Notable local leaders and global affairs noted in brief
Thomas A Doylze elected Mayor of Providence for the fifteenth time. Wilhelm is said gravely ill, causing alarm in Berlin. Georgia Supreme Court rules a cotton futures note void. Tonquin issue seen as solvable. England urged peace with France and China. National Grange says prosperity grows under Worthy Master Woodman. Rosenburg & Co creditors accept 75 cents on the dollar, rejected by senior partner. Hicks Pasha’s Egyptian army annihilated by rebels. Cairo panics as 36 Krupp guns and war munitions fall into rebel hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks Pasha
Cairo
Mail to West Routed Through Portland and Port Townsend
The Post Office Department announces that all mail to the West via the Northern Pacific is distributed before Portland. Secretary Folger designates Portland Oregon and Port Townsend Washington as points where merchandise may be shipped in bond for transit through the United States and from British Possessions.
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Post Office Department
Northern Pacific
Portland
Folger
Ore
Port Townsend
Wash. T
United States
Turmoil in Mexico City as crime rises openly
The article describes daily street attacks in the City of Mexico with citizens fearful to walk at night. It notes an influx of Spanish criminals driven from Havana and reports that three Black Hand members were captured and executed near the city recently.
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Mexico
Havana
The
Black Hand
Death of Sogourner Treth noted lecturer born slave
Sogourner Treth, a noted colored lecturer, died recently at Battle Creek Michigan from ankle ulceration. Born a slave in New York between 1775 and 1777, she endured bondage under several masters until 1828 when she gained freedom under New York’s emancipation act. Despite illiteracy she rose to prominence lecturing across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sogourner Treth
Battle Creek
Mich
New York
General Hancock Wins Suit Over St Cloud Hotel Theft
In winter 1876 General W S Hancock and family stayed at the St Cloud Hotel in New York when thieves entered his rooms and stole jewelry valued at five thousand dollars. Hancock sued the proprietor for the value of the items. The case rose through courts to the Court of Appeals, which recently ruled in Hancock's favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Hancock
St.Cloud Hotel
New York
Court of Appeals
Albany
General Hancock
Austin Judge Dies of Broken Heart Over Daughters Actions
Hon Matthew Horxyss of Austin Texas died reportedly of a broken heart tied to his daughter Mrs Maddox who vanished last spring after leaving her husband. Early rumors of elopement with a North Texas sand man proved false and no trace of Maddox has been found. She was described as bright and gay but fond of other men's company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Horxyss
Austin
Tex
Maddox
North
Texas
Guiches
New Washington, D
Shelby
Henry Cray Davin
Columbus, Ga
Wolverhampton
Gladstone
Champaign County
Sangamon
Marty SuHarrer
Laura Riall
John R. Riall
Springfield
Charles Shad
Sprinfield Trotting Association
Rolla
Lawrence Feeney
Sing Sing
N. Y
John B. Lowell
James Houston
Joseph Sapp
Houston
Shafer
T. J. Conaty
Massachusetts
Parnell
Ireland
London
Philadelphia
Joseph Jewell
M. P. Renowilein
San Jose
Ex Manori the False Prophet in Sudan Revolt
Ex Manori once a Nile ship carpenter and Kor an reader led a slave-catcher rebellion that became a holy war. After initially resisting Western aid to curb slave trade he rose in revolt when greeted by support. He defeated Egyptians in 1882 and captured El Obied before further defeats and retreat toward Kordofan.
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Ex Manori
Hicks Pasha
Songola
Nile
Mohammed
France
England
Egypt
Soudan
Yusuf Pasha
el Obied
Khartoun
Kordofan
World events mix politics and personal notes across nations
A collage of items includes Fremont’s potential return to major general and retirement, a large New Orleans labor parade, Indianapolis push for a Republican convention, legal cases, fires, accidents, and global political tensions. The column blends society, crime, industry, and international developments.
Skeletons of 23 people found in Dakota moose river area
A St Paul dispatch reports the remains of twenty three persons and about as many horses found near the Moose River in Dickey County Dakota. Four brass cavalry buttons and spurs were among the artifacts, suggesting a party with a cavalry escort, though no missing expedition is recorded.
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St. Paul
Minn
Dickey County
Dakota
Moose River
Farwell
Chicago
Metzler Bros
Nation Dealers
Beak & Bucher
Farriers
Kitty Hilger
Francis Fairweather
Journal
J.B. Jeffrey
Jeffrey
Congressional Democratic Caucus
Washington
John G. Carlisle
Kiefer
O’donnell
Carey
Pittsburgh
Vongressman Haskell
Kansas
Leavenworth Narrows Heigle Murder Case to Three Suspects
Police close a brutal Heigle murder case with the confession of Robert Davis and the arrest of John T. Brown and Love in Platte City. Investigators deem the trio responsible for the February store killing that nearly severed Heigle’s head. The report lists associated local crimes and ongoing legal actions.
