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Newspaper
Freeport Republican
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1883
Page
1
Philadelphia case details award of the two younger children to the mother while the elder is to attend college at the father’s expense. The report notes other 19th century events including a Missouri murder suicide, shipwrecks, fires, weather extremes, and criminal acts across the nation.
The Rev Dr Hicks shifted to Burzeon General Crane as Washington holds title to Gulteau’s remains. In Washington police court Hazen and Kaui fined $2 each for failing to clear snow on sidewalks. a warrant was issued for Attorney General Brewster. William B Hagen, chief of the Weather Bureau, arraigned and fined for snow clearance neglect.
Hix Senator Spencer, sought in star route cases, was in Kingston Ontario watched by detectives and reportedly left Halifax for England. Former Senator Spencer sailed from Halifax to Europe aboard the Polynesian and hinted at his role in the star route trials. The National Board of Trade in Washington urged postal telegraph and adjustment of treaties while Ottawa notes the Prince of Wa des plans to visit the Dominion extending his tour to include Bible measures and other leads for the United States.
A chaotic summary of legislative elections and caucus votes across states. It notes Gov. Cullom and other state leaders winning or losing seats, with multiple ballots in Massachusetts, Minnesota, Michigan, Delaware, Colorado, and Washington. It mentions party dynamics, committee actions, and the Republican National Committee decisions on convention procedures.
Republican caucuses and legislatures in Minnesota Nebraska Michigan Iowa Colorado and New Jersey report varied ballot results. Windom Pitkin Thayer Millard and Bowen appear in multiple states while Hoar and Hobart are noted in Massachusetts and New Jersey. Balloting continued without final choices in several sessions.
In Dublin police court twenty one individuals faced conspiracy to murder charges. A witness linked Carey a municipal member to a Fenton meeting planning assassinations while Farrell testified he received a revolver to stop Secretary Poster's carriage. Ex Empress Eugenie arrives in Paris as Royalist opposition continues. The ship Forwards sinks off Portugal with eight lost lives. Prince Frederick Charles Alexander, brother of the German Emperor, dies at age eight.
Telegram from Berkeley reports a powder works explosion near Point Clement West Berkeley. Seven blasts caused massive fire destroying the plant and many Chinese workers, with several killed or missing and rescue attempts limited by ongoing danger. Fire and debris covered a wide area as authorities assess the cause of the first blast.
Desperate hunger is linked to extreme acts from wolves in Russia devouring a priest to a New York rat biting a sleeping man in a hotel and a Parisian diner stealing hats off hotel racks, highlighting dire conditions and unusual hunger-driven behavior.
A cable dispatch from London reports the Hamburg American steamer Cimbria, with 490 souls aboard, foundered after a collision near Borkum. Survivors indicate about 800 lives lost. many passengers were Eastern Prussian emigrants and several Americans. The Sultan and other ships aided rescue efforts but survivors describe a chaotic sinking as the Cimbria sank rapidly.
A June session recap shows Senates Edmunds introducing a railroad investigation bill and tolls on fast mail. House actions include memorials for railway links with the Americas and new Indiana and Utah appointments. A note records the death of J W Shackleford, with adjournment for mourning, and a joint resolution on harbor improvements in Mobile and Galveston.
A Southern Pacific overland express derailed near Tehichipa California. The train broke apart on a sharp curve after coaches and sleepers separated from the rest. Twenty one people died and many injured as cars plunged down a fifteen foot embankment and caught fire. Relief and morgue crews collected bodies and sent the wounded to Los Angeles.
A report notes the highest salary paid to a woman teacher in Lowa reaches 1200 dollars, highlighting gender-based pay scales.
Frees dispatches from Pag warn France faces a precarious crisis amid fears of revolution. Margerie stays at a hotel and expresses sympathy for Prince Terome, while political and criminal cases unfold including dismissals for James, a guard in Kansas City, and ongoing inquiries into a train robbery. A fatal rail accident near Cumberland and a series of fires and personal tragedies are noted, along with midwinter political reconfigurations in Congress.
A wealthy Maine man, near death, awoke and asked the night watcher how much they paid per night. When told two dollars and fifty cents, he said he could not stand such a sum and dismissed the attendant, dying a short time later.
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