Kellogg Indictment Not Quashed in Washington Court
In the District Criminal Court at Washington Judge Wylie overruled Kellogg Star route indictment quash motion. Kellogg pleads not guilty. Court adjourned to October 8 with Wilson noting an exception and seeking early trial date. Flam proposes steps to exterminate English sparrow. Treasury notes UK plans on cattle importation. Wools from East may carry infection amid Mediterranean epidemic. Postal clerks seek 30 days leave. cattle arriving to U S subject to 90 day quarantine. Canada quarantine differs.
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Treasury Department
United States
North
South America
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Vanderbilt Syndicate Aims At Coke Control In Connelsville
A Pittsburgh and New York capitalists coalition led by W H Vanderbilt forms to seize coke production in Connelsville region, seek to fix arbritrary selling rates and divert business to Vanderbilt lines. Options on valuable coke properties have been secured. Elam Recovered From Duel Wound At Richmond Reception Hailed Health Return
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Pittsburg
New York
W. H. Vanderbilt
Connelsville
Vanderbilt Lines
Elam
Richmond Whig
Pennsylvania Apportionment and Telegraph Company Forms
New congressional and legislative apportionment bills were introduced in the Pennsylvania House on the 31st. The apportionment favors Republicans with seventeen districts to eleven for Democrats. A New Telegraph Company, the Exchange Telegraph Company, filed incorporation in New York on the 1st with capital stock of 2,000,000, proposing a line from New York to San Francisco.
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Pennsylvania
The
Exchange Telegraph Company
New York
San Francisco
Cspital
War of Races Reported in Hempstead County Ark
In Hempstead County Arkansas a racial clash erupted after a land dispute. Two white men Wyatt and Montgomery fought with Black residents and a shotgun blast killed Wyatt at the school where he taught. Following the incident both white and Black locals prepared arms as tensions rose.
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Arkansas
Hempstead
Ark
Wyatt
Montgomery
Pennsylvania Democrats Convene in Harrisburg Platform backs tariff reform
The Pennsylvania Democratic State Convention met in Harrisburg on the first. They endorsed Pattison's administration and called for a tariff to encourage productive industries and abolition of the internal revenue system. They supported civil service reform to ensure a good governor. A street fight in East St. Louis ends in a double fatality after gunfire and wounds. A Vermont railroad crash kills six, caused by a telegraph operator's disobedience, with fifty cars derailed and fires.
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Pennsylvania
Democrats of
Harrisburg
Pattison
Mace Jones
Richard Linsey
Wilson
Vilagend Brophy
Vermont
Troy
Boston
Petersburg Junction
Pownal
E. W. Johnson
Hoosac
Charley Ford Arrested in Kansas City on Old Indictment
Charley Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, was arrested in Kansas City on the 2d for an old indictment tied to the Blue Cut robbery. Ford reportedly appeared dumbfounded and frightened by the arrest, with the exact cause not yet known.
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Charley Ford
Jesse James
Kansas City
Ford
Minnesota Democracy nominates McNair for Governor at St Paul
The Minnesota Democratic State Convention met in St Paul on the 2d. W M McNair was nominated for Governor on the first ballot over Bierman. Prohibition resolutions were adopted. The platform calls for a tariff for revenue only, supports River and Harbor bills, and urges revision of the patent law.
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Minnesota Democracy
St. Paul
W. M. McNair
Bierman
Three Children Drowned at Polk Street Bridge Incident
In Chicago on the 2d, a hackman named Bosey and his three children James ten, Josephine twelve, and Christine sixteen rode toward the train. Frightened horses plunged the carriage into the river at the Polk street bridge with the draw open. Bosey and the driver escaped, but the children and the horses perished.
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Chicago
Bosey
James
Josephine
Christine
Polk Street Bridge
Hackman
Suit Filed Against Delinquent Wyandotte Treasurer
A Wyandotte Kansas suit seeks 33000 from former City Treasurer Christopher Bernhard alleging 1881 bond issues totaling 28000 were issued to settle old bonds and later not accounted for, plus 5000 received for street improvement scrip also unaccounted for.
