The Criminal Record Highlights Violent and Fraud Cases
A jumble of 1883 crime notes reports Lixsie Cooke arrested in hicngo for abducting girls and avoiding bail, plus charges against Edmund Crawford for stealing from New York banks. Other items mention Whitney in an Albany defalcation, Tait shooting Pierce on a Wyoming cattle range, and John Low plotting against McManule with Conner’s fatal shotgun act. all are tied to investigations and arrests.
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Lixsie Cooke
Windsor
Sitiom
Chicago
John O'Neill
New York
Hoodia Slderteas
Bing Bing Prise
Ald
Edmund Sturgis Crawford
National Bank of New York
Philadelphia
Ultan
Honduras
City City
Kurt Akers
Wdronken
Kentucky Union
Fred Sey McMullin
Mebfullin
Albany
City National Bank
Geores B. Whitney
Whitney
Tremont
Wyoming
Tait
H. M. Pierce
Pierce
Hig Aurd
Wnd
John Low
James McManule
Winamac
Hiss
ge @ reault
McManule
Michael Conner
Jchlinnia
Conner
McMannia
Metansle Low
Conor
List of Recent Fatal Accidents and Crimes
A chaotic report from multiple incidents describes several fatal or severe accidents near Burlington, Kewanee, Rochester, Decorah, and Westchester, plus a lynching arrest near Coldwater. Victims include train workers, drivers, and children. notable events involve a broken freight depot fire and a shooting mishap. The accounts mix trains, carriages, and a pistol incident with court actions and alleged lynching.
Destructive Fires Hit Gisbee Lathsm and Nearby Towns
Large blaze in Gisbee W Y destroyed twenty two buildings as flames swept through the village with no water supply. Loss estimated at 150000 to 175000 dollars, insurance about 50000. Lathsm near Monticello also burned early January eighth destroying Hog hardware and other shops. Buckirk injured. 16000 dollars insured. Consumer’s Power plant near Winton exploded two days ago, killing three workers including Wilies Matty amid widespread damage to nearby homes.
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Montana Union
South Butte
Northern Pacific
Union Pacific
Wille
Clara Fitzpatrick
Westchester Pa
Simonds
Sthinat
Saugus
Mass
Cook
Bimonda
Sarah Cook
C.M. Miles
Pritchard
Coldwater
Cimmarton
Miles
Gisbee
W.Y
Hames
Bual- Ress
Tooke
Lathsm
Monticello
Hore
Bulldioke
James K. Casaway
A. Holdridge
Allison
J. P. Simpson
Buckirk
Consumer's Powder Company
Winton
Bornton
Corning Mill
Rapid
Teres
Wilies Matty
Warke
Lorde member travel notes and a sudden death report
A 1A member of the English House of Lords travels to Denver with two detectives from Bootland Yard to study Victoria Woodhull history. In Chicago a former Illinois governor Shuman dies at 11 20 in a lodging house after entering a rooms office and collapsing. doctor cites apoplexy.
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Lorde
Denver
Bootland Yard
Victoria Woodhull
Shuman
Illinow
Chicago
Thena
Frontiers clash and labor unrest mar global dispatches
Foreign dispatches report Tripolitane and Tunisiana clashes over frontier delimitation with numerous casualties. Cairo signals acceptance of debt conversion proposals, while Constantinople shakes over Djeyedi Pasha’s replacement by Riza Pasha. London and Athens see ministerial reshuffles amid economic pressure on rubber and glass sectors. London labor inquiry briefs note reform aims as St John strikes widen. McAvity Sons and Fleming’s Locomotive workers stage nine hour protests with partial concessions offered but rejected.
