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BIX
Momihb
Meermovser
Wrexly Leader
Drst
J. B. Morrow
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tragic Wreck at Crescent City Station Claims Two Lives
Telegraphic dispatch from Council Bluffs reports freight train No. 19 derailed at Crescent City on the Chicago & Northwestern line. Conductor Wesley Munn and engineer John Maben were buried beneath the six wrecked cars and killed instantly. A 75 year old tramp was trapped but survived. the fireman escaped by jumping clear. No blame established.
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Council Bluffs
Crescent City
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Wesley Munn
John Maben
Washington death by own action
John Connelly, a treasury department watchman, shot himself in a basement vault of the Treasury Building. He left an explanatory note on his chest, showing family trouble as the motive, and was found with a Colt revolver amid coal dust and blood.
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Washington
John Connelly
Treasury Department
Treasury
Treasury Watchmen
Notice to Subscribers on Unpaid Papers
Notice warns WEEKLY LEADER subscribers not to let unpaid papers run and risks discontinuation. It urges prepaid accounts to ensure continuous delivery.
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Weekly Leader
Internal Revenue notes and Tonquin diplomacy update
Washington reports weekly standard dollars issued total 327497 for the week ending September. Evans denies revenue officers seizing sham tallow claims. tobacco tax rebates expected around 3500000 with annual tobacco relief at 36000000. France informs State on Tonquin occupation measures and arms trade ban with Annam. French official actions to enforce embargo described. Brown's Iron Bitters touted as tonic.
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Washington, D. C
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Evans
Brayton
Columbia
D. C
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Martin
Treasury Department
Canada
Sault St. Marie
St. Jawrence
Washington
France
Department of State
Republic
Tonquin
Annam
Notice for Final Proof in Land Claim Cheyenne Wy
Public notice from the land office Cheyenne Wyoming dated August 20 1883 states Albert Smith has filed for final proof to support his claim for the North half of the East half of section 24 township 34 north range 61 west and lots 2 8 and 4 in section 19 township 34 north range 60 west. Proof will be made September 29 1888 before the register and receiver at Cheyenne with witnesses John L Nolan Albert Searles William F Simmons Frank L st John of Raw Hide Butte Wyoming and Epnar W Mann.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Albert Smith
N. BE
S. E
John L. Nolan
Albert Searles
William F. Simmons
Frank L. St. John
Raw Hide Butte
Epnar W. Mann
Register
Carlisle predicts run for speaker in Courier Journal interview
The Courier Journal reports Hon. J. G. Carlisle stating he remains a candidate for senator and expects to win the speakership. He says he knows nothing of Blackburn's plans, opposes Randall, and believes he already leads with enough votes to secure the nomination in the caucus.
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Louisville
The
Courier- Journal
J. G. Carlisle
Blackburn
Randall
Carlisle
Forgery suspect arrested over Union Pacific coupons
Stephen Raymond alias Steve Marshall was arrested in New York on forgery charges involving altered Union Pacific coupons from the Northampton burglary in 1876. Detectives followed a suspect who ate part of a check he tried to cash, tying the case to prior Erie & Buffalo bond forgeries and a Northampton vault burglary. London reports Marquis Tzeng to depart London for Paris.
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New York
Stephen Raymond
Steve Marshall
Union Pacific Railway Company
Northampton
Mass
Union Pacific Company
Hinckle
Boston
Byrnes
Littell
Clark
National Bank of Commerce
Slevin
Raymond
Marshall
Erie & Buffalo
Hinckley
Defense Strategy Emerges as Nutt Trial Nears
Uniontown Pa September 3. As the trial of James Nutt approaches speculation centers on insanity as his line of defense. The trial opens Thursday, but jury selection may cause delays with no evidence expected before next Monday.
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Uniontown
James Nutt
Hobnobbing with Nobility in Portland Court
Judge Webb of the United States district court invited Lord Coleridge and party to sit in court. The invitation was accepted and during recess Lord Coleridge was presented to about twenty five members of the bar. This afternoon Cumberland bar members will host a city drive and a five o’clock dinner for the guests.