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Wyandotte
Kas
Christopher Bernhard
Fatal Tenement Fire in Brooklyn Injures Four
A morning blaze in a Brooklyn tenement injures four residents, two fatally, with police and firemen rescuing many. Property loss is reported as small, and authorities note the swift response prevented greater fatalities.
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Brooklyn
Death of Carey Remembered With Fire of Thirty Two Guns
In Syracuse New York on the second day thirty two guns boomed in the public square to honor the informer Carey killed. A premature explosion wounded two gunners during the salute.
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Carey
Syracuse
N. Y
Lynching at Mayersville Miss Removes D W Pressell
A mob gathered at the Mayersville jail on the night of May 2 and demanded the sheriff’s keys after which they broke in the door and dragged D W Pressell from custody. They hanged him in the courthouse yard for the alleged rape of a nine year old girl.
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Mississippi
Mayersville
Miss
D. W. Pressell
Notable Local Homicide and Suicides Reported Across States
A seventeen year old youth named Silver killed his elder brother near Centerville Georgia. coroner’s jury returns murder verdict. A Bayou area case in Louisiana features a postmistress’s suicide and a planter’s assassination. A Mississippi ambush killed Hamp Williams after a chicken theft dispute with Henry Adams. A Philadelphia man tried laudanum to frighten his wife and was buried next day. A Nashville inmate died from morphine during crisis. a U S Army assistant surgeon was found dead in San Francisco with poison nearby. Newark man Joan Borxivs shot.
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Silver
Centerville
George W. Woop Lane
Onega Landing
Tuallahatchie
Shell Mound
Miss
Baton Rouge
Henry Adams
Hamp Williams
Adams
Philadelphia
James Connerton
Linirz Roser N
Nashville
Nellie Moon
B. F. Semic
United States Army
Occidental Hotel
San Francisco
Joan Borxivs
Newark
N. J
Deaths by own actions and a family tragedy report
The report notes several suicides and a fatal quarrel. Boixius was barred from a house by his uncle over unpaid board. Commissary Sergeant Vernon at New Orleans barracks killed himself after a disappointment in love. At Trocadie New Brunswick a son killed Randall McDonald in a land dispute. William Smith of Philadelphia killed his wife then himself.
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Boixius
Vernon
United States
New Orleans
Trocadie
N. B
Frank Botvie
Randall McDonald
Bowie
McDonald
Ww. Smith
Philadelphia
Bremen Pigs Regulated as Captains Must Declare Cargo
The Bremen Senate orders captains arriving from America with pickled pork to notify customs of cargo quantity. A fine of three hundred marks is imposed for failure to comply.
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Bremen
America
Assassin on board ship shocks London and Dublin
James Carey, the Phenix Park murder informer, was assassinated aboard the steamship Melrose en route from Cape Town to Elizabeth. A fellow passenger named O'Donnell, once linked to an attack on Mansion House, was arrested. Carey traveled as Powers with his family, causing street celebrations in Dublin. The London Times reports a major Nihilist conspiracy uncovered in Russia with many arrests.
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London
James Carey
Phenix Park
Melrose
Cape Town
Elizabeth
O’donnell
Mansion House
New York
Carey
Powers
Dublin
American Lady Missing in Earthquake Search Efforts
Reports from Cassamicciola describe English and American volunteers locating friends and relatives among quake victims. An American woman claims her aunt is buried in the ruins while a Swiss family, Pascal, loses eight members with only one daughter surviving. Rescue teams found a family entombed for thirty six hours. Death tolls reach about one thousand at Sacco one thousand at Forio and two thousand five hundred at Cassamicciola with property damage near two million lire.
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Pascal
Sacco
Forio
Fearful Powder Explosion at Onderdonk's Mill Yale
A two month drought sparked forest fires overhead in Yale. The heat ignited powder in Onderdonk's mill causing a blast that shattered every pane in Yale. Three hundred sixty cases of giant powder and ten cases of black powder detonated with heavy losses but no fatalities. Other dispatches note Ottoman tariff talks, Vesuvius eruption near Torre del Greco, a London fundraising drive for Captain Webb's family, Egypt cholera deaths, and Ischia earthquake rescues hampered by a second tremor.