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Cairo
Constantinople
Djeyedi Pasha
Riza Pasha
Evkal
Athens
Belgrade
Bucharest
Berlin
America
London
St. John
Assuming & Grave
Irregularities reported in Norristown water car saga
Miscellaneous items outline alleged irregularities in the Norristown water department while noting two Michigan gas firms forming to develop a new process. Columbus Ball Club owners face scrutiny of Fred B. Newburg’s handling of funds. Tennessee James County faces a disputed county abolition and ongoing tax and arrest actions triggering potential state-level upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norristown
Hort Ae
Lapning
Mich Onnie
Pac Gas Company
Er Gas Compacy
Columbus, Ohio
Bane Ball Club
Fred B. Newburg
Lab
M Ehrowd
Jams County
Tennesees
Thn
Hamilton County
James
Tones
Elosit Court
Reading
Train wreck leaves several dead and many injured
Reports say men were killed in the wreck with several badly and others lightly hurt. The accident occurred at 10:55, the train at about 25 mph struck a broken rail and left the track into a ditch. Names could not be learned, nor whether the victims were crew or passengers.
German Affairs and Reichstag Openings Speech
The Reichstag opened with the Emperor’s speech urging labor protection, Sunday work limits, and parental authority for youth. He proposed bills on labor courts, arbitration, and industrial reform while stressing lawful order, peace in foreign relations, and a planned army rise. Colonial actions in East Africa to curb slave trade were noted, with funding and salaries adjustments planned.
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Reich
Workington
Berlin
Goa
Germany
Henuyn
East Africa
Train Wreck Report From Wyanet Illinois
News arrives of a serious railroad derailment on the Chicago Burlington and Quincy line near Wyanet between Aurora and Galva. Details are scarce as authorities and witnesses assess the scene following No 14’s derailment between Wyanet and Princeton.
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Wyanet
Galesburg
Ill
Chicago, Burlington , & Quincy
Aurora
Galva
Princeton
Ghastly Crime At Union Station Reported In Kansas City
A horrific crime scene was found at Union Station in Kansas City Missouri where a mutilated woman’s body was discovered packed in a pine box. Authorities described extensive flesh removal and facial mutilation, with life apparently extinct for about twenty hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Ty four pours and a hacked box over the Wabash
An obscure snippet notes ty four pours and a damaged box described as hacked, with the scene set over the Wabash River near St. unclear details. The fragment preserves the core event but lacks full context or dates.
Order of Deaconesses Created by Southern Methodists
St Louis reports the fourth day of the general conference of the Methodist church (South). Bishop Hargrave presided. A key action approved creating an order of deaconesses to aid home missions, with Miss Lucinda B Helm urging women of the church to fund and furnish residences for missionaries and families.
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St. Louis
General Conference of the Methodist Church (South
Hargrave
Galloway
M. E. Church
Canadas
M Memorial
Virginia
Board of Missiona
J. Mann
W. R. Caxdéel
Mississippi
Board of Missions
Lucinda B. Helm
Helm
Deserves Consideration for Washington Survey Funding
Washington Representative Wilson urged a larger appropriation to survey 700000 acres set aside for state institutions, with Commissioner of the General Land Office confirming need. Chairman Cannon acknowledged Washington’s neglect and urged substantial funds, proposing 5000 for Port Angelus and pro rata state shares in the sundry civil bill. The panel noted rapid settlement reducing surveyed lands and urged quick action to avoid underserving Washington.
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Washington
Wison
General Land Office
Wilson
Cannon
of Washington
Port Angelus
Minnesota Tragedy: Farm Bodies Found After Family Slaying
On the 10th at a Hefshulz farm near Mazeppa Minnesota Constantine Schaffer his wife and their infant child were found slain. Neighbors discovered the bodies after entering the home and barn where shocked witnesses saw the mother and child undressed and dragged from bed. The husband wore clothes but missing coat and stockings. The wife had a fatal throat wound and injuries suggesting a struggle. The baby suffered a severe facial slash but survived only briefly.
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Minnesota
Mazeppa
Minn
Constantine Scheffer
Hefshulz
Schaffer
Tragic Farmhouse Deaths Follow Suspected Suicide Pact
A father killed his wife and then himself after lying across their bodies in a late night tragedy. The woman, Anne O she, was well liked and from Zumbrote before marrying Schafer in 1880. Police suspect rising dispute over farm ownership sparked the despondency that led to the deaths.
