Fraud and fireside notes from Iowa items and Maxwell land grant critique
A regional roundup covers Joe Dickey's forgery arrest in Garrison Benton County and a paid fake check at Vinton banks, a saloon raid at Ana Mosa, and multiple incorporation filings. It reports a girl drowned near Mitchellville, a Spirit Lake camp meeting, Hibernian state meeting plans, and weather and railroad news. The Maxwell land grant dispute, with investigations of overblown claims and a call to pursue suits in Colorado and New Mexico, concludes the dispatch.
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Register
Joe Dickey
Garrison
Benton County
Garrison Bank
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company Bank
Vinton
Dickey
Ile
Edith Crawford
Mitchellville
Spirit Lake
J. P. Dimmitt
Illinois
Committee of General Management
Okoboji Lake
Supt
Royce
Rock Island Road
Connor
Des Moines
Iowa
Owen Slater
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad Company
Iowa City
Ten
New Mexico
Secretary of the Interior
Delano
Maxwell Grant
Ponteey
Anderson
H. M. Atkinson
Sparks
Lng
District Court of
Colorado
Frank Shank
Crook
Sheridan
Duncan
Gandalou
Crawford
Col. Bradley
Ithinst
Lefite
Walsh
Globe
General Cook
Silver City
Camp Vinen
Crafton
Blue
Alina
Tragedy and Texas floods dominate weekly review
At Eagle Pass Mrs. John Bell was shot by her husband during dinner. The assailant claimed no motive. Nearby reports describe floods across Texas with crop damage, drownings, and wrecked farms, plus riots, rail troubles, and national political upheaval.
Hostile Apaches Move Toward Mexico Warned by Cavalry Dispatch
Telegraph dispatches from Fort Bayard New Mexico report Col Crook and Gen Pope coordinating defenses as hostile Apaches push toward Stein Pass and the Mexican border. Cavalry and scouts chase a retreating main party with six or seven men and accompanying women and children.
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N. M
Col. Bradley
Mexico
Stein's Peak Range
Stein’s Pass
Canon
San Louis Valley
Crouck
United States
Victoria
Pope
Crook
War Department
Deming
Davis
Stein Pass
Bucks
Mongus
Mogallon Mountains
Hillsboro
Chaffee
Wallace
Lawton
Crawford
Airir
Starvation in Virginia Sparks Aid Appeals in Jackson County
Parkersburg reports growing famine in Jackson County Virginia with hundreds of families at risk. Meetings across White Pine New Kentuck and other villages urge relief as residents recount hunger including a mill owner and local officials noting thirty five families in danger and appeals signed by representatives of 100 families.
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Parkersburg
Jackson County
Vilages
White Pine
New Kentuck
Hiram Cobb
J. H. Garrett
John Smith
Queen Accepts Gladstone Resignation and Names Salisbury
London dispatches report the Queen has accepted Prime Minister Gladstone's resignation and summoned the Earl of Salisbury to form a new cabinet. Gladstone said he will adjourn the Commons to let Salisbury organize a ministry as crowds cheer along Salisbury’s Balmoral journey to Scotland.
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House of Coomons
Gladstone
Stock Exchange
Gladtone
House of Commons
Peel
House of Lords
Earl Granville
London
Standard
Balmoral
Scotch Mail
Fee¢mat
Dublin
Parnellites
Ireland
Earl Spener
William Ewart Gladstone
Liverpool Dee
Christchurch
Newars
Tre Treasury
London Board of Trade
Freetcale
Oxor University
Gladstons
Disraeli
Earl of Salisbury
Q Tcen
Mar Uis
Salisbury
Northcote
Marquis of Salisbury
Granville
Marquis of
Salibury
Sir Staford Northcote
Scotland
Thiers Court House Staircase Tragedy Kills 24
A crowd at Thiers in the Poyde department gathered for the Dome murder trial when the stone staircase collapsed as people departed. Twenty died initially and hundreds were injured. later reports raise death toll to 24 with 163 hurt, some critically.
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Thiers
Department of Poyde
Benead
Thiers Sas
Court House
Parnell's Success Seen as Sign of Bold Policy
London dispatch reports a returning visitor’s view of Charles Stewart Parnell's triumph as proof that bold and honest policy benefits Ireland. He cites expelling the ministry, unity, and the end of coercion while warning of Tory attempts to pass coercion bills. Parnell vows a fair trial and focus on registration for upcoming elections.
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Parnell
Parodi
Ireland
Foster
Trevelayn
Spencer
England
Liverpool
Glasgow
Dubuque Tailor William Stotteban Faces Large Insolvency
Dubuque merchant tailor William Stotteban failed after assigning to creditors. Liabilities reach 33 576 dollars with assets under 10 000. He reportedly victimized friends and drew 1 500 from the Dubuque National Bank shortly before failing. An observer notes a painter might dwell on a broad face describing a beautiful lady.
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Dubuque
Wm. Stotteban
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