Epitome of the Week Interesting News Compilation
Washington brief reports Secretary of the Civil Service Commission William S. Roushac of North Carolina is named by the President, and Willian W. Thomas named minister to Sweden and Norway. Merrick concludes Star route arguments. Weekly business failures total 148 in US and Canada, down slightly from last year. Payne remains interred in his homeland amid a state funeral. Wheat condition and cotton plantings rise. standard dollars and clearing-house totals show volume growth.
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Washington
William S. Roushac
North Carolina
Civil Service Commission
Cleveland Herald
Gresham
Congress
Post-office Department
Willian W. Thomas
Maine
Sweden
Norway
Merricks
United States
Canada
John Howard Payne
Oakhill Cemetery
Supreme Court
Agricultural Department
Severe rainstorm and fires sweep New York region
A violent rain and wind storm struck parts of New York and Pennsylvania on the 6th. Lightning hit an eight thousand gallon oil tank at Muncie PA, destroying residences. Albany suffered $50,000 in damage. Also noted were political shifts, society news including Lotta sailing to Europe, and various accidents and crimes across the Northeast.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Muncie
Albany
N. Y
New Hampshire
Lotta
Europe
Edith Fish
Hamilton Fish
Hugh Oliver Northcote
Ansonia
Conn
Byron
Reading
Scranton
New England
Florida Ship Canal & Transit Company
General Stone
Penisula
Portland
Eliphalet Clark
Maine
Gray
New York American Institute of Homeopathy
William Stevens
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Tornadoes and trials mark tense day across regions
Details of a wide range of events unfold from court actions in Washington to natural disasters. A jury retired after Jupe Write’s charge in the Star route cases. fires devastate mills in Sauk Center. a Kentucky lynching shocks readers. Kurdish famine worsens. a tornado crushes Wakefield and nearby areas. oil rigs topple in Clarendon. storms flood Prescott and halt St Lawrence steam. Crook reports scarce Mexican cooperation and many prisoners, including Loco and Nana, remain in custody.
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Jupe
Washington
Massachusetts Medical Society H
Henry Corner
Hickman
Asi Minor
Kansas
Industry
Wakefield
Clay County
Valley Falls
Clay Center
Artick
Evaury
Clarendon
Apamrat Joan Ranpoirn Tucker
United States Navy
Petersburg
General Synod of the Reformed Church
Albany
N. Y
Vera Cruz
Mex
Fulton
Harmon & Holmes
Sauk Center
Minn
Prescott
Ont
St. Lawrence
Ogdensburg
Crook
Army
San Francisco
Loco
Nana
Crook Crosses Line Into Arizona In 230 Hostiles Captured
Reports from AT and Janos show General Crook's force crossed sixty miles into Arizona on Saturday. Sixty miles southeast of Tombstone, he captured 230 hostile fighters without a casualty and plans to pursue remaining warriors. Movements indicate joint U S and Mexican efforts with several commanders coordinating.
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Arizona
Tecson
Crook
Tombstone
Richmond
N. M
Janos
Mex
San Jose
Paso
Sonora
Chihuahua
Garela
Bazaro
Torres
Babish
Huachinera
United States
San Carlos
Majorak
Casas Grandes
San Buentura
Guerra
Galena
Gallardo
Sierra Madres
Rio Boneto
Campo de Las Nidas de Angillas
Chatto
Loco
Leon
Destructive Wind Storms Hit Beverr Wisconsin
A terrible cyclone struck Beverr on Monday afternoon, causing about 100000 dollars in damage. It toppled bridges, demolished mills and blocks, injured many people, and left one dead and twenty wounded. Storms also struck Donoque and Tripoli in Iowa, destroying buildings and injuring several. North Vernon Indiana reported a funnel cloud with damage and fatalities nearby.
