More Thorough Indian Education and Liquor Crackdown Proposed
Washington reports Commissioner Hiram Price urges broader Indian service funding and bulk appropriations. He calls for outlawing liquor in Indian country and punishing arms suppliers, plus civil and criminal jurisdiction for Indians equal to other citizens. He notes rising boarding school attendance and Alaska’s neglected civilization efforts.
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Washington
Hiram_ Price
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Service
Price
Congress
Alaska
Donea
Yellow Fever Outbreak Destroys Mazatlan Population
In August J A Robertson and five companions went to Mazatlan to buy a sugar plantation. Fever forced retreat and all contracted illness, with one death. By Oct 15 about one third of residents had died, coffin burials in early September numbered 480, death rate likely higher. Eleven bodies were dumped from a Mexican gunboat as the expedition left. Robertson believed the fever had run its course.
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San Francisco
J. A. Robertson
Mazatlan
Robertson
Democrata
Physician Killed as Lighted Paper Drops in Gas Well
In Mineral Ridge Ohio a gas explosion fatally injures Dr A J Leitch president of the school board after he lights a paper wrapped around a stone and drops it into a 50 foot gas well. Several spectators and workmen are seriously burned and injured as bricks and timbers fly from the blast.
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Mineral Riple
A. J. Leitch
Leitch
Impaled by a Red-Hot Rail in Scranton Mill Death
Michael Durkin, 40, was killed instantly at the Lackawanna Iron and Steel Company mill in Scranton when a red-hot rail from the Falls struck him in the back just above the hips and penetrated his body while he was piling rolls. The accident occurred on October 27.
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Scranton
Michael Durkin
Lackawanna Iron & Steel Company
Colored men protest denounce Civil Rights decision meetings
Reports from Washington Cincinnati and Indianapolis describe crowded color leader meetings denouncing the Supreme Court Civil Rights decision.Frederick Douglass urged ballot power moderation. R G Ingersoll urged rejecting Republicans until endorsed. Delegates condemned the decision and urged full equality protections and party accountability.
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Washington
Lincoln Hall
Supreme Court
J. M. Gregory
Republican Party
Shellabarger
Justice
Cincinnati
Zion Church
EB. A
Thompson
Oe Ff
Parkham
Peter H. Clark
Bar of Justice
Caldwell
Louisville
Jackson
Justice Harlan
Indianapolis
Jorrison
Peele
J. W. Gordon
John Coburn
Lincoln
Sumner
Fatal Railroad Accident Near Fort Edward
A Caldwell Glens Falls and Fort Edward train derailed on a wood bridge near Fort Edward New York leaving three dead and twenty one injured. Conductor John Jenkins escaped and led passengers to safety as crews removed others from the wreckage. The disaster is blamed on the bridge’s weak support and a plunge into the canal feeder below.
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Fort Edwarrpd
N. Y
Caldwell
Glens Falls
Fort Edward
Albany
Troy
Edward Deal
Deal
John Jenkins
Dallas Crippen
Wincop
Gloversville
Michael Monohin
Theiz
Thomas E. Connors
Patrick Howard
T.brady
J. Jenkins
Edward Deatinger
B. Theiz
L. M. Hamland
Anna Tisdale
Whitehall
Thomas Loomis
Charles Scheffers
Albion
Saratoga
Florence Stoddard
John Cashion
Bond County seat plan dead. Greenville court house urged
A historical survey notes Bond County will not move its seat from Greenville to Smithboro for now, while a $20,000 appropriation for a new Greenville Court House is urged. Other items include ownership questions about Arsenal Island, Lincoln’s 1840 speech site, a fatal train incident near Bethany, Chicago saloon violence, and a Chicago post office promotion.
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Bond County
Greenville
Smithbor
Carmi
White County
Lincoln
Arsenal Island
St. Louis
Missouri
Secretary of the Interior
David Woolen
Bethany
Moultrie County
Fourth Avenue
Chicago
Charles Reynolds
Edward Patterson
E. A. Clifford
Evanston
Cook County
Post-office Department
Washington
Clifford
Andrew J. Mason
William A. Paddocks
Mason
Carlinville
Macoupin County
Maron
Crawford County
Elm
David Eddy
Pecatonica
Winnebago County
State Board of Charities reports Illinois asylums deficits and per capita costs
The quarterly meeting in Chicago reviewed inmate totals of about 3,471 and total disbursements of 3,244,481. It lists debts paid, expenses for 1883, and the cash surplus after obligations. Per capita maintenance cost for 1883 was 205.82 compared to 214.15 the prior year with hopes for reducing insane paupers in county almshouses after new legislation.
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State Board of Charities
Chicago
J.C. Corbus
Mendota
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Moline
Grimshaw
Pittsfi
Wines
Burr Fund Ein Oer
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Bede
SOUW
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Es Vareeneek
State Board
W.o
Northern Insane Asylum
Yeates
Eastern Insane Asylum
Central Insane Asylum
Southern Insane Asylum
Engdee
ENO
ABP
Halal Aueceus
Cook County
Illinois
Money for Base Ball shows big sums in 1883 league players
A Hartford Times analysis argues that baseball salaries and expenditures in 1883 far exceed the reported 155,700, with estimates up to 600,000 including league games and exhibitions. It notes high salaries for top players and massive crowds in St. Louis and other cities, and cites Philadelphia Athletic Club spending about 34,000 with 70,000 profit.
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Haw Sing Hd mieWh Wath Se Sajesty
New York
Philadelphia Athletic
St. Louis
Hartford
Conn
Public notices and literary notes from major writers
Ina D Coolbrith and Miss Fletcher are noted in public and literary mentions. Mira Compton of Hancock County eloped and married, while Emily McTavish joins a charity sisterhood. Harper’s agent Bowker cites strong London sales and Blaine refuses a large offer for From Lincoln to Garfield. Books and publishers are highlighted with Verne, Prime, and publishing centers discussed.
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Ina D. Coolbrith
Oakland
Cal
Miss Fletcher
Kismet
Miss
Mira~ Compton
Hancock County
Isim
Detroit Post
Emily McTavish
Baltimore
Sisters of Charity
Bowker
London
Harper's
Blaine
Lincoln
Garfield
J. Y. Times
Cat with Scarlet Fever Catched from Human Patient
A historic account notes Becky the cat contracting scarlet fever from a young mistress. The feline showed feverish symptoms, refused food, and temporarily required hot poultices before recovering, with witnesses confirming the reported illness. Isabel Smithson, in American Agriculturist, provides the proof.
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Becky
Isabel Smithson
Missionary Rev. Burdette Sails to India from New York
Rev. Charles Edwin Burdette sails from New York for India to labor as a missionary in Assam. He is brother of Bob Burdette of Hawkeye fame, graduated from Brown University in 1880 and Newton Theological Institution in 1883.
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Charles Edwin Burdette
New York
India
Assam
Bob’’ Burdette
Hawkeye Fame
Brown University
Newton Theological Institution
Humorous Fragments From Old Newspapers
A collage of quips and social scenes from the era, including lines about a head wound joke, dancing society, a duel misfire, lawyers joking about faith and charity, a rainy Coney Island incident, a militiaman grocer falling through a trap door, a goose laying eggs quip, a church steps gossip, and a marital ad with no reasonable offer refused.
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Cleveland
Norristown Herald
Boston Transcript
Archange
Coney Island
Thompson
N. Y
Grocer
Jim
Chicago Tribune
Rollo
San Francisco
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Paris
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