Neenah Woman Dies After Alleged Rape Case In City
Details emerge in Neenah Wisconsin of a brutal rape and death case involving Christine Lagrange twenty and John Kerwin twenty one assistant to the city clerk. A post mortem confirmed the accusation and Kerwin is held on six thousand dollar bail awaiting trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neenah
Oskosh
Wis
Christine Lagrange
John Kerwin
Kirwin
Kerwin
Kempster
Russell
Washington dispatch notes court martial and transfers
From Washington details a Fort Omaha court martial with speculation on a casualty, officer changes include Maj. Farnsworth with Troop H in New Mexico and Lieut. Kirnan to Gainesville. It lists promotions, resignations, and new appointments across the army and civil service, plus a letter from Helen Hunt Jackson praising the president’s Indian policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Jackson
Fort Omaha
Lewis
Maj
Farnsworth
Army
New Mexico
Justice Miller
United States Sureme Court
A. C. Ervin
Mississippi
Fourth Auditor's Office
Brain
Ella Trumbull
Minnesota
Treasury Department
Francis J. Kirnan
Twenty-first Infantry
East Florida Seminary
Gainsville
Fla
War Department
Ceoagh Te. Hamilton
J. B. Crouse
E. T. “Ygeoner
Gemey
Castleton
N. Y
J. W. McKnight
J Purcell
Rae A Franklin
Gis Jackson
R. W. Jackson
West Point
Jackson Democratic Association
Washington
Bell
John C. Kelton
San Francisco
Chauncey McKeever
Eaton
E. O. Graves
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Fairchild and Coon
The
Treasury
Arthur Bainbridge Hoff
Annapolis Naval Academy
William Bainbridge Hoff
Henry K. Hoff
William Bainbridge
Constitution
Java
Charles G. Gordon
Sixth Cavalry
Herbert G. Squires
Seventh Cavalry
St. Johns College
Fordham
Personal Mention of Emory Storrs and Health of Sey Young
Emory Storrs reported income between £25,000 and $20,000 but spent all. Former Congressman Sey Young of Memphis is described as in very feeble health at Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Emory Storrs
Sey Young
Memphis
Hot Springs
Ark
Notable 19th Century Briefs From Diverse U S Figures
A roundup of short items notes Gen Robert Toombs in frail health at 74, Levi P Morton offering Newport La land for a $60 000 park, E Rockwood Hoar returning to law after surgery, Ex-Gov Engleh of Connecticut at 75 worth over $6 000 600, Robeson running in New Jersey Senate race, Pierre Lorillard selling The Breakers to Cornelius Vanderbilt for 400 000, Fifield of Andover receiving a 38 000 bequest, Priscilla Barnes wins an absolute divorce with alimony, Mrs Etta Lent’s disappearance with her grandchild, Blaine mocks farming talk at Maine fair, Private George Ciner of Fort Leavenworth inherits 13 500 from Europe, and Charles B Ketcham dies of typhoid in Washington while a former newspaper editor and AP reporter.
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George M. Robeson
United States
New Jersey
Sewall
Pierre Lorillard
New York
Newport
R. I
Cornelius Vander Init
Fifield
Andover
N. H
Minnesota
Priscilla Eliza Barnes
William Elliot Barnes
Donohue
New York Supreme Court
Etta Lent
Rock Elm
Wis
Mr. Blaine
Maine
George Ciner
Company G
Eleventh Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Europe
Bohemia
Charles B. Ketcham
J. H. Ketcham
New Albany
Washington
Kansas City Times
Chicago News
Indianapolis Journal
The
Associated Press
Fires Scatter Loss Across Multiple States and Nations
A string of fires causes heavy damage from Wisconsin to Massachusetts. The Waukau hotel in Wisconsin burns for a $4000 loss, and Samuel Pope’s silk mills in Patterson New Jersey incur $7500 in damage. Sanborn North Dakota loses thirteen buildings valued at about $26000, while a thousand acres of wheat in Barnes County belonging to A S Groves of Brainerd is destroyed. A Portland Oregon contractor William Holmes and three crew members drown at Granite Point on the Snake River. L E Blackburn & Co chemical works in Methune Massachusetts lose two buildings amounting to $75000 with $80000 insured. The Vkauan hotel in Wisconsin is destroyed with contents. Myron Carter proprietor. A passenger train near Warm Springs New York derails, injuring many and fatally injuring several from Asheville. Prairie fires near Kibby Dakota destroy 20000 bushels of wheat for Harvey Williams and threaten Loveland properties. Fire near Tower City harms Howard and John Charles crops. Sanborn Oak Iowa suffers thirteen buildings losses including the hotel and various businesses and shops.
