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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1885

Page

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Interview with Dr Elliott on General Grant cancer diagnosis

Dr George K R Elliott, the specialist who diagnosed General Grant's throat cancer as epithelioma, explains the superficial, slowly progressing form. He notes the illness is unlikely to cause rapid death, though relapses and gradual decline are expected, with life potentially prolonged for some time.

New York Grant Senator Chaffee Dr. Newmar George KR. Elliott Bufferer Boston Eliott Thna Shrady

Court sets July 1 for Wagner execution in Sheehan murder case

The Circuit Court affirmed the lower court and fixed Friday July 1 as the execution date for Wagner, convicted in the Sheehan murder case. The sentence had been suspended for a court review.

Gizan Wagner Sheehan

Trunk Mystery Deepens In Boston Case Conspiracy Theories Rise

The Southern Hotel murder case near St Louis grows more puzzling as detectives and press push theories of a vast conspiracy. The morgue body lacks positive identification, possibly two weeks dead, and reports suggest manipulation of Maxwell and Preller in a complex plot.

Preller Boston Maxwell Dreller Iife San Francisco Capt.Robinson Fort Huron Cashier Hunt Southern Hotel Aloe Optician James Johnson

Suspended in a Cistern Tragedy in Main Street

On April 2, Frank Busse, 27, entered a cistern at 495 Main Street to retrieve a charcoal furnace for cement drying and suffocated from furnace fumes. Rescuer Alfred Royser, a Freie Presse collector, collapsed and is in a precarious condition. A separate fire at Terminna Hotel in Victoria, B C, April 20, destroyed seven frame buildings. two bodies recovered, presumed hotel guests, with losses estimated at £30,000.

Frank Busse Main Street Alfred Royser Freie Presse Bnasc Wimima Victoria B. C Terminna Hotel

Infatuated With Eas Bail Plea for Divorce

Thomas Carney seeks a divorce on grounds his wife is infatuated with baseball, neglecting home and planning to join a female baseball club, after frequent game attendance and abandoning family duties.

Eas Pirraninen Apri Thomas Carney

DARDANELLES AND AFGHAN TANGLE SHAPE WAR FATE

London dispatches detail British Turkish loans tied to Dardanelles access and Afghan frontier leverage. Conservatives push to force policy on Penjdeh and Herat, railing against foreign war material contracts amid rising tensions with Russia and fears of Fenian unrest.

Loxpos Dardanelles Turkey Black Sea Mediterranean Berlin England Staniboul Europe Constantinople London Lord Beaconsheld Acs Penjdeh Herat Russia Lord Beaconsfield Nussia Afghanistan Germany Belgium America Jied Sea Suakim Ricl Northwest Territory Canadian Washington United States Earl Granville Fredsinghuysen Bayard Foreign Office

Riel Folds Plan as Middleton Faces Scarce Provisions

Northwest insurgent tensions rise as rumors claim Riel may strike from Touchwood Hills toward Little Manitou Lake. General Middleton, exhausted and short of supplies, reshapes his operations with line repairs delaying crossings while scouts spread word of possible clashes at Duck Lake and Clark's Crossing.

Qu’Arpe le Station Apel Riel General Middleton Atzike Touchwood Hills Clarke Little Manitou Lake Touchwood Clarke’s Calgarry Barritronp Little Pine Bank Missouri River Fort Pitt Winntres Man Middleton Irvine Batouche Humbolt Saskatchewan River Duck Lake Grabier Batonche Clark Ries White Cap Teton Sioux Rel Temperance Saskatchewan Clark's Crossing

National League Reinstatement Fines Set After Meeting

A National League meeting in New York on April 20 set reinstatement terms for players who left to join the Union Association last year. Hugh Daly E B Goss Fred Dunlap and George Shaffer face 8500 fines each to be reinstated. Other ex-contract breakers G W Glasscock C F Briody Charles Sweeney James McCormick and F L Shaw owe 1000 each for reinstatement. The Hitching rule faced debate before settling no change yet. The NL amendment to strengthen club union was adopted.

New York National League Union Association Queston Hugh Daly E. B. Goss Fred Dunlap George Shaffer G. W. Glasscock C.F. Briody Charles Sweeney James McCormick F. L. Shaw Philadelphia

Phelan Case Aims to Move Trial to General Sessions

District Attorney Martine stated the case of Richard Short, indicted for shooting Captain Phelan, may be transferred from the Gyner and Terminer Court as Captain Phelan cannot attend the Wednesday trial. If moved, the trial can be scheduled later with Captain Phelan notified of his required appearance. The Scots faction feared Phelan would testify and Short could face States prison if convicted.

R Richard Short Court of General Sessions New York Martine Richard Short Phelan Martime Mossa Short

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