Death of Capt Hall and Arctic Expedition Disaster
Editor reports the death of Captain Hall and the wreck of his Arctic expedition. A St Johns dispatch says the Walrus brought news of the Ti reaching Roberts Bay with nineteen survivors, listing crew and Esquimaux passengers. US troops clashed with the Modocs, four soldiers and one Warm Spring Indian killed, several wounded. Capt Jack wore Gen Canby’s attire and acted as a brigadier general during the fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
St. Johns
N. F
Walrus
Port of
Robert's Bay
H. C. Tison
Fred Meyer
United States
Lave
Jack
Gen. Canby
The Bender Murders Shock Kansas Society
The Bender family murders provoke unprecedented horror in Kansas as eight bodies are found. Reports detail hammer-blow killings through a cloth partition, graves under a devil’s patch, and suspected accomplices. Rewards top 5000 dollars, with authorities closing in on the culprits amid public uproar. The case centers on Kate the soothsayer and the missing Dr York, as searches and new graves unfold daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Bender
Dr. York
Geo
W. Longeor
L. G. Brown
W. F. M’crotty
Henry F. McKenzie
Peter Boyle
Senator York
Kate
York
Parta
Kansas farmers urged to organize monthly market fairs
The piece argues counties in Kansas should hold regular market fairs where all farm produce and livestock are brought for sale on a set day each month. It contends such events would cheaply connect buyers and sellers, resemble a holiday, and offer farmers exchange of crop ideas and breeding practices. Allen county is highlighted as a model for six months to prove lasting value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Allen County
Kanes
Allen
7Th Judicial District Court
Grovenor
Piasons
Ve. D. M. Fair
Ada
AlJen County
State of Kansas
State of
Sfty
Ninteen
Iola
D M. Fair
Said
D. M
Ander
Aly Af Im Kaueos
A. D
The Dixon Disaster Dead and Missing List
Illinois readers learn the Dixon disaster toll with a Chicago Times list naming 35 dead and several missing or alive resuscitations. Injured names follow including families, survivors, children, and several titled individuals across multiple households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Haley
Frederic Happ
George W Kent
Jac R Mason
Elias Hope
E Wallace
Hen Stillman
James Gable
Robert Dyke
John Doyle
Woosung
Col H. T Noble
Dr Hoffman
Feo Sima
J A Carpenter
W T Merriman
Fanny Peterebere
Peter Carney
J Lutta
Wm. Cook
Mary Sullivan
Thomas Wade
Melissa Wilhemp
Nauchusa
Katie Sterting
Maggie O'Brien
Nettie Hill
Ida Vaun
Ida Drew
Bessie Rayne
Iren Baker
Clara Stackpole
Ross Stackle
Mila Deming
Catherine Foley
Hendricks
J P Dana
William Vann
P M Alexander
Seth H Whitmore
W Kinner
Misa
Lizzie. Mackey
Agnes Nixon
Frank Hamilton
Alice Patersberger
F Burr
Addison Guernsey
Sarah B Murch
Capt. Smith
Dan Cheney
Chas. Mu
Northern Kansas Horror A Farm Wife Murder Case
A man named James Erickson, enamored with a farmer’s wife in Wetmore, attempted force, was acquitted, then returned to Wetmore. He shot and killed Marquot after knocking at her door, claimed to kill his wife, then seized the children’s possession. Neighbors alerted authorities. a messenger then summoned Wetmore officials to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labette County
Kansas
Manu
James Erickson
Wetmore
Marquot
Marquet
Erickson
Atchison
Rquot
Various 19th Century News Snippets Across States
A compiled list of scattered items reports high cattle income in Vermont, a seven foot wolf shot in Michigan, vast Russian army numbers, a good peach crop in Western New York, and fruit tree investments versus bonds. It notes wine production in France, unusual Paris restaurant practices, market happenings in Richmond, and relocations in La Crosse tied to Brick Pomeroy. Also mentions a Desperado Tom Hines, death of Leavenworth editor Col John M Harberlein, gun bore paradox, Cincinnati fundraising for Captain Hall, a Kansas City robbery, a Vienna diamond exhibit, George Francis Train declared sane, arrest updates at Parsons, and troop movements toward the Modoc area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
Richmond
la Crosse
Kansas State News Oddities and Local Notes Gathered
Coffey county houses Formora Joint Stock Store while Greenwood sees twelve to fifteen fever deaths. A seven foot ena vein is found in Cherokee county. A Southwestern Kansas man kills sixty buffalo in twelve days. Topeka grand jury returns seventy indictments. Cowley county yields thirty barrels of salt weekly via solar power. Frank Harris claims eighty nine rattlesnakes killed in one day near Big Creek. Fort Larned soldiers capture two hundred wild turkeys. White Cloud Chief toys with Wild Bill for Modoc war payments. Rainfall over ten years favors Kansas. A Rocky Mountain trip ends in childish anger over a two year old. Atchison Globe invites editors to visit. Gilmore buys Peffer stake in Fredonia Journal. Wilson County printing to start. A father sells store to take fourteen children to circus. Swindling cloth peddlers target farmers with shoddy goods. A Marshall county farmer watches wolves near his bluff for bounty income. George Martin, the new state printer, moves to Topeka for equipment. Deed fraud keyless. no clue to deed perpetuators.
