Counterfeiters Arraigned in New York Case
New York on November 21 William E Brockway Nathaniel K Foster and Louis R Martin counterfeiters were arraigned and pleaded not guilty to indictments charging first and second degree forgery. Austin November 9 Ex Senator George E Spencer of Alabama arrested by Attorney General Brewster for contempt of court in star route cases and departs with two deputy marshals for Washington.
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New York
William E. Brockway
Nathaniel K. Foster
Louis R. Martin
Austin
George E. Spencer
Alabama
Brewster
Spencer
Washington
Flooding in Vincennes after dam burst floods Union depot
Torrents of rain soaked Vincennes Indiana as a dam at Spring Lake ice company broke sending a wall of water into the town. Hundreds of houses flood and the Union depot and rails are damaged with losses not yet estimable.
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Vincennes
Ind
Spring Lake Ice Company
Union Depot
Bank cashier shot during burglary in Rushville
Edward Payne, cashier of the Rushville National Bank, was awakened by a noise at 4 am and encountered a burglar on the stairs. Payne threw a vessel at the intruder, who then fired, striking Payne in the right lung. Payne is in critical condition and the burglar remains at large and unknown.
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Indianapolis
Rushville
Indiana
Edward Payne
Rushville National Bank
Payne
Damaging Flood Deluges Indianapolis North East
Continuous heavy rains flood Indianapolis as Pogue's Run overflows its banks. Large parts of the northeastern city are submerged with first floors under water, threatening lumber yards, furniture factories and coal yards. Estimated losses reach about 250000 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Pogue
Yellow Fever Cases Reported at Marine Hospital
Surgeon Vanzandt of the United States marine hospital reports two yellow fever cases among German sailors from a wrecked bark. They were admitted on the German consul’s endorsement after arriving by the Colima from Mazatlan. The illness developed after admission. No city fears are held if it proves to be yellow fever.
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San Francisco
Vanzandt
United States Marine Hospital
Mazatlan
Ayer
Hutto
Tex
B. F. Johnson
Wisconsin Congressmen Head Home From San Francisco Visit
Congressmen Guenther and Deuster of Wisconsin left San Francisco after a trip during which they reviewed the Chinese question and backed the restriction act. Deuster discussed the speakership race with an AP reporter but would not commit, joking that he wants to be on the winning side like Tully of California. He praised Carlisle.
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San Francisco
Guenther
Deuster
Wisconsin
Associated Press
Tully
California
Carlisle
Contesting the Edmunds Law in Salt Lake
Salt Lake City November 21 A county clerk and four polygamist leader David Bockholdt refuses to relinquish his office. He declares last August’s election invalid under the Edmunds law and says the commission acted only as force. Many polygamist officers still hold over, challenging the commission and new Mormon officials.
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Salt Lake
David Bockholdt
American ship Thomas Dana reports collision survivors
London reports the Ameri can ship Thomas Dana from Liverpool to New York landed at Fayal on the 8th with twenty one men aboard. They were part of the crew and passengers of the French brig Vocn berg from St Pierre and Miquelon to St Malo sunk by a collision October 30. The remaining eighty seven crew and passengers perished.
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London
Thomas Dana
Liverpool
New York
Fayal
Vocnberg
St. Pierre Miquelon
St. Malo
Cyclone Hits Oregon County Missouri with Farm Damage
Memphis reports a cyclone swept through Oregon county in southern Missouri last evening uprooting large trees and likely damaging farms fences and dwellings. Details are sparse as the county lacks telegraphic communication. An excursion train from Kansas City was halted two hours to clear fallen trees from the line.
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Memphis
Oregon County
Missouri
Kansas City
Ellen Thorne sues Mary Thorne over alimony agreement
Ellen Thorne asserts in supreme court that Mary Thorne second wife guaranteed Charles R. Thorne Jr to pay $50 monthly and $5,000 lump sum at cessation. The defendant contends the lump-sum contract annulled the monthly payments and that its terms have been fulfilled.
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Boston
Ellen Thorne
Charles R. Thorne, Jr
Supreme Court
Mary 8
S. Thorne
Judgment Against Lamar Insurance Stockholders in Fire Loss Case
Judge Sheras of the United States circuit court holds Lamar Insurance stockholders liable for about 500000 in losses from the 1871 fire. The People Insurance Co of San Francisco paid about 400000, but the court decrees full reimbursement by unpaid stockholders plus collection of about 100000 in claims interest and costs.
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Des Moines
Sheras
United States Circuit Court
Lamar Insurance Company
Chicago
Lamar Company
People Insurance Company of
San Francisco
Danville Riots Report Declares Black Voters Aggressors
The Danville committee concluded after tests by thirty-seven witnesses that blacks were the aggressors in the riots of November 3. It notes pre election circulars promised equal voting rights, and that election day passed quietly and honestly with protection for voters of all colors.
