Weekly Peake reports a mosaic of 1883 events
A long digest cites poisonings at a Chattanooga church festival with all recovering, missing defalcations in New Brunswick, gubernatorial nominee Knott in Louisville, Crees quiet in Ottawa Port Walch notes, and a Detroit Brewers’ convention. Other items include mine workers returning at Diamond Wilkes-Barre, a sunken tug Wilson, oil refinery deaths in Jersey City, and various bank, railroad, and political developments across Iowa, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
New Brunswick
N. J
Cox
Jarrard
Davis
Louisville
J. Proctor Knott
Ottawa
Port Walch
Railroad Sale In Pittsburg Involves Vanderbilt Purchase
May 18 Pittsburg reports Commodore Vanderbilt paid 100 dollars per share for 12 000 shares of Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad stock totaling 1 200 000 dollars in a large transaction known today.
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Pittsburg
Amrade
The
Economite Society
Commodore Vanderbilt
Pittsburg & Lake Erie
Peter and the Professor in $1000 prize fight challenge
New York May 18 Professor William H McClellan has challenged Peter McCoy for a prize fight under London prize ring rules for $1000 a side to be staged in four weeks. Backer Wo Madden has posted $250 with Richard K Fox of the Police Gazette.
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New York
Wm. H. McClellan
Peter McCoy
London
Wo. Madden
McClellan
Richard K. Fox
Police Gazette
Mobbing the Chinese at Victoria camp attack
Reports from Mainland describe a brutal mob assault on Chinese workers in Victoria on May 17. Whites attacked in mutual conflict, then a night raid left nine Chinese dead or dying, homes burned, and several wounded with severe head injuries as they sought help from distant doctors.
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Victoria
B. C
Yie
Fook
Luton
Yale
Dodge's Trouble in Dodge City Grows
May 17 Dodge City reports quiet yet tense conditions as Sheriff Hinkley, under Governor Glick, moves to guard Luke Short and associates. Bob Masterson aids the effort while Short is expected to return amid cattle interests, saloon employment, and a debated balance of power. Militia men wait at Sterling as factions threaten action.
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Dodge City
George T. Hinkley
Glick
Luke Short
Bob Masterson
Short
Harris
Dodge City Bank
Sterling
A Hanging Show in Pittsboro Stuns Jackson Crowd
Henry Fleming was hanged yesterday in Pittsboro for a murder committed two years ago. An immense Jackson crowd watched as Fleming, calm and self possessed, tried to slash his throat with a pocket knife at the gallows. The neck breaking fall ended the death struggle instantly.
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Jackson, Miss
Henry Fleming
Pittsboro
Fleming
Missing New Jersey official tied to county funds
Levi D. Jarrard former postmaster and ex county collector is missing from New Brunswick. He is short just over $10,000 in the county account. Bondsmen worry as a government special is sent to take charge of the post office, currently under bondsmen. Jarrard is believed to be in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
N. J
Levi D. Jarrard
Jarrard
Canada
Chicago & Rock Island Leaves Iowa Pool for Passengers
Chicago and Rock Island Railway withdraws from the Iowa pool for passenger traffic. The line says the pool is a dead letter because Milwaukee and St. Paul will not join, making the arrangement unworkable.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Chicago & Rock Island
Iowa
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Central Pacific Railroad Suit Dismissal Denied
Judge Barrett in the New York supreme court denied a motion to dismiss the complaint in the suit of David Stewart against CO. P Huntington to recover $76,000 on stock transactions. The court ruled the plaintiff cannot pursue two causes of action and must elect one to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Barrett
Supreme Court
David Stewart
CO. P. Huntington
Severe Midwest cyclone toll and damage across Racine
A cyclone passed north of Racine Wisconsin at 7 15 PM causing extensive destruction with around thirty five to forty houses leveled in the northeast and unknown deaths. Multiple cities including Chicago Racine and Springfield report tornado activity with injuries and property loss. Damaging winds downed lines and disrupted communications as storms swept through Illinois Wisconsin and other states.
