French Peace Push in Tongking and German Review Impress Foreigners
The French government moves toward a Tongking settlement amid French public aversion to jingoism and rising Chinese resistance. France may evacuate Tonquin and recognize Chinese suzerainty over Tonquin while a French protectorate over Annam is discussed. The German review in Homberg lauds the German corps, praising discipline and stamina, with comments on French weaknesses. Parnell fights government bans on National League meetings in Ireland, seeking free speech against Orangemen-led disruption. Minnie Palmer rises from harsh early reviews to triumph in Sweethearts at the Grand Theatre drawing praise and star power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday Globe
London
Germany
Republic
France
Empire
Marquis Tseng
M. Jules Ferry
M. Challemel-Lacour
Tseng
China
M. Jules Grevy
Tonquin
Annam
Pekin
M. Gregg
M. Ferry
M. Waddington
Earl Gran- Ville
England
M. Grevy
Parnell
National League
Milltown
Dublin Castle
Earl Spencer
Tyrone
League
Orangemen
Joseph Chamberlain
Charles Dilke
Ireland
Death of Old Woman Reveals Million Dollar Claim
Erie, September 23. Margaret Gaunt, age 96, died in an old Erie hut claiming documentary evidence to secure a vast English estate. Her papers include a seal of William III and a ledger indicating a yearly indemnity to Elizabeth Gaunt's family. Edward Gaunt, her nephew, arrived from England and took possession of the documents, which may yield about two million dollars if recognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Penn
Margaret Gaunt
England
Edward Gaunt
Jeffries
James II
James Burton
Rye House
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Tyburn
William III
Elizabeth Gaunt
America
Edwin, Gaunt
New York
Called Back to Life in Hyannis Trance Case
Mrs Alphonso Bradford of Hyannis, after a week in a deathlike trance, recovered Thursday afternoon. Doctors say it was a spiritualistic phenomenon not a true trance. Bradford, a 25 year old single woman with two marriages, had previously endured a 22 day sleep twelve years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wareham
Alphonso Bradford
Hyannis
Burgess
Men Who Believe In Nothing Sermon Attacks Undecided Christians
Dr. Talmage denounces half way and undecided Christians in a New York sermon. He targets the unwritten creed of “I believe in nothing,” mocking those who eat the sacrament on Sundays yet prey on widows’ properties during the week. The crowd applauded as he urged purging the church of such behavior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dr. Talmage
Father
Heaven
All Three Buried in the Same Crave
At a Big Four Cattle Company ranch near Socorro New Mexico Joel Fowler killed Bill Childes and Panly Forrest after a dispute. Forrest then killed Mr McGee and Fowler set fire to the house. Forrest killed himself with a shot, and all three were buried in the same grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Col
Big Four Cattle Company
Socorro
N. M
Joel Fowler
Panly Forrest
Bill Childes
Forrest
Childes
Fowler
McGee
Panic at Scoville House as Range Explodes in Water Crisis
In Waterbury Connecticut this morning at 6 o'clock a kitchen range exploded after the city water was shut off. The Sco ville House narrowly escaped destruction as flames broke out in several places. A window and partition were shattered and guests fled in their night clothes causing a near panic. Several employees escaped death despite the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
Scoville
Arthur Boom at Richfield Springs Republicans Unite Around Arthur
The New York Republican State convention at Richfield Springs adopts a pro Arthur platform and ticket. Warner Miller elected permanent chairman as Arthur supporters push unity, electing a solid slate including Carra Davenport Sexton Seymour Russell amid stinging battles between Stalwarts and Half-Breeds. The convention closes with Republicans pledged to back Arthur for 1884 and a unified party slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph B. Carra
Ira A. Davenport
Pliny T. Sexton
Silas Seymour
Leslie W. Russell
Sexton
Ethan Allen
Albert Daggett
Brooklyn
Kings County
Allen
Henry Tremain
New York County
New York
Tremain
Republican Party
Arthur
Topham
Miller
Pega
Maryland Democrats Pick Robert L. McLane for Governor Nominee
