Hewitt resolution seeks delay in O'Donnell death sentence
In Congress the Hewitt resolution urged the President to seek a delay in the execution of Patrick O'Donnell in Great Britain to determine if he is a U.S. citizen and whether his trial complied with municipal law and international standards. The measure passed. The annual report from the Commissioner of Agriculture stresses forest culture, noting U.S. forest products valued around 700 million dollars, surpassing hay and crop values and exceeding mineral outputs.
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Hewitt
Patrick O’donnell
United States
Great Britain
O’donnell
Commissioner of Agriculture
Washington
Senate
van Wyck
Secretary of the Treasury
Beck
Wilson
Hovuss
Townsend
Germany
German Empire
Reichstag
House of Representatives
Congress
Rudolph
Washington Territory
Idaho
Morrill
House
Frye
Committee On Rules
Felows
Letem
Garland
Messrs. Morgan
Hoar
Hoblitzell
George Washington
Horr
Danville
Ofirginia
Morrison
Cabell
Blackburn
Randall
Keifer
Reed
Washburn
Cox
New York
George D. Robinson
Massachusetts
Parnell banquet in Dublin marks emigrant discontent
A banquet in Dublin attended by over five hundred guests, with Lord Mayor presiding, heard Charles Parnell condemn Emigrant relief efforts as a government ploy to resolve Ireland’s trouble. He urged that if emigrants must leave, they prefer Tory rule to Whig insincerity, and received a national tribute of £38,000.
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Ireland
Parnell
Dublin
New York
Boston
Montreal
Takes
Postmasters to Exchange Pre Civil War Stamps and Envelopes
Postmasters will exchange three and six cent postage stamps and stamped envelopes for others of different denominations as applications are made. Stamped envelopes will be exchanged at the full current rate and envelopes bearing printed cards and addresses will also be exchanged. Stamps and envelopes issued prior to 1861 will not be exchanged.
American Pork in France Decree Repealed
Secretary Frelinghuysen receives from Minister Morton at Paris a copy of the decree repealing the February 18 1881 ban on American pork. Also sent is the French Minister of Commerce circular to prefects noting the decision and advising that pork offered to the public be fully cured.
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Frelinghuysen
Morton
Paris
France
Cherokee Nation treasurer certificate contests Bondinot charges
Interior Department receives a certificate from the Cherokee Nation treasurer certified by the principal chief stating the $300,000 appropriation was short by $22,000 and contradicting Bondinot. Latest crop reports show 6,000,000 bales of cotton and large wheat and oats yields. rye and barley slightly down. buckwheat down. corn hurt by warm wet weather north of the fortieth parallel. Mt TownsexrD proposes a recess measure to bar imports of goods harmful to health as retaliation against Germany. Secretary Folger’s retirement rumors recur with questionable basis. Postmasters seek back pay under the 1883 adjustment act, with estimates of two to four million dollars.
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Interior Department
Bondinot
Washington
Fortieth
Germany
Folger
Tex
Wresged Woman Seeks Murder Arrests in New York
Anne Garvey a New York dressmaker attempted to shoot bridge policeman Henry J. Meredith while on duty. The pistol hammer tangled in her veil and did not fire. She was arrested claiming Meredith, a married man, seduced her with a marriage promise and abandoned her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Garvey
New York
Henry J. Meredith
Anne
Meredith
Suit Against Netter and Co
George L Haven and Co of New York sue Albert and Gabriel Netter for 22255 dollars. Plaintiffs claim bonds totalling 400000 dollars were placed as security for a loan, Netter and Co pledged the bonds to third parties, and the plaintiffs paid the amount demanded in addition to the loan before recovering their bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netter & Co
Albert
Gabriel Netter
George L. Haven & Co
New York
British Bark Benefactress Sunk. Survivors Rescued After 11 Days
The steamship State of Pennsylvania arrived in New York with six men and a boy saved from the British bark Benefactress wreck. They endured eleven days afloat without water and with scant food. fifteen other crew members perished after abandoning ship in a boat.
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State of Pennsylvania
New York
Benefactress
Missing Treasurer Rogers Sought After Northeast Absence
The missing Lewis County New York treasurer Roger is last seen in Norwood heading east. He reportedly became unsettled over a supposed four thousand dollar county deficit while the county credits him for seventeen dollars. Authorities and friends search for him.
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Rogers
Lewis County
N. Y
Norwood
Murder charge in Zora Burns case arrests in Peoria
John W. Hunter also known as Thomas Russell has been arrested and jailed in Peoria Illinois charged with the murder of Zora Burns. The case centers on a fatal shooting and ongoing investigation by local authorities.
