Collision at sea claims lives in two steamer wrecks
The steamship Champion from New York to Charleston sank off the Capes within five minutes after a collision with the Lady Octavia from Breakwater to New York. Thirty-two lost, twenty-five saved. The Octavia towed to Philadelphia. Captain Lockwood commanded the Champion for about twelve years. Crew included several colored sailors. The Octavia rescued survivors and reported the collision occurred about 25 miles off Cape May. Reports from Philadelphia and New York cite further details, including the Octavia’s captain James Johnson and messages about missing crew and passengers.
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Lewes
Del
Champion
New York
Charleston
Capes
Philadelphia
Lockwood
R. H
Leonard
Brooklyn
Chas, Miller
Capt. Lockwood
Delaware
Cape May
Octavia
James Ferguson
James Johnson
Greenock
Rio Janeiro
Gloucester
Delaware Bay
Joseph Mitchell
Martin Bronce
Garner
Benjamin Foster
Mutinous Crew Arrests aboard Coringor in Antwerp
A Paris despatch reports the crew of the British ship Coringor under Captain Gibson, from New York, were arrested in Antwerp after a mutiny. The mate suppressed insubordination and a ringleader named Kearney of Liverpool led the revolt. A hatchet injury proved fatal, and five sailors plus the mate face charges as order is restored.
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London
Paris
Coringor
Gibson
New York
Antwerp
Kearney
Liverpool
Dezen
DeLesseps Invites Totten to Ship Canal Commission
In Aspinwall on December 28, DeLesseps plans to preside over the international commission of engineers examining lines and methods for the Panama ship canal. He invites Col. Totten to join the commission or appoint a substitute.
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Big Ditch
New York
DeLesseps
Col. Totten
Panama
Aspinwall
International Commission of Engineers
Totten
Petrel Sinks in North Atlantic Gale. Six Survivors Rescued
The Austrian bark Rebus reports the whaling schooner Petrel capsized October 29 during a fierce gale off the Azores. Fifteen crew and passengers, including Capt Fisher, are lost. Six survivors endured exposure for days aboard the wreck, rescued on November 8 in frigid seas.
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New York
Rebus
Petrel
Hancich
Trieste
Fisher
Atlantic Ocean
Fayal
Azores
Madeira
Canary Islands
North Atlantic Ocean
Heroism Highlighted in Kansas City Candy Factory Fire
The bodies of Ed Shutten Louise Hummel Anna Mc Connell and Miss Goepper were recovered from Carle and Co's candy factory ruins in Kansas City as the death toll rose. Joseph McGuire, a factory employee, saved Nellie Horton and Mrs Long by guiding them down two burning stairs before perishing in the flames while trying to reach Horton.
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Joseph McGuire
Kansas City
Ed, Shutten
Louise Hummel
Anna McConnell
Miss Goepper
Carle & Co’s
Nellie Horton
Mrs. Long
Miss Horton
Trotting Time and West Coast Boasts in 2:12 Talk
The Sun reports St. Julian trotted in 2 12 noted as a good mark for any horse but inferior to Bonner’s pair Rarus and Edwin Forrest. The piece contrasts California hopes with Bonner’s faster horses and calls for a future eastward mile by St. Sultan, urging California to match or exceed Bonner’s West horses.
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Edwin Forest
Rarus
St. Julian
New York
the Sun Today
Bonner
Edwin Forrest
California
St. Sultan
Barus
Mare and Joseph contest in Greco-Roman bout in Milwaukee
Chicago champion light weight Prof. D Lucien Mare defeated Mons. Joseph of Milwaukee in a five round Greco-Roman match. Mare won rounds one and three and the fifth, while Joseph took rounds two and four. Mare weighed 188 pounds to Joseph's 186.
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Milwaukee
D Lucien Mare
Chicago
Mons. Joseph
Mare
Joseph
New York News on National Republican Committee Chair Race
The Times reports a December 17 meeting in Washington to select a new chairman after Zach Chandler. Cornell of New York is urged by Grant supporters, likely drawing opposition from other candidates. A contest over the site of the next national convention also looms.
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New York
the Times
Washington
National Executive Republican Committee
Zach Chandler
Cornell
Friends
Grant
Toronto, Hanlan to Row Winner for Champion Cup
Toronto’s Hanlan travels to England to row the winner of the Boyd-Elliott match for the champion cup as the decisive contest, with the victor earning the title.