The Maryland Democratic State Convention in Baltimore selected Robert L. McLane as its standard bearer after a packed session at the Masonic Temple. The vote tally showed McLane leading 9644 to 20% for McKenna, with party leaders and officers announced as the event proceeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Masonic Temple
Arthur P. Gorman
Assembly
Committee On Permanent Organization
Frank Thomas
Gorman
W. H. Cole
J. W. Cochrane
John Lee Carroll
Committee
Hamilton Men Win On Second Ballot For Turner
Hamilton men defeated the latter and Turner captured the nomination on the second ballot by a 41 vote majority. Charles E. K. Roberts was nominated for attorney general by a 55 vote majority over Frederick Nelson. During the session Mr. McLane addressed the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Turner
Charles EK. Roberts
Frederick Nelson
McLane
Freaks of a Comet Dramatically Brightens at Harvard Observatory
The Brooks comet, linked to the 1812 Pons return, surged from a faint nebulous dot to a bright star like disk within 24 hours at Harvard. Observers noted rapid light increase, transitioning to a circular nebulosity, with brightness exceeding prior estimates and signaling extraordinary, unstable physical conditions in the distant object.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
Pons
Harvard Observatory
8. C. Chandler, Jr
Beig
Their Relative Chances for the Speaker ship The Capital's Estimate
The Sunday Capital estimates the next House composition with 825 members. Democrats total 194, divided by region: East 42, West 61, South 101. Randall, the Eastern candidate, may win only 35 of 42 Eastern votes, while Carlisle could secure two thirds of the South and about half of the West. Randall starts with 85, Carlisle with 91, and Carlisle looks likelier to secure East support than Randall to win the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Randall
Carlisle
New York
New England
Lkvely
Actress Maving Bossy Lips Leads to Theatre Assault Case
Chicago report says Henry W. Mitchell actor in Kiralfy Enchantment was arrested on a warrant by Miss Nettie Abbott leading actress for assault and battery. Case details kept secret. settlement reached quietly. Abbott resigned from the company after the incident in the green room last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Henry W. Mitchell
Kiralfy
Haverly’s
Mitchell
Nettie
Miss Abbott
Curious Smuggling Tricks Foiled on Ocean Liner
New York inspectors using a female searcher exposed clever lace smuggling on the Republic of the White Star liner. A faded dress trimmed with lace valued at 85 per yard and new lace sewn into linings of dresses concealed dutiable goods. Total seized amounts to 2600 dollars. The Treasury will decide on confiscation after separating dutiable from undutiable items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Republic of the White Star Line
Treasury Department
Troubles of a Nineteen Year Old Bride in Brooklyn
Mary Hantstein, 19, has filed for divorce after alleging her husband Philip Hantstein abandoned her less than a month after their August 26 wedding at Mercer Street. She found another woman claiming to be his wife with two children, then returned to her father’s home. He later persuaded her to return the watch and wedding ring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Mary Hantstein
Commissioners of Charities
Philip
Philip Hantstein
Coney Island
Hautstein
Hantstein
Onl Nee
A Wealthy Woman Among Paupers
A writ of habeas corpus orders the release of Louisa Colegrove from the port-house pauper confinement in Erie Pennsylvania. Relatives had claimed she was penniless while she asserted she owned substantial property and held a government pension. Judge Galbraith upheld the writ, freeing her and exonerating poor-house authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Penn
Louisa Colegrove
L. Bemis
Galbraith
Marriage Rumor Stirs East TAWEsS Streets
Prominent townsfolk discuss the marriage of Frank Plankey, 35, to a girl aged 12. Plankey reportedly has a wife and four children in Canada. A local justice notes the girl appeared young and claims the man swore he was unmarried before revelations of his other family. Indignation runs high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Tawess
