Epitome of the Week from Washington News
Interesting compilation from Washington covers Post Office receipts for the third quarter, Treasury notes on bank tax, Star route trial fines for Congressman Belford, stamp changes, and numerous state and federal updates. Includes naval appointments, standard silver dollar issues, foreign trade totals, and notable crimes and deaths.
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Bassadora
Weathea
Nt Ae
David Dayie
United States Senate
Post Office
Washington
National Treasury
Tanor
Renne
Treasury Department
Belford
Colorado
Beidell
Post Office Department
RSOE
Tuerr
United States
Canada
Blaine
Congress
House
Ornars
United Stats Navy Department
J. W. A. Nichaqlaon
Alexandria
Egypt
E. R. Calhoun
State Department
Treasury
Multiple crimes and disasters reported across several states
A long list from Middleburg Pa and beyond details hangings including Uriah Moyer for an 1877 murder, mail-bag thefts at Towanda, cremation of Henry Seybert in Washington Pa, and stage marriages of R H Iiezza and Ida H. Hosmer. Accidents, mining collapses, fires, shipwrecks, and a wave of violent crimes are noted along with severe winter weather and a fatal explosion near McKeesport Pa.
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Middleburg
Uriah Moyer
Gretchen Kintzler
TuHreves
New York
Philadelphia
Towanda
Henry Seybert
Lemoyne
Washington, Pa
R. H. Iiezza
Ida H. Hosmer
Brooklyn Museum
New York City
Joan B. Looms
Springfield
Mass
David Leivitt
Rim
Reliance
Mount Carmel
Reading
Nathaniel Thayer
Boston
Bellows Falls
North Atlantic
Wiggins
Majone
McGloin
Fieming
Stone-Quarrs
McKeesport
Washington Gap
Jersey City
Atlantic
Devon
Waite
Roundeman Comisky
Hunter’s Point
L. I
Offi
Sapriek? Com
Wests
Diverse 19th Century News Roundup From Across the U.S.
A broad summary of late 19th century events includes labor strikes at the Pullman car works in St Louis over a Chinese apprentice, large railroad earnings and debts by Union Pacific, Springfield Mills workers quitting amid Amalgamated Union ties, a Texarkana courthouse shooting, Nashville fire damages, Dakota territorial capital removal bill, Arkansas train robbery fears, Mississippi levees breaching, memorial services for Alexander Stephens and Robert Toombs, a grand flood in Arkansas and Tennessee, and various local crimes, fires, and political moves across states.
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Pullman Palace Car Company
St. Louis
Union Pacific Railroad
Springfield
JSL
Amalgamated Union
A. L. Jonxson
Dixon
Texarkana
Ark
Nashville
Tenn
Dakota
Yankton
Little Rock
Fort Smith
Mulberry Station
Jobn Cain
Rogers
R ‘Y
Mississippi River
Arkansas City
Tver
Alexander H. Stephens
Atlanta
Robert Toombs
Joseph E. Brown
Georgia
South
Indianapolis
Ind
Daniel Woods
Duke of Wea
Napoleon St. Helena
Briar County
West Virginia
C. J. Willet
University
Tu Wat
Missouri River
Interior Department
Kansas
Clarence Hunt
James Gang
Missouri
Kentucky
Lexington
Mempt
St. Francis
Austin
Joan Quinay
Mobile
New Oleans
Hoonewell
Kan
Robert V. Dodd
Virginia
Moses T. Ray
Montgomery
Ala
French & Blossom
Oldtown
Helena
Chicago
Jere Dunn
Jim Elliott
Pugilisr
Hall County
Herring
Brownsville
Maron Hangries
Mutual Union Telegraph Company
Mississippi
Reie Dnetons Sd
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Island No 6 Washes Away Amid River Floods
The long river current swept Island No 6 sixty miles below Heicnua destroying homes and drowning survivors. Officials reported a man named Taeman Weison faced charges for offering a bribe to a native. he was sentenced to one year in the Columbus penitentiary.
