Wrecked Rhode Island Steamer Runs Aground in Fog
Providence reports the steamer Rhode Island wrecked off Bonnet Point in dense fog while on the Newport Providence run. All 170 passengers and 750 tons of freight saved as crew and officers display calm discipline and bravery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Rhode Island
Bonnet Point
Narragansett
Stonington
New York
Uylight
Narragansett Ferry
Proytence
Newport
Gilroy
David L. Phillips
Foxpoint
GLOBE
Messrs. R. ©. Taft
H. N. Beckwith
Boston
Williams
Berts
Swan
Parker
Stillman White
Massachusetts
Kingston
Peter Hunt
Jamestown
Mott
Charles J. Murphy
J. A. Bradley
J. A. Ward
J. Goodrich, Jr
E. F. Leery
H. K. Moore
William T. Parker
Babcock
Tk Globe
Thompson
Star
Point Judith
Beaver Vail
Konnet Point
Donnet Wint
Helm
Jeaver Tail
Murderous assault on Sister of Mercy in New York
Gertrude Verena, a Sister of Mercy at St John Baptist's Home, was shot four times by a stranger who claimed she bewitched him. The assailant Thomas Stanton, Irish native, 35, was arrested. Verena sustained severe but nonfatal injuries. Stanton appeared intoxicated and mentally unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gertrude Verena
Mercy
St. John Baptist’s
Episcopal Church
East Seventeenth Street
Verena
Siater
Venera
A Family Affair in London County Mortal Tragedy Ends
Merrill Natt, a London county farmer, fatally wounds his sister-in-law with a knife after a quarrel then shoots himself in the mouth. While dying he sees the woman move, drags his body to her, strikes with a stone, and his wife then kills him with another rock. The sister dies minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
London County
Merrill Natt
Judge Sentences Four Men in Perjury Case
In Baltimore, United States District Court Judge Morris sentenced Dr. Sydney K. Grant Michael Ward alias Thomas Callahan and William Owens alias William Statford for perjury in a pension case. Grant received a $1000 fine and three years in penitentiary, Owens and Ward each got fines and one year in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
United States District Court
Morris
Sydney K. Grant
Michael Ward
Thomas Callahan
William Owens
William Statford
Owens
Grant
Ward
Fatal Railway Accident Near Bergen Tunnel
A halt and derailment near Bergen tunnel, Jersey City, left the engineer dead after a switch error. Fireman George Hoppe injured. other crew escaped. Total damage estimated around 5000 dollars and the line blocked.
Six Hundred Chinese Sail for China in Exodous
San Francisco reports on Friday six hundred Chinese leaving for China with more expected to follow. The exodus provokes satisfaction among locals, though the reasons remain conjectural, whether from American hostility or enticing manufacturing opportunities abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
China
Murdered Because He was a Democrat
Greenville South Carolina November 7 Reuben Dodson a respected elderly Black man and Democrat was assassinated in the street on his way home by unknown parties. Threats had been made against him prior to the killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
8. C
Reuben Dodson
General Grant Rents New York Residence on Fifty second Street
General Grant has rented the Jerome B. Chaffee residence on Fifty second street near Fifth avenue and will live there with Mrs. Grant Jr. Ex-Senator Chaffee has moved to the Union League club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Grant
New York
Jerome B. Chaffee
Fifty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
A. 8
Grant, Jr
Chaffee
Union League Club
Boston Snepender Company Stock Looked Up
Inquiry into the stock of the Boston Snepender Company seeks to verify share status and market presence amid notables in the financial scene. No official report yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Snepender Company
End of Garfield Hancock Vote Sparks Political Shifts
The article analyzes early returns from California Nevada and Oregon showing uncertain results with Garfield likely to win Nevada for Democrats and Hancock leading in others. It predicts Republicans cannot rely on a guaranteed ticket and stresses a wish for more principled, independent leadership free of corrupt bosses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield
Hancock
Grant
United States
California Vote Still Undecided In 1880s Canvass
San Francisco reports counties to canvass the official vote with remote telegraph stations delaying results. Garfield leads in California with about 113 votes, while Kilpatrick’s assembly seat in Montey is disputed. Oregon swings to Garfield. New York coverage notes possible contest moves and political maneuvers involving Hancock and Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Republican Central Committee
Garfield J
Kilpurv
Montey
Assembly
Adams
Sonoma
Party results roll of 19th century elections across states
The report tracks state by state results with Republican gains in Maine New Hampshire and Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Colorado and Nebraska while several states like California Rhode Island and Vermont show strong Republican majorities. Democratic wins appear in Nevada Arkansas Florida Maryland North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia with mixed congressional outcomes and one Senate change.