Mich
Frank Plankey
Plankey
Canada
Justice of the Peace
Largest loan ever recorded in county register office
The largest transaction ever recorded in the county register's office was entered this afternoon a loan of 12 000 000 dollars to the West Shore Ontario Terminal Company secured by its franchises rolling stock and other assets. Central Trust Company acts as trustee for first mortgage bonds of 1000 each payable August 1 1923.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Register
West Shore & Ontario Terminal Company
Central Trust Company
Explosion at Oxmore furnaces damages property near Birmingham
An explosion at the Oxmore iron furnaces six miles north of Birmingham last night caused fire at the ue House and other valuable property. Loss estimated at 500000 dollars with no deaths reported. Reconstruction will take time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Birmingham
A Deapulter's Adventures Hobnobbing With Brazil's Emperor
Pittsburg reports Stewart Robertson of Allegheny traces 8S. B. Gill flight to Brazil where he rose in society, served as treasurer of a Brazilian railroad, stole millions including 250000 from a company, dodged pursuit through Mexico and the United States, and left widows and the fatherless with losses reaching 750000 locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Penn
Stewart Robertson
Palo Alto
Allegheny
B. W. Gill
Gill
Brazil
Dom Pedro
Al-gallen
San Francisco
Mexico
Rio Grande
United States
Fred
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Danford
Ohio
Smith
Danford & Smith
New York
Albuquerque
A Graceful Tribute From One Soldier to Another
The New York World prints an interview with General Beauregard recounting kindness from General Butler in New Orleans. Beauregard details orders to vacate his wife’s home, Butler halting them, and later issuing a pass enabling him to visit his dying wife before dying in Jacksonville, a sacrifice he calls noble and gratefully remembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
Beauregard
Butler
New Orleans
United States Corps of Engineers
Provisional Government of the Confederacy
Montgomery
Ala
Louisiana
Charleston
8. C
Manassas
West Tennessee
General Butler
Dr. Mercer
Mr. Mercer
United States Service
War Department
Washington
Seymour
United States Army
Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Finnigan
Colquitt
Olustee
Ocean Pond
Trapped by the Tree While Robbing Pears
John Fish, 14, and companions climbed on Mrs. Fitch’s Amity street grounds in Flushing to pick pears. A branch was lowered for access but snapped back trapping his leg. Neighbors freed him by sawing off the limb after about ninety minutes of struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
John Fish
Mrs. Fitch
Amity Street
Flushing
Fish
A Bale of Cotton Record That Hung a Man
A Philadelphia Record letter recounts a Pennsylvanian cotton clerk who moved to Texas for health, stayed years, and kept meticulous bale records. He explains how bale marks enable tracing shipments through mills in England and across stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Texas
England
Cotton bale linked murder spree across continents
A recalled tale traces a Texas bale of cotton from the fields to a cotton gin and ship, revealing a boy’s body found in a bale opened in England. A farm worker with a grudge confessed the boy planned to run away north, but he was en route to Europe. The bale led to the man’s execution for murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
New Orleans
Galveston
Texas
England
Europe
Claimant in Holland Fortune Claims $182 Million Ancestry
Cincinnati woman Mrs. K Ti Wallace asserts sole right to a vast fortune from King William Webber of Holland. She traces lineage to the king via Wintsie Brower and claims a will from 1882. A settlement offer of $66 million is discussed, with Wallace aiming to unite heirs, churches, and properties in a pro rata claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
West Sixth Street
K. Ti. Wallace
Cornelius D. Thorpe
New York
Butler County
Cincinnatii
Pittsboro
Amelia Jans
Webbers
William Webber
Holland
Wallace
Trinity Joint Stock Company
Trinity Church of New York
Wintsie Brower
Nicholas Brower
Larch
Humphreys
Trinity Church
John Roach Advocates Small Navy With Strong Ships
