Frontieres in 1883 Reports and crimes across the West
Charley McComas is held for ransom by three frontier Americans in Sonora California. Wells Fargo express bag with 4700 dollars seized on Milton stage in Oregon. Oregon Washington wheat surplus may be 100000 tons lower. Culver Page Hayne liabilities 556000 with 327000 assets. Apache chief Juh commits suicide while fleeing. Samuel S Shannon arrested in Brooklyn embezzlement case. Port Costa fire destroys business district. eight Central Pacific wheat carloads lost. damage 100000. insurance status unknown. U.S. asks Canada for more postal savings bank info. Aggie Hill ordered to produce marriage contract photos for authenticity. H Andrews pleads guilty to 9500 embezzlement. three years' term. Judge Hoffman hints at land rights for Chinese habeas corpus cases in San Francisco.
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Portland
Oregon
Washington
Chicago
Culver, Page, Hayne & Co
Chihuahua
Mexico
Juh
New York
Samuels. Shannon
John F. James
Brooklyn
Port Costa
Cal
H. Andrews
Northwestern National Bank
San Francisco
Hoffman
United States District Court
Bailiff Shot in Dublin House Outside Castle Blakely
Reports say a bailiff was killed last night at his residence near Castle Blakely in County Galloway with no arrests made. In Angra Pequenda the colony proclaims a German flag and authority over nearby lands. Admiral Courbet takes command of French forces at Hanoi and plans a Bac Ninh assault with 2000 troops and thirty guns. Malagassy envoys and the prime minister are said to have reached an arrangement after visits to Europe and America.
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Dublin
Castle Blakely
Galloway
Capetown
Angra Pequenda
Hong Kong
Courbet
Hanoi
Bacninh
Paris
Europe
America
A SAD SIGHT TO BEHOLD
A frail man, near death from consumption, visits Crittenden's depot in New York seeking Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar. He discovers relief after one bottle and later purchases seven more, claiming cure and wealth to spread the word. The ad touts Hale's at fifty cents a bottle, with other remedies listed.
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Crittenden
Patent Medicine Depot
New York
Fourteenth Street
Ninth Avenue
Mr. C
Mr. Crittenden
Hale
Gilead
Avai! Shemselves
N. Crittenton
N.Y
Clyde Bank Suspends Payment Amid Cashier Departure
The Clyde bank suspended payment yesterday after cashier W. P. Parkhust left Wednesday night and returned last night. Deposits total about sixty to seventy thousand dollars, with remaining partners A Richards and A Harkness expected to cover.
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Clyde, O
Clyde Bank
W. P. Parkhust
Richards
Harkness
Sullivan Slugging Duo Stages Exhibition in St Louis
In St Louis James Miles challenged Sullivan, stood before him for two minutes, and was knocked out in under thirty seconds. Sullivan is set to pitch tomorrow as teams of picked players prepare for a game. The party plans to head to Chicago then San Francisco early next week.
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St. Louis
Sullivan
Northern Pacific Extravaganoe statement defense
Herman Haupt former Northern Pacific general manager asserts he was not extravagant in management and claims no such charge appeared until the Wall Street raid on Villard stocks. He praises Villard and Oakes and states their relations are friendly. The card largely mirrors the Associated Press Thursday interview.
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St. Paul
Herman Haupt
Northern Pacific
Wallstreet
Villard
Oakes
Associated Press
Seduction and Murder in Kerrville Tennessee Case
Memphis, November 3. J M Edwards aged 52 a man of family was shot and killed yesterday at Kerrville Tennessee in this county by Sam H Roberts a young man The tragedy grew from a scandal in which Edwards had been charged with seducing the stepsister of Roberts Edwards an elder in the Presbyterian church was expelled from the church at a recent trial his guilt having been proven The killing is said to be unjustifiable Edwards surrendered himself today.
