09 Oct 1883
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Newspaper
Evening Observer
Location
Dunkirk, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1883
Page
1
International mail talks span China Japan and Franc e Britain and Spain. News notes cover Russia turmoil Germany swine bans and a Lyons explosion with regional flood impacts. Oblique updates include Australian bishop death Cork monument funding and London firm failures.
Inspectors at Chicago Stock Yards report the city health department now has full control of cattle and hog inspections and the power to condemn animals. Health officers will oversee gates at Lake and stationing at all yards, with condemned animals killed and sold to the Union Rendering Company for five dollars each. Stock men approve the move.
The Railroad Commission censured the Long Island Railway Company and its employees after a September collision that killed three and injured fifteen. Engineer Thomas Glenn was faulted for not inspecting air brake issues promptly, while a conductor faced neglect accusations. The report also notes standards on air brake use and crew certification. It mentions Mormon conference attendance and church statistics, including Utah membership, births, marriages, and missionary appointments, with Idaho and Arizona figures referenced.
News from San Francisco reports the US revenue cutter Thomas Corwin bringing Schiefflin and Leo exploration parties to Unalaska, with Schwittka joining the Yukon effort from St Michaels. The Lee’s captain notes the Cyane loss off Point Belcher, while Schiefferlin questions profitability of Yukon mining despite gold presence. Precautions against yellow fever spread in Mexico spark a fundraising committee in San Francisco as cooler weather tempers fears of crossing the border.
A Gatesville incident ends in suicide by tying to a stone fence and setting kerosene ablaze after a dispute over custody of a two year old child taken from Mrs Shaw. The death leaves the scene described as horribly burned and tragic.
In Galveston Texas an alderman named Henry Pflaunckerphon and a French brickmason named Jette, neighbors, quarreled in a saloon. The alderman fired a self cocking revolver, injuring Jette in the bowels and a carpenter Keily in the leg. Jette returned fire, wounding the alderman in the bowels as he collapsed.
A Chicago report states E Destown, a clothing businessman, had a judgment note entered today for 312,000 dollars. The special from Kankakee notes the case and suspension of his operations.
A Department of State cable from Consul General Denny states Canton is quiet and refutes rumors of Consul Seymour's assassination. The message answers the Acting Secretary of State's inquiry, confirming Seymour is alive and well. Ex-Senator Kellogg case delay noted as December possible. General Sherman era officials resuming duties after 110 days away. Edison patent ruling awarded to Sawyer & Mann in carbon conductor paper dispute. Post Office stamp change discussed with expected revenue impact. Mexico tragedy details emerge from Las Palmas near Tallapasas, a mother and her five children slain by their insane mother before she killed herself.
Bank presidents in Boston pass a resolution urging Congress to enact a national bankrupt law and approve the Lowell bill with possible amendments as the best path to balance debtor and creditor needs in the United States. A separate item reports Regain, a 70 year old farmer, recently married a widow. a theft at a Galveston dock left $3,000 missing from a crane.
The Friends of Ellis Craft won a hearing before the governor on their request for a respite until after Witla Neal’s trial for murder. They claim new testimony will prove Craft’s innocence. The governor will decide tomorrow or Wednesday.
In Salt Lake City Colonel James Tally exposes widespread land frauds by government officers. Witness hearings reveal patented tracts to noncompliant claimants, desert lands misused, timber culture abuses, and homestead violations. Fraudulent testimony hires thousands of acres, harming genuine settlers and smallholders. Separate court action reports removal of Nelson Tobinson v Ohio Central Railroad to the US Circuit Court with a proposed order pending.
Francisco October 7 Lieutenant Ray head of a party sent by the Governor to Alaska to observe the Signal Service Station at Point Barrow arrived in the city this morning aboard the schooner Sen Lieutenant Sehwatka who joined them at St Michaels. Sehwatka called Ray’s work satisfactory and said his report would likely support establishing a permanent signal station at Point Barrow.
A Baltimore dispatch reports a fatal shooting after a drunken confrontation near Chamberlain’s boat. Gearhart was killed by Chamberlain’s shot. The piece also notes a fatal freight collision near Boston and other city incidents including a prize fight on Staten Island, a hanging suicide near Chesterville, and recent business disruptions and a major Orleans fire with substantial losses.
The bi-centenary celebrations of German colonists’ landing were marked by grand processions in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia with tens of thousands in line. Estimates vary up to 95,000 spectators praised the event as the era’s grand display of German heritage, alongside parades in Trenton Baltimore Rochester Providence and more with wreaths, concerts, and speeches by local officials.
Funeral of Judge J P K adder of the Dakota Supreme Court in St Paul. Dover Furnace destroyed by fire in Dover New York. Loss 860 000 insured for 20 000. Dr Ewer prostrated delivering sermon in Montreal. Eleventh Cincinnati Industrial Exposition attendance 314 000 with surplus. Cruelty to animals and children society organized in Louisville promoted by Jo Millbatten. Bett Line streetcar strike in Washington over non union driver not reinstated. Denton County Texas sheriff and constables search near Roanoke for nesters after fence incidents. A Birmingham child dies from blood poisoning after pig bite. Lewis H Douglass son of Fred Douglass supports his father’s Louisville speech on race exclusion from trades and union memberships.
The Mississippi Valley Dairy and Cream Association organized here by representatives from multiple valley regions. Ex Lieutenant Governor Coleman of St Louis elected president with J W Drury and Joseph E Miller of Illinois as vice presidents. Annual quarterly meetings planned to discuss dairy topics and exhibit dairy products and machinery.
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