Confession of Murder Clears Up Great Kittery Mystery
Boston detectives arrest Oscar E. Blaney and Mrs. Mary E. Barrows of Kittery Me for the murder of Thomas Barrows in Laconia N H on November 14. Blaney faces deliberate killing charges while Barrows is charged as an accessory before and after the fact. Barrows’s confession and the son-in-law’s testimony reveal a planned shooting at close range followed by staged suicide. Blaney is jailed in Kittery. Barrows to be examined as accessory.
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PortsMoutt
N. H
Wiggin and Wood
Boston
Oscar E. Blaney
Mary E. Barrows
Kittery
Thomas Barrows
Blaney
Barrows
Mr. Barrows
Thomas
Mrs. Barrows
Higgins
Wood
Geteheli
Eprty
Beecham
Oscar
Sines
Mysterious slaughter of farmer millionaire’s family near Jackson
Jackson Michigan November 26 A brutal Tuesday night killing left Jacob Crouch 70 his daughter Mary White her husband Henry White and visitor Moses Polley dead in beds seven miles south of the city. Crouch owned a Texas ranch valued at a million dollars and the house was ransacked. White was elder brother of George J White. Polley had come to buy stock. Ballistics indicate a single revolver and possible guards.
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Jacob Crouch
Byron Crouch
Texas
Crouch
Jackson County
Rs. D. Halcomb
Jackson
Mich
Mary White
Henry
Moses Polley
Transfer
Mercer County
Penn
Henry D. White
George J. White
Polley
White
Mrs. White
Three Killed in Laconia Trunk Scene Ends in Fire
A man named Thomas Salmon murdered James Ruddy, Mrs. John Ford, and infant Frank Ruddy in Laconia after bringing a heavy trunk to Ruddy's Winter street home. He then killed Mrs. Ruddy, set the house aflame, and fled with reports of Ford’s wife in Ford’s house. Mrs. Ruddy survived after leaping through a window. Ford is jailed as a suspect.
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Laconia
James Ruddy
John Ford
Frank Ruddy
James
Rosa Ruddy
Ruddy
Winter Street
Reddy
Thomas Salmon
Oak Street
Messer Street
Ford
Veighbors
Salmon
O. L. Andrews
S. Andrews
Buddy
Church Street
Mount Belknap House
Lake Village
L. B. Brown
Frank Plummer
Pemigewasset House
Plymouth
Sle
Reuben Wittum
Vittum
Lake Street
Ford House
Mace and
Abbott
Ceed
Lamon
Ruddy’s
Wiping Out An Army In Sudan Disaster At Khartoum
London reports from Cairo state General Hicks Egyptian army was annihilated near El Obeid by El Mahdi forces. About 25 000 Egyptian troops perished with several European officers and correspondent O Donovan among the dead. The battle near Eobeld lasted two days ending on the 8th. Mahdi forces estimated at 800 000 included regulars Bedouins and dervishes. The Egyptian force had marched 230 miles under heat and supply strain. Khartoum to Souakam frontier plans discussed in Cairo.
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London
Cairo
Hicks
Soudan
el Mahdi
Farquhar
O'Donovan
Daily News
Hicks Pasha
Khartoum
Eobeld
Kardofan
White Nile
Hicks Pasta
Orward
Allah
T Hem
Sir Everlyn§ Faring
Souakam
Council of Ministers
Mahmoud Pasha
Toka
Cairo Drama Details Sudan Overthrow and Khartoum Outlook
Cairo reports clarify the overthrow near El Obeid with Mahdi’s dervishes seeking surrender from Hicks Pasha. Egyptians pressed the battle. 20,000 troops regroup at Khartoum as Soudan erupts in flames. The Times notes Kordofan lost and Costeigan defending Khartoum, aiming to suppress revolt and reach Suakin amid a shattered Sudan.
Great Gloom in the East Prophesies Muslims’ Uprising
A telegraph of rumors from Constantinople, Alexandria, London, and Berlin describes Arabi Pasha’s prophecy of El Mehdi’s attack on Cairo, Muslim sympathy for the False Prophet, Turkish offers to send 20,000 troops to the Soudan, and British and French reactions. News notes British troop retention in Cairo, Gladstone’s stance on withdrawal, and German concern over Hicks Pasha’s defeat.