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Portland
Judge Webb
United States District Court
Lord Coleridge
Cumberland Bar
Headley Injured After Precipice Slip in Yellowstone
Special report from Chicago dated September 38 states Lord Headley, who joined the Hatch expedition to Yellowstone, wandered into the wilderness with two hunters in pursuit of game. He slipped down a precipice. a party recovered him to Mammoth Hot Springs hotel. Injuries are serious but not life threatening.
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Chicago
Lord Headley
Hatch
Yellowstone
Mammoth Hot Springs
Headley
Warehouse Fire Destroys McCall and Drehman Warehouses
A major blaze struck McCall's five story rag warehouse on Walnut near Sixth in Cincinnati just before 3 p m. The fire quickly spread to Drehman's rag warehouse and to the Times Star building, threatening the composing room. Rumors of fatalities cannot be confirmed.
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Cincinnati
McCall’s
Walnut Street
Sixth
Drehman’s
Times- Star
Slade and Mitchell Fight Likely in El Paso Plan
Denver reports a committee from El Paso aims to arrange a Slade versus Mitchell bout possibly at El Paso. Mitchell and Madden have accepted, Slade and Rice in Minneapolis will conference, El Paso telegrams express intense enthusiasm, subscriptions opened in banks hotels and saloons to fund the event.
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Denver
Slade
Mitchell
el Paso
el Paso Times
Kansas City
Madden
Rice
Minneapolis
el Paso News
Notice of public land entry filing in Wyoming
Notice publication at land office in Cheyenne Wyoming September 4 1883 lists Marion Marks seeking to prove up a claim for the NW and NE quarters of section 25 and SE quarter of section 24 township 34 north range 61 west. He will appear before the register and receiver October 15 1883 with witnesses John L Nelan Mason L Stagg Albert Smith William J Hayes all of Ha Creek Wyoming to prove residence and cultivation.
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Curyennni
Wyro
Cheyenne
Wyo
Marion
W. Harl
Joh L. Nelan
Mason L. Stagg
Albert Smith
William J. Hayes
Hai Creek
Wye
Widow’s son hangs for rape in Marysville jail yard
Samuel Bulger a colored man was hanged today in the Marysville Kentucky jail yard for the rape of a 12 year old girl, daughter of Mr Auliffe, as she returned from school. He was baptized by a Catholic priest on Sunday.
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Marysville
Samuel Bulger
MrAuliffe
Cattle Hit by Splenic Fever in Lancaster County
A disease known as splenic fever has struck Lancaster County Pennsylvania with many cattle fatalities. The outbreak is increasing and causing great alarm among stockmen as cases rise rapidly.
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Lancaster
Investigating Last Campaign Conduct and Talks
Indianapolis September 4. The grand jury heard a letter from J H Woodard and slips about Brady and Dorsey interviews focusing on a $4,000,000 disbursement alleged in this state during the last presidential campaign. Judge Norton noted the statute of limitations and referred the matter to the jury for consideration.
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Indianapolis
Norton
Criminal Court
J. H. Woodard
Brady
Dorsey
Corean Embassy Receives City Welcome in San Francisco
The Corean embassy was welcomed by the mayor of San Francisco and later visited by General Schofield and his party. Deputations from the chamber of commerce and board of trade urged a meeting with the embassy as representatives of local commercial interests. A formal reception is planned for Thursday afternoon.
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San Francisco
Corean
Mormon Elders in Georgia chased from Emory chapel
In Georgia the Mormon elders visiting the state faced hostility at Emory chapel in Coweta county. After a discourse on Mormonism an audience member asked them to leave and the crowd pelted them with rotten eggs. The elders fled, pursued by townspeople across miles as they headed west.
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Atlanta
Emory Chapel
Coweta County
Supervising Architect Hill Eyes Private Sector Exit
Washington reports Supervising Architect Hill plans to resign and enter private business. Pensacola advices dated the 8th note no new fever cases or deaths in the yard hospital or camp. Resident situation details remain unavailable.