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Sanborn
Dak
Barnes County
A. 5
Brainerd
William ©. Holmes
Portland
Granite Point
Snake River
L. E. Blackburn & Co
Methune
Masa
Vaukan Hotel
Wis
Myron Carter
Warm Springs
N. Y
Mple
William Connelly
J. H. Werning
Miss Broyles
Asheville
Kibby
Dakota
Harvey Williams
H. Loveland
Oak
Sanborn Hotel
William Holliday
Chain of 1880s crimes spans multiple states and figures
A sweeping crime roundup reports Wahpeton fugitive shot by police chief Mears in North Dakota and Bismarck convict Thomas Magill sentenced to three years and one month for a killing. It details disappearances, alleged embezzlements by John L. Parish, a Denver assault by George C. Miln on his treasurer, a Vincennes poisoning death, Frank Avery under arrest, and other legal actions including Franklin J. Moses pleading guilty in Boston and a Erie railroad office robbery confession by George H. Proctor.
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Mears
Wahpeton
Dak
Bismarck
Thomas Magill
Bessey
John L. Parish
Chicago
Chemnitz
Germany
George C. Miln
Rousell
Denver
Col
Miln
Brown
Deacon Brown
Rehoboth
Mass
Fitchburg
Missoula
Mont
Alexander Trautwein
Bitter Root Bend
Boston
Franklin J. Moses
South Carolina
Cobb
Middlesex County
George H. Proctor
Eastern Penitentiary
Erie
Susquehanna
Erie Company
John Donoghue
Fort Erie
Canada
Foreign Gossip Roundup of Notable Figures and Events
The report notes Marini the French tenor charging $2000 nightly at the Paris opera, Brazil moves toward slavery abolition, Louis Riel meetings continue in Eastern Canada, John Henry Pope called the Cotton King, Lan cashire presents Lord Randolph Churchill a $1000 silver album, a $550 million gold vault is described at the National Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, Capt. Farnsworth’s war record is questioned, Daniel O Finch and Fabius H Busbee are named U S attorneys, Quebec’s Cannon reports no smallpox in Quebec except one case in Montreal, Vermont and New Hampshire endure a record cold September day with snow. Secretary Manning orders stern action against bribery of customs inspectors, Emma Nevada’s bridal trousseau displayed in Paris, and seventy guests invited to the wedding breakfast as Paris promotes the event.
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Paris Opera
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Brazil
Louis Riel
John Henry Pope
Dominion
St.John
N. B
Conservative Association of Lancashire
Lord Randolph Churchill
National Bank of Scotland
Edinburg
Henry J. Farnsworth
War Department
Daniel O. Finch
United States
Iowa
Fabius H. Busbee
North Carolina
Cannon
Quebec
Boston
Marine Hospital
Montreal
Vermont
New Hampshire
Mercury
Manning
Dorsheimer
New York
Emma Nevada
Hotel Athenee
Paris
Ottawa cabinet reshuffle and Dublin demonstration report
A London Limehouse demonstration drew about forty thousand bystanders as officials reshuffled Dominion Government posts. Changes include John H. Pope as railways minister and John Carling as agriculture minister. The Ottawa cabinet lists Macdonald as premier and various ministers including Tilley, Campbell, Bowell, and Chapleau with Frank Smith as secretary of state.
