Bhinkel and rivals in race fixing case at Henley
News of the Week reports Cornell crew member Bhinkel charged by the Times Daily Journal with conspiring with Casey and Reed to fix races after a defeat at Henley. Other items note Philadelphia fire losses, union stock yard fire, a large Portland reunion crowd, and various regional disasters and legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bhinkel
Cornell
Times
Daily Journal
Irith Casey
Reed
Henley-on-Thames
Warner A Morris
Philadelphia
Grace
New York
Little Brown Jug
Hartford
Portland
Muellex
Dame
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Fire Department
Chicago
W. H. Reagan
Indiana Board of Agriculture
Jesse Meharry
Shawnes Mound
Ind
Union Stock Yards
J. O. Hately
Chicago Times
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Sitting Bull
Fort Yates
San Francisco
Eureka
N. ML
Washington notes reveal Howgate bid and suspected abuse
A Washington dispatch reports Capt Howgate’s bid on 400000 to show up on books. Attorney General has him restrained with a 901000 bond. Hazen doubts four year appropriation went to Howgate, who allegedly controlled a signal service fund and owned a private yacht tied to government work. He sought signatures for blank oaths, and owns property in Florida, Virginia, and the District of Columbia with large stock holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ti. W. Howgate
George W. Riggs
Fa Dend
Daniel 0. de Jarnette
Confederate Hours of Representatives
Richmond
Lina Junt
Frederickaburg
Chieae Tianes
Jowgate
Hazen
Potomac
Hily
Florida
Vireilia
Colombia
Greenback Movements and Nominations Across States
In Worcester Massachusetts the State Greenback convention backed universal suffrage without discrimination and nominated Jerael W. Andrews for governor. Elmira New York saw Maid tus Howe for Secretary of State and John Hooper for Comptroller. Mississippi Greenbackers met at Jackson nominating Colen King for governor. Virginia leader Gen Wickham, opposing the Mahone coalition, says he will vote Democratic and denounces the Roadmuster plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Greenback
Jerael W. Andrews
Elmira
N.Y
Maidtus Howe
John Hooper
Mississippi
Greenbackers
Jackson
Colen King
Gen. Wim
Wickham
Virginia
Mahone Coalition
Mixed harvest news and regional incidents across continents
Reports from Europe indicate France yields a better wheat crop than last year while Great Britain drops about ten percent below average. Austria and Holland show above and good conditions, with Belgium well below average. Turkey and Germany have varied outputs, Spain and Italy underperform, and Asia reports barley as a standout. Fire losses hit Evansville and Arkansas City, with rail shops and other towns affected. The Yorktown Centennial celebrations target Baltimore and Washington with France sending guests and ships. Blackouts hit Emerson Manitoba, and several crimes include hangings in Alabama and Tennessee. German-Americans in Teavenworth plot poll opposition. Fort Smith reports cavalry scouts noting white intruders leaving Indian Territory amid slave rights disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Great Britain
Austria
Danube
Germany
Switzerland
Belgium
Anasia
Holland
Spain
Italy
Evansville
Ind
Arkansas City
Aris
Galvaston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio
Harrisburg
Texan
Daingerfeld
Texas
Lopa
Yorktown Centennial Commission
Washington
Baltimore
Emerson
Manitoba
Tred
Rio Grande
Dolores
Tex
Ben Perkins
Livingston
Ala
Gift Roberts
Andrew Bandera
Covington
Tenn
Michael Miller
John Mundy
Edgefield
R. C
Teavenworth
Kansas
Liont. Shoemaker
United Statos Cavalry
Fort Smith
Acrosa
Indian Territory
Foreign news and political notes from Europe and Asia
The Marquis of Hartington told Parliament that the Ameer did not ask Britain for arms or money and India will not meddle in Afghanistan. France elected Republicans to 405 districts, Monarchists and Bonapartists to 80. Gambetta won in Belleville. Bonapartists defeated in Cordoign. Ireland’s rains damage grain. harvest feared. Bangkok suffers cholera. 100 to 800 natives die daily. Europeans flee to Singapore and Hong Kong. Parnell plans a daily Irish paper. wet weather harms Britain’s crops. tenant movements in England and Scotland could seek parliamentary support for reforms. London Dime movement statutes and fiscal issues discussed as well.
