Greatest Natural Gas Well in Wellsburg News
A remarkable gas strike in Wellsburg at 1287 feet taps a reservoir with force doubling the McGungin well. The well, third in Wellsburg, could supply Cincinnati sized city with light and fuel for mills furnaces and factories nearby. Gas ignited at night casting a skyward glare visible for thirty miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Werertmee
W. Va
Wellsburg
McGungin
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Earthquake Shakes Eastern England Causes Wide Damage
An morning quake struck eastern England with Ipswich and Colchester heavily affected. Walls cracked bells rang and chimneys toppled. The 150 foot church spire collapsed as private homes were ransacked by fear and debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ipswich
Colchester
Chelms
Nine Year Old Boy Mauled to Death by Dogs in Georgia
In Cocoran Georgia a nine year old boy went missing prompting a neighbor search. James Mullis found him in an open field severely mauled with through stomach and entrails chewed and the body torn. the boy died after a brutal dog attack that dragged him across plowed ground for fifty yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cocoran
Henry Barlow
James Mullis
Elevator Accident At Miller’s Carriage Factory
Yesterday afternoon in Cincinnati an elevator at Miller’s Carriage Factory loaded with freight collapsed from the first to the cellar. Workers Wm. H. Johnson and Wm. F. Moe were hurt. Johnson injured with a broken left leg and light bruises, Moe sustaining internal injuries likely fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crscisnati
Miller’s Carriage Factory
Wm. H. Johnson
Wm. F. Moe
Johnson
Moe
Murderers Hugo Schenck and Schlossarek Hanged Today
Hugo Schenck and Schlossarek, infamous for murdering servant girls to collect insurance, were executed today. Schenck, who sought a philosopher, later took the sacrament and prayed with a priest, while Karl Schenck, Hugo’s brother, remains jailed for life on related involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenck
Schlossarek
Hugo Schenck
Karl Schenck
Hugo
Prohibition Convention Postponed and Illinois Meet Set
The National Committee of the Prohibition and Home Protection party postpones its national convention from May 21 in Pittsburg to July 23 Bloomington Illinois holds the state convention June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curcaco
National Committee of the
Prohibition and Home Protection Party
Pittsburg
Bloomington
Fire destroys large tannery in Crecinnatt area
Crecinnatt April 24 A fire discovered at two this morning at the American Oak and Leather Company tannery destroyed about two thirds of the works occupying one square. Loss is estimated at 150000 dollars. The tannery, rebuilt over two years ago after a major 1882 fire, originated in the felting department and spread rapidly.
Allen Arrested in Jackson Crouch Murder Case
Ramittox Ontario April 21 Joseph Allen was arrested tonight on the charge of being the principal in the Crouch murder at Jackson Michigan last fall. He was taken to Jackson to face trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crouch
Ramittox
Ont
Joseph Allen
Jackson
Mich
Dynamiter Found Dead in East River Case Report
Nathan E. Fish a Canadian printer was found dead in his room beside a box of large cartridges and several infernal machines. Police suspect he belonged to the disrupter faction, amid the East River discovery in New York on April 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nathan E. Fish
East River
Dyseuite
Dishonest Lawyer Hoopes Convicted and Disbarred in Maryland
William P Hoopes a noted Battimore lawyer was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud by the Supreme Bench. He was debarred from practicing in Maryland after evidence showed he forged a will for Mrs Cullen directing her estate to Miss Bean while naming himself executor. The case began with Mrs Cullen being kept away from others until death and Hoopes drawing the will before it was signed by her. The fraud was uncovered and the will set aside after recording. Judge Fisher filed charges leading to the conviction and disbarment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battmore
William P. Hoopes
Supreme Bench
