21 Feb 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1883
Page
1
TeleGraphic News reports in brief form on Calumet area elections and supervisors, a disputed death report of Robert A. Packer denied, Milwaukee domestic tragedy deemed a shame, a Cleveland incident of attempted self harm, and a New York school disaster with several young victims.
Special dispatches recount local contests on February 21 across multiple towns. Republican candidates won supervision, clerks, justices, assessors, and highway posts by large margins while license votes varied. several towns recorded no license endorsements and notable party balance shifts. Key results include E. H. Dickerman in Wreirigio and L. Van Vliet as assessor, with broad GOP control noted in multiple precincts.
A special dispatch notes narrow margins in local contests. J Flags, Democrat, won the Supervisor seat by 1 vote in Stoexvos election. Jamestown reports Rep St Xn Marvin re elected Supervisor by 4 over H Smith, with ELF Carpenter license candidate gaining 467 votes.
A Windsor Mills Ontario heiress, valued at 200000 dollars, elopes with a man posing as Lord Cantyre. The groom is revealed as the son of a poor English clergyman and a fortune hunter, exposing a bold imposture. The couple wed Monday in an event described as a major society sensation. The report notes a U S naval steamer, the Ashlot, lost off the China coast.
Special Dispatch to the Evening Observer lists many local supervisors and party affiliations across Chautauqua County from Arkwright and Busti to Portland and Hanover with names such as Silas W. Parker Charley Henry Sylvester and John Oltoway among others, noting Democratic and Republican rosters and various towns represented.
A well known woman in sporting circles shot herself on a public street early last evening, pulling a ball in her breast but surviving. Less than a week earlier she attempted suicide by poison but was pumped out. She had tried to kill herself several times, often threatening another attempt after each failure. Her life has been described as romantic.
A panic at a Fourth Street school run by the German Catholic church and Sisters of Charity caused sixteen child deaths. A small fire under a staircase triggered the rush as 70 pupils tried to escape through narrow inward swinging doors and crowded stairways. Firemen and police evacuated the injured to nearby tenements as investigators fault safety rules and crowded rooms.
Billy O Toole died in the office of Dr Orton yesterday. Orton once led the city’s medical practice before serving time for passing counterfeit money. He pursued a relationship with a woman living with him, and planned marriage, while his devoted wife endured his disgrace and infamy.
James Hackett, who resigned from the Dublin Police rather than fire on his own nationality, lives in Cinace. He told reporters Carey’s wife was flushed on the night of the Phenix Park Murder and hid weapons under a cloak. Carey is said to have planned the murder with his wife nearby, Hackett claims, a story vouched for by locals.
Special Dispatch reports the Morro Castle, a Clyde line steamship from New York to Charleston, caught fire in the saloon while all hands slept. Crew escaped, including a stewardess in night attire. The vessel, valued at $20,000 and insured, burned down to the water’s edge.
The Maine Senate backed a constitutional prohibitory amendment by a 21 to 2 vote. A forthcoming czarist manifesto promises loans to peasants for land purchases and improvements. A Nihitiat suicide occurred Sunday after a secret society chose to assassinate the czar on coronation day. Harvard and Yale boat clubs agree to an annual race, with the next event at New London the Thursday after Yale’s commencement.
The Senate debated several introduced measures including Pitts on bank deposits as preferred debt, Lansing on pharmacy and poisons, Mackin on stock shares, and Lansing on rent taxation. Bills passed covered estate summaries, session justices, library funding, school funding, and a constitutional finance amendment. Reports from the assembly noted child labor limits, medical examiners in violent deaths, evacuation day holiday, veterinary registrations, and insurance policy cash values. Elmira businessman H H Sayles died suddenly. An Iron Mountain express derailment injured a fireman and fatally injured a rider. no passengers harmed. King Kalakaua’s coronation in Honolulu drew seventy thousand spectators with cooperation from war fleets authorities.
Early editions report mixed items including a Jacksonville rumor about Asa Packer proved false as he survives a consuming illness. San Francisco port officers seized opium valued at 315,000 aboard the City of Tokio in a failed attempt to smuggle the drug past inspectors.
The United States naval steamer Ashlot was sent off the coast yesterday. Officers say all saved after a struggle, but eleven crew members drowned. The ship carried six guns and was burdened. Cincinnati gig works have resumed operations. Militia have been removed from patrol duty.
Market notes from observ הד as of evening trading show flour up 26 cents per barrel, oats, wheat and white winter terms. several railroads and financial quotes listed for Detroit Toledo Cincinnati and Chicago markets with prices for No 2 and No 1 hard wheat and various futures. Oil, coal, and railroad stock prices appear with regional exchanges and telegraph corrections for the day.
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