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Heicnua
Ghata
Taeman Weison
Columbus
Distressed Trade and Turmoil Across Nations and Wars
News notes report the Shoreditch iron works failure for 1.25 million dollars, Irish political actions and flights, shipwrecks off England, aeronaut deaths in Madrid, German flood relief gifts, Paris police actions against socialists, Russian policing ahead of a coronation, Nova Scotia debt imprisonment abolition, and various other incidents including fires, drownings, and arrests.
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Riowarp Hever
New York
Commercial Iron Works
Shoreditch
Frank Byrne
London
London Times
Florence Dixie
Land League
Dublin_gon
Patrick Egan
Land- League
Paris
Spain
England
Navarre
Magic
Madrid
Germany
Nova Scotian Assembly
Hull
Yarmouth
Toronto
Can
St. Petersburg
Pierre Parent
Baden-Baden
Payrel
Havana
Cuba
Earl Spencer
British Council
New Orleans
Coumoundouros
Ndalusia
New York welcomes Irish leader amid war talk and trade moves
Patrick Egan arrives in New York denying links to the assassination league and says Land League funds are safe. Other items note a court-martial bid for Gen. Hazen, weather and tidal wave claims, the death of ex Congressman Flournoy, Admiral Von Stosch’s resignation, a Albany leather firm failure, Grevy’s possible resignation, Paris unrest, and a dangerous counterfeit dollar in circulation.
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Patrick Egan
Irish Hand League
New York
Dublin
Assassination League
America
Ms Egan
Land League
Lixcous
Hazen
United States Army
Pot. Wigerns
Halifax
Flournoy
Danville
Admiral von Stosch
Bismarck
Humphrey & Sons
Albany
N. Y
Paris
Grevy
Samuel G. Wyman
Baltimore
Emmet O' Neill
Schenectady
Illinois House of Representatives
Ives, Beecugr & Co
New York City
Ohio
Indiana
Hartford County
George H. Taylors & Co
Chicago
United States
Cimbria
FLOODS THREATEN RIVER TOWNS WITH SICKNESS AND DEATH
Destruction and disease sweep the Ohio River towns south of Evansville. Destitution rises in Shawneetown and nearby villages as pneumonia typhoid fever and dysentery spread. Governor Porter tours with relief supplies while Helena reports flood deaths and state aid moves forward.
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Ohio River
Evansville
L A Ike
Shawneetown
Mil
Vilie
Rosiclare
New Liberty T
Board of Trade Relief Committee
Porter
Board of Trade
Lawrenceburg
Cairo
St. Louis
Helena
St. Francis
After the Flood in Cincinnati Relates Ruin and Aid
W E Mitchell describes four days of inspection in Cincinnati between Fifth Street and the Southern Railroad bridges. He notes widespread destruction among laboring families on Carr Street Sloo Street and Front Street. Furniture ruined, sewing machines damaged, and cherished items destroyed by the river flood. He praises public relief as generous and less obstructed than expected.
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Cincinnati
W. E. Mitchell
Fifth Street
Carr Street
Sloo Street
Front Street
Harpers
Horrible Fire Destroys Railroad Boarding House in Crownsville
A Deadwood dispatch reports a massive blaze at Hood and Scott’s two story boarding house near Crownsville on the Homestake Railway. Eleven inmates perished while several others were burned. the fire started from carelessness with kindlings by cook Peters.
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Fred D. Peters
Charles Hammontreed
W. H. Andrew
Harvey Wood
Les
Drownsville
Homestake Company
Peters
Woman Dies From Nicotine Smothering After Pipe Incident
In Marshall Texas a colored woman named Martha Johnson rose while smoking a pipe, gasped and fell dead. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of death by suffocation caused by nicotine in the throat.
