Weekly Leader Highlights From December 7 1882
Kellogg receives certificate in New Orleans. Blanc dangerously ill in Cannes. South Carolina Governor Thompson inaugurated. Czar takes title Lord of Turkistan. Porter denies Vanderbilt Omaha road ties. Packer in Chicago. Arabi Pasha thanks England. Fawoaty of England anxious. Laidley retired. Winchester bishop may replace Canterbury archbishop. Nilsson pleased to return to America and California bound. Trollope worse with faint recover hopes. Davitt Healy Quinn proceedings adjourned. English plan names Wood to Egyptian army. Cockerill exonerated in Slayback case. Churchill pardons 150 criminals. Miss Parnell denies Healy US claim. Minnie Hauk quarrels with Strakosch in Montreal. Randall praised in Washington. Speakership canvass underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Thompson
South Carolina
Turkistan
Porter
Vanderbilt
Omaha
Samuel K. Packer
King Kalakaua
Chicago
This
Laidley
United States Army
Winchester
Canterbury
Christine Nilsson
America
California
Solomon Honaker
Russia
Anthony Trollope
Davitt, Healy
Quinn
Khedive
Sir Evelyn Wood
Minnie Hauk
Max Strakosch
Montreal
New York
Randall
Washington
Speaker
Carlisle
Springer
Telegraphic News In Brief
The incomplete star route jury proceeds slowly while a Sotelda murder warrant in Washington was nolle prosequi. Chicago papers call the president’s message commendable though not extraordinary. Transit of Venus weather outlooks from north and east are unpromising. Paterson silk mill workers strike over pay for spoiled work. Mr and Mrs Robert Norton of Belvidere Illinois suffocated by stove gas. bodies found yesterday. Tariff commission report surprises free traders and protectionists with extensive changes not favored by reformers or feared by protectionists. Western congressmen critique newspapers, blaming the majority’s actions and administration for last month’s disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sotelda
Washington
Nolle
Chicago
Paterson
N. J
Clifton
Robert Norton
Belvidere
Tariff Commission
Assassination Rumor Stirs Starkville Mississippi
Starkville Mississippi reports an alleged assassination in Baldwin with Col W H H Tison once speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives said to have been killed today by E Saunders. The town buzzes over the possible political shock.
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Starkville
Miss
Col. W. HU. H. Tison
Baldwin, Miss
E. Saunders
Tison
Mississippi
First Penal Code Case Sheds Light on Death by Action
In Essex Market Police Court New York Charles Fick a German tinsmith faced the first case under the penal code defining an attempt at self harm as felony punishable by up to two years imprisonment or a 2000 dollar fine Fick denied attempting death by own action.
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New York
Essex Market
Charles Fick
Fick
Commission urges federal marriage law to curb polygamy
Washington reports that the Utah commission urges Congress to enact an auxiliary marriage law to suppress polygamy. It also calls for repealing Utahs female suffrage, claiming the territorial law hinders a swift solution and has not prevented polygamists from voting. The commission says continued enforcement would push polygamy toward gradual extinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Utah Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Utah
A Sad Fate Jump From Window Averts Arrest
Pittsburg December 5 Annie Lynden a domestic accused of peculation leapt from a fourth story window tonight to escape arrest and is expected to die doctors say.
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Pittsburg
Annie Lynden
Enterprise Disaster Drowns Three Off Sands Points
The steamer Enterprise burned off Sands Points yesterday afternoon. Captain W A Thompson and crewman W W Hancock perished and a colored man from Peyton also drowned. The captain showed heroism in saving passengers including Mrs Dillon and her children.
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Washington
Enterprise
W. A. Thompson
W. W. Hancock
Peyton
Aldermen Call for Penal Code Reform Repeal
The New York board of aldermen urged the legislature to repeal penal code laws they described as originating in fanaticism, signaling a push for broad legal reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Aldermen
Tobacco Tax Abolishment Urged in House Report
Washington December 5 The ways and means committee recommends repealing the tobacco tax noting 1882 revenue near 48 million dollars. The report argues tobacco is a staple in international trade and government should remove restrictions soon. Kasson likely to present minority views.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Kasson
Danish Arctic Vessel Desmona Drift Suspected in Kara Sea
Reports from Saint Petersburg on December five say the Danish exploration ship Desmona appears to have drifted into the Kara Sea south of Novaya Zemlya. Organizers plan a search expedition with ten to fifteen sledges and 150 reindeer. In New York, Major General Hancock and Democratic leaders attended a Manhattan Club reception for governor-elect Cleveland with a banquet. Cleveland vowed constituents voted for themselves and will demand accountability if trust is kept.
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St. Petersburg
Desmona
Kara Sea
Nova Zembia
New York
Hancock
Manhattan Club
Cleveland
Congress measures and senate credentials in early December
In Washington the speaker called committees for reports with a bill to abolish the internal revenue tax on tobacco snuff cigars and cigarettes. A bill to let retired army officers hold civil offices in territories was discussed but not acted. A law repealing three months extra wages to sailors was passed and discharge handling abroad addressed. Barrow’s credentials to replace Hill were presented and Dakota admission bills expected tomorrow. Debates on population sufficiency tied to late election votes.
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Washington
Kelly
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue
House
Barrow
Hill
Saunders
Dakota
Bank Collapse Plunges Skopin Town Into Ruin
The municipal bank of Skopin in Ryazan province collapsed, with losses over 12 million pounds, wrecking the town and ruining hundreds of families beyond.
