Judge Davis declares Morey letter a forgery in Garfield case
The New York Supreme Court, November 13, hears Judge Davis’s ruling in the Ken ward Philp libel case. He finds the Morey letter forged, cites erasures, expert testimony, and inconsistent witnesses, and holds Philp liable for criminal libel. Hewitt’s involvement is criticized. the courtroom hears from Hart and Howe. bail remains $2000. Morey and O'Brien face further perjury questions as detectives detain witnesses.
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Roger A. Pryor
Brooke and Howe
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Bell
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John S. Davenport
A.S. Hewitt
Morey
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Hewitt
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Thearfield
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James A. Garfield
Garfeld
Kenwood Philp
Howe
Lindsay
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O'Brien
House of Detention
Finn
Hewitt Attacks Judge Davis Over Morey Chinese Letter
New York November 13 Hon Abrams Hewitt denounces Judge Davis for criticizing his handling of the Morey Chinese letter. Hewitt says the letter was already in Truth before Hart’s copy and asserts the interview and letter dating occurred on October 20, with Bliss and Stoughton corroborating dates, challenging the judge’s bench remarks.
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New Yorke
Hon. Abrams
Hewitt
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Mr. Hart
Stoughton
Bliss
Hart
Rise and fall of Mrs Warren and Mrs McIntyre swindle
The New York Herald recounts the 1880 Union Square scheme run by Mrs M E Warren and Mrs McIntyre under Ladies Mining and Stock Exchange. Depositors, mostly women, handed over funds for a 60 day investment with a guaranteed return, profiting early. Losses mounted as Warren fled after suspicions rose, leaving hundreds of victims, many women, to seek redress while lawyers offered little help.
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Warren
Mining Stock Exchange
No. 23
Union Square
Mrs. Warren
Seven Days of Wreck Suffering Off Atlantic Coast
First Officer McDonald and a seaman named Lacy of the British barque County of Richmond survived seven days afloat on a forecastle deck after the vessel wrecked October 14 in the Atlantic. They signaled unsuccessfully for help, Lacy delirious from salt water, until rescued by barque Landro and taken to Boston for care. Both are from New York. the ship was bound from Bethport, New Jersey, to St Thomas.
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McDonald
Richmond
Atlantic Ocean
Lacy
Landro
Gandalich
Boston
Cyclone Demolishes Keatchie La Destroying Town
A cyclone passed over Keatchie Louisiana late yesterday leveling buildings and killing Professor Reynolds of the Baptist church. A large number of residents were injured, reports from Shreveport say. The storm also affected nearby Mille and New Orleans with damage and injuries.
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Mille
New Orleans
Shreveport
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Baptist Church
Jeanne Samary Marries Amid Paris Political Turmoil
Paris news reports a Left meeting debating a government confidence motion amid a French cabinet crisis. Discussions include potential dissolution, resignations, and the role of M. Ferry in education policy, with mixed views on cabinet composition and parliamentary majorities.
French ministry retains office after confidence vote
Paris scene shows the chamber voting 207 to 131 to back the ministry. Gambetta and President Grevy press for the vote of confidence as the crisis appears resolved. Later, M. Baudry Dasson, suspended deputy, returns to the chamber, sparking clashes with Legitimists and a military intervention led by Colonel Pin to eject Dasson.
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Grevy
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M. Dasson
Gambetta
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M. Cason
A Heroine of the Commune Welcomed in Paris
Louise Michel returned to Paris to a crowd of over ten thousand at Gare St. Lazare led by Henri Rochefort. The condemned revolutionary praised the commutation of her sentence while recalling her time in Noumea where she taught convicts and fashioned a private catechism beginning with Who created you Nature.
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Louise Michel
Gare St. Lazare
Henri Rochefort
Genoa
Auberiere
Noumea
France
Earthquake Devastates Agram Austria Destruction Widens
Agram suffers renewed tremors with half the town destroyed and half its inhabitants homeless. People flee as authorities rush aid, while two mud volcanoes erupt nearby and hot springs appear. Military, engineers, and workers mobilize to relieve distress amid widespread panic.
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Agram
Chef
Miss Neilson’s Widower Remarries In Boulogne Ceremony
Adelaide Neilson’s widower Philip H. Lee, despite a decree prohibiting remarriage, wed again at Boulogne-sur-Mer on October 21 in the British vice-consulate in presence of legal and literary figures. Three thousand Roumanian colonists bound for the United States will be carried by North German Lloyds to New York by year’s end. An English explanation notes American elections are unusually quiet as pubs close on Election Day.
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Philip H. Lee
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Charles Loftus Thorpe
Sonning
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Henry James Jennings
Lincoln's Inn Fields
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Leopold Lewis
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Tragedy as stevedores quarrel end in murder
In Richmond on November 12 Robert James and Charles Watson, both stevedores, fought over Watsons dog. A ring formed as others watched, James drew a knife and stabbed Watson in the chest, killing him. James fled through the crowd and remains at large.
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Richmond
Robert James
Charles Watson
Watson
James
Rumored Consolidation of Central Pacific and Union Pacific
A special meeting of directors and major stockholders of Central Pacific and Union Pacific was held last night in New York under President Huntington to arrange the consolidation and amalgamation of the two lines Jay Gould attended the meeting as a participant. details remain uncertain and preliminary.
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Central Pacific
Union Pacific
New York
Hantington
Jay Gould
Consolidation Reached Between Two Rail Roads
A consolidation agreement has been reached and to be submitted to stockholders. Observers note a shipment of over 30,000 Central Pacific shares to London last week, suggesting plans to float the stock in Europe.
