Trials and Terrors Echo in Early 1880s News
Reports from Annapolis court martial show cadets reluctant to testify against hazing peers. European monarchs mourn the Count de Chambord while France has no king. A Spanish order targets officers in republican or secret societies for dismissal and prosecution. Mrs. Tooms of Georgia dies at seventy. her husband, seventy three, laments impending death with all children gone. Litre Cutler, Cheyenne, seeks respect in style with best white hat. A 1882 free delivery system expands in forty-two cities. few new offices added since. Salt Lake tale recounts a wife of Brigham Young waking with a lizard in her throat, later expelled via medicine. A thief-painter preys on homes during absences, stealing by deception. Attorney General instructions push Brady, Hogg, and others toward October trials in criminal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tooms
Georgia
Mr. Ker
Star Rcate
Brady
Ke Hogg
Criminal Court
Capitol
Bismarck
Dakota
Sth
G. A. Reveunion
Hastings
Neb
New York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Tris
Girgenti
Italy
State Department
Bordeaux
France
Chambers of Commerce
Paris
United States
Manchester
Clay County
Marshal Marcum
Hacker
Jad Links
A. Stivers
Links
Marcum
Stivers
Berlin
Prussia
St. Louis
Wallace
Frank James
Fair Lawn
Scranton
Dan Sauswine
Minnesota
Mosite
Alabama
Pensacola
Cisco
Texas
Owens
Hot Springs
Ark
Iowa
N. Ussery
Luling
Samuel Brown
Ussery
Brown
Belle Hanns
Beaver
Utah
J. K Rrroner
Mendota
Tils
Congress
James Willis
Junie P. Siti
New Mortford
Conn
Astoria
Oregon
Villard
Clatsop Spit
Columbia Bar
Republic
Riverton
Springfield
Holm Everts
Phebe Hyland
Everts
Senate
Canrr Romsey
Annapoli
Thomas Cg, Morgan
Gallatin
Enrions
James
Suut
Crozier
T. B. Yates
Farners
George Tuggle
Daviess County Savings Association
Mr. Wallace
Ciallatin
McDougall
D. Hatfield Davis
Werllace
Shanklin
Black
Messrs. Davis
Yates
Westfall
Jesse James
Gallatin Bank
Winston
Blue Cat
Independence
Northfield
James Lick
California
California Pioneers
San Priancisco Chronicle
Donald Macintosh
Ye Geologioa
Wash
Axtelle
Waterbury
Hartford Post
Admiral Baldwin
United States Navy
Russia
Chicago
Kansas
Gresham
Chicago News
General Land Ofice
San Francisco
Sneh
Tly Cone
San Francisco Chronicle
World Doings and Personal in a Turbulent Era
A wide wired miscellany reports Iris noting Supervising Architect Hill plans to resign and enter private business after an investigative probe. It also notes Franco-Chinese tensions, Irish-American political rallies, and a large public reception for Alexander Sullivan. Reports cover a Capitol cornerstone ceremony in Dakota, labor parades, customs figures, and various accidents, crimes, and trials across the United States and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iris
Hill
France
China
New York Greenback Convention
Ed. O. Jones
Albany
Thos
K. Beecher
Louis A. Post
F. L. Hilsey
Julian Winne
Edwin Stillman
Irish National Leagues
Brooklyn
N. C
Alexander Sullivan
National League of America
Ancient
Order of Bibernians
St. Patrick’s Alliance
Washington
Yellowstone
Ith
Kansas State News Highlights From Topeka to Leavenworth
A Kansas Pacific brakeman near Junction City is killed after a train runs over him as he sleeps on a tie. Explosions at Shawnee Flouring Mills injure several. Topeka sees a quake scare. Notable fires in Parsons and Topeka cause substantial losses. Incidents include a failed kidnapping, a mad cow attack, suicidial acts, and a railway derailment near Parsons injuring passengers. Immigration and state growth are noted amid charter filings and reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junction City
Kansas Pacific
Topeka
Shawnee
Agens
Leroy Mills
Rascal
L. Garneau
Parsons
Ofelock
Mrs. Garneau
Ohange
Wichia
Sedgwick County
Thurmond
Texas
New York Cattle Company
Smith
Tummand
Dole
United States
Wichita
Emporia College
W. H. Whistler
Tear Parsons
Julia Eckes
Sue Vo
Greenfiehd Cemetery Association
Washington County
Cartwright Society of the
Wichita District
Southwest Kansas
The
M. E. Church
Gate City Co-operative
Chas. W. Rust
Jehison
Bier Hart
Wilson
Asinibas Company
Parsons Tan Company
Northwess
Los
Leavenworth
Snead
Jons Ecke
Leavenworth City
Kansas City
Flora McCoy
Charch
Flora
Fort Scott & Gulf
Kansas
Ptanapolis
Ind
Bob Ford
Frank James
Jesse
Zoo Theater
James
Jones
Tai
Jesse James
Frank
Supreme Court Dismisses Union Pacific Suit in Credit Mobilier Case
In Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court a full bench held no fraud in the Hoxie contract dealings between Union Pacific Railroad and Credit Mobilier of America. The court entered judgment against the railroad with costs in a long pending suit seeking 82,266,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Credit Mobilier of America
Credit Mobilier
Hoxie
Action Intended Against Postmaster Bond in Winona Fraud
Judge Raynor heard arguments on suing Postmaster Taylor's bond after he stole 31 sheets of money order blanks totaling 931, filled orders nationwide and fled to California. Taylor was arrested, tried, and sentenced to three years in the Penitentiary. Sixth Auditor Ela urged suit to recover the amount. The judge would not judge the case, only determine bond liability and require accounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raynor
The
Treasury
Taylor
Winona
Ill
California
Ela
The James Verdict Draws Outrage Across States
Reports from Gallatin Missouri describe a rapid two ballot unanimous acquittal of Frank James provoking anger and protests. Kansan observers called the verdict an outrage while Kansas City and Jefferson City broadcast widespread reaction. Local leaders raised a fund to honor Prosecutor Wallace with a gold watch, which he declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
James
Missouri
Jefferson City
Frank James
Ove Ublock
Crittenden
Indianapolis
Ind
Gallatin
Twisted News Snaps From A Far-Flung Era
A miscellany of curiosities and oddities from American papers recounts strange happenings and quirky anecdotes. Accounts speak of a tree bearing two crops owned by William Lansing of Lansingburg, a sea lion harvest off Fort Osford reef in Oregon, smuggler patrols by General Ketchum in New York, and wild coyote encounters in Mineral Park Arizona. Also noted are a Texas owl incident, Cherokee population figures, obesity remedies, and a string of colorful vignettes from San Francisco, Chicago, Hartford, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lansing
Lansingburg
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lawrence
Annapolis
Count de Chambord
Europe
Secretary of the Interior
Salt Lake
Jane Carrington Young
Brigham Young
Daily News
New Orleans
Treasury Department
Hong Kong
Clarence Hite
James Gang
Bonham
Calville
Fourteenth Street Theater
Frederick Price
E. L. Hanancox & Co., Dry Goods
Rob Roy
Parkville
Michael Foggin
Plattsburg
Blackspear
Kansas State News
Sprisgrieth
Merton
Hayland
Mississippi
Swain County
North Carolina
Chicago Journal
Gibb
Heman
New Haven
Andrew Heely
Milford
Boston
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