Miss Wanp and Dorsey lynched at Center Alabama
Domestic news reports Miss Jane Wanp and J. R. Dorsey were lynched by a mob at Center Alabama after involvement in a murder. Dorsey was Alpine postmaster aged seventy five. The woman was about sixty.
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Henry Republican
Location
Henry, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1884
Page
6
National and local political roll of 1880s era figures
The item lists numerous nominations and political moves including President Arthur naming William P. Dunwoody to the National Board of Health, Rhode Island People's Party convention actions, state legislature notes, and detailed election tallies from Ohio and New York reflecting party results and electors. It also notes the engagement rumor of Arthur to Tillie Frelinghuysen and a 103 year old man walking seventeen miles to meet her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthur
William P. Dunwoody
Iowa
National Board of Health
H A Johnson
Long's Peak
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Animnals
New York
New York Times
Arthur
Tillie Fretinghuysen
Ohio
West Virginia
Perry Belmont
Felix Campbell
Peter P Mahoney
Illinois
James H. Ward
Wyoming
W. H. Holliday
J M. Carey
Massachusetts
John W Sayre
Robinson
Newman
New York City
Louis J. Phillips
Satu Coox
Rathbonville
N. Y
Tas Democrats
David A. Pierpont
Robinson Pep Ls Newman Pons
Erald
Greenbac
Jude—Johnson Hoe
Martin den
Roseborough
Grogan Ee Ry
He Meratee
Board of Public Works
Flickinger
Bonfor
Dem
Kendall
Ogden
Greenbacker
Ohe Supreme Court of Iowa
Justices of the Peace
Frances Willard Re elected President At St Louis Session
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union session in St Louis on the 24th re elected Miss Frances Willard as president with 327 votes out of 384. The vote totals reflect strong support for her leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
St. Louis
Frances Willard
In Ocean RN Neptune At Sea Then Onward To Atlantic
Foreign items report the Tre canoe Neptune leaving Norway for New York entering an English port on the 22nd and awaiting another crossing. A Liberal meeting in Armagh, Ireland was mobbed with windows smashed and activists wounded. Canada to aid fishermen. Canarian government prepared eight hundred barrels of provisions. Jamaica flood damage near Holland Bay. Point Claire train wreck kills a engined and injures crew, rail damage widespread. Cholera deaths grow in Europe with Naples heavy. Oran and Madrid report deaths, Genoa none. Germany and Ontario mention accidents and snow. British Parliament opens extra session addressing representation and relief for General Gurdon. Marseilles official accused of fleeing cholera funds. European cholera toll rises to over 13,000 by 24th. Canadian Pacific line accident at Rel Sucker Cove. Bay Quinte drownings near Napanee. Leeland plans £10,000 family aid for late Alexander Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Wanp
J. R. Dorsey
Center
Ala
Dorsey
Alpine
Minnie Cummines
New York
Twe Southern Barbed Wire Company
St. Louis
Richmond
Edward O. Fitzgerald, Jr
Rochester
Army
Huron
C. T
Brainerd
Minn
Virginia
Fratp Morten
Delphos
National Christian Temperance Union
Frances E. Willard
EuroLams
Adams Express Company
Woonsocket
R. 1
General Hazen
Signal Service
Potterman Bracs
Brunswick
Peter Hetton
George Hoof
Jersey City
Michael Sullivan
Samren T. Boone
Clevelant
Albany
Nashvillie
Tonn
New Jersey
Cleveland
Charles Kimball
Kimball
Harry Allman
Lafayette Allman
St. Charles
Atoka
Indian Territory
Pennsylvania
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Bio
Columbus
Coartes
Rick
James Scott
Laborere
Louisville
Cottipon
Hquor
Wabash
Ind
Hesnew Orphan Asylum
Hudson River
United States
Providence
Metropolitans
Tre
Neptune
Norway
Atlantic
Johnson
Armagh
Ireland
Gulf of St Lawrence
Holland Bay
Jamaica
Point Claire
Quebec
Arand Trunk Express
Fieeman
Derina
Naples
Genoa
Oran
Algeria
Madrid
Spain
Woestphalia
Germany
Ontario
Gurdon
M Davmas
Marseilles
France
Europe
Province of
Rel Sucker Cove
Manitoba
Bay Quinte
Napanee
Canada
James Clarke
Frederick Dew
Widely Scattered Events Reported In Late News