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Victoria
B. C
The
Onderdonk’s
Yale
Wallace
United States
Naples
Mount
Vesuvius
Torre del Greco
London
Captain Webb
Egypt
Ischia
Heat and disease loom in Egypt as cholera toll rises
Six in ten British troops plagued by cholera die, with Egypt deaths reaching sixteen thousand. London orders disinfection of cargoes from Egyptian ports. Trade unrest spreads as railroad operators threaten to strike unless grievances are addressed, risking wider work stoppages. Also noted are hops arriving early in New York, a failed wrecking attempt near Columbus, the Knights of Labor anniversary, and other disparate items.
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Cairo
Egypt
London
Toledo and Wabash
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
New York
Oneida County
N. Y
Carey
Jas. Phelan
Dublin
D. L. James
South
Vera Cruz
Philadelphia
Edward Trodden
Amsterdam
Winnipeg
Death's Carnival. Earthquake Level Ischia Casamicciola
July 30 reports three thousand inhabitants of Ischia killed when a salvo of shocks wrecked Casamicciola and nearby areas. Hotels, theaters, and baths collapsed. waters sprang from springs. many are missing or dead. Noble and civic figures named among the casualties as Rome and Naples mobilize aid while fears of a second quake and a volcanic eruption loom.
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Nantes
Italy
Ischea
Casamicciolo
Hotel Piccola Sentinella
Prof
Palma
Diriseis
Zappati
Signora Cecere
Pacca Laurati
Casamicciola
Saratoga
National Assembly
Senate
Ischia
Florentineli
Rome
Naples
Admiral Acton
Marine
Signor Berti
Mount Epomeo
Fatal Excursion Train Crash Near Carlton N Y
News of a Rome Watertown Ogdensburg Railroad disaster near Carlton on Friday night. The Thousand Island train struck a standing freight car blown onto mainline by high wind. Twenty five killed and over thirty injured. Engineer and fireman dead. Relief trains and grim recoveries described. Coroner’s jury to reconvene next week.
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Carlton
N. Y
Rochester
Rome, Watertown
Thousand Islands
Quebec
Montreal
Lewiston
Oswego
Lyndonville
Ohio state news items highlight suicides, odd trades, and rail robberies
JamEs THOMPSON of Liberty Township, Jackson County, killed himself by hanging after years of blindness. Ward Iron Company of Niles and New Philadelphia failed with liabilities near 800,000 and assets under 5,000, affecting about 400 workers. Fremont resident Joan Woormsey shot himself but survived, while a long list of Ohio patent awards was issued to inventors from Findlay to Cincinnati. A Toledo citizen Bentley died after a fall from a building stairway under construction. Jackson County juries set November 16, 1883, as dates for two murderers to be hanged, and Nickelplate Railroad workers burned an editor in effigy at Bellevue. Agricultural reports show widespread crop declines, with a near-failed apple crop and reduced wheat harvests. Attorney General Hollingsworth weighs in on liquor sales under state law and local closing hours.
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JamEs Thompson
Liberty Township
Jackson County
Ward Iron Company
Niles
New Philadelphia
Elisa Ward
James Ward
Cleveland, Brown & Co
Cleveland
Joan Woormsey
Fremont
Sandusky County
Ohio
John D. Arras
Findlay
P. D. Arras
Cannonsburg
Joseph H. Bean
Cincinnati
John Bowser
Lancaster
Henry C. Buddenberg
Josephus C. Chambers
W. Pelling
Newport
John 8. Davis
Toledo Mower and Reaper Company
Toledo
George F. Edson
van Wert
Benjamin K. Emerson
Andrew C. Emmick
Himself
E. N. Hatcher
Columbus
Austin C. Evans
Springfield
Charles Gordon
James M. Hough
Noah Jackson
Grelton
Franklin W. Kremer
Wadsworth
Charles H. Nichols
M. Bashare
Theodore F. Randolph
Bentley
Luke
William Jones
Anderson Lackey
Tripp
Jackson
Laban Stevens
Bellevue
Huron County
Nickelplate Railroad
State Board of Agriculture
Hollingsworth
Mrs Z Chandler Aid Funds Women’s Medical College
Mrs. Z Chandler of Detroit sent $1000 to establish a scholarship at the Women's Medical College of Chicago to enable missionaries to pursue a medical course.
