Domestics News Roundup Spans Murders Scandals and Disasters
A New York song verdict wins William Brady $50,000 from C. P. Huntington over Morgan Railroad and steamship deals in Louisiana and Texas. Norman Jones, twelve, jailed in Fitchburg for placing obstructions to wreck trains. Port Clinton collision causes $150,000 loss and one fireman injured. Burglars steal $1,000 cash and $10,000 bonds at Hunter's Point. Theological seminary centennial observed in New Brunswick. Fishing boats capsize near Mackinaw with seven drowned. W J. Bayes chairs in Cleveland as tug society meets. Indiana Baptist Convention opens in Fort Wayne. Lake underwriters suffer heavy losses from gales. Scotia wrecked on Lake Superior. John Pike drives daughters from Bristol and a deadly fire follows. Mint director reports gold and silver deposits and rising money in circulation. Relations with Indians tense after cross-border attacks. Enterprise Cotton Factory chief Groves T. Jackson identified as $100,000 defaulter. An unknown vessel sinks on Lake Erie with eight lost. Indian quotas paid. unrest among tribes noted. Howe opens annual congress of women in Baltimore. Armory rifle production tallied. a Baltimore freight locomotive explosion. Detroit banker Duvirnots named defaulter. A murder-suicide scene in Georgia and other crimes fill the week. Inflationary banking and railway fare cuts noted.
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New York
William Brady
C. P. Huntington
Morgan
Louisiana
Texas
Norman Jones
Fitchburg
Mass
Port Clinton
Buretars
A. B. Smith
Hunter’s Point
L. 1
New Brunswick
N. J
Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church In America
Etrats
Mackinaw
Tug Worman
Home Missionary Society
M. 2
Cleveland
O. Y
Rutherford Bayes
Baptist State Convention of
Indiana
Fort Wayne
C.H. W. Dolf
Madison
Scotia
Lake Superior
Chicago
John Pike
Bristol
Tongo
Mattie
Horatio Boreouann
United States Mint
Nean Long Creek
Groves T. Jackson
Enterprise Cotton Factory
Augusta
L. van Valkenburg
Lake Erie
Tts
Northwest Territories
Association For the Advancement of Women
Baltimore
Julia Ward Howe
Guneval Benet
Army
National Armory
Locust Point
Baltimore & Ohio
Frepegieg W. Duvirnots
Michigan Street
la Salle Avenue
Chiccago
Charles E. Culver
James Carr
Lena Haberland
St. Louis
Trichinias
Brooklyn
N. Y
W.N. Morr
San Antonio
Tex
TRE Oceanic
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Foruma
Horace Deland
Brookfield
N. H
President Arthur’s 28th appoints Gresham and McCulloch
President Arthur on the 28th appointed Walter Q. Gresham to the United States Circuit Court for Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana, succeeding Thomas Drummond, and Hugh McCulloch to succeed Gresham as Secretary of the Treasury. Mayor Epson of New York named General Fitz John Porter Police Commissioner. Somerset County Maryland official William J. Hanpy died at 79 after poverty despite an estimated $500,000. Tenor Simon Brignoli died in New York. Fall River Massachusetts manufacturer Lindden Cook died at 73. The Woman’s Home Missionary Society of the M E Church closed its sessions.
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Arthur
Walter Q. Gresham
Thomas Drummond
United States Circuit Court
Wisconsin
Ilinois
Indiana
Hugh McCulloch
Judge Gresham
Treasury
Epson
New York
Fitz John Porter
William J. Hanpy
Somerset County
Sianon Brignoui
Liinpden Cook
Fall River
Mass
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
M. E. Church
Hayes Reelected President at Columbus Meeting
The 30th alt. at Columbus Ohio reports Mrs Rutherford B Hayes re elected President. The Episcopal Diocesan Convention at Baltimore on the 20th alt elected Rev Dr Paret as Bishop of Maryland. The Grand Jury in Washington on the 81st alt found an indictment against Colonel Burnside for embezzling 54009 dollars from the Post Office Department.
