Illinois Headlines Chronicle A Spate of Crimes and Deaths
Illinois reports include Hardy Harpool found guilty of stealing wheat and sentenced to one year in state prison in White County. John N. Wogan shot on his Bellmont farm amid family feud as assassin remains unknown and he fights for life. Wrecks disrupt Normal, McLean County as an Illinois Central freight hits a Chicago & Alton cattle train killing several steers. Fire injures a Conkling son in Springfield while lamp explosion damages home.
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Hardy K. Harpool
White County
John N. Wogan
Bellmont
Wabash County
Wogan
Illinois Central
Chicago & Alton
Normal
McLean County
Peter Conkling
Springfield
Conkling
Frank L. Boyd
Makanda
Jackson County
George Tibbett
Morris
Grundy County
Drummond Tobacco Company
Alton
Madison County
J. E. Clary
Des Moines
Chicago Herald Company
Wiggins
Brighton
Macoupin County
St. Joseph Hospital
Chicago
Emelia Schoennel
Gustavus A. Marsh
Galesburg
Knox County
New York
Twelfth Sinois Cavalry
Red Ribbon Club
W. F. Mason
Willowhill
Iver County
Isaac Stewart
John Hageman
Moline
Rock Island County
Senate and House Proceedings Report Large Law Activity
The transcript outlines multiple days of legislative work. Bills on licensing, advertising prohibitions, sheep killed by dogs indemnification, cruelty to animals and other topics pass first readings and receive committee attention. Debates cover salaries, road and tax laws, school examinations, and dam projects. Adjournments occur with party petitions, including a push for liquor prohibition and female suffrage.
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Senate
Houst
Quinn
House
State Law Library
Jackson County
General Assembly
Cook County
State Dairymen's Association
Committee On Corporations
State Industrial University
Silent Livery Trade Yields Hidden Fortune Tale
Four years earlier a San Antonio woman hired a horse at a local livery. She and her husband drove to a nearby town where the husband sold the horse and invested in a small business. The man rose to become its leading merchant and community figure. The liveryman later learned of them and accepted 600 in full payment to keep silent about the affair.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mahone Accused as Either Republican or Traitor to Democrats
Washington Post denounces Mahone as either a Republican outright or a craven tool trading Democratic support for Republican aims in 1884. The piece argues Mahone betrays Virginia Democrats by aligning with Readjusters and the National Republican party, pressuring fellow Democrats to join a Republican presidential strategy.
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Mahone
Phone
Horn
National Republican Party
Virginia Democrats
Old Dominion
Washington Post
Fallen From His High Estate In Republican Rhetoric
An opinion piece criticizes the Republican Party for betraying Black workers, contrasting past moral outrage with current tolerance as a Black laborer in the Naval Bureau is forced to resign after refusing to perform menial tasks. The Detroit Free Press cites changes in party stance and policy.
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Republican
Mahone
Riddleberger
Post and Tribune
Darkey
Black
Naval Bureau of Construction and Repair
Washington
Bureau
Wiggins
Africa
Secretary of the Navy
Republican Party
Detroit Free Press
Island shoemaking by wrapping potting skin on Saint Helena
Dwellers on Saint Helena practice a queer easy shoemaking method using the soft warm skin of the pottish wrapped around the feet. In drying the skin retains the foot shape for a makeshift shoe.
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Island of
St. Helena
Forty-seventh Congress Adrift Amid Public Disgust
In a New York World critique, the Forty-seventh Congress faces fierce public condemnation for its first session. The piece blames Robeson and Keifer’s leadership, Reed’s committee actions, and the River and Harbor bill, saying the second session offered no relief and left the party in a weak minority.
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Congress
Cromwell
Robeson
Keifer
Navy Department
Treasury
Hiscock
Reed
Maine
Judiciary Committee
Northern Pacific Railroad
Tariff Commission
N. Y
Rats to English china crates reach Amsterdam merchant
An Amsterdam New York merchant received crates from England and released a live rat that was killed by a dog. A second rat in the crate was dead. The rats had stored English walnuts and had traveled twenty four days from Merrie England.
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Amsterdam
N. Y
England
Merrie England
Nevada Sand Hill Traverses County Landscape
A Nevada county reports a moving sand hill four miles long and one mile wide rising 100 to 400 feet. In a few years the hill has advanced about a mile, illustrating unusual desert movement observed in the region.
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Nevada
Denver Tribune
Maine law bars Sunday bird and game killing
A Maine law forbids killing birds and game on Sundays while an amendment to ban fishing failed, leaving fishers exempt.
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Maine
Boston Population Tops 387693 After 25 108 Gain
Boston's population reaches 387693, marking a rise of 25108 since 1880, reflecting continued urban growth and demographic change in the city.
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Boston
The Good and the Bad About the Scotch Lecture
Rev Robert MacKenzie of Howard Presbyterian spoke at Grand Western Hall on Bush Street about Scots traits and quirks. He joked that Adam might have worn a kilt and cited Highland frugality, superstition, and promptness as national virtues with anecdotes on Chalmers and a humorous tale of a pious Scot named Sandy.
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Robert MacKenzie
Howard Presbyterian Church
Grand Western Hall
Bush Street
Adam
Noah
Highlands
Chalmers
Jenne
Sandy
San Francisco Chronicle
Remarkable Death Fraud in Darnall Heir Case
The case reports George Mack of Darnall dying without a will, leaving vast property to nephews. The eldest Edward went to the Russo Turkish war as a doctor and was presumed dead. An affidavit from Lamson, executed for Wimbledon murder, claimed Edward’s fatal wound in Sistova proved his death. Photo ID and court order followed, then Edward reappeared alive, having recovered from a head wound and returned to England the day after being declared dead. The London Times notes the implausible sequence and subsequent fortune recovery.
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George Mack
Darnall
Sheffield
Edward
Ir. Lamson
Wimbledon
Lamson
Sistova
Mase
Ech
Court of Probate
Nphew
England
London Times
Notable Wilde anecdote delights Parisian circle
Chicago notes Wilde once saw a sign in Leadville that read please don t shoot the pianist he is doing his best the tale amuses Wilde’s Paris friends and sparks a French observer to praise his originality and observational wit.
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Oscar Wilde
Leadville
Oscar
Chicago Herald
Wanted Son-in-Law for Wealthy Family in Haul England
Advertisement seeks a handsome virtuous young man with easy circumstances and refined tastes. He should have brilliant talents and a loving disposition to fill a son-in-law position in a wealthy household. Address and details provided.
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England
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Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Melvin A. Cushing
Woodford
Blind Asylum
N. W. Bronson
Menora
Industrial University
George A. Follansbee
Cook
George H. Keneveer
St. Clair
Alex McLean
McDonough
Northern Insane Asylum
C. Sedgrewick
du Page
Eye and Ear
Ntrmary
Daniel Goodwin
State Board of Education
B. G. Root
Perry
Richard Evans
P. R. Walker
Ogle
J. ©. Knickerbocker
Bureau County
State Board of Equalization
Mound City
Revenue Committees
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