News of the Week Highlights in Government and Military Affairs
Commissioner Marsie leaves office. Butterworth takes charge. Post-office surplus tops 2.6 million. Postal rate hopes push Congress for larger letter weights and local rate cuts. Bernadan to study Corea geology for Navy. War report praises militia, suggests 35 years service retirement and three-year enlistments to curb desertions. Clothing accounts bi-monthly. desertion losses cited. Army short by 2,149. US Treasury buys 400,000 ounces silver. Land Office: 19,030,769 acres public lands and 399,235 Indian lands disposed. receipts total over 11.7 million. General Sherman’s last report. West Point praised. Schwatka honored by Geographical Society of France. Paymaster General report shows 15.49M receipts, 13.38M disbursements. bonds paid. Three per cent bonds in calls 122d and 123d redeemed with accrued interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Marsie
Ben. Butterworth
Post-office Department
Congress
Ensien Jon Bernadan
Secretary of the Navy
Corea
Secretary of War
Drum
United States
Philadelphia
New Orleans
San Francisco
N. C. McFarlane
The
Land Office
Sherman
Military
West Point
Fort Monroe
Leavenworth
Geographical Society of France
Frederick Schwatka
United States Army
King William’s Land
Treasury
Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Consolidation shifts oil prices and other early 1900s news
The East reports a merger between Standard Oil and Tide Water Pipe Line, predicting higher kerosene prices. It notes a New York shooting gallery accident injuring a man and killing his partner, a Lebanon Pennsylvania train wreck killing engineer John St. Clair, and October US Mint coinage totals. Additional items include croquet brawl in Woodbury, German brewer support for Democrats, and various local crimes, shipwrecks, and legal cases.
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Standard Oil Company
Tide Water
Wate
New York
Jennie Mitchell
Lebanon
John St. Clair
United States Mint
Philadelphia
Durie
Woodbury
N. J
Rudolph Hines
Brewers
Rochester
N. Y
Maynard
New York Chamber of Commerce
Jasober
Baltimore
Haverhill
Mass
Erie
Giles Russell
Charles Brown
W. E. Eyster
Fred Kelsey
McIlhanney
Charlotte B. Furlong
New York Grand Jury
Comptroller’s Office
Bureau of Water Register
Castle Garden
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
Burnett’s Island
Maryland
Diphtheria Closes West Boylston Schools Amid 35 Cases and 5 Deaths
In West Boylston Mass the schools shut after a week recording thirty five diphtheria cases and five deaths. In New York City a tenement janitor Matthew Donnelly was shot in the forehead on the 2d by George Hardwick while blocking him from entering the building. Hardwick fled after also firing twice at Donnelly's wife, which missed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Boylston
Mass
Bleeker Street
New York
Matthew Donnelly
George Hardwick
Hardwick
Donnelly
Toledo fund for General Steedman memorial planned
A large Toledo meeting on the 27th organized fundraising for General Steedman’s family and the erection of a memory monument. Other items include a Kentucky man shot, the first machine picked cotton exhibited in Charleston, and a Nevada treasury robbery among many varied late 19th century incidents.
Steamer Disasters and Global News Briefs
Reports from across the Atlantic and beyond cover shipwrecks near Montreal and Holyhead with casualties, a London Fair Trade League call for wheat duties, a Canadian note theft of Dominion currency, a Pernambuco to St Johns loss with crew fatalities, Spain’s stance on Cuba slavery, a Paris claim about England prompting China, a London explosion reward, and a Ontario poisoning arrest tied to life insurance.
