09 May 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1883
Page
1
Special to AP reports Major Wasson admitting a $5,500 shortage in his paymaster accounts after a $24,000 train robbery cover story. He is under arrest and bondsmen are said to be good for $6,500. court-martial likely.
Regular convocation details for Dun Commandery No. 10 K T on the second and fourth Wednesdays. Additional locals advertise Buffalo street cleaners, cheap clothing repairs, and a range of market goods from cigars to poultry and lard. Promotions for one price clothing at 47 Center Street and plant offerings at W I Edwards Co plus various farming supplies at Hamilton’s yards.
Brief telegraph notes report Gen Lynch promoted to Vice Admiral in Valparaiso Chile. Other items include a steamer floated at Vineyard Haven, a grand pilgrimage to Notre Dame de Lourdes in July, and political social unrest across Madrid, Paris, Cairo, and Troy with various local incidents and accidents.
Special dispatch reports tension in Belleville coal mining area with arson arrests. John McCade held for firing a saloon as his family faced near suffocation during the incident. Mexican forces noted in the field amid unrest and security measures.
Edward Lafferty of Doveksros Pa attempted to eat five goose eggs daily for twenty days. He completed half the task by yesterday, May 9, in Doveksros.
At West Belleville on Monday night, strikers clashed with men taking their places in the Western Cooperative coal mines. The mines are the largest in the area and owned by miners who formed a company of their own.
Special dispatch from Tomasrost Arizona May 9 confirms the clash between Mexicans and Indians on April 25 near the Chiluahua mines. Mexicans claimed a victory with twenty or thirty Indians killed. No news yet of Crook's detachment.
Reports from Texan and western locales describe uncertain details of Crook’s movements against Apache forces. Mexican cavalry and leaders weigh prospects as hailstorms, train collisions, and circus winds complicate life. An armed clash and a leather mail pouch theft are noted in separate incidents.
National board reports 170 deaths from glandular plague near Soulimania and Bagdad Asis. Civil service rules published. exams to expand access nationwide with boards of sub examiners by July 16. Crook’s border actions noted. Folger disputes subpoena power. Merritt reports Irish distress driving emigration. Parnell in London backs sub committees. Clinton prison labor contract for 450 convicts in Plattsburg for five years.
Special dispatch notes Clark and Rowlands, solicitors, hired to define Dr Gallagher and Whitelend, the dynamite prisoners. Smallpox in West Virginia mentioned in brief as context while Chicago crooks board a train and commit robbery involving The Dynamiters.
Small pox has crossed Mercer county West Virginia with fifty cases and twenty deaths reported since Sunday in Mercer. The two counties tally reaches one hundred cases and twenty five deaths amid the outbreak.
Five pickpockets raided a passenger train on the Chicago and Alabama line Monday night in Chicago Cueaco. Detectives in another car confronted the thieves and a fight broke out with gunfire. Passengers panicked with two thieves captured while others escaped. Government and Reichstag looming toward conflict.
Signal station notes threatening and rainy weather for the Lower Lakes with easterly winds shifting to variable, lower barometer, and slight rise in temperature. Trade and Commerce section reflects latest markets corrected by telegraph for this evening.
Grain markets report mixed tones with flour steady and wheat firm in Toledo. Corn demand remains cautious with moderate inquiries and small sample lots noted. oats, barley, and rails show limited movement. Detroit wheat futures for April and May noted. rail and canal stocks cited among exchanges and lines.
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