Various 19th Century News Snippets Count Six Tammany Aldermen
A collage of brief items reports Tammany aldermen counted by canvassers, a Boston inquiry into accounts, Cochiz possibly in Canada, Alexis arriving in New York and staying at Clarendon Hotel, Russian sailors in Long Island Hospital for scurvy, and other scattered notes on politics, shipping, and local events.
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Kate Lehan
Boston
Committee of
Brooklyn
Arizona
Cochiz
Canada Alamoza
Alexis
Suite
New York
Clarendon Hotel
Long Island Hospital
School of Mines
Innaga- Rolle
Missouri
Colfax
Chicago
Washington
Central Pacific
California
Los Angeles County
Wigan
Grand Duke
Nettie Jones
United Siates
Bombay
Great Britain
Spain
Gibraltar
Trial transcripts reveal poisoning dispute and defense doubts
Court hears expert and witness testimony on poisoning with strychnine and arsenic in a death case. Prosecution details chemical analysis and signs, while defense argues insanity and unreliability. Witnesses describe scenes, bottle findings, and defendant's behavior as proceedings continue with coroner and relatives in attendance.
Washington. Schenck recall and Personal ties noted
Special Dispatch reports Minister Schenck's link to Emma Mine as a legitimate investment tied to his London Mission appointment. Hostility spurs recall demands while Senator Conkling opposes removing Pension Office Commissioner Baker. Ren Wade accepts Northern Pacific Counselor post. three Treasury clerks head to join new five percent note distribution. Washington papers urge GOP Convention to meet locally.
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Times and Chronicle
WasHinden
Schenck
Emma Mine
London
Senator Conkling
Commissioner Baker
Pension
Ren. Wade
Northern Pacific Railroad
Treasury
Washington
Fatal Lamp Explosion Claims Miss Haron in Perrysville
Miss Susie Haron of Perrysville died after a coal oil lamp exploded and showered burning fluid over her body. She succumbed to her injuries at three this morning in Lovioxvile.
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Times and Chronicle
Lovioxvile, C
Susie Haron
Perrysville
Fire linked to kitchen blaze in Chicago report
Fire Commissioners heard testimony about a dinner mishap that led to a large blaze. The account describes a woman delaying cooking oysters due to milk shortage and a cow kicked over a lamp, igniting the fire with extensive damage and loss.
Feirutina Troops Routed in Durango by Querra Forces
A Durango engagement reported by a November 25 dispatch states General Feirutina’s troops were entirely routed by revolutionary forces under General Querra. The 12th inst. news item notes the victory reflects growing unrest and significant rebel strength in the region.
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New York
Feirutina
Durango
Querra
Turbulent market notes and Tweed scandal rumors
Special Dispatch reports stock speculations remain dull with irregular trading and firm prices attributed more to bull clique manipulation than rates. Currency flows west, foreign capital offsets, and Fisk Mansfield letters become evidence as Tweed rumor spreads about eloping broker and wife. In New Jersey fashionable parties provoke revenge threats.
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Times and Chronicle
New York
Europe
Fifth Avenue
Tweed
Pratt
Fisk-Mansfield
Fisk
Erie Ring
Josie
Dotty
Loki
Henry Stephens
Wall-street
Jersey
Theatrical People in Court and City Hall Gossip
In a Marine Court suit Josiah B Polk sues Daly of the Fifth Avenue Theatre for overdue salary after his discharge for refusing a role. Aldermanic counts, arrests for Garvey, Tweed bail, and a sale of Garvey property at a discount are noted amid notes on election irregularities and poll clerk collusion. observers doubt candidates’ chances amid security concerns.
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Marine Court
Josiah B. Polk
Mr. Daly
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Polk
Abemiery
Kevin
Arthur
Morey
Ingersoll
Gary
Woodward
Thules
Albany
Bureau of Municipal Correction
O'Conor
Tweed
Ee of
Tees
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Peroismou
Eeas
Garvey
Tammany
Beara Ui
Conference of Friends' First-Day Schools in Wilmington
Report of a large 1872 conference with funds raised during the afternoon session. Speakers from Methodist, Baptist, and Friends groups discussed mission school methods, object teaching, and missionary work among Indians. The evening session promoted temperance, and plans for next meeting in Lynn Massachusetts in November 1873 were approved.