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Memphis
Tenn
J. M. Edwards
Kerrville
Sam H. Roberts
Kidwards
Roberts
Edwards
Presbyterian Church
Obscene Letters Arrest in Cleveland Railroad Brakeman Held
Edward B. Connell a Lake Shore railroad brakeman was jailed in Cleveland to await trial in the US court on charges of sending obscene letters to socially prominent women in Cleveland and nearby towns. He was arrested in Toledo and brought before Commissioner White on bail default. He seeks to claim insanity and apologized to the offended ladies before imprisonment. Connell is middle aged with a wife and children in Lorain.
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Cleveland
Edward B. Connell
Lake Shore Railroad
United States
Toledo
Loraine
Lord Mayor Dawson Welcomed in Dublin Riots
Lord Mayor Dawson arrived home to a joyful reception in Dublin after Londonderry unrest. A parcel exploded at Londonderry dockyards amid ongoing Orangeman nationalist clashes. Dozens of factory women strike over a worker’s discharge linked to Londonderry city hall lecture dispute, as violence and stone throwing continue.
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Dublin
Dawson
Londonderry
Sexton
Corporation of Londonderry
Ireland
Murder Trial in New Orleans Woman Slain by Sykes
New Orleans on November 3 reports a man named Sykes fatally stabbed his mistress Kate Townsend in her brothel. She died from five wounds to the chest and head. The killer surrendered and was noted to be worth about $200,000.
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New Orleans
Sykes
Kate Townsend
Bagnia
Eaalon
Tuesda
Ager
Frances Willard Re-elected President of WCTU
In Detroit on November 8, Frances E. Willard was unanimously re-elected president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union amid strong enthusiasm. The assembly adopted resolutions opposing liquor tax practices and endorsing prohibitory legislation.
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Detroit
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Frances E. Willard
Riordan party archbishop visits Salt Lake City
The arch bishop of the Riordan party arrived today and was welcomed by Catholic clergy and residents. He departs for California tomorrow. A line of eighty five Mormon wagons from northern Utah head to Arizona with families to settle as foreign emigrants take their places in Utah.
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Salt Lake
California
Utah
Arizona
Chiricahuas Disruptions Prompt Crook Movements
Indian disturbances near San Francisco focus on the Chiricahua reservation. Authorities note the tribes crossed the line twice, drawn back by Crook’s troops under orders to push operations between Wilcox and the border line.
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San Francisco
Deming
N. M
Crook
Wilcox
Damages Sought by Indicted Officials Over Grand Jury Report
Dr. T. J. Lutz and D. W. Caruth, the indicted police commissioners, sue for $50 000 each claiming the grand jury erred in making accusations outside an indictment. They contend the jury overstepped its official functions by issuing its report.
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St. Louis
T. J. Lutz
D. W. Caruth
Grand Jury
Yellow Fever Toll Rises in Havana Region
Twenty deaths from yellow fever were reported in the past week. Cuban authorities note conspiratorial activity by Cubans at Key West and a bandit influx into Cuba. They also mention plans to assassinate the Spanish consul at Key West.
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Havana
Ey West
Cuba
Key West
Utica Officials Figure in Untimely Death Scandal Link
Arthur B. Johnson was found dead with a pistol wound in his Utica office. Lena Bender, linked to his private life, found him and raised alarm as news spread. Johnson, 55, a stalwart Republican ally of Roscoe Conkling, once served as a railway commissioner appointee by President Arthur.
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Utica
Arthur B. Johnson
Johnson L. Lynch
Roebel
Batavia
Lena Bender
Johson
Johnson
Roscoe Conkling
Arthur
Northern Pacific Railway
Police man in New York shoots, beats suspect dies
Police officer William Conray detained Peter Keenan a 34 year old furniture mover after a confrontation at a liquor saloon. Keenan died from wounds including a head injury and a gunshot to the abdomen after being clubbed and dragged from the saloon. Conray was arrested as details emerge at the coroner’s preliminary exam.
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New York
Conray
Twenty-First Precinct
Peter Keenan
Keenan
Violence erupts in Danville crowd clash
In Danville Virginia a white and colored clash leaves Walter Holland shot in the head mortally wounded and Thomas Seward wounded. Five negroes are reported killed as the crowd spreads across the town after an earlier beating incident. Stores close and military order follows.
