Telegraphic Brevities From The Era
The trial of Benjamin Hopkins adjourned due to Judge Sage's wife's illness. Crown prince throat exam in San Remo. Senator George introduces land annexation bill to New Mexico. Master Workman Powderly improves. Crown princess of Spain bore a daughter. mother in critical condition. Blaine and Mor ton received by President Carnot in Paris. A Fidelity director rumored to have fled to Spain. Western Union quarterly meeting in New York. surplus of 7.35 million. Republican club delegates in New York. over 11,000 expected. McCellan leaves Ottawa for Washington to negotiate parcels port system. American Turf Congress convenes in Cincinnati. ban on mixed racing. New York Stock Exchange to list 500,000 more Cincinnati Hawton & Dayton stock. Market closed firm with favorable news including Beak line settlement and Western Union dividend. Government bonds active. money 4 to 5 percent. Stocks mixed with notable names listed. Cattle and sheep lower at Omaha market. wheat firm.
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Benjamin Hopkins
James
Blaine
M. Levi P. Morton
Carnot
Paris
Zimmerman
Fidelity Bank
Spain
New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
A. W. McCellan
Ottawa
Washington
American Turf Congress
Cincinnati
New York Stock Exchange
Cincinnati, Hawton & Dayton
Ives & Co
Western Union
Moe Akares
Te Pee ST
Hha
Ween
Merican Xpress
Toland Pacific
Canada South
Ceéferal Pacific
Burlinware
Lackawanna
Copper Prices Climb as Market Opens Higher
New York December 14 copper futures and spot prices rose at the open with gains of about twenty points from yesterday's close. Transactions showed strong demand with spots from 17.45 to 17.60. London markets opened at 76 53 for chili bars and closed around 77 for spot and 77 158 for futures as roughly 3,000 tons moved.
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New York
London
Public Benefactor Mrs Crook’s Desert Hospitality
The Courier Journal notes Mrs Crook, wife of General Crook, became a public benefactor in Arizona. While riding rails years ago her discarded water cremens sprouted along waterways and soon spread across the territory. Report cites civic affection for her unlikely gift to the public.
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Gen. Crook
Arizona
Crook
Mra. Crook
Mira
Courier Journal
Velocipedes Surge in German Towns Amid Bicycle Boom
Public Opinion notes that bicycles gain rapid popularity across Germany with velocipede clubs forming in nearly every town. The piece highlights the industry ties to English manufacturing and mentions the Black Forest and Switzerland as sources of related growth.
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Germany
Black Foret
Switzerland
Discovery of America Cited by Cambridge Professor
An American newspaper snippet quotes Professor Unemin of Cambridge University arguing there is no more established fact than America’s discovery by Toelinders in the early era. The fragmentary text is from the Chicago Timer and includes garbled names and dates.
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America
Toelinders
Profesor Unemin
Cambridge University
Chicago
Sugar Cane Sign Promises New Economic Progress
An obscure note from the Sugar Cane era hints at plans to develop industrial uses for sugar cane, suggesting progress and economic innovation despite fragmented wording and unclear details.
Elopement Case Sparks Parental Fury at Niagara Falls
The Rev Augustus Schwitzen of Swarmaville reports his seventeen year old daughter Pauline eloped with David Littlejohn a full blooded Indian who posed as a Spaniard The couple planned marriage by letters and fled to Niagara Falls but Pauline was confined by her furious family and Littlejohn was driven away They intend to seek annulment of the marriage.
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Niagara Faria
N. Y
Augustus Schwitzen
David Littlejohn
Niagara Falls
Littlejohn
General T Kirby Smith Dies At 67 In Philadelphia
Gen T Kirby Smith of Philadelphia a noted figure in the Civil War era died at age 67. He served as chief of General Grant's staff at war’s end and had a brief but notable legal and public career including reading law with Salmon, Alonzo and serving as U S marshal for the southern district of Ohio until 1865. His wartime service spanned many major events until illness and exposure forced retirement in 1864.
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New York
T. Kirby Smith
Philadelphia
Grant
Salmon’, Alonse
Pierce
Ohio
Ens
Torttilla Mining suits allege libel over bunco claim
New York filings name Torttilla Gold and Silver Mining company seeking 500000 damages against James Gordon Bennett for libel over a Jerald article calling the Torttilla mining scheme a colossal bunco. Company mines sit in Arizona with New York offices and 100000 capital. Joseph H Beall, company president, sues Bennett for 250000 damages for alleged libel asserting impressions of dishonesty harmed investors.
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New York
Dec. I
Torttilla Gold and Silver Mining Company
Janes Gordon Bennett
Arizona
Bennett
Jerald
Joseph H. Beall
James Gordon Bennett
Immigration Regulation Bill Introduced by Senator Regan
A bill to regulate immigration authorizes Treasury to appoint an immigration inspector at key ports. Masters must produce a certificate for each immigrant proving criminal history, pauper status, lunacy, guardianship, lack of employment contracts, and absence of transportation assistance. A bond guarantees proper certificate issuance. interdicted individuals or defiant transporters are barred from entry.
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Washington
Regan
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Ateanship Company
Trial of Mrs Robinson in arsenic murder case
Witnesses testified that Willie Robinson received arsenic doses before Thursday and between Friday and Saturday night. Dr White and Dr Durrell described statements at the bedside and opinions of analytical chemists that death resulted from arsenic poisoning.
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Busros
Dee
Willie Robinson
Nove Veemya show in ita Paris letter to Savini declines seat
The Nove Veemya publi show in ita Paris cites a letter from Gov. Boulanger to M. Savini deputy, declining Savini’s offer to surrender his seat in Boulanger’s favor. The general says patriotic duty binds him to his military position as war looms and that Mince needs generals more than deputies. Kellner offers Indies and children cloaks, selling at about half price to clear stock.