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Washington
Hill
Pensacola
Land Office Notice of Final Proof in Wyoming
Land Office at Cheyenne Wyoming September 4 1883 notice is hereby given that Mason L Stagg intends to make final proof October 15 1883 for the southeast quarter section 25 township A north range 61 west. He names Marion Marks William Hays Nelson W Meredith Anson G C Jane all of Hat Creek Wyoming as witnesses to prove residence and cultivation of the land. Edgar W Mann Register
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Mason L. Stagg
Theoutheast Quarter
Township
North Range
Marion Marks
William Hays
Nelson W. Merdith
Anson G. C Jane
Hat Creek
Wyoming
Edgar W. Mann
Register
Frost Damage Across New Hampshire and Vermont In Brief
Telegraphic news in brief reports heavy frost causing damage in New Hampshire and Vermont. Other items note George Rankin's denial of a new trial and two year sentence for pension frauds. E. B. Whitman dies in Cambridge at seventy. Ancient Order of United Workmen hold the fifty fifth annual session in Pittsburg with 300 delegates. Detective Sergeant William Hinds commit s suicide in New York. Shenango and Allegheny coal miners strike over a ten cent per ton cut, except Coalton and Harrisville workers who continued work.
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George Rankin
United States District Court
Boston
E. B. Whitman
Kansas
South
General Thomas
Cambridge
Pittsburg
Select Knights of the Ancient Order of United Workmen
New York
Wm. F. Hinds
Stephen B. French
Greenville
Shenango & Allegheny Railroad
Coalton
Harrisville
Foreign Facts Overview from Across Europe and Asia
Reports from Liverpool Paris Rome London Goritz summarize court remands, cabinet decisions to reinforce Tonquin with Algerian troops, Vatican talks on clergy salaries, a Chinese troop movement toward the frontier, and royalist meetings backing Count Paris as Chambord’s successor.
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Liverpool
James McDermot
Paris
Tonquin
Algeria
Foreign Legion
Rome
Vatican
Jacobini
France
London
The
Standard
Hong Kong
Pakoi
Nagdini
Mong Kai
China
Chicago Cattle Market Update Shows Mixed Receipts
Cattle receipts 9,200 with market fair to active and steady. exports around 605 up to 6.35 for good to choice shipping. Grass Texans 3.50 to 4.30, Americans 4 to 5, stockers 3.30 to 4.35. Sheep receipts 1,800 brisk but inferior to fair. good to extra 4.00 to 4.60. Lambs 1.50 to 4 per head. Livestock news notes American cattle rising, sheep steady, tops 15¼c per lb. Liverpool report confirms.
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Chicago
Texas
Liverpool
Drovers’ Journal
Land claim filings and filings at Cheyenne 1883
Land Orrick at Chyenne Wyoming on September 4 1883 with a receiver appointment on October 15 1883 Anson G Crane pre-emption filing No 1116 for the BR half Southwest quarter and West half Southwest quarter section 3 and North double West quarter North West quarter section 10 township 33 north of range 60 west and cultivation of said land Nelson W Meredith William J Hayes Mason L Stagg Marion Marks all of Hat Creek Wyoming.
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N. W
Range 60
Nelson W. Merdith
William J. Hayes
Mason L. Stagg
Marion Marks
Hat Creek
Wyo
Gambling Superstitions of Frontier Faro Players
A Philadelphia Press Santa Fe letter recounts frontier gambler lore on signs and tokens, noting spider omens, lucky chairs, and sock changes, plus stories of dealers and players like Hill Brownie Eddleman and Lance. It ends with a New York bank statement: increased reserve to $402,200, total excess $6,224,005.
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Santa Fe
Philadelphia
Garcia's
Charley
Gold’s
Old Hill
Hill
Murphy
Eddleman
Joe
Ned
Faroas
Brownie
Cooley Bearer
Lance
Boston
Banks
New York
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Iowa
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Union Pacific
Pall Mall Gazette
Marquis Tzeng
Epa
Mann
Catts
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Telegraphic News
New Hampshire
Vermont
Goritz
Count Paris
Chambord
Count Rochefoucauld
House of
Chicago Cattle Market
Faro Bank
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