08 Dec 1884
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1884
Page
1
A long sequence of deaths in Whitewater, Wisconsin, linked to a family poisoned over years, centers on Miss Anna Horan who died after a sudden illness. An inquest and chemist tests follow rumors of unknown hands. officers pursue leads as a potential killer remains at large.
The Mississippi River to Texas Railway passenger train was stopped by five masked men near a city switch. Conductor Rice was wounded. express car safe contents valued over 2000 dollars were stolen. Passengers relieved of valuables. assailants fled as a posse pursued. several Arkansans and others reported among the losses. A statewide telegram network mobilized for capture.
A Canadian propeller wreck at Alexandria Bay was floated after Washington authorized Captain Donnelly to proceed. The Cuba, loaded with barley and other goods, was valued at 329,000 with 25,000 insurance. The news notes swift cross border cooperation and warns of delays from formalities. In Pennsylvania, a storm caused fatalities and property damage including a child’s death and injuries, with Greensburg court house roof blown across a street.
Directors and stockholders met on Saturday to fuse five companies into one system from Western Pennsylvania to Council Bluffs Iowa. The route will cross the Mississippi at Aledo Mercer County. Capital stock set at 52 million dollars. bonds and stock not priced until road completion.
The capstone of the Washington Monument was set amid rain as crowds watched from the 500 foot landing. The monument reaches 555 feet with inner work to follow including a passenger elevator. grounds and stones to be added over years. Internal Revenue data show four month totals and shifts in liquor and tobacco taxes. Attorney General Brewster upholds limits on public building plans exceeding congressional appropriations. A glacier Arctic exhibit chart for New Orleans displays Polaris and Greely expeditions findings.
A string of crude crime items from December 6 notes a shocking murder near Darr Town. A woman named Snydee is said to have been killed by her son over $100 saved earnings, with the body buried by the son Snyder who was jailed. Other items include a fatal shooting in Pleasant, Ky by a brother in law, a Wisconsin farmhouse shooting, and a Philadelphia area assault case.
A basement blaze at Dubois & Gray on Main Street swept West Raxport on Saturday, burning Cottage Hotel and six stores plus seven dwellings. Twelve families left homeless as losses reach up to 363,000 with 30,000 on buildings and remaining on stock, insurance covering stock and buildings at 30,000. Help arrived from Montpelier Northfield and South Royalton with fire engines aiding efforts to save the rest of town.
The body of Joan Harrington, Irish laborer, was found in an unoccupied store on Main Street near the river. He lay as if kneeling, with multiple head wounds from a piece of iron, suggesting a fatal blow. No clue to the murderer.
Dispatches say El Mahdi ordered a force to cross the Nile as if dry land. 3,000 soldiers perished when the river claimed them, shaking his authority as followers desert. The setback followed clashes over Niger region talks and railway probes in West Africa. Parliament adjourned to February amid storms in Abbey politics. A vessel disaster near Holyhead left crews missing and coastlines grim with ruin. Investigations into deputy marshals and recent criminal indictments were noted in Washington.
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