07 Jul 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1883
Page
1
Grain markets show weakness in winter wheat with prices easing and spring wheat dull. Flour trades steady, No 1 hard stock ample for demand, buyers cautious and speculators unsettled. July and July-forward contracts for No 1 hard 12 to 16 cents higher or lower depending on quality, while oats and corn offer limited gains.
Philadelphia reports six sunstroke cases, five total. In Rome, Senator Cipriani’s remains are cremated, first in the city. Weather remains cooler with rain possible in the Lower Lakes. Omaha soldiers escape Fort Omaha, three recaptured after tunneling toward Fort Leavenworth. Gloucester reports a barber shop accident where a shaving customer’s chair was struck by lightning, cutting a man’s ear. Government warns against cholera and yellow fever ports. Dublin Catholic Hierarchy condemns state emigration aid. Grimley the aeronaut reports landing on Catetill mountains amid hurricane. Eric’s John Murphy dies after falling twenty feet from a railroad bridge. police recover him.
A cablegram from Turin ordered Pietro Edoardo Martinigo, clerk at Banca Sub-Alpina, Turin, arrested in New York for embezzling 160000 dollars and sending the funds by the Bolivia. He confessed, saying Carlo Zerlogia, a government officer and bank depositor, urged the overdrawn scheme. Zerlogia fled to Greece, while Martinigo, advised by his family to flee, came to this country before agreeing to return to Italy.
Day Webber and Clark Dean, three county officials, faced a masked gun attack near a pine thicket as they traveled to a meeting. Day died, Webber and Dean were mortally wounded. One assailant was killed. Mills, a county commissioner, was found among the deceased. Suspected gunmen include Bill Redman and Len Coffia.
Kyvansville Mina residents report twenty six buildings burned with losses around 150000. Massillon Ohio paper mill burns for 25000. Godaden Alabama fifteen business houses burned. Mobile reports bark Bega from Vera Cruz with most bands down to yellow fever. Elgin Illinois three story brick mowing machinery factory burned for 24000. Clyde Ohio Star touring mills foundry machine shop two grain elevators burned costing 50000. St Johns New Jersey Little Bay mining village fire leaves six hundred homeless. Houston Texas John Cove colored hanged for felonious assault private execution. Haverhill Massachusetts seven ice houses burned likely arson with 25000 logs. St Paul Minnesota Wood's Opera House green room fire destroys theater at midnight. Atlantic Iowa bonded warehouse struck by lightning, seven hundred barrels of alcohol consumed, loss 22000. Boston Massachusetts clerk Timothy Smith confesses to 270000 defalcation, arrested. Concord New Hampshire anti Bellsin candidates meeting unresolved for Senator. Springfield Illinois coal miners strike general. fire in Sangamon and Barelsy mines, check weighman paid. Montreal decree grants separation for broker Thomas Davidson and wife. Allentown Pennsylvania Amalgamated Association Bethlehem Steel Company dispute unsettled, another mill shut. majority of men employed.
Buttle refuses to return to the heatther de teva as Ray Torvread Fives face pressure to recover it. Buffalo sports fined as authorities move to resolve the dispute and enforce penalties.
A robber snatched a pocket book containing 1600 dollars from a bank messenger at Continental Bank in broad daylight. The messenger seized the thief, who dropped the money and fled the scene.
In Burrato on June 7 eight dog fighters were fined 20 dollars each this morning in a special AP report.
A wild semi-nude woman, believed an escaped lunatic from Dauphin County Almshouse, is reported on Kingston Mountain. Police and rescuers search for her in the rural area as residents fear for her safety. Local authorities await further developments.
Berlin forms a committee to erect a Martin Luther monument. St. Petersburg reports the interior minister bought the Golos for 400000 roubles. North Salem discharges another Black man after suspecting assault on Miss Stocum. New Haven notes an alligator three and a half feet long in Mill River by Yale boathouse. Troy records Joseph Clarkson killed by lightning near Coxsackie. he lived in Poughkeepsie. Ennis, Ireland, says Cunningham, said to be invincible, arrested for shooting Farmer Griffey. Nashville notes prison leased to Tenn Railroad Coal & Iron Co for six years at 101000 per year. Ogden powder works explosion kills Porter and injures others. Bertin reports wife kills two children and herself in Ricksdorf near Berlin. San Antonio mentions ex Major Wasson, paymaster, seeking to publish more, denied access.
