Multiple Global Events and Scandals Reported Internationally
A sweeping news digest notes a church roof collapse in Linguagrossa Sicily causing many deaths and injuries, a Madrid infernal machine, Baron Hindlip’s death, Britain demanding settlement from Rayh, and Congo loan plans. It cites Bavarian killings, insolvency of Josiah Caldwell, expulsions of French sympathizers, Swiss anti anarchism measures, Doyle’s release, Bulgarian succession debates, a Catholic university idea in Baltimore, and Irish political tensions. It also covers Prohibitionist gains in Rankin County Mississippi, possible liquor regulation moves, and a Pennsylvania Senate bill on murder penalties by electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linguagrossa
Sicily
Madrid
Baron Hindlip
Henry Allsopp
Burton-on-Trent
Great Britain
Chamber of Deputies
Congo Free State
Gerbersshoffen
Augsburg
Bavaria
Hauser
Josiah Caldwell
London
Strasburg
Doyle
Prince Alexander of Battenberg
Bulgaria
Baltimore
T. B. Gill
M. P
Parnell
Lansing
Georgia
New Jersey Assembly
Rankin County
Mississippi
Pennsylvania Senate
Obituary sketches of notable figures in 19th century era
A collection notes the deaths of Hon. Edward Cross former judge and Arkansas congressman at Little Rock age 66 Commodore Charles Green USN retired dies suddenly Providence age 87 General T W Conway temperance organizer dies suddenly in New York A Cleveland health denial after rumors Blaine ill at Fort Gibson with fever and Nathan M Thomas pioneer Republican organizer dies at Schoolcraft Michigan aged 84 plus a brief dispatch about reactions to President Cleveland and patent medicine cures
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Edward Cross
Federal Court of the
Territory of
Arkansas
Little Nock
Charles Green
United States Navy
Providence
T. W. Conway
New York
White House
St. Louis
Nathan M. Thomas
Northwest
Schoolcraft, Mich
Rhode Island Governor Davis Wins with 973 Vote Majority
Rhode Island results show John W. Davis Democrat elected Governor by 973. Ziba O. Slocum Democrat chosen Attorney General by 2515. J. G. Perry Democrat becomes General Treasurer by 2609. Woman suffrage amendment fails by 15124. Lieutenant Governor race split with Honey 17285, Darling 15915, Kimber 1854. Senate 19 Republicans 12 Democrats. House 27 Republicans 33 Democrats with 12 districts unsettled.
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Rhode Island
John W. Davis
Ziba O. Slocum
J. G. Perry
Honey
Darling
Kimber
Senate
House
New York State
Wm. H. Martin
Congress
Texas
John H. Reagan
Lansing
Mich
Chicago Daily News
Providence
Davis
Dem
Springfield
Elgin
Galesburg
D. W. Aldrich
Denver
Col
Quincy
Chicago carpenters strike and rail tariffs weigh on industry
Several thousand Chicago carpenters walk out on the 4th for higher pay slowing building work. Trade dollars redemption tops seven million, Treasury rules banks need not redeem. Henry Bower & Co. of Philadelphia fails with liabilities around $500,000. Gas found near West Covington Kentucky. Laporte Indiana wells funded. R G Dun notes interstate commerce act disturbingly shaping rates. transcontinental traffic hampered. southern roads seek exemptions. Iron output up 15.6 percent in Q1 1887. Large New Jersey peach crop expected next season.
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Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
National Bank
Henry Bower & Co
Philadelphia
R G Dun & Co
New York
Pacific Lines
Association of Twenty Seven
Southern Roads and Lines
Mississippi
New Jersey
Multiple Disasters Reported With Many Fatalities
A British steamer Carmen, loaded with steel blooms for a Pennsylvania firm, is believed to have foundered with 33 missing. An explosion in an Indian Territory coal shaft killed six miners. twelve suffocated, totaling eighteen. Edgar Thompson Steel Works in Braddock, Pa, saw seven burned, two fatally. A rear-end crash near Horseshoe Bend injured several. fire in Boston damaged the State Printers office. Fire destroyed John Killeen’s stables in New Liberty, Iowa, with 37 horses lost. Various other fatal accidents and injuries occurred across several states, including rail, boiler, and kerosene incidents.
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Pennsylvania
Savannah
Indian Territory
Edgar Thompson Steel Works
Braddock
Louisville, New Albany and Chicago
Horseshoe Bend
Ind
Conductor Easy
New Albany
Mra
Corder
Guthrie
Noah Pritchett
Boston
New Liberty
Iowa
John Killeen
Chicago
Valeria
Bridgeport
W. Va
J. Scott
PF. Lindsay
G. N. Williamson
Charles Gray
Pacific roads investigation and political notes
Tax Commissioners appointed by President Cleveland to investigate the Pacific roads are Robert E. Pattison E Ellery Anderson and David T Littler. Rhode Island Legislature composition favors Democrats. Various obituaries ship disasters legal and corporate items across Chicago Milwaukee and Wyoming Territory.
