News of the Week reports arrests and disasters across nations
Ex Governor xKiash and Moses of South Carolina are reportedly arrested in New York on a charge of extortion. A New Jersey legislator received $500 to vote for a railroad bill. Monument disputes over Maj Andre burn and dynamite damage, and a rash of accidents follow in Phoenixville, Reading, and Boston. Multiple homicides, drownings, train murders, cattle-thief battles near Tombstone, and legal cases fill the week alongside rail earnings and state legislatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
xKiash
Moses
South Carolina
New York
New Jersey
Gyrus W. Field
Maj
Andre
Washington
Tarrytown
Revolutionary Aires
Field
Phoenixville
Reading
City Reservoir
Boston
Tulle Johnson
Gayhold
Cornelina J. Vanderbilt
Commodore
Glenham Hotel
Willan
Keely Motor Company
Keely
Philadelphia
Stanley Matthews Wen
Henry Burroughs
Peter Fager
Fragmentary Crime Notes Include Executions and Murders
Fragmented OCR mentions a woman harming a child in Lincoln county Arkansas. A Maryland governor signs a bill fixing penalties for wife beaters at forty. At Chatham Court House Pittsylvania county Virginia Dock Wright stands trial for Cole Arthur’s murder. A. O. Weisenger and Bill Ledow were hanged at Selma Alabama for Jesse Weisenger’s murder in December. Prisoners protest innocence in lengthy apologia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln County
Ark
Maryland
Chatham Court House
Pittaylvania County
Dock Wright
Cole Arthur
Weisenger
Bill Lediaw
Selms
Als
Jesse B. Weisenger
Republican Committee Enlarged and Governors on Election Outlook
The Republican Congressional Committee, reorganized with Representative Hubbell of Michigan as Chairman, grows to fifteen members. A. G. Curtin, Pennsylvania’s war Governor, is named as likely Democratic candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania. Pension Bureau reforms aim to curb influence backed claims. Ohio’s Pond Nquor law loss and recent municipal defeats show Republicans beaten in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Columbus, Dayton, and Mount Vernon. Indianapolis also votes Democratic amid German bloc opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Congressions Committee
Hubbell
Michigan
A. G. Curtin
Pennsylvania
Txt
Pension Bureau
Dudley
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Toledo
Columbus
Dayton
Mount Vernon
Indianapolis
Ind.s
Miscellaneous Gleanings From Global News Snippets
A collage of brief items reports Toronto losses from fire, Havana water works plans at 9.2 million, New York contractors hired for the job, and an International Sabbath Conference in Pittsburgh advocating Sunday mail service abolition. Also notes Blaine’s rumored ministry, stock bulletin fees from Saran Ndeon, Chinese emigration for railroad work, voice telephony progress, Castle Garden immigration reaching 68,685 in three months, a Mexican ranch killings for money, Grant declining a trial indignation meeting, and the Lima heart disease death of Goa. Stephen A. Hurlbut, U.S. Minister to Peru, born 1815, details of his career and residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
Havana
Guba
New York
Pittsburgh
Thomas Murphy
James G. Blaine
Congregational Church
Washington
Gen. Swaim
Saran Ndeon
Hong Kong
Victoria
B. C
Jacques
Boston
Castle Garden
Oaxas
Mexico
Grant
Lima
Goa
Stephen A. Hurlbut
Illnois
United States
Peru
Gen
Hurlbut
Charleston
D.C
Linoig
Belyi- Here
Washington notes and court dates in the Merrick era
Reports from Washington recount Merrick being named special assistant attorney to aid in prosecuting star-route thieves. Kerr commits suicide after losses in stock bets. Guiteau case notes include exemption bills, a court date in April, and Guiteau’s fate as reflected by responses from officials. Updates on Lamson respite, Guiteau’s weight gain, and public debt figures round out the item with terse, era-typical reportage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard T. Merrick
Washington
Brewster
Jacob W. Kerr
Bank of the Republic
Criminal Court of
District of Columbia
Hurlbut
Peru— Vida
Alexander Cochet
Hia
Siuteraint
France
Bastard von
Guitean
Garfield
