War Department Flags Refused for Confederate Reunion
News of the Week reports that survivors of a Confederate brigade at Norfolk sought permission to use their old battle flags stored by the War Department for a reunion, but Adjutant General Dram denied it citing the need for congressional sanction. It also notes resignations, appointments, retirements, a naval death, mint bids, and a Bull Run veterans visit plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Norfolk
Dram
Congress
Ray
Post Office Department
John A. Henry
Indianapolis
Grance W. Gerry
Fortress Monroe
John C. Tidball
Sherman
Joshua Sands
Navy
United States Marine Hospital
Yuma
A. T
Bull Run
Folger
Apwhrat Crespy
Asiatic Station
Secretary of the Navy
Treasury Department
Vast list of midwest and national incidents from 1870s era
The report outlines numerous disasters, crimes, and notable events across the United States and abroad. It notes the seventy fourth annual meeting of the Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions in Detroit, a destructive cyclone near Muncie, a fatal church shooting in Comanche, oil discoveries near Roscommon, a deadly ax attack in Illinois, a double suicide in Monmouth, and a string of accidents, fires, robberies, and legal notes from towns like Cleveland, Day ton, Fort Madison, and more. It also mentions free trade conference in St Louis, a sinking steamer Carrie off Petersburg, rail accidents in Dayton and Cedarville, prison escapes in Lee County, and various international dispatches from London, Paris, and Montreal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Detroit
Mich
Charles Terry
Collins
Cleveland
Muncie
Ind
George Pastor
Comanche
Texas
Harris
Robert Butecee
Butecee
William
Roscommon
William Diver
Town Station
Daxrox
Martin Lewis
Monmouth
St.Louis
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Kansas
Carrie
Petersburg
Alexander Peete
Dayton
Richard van Horn
Trimbach
Young
Lee County
Fort Madison
Town
Ada Atkinson
Shelbyville
Potts
William Robnke
Yazoo
Miss
John Griffin
Rockport
Lorr
Senator Sharon
San Francisco
Aggie Hill
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Frank Harpst
Logan
Marshal Harris
Cedarville
Brown County
Isaac Weymouth
Edward Kunze
Austin Gurmete
Frank Myers
Little Rock
Ark
Myers
Guthrie
Claire ‘Young
Wyoming
Young Brothers
Grevyn
London Times
Exquimaux
Greeley
Critens
Casalites
Mexico
Sierras
Canada Pacific Railway
Hermosillo
Mazathn
London
England
Montreal
Toronto
Canada
Sir Stafford Northcote
Belfast
Ireland
Orangemen
Dublin
Sth
Michael Davitt
Local and national brief highlights from Pittsburg to Boston
A late breaking news digest reports a street car crash in Pittsburg injuring twenty five aboard, four seriously. A planing mill fire near Minneapolis causes five thousand dollar loss. Garfield Memorial Hospital expands with multiple new buildings planned. A deserter, Major Nickerson, is dropped from the army while civil service officials prepare Detroit examinations. Standard Oil inquiry witness claims expenses and hush money. A Princeton merchant, J E Spangler, dies after gas exposure in a Baltimore hotel. Pittsford freight collision kills multiple, cripples others. fatal wrecks and fires in Dallas and coal-train collision near Scranton claim lives. A jailed Baltimore escapee injured in struggle. Cheese poisoning cases rise in Boston with Vermont origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Minneapolis
Minn
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Washington
Nickerson
Canada
Tuomax
Civil Service Commission
Leff Washington
Detroit
Mich
Standard Oil Company
Philadelphia
E.G. Patterson
Eras
Pany
J. E. Spangler
Princeton
W. Va
Baltimore
Pittsford
J. Rogers
Hudson
Wirick
West Unity
Mi Twoothe
Hudson, Mich
Hosford
Arie
Dallas
Texas
Electric Light Works
Scranton
John Dunn
Archibald Lord
Joan Sarth
Oakland
Boston
Vermont
Derailed Train Splits Car Killing Four in Philadelphia
A southbound train collided with a crowded Susquehanna Avenue street car in Philadelphia, tearing it to pieces and killing four, with ten others severely injured. The crossing lacked a safety gate and a driver error, plus no conductor on board, led to the catastrophe as ambulances rushed victims to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Susquehanna Avenue
American Street
Union Horse Railway
North Pennsylvania Branch
Pennsylvania & Reading Railroad
Episcopal Hospital
John McKeown
Janes Hammil
Henry Schultz
Jacob Iseminger
Sei m Kramer