John Roach argues in favor of a lean navy built with high quality ships rather than sheer size. He cites English arms shipments to the Confederacy, postwar naval costs, and the need for American shipbuilding, promising steel cruisers as premier vessels and urging protectionist policy to revive commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Senate Labor Committee
John Roach
American Protectionist
England
Confederate States
Foglandine
France
Roach
Telegraph Companies Combine in Broad Telegraph Merger
New York reports a broad alliance among the Southern American Rapid and Bankers and Merchants telegraph lines. The union aims to extend networks from Buffalo to Boston and Washington, with plans toward Atlanta New Orleans Pittsburgh Chicago Texas and Portland. The International and Northern Telegraph Company files articles of incorporation with $5 million capital to extend lines through New York State New Jersey Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Southern
American Rapid Telegraphy
Sheridan
American Rapid
Buffalo
Boston
Washington
Bankers and Merchants
Southern Companies
Atlanta
New Orleans
A. W. Dimmock
New Combination
Bankers
Pittsburg
Chicago
Texas
Portland
Cummings
Postal Telegraph Company
International and Northern Telegraph Company
New York State
SRNR
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Precautions Against Cattle Disease In Imports
The secretary of the treasury says New York customs should rigorously inspect all cattle swine sheep and goats arriving from abroad for foot and mouth disease. Immediate port of entry exams are urged. If any animals show disease owners must permit detention and quarantine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Grea Britain
United States
Cattle Commission
Maine Sailors Rescued at Sea After Hurricane Wreck
Captain F. W Watts and crew of the American schooner Charles F. Heir of Thomaston Maine were picked up in mid ocean by the British steamer Serapis. The Heir was bound from Opal Chicola to New York with lumber and wrecked in a seventy two hour hurricane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
New Orleans
F. W Watts
Charles F. Heir
Thomaston
Opal
Chicola
New York
Terrible cyclone devastates Nicholasville amid funeral panic
A terrible cyclone swept Nicholasville on September 23 causing extensive property damage and injuries at a crowded Masonic funeral. Women and children fled in fright as the storm lasted about 165 minutes, leaving a wave of panic in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Nicholasville
Moving Dakota Capital to Bismarck
Governor Ordway orders state offices moved to Bismarck despite Judge Edgarton ruling. Auditors unlikely to move. Attorney general endorses the governor, predicting mandamus as next action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
Yankton, Dak
Edgarton
Ordway
Bismarck
Mandamus
Hung in Her Swing For Tragic Sorrow in Plym Morning
In Plym Morning Massachusetts Maggie Bodett, the young daughter of John and Mary Ann Bodett, was found dead yesterday afternoon. She apparently hanged herself while swinging by a rope around her neck, according to local reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plym
Mass
Maggie
John
Mary Ann Bodett
Woolwich Arsenal Rockets Wreck Buildings and Kill Many
A massive explosion at the Woolwich arsenal rocket factory in London causes deadly chaos as rockets ignite nearby buildings. Early reports say several killed and many wounded with panic among workers. subsequent details mention four recovered corpses and widespread destruction in Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Arsenal
London
Arsenal
Woolwich
Matts
Bermuda Hurricane Wrecks Fifty Vessels in Nassau Losses
Despatches from New York report a severe hurricane at Nassau on September 8 wrecking fifty vessels and claiming sixty lives. Among the incidents: the brig Peeress, Dowse, from Sagua to New York, keeled over and was damaged. the Mary Jane and Elizabeth, Gaskill, and the William I. Mackie, grounded but afloat. the William H. Curry aground but likely to recover. the Melits, Trask, dismasted and ashore at Exuma. the Giles, Evans, dismasted. the Starlight, Arey, ashore at Magdalena Bay, total loss of vessel and cargo, all hands saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nassau
N. P
Peeress
Dowse
Sagua
