Pleading and Punishment in Early Felony Trials
In early times criminals charged with felony could be tried only after pleading. If silent, a jury judged mute of malice or mute by God and country, leading to peine forte et dure. The practice persisted until 1772 when standing mute equaled conviction. cases like Burnwater in 1726 and Major Strangeways in 1648 illustrate the punishment and its purpose to preserve the accused's property for heirs.
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Blackwood's Magazine
Kingston Assizes
Indian Witchcraft in Madras Trial and Malignant Ceremonies
A Madras trial reveals native superstitions tied to violence and from a belief that a rival may transform into a tiger. It notes an attacker spared harsher punishment and a life transport sentence. The piece also describes a Muslim voodoo-like ritual using a grave earth image and reversed prayers to cause death, and recalls common remnants of such rites seen on walks.
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Chambers
Madras
Gungam
South India
Thief in Public Meeting Claims Silent Minutes
A thief who stole a watch at a public meeting excuses the act by saying he was merely taking minutes of the affair. The remark is noted amid the paper's wry editorial tone about some men being fit only for a corner rather than full light.
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N. Y. News
Farmers invest in sheep near Red Cloud amid local notices
A Kansas–Nebraska roundup reports farmers near Red Cloud fund sheep projects. Other items note a hatchet accident among Rev Rawley’s children, a revolver incident injuring Harry Schell, a rattlesnake death of Henry Millhouse, and a lightning fire destroying Summers barn with losses and recovery fund.
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Red Cloud
Rawley
Endicott
Harry Schell
Jacob Schell
Plum Creek
Henry
John S. Millhouse
Jewell
Stimson
Kearney
Greenwood Eagle
Brownville Granger
Phelps
Broken Bow Republican
Stocker
Harvard Journal
Paulus
Blue
Chas. Warner
Warner
Rymore
Board of Trade
Wymerian
J. M. Ray
Westerville
New York
Custer County
Brownville
J. H. Battles
Falls City Observer
Alice Gann
Gunn
Fairfield Herald
Clay County
B. R. Royce
Peru and Chile Treaty Provisions Reported in 19th Century Text
The article outlines a proposed treaty where absolute cession of Qapsca and a plebiscite over Arica and Tacna precede military occupation by Chili. Peru would receive 10 million dollars from the winning power, and half of guano net proceeds from current deposits would go to Peruvian bondholders. Chilean private interests in nitrate deposits would be respected, with later discussion on indemnities for Peruvians expelled. Chilean municipal officials warn Peru's north towns to withdraw presents until Iglesias is recognized.
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Peru
Iglesias
Qapsca
Arica
Tacna
Plebscite
Chili
Labas Islands
Crop reports show overall strong yield across region
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes wheat will approach last year’s output, with hay crops among the heaviest ever due to unfavorable corn weather. Barley and oats promise unprecedented yields, hot weather favors corn, and winter wheat harvests in lower latitudes are large.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Brown's Iron Bitters Cure Chills and Fever Says Rev Wilson
Reverend Elijah Wilson of Wrightsville, Pa, asserts Brown's Iron Bitters permanently cured his chills and fever, praising the remedy's effectiveness.
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Wrightsville
Elijah Wilson
Brown
Early crops rely on springs in Italy and Japan
In Italy and Japan water from hot springs is used in gardens for early crop production. The Geese is a Brooklyn club of young ladies who meet to sing, play, and recite.
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Italy
Japan
Brooklyn
Destruction sweeps Pawtucket in Sunday blaze
Flames struck the old Arcade unoccupied building at 5 30 in East avenue and spread to adjacent structures. The Dexter Yarn Co. suffered major loss with mills offices and storehouse destroyed. total damage 115000, insured. Private papers of H H Thompson saved.
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Pawtucket
R.I
East Avenue
Dexter Yarn Co
H. H. Thompson
Thos. Walsh
Hartford
Meriden
Conn
Thomas Hasman
Chicago
Long Lake
Kregen
Mitchell, Ill
Multiple crimes reported in scattered incidents across states
A farmer Alvin Copperell of Victory New York was shot three times by Lew French over alleged infidelity. French and Copperell's wife were present. Copperell is expected to die. Other items include Sanders sentenced for wife murder in Brazil Indiana, a Bird Creek Indian Territory dance riot with Pawnees, jailbreaks in Madison Wisconsin and Leac Dailey escapes, and the shooting of John Kane on an excursion train at Mound City Illinois followed by the hanging of Nelson Howard for the murder. The report ends abruptly.
