Vast 19th Century Alamanac of Disasters and Crime
A mixed Washington dispatch details a dramatic court cross examination ending with a man’s death, a streetcar strike near Mt Lonig, and a fatal beating in McKeesport. Reports cover church collapses at Wilkes-Barre, prairie fires near Barmes County, and a clamp on counterfeiters in Clarion County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert
Bouthworth
G.cuit
Mt. Lonig
Thomas Bingham
McKeesport
Wilkesbarre
Sera Staunroy
Barmes
County
D. T
Orincens
Secret Service
Clarion County
Pittsburgh
Hocholera
Kansas
Joan Hgfyman
Newark
N. J
Franklin County
Georgia
Atlantic
New York
Rockaway Beach
Battingre & Onto Express
Reck
Ohio Pyle Falls
Tur
Treasury Department
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Washington Territory
Pacific Slope
United States
Western Union Telegraph ‘Company
N.Y
Flvx
Oakland
Cal
Bandhan Oswego County
N. Y
Hudson River
Albany
Hinlan and
Lee
Courtney
Conley
Grazral Howanp
Wyoming
BurotAns
Waverly
Petersburg
Cook
Barbara Bireler
Crestline
Ara
Personal and political notices from Deseret News to New Haven
A collection of brief items notes Epitor Jonx Nichollson and two others sentenced for illegal co habitation in Balt Lake, mass post office changes, the death of Bradley of New Haven famed as a 900 pound former Fat Men's Club president, and political moves in Georgia Nebraska Ohio Indiana Kentucky and Arizona. Also remarks on Annie Longfellow and Josh Billings, and a New York cardinal event drawing crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epitor Jonx Nichollson
Deseret News
Mormon Organ
Balt Lake
Bradley
New Haven
Conn
New York
Fat Men’s Club
Georgia
Annie Longfellow
Longfellow
Cambridge
Mass
James Gilbert Thorpe
Eau Claire
Wis
H. W. 8Xan
Josh Billings
Monterey
Cal
Nebraska
Lincoln
Amasa Cobb
Leavitt Burnhan
Douglass
Charles H. Gere
Lancaster
State University
Indianapolis
Board of Aldermen
Ohio
Reublicans
Joseph B. Forsker
Robert P. Kennedy
John C. Brown
Jacob A. Kehler
Supreme Court
A. Minshail
Mesabet-Boardi
Seattle
Wells
Democrats of
Frank Martin
R. R. Livingstone
John F
Zojln
State
Universitar
C. M. Zaick
Arizona Territory
James McLaughlin
Standing Rock
D. T
Kentucky
cohen the Tate Cardinal McCloskey_Jal
International News Roundup touched by wars and disasters
The report notes debates on church and governance in Britain, with Sir Charles Dilke urging radical reform. It covers Bulgaria Greece tensions, Turkish frontier mobilizations, and a commutation hint for Louis Riel. Also recorded are earthquakes in Sicily and Montreal cholera and smallpox deaths, plus a Brahilian export-duty fraud allegation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hegager GuLaperonn
Leondom
House of Lords
Aspeech
Halifax
Charten Dilke
England
Ireland
Granava
Spain
Bulgaria
Roumelia
Constantinople
Turkey
Greece
Jand Bervin
St. Vincent de Paul
Montreal
Jean Baptiste Romilly
Palermo
Sicily
London
Louis Riel
Hungary
Nissa
Yicin
Canonnal NewMan
Para Rubber
New York
Tur
Henry Rose
India
Multiple 1885 incidents fill anxious election and disaster notes
The Ohio legislature result remains unsettled as officials count votes. Cincinnati arrests for poll fraud and ballot box theft spark fears of riot. A Northern Railway crash at Andover Plains NH kills four and injures others. Earthquake shake felt in Georgia. A Jersey City wreck follows a train collision, with more deaths. A Colorado River bridge burns after cost 200000. Riel sentence rumors deny life imprisonment. Smallpox deaths rise in Montreal area. A powder wagon explosion kills a family. A Yates County swindle nets 2600 dollars. Chicago miners and owners urge wage arbitration. Blackfoot Falls grand jury indicts Mormons for unlawful cohabitation. Cholera cases rise in Spain. Sicily reports cases and deaths. U S clearing-house totals rise 28 percent vs 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Cincinnati
E Tarek
Northern Railway
Andover Plains
N. H
Joshin RaPaLyra
Yates County
N. 4
Chicago
United States
Blackfoot Falls
Spain
Palermo
Sicily
Ohio Vote Totals Hint At Foraker Victory In Close Races
Unofficial returns from Ohio show Foraker leading by about 21 000 votes with the Prohibition ticket around 23 000. Hamilton County could tilt the Senate, and both parties claim majorities in the Legislature. Cleveland and Columbus report Republican county wins while Toledos results favor the State ticket. Dr Leonard of the Prohibition party asserts the vote will balance future contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foraker
Hoadly
Leonard
Corumans
Hamilton County
Lave
Democratic Committee
House
Senate
Republican Committee
Ousé
Cincinnati
Times Star
Robert Harlan
Board of Control
Cleveland
Ihe
Toledo
Lucas County
CoLuaunus
Ohio
Dayton
Columbus
Ina Fielp
Dr. Leonard
Prohibition
Return of U S Revenue Cutter Corwin From Arctic Cruise
The revenue cutter Corwin returned from Alaska with 19 wrecked seamen aboard after rescuing eight, six, and two more from boats. the voyage included exploration parties on Kowak and Nortak Rivers, findings at Hot Springs Inlet, mail from Stoney’s party, and a 1600 pound polar bear shot for the Smithsonian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corwig
Arctic
Ballors
Corwinrs
Francisco
Cali
United States
Révenue
Corwin
Alaska
New Bedford
Napoleon
Wes Punk
Arctic Ocean
Joaquix Khlus
Mabel
Susan
Ahead
Mass
Wainwright's Inlet
Willian Lee
Cooper
Wilhelm
James Evans
Seamer
Ohio
Jer
Kotzebue Sound
Cantwell
Kowak River
Noitak River
Cape Sabine
Hotham Inlet
McLennegan
Nortak River
Stoney
Interior
St. Michaels
H. F. Allen
Robertson
I. W. Facket
Smithsonian Institute
Ounalaska
Timber Thefts From Public Domain Reach 31 Indictments
Commissioner Sparks cites 31 indictments against Northern Pacific Railroad Company and Montana Improvement Company for cutting 45.1 million feet of lumber 84 744 railroad ties 15.4 million shingles 61 600 bundles 2 035 cords of wood and 20 000 cedar posts. Estimated value 618 402 dollars. Investigations hampered by witnesses absences and Montana Improvement Company counteraction along Rathdrum Idaho to Bearmouth Montana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WGTON
Sparks
Land Office
M. D. Haley
Rathdrum
Northwest
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Montana Improvement Company
Eddy, Hammond & Co
Idaho
Bearmonth
M. T
Northern Pacific Railroad
Three Girls Drown After Flatboat Sinks on Mahoning Creek
In Kittanning Pennsylvania on October 13 a group crossing Milliron's dam via a flatboat sank. Beckie Neale Annie Neale and Mary Neale, daughters of W C and James Neale, drowned after clinging to oarsman W S Neale who survived after a fierce struggle. Bodies recovered.
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Kittanning
Mahoning Creek
Milliron’s Dam
Milliron’s
Beckie
Annie Neale
W. C. Neale
Mary
James Neale
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