global Freemason Totals Supposedly Reach Fifteen Thousand
The Masonic Order reports lodge counts by country from Germany to the United States totaling about 15,000. The Neue Frie Presse cites December 31, 1878, figures showing over 6,000,000 Freemasons worldwide, with notable omissions for Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, and Russia.
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Neue Frie Presse
Vienna
Germany
Switzerland
Hungary
Roumania
Servia
Ireland
Gibraltar
Malta
Sweden
Norway
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Greece
Turkey
Egypt
Africa
Aden
India
China
Japan
Australia
Australian Islands
New Zeeand
United States of North America
Canada
Cuva
Haiti
Mexico
Brazil
Great Britain
Holland
Belgium
Denmark
Russia
Judicial Bill Vetoed as Congress Fails to Override
Washington June 23 The judicial bill has been vetoed as expected with reading in the house taking about an hour. The vote to pass the bill over the veto failed by party lines. Other items note a routine signing of the legislative and executive appropriation bill, and a curious scene in the Republican cloak room as Oscar Turner meets Jay Hubbell over Greenback coalition talk. Reports from Paris on interoceanic canal plans emphasize a U.S. lead through Nicaragua and potential Panama rejection. Massachusetts troops in Indiana draw dispute over 1864 voting claims. Notes mention Senator Blaine's Maine trip, Kearsarge readiness, captain O Reilly resignation, Vandalia voyage, and retirement plans for officers.
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D. C
Garfield
LornEr
Washington, D. C
House
Oscar Turner
Kentucky
Jay Hubbell
Michigan
National Republican Committee
National View
Greenback
Ewin
Ohio
Hubbell
Turner
Tuia
Ubio
Greepackers
Toledo
Lurper
Ewing
Turper
Iuter-Oceanic Canal
Ammen
Mr. Menocal
United States
Paris
Pasvingion
Secretary of State
Congress
Commercia
Atantic
Pacific Oceans
Comipe'euts
Nicaraugua
Suy
Panama
Blaine
Maine
Kearsarge
Portsmouth
N. H
North Atlantic
Luke O'Reilly
Nineteenth Infantry
New York
Huntington
New London
New Bedford
Edgarown
Martha’s Vineyard
Belfast
Portland
E. B. Townsend
Eleven-year-old Flora Agnew Attacked by Large Black Snake
Flora Agnew, visiting her uncle Henry Burns near Hunter's Range Peup, was coiled by a huge black snake while driving cows. The serpent wrapped around her torso until her uncle cut it in two with a knife, leaving visible imprint marks and a five foot five inch length. Flora is from New York City and had been visiting with her cousin.
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Flora Agnew
New York City
Henry Burns
Hunter’s Range
Peup
Flora
Sue
Linen trade in Ulster shows improving demand
In Ulster linen trade the tone remains encouraging with stronger yarn and cloth markets. Yarn turnover, especially on Lome and cross channel, is large. wetted lines scarce. light wefts bought at higher prices. Flax markets firm as Irish production rises, with Irish farmers holding few unsold lots at full prices. Bleached linen demand in home trade remains quiet but shows signs of improvement and stock reductions.
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Ulster
Op Lome
Ireland
Remarkable Lawlessness in Illinos in Hardin County
A Hardin County Illinois clan led by Logan Bell is accused of robberies and murders. Bell reportedly walked into a neighbor’s dancing party and killed Lock Oldham, then challenged others to retaliate. Despite two members turning state’s evidence, Judge Taylor released Belts on their own recognizance, while Jonathan Belt, a Baptist preacher, defended the family in court and accused witnesses of perjury.
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Illinos
Hardin County
Egypt
Illinois
Logan Bell
Tom Widham
Lock Oldham
Elt
Unte
Taylor
Belts
Jonathan Belt
Ve Poianly
County outraged by disclosures of Kelts trial
The county react s with indignation after the Kelts trial reveals most members killed their man. They had warned enemies to flee the county, and growing anger over their barbarities is expected to drive them toward justice.
Tragic Fall at Niagara Falls Claims Belgian Intrepid Tourist
At Niagara Falls a Belgian wife, Rolland, about 25, wife of A Rolland a firearms maker of Liege, fell over the Horseshoe Falls after stopping for a drink while sightseeing with her husband on a world wedding tour. He heard her cry, but could not save her. The body has not yet been recovered despite efforts.
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Burrago
Rolland
A. Rolland
Boulevard A Avroy
Liege
Belgium
Niagara Falls
Falls
New York
Three Sisters Islands
Fatal Accident After Train Ejection Kills Mrs Mullkern
Mrs. Mullkern of Dedham died after being ejected from a Boston to Dedham train, then falling from an iron bridge near Motley's woods. The incident followed a ticket dispute with Conductor Smith, as her husband argued payment rules. she lived about four hours after the fall.
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Martin Mullkern
Dedham
Washington Street
Dedham Village
Boston
Smith
Mulike
Reid
Damater Plain
Forest Hill Station
Forest Hills Station
Rochiudale
Motley's Woods
Jamaica Plain
Wedham
Maria Munkern
Washippton Street
Aeronaut Grimley Nearly Suffocated After Landing
Grimley the aeronaut and Creekwan of the New York Herald landed forty five miles from Montreal after a rough descent. Grimley almost suffocated by escaping gas during the shovel-out, dragged from danger by Creelman who then worked on reviving him for about three quarters of an hour. He remained confident in the steering apparatus and plans no immediate New York tests when gas quality improves.