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O. H. Dingman
Rock River
Presbyterian
First Congregational
J. F. Johnson
Ed. Halloran
Rock Riverg Paper
John Malloy
Phili Gleason
Mike Smith
G. L. Gast
Willis Hendley
D. McManus
Pease
Eddie Snow
Otis Olds
Donoque
Brush Creek
Fayette County
Sumner
Bremer County
Tripoli
Barbera Brothers
J. C. Garrett
Indianapolis
Ind
North Vernon
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Ohio & Mississippi
Osgood
President's Vacation Plans Include Coast Cruise and Fishing
The President has gone to his cottage at the Soldiers' Home to stay until about July 10, then to Newport for a short stay before boarding the Dispatch for a coastal trip as far east as Mount Desert. He aims to fish Canadian waters again and hopes to reach Yosemite Valley by August.
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nsmNaron
Newport
Dispatch
Mount Desert
Canadian
Yosemite Valle
Woman killed by thrown stone in Miami County incident
Laura Lasure, 70, of Miami County Ohio, died after confronting John Tryfogie over a cow trespass. He allegedly threw a stone striking her in the breast. Tryfogie fled. Also notes General Grant lending art to Louisville Exposition and a mention of extensive coffee planting in Florida.
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Laura
Miami County
Andrew Lasure
John Tryfogie
General Grant
Louisville
Tragic Vincennes Double Murder Suicide At Elegant Mansion
In Vincennes Indiana at 12:15 Sunday morning Charles Pollock twenty eight killed his wife Clara Clendenin eighteen with a revolver then shot himself. The couple recently married six months ago and were expected to have a child. Liquor is blamed as Pollock had shown agitation and sought a revolver Saturday. Mrs Ross found Clara dead and Pollock dying after the self-inflicted wound. The couple will be buried in one grave as townspeople react to the tragedy.
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Newburg
N. Y
David C. Kxones
Bradford
Mass
John Belue
Philadelphia
Hartford
Luella Hynes
Tur
Chester W. Chapin
Boston & Albany Railroad
Springfield
New York
Albert Weber
Hudson
TaKex
Ansonia Rubber Works
College Point
L. L
Atlantic
Durie
Troy
Sylvanus Thayer
United States Military Academy
West Point
Chattanooga
Tenn
Greenback State Central Committee
Indiana
Indianapolis
H. C. Leonard
C. C. Post
Duartis C. Feros
Baltimore American
Utah
Brigham Young, Jr
Europe
Silverton
Col
First National Bank
Grand
Madison
Tue Senneckson
Charleston
C. Tuomas Pants
Skip
Isaac Adams
St. Louis
George Marshal
Thomas Edwards
St. Clair
Madison Counties
Barber Brothers
Iowa
Fayette County
Trner
Calvin Institute
Cleveland
Charles Clyne
Henry Funkey
William Bonholt
Cuyahoga
Marx L. Crawfort
Chicago
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Company
International Typographical Union
Cincinnati
Donckley
T. W. Waller
Patrick Courthouse
Waller
Mineral Wells
Tex
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Turova
Colorado
Hoprixs
J. N. Hayes
Central Paint & Roofing Company
Lawrenceville
Elbert M. Stephenson
Ilinois
Mayes
Vincennes
Ind
Charles Pollock
Pollock
McKinney
Arizona
Douglass, Stuart & Forest
Jolly Willams
Thimsville
John W. Green
Williamstown
Benjamin
Yates
Eddy
Hawkins
Rease
Provo Lake
John du Boise
Havre de Grace
Tombstone
A. T
Crook
Silver Creek
Chiricahuas
Bevorr
Wis
Chicago & Northwestern
London
Hick
Soudan
Toronto
United States
Canada
China
France
Tonquin
Manmovo Sami
Suleiman Daoud
Alexandria
Iris
Lansdowne
Ireland
House of Commons
Randolph Churchill
Gladstone
Egypt
General Wallace
Constantinople
Sublime Porte
Turkey
Westn Templeton
Ont
Spikeanik
Albania
Holtis
Star Kilmainham
Dublin
Timothy Kelly
Phoenix Park
Cuba
Sulieman Daoud
Chamberlain
James Gordon Bennett
Paris
Manchester
England
Bidgood, Jones & Wilson
Scutari
Galway
Helen Markovich
Milan
Belgrade
Servia
Birmingham
Eng
John Bright
Bright
Glasgow
Lynch
Norman
House of Lords
Vernon Lake
Huntsville
Joseph Pollock
Broadway Flouring Mills
Mrs. Ross
Charley
Payne Remains Laid To Rest In Oak Hill Cemetery
Washington June 11 remains of John Howard Payne, the exile poet, laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery in a ceremony attended by 5,000 people. President and officials, generals Sherman and Hancock, ex-secretaries, and dignitaries participated. a white marble monument was unveiled, with an inscription and the bowing crowd singing Home Sweet Home. A subsequent analysis notes corn crop conditions improving nationwide due to warm June weather, with large acreages replanted where seed or soil quality lagged.
