Captives Freed as Utes Seek Peace at White River
Reports from Gen. Merritt’s camp on White River say the Meeker and Price women and children were delivered to Special Agent Adams without condition and are unharmed. Adams encourages peace talks with Ouray, while cavalry pursue hostiles and secure supplies as Utes express willingness to end the outbreak.
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Humie
Lieut
Weir
Rawlins
Edwards
Snake River
Green River
Uintah Agency
Los Pinos
Col
Thornburgh
Washington
Schurz
Adams
White River
Ife
Grand
Gunnison Rivers
Gen. Merritt
Chief Ouray
Merritt
Plateau Creak
Gen. Adams
Sioux outbreak near Sioux City over heart issue
A report from Dakota says Spotted Tail's Indians in southwestern Dakota staged a serious uprising after an agency employee Lenny Young was shot by a warrior mourning his sister. Agent Newell arrested the Indian, and during the night his comrades fired on the camp forcing surrender. Troops are 178 miles away.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Spotted Tail
Dakota
Lenny Young
Newell
Bills
Engine Jumps Track in Kansas Collision
An engine on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific line near Atchison Kansas left the rails and overturned in a ditch. Five aboard were injured and telegraph operator D A Adams was killed. Brakeman J C Mull and passenger N M Holmes died later.
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Atchison
Kansas
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Road
D. A. Adams
J. C. Mull
N. M. Holmes
Locomotive kills two men at Reading track
Reading Pennsylvania October 26 a locomotive struck Timothy Wyneman and Cyrus Wentzel as they gathered coal on the Reading railroad track Wyneman was killed instantly Wentzel fatally injured in the accident at the Reading location
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Reading
Penn
Timothy Wyneman
Cyrus Wentzel
Reading Railroad
W Wyneman
Wentzel
Engineer Scalded and Injured in Bangor Railroad Collision
In a Bangor and Piscataquis railroad crash at Lowsbridge on the Dover Guilford line, engineer Green was badly scalded and both legs broken. Three cars were left on the main track to be loaded, and the conductor and engineer allegedly forgot the warning.
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Bangor
Bangor and
Piscataquis
Green
Lowsbridge
Dover
Guilford
Man Arrested in Detroit for Family Killings
Matthew Fitch who murdered his wife and four year old daughter near Hadley in Lapeer county was arrested in Goodrich this morning after escaping separation from his wife for some time.
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Detroit
Mich
Matthew Fitch
Hadley
Lapeer County
Goodrich
Ramsey Smith and Dick Spencer Fatal Quarrel
Ramsey Smith shot and killed Dick Spencer during a quarrel on Second Street near Green in Louisville. Both men are Black neighbors. Smith is jailed awaiting authorities.
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Louisville
Ramsey Smith
Dick Spencer
Second Street
Green
Smith
Captives Reach Alamosa After Ute Rescue Mission
Denver dispatch details the return of women and children captured by Utes. They arrived in Alamosa at 4 p.m. and will stay a few days before continuing to Denver under Special Agent Adams. The party reports Meeker papers burned and funds taken. Susan, Ouray’s sister, credited with protecting the captives.
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Denver
Colo
Tribune
Alamosa
Adams
Grande River
Los Pinos
Ouray
Douglas
Susan
Johson
Stowaway Dies After Thirteen Days Without Food
A man found fainting beside a crate on the steamship England, which arrived from Liverpool, died soon after aboard. He had reportedly endured thirteen days without food or water during the voyage that began October 15. The body was sent to the morgue.
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New York
England
Liverpool
Doomed Murderer Cook Appeals Postponement Denied
A telegram from Yankton reports the South Dakota supreme court affirmed the lower court ruling in the case of Martin L. Cook who was sentenced to hang for the murder of Minnie Callison on August 20 1878. Accomplice Mary Boughton remains in $10 000 bail to be tried next term.
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Deadwood
Yankton
Supreme Court
Martin L. Cook
Minnie Callison
Cook
Mary Boughton
Burrs Body Found Identified Journalist Geo Burr
The body recovered near Miller's station on Lake Michigan is identified as Geo Burr the journalist who accompanied Prof. Wise in the balloon Pathfinder three weeks ago. Wm E Burr confirms the discovery and arranges funeral arrangements with a friend traveling to Miller's station.
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Prof. Wise
St. Louis
Lake Michigan
Millers Station
Wm. E. Burr
Geo. Burr
Barr
Miller’s Station
Fire destroys White House block in Dresden area near Zanesville
A Dresden fire wrecked the White House block including G W Lemmert & Bros dry goods, W Berron's grocery and residence, the post office, and several small buildings. Loss 25000 with 4000 insured on the White House hotel. Fire blamed on a drunken man’s lighted cigar in a hayloft.
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Omar
Cincinnati
the Gazette
White House
Dresden
Zacesville
G. W. Lemmert
Returning Refugees From Epidemic Reach Little Rock
The state board of health lifts all health officer duties and permits resumed railroad service with restrictions only on Forest City stops and passenger freight receipt. Memphis reports one new case, three interments, two hundred absentees return via the Louisville line, and the Howards disbanding their medical corps. Cincinnati notes fifty Memphians headed home as epidemic ends. Memphis sees a general business resumption with open stores and a busy cotton exchange.
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Little Rock
Ark
State Board of Health
Forest City
Memphis
Board of Health
Louisville
Howards
Cincinnati
Cotton Exchange
Court Overrules Demurrer in Tilden Income Tax Suit
In New York on Oct 28 the United States circuit court overruled the government’s demurrer to the bill of discovery in the Samuel J. Tilden income tax case and ordered service of the proposed order. Judge Blatchford delivered the decision and directed action.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
Samuel J. Tilden
Blatchford
Feud Violence in Grayson Forces Underwoods to Flee
Advices from Grayson Kentucky say the Holbrooks and Underwoods feud continues. Holbrooks order the Underwood women and children to leave by Sunday. Notices threaten anyone who testifies before the grand jury about the killing of the Underwoods.
