Port Clinton coal train collision injures fireman
A misplaced switch derailed two coal trains at Port Clinton Pennsylvania, smashing thirty cars and wrecking an engine. The tracks were blocked and one fireman was injured in the $100,000 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Clinton
York
William Brady
Huntington
Organ
Louisiana
Tema
New York
Fitz John Porter
Saratoga
N. Y
Uxtontown
Youngstown
Lessenring
Chicago and Northwestern surveys eye Neb to Wyoming extension
Preliminary surveys by the Chicago and Northwestern Road plan an extension from Valentine Nebraska to Fort Futterman Wyoming. Ninety miles of grading will be finished this season and track ties are being received for a line to White River. The report notes a bicycle race in Omaha and several other items of local news, including losses from a Chicago store fire and legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago and Northwestern
Valentine
Neb
Fort Futterman
Wyoming
Aientine
White River
Omaha
Patterson
Toronto
Johnson
St. Josepe
Sporting Gods
G. Spalding & Bros
East
Madison Street
Chicago
Thomas Donovan
Francisco
Winsor F. Stony
Chicago Times
Salisbury
Schoo
Laporte
Ind
Jackson
Midh
Detroit
Free Prena
Times
Taylorville
Arey
Col Griffin
Halstead
Butler County
Ohio
Marmt Halstead
United States
Youngstown
Bee
Pittsburgh
John P. Bonte & Co
Cincinnati
A. Jerrry
Hallville
Ill
Supreme Court of Ohio
Straits of Mackinaw
Harwood Bros. & Co
Bloomington
Idaho
Excessive study drives Baltimore woman to madness and murder rumors
A Baltimore woman Miss Birdie Igo allegedly went insane from preparatory vows to a convent and was found nude amid wrecked furniture. a string of scattered reports includes a Kentucky murder, lynching rumors, and other violent incidents across multiple states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdie Igo
Baltimore
Harry Allman
Lafayette Allman
At &. Charles
Baton Rowaz
Bates
Clinton
St. Tammany Parish
Virginia woman and her stepchildren poisoned with arsenic
G. W. Hazertine of Jamestown New York killed Mamie Thorpe in a disreputable Baltimore house. He was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
G. W. Hazertine
Jamestown
N. Y
Mamie Thorpe
Baltimore
Washington Bankers Suspend as Liabilities Reach 170000
Washington D C bankers H D Cooks & Co suspend operations with liabilities about 170000, assets expected to cover the amount. Federal Railroad Commissioner Armstrong reports Pacific lines owed the government 102934793 as of June 30. Sinking funds show 3435576 for Union Pacific and 2448623 for Central Pacific. Judge Gresham named Secretary of the Treasury to replace Drummond in Chicago circuit court, Hugh McCulloch to succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Cooks & Co
Washington, D. C
W. H. Armstrong
Federl
Pacific Lines
United States
Union Pacific
Central Pacific
E Gresham
Secretary of the Treasury
Arthur
Drummond
United States Circuit Court
Chicago
Hugh McCulloch
Gresham
the Treasury
Electoral College totals and October Ohio returns
The document lists 401 electoral votes by state with per-state tallies and notes 201 to clinch a presidency. It also provides Ohio October election results for Secretary of State and other offices, plus major party parades and rallies in Chicago New York Cleveland Bloomington Evanville Grand Rapids and Bloomington parades and speeches by Blaine Logan Hendricks Pendleton and Rosecrans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Allasour
New
South Corolina
Louisiana
Tennessee
Maryland
Vermont
Massachusetts
Virginia
Michigan
West
Morris
Herald
Greenbacker
Johnson
Martin
Roseborough
Grogan
Board of Public Works
Flickinger
Grand_ Pacific Hotel
Blaine
Logan
Daniel McSweeney
Mra. Parnell
Battery D Armory
Cleveland and Hendreka
New York
Lower Wall Street
East Side
Will Street
Columbia College
Bloomington
Gov. Hendricks
Evanaville
Ind
Grand Rapids
Mich
Senator Pendleton
Gen Rosecrans
