Weekly Leaker Recaps Funds, Trials and Rail News
The actors fund raised 880 in San Francisco and a Washington National theater benefit netted about 400. Ernestine Cloos sued Bruce for breach of promise in New York, winning 8792 after seeking 50000. A Logan County case, Rock powder workers’ deaths in Cornwall, a Grant death rumor debunked, and a New sleeping car invention are reported with various local notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actors’ Fund
San Francisco
Henry McDaniel
Walton County
Georgia
New York
Ernestina Cloos
D. W. Bruce
National Theater
Washington
Ernestine Cloos
Bruce
Denver
Messagers
Tabor Opera House
Roxbury
G. H. Marshall
Marty Anderson
United States
Evra H. Heywood
Boston
Supreme Court of Alabama
Foreign Facts: Fires in Italian Villages and Trade Measures
Reports say Silvestre Ticino and Salva tore in Italy are on fire. Germany bans American pork imports. London warns of explosives risk in the sewer. American wheat prices fall. London and provinces face possible failures. Paris reports plans for a long costly war with France with European commanders likely.
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Berne
Silvestre
Ticino
Salvatore
Italy
Berlin
Germany
London
Metropolitan Board of Works
San Francisco
Hong Kong
China
France
Steamer Willey Sunk After Bridge Collision at Fort Gaines
The Willey of the Central line struck a bridge at Fort Gaines last night, tore away the cabin, hit the pier, and sank. A clerk, a negro child, and three deck hands are missing. boat and cargo are total losses with a miscellaneous cargo aboard.
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Columbus
Willey
Central Line
Fort Gaines
Rail rate cuts from Missouri River to Utah by Santa Fe
The Santa Fe announces steep reductions from Missouri river points to Provo Salt Lake and intermediate points on the Denver Rio Grande line in Utah under joint westward classification. Effective April 16 first class 3 dollars second 2.50 third 2 fourth 1.65 fifth 1.50 class B 1.85 C 1.10 D 1.00.
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Chicago
Burlington
Utah
Missouri River
Denver & Rio Grande
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Santa Ffe
Provo
Salt Lake
Frederick Wagner's Murdered Brother Found Near Santa Fe Line
The body of Frederick Wagner, brother of a deceased palace car man and New York native, was located last Sunday by emigrants along a creek bank eight miles from Prover's station on the Santa Fe railroad. The corpse showed severe disfigurement with scattered money nearby. A gold ring engraved A. B. to F. W. and the business card of Frederick Wagner, New York, were found close by. A bullet wound in the neck confirms murder tied to a large cash claim.
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Denver
Frederick Wagner
Palace
New York
Prover’s
Santa Fe
A. B
F. W
J. Bumiller
Former U S Marshal Russell Sentenced for False Expenses
Stilwell H. Russell former United States marshal for the western district was convicted of feigning expense accounts and sentenced by Judge Turner in San Antonio to two years in the penitentiary. He allegedly defrauded at least fifty thousand dollars from the government though his bond remains valid and the department of justice aims to recover from his sureties.
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Washington
Stilwell H. Russell
United States
Western District
Turner
San Antonio
Russell
Hayes
Arthur
Department of Justice
Lehigh Valley Train Collision Near Plainfield
A Lehigh Valley train collided with a Philadelphia and Reading train at the crossing of Bound Brook road in Plainfield New Jersey this morning. One car burned and several people were injured thirteen riders. The rear coach of the Philadelphia train overturned and caught fire. The engineer and an unknown passenger are reported likely to die. Some passengers say the locomotives raced from Bound Brook to the crossing.
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Plainfield
N. J
Lehigh Valley
Philadelphia& Reading
Bound Brook Road
Philadelphia
Bound Rock
The Actors' Fund Benefit Shows Tap In Chicago
In Chicago April 12 theater managers give fewer benefit entertainments for the Actors Fund this year. Only four venues announce bills this afternoon at McVicker's Grand Opera Hooley's and Harverly's with future dates promised. Advance sales do not guarantee large receipts.
