News of the Week Highlights Diverse US Events
A stock sale in New York and a teenager shooting his teacher in Paris Kentucky are noted, along with a major Detroit planing mill fire, elevated rail passenger totals, and a bank employee’s guilty plea. Other items report pensions rules, canal tolls, farm crimes, stag robbery, burglaries, fires, and yellow fever in Pensacola.
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Asgat
New York Stock Exchange
Homer OxpSon
Paris
Professor Yerkes
A. Backus & Sons
Detroit
United States
New York City
Willliam V. Browns
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Sollier
Pension Bureau
New York Produce Exchange
Klingbite
Stillwater
Minn
Holcomb
Hopkinsville
Leadville
Col
Malta
Ricward McGee
Philadelphia
Stockton
Walsh
Cincinnati
Welsh
Nashville
Chattanooga & St. Louis
Bessemer Steel Works
Pittsburgh
Tus
Rosert Ford
Plattsburg
Wood Hite
Arthur
Pensacola
Fla
Washington Dispatch
Treasury
Chicago
Treasury Department
Thomas F. Talbott
Cheyenne
F Texas
New York
Cleveland
Vanderbilt
Lewis Lyon
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Wilkesbarre
Alvis Regar
Buffalo
Nicholasville
George B. Letcher
Edward Evans
Sturgis
Robbery in Washington Diamonds and Laces Stolen
In Washington a robbery occurred on the 27th. Diamonds and laces valued at 5 dollars were taken from trunks in a residence. Police report the suspect details and location within the property remain under investigation.
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Washington
Multitude at King's Chapel for Adelaide Phillips funeral
A great crowd gathered in King's Chapel Boston on the 25th for funeral services for the contralto Adelaide Phillips. The body was interred in Marshfield.
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Mapane Christine Nizusson
New York
Europe
William Penn
Philadelphia
Oltiver Weapert Hommes
Harvard University
Pennsylvania
George W. Lawrence
Rhode Island
Oscar Lapham
Jonathan M. Wheeler
Massachusetts
Ben Noble
Cox
William Dorsheimer
John J. Adams
John Hardy
Orlando B. Potter
Langtry
National
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Louisville
Democratic
John H. Bagley, Jr
Greenback
Joseph G. Vale
John Keegan
King’s Chapel
Boston
Adelaide Phillips
Marshfield
John P. Sanborn
Rhode Island House of Representatives
Northern Pacific Railroad
Mullett
Treasury Department
Chicago
Breward B. Cornwal
Fourth National Bank of
Arthur Payne
Washington
Brown
Star Route
J. R. O’beirne
Serena E. Payne
Charles T. Gallagher
Edward Clyde
Nicholas Hathaway
Horatio F. Swazey
William Hester
Ilinois
William Price
Irving McDowell
John Pope
Ronald 8. Mackenzie
Fourth Cavalry
Joseph Sree
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey City
Hiram Tucker
William Dicksor
United States
Tue Woman's National Christian Temperance Union
Frances E. Willard
Caroline B. Buell
Mary A. Woodbridge
Ohio
Esther Pugh
Egyptian amnesty decree for rebellion officers ends except Arabi Pasha case
The Egyptian Federal Council adopted a decree granting amnesty to officers from Captain upward who joined the rebellion, excluding those with Arabi Pasha at surrender and those guilty of arson. Other items note the Alex andria massacre verdict, Khartoum defenses, and a costly Egyptian war.
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Egyptian Federal Council
Khedive
Arabi Pasha
SovutTar
Earl of Crawford
Gladstone
Alexandria
Cairo
Egypt
Soudan
Khartoum
Lonpos
England
Global unrest and imperial moves sweep 19th century notes
Reports from Cairo, Khartoum, and Soudan discuss delaying aid to Khartoum, enlistment of black troops against a rebel False Prophet, and Gladstone noting peerages for Wolseley and Seymour. Other items include wreck survivors massacred near Magellan, Belgrade torpedoes aimed at a royal arrival, Balkan clerical gains, and Pacific and European disturbances.
