Telegraphic News In Brief December 7 1882
The November coinage reached 25 million dollars. The Seine rises flooding Paris cellars. Pittston mills burn with 50 thousand dollar loss. Dublin suburbs to be under curfew. Middletown boiler explosion kills one, injures three. Canterbury archbishop in critical condition. German Bundestag considers banning American pork imports. Ohio congressman-elect Updegraff dies. Governor O Neil inaugurated in Montgomery before 10 000. Chicago North Side mills shut, 2 000 job losses. Burling Slip metals firm assigns liabilities about 170000. Plattsburg bridge collapse kills one and drowns another. Kendall firm liabilities 300000 assets 50000. Norton removed over Star route frauds. Omaha street fight ends with shots. Charleston citizen murdered. suspect at large. Beecher family member in insane asylum. Alleghany City fireman killed. others hurt. Mexico may seek Galveston Island return. Gen David Tyler dies aged 83. West Point graduate Hoe’s career noted. Cincinnati accident ends tragically with Annie Von Behren killed during stage stunt. Frayne and Von Behren were engaged. Public call to discourage similar acts amid Tell the Myth comparisons.
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Seine
Paris
Pittston
Dublin
Middletown
Ohio
Canterbury
Bundsrath
J. T. Updegraff
Mount Pleasant
O'Neil
Montgomery
Ala
North Side
Chicago
Lucius Hart &Co
Burling Slip
N. Y
Plattsburg
William Heffernan
Hugh F
Chas. B. Kendall
New York
Hannibal D. Norton
Post Office Department
Devereaux Named President of Nickel Plate in Jan Meeting
J H Devereaux is to be elected president of the Nickel Plate at the January meeting and the road will operate as an independent line not part of the Vanderbilt system. General offices to be moved to Chicago. The election fraud inquiry expands as U S district attorney issues process for witnesses.
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Chicago
New York
J. H. Devereaux
Nickel Plate
Vanderbilt
Congressman's Death in Wheeling Triggers Special Election
The funeral for Congressman Updegraff will be held Monday in Wheeling. An autopsy is planned for tomorrow. A special election will be required to select his successor, as announced by local officials.
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Congressman Updegraff
Wheeling
Jeannette Board Examines Seaman Ninderman
The Jeannette Board reconvened in Washington on December 1 and began questioning Seaman Ninderman. He said the ship was well fitted at San Francisco for Arctic cruising and doubted release from the ice would have been possible, commending DeLong's management of the vessel.
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Washington
Jeannette Board
Ninderman
San Francisco
DeLong
Thurlow Weed's Will Filed In New York Estate Valued High
The will of Thurlow Weed was filed today in New York. The estate is valued from 590000 to 900000 dollars. After minor bequests the property is distributed among three daughters and six grandchildren.
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New York
Thurlow Weed
Estimating Star Route Fraud Losses in U.S. Treasury
Washington reports suggest star-route frauds drained about 1.5 million dollars from the national treasury, though officials warn the true total is much higher. The attorney general previously estimated 4 million dollars stolen in the last four years, with over 2 million annually in extra pay to ring contractors. These schemes have persisted for a decade or more, making precise totals difficult.
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Washington
National Treasury
Treasury debt report shows pension payments cut debt relief
The December monthly debt statement from the treasury shows cash increasing by 12 million dollars while redemptions and destructions of bonds totaled only about 2.044 million. The drop follows roughly 9 million paid for pensions, with analysts predicting pension appropriations will more strongly affect the treasury going forward.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Standing Rock Agreement Re duces Sioux Reservation Size
The Sioux Indian commission signed a treaty with chiefs to shrink the Standing Rock reservation. The pact provides cattle, farm implements, schools, and artisans, with boundaries set along Cannon Ball river and key lines. About 3,500 Indians reside now, with an expected 1,500 more from Crow Creek and Sitting Bull’s band when release occurs.
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Sioux Indian Commission
Cannon Ball River
Missouri
Grand River
Crow Creek Agency
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No Egyptians Need Apply. British officers to command Egyptian army
The Egyptian government asked England for officers for the Egyptian army. Nubar Pasha arrived in Cairo and learned Britain would not recognize his appointment as commander in chief. A British general sent to Egypt to lead the forces lacks a British commission and cannot supersede British officers.
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London
England
Nubar Pasha
Cairo
Egypt
Baker Pasha
Channel Tunnel debated by French officials and British unions
A party of English trade unionists met Leon Say and DeFreycinet in Paris, where DeFreycinet dismissed a French invasion plan tied to the Channel Tunnel, arguing the English would unite to repel any attack in a forty kilometre long tube. Two American citizens were murdered on the Madagascar coast.
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Paris
Leon Say
DeFreycinet
Madagascar
Dorsey Defends Himself In AP Card On Charges And Conspiracy
Stephen W. Dorsey provides the Associated Press with a three column defense claiming persistent abuse since March 1881. He describes President Garfield’s commission plan, his lack of profit from mail contracts, and limited contacts with Gen Brady Miner Peck and J W Dorsey, while criticizing Brewster and government tactics.
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Washington
Stephen W. Dorsey
Associated Press
Genet
Garfield
James
Dorsey
Gen. Brady
Post Office Department
Miner
Col. Peck
J. W. Dorsey
Marghal Henry
Henry
Acute Dublin tensions in Irish Parliament action
In London the Marquis of Huntington signals possible prorogation if rules are finished tonight. Trevellyn reports no official Healy speech transcript but cites evidence for his prosecution. Healy case looms as Johnson weighs two statutes for prosecution. An attack in Castle Island injures a policeman. Connolly of Drogheda is revealed as a naturalized American citizen and his alderman election cited as prima facie proof of qualification.