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Columbus
Rutherford B. Hayes
Episcopal
Baltimore
Maryland
Paret
Epiphany Church
Washington
Burnside
Post Offie Départment
Violent storm and wrecks across British Isles and seas
A violent storm hammers the British Isles and adjacent waters with many wrecks and several deaths. London reports cholera spreading from France as ships are moved to protect ports. In Ireland Limerick votes to resist extra police tax, with arrests anticipated. An Ottawa thief is linked to a missing $4000 bank package.
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British Isles
Limerick
Ireland
Colina
Manzanillo
Mexico
Annie MaLbLeau
Toronto
Ont
Londonderry
Nss
London
Shanghai
Courbet
Formora
Rotterdam
New York
Great Britain
Holland
Dons McCormink
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Ike
Can
Michelpneoten
Consta Lies Dodds
Mills
Inspector Ward
Seine
France
Italy
Dieppe
Cherbourg
Choma
Ptaby Weld
Beco
Congo
Chinawau
Scott
Merchants’ Bank
Belleville
Public debt statement notes distress in early era markets
The report cites rising debt concerns and financial strain across states and counties. It records multiple violent incidents including hangings and shootings, a theater panic causing deaths and injuries, severe snow in New Hampshire, and disorderly riots in Trinidad. The summary mentions cholera fears in the Mediterranean and a Baltimore incident where a child killed herself with a pistol. A train wreck on the Baltimore & Ohio line injures many.
Heroic Firefighter James Carr Dies After Saving Dozens
In Chicago a fire at Hemlock Block on Michigan Street claimed the life of James Carr, the Fisher barbed-wire factory supervisor who led 39 workers to safety then returned for stragglers. Carr fell from a rope rescue and died hours later. Loss is estimated at about $150,000 with several slight injuries to other workers.
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James Carr
Echpe
Chicago
Cincano
Clark and
Kinzie
la Salle
Michigan
Hemlock
Michigan Street
EL Culver
Schnabel & Co
Campbell Printing Press Company
Danbeiser & Co
We EY Fisher
Adams & Westhide Manufacturing Company
Fisher
Dan Heiser Bros
Horatio Burchard briefs Chicago on US Mint gold and coinage
In Chicago Horatio Burchard, director of the United States Giants, outlined the annual report to Congress. He said gold deposits for coinage were light due to Philadelphia mint recoinage, with 244 million in gold deposits and 40 million domestically usable. Silver deposits reached 82 million, and 22 million in gold bars were sent abroad. The report notes a total money in circulation near 1.1 billion and total holdings around 1.8 billion, with expected gold bullion declines and possible future influx from crop improvements.
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Chicacgo
Horatio Biurehared
United States Giants
Congress
Philadelphas
Forestee
Phe Mittee
Huw
National Banka
Treasury
Burchard
Army Needs Prompt Aid as Benet Seeks Congressional Support
General Benet, chief of Ordinance, filed his annual report noting 2,015,255 spent including condemned stores sales. He cites Rock Island arsenal operations, economical building, and calls for liberal permanent defense funding. He warns of inadequate care funds, 36143 firearms produced, and steel shortages hindering fortification guns.
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Benet
Washington
Army
Rock Island Arsenal
National Armory
Benet Anys
Flo
Congress
Department
Coal Mine Disaster Near Uniontown Explodes Gas
An explosion of fire damp at the Youngstown Coke Company mine north of Uniontown Pa injures and kills workers. Two dead and about a dozen injured with about fifteen feared dead as afterdamp and roof falls trap others. rescue teams search while gas and afterdamp impede access.
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Uniontown
Youngstown Coke Company
Here
Presnot Wit
Soam
Reis and
Juanes Cole
Offle
James Zebley
John Lape
Jacob Cole Iired
Thavid Cove
Ben
Chauncey Wison
Orpi
Wash Keffer
P.t
West Lessenring
Bedtor
Train wreck injures Italian emigrants near Clarksdale
A westbound Toledo freight on the Wabash Road derailed near Clarksdale. A rear coach with forty three Italians tumbled down a ten foot embankment after a coupling broke. One man jumped the engine as it struck the car. Many injured, two children fatally feared. Wreck value about $5000.
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Tastorvirgy
Wabash Road
Toledo
Clarksdale
Ann
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