A hectic mix of incidents spans Italy flooding Wales and New York politics. Reports cite a deadly shooting near Adairville, heavy snow across Ross Cheyensa and nearby areas, and crowds in London demanding House of Lords abolition. A West Virginia arsenic poisoning, New York City voter registration records, and a Montifore centennial gala in cities nationwide appear alongside a Chicago sporting goods store fire and a Columbus runaway fatality. Multiple nominations and a National Cattlemen’s Convention drive fill the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Naples
Adairville
John Moffert
Wadkeng
Ross Cheyensa
Garfield
Ower Grove Park
St Louis
Dro Pos Oreilly
Arthur
Crittenden
Adams& Aries
New York
Myde Park
London
House of Lords
Johnson
Calhoun County
West Virginia
New York City
Isso
Jatun Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Spalding & Brothers
Chicago
Columbus
Emeline Burger
Dr. Connell
Moses Montefiore
Dawson
G. W. Cheves
Journal
T. H. Pickett
Union
St. Louis
James H. Platt
Sev Anth
Lispenard Stewart
James O'Beirne
Pennsylvania
William Foster
People’s Pkcias Ivania
W. C. Kennedy
John Law
Lynching of Aged Couple in Alabama Rosa Dorsey and Jane Ward
Report from Centre Alabama details a 74 year old J R Dorsey and 60 year old Jane Ward hanged by a masked vigilante group after being accused of murder. The mob seized them from Cherokee County Jail and executed them at a Coosa River ravine. The crime cited involved Mary Davis and Jones, with Dorsey jealous of Davis. Ward described as aged, wealthy before the war, and seen as an accessory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Vigilance Committee
Centre
Ala
Cherokee County
J. R. Dorsey
Dorsey
Miss Ward
Lis
Des Aris
Coosa
Mary Davis
Tur
Co Jones
Jones
Davis
Jane Ward
Old Soldiers in Conference Resolutions Adopted
The National Convention of Soldiers and Sailors met in Indianapolis to push broad pension reform. Delegates from about eleven hundred organizations drafted resolutions urging pensions for all veterans, widows, and dependent children, and urged Congress to advance changes aligned with the war service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
National Convention of Soldiers and Sailors
Genral
Haskell
Merrill
J. R. Carnahan
John O Harlsty
Unio
Congress
Borthie
United States
Burdette
Prohibition Law Case Upheld by Iowa Supreme Court
In Iowa the first Prohibition law case, Albertson vs. Kriumbauim, reached the Supreme Court. The court affirmed Judge Stutsman of Burlington ruling that Justices of the Peace lack jurisdiction under the Prohibitory law, which allows sixty days imprisonment, not thirty. Costs are not part of the fine. imprisonment may be ordered until costs are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dumigreé
Iowa
Supreme Court
Albert Albertson
George Kriuhbauim
Stutsman
District Court
Burlington
Ilegally
Justice of the Peace
Reed
Justices of the Peace
Dubuque
Indebtedness of Subsidized Railroads
Washington October 25 From the Armstrong report for the year ended June 30 1884 the total indebtedness of subsidized Pacific Railroads is shown Union Pacific including Kansas Pacific Principal 33539512 accrued interest 33009554 total 66639068 Central Pacific including Western Pacific Principal 27855680 accrued interest 26782145 total 655...8275 Sioux City Pacific Railroad 1628220 accrued interest 1661996 total 3200816 Central Branch Union Pacific Principal 1000000 accrued interest 1645808 total 2245808 Grand total 12782301 total credit to these roads 2488822 balance in favor of the United States but not due until maturity of principal in 1895 and 1898 102004783
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wastmincton
William H. Armstrong
Pacific
Union Pacific
Kansas Pacific
Central Pacific
Western Pacific
Sioux City & Pacific Prabal Pel
Central Branch
United States
Deficiency Caused by the Reduction in Postage
Washington reports Post Office receipts for the year ending June 30, 1884 totaled 42,919,635 with expenditures of 46,411,772 creating a deficiency of 3,593,187 due to lower postal rates. Money order revenue will narrow the shortfall by about 100,000, aligning with President Arthur’s Congress message estimate.
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Washineton
Arthur
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