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Leavenworth
Heigle
Robert Davis
Penitentiary
John T. Brown
Love
Platte City
Kansas-Missouri Loan and Trust Company
Wyandotte
Fairview Cemetry Association
Nemaha County
I. O. O. F. Building Association
Severance
Doniphan
Harry Ham
TRE Temperance
Jennison
Patrick Tracy
Armstrong
John Ginty
Ginty
Thomas Vennor
Michael Donivan
Rowland & Bigwood
Parsons
Illinois
State Board of Canvassers
Topeka
John Martin
C. O. French
Leander Stillwell
M. B. Nicholson
L. Hooke
Henry Sluss
Jonesburgh
Chatauqua County
Thomas McGuire
Emma Hendricks
C. B. Hendricks
McGuire
Hendricks
Wichita Land Office
Wichita Land District
United States
Marshal Williams
Junction City
W. T. Bowen
Episcopal Church
Curtis
McPherson
Juyee McCrary
St. Joseph & Western Railroad
Fierce Flames Engulf Saxonville Blanket Factories
Fire at Saxonville blanket mills in Framingham destroys nine big factories, leaving only four largely saved structures. Loss estimated between 700000 and 800000 dollars with 400 workers left unemployed. Mills owned by M. H. Simpson & Co of Boston. Roxbury Carpet Co. also under same firm. Fire department limited, aid from Natick Ashland and Cochituate failed to curb blaze.
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Framingham
Mass
Saxonville
Natick
Ashland
Cochituate
M. H. Simpson & Co
Boston
Roxbury Carpet Company
Miraculous Escape After Train Car Plunges Down Embankment
A rear car carrying sixty-five passengers on the Boston Barre and Gardner line derailed at North Worcester Station at 2 15 p m and tumbled twenty five feet down a steep embankment. None were killed though thirty were seriously hurt and six unlikely to survive. rescue and medical aid followed from Worcester with hospitals and ambulances aiding the shaken victims.
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Morcester
Mass
Boston, Barre and Gardner
North Worcester
Prass
Worcescester
Bates
Marble
Davis
Hk. Woodward
Jacques
Wood
Swainward
Adams
Warren
Worcester
Windsor Theater Burned in Bowery Blaze
Fire destroyed the Windsor Theater at 45 Bowery New York after midnight with flames spreading to adjacent buildings. No audience was present. guests in Hartman and Loehr hotels escaped unharmed. The theater owner was William A. Martin of East Thirty-eighth Street, with property valued at 30,000.
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Windsor
New York
Windsor Theater
Bowery
Hartman
Loehr
Thalia Theater
Wm. A. Martin
East Thirty-eighth Street
Evacuation Day Parade in New York Unveils Washington Statue
Rain drenched crowds witness the grand New York celebration marking Evacuation Day with a four hour procession from Fifth Avenue to the Battery. President Arthur, Grant, and officials observe as Washington’s statue is unveiled on the Treasury steps amid a chorus of cheers and a river of steam whistle salutes.
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New York
Fourth Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Broadway
France
Germany
Manhattan
Long Island
John H. Stalin
North River
New Jersey
Sixty-fifth Street
Battery
East River
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
Bay Ridge
Tennessee
Cooper
United States
Arthur
Grant
Varnum
Fifth Avenue
John Cochrane
Philadelphia City Cavalry
A. B. Grubb
Richard H. Jackson
Fifth United States Artillery
Army
Navy
Volunteteers
Ani Ast
Sub-Treasury
Washington
Lower Broadway
Butler
Tewksbury
George Washington
Treasury
Bishop Potter
Dr. Storrs
Robertson
William M. Evarts
George W. Lane
Chamber of Commerce
Royal Phelps
Lane
Cleveland
Chamber of Comerce
Congress
Geo. Wm. Curtis
Curtis
Potter
Fire Rips Baltimore Cotton Warehouse. Loss Roughly 95 000
A blaze at 2 p m in Alexander G Carey's four story brick warehouse at Lombard and Frederick streets Baltimore Md spreads to the adjacent Carey warehouse. Dense smoke hinders firemen as streams of water fail to check the flames. Loss estimated about 95000 and believed insured.
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Baltimore
Alexander G. Carey
Lombard
Frederick Streets
Frederick Street
Carey
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Osban Shannon
Lawrence
Thomas A. Doylze
Providence
RKL
Wilhelm
Berlin
Supreme Court of Georgia
China
National Grange
Woodman
Rosenburg & Co
Daily News
Fremont
New Orleans
Indianapolis
Ind
Jupee George Denny
Phil Thompson
Kentucky
James H. Anderson
Lancaster
W. J. Kaunz
Allegheny
Pa.) Mail
Bigelow
National College of Pharmacy
St. Petersburg
Paris
Tonquin
Cole’s Hill
Plymouth
Gilman Terra Cotte Works
Elddra
Ill
Louisville
General Land Office
Washington Territory
Teller
Meyer Bros
Delaware Street
Kansas City
Robert Smith
L. Jacobs
Amelia Samuels
Teresa Stoll
Ed. Nathan
Leadville
Jacobs
Miss
Montreal
Boston, Barre & Gardner
Joan Buarr
Youngstown
James C. Bucx
Craddock
Gordon
Harry Castello
Montana
Coeur de Leon
Kansas State. News
Allen
Antes
Anderson
Bow
Atchison
Barber
Cowley St
Crawford
Franklin
Greenwood
Jackson
Marshall Bees
Riley
Raline
Sedgewick You
Dai Shawnee
Smith Ee
Sinner
Wabiaunsee
Wilson
Woodson Ts
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