Maryland
Cullen
Miss Bean
St. Paul Street
Hoopes
Bad Maine Boys. Po. 2. and, Mg. April 22
A band of six youths aged nine to fifteen bound a younger boy to a railroad track near the Portland and Ogdensburg line. A passerby freed him before a train arrived. Later, four teens aged fifteen to eighteen, masked and armed, robbed James Doherty the night watchman at Portland Plaster Mill and fled. arrests followed in Hallowell Augusta and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Portland & Ogdensburg
Amos Chambers
Ben DeWolf
Edwin W. Doyle
J. Hadley
James Doherty
Portland
Hallowell
Augusta
Gold Drain Deepens As Europe Shipments Rise
New York reports growing concern among business men over persistent gold shipments to Europe. Last week surpassed 3 million dollars, with 1.8 million withdrawn on Wednesday and more expected. Total for the week nears 30 million, yet the money market remains seemingly unruffled for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Europe
London meets crisis prompts relief fund call
London reports suggest English newspapers should open a Gordon relief fund with an estimate of £200,000 achievable within hours. An expedition partly English and partly Egyptian may head to Berber. Tonquin troops occupy Thainguyen as French forces move on. The Viceroy of Yunnan reportedly died by his own hand. Austria backs Britain's Egyptian conference proposal as France promises to defend its rights against British debt guarantees. A hoax theory surrounds threatening notices aimed at raising funds from America. A dynamiter was arrested at Shiffnall with dynamite and cartridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tonquin
Thainguyen
Yunnan
Austria
France
America
Shiffnall
Officers Elected at Supreme Lodge Session Knights of Pythias
The thirteenth session of the Supreme Lodge of the World Knights of Pythias elected officers led by Grand Chancellor John Van Valkenburg Fort Madison Iowa and Supreme Vice-Chancellor Howard Douglass Ohio with other posts filled by Judge R. E. Cowen Missouri and George B. Shaw Wisconsin. A reception by the Grand Lodge of Louisiana featured welcomes from Governor McEnery Mayor Behan Grand Chancellor Jastremeki and Mark F. Bigney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Lodge of the World
New Ogeans
Knights of Pythias
John van Valkenburg
Fort Madison
Howard Douglass
Ohio
R. E. Cowen
Missouri
George B. Shaw
Wisconsin
John R. Linton
Johnstown
Penn
Grand Lodge of Louisiana
McEnery
Order
Behan
Jastremeki
Mark F. Bigney
Former Bank Officer Arrested in Bank Robbery Probe
St Louis reports Tilden G Abbott a former bank officer linked to the Watertown Mass Bank raid of 49 000 last fall was captured in Pierce City after six weeks there living as J H Foster He amassed property stocked a 15000 clothing store and lived with a woman described as his niece He has a Boston wife and four children and his assets were seized awaiting bank officials to transport him Massachusetts Governor issued a requisition for Abbott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Tilden G. Abbott
Watertown
Mass
Pierce City
J. H. Foster
Boston
Massachusetts
Abbott
Horrific Kentucky Filicide Report From Allen County
A Kentucky man William Austin killed his two young children by burning them after an earlier head injury. The mother witnessed the crime and escaped with the infant, fleeing to the woods as the children were cremated. A special dispatch from Allen County, Ky., to the Courier-Journal details the grisly incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LouisviLie
Allen County
Courier-Journal
William Austin
Austin
Internal revenue receipts for nine months to June 30 1884
Washington reports fiscal year receipts totaling 87,454,084 with spirits at 55,497,393 up 2,102,449 and fermented liquors at 12,658,859 up 895,773 while tobacco declines 13,755,393 to 18,854,535. Banks and bankers fall 3,741,534 and miscellaneous sources drop 6,006,539, leaving aggregate receipts 20,505,223 below last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Circus Roof Collapse Traps Crowd in Vienna
During an evening performance in Vienna the tent roof collapsed, lights went out, and a panic ensued with fire breaking out. Five dead and one hundred wounded were taken from the wreckage, with many more reported missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Fatal duel ends in double shooting in Gloucester