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St. Petersburg
Skopin
Riazan
Bitter Letter From Collins Brother Over Arctic Expedition
A Chicago publication shares a Washington letter from Jerome J. Collins’ brother criticizing Navy officers on the Jeannette expedition. He argues mistreatment and misplacement of his role, recounting lost instruments, alleged curbs on civilian scientists, and personal disrespect from Commander DeLong and others.
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Chicago
Minneapolis Tribune
Washington
Jerome J. Collins
Jeannette Board of Inquiry
DeLong
Collins
Navy Department
Bennett
Washington Post
Connery
San Francisco
Academy of Science
Palace Hotel
Navy
Arctic
Masons Comment on Weed Affidavit in Morgan Case
St Louis observers echo Weed statements on Morgan disappearance while General Albert Pike notes prior publication. He doubts others named were mentioned then and warns that if Morgan was murdered, those responsible deserve hanging.
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St. Louis
Weed
Morgan
Albert Pike
Scottish Rite
Masons
New York
Mason
Army expenditures and staffing urged for 30 000 men
The secretary of war report details expenditures for the year ending June 1882 at 45 349 000 and appropriations for the year ending next June at 55 662 000 plus 38 898 000 for Hallmates 1884. The general of the army urges a permanent 30 000 man force with posts at strategic points, noting overwork and small company sizes. Recommendations include signal office expansion and salary increases.
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Washington
New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
Signal Office
Nilsson in Chicago Delivers Dramatic Vocal Evening
Christine Nilsson sang in Chicago to a fashionable, capacity crowd with standing room only evident before doors. She opened warmly, offered encores with Faust jewel song and Little Swedish Folk, then Old Folks at Home, and announced a future stop in San Francisco.
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Chicago
Christine Nilsson
Frst
San Francisco
Adventists In Battle Creek Stirred By Revelation From Above
Revelation to Elder White's widow claims prominent members of the order have fallen to worldliness and health troubles. Brown's Iron Bitters is touted as a quick remedy for liver disease headaches and constipation caused by bad digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek, tMich
White
Brown
California Congressman Sees GOP Rebound in 1884
Congressman Page of California attributed his defeat to the defection of Germans over the Sunday law plank. He predicted California would rally to the Republicans in 1884 if leaders unite, else the party risks losing its national position. In Albuquerque acting Gov Ritch canvassed New Mexico delegate votes totaling 28,440 with Luna leading Manzahares by 16,480. lawyers named to contest Luna's election.
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New York
Page
California
Alburquerque, N. M
Ritch
Luna
Manzahares
DeBrazza Receives Medal From Paris Municipal Council
Paris officials award DeBrazza a medal with ministers of finance and telegraph attending. He vows to fight slavery and advance freedom as he travels, while forecasting a future for France. In Chicago, a breezy note from the Rock Island office jokes about fare losses to be made up by faster trains.
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Paris
DeBrazza
France
Chicago
Associated Press
Rock Island
United States Treasury Reports Revenue Rise and Debt Reduction
The treasurer’s annual report shows 1882 revenue up $47,742,957 from higher customs, internal revenue, land sales, and other sources. Net expenditures fell to $257,981,440, boosting surplus applicable to debt repayment by $45,474,405. Silver dollars coined since 1878 totals $128,329,880 with $93,006,382 in treasury and $3,323,498 in circulation.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Evangelist from Connecticut Preaches Miracles in Chicago
Rev. E Bailey Smith travels from Connecticut to advocate a new faith claiming apostles can perform miracles again. He touts Brown's Iron Bitters as a reliable non alcoholic tonic medicine useful in all seasons, not a drink and not sold in bars.
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Chicago
E. Bailey Smith
Connecticut
Dr Henry Wagner Medical Ad Attracts Young Men
An advertising notice for Dr Henry Wagner offers chronic disease treatment for men and women and surgical services. It promises cures for seminal weakness and urinary issues with a five hundred dollar guarantee if uncured. The address is Denver Colorado and the ad cites 35 00 consultation and a pocket guide title offered by Spinney & Co.
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Wagner
Henry Wagner
Postoffice
Denver
Colorado
H. Wagner
Young Moen
Medical and Surgical Institute
Larimer
English Medical Institute
Morphcan Institute
Olive Street
ST. Louis
P. O
Trade firm Richards closes as corn deal troubles loom
In Chicago on December 4 a board of trade firm, B. S. & C. W. Richards, failed amid corn deal fallout. It is said the loss is not large and the firm plans to resume soon, though no statement was issued. Kreigh & Davis creditors also met, appointing a committee to inspect the firm’s condition after their recent failure.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
B.S. & C. W. Richards
Kreigh & Davis
Coal and Wood
Carbondale
William Coll
Coll
Oscar Wilde
William
Richards
Benson
Seabury & Johnson
Cheralats
New York
Unclear OCR fragment hints at merchant conduct and depot figures
Fragmentary text references merchants and a depot along with governance terms. Names, places, and concrete actions are unreadable, leaving only scattered clues about conduct, departures, and commodity movements.
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New Orleans
M. Louis Blanc
Cannes
Arabi Pasha
England
Fawoaty
John A. Cockerill
The
Post-Dispatch
Col. Slayback
Gov. Churchill
Arkansas
Parnell
Healy
Ladies Land
Telegraphic News
the Penal Code
Cleveland Nation
Siiate
Poor Collins
Dr. Ambler
Ambler
Mr. Melville
Melville 6
the Army
Apostle Smith
DR. Wagner
Summer Street
Deaver
Lo Cure
Europe
Medical Academy of
Elen
Washburne & CO
Broadway
Cor
Reade
Addams & Glover
Dare & Collins
Cheyenne
Wyo
GEO. “Timerman
AG and
Reiall
VOLDR
Mintie
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