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Zora Burns
John W. Hunter
Thomas Russell
Peoria, Ll
Lincoln shirt purchase ties man to Zora Burns case
A man matching Hunter's description bought a shirt in Lincoln on the morning of the Zora Burns murder. The cuff bore the name Vance. He was also in Peoria when Zora Burns and Carpenter were registered at the Peoria House and is alleged to have used the name Carpenter to register, possibly acting as Zora's male companion.
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Zora Burns
Lincoln
Hunter
Vance
Peoria
Carpenter
Zora
Schurz Withdraws From New York Evening Post Over Editorial Disputes
Carl Schurz dissolves his connection with the New York Evening Post amid serious differences of opinion with associates over editorial handling of public questions. Rumor among editors says Schurz angered by the paper’s support for telegraph companies during operator strikes.
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Carl Schurz
New York Evening Post
New York
Scharz
Extraordinary Escape From Death in Wisconsin Haystack
In La Crosse Wisconsin boys playing near a haystack on the 10th found Louis Anderson emaciated yet living beneath the hay. The stack had fallen and buried him November 17, leaving him without food or water through severe weather. He is a mere skeleton but able to speak, and is believed to survive.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Louis Anderson
Reform Movement Moves Against Pittsburg Gamblers and Houses
County officers inaugurate a reform drive in Pittsburg Pennsylvania targeting gamblers and houses of prostitution. Informations filed on the tenth against five proprietors who were arrested and bailed for hearing. Officials vow to prosecute until all are driven from the city.
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Pittsburg
Speedy justice in Clinton mob killing case
A Mississippi dispatch reports Albert Thomas, described as a negro brute, was arrested by townspeople for assaulting the daughter of B F Lingon. While being taken home, he tried to flee and was shot dead by the posse.
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Clinton
Miss
Albert Thomas
B. F. Lingon
Needs of Reformed Catholics Discussed in New York
Reformed Catholic pastors in New York on the 10th discussed church needs across the country. They called for more funds to spread doctrine and recruit converts. An invitation from Iowa Catholics asked a pastor to travel and preach in that state.
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New York
Iowa
Six Lives Lost as Steam Barge Enterprise Sinks
The steam barge Enterprise sank in Lake Huron near Detroit on the morning of the 10th. Thirteen men were aboard. six dead. The vessel carried over three hundred tons of cargo valued at $2,000, a total loss.
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Lake Ures
Enterprise
Lake Huron
Detroit
Suit Filed by Chicago Man Against Graphic Publisher
Ernest C. Brown of Chicago sues Graphic Publishing Company of New York for 25000 dollars for services as Western Agent since 1879. An attachment issued on a foreign corporation with ties to the Canadian Government.
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The
Graphic
Ernest C. Brown
Chicago
Graphic Publishing Company
New York
Gold Found During Courthouse Dig in Las Vegas NM
Laborers digging the foundation for a new courthouse in Las Vegas New Mexico uncovered pay dirt. Trial panned the soil revealing large quantities of gold and sparks a rush as locals stake off claims amid growing excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
New Mexico
Strike at Canadian Pacific Rail Stalls Train Service
The Canadian Pacific Rail strikes halt all workshops and stop trains as company refuses wage increases. The firm has telegraphed East for engineers, but service may take days to resume. Fears of demonstrations and potential trouble with arriving workers rise.
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Canadian Pacific Rail
Supreme Court reverses murder conviction of Orth Stein
Jefferson City dispatch reports the Missouri Supreme Court reversed and remanded Orth Stein's second degree murder conviction for killing Geo Fredericks in Kansas City. The reversal cites improper exclusion of a letter that would have weakened a key state witness's testimony, leading to the remand.
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Jefferson City
Supreme Court
Orth Stein
Geo. Fredericks
Kansas City
Episcopal Objection to Salvation Causes Curacy Dismissal
Rev. Dr. Wilson is dismissed from St. George's Cathedral curacy for attending Salvation Army meetings in Kingston Ontario. Some parishioners sign a petition for reinstatement while others threaten to leave if he returns.
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Dr. Wilson
Salvation Army
Kingston, Ont
St. George’s Cathedral
Dorsey Declared Not a Citizen in Arkansas
The Republican State Central Committee of Arkansas met at Little Rock on the 11th and elected ex-Governor Powell Clayton Chairman with vice Torrans, deceased. The committee unanimously declared W. Dorsey no longer a citizen of Arkansas and recommended Powell Clayton for the National Republican Committee vacancy caused by Torrans’ removal.