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Martha Johnson
Marshall
Tex
Sun
Billiard Match in New York Ends with 200 to 196 Victory
Davie Johnson defeated Charles F. Davis in a recent New York billiard match by 200 to 196 points. The event centered on an especially high scoring race where Johnson edged Davis by a four and two point margin.
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New York
Davie Johnson
Charles F. Davis
Farmer near Fargo slays wife then hangs self
Peter Oakestnom a farmer near Fargo C T battered his wife with a sledge hammer and then hanged himself. The woman survived the attack and is expected to recover.
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Peter Oakestnom
Fargo, C. T
Mexican girl of eleven dies at New Laredo
A Mexican woman eleven years old died recently in New Laredo, according to local reports. The brief item notes the age and location with no further details on cause or funeral arrangements.
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New Laredo
Debate on South Carolina Citizenship and Negro Rights
A Chicago Tribune excerpt argues that South Carolina educated and religiously instructed its black population yet denied full citizenship. It questions why blacks are disfranchised and harassed by Ku Klux Klans and red shirt regumers while citing postwar education funding and ongoing civil rights barriers.
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Mapuvediaidis
Charleston News and Courier
South Carolina Universit
South
South Carolina
News and Courier
Chicago Tribune
Is It Lawful to Pay for Democratic Stump Speeches
A legal dispute details Mr Murphy’s claim of payment for twelve to fifteen speeches in Indiana in 1880 with a billed sum of 1180 dollars. William H English denies employment, asserts speeches were poor, and argues the contract violated constitutional and public policy limits.
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Murphy
English
National Republican
Yi Murphy
Indiana
William H. English
Winfield Scott Hancock
Hancock
Wm. H. English Reies
Urphy
Engish
United States
Butler as Democrats' likely 1884 nominee
The Minneapolis Tribune argues Butler, combining traits of Greeley Tilden Hancock, could lead the Democratic ticket in 1884. It notes prior nominees illustrated party risks and credits Butler with organization, wealth, and anti reform tactics, predicting his strong probability as the Democratic standard bearer.
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Butler
Horace Greeley
Samuel J. Tilden
Winfield S. Hancock
Greeley
Tilden
New York
South
Hancock
Republic
Ben Butler
S. J. Tilden
Massachusetts
Ben
Cleveland
McDonald
Indiana
Bay State
Bayard
Delaware
Minneapolis Tribune
Confidence Men and Sharpers in City Frauds
A Chicago Herald report outlines common confidence games used by swindlers. It details the bunko and express package schemes, three card monte, thimble rig, and fakir tricks, warning travelers and country visitors to beware clever operators at depots and in cars.
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Punko” Roper
Profesh
Roper
Chicago
Iowa
United States Mining Company
Colorado
United States
Canada
Bill
Capper
House of Correction
Chicago Herald
Old Gentleman Excused From Jury Duty in Court Confrontation
In Criminal Court Judge Phelps refused an excuse from an elderly man who claimed poor health without a doctor's certificate. When the man offered another reason citing crankiness, the judge ordered his name crossed off and the amused court tittered as he left.
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Criminal Court
Phelps
Baltimore Sun
Bands of Mercy Movement Spreads from England to Massachusetts
A history of Bands of Mercy groups formed in England to promote kindness to animals notes their success in teaching children compassion. Earl of Shaftesbury leads the English effort, with later similar societies forming in Massachusetts and garnering interest from prominent state figures.
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Bands of Mercy
England
Ear of Shaftesbury
Massachusetts
Efosion Pos
The Difference in Falls of Men and Women on Ice
A Boston Transcript quips that men fall and flail on ice while women fall with courtesy, rise quickly, and remain smiling. The piece contrasts reactions, noting a man’s clothing is dirty and mood foul, while a woman recovers gracefully with sunshine in her heart.
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Boston Transcript
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Defiance County Express
FunNak
Culley.ditor
Defiance
Wes Feaume
New Jersey Senate
Dol Frs
Parnell
Fgan
Davitt
Irish Land League of America
James Elliott
Jerre Dunnito
Jown & Syren
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