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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1883
Page
1
A freight derailment near Sulton River station on the Oswego and Western Railway after a broken rail caused a wheels run over a trestle. Conductor Bradley was fatally injured, a brakeman severely injured, and a brake man escaped by leaping into the creek. A separate report from Montana details a mob hanging a suspect.
Emmett O Niell a Schenectady broker fled after failing and defrauding Duanesburg and Schenectady residents of at least 250000. He managed his father's estate and bank directorship, used forged mortgages and resignments, forged notes, and produced eight notes purportedly signed by Colonel Church for 85000 each, with only two genuine.
Specie Dispatch reports Egan in New York asserting Lady Florence Dixie’s charges are utterly false. His accounts have been audited by Juan Dillion Rev Father Sheehy and Matthew Warris. No subscriber complaints exist about the league fund. He will stay in the country three to four months, visit Buffalo, and attend the land league convention in Philadelphia on the 25th.
A boy aged ten shoots his eight year old sister during a prank at their home. The boy claims the gun was not loaded and the sister pretends to cut herself. The incident is reported amid broader dispatches on Patrick Egan’s arrival, Irish affairs, a Madagascar treaty, counterfeit coins, banking checks, petroleum exports, pension clerks, labor manifestos, and education reforms at military academies.
Lusnox dispatch reports on March 14 that about 3000 weavers demanded higher wages and left work in Hudder field district. Manufacturers refused, causing suspension of work for a time and prompting calls for investigation into Trish affairs and a committee decision.
A meeting of Irish Scotch and English MPs formed a committee to inform the public about Irish reformers. The panel will be impartial with no Parnellites involved, a plan welcomed by most, though some Irish fear it may not be fully evenhanded.
Special dispatch notes widespread disgust among provincials as social unrest damages business and employment rises. Government allocates work outside the city for thousands of unemployed while chambers plan to convene on the 18th to address anticipated socialist meeting at the Champ de Mars.
Developments in the Buckingham case reveal a blackmail scheme by Margaret Buckingham and her sister. One sister posed as a whiskey informer to the license inspector, naming the other to swear. Two grocers were summoned for alleged crooked whiskey dealings. Margaret admitted purchasing liquor and later perjured herself. her sister allegedly sought extortion from the grocers via a private interview.
Lightning flashes report notes on a wife beating bill punished by whipping and a Missouri senate high license bill becoming law. Anthracite coal firms agree to resume full time work next week. Five million barrels of oil sold in Pittsburgh yesterday with prices around 41. Six million at Oil City at 51.00. Madagascar asks Britain and Germany to intervene to prevent bombardment of Tamatave. Brooklyn lawsuit for $50,000 damages over alleged alienation of wife’s affections names Schnell and Biotim.
A Pennsylvania House bill to ban delays and discrimination by railroad and other transport providers clears the chamber. Reports from Denver trace Capt. Aylward linked to the Boer insurrection with a New York associate allegedly offering to betray him for 5000 dollars. A North American glass workers bill aims to criminalize hiring under contract for reduced wages. In New York Salmi Morse faces Passion play exhibition charges with a license dispute ending in dismissal. Flooded Delta area towns and submerged plantations sprawl from Helena to Concordia. Duke murder trial closes. Dukes warned by a prior letter to perform duty or risk retribution as witnesses testify to his character. Remains of Deadwood massacre victims buried in one grave. town observes the interment. Halowe and Alexander’s lower limbs cited as barred at a crp.
The legislature postponed consideration of a proposed constitutional ban on liquor manufacture and sale. A bill by Mr. Boyd would require every new railroad to assign at least one tenth of its stock to the state comptroller for public benefit, with dividends prioritized and votes controlled by the governor. Other measures include restricting railroad capital increases, regulating grain elevator charges, and valuing real estate taken by railroads at its first value. The Niagara park bill passed after tense votes, and Mr Page pushed a bill to improve conditions for the insane in eastern counties.
Special dispatches recount tariff constitutional questions raised by Congressman Kelley and statements from Edmunda hicker and Sherman. A separate note covers Rev J B Hamton's sudden disappearance in Hoboken with police investigating foul play.
Cashier White of the city Gas Trust company testified that ex-president Roberts supplied councilmen with liquor and cigars totaling over seven thousand dollars at the city’s expense, masked under a clerk’s name. The councilmen allegedly consumed the goods. The Lebanon Reformed church in Hamburg, Pa., found Rev. Alex Keyser guilty of unlawful intimacy and breach of promise, deposed him from the ministry.
At 3 p.m. observers report poor weather with light rain moving in from the south. Winds shift to the northwest, temperatures mostly steady or rising briefly before falling, then rising again as barometric pressure changes.
Latest market figures updated by telegraph for the evening session. Corrections reflect price movements across commodities and securities, with emphasis on primary indices and notable shifts in leading trades. Analysts caution that figures may adjust with late reporting from exchanges.
Grain markets show little change with Buffalo firm on some grains and no public wheat sales despite a rumor of 45,000 bushels changing hands from Duluth. Cincinnati notes mixed signals with pork and whiskey prices steady. New York stock listings drift, with several rail and utility names mentioned. detailed quotes scattered across markets.
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