Frelinghuysen
Lowell
Arthur
Lamson
Vraeee
Navy Pension Fund
Legittendure ledger debt and interest figures
A fiscal ledger shows total debt and interest details with figures for Certificates of Deposit, gold and silver certificates, fractional currency and United States notes. It lists current assets, cash balance, bonds, and interest paid or payable, including interest accrued and outstanding principal totaling 953,901,761 with related redemptions and payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fihy
Thorsoths
Esceesereess
United States
Treasury
Bonda
Pacific Tes
Cceeccei Ee
United Biaton
Comnanea
Transportation Service
United Blbeh Eee
Globetrotting Skirmishes and Riots Reported Abroad
Foreign dispatches describe labor riots in Barcelona with property destruction. Nihilistic placards threaten the Czar in St Petersburg as Empress conflicts with him. Winnipeg greets emigrants at a thousand a day. Financial crime involves a million-franc fraud extradited from Brussels. London boat race sees Oxford victory by six lengths in twenty minutes twelve seconds. A dynamite blast damages a police barracks window in Limerick, and a sea tragedy near Cape Finisterre yields many dead. Hanlan defeats Boyd in a Newcastle aquatic contest before huge crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bkobeleff
Russia
Barcelona
England
France
St. Petersburg
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Evans
Paris
Brussel
Streesnekoit
Odeaga
Itussia
Amanesin
Ozar
Liont
Sucharoff
London
Oxfords
Strelnikoff
Smythe
West Meath
Ireland
Limaerick
Yrurac Bat
Cape Finnisterre
Corunna
Newcastle
Hanlan
Boyd
Long List of Political and Industrial News Items
In Pennsylvania a Dauphin County ruling limits Standard Oil taxation to its state resident property. Fires in Hopkinton Massachusetts and Pittsburgh destroy property worth about 5250,000. Secretary Folger calls 15 million of bonds. The President awaits Supreme Court word on Bergt Mason. Notable marriages and factory fires across England. Election results show Democratic gains in Chicago and Wisconsin towns. Municipal races yield mixed outcomes nationwide with party swings and temperance issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
Hopkinton
Mass
Pittsburgh
Folger
Supreme Court
Mason
Sarah Bernhardt
Damalya
Wella
England
Gladstone Mills
Ashton-under- Tyne
Chicago
Minneapolis
Ames
Loring
Milwaukee
John M. Browell
Ludington
Madison
Wis
Ripon
Janesville
la Crosse
Watertown
Ozhkosh
Berlin
Jefferson
Manitowoc
Portage
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wabash
Elghart
St. Joseph
Topeke
Lawrence
Junction City
Manhattan
Kan
Jesse James slain in Missouri killing at St Joseph
Noted outlaw Jesse James was killed at his St Joseph Missouri residence on March 3 by Robert Ford and Charles Ford who had plotted the ambush for months. The event drew a crowd of about ten thousand at the inquest and the body was sent to Kansas City for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Jesse Jamon
Tra Diavolo
Dick Turpin
Don Joaquin
Amarriage
Kingaa City
Crittenden
Jesse Innes
Missouri
Joseph
Robert
Charles Ford
Charles
Jesse James
Jesse
Samuele
James
Kansas City
Lafayette
Twentyfirst
Lafayette Street
Aylesbury
Thomas Howard
Jamon
Robert Lord
Josap
Platte City
Viatte City
Charlies Ford
Bert
Jease
Richmond
Joe
Jene James
Atable
Robert Ford
Jeane
Smith & Wesson
Jouse
Bin
Charley
Akwl
Jenvo'a
la Slayer
Joey
Aked
Jeane James
Maritime Osual Company
Nicaragua
Conger
Illinois
St. Louis
San Francisco
Jugalls
Colorado
Chalmers
Aras
Henderson
The Outlaw Exploits of a Noted Bandit Leader
A fragmented biographical sketch traces the career of Joune Jumea born 1845 in Clay county Missouri. It lists guerrilla activity with Quantrell, involvement in the Centralia massacre and Lawrence sackings, and a string of robberies from 1860s to the 1870s including banks in Liberty Gallatin and Northfield. The narrative ends noting relentless pursuit and a fatal blow to his exploits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joune Jumea
Clay County
James
Quantrell
Centralia
Lawrence
Kan
Liberty
Kunweliville
Huntington
Wage Heterion
Texas
Frank Jags Wad J
Munaiacena Bank
Mumosote Bank
