Weather and crimes mix in a brisk period news reel
Weather across New England and the Mid Atlantic remains bitterly cold on the 24th sparking school closings in Newport sending students home. Reports of deadly boiler explosions, arson in Burlington and manhunts in Kentucky and Oklahoma frame a week of violence, court actions, and political ironies with weather damage and rail interests shaping the national mood.
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New England
Middle States
Lonsea
Newport
Gov. Hoyt
Pennsylvania
Aix
Hartford (Ct
Thomas H. Sringham
The
Lancaster
Pa.) Inquirer
Pikefield
Meas
North Adams
Nuala
N. J
Ling
Rochester
Rockland
Burlington
Divi
Dunbridge
Mass
Theophidus Parsong
Times
New York City
Pairsleid
Onnfield
Lewis Asa
New York
Henry Ledyard
A J. Erwie
Mansfield
Ohio
Jonnie Cramer
New Haven
Blanche Douglass
Coroner's jury assigns blame in Spuyten Duyvil disaster
The jury finds Brakeman Melin guilty of willful neglect for not warning the approaching train, holding conductor Hanford and engineers Buchanan Burr and Archibald Toneey responsible for negligence. They deemed them guilty of causing Web ster Wagner and others' deaths. Also notes a February cold snap and Canada loosening cattle quarantine. Dominion court awards $100,000 against Canada Central for lumber fire damages. Yellow fever claims 222 in Tomax Yucatan with 1,700 under treatment. Montreal awards contract for St Lawrence unlocking at $5.5 million, four-year completion.
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Spuyten Duyvil
Melin
Tifa
George P. Hanford
Edward Stanford
Archibald Buchanan
Frank Burr
Toneey
Webster Wagner
Venner
Canada
England
Canada Central Railroad
Tomax
Yucatan
Montreal
Lawrence
Washington Notes and Political Movements of 1881
Six survivors of General Mitchells 1862 expedition seek Congress penison. Tariff delegates urge subsidies and new routes. A commission to study alcoholic beverage traffic is favored in Congress. Gen Robert B Mitchell dies in Washington after brief illness. National Distillerial Association pushes whisky tax relief. Blaine to deliver Garfield eulogy before Congress. Smallpox appears in Washington as Davis hosts dinners with Arthur Keifer Blaine and Waite.
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Europe
O. M. Mitchell
Georgia State Railroad
Congress
National Tariff Convention
John Roach
Monge
Robert B. Mitchell
Kansas
Washington
National Distilleral Association
Congré A
Blaine
Garfield
Political figures announce campaigning for major offices
Mr. Butler, former Treasurer of Pennsylvania, declares his candidacy for Governor challenging the Camerons. Speaker Keifer announces his bid for United States Senate, signaling a contested party race and high-profile ambitions.
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Butler
Pennsylvania
Camerons
Keifer
United States
France and England reach understanding after factory explosion
A French dynamite factory blast at D Ort Youdron kills sixteen. France and England announce a complete understanding on collective action. Riots in Russia hinder census. European political financial troubles tremor markets. Cholera in Allahabad pilgrims. An 80-year-old Irish steward shot in Milltown. Herzegovina grave. insurgents control mountain passes. French Chamber votes down constitutional revision 303 to 117. Gambetta resigns. Jeannette search aid from Melville. Irish conspiracies exposed. Irish banking panics. Austrian gendarmes retreat under Herzegovinian violence. Crowds disrupt a King's Cross meeting. Christine Nilsson’s husband Rougand involved in scandal. New French cabinet formed under De Freycinet. Reports from Irkutsk and the Zeona river search resume. Bodies found in Mayo and Dingh Musk bags. Dublin business panic amid rent pressures. Banking collapses in Tamburg and Co.
