Great Chicago Epiphany and a Nation in Change
A sweeping twenty day Chicago session closes as the Episcopal General Convention adjourns sine die on the twenty third. National events surge from a Bedloe’s Island statue unveiling to postal service cost rises, rail accidents, and a spate of fires and bank failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tar General Episcopal Convention
Chicago
Flat Rock
William Poe
Alice Carnes
Sallis Adams
Parsons
Cleveland
Bartholdi
Bedloe
Island
New York Harbor
Postal Service
Tus Nation Firm
Meyers, Thieman & Co
Cincinnati
St. Paul Road
Rio
Wis
William M. Dustin & Co
Lincoln
Ill
Washington
New Croton Aqueduct
New York
Brown, Howard ,& Co
St. Louis
Jony. Drlaxty
Montague
Flemington Junction
Pittsburgh
Washburn
Worcester
Mass
Tuer
Treasury
Franklinton
N. C
James Willester
Wabash
Ind
Indian Service
Forest Green
American Humane Association
Grand Hotel
Wilasam Kuisenaamer
San Francisco
Baltimore & Ohio Road
Zanesville
Louisiana
Mississipi
United States
Canada
Sisters of Mercy
Winona
Minn
Brignnn
Mexico
A. K. Cutting
Natura
Fort Wayne
Isaac May
Little Rock
Ark
Frank Waters
Dustin’ & Co
Dusixn
Murderers from Indian Territory sentenced in Arkansas
In Fort Smith Arkansas six murderers from Indian Territory were sentenced to be hanged on January 14. The report also notes various incidents from across the country including fires, robberies, deaths, and a public debt update.
National Brotherhood reelects officers in New York meeting
The National Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers re elected officers on the 27th in New York with P M Arthur of Cleveland Ohio named Grand Chief Engineer for a three year term. Also noted were a funeral in New York for Mrs Cornelia M Stewart widow of A T Stewart the Treasury Secretary resuming control on the 30th and a new Bartholdi post office in Dakota named on the 80th ult along with suffrage and Salvation Army items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
New York
P. M. Arthur
Cleveland
Cornelia M. Stewart
A T. Stewart
Mannixa
Treasury Department
Dakota
Bartholdi
Faircuiips
the Treasury
American Woman's Suffrage Assation
Topeka
Kan
William Dudley Foulke
General Booth
England
Salvation Army
Chicago
Multiple Global Disasters Reported Across Europe and Americas
A Vienna telegram notes emi grant holds reduced by 452 in Ratibor for the September quarter. French river floods devastate Rhone and Garonne valleys. London collision sinks Minerva. seven dead. Fire at Chapwiches mills costs £40,000. Cholera spikes in Austro Hungary with new cases and deaths. Canadian calls for extradition treaty amid Rothschild losses. Ireland rents cut as West Clare lands lords act. American hanged in Victoria B C for murder. Italian floods distress Maremma Ferrara. Oarsmen defeat Brits on Thames. Montreal firm A Gryer assigns for $153,000. Seven islands volcanic damages Friendly Islands. Hamilton asylum fire. reformers in Toronto discuss annexation. Cotton ship burns in Liverpool dock. Ireland pacified by reduced rents. earthquakes shake Tonga. Nuevo Laredo tragedy as a train murder concludes the report.