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Commons
Marquis of Huntington
India
Trevellyn
Ireland
Sexton
Healy
Carlow
Johnson
Larnell
Castle Island
Connolly
Drogheda
A Madman's Freak
August Vorn deicke, living in Cincinnati, displayed insanity when found with a butcher knife at his sleeping daughter's throat. His wife restrained him and saved the child. In the struggle he attacked her again, was disarmed, then fatally wounded himself with a razor before a police arrival.
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Cincinnati
Vorndeicke
Ile
Guard Against Disease with Kidney-Wort Ad
An advertisement urges immediate use of Kidney-Wort when symptoms arise such as heavy head foul mouth yellow eyes and kidney discomfort. It promotes the remedy as nature's great assistance and includes a call to view the large ad.
Tragedy at Coliseum Play Ends in Fatal Accident
Cincinnati theater incident during Si Slocum results in Annie Von Behren shot dead when Frank Frayne misses apple shooting. Frayne arrested, bail posted after coroner's jury rules death accidental and mother expresses no blame. Frayne reportedly engaged to the deceased.
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Cincinnati
Coliseum Theater
Si Slocum
Frank Frayne
Lucy Slocum
Annie von Behren
Frayne
Miss von Rehren
Fearful Storm Predicted by Canadian Astronomer
Washington reports a letter from Prof BE Stone Wiggins of the Canadian finance department dated November 27 predicting a colossal storm in March. The message warns ships must seek harbor by March 5 as the system would affect the northern Pacific Gulf of Mexico New England and across the Atlantic with widespread destruction. A Toronto dispatch questions Wiggin s authority.
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Washington
BE. Stone Wiggins
Canadian Finance Department
Northern Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain Range
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Atlantic
United States
Toronto Press Dispatch
Wiggin
Two steamers wrecked near Halifax and Canso
The Cedar Grove from London Halifax and St John struck Cape Canzo rocks in a gale and sank within an hour. Thirteen aboard reached shore in two launches. 26 saved in total, five missing including Captain Fritz and Miss Farrell. Wreckers found cargo. Lyddisdale rescued crew, man reports a woman washed away. The incident remains under investigation with bodies not recovered.
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London
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J Pearson
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J. L. Decker
L D. Carney
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Farrell
Lloyds
Walker
Boston
Canso
Lyddisdale
North Sidney
Woman Kathie Hanged for Poisoning Husbands in Vienna
A woman named Kathie, among twenty six women arrested months ago for poisoning husbands, was hanged today in Vienna. She confessed to murdering two husbands as four other women remain convicted in the case.
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Vienna
Kathie
Belknap Honored for 1874 Riot Service in Hawaii
Honolulu notes report Captain Belknap received from the king a Knight Commander diploma in the Royal Order of Kamehameha for aiding a February 1874 riot suppression led by Tuscarora and Portsmouth marines. Other items note rising real estate sales, Carter’s France mission return, and Hawaii treasury receipts surpassing estimates with liquor law in force and reduced drunkenness.
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Suez
Honolulu
United States
Alaska
Ionolulu
Belknap
Royal Order of Kamehamea
Tuscarora
I. Kenett
Portsmouth
Carter
France
Absconding Wheeler & Wilson Agent in Little Rock
E L Newcomb, agent for the Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Co., fled Little Rock on December 1. He left accounts short by an unknown amount.
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Little Rock
Ark
Duel at Field of Honor Ends With Wound
In Paris on December 1 Andrieux former ambassador to Spain dueled with Lauren ta editor of Paris. Ta was slightly wounded after accusing Andrieux of wearing the legion of honor badge while not having received it. He also alleged Andrieux begged Grevy for the decoration. Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer claims to cure nerve diseases with all fits stopped. mail order ad from Philadelphia.
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Andrieux
Spain
Laurenta
Grevy
Abortion Ring Discovery Shocks Essex County
A Boston special reports police found 590 females in Lynn and Saugus and other Essex towns who underwent abortion. The Lynn doctor in custody for malpractice allegedly kept the victims’ names with dates of action, a startling disclosure in criminal malpractice history.
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Boston
Lynn
Saugus
Essex County
Lyon
Organizing Republicans in Washington Inch Toward Unified Caucus
Frequent conferences among leading Republicans in Washington over two weeks yielded a plan to present a united program to the upcoming caucus. Senators Ed Munds Sherman Allison and others plus Secretary Folger and ex governor Fenton shaped a line on taxation civil service reform and administration-backed tax reductions to be included in the revenue bill.
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Washington
Edmunds
Sherman
Allison
Kasson
Kelly
Kiefer
Folger
Fenton
New York
Secretary of the Treasury
Belmont v Devoy Crime Libel Case Proceeds
In New York on December 1 the Belmont against Devoy case moved to compel answers about Irish revolutionary party officers who appointed Devoy to the Belmont fund committee. Devoy refused citing perjury risk and conscience. The court reserved ruling on contempt until Monday as secrecy interest draws attention from secret societies.
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August Belmont
John Devoy
The
Irish Nation
Devoy
Irish Revolutionary Party
America
Belmont
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