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Washington
John Howard Payne
Oak Hill Cemetery
Corcoran Art Gallery
W. W. Corcoran
Pinkney
Frelinghuysen
Teller
Lincoln
Folger
Sherman
Hancock
Baker
O. N. Payne
Tunis
Leigh Robinson
Payne
Wasnthorox
American Supply Company
Philadel An
Dail Fwo
New York
Europe
Giant at Chattanooga Holds Enemy on a Red-Hot Slab
A brutal incident at Leith-Tredgar Iron Works shows Lafayette Browder burning William Thomas on a four by twelve inch red hot iron slab after a scuffle. Thomas suffered extensive burns, witnesses describe a horrific scene, Browder arrested on felonious assault charges. An additional report from Burnsville details a passenger train confrontation in which Conductor Nelson and Lawrence exchange gunfire. Nelson is wounded but not fatally, and no passengers are struck.
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Chattanooga
Leith-Tredgar
Lafayette Brower
William Thomas
Browder
Thomas
Thmas
Bowder
Browders
East Tennessee
Lawrence
Randolph
E. L. Nelon
Nekon
Sutton
Nelson
Burnsville
Clark
Crawford Elected President of International Typographical Union
Mark L Crawford of Chicago was elected President of the International Typographical Union. A C Jones of Pittsburgh and John Mathasz of Cincinnati were elected Vice Presidents. William Briggs of Washington became Secretary Treasurer and William Wilkinson of Galveston Texas Corresponding Secretary. The next meeting is set for New Orleans in June 1884. Mand 8 trotted 9 mile at Hartford in 2 145 with little exertion.
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CrxcissArt
Mark L. Crawford
Chicago
International Typographical Union
A. C. Jones
Pittsburgh
John Mathasz
Cincinnati
William Briggs
Washington
William Wilkinson
Galveston
Tex
New Orleans
Hartford
Conn
Star Route Trial Jury Charge by Judge Wylie
Judge Wylie began his charge to the Star Route jury after months of trial. He described a public officer's duty to the law, discussed conspiracy, and reviewed the roles of Dorsey, Miner, Vaile, Peck, and John Dorsey in the alleged scheme. The indictment's defects were noted but deemed sufficient against Brady and others. the jury retired with the judge's summary of limits and expectations.
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Wylie
Geera Brady
Congress
Pat
United Stats
Cour
Wylie Aid
Dorsey
Senate
Miner
Peck
John Dorsey
Boe
Senator Dorsey
Vaile
W. Dorsey
John W. Dorsey
John’ Dorsey
Thas
Ndt
Ition
Tyson Ayoue
Eam
BnTo
Guisphaer
Perhane
Stas
Muder Constad
Brady
Mob Hangs Barber Brothers After Jail Lynching
In Waverly Iowa two Barber brothers were seized by a mob of about one hundred and hanged after forcing entry to the jail. Sheriff Currier and county officials struggled to protect them as the crowd smashed doors and dragged the men to the streets.
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Waverly
Bill Barber
Illinois
Ike Barber
Shepherd
Bill
Ixperendencr
Board of Supervisors
Currier
Bremer County
Anamosa
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Defiance County Express
Frank ] Culley
Defiance
Ohio
West and
South
A.J. Urney
Kansas State Central Committee
National Greenback-Labor Party
Conc
Charles White
Charles Riden
Rose Price
Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
John Howard
Concord
Mark Trafton
Boston Herald
Dunraven
Lady Milton
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