Lightning Strikes Locust Mountain Rock In Pennsylvania
Last week a massive bolt struck Locust Mountain rock causing it to shatter into atoms. Nearby tenement houses were demolished or wrecked with a second dwelling hit an hour later. the roof was lifted from another. One woman was killed, two men injured, and another went insane.
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Locust Mountain
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
European noble family profits from trade mark arms in New World
A European noble family losing wealth comes to this country and uses their coat of arms as a trade-mark. They build a large trade and fortune by selling goods everywhere, then return to Europe and try to resume status, only to find their arms widely recognized as the popular trade-mark.
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Europe
Foraker Speaks to Licking County Republicans in Newark
Judge Foraker delivers a two hour speech before delegates in Newark praising the Republican standard bearer and denouncing Democratic positions. He defends tariff and Scott law stances, mocks Judge Hoadly, and urges unity among Ohio Republicans amid campaign issues and political rivalries.
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Judge Foraker
Licking County
Newark
Advertising Rates and Business Card Offer
Legal and transient advertisements announced at six per square for first insertion and five tenths of a dollar for each additional insertion. A liberal annual reduction applies to advertising. Business cards not exceeding six lines are offered for six dollars per year.
Fragmented 1882 Public Notices and Local News Snippets
A collage of 1880s items: remarks on paper makers, Piute Indians described as dudes, a dog handling incident in Evansville, postage and ballot-box talk, Pendleton selling Kansas City real estate, Philadelphia police views, and New England rail conduct issues. Includes temperance notes, smallpox stats for Baltimore, stamp portraits, and Philadelphia immigration commentary.
New York Herald Praises American Sculpture Future
The New York Herald says the days of incompetents are passed and the future of American sculpture looks promising. It lists prominent American artists including Ward Saint Warner French Thompson Rogera Bauer Gaudens Kemeys O'Donovan Donoghue Valentine Bezekiel and Roberts.
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New York Herald
Heald
Ward
Saint
Warner
French
Thompson
Rogera
Bauer
Gaudens
Kemeys
O’donovan
Donoghue
Valentine
Bezekiel
Reoberts
Disbanded Campen Club Players Hit By New Deals
A Campen New Jersey baseball club recently disbanded and players were snapped up by other club organizations at salaries from 300 dollars a month upward. A statesman reportedly said he would rather be in the right field than president. The Sun Cholera mixture is offered as a remedy for ordinary summer complaints but not for Asiatic cholera. An New York store trend favors spiders in cheap jewelry while Paris embraces swallows in fashion. Russian Jewish immigration faces setbacks with about a fifth of twenty thousand sent back. A Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society official notes Russian Jews arrive aged by early marriage and hardship, dull and hard to wake to work.
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Ithe Lon Yan Tor
Eld
Marty Te Gz
Myversary
Hoadly
Spa
Judge Headley
Joseph Pulitzer
New York World
Democratic Rty
Ohio
Thomas Jefferson
Campen
N. J
Hebrew Emigrant Aid Society
New York
Mrs Lanarry Returns to Open Montreal Season in October
The article notes Mrs Lanarry plans to open the American season in Montreal on October 29 and that she hopes to publish a book on American folks after the current season ends. It mentions a press attack she faced and her fondness for the United States reflected in remarks about the kindness of the people.
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Tor Philadelphia
Press
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Wm. Allen
Marietta Pee
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Frank Hurd
Isaac Jordan
Hocking Valley
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Skublican
Democratic Party
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Perry County
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Eee
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Jud Hoadly
Supreme Court
Glermont Gourier
Spanaeer
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Ind
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Senator Pendleton
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J. D. Fulton
Wisconsin
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Tom Taums
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Charley
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