Various Washington Notes From River and Harbor Committee
News epitome of the week covers River and Harbor Committee personnel, General Mackenzie’s health and relief, Speaker Carlisle’s hunting trip with Senators Vance and Beck, Judge Bedford on silver coinage, a plan for a national penitentiary opposed by the Department of Justice, a pension fraud indictment in Washington, Mrs. Rosecrans’s death, the Garfield Memorial Church dedication, and a telegram about Charley McComas with Chiricahua Indians near San Carlos Agency.
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North Carolina
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Beck
District of Columbia
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Pension
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A. B. Webb
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New York
Garfield Memorial
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Charley McComas
San Carlos Agency
Red Men posse expels brutal father from Greene County
In Whitely Township Charles Warner known as Varner is driven from his home after a daughter confesses he is the father of her child and of three others. Police or neighbors relocate the daughter and her four children to the poor farm amid media reports of years of abuse.
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Brock
Waynesburg
Varner
Wenewe
Copiah County
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Pat
Chicago
N. Y. Herald
Houaskenne
Dearnis
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Boston Transcript
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Chicago Herald
Ceocgeeven
New York
Cental
Alleged Modders Borgia and Other Notables
Mrs. Christian of San Antonio Texas was arrested on the 23d for alleged poisoning death of Louis Brunner her eighth victim. Brunner’s mistress quarreld with her the morning of death and she left the house.
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Borgia
Christian
San Antonio
Tex
Louis Brunner
Brunner
A Marvel of Female Criminals in Leyden
Van der Linden was arrested in Leyden on the 24th for murdering sixteen people over recent years, mostly her relatives, via poisoning to collect life insurance. She reportedly confessed, possibly including five of her own children. Archbisho p Perche of New Orleans died at the Episcopal Palace on the 27th after months of declining health aged near eighty.
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Leyden
Napoleon Joseph Perche
New Orleans
Ma Wees
Angers
France
Lucy Allyn
McLean
Bloomington
Ill
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Mississippi
Troy Times
Chicago Journal
Rescue at sea and a run of late December accidents
Ship Captain Fawcett recounts saving Captain Endicott and five sailors from the waterlogged Lizzie Florence on December 2 near the Gulf Stream after a shoal collision and a gale. The report also lists numerous railroad wrecks, a severe Stanley air crashes, and falls including General Grant’s leg injury and a lynching in McLemore.
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Fawcett
British Empire
Alexandre
New York
Havana
Endicott
Gulf Stream
Lizzie Florence
St. Johns
Fla
St. Johns River
Mysterious Cabin Fire Kills Woman and Child in West Virginia
A Randorf West Virginia cabin near the Cheat River was burned to ashes killing Elizabeth Somerfield and her child. A scorched heart and skeletal remains were found. a crow bar lay nearby as investigators pursue a brutal double murder tied to the blaze.
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Cheat River
Randorp
County
W. Va
German of go in New York crowd disrupts eve
An account describing a melee in New York involving RicHarpD German and an engaged partner, with a fatality linked to the same chaotic event. The text mentions Allenville, Missouri, a man named James Denton who escaped from Landing, Missouri, and a passenger named Mixe Konkx who died days earlier.
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Richarpd German
New York
Allenville
Mixe Konkx
James Denton
Landing
Cleveland Mail Theft Case and Wealthy Widow’s Cash Find
A railway mail clerk Charles A Willard was arrested in Cleveland for stealing letters and confessed. Reports describe a long running mail robbery traced to him. A Georgia-like wealth story follows with Harris Damon’s buried cash found by family, totaling about 24 thousand dollars.
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Charles A. Willard
Cleveland
Chas. Cocoran
Fremont
Harris Damon
Abbeyville
Medina County
Damon
Regecca Hausen
Youngstown
Andrew Lawrence
Apa Murrray
Jones’ Music Halls
Jackson
George A. Ober
Auditor of State
McKio
Jude
Decree Abrogates Cuban Duty on U S Goods via Spanish Route
A Madrid gazette cancels Article Five of the 1868 decree requiring Cuba to levy duties on U S goods as if shipped from foreign vessels, even under Spanish flag. The decree aims to define reciprocal trade terms with the United States without tariff revision, effective after consular publication.
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Madrid
United States
Cuba
Spain
Chairman and committee lead frayed by faulty notes
Fragmentary text shows a chairman and committee member facing confusion over a task. The readable bits hint at internal friction and unclear leadership in a local governance setting. Further context is unavailable in the OCR excerpt.
Unclear fragment prompts incident note near Jackson
Fragment discusses effects of an injury several weeks prior, mentioning a Jackson resident Dyer and an incident minutes after dawn near a school setting. The legible parts suggest a local accident or sequence but lack full details.
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Ts Dyer
Jackson
Horrific crime report and political outrage noted
Fragmented dispatches describe a violent incident involving a husband and wife, injuries from a gun and fire, and a mob enacting terror. The text shifts to a discussion of Mississippi political murders, outlining names like Barksdale and Guilty, with commentary on party influence and elected positions following violent acts.
Jacob and Esau in Politics
In Washington a Carlisle Randall parallel emerges as a political parable. The piece likens Carlisle to Jacob and Democracy to Isaac and the mother Democracy to Randall’s influence, suggesting Carlisle imitates Randall’s speech to gain blessing. It warns against overreaching historic parallels while noting political theater and power dynamics in 1884.
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Jacob
Esau
Washington
Democracy
Carlisle
Randall
Sen
Thehiladelphia Times
Jacob Esau
Mr. Carlisle
Jaac
N. Y Tribune
Rebels Dominate House Politics with Carlisle Victory
The Chicago Journal notes the rise of Southern power in Congress after Carlisle's election as Speaker, with South influence extending into chief clerk and floor positions. It warns Northern Democrats fear the shift could jeopardize 1884 electoral prospects and even threaten New York and New Jersey support for the Republicans.
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Randall
Carlisle
Congress
Washington
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Chicago Journal
Fragmentary Humor and Quotations From A Busy Paper
A collage of jumbled jokes and quick quotes from various papers reports on wit and social commentary. Pieces reference Detroit Chicago New York Boston and Washington with brief lines about philosophy manners and a few character skits. The text reads like clipped headlines and stray jokes from a weekly roundup.
Fatal Snow Slide and Local Fights Hit Colorado Towns
A Marshall Basin snow slide near Montrose swept the Mendota Mine shaft house, killing eight and injuring four of fourteen men. four escaped. A mail carrier from Silverton to Ames and Ouray is missing, feared dead crossing the range. In Allendale Colorado, John Hudlett and kin were in a violent altercation with Frank Weaver and Aley Middleton. Evan and Tom Hudlett were killed, John Hudlett and Tom Hudlett seriously wounded, and Frank O Bryan and Gus Allien slightly wounded.
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Marshall Basin
Montrose
T Ol
Mendota
Silverton
Ames
Ouray