Gov Begole
Temperance Union adopts pro abstinence resolution at convention
The Tur national convention of the Woman's Temperance Union votes 182 to 72 in favor of urging the national committee to back with women's influence any party backing home protection against saloon destruction. The movement seeks total abstinence and total prohibition while denying political office alignment. Disasters abroad follow storms off Lower California with ships lost and crews drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tur
Woman's Temperance Union
National Committee
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Olio
San Francisco
Guaymis
Mexico
Lower California
Estado de Sonor
Mazatlan
Doras
Cape St. Lucas
Crisis Abroad and Domestic Unrest Reported in Cairo and London
The Cairo situation is deplorable with costly Nile expedition preparations and extravagant civil and military affairs. In London a parade of 100000 urged abolition of the House of Lords while Britain faces foreign tensions in Tongquin and Shanghai. Sarah Bernhardt is very ill from nervous prostration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Nile
Mary
Hyde Park
London
House of Lords
Tongquin
Shanghai
China
Courbet
Lespes
Germany
Sarah Bernhardt
Nihilist Leader Arrested and European Tensions Rise
Russian authorities seize Tapatin the Nihilist leader while Warsaw sees twenty student arrests. Bismarck denies deceit in Germany’s free cities and Hamburg’s independence remains a point of contention. In Ireland, Limerick Aldermen reject a police tax by 27 to 5, with further arrests possible for contempt. A severe storm damages the British Isles and nearby seas with numerous wrecks reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tapatin
Warsaw
Bismarck
Germany
Hamburg
Limerick
Ireland
British Isles
Tragedy and upheaval cross Rabun County and beyond
A chaotic and sicken ing report links a Rabun County tragedy with other violent acts and political shocks. Eugene Beck shoots his wife and sister in law amid drunken turmoil. A church dedication riot, officer James Blackwell killed, and a series of fires, accidents, robberies, and political outcomes unfold across Maryland Chicago Detroit and Germany as a murky mix of crime insurance fraud and parliamentary shifts emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rabun County
Georgia
Eugene Beck
Addie Bailey
Avlees
Parkerville
D. C
James Blackwell
George T. Jackson
Enterprise Cotton Factory
Augusta
Locust Point
Baltimore and Tho
C. E. Culver
la Salle Avenue
Michigan Street
Chicago
James Carr
Mallersburg
Ohio
Mehler & McDowell
Germany
Center Party
People's Party
Cornwall
Kirwan
Dublin Castle
Dublin
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Boston
C R. Bliss
Association For the Advancement of Women
Baltimore
Jolin Ward Howe
General Land Office report on lands and receipts for 1844
The Commissioner of the General Land Office reports for the year ended June 30, 1844, total entries and filings 286,812 covering 49,625,000 acres with 60,276 patent approvals and 51,337 agricultural patents. Cash sales brought $10,302,582. total receipts $12,789,405. Recommends repeal of timber culture act, amendments to homestead and relinquishment laws, and large timber land withdrawals. Also notes 1,076 miles of railroad constrained and calls for boundary surveys and protected forests at river headwaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Land Office
Washington
Indiana
New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
Colombo
Utah
Dakota
Montana
Yellowstone Park
United States
PENSIONS Figures and Trends From the Pension Bureau
Data recounts the Civil War era impacts on pension rolls with totals for persons and payments. It notes 10 772 pensioners and 1 034 600 dollars early, 8 159 names after rev war dropouts, and a 4 985 474 dollar fiscal year peak with 303 658 current pensions and 60 431 973 dollars paid in 1883.