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Chicago
Racine
Wis
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Lake Michigan
Lincoln
Neb
Valparaiso
Springfield
Ill
Neva
Harvard
East River Bridge Opening Plans and Bayard Will
Arrangements are complete for the Brooklyn bridge opening on the 44th with a holiday proclamation from Brooklyn’s mayor. Public offices and schools will close while the president and governor attend a reception in the Academy of Music. The will of Mrs. Elizabeth McEvers Bayard leaves nearly 10 million dollars to her husband Robert Bayard, from her late father James McEvers.
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New York
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn
Academy of Music
Elizabeth McEvers Bayard
James McEvers
Robert Bayard
Minister Gets a Life Sentence for Murder in Henderson County
Galveston May 17. At carton yesterday verdict of murder in the first degree and life sentence in prison was rendered against Rev Henry Smith a Baptist minister for killing Deputy Sheriff Day of Henderson county three years ago in a difficulty over the arrest of Smiths brother for cattle stealing.
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Galveston
Carton
Henry Smith
Sheriff Day
Henderson County
Smith
Open Shops Open to Nonunion Workers in Cincinnati Meeting
Cincinnati shoe manufacturers report they are not shutting out non union workers and will keep shops open for those not directly bound by arbitration terms. They blame unions for the lockout and indicate all non members may work in these shops. In Pittsburg, miners’ interstate convention notes delegates from four states and a vote on open versus secret sessions.
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Chicago
the Drover's Journal
Colorado
Kansas
Texas
Nebraska
Idaho
Wyoming
Indian Territory
Montana
Nevada
South
Southwest
Northwest
Cincinnati
Arbitration Board
Pittsburg
Ohio
Maryland
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Six Girls Testify About Berberman Cigar Yard Work
Chicago May 17 The Cigarmakers Union heard six girls describe long hours from 6 AM to 9 PM and three nights to 11 PM making cigar bunches for Berberman on Kenzie Street. They are paid about $3 weekly and fined for tiny lost minutes while the health inspector is evaded by hiding underage workers.
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Chicago
Cigarmakers’ Union
Berberman
Kenzie Street
Acts of an Insane Woman Kill Infant in New York
Alice Zimmerman wife of artist Frank Zimmerman killed her twelve day old daughter and attempted to kill her mother after confinement. She had expressed hatred for her husband and child and twice since sickness tried to take her own life. She forced her mother from the room and stabbed the infant in the neck, then attacked her mother but was overpowered and will be sent to an asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alice Zimmerman
Frank Zimmerman
Riot in Gallatin City as mob seizes town
Bozeman May 17 The Gallatin County sheriff received a telegram Tuesday night from Gallatin City stating a riot among laborers on the Northern Pacific, leaving the town in the hands of a mob. Sheriff Blakely and a posse quickly arrived, surrounded the town, and compelled all to surrender. Leaders were arrested and jailed in Bozeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Montana
Gallatin City
Northern Pacifica
Blakely
Gallatin
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National Brewers’ Association
Detroit
Mich
Wilkesbarre
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Rappahannock River
John Herbert
Michael Currie
Jersey City
Sherman W. Platt
Newton
Comptroller of the Treasury
Merchants’ National Bank
Grinnell
Capital
First National Bank
Sabetha
Kan
Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of
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Norristown
Hoosie
Scranton
Vickburg
Butler
Massachusetts
United States
British Provinces
Grand Avenue Congregational Church
Gresham
Civil Service Commission
the Society of the Army of the Cumberland
J. Q. A. Ward
North Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Philadelphia
Eugene Angell
Lansing, Mich
HE. B.wood
Austin
W. B.wortham
Hoe
Wortham
Hancock
Peter and the Professor
Dodge
Central Pacific Railroad
East River
Fraser & Chalmers
Wall Street
Office & Works, Cor
Union & Fulton Streets
Chicago, Ill
Denver, Col
Butte City, Mont
Chambers Building
Cheyenne
Thomas Sturgis
Henry G. Hay
W. O. Lane
5. A. Abry
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Cashier
Sire
Noyor Falla
Hiscox & Co
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