Expose of Louisiana fraud and Garfield's suspected role
A detailed report from Indianapolis on Thomas A. Hendricks speech accusing James A. Garfield of involvement in 1876 Louisiana electoral fraud. The speech cites Garfield's New Orleans visit and alleged inner room work with witnesses, affidavits, and interrogatories to influence West Feliciana returns, with rebuttals and supporting letters from D. J. M. A. Jewett.
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T. A. Hendrick
Indianapolis
Sentinel
Indianapolis Journal
Ees
Marion
James A. Garfield
Republican Party
New Orleans
Iis
Washington
Hendricks
Garfield
General Grant
Electoral Commission
West Feliciana Parish
Packard
Cusom-House
Returning Board
West Melbiana
Congress
General Garfield
Hayes
Mr. Hendricks
D. J. M. A. Jewett
White Oaks
New Mexico
Marion Specch
Louisiana
Republican General Committee
Committee of Congress
H. J. Campbell
Fourth District Court
Yankton
Dakota
Frank Morey
John Ray
Ouachita
B. I. Blanchard
West Feliciana
James L. Huigins
Mount Vernon
Ind
James P. McArdle
John Sherman
Indiana
Republican Election Committee
Kelley
Pennsylvania
Washington City
Tome
Destruction of the Anglia After Collision Near Grand Banks
A detailed report from St John s Newfoundland recounts the Anglia sinking after a collision with the Trongate of Glasgow in dense fog off the Grand Banks. The vessel carried grain general cargo and about 350 cattle valued at 112000 dollars and sank within hours. The crew and passengers boarded lifeboats and reached St Johns as oxen attacked boats and the ships battled the sea.
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New York
Herald
St. Johna
N. F
Anglia
Boston
London
Grand Banks
Tronga
Glasgow
Antwerp
St. Johns Bay
St. Johns
Wreck survivors recount Ada J. Simonton disaster near Florida
Three sailors from the Ada J. Simonton arrive in New York aboard Clyde. James Thompson recalls a brutal voyage from Pensacola to Boston ending seven miles from Mosquito Inlet. The ship broke up after desperate lashings to a deck house. all eight aboard fought the sea before wash ashore.
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New York
Clyde
Charleston
Ada J. Simonton
Florida
Vera Cruz
James Thompson
Fred Benson
John Williams
Pensacola
Boston
Mosquito Inlet
Port Orange
Fla
Parker
Lawson
Ballard
Masted schooner built in 1872 at Camsden Me
The 205 ton masted schooner built at Camsden Maine in 1872 was owned by Kitham Loud & Co of Boston.
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Camsden
Kitham, Loud & Co
Boston
City of Brussels Survives Ferocious Atlantic Hurricane
The Inman Line steamship City of Brussels, outbound from Liverpool September 1, rode a violent hurricane near the Sth to the 7th, terrifying passengers and steerage alike. Officers credit the ship with remarkable steadiness under Captain Watkins as passengers express thanks on terra firma.
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Brussels
New York
City of
Inman Line
Liverpool
Terra Firma
R. R. Hill
Legation
Paris
Torbert
Vera Cruz
Watkins
Captain Van Sice and Vera Cruz disaster conflicting tales emerge
At Alexandre and Sons office survivors of the City of Vera Cruz recount diverging accounts of Captain Van Sice's fate. The testimony includes viewpoints from A K Owens and crew member Talbot about whether officers jumped or were washed overboard amid the hurricane.
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Vera Cruz
New York
Alexandre & Sons
City of Vera Cruz
A. K. Owens
Jacksonville
Fla
John Cornell
Mexico
O. P Silvia
Thomas S.eels
Mr. Owens
Mr. Alexandre
Owens
van Sice
Talbot
Harris
Frank
Jehan
Schooner Rosa Eppinger Lost Near Cape Canaveral
News arrives of the schooner Rosa Eppinger driven ashore August 20 in a severe storm off Cape Canaveral. All hands lashed to deck. captain’s son and a cabin bay washed overboard. vessel lost with no salvage. Also reports: Edith Bird sunk after collision with an English steamer. four men aboard, two saved. Frederick Gerving reports a crewman Edward Day drowned after a heavy sea.
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Cape Canaveral
New York
Rosa Eppinger
Edith Bird
Bermuda
Gloucester
Frederick Gerving
Grand Banks
Edward Day
Circulation Totals and Gold Per Capita Rise
United States gold and silver coin total 570 million with 700 million in paper, sum 1.270 billion in circulation. Per capita specie 1144 dollars, paper 1405, total 254 per person. Britain and France exceed US in gold use. Also reports a stage robbery and murder near Fort Cummings, New Mexico, with driver and two passengers killed, including Ewing Madden.