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Alvin Copperell
Victory
N. Y
Lew French
Copperell
French
Sanders
Brazil
Ind
Bird Creek
Indian Territory
Madison
Wis
Leac
Dailey
Murdock
John Kane
Wabash Road
Mound City
Ills
Nelson Howard
Kane
Post Offices Grow by 1639 in Fiscal Year
The annual report from the pension office notes 53 411 pension applications for the year, up 15 605 from the prior year. Congressmen sent 17 000 letters while Rear Admiral Sands is dead. The Treasury opines bonded whisky exports to Bermuda delay tax collection, and a New York immigrant case prompts questions on returning paupers. A navy cadet class 1881 discharge dispute ends with possible restoration. The treasury totals reveal gold and currency figures. The president plans a Yellowstone trip in August with Gen Sheridan guiding arrangements for a ten member party, skipping Newport and aiming for few stops.
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Pension Office
Benjamin F. Sands
Secretary of the Treasury
Bermuda
Treasury Department
Port of
New York
City of
Richmond
Castle Garden
Navy
Court of Claims
Secretary of the Navy
Treasury
United States
Yellowstone Valley
Sheridan
Gen. Sheridan
Chicago
Yellowstone
Newport
Washington
West
Cholera Toll and Outbreaks Across Regions
Cholera deaths reach twelve in Mansurah and four in Samanoud with outbreaks halting traffic between Port Said and Syria. Panics at Jiddah over incoming Indian pilgrims. Damietta residents moved to tents as disinfection and burning occur in infected districts. Germany discusses precautionary measures. Cork hosts large industrial exhibition amid police presence. Egypt reports 109 deaths in Damietta and 68 in Mansoura in 24 hours, Beyrout overcrowded with fugitives, while Copenhagen reports a arson confession in Melson case.
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Samanoud
Choler
Port Said
Syria
Jidah
India
Mecca
Damieetta
Germany
Nord Dutch Zeitung
Bismarck
Prussia
Imperial Board of Health
Ireland
Cork
Earl Bardon
T. D. Sullivan
Edwin Gray
Damietta
Beyrout
Egypt
Fire at Victoria Docks Sparks Plunder Plot in 1881
Reports note arson at Victoria Docks London aimed at plunder. Earlier opinion blamed Ionic origins. Iron workers at Staffordshire disrupted foundries, causing layoffs. Carey, a reformer, fled Ireland in disguise. A French warship flagged as French near New Hebrides. Cholera toll rises in Menzolah Damietta Mansurah Samanoud Shirbin. Constantinople sanitary council seeks Turkish landing ban on refugees to curb cholera risk.
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Victoria Docks
London
Staffordshire
New Hebrides Islands
Egypt
Menzolah
Damietta
Mansurah
Samanoud
Shirbin
Turkey
Sanitary Council of
Constantinople
Porte
Colorado murders rock Grand County after mask raids
Denver reports shock as two Grand county commissioners Day and Webber and county clerk Dean are shot dead or mortally wounded by masked assailants amid a feud over the county seat dispute since 1879. Mills is killed. Redman and Coffin are suspected as the other assailants. A posse heads toward Grand Lake amid expected further violence.
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Denver
Grand County
Hot Sulphur Springs
Grand Lake
District Court
Supreme Court
Barney Day
A. G. Mills
E. P. Weber
Day
Mills
Webber and
Dean
Mrs. Young
Small Lake
Webber
Bill Redman
Len Coffin
Death Launch Tragedy as Daphne Capsizes on Clyde
Glasgow reports a disaster at launch when the steamship Daphne a 500 ton coast trader capsized in the Clyde river. Two hundred workers were aboard many missing feared drowned with fifty believed dead and crowds gather as divers search the waters for bodies and navigational traffic is halted.
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London
Daphne
Glasgow
Clyde
Renfrew
The Captured Apaches Agreement 1883 Memorandum
Secretaries of War and Interior, along with Gen. Crook, finalize a plan for Apache captives. The War Department will control all Indians on the San Carlos reservation and feed and care for them pending orders. Peace duties and policing of the reservation shift to the War Department under this agreement.
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Teller
Lincoln
Crook
Price
Indian Affairs
War Department
Secretary of the Interior
San Carlos
Robert T. Lincolly
Sec
Fruit Growers Urged to Display Preserved Fruits
Nebraska horticultural society offers premiums for fruits preserved in alcohol to be shown at the exhibition. Small fruit growers are urged to prepare extensive displays for the state fair and winter meeting, per secretary J.T. Allan.