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Vienna
Ratibor
United States
Rhone
Garonne
France
Borderer
Boston
Minerva
Hamps
London
Chtapwicn
Eng
Austro-Hungary
Joan Avams
New York
Beaumaris
Wales
Japan
Toronto
West Clare
Ireland
Ronent Evan Sprovie
Victoria
B. C
Maremma
Ferrara
Italy
Teemen
Hamm
Perkins and Godwin
Thames
A. Gryer & Co
Montreal
Friendly Island
Hamilton
Wellington
Liverpool
Michael Hicks-Beach
Apvicts
Tonga Islands
Pacific Ocean
Nuevo Laredo
Mex
Vicente Recendez
Monteray
Four Scranton Children Sufocated by Sand Bank Collapse
Four youngsters aged three to seven suffocated in Scranton when a sand bank collapsed while they played nearby on the 2d. A Detroit wholesale grocer head fell to death from an elevator shaft the same day. In New Orleans, Dr T G Ford from Shreveport killed J C Fitzpatrick after Ford's wife eloped with him. An express car theft occurred near Toledo on the Lake Shore road early on the 2d with valuable merchandise stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Fort Smith
Ark
Des Aro
Cleveland
Kingston
Adams Express
San Francisco
Madison Street
Chicago
Portland
Mount Vernon
Jarvis Buck
Monticello
Jones
Simpson
Standard
Mount Pleasant
Tur
St. Louis
Tne
Heney
Bad Springs
Tex
Grorce Werts
Detroit
Anchor
James HiNovLe
McDonald
Minneapolis
Hindle
Omaha
Owensboro
Louis Lichleichner
Steubenville
Lichleichner
Linpy Sacer
Sager
Celina
Summerville
D. C
Nelson Morris and Swift & Co
Henry Mayo
Rogers Park
Ill
Hans 8. Beattie
New York
Louis Bairel
Bairel
Connecticut
Easterbrook & Co
New Haven
S. G. Baldwin
Marion
Ind
Ist
Caldwell
Kan
Rockroap
Til
Canrtrr
Pittsfield
Mass
Scranton
Lake Shore
Toledo
New Orleans
T. G. Ford
Shreveport
J. C. Fitzpatrick
Ford
B. F. Farnincroy
Mich
Nationwide Returns Partial: Republicans Make Gains in 1880 Elections
Early ballots show Republicans winning majorities or strong positions in New Hampshire New Jersey Rhode Island Connecticut Kentucky Texas South Carolina Alabama Georgia Virginia West Virginia Arkansas Louisiana Nebraska New York Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Michigan Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Kansas Massachusetts California Wyoming Territory Utah Colorado Nevada Tennessee Missouri and more. The Democratic majority in the next House of Representatives is projected to shrink from forty three to about fourteen with various states reporting results and contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Henry J. Spooner
Connecticut
Kentucky
Texas
South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia
West Virginia
Florida
Arkansas
Louisiana
Nebraska
New York
Peckham
Court of Appeals
Hewitt
George
Roosevelt
Wardwell
Wllnois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Rbusk
Town
Michigan
Beaver
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Kansas
Massachusetts
Ames
California
Swift
Joseph Carey
Wyoming Territory
John T. Caine
Utah
Colorado
Nevada
Tennessee
Robert Taylor
Missouri
House of Representatives
Wreck at Rio kills twenty six and burns eleven
Milwaukee dispatch reports the Wisconsin rail disaster near Rio after a passenger train collided with a side car at a misaligned switch. Twenty six dead and eleven bodies recovered stirred rescue work as flames trapped travelers and the engineer saved others at great risk.
Cincinnati Monkey Valued at Two Thousand Dollars
A Cincinnati monkey of extraordinary size and strength is valued at $2,000. Described as nearly as large as a Newfoundland dog and possessing gorilla-like strength, the animal is noted for being well trained.
Unusual mirth once linked to coming adversity
A historic superstition held that unusual mirth signaled impending adversity, suggesting mood shifts could foreshadow hardship ahead.
