Multiple city notices and financial moves reported
National Carriage Ruiders association votes against free trade by a large majority in New Haven. A fire in Reddington Calu causes $50,000 loss and is still burning. Northern Pacific directors approve sale of second mortgage bonds to a syndicate. Weston, Walla Walla is destroyed by fire. few brick stores survive. Treasury buys 420000 ounces of silver for delivery to San Francisco New Orleans and Philadelphia. Chicago First National bank clerks to buy bonds totaling over 320000 dollars. Eleventh annual congress of the Association for the Advancement of Women opens in Chicago with Julia Ward Howe presiding. Newburg sees five US vessels, Centenary events and Admiral Cooper visits.
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New Haven
Conn
National Carriage Ruiders~ Association
Reddington
Calu
New York
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Walla Walla
W. T
Weston
Washington
Treasury Department
San Francisco
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Chicago
First National Bank
The
Association For the Advancement of Women
Julia Ward Haws
Earthquakes, plagues, and unrest sweep multiple cities
Reports from Berlin to Constantinople recount serious illness, fires, plagues, battles, and mass deaths. Royal officials and miners demand wage increases. refugees flood streets as earthquakes devastate coastal regions and a Siberian sentencing closes trials.
Schooner Ottome Confiscated in Alasks Preserve Trespass
The English schooner Ottome was captured trespassing on the American Alasks company preserves near St. Petersburg. A cargo of otter skins and hunting gear was seized and the vessel taken to Petroparlaski. The crew of four Englishmen and fifteen Japanese were sent to Oladivostock.
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St. Petersburg
Ottome
American Alasks Commercial Company
Petroparlaski
Oladivostock
Pullman to announce quarterly dividend with extra 14 percent
The Pullman Palace Car Company will declare its regular quarterly dividend and an extra 14 percent dividend tomorrow. Net earnings for the year ended August 31 were about 19 percent, and since August 31 earnings have risen about $3,000 per day.
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New York
Pullman Palace Car Company
Tivoli disaster leads to manslaughter indictments in Baltimore
The Baltimore county grand jury concluded its probe into the Tivoli disaster in which 65 excursionists died and returned indictments for manslaughter against Tivoli grounds proprietor Lowery Albert and lessee Frank Kebilons.
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Baltimore
Baltimore County
Lowery Albert
Frank Kebilons
Boiler Explosion Wrecks Freight Train Near Oskaloosa
Last evening a Central Iowa freight train north of Oskaloosa suffered a boiler explosion. Nineteen cars piled in 140 feet. engineer killed, fireman and brakeman fatally injured. Boiler carried forward 150 feet, wreck 30 feet high.
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Oskaloosa
Central Iowa
Actress Alice King libel suit dismissed in federal court
In Nashville on October 17 the United States circuit court heard the libel action of Alice Margarite King against the Daily American. The plaintiff alleged the paper called her ugly with a very big nose and a small lady, seeking $50,000 in damages. The judge sustained the defendants demurrer and dismissed the suit. The plaintiff appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Nashville
United States Circuit Court Today
Alice Margarite King
Daily American
Miss King
King
United States Supreme Court
Probable Murder Near Newton Involving Sheep Drive
Bothamby of Harvey county started a 2000 sheep overland from his farm near Newton to Texas three weeks ago, joined by Nellie Bailey, ex-banker's wife of Sedgwick City. They hired William Dodson to help drive. Bothamby was shot near Skeleton ranch and buried beside his wife. U S marshal arrested the couple, who will be examined before United States Commissioner Sherman in Caldwell.
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Wichita
Kan
C. Bothamby
Harvey County
Newton
Indian Territory
Texas
Nellie CO. Bailey
Sedgwick City
Bothamby
Wm. Dodson
Skeleton Ranch
Caldwell
Sherman
O Donnell Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Trial Postponed
London news reports O'Donnell answering not guilty to the Carey murder indictment. The trial is postponed to November 12 as witnesses may be called from Cape Town. Attorney General would support postponement if witness names and expected testimony are clarified. General Pryor, O'Donnell's American counsel, attracts attention in court. News notes ongoing defense preparations and support from the tavern near the prison.
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London
Denman
Sullivan
O'Donnell
Roger A. Pryor
O’donnell
Macinery
Mackey and Bennett Sign Trans-Atlantic Cable Contract
J W Mackey and James Gordon Bennett signed a contract with Silas Brothers for two trans Atlantic cables. The first cable will be open June 1.
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Paris
J. W. Mackey
James Gordon Bennett
Silas Brothers
Murder and suicide in Denver area quarrel and spree
This morning R Brenzam formerly of Rockport Missouri was fatally shot at Webster on the Denver and South Park line in a drunken quarrel with Jake's Beard a coal miner who is jailed. James M True a local grocer killed himself this afternoon after a long spree, described as a hard character.
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Denver
R. Brenzam
Rockport
Webster
South Park
Jake's Beard
Beard
James M. True
St Louis Strike Brings Sheriff Deputies to Rail Yards
Sheriff Roubiquet of St Clair county Illinois swore in about thirty deputy sheriffs who were stationed through St Louis railroad yards. Seven US marshals watched Ohio and Mississippi yards. A Cairo Short Line yard clash sent deputies in to restore order and work resumed. Strikers threaten similar action in Pittsburg Cincinnati and Indianapolis for Chicago standard wages.