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Times and Chronicle
Wilmington
Methodist Episcopal Church
Friends’ Church
Samuel N. Shipley
John Henry Douglass
B. Y. Seigfried
The
Baptist Church
Sunday School Union Organization
Ruth
Murray
New York
Hubbard
Alfred Johnson
Sarah FE. Jenkins
Elizabeth I. Comstock
W. H. Ladd
Brooklyn
Christ
Geo. R. Jenkins
W. A. Newhall
Dr. Taylor
Cincinnati
Harveysburg
Clarksville
New Vienna
Lynn
Massachusetts
Vicinity
Joshua L. Bailey
Philadelphia
Mission Conference Urges Indian Missionary Work and Abstinence
Wm H Ladd of Brooklyn and others spoke on mission work among Indians stressing Christianity as the first step to civilization and elevation. Addresses urged superintendents and teachers to abandon tobacco. Levi Mille of Wilmington spoke of parting with distant delegates. Paniel Hill of New Vienna urged forgiveness of errors of judgment. RK W Douglass praised interchurch cooperation. Many will remember the parting words.
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Levi Mille
Wilmington
Paniel Hill
New Vienna
Ohio
RK. W. Douglass
Specimen Storm Reports Mormon Exodus Debate in Utah
A Salt Lake dispatch details severe weather with deep snows and avalanches. Charles Morrison perished in a slide while others were lost. recovery failed. The piece notes Mormon leaders resisting removal, with mentions of polygamy dissension and a tense United States Court session amid brisk mining activity.
Public mind in Berlin unsettled over German France policy
A Berlin dispatch reports that public opinion is disturbed by Germanys diplomatic stance toward France. Bismarck privately pushes continued military preparation for war and advocates swiftly reoccupying the French departments, citing instability of the Thiers government.
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York
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Catastrophe at Alexandria Men Sunk by Weight of Gold
A dispatch from Alexandria Egypt dated November 25 reports a harbor collision between two passenger steamships carrying mails. The impact sank the vessels and caused seventy five Algerian pilgrims to drown. The gold aboard overpowered the men, making rescue efforts futile.
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New York
Egypt
Absconder Arrested Amid Hotel Redevelopment Plans
Godfrey Bian was arrested on absconding charges involving coeds from his Chicago employer Mr. Hartman. The City Council ratified the sale of North Missouri Railroad stock for this project. reconstruction aims to build the Tdndell Hotel on the old site, with $22,000 still needed before Ames estate executors begin operations for a building spanning the block between Sixth Seventh Washington and Green streets costing about a million dollars.
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Godfrey Bian
Hartman
Chicago
North Missouri Railroad
Tdndell
Ames
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Washington Avenue
Green Streets
Chicago Fires and Insurance Losses in the 1857 1871 Period
A historical summary lists large Chicago fires with losses of 100000 or more, noting epidemically high totals for 1857 1871 and the 1871 great fire. It cites dates from October 19 1857 to October 9 10 1871, detailing multi million to hundred thousand dollar losses and commenting on the city’s vulnerability and thin insurance margins.
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Chicago
Au Foe Linney
Moravian Bishop Peter Wolfe Dies at Bethlehem at 80
The Rev Peter Wolfe senior bishop of the Moravian church died at Bethlehem Pa on the 14th inst in his 80th year He was born at St John Va and came to this country later graduating Nazareth and serving Salem NC then Philadelphia In 1896 he held prominent church positions and was elected a member of the Provincial Elders Conference after retirement he resided in the Northern See seat continues.
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Bethlehem
St. John
W. L
Nazareth Fall
Salem
N. C
Philadelphia
The Blackburn-Lovell Trial Special Dispatch
CHILLICOTHE November 25 Catherine Ileres testimony continued. The deceased never attempted or threatened death by own action at my house. I told Blackburn not to set laudanum where she could reach it. There was only ten cents worth in the bottle. The bottle stood at the foot of her bed. Blackburn never bought poison at my house. He asked me to buy arsenic, I refused. I brought the body of deceased to my house from Greenfield on March 24. The velvet sack is at my house. Marks on the deceased matched Mrs Seaman’s description. Grubbs and Mary Jane had been engaged. Court adjourns until Monday. The State introduces important evidence.