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Constantinople
Ceylon
Arabi Pasha
el Mehdi
Cairo
Alexandria
Turkey
Khartoum
Egypt
England
Tel el Kebir
Berlin
Hicks Pasha
Moncrieff
Suakin
Admirals Plan Speeds Up Naval Strength and Torpedo Boats
Admiral Porter in his annual report urges faster cruisers and stronger coaling, argues for sail and steam power, and favors a post graduate naval officer class. He supports swift torpedo boats, 100 feet long, with Herreshoff engines to reach twenty knots and withstand shellfire.
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Washington
Porter
Board of Inspectors
New Hampshire Lund
Newport Harbor
Harbor Island
Naval Academy
Atlantic
England
Great Britain
Oregon
Alaska
Ocean
France
Germany
Congress
Spain
Europe
Shell
Con
Faith as a Remedial Agent in Portland
Mrs Annis E Smith of Philadelphia visits Portland using faith healing with meetings at Carlton Hall and Faith Hall since September 2. Reports quote attendees like John Mathews, 84, who credits a sudden knee restoration after prayer. Another case involves Miss Emma L Dyer who recovered from consumption after prayer. Meetings run for a year with both halls leased.
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Annis E. Smith
Portland
Tiles Globe
Carlton Hall
Annie E. Smith
Philadelphia
New York
Faith Hall
John Mathews
Emery Street
GLOBE
SL. Carleton
Mr. Mathews
Emma L. Dyer
Mrs. Smith
Kissenger Father of Thirty Four Children Dies in Callensburg
John Kissenger, a longtime Clarion county farmer near Callensburg, Pennsylvania, died November 25. Married three times, he fathered thirty four children. seven from his first wife died in a house fire in Butler county. Of the twenty seven born since, all were born in Clarion county. A photographer ordered a portrait from an ambrotype eight years old showing him full length with a placard.
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Callensburg
Penn
John ©. Kissenger
Clarion County
Butler County
Kissenger
Mr. Kissenger
George Lewis Ruffin
Richmond
Massachusetts
Chapman Hall
Master Baker's
Parker House
Green Street
Jewell & Guston
Harvard Law School
Rustin
Twelfth Baptist
Phillips Street
Moral Education Association For Women
Associated Charities
Ward 9
Ruffin
Father of 34 children forged mirror card tale in East Brady
A newspaper item recounts a tall, muscular man named Kissenger commissioning a reversed right-to-left ambrotype card eight years ago in East Brady. The card bore reversed letters read in a mirror, causing some neighbors to urge him to display the image on his breast. The artist later described Kissenger’s displeasure with the backward lettering and the reluctance to switch to a photograph due to cost.
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Iever
East Brady
American Refrigerator Beef Bringing Low Prices in 1883 Trade
Market report notes slow demand for live cattle with no value change, while dressed beef quarters rise for week ending November 24 1883. Liverpool London Glasgow prices show steady tops for high grades but weak demand for low grades. exporters face ruinous prices. Boston beef trade slow. Brighton prices for cattle and mutton ranges listed with specific cuts and regional quotes. Exports from port include cattle 1236 quarters beef 2777 sheep 400. lambs and calves with regional price details also provided.
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Liverpool
London
Glasgow
Boston
Brighton
Fine Point of Law Clears Man Of Perjury in Ohio Case
In Columbus Ohio November 26 a Supreme Court ruling reversed a perjury conviction of Streight who swore to a marriage license claiming the bride was 18. The court held the deputy who administered the oath was not an officer de facto or de jure, so no oath power existed and Streight is not guilty.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Streight
District Court
Oact
Foundered in Mid Ocean Off St Pierre Details
The French brig Rocaberg from St Pierre Miquelon foundered in mid ocean on October 13 after a collision. Eighty eight crew and passengers were lost while twenty survivors were landed at Fayal.
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London
Rocaberg
St. Pierre
Miquelon
Judge Ruffin Becomes Massachusetts's First Colored Judge
A Boston report details George L. Ruffin's 1870s confirmation as Charlestown Municipal Court judge. Governor Buller personally administered the oath, marking a historic milestone for African Americans in Massachusetts. Ruffin discusses his unanticipated nomination and plans to continue as judge in Court Square, with family and community support highlighted.
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George L. Ruffin
Charlestown
Ruffin
Robinson
Butler
Massachusetts
Personnally
Kutt
Cambridge Street
Secretary of the Commonwealth
State House
Peirce
Court Square
Hubert
Governor Butler Denies Shellabarger Drafted Civil Rights Bill
In a Tuesday interview Governor Butler clarifies that he reported the civil rights bill from the judiciary committee but did not draw it. He explains the bill’s path through Congress in 1875 1876, noting the Senate committee report and House amendments led to the substitute bill passed by both chambers.