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Bchaffer
Anne O
Zumbrote
Schafer
Dubuque Sizzled by Mammoth Lightning Storm
A historic Dubuque Iowa storm on the 10th produced 3.4 inches of rain in 24 hours and a spectacular electrical display. Balls of fire lit streets and depots, phones burned, and a depot operator was knocked down. Lightning damaged residences, farms, and a carriage accident occurred as floodwaters opened a street torrent near Center Grove.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Western Union
Ilinois
L. B. Hull
Hull
Majin Street
Balla
Thomas Alsov
Center Grove
Thomas Cootes
Fourteenth Street
Constitutional grounds rulings in Kemmler habeas corpus case
The Kemmler habeas corpus case over capital punishment moved in Albany with Judge Underwood denying the writ. Attorneys for Kemmler argued constitutional limits on transferring execution powers from sheriff to a nonofficer, while Durston's warden status faced a demurrer overturned. The parties planned to seek review at the general term and possibly the Court of Appeals for argument.
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Kemmier
Tabor
Durston
Cochrane
Oyer and Terminer
Court of Appeals
Calamitous Fire at Longue Pointe Lunatic Asylum
Report of a horrific blaze at the Longue Pointe asylum ten miles from Montreal Quebec on the sixth of the month. Estimates place thirteen hundred inmates, with about eleven hundred accounted for and many dead or missing. survivors fled into fields and woods as walls collapsed and screams ceased. Local observers describe a terrifying scene of destruction and despair with uncertain death tolls and destroyed records.
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Maniac Asylum
Longue Pointe Maniac Asylum
Montreal
Quebec
Longue
Signals Service Reorganization Discussed in House Bill
Speculation runs through army circles on how the signal corps would be formed if the weather bureau transfers to the agricultural department. The bill envisions a chief signal officer four captains four mounted lieutenants and fifty sergeants with officers drawn from the army. Some lieutenants fear promotions from within the corps may be bypassed and the surge in personnel may be unnecessary. As signaling and field telegraphy grow the bill notes about forty officers and sergeants are needed to run lines and instructors are required at West Point Fortress Monroe Fort Leavenworth and Port Riley.
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Signal Corps
Weather Bureau
Agricultural Department
Signal Corpsehail
Army
West Point
Fortress Monroe
Fort Leavenworth
Port Riley
Sioux Reservation Survey Contracts Approved for $100,000
The General Land Office commissioner approves Burfi van led contracts for surveying the Sioux reservation. Awards total $65,650 from earlier and $800 to Peck and $200 to Anderson, with three prior contracts. The overall appropriation is $100,000 and work on the contracts begins immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Land Office
Burfivan
Dwight D. Rice
Edwin II van | Antwerp
Cyrus Walez
Monroe Warren
Potter Warner
Prank
Peck
Thomas F. Marshal
Miles T. Weave
Frank 8. Peck
Sioux Reservation
Death of Father William Keogan Brooklyn Vicar General
The Very Rev Father William Keogan longtime Brooklyn N Y diocese vicar general died of pneumonia at his home after several days illness He arrived in Brooklyn in 1853 succeeded Rev David W Bacon as rector of Assumption church served as pastor for years He was a vigorous church worker and a popular preacher aged about 70 with admirers including Rev Henry Ward Beecher.
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Father Keogan
William Keogan
Brooklyn
N. C
Keegan
David W. Bacon
Bacon
Portland
Father Keegan
Assumption Church
New York
Ray
Henry Ward Beecher
Father Keegan Wie
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Oakes
Western Printing Co., Publishers
North Dakota
Roger M. Sherman
United States Supreme Court
Kémamler
Wallace
My Sea
Burlington
Pnanenger
Kewanee
Wineer Adam
Chiefreman
Ira Bott
Annie
Bessie Parlick
Haletend
Barnard Logan
Rochester
Logan
Milwaukee & Bt. Paul
Margetreat Crossing
Decorah
Alice Glover
Mia
Aaron Sheets
Misa Glover
Africa
Southern Methodists
the Signal Service
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