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D'ort Youdron
France
England
Europe
M. Gambetta
Grevy
Melville
Jeannette
Missiny
Bandon Brock
Paris
Clare
Linenols
Cork
Ireland
Christine Nilsson
Onger
de Froveingt
Asl Petersburg
Irkutsk
Zona
Conia
Haddy
Berger
Peplaw
Dallinrabe
County Mayo
Leeland
Moutan
Curigauny
Dublin
Tamburg and Co
Notable 19th Century News Snippets From a Broad Ledger
A jumble of late 19th century items covers a Frankfort banker’s suicide note, a Gen George Curtis widow’s murder in St Louis by her grandson and a companion, four drownings in New Westminster, Knowles’ death, anti Jewish migration estimates to the US and Canada, a Herzegovinian massacre of Austrian gendarmes, a devastating Atlantic gale that killed 600 fishermen, a Calais reservoir flood, Tennessee flood losses, Archbishop Purcel creditors in Cincinnati, a burglar in Indiana admitting safe robbery, Cuban tobacco crop woes, border fights over Guatemalan and Mexican line, Peru war costs, New York Republican clues on Collector Robertson, Rev H W Bellows death, anti polygamy bill moves, and election officer appointments.
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George P. Curtis
Bh Louis
Bunsell Brown
Patrick McGrew
Brown
Young Brown
St. Louis County
New Westminster
British Columbia
Arance
Richard Brinsley Knowles
James Sheriden Knowles
Risaia
United States
Canada
To Enterprise
Astrakhan
Calais
France
Tennessee
Purcel
Cincinnati
New Carlisle
Ind
Chicazo
Whitley County
Peru
Chit
Taraparen
Hillbredd
New York
Robertson
Coukling
H. W. Bellows
Sanitary Commission
Senate
The Revolt in Merzegovina and Austrian Ambition
An analysis of the Bosnian revolt and Austrian occupation highlights a risk of a wider Balkan war. The piece notes Austria’s annexation drive, brutal taxation, and conscription as triggers, with alarm over potential interference by great powers. It closes with a satirical jab about two women at a ball, underscoring social cynicism.
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Merzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Turkey
Russia
Austria
Berlin
Balkan
Bhlowld
Hoirayer
Salomon
Trial closes as Guiteau is found guilty of Garfield murder
The trial ends with Judge Porter delivering a scathing rebuttal of Guiteau’s claims and the jury convicting him of murder. Porter's contrast of the prisoner’s deception with the president’s memory is followed by a somber verdict and reflections from jurors on the lengthy proceedings.
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Porter
Beoville
John W. Guiteau
Boston
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Woller Nox
Lia Victit
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Luo
Sti
Ardor
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Uae
Gur- Hal
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Col
Preas
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Kooville
Eraon
Winty-Third
Chicago
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Lal
Vaul
Guitea
Judas
Beovile
Limsal
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Judge Vorter
bin Tu
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Europe
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Variony
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Scoville
Quiteau
Cod
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Lengley
Binal
T Hut
Gurman
Huwes
Huaid
Waliought
Jong
Svoville
Itteroot
Guitesu
Adge Cox
Jonglay
Liv
Trial Reflections on Guiteau Jurors Moral Liability
Fragmented remarks from a trial transcript discuss juror accountability and moral depravity. Speakers reference illusory beliefs, guilt, and the judge’s influence on the jury, noting concerns about truth, deception, and possible bias in proceedings.
Verdict in Guiteau Assassination Trial and Aftermath
Contained dispatches from Cleveland and Washington detailing reactions to Garfield’s assassination conviction of Guiteau. Letters from Guiteau and court motions for a new trial are reported, with public commentary on justice, potential pardons, and ongoing legal maneuvering.
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Garfield
Cleveland Dispatch
Henry
Washington
Abe
Cleveland Journal
Wincington
Trumpel
Guiteau
Protea
Scoville
J. W. Guiteau
Aftidavita | Ubat
Mgr. Scagille
Corkhill
Cox
Svoville
Bouville
Mit
Nowral
Potomac
Coal production and wages in the 1880 census report
The census shows total US coal mined in the census year 1880 at 42,420,680 tons with Pennsylvania and Ohio among the leaders. Appalachi an fields and Allegheny County, Pa supplied large shares, average mine price was 1.29 dollars, and anthracite near 281 million tons, mostly from Pennsylvania. Wages remained high while overall product value declined.
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United States
Appalachian Oval
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Dhwels
Ohio
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