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GLOBE
Herald of Today
Judiciary Committee
Shellabarger
Herald
Congress
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Towle
Traveller
Idia
Brook Trout Stop a Mill in Carson River
In Carson City Nevada the Mexican mill halted when Belcherole mixed with brook trout blocked the battery race. The screen into the mill race broke and rising river water carried trout into the supply pipe, pulping them. Over a hundred trout remained in the race, prompting action. A wire screen now protects the pipe and prevents future fish blockages.
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Williams
Empire
Maritime sailings and cold foot remedy notes
The schooner William French completed Cape May to Tull Port in forty hours while the J. C. Nash arrived from New York in forty eight hours. Covens, colds and sore throat are blamed on cold feet. Wilsonia Magnetic Insoles promise warmth in all sizes with thin ladies’ versions, priced at 60 cents at druggists and shoe dealers.
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William French
Cape May
Tull Port
J. C. Nash
New York
Wilsonia
Finance and Commerce Market Review November 24 1883
The money market shows no change from last week with abundant loanable funds. Banks offer deposits at 5 percent discount. mercantile paper up to 6 percent. some 7 percent. Corporation notes around 4 to 4.5 percent. Call money 3.4 to 4 percent, best security may fetch 3 percent. New York funds at 6.10 cents discount. foreign exchange dull. Clearing house gross exchanges $11,148,005. weekly total $69,706,264. Bank reserves rise modestly despite a larger currency supply. banks' excess reserves at $6,248,120.
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State Street
Prime Corporation
Boston
Rcure
New York
Boston markets travel the unsettled Wooll and Dry Goods trade
Trade is moderate and market unsettled as commodities from cheese and coal to dry goods and spices show varied demand. Prices quoted for dairy staples, coal, copper, flour, freight rates, fruit, meats, and wool reflect a broad, brisk North Atlantic market with numerous named goods and regions in flux.
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Acadia
Reval
Fiton
Sydney
Cumberland
Gopper
Viegle M Ib
Joe
Lake
Baltimore
Porto
Nova Scotis
Nova Scotia
California
Melbourne
Adelaide
Brisbane
New Zealand
Laverpool
London
Glasgow
Ffrom
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Malaga
Florida
Messina
Ray
Santa Fe
Montevideo
Rio Grande
Entre Rios
Calcutta
Budalo
Southern
Manila
Government markets show strength amid firm dealings and higher bids
Prices rise with stronger closing bids from last Saturday as 4 44 per cents advance 1 percent, tie coupon bonds up 4, and 3 per cents gain. Treasury on Thursday authorized payment of 15 million dollars of 8 percent bonds set to mature December 1, 1883, after November 22, with no interest rebate. same day authorizes redemption of 3 percent bonds due February 1, 1884 upon presentation.
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Deller
Secretary of the Treasury
New York Markets Satusdat November 24 Flour and grain dull
Market notes show dull trading across grains with wheat, corn, and oats lower on futures while spot sales occur. Cotton futures closed lower. provisions mixed with lard and pork firmer on some contracts. Coffee tea sugar and petroleum records quoted with varied prices and volumes across exchanges.
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Ana
Hugh. Alter
Mt Weatern
South America
Hebrusry
Muareh
Cuba
Sud Jnat
LIVE STOCK MARKETS BRIGHTON WATERTOWN WEEK ENDING NOV 23 1833
Arrivals of livestock at Brighton and Watertown for the week ending Friday November 23 1833 show western cattle 206 eastern 88 northern 619 total 2008. Sheep and lambs western 11000 northern 7080 eastern 14521 swine 20401 veals 207 horses 240. Prices show beef cattle 100 lbs live weight various qualities. Hides and tallow prices listed for Bright and country tallow. Includes weighs and dressed weight notes.
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Brighton
Watertown
Brighton and
Caifskins
el Lamochina
Gloucester Fish Market Outlook and Weekly Receipts
Special Gloucester market report notes quiet demand for all fish types with limited shipments. Week ending receipts total 693,000 pounds cod and 171,000 pounds halibut, with 36 arrivals from Georges Bank, Western Banks, and the St Lawrence, plus mackerel. Prices for salt and fresh fish listed. mackerel trade ongoing with several vessel origins and cargo lots.
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Gloucester
Morrell Oy
Georges Bank
Western Banks
Haddock
Grand and Weare Bank
Smrail
Ea of
Cusk
Nova Scotia
Labrador
New Shore
Cape Shore
Dsherman’s Ordas
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George Bolles
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False Prophet
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Mahdi
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Pennsylvania
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