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Dominion
John Hen Pope
Charles Tupper
John Carling
Alexander Campbell
John S. Thompson
Gladstone
Joseph Chamberlain
J.J. R. Myrick
Terry
Ruger
Fort Leavenworth
Fort Iean
Baltimore
Thos. Barr
Secreta’ Endicott
Brainerd
Perdue
The
Manitoban
Winnipeg
Canada
Windsor
Indian Affairs
John A. Macdonald
Leonard Tilley
John H. Hope
John Darling
John &. Thompson
Mckenzie Bowell
John Proctor Langevin
A. W. McLen
Wide range of 1885 economic and political notes
Estimates put the 1885 corn crop at 1 979 730 000 bushels. Ex Governor English of Connecticut gifts New Haven 14000 for a grand road. White Sulphur Springs merchant R 8 Pierce assigns to L Rotwitt with 25000 liabilities. Boston votes 450000 for a new library though 800000 may be needed. Central Park coats obelisk with paraffin. American Benefit Association denounced by Tarbox. Dr Abbott notes drop in consumption deaths since 1857. Ward says Ludlow jail board costs 40 weekly with 5000 from friend for comforts. Maryland Republicans nominate Miller and Merine for offices. W C Shepherd assigns heavy holdings in coal and trade. New cantilever bridge over St John river to open 30th inst. Wanamaker’s Bethany Sunday School anniversary. Willowdale in trouble with 400000 liabilities. Pierce & Co. fail for 50000. Knights of Labor rumor to push UP to dismiss Chinese by Oct 15. Ohio supreme court declines to hear Hartnett case. Cananea Indians clash with Hatfield force. several killed and 43 captured. Galatea to race for America’s Cup. centerboard to be added. Yale freshman class largest on record. U S imports fall from 1884 to 1885. exports also decline. Pullman Car Co bonds conductors to NY Indemnity Co. bonds offered to all conductors. Propaganda college examined. pope approves Baltimore plenary council acts. McNair estate steps begin. no will. value various. Chronicle notes exchange returns steady with minor week-to-week gain. NY excluded shows 3.1 percent rise.
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English
Connecticut
New Haven
R. 8
Pierce
White Sulphur Springs
Mont
L. Rotwitt
Boston
Central Park
New York
American Benefit Association of
Tarbox
Dr. Abbott
Massachusetts State Board of Health
Ferdinand Ward
Ludlow
Maryland
Francis Miller
Montgomery
William M. Merine
Hartford
Court of Appeals
W. C. Shepherd
W. C. Shepherd Coal Company
Iowa
Boone
St. John River
Intercolonial
New Brunswick
Knights of Labor
Union Pacific
Ohio Supreme Court
Patrick Hartnett
Ohio Penitentiary
Hatfield
Cananea Mountains
Sonora
Cananea
Lieut. Henn
Royal Navy
New York Tribune
Yale
Harvard
Pullman Car Company
New York Indemnity Company
College of the Propaganda
Baltimore
United States
North America
America
W. W. McNair
Minneapolis
Louise W. McNair
Edgar W. Wilson
United States Circuit Court
Winona
Patrick English
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Michael
William Whalley
Houston County
H. E. Peterson
Battle Lake
E. H. Sneath
First Congregational Church
Benson
Wesleyan University
Middleton
Mass
Moorhead
J. 5. Hughes
James Irwin
Bar Association
State Penitentiary
Charles G. Webber
Joseph Goodrich
Daniel W. Kane
James Brenna
John Boyd
George Anderson
Minnesota
Anderson
F. Roseman
Milford
Brown County
Moorhead J
Hewes
Mankato
Anton Hastings
Carperttet
Fred Kroger
J.D. Hunter
Tipton
Ind
St. Paul
James Fowler
McLean Bros
Duluth
Fred H. Russell
Waconia
George Keighler
Mix
John D. Lyons
Winans
Claremont
Henry C. Rand
Doe
Clearwater
Simon Stevens
Fuller
Cannon River Falls
Avoca
John O. Cochran
Young
Delavan
Michael Schied
Schlott
Byron
D. Maxfield
Kendall
Cordova
A. L. Sutton
Courtwright
Barnesville
Austin J. Fitzgerald
Thompson
Winnebago City
A. B. Davis
Winship
Windom
S. B. Steadman
Cone
Dodge Center
M. R. Dr
Hamline University
Charles Williams
Charles Delasse
the Dage
Union
Rocky Mountains
Adelia McDermott
Green Lake
Kandiyohi
E. P. Faust
Chisago Lake
Frank Sackett
Chatfield
State Fair Association
Omaha
le Sueur
Messrs
Lenna
Rothsay
Mary Peterson
Fergus Falls
W. B. Perkins
Faribault
Close of the Dakota Military Encampment
The Dakota National Guard near Fargo closes its first annual encampment. Gov. Pierce presided at a 2 o'clock inspection with nearly 300 musicians. Gen. Dennis issued a general order praising officer conduct and soldierly appearance. Local thanks extend to Adjt. Gen. Free Col. Peck and Lieut. Townshend for services and to Fargo residents for hospitality.
