Fire and finance across cities spark brief reports
New Haven votes down free trade by large majority. Weston in Washington state destroyed by fire. 50 000 dollar loss. Northern Pacific bonds sale ratified in New York. Treasury buys 420 000 ounces of silver for San Francisco New Orleans and Philadelphia. Chicago bank clerks to buy bonds totaling over 320000 dollars. Women’s congress opens in Chicago led by Julia Ward Howe. Newburg vessels anchor and greet Admiral Cooper as Centenary events begin.
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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
World News Digest of Calamities and Political Churn
Berlin reports Von Moltke gravely ill while Rome notes a large fire in Alegno near Crescia leaving thousands homeless. Plague closes Breslau cattle market and NY Republican convention renominates Major Low of Brooklyn. Miners in London press for 15 percent wage rise as Read Cross nihilists face Siberia. Melbourne expedition to New Guinea returns with one death. Paris cites forged radical manifestos. Gypsy bands clash near Weigsenburg with many dead. Earthquakes kill thousands in Chios mainland and Madagascar coast. relief urged.
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Berlin
von Moltke
Rome
Alegno
Crescia
Breslau
New York
Major Low
Brooklyn
London
Wigan
St. Petersburg
Read Cross Society
Siberia
Melbourne
Argus
New Guinea
Paris
Prenier Ferry
Vienna
Weigsenburg
Chios
Madagascar
Hoyas
Sakalavas
Galiber
Schooner Confiscated by Am Alaska Company Guards
The English schooner Ottome was captured for trespassing on preserves of the American Alasks commercial company near St. Petersburg. A cargo of otter skins and hunting material was seized. the vessel was 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 Declare Regular and Extra Dividends
New York October 17 The Pullman Palace Car Company will declare its regular quarterly dividend with an extra 14 percent, payable November 15. Net earnings for the year ended August 31 were about 19 percent, and since August 31 earnings show a gain of over 3000 dollars per day.
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New York
Pullman Palace Car Company
Indictment for Manslaughter in Tivoli Disaster
Baltimore county grand jury concludes Tivoli disaster inquiry with an indictment of manslaughter against Tivoli grounds owner Lowery Albert and lessee Frank Kebilons for the loss of sixty five excursionists.
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Baltimore
Baltimore County
Lowery Albert
Frank Kebilons
Boiler Explosion Wrecks Central Iowa Freight Train
A boiler explosion on a Central Iowa freight train near Oskaloosa left the engineer dead and two crew members fatally injured. Nineteen cars were piled up in 140 feet, the boiler carried 150 feet and wreckage reached thirty feet high.
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Oskaloosa
Central Iowa
Actress Alice King Libel Suit Dismissed in U S Circuit
In Nashville the United States circuit court dismissed the libel suit of Alice Margarite King against the Daily American after the judge sustained the defendants demurrer. King, described as an actress who claims kinship to the late Vice President King, sought $50 000 in damages and 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 Texas Sheep Drive
Amby and a woman Nellie Bailey left Newton area with 2000 sheep for Texas three weeks ago. Bothamby was shot near Skeleton ranch and buried south of it. U S marshal arrested the couple at Caldwell, returning them to Newton for examination before Commissioner Sherman.
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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 Trial Postponed to November in Murder Case
O'Donnell pleaded not guilty to the Carey murder indictment in London. The trial was postponed to November 12 after the affidavit from his Cape Town solicitor cited potential witnesses. Attorney General said postponement could proceed if witness names and expected testimony were specified. General Pryor, his American counsel, attended as proceedings began, while supporters noted aid from Macinery the Irish lawyer joining the defense.
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London
Denman
Sullivan
O'Donnell
Roger A. Pryor
O’donnell
Macinery
Mackey and Bennett Secure Transatlantic Cable Contract
J W Mackey and James Gordon Bennett sign a contract with Silas Brothers for two trans Atlantic cables. The first cable will be open June 1. The agreement marks a major step in cross ocean communications, signaling continued expansion of long distance telegraph or cable networks.
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Paris
J. W. Mackey
James Gordon Bennett
Silas Brothers
Suicide and murder in Denver area quarrel
In Webster on the Denver and South Park line R Brenzam of Rockport Missouri was fatally shot by Jake Beard a coal miner amid a drunken quarrel. Beard is jailed and James M True a city grocer killed himself this afternoon ending a long spree.