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Lachine Rapids
Montreal
Canada
Fair Trade League
London
Eng
Holyhead
Wales
Alhambra
Liverpool
New York
Dominion
Jane Hunter
Pernambuco
St. Johns
St. Sholts
N. F
Bowden
Spain
Cuba
Paris
M. Challemel-Lacour
England
China
France
Orleans
Bismarck
Germany
Cook Tart
Flesherton
Violence Flare in Danville Va Sparks White Negro Conflict
Reports from Danville Virginia describe a night of street fighting between white and colored groups on the 3rd. Shots fired, several people wounded or killed, stores closed as alarm bells rang. Police and militia ordered residents home. underlying cause cited as political tensions in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Walter Holland
Thomas Seward
Commonwealth
Virginia
M. J. Bono
Grand Rapids
Mich
Gibraltar
Paz
Indian Territory
Knox
Exvizasetu Gisss
Dr. Gibbs
Wabash
Danville Junction
Ind
Indiana, Bloomington & Western Road
First ‘National Bank
Clinton
Ill
Last Acts of Sherman and Sheridan in Army Transfer
The outgoing General Sherman files letters requesting retirement and transfer of command to Lieutenant General Sheridan on November 1 1883 with aides de camp and staff assignments. Secretary Lincoln approves and a formal handover occurs November 2 with General Orders No 77 outlining the transfer. Sheridan’s staff and duties are listed as the formal acts marking a seamless transition in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sherman
Army OF the United States
Robert T. Lincoln
Congress
Sheridan
St. Louis
de Camp
John E. Tourlette
John M. Bacon
O. M. Poe
J. C. Tidball
W. T. Sherman
Lincoln
War Department
D. C
Washington, D. C
Army of the
United States
W.T. SmerMan
R. C. Drum
Michael Sheridan
William J. Volkmar
Fifth Cavalry
Aid de Camp
James F. Gregory
Corps of Engineers
P. H. Sherman
Tragic death linked to divorce case in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, Jacob J. Plunker, father-in-law of Mrs. Catharine Huber, testified that John Huber confessed guilt. After a newspaper attack on Plunker, he fell ill and died in his room, following Huber's involvement in divorce proceedings and a prior custody dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Catharine Huber
John Huber
Huber
Jacob J. Plunker
Plunker
Fire destroys Garfield Colorado. massive explosion follows
A fire at Garfield Colorado broke out early yesterday and rapidly overwhelmed the town’s stores. The Sperry Brothers stock of giant powder exploded, wrecking the post office and hotels and wiping out the entire business portion. Loss estimated at 50000 with one third covered by insurance. Several people knocked down and stunned. one fatally injured. The town faces homelessness and winter hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
General Steedman
CuyLter Hawkins
Herrodsburg
Robert Pullman
Charleston
Garfield
Col
Sperry Brothers
Old Dominion Creosoting Works
Norfolk
Waite
Mounter
New Edenburgh
Ark
Cholman Decillenburg
Wabash River
Terre Haute
Ind
George
Sarah Ruggles
Clermont County
Ohio
Cincinnati
Fountain City
Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad
Savannah
N. C
Columbus
Jesse
Joseph Hauchens
Henry Grossman
Zinney Kinder
Wesley Woods
Phil Taylor
Bertie Smithers
Andy Hart
United States
Pike County
Joseph
Jesse Hauchens
Knobs
New Albany
St. Louis
Kansas City
Canada
Joe Holden
Macon
Mary Welsh
Santa Anna River
Santa Anna
Cal
Willoughby
Harbach
Barnes Brothers
Denver
Five Men Killed in Brooks Tunnel Dynamite Blast
A 1200 pound dynamite explosion at Brooks Tunnel on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Pittsburgh kills five men: George Reynolds, James Fisher, H R Beckwith, T H Dean, and Robert Hammond. Shock felt as far as 50 miles with torn telegraph poles, shattered windows, and gruesome scene described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Brooks
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Robert Hammond
George Reynolds
James Fisher
H. R. Beckwith
T. H. Dean
Confluence
Ursina
Summitville
Summit House
Thanksgiving Proclamation by President Arthur
The President proclaims Thursday, November 29, as a day of National Thanksgiving. He cites health, harvests, peace, education, civil and religious liberty as blessings and urges the nation to rest from labor and worship in gratitude. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State, signs for the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States OF America
Chester A. Arthur
United States
Frederick T
Frelinghuysen
Cyclone Rips Through Louisiana Plantations Damaging Property
NEW ORLEANS October 30 The Times-Democrat waterproof special reports a cyclone across Catahoula and Tensas parishes. James Bowman's plantation houses blown down four negroes wounded D D Millers highland plantation house lifted and a negro church moved Tim Davis nose broken wife and two others badly hurt D Stones pecan plantation barn two houses blown down H Moses Co Helena plantation roof of overseers house carried away eight cabins demolished seven or eight hurt Mrs Bowmans house blown down three children unaccounted for on various plantations.
