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Newspaper

Evening Observer

Location

Dunkirk, New York, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1884

Page

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Destructive fires sweep Virginia and New York areas

Destructive forest fires rage near Prince George County Virginia and extend toward Disgoutanta on the Norfolk and Western line. In Easton Pennsylvania a saw mill and several businesses burn, causing tens of thousands in losses. In New York City the Kiralfy Brothers storehouse and theatre properties burn, with replacement costs up to twenty thousand dollars and potential season disruption. Additional blazes in Carroll’s packing box factory district, Elm Street, and multiple adjacent firms produce combined losses around fifty thousand dollars for stock and two thousand for buildings. Brooklyn burns on Plymouth Street result in about three hundred thousand dollars in property loss, shared between the Carey estate and tenants.

Forst Prince George County New York Euston Perrispure Disgoutanta Norfolk & Western Easton W. N. Stocker Bernard Coyle & Son Taylor & Co Carroll Factory Street Elm Street John Kelly Felton Lock Company Mainaddy & Brinkerhill Gold and Silver Platers W.H. Arnot &Co Carpenters Charles Seligman Brooklyn Plymouth Street Carey

Fatal Wreck on Boston & Albany Near Kinderhook

Springfield reporter notes train wreckers placed rails and sleepers on the track delaying the Boston & Albany line. Engineer Davie, sixty, died after being found beneath wreckage. several crew injured. reward of over 31,000 offered for apprehending the saboteurs.

Springfield Mass Boston & Albany Kinderhook Davie Steckney C. I. Gowd George Fairbanks William Fairbanks Albany Indianapolis Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad Company Greencastle Here James Church Charles Cutter New Albany

General Lappin Arrested On Forgery Charge In Kansas

General Samuel Lappin, former Kansas state treasurer, was arrested in Port Huron on a governor’s requisition for forging bonds in 1874. He posted bail, fled toward the country, escaped, and later reached South America before being recaptured and jailed in Topeka. Scratford, his brother in law, faced forgery allegations and fled, later acquitted after trial. In a separate case, Chinese inmate Lee Song hanged himself in his cell after noting a guard absence.

Scrafford Topeka Lee Song

A Legivator Egged in Violent Ambush Tale

A Addison County representative in MonTrenigr, VI, October 70 was ambushed by two girls Saturday night. As they fled in a team, a crowd pelted him with rotten eggs and chased him for some distance before he escaped to his boarding place in a terrible plight. He allegedly lacks a clean reputation and may have been elected under misapprehension of character. A prize fight followed in Driven, Cal, October 20 where John C. Davis defeated John P. Crew after eleven rounds for the Colorado state championship and $2200 a side.

MonTrenigr Addison County Driven Cal John P. Crew Colorado John C. Davis Denver Davis Glen

Death of a Miser and Chinese Immigration Report

Ottawa reports Secretary of State Chapeau’s commission on Chinese immigration recommends delaying prohibitory measures until the Canadian Pacific Railway is completed. Britain reportedly opposes restrictions. BC fears opium among Indians and potential trouble. Also noted are a Victorian shopkeeper found starved, a Canadian grain firm denial of suspension, and Atkinson defalcation impacts.

Oplaw Anne Ottawa Ont Chapeau British Columbia Canadian Pacific Railway Wnless Canada Mary Ann Seawright Thomas Seawright Norwood Morrow Toronto Tonoxro Alexander Mitchell & Co Europe London Dominion Cape Colony Montreal Bank of Montreal Young Atkinson Chicago Davis Liverpool Atkinson

Terrible explosion at sawmill leaves two dead

Terrible explosion at Isaac Wehrman's sawmill on Ten Mile Creek Tyler County Friday evening kills two men and injures five. Boiler failure flung workers from building. several burned or scalded, including John Fox William Worden and Michael Anderson. Engineers say low water in boiler caused blast.

Sistersvile W. Va Ten Mile Creek Tyler County Isaac Wehrman John Fox William Worden John Kotzebue Llenry Johnson Michael Anderson Jacob Stuart George Lofski

Tragic Elopement Report From Arkansas Town

Mrs Jane Isabell arrived in Litttle Rock with a tragic elopement tale. She claims to have fled with a lover, leaving husband John Isabell of Austin, taking his team of horses. Five men stopped the pair, hanged her companion, and seized the horses and baggage.

Rock Ark Jane Isabell John Esabell Austin

Militia Report Highlights State Readiness and Reforms

The annual Adjutant General report notes militia in the states remains surprisingly good despite limited government support. It calls for organized, educated forces to aid national defense, supports a New York bill to boost efficiency, and urges per-service pay and deserter law measures. Pay rolls from the Civil War are mutilated, hindering pension adjudications, with a push to restore all rolls. Two Chinese women teachers aboard for Mission work are blocked from landing pending certificates.

Dran Slocum New York Fort Leavenworth Pension Bureau War Department Drom Congress Dram Treasury Department Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions Canton Mission San Francisco Fay China Stephen F. Wilson Pennsylvania Supreme Court of Kas Seator

Mob Rule in Michipicoton Forces Out Residents

Reports from Michipicoton on Lake Superior describe a riotous mob enforcing liquor bans. Shots hit the Canadian Pacific Railway office, constables were wounded, and residents fear for safety as armed volunteers are mobilized to restore order.

Michipicoton Canada Tonxoxto Lake Superior Canadian Pacific John Peninsular Captain Burden Ontario Alexander McDonald Canadian Pacific Railway McDonald Canadian Pacific Railroad Company Toronto Canadian Pacific Railroad Uurden Mivhipicoton ML Hamilton Sault Ste. Marie

Desperado Mor tis convicted of store robbery in Kansas

Atchisex Kan October 18 Bil Mortis notorious train and highway robber and associate of Polk Wells was convicted at Oskaloosa Kansas on Friday of robbing the store of McCarthy Payson Nortonville Jefferson County on the night of May 360 18 61 and sentenced to twenty one years hard labor in Leavenworth prison He attempted to cut his arm to death but survived Wells serves life at Fort Madison Iowa

Atchisex Kan Bil Mortis Polk Wells Oskaloosa Kansas McCarthy & Payson Nortonville Jefferson County Leavenworth Iis Morris Fort Madison Iowa

TWO BATTLES REPORTED IN CHINA WAR

London dispatch reports two battles near Lang Kiang between Lang San and Bac Ninh with heavy losses on both sides. French forces suffer more, while a Ming River pilot notes ships leaving Matson for Port Arthur. A burn at Anchor Wharf causes major losses.

Loxnon Tien Tsit The Tintes Lang Kiang Lang San Bac Ninh Foo Chow Mim Matson Port Arthur Cunard Steamship Company Témea Oregon America Atlantic Count Munster London Upper Thames Street B. C Blundell, Spence & Co Standard Catro Stewart Bernix Duke of Brunswick Baron Lilgers Fortieth Brunswick Duke of Federal Council Federal Council of the Empire France Prince Bismareck Porto Seguera Hie Loulan Bressins Brussels Antwerp Ostend Louvain Paris Toulon Tonquin Velice Senate Chamber of Deputies Hterateur Gibraltar

Tragic double murder suicide in Leavenworth

Richard J. Waddy a stove monlder at Great Western Foundry shot his wife and Mollie Logue at No 507 Miami Street fatally wounding both then killed himself in the right temple. Waddy had been separated from his wife and faced prior arrest. The incident caused great city excitement with rumors of another wife and family in Troy New York.

Leavenworth, Kas Richard J. Waddy Great Western Foundry Mollie Logue Miami Street Miss Logue

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