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Ss. W. Dorsey
Republican State Central Committee of Arkansas
Little Rock
Powell Clayton
Torrans
W. Dorsey
Arkansas
National Republican Committee
Negroes Refused Hotel Accommodations in Michigan Town
The McTreaver and Helm dramatic troupe, all colored, were refused lodging at Vicksburg hotels on the Ilth. After an evening performance they were forced to take a freight train to Kalamazoo to find overnight housing. Damages suits are expected.
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McTreaver & Helm Dramatic Troupe
Vicksburg
Mich
Ilth
Kalamazoo
Judge Noisywater Shot in Ambush Near Siloam Springs
Advices from the Indian Territory report Judge Noisywater killed in an ambush while returning home from Siloam Springs. The shooting is charged to Deputy Marshal Andrews and his posse who mistook the judge for a wanted outlaw.
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Indian Territory
Noisywater
Siloam Springs
Andrews
Posse
New York Striking Printers At Tribune
Eighty six New York Tribune compositors quit work at six pm on the twelfth. Three returned later and eleven more were hired from outside. The strike stems from foreman efforts to recruit non union workers to replace union men.
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New York Tribune
Garrett elected B&O President for twenty sixth term
John W. Garrett was unanimously chosen to lead the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for the twenty sixth consecutive term.
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John W. Garrett
The
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Death of Mrs Christiancy in New York
Mrs Christiancy former wife of the ex Senator died in New York on the 18th. She had separated from Mr Christiancy and reportedly developed a chloral habit as relief from despondency.
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Christiancy
New York
Mr. Christiancy
Notable Cause of Death Linked to Drug Use and Bright's Disease
A post mortem found the deceased suffered Bright's disease and attributed the sudden demise to that ailment, in addition to the suspected effects of the drug used.
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Bright
Southern Pacific to Start New New Orleans Liverpool Steamship Line
The Southern Pacific Railroad plans a steamship service between New Orleans and Liverpool. It will operate its own ships when feasible but will charter vessels as needs dictate during the initial phase.
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New Steamship Line
Southern Pacific Railroad
New Orleans
Liverpool
Ferryboat Garden City Destroyed by Fire at New York
The Garden City ferryboat of the East River Ferry Company caught fire and burned at New York on the 13th. Several horses were burned but all passengers and crew escaped. The boat was valued at $100,000 and was partially insured.
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Garden City
East River Ferry Company
New York
Immense Cattle Sale Sets Record in Denver
D H and J W Snyder Co of Denver bought from Snyder Bros of Georgetown Texas over 29000 cattle and 400 horses for 600000 cash. The firm now owns about 54000 cattle and 1000 horses. This year about 13000 calves were branded in both herds.
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Denver
Col
D. H. and
J. W. Snyder & Co
Snyder Bros
Georgetown
Tex
Vandalism Strikes Chicago Jewish Synagogue
Unknown persons entered the Jewish synagogue at Clinton and Judd streets in Chicago a few nights ago and wrecked interior ornamentation gas fixtures and furniture. Cause is unknown but blamed on irresponsible persons.
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Clinton and
Judd Streets
Chicago
Philadelphia Murderer Recommended for Confinement
A committee of physicians in Philadelphia urges confinement of John McGinnis until a state asylum is provided. They oppose the pairing of criminal insanity with mental disease as demoralizing and unjust.
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Philadelphia
John McGinnis
Philadelphia Embezzler Arrested in Company Funds Case
Charles K. Hibbs head book keeper of the Driver's Ice Company in Philadelphia is arrested on charges he embezzled between six and ten thousand dollars from his employers. He is a married 35 year old and active in church circles. He is also accused of betraying a prominent young lady from the same church.
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Philadelphia
Charles K. Hibbs
Old Driver’s Ice Company
Murders and suicides reported across several states
A spate of personal crises and killings is reported from Missouri Indiana New York California and Mississippi. Victims include Gill Boyer and Bart Kelly killed at Jewett Post Office Missouri William Berry fatally wounded Michael Almandinger hanged near Portland Indiana Col J R Powell shot in Montgomery County Mississippi Miss Keyser of Utica New York died by suicide in New York City Jerome B Cox and Charles McLaughlin Ginn involved in a high profile fatal shooting tied to a $150000 suit.