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Toronto
Hanlan
England
Steamer Falcon Sinks After Collision Near Chesapeake Bay
The Baltimore bound steamer Falcon Captain Kirby left for Charleston with seven passengers. It collided with the ice laden schooner 8 C Tyron Captain Nickerson ten miles south of Sharp's Island. The Falcon sank after the crash. 25 crew survived by climbing the rigging. The Tyron arrived in port with damage about $500. cargo value about $30,000 with potential recovery.
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Baltimore
Falcon
Kirby
Charleston
Barren Island
Sharp’s Island
8. C. Tyron
Nickerson
Kennebec River
Charleston Steamship and Railroad Company
Steamer Arizona Strikes Iceberg Off St Johns Newfoundland
The steamer Arizona from New York to Liverpool struck an iceberg Friday night near St Johns. Bow damage is mortal but no injuries and cargo intact. Repairs may take about three weeks. Some passengers go by the Caspian Thursday and others by the Nevada to sail from New York Tuesday.
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Tceberg
St. Johns
N. F
Arizona
Jones
New York
Liverpool
Caspian
St. John
Nevada
Bridge Disaster On St Charles Bridge
A St Louis report describes a bridge span collapse on the St Charles bridge last night. Conductor Kinley testifies the train was sound when it crossed the span and a lightning strike or heavy storm may have caused the disaster.
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St. Louis
St. Charles
Kinley
Charles Irvin
Wearen
Hyde
Barnhart
Irvin
Ohio
Sommers
Galt Mouse
Strahen
Malvern
Iowa
Moberly
Caboose
Relief by Lottery for Murcia Flood Sufferers
Paris reports the government sanctioning a 2,000,000 franc lottery organized by journalist committee to aid flood victims in Murcia. The action aims to raise funds for relief efforts and victims’ needs.
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Paris
Murcia
Ute War Ends in Sheriff’s Fatal Shot Near Rawlins
In Rawlins on November 9 a government wagon teamster Francis Murray shot Charles Chapman of Los Angeles in the head. Murray then fired on others before Sheriff James Rankin killed him with a shotgun. Chapman survived, and a coroner’s inquest exonerated the sheriff. Neither shooter nor injured man was a Rawlins citizen. Murray was intoxicated.
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Joe Rankin
Rawlins
Murray
The Sick Wan Refuses Medicine in Constantinople
Constantinople reports renewed opposition to British influence as the sick man of Europe resists prescribed remedies. Observers fear continued decline over the past year unless a radical change occurs amid mounting tensions with the British ambassador.
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John Bull
Constantinople
Turkey
A WAR SPECK Press Opinions on the Situation
Russian papers discuss latest moves in Constantinople by Britain and the United States. The Golas suggests England risking a clash over Turkish independence near Asia Minor to favor Russia. Other papers say powers oppose aggressive English action and will not act as catspaws.
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St. Petersburg
Constantinople
Golas
England
Russia
Asia Minor
Central Asia
Cabinet crisis settles in Mexican congress as administration wins
In Mexico City on November 2 a cabinet dispute ended with administration candidates securing clear majorities in the house vote for new officers. A bank will develop the Sierra Mojada mines, and Californians head to the region. A rich gold and quicksilver discovery was found in Oaxaca, while yellow fever faded in Tam pico.
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Sierra Mojada
City of Mexico
Congress
Oaxaca
Tampico
Terrific hail storm hits Crawford county Arkansas
A severe storm swept through Crawford county on Saturday afternoon with unprecedented hail in Van Buren and near Natural Dome. Hailstones two to three inches lay in streets as homes were toppled and trees uprooted. A house was carried away and John Newton died in a collapsing dwelling with multiple injuries reported.
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Little Rock
Crawford County
van Buren
John Newton
Swill Milk Prohibition Passed by Chicago Council
The Chicago city council adopted an ordinance banning the sale of milk from swill-fed cows. Officials say cows fed with distillery slops produce milk unfit for use, yet such milk is sold largely to poor residents.
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Chicago
Schouvaloff Resigns as Ambassador to England
A czar’s autograph letter published in St Petersburg on November 11 accepts Count Schouvaloff’s resignation as ambassador to England. He receives the order of St Vladimir for public services and will remain a member of the empire’s council.
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Schouvalof
St.Petersburg
Count Schouvaloff
England
Order of St.Vladimir
Schouvaloff
Council of the Empire
Westphalia Brings 1.8 Million in Gold Coins to New York
The steamer Westphalia arriving from Hamburg carries $1,800,000 in gold coin. The coins are in twenty-franc pieces, and the shipment highlights substantial precious metal movement through New York.