Indian Affairs Report Shows Progress Under Atkins
The 1888 annual report by Commissioner J D C Atkins highlights steady tribal progress, improved temper and education, and increased tillage. He proposes dividing lands in severalty with 160 acres per family and 80 per minor, selling surplus to settlers, and relocating certain tribes east of longitude 98. He cautions against opening Oklahoma and notes school gains despite home influences. A census is urged to track changes in the Indian population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atkins
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
J. D. C. Atkins
Indian Bureau
Indian Service
Indian Territory
United States
Congress
Oklahoma
Thanksgiving Proclamation Sets November 25 as Day of Thanksgiving
President Grover Cleveland proclaims Thursday November 25 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. He urges assembly at places of worship to thank God for liberty, prosperity, and national progress, and to aid the needy. The document, dated November 1, 1866, bears the seal of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinerox
Cleveland
United States
Grover Cleveland
Washington
United States of America
T. S. Bayard
Important Decision on National Bank Bonds and Circulation
Attorney General Garland informs the Treasury that national banks must deposit interest bearing bonds to back their circulation and that three percent bonds cannot serve as circulation. Banks with three percent bonds must replace them with four percent or withdraw circulation. Market effects depend on banks' choice to redraw or reinvest proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Garland
Secretary of the Treasury
Doctors Mystified by Spinal Cord Injury Death
John A. Hamilton a stockman of Evansville died after falling from a car October 22 injuring his neck causing complete paralysis from the neck down. A Baraboo post mortem found the spinal cord broken and disconnected leaving doctors baffled how he lived a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulnavuree
Wisconsin
Baraboo
Wis
John A. Hamilton
Evansville
Millionaire Widow Leaves Vast Wealth to Kin and Church
The will of Mrs Cornelia Stewart filed for probate provides annual sums to siblings and relatives and large legacies to her children and niece. A codicil vest half the residuary estate to fund the Stewart Memorial Church and cathedral plans on Hempstead Plains Long Island with endowments for schools and seminaries.
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Henny Warp Bereuer
New York
Europe
B. F. Cuaxpren
Engie Neer
Alj
Onset
Mass
Charles J. Clinch
Paris
Henry Hilton
Tahlequah
Ind. T
Stewart
Cornelia Stewart
Horace Russell
Charles P. Clinch
Anna
Emma
Julia Clinch
Sarah N. Smith
Cornelia P. Butler
Lawrence
Charles Butler
Kate A. Smith
Louisa
Ella
Bessie
James
Louise
Charles E. Butler
Rosalie
Helen
Virginia
Lillian
Maxwell
Prescott
Charles J. Clinck
Henry E. Davies
James Henry Work
Edward B. Hilton
Stewart Memorial
Garden City
L. I
Protestant Episcopal Church
Long Island
N. Y
Financial Round-Up Shows Government Costs Over 31 Years
Treasury release details receipts and expenditures from July 1, 1855 to June 30, 1886. Pensions cost about 25 million since 1863, the Indian affair around 165 million, and interest on the public debt about 1 315 billion. Net ordinary expenses ranged 63 million to 1.3 billion, while customs revenue peaked in 1882 at 220 million and the 1881–82 surplus reached 145 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Wasu Hinaton
Treasury Department
Plan for Large Cattle Yard in St Louis by Range Association
The International Range Association plans a major cattle yard in St Louis to counter Chicago control of the beef trade. The scheme proposes rangemen run yards with railroad through rates to shift cattle from ranges to Eastern markets via St Louis, establishing the city as a key distributing hub and challenging East Coast investment in established stockyards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
International Range Association
The
Globe-Democrat
Chicago
Notorious Counterfeiter Caught in Minneapolis
James Hindle alias McDonald, a famed counterfeiter, was arrested for passing nearly perfect counterfeit silver dollars. About $11,000 in fakes were found hidden in a Cedar Lake cave. He admitted a gang near Omaha produced the coins and planned robberies in St. Paul and Minneapolis tonight. Hindle previously served time for safe blowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
James Hindle
McDonald
Cedar Lake
Hindle
Omaha
St. Paul
Wabasha Prison
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Rio, Wis
Milwaukee
Wia
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Portage
Limited
A. R. Scherer
C. R. Scherer
Rosina Johns
Louis Brinker
Emil Woltersdorf
Wallace Stuart
Columbus
Mother Alexis
Lucius Searle
Wade Clark
Oconomowoc
Wizs
Charles FP. Smith
James Phillips
Thomas Little
Searle
Armstrong
Allen
Hankey
Nashota
H. P. Hankey
Whipple
Faribault
Episcopal Convention
the Noble
Red Man
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