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Dakota National Guard
Fargo
Dakota
Gov
Pierce
Frida
Front Street
Dennis
Dakota Nation Guard
Adjt
Free
Col. Peck
Col
F. Townsend
Eleventh United States Infantry
Corruption at New York Custom House Triage Scheme
Washington dispatch quotes Secretary Manning urging District Attorney Dorsheimer to halt tipping of customs inspectors by travelers on ocean steamers. Dorsheimer vows vigorous action. first payer or receiver of tips will face grand jury. Times notes widespread undervaluation schemes, with three firms paying over 120000 each on reappraisements, suggesting broader illicit payments possibly totaling about 1 million.
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Washington
Manning
United States
Dorsheimer
New York
New York Times
United States Treasury
Squires Promoted in Fort Meade Court Martial Proceedings
The case of Second Lieut. Herbert G. Squires of the Seventh cavalry at Fort Meade ends with acquittal of the charge of conduct prejudicial to good order. General Terry critiques the written defense as ill advised and beyond decorum, ordering Squires to resume duty with release from arrest.
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Herbert G. Squires
Seventh Cavalry
Fort Meade
Dak
Department of Dakota
Squires
Henry Jackson
Terry
Lieut
Squiers
Lieut. Squires
Twin Cities Face Census Feud Over Transit Line
The Omaha Bee notes ongoing clashes between Minneapolis and St. Paul at meetings over a proposed motor line between suburbs. disputes center on census figures 129,200 and 129,201 used in arguing political and financial stakes with council Bluff s suggested as a place to find a peacemaker.
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Omaha Bee
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Staul
Council Bluffs
Fires Consume Vast Prairie Range From Montana to Minnesota
George Sims, former North Western Pacific agent, reports prairie fires are more extensive than earlier notes. He says the burns cover 40 to 50 miles on both sides of the railway from Glendive, Montana to the Minnesota line, leaving no grass. Dakota territory also affected.
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St. Paul
Rairie
George Sims
Northern Pacific
Yellowstone Park
Glendive
Mont
Minnesota
Territory
Dakota
Fires Rage Across Dakotas and Montana with Cattle Loss Fears
Fires sweep Montana east of Glendive and into Bozeman foothills threatening cattle herds. Northern Pacific assistant counsel J C Bullitt reports widespread flames from the James River to the Missouri but limited structural damage. He notes Dakota has fewer cattle and less impact, while rain could halt the fires.
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Montana
Glendive
James
Missouri River
Dakota
Missouri
Bullitt
Murder at Balsam Branch leads to suspect George January
Polk county sheriff Pa left Osceola on official business near Balsam Branch Wisconsin where two squaws led him to George January a half breed who confessed to shooting his uncle Joe January. The body with a bullet wound was found near a clump of bushes and the suspect claimed self defense. The man’s exploits connect to family ties and a prior murder case in St. Croix Falls eight years ago.
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Balsam Branch
St. Croix Falls
Wisconsin
Polk County
George January
Joe January
Lewis January
Mathew Finley
Sensational Editor in Abduction Trial In London
Rebecca Jarrett Thomas Stead Sampson Jacques Bramwell Booth and Louise Maurey were committed for trial in London on abduction charges surrounding Eliza Armstrong. Stead read a personal defense document while claiming ends justified means. The magistrate condemned the Pall Mall Gazette coverage and indecent assault charges were left unresolved.
