Report of varied 1883 domestic happenings across the U S
News from Minneapolis frost damage to Minnesota wheat. Business deals include Macxkry and Bennett signing a two transatlantic cable contract with Siemens Bros. Yellow fever cases in Alabama raise deaths. Baltimore grand jury probes a waterfront disaster. Bank currency reductions forecast. Rescue of Charles Hyronimus in Dayton. Executions in multiple states. Labor tannery and human hide claims discussed in Boston. Numerous deaths and public notices from New York to Georgia and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minnesota
J. W. Macxkry
California
James Gordon Bennett
New York Herald
Siemens Bros
London
Brewton
Ala
Baltimore
Jth
Hiram Exstein
Buffalo
N. Y
Wholeale
Post Office Department
Tarapore Davis
Flora Noblett
Dave Norton
Joplin
Martin Dempsey
Arkansas
Detroit
Newburg
Washington
Knox
Charles Hyronimus
Dayton
Edward Hovey
New York ‘City
Fanny Vermilye
Margaret Harrison
Calhoun
Taylor Bryant
Monroe
Sand James Stanley
Columbus
Tex
United States Senate Committee On Labor
Boston
Charles T. Chance
New England States
Middle
Western
Southern
Pacific States
Fort Gaines
B. A. Jester
B. F. Hudspeth
Jester
Hudspeth
Mobile
Invine C. Miller
McArthur
Mich
Wendell Era News Gathers Postal Figures and Local Disputes
Reports from Duns Commercial Agency note overall good business across the country. Baysville Long Island hosts an oyster festival where a feud led to a violent church altercation injuring ten including the pastor. Weston Washington Territory suffered a fire causing $150000 in losses. A Terre Haute rail construction train derailment killed three and injuring ten. John Campbell Ironton Ohio, leading Union Iron, makes an assignment to cover liabilities over $500000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
York
Miladelphia
Chicago
Duns Commercial Agency
Baysville
L. I
John Campbell
Ironton, C
Union Iron Company
Civil War Era Notes and Elections Across the Nation
Voters in the Sixth Iowa District chose Cook Fusionist over Stiles Republican by 234 margins to fill the late M E Cutts seat. Arlington National Cemetery interred many Confederate dead as troops escorted remains to Raleigh. Significant events include Supreme Court Civil Rights reaction, union gatherings, suffrage progress in Washington Territory, and key political shifts across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
M. E. Cutts
Cook
Stiles
Arlington National Cemetery
Washington
Raleigh
Virginia
Epwamp Hunter
Pennsylvania
Salt Lake
Supreme Court
Fred Douglass
International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Buffalo
N. Y
The
Association For the Advancement of Women
Chicago
Julia Ward Howe
Sherman
Kinne
Senate
House
Denver
Col
Society of the Army of the Tennessee
Cleveland
W. T. Sherman
Grant
Lake Minnetonka
Minn
Garfield Association of
Artists of All Nations
Lake View Cemetery
Arthur
Coleridge
London
Frelinghuysen
Orvictal
Ohio
Hoadly
Foraker
J. B. Steepman
Toledo
Chickamauga
Loren B. Sessions
Albany
New York
Jtory
Ano
Wibttaxw H. Starr
New London
Conn
Minister Lecture in Waslington on Civil Rights Progress
MeanGgron argues at Waslington that the Supreme Court Civil Rights decision does not slow colored progress and may advance it. He claims common law suffices to protect rights and privileges. James Russell Lowell is named as a candidate for rector of St Andrews University in Edinburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MeanGgron
Ayaain
Waslington
Regent
Supreme Court
James Russell Lowell
United States
Scotch University of St. Andrews
Edinburgh
Scotland
Drowning Trial and Global Turmoil Reported
The report notes Maria McCase of Hamilton Ontario to be executed on December 18 for drowning her child. It covers labor unrest in England, trials of Nihilist Red Cross members in St Petersburg, a French massacre of Hue natives, and severe weather across Europe. Additional items include yellow fever in Altata Mexico, cholera deaths near Alexandria, a Yorkshire colliery explosion, and Palermo brigand sentences.
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Maria McCase
Hamilton
Ont
Wigan
Eng
St. Petersburg
Russia
Red Cross Society
Siberia
Paris
Hue
Ireland
Breslau
Germany
Altata
Mex
Gulf of California
Alexandria
Egypt
S. R. Warren & Son
Toronto
Styria
London
Michael Davitt
Wharncliffe
Yorkshire
Berlin
Baltic
Lubeck
Palermo
Italy
Amarosi
Indictment murders and disasters across states reported
The itemized late news notes indictments and shootings in Polk City Iowa and Lincoln Illinois, with W A Kier killed by his brother in law John Cools and O A Carpenter jailed for Zora Burns’ murder. It also reports snow in Minnesota and Red River Valley, mint treasury figures, Gibraltar earthquakes, Harvard regatta casualties, and other varied incidents across the country.