In Gloucester New Jersey on April 23 John Mc Elmoyle and neighbor George Gilpin quarreled over a disputed property for years. Gilpin shot Mc Elmoyle and then killed himself. Both men were mortally wounded and may die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
N. J
John McElmoyle
George Gilpin
Gilpin
McElmoyle
Cotton Mill Sagamore No. 1 Burned in Fall River Fire
Sagamore No. 1 mill in Fall River caught fire shortly after 6 pm in the basement. Fire spread through the tower, damaging 40 000 spindles and 10 000 looms. Estimated loss about 600 000 dollars with 500 workers unpaid. insurance about 500 000. The mill, part of a two-mill company, had been a target in a recent strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Sagamore Mill
Sagamore
Bill to amend statutes on public store merchandise rights
Washerton April 24. The bill by Mr. Rosecrans allows owners to withdraw merchandise from public stores or bonded warehouses for export to foreign nations or transhipment to Pacific or Western ports within three years of importation. Goods arriving at Pacific ports face same rules as original imports. Untaxed goods left beyond three years are deemed abandoned to the Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washerton
United States
Rosecrans
Pacific
Wellsburg Gas Strike Surpasses Barclay Well in World
In Wellsburg West Virginia on April 24 a new gas well at Midway north of town surpassed the Barclay well as the world’s largest. About 100 visitors from Pittsburg arrived to view the find and discuss its value. Gas gushes from the well and will be piped to Pittsburg, with ample supplies for locally owned Dalzell glassworks and other factories for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
W. Va
Midway
Pittsburg
Dalzell Bros
The Cuban Insurrection in Havana April 24
In Havana troops fail to capture Aguero as authorities keep quiet, fueling public fear. Duran’s fate questioned amid rising gold premiums. Aguero’s party splits into three sections, disrupting forces while rumors claim he stays in Zapata swamps and was offered money to depart the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Aguero
Duran
Zapata
Mob Lynches Suspect During Transfer in Missouri
In Harrisonville on April 24 a group seized prisoner W F Ink from Deputy Sheriff J B Hurry while he carred him from Pleasant Hill. Ink was strung up several times until he confessed to the February murder in Pleasant Hill. He was returned to the deputy and jailed in Harrisonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
J. B. Hurry
W. F. Ink
Pleasant Hill
Carson
Wagon Crash Kills Alleghe nian at Sycamore Street Crossing
At the West Pennsylvania Railroad crossing on Sycamore street a horse wagon driven by Casper Banner struck the Freeport Accommodation train. Banner, a well known Alleghenian, was killed instantly and the wagon wrecked while the horse was badly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prerssure
Casper
Banner
Freeport
Sycamore Street
West Pennsylvania Railroad
Barge Captain Compstock suit jury verdict reached
In the U S Court the assault and battery case of Captain Compstock of the barge Pomeroy against W B Compstock of Alpena for 100000 damages, the jury returned a verdict for 10000 after nine hours deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
U. S
Captain Compstock
Pomeroy
W. B. Compstock
Alpena
Abbott cashier thefts totaled 70000 dollars loss to bank
Boston, April 24. The amount stolen by Abbott, the defaulting cashier, was 57000 dollars. He had borrowed 13000 pounds more against doubtful securities, bringing the total loss to the bank to 70000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Abbott
Bank of Doubtful Securities
Austria's executioner as a formal official in uniform
In Austria capital punishment is by hanging with a government official acting as executioner. He is salaried with perquisites, aided by a staff, and presented in a showy uniform with cocked hat and jack boots. He arrives on a prancing horse, under military escort, wearing new white gloves used only for the task and discarded afterward. He is not chosen from the scum of the population nor treated with contumely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Cattle Disease in Washington County Pennsylvania