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Cleveland
Robert E. Pattison
Pennsylvania
E. Ellery Anderson
New York
David T. Littler
Illinois
Rhode Island
Do. W. Movuron
New York Journal
John Sherman
First National Bank of New York
Fort Wayne Road
Union Pacific
Washington
Catherine Wolfe
Grace Church
Broadway
St. John’s
Eagle
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association
Eugene Sempre
Washington Territory
Samuel D. Shannon
Cheyenne
Wyoming Territory
Avt
Westield Corners
John Hogan
Krock
Warsaw
California
Chicago
Tonquin
Georgia Central Road
Florida Railway and Navigation Company
William Colebrooke
Beckwith
Alton Road
Lynching Falls on Yorkville Jail Officers Loomed
Sixty men forced entry at Yorkville South Carolina jail and carried out a lynching, escalating racial violence amid tensions and local law enforcement disruption.
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Yorkville
South Carolina
Multiple Murders and Robberies Reported Across States
Reports describe four African American men accused of murder of a white informant. Peru Indiana manager M Emerick killed by R Miller following slander about Miller's wife. John Workman of Curran Illinois robbed of 6000 by two men posing as buyers. Philadelphia’s new Public Safety Director vows strict law enforcement on gambling prize fighting and Sunday liquor sales. an Indian Territory annuity payment ends in a murder, plus an altercation in Newfoundland involving William Warford who shot his brother and then himself. McCarty hanged for murder in Indian Territory. Shade Scarbrough executed in Clayton Alabama.
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M. Emerick
Peru
Indiana
R. Miller
John Workman
Curran
Director of Public Safety of
Philadelphia
Vinita
Indian Territory
Springfield
William
Joseph Warford
Joseph
Patrick McCarty
Fort Smith
Ark
United States
Mahoney Brothers
Shade Scarbrough
Clayton
Ala
A Reign of Corruption Indicts County Officials
Indictments against Cook County leaders surge with about sixty men charged across 200 counts for commissioners wardens and contractors. The grand jury exposes schemes of kickbacks forged contracts and inflated prices detailing specific cases including an artesian well contract and a 12 to 15 percent illicit commission.
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Cook County
D. J. Wren
J. J. McCarthy
G. C. Klehm
R. S. McClaughrey
R. M. Oliver
C. Geils
C. Casselman
C. F. Lynn
J. E. van Pelt
J. Hannigan
M. W. Leyden
M. Wasserman
Adam Ochs
Employes
W. J. McGarigle
H. A. Varnell
E. S. McDonald
Edward Phillips
Janitor Gunderson
Frank Geol
J. Costelloe
R. K. Warner
A. J. Walker
L. Windmueller
W. H. Gray
Eevents
Grand Jury
County Board
Klehm
Indicted Californian William Kissane Faces Forgery Case
The life of William K. Rogers, also known as William Kissane, a wealthy California citizen, is described as romantic. His lawyers seek to quash a New York forgery indictment that has been pending against him.
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William K. Rogers
William Kissane
California
New York
Kissane’s New York forgeries explained by voyage risk
Kissane, age 20, claimed a large venture in sending goods to New York aboard the Martha Washington would have made him rich if the steamer had succeeded. He insured the cargo, raised funds on forged notes, and hoped to repay them. the steamer’s burning thwarted the plan. His counsel notes a past San Francisco stay under an assumed name and a later life in Sonoma cultivating grapes and making wine with a respected wife. His brother in San Francisco, older and reclusive, is known to share the family name.
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Chemical Bank
Cincinnati
Emeape River
United States
McLean
Helena
Ark
Kissane
California
William K. Rogers
Sacramento
Gold Hill
Nev
Sonoma County
San Francisco
Cleveland
Martha Washington
Sidney C. Burton
Frances H. Bowman
Burton
New York
Canada
William Kissane
C. W. Doubleday
Wilibuster Walker
Nicaragua
Kissave
Hart
Sonoma
Hearst
Rogers
William
Interstate Commerce Commission rule on petitions for official action
The Interstate Commerce Commission today outlined that applications for official action must be filed by petition with facts verified by oath. Oregon senators Dolph and Mitchell presented memorials from state Boards of Trade seeking relief from high freight charges to save crops and clashing haul rules. Mobile & Ohio Railroad asked to maintain local rates and meet competition at junction points, while a Canadian Express Company inquiry awaits hearing.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Dolph and
Mitchell
Oregon
Boards of Trade
Dolph
Portland
South
North
E. K. Russel
Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company
Canadian Express Company
Dran Sin
Haddock Murder Case Heats Up As Arensdorf Testifies
Sioux City correspondence reports heightened interest as Arensdorf takes the stand in the Haddock murder trial. He details his movements August 3 1883 from supper at Shepard's to Junk's saloon and the brewery, denying involvement and repeatedly denying plans to hire others to kill Haddock. The defense seeks to implicate Leavitt, with witnesses tying Leavitt to the shooting while Arensdorf and Leader dispute who fired the fatal shot as the crowd marched down Water Street.