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New York
Westphalia
Hamburg
Desperate Battle With Indians Near Candelaria Mountain
A 200 strong band of Ute Indians fought 50 men from Cariza New Mexico in the Candelaria mountains. Thirty two were killed and eighteen wounded as the daylong fight ended. The Ute Peace Commission arrived to begin testimony by the 12th.
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el Paso
Tex
Candelaria Mountain
Here
Chihuahua
Mexico
Cariza
New Mexico
Maj. Morrow
Florida Mountains
Geosman
Los Pinos Agency
Lake City
General Adams
Peace Commission
Hatch
Gen
Crook
Shavinaw
White River
Schurz
Ouray
Sherman Recommendations On Army Basis Five Per Cent
Washington November 11. Reports claim Secretary McCrary will back Gen Sherman for a bill to organize the army at 25 000 officers and men with ranks and pay, excluding those detailed for special duties, amid cabinet discussions for today.
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Sherman
Washington
Department
McCrary
Captain Collins Killed in Fort Boise Post Accident
Boise City dispatch reports Captain J Collins of Company A Twenty first Infantry at Fort Boise was killed yesterday afternoon when his post ambulance ran away and overturned, the horses causing the wreck. The incident occurred near San Francisco on the Boise line.
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San Francisco
Boise City
P. Collins
Twenty-first Infantry
Fort Boise
Destructive Fire Engulfs Bleecker Street Building Block
A blaze broke out near noon at 414 and 416 Bleecker Street extending to Hudson Street and Abingdon Square. The cabinetmaker shop of J A Thomas on the fourth floor fed the flames as four of five floors burned, with flames threatening the large paint works at 414 Bleecker Street. Fire engines from the district battled the inferno as floors collapsed into the fiery abyss.
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New York
Bleecker Street
Hudson Street
Abingdon Square
Aabinetmaker’s
J. A. Thomas
Record of October Grain Traffic Across Chicago
The chief grain inspector's report to the railroad and warehouse commissioners shows October grain receipts in Chicago setting a new high, with 8,918 more cars than October 1878. Last month had 33,405 cars of grain inspected and 1,030,750 bushels received by canal and lake. the cut inspection totaled 10,977,790 bushels. For the year ending October 31, 79, Chisago grain receipts exceeded those of the prior year by several million bushels.
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Springfield
Reynolds
Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Chicago
Canal and Lake
Chisago
Post Office Statistics Reveals Revenue Rise 1879
A. D. Hazen, third assistant postmaster general, completes annual report showing the department's last fiscal year with higher receipts by 164,466 dollars and stamp sales up 169,482 dollars, attributed to revived business and demand for stamps and stamped envelopes.
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Washington
A. D. Hazen
Royal Arch Bark Abandoned by Crew Found by Zeeland
Captain Flaherty reports the Sunderland bark Royal Arch abandoned by her crew was found near Antwerp loaded with salt and general merchandise. The vessel had minimal water in hold and was in good rigging. A volunteer crew was placed aboard and she was ordered to New York.
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Philadelphia
Flaherty
Zeeland
Antwerp
Royal Arch
Sunderland
New York
Wong Chin Foo Deemed Criminal by Chinese Leaders
Chicago residents report that Chinese six companies in San Francisco were advised that Wong Chin Foo, a lecturer on Confucius, is a bad man driven from China for crimes and should be extradited. Foo says he left China due to intrigues in official circles and claims naturalized U.S. citizenship.
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Chicago
Celestial Empire
United States
Canvass Begins as NY Election Returns Forecast Tight Race
The official canvass starts across New York with Democrats claiming potential lieutenant governor gains and Republicans aiming to sweep the rest of the ticket. Reports from fourteen counties show shifting margins and possible delays as Oneida County canvass unsettled by ward 15 returns may affect the senator race between Anderson and Stevens.
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New York
Hoskins
Leutenant
Carr
Wadsworth
Ward
Wendell
Seymour
Times
the Sun
Engineer
Potter
Mackin
Utica
N. Y
Oneida County
Ifth
Anderson
Stevens
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Sha
Mairbreadth
Kyvank Murray
Arkansas
Deviltry
J. Collins
Post Office Statistics
the Royal Arch
Wong Chin Foo
Florence
Davis
Milingis
Stockbridge
Richmond
Abiul Kader
Damascus
Boston
Augustus H. Killey
United States Navy
Augustus H. Kilty
Secretary of the Navy
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