Washington County farmers report a contagious stock disease resembling pleuro pneumonia. Robert C. Vance’s herd all fell ill after an initial outbreak two weeks earlier. One cow was killed and examined by Dr. Jennings, confirming pleuro-pneumonia. Governor Pattison urged quarantine until cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Pittsburg
Penn
Washington County
Robert C. Vance
Julius Lemoyne
Vance
Jennings
Pattison
Not Guilty Verdict for Frank James in Alabama
After three hours the jury found Frank James not guilty in Huntsville Alabama. The acquittal was cheered by the crowded court. James was re arrested by Cooper County Missouri authorities on a Governor granted requisition. He faces a Missouri train robbery charge and an outstanding Minnesota bank robbery indictment. James and his family depart for Missouri that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntsville
Ala
Frank James
James
Cooper County
Alabama
Otterville
Stillwater
Minn
Missouri
Explosion at barracks shocks Dusuin area
A canister of gunpowder exploded near the barracks on Ship Street, shattering the kitchen windows. Officers dining above were uninjured though nails and clock-work fragments were found nearby. No arrests reported. The blast alarmed the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusuin
Ship Street
Irish memorial church proposal gains Vatican and American bishops backing
Canon Brosman reports from Rome on talks with American bishops about erecting an Irish memorial church to David O Connell. The Chicago bishop promised to urge his Irish flock to warmly support the project, with Bishop Fitzgerald and Archbishop Ryan also giving enthusiastic backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Canon Brosman
Tablet
Rome
David O’connell
Chicago
Fitzgerald
Ryan
Private Murder Club Unearthed in Sicily
London reports the Sicilian police have uncovered a murder club near Palermo with fifty nine members pledged to kill for profit. A Secarazzi branch has forty five members. within months it alone killed thirty people. Members are imprisoned in Palermo and face trial in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Palermo
Secarazzi
Ex Minister Partridge Will Filed for Probate
Baltimore Mo April 25 The will of the late ex Minister James R Partridge has been filed for probate He leaves his entire estate to two sisters and after their deaths to the Protestant Ep Is Church Home and Infirmary and to the Emmanuel Church Home for the Annie Mary Partridge Fund to aid indigent sewing girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
James R. Partridge
Emmanuel Church
Annie Mary Partridge
No Socialists Need Apply
BrErRuin reports Prince Bismarck plans a radical empire constitution revision. He seeks to amend the election law create a new electors class and establish a permanent military budget. He would require Reichstag deputies to take a fidelity oath to the constitution to bar socialists from membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BrErRuin
Prince Bismarck
Empire
Reichstag
Mrs Geck of Cairo Dies After Fall at Cedar Street
Mrs Mary Geck a German widow who kept a grocery at the Fourteenth and Cedar streets corner fell on the sidewalk and cut a gash over the right eye. She washed the wound, sat down, grew ill and died before a doctor arrived. One of Cairo's oldest residents.
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Cairo
Ixt
Mary Geck
Fourteenth
Cedar ‘Streets
Bicycles Club Names Winners In Four Races
New York April 25 At the Citizens' Bicycle Club annual meeting the two mile scratch race was won in 7m 41s. The championship medal went to W W Hoffman in a mile race in 3m 21s. The three mile handicap was completed in 10m 18 25s and the five mile race finished in 17m 9 1 5s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Citizens’ Bicycle Club
Citizens’ Club
W. W. Hoffman
Post Office Telegraphy Contract Plan Discussed
Washington April 25 The House Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads directs a sub committee of Hoogers Ward J M Taylor Bingham and Wakefield to prepare a bill establishing a contract system of postal telegraphy. The sub committee meets tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Post-offices and Post-roade