Charles Young
Henry Postol
Mary Sellers
Will
James McHenry
Annie Shaw
George Fredericks
Frederick H. Young
Andrew B. Little
Train Bandits Attempt To Rob Coolidge Express
Three men tried to rob the east bound Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Express at Coolidge Kansas. Engineer John R Hilton was killed, fireman George Faddie wounded, express messenger S B Patterson fought back, robbers fled empty handed. Captured later three suspects Looney Chambers and Dean sent to Dodge City jail while the express safe held between 40000 and 50000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Kan
Kansas City
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Greeley
John R. Hilton
George Faddie
Patterson
Wells, Fargo & Co
Las Animas
Dodge City
Looney
Chambers
Dean
Fodle
Milwaukee
Wis
Explosion and fires aboard Colorado near Lackawanna
Oct 1 report from Burraro notes a boiler explosion aboard the Commercial Line propeller Colorado about six miles above Lackawanna after leaving for Chicago. Several crew were injured or missing, with four doctors assisting and tug help arriving. The event also references political platform texts from New York and Massachusetts Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burraro
Colorado
Lackawanna Dock
Chicago
C. M. Fellows
Mary Griffin
Griffin
Lackawanna Slip
Daniel Ellis
James Farrell
Thomas Lovel
Alexander Rushlow
Henry Allen
Patrick Ranser
Henry Ackert
Fred Smith
Christian’ Rudolph
W. H. Cabot
Cabot
James Edgcomb
New Jersey Republicans Adopt State Convention Platform
The New Jersey Republican platform endorses President Arthur's administration, civil service reform, tariff protection for labor and industry, equitable state taxation, anti-corporate power encroachments, and regulation to curb monopolies. It also backs fisheries protection and pledges support for the convention’s candidate. The Philadelphia record notes a historic Franklin kite lightning scene now lit by modern current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Republicans of
Republican Party
Wise ‘Registon
Mn Party
Dent Arthur
Congress
Republica
Teau of
Peter Nin
Adequate Leger
Rae
Eaua Peres
Ieee
Eie Sameatat
Pere Greerimmarneie
Bees
Gasactu
Eal
Massachusetts
Masschusetts Republicans
Massachsetts
Nts
Webster
Jude
New Jersey
Democrats of Maryland in Convention Critiqued by Detroit Paper
The Detroit Post and Tribune rebukes Maryland Democrats for their platform remarks on the 1876 and 1880 elections and war issues. It argues their declarations lack substance, claim Republicans dodged accountability, and portrays the party as passive observers while urging forward-looking policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Democratic Party
United States Bank
Hayes
Presdent
Garfield
Demccrats
New Jersey
Thomas Jefferson
Ship of State
Electoral Commission
Dorsey
Detroit Post and Tribune
Democrats split on 1884 Presidential candidate choice
The Indianapolis Journal notes deep divisions within the Democratic Party as it weighs the fate of the “old ticket” of 1876 versus the promise of an untried leader. It cites McDonald Bayard Randall or Voorhees as possible new standard bearers, with past figures like McClellan Hancock and Tilden Hendricks cited as failed precedents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jackson
Lincoln
Grant
Clay
Webster
Conkling
Bristow
Blain
McClellan
Hancock
Tilden
Hendricks
McDonald
Bayard
Randall
Voorhees
Indianapolis Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Defiance
News OF the
East
City
Elizur Wright
Court of Appeals of
Western Union Telegraph Company
Baxcroft
Newport
R. L
Charles McCabe
Corry
Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States
Levy
Canterberry & Haskell
Shaw & Bro
Nassau
West Indies
National Association of
Window Glass Workers
Philadelph Chong Ko
Erie
Bradford
John Smith
Europe
West
New York Herald
James McSteen
Peabody Educational Board
James D. Porter
Tennessee
Barnes
White Oak Mines
Richard Clapper
Anthony Curley
Neal
Oswego
New
Lehigh Valley
Frank Battsford
Albion
N. Y
Coronet Kexnxepy
Auburn
New Orleans National Bank
William Dutton
Adrian
Evansville
Cranes Hixstey
Jacob Elmer
Messenger Collins
Tucson
Arizona
Dutton
Butler Street
Main
K. T. Stewart
Mr. Dutton
Lenawee County Savings Bank
Gratiot County
Chong Nem
Yerkes
United States
Arnold
Wasnixerox
Gresham
Vera Cruz
Mex
Lake Erie
The
New York Republican Platform
Republican Platform
Franklin
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