Fatal Dance Hall Knife Fight Echoes Across State Line
In Martin's Ferry a quarrel over a dance leads to a fatal wound. Benjamin Frazier fatally wounds George Bleubach with a knife after a dispute over a girl. Bleubach dies that night. Frazier fled to Wheeling and remains hidden. Two officers reportedly witnessed the assault but did not intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Martin's Ferry
Benjamin Frazier
George Bleubach
Bleubach
Frazier
Bluebach
Bluebuch
Tragic Poisoning Case in Calhoun County
In Calhoun County Mrs. Johnson, suffering temporary insanity, poisoned herself and two of her stepchildren with arsenic mixed in sugar. One child refused the mixture. the other two died within minutes. Mrs. Johnson then consumed the poison and died shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling
W. Va
Calhoun County
Oshkosh Woman Sues for 10000 Over Car Blockade
Mrs. A. H. Reep of Oshkosh files a $10,000 damages suit against the Central Wisconsin Railroad for injuries to her husband after his team was frightened by Mme. Modjeska's private car that blocked a street crossing a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Reep
Oshkosh
Wis
Central Wisconsin Railroad
Mme. Modjeska
Bell plans oralism in deaf institutions
Alexander Bell aims to introduce widespread oral speech in deaf and dumb institutions replacing sign language. Mr Frelinghuysen denies reports that his daughter will wed the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Graham Bell
Mr. Frelinghuysen
Wheat Market Woes Prompt Lower Prices Hit Farmers
A Washington telegram reports European crop abundance and stagnant grain prices. Farmers face little profit and expect no acreage reduction in wheat next season despite large yields and heavy imports from abroad. A British yield estimate and stock levels suggest future price pressure may ease with higher foreign demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Agriculture
Washington
Europe
Great Britain
Wards of the Nation Progress and Redress in Indian Affairs
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs reports progress toward civilization and urges larger appropriations and early action. He calls for a ban on arms and liquor sales to Indians, notes 3 000 acres added to Crow lands, and stresses court systems, police pay, and federal support for schooling. He condemns land invasions and warns Congress to fund damages awards and defend treaty obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Congress
Montana
United States
Indian Territory
Atte Ntion
Gulf, Colorado
Santa Fe
Kansas Southern
Parade of John T. Raymond for Congress Draws Crowds
In Cleveland John T. Raymond advertised a parade of "the new party" and hired 100 boys with torches and banners urging a vote for him. The streets were crowded and the theater packed for the week. GREELY has leased a Washington house for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John T. Raymond
Congress
Kkevr. Greely
I Street
Washington
Wilbur F Storey A Life Of Great Ambitions And Labor
Obituary of Wilbur F Storey editor and proprietor of the Chicago Times. Details his birth, career from Middlebury to Detroit to Chicago, growth of the Times, Civil War coverage, political stance, and later health decline. Describes his residence dream, marble mansion, and personal traits. Notes on contemporaries and a few unrelated items.
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Wilbur F. Storey
Chicago Times
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Times
Notos
Storey
Saliebury
Middlebury
Middlebury Press Press
New York
Newark
Jounal O of Commerce
la- Porte
Ind
Ned Hannegan
United States
Story
Mishawaka
The
Tocsin
Jackson
Mich
Jackson Patriot
Alrul
Polk
Taylor
Michigan
Austin Blair
Detroit
Free Press
West
Stephen A. Douglas
Torey
Jinex
Tme
I'mes
Dearborn Street
Ames
Fifth Avenue
Washington Street
Green Lake
Wis
Philadelphia
Imea
Store
Vincennes + nue
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Review-Dispatch
Moline, Illinois
CHE South
W.oaxves
Dawson Journal
T. H. Pickett
Wert “Rie
England
House of Commons
Lord Ellenborough
Court of King’s Bench
Brooklyn
Beeves
Toledo
Milwaukee
Banley
Louis
Witeat
Oba
Indianapolis
East Liberty
Pevends Aves
the Public Domain
Bureau
Wards OF the Nation
Indian Bureau
Gov. Butler
Court of
Italy
Sacramento
Mar. Gerster
Darling
Hamilton College
Victoria Institute and Philosophical Society of Great Britain
the Times
Butte City
Washington McLean
Henry Wadeworth Longfellow
Mr. Thorpe
Ole Bail
Metropolitan Railroad
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