Messrs. Hoogers
Ward
J. M. Taylor
Bingham
Wakefield
Norrow
Failures of the Week Reported Across Nations
The weekly business failures show 168 in the United States and 21 in Canada, compared with 176 failures the prior week, per R. G. Dun & Co. The tally reflects a modest week in the commercial sector with cross-border impact noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
United States
Canada
Generous New Yorker Delights Cleveland Newsies
A wealthy New Yorker in Cleveland scattered fifty dollars in silver to newsboys and boot blacks, recalling his boot black days in New York. Also, Melville, chief engineer of the Jeannette expedition, received a whisky bottle sent to him from Siberia after a 6,000 mile sea voyage and 11,000 mile sledge trek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
O.) Herald
New York
Melville
Jeannette
Siberia
N. Y. Herald
Portland Girl in Evangeline Mold Marries Dying Lover
The Portland woman, once engaged three years ago, followed a withdrawn social life after her fiancé, a drinker who eloped with an actress, later died of consumption in Philadelphia. She brought him home, married him two days before his death, and was found to have sent him six hundred dollars during his career. Chicago Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Philadelphia
Chicago Times
Mirror Falls Dining Feature At Niagara Falls Hotel
A new dining-room feature at a Niagara Falls hotel offers a colossal mirror that reflects the Falls, allowing guests to admire the cascading water while they dine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Panama Canal Opening Expected by 1898
Reported expectation that Panama be opened for business as early as 1898. The note cites ongoing engineering work and projected completion timelines, underscoring optimism about a faster route between Atlantic and Pacific trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
Pleuro-pneumonia debates and tariff moves in Congress
In Washington on April 22 25 reports and debates span Senate actions on pleuro-pneumonia legislation and a California petition for higher raisin duties. House measures include currency reform and tariff talks as well as naval appropriations amendments and contested elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Miller
Cal
California
Committee On Finance
Blair
Committee On Education and Labor
United States
J. Vickers
Key West
House
Dingley
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Wellborn
McKinley
Secretary of State
Conger
Committee On Commerce
Sault
Marie Falls Canal
Michigan
Farley
Legislature of
Agricultural Colleges
Pendleton
Are of
Bates
Hovass
Payson
Committee On Public Lands
House Calender
Randall
Committee On Appro Ene
Kasson
5Ser
Turner
Georgia
Committee On
Kansas
W. Vs. Peters
Peters
Wood
Executive Council
Maine
New Orleans
Chamber of Commerce of
San Francisco
Monadnock
Hoar
Committee On Library
Marshall
Tacoma
Union
Bureau of Navigation
Treasury Department
Frye
Committee On Pensions
F. G. Schwalka
Oregon
Secretary of War
Board of Fish Commissioners
Sault Ste. Marie Canal
Reed
Wilson
Plumb
Myra Clark Gaines
Frank James Not Guilty in Muscle Shoals Case
In Huntsville the jury acquitted Frank James of complicity in the 1881 Muscle Shoals robbery, drawing cheers as the court emptied. Sheriff Rodgers then arrested him on a Booneville train robbery indictment, while Minnesota officers prepared to arrest him for the Stillwater bank robbery and murder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Jam
Chattanooga
Tenn
Frank James
Huntsville
Muscle Shoals
Sheriff Rodgers
Cooper County
Booneville
Minnesota
Stillwater
Rodgers
Diamonds Found in Ashes After Dining Room Fire
A Brooklyn woman misplaced two $200 diamond earrings, wrapping them in paper on the dining room mantel. A neat housekeeper burned the paper, ashes were sifted, and two diamonds with their setting were recovered undamaged. A New York jeweler reset them the same afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York
Ink Costs of 1883 Postage Stamp Era Revealed
A historical note shows that ink usage reached 11 201 in the era of 1883 postage stamps, reflecting printing scale and paper costs.
