That Swindle and the Hong Kong frauds exposed
The Journal examines Vogel Bros. of Hong Kong and their China trade swindles. It details fake letters of credit, prepayment schemes, and deceptive cargos that harmed New York banks and European silk merchants, with losses running into hundreds of thousands.
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Boston
China
Vogel Bros
Hong Kong
America
Europe
New York
Cable
London
Consignees
Richard Robinson
Cyrus Wakefield & Co
Betty and Baby Fund Reaches Seven Thousand Dollars
Washington April 12 The Betty and Baby fund has risen to seven thousand dollars as contributions continue to pour in benefiting Mason's wife who has been well cared for.
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Mason
Washington
Ida Greeley Smith Dies in New York
Miss Ida Greeley Smith daughter of Horace Greeley dies in New York on April 11 at age.
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New York
Ida Greeley
Smith
Horace Greeley
Plot to assassinate Arabi Bey discovered in Cairo
A plot to kill Arabi Bey minister of war was uncovered in Cairo on April 12 and many Circassian officers were arrested in connection with the scheme.
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Cairo
Arabi Bey
Five Men Accused Rosa McClusky’s Assault Tale
In Detroit on April 13 Rosa McClusky recounted being assaulted by five men over the previous night. The claim centers on repeated rapes described as ongoing throughout the evening.
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Detroit
Rosa McClusky
Bowman's Saw Mill Boiler Explosion Kills Two
In Wrightsville Arkansas on April 13 the boiler at H Bowman’s saw mill at Bowman's switch exploded this afternoon. Two men were instantly killed and two others fatally injured in the blast.
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Wrightsville
Ark
H. Bowman
Bowman’s Switch
Four Washington miners reported killed in Mexican mine
Four miners from Washington county say they were trapped in a Mexican mine at Chia huahua after attempting to escape. They claim Mexican guards fired on their party from an ambush, killing two and fatally wounding another, and they accuse the United States consul of offering no assistance.
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Troy
Washington County
Chiahuahua
Mexico
United States
Hail Storm Wrecks Dallas Streets Damages Thousands
A sudden hail storm struck Dallas on April 13 with hailstones up to ten inches in circumference. The sound resembled gunfire as teams fled the streets. many people were hurt and the aggregate damage reached thousands of dollars. Reports from nearby towns indicate similar destruction.
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Dallas
Indictments Read In Empty Court As Star Routers Face Trial
Chicago April 12 The Journal reports Stephen W. Dorsey has been telegraphed for by Col Ingersoll and the cases will soon come up. Indictments are being read this afternoon to an empty courtroom and the reading will take several hours.
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Chicago
The
Journal
Washington
Stephen W. Dorsey
Col. Ingersoll
Cabinet Shakeup Rumors Taint Interior Department
Washington April 12 The interior department receives new duties as Secy Teller begins work Monday. Rumors swirl of cabinet changes with The Critic noting Secy Lincoln as Garfield's appointee still serving. He is expected to be replaced soon by a candidate aligned with the current administration.
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Washington
Sec’y Teller
Interior Department
Sec’y Lincoln
Garfield
Lynching Threat Returns After Sacramento Shooting
In San Francisco on April 12 a Sacramento dispatch reports a drunken man named Simon Raton shot at Erickson during a spree. The ball hit J. J. Livingston, wounding him. Raton fled but mortally wounded James Darling when pursued. He was captured amid intense crowd talk of lynching.
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San Francisco
Sacramento
Simon Raton
Erickson
J. J. Livingston
Raton
James Darling
Dallas Storm Destroys Goods and Floods Basements
Dallas reports a four hour torrent of rain and hail flood basements and ruin stocks. The storm damages the Herald press and stock room, with losses estimated at 10 000 to 12 000 dollars, plus 8 000 at M Fillmore's liquor store. Firms consider suing the city over drainage failures.
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Dallas
The
Daily Herald
Fillmore
Election bill outlines presidential voting and dispute rules
Washington report details a house committee bill to implement constitutional provisions for electors and voting timelines. It covers selection on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November every four years, elector faith, session timing, reading of certificates, objection procedures, state controversies, and quo warranto actions with due process and venue.
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Washington
House Committee On the
United States
Congress
Senate
House of Representtatives
Propter
Circuit Court of the United States
Star Route Case Move For Bill Of Particulars
Washington April 14. Defendants in the conspiracy indictment led by J. W. Dorsey and others filed a motion for a bill of particulars. The request seeks papers and petitions for each contract involved, detailing forty four folios of documents.
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Washington
J. W. Dorsey
John R. Miner
Jno
M. Peck
Stephen W. Dorsey
Henry M. Vail
M. C. Theiedell
J. IL. Sanderson
W. H. Turner
Cabinet in Session Reports On Paris Conference and Arizona Cowboys
The Washington cabinet met for two hours with all members present. They discussed the upcoming Paris military conference, unrest with cowboys in Arizona, and the Fitz John Porter case. The Porter issue was closed administratively, but the exact action remains unclear.
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Washington
Paris
Arizona
Fitz
Porter
Republicans fault State Department policy on Lowell affair
In Vault-Kinding Washington on April 14 some Republicans openly criticize the state department and Minister Lowell. The senate foreign relations committee is expected to press the department to act with promptness and energy as the issue gains prominence.
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Washington
State Department
Lowell
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
President Nominates Pitkin as U S Marshal in Louisiana
The president named John Robert Graham Pitkin for the marshal position in the eastern district of Louisiana. Senate committees reported back for confirmation Wm B Chandler for secretary of the navy and Secretary Hunt for minister to Russia, with recommendations for approval. Sterling P. was confirmed by the senate.