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St. Louis
Roubiquet
St. Clair County
Ilinois
United States
Ohio & Mississippi
Cairo
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Chicago Standard
Soldiers Reunion in Cleveland Opens With Sherman Linked Events
The sixteenth annual Army of Tennessee reunion began in Cleveland with a parade to Lake View cemetery and a Garfield tomb visit. Sherman led remarks apologizing for Rosecrans absence due to his wife illness, and a program featuring memorial songs, a flower ship, and extensive addresses including Governor Foster. Trichinosis deaths cited in Saxony conclude the report.
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Cleveland
Army of Tennessee
General Sherman
Flancock
Crook
Society
Rosecrans
Society of the Army of Tennessee
Lake View Cemetery
Garfield
Euclid Avenue Opera House
McPherson
Sherman
Fallows
Leggett
Logan
Poe
Fairchild
Belknap
Hickenlooper
Noyes
Strong
Force
Fuller
Foster
Dora Henninges
Henninges
Arion
John Mitchell
Shiloh
Society of Ohio
General James B. Stedman Dies in Toledo
General James B. Stedman died in Toledo on October 18 from pneumonia after a prolonged illness. He was a prominent Civil War officer and was promoted to major general for bravery at Chickamauga.
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Toledo
Ohio
James B. Stedman
Chickamauga
Fatal land slide near Delta destroys locomotive
The east bound Salk Lake express on the Denver and Rio Grande derailed by a landslide near Delta Colorado. Engineer E. R. Godfrey was killed and the fireman seriously injured. The mail agent and passengers escaped unharmed.
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Denver
the Tribune
Delta
Col
Denver & Rio Grande
Here
E. R. Godfrey
Chicago Wire Tapping Suspect Nabbed in Stock Yards
Chicago officials of the Western Union company arrest C. F. Van Winkle for tapping wires and receiving stock exchange quotations. A warrant is out for Wm. Alborn. The wire was found linking the main line to an upper room at the stock yards.
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Chicago
Western Union Company
C. F. van Winkle
Board of Trade
Wm. Alborn
Civil Rights Discussed By AME In Denver
In Denver on October 18 the African Methodist Episcopal church meeting discussed the Supreme Court civil rights decision. Speakers denounced the ruling in strong terms and warned that trampling on negro rights could spark revolution. A bishop warned that continued infringements may lead to upheaval.
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Denver
African Methodist Episcopal Church
United States Supreme Court
Weather Wisdom From The Atlantic Low Mood
The Herald reports a Pacific low pressure area moving east toward the Atlantic. It will raise temperatures south of the fortieth parallel helping autumn crops while delaying early frosts in the Olio valley. Dry conditions may favor Gulf sugar and cotton growers but northeast lake navigation could become hazardous ahead of the storm.
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New York
Pacific
California
Arizona
Atlantic Seaboard
Damage to the Wheat Crop From frosts devastates Minnesota wheat supply
St Paul reports frost on September 30 damaged barley and unharvested wheat, with estimates showing up to half the regional crop affected. Elevators have halted receipt of frost bitten wheat as chemists assess infected grain and millers estimate millions of bushels lost.
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St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific
Pittsby Hurlbut Elevator Company
Newburg Centennial Draws 50,000 For Washington Birthplace
Newburg New York marked Washington centennial events with a furious pace of arrivals. The Seventh regiment and veteran corps arrived by special train as state troops later joined Governor Cleveland and staff. Naval ships and a flotilla of boats lined the bay while trains faced delays and crowded cars. President Arthur presence anticipated.
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Newburg
N. Y
Washington
Seventh Regiment of
New York
Hudson River Road
Putnam Phalanx
Cleveland
Albany
Arthur
Long Parade Marks Centennial Celebration in City
A grand parade featuring governors staffs generals marines and soldiers plus visiting troops veterans and civic groups stretched four miles in five divisions with five bands each. The crowd filled windows and steps as dignitaries took seats then a formal program at Washington's headquarters included prayers an overture Bayard Evarts and a Hallelujah chorus followed by a pyrotechnic display.
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Conkling
Cleveland
Brown
Rhode Island
Hawley
Connecticut
Lown
Washington
7Th Regiment
Ward
S. Ivanous Prime
Senator Bayard
Columbia
Wallace Bruce
Wm. M. Evarts
Coxe
President to Refer Southern Pacific Issue to Congress
A Washington special reports O P Huntington visited the president to seek appointment of a commissioner to inspect the Southern Pacific line from Fort Wayne to El Paso. The mission reportedly failed as the president hesitated to assume responsibility, planning to refer the matter to Congress without a direct recommendation.
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Chicago
Washington
O. P. Huntington
Fort Wayne
el Paso
Huntington
Congress
Notice to Tax Payers in Laramie County Wyoming
The county treasurer and collector of taxes in Cheyenne Wyoming, dated October 12 1883, calls attention to Section 38 of Chapter 109, warning that taxes unpaid by the first Monday in October may be collected by distress and sale of nonexempt personal property. The collector will proceed to collect all remaining unpaid taxes, urging timely payment to save costs. Isaac Bergman is the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming Territory
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Argus
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Chios
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Sakalavas
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Grecian
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Jatea
Constantinople
Cowen Chesmo
Asia Minor
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Vourla
Gulf of Smyrna
Saxony
Stedman
Southern Pacific Commissioners
Laramie County
Wyoming
Isaac Bergman
F. Schweigkert
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6Th Street
Eddy and
Ferguhom
Cheryenne, Wyoming
Ayers Parsaparilla
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Tromplete
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PHLET
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