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London
Europe
Canadian Desperadoes Involved In Alley Assault And Shootout
A. McRae, a farmer near Sarniay, Canada, was found with his throat cut after two unknown assailants attacked him on the road. He names Dixon and Scott as burglars seen on Forest Avenue, who then shot at Constable Phillips and an assistant during arrest attempts. The desperadoes fled as a manhunt ensues, with fears of lynching if captured.
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Sarniay
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Dixon
Scott
Phillips
McRae
Hen Coop Tragedy in Tiverton Four Corners
Moses Grinnell nearly seventy years old killed his son-in-law Charles Thomas during a dispute over a hen coop. Grinnell surrendered to a constable and awaits a coroner's jury decision. Neighbors describe him as quick-tempered, not malicious, with family troubles fueling the act. The incident stirred local excitement among modest residents.
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Fall River
Moses Grinnell
Charlies Thomas
Tiverton Four Corners
Thomas
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Grinnell
N. Hatheway
Recommend an Issue of 312 Per Cent Bonds for Refunding
Washington reports the Sherman plan to fund maturing five and six percent bonds by new refunding bonds at four percent or three and a half percent with a thirty three year term. It urges solid twenty dollar notes, silver dollar coinage reform, and removal of legal tender status from government notes, arguing necessity ended by war and urging treasury discretion.
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Post
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Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Contested Will Sparks Main Street Shooting
At 3 pm on Main street BourraLo November 8 William Kass aged nearly seventy was confronted by Lee Wilkeson, relative by marriage. Wilkeson struck Kasson with a sling shot and Kasson fired a revolver wounding Wilkeson in the thigh. Kasson was arrested. The dispute over a contested will involving Wilkeson’s father as trustee has persisted for about twenty years.
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William Kass
Lee Wilksconss
Wilkeson
Kasson
Wilkesmn
Merchants quarrel ends in jail and fine in North Carolina
In Erxeston North Carolina on November 12 the case of 8 C Spence a merchant was settled with a thirty day jail term for attempting to kiss Mrs M E Waller a woman of high social position On appeal to the county superior court the verdict was reaffirmed and the jail term changed to a 50 dollar fine The judge remarked regret that the law limited punishment feeling the offense deserved a heavier sentence
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Erxeston
N. C
C. Spence
M. E. Waller
Banner Falls Dead A Washington boy dies in foot race
Charles Heiserberger a thirteen year old printer from Washington DC collapsed after running about two blocks in Louisville Kentucky on November 14 and died from a burst blood vessel near the heart.
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Louisville
Charles Heiserberger
Washington, D. C
Garfield Resigns from Ohio Ninth District Congress
Cotumbos Ohio November 10 Governor Foster received General James A Garfila resignation as member of congress from the ninth Ohio district. His successor will be alerted on the thirtieth.
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Cotumbos
Foster
James A. Garfiela
Congress
Ohio
Boston money market steady with lenders seeking higher rates
In Boston on Saturday November 15 1880 the money market closed near week’s open. Lenders hold for higher rates while borrowers wait for lower offers, creating an odd market. US bonds and New York funds show varied pricing and bank statements reflect modest improvements but overall fragility. The article notes gold inflows, scarce small bills, and brokers reshaping commissions with new rules reducing street trading costs.
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State Street
United States
New York
A To Exchange
Prime Mercantile
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Secesenesenes
Rcsotve Gooteake
Banka
Boston
Curbstone
Maschusetts National Bank
Pacific Mills
Sascmekeutts Sarveet
Pensecond Steses
Cess
California
Hecla
Commercial Matters Boston Markets Daily Glimpse
Boston market bulletin notes prosperity across sectors with spring trade outlooks. Cotton goods rise though limited stock, wool and cotton fluctuate, breadstuffs active with wheat corn and oats up, provisions steady, raw sugars higher but cautious buyers. Butter eggs and beans show steady to active demand, prices mixed with regional quotes.
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Boston Daily
Glenn
Wool Market Report Shows Firm Prices and Rising Demand
The wool market is quiet in small lots but generally firm with prices edging upward. Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces trade around 44 to 50 cents for various grades, Michigan Wisconsin ranges near 45 cents, and combing wools hold around 46 to 50 cents with steady demand. Foreign wools remain firm as buyers seek better stock and higher prices.
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Yates Choice Western Fautoy
Worcester County
Cannes
Acadia
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American Plate
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Cumberland
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Rio
Java
Maracaibo
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Saper
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New York Markets Mixed as Commodities and Grains Fluctuate
Saturday market report shows flour and meal unsettled with various shipping grades listed. Cotton futures edged higher while provisions, lard, butter, cheese, and dairy goods moved modestly. Grain notes include wheat, corn, barley, and oats with futures activity and port receipts, alongside rundry staples and volatile fuel and mercantile prices.
Watertown Live Stock Market Report in Boston Globe
In Watertown on Tuesday, market activity shows sheep and cattle, lambs and swine, with veal and working oxen quotes. Prices vary by quality and weight, with Northern beef cattle and lambs fetching the highest dressed weights and several buyers and sellers listed from local firms and farms.
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Boston Daily Globe
Watertown
Brighton
W. Svellans
J. Carroll
Jersey
J. Rutherford
SP Flack
F Mcbride
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Gillilen
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Lawes
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Ruth Ava
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Lovell
Gloucester Fish Market Prices and Receipts Report
Special correspondence from Gloucester reports weekly arrivals totaling 46 vessels with about 1600 barrels of codfish and 700 halibut plus 1800 pounds of codfish from various Banks and bays. Totals list 349,000 pounds codfish and 67,000 pounds halibut with 2850 barrels of mackerel. prices show halibut light and fresh fish market quiet. includes last sale quotes for white halibut and other species, and notes on smoked and pickled fish, oils, and liver products.
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Georges Cod
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