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Washington
Great Britain
France
United States
Germany
San Francisco
Fort Bowie
Fort Cummings
New Mexico
Ewing 8. Madden
Db. Madden
Sixth Cavalry
Buell
Calf Incident Kills Engineer in Oyster Train Crash
A Baltimore and Ohio oyster train collided with a calf near Fortena, Ohio, injuring the fireman who later wandered off and was found, while engineer William Sanderson died pinned to the fire box. Six cars were wrecked in the late night crash.
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Cleveland, O
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Fostena
William Sanderson
Brooklyn Fasts Forty-Two Days Courage Under Trial
Brooklyn today reports Charles Livingstone beginning the seventh day of a forty-two day fast. He says he feels weak yet maintains strong resolve and will avoid eating until Monday October eighteenth if he persists. He has needed a couple of reefs in his vest and trousers since his last meal on Tuesday.
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Brooklyn
Charles Livingstone
Terrible English colliery explosion and murders reported
London reports a deadly explosion at the Dedham pit in Durham near Sunderland. About 200 miners were inside. 200 believed lost with fourteen rescued. Confidence grows that many perished as gas fires flare and shafts remain blocked. Seaham pit reports 59 rescued, 180 unaccounted, with bodies found and fires delaying relief.
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London
Dedham
Durham County
North Sea
Sunderland
Hudson
Shalburyness
Lord Londonderry
Wallsend
England
Seaham
Loxponx
Seeham
Majesty
Morning execution at sunrise in Paris
Paris September 8. At dawn the murderer Menesclon was executed by guillotine after being kept ignorant of the time of death. He was awakened by jailers, prepared by the priest, and hurried to the guillotine as thunder and lightning broke over the square. The execution was swift and final.
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Paris
Menesclon
Gome
A Bulgarian Town in Flames
A devastating fire sweeps Sofia Bulgaria destroying the entire Jewish quarter and leaving much of the city in ashes. Sofia sits on the Isker river, with a population of about 25 000 and a mix of Bulgarians Turks Greeks Armenians and Jews. The city hosts mosques and historical sites and is a former capital with a long contested history.
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Constantinople
Sofia
Bulgaria
Isker
Belgrade
St. Sophia
Sordica
Justinian
Tenant Placed in Possession Marked by Grave Found
A grave was found dug on the farm where a new tenant had taken possession. A notice was posted near the site declaring that the man who became tenant would be placed in the grave. The event suggests foul play or intimidation as the cause for the dig and notice.
Attempted double murder shocks New York home
John Higgins, sixteen, arrived at Sixteenth Precinct with severe neck wounds claiming his mother Mrs Higgins lay dying from a throat cut. Jeremiah Dugan, her second husband, reportedly attacked the family after a quarrel fueled by beer. the mother was taken to hospital in a dying condition, Dugan fled.
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New York
John Higgins
West Nineteenth Street
Sixteenth Precinct
Jeremiah Dugan
Dugan
Militia Scales Bill Advocated in General Benet Report
General Tenet outlines the Scales militia bill in his annual ordnance report and urges favorable House action. He notes state adjutants generals and General Dunn backing the measure. The article lists militia strengths: 1,26006 commissioned officers and 6,516,758 unorganized members, with fiscal year operations and congress appropriations summary.
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WaAsnincrox
Tenet
House
Congress
Benet
Dunn
Adjutant-General
United States Army
Mississippi code frees married women from old disabilities
The 1880 Mississippi reform abolishes common law disabilities of married women and grants them full control over property and contracts. It abolishes dower and allows spouses to sue one another, with equal rights to own, dispose, and will property as if unmarried.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Gold from Calistoga hot springs claimed by man
A California man named A V Tichenor reports extracting 1060 in gold from ten barrels of water at Calistoga hot springs over two weeks. He bought the Hot Springs Hotel property and says the gold is of the highest fineness amid abundant water flow and many springs in the area.
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California
San Francisco
Cal
Calistoga
A. v. Tichenor
Hot Springs
Bonanza Heiress Dismisses Him for Flirting with Frisco Beauties
The Times San Francisco report says Ulysses S. Grant Jr ends engagement with Miss Jennie C. Flood after alleged flirtations during a California visit. The bonanza king's daughter reportedly learned of the affair and dismissed him.
