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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1883

Page

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Buffalo One Price Clothing Store Promotes Bargains

Local ads tout cheap clothing cleaned and repaired by Peter Hermes on Buffalo Street near Second. TL C Smith markets The Best Scent cigar at 31 Center Street. Center Street and Center St featured notices for boarding, hats, and a large line of youth and children suits. Also advertised Lott Slab Wood at 150 per Cord delivered from Hamiltons Coal and Lumber Yards.

Peter Hermes Buffalo Street Second Ammetes TL C. TL. Smith Center Street Buffalo One Price Clothing Store Buffalo One Price Centre St

Woman's terrible death suicide by torture in flames

Telegraphic News reports a woman dies by self immolation in a ghastly act of torture. The tragedy is noted as occurring with her clothes aflame. The incident is followed by brief items on Washington correspondence and Philadelphia manufacturing concerns.

Correspondent's Tale and Ireland Dispatch

A Washing ton correspondent reports an interview with a British Legation attache noting Parnell dispatched Mooney and Egan to act with caution. England would respond strongly to threats and monitor the seven member council, with a US senator among them increasing cross county tension. Britain will not give up Ireland, Parnell fears for personal safety. Also, Moses Taylor hospital plan is complete with building costs above 300000 and endowments of 200000 from Percy De Hin and Taylor heirs, plus large subscriptions from Lackawana Coal & Iron Co and Delaware Lackawanna & Western to near a million dollars.

Evening Observer Cureace Washington Legation Parnell Mooney Egan England Council of Seven United States Great Britain Ireland Tate Evening Observer Scrasfox Moses Taylor Hospital Percy de Hine Teylor Lackawana Coal & Iron Co

Mary Ballerana Dies In Self-Immolation At Home

Special dispatch reports in Tenn April 30 that Mary Ballerana poured oil on her clothing and set herself aflame, resisting rescue efforts as flames consumed her. In another notice from Mt Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal church, morning worship recited the Apostles Creed and Psalter as a new practice begins.

Evening Observer Naanvine Tenn Mary Ballerana Non Place Methodist Episcopal Church

Strike avoided as cigar makers win wage demand

April 30 reports say seventy five manufacturers agreed to the cigar makers wage increase, averting a strike. Other items include indictments for conspiracy to defraud pensioners involving over eighty thousand dollars, and a severe set of disasters with fires in Michigan and a deadly tornado near Benton Texas causing multiple deaths and extensive damage.

Evening Observer Priapecenn Arnans

Arrest Warrant Issued for Embezzlement in Scuaxots PA

A warrant is issued for John B Cowells, general agent for Lowell Manufacturing of Erie, on embezzlement charges. Deficit in his accounts reached thousands last March. Cowells fled with a disreputable woman after his bondsman father and the couple’s social ties became controversial.

Dianarch Evening Observer Scuaxtos John 8 Cowells Lowell Manufacturing Company Erie Cowwella Cowelly Kentucky Cowelle

Fruitful Evangelizing Converts STEP INTO Free Baptist Faith

About seventy persons within a week or two professed conversion to the Free Baptist church under singing evangelists Clark Wilson and wife of Towanda Pa. Yesterday afternoon seven converts were immersed in Midridge Lake in front of nearly a thousand spectators. Converts must drive home after immersion before warming or drying. Similar baptisms are planned for several Sundays in succession.

Evening Observer Ensina Free Baptist Church Clark Wilson Towanda Midridge Lake

Dispute Over the Canal Brings City and State Clash

In Rochester the Genesee Valley canal sewer dispute shifts动 as the city halts work by order of Superintendent Suannahan. State officials vow to resume dam construction at the southern end of the Obie basin if the sewer is deemed safe. Water was turned into the canal last night by Superintendent Bedcll.

Evening Observer Rochester Genesee Valley Canal Suannahan Obie Basin Pottsville Treasury Bags Brownsville Tex Rio Grande

Discharging Men at Ciscissani Shoe Factories

In Ciscissani on April 80 a number of shoe manufacturers are discharging men and plan wage cuts. Workers inform producers they will not demand a wage increase next season if current pay is kept.

Evening Observer Ciscissani

Immigrant arrivals and strikes frame busy news brief

Nine hundred immigrants arrived in Boyton after an English government effort. Pittsburgh workers from coal, mine, cigarmaking, and plastering trades threaten a Tuesday strike if demands are not met. A steam barge, the Macey, passed through the Mackinac straits via the north passage, first craft reported through. Rifleman, famed stallion of Red Bluff, died aged twenty, with a pedigree back to 1400.

Pittsburgh Mackinac Straits North Passage Rifleman Red Bluff Gal America

Irish Conspiracy Trials and German Windy Minister

Special dispatch from Benue notes Madagascar envoy requests German protection against French aggression. The article suggests resignation unlikely after attack on the North German Gazette involving the American minister. Minister Sargent’s limited direct contact with Prince Bismarck since arrival is mentioned.

Germany Evening Observer Benue Madagascar Sargent Prince Bismarck

The Times Estimate on Irish Convention Causes Caution

Dispatch from London reports The Times criticizes the Irish convention start as folly and malignity and warns Britain to ignore Irish demands. It argues historical independence has been shown and insists on applying firm law rather than concessions to keep order.

Multiple cases shock readers in early 1900s dispatches

A special dispatch reports Joseph Hanton awaiting trial for Phoenix Park murders, with new statements and possible charges. Other notes include trial outcomes, possible U.S. extradition requests, a fatal carriage accident in Pottsville, a Tennessee shooting and train crash, a severe Arcadia storm, a jail siege in Florence Alabama, a Muscle Shoals murder confession, and U.S. claims tied to Taiping era supplies with promised settlements.

Joseph Hanton Phenix Park Patrick Ons Hanton

Washington rumors mix politics and patents in federal notes

Reports show six ex congress members applying for Raum's vacant post within hours of his resignation. Treasury and revenue updates highlight gains in March receipts and ongoing smuggling crackdowns. Navy invites steel ship proposals and river harbor work progresses amid large unspent balances. A bold claim favors paper rails and wheels as a cheaper durable railway material.

Raum Congress

Five O'clock Dispatches on the Pacific Railway Strike

A Bostonian shoots a companion by mistaken identity amid a Boston area case. Albany cigar shops close as cigar makers strike for higher wages. In Fort Worth a construction train derailed on the Texas Pacific line, killing several workers including AL Simmons and Eugene Price.

Evening Observer Fort Worth Texas Texas Pacific Railway AL Simmons Eugene Price Johnson

Fatal Mistake on Fall River Steamer Killing

Special dispatch reports Albert Beats, a spice dealer, shot and killed his partner Hear ty aboard the Fall River Steamer Cristol this morning. They shared state rooms and were alone when Beats fired, striking Hear ty and killing him instantly. Beats fired a revolver and appeared stunned by the incident.

Dosfox Albert Beats Hearty Cristol Ken Aerouh

Weather Report From Signal Station Event

Partly cloudy conditions with rain in the western portion. Lower barometer and variable winds mainly from east to south. Warmer temperatures expected.

Trade and Markets Corrected by Telegraph for Evening

Markets report corrected by telegraph cover wheat futures and corn notes. Prices show wheat No 2 red mixed bids and spring demand, corn values mixed with higher bids. Regional and city price shifts noted with western oats and pork market tangents.

Telegraph Michigan Cork Cork Tive Wucl Oanchansen Price Valles HG Bu Ahs Sismple Fen Krack Oris Petra Tetley Apparentis

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