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Jewett Post Office
St. Francis River
Missouri
Gill Boyer
Bart Kelly
William Berry
Michael Almandinger
Portland
Ind
Col. J. R. Powell
Montgomery County
Miss
Charles F. Robinson
Miss Keyser
Utica
N. Y
New York City
Charies McLainGinn
San Francisco
Jerome B. Cox
Cox
McLaughin
Columbus
Ohio Divorce Reform League
Washington Gladden
S. W. Dike
Vermont
G.T. Bedell
Cleveland
W. E. Moore
J. M. Hoyt
W. Gladden
J. Crooks
Columbus Delano
Vernon
M. M. Granger
Zanesville
J. H. Boneberger
Columbiana
J.S. Short
Xenia
H. C. Noble
J. B. Jones
Newark
Knights Templar
Osman Lys
Bellecenter
Logan County
Indianapolis
General Kinney
J. W. Steen
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Feot
Rome City
U.S
Calcutta
Columbiana County
A. C. Ayrres
Cincinnati Northern Railroad
Cincinnati
Ebeling
Springfield
Goode
Andrew Beningen
D. C
Bucyrus
Browning
Rush Run
Jefferson County
Chas. Watson
North Robinson
Crestline
Laure Skillings
James Rodgers
Virginia
Willliam Kraus
Toledo
Kraus
Newton Merrill
Hendrysburg
Morrow County
Dun
Gnear
Junction City
Perry County
Jupee Doguez
Upson
Ohio Supreme Court
Selwin N. Owen
M. D. Follet
Okey, Owen and Follet
Johnson and McIlvaine
Tonquin Trouble and Ferry’s Conservative Policy Stance
Prime Minister Ferry defends France’s Tonquin policy as conservative and not responsible for the Tonquin expedition. He cites Cabinet frailties as cause of difficulties and asserts France has treated China as a great power, exhausting all conciliatory strategies. He seeks continued power only with chamberal confidence.
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Ferry
Tonquin
France
China
Destructive Storm Ravages Great Britain Injuries and Losses
A severe storm on the twelfth battered Britain causing extensive damage to ships and property and claiming multiple lives. Newry lamp-posts bent, trees uprooted. Deaths reported in Hull Birmingham Manchester Deresbury Liversedge Chester with churches and homes damaged nationwide.
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Great Britain
Great Britaan
Newry
Hull
Birmingham
Manchester
Deresbury
Liversedge
Chester
Parnell’s Dublin Rally Sparks English Alarm
London dispatches report The Times condemning Parnell’s rotunda speech as defiant of constitutional ties between England and Ireland. The row with London grows as English statesmen face a serious challenge amid renewed Irish warfare.
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Parnell
London
the Times
Dublin
England
Ireland
New Orleans Poll Tragedy Tells of Riot at Democratic Nominating Vote
In New Orleans on December 14 a deadly poll riot occurred during Democratic State nominating elections. A challenger prompted violence at Monroe and St. Bernard as Captain Fostier died from a mortal wound, and Gus Renaud and Edward Masson also died after injuries. Several others were wounded, including Sheriff Robert Brewster and John Brester, with police struggling to control the crowd.
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New Orleans
Seventh Ward
Monroe
St. Bernard
Fostier
Michael. Fostier
Ogden
Robert Brewster
John Brester
Gus Peardeon
Mike Early
Peter Brannon
John Dominick
Chas. Fazio
David Krackerman
George Tirado
John Astredo
Chas. Flacho
Abe John Dominick
Dan Glous
Polis
Swindling of Pension Applicants Tangles Boston Doctor
Washington reports the commissioner of pensions moved to arrest Dr Azel Ames of Boston on charges of defrauding pensioners. Ames led the Eagle Odorless Evacuating Company and allegedly urged pensioners to buy stock with promises of high returns. An injunction against the company, upheld by the Massachusetts attorney general, shows continued fraudulent practice and signals a broader probe into prominent Hub figures.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Azel Ames
Boston
Ames
Pension
Eagle Odorless Evacuating Company
Smith
Eagle
Massachusetts
Hub
Steamboat Josie Harry Destroyed by Fire at Reeve's Landing
The steamer Josie Harry burning near Reeve's Landing fifteen miles below Memphis destroyed with six hundred bales of cotton and cotton seed aboard. Captain Milt Harry ordered passengers and crew to land. all escaped as the boat burned to the water's edge. Valued at 30000 dollars, owned by Captain Milt R. Harry. money saved from the desk but the safe was lost. Insurance status unknown.
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Josie Harry
Memphis
Tenn
White River
Reeve’s Landing
Milt Harry
Milt R. Harry
Rioting At Blue Mountain Tunnel Involving Italians And Negroes
A riot at the Blue Mountain Tunnel near Prittsburg ends with about 100 Italian workers clashing with unarmed black laborers. Four black men are wounded, one fatally, as the conflict spills into the night and subsides by morning with no further trouble expected.