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Cucaco
Times
San Francisco
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr
Jennie C. F. Flood
Ulysses
California
Sierras
Jennie
Miss Flood
Three Men Killed and Several Injured in Train Crash
A Des Moines river bridge collision on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy line near Ottawa Iowa killed engineer Robert Brown and fatally injured a man named Donaldson with two others badly hurt. Company estimates loss at $18,000. Also reported is Aggie Shvehy's death after a failed skin graft for severe burns and an ongoing trial using lambs skin for another wound.
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Ottawa
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Des Moines River
Here
Robert Brown
Donaldson
Cubcano
Aggie Shvehy
Lamb
Fire destroys Manhattan market in devastating city blaze
New York September 9 fire on Eleventh and Twelfth avenues and Thirty fourth and Thirty fifth streets gutted the vast Manhattan market block. The seven hundred plus foot long building with dome roof and clock tower burned, causing losses near two million dollars. No injuries reported though many stands and freight cars were destroyed. extensive insurance coverage listed for several companies. The Haymarket Hotel and surrounding hay and feed stores were endangered as crews fought the blaze against strong winds.
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New York
Manhattan Market
Eleventh
Twelfth Avenues
Philadelphia
Bulding
Thirty-fourth Street
Haymarket Hotel
Brown
Eugene Blackford
Roche Brothers & Co
Hiseborn Stegman
Manhattan Tea Company
F. H. Chase & Co
William Ottman
Hitchcock
Middleton
Middleton, Carman & Co
Knapp & van Nostrand
A. Lewis
Thomas Anderson
Courtlandt Palmer
Hudsoun River
John Kelly & Co
Patrick Costello
Dwyer Brothers
Thomas Dolan
James Shannon
Eleventh Avenue
J. Starr
W. BR
Affleck & Co
J. Db. Chase & Co
J. Starr & Co
Franzee & Co
Hubbell & Scrymsel
Washbourne & Co
L. 8. Bowman & Co
Grand Central Railroad
Forty-second Street
Thirtythird
Thirty-fourth Streets
Haymarket
Hudson River
Manhattan
Foster
Manhattan Market Company
Attna
Hartford
Lancashire
Royal
London Assurance
Norwich Union
Phoenix
American of
Manufacturers of
Boston
Mercantile of
Providence
Washington
Pennsylvania
Girard of
North German
Orient of
Springfield
Six Buildings Burned in Loomis Ice-Company Fire
A blaze in St Louis destroyed Loomis & Co. ice houses and nearby facilities including a stove foundry. Two firemen died from collapsing walls and several others were injured. Total loss pegged around 155000 with insurance about 164000. Victims included Mike Lynen Edward Saunders Patrick Conway and others.
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St. Louis
Loomis & Co
Mississippi Company
Mr. Fitley
Mike Lynen
Edward Saunders
Patrick Conway
Johln Collins
James Tooley
Charles Tilton
Arnold Bauers
Mississippi Ice Company
Disastrous Morley Fire Destroys Village Business Core
A noon blaze in Morley New York swept the business portion, destroying 23 buildings. Canton firemen saved Irvine's Hotel and Finmore's store as losses reach about 30000 dollars with insured roughly 10000. The fire began at Whitney Brothers cheese factory.
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Ogpensburg
N. Y
Morley
St. Lawrence County
Canton Fre
Irvine
J. W. Finmore
Whitney Brothers
A. S. Robbins
BR. M. Wetherbee
L. Orris
John Couglass
H. L. Wright
John Johnston
John Carey
L. Fenton & Son
Telegraph and
Grant predicts Republican victory will end Democratic era
A dated letter from General Grant to ex Governor Roult of Colorado, August 9, notes Mrs. Grant staying in Galena until winter, Grant’s duty to attend fairs and reunions, and Republican confidence in carrying New York and Indian Territory. He foresees four more years of Republican dominance and the demise of the Democratic party amid nationwide party competition.
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Curcaco
Grant
Roult
Colorado
Galena
New York
Scaneton
Youmeye
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On Board
Jewett
Garfield Himechi
James A Gareld
Feliciana
Sherman
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Custom-House
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John
John C. New
Republican Central Committee of
Nero
Emily Mitchell
Governor Kellogg
Mr. Packard
Custormn-House
Tere
West Leliciana
Toonfess
Amy Mitchell
Muall
Captain van Sice
Tanner
Foreign News
Seaham Pit
Loxpoon
India
Roberts
Stark
Khbushk-1l-Nakhud
Phayre
Candahar
Morton, Rose & Co
Societe Generale of Paris
Bank of Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hampton Court
Saint Beat
Department
Haute Garonne
Dvblinn
Croughwell
Galway
Militia
General Benet
Iowa
Lees
Boston Suseender CO
Washington St
Mass
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Bie Blaze
Austin
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E. B. Parran
Larster
Shawsham
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