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Washington
John Robert Graham Pitkin
Louisiana
Wm, &. Chandler
Navy
Hunt
Russia
Naval and Foreign Committees
Senate
Sterling P
Confirmations Passed By Senate for Public Positions
Public printer Samuel OC Wright acting as receiver of public moneys in Carson City Nevada. Senate confirmations announced April 14 include John J. Pratt appointed consul to Cork James Irwin as agent at Shoshone agency Wyoming and Edward F Barton named superintendent of the mint in San Francisco.
Miss Jenkins of Blue Creek Dies Then Revived
In Charleston on April 14, it was reported that Miss Jenkins from Blue Creek died last Monday. After funeral services, mourners viewed the body and signs of life appeared. The corpse was removed from the coffin and taken to her home where life signs were still evident.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jenkins
Blue Creek
House passes resolutions on Mason pardon and British prisoners
Hartford April 14. The house of representatives approved resolutions seeking Sergeant Mason’s pardon and restoration to rank, and urging Congress to relieve American citizens confined in British prisons as suspects.
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Hartford
Conn
House of Representatives
Mason
Congress
Striking Chicago Brick Makers Seek 25 Cent Wage Hike
The Chicago brick makers union representing nearly all local firms demands a twenty five cent daily wage increase. Nineteen firms sign a letter warning building interests would suffer and outside suppliers could divert brick to force yards to close if the raise is granted.
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Chicago
Flood Devastates Fargo With Heavy Losses
In Fargo North Dakota on April 14 a major flood causes widespread damage with an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. Mud fills the city as John Mudland reports his warehouse under water containing about ten thousand dollars of farming implements. The Union elevator faces danger to its wheat stock and the Grand elevator is half submerged with flooded basements.
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Fargo
C. T
John Mudland
Union Elevator
Grand Elevator
Assassination in Newton County Ends Farmer William Eaves
News from Newton County reports the killing of farmer William Eaves at the foot of Gaither mountain. Awakened by a burning fodder stack he rushed outside and was fatally shot, the charge striking him in twelve places with twenty six slugs found in surrounding boards and rails.
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Little Rock
Newton County
Wiliam Eaves
Gaither Mountain
St Joseph Officials Arrested Over Bond Theft
Enos J. Crowther ex city clerk and city attorney now assessor and John Cox late clerk for pension agent John C. Bender were arrested on Mayor Posegate’s charge of complicity in a $100,000 bond theft. Bonds set at $2500 each. Cox jailed while Crowther posted bond. Irwin and Scott implicated via telegram. case filed in St Joseph Missouri.
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St. Joseph
Enos J. Crowther
City Register
John Cox
John C. Bender
Posegate
Crowther
Cox
Ritchie
New York
Scott
Irwin
Dastardly Murderer Sullivan Captured in Palopinto
Dallas reports Sullivan arrested by Ellis County officers for the March 14 1881 murder of two Sams brothers returning from Waxahatchie to Hill County. The killers concealed in a house and killed them by throat cutting disemboweling burning the bodies and house to destroy testimony. Brown linked to theft charges and sought to silence witnesses. Authorities pursue Brown as well.
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Dallas
Sullivan
Palopinto
Elis County
Sams
Waxahatchie
Ellis County
Hill County
Brown
Indian Territory unrest after St Louis and San Francisco rail line
Report from Parsons Kansas dated April 14 describes violent lawlessness along the St Louis and San Francisco route. A brakeman on March 27 was shot while atop a car in a ravine near Muskoge, another brakeman killed soon after. Sheriff Williams disappeared while pursuing suspects, believed murdered. An engineer later reported an attempted train wreck and gunfire from Muskoge to the line.
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Parsons, Kans
Jay Gould
St. Louis
San Francisco
Muskogu
Sheriff Williams
Howgate Escape Dominates Washington Gossip
The Journal's Washington special reports Captain Howgate's escape is the main topic of conversation. Nellie Burrill remains missing and may have joined him or gone ahead to the chosen rendezvous. Indignation grows over the jail handling of the criminal, while Scoville shows despondence and his lectures fail.
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Chicago
Journal
Washington
Howgate
Nellie Burrill
Scoville
Congress
Guiteau
Bank Failure Strikes Buffalo Dealers Amid Draft Dishonor
The First National Bank, Buffalo, closed its doors on April 14. Drafts drawn on the Fourth National Bank of New York were dishonored in New York yesterday. The extent of unpaid drafts is not yet known but believed large. Depositors are expected to be paid in full.
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Buffalo
First National Bank
Fourth National Bank of New York
New York
Democrats steer education and labor panel toward revised anti Chinese bill
The Washington special reports Democratic members of the Rocks committee on education and labor shifted to back a modified anti Chinese measure. They proposed a fifteen year suspension of Chinese immigration and kept vetoed features, aiming for a two thirds vote when Page moves to pass under suspension of the rules.
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New York
the Tribune
Washington
Rocks Committee On Education and Labor
House
Willis
Page
Chicago Presbytery Thanks Arthur for Veto of Chinese Bill
The Chicago Presbytery passed resolutions praising President Arthur for vetoing the Chinese bill. It argues the measure would hinder conversion to Christianity and conflicts with national principles. In Havana, a Haitian revolution began March 26 spreading to Gonaives and Port au Prince, with martial law proclaimed.
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Chicago
Chicago Presbytery
Arthur
Havana
Cape Haytian
Hayti
Gonaives
Port Au Prince
Fatal bull fighting season opens with fatal injuries in Madrid
In Madrid on April 12 the bull fighting season began with two days of fierce contests. Corandha injured his nose on day two while a bull fatally wounded espada Angel Pastor before crowds. Pastor received extreme unction outside the ring and was carried home on a stretcher as hundreds visited his home.
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Corandha
Espada Angel Pastor
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