Trichiniasis in Saxony Spreads Alarm Amid Political Debate
London reports a rising Saxony trichiniasis outbreak with 500 official cases and a 20 percent mortality. Families are affected and experts warn of possible epidemic if the trend continues. Politicians push German pork restrictions, citing imported meat, amid public panic and policy maneuvering tied to Bismarck era laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Saxony
Earthquake in Asia Minor Kills About a Thousand
Reports from Constantinople say yesterday’s quake devastated coastlines from Chesme to Yourla near Smyrna. Up to 1,000 dead, 20,000 left homeless, and widespread ruin across villages with survivors in cold, hungry condition. A government commission will aid local officials as Smyrna sends help.
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Constantinople
Asia Minor
Chesme
Chios
Yourla
Gulf of Smyrna
Smyrna
Porte
Tschesme
Post-Office Report Highlights Growth and Reforms
Washington reports Frank Hatton notes U S post office system expansion with 47 868 offices as of June 30 1883 an increase of 1 632 The report cites Pennsylvania leading with 3 716 offices New York 3 082 and Ohio 2 620 Lancaster County Pa holds the largest local count Removals and suspensions total 316 Salaries for Presidential postmasters may be equalized at last The carrier system is urged for nearby towns and free delivery may be revised with a special stamp for late delivery Local letter postage could drop from two cents to one cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank Hatton
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Lancaster County
First Ostrich Farm Shipment From New York Sparks Interest
The United States first ostrich stock shipped from New York consists of three pairs of three year olds. Sent to Sylvan Lake Florida the birds weigh 150 to 200 pounds and stand seven feet tall. Native to Nubia they took eight months to transport and arrived September 10. Their first feathers are due next year and within five years they may produce two feather crops annually and begin breeding. Scientific and business circles will watch the outcome closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States
Sylvan Lake
Orange County
Fla
Hoboken
Alleged Swindle Leads to Warrants in Indianapolis
Warrants issued for B L Gardiner and Arthur L Blue on charges of using mails to defraud. As T C Gordon & Co they offered a combined thermometer and barometer for twenty eight cents, sent from all parts of the country. Most letters included remittances, but the instrument was never forwarded. Gardiner fled, Blue left town.
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Indianapolis
Ind
B. L. Gardiner
Arthur L. Blue
T.C. Gordon & Co
Gardiner
Blue
United Order of Honor
Four Boys Fuse Blasting Cartridge in New York
Four young boys aged six to eight found a giant powder cartridge at Broadway and Fifty-eighth Street. They lit the fuse causing severe injuries: John Burke with a fractured skull, two Cottingham brothers badly blinded, and Michael Taylor head and face cuts. Burke likely to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John Burke
Michael . Taylor
William
John Cottingham
Broadway
Fifty-eighth Streets
Cottingham Brothers
Michael Taylor
Burke
Attorney General on Arkansas Civil Rights Grievances
Brewster reviews J W Miles letter from Arkansas black leaders detailing grievances against private persons and authorities. He says rights questions fall to the U S Constitution and state courts. The U S cannot intervene in state lands, prosecutions, or mob violence unless invited by state government or under insurrection. The remedy lies with state or Supreme Court appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Brewster
J. W. Miles
Arkansas
United States
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Man Trapped in 50 Foot Well as Rescue Efforts Fail
In Dayton Ohio an Italian German worker Charles Hyranimus is trapped in a 50 foot well after its stave shell collapses. Fellow laborer Charles Diers is lowered in and rescued with a broken shoulder blade. By midnight Hyranimus remains alive underground, praying for a knife to end his life as hope for rescue fades.
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Dayton
Charles Hyranimus
Charles Diers
Hyranimus
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. M. Kennedy
Dixon, Ill
News OF the
Telegraph and Mail
W. A. Kier
Stubbs
Polk City
John Cools
O. A. Carpenter
Lincoln
Zora’ Burns
Red River Valley
Burchard
Mint
Treasury
Gibraltar
Harvard
Charles River
F. §. Mead
White River
Batesville
Ark
Lisbon
C. C
New York City
Europe
Provincetown
Mass
Helen M. Crosby
Gloucester
Shelby
N. C
Logan
Harris
Sheffield
Ermesleben
West
Northwest
Post-Office Report
Alegno
Hag
Bes
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