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the Times-Democrat
Catahoula
Tensas Parishes
James Bowman
Tensas River
D. D. Miller
Highland Plantation
Tim Davis
Explosion in Pennsylvania coal shaft leaves dead and injured
SCRANTON Pa Oct 30 An explosion of fire damp in Pennsylvania Coal Company's shaft No 7 near Pittston killed Thomas and James Gallagher and left one dead. Five badly burned six seriously injured with three likely to die. Thirty-five men were in the area. others escaped via the mule-way as braces and gates were torn apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Pittston
Thomas
James Gallagher
Spotted Tail Murderer Crow Dog Escapes from Custody
Kan Gi Shanks known as Crow Dog, sentenced to death for Spotted Tail’s murder, was allowed to visit an unattended town and escaped. His case is before the U S Supreme Court on appeal arguing treaty rights negate white law jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deadwood
Dak
Kan Gi Shanks
Crow Dog
Spotted Tail
United States Supreme Court
Dollar standard weekly issue totals compared to last year
The issue total for standard silver dollars for the week ended October 27 was $450,499, down from $748,000 in the same period last year.
The Value of Exercise and Open Air for Domestic Animals
The essay argues that regular moderate exercise sustains circulation and vital function, resists obesity and illness, and reanimates the animal, while prolonged rest breeds weakness and death. It cautions against extremes in labor and urges balancing liberty with shelter, advocating movable open-air access and protected retreats to mimic nature, as proposed by Prairie Farmer.
Starting an Asparagus Bed for Long Term Harvests
A New York World piece explains that asparagus need not be costly or difficult to grow. It thrives with rich soil, deep culture, and regular manuring, and beds last for years with minimal labor. Distances vary by scale, with 3.5 by 2.5 feet for large plots and closer spacing for small gardens.
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N. Y. World
Mashed Turnips From an Old Recipe Exchange
Pare and quarter Mashe¢ Turnips, boil in salted water until tender, mash in a colander, press to remove excess, then stir in butter pepper and salt. Serve in a deen dish as suggested in the exchange.
FENIAN PLOT EXPLOSIONS IN LONDON IN 188X SHOCK CITY
A pair of blasts near Praed Street and between Charing Cross and Westminster disrupted the underground, injuring about forty. Police suspect Fenian perpetrators, with investigators noting powerful explosives and a deliberate act rather than an accident.
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London
Praed Street
Metropolitan Railway
Charing Cross
Westminster
Government Board
Gallagher
the Times
Two Men Die Trying to Save Workmate in Veil of Gas
PITTSBURGH Oct 31. Kiefer and Stiefel tannery in Allegheny City saw a fatal accident as Christ Dickson descended to measure well depth and was overcome by foul air. Ferdinand Schrader and Charles Schultz attempted rescue, succumbed to toxic gas, others tied and hauled them out. Dickson Schrader Schultz died, Bam berger and Remsen revived and sent home. Dickson was single. Schrader and Schultz were married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Kiefer & Stiefel
Allegheny City
Christ Dickson
Ferdinand Schrader
Charles Schultz
Schrader
Schultz
Solomon Bamberger
Rhinehart Remsen
Dickson
Bamberger
Remsen
Testing the Chinese Certificates in San Francisco
In U S District Court Judge Hoffman ruled two Chinese Government certificates were awkward tests of the law. One involved a man claiming to be a cigar manufacturer, with the judge noting Congress used merchant not manufacturer. The other concerned a seventeen year old boy claiming to manage a mercantile firm, a decision to be deferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Hoffman
United States District Court
Congress
Valuable Scientific Discovery by Smithsonian Explorer
Dr. Leonard Stegnijer arrived from the Arctic aboard the St. Paul to Behring Island for skeletons of the northern manatic or sea cow. He believes his skeleton matches Steller’s living specimen described during Behring’s second expedition and holds seventeen skulls of the same animal, claiming it may be the only specimen in this country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Leonard Stegnijer
Smithsonian Institute
Behring
Island
St. Paul
Arctic
Steller
Stegniser
Steamboat Affray Leaves Mate Wounded on Pittsburgh
Dusveve Iowa October 31 A serious affray occurred Monday night on the steamer Pittsburgh at Cassville. A negro roustabout disobeyed orders and attacked the mate. The mate shot the assailant after being stabbed in the face near the eye. The wounded man is in the marine hospital and is not expected to live.
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Dusveve
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Cassville
Marine Hospital
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Huntington
Charlotte Epps
Epps
Nathan
Haines
Dayton
Clara Fredericks
Milwaukee
Wis
L. Wolfstein
Humeston & Shenandoah
West Fork River
Shenandoah
A. B. Warden
Rocky Mountains
Earl Granville
Salt Lake
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
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