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Montreal
Grimley
Creekwan
New York Herald
Tobey
Jay
Creelmann
New York
A Son Throws His Mother Down the Back Steps
The article reports Pat Boyle known on Heuchuiao street as a man who drinks on his birthday. He threw his 60-year-old mother down the back steps at his No 19 residence injuring her and leaving her in precarious condition at the city hospital. Keyle was arrested. The piece also notes opposition in New York to an underground and elevated railway from Grand Central to City Hall. Mayor Cooper opposes granting franchise without compensation to property owners and city remuneration.
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Heuchuiao Street
Pat Boyle
No. 19
Pat
Chart Street
Patrick
Keyle
New York
Grand Central Depot
City Hall
Vbia
Cooper
Titus canal boat keeper charged with murder in Jersey City
George Donohue of the canal boat Titus was arrested after the death of housekeeper Mary Conyers. She died within an hour of the physician's arrival, saying before death that Donohue attacked her Saturday night and threw her into the bed of the vessel after beating her.
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Jersey City
N.d
George Donohue
Titus
Mary Conyers
Dorohue
Dangerous Sport Race Collision Between Two Steamboats
In New York on June 23 Plymouth Rock and Columbia, two large excursion steamers, raced with much hilarity and energetic stokers. A collision followed causing panic and near-unhinged passengers, but no injuries or passenger harm occurred.
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New York
Jne
Plymouth Rock
Columbia
Burt
Beecher condemns sectarianism in sermon on church travel
In Brooklyn on June 24 Beecher attacked sectarianism saying people murder in the name of piety and doctrine. He urged Christians to move between churches as freely as between states.
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Brooklyn
Beecher
New York
New Jersey
Philadelphia man commits suicide in prison after embezzlement case
In Philadelphia on June 21 Thomas Tay, a inmate at the Eastern Penitentiary, ended his life with a yarn-harped weapon while serving an eighteen month sentence for embezzling $7800 from the Reading Express Company. The notice appears in the Boston Daily Globe flyer section.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Thomas Taymen
Eastern
Reading Express Company
Ex Empress Improves as Bonaparte Arrives in England
Foreign dispatches report ex Empress Fugerie improving in London with solid food and brief walks as Lucien Bonaparte arrives. Paris notes Le Soleil foresees republic or monarchy as possible futures after the prince imperial’s death. Other items: Peruvian ironclad Huascars action near Antofagasta. Empress Eugenie weak but improving. Victoria to visit. racers Plaisted and Nicholson in a private London scull. an anonymous warning about a possible railway attack on Queen Victoria’s train. Khedive refuses abdication. Tekke raids in Budshamurt. Russia to punish Chinese raiders at Kuldja. Swiss tobacco duties raised.
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London
Fugerie
Lucien Bonaparte
Chisellurat
France
Paris
Orleanist
le Soleil
Prince Imperial
Eugenie
Empress Eugenie
Queen Victoria
Empress Dupenis Tuday
Cheshire
Beatrice
Balm Ral
Windsor
Osiro
Tui
Three bishops of the Reformed Episcopal church consecrated in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on June 27 three newly elected bishops Rev James O Latane Rev P J Stevens and Rev Alfred Richardson were consecrated by Bishop Nicholson. Latane will lead the southern jurisdiction likely from Richmond Stevens takes charge of the southern region including the colored branch Richardson formerly a Church of England clergyman and now to share UK jurisdiction with Bishop Sugden after a brief return to England.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Reformed Episcopal Church
James O. Latane
P. J. Stevens
Alfred 5. Richardson
Nicholson
Newton
Church of the Covenant
Latane
Leacock
Stevens
Howard
Richardson
Gallagher
Richmond
Church of England
Synod of the
Reformed Episcopal Church of Great Britain
England
Sugden
United Kingdom
Child Rescues Baby After Run-In With Locomotive
Jersey City reports a seven year old girl saw a locomotive rounding Franklin crossing and manage to fling a baby from between the ties to safety as the engine and crew watched in shock. The child then walked away unharmed. In Bound Brook a man was tarred and feathered by workmen over alleged newspaper critiques. An 1877 marriage society plans a Norwood park picnic on August 10 expecting many marriages.
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dJersey City
N.d
Charles Frazer
Franklin Crossing
Passaic
Frazer
Is Freman
Society For the Promotion
Norwood Park
Three Men Killed In Colliery Accident At Williamsport
Williamstown Pennsylvania June 23. Machinists W Savage and L W Snyder were killed and James Harkin fatally injured when a chain broke causing workers to fall down a 300 foot slope at the colliery this morning.
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Williamstown
Penn
W. Savage
L. W. Snyder
James Harkin
A Fatal Train Accident Reported In New Jersey
Syracuse news reports Isaac Redmond a Newark farmer was struck by a locomotive and killed instantly. The same train also struck Charles Clough at Port Yorou, with fatalities noted in the line.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Newark
Naay
Isaac Redmond
Charles Clough
Port Yrou
Railroad sale in Chicago forms Grand Trunk line
Chicago sale of the Chicago and Lake Floron railroad completed at market price. The line was purchased for 300000 by Grand Trunk interests to form part of a broader network. Transaction marks consolidation and expansion of regional rail operations.
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Chicago
Chicago and Lake Floron
M*sters Gate
Grand Trunk
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