Railways policy updates and financial figures in U S news
The report outlines a ban on timber cutting by railroads on public lands, with trees eight inches or more in diameter restricted to five years after location. It notes Union Pacific earnings for year ending June 20 1885 at 17 836 140 dollars and 8 737 817 net, with 1884 figures also shown.
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Riel Bench Refusal Sparks French Alarm and Slain Sailors
Winnipeg dispatch reports the fall bench refused a new trial for Riel as French residents grow dangerously agitated. London dispatch notes the Auckland collided with the German gunboat Blitz near Copenhagen. Fifteen drowned. Also: Villa le Malago sinks with sixteen of sixty passengers lost. Cholera and dysentery mortality rise at Royal Peni Queta and Bolan Pass. France loses 15000 in China. Chinese losses reach 100000. Petitions to commute Riel’s sentence flood the Dominion State Department while others urge action by the Privy Council.
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Gas explosion at Alto Colliery claims lives in Pennsylvania
A deadly gas explosion at the Alto Colliery in Branchdale Schuylkill County, Pa., killed a teenaged miner John Lynn and injured several others. The blast occurred when gas met naked lamps.
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Varied 1884 News From Across States And Districts
Reports from Kentucky Ohio Indiana Virginia and Illinois note a railroad crossing tragedy near Lexington where Dr J E Roberts and wife died, military trial outcomes at Fort Keogh, a fatal blasting accident in Lancaster Ohio, the death of Claude Graham Debruler in Evansville, a strong Memphis cotton forecast, Chicago Health Inspector actions on cholera pigs, a Wichita attack case, Emporia poisoning case moving to October, Danville leaf tobacco sales surpassing 30 million pounds, and Lynchburg gale figures totaling over 24 million pounds.
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Ind
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Major fires and disasters hit multiple locales
Reports detail a fire destroying Lucar works in Peoria Illinois on the 12th with $125,000 loss, drownings after a boat capsize on Acorn Lake, a broken rail axle accident near Sherman Texas injuring Mrs Wolf and others, and Ottawa Illinois noting the death of Emory A Storrs.
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Quebec
Three Dry Goods Men Arrested for New York Store Explosion
Detectives arrested David Norton Thomas Fitzpatrick and Peter Daly of the Dry Goods Equality Association in relation to the February 1 explosion at Garry Brothers store Grand and Allen streets New York City. Evidence linked them to placing a package before the blast as crowds fled the shattered corner. All three were committed for trial after Justice O Reiley ordered their detention.
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Desperado Lynched After Rampage In a Gambling House
In Brosper, A.T., a Mexican gunman opened fire in a saloon wounding several before fleeing. He was found later and hanged by citizens in the canyon. The second item reports the Army of the Tennessee reunion in Chicago with General Sherman eulogizing U.S. Grant and noting Grant’s role in the Civil War.
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Debris Chokes Sacramento River for Boats
The Sacramento River is clogged with debris from mines causing boats to be unable to reach Sacramento. Passengers and freight are transferred to light-draught barges below the city, and grain must be lightered if barges draw over three feet. Officials urge prompt federal dredging to restore water communication. The Sacramento Board of Trade invites Senators and Congress members to inspect the river next Wednesday.
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Embezzler Gunderson Sentenced in Wisconsin
Louis Gunderson, a former Wisconsin State Assembly member and Cumberland postmaster, received two years in state prison and a 5571 fine after pleading guilty to embezzlement. He fled to Norway during probing, returned voluntarily, and cited reasons beyond his moral control for his downfall.
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Temperance Rally Fills Ford’s Opera House for North Point Anniversary
Bethmann September 14 reports 2000 people attend a Cadets of Temperance event at Ford’s Opera House. Baltimore Cadets occupy the lower floor with visitors from New York and Philadelphia. Addresses given by Rev. Dr. I. N. Ellis and others. Exercises concluded with a benediction.
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September Cotton Report Shows Hot Weather and Drought Across Regions
The Department of Agriculture notes August heat and drought, with boll worm and caterpillar damage in the Deep South and Southwest. It reports overall cotton condition down in every state, with states like Georgia and Texas showing declines. spring wheat impaired in the Northwest. minimal winter wheat changes. corn remains high in state averages. overall prospects near average to slightly above.
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Trains Collide in Two States with Fatalities and Injuries
In New York a Delaware and Hudson train struck a wrecked weight near Comstocks Whitehall Washington County. Engineer Frank Brown was killed. several crew members were seriously injured. In Pennsylvania a Pittsburgh to New York line collision at Holmesboro Junction left one man seriously hurt as 21 cars derailed due to a broken frog.
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Outlaw Jim Lee and Hank Lee Shot by Fort Worth Detectives
The bodies of Jim Lee and Hank Lee were brought to Gainesville Texas on a farmer’s wagon after a clash in Starris township with Fort Worth detectives Taylor, Thomas and Settles. Forty shots were fired in the gunfight, with the officers prevailing. Rewards exceeding 87,000 dollars await the Lee brothers, dead or alive, and the detectives are expected to collect. The Lees have terrorized Northern Texas with cattle raids and confessed crimes including the Rotf brothers massacre in April and numerous border murders.
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Washington Sledge Arrested for Swindling In Texas
Washington Sledge a Robertson County school teacher was arrested for selling forged letters claiming to be from Jesus Christ. He advertised a letter found beneath Calvary claimed to ward off disease pestilence and danger and sold copies to the local Black community.
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Woman Shot by Son in Garden Accident
In Prrissurnen yesterday Mrs James T McIntosh summoned her son John to shoot a cat in the garden. He fired twice from a revolver as she moved into the grape arbor unseen. A bullet entered the back of her head and exited the forehead through the brain. she survives though doctors fear death for her husband.
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Army scouts pursue Gerinome band into Mexican border hills
Lieutenant Davis of the U S Army leads a large group of Indian scouts in pursuit of Gerinome and his band. He believes they aim for the Mescaleros reservation in New Mexico and are now in mountains in Northern Chihuahua near the Mexican line. Intercept efforts will face vast terrain as they patrol mountain passes.
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