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Sis
Council of Ministers
Cairo
Egypt
Soudan
Khartoum
Kordofan
Gladstone
Wolseley
Admiral Seymour
Surprise
New Bedford
Roseneath
Straits of Magellan
Belgrade
Danube
Milan
Corea
China
Balkan Peninsula
House of Commons
Suez Canal
Alexandria
Palmer
Alamoos
Mexico
France
Lyons
Odessa
Preas
Vienna
Austria
Tyrol
Six Days Walking Match Ends in New York
Fitzgerald wins with 577 miles and two laps, Noremac second at 567, four of nine starters finish, receipts total 26573 dollars amid a busy round of fires floods and accidents reported the same day including Margate blaze and Gulf of Panama sinking.
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New York
Fitzgerald
Noremac
London
Thames
Windsor
Chicago
Dickson
Washington
Fall River
Mass
Tory Island
Donegal
Ireland
Delaware & Hadson River
Putnam Station
N. Y
Gulf of Panama
Texel
Truckee
Cal
Mink
Pensacola
Fla
Eureka Cast Steel Company
Lamokin
Wells
Granville
Duel By Horsewhips Leaves North Barot Farmers Wounded
John ston and Saks Williams, rival farmers near Guilford, fought a three hour horsewhip duel over a disputed remark. Both men sustained severe wounds across bodies and faces with welts and gashed flesh. No arrests recorded as friends seek to hush the incident. Greensboro NC special to Chicago Tribune, Oct. 25.
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Gerwis
Guilford
Ralph Johnston
Saks Williams
Johnston
Wiliams
North Carolina
Williams
Greenshboro CN. C
Chicago Tribune
Thanksgiving Proclamation Observed By United States
The 25th day of October 1882 proclamation by President Chester A. Arthur declares Thanksgiving Day set for November 10. It calls for national gratitude for peace, health, prosperity, and moral education, urging acts of charity and prayer across the country. Secretary Frederick T. Frelinghuysen signs as and witnesses the seal.
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Washington
United States of America
Chester A. Arthur
United States
Lord
Frederick T. Frelinghuysen
Army Reports Fiscal Year 1882 Budget and Reforms
The Quartermaster-General submits the fiscal year 1882 report to the Secretary of War. Total resources were $13,628,681 with $12,446,442 disbursed and $1,182,239 remaining. Recommendations include open promotions, enlarged acting Quartermaster roles, and enlistment of post Quartermaster- Sergeants. Substantial projected demands exceed clothing and equipment funds. The Subsistence Department reports $4,150,028 resources, $3,740,296 expenditures, and $41,731 unexpended. Relief rations for Mississippi flood victims reached 3,251,000 units. losses from theft and disasters valued at $14,162. supplies to Indians valued at $37,196.
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United States Army
Secretary of War
Scretary of War
Subsistence Department
Prics
Indian Bureau Report Urges Increased Education Funding
Washington October 21 report from the Indian Bureau summarizes progress for the year ending June 30. Land cultivation houses schools and civilization efforts advance while recruiting agents remains challenging. It calls for $1,000,000 for education and warns cash annuities misuse hinders progress.
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Shington
Indian Bureau
Salt Lake City
Congress
United States
Alaska
Five Civilized Tribes
Carlisle
Hampton
Forest Grove
Blrekerithine
Dave Taucht
Conress
Industral
Signal Service Office Reports Expanded Weather Network
The Chief Signal Officer announces eleven new stations and enhanced special reports for cotton and tobacco regions. Plans include weather charts for the farmers bulletin, frost warnings for Louisiana sugar growers, and a proposed tobacco orange west system. Annual personnel costs exceed 9500,000, with civil salaries higher than clerks.
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Washington
Army
Hhe
Texas
United States
Farmers’ Bulletin
Thom
Louisiana
Florida
Northwest
Terrible Railroad Accident Injures Thirty at North Adams Yard
A caboose crash near Zoar and Charlemont on the State Road involved engineer Charles Wells and fireman James Bostly. Thirty three men were injured, eight likely to die, as the Deerfield engine boiler exploded and steam flooded the crowded car.
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North Adams
Mags
Charles Wells
James Bostly
Deerfield
Zoar
Charlemont
John Flynn
John ©. Madden
Peter Barry
Thomas Quinn
J. J. Peckham
Roy & Boston
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