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Sioux City
Arensdorf
Belgium
Franz Brothers
Philip Eberle
Barnes
Davelaur
Shepard's
Chicago
Junk's
Mr. Scollard
Grady
Bluff Street
Leavitt
Fourth and Water
Haddock
Teavitt
Warleich
Junk’s
Treasury
Adolph Nepper
Mr. Nepper
Treiber
Martin
Henry Petera
Nebraska
Germany
Mrs. Bismarck
Mr. Haddock
Council Bluffs
Kavanaugh
Dr. Haddock
English Kitchen
Mr. Delp
I. C. Hart
Paul Leader's
Leader
Junk
Hart
Fourth
Water Street
Second
Second Home
Lake Carriers Seek Hearing On Rail Short Haul Policy
The Lake Carriers' Association requests ICC hearing to oppose rail rate discrimination favoring long hauls over short ones, arguing it harms water routes. The group, representing most Great Lakes vessel tonnage, asks for a time to present its case and support its position.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Lake Carriers’ Association
Great Lakes
Hidden God and patient hearts in Becher’s words
Quotations attributed to Henry Ward Becher reflect on resilience through trial and loss. The text compares shedding joys to trees losing leaves and roots feeding growth, asserting enduring goodness and time’s power to carry love. It contrasts personal struggle with universal joy and notes Time’s potential to express life in a single verse.
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Henry Ward Becher
Moscow
Sherman on the South A Republican view of Southern voting and growth
Pittsburg cor reports Senator Sherman saying the colored vote should be recognized in the South and that black voters often are not counted fairly. He recalls the Birmingham incident with Cowan's hotel and praises Governor Aiken's cordial reception of a colored delegation. He notes Republicans gaining in the South as industry thrives and tariffs rise, predicting a lasting business boom.
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Pittsburg Cor
Chicago Tribune
Sherman
South
Buncombe
Birmingham
Cowan
Aiken
Republican Party
New South Hailed If Ballots Stay Free and Fair
The editorial attacks Democrats over alleged voter intimidation in Texas and urges repudiation of crimes against the ballot. It cites a Texas Grand Jury indicting local figures and asserts armed intimidation at polls violated voter rights, calling for a clean bill of health for the South and equal protection for all voters.
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Texas
United States
Kirk
Washington County
Senate Committee
Senate
Democratic Party
Democratic Party of the South
Grady
New South
South
Yes Moines Register
Vallandigham to Address Garfield Club on Party Exit
Chief Clerk Charles N. Vallandigham of the Senate, once part of the Democratic majority before the Hamilton County frauds, will address the Garfield Club to announce his withdrawal from the Democratic party. He plans to explain his reasons, expose party plans, and discuss the Senate journal controversy in a bid to defend his actions.
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Columbus
Charles N. Vallandigham
Senate
Hamilton County
Garfield Club
Vallandigham
Kentucky
Political patronage patterns in General Black's district
The New York Tribune statistician notes General Black favors his own Fifteenth District and Illinois, awarding 11 of 40 appointments and 2 of 14 promotions to Illinois, with salaries totaling 22,430 versus 55,900 for other districts. Democratic districts span 23 appointments with 30,400 in salaries. Springer and Townshend allies gain two districts, Morrison’s district gets one appointment. Illinois supplies 15 of 100 examiners. five Illinois cases credited to the district where Black serves.
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The
New York Tribune
General Black
Ilinois
Ilinois Parate
Fifteenth
Springer and Townshend
Cal. Morrison
Col. Morrison
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the News
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Ireland
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Michigan
C. J. Anderson
Virginia Volunteers
Southern Railways
Charles W. Moulton
Garfield
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
First Street
Maryland Avenue
Whitney
Atlanta
Live-Stock Association
American Fishery Union
Financial and Industrial
West Covington
Laporte
Derves
Sune Ae Wurnat Vigan
Bihy Coun
White
Bony Wiurat
Indianapolis
Burke
Stenewee
East Liberty
Catile Boat
Ceereeereeeres
Serceeerer Et Sense
New York Telegram
Interstate Commission
Washington Telegram
Towa
Black
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