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Danville
Walter Holland
Thomas Seward
Commonwealth
Mystery of Mary Churchill Solved in Indianapolis
Mary Churchill, daughter of a St. Louis merchant, was identified in Indianapolis after a two month search. She left home with her father to visit her mother but said she can support herself and will report for duty in St. Louis on Wednesday.
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Indianapolis
Ind
May Churchill
St. Louis
Fletcher
Thomas J. Gallagher
St. Louis Globe
Widow and father charged in Whittemore boy murder case
In Princeton Wisconsin 11 year old Charles Whittemore vanished for ten days and was found dead in shallow water with a throat injury. His mother Mrs Ellen Long and his father J S Whittemore are arrested for the murder amid rumors of scandal and alleged intimate ties. Evidence includes bloodstained clothes a butcher knife two razors and a blood marked club found at the home.
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Chicago
Princeton
Wis
Charles Whittemore
Ellen Long
J. S. Whittemore
Whittemore
Purifier Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promises Quick Results
The ad claims Ayer's Sarsaparilla acts directly and promptly and a single bottle proves its merits. It asserts thousands yearly are saved from dangerous fevers by timely care and proper digestion of the system using this remedy.
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Ayer
Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption at Wide Awake Druggists
Messrs Gray and Pearse announce the agency for Dr King s new discovery for consumption and all throat and lung ailments. Sold on a positive guarantee with trial bottles free and regular size priced at one dollar, offering relief for coughs colds hay fever bronchitis and asthma.
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Messrs
Gray & Pearse
Pprys
Dr. King
Bucklen arnica salve advertised for skin cures
An advertisement claims Bucklen s Arnica salve is a universal healing product for burns bruises cuts ulcers salt rheum sores cancers piles chilblains corns tetter chapped hands and other skin eruptions. It is guaranteed to cure or money refunded and sold by Gray and Pearse.
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Gray & Pearse
Free trial offer for Great German Invigorator belts
To prove the wonderful power of the Great German Invigorator, a 2 bottle of either nimer will be sent free of charge. Persons ordering a free bottle will only have to pay expressage on SEARS Most powerful electric belts free to patients Consultation, examination and advice free and private. Call,or write, DR. LIEBEG & Co., 40 Geary street, Private entrance, 405 Mason street, San Francisco, Cala.
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San Francisco
Cal
Collagh Institute For
Liebig
Europe
SEARS
DR. Liebeg & Co
Geary Street
Mason Street
Cala
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Charley McComas
Sonora
Cali
Wells & Fargo
Ottawa
Dominion
Postal Savings Banks System
Canada
Finn
Sharon
Aggie Hill
Pike
Glen
Hill
Temperance
Mary Churchill
Bucklen
Arnica Halve
Graig, Davis & Co
Gresham
Louisians State Lottery Company
Louisiana State Lottery Company
Southern Express Co
I. M. Wescoat
Louisiana Noonal Bank
H. Oplesby
State National Bank
Kennedy
New Orleans N A
Baldwin
Union National Bank
Charleron
Cabhien
Citizens’ Bank
L.carriere
Pleglaong
Germania
National Bank
Jules Cassard
Hibernia National Bank
Ohns Pomtey
Cornicl
Osnal Bank
Ed Toby
Mutual National Bank
Mitchel
Louisiana
U.S
J. A. Dauphin
NEW Orleans National Bank
Uphin
M.A. Dauphin
Seventh St
Washington, D.C
Danny
Weasty Lea
Hales Hone - OF
Horehound
Osesta
Cor
Geary and
Mason Breots
E. C. West
George W Hoyt
Cheyenne
Wyo
Guion
pic _ture
Montgomery Ward & CO
Wabash Avenue
Trentiae
Marston
New Yorks
Louisiana State Lottery
B. Frank Moore
la Salle Street
Broadway
N. Y
KREE
Orargh
United States Patent Office
J. R. Littell
Washington, D
U. S
Simpei
Hurl
Chicago, Ill
J.H. Conrad
J.H. Hurlbut
Henry VW P.O
BAIRD
ATTC
ENIG
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