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London
Rebecca Jarrett
The
Salvation Army
Thomas William Stead
Pall Mall Gazette
Sampson Jacques
Coombe
Bramwell Booth
Louise Maurey
Eliza Armstrong
Russell
Jarrett
Stead
Doctors Discuss Painless Death and Euthanasia
A woman sought Dr Shrady amid fear of a fatal illness asking if physicians hasten death with chloroform. Shrady denied homicide and noted varied views on mercy killing, citing Gen Grant’s wish and the need for conscience in practice. He suggested secrecy if a physician ever acted.
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Dr. Shrady
Gen. Grant
New York Democrats Nominate Slate by Acclamation
David E. Hill and Roswell P. Flower win acclamations for governor and lieutenant governor respectively. Frederick Cook, A. C. Chapin, Dennis O’Brien, Lawrence Fitzgerald, Nathan Sweet nominated by acclamation or renomination. Delegates honor U. S. Grant with a unanimous resolution praising his career and peace.
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David E. Hill
Roswell P. Flower
Frederick Cook
Rochester
A.C. Chapin
Dennis O’brien
Lawrence Fitzgerald
Cortland
Nathan Sweet
Albany
New York
U. S. Grant
How the British Regard the Yacht Race
The London Morning Post comments on the Puritan versus Genesta races assessing conditions and outcomes. It notes the American Puritan showed superiority though Genesta proved fast, and that English builders may study the Boston sloop lines while not adopting the American system wholly.
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London Morning Post
Genesta
Richard Sutton
Bingham Reveals 7 Year Old US Japan Treaty Bid
Washington interview with Hon. John A. Bingham recalls his effort to push a US Japan commerce treaty seven years earlier. He says Germany and England thwarted the move by sending agents and gunboats to Japan and demanding that similar treaties be arranged with their governments before any US treaty could take effect.
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Washington
John A. Bingham
United States
Japan
Bingham
Germany
England
United States of America
Washington policy echoed in Japan dialogue
The speaker recalls pressuring the minister over European interference with Japan. He notes seven years passed without any treaty from the interferers and asserts he refused to join European powers. He says President approved and will keep Washingtons friendship with all nations policy.
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Saidle
America Andapan
Japan
Washington
George Washington
Severe New Orleans Flood After 25th Rainstorm
Rain began on the 25th in New Orleans and persisted overnight flooding streets with water six to eighteen inches deep in places. Daylight brought lighter rain but near continuous precipitation, submerging rear shell roads and lifting drainage canals. Winds uprooted some trees. country damage widespread. L&N railway damage will delay trains for several days.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Warlike mood in St Petersburg over Roumelian question
Crowd sentiment in St Petersburg favors Bulgaria as tension rises between Bulgaria and Turkey. The czar orders war plans if hostilities begin while backing Prince Alexander's unity idea. A Russian general says Russia would declare war on Turkey the moment the Porte attacks Bulgaria, noting the czar's firm resolve. The Vremya hints troops may not be needed to occupy Bulgaria.
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St. Petersburg
Bulgaria
Turkey
Prince Alexander
Roumelia
Russia
Porte
Iowa corn crop seen at record levels this year
The article notes a large Iowa corn harvest anticipated at about 330 000 000 bushels valued near 99 million dollars, due to a 20 percent area increase and solid mature crop. It contrasts with 1879 yields and mentions hog disease reducing potential prices.
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Iowa
Minnesota immigration statistics from 1880 census data
Secretary Youne compiles immigration figures from the 1880 census for Minnesota. The data show total population, native and foreign born counts, and breakdowns by Scandinavian and Germanic origins, Great Britain and colonies, and other nations. Foreign population shares are given alongside native born and overall percentages.
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Youne
State Board of Immigration
United States
Great Britain and Colonis
Sandinavian
Great Britain
Dakota Division Debate Echoes Across the Forty-Sixth Parallel
Judge Fitford outlines a broad view on division and admission of Dakota with a preference for a line near the forty sixth parallel. He endorses a Sioux Falls convention constitution and notes a Congressional idea to split Dakota along the Missouri River south of Bismarck, with a new territory forming west and the remainder admitted as a single entity.