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Prittsburg
Blue Mountain Tunnel
Easton Woman Convicted of Swindling Hotel Keeper
Mrs. J C Goodwin, sought in Wheeling and other cities for bilking girls taught dressmaking, found guilty of defrauding a hotel proprietor. She faces charges of larceny and obtaining money by false pretenses in Easton. Government seeks her for illegal use of the mail. Massachusetts also claims her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
J.C. Goodwin
Wheeling
W.va
Massachusetts
Tribute tale shows cons and church fund plea in dialect
An Arkansaw Traveller excerpt depicts Brudder Simon soliciting a donation from Brudder Jasper for church funds. Jasper pretends willingness while recalling a past drunken theft of five dollars, mocking Simon and exposing a con artist moment in a bitter exchange.
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Simon
Old Jasper
Bruder Jasper
Brudder Simon
Bruder
Walt
Congressional Proceedings Recorded In December Sessions
In Washington reports detail Senate and House actions from December 11 to 14, including nominations like Walter Evans as Internal Revenue Commissioner and Benjamin Butterworth as Commissioner of Patents. Debates cover postal saving policy, agriculture powers, animal industry, and a civil rights resolution, plus a proposed tax and land purchase inquiries.
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Washington
Senate
Anthony
Secretary of War
Springfield Armory
Rock Island Arsenal
Chesapeake
Delaware Bays
Walter Q. Gresham
Walter Evans
Internal Revenue
Benjamin Butterworth
House
Cox
New York
Lacy
Muldrow
Department of Agriculture
Haten
Bureau of Animal Industry
Valentine
Union Pacific Railroad
Robinson
Secretary of the Interior
State Crop and Property Values Report Across Ohio
December crop and stock report covers wheat rye barley cattle horses sheep swine and poultry with district comparisons. It lists acreage and condition alongside city property valuations tax totals and indebtedness for major Ohio cities and notes a new Ohio Divorce Reform League formation in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Agriculture
Poland
China
Ohio
Bloody Shirt warfare and Southern voting rights clash
The Richmond State denounces Northern Republican papers for wielding the bloody shirt, urging Southern leaders to end intimidation and ensure equal voting rights. It cites Darville, Copiah, and South Carolina frauds, arguing the North cannot tolerate disenfranchisement while praising Southern reform if reached.
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Richmond
South
North
Danville
Copiah
South Carolina
Bourton
Darville
Matthews
United States Court
Columbia
Chicago Tribune
Dying River of Blackstone Valley Past Power
A narrow stream running through Blackstone Valley once supplied mills with power, dropping 146 feet over eighteen miles. Now the river’s power is largely unused as Woonsocket mills rely on auxiliary steam, and the watercourse is largely neglected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackstone
Many & Moon
Noble Blackstone
Rhode Island
Woonsocket
Providence (R. I
Blackstone Valley
Advertising Rates For The Glermont Gourier
Legal and transient advertisements priced at one dollar per square ten lines for first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. A yearly reduction offered. Business cards up to six lines available for six dollars per year.
Bloody Trail in Copiah County Murders Matthews
The account details the shooting of J. P. Matthews, Republican chairman in Copiah County Mississippi, by E B Wheeler a Democrat, after warnings to stay from the polls. It notes armed Democratic demonstrations, reprisals against Independent supporters, and official measures including bail for Wheeler and threats against Matthews kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Matthews
Republican Executive Committee
County
Miss
Rowe
Matthews
E. B. Wheeler
Wheeler
Jackson (Miss
Copiah County
Republipe
Mississippi
Advan
Alcorn
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Congress
Sheriff
Hazlehurst
Democratic Executive Committee
Circuit Court
Haylehurst
Amos Burnett
Independent Committee
Copiah
Tom Wallis
State Committee
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Clermont Courier
Charles W. Pegg
Emma Bord Caxe
Emma Bond
Hillsboro
Ill
John C. Montgomery
Kaarroom
Lord Coleridge
America
A de Tocqueville
Goldwin Smith
Cartaix
Robert Dickinson
Brussels
Servia
Alicante
Spain
Denia
Marquis Tseng
Chine
Mrs. Goodwin
Brudder
Jasper
Arkansaw Traveller
Lizzie Booker
Louisville
Lowell
Mass
Boston Herald
Philadelpia
Tadee
Akron
Chillicothe
Dayton
Delaware
Hamilton i
Lima
Mansfield
Portsmouth
Sandusky
Steubenville
Youngstown
Ballad
Old Ben
Ben
Mass.) Union
Glermont Gourier
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