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Chicago
Actors’ Fund
McVicker’s
Grand Opera House
Olympic Theater
Academy of Music
Harverly’s
Hooley’s
Howe Distillers Dodge Taxes Move Spurs Exports
New York reports the Flambor rough sailing with a thousand barrels of whiskey from Pennsylvania and Ohio distilleries. Facing unpaid internal revenue tax after five years, distillers ship large quantities abroad to store until needed, avoiding duties.
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New York
Bermuda
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Internal Revenue
President Arthur to Board Tallapoosa at St Augustine
The Tallapoosa is ordered from Key West to St Augustine to receive the presidential party. It will depart Key West today and reach St Augustine tomorrow afternoon. The future movements of the president and party are not known, but they may proceed to Washington on the Tallapoosa.
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Atlanta
Chandler
Navy Department
Key West
St. Augustine
Florida
Washington
Marquis of Lorne Plans Boston Stopover Visit
The Marquis of Lorne arrives in Boston on April 12 and is met with police precautions for possible demonstrations as he sails to Halifax to meet Princess Louise. He is expected to be welcomed by friends aboard a steamer due Saturday.
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Ottawa
Marquis of Lorne
Halfax
Princess Louise
Boston
Adams
Palmer
Parsons
Talnbon & Co
Maus
Banaos Mor
Fitz John Porter Dispatch Revealed in Buffalo
In Buffalo on April 12 General Fitz John Porter received a dispatch from Major H C Doyle, a telegraph operator with Burnside. The note, dated August 26, 1862 at 10 a m in Falmouth, questions Edwards horses and cavalry movements and suggests Porter could have used it during his court martial.
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Fitz John Porter
Buffalo
H. C. Doyle
Burnside
Fredericksburg
Bull Run
Porter
H. J. Hunt
Eudiwards
Ax Benson
Robinson
Weed
J. Porter
Falmouth
Reading iron works to shut down over dull trade
In Reading Pennsylvania the iron works rolling and sheet mills will close indefinitely starting Monday due to weak demand. About 400 to 600 workers will lose work as mills run only half time. A union committee and Mellert foundry officials agreed to a 5 percent wage increase after strikers sought 10 to 15 percent. All but three returned to work.
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Reading
Mellert Foundry
Rainbreeders Arraigned at Bow Street Court
London April 12 Norman Dalton Gallagher Wilson Curtin and Aus burgh were taken to Bow Street police court in a speeding van guarded by armed police and mounted constables. A large crowd followed as the route was lined with officers to prevent a rescue. The examination was lengthy and the prosecution presented strong evidence, with the clear likelihood they are the guilty parties.
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London
Norman
Dalton
Gallagher
Wilson
Curtin
Ausburgh
Bow Street
Court House
Sale of Blooded Stock At Riverside Park
The sale of Polled Anglo and Galloway cattle belonging to A B Mathews and Geary brothers began at Riverside Park and ran through today. One hundred eighteen head sold at an average 532 dollars. total sales reached 62745 dollars. Highest price paid was 1160 dollars for Maria with many stockmen from Missouri Kansas Colorado Texas Illinois Iowa Indiana Nebraska in attendance. about forty head remain unsold for tomorrow.
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Kanas City
A. B. Mathews
Geary Brothers
London
Canada
Riverside Park
Maria
Missouri
Mansas
Colorado
Texas
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Nebraska
Murderers of Cavendish Trial Proceeds Amid Dublin Ferment
The trial of the Cavendish murderers continued with largely the same evidence and added details strengthening the case against the prisoners. Dublin buzzes over related arrests tied to the London dynamite plot as the nation remains in a state of ferment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Frederick Cavendish
London
Bruisers Clash at McClellan Benefit Fight
At Professor McClellan's benefit in New York on April 11 Joe Pren tergast of Brooklyn and Florrey Bennett fought fiercely. They clinched in the final round and both fell with Bennett suffering a broken knee pan.
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New York
Hartford House Passes Anti Discrimination Rail Bill
The Hartford house approved a bill by 150 to 21 banning railroad freight discrimination by charging higher rates for short hauls than long ones. The measure aims to curb preferential pricing practices across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
House of Representatives
Mine Horror at Holtidge Mine Kills Ten Men
In Quinnese Michigan on April 11 the Holtidge mine owned by Emmett Mining caved in at 1 p.m. burying surface workers. About 200 tons fell on Friday, prompting suspension of lower-level work. Ten men are named among the buried: Dick Williams, Tim Flion, Ed Wicks, William Jeffery, William Henderson, John Morris, Thomas James, William Pollock, A Helmer and Pat Egan. Ed Wicks was recovered with injuries after 5 p.m. and doctors hold faint hope for others.