A heavy storm eight miles south of Anpony damaged crops and farm buildings. Ice houses belonging to C. V. Barker at Cedar Hill and Frank Bean at Castleton were toppled. A Tresdell barn at Castleton was razed and Peter Holland injured. The ice barge Julia broke from moorings and the passenger steamer Eagle nearly capsized with doors blown in and upper deck wrecked. Passengers were thrown into consternation.
The shoe firm that owned the tanned Luman skin given to Governor Butler will sue to recover it as Butler refuses to return the item.
Internal Revenue Bureau misdirected check stamps and a fatal Marion County case are noted. A telegram reports the murder of Charles Vaughn, a key witness in election cases. The Arlington estate tax dispute hinges on a tax payment dispute with a late tender claim.Secretary Teller and Secretary Lincoln discuss Apache captives and the Colville reservation settlement. Chief Moses agrees to surrender, with a sawmill schoolhouse and physician planned, opening up about 2,000,000 acres for settlement. Lincoln and Crook meet the President to discuss San Carlos. The officials foresee no department rift, aiming at a united Indian policy.
A falling derrick at the Walker quarry in Lamont killed two workers, Mathew Rogers and John B. Quest, as reported by the Associated Press on July 7. The incident halted operations pending investigation and safety review.
Burugatoy VI July 6 The Governor calls out four First Regiment companies to quell Ely violence. About 800 strikers armed with 150 kegs of powder threaten the town. Sheriff and posse unable to cope. Col Greenleaf commands. Governor will accompany troops and telegraphs mine owner to pay the men at once.
Philadelphia reports Wr. Sheifi, a middleweight, arriving from England with Arthur Chambers to train for a Sullivan bout. Otsego Lake resident Alexander Perry fatally shot O W Bidwell’s wife after a confrontation. Meantime, the Black Sea quarantine tightens to curb cholera from Egypt and Mecca pilgrimages are banned. Cairo to Damietta report cholera deaths and crowded Beyrout lazaretto. London criticizes Khedive, Madrid discusses constitutional amendments, and Arequipa journals spread a Casapaldas victory tale deemed false.
In Dexvey Colorado July 6 the town reports unrest after a masked mob attacked Grand County Commissioners Barney Day Jr G Mills and B P Webber Day and Mills seek to declare illegal the vote that created Grand Lake as county seat. The dispute stems from historic shifts of the county seat from Hot Sulphur Springs to Grand Lake following 1879 and 1840 elections. The matter has proceeded through District Court to the Supreme Court amid ongoing factional hostility.
Special dispatches describe a boiler valve rupture causing John Hero and Joan Hollinge to be cooked to death during cleaning. Additional notes report Louis Long burglar W C Nichols and BR C Aunter escaping Oswego county jail, and Albert Harvey taking his own life while under murder arrest in Northrows.
New Years July 7 financial report shows loans up $570000 while specie and legal tenders fall by 1290000 and 1601000 respectively. Deposits decrease 1041000 and circulation drops 830000 with a reserve decline of 9595000.
Special Dispatch reports Michael Quilty shot himself on his wife's doorstep at Greenwich in Troy on July 7. Authorities investigated the incident as a suicide.
Special dispatch from Aurxanpria July 7 reports 107 deaths from cholera in Damietta yesterday. Expressed figures reflect a severe outbreak with rapid loss of life and public health concerns in the city.
In Reapixa Pennsylvania on July 7 brothers Doctors Aston J. C. Detwiler and Washington C. Detwiler were drowned last night while bathing.
Special Dispatch reports a sailor aboard the bark Salome from Vera Cruz died yesterday of the black vomit. Another crew member is ill with yellow fever. The Salome is isolated from all shipping and placed under rigid quarantine.
Reports from Bauch Chunk Pa Yorktown note a July 4 midnight shooting where Michael McCauley died and William Harris faces jail with claim of self defense. In Copenhagen a prisoner confessed arson at Victoria docks in London 1881 once linked to Fenian activity. Grand Trunk Railroad accidents destroy locomotives and twelve cars with a fatally injured brakeman Porter. Calcutta floods in Surat cause major property damage and some deaths while British forces repel a large native force in Assam. Burnt village and widespread destruction leave thousands homeless.
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