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Fargo
Fitford
Dakota
Sioux Falls
Randall
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Bismarck
Minnesota attorney general sues over timber on state lands
Attorney General Hahn files four district court suits to recover state timber revenues. E W Griffin & Bros and others allegedly cut 1 617 710 feet of pine worth 4 642 53 on section 16 town 42 range 28. EH S Case and others cut 206 090 feet worth 309 14 on section 16 town 133 range 35. J T D Sadley and others took 226 000 feet worth 640 28 from sections 16 and 36 town 38 range 25. John Brukland and others are charged for 135 500 feet worth 138 50 on section 36 town 136 range 34.
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Hahn
Minnesota
E. W. Griffin & Bros
EH. 8
Case Et al
J. T. D. Sadley
John Brukland
West Virginia wild cat dominates dogs at fair cage match
At Charleston fairgrounds Tom Montgomery’s West Virginia cat, eight by ten feet cage, defeated three dogs in succession. A thirty-pound bulldog finally killed the cat in four minutes after a decisive throat hold. The cat reportedly had whipped at least ten dogs in the past year and weighed twenty five pounds at death.
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Fair Grounds
Charleston
W. Va
Tom Montgomery
West Virginia
Letter from Father Fourmand on Saskatch ewan mission distress
A letter from Father Fourmand, director of St. Laurent mission on the Saskatchewan river, describes 260 destitute half breed women and children facing exposure, hunger, and winter cold after male population’s fate. He cites nakedness by day, scant furniture, nuts for food, exhausted rations, and a government denial of further provisions, calling it a death warrant without timely aid.
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Father Fourmand
St. Laurent
Saskatchewan River
Northwest Territory
Riel
Quebec
Horrible Hanging Scene In Cincinnati Wife Murder Case
Patrick Hartnett, executed at Ohio Penitentiary, died 1:30 p.m. after a private hanging under Ohio’s new law. The 1884 case involved Hartnett, a German-born Cincinnati resident, who murdered his wife on January 31 and had a history of drunken violence that terrorized his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Hartnett
Cincinnati
Mt. Auburn
Miles urges opening New Mexico for settlement and Indian land reserves
Gen. Miles in his report to the adjutant general describes New Mexico before the conflict as a pandemonium with outlaws and crowded Indian camps. He credits military control with saving $100000 yearly, halting 2000 extra rations, and driving off outlaws. He says the territory could support millions of whites, urges settlement while reserving Indian lands and fulfilling promises to Indians, and recommends discharging private soldiers after five years with a second lieutenant rank if they pass exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Mercantile Failures In US and Canada Fall in Liabilities
For the quarter ending September 30, Dun and Co reports US failures fell in liabilities to 23.8 million from 55.6 million last year, while nine month totals show more failures but lower liabilities. Canada records 254 failures with 1.911 million liabilities, versus 4.112 million a year earlier.
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United States
R.G. Dun & Co
Mercantile Agency
Canada
Ferdinand Ward claims funds diverted to real estate and others
Ward issues unsigned statement to Ludlow Street jail warden and to press stating he kept $120000 for living expenses while investing $573000 of Grant and Ward money in real estate and turning over $633000 to Warner, claiming none of the funds were misused and that wrongs benefited unnamed parties pending his trial.
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Ferdinand Ward
Ludlow Street
New York
Grant & Ward
Ronal
Warner
Flood Disaster Strikes Bengal Presidency Waters Reach 3500 Square Miles
Destructive floods cover 3500 square miles in Bengal Presidency causing large loss of life and destitution. Government relief efforts include provisions and clothing. False Point harbor, once deemed safest between Calcutta and Bombay, was struck by a storm wave on the 22nd, with most inhabitants perishing.
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Presidency of Bengal
British India
False Point
Calcutta
Bombay
Young mayor shoots rival in Van Buren killing
Alexander Aaron was shot and killed by Charles Taylor mayor of Van Buren Arkansas after a dispute about a woman. Aaron followed Taylor and attacked with a razor. Taylor fired four shots, two hitting Aaron. Taylor posted bond claiming self defense. He was elected mayor last April at age twenty one the youngest mayor in the United States. Aaron is described as a ruffian and the town is stirred by the shooting.