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Nebraska Horticultural Society
J.T. Allan, Sec’y
Fatal Explosion at Creston Picnic Injures Several
A basket picnic in Creston precinct near Columbus Nebraska turned tragic when a keg of powder exploded during a salute. A man named Roberts or Robertson, worker for I J Nichols, led the piece and sustained severe injuries. a young son of L L Stabb and three other boys were badly burned. The man remains alive but fatally injured.
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Omaha
Columbus
Neb
Creston
Roberts
Robertson
I. J. Nichols
L. L. Stabb
Fatal Railway Crash at Winton Place Kills Six
A rear collision at the Winton Place crossing near Cincinnati on Tuesday night left six dead and one seriously injured. The express train struck a huckster wagon carrying Henry Kracke, his wife, and four children aged 19, 16, 13, and 7. The impact shattered the wagon and scattered bodies along the roadside. Mrs Kracke’s head was severed and the locomotive bore the bloodstains visible for all to see.
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Cincinnati & Dayton
Winton Place Crossing
Cincinnati
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
William Bertsch
Bertsch
Knights of Labor Hold Private Peoria District Convention
The Knights of Labor met in Peoria Illinois with about thirty delegates in a secret private hall. They pursued plans to equalize money and labor interests and curb boy labor in industry. Delegates were named to conventions in Chicago and Pittsburgh as they aim to influence state legislatures and congress.
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Knights of Labor
Peoria
Ill
Congress
Chicago
Pittsburg
Frightful Accident on Rochester & Pittsburg Line
A coal train broke in two near Rasselas Pennsylvania on a Sunday morning. The severed section with seven coal cars and a passenger coach sped downhill at eighty mph and crashed into an approaching engine. Seven passengers died and others were fatally injured.
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Rochester & Pittsburg
Rasselas
Bredford
Collision With a Street Car At Root Street Crossing
A Wabash line express collided with a street car at Root street crossing near Chicago limits. The blast and fire left thirteen aboard, one unhurt, with two or three believed fatally injured. Fire torched the car after an apparent signal miscommunication with the crossing signalman.
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City Express
Wabash Road
Root Street
Chicago
Self defense claim in Somers murder case
The state case against Mrs. Brown of Kearney nears conclusion with damaging evidence. She admits shooting Somers but asserts it was self defense after he allegedly attempted to shoot her. She says she washed him, dressed him in a clean shirt, and threw him over the fence.
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Omaha
Grand Island
Brown
Kearney
Somers
Crazed by Good Fortune: Omaha Man Drowns at Blue River
Crete Neb July 6 Andrew Odea drowned in the Blue River last night. The body was recovered this evening. He had received a large pension payment yesterday and the fortune allegedly drove him crazy as he wandered toward the river shouting and singing.
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Omaha Republican
Crete
Neb
Andrew Odea
Odea
Glove fashion shifts as sleeves gain new style
A note on changing attire suggests suede and gauntlet gloves are no longer worn over sleeves. It also claims meat becomes tender when vinegar is added to water during cooking.
Mrs Garfield’s Cleveland Home Reveals Quiet Life
A Cleveland dispatch describes Mrs Garfield living modestly on Prospect Street in a plain brick house bought for 50 000 dollars. The article notes her retirement from society, the Garfield children’s temperaments, and her transformed, composed appearance as she cares for family and daily duties.
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Garfield
Cleveland
New York Sun
Prospect Street
Mentor
City
Mollie
Irwin
Rudolphs
Abram
Harry
James
The Duty of Marriage in Modern Society
Albany Times argues today’s girls are raised for city life and luxury, not domestic skill. It notes marriage costs rise with urban expectations, while young bachelors lack fortunes to marry someone from their own sphere. It suggests country marriages trap men if city wealth remains out of reach.
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Albany
Croesus
Two Hale and Hearty Old Hens Story
Boston Herald reports two aged hens as remarkable cases of longevity. General Dargan of North Carolina kept a sixteen year old hen that lays every other day, once bought as a five year old. Mr. M. P. Leak owns another sixteen year old hen gifted nine years ago with the promise of lifelong maidenhood by a friend.
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Boston Herald
Fragmentary 19th century column on religion and temperance
Readable portions suggest a New York Journal item with Phebe Couzins criticizing Protestant churches for neglecting feminine saints and the Roman Catholic influence. A brief aside jokes about David and Goliath and a temperance bent appear amid fragmented text.
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David
Goliath
New York Journal
Phebe Couzins
Frane
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