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Denver
R. Brenzam
Rockport
Webster
South Park
Jake's Beard
Beard
James M. True
Sheriff swears in deputies as St Louis strikes unfold
In St Louis, Sheriff Roubiquet of St Clair county Illinois swore in about thirty men as deputy sheriffs and placed them across railroad yards including Ohio and Mississippi. Seven U S deputy marshals aided protect the Cairo Short Line yard where a new man was assaulted but the strikers withdrew after the deputies appeared. Trains run slowly with small force crews as yardmen in Pittsburg Cincinnati and Indianapolis are warned to strike within a week for the Chicago standard.
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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 Honors Army of Tennessee
The sixteenth annual Army of Tennessee reunion opened in Cleveland with a parade led by General Sherman. Rosecrans sent regrets due to his wife illness while Garfield's tomb cenotaph was visited. The program featured speeches by Governors Foster and others, depictions of Shiloh, and musical tributes. Trichinosis deaths rise in Saxony with twenty fatalities reported.
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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 Ohio this afternoon from pneumonia after a prolonged illness. He was a prominent Civil War officer and was promoted to major general for conspicuous bravery at Chickamauga.
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Toledo
Ohio
James B. Stedman
Chickamauga
Fatal Landslide Hits Denver to Delta Train
The eastbound Rio Grande Salk Lake express struck a landslide near Delta Colorado. The locomotive was wrecked and engineer E R Godfrey was killed. The fireman was seriously injured while the mail agent and passengers escaped.
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Denver
the Tribune
Delta
Col
Denver & Rio Grande
Here
E. R. Godfrey
Wire Tapping Suspect Arrest at Chicago Stock Yards
Chicago officials of the Western Union company have arrested C. F. Van Winkle for tapping wires and receiving Board of Trade quotations. A warrant is out for William Alborn. The wire connected the main line with 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 Church in Denver
In Denver on October 18 the African Methodist Episcopal church meeting denounced the Supreme Court civil rights ruling in strong terms. Incendiary speeches were delivered and a bishop warned that trampling negro rights could spark a revolution.
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Denver
African Methodist Episcopal Church
United States Supreme Court
Weather Wisdom Foresees Warmth for Autumn Crops
The Herald reports a moving low-pressure system from the Pacific will reach the Atlantic seaboard, raising temperatures south of the fortieth parallel and aiding autumn crops. It will delay first frosts south of the Ohio valley and improve Gulf sugar and cotton growing conditions, while northeast lake navigation may become dangerous ahead of the storm.
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New York
Pacific
California
Arizona
Atlantic Seaboard
Damage to the Wheat Crop Frost Hits Minnesota Grain Regions
Reports from St Paul on October 18 describe severe frost damage to the wheat crop on September 30 and subsequent nights. Elevators halted receipt of frost damaged wheat, affecting about one half to three quarters of unmarketed grain and estimates run to around four million bushels. Chemists inspect infected wheat to assess value.
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St. Paul, Minn
Northern Pacific
Pittsby Hurlbut Elevator Company
Newburg Centennial Celebration of Washington's Farewell
October 18 reports delightful weather for Newburg New York centennial events. Fifty thousand guests attended with vessels docking in the bay including yachts steamboats and U S war ships. The Seventh Regiment and veteran corps arrived by special train as delays affected parade formation and trains. Governor Cleveland and staff arrived from Albany later with a crowded train. President Arthur was aboard.
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Newburg
N. Y
Washington
Seventh Regiment of
New York
Hudson River Road
Putnam Phalanx
Cleveland
Albany
Arthur
Grand Civic Parade and Celebration Speech Summary
A lengthy parade with five divisions, troops and veterans marching four miles and thousands cheering. Governors Cleveland and Brown attend with dignitaries as music fills the events. Senator Bayard presides, William M Evarts delivers the oration, followed by hymns, an original poem by Wallace Bruce, and a Halleyujah chorus. A pyrotechnic display closes the day.
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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
Huntington seeks SP commissioner to study Fort Wayne to El Paso
A Washington report says O. P. Huntington urged the president to appoint a commissioner to examine the Southern Pacific line from Fort Wayne to El Paso. The president reportedly declined, delaying any executive decision and signaling the matter will be laid before Congress without a specific recommendation.
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Chicago
Washington
O. P. Huntington
Fort Wayne
el Paso
Huntington
Congress
Notice to Tax Payers in Laramie County Wyoming 1883
County treasurer Isaac Bergman announces taxes due before the first Monday in October. After that date the collector will distress and seize nonexempt personal property to collect unpaid taxes. Pay promptly to avoid costs.
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Laramie County
Wyoming
Cheyenne
Wyoming Territory
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Stedman
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