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Coffey County
Formora Joint Stock Company
Greenwood County
Cherokee County
Kansas
Fragment from brutal crime report in local paper
Fragment recounts a violent incident with a revolver attack. It notes Mrs Marquet shot seven times and Erickson twice, with temple and abdomen wounds. Physicians found evidence of assault, and witnesses described the scene as horrid and sickening.
Land Lands Settled for Leavenworth Rail Co. Indemnity Title
The Lawrence Journal reports that the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad Company has had its indemnity lands affirmed by the federal action, granting the company clear fee simple titles. The lands, among the best in Kansas, will be sold at reduced prices to promote early settlement and immigration, with sustained demand for markets and goods as settlement progresses.
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Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad
Misouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad Company
Ie Lawrence
Kansas
Lawrence Journal
Chaos of 19th century notices and funeral scenes
A jumble of disparate items includes a shooting in Topeka, a note on marriage statistics in New England, a report on Chief Justice Chase's funeral in Washington with President Grant, and commentary from the Kansas City Journal on starting manufactures to grow western cities. The piece weaves personal tragedy, civic concerns, and economic forecasts in a single late 1800s column.
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Grant
Conkling
Justice Chase
Capitol
Fish
Senator Conkling
Robeson
Gen. Babcock
Secret Richardson
Delano
Washington
Indictment Against Col. Jennison For $52,000 Moss Claim
The United States Grand Jury indicted Col. C. B. Jennison for “perjury” and defrauding the government of $52,000 tied to a Moss claim for hardware swiped at Independence, Missouri during the war. The government intends to try the case promptly as the Topeka court session continues.
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Hue
United States Grand Jury
the Moss
Jennison
Independence
Anatar Sates
Ahat Jennison
United States
Topeka
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the Register
Louis Walker
St- Louis
Gov. Osborn
Dixon
Illinois
Chicago Times
Vermont
Kent Co
Mich
New York
Tom Hines
Frank Gliss
Haye City
John M. Harberlein
Freie Presse
Leavenworth
Cincinnati
Captain Hall
Miles Greenwood
D. W. Goff
Kansas City
Congressional Convention
Texas
South Africa
George Francis Train
Jeander
Parsons
Fourth
United States Infantry
State
Modoc
Kansas City, St. Joseph
Council Bluffs
Connecticut
Vienna
Hilledale Co
Germany
Children’s Aid
Sove Y Eer
Iowa
Missouri
Drummond Mats
Halifax
Btn la Sel
State News
U.S
Cowley County
Frank Harris
Big Creek
Burlington
Fort Larned
Ansan
White Cloud
Wild Bill
Bill
Rocky Mountains
Atchison Globe Company
John Gilmore
Peffer
Fredonia Journal
Neodesha Citizen
Wilson County
Marshall County
Bluff
Oo Ikenty
George Martin
Pond's Business College
Phiphis
Chaplin
Califans
Prairie Dog Creek
Satur
Johnson
Meken House
Topekaay
Brooklyn
New New York
Pethapa
New England
Lowell
Pia Soy Lene
Cleveland Herald
Kansas City Journal
Hercules
J. 5
Donovan
Ouldwacer
Moses Z
Ant
J. €. Conant
Adar
E.C. Amiden
Allen Ewanty
Sepa
Toys, Oc. Co
Beck’s
Jorge
Neosho River
Water Power
Lola City
George A. Bowlus
North British, and Mercantile
London
England
Hartford
Conn
Etna
American Central
St. Louis
Kans
Tola
Cts
Tle
Keosho
Wilson Counties
Public Square
McGes & Johnson
Jols
L.L
Deer Creek
Nile
Rene Eerie
Jola
Hones
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