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Caroateie
Sloan
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Ile
Kent
Smith McGarrah
Greenfield
Jane Lovell
John Blackburn
Mace Ball
Cro
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Green
Clif Run
John F. Nixon
Cliff Run
Dadge Bafa
Lee
Powell
Entree
Fannburn
Huff
Pugh
Tong
John Davis
Evenige
Ivskiare
Ron Wen
Leesburg
Seaiben Adams Ee
John
Hinx
Mary Jane Seaman
Mary Jane Lovell
Catherine Huff
Fenny
Chaslonetl
Kate
Ollie
The
Times and Chronicle
Chillicothe
Catherine Ilefe
Hersel
Cincinnati
Seaman
Ekiburn
Kburn
Girubbs
Jane
Cintinnatiz
Grubbs
Mary Jane
State Treasurer reports receipts and balances for year
Special Dispatch notes the annual report to the Governor shows receipts from 1870 11 15 to 1871 11 15 total 6 040 223 01 and disbursements 5 292 046 74 leaving a November 15 balance of 748 176 27. Securities held by life and fire insurers total 858 063 87. A man calling himself J D Miller selling lottery receipts defrauded several farmers and vanished.
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Treasury
J. D. Miller
Stellar& Bullis
Zanesville
Suffrage Convention and Opera Troupe in Pittsburg
The American Woman's Suffrage Association held a Mass Convention at Library Hall with Mrs Lacy Stone as president, praised addresses by Hannah Cutler and Julia Ward Howe, and plans for three sessions. The steamboatmen draft a new will by mid next week. Parepa Rosa Opera Company reports strong season with full houses. Tom Karl and Ainsley Cook perform tomorrow at the cathedral.
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Grand Mass
American Woman's Suffrage Association
Library Hall
Henry B. Blackwell
Massachusetts
Lacy Stone
Mra
Hannah Cutler
Julia Wardstowe
Bub
Parepa-Rosa Opera Company
Cincinnati
Tom Karl
Ainsley Cook
Building Energetically Prosecuted Long Sentence for Assault
In Curcaco on November 25 a building project in the burnt district progresses with three and a half wires of brick and stone structures under construction. Masons burn fires on mortar hoards to harden the mortar. Thomas Marshall received a sixteen year sentence in the Criminal Court for a criminal assault on a child under nine.
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Curcaco
Thomas Marshall
Catacazy Not Recalled. Goes to Russia for Explanation
Washington reports that Catacazy is not recalled and will travel to Russia to explain himself. Gorloff remains Charge d Affaires ad interim as the diplomatic situation continues to unfold.
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Times and Chronicle
Washington
Catacazy
Russia
Gorloff
The Prince of Wales Bulletin and Naval Movements
The Prince of Wales official bulletin notes improved symptoms but fever rose again with a restless night. Java and Trinacrea steamers arrived. The Livonia yacht returned to Parliament from Dover. Cold weather causes suffering and measures are planned. A colliery explosion near Bromley kills eight miners. a separate incident near Slayersford injures workers. Northwestern Rail collision seriously injures seventeen people with no deaths reported.
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Steamer Arrivals Bring Bremen and Glasgow Sailings
Marine dispatches list arrivals with Donahus from Bremen and Iowa from Glasgow as ships reach New York in late November.
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Te Day Oil Market Special Dispatch to Times Chronicle
Oil market remains dull with crude bids weak and buyers scarce. Refined products offered at limited prices while the wharf stays quiet and cargoes unchanged for the period.
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Flour Market and Grain Prices Report From Burrato
Burrato reports a quiet flour market with inactive sales for Western attic products and small corn sales. Across Detroit, wheat remains dull at $1.56 for extra and $1.46 for Nov 1. Corn and oats trend lower with mixed qualities, while Clover reed and dressed hogs show price activity.
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Detroit
Treadwell
Brave Syracuse and Binghamton rail hero named John Vrooman
A Syracuse and Binghamton line runaway train ordeal is recounted with conductor John Vrooman leaping to the locomotive cab to stop a 25 car wreck. The piece praises his calm mastery and urges reward while criticizing the engineer who abandoned the post. It calls for better conductor training and accountability in rail operations.
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Bis
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John Vreeman
N.Y. Times
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