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Danville
Hats and gift fancies for men and wives advertised
A brisk advertisement promotes COWHICK and WHITCOMB'S latest men’s hat styles and urges husbands to buy presents for wives. It also lures ladies to Ruopes and TRoxr11's home ornaments. The Platte River is mostly frozen with limited open channels and notably low water this season.
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Cowhick & Whitcomb’s
Platte
Cyclone Hits Colemesniel North of Galveston
The News Woodville special reports a cyclone last night struck Colemesniel ten miles north of Galveston. Several people were seriously injured and property damage amount is not yet known.
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Galveston
Woodville
Colemesniel
Lowell Honored as Rector of St Andrews University
London November 22 The ballot for rector of the University of St Andrews elected Minister Lowell, defeating Edward Gibson of Dublin University in a Conservative seat by eighteen votes.
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London
University of St. Andrew’s
Lowell
Edward Gibson
Dublin, University
Mine Caves In Near Logan Colliery
An extensive cave collapsed near the Logan colliery in Ashland Pennsylvania on November 22. The cave stretches about 700 yards long and 600 wide along the Lehigh Valley line endangering a large tract of property and risking substantial loss.
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Ashland
Logan Colliery
Land bargain tweak in Canada Pacific lands deal
A Globe cable reports the Canada Pacific railway company and the Canada and Northwest Land Company have altered their agreement. The land company will reduce the purchase from 5,000,000 acres to 2,500,000 acres.
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Toronto
Globe
Canada Pacific Railroad Company
Canada & Northwest Land Company
Land Company
Canada Pacific Lands
Mexico Sees Bond Talks Break Down In England
negotiations with holders of Mexican bonds in England are suspended as the Mexican government declines their propositions. The government remains resolved to settle the national debt once unfounded difficulties are removed.
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Mexico
England
Jailbreak Try At County Jail Ends With Sheriff Intervention
At 7:30 p.m. the county jail prisoners attempted to escape using dynamite. They blew a hole in the wall but were confronted by the sheriff who cocked his revolver and ordered them back to their cells.
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Indianapolis
Change in Peru government ministries approved
Lima reports a government reshuffle with Don Eugenio Larrabur Y. Unanue Manuel Galup and Castro Sealdivar taking oaths as minister of foreign affairs chancellor of the exchequer and minister of the government. The appointments meet with broad satisfaction.
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Lima
Galveston
Don Eugenia Larrabur Y. Unanue
Menuel Galup
Castro Sealdivar
New volcanic island sighted near Bogaslor by two captains
Captain Hogue of the Dora reports a newly created volcanic island near Bogaslor at latitude 58 and longitude 167, with smoke and flames visible. Captain Anderson of the Mathew Turner corroborates the sighting from Alaska voyage reports.
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San Francisco
Hogue
Dora
Alaska
Bogaslor
Anderson
Mathew Turner
New Iron Process Demonstrated at Pittsburg Works
November 22 at the Bessemer steel works the new low carbon Bessemer process began tests. If successful it could revolutionize steel making by replacing puddling. Puddlers from multiple mills observed the experiments with interest.
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Pittsburg
Bessemer
Bessemer Steel Works
Free Trade Address by Henry Watterson in New York
Henry Watterson editor of the Louisville Courier Journal spoke in New York on free trade, replying to Dudley's protection arguments. The audience included leading thinkers on the subject and the reception was marked by generous applause and close attention.
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New York
Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
United States
Dudley
Watterson
Notice for Public Land Claim Cheyenne 1883
Notice is given that John B. Stewart has filed for final proof on his land claim in Wyoming. The proof will be before the Cheyenne Register and Receiver on November 28, 1888. Witnesses include Al W. Bristol L Warner George C. Danforth and John Wurl of Cheyenne.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
John B. Stewart
W. Bristol
L. Warner
George QC
Danforth
John Wurl
Wyo
Cyclone Rips Izard County Killing and Injuring Several
The Izard county cyclone wrecked LaCrosse near Melbourne destroying stores an academy and churches. Three people were killed outright and several injured with seventeen more hurt in Melbourne. Miss Sheffield died today. A relief committee led by Drs Lawrence and Case organized in Batesville raising $150 for immediate relief.
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Little Rock
the Gazette
Batesville
Ark
Izard County
LaCrosse
Melbourne
Sheffield
Ship C Chapman Arrives Antwerp With Coal Tin Fire
San Francisco reports the ship C Chapman arrived at Antwerp with coal in fire. The vessel will be flooded or scuttled. Owners listed as J S Winslow & Co Portland Me.
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San Francisco
C. Chapman
Antwerp
J. S. Winslow & Co
Portland
Aged Burns Father Travels From Decatur to Lincoln
The aged father of murdered Zora Burns, with a dozen rough companions, moved from Decatur to Lincoln this morning. He refused to detail their mission, though past attempts to confront O. A. Carpenter, jailed for the crime, suggest a similar purpose. Many locals proceed to Lincoln, expecting a confrontation.