Northiold
Old, Minn
Yeuhoseen
Citicory
Mother of Jesse James Appears on Scene After Death
The article reports the Jesse James gang memory, noting the mother of the outlaw arriving with the widow and children, an emotional meeting at the coroners inquest, and testimony that Robert Ford acted on instructions while Charley James was not commissioned. The jury held Ford for killing James and charged Charley with complicity, amid reward talk and police actions in the wake of the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Joseph
Mnet
Jesse James
H. Craig
Kasese City
Robert Ford
Charles
Jesan James
Charley
Samuels
Dick Littles
Big Brother
Uglier
James
Independence
Fords
Winston
Doings of Congress and legislative actions summarized
The report covers Senate and House proceedings with multiple votes and bills. Highlights include resolutions on Irish imprisonment inquiries, Indian Appropriation revisions, pension provisions, educational funding for Indian children, and infrastructure projects. It notes nominations, river and bridge bills, tariff discussions, census printing, and public building acts, plus executive notices and confirmation outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockrell
Senate
Secretary of State
Ireland
Pendleton
Lat Ri
Kentucky
Hoar
Five Civilized Tribal
William Williams
Indiana
Paraguay
Uruguay
Mousa
Garfield
Polk
Lyler
Afr
Stephens
Hayer
Stenag Rapher
Kelfer
Lord
Michigan
Billa
Clarksburg
W. Va
New Albany
Terre Haute
Mexico
McMillan
Honze
Kellinburg
Florida
Birt Williams
Canada
House
Updegraff
Tariff Commission
Messri. Dunnell
Ingalls
Erie
Columbus
Hot Springs
McMillap
Garfield Memories Hospital
Hill
Georgia
Butterworth
House of Representatives
Freedman’s Savings Company
Nebraska
St. Vincent, Minn
Washington Monument
Catking
Lexkion
Message on Anti Chinese Bills Sent to Senate and House
A fragmentary note reports a message from the President outlining objections to Anti Chinese bills. It notes the message was read in both houses amid discussions on citizenship and a veteran’s honor. The text includes garbled references to pensions and Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Pres
Mississippi Floods Hit Arkansas Towns In Apr 3 Dispatch
A Mississippi flood report from Helena Arkansas details dire scenes with water spreading eight feet in Lee county and in the Red River basins. It notes thousands homeless, livestock decimated, and crops blocked for weeks, with relief arriving via steamboats and local churches seeking aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Ark
Oldtown
Ica
Risternuna
John
Bransford
Laconia Circle
Lee County
White River
Memphis
New
Iberia
Coughlin
Lorenayille
Red River
Bayou Courtableau
Atchafalaya
Grand Jake
Quarter's Failures in United States and Dominion
The report shows 2,190 U S. business failures in the three months ending March 31 with liabilities of 30 398 271. Canada had 206 failures and 2 053 000 liabilities. Increases from last year noted, with comparisons to 1880 1879 and 1878. Also a brief paragraph on Khoikhoi women asserting domestic authority and social constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
R. G. Dun & Co
Mercantile Agency
Eastern States
Middle
Southern
Wealern
Pacific States
Territories
Auaver
Rhoway
Dominion of Canada
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Bowman
Ait Hayes
St. James
Medora
A. GC. Wingate
Lexington
Tombstone
Arizona
Gillespie
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey Road
Wisconsin
H. H. Craig
Kanang City
J. R. Timberlake
Sherif
Clarance Hile
San Antonio
EI Prep
Calouna
Claus
Pueblo
Col
W. T. Phoebus
Vay W. McGrea
Chastine
Mileus
Turesmen
P. Chrastine
Berry Chastine
Frank Ownby
Figilantes
Yankton
Dakota
Balt Lake County
Utah
Okmulgee
Indiana Territory
Wamed Lilly
Hany
John A. Pratt
Lecome Lavene
Washington Notes
Jesse James Hilled
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Missouri River
Harringa County
Iowa
Voorhoon
McSweeney
Garland
Secretary of the Interior
James G. Watmough
Samuel Seabury
Singleton
Ilinoia
Minassasippi
Mississippi
Mumphin
Louisville
Rochester
Taras
Bexves
Pring
Deeres
Baursy
Actin
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