Weekly Leader reflects varied 1882 world events
Kellogg received his certificate in New Orleans. Blanc is dangerously ill at Cannes. South Carolina inaugurated Gov. Thompson. The czar rules Turkistan, Porter denies Vanderbilt in Omaha roads. Packer and Kalakaua's premier in Chicago. Arabi Pasha thanks England. Faw?aty’s health alarms Britain. Laidley retired from US army. Winchester bishop may replace Canterbury archbishop. Nilsson glad to return to America and California. Honaker sentenced in Russia. Trollope worse. doubtful recovery. Davitt Healy Quinn case adjourned 10 days. Khedive informs that Wood is named commander of Egyptian army. St Louis grand jury exonerates Cockerill. Churchill pardons 150 criminals. criticism follows. Par nel denies US No Rent claim claim. Hauk’s Montreal caprices: delays singing. seeks funds in New York. Randall greeted with House welcome. speakership canvass begins.
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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
Incomplete star route jury and other brief items
The star route jury remains incomplete. A warrant in the Sotelda murder case in Washington was nolle prosequi. Chicago papers regard the president's message as commendable but not extraordinary. Reports from the north and east suggest unpromising weather for Venus transit observations. In Paterson New Jersey seventy silk mill weavers struck over spoiled work pay. An elderly Belvidere couple died from stove gas in their beds. The tariff commission report surprised both free traders and protectionists. Western congressmen praised newspapers for criticisms that influenced last session's events and the administration's course.
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Sotelda
Washington
Nolle
Chicago
Paterson
N. J
Clifton
Robert Norton
Belvidere
Tariff Commission
Assassination Report Stuns Starkville Leader
Starkville Mississippi reports the assassination of Col. W. H. H. Tison at Baldwin by E. Saunders. Tison served as speaker of the house in the last Mississippi legislature.
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Starkville
Miss
Col. W. HU. H. Tison
Baldwin, Miss
E. Saunders
Tison
Mississippi
First Penal Code Case In Essex Market Court
The first case under the penal code in Essex market police court today involved Charles Fick a German tinsmith accused of attempting death by his own hand Fick denied the act and faced a felony charge punishable by up to two years imprisonment or a 2000 dollar fine.
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New York
Essex Market
Charles Fick
Fick
Commission urges federal marriage law to curb polygamy
Washington reports the Utah commission asks Congress to enact a marriage law as an aid to suppress polygamy. It faults Utah territorial suffrage for women as an obstruction and recommends repeal or annulment by Congress. The panel says the suffrage law has not halted polygamy and continued enforcement will push it toward gradual extinction.
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Washington
Utah Commission
Secretary of the Interior
Congress
Utah
A Sad Fate in Pittsburg
Annie Lynden a peculating domestic leaped from a fourth story window in Pittsburg to elude arrest and is expected to die authorities report the incident occurred on December 5.
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Pittsburg
Annie Lynden
Three Drowned On Enterprise Fire Near Sands Point
The steamer Enterprise burned off Sands Point yesterday afternoon. Captain W A Thompson and W W Hancock perished along with a colored man from Peyton despite Captain Thompson's heroism in saving passengers. Mrs Dillon and her children were among the survivors.
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Washington
Enterprise
W. A. Thompson
W. W. Hancock
Peyton
Aldermen Urge Repeal of Penal Code Laws
The New York board of aldermen called on the legislature to repeal parts of the penal code, arguing the laws originated in fanaticism and urging legislative action.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Tobacco Tax Abolition Favored by Ways and Means
The committee report on the tobacco tax repeal notes 1882 tobacco revenue near 48 million dollars and argues removal of all restrictions is sound policy as tobacco is a staple in international trade. Kasson will likely present the minority views.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Kasson
Desmona Drift Sparks Arctic Search Plan
Reports say the Danish vessel Desmona has drifted into the Kara Sea south of Nova Zembla. A search expedition with ten to fifteen sledges and 150 reindeer is proposed to locate the missing ship. In New York, Major General Hancock and Democratic leaders attended a Manhattan Club banquet for governor-elect Cleveland. He said voters acted in their own interest and will demand accountability.
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St. Petersburg
Desmona
Kara Sea
Nova Zembia
New York
Hancock
Manhattan Club
Cleveland
Congress Actions and Pending Bills in Washington
The speaker named committees and Kelly from Ways and Means reported a bill to abolish internal revenue tax on tobacco snuff cigars and cigarettes. The Senate presented Barrow credentials to succeed Hill and Saunders urged Dakota admission. debate over population sufficiency tied to recent election votes.
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Washington
Kelly
Ways and Means
Internal Revenue
House
Barrow
Hill
Saunders
Dakota
Skopin Bank Failure Ravages Town and Regions
The municipal bank of Skopin in the Riazan province collapsed with losses over 12 million pounds, wrecking the town and affecting hundreds of families beyond its borders.