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Alexander Aaron
van Buren
Ark
Charles Taylor
Aaron
Taylor
United States
Magill Sentenced for Manslaughter in Bismarck
Thomas W. Magill, convicted on his second trial for manslaughter in the second degree in the Melville H. Bessy case, was sentenced by Judge Francis to three years and one month at hard labor in the Bismarck penitentiary. Magill has served eleven months and five days in jail. his father and wife attended the emotional hearing. Friends plan to seek a pardon.
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Thomas W. Magill
Melville H. Bessy
Magill
Francis
Bismarck
Officer at Fort Ellis Arrested on Upsetting Woman Charge
An unnamed Fort Ellis officer was arrested on the 15th and placed under military surveillance on two charges alleging an attempt to commit an outrage on a civilian wife at the post. He was allegedly intoxicated on both occasions and will likely face court martial at Fort Snelling. His wife and family are away on a visit.
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Bozeman
Mon
Fort Ellis
Fort Snelling
Brooks seeks to identify suspected son in St Louis murder case
Cablegrams from London report Samuel N Brooks will visit St Louis to confirm whether the man held as murderer of Arthur Preller, also known as Hugh M Brooks and Walter H Lennox Maxwell, is his son. If confirmed, Brooks may present key evidentiary documents for the defense. Florida census shows the gogniotes increased by 64663 since.
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St. Louis
London
Eng
Samuel N. Brooks
Arthur Preller
Hugh M. Brooks
Walter H. Lennox Maxwell
Brooks
Florida
Vaughn Granted Divorce in Miles City Court
In Miles City district court E W Vaughn was granted a divorce from Jennie Vaughn on grounds of adultery and abandonment. Also noted are political nominations by Massachusetts greenbackers for state offices and various international notes on Burundi and Burma affairs. William B Webb is appointed secretary of Montana territory. he is a young unmarried lawyer in Billings.
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Miles City
E. W. Vaughn
Jennie Vaughn
Massachusetts Greenbackers
James Sumner
Milton
James M. Buffum
Lynn
H. W. K. Eastman
Lawrence
Walker Harmon
Boston
A. H. Wood
Lunenburg
A. T. Hall
Hudson
le Bataille
Paris
England
William B. Webb
Montana Territory
Billings
Minnesota State News Roundup of Losses Deaths and Appointments
Nathan Myrick challenges commission awards after suppressing North Western losses. Obits note E. G. Biaedel and Judge Farrington's customs post, plus Hoosier and local deaths. Court house corner stone debate stirs Masonry vs Catholic groups. various criminal and legal actions cross state. Postmasters appointed. Third Annual Minnesota bicyclists meet. Hamline University opens with 1000s of new and returning students.
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Nathan Myrick
St. Paul
Washington
G. Biaedel
G. Blasdel
Los Angeles
Cal
Court House
Kentucky Horses and the Kentucky Foot Care Revival
Hugh ONeill, a Kentucky horseman now in Chicago, argues horses feet care has improved in Kentucky. He warns against overhard hoof walls and favors natural clay bedding to protect forefeet. Shoers should pare soft hoof portions but not overdo it. He notes earlier neglect gave many horses poor prospects, but recent professional care and breeding improvements raise prices and quality across Kentucky horses.
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Chicago
Hugh O'Neill
Kentucky
O'Neill
The Spirit of Flowers and the Queen of Flowers
A timeless tale where flowers grant wishes to spread influence and happiness. The briar becomes the queen of flowers in gardens, the forget me not serves as a faithful reminder of past joys, and the daisy unites all from peasant to prince, linking life to enduring love.
Moral dangers of the street and youth crime
The piece warns parents that vice thrives where teens roam at night and on corners near saloons. It labels boys and girls as raw recruits of crime, urges home happiness to shield children, and notes 225 pupils at the Indian training school near Salem, Oregon.
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London
The
Indian Training School
Salem
Oregon
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