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Chicago
The
Daily News
Decatur
Ill
Zora Burns
Lincoln
Illinois
Colorado pool meeting ends in harmony amid rate war rumors
Denver reports a passenger agents meeting closed with harmony. Commissioner Daniels says the Colorado pool faces no immediate danger, but cites potential rate war impacts from Iowa or Utah as possible threats to future Colorado rates.
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Denver
Colorado Pool
Daniels
Colorado
Iowa
Utah
Defaulter Tied to Utica Estate in Rochester Case
Developments today show that the late A. B. Johnson of Utica is a defaulter of 200000 dollars belonging to the McDonnell estate in Rochester. Mrs. McDonnell, a sister of Johnson, had entire charge of the estate.
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Rochester
N. Y
A. B. Johnson
Utica
McDonnell
Johnson
Cigar Makers Seek Union Standards Prompt Mass Discharges
In Chicago on November 24 the cigar manufacturers held a meeting and agreed to discharge any union member who will not work alongside a non union worker earning regular wages.
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Chicago
Cigarmakers’ Union
Powers Brothers store robbed in Fort Benton incident
A Fort Benton special reports two robbers entered Powers Brothers store at 11 last night and severely injured storekeeper Stark while stealing nearly two thousand dollars. No arrests have been made.
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Helena
Fort Benton
Powers Brothers
Stark
Forest Fire Ravages Jack's Mountain Area Near Huntington
A disastrous forest fire rages along Jack's mountain near Mill creek and extends toward Allenville nine miles. About five thousand cords of wood and as many cords of bark were destroyed. The blaze covers several thousand acres of valuable timber land and is believed started by hunters camping on the mountains.
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Huntington
Jack’s Mountain
Mill Creek
Allenville
Coal Find Near Salt Lake City Sparks Interest
A new coal discovery is reported within twenty miles of Salt Lake City. The Mormon organ attacks exposures of Mormonism and denounces their authors. An official from Denver & Rio Grande Railway predicts ongoing freight war with Union Pacific until a 50 percent pooling is agreed. He argues UP faces declining earnings and may concede soon.
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Salt Lake
Mormon Organ
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Union Pacific
Utah
Hanging and Murder Case in London Tennessee
Andy Taylor, the last of three notorious brothers, was executed at 3 15 p m after breakfast and final remarks. He refused conversations with a minister, ate dinner, and mounted the gallows with a firm step. He declined to speak to the crowd, cursed the sheriff, and died of strangulation in nine minutes. The private execution was the first in the state, and the crowd remained orderly.
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London
Tenn
Andy Taylor
Hamilton County
Philadelphia Man Found Liable in Bond Case for Miss Mississippi
In Philadelphia on November 25 a verdict of 50000 dollars was returned by the United States circuit court against Albert B. Vonaker former Philadelphia internal revenue collector. The verdict covers the bond for Benjamin Emery the Mississippi third district delinquent collector.
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Philadelphia
United States Circuit Court
Albert B. Vonaker
Benjamin Emery
Mississippi
Prisoners in Peter and Paul Fort Prison Harshly Treated
From St. Petersburg on November 25 the Will of the People reports severe suffering of political prisoners in the Peter and Paul fortress. Men and women alike are mistreated and some inmates have gone mad or harmed themselves. Corporal punishment is frequent.
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St. Petersburg
Peter and Paul
Punto
Salvation Army constables sworn in Kingston meetings
The Salvation Army in Kingston Ont holds meetings with nine Salvation Army constables sworn in by the police commissioners. Dr Wilson curate of St George's Cathedral attended all night prayer meetings and took part in holy communion. The rector seeks explanation. Wilson defends himself and accepts full responsibility.
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Kingston
Ont
Salvation Army
Wilson
St. George’s Cathedral
National Bankrupt Law Debate In Boston Meeting
Boston bankers at a large meeting advocate a speedy uniform national bankrupt law basing on the Lowell bill. Massachusetts congressmen favor the Lowell bill with James G Blaine among speakers. A bankers committee calls proposed litigation urgent to protect business prosperity nationwide. The Boomerang announces a special sixteen page Christmas issue.
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Boston
Boston Bank Presidents’ Association
Massachusetts
James G. Blaine
Infernal Machines Found In London Socialist's Home
Police arrest Walff a leading London socialist at midnight and seize two infernal devices with ten pounds of explosives intended to blow up the German embassy. Machines fitted with time fuses. Walff also linked to wax works at the Royal Aquarium. He faces explosive possession charges at Bow Street court.
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London
Walff
Metropolis
Royal Aquarium
William Walff
Bow Street
Vauxhall Bridge
Count von’ Munster
Prolitariat
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Cheyenne, Wyo
Salt Lake News
National Bankrupt Law
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George P
Rowell & Co
Spruce Street
Graig, Davis & Go
J.c.ayer & Co
Mass
Gray & Pearse
Cheyenee
Urs
Hiscox & Co
P. Berdersen
Winchester
Remington
Eddy Street
Dyer’s
Crockery & Glassware
Craig, Davis & Co
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