Republican State Convention Nominates for State Offices
Ohio Republicans meet at Cleveland on April 24 to name a ticket for October. General J S Robinson is Secretary of State nominee. W M Johnson for Supreme Court. C A Flickinger for Board of Public Works. Delegates include Foraker, McKinley, Hanna, West, and alternates Poindexter, Harlan, Green, and Dewall. Electors at large Comly and Beatty. The platform backs protection, wool tariff restoration, labor support, civil service, equal rights, and free ballots. A Porterville murder inquiry noted a young man found shot. a miner crushed in Balineyville. jewelry heist at Cumberland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Robinson
W. W. Johnson
C. A. Flickinger
Board of Public Work
Blaine
Cleveland
General Grosvenor
Athens
Norcross
A. H. Church
Williamson
Huron
McKinley
A. B. Stoms
Cuyahoga
Grosvenor
Ublican
Garfield
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Pacific
New York
San Francisco
Republican Party
Pecmsioot
Ple
At Republican Party
Theepublican
Democratic Party
Ohio
Congress
Toy
J. S. Robinson
Hardin County
Supreme Court
W. M. Johnson
Lawrence Voneegs
Board of Public Works
C.A. Flickinger
Defiance County
Chicago
J. B. Foraker
Hamilton County
Wm. McKinley
Stark County
Mack A. Hanna
Cuyahoga County
Wm. H. West
Logan County
Jas. Poindexter
Franklin County
Robi. Harlan
John P. Green
Graham Dewall
Clarke County
Jas. M. Comly
Lucas County
John Beatty
Ameree i
Tha
United States
Arthur
Strope
Porterville
Perry County
W. L. Kemns
Balinevile
H. B. Fuller
Cumberland
Adams Express
David Tealoon
Samuel Liebshutz
Cincinnati
Sage
Detroit
How Mr. Tilden Was Cheated in 1876 Scandal
A Pennsylvania Democratic gathering at Allentown touted alleged electoral fraud in 1876 77 claiming Tilden and Hendricks were cheated out of the Presidency and Vice Presidency. The piece recounts bribery schemes involving Pelton and others across Florida South Carolina Oregon and more, asserting these facts are well authenticated and urging focus on future promises rather than past disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Allentown
J. ‘Tilden
Thomas A. Hendricks
Electoral Commission
Tilden
Speer
Muther
Committee On Resolutions
Randall
Mr. Tilden
Gramercy Park
South Carolina
Florida
Louisiana
Oregon
S. J. Tilden
Thos. A. Hendricks
Valas
Manton Marbie
C. W. Woodley
John F. Coyle
Tallahassee
Hayes
J. N. H. Patrick
Haye
Cronin
Pelton
Bald
Democratic Party
Detroit Post and Tribune
Tree yields hidden knife in seventy year old hollow
Harry Edwards of Hudson Kentucky felled a farm field tree that had stood for about seventy years. The tree split near the top and a pen knife was found lodged seventy two feet above the ground, the blade intact while other blades broken off. Handles absorbed leaving blades and rivets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Edwards
Hudson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Change at Postal Notes Spurs Pacific Coast Dime Preference
A few years back no coin below a dime circulated on the Pacific Coast. Since the post office began enforcing exact change on postal notes, merchants now advertise they will offer small change. San Francisco, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Cali
Clermont Courier Advertising Rates and Policies
The Clermont Courier advertises legal and transient ads at 1 dollar per square for the first insertion and 50 cents for each additional insertion. A yearly liberal reduction applies. Business cards up to six lines cost 6 dollars per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Clermont Courier
Presumption of Guilt in Fitz John Porter Case Sparks Outrage
The Burlington Hawkeye laments Congress for rewarding alleged official misconduct in Porter’s case. It rails at ex Confederates influencing military justice, calls for public condemnation, and warns of expanding war powers eroding the Republic. Logan’s sharp rhetoric is praised as a rebuke to pardons and political favoritism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Fitz John Porter
Union
Lincoln
Atriots
Cee
Pega
Anu
Blic
Logan
Lis
Blackburn
Burlington Hawkeye
Moderation in Order on Republican Presidential Nomination
The piece debates how Republican voters should choose a nominee amid differing views within the party. It cautions against dismissing any candidate as unelectable and argues for selecting the strongest feasible candidate through a fair convention without machine dictation. It notes independence can help break bosses but urges respect for diverse opinions within the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
White
Arthur
New York
Republican Party
Axingly Lkely
N. S. Tribune
Henry Durr of Davidson County Faces Bust up for Household Loss
Henry Durr, a 60 year old resident of Davidson County Georgia, is reported by the Chicago Herald as having lost a sum of $10,000 with no clock, no cook stove, no sewing machine, and no newspaper in his home. The report notes his modest household items and the financial setback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Durr
Davidson County
Chicago Herald
Hair Locks from Every Dent of the United States Lock at National Museum
Fragmentary note describes a collection of hair locks said to represent every dent of the United States gathered by the National Museum at Kilg am Washington down, unclear details and sourcing remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ton
United States
National Museum
Kileg Am
Washington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Internal Revenue Collections
Abott
Dublin
O’connell
Private Murder Club
Partridge
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