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Marquis of
Hartington
Stute
India
Honeu of Commons
Ameer
Afghanistan
France
Gambetta
Belleville
Cordion Jy
Miranda
Ireland
Bangkok
Sia
Singapore
Hong Kong
Parnell
Lia
United
Eugpland
Haugland
Scotland
Liberal Party
Great Britain
London
Kaipoavibla
London Dispatch Reports Gale-Scot Herring Fleet Sinking
A London dispatch notes a gale off Peterhead, Scotland, feared to have entrapped a Scotch herring-fishing fleet with many fishermen lost. Advices via England say Ayoob Khan is in danger, Ida force weakens, and he failed to recruit cavalry in Durani country. The Marquis of Ripon doubts Abdur Rahman faces the foe, while the Queen hopes self government in the Transvaal helps South Africa and Irish Land bill aid. A planned protest meeting at Rome over Prince Krapot Kino’s expulsion was banned by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Peterhead
Scotland
Way of
England
Ayoob Khan
Ida
Durani
Marquis of
Ripon
India
Slepma
Abdurrahman
Dbut
Transvaal
South Africa
Borne
Krapot Kino
Destructive storms and wartime deaths at sea
The report details numerous calamities from a large South Atlantic storm and related shipwrecks to deaths from accidents in Newport harbor. It notes Beav er Falls flour mill fire losses and a broad sweep of casualties along the coast, including enslaved people and island populations, with extensive property damage and destruction across Savannah, Port Royal, Beaufort, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
B. I. Edes
Lyman G. Spaulding
Beaver Falls
Welton & Hon
Pitts- Uirgh and
Lake Erie Road
Stephens
Keene
James Wolf
Littles Tock
Savannah
Elin St. Claire
Mobile
South Atlantic
Bavinnah Bay
Port Royal
Beaufort
Caroling
America
Mr. McKinnon
Belleville
Ontario
Brennan
Irish Land League
An Irigh
Cork County
London Mark Lane Express
President Garfield Nearing Death as Doctors Urge Caution
Aug 26 1881 Garfield’s condition worsened with signs of blood poisoning from a wound. Physicians report brain-directed inflammation and dwindling vitality. Report notes wandering mind and shrinking hope as days fade, with mentions of continued weakness and uncertain recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Saya
Blue
Fragmented wartime note at the president's bedside
A fragmentary passage describes a person grieving and then returning to duty at the president's bedside after a brief interlude. The text is partial and lacks clear names, dates, or locations to identify the individuals or event.
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Art
Gen Sheridan and the miner who kept his hat
In a Windsor Hotel lobby tale a rugged Gunnison miner recalls Cedar Creek and the horse gift that saved General Sheridan. The veteran remembers the moment when the general left his hat behind and rode on, a memory the miner still cherishes in his mountain cabin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Sheridan
Winchester
Sheridan
Windsor Hotel
Havana
Gunnison
Cedar Creek
Denver Tribune
The Wealthiest Chinaman In New York
A portrait of Tom Tice a slender prosperous Chinese immigrant in New York owner of three tea farms in China and valued at a few thousand dollars. He is influential among Chinese in the city a Christian citizen and deputy sheriff married to a local-born woman with a daughter. He speaks pigeon English and wears a queue with old fashioned dress. Many of New Yorks 3000 Chinese retain their queues for cultural reasons and Cuba born workers reshaped their appearance in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Tice
China
Tom Lee
New York
Cuba
The Bridge of Sighs and its Morbid Fame in Venice
A foreign journal recalls the Bridge of Sighs in Venice linking the Ducal Palace to the prisons and notes Byron’s poem and Ruskin’s praise as well as Howells’ criticism. It mentions a cage anecdote about a lady with cramps treated with nitroglycerine and stimulants, and a patient who felt split into two persons during recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bighs
Byron
Childe Harold
Venice
Ruskin
Maerit
Howells
Slehe
Iowa
Escape from Siberia Reveals One Man's Harsh Trail
Geneva correspondence details Mokrievitch a thirty two year old former revolutionary who escaped Siberia after a harsh sentence of fourteen years hard labor. He traveled 1450 miles by rail steamer and on foot across Russia to reach Irkoutsk then forced march toward the Chinese frontier before a long walk back toward Europe. He wore false papers and evaded pursuers aided by villagers, eventually reaching Switzerland. He is noted as the only state prisoner condemned to hard labor to escape from Siberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
London News
M. Makrievitch
Paganda
Russia
Makhoyomions
Brandtner
Ossinsky
Mokrievitch
Ossinsky An
Mokrivitch Wen
Siberia
Couyin
Mtzenn
Kara
Nii
Novgorod
Choina
Krasnoyarak
Irkoutsk
Mokvieviteh
Izhitzkey
Orloff
Nam
M. Mokrieviteh
Irkou
Enate
Erkoutsk
Ba ‘Auask
M Yyrieviteh
Trkoutsk
Siberian
Switzerland
Wiotrowsky
M. Debngora Mokrievitch
Biberia
Lapatia
Bakou
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Blanton
Monroe
Johnston
J. W. Timmerman
J. W. Buzzard
Arkansas
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Alexandra Bourne
Carter's Creek
Venn
Boonville
Misa
Forest City
Ark
Tate Wallace
B.D. Appervon
Apperson
Wate
Kauftown
Plano
Charleston
Lese
Bne Wak
Parsons
Sullivan's
Washington Notes
Boynton
Swaim
Col. Hockwell
Blaine
Dr. Agnew
Dr. Hamilton
White House
Hamilton
Agnew
Dr. Bliss
Bliss
Lowell
Ellis
Gurro Ld
Woloy
Elemus
Gurfield
Boney
Maral
Garfield
Gen. Sheridan
Stzlis
Winans H. Vanpemomt
Percy
Cholee Gruen Steera
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Lis Co
Iit Ni Pont—Mena
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Itar
Rye Gary
Cholea
Cotte
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