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Wm. Jeffery
Wm. Henderson
John Morris
Thos. James
Wm. Pollock
A. Helmer
Pat Egan
Dick Williams
Ed Wicks
Wick
A Terrible Revolution in Maragone Town
The brig L tilia reports a March 27 revolution led by Boyer Bozelais and General Barlow with 103 men taking Maragone without opposition. Fortifications were built and residents sheltered as government forces did not attack by March 29.
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New York
Letilia
Maragone
Boyer
Bozelais
General Barlow
Winchester
Murder ensnaring Sis Vinegar convicted in Kansas
Margaret Vinegar known as Sis was found guilty of murder in the first degree for conspiring in David Bowman's death near the river. Two accomplices Isaac King and George Robertson helped beat and kill Bowman, then robbed him and threw his body into the river. An armed mob hanged King Robertson and Vinegar's father Pete Vinegar ten days after the murder.
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Lawrence
Margaret
Sis
Vinegar
David Bowman
Bowman
Isaac King
George Robertson
King
Robertson
Pete Vinegar
Mob Attacks Lizzie Gannon Paper Angels Home in Boston
A mob of about one thousand Irish surrounded the house of Lizzie M. Gannon's father as she sued Father Fleming for removing her paper angels. Bonfires lit sidewalks and stones struck windows before police dispersed the crowd. Another large gathering formed later but dispersed as rain fell.
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Boston
Lizzie M. Gannon
Father Fleming
Indian Fight Near Swisshelm Mountains Reported
A tombstone dispatch from San Francisco says a desperate fight occurred last Sunday at Swisshelm mountains about forty miles away between eight hostile Indians and two Americans. The two Americans killed two Apaches and wounded several others. one prospector suffered a severe flesh wound in the left shoulder. The attacking Indians, armed with government rifles, were likely from San Carlos.
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San Francisco
Swisshelm Mountains
San Carlos
Fate of a Cursing Editor in Hamilton Crime Plot
Hamilton Ont April 12 Phipps the Philadelphia almshouse forger left Sunday evening with a detective. Robert McWade city editor of the Philadelphia Ledger cursed the queen and the Canadian government was arrested and fined. He reports he was robbed of $300 here.
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Hamilton
Ont
Phipps
Philadelphia Almshouse
Robert McWade
Philadelphia Ledger
Lynching at Wytheville Stirs Virginia Crime Scene
About one hundred masked men attacked the Wytheville jail in Virginia early today and forced surrender of the sheriff. They captured Wm. Crockett from his cell and hanged him from a beam outside town while Crockett awaited trial for the murder of Josh F. Hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Wytheville
Wm. Crockett
Crockett
Josh F. Hurt
Redskins Now Need Protection
Four hundred troops were sent to protect the Apaches at San Carlos. The Tombstone rangers have taken the field reinforced along the line. General Crook arrived from Guaymas and a conference will be held with Carbo Topete and Governor Torres to arrange joint action against the Apaches.
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Tucson
San Carlos
Tombstone Rangers
Star
Hermosillo
Crook
Guaymas
Carbo
Topete
Torres
Fire destroys Knickerbocker works in Boothbay Maine
A major blaze in Boothbay Maine destroyed the Knickerbocker company buildings along with engine houses hay stores and wharves. Sixty thousand tons of ice were ruined and boats at the wharves were moved to the river. Loss estimated at 150000 with 33000 recovered by insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth Bay
Knickerbocker Company
Peter Cooper's Will Filed in New York
The will of Peter Cooper is filed. He leaves 100000 to the Cooper Union and divides the remainder among his son Edward Cooper and daughter Mrs Abraham Hewitt, with 200000 in special bequests. The estate is valued at 2000000.
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New York
Peter Cooper
Cooper Union
Edward Cooper
Abraham
Hewitt
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Rick & CO
Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens
Cambridge
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Toledo
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