Week in Crime and Fire After Storm Across Nations
Mr Juth a New York broker shot in his home by a burglar. A California wind and rain storm causes floods and fire. San Francisco hotel Contral House destroyed on the 24th with four dead. A big fire in Shelby Missouri destroys a block worth about 75000 with 10000 damage. Railroad bridge collapse near San Mateo kills two and injures two. Kerosene works in Brooklyn burn, losses around 100000. Murders in Philadelphia and Richmond. Multiple fires in Illinois and Minnesota cause substantial losses. Treason and prison pardons noted along with European and Asian reports. Major General Curtis dies of apoplexy.
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New York
California
San Francisco
Shelby
Missouri
Tosa
St. Jose
San Mateo
Wallace
Brooklyn
N.Y
Sessa Murphy
Jackson Park
Tichmond
Clesterfeld
Joseph Kelly
Charles Seard
Philadelphia
Henry Ellinger
Causo
Terud
Patterson
Fse Zs
Sidwell
Northfield
Minn
Loxa
Bigelow & Co
Fielding & Co
Kimira
N. C
Roberts
Lebanon
New London & Northern
Vickeburg
Hebron & Schroer
Josaph
Penn
South American treaty prompts troop deployment and mediation dispute
Washington dispatch reports Bolivian and Paraguay reaching a treaty offensive and defensive, with 2,500 Bolivian troops set to push into Brazil Peru and Chili. France and England mediation terms rejected, Spain urged to yield claims and return $3,000,000. President Johnson restricts troop use to riots, cites Supreme Court ruling. Public printing and foreign intercourse costs highlighted as congressional appropriations. Weather and travel disruption details follow.
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South America
Bolivian
Paraguay
Brazil
Peru
Chili
France
England
Spain
Peretx
Washington News
U. S. Supreme Court
Congress
Mexican Affairs and Civil Unrest Report
Tate news from Matamoras suggests Escobedo was hanged by Canales. Ortega is blamed for instigating the murder. Therapeutic dispatches describe Maximilian forces and counterpoints as French troops remain in Mexico. Also noted are cotton, wheat, gold coinage, railroad completion, and various civic actions across the United States.
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Tate
Matamoras
Escobedo
Canales
Ortega
San Francisco
Agaist Corona
Mexico
Herting
Napoleon
Bazaino
Maximilian
Ocean Yacht Race Ends Amid London Excitement
The Ocean Yacht Race ends as Henrietta arrives at Cowes on the 25th after a fourteen day run. Fleetwing reaches at two o clock on the morning of the 26th and Vesta arrives an hour and a half later. The spectacle stirs crowds in London as the race is terminated.
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Henrietta
Fleetwing
Vesta
Henriette
Cowes
England
Knaying
Twe O
Vestaan
London
Massacre Near Fort Kearney Details From Omani Dispatch
A mass killing near Fort Kearney on the plains is reported from General Cooke's headquarters. Brigadier officers Brevet Lt. Col. W J Fetterman Capt F H Brown and Lt G W Grummond of the 18th U S infantry were killed. About 3 000 Indians attacked a detachment of 84 men five miles from the fort. Reinforcements from Fort Laramie have moved to secure the line.
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Fort Kearney
Plains
W. J. Fetterman
F. H. Brown
G. W. Grummond
U. S. Infantry
Fort Laramie
Postponed Sentence in Crowell Fenian Trial
The sentence of Michael Crowell, Fenian, convicted on the 27th, has been postponed. His counsel moved arrest of judgment claiming the jury was discharged without verdict. Merrill, Carroll, McDonald, Gilgan, and Howard were discharged. One lot remains untried.
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Owens
Canada
Charles Gowan
Michael Crowley
Smith and
Reardon
Fevido
Sweetsburg
Terrence McDoneld
Faolan
Swoordsburs
Michael Crowell
Fenian
Merrill
Carroll
McDonald
Gilgan
Howard
TERRIFIC CON FLAGRATION DESTROYS MORRIS BLOCKS
A major fire on the Morris block at Clay and Front on the levee last night consumed about one hundred buildings including thirty eight large brick stores. Five adults and children perished and many left homeless as Generals Wood and Dudley led efforts to subdue the blaze. The loss is estimated at about two million dollars with only one fourth insured.
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Morris
Clay and
Front Streets
Clay, Mulberry
Crawford Streets
Mulberry
Crawford and
Clay Streets
Washington Street
Washington and
Dudley
Theatre
Cathedral
City Bank
Telegraph Office
PF. D. Wadsworth
TI. M. Bradley
J. C. Keyes & Co
Manlove & Hobart
Corwin & Sweet
Smith & Parsons
G. H. Young & Co
Washington Hall
Cowan & Horning
Elliott, Higgins & Co
Fatal Stabbing Affray in New Ulm Ends in Lynching
On Christmas Day in New Ulm two Minneapolis trappers playing cards with Lieut Spinner quarreled and one stabbed the lieutenant in the hip. The wounded officer died minutes later as a mob seized the two prisoners, dragged them by rope and beat them to death, in a scene described as among the state’s most brutal since the Indian outrages.
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Mumearouis
Dez
New Ulm
Mankato
Faia
Iris
Fire Ravages Ripley Dry Goods Store In Ohio Blow
Early hours on the morning of the 22d a fire swept through the dry goods store of George B R Dixon in Ripley Ohio destroying the building. Logs valued at 35000 with 20000 insured. J Reynolds Co banking house and nearby dwellings also burned. Loss about 10000 with 15000 insured. Books believed ruined in the vault.
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Cincinnati
Ripley
Ohio
George BR. Dixon
J. Reynolds & Co
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