Weekly Lever Havana News Briefs
Summary of late reports across North America and Mexico. Yellow fever deaths rise in Havana and Mazatlan reports note conflicting conditions. Fires destroy Connecticut carriage factories and a wholesale liquor house in Montana. Law and culture items include a York court transfer in President Villard’s case and a Boston murder body theft attempt.
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Havana
Columbus
Foster
New Haven
Plainsville
Connecticut
Montreal
Taylor, Robertson & Co
Hatters
Furriers
Boston
Charles A. Pinkham
Charlie Ross
San Pedro
New York
Barrett
Villard
United States Court
Belleville
Ont
Grand Junction Railway
Foxboro
Lordsburg
Baltimore
Maryland
David Moses
Mount Olivet
O. Gorman
Mapleson
Signor de Puente
Abbey
del Puente
New Orleans
Fire Engineers
Chicago
Thomas O'Conner
Henry A. Hills
Cincinnati
A. Hendricks
Julius Lezynesky
George H. Sisgon
San Francisco
Supreme Court
Siason
Railroad tariff cut to Salt Lake seen ending this week
Telegraphic dispatch from Salt Lake reports the Missouri river to Salt Lake tariff cut may end this week as Union Pacific and Denver Rio Grande contract at fifty cents per hundred. An officer says Salt Lake merchants have ordered $500,000 worth of goods to move over the reduced rate since Thursday.
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Salt Lake
Missouri River
Union Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande
Express robbery at Atlantic Iowa well guarded tale
A Des Moines special claims an express robbery occurred Thursday night at Atlantic Iowa. An agent allegedly received a bag with 10 000 to 15 000 dollars on the 8 15 train. A thief allegedly cut the bag strap from behind and fled into darkness. The tale lacks corroboration.
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Chicago
Inter- Ocean
Des Moines
Atlantic
Iowa
Passenger Train Derails After Slide Near Glendale
A Chicago & Alton passenger train derailed near Glendale, Kansas City, after a landslide about 16 miles from the city. About twenty passengers were seriously cut and bruised. no fatalities reported. A special medical train was dispatched to the scene, with full details pending the return of the wrecked cars.
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Kansas City
Chicago & Alton
Glendale
Indians seen near El Paso drive cattle theft fears
A Times Gallego Mexico special reports four Indians spotted in the area this morning causing alarm among ranchers. Forty horses were driven off from Encemilla's ranch and a band of about forty Indians was observed six miles north of Chivalito yesterday.
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el Paso
Tex
Gallego
Mexico
Encemilla
Chivalito
Judge rules poker a game of chance under Johnson law
In St Louis on October 27 Judge Noonan in the state versus Donnelly ruled poker is a game of chance and therefore gambling a felony under the Johnson law. Donnelly claims to have lost 3590 dollars during fair week in a game run by James Gardner and Dink Davis.
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St. Louis
Noonan
Court of Criminal Correction
Donnelly
James Gardner
Dink Davis
Cold Blooded Butchery in Galveston Night
A News Lovelady special reports two drunken assailants Standley and Turner enraged at Montzinger home. They called him out and cut him to pieces in front of his wife and child. Montzinger’s wife armed herself with an axe handle, and the son retrieved his father’s gun to defend them, but Standley seized the weapon and threatened to kill the woman and child if alarm was raised.
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Galveston
Standley
Turner
Montzinger
Irving Welcomed At Lotus Club Dinner
New York October 27 The Lotus club hosted a dinner in honor of English actor Henry Irving. About two hundred gentlemen filled the room as Chief Justice Noah Davis and other notable guests sat among the attendees. Whitelaw Reid, editor of the Tribune and club president, presided with Irving as the guest of honor.
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New York
Henry Irving
Lotus Club
Whitelaw Reid
the Tribune
Noah Davis
William Henry Smith
Joseph Jefferson
E. Randolph
Georgia’s First Kuklux Conviction in Banks County
The Yarborough family led a gang convicted for outrages on black voters who backed Emory Speer in Georgia. Jasper Yarborough, tied to the leadership, and four other family members were among the convicted, with others named Streetman Green Mary and Landerman facing trial. Sentencing ranges from one to six years. prosecutors vow appeals for new trials. Speer previously lost the race and later became U.S. district attorney. The verdict sparked audible sobs as prisoners were jailed.
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Atlanta
Kuklux
Banks County
Yarborough
Jasper
James
Ditmas
Neal
Lovick Streetman
EH. H. Green
B. E. Mary
Stacy Landerman
Jasper Yarborough
Emory Speer
Congress
Speer
United States
McCoy
Georgia
Astounding disclosures warn against consumption dangers
The piece urges attention to rising deaths from consumption and advocates Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar as a cure for coughs and throat diseases. It promotes the product as discovered by Dr. Hale and sold by druggists, noting savings on large sizes and recommending Glenn's sulphur soap and Hill's hair dye.