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Sr. Peransuuna
Nove Veemya Publi
Ita
Paris
Gon
Boulanger
M. Savini
Chamber of Deputies
Mince
Kellner
Irish leaders visit Washington for home rule reception
Henry Grattan Kamonde and Arthur O Connor addressed a gathering at the Masonic temple in Washington. Senators Sherman Ingalls and others praised Ireland’s cause, urging British grant of home rule and recalling American ideals.
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Washington
Henry Grattan Kamonde
Arthur O'Conner
Masonic Temple
Temple
Sherman
Flo
America
Ireland
Parnell
Gladstone
United States
Fogland
Demosthenes
Ingalls
Cecac
Great Britain
Crown Prince Undergoes Fresh Growth Checkup
Doctors found symptoms of a new growth and swelling in the crown prince during a last evening examination. A special panel of medical experts will be consulted, with Dr. Mackenzie to attend at the prince's request.
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Ban Kuwo
Dee
Mackenzie
Crown Prince
Two Brothers Victim Of Robbery Near Buatalin Neb
Two young men from Iowa, brothers, arrived in Buatalin, Neb, reporting they were robbed of 40 dollars while drinking. They had hay near Jensen in Jefferson county and rode toward town with two mule teams. In Klis they hired a stranger to drive to Buatrieliew, who rode in the rear with one man. The sleeping man woke to find the money missing and the stranger driver gone.
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Buatalin
Brother
Lowa
Jensen
Jefferson County
Klis
Buatriew
Kone
Wong Ah Hung Sentenced for Immoral Importation in California
Wong Ah Hung, convicted yesterday in U.S. district court of importing women for immoral purposes, was sentenced today to ten years in the California state prison at San Quentin and fined $2,000.
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San Franchen
Wong Ah Hung
United States District Court
California Ware
San Quentin
Ando
Unwilling to Serve: Jury Drought in Agazzine Case
The Agazzic murder trial in Laramie County struggles to empanel a jury as 11 jurors sit in the box and both sides hold peremptory challenges. Prosecutor W. Kt. Stoll and defense counsel Seevere and Millar seek twelve impartial jurors amid widespread publicized accounts and mixed opinions on capital punishment.
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Civil Service Commissioners
Laramie
Theodore Agazzic
Frenchy
Ges
B. Gilduff
Silver Crown
W. Kt
Stoll
Messrs
Seevere
Millar
Agazzinc
Talesmen
Petit Jury
Aguaszic
Balloon disaster near Owensboro ends in grim discovery
An immense balloon seen over Owensboro Kentucky was later found in a swamp ten miles south of Howenville. Inside the basket a lifeless, emaciated man lay nearby, leading searchers to believe the aeronaut died before impact from cold and exposure. No identifying papers were found.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Owensboro
Howenville
Vincennes
Tod
Chicago tops Browns 5 1 in latest game
The Chicago team defeated the St. Louis Browns by five runs to one. Battery for Chicago was Carroll and Mullane while Bushong and Fouts pitched for St. Louis. A new line of starts debuts for the holiday trade.
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Ban Franchco
Dee
Chicago
Bt. Louis Browns
Carroll
Mullane
Battery
Bushong
Fouts
Bt. Louis
Greentree
Appeal Dismissed in Humboldt indemnity dispute
The Secretary dismisses the Stratton appeal for indemnity school selections in Humboldt California, finding no interest in the case. Separate item reports Frank Knight of Treumsrn Michigan found dead by suicide in his barn following a love affair, leaving a distraught family and partner.
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Seecro- Lamar
James T. Stratton
California
General Land Office
Humboldt
Cal
Stratton
Treumsrn, Mich
Frank Knight
Younnight
Knight
Faulkner Confirmed as West Virginia Senator
Senate report by Hoar declares Charles J. Faulkner duly elected senator from West Virginia for a six year term to begin March 4 1887. Resolutions pass unanimously and Faulkner takes the oath and is assigned to committees on claims District of Columbia mines and mining and pensions.
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Washington
Senate
Committee On Privileges and Elections
West Virginia
Hoar
Chas. J. Faulkner
Faulkner
District of Columbia
Mines and Mining
Prospector William Reed's Drowned Body Found at Somer's Point
Atlantic City clerks report Patrolman Aaron Steelman found a body on the strand likely that of William Reed a Pittsburg iron oil prospector famed for his electrical divining rod. Reed disappeared after a skiff capsize near Somer's Point on October 21 a large reward and valuables were found on the body.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Aaron J. Steelman
William Reed
Pittsburg
Somer's Point
Reed
Prescott grand jury indicts two Prescott citizens
Washington reports the acting commissioner of the general land office has been notified that the United States grand jury at Prescott Arizona has indicted John Cambridge and Dr Oscar Lincoln, both Prescott residents, for perjury and subornation of perjury in making or procuring illegal entries of public lands.
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Washington
General Land Office
United States Grand Jury
Prescott, Ariz
John Cambridge
Oscar Lincoln
Prescott
Death of Emperor Paul at Hands of Conspirators
An account of the murder of Tsar Paul I by conspirators led by Pahlen and Bennigsen. They overwhelmed the guard, forced entry to the emperor’s room, and used a sash to inflict a deadly strangulation. The scene included the empress’s swoon and fear of rescue, with the guards debating the act in fear and anger.
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Paul
Pahlen
Bennigsen
Vaul
Zubow
Nicholas Zubow
Edinburgh Review
Damaged goods sale notice after late fire
Damaged goode stock offered for sale on Monday next to suit customers. Look out for rain, land terms may apply.
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Mrnday Dewnth
Reaiin
Lan
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