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St. Petersburg
Skopin
Riazan
Bitter Navy Letter From Collins Brother At Issue
A Minneapolis Tribune copy of a Washington-sourced letter from Jerome J. Collins’s brother, published to challenge the Jeannette board of inquiry. The missive alleges harsh treatment by Captain DeLong and navy officers, recounting disputes over role, respect, and official courtesy during the Arctic expedition and criticizing misused authority and withheld instruments.
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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 discuss Weed affidavit on Morgan case
In St Louis on December 2 Masonic circles weigh Weed's statements about Morgans disappearance. General Albert Pike says those Weed remarks were published before and that Masons know little more than others. If Morgan was murdered, those responsible should be hung, but Masons refuse to act against conscience or law.
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St. Louis
Weed
Morgan
Albert Pike
Scottish Rite
Masons
New York
Mason
Army Expenditures and Calls for Staffing In 1882 Report
The secretary of war report shows year end expenditures at 45.349 million and appropriations for the coming year at 55.662 million. Hallmates for 1884 total 38.898 million. The general urges a 30,000 man force, notes overwork and small units, and calls for permanent posts and better stations in New Mexico and Arizona after Apache outbreaks. Extensions of the signal office and salary increases are recommended.
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Washington
New Mexico
Arizona
Congress
Signal Office
Nilsson Sings in Chicago in Crowded Concert
Christine Nilsson performed in Chicago before a fashionable audience that filled the house to standing room only. She opened warmly, offered the jewel song from Faust with a hearty encore, followed by Little Swedish Folk and Old Folks at Home, and proceeds to San Francisco.
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Chicago
Christine Nilsson
Frst
San Francisco
Adventists in Battle Creek Stirred by Revelation
Battle Creek Michigan December 5 Adventists headquartered here are stirred by a revelation to Elder White's widow that prominent men in the order show worldliness and bodily ailments such as liver diseases headaches and constipation caused by bad digestion. Brown's Iron Bitters is said to quick restore health.
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Battle Creek, tMich
White
Brown
California Congressman Sees GOP Rally After Defection
In New York Congressman Page says his defeat stemmed from German defection over the Sunday law plank. He predicts California will back the Republicans in 1884 if unity returns. In Albuquerque Acting Governor Ritch reports 28,440 territorial votes for delegate with Luna leading Manzahares by 16,480. lawyers to contest Luna’s win.
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New York
Page
California
Alburquerque, N. M
Ritch
Luna
Manzahares
DeBrazza Receives Medal as Officials Observe
Paris reports the municipal council awarded DeBrazza a medal with ministers of finance and telegraph in attendance. He vowed to further freedom by ending slavery in regions he travels and to pave France’s glorious future. In Chicago, a breezy note to the AP jokes that Rock Island will compensate a passenger if fast trains to St Paul cut his time.
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Paris
DeBrazza
France
Chicago
Associated Press
Rock Island
Treasury report shows big jump in federal revenue and lower expenditures
The annual treasurer's report notes U S receipts from customs up 22 251 054 and internal revenue up 11 233 309 from 1881. Public land sales rise 2 551 277 and miscellaneous sources up 6 707 416, lifting net revenue by 47 742 957 to 403 525 250, while net expenditures fall to 257 981 440 a reduction of 2 731 447. surplus revenues rise by 45 474 405 aiding debt reduction. Standard silver dollars coined through Oct 31 1882 total 128 329 880 with 93 006 382 in treasury and 3 323 498 in circulation equal to about 273 percent.
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Washington
United States
Treasury
Revival preacher from Connecticut urges miracles in Chicago
Rev E Bailey Smith arrives in Chicago advocating a new faith and the reemergence of apostolic miracles. He promotes Brown's Iron Bitters as a reliable non alcoholic tonic medicine suitable for all times and seasons.
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Chicago
E. Bailey Smith
Connecticut
Dr Wagner advertises specialist services at 243 Summer Street
An old scaled ad for Dr Henry Wagner at 243 Summer Street Deaver promises cure for seminal weakness urinary disorders and private diseases with a money back guarantee. It notes free consultations thorough exams and an offer to send The Young Man's Pocket Companion by mail with price.
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Summer Street
Deaver
Wagner
Henry Wagner
Postoffice
Denver
Colorado
H. Wagner
Young Moen
Medical and Surgical Institute
Larimer
English Medical Institute
Morphcan Institute
G.C. D
Olive Street
ST. Louis
P. O
Richards firm fails in corn deal on Chicago market
In Chicago on December 4 a board of trade firm B.S. and C. W. Richards collapsed after the corn deal. The amount is described as not large and the firm hopes to resume soon, but will not discuss affairs. Creditors of Kreigh & Davis, who failed recently, formed a committee to assess their condition.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
B.S. & C. W. Richards
Kreigh & Davis
Frayed OCR Summary of Local Trade Notice
Fragmentary text appears to discuss conduct, a commission, and depots with references to merchants and a department. Names and places are unclear due to OCR errors, leaving incomplete details about actions or outcomes.
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Lo Cure
Europe
Medical Academy of
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Addams & Glover
Dare & Collins
Cheyenne
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