Mary Jane
Elizabeth
Gaskill
Baltimore
Wiliam i. Mackie
William H. Curry
Melits
Trask
Foracksonville
Exuma
Giles
Evans
Matanzas
Starlight
Arey
San Francisco
Panama
Magdalena Bay
Fashionable Savannah brunette cowhides impudent caller
In Savannah on September 24 a stylish woman, provoked by notes from a presumed New York commercial traveller, invited him to her home. As they walked, her accomplice let a cowhide swing, injuring the man’s face and eyes. He fled in bloodied confusion while she returned home, leaving investigators to identify her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
New York
Ettoria
Terrible Suffering on the Sea Two Fishermen Suck Blood
A St. Pierre cable reports the Mercury arrived with Captain Hiscock Horatio Lodge Thomas Lodge William Hobbs and others from the Medianna wreck. Two Newfoundland fishermen Mathews and Vials endured six days adrift in a dory and drank their own blood to quench thirst after being picked up by the Belfast berg and carried to the Mercury. They were delirious but are now improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joan’s
N. F
St. Pierre
Mercury
Hiscock
Horatio
Thomas Lodge
William Hobbs
Newfoundland
Mathews
Vials
Belfast Berg
Peculiar Method of Settling an Unpaid Bill in New York
A provision dealer, John G. Allport, plans to settle a restaurant bill by eating it out. He gathered longshoremen, Italians, and porters to consume all food at No 10 South Street at noon with his friends present to aid. Police did not interfere and the stunt will recur until the debt is paid. Also, remarks from Erastus D Goodwin on labor and tariffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homberg
Germany
Spain
Saxony
Servia
Alfonso
Paris
M. Ferry
Marquis Tseng
Figaro
M. Challemel- Lacour
Havre
Bordeaux
St. Jean de Luz
Challemel
Calumet
Lacour
St. Joan de Luz
M. Challemel-Lacour
Offlce
Quai d'Orsay
Palais de Bourbon
Vichy
Ministry of Public Instructions
The
Republique Francaise
Challemel-Lacour
Mile
van Zandt
Texas
New York
John G. Allport
Meak
South Street
Erastus D. Goodwin
Falls Village
Conn
Senate Committee On Education and Labor
America
The Increase of Failures Reported in Week
Bradstreet's notes 177 business failures across the United States in the past week. The figure is 41 more than the previous week, 36 more than the same week in 1882, and 81 more than the same week in 1881.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Love Breaks Down Poverty Barrier in City Elopement
A romance led to a marriage last night as a millionaire’s daughter from John Philips iron firm in Pennsylvania wed a glassblower named Fisher. The ceremony occurred in this city, signaling a union across social classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prrrspurg
John Philips
Pennsylvania
Beatty's Or gans Advertises Mozart for Holidays
Beatty offers the Mozart organ as a suitable holiday birthday or wedding present. He promotes greatly reduced prices and prepays freight if ordered within five days from the newspaper date. Read the advertisement and order promptly to secure the lowest prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatty
Revenge and Kidney-Wort Cure Tried in Quack Ad
A lurid advert promises health restoration by claiming Midney Wars will revive liver kidneys and bowels. The jumbled prose ages into a quack product pitch for kidney wards and cheap health remedies, urging quick purchase to restore every organ.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Foreign Affairs
Jules Ferry
Free Speech
Minnie Palmer
Hon
Grand Theatre
Miss Palmer
Parterre
Hughes
Estdsourne
Lane
O’ Donnell
O'Donnell
Millbank Prison
James Carey
Prince of Wales
Connie Gilchrist
Nellie Farren
Cardinal Manning
Westminster
Vienna
Major de Kinder
Munich
Lopez
Birmingham Union Bank
Dr. Parkhurst
Birley
Manchester
Bradlaughite
Chet
White House
Richfield Springs
N. Y
John F. Smythe
Lydecker
Oswego
P. Cullman
Sloan
New York Industrial League
Committee On Organization
Warner Miller
Protection
Garfield
National Bureau of Labor Statistics
State Committee
Edgar L. Johnson
Albany
John Ff. Smith
Andrew 5
Draper
Thomas ©. Platt
Conkling
Platt
Cornell
A. M. Holmes
Maryland
Democrats
Robert L. McLane
Randall and Carlisle
Telegraph Companies Combine
Bermuda
Georgia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!