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Cincinnnati
Grayson
Holbrooks
Underwoods
Underwood
Grand Jury
European tensions rise over Austro German alliance
The Journal des Debats condemns Lord Salisbury's optimism on Austro German ties. It warns of European complications and Austria facing enemies across eastern Europe as she seeks to stifle legitimate ambitions for advantage. In Cabul five men are hanged for involvement in the massacre of the British embassy, including Kotwal and two generals. One general is accused of dragging Major Cavagnari's head from the British residency to Bula Hissar.
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Paris
Journal Des Debats
Lord Salisbury
Austria
Europe
Cabul
Kotwal
Molais
Cavagnari
Bula Hissar
Adolphus Rosenberg Sentenced for Libel in London Case
Adolphus Rosenberg of Zown Tak received eighteen months for publishing defamatory libels about Mrs Langtry and six months on each indictment involving Mrs Cornwallis West and Lord Loundes borough. He must be bound over in £1000 for good behavior for eighteen months after release. Justice Hawkins lamented lack of hard labor.
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London
Adolphus Rosenberg
Zown Tak
American Soldier Confesses Murder in Baltimore Sentenced
London reporters state Geo Montague alias John Henderson confessed in Maidstone jail to killing fellow soldier Henry Saunders in Baltimore in July 1877 and throwing the body in a well. After completing his term he was rearrested and awaits American action, he now claims the confession was a hoax to avoid further imprisonment.
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London
Geo. Montague
John Henderson
Maidstone
Baltimore
Henry Saunders
Tan Lan to defend title in Canada if Boyd wins
Hanlan telegraphs reluctance to travel to England yet retains claim to the Sportsman challenge cup and championship. He plans to row the February Boyd Elliott winner in Toronto if Boyd prevails, with a potential English championship bout on Toronto bay.
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Toronto
Tanlan
England
Boyd
Canada
Toronto Bay
Anglo Afghan Battle Moves as Gough Heads to Shatargardan
London dispatch reports General Gough's brigade arriving at Kushi to relieve the entrenched camp at Shatargardan. The commander at the camp says he is surrounded by thousands of Mangolas but can hold his position. Gough plans to march for Shutargerdan tomorrow.
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London
Kushi
Gough
Shatargardan
Shutargerdan
Chinese immigrant sees ballot as path to respectability
Gee Gam a Chinese American advocate says Chinese numbers shrink on the Pacific coast due to hostility. He notes yearly spring arrivals and fall repatriation, praising later migrants as morally and intellectually superior. Gam believes citizenship rights and voting would earn respect and enable support for Grant.
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Chicago
The
Times
Gee Gam
Pacific Coast
Asia
America
United States
Gam
Grant
Confucius
Amazon Strikes Sand Bar At Grand Haven Harbor
Grand Haven dispatch says the steamer Amazon of the Northwestern line struck a sand bar while entering Detroit harbor from Milwaukee with about fifty passengers and heavy freight. After backing off, she reattempted entry, again struck, and was driven ashore near the south pier in a northwest gale. Passengers were being rescued by lifeboat while the crew jettisoned cargo. the vessel appears to be breaking up.
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Detroit
Grand Haven
Mich
Amazon
Northwestern Company
Milwaukee
Mysterious Body Shipments on Bahama to New York
A passenger on the steamship Bahama arriving in New York carried a box addressed to Rev. P. W. Powers. Customs found a human body inside the box at Barbadoes and the box was sent to the morgue. The sender and the Reverend are not located.
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New York
Barbadoes
P. W. Powers
Preparing to Receive Grant in Washington
Citizens meet to form a committee of hundred to aid the Cumberland unveiling and to receive General Grant if he visits Washington for the ceremony. The president invited Grant as a guest, but his presence is uncertain due to a November 20 engagement in Indianapolis. Sherman plans to urge his attendance.
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Washington
Army of the Cumberland
Gen. Thomas
Grant
Thomius
Indianapolis
Sherman
Supreme Court decision on Davenport street railways sparks statewide concern
The Iowa Supreme Court on October 27 reversed a lower ruling in Sarah W. Stanley v. City of Davenport. It held the city liable for damages caused by a street railway steam motor runaway, affecting all Iowa cities whose streets host railways. The ruling hinges on the city lacking authority to convey street title or authorize street use without legislative action.
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Dubuque
Iowa
State Supreme Court
Sarah W. Stanley
Davenport
Supreme Court
Hanlan Courtship and Prize Cup Dispute
News briefs from Rochester and Toronto report Hanlan criticizing play or pay race terms and a prize cup return demand. Referee Blaikie is urged to remain if another race occurs as trustees weigh Elliott's proposal and Hanlan's advisors resist Washington events. Gen Grant plans Chicago visit for monument unveiling on the 19th.
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Hanlan-Courtney
Rochester
Courtney
Hanlan
Blaikie
London
Elliott
Boyd
Toronto
Washington
Legislative Proceedings and Miner Strikes Noted
The Leader will print full legislative proceedings from Nov 1 to Dec 11 for one dollar postage paid. Subscribe to the Leader daily. The note adds that eastern strikes differ from western ones where miners are striking it rich daily.
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LrApmEr
Smaper
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Platina Creek
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Plateau Creek
Jack
Custer
Meeker
Major Pollock
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Kate
Martin Cook
George Slosson
Jacob Schaefer
Madison Square Garden
Schaefer
Slosson
Burr
Wilden
John Chinaman
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