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Hale
Europe
Gilead
N. Grittenton
N.Y
Fraudulent pension attorney scheme probe widens
U S District Attorney Corkhill says many pension attorneys engaged in fraud, with hundreds of letters and claims of over a million dollars defrauded from soldiers and relatives. He will brief the grand jury and urges victims to mail full information. Also includes a Thanksgiving proclamation by President Chester A. Arthur designating November 29 as a national day of Thanksgiving with exhortations to rest, worship, and give thanks.
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Washington
the Star
United States
Corkhill
Teller
Chester A. Arthur
Frederick Frelinghuysen
Honest Medicine Promises Infallible Blood Purifier
A promotional claim extols Ayers Sarisparilla as a genuine preparation and unmatched blood purifier. It asserts superiority over all others and touts honesty as the best policy in medicine.
A Valuable Addition Parker's Hair Balsam Gains Popularity
The ad promotes Parker's Hair Balsam as a valuable scalp treatment that restores color and luster to gray or faded hair, claiming it improves personal beauty and becomes a popular dressing.
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Parker
Dynamite Prisoners Bracken and Holmes Questioned
Halifax October 27 examination of dynamite prisoners Bracken and Holmes resumed. Prosecutors abandon adjournment and seek further questioning, while defense moves to discharge, arguing no Canadian law allows detention without warrant.
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Halifax
Bracken and Holmes
Fire destroys Antonio port in Jamaica area
Advices from the steamship D J Foley report Antonio port nearly wiped out by fire on October 18. The blaze started in a dry goods store owned by Sutherland & Company due to lamp mishandling. Dacosta & Co Touland hotel Metropolitan house and several warehouses and residences burned. The American consul’s residence survived. Loss exceeds one million dollars.
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Philadelphia
D. J.foley
Jamaca
Antonio
Sutherland & Company
Dacosta & Co
Touland
Metropolitan House
Chinese Cases Stir Ruling On Certificates In San Francisco
In San Francisco two Chinese cases before Judge Hoffman tested government certificates. One claimant claimed to be a cigar manufacturer, but the judge said the law uses merchant not manufacturer. The second case involved a 17 year old with a certificate claiming he would manage a merchant firm, but his role remained unclear and judgment was deferred.
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San Francisco
Hoffman
United States District Court
Congress
Outbreak Fears Prompt Texas Guard Call to Arms
Austin and surrounding cities mobilize militia after a telegram to Governor Ireland about 500 armed negroes in Gauze, Milan county. The late civil rights bill ruling fuels unrest. a special military train is prepared as authorities seek to prevent violence. Monument funds for Sergeant Jasper reach two thirds of the $10,000 goal in Savannah.
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St. Louis
Austin
Texas
Ireland
Guuze
Milan
Austin Houston
Galveston
Gauze
Jasper
Savanpur
Reward for Two Escapees in Wyoming Territory
The Secretary of the Wyoming Territory offers a $250 reward for the arrest and delivery of Bill McQuary alias Bill Barber and Jim Younger, accused of murder near Laramie County on October 2, 1883. Both men, ranch hands from the O-O outfit at Antelope Springs, are described as an aged cowboy and a tall young cowboy, last seen near Schwartz's ranch in Laramie County. The reward is payable from the county treasury upon earned-certification.
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Territory of
Wyoming
Cheveuns
Lslamie County
Semitary
Wyong
Bill McQuary
Bill Barber
Jim Younger
Kiot
Luraine
Territary
Pain County
Laramie County
Wyo
Bill Baker
Schwartz
O—O
Antelope Springs
Albany County
Cheyenne
N. Monraan
Wyoming Territory
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Lawrence Barrett
Star Theatre
Wheeler Administration
Alexander
Abigail Armatrong
Warrenr Blodgett
Armstrong
Blodgett
Freebarney & Berry
Telegraphic
Irving
Glenn
Hill
Pike
Washington News
Regal Baking Powder Co
Wall Street
Gresham
Louisiana Star Lottery Company
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Southern Express Co
I. M. Wescot
Badwin
Union National Bank
Chatiaton
Louisiana National Bank
Tizent' Bank
I. Ltarriere
H. Orleby
State National Bank
S. H. Kennedy
Louisiana
U.S
M.A, Dau Hin
NEW Orleans National Bank
New Ches, Ka
M. A. Dauphin
MA. Dauphin
Seventh St
Washington, D.C
Louisiana State Lottery CO
B. Frank Moore
la Salle Street
Broadway
N. Y
Hales Honey
Ike
Osentious
Liebig
Cor. Geary and Mason Techs
Cal
College Institute For
Fom Europe
Liebeg
Gwee
West
MaRery Cerry
Purch- Ser
George W Hoyt
Wye
Guipe
pio— _ture
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
16Th Bt
New Norke
Otto
Roux & Eng
Pe J. OG
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