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Garfield
Alabama
Colorado
Connecticut
Arkansas
Illinois
Georgia
Tees
Kansas
Maine
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Mississ
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
York
Gree Bk
Calitortita
Delaware
Florida
Tadiana Beens
Kentucky
Ory
Massachus
Michigan
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Carolina
Oregon
Penney
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Texas
Vermont
Wisconsin
Senate
California
North Carolina
Indiana
West Virginia
Pitkin
H . B. Br Igelow
W. G.earn Dem
8. M. Cullom
J. P. St. John
John PD. Long
D. H. Jerome
T. T. Crittenden
Albiuus Nance
H. Jell
J.C. Ludlow
T. J. Jarvis
J. Hagood
South Carolina
Hawkins
D. M. Roberts
Nnsen Sane Oye
United States
Bayard
Neal Dow
Ilinois
Cullom
Iowa
Ohio
Legimias
Hatch
Virginia
Pennsylvania
What the Editor of the Courier Journal Says of the Result
Louisville dispatch notes the Courier Journal refrain that the Democratic defeat is not the people’s defeat but a setback for the party, reflecting on the looming political implications and public sentiment. The article frames the outcome as a warning rather than a condemnation of common voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
The
Courier- Journal
Democratic Party
A Chip of the Old Block at Bonnet Point
Providence reports a pistol firing by Willie Sprague and a companion from 14 year old Willie Sprague and a Dr J B Greene son at the Bonnet Point wreck scene. Thompson, Mrs Kate Chase Sprague trustee, plans to prosecute. Sprague claims the shot was a toy and fired in the air.
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Providence
Robert Thompson
Kate Chase Sprague
Sprague
Bonnet Point
Thompson
Willie Sprague
J. B. Greene
Mr. Thompson
Mr. Chaffee
Canonchet
RK. 1
Willie
Counterfeit Rail Tickets Ring Busted In Chicago
Stafford and Miller, alleged operators in counterfeit railway tickets, were arrested after about 150 forged tickets with Canadian Southern Michigan Central Chicago and Alton Missouri Pacific Kansas Pacific issues and Lake Shore prints were found in their possession at the Sherman House. Stamps and dies used for printing were seized. Miller has many aliases while Stafford pleads innocence. The counterfeit scheme surfaced when a ticket scalper reported suspiciously cheap offers, with genuine Detroit tickets priced at 30 dollars advertised at 12 dollars.
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Chicago
Stafford
Miller
Canada Southern
Michigan Central
Chicago and Alton
Missouri Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Lake Shore Road
Sherman House
Detroit
Fifteen Men Die as Cage Chains Break in Belgian Mine
In Mons Belgium on November 4 fifteen men were killed and several injured when chains on a mine cage broke in a shaft. The accident caused great anxiety among workers and officials as rescue and investigation efforts began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mons
Belgium
California Supreme Court Denies Release Of Young Kalloch
In San Francisco on November 4 the California Supreme Court refused I M Kalloch petition to be released from custody, ruling the information valid under the practice act. The decision blocks mayoral ally from a trial delay in the murder case of Charlies De Young. Later, a fatal quarrel in New York on November 6 left John Green and Benjamin Staats in a street dispute over musician payments. Staats died from a gunshot wound as Greene faced examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Supreme Court
I. M. Kalloch
Kalloch
Charlies de Young
New York
John Green
Benjamin Staats
Seventh Avenue
Staats
Greene
Brutal Batesville Murderer Slits Throat but Survives
In Batesville Noble county a German husband Frank M. Bredenbaugh murdered his wife and child with an axe killing Mrs Stephens and her child and injuring a servant girl. He later cut his own throat in a tobacco house but survived and was jailed. He is reported to have married the farmer’s daughter and has one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Batesville
Noble County
Frank M. Bredenbaugh
Bredenbaugh
Mrs. Stephens
Stephens
Merciless Marcerou Atrocities At Versailles Jails Exposed
A foreign report accuses Captain Marcerou of brutal treatment of Communist prisoners at Versailles during 1871. It contrasts his actions with Thiers's cautious policies and notes amnesty exceptions for some officials. The piece recalls grim conditions, threats, and the fear of uprising among 20 000 captives.
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New Caledonia
Marceron
Red
Chantiers
Versailles
Vincennes
Grevy
Senate
Thiers
Marcerou
Gallifet
Lever
Executing the Decrees of Expulsion in France and Elsewhere
French authorities push expulsion of non authorized congregations including Benedictines and Jesuits amid protests by crowds. In Boulogne English ladies arrested for stirring resistance as fire crews force entry to a Jesuit house. Russia faces grain shortage and harvest shortfalls prompting fear of export ban and rising bread prices. Nihilist trials in St Petersburg reveal party membership and mine involvement. A sensational tale recounts the steamship Jeddahed courage story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Fugolet
Tarascan
Bouches du Rhone
Boulogne
Fire Department
Tribunal of Justice
Minister of Justice
Washington
Russian Empire
Foster
United States
St. Petersburg
Russia
Shipwrecked pilgrims and a cowardly captain’s trial
A ship carrying pilgrims bound for the tomb of the Prophet suffers a boiler leak and sinks into chaos. The captain and wife flee in a lifeboat while officers shoot at fleeing pilgrims. The vessel reaches port, but the captain faces a suspended certificate after a court ruling.
Sunday Night Gale Causes Wide Maritime Damage
A Sunday gale across Montreal and Lake Ontario regions wrecked structures and ships. A three story St Mary street building housed by Mr Grace collapsed in Montreal, with $15000 in damages. Ravenscrag rode out the storm after its beam ends were blown, others wrecked include ships on Kingston and Oswego areas. a man drowned on the Montreal wharf. Fall River reports a house blown down with five inside unharmed.
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Montreal
Canada
St. Mary Street
Grace
Ravenscrag
Allan Line
Kingston
Ontario
Clifton
Lake Ontario
Erie
Penn
Jara
Toledo
Buffalo
Swinton
Oswego
N.Y
Wood Duck
Frenchman's Bay
Base Pier
Sieval Corps
N. Y
Sarges Mohawk
Keystone
John Oades
Edward Kelly
Signal Corps
Sandy Hook
Utica
St. Paul's
Fall River
Fal River
Timothy Connors
Indictment Flung to Crowd as Athlone Rally Roils Dublin
In Athlone a 20,000 strong assembly greeted Parnell supporters amid green banners arches and hostile demonstrations toward British troops. Parnell urged mass organization to resist landlords while Sullivan tore up the indictment amid cheers. Healy seeks Wexford seat with Land League lines. A Cork hamlet clash saw a Walsh-led attack on speakers ending with derisive denunciation of the Land League.
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Dublin
Athlone
Galway
Westmeath
Kings County
Ireland
Parnell
Forster
Land League
Healy
Wexford
Meath
A. M. Sullivan
Shanagarr
County of
Cork
Walsh
League
A Paris Romance of a Conjuror and a Rich Foreigner
In May a wandering conjuror in Nord town befriends sixteen year old Anna near a cemetery. He seduces her into a Bohemian tour promising wealth, pays her mother seventy five francs monthly, and she later marries a noble foreigner in Paris after her Folies Bergere success. Charles is sent to South America.
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Department of the Nord
Charles
Anna
Anna Bean
Paris
Folies-Bergere
South America
Mr. X
Boisin & Carriage
Sleepy switchman triggers Bergen Tunnel train crash
At West End on the New York Lake Erie and Western line a sleeping switchman caused a collision between a passenger train and a freight train in the Bergen Tunnel. Engineer David Quackenbush and brakeman Joseph Debois were killed instantly, fireman Ganet Rooshi badly injured, and others suffered minor injuries. Switchman Clarke Bogart disappeared after opening the switch. Damages estimated at twelve hundred dollars.
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New York
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad
West End
New York and New Jersey Railroad
Jersey City
Penhorn
Bergen Tunnel
David Quackenbush
Joseph Debois
Ganet Rooshi
William Burleigh
Clarke Bogart
New Jersey
Bogart
New Railroad Bridge Completed Over Leading Creek
The Ohio and West Virginia railroad bridge over Leading Creek is completed and track is being laid along the river bank through the town. Passenger trains may start next week. The route provides direct access to Columbus via Gallipolis McArthur and Logan’s, with completion to Pomeroy expected by the first of next month if weather stays fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leading Creek
Earth cave-in at Sebastopol halts mining. thousands lost
Pittstox Pennsylvania November 6 Sebastopol scene earth cave-in caused several thousand dollars damage, destroying property and forcing abandonment of several dwellings. The earth settled six feet, prompting suspension of mining in the vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittstox
Penn
Sebastopol
German American citizen released after prison in Germany
Herr Weil, born in Alsace Lorraine and naturalized U.S. citizen, returned home and refused military service. He was jailed as a deserter, appealed to Ambassador White, who secured U.S. protection. German authorities released Weil following White's telegraph to Secretary Evarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herr Weil
Alsace
Lorraine
United States
Berlin
White
Germany
Weil
Locomotive Boiler Explodes Near Fall River Bridge
A Fall River rail line train leaving at 2 40 p m for New Bedford exploded its boiler while crossing the Narrows bridge near the city line. Engineer George White was killed and fireman James Thompson was severely scalded. White’s body was blown into the pond and not recovered. The train had two freight cars a passenger car and a smoking car. The coupling of the passenger car broke and the forward part ran a quarter mile. Thompson applied the brakes despite grave injuries. Both men were from New Bedford. About thirty passengers were aboard. none injured.
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Fall River
New Bedford
Narrows
George White
James Thompson
White
Thompson
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Framingham
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Philadelphia
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Leithgow Street
Mary
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Gettysburg
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California Supreme Court
Young Kalloch
Merciless Marcerou
Louis Napoleon
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Eenena van Praesecines
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Gale
Lake Region
Fail River
Lake and Ocean Dimaaters
Athlone’s Assemblage
Mr. Healy
Diccer
New Bedford and
L. R
Oston Suspender Co
Dywytt
Washington St
Masa
Oo Whitney
Whitney
Whitney Chemical CO
U.S.A
New York Herald
American Dentaphose CO
4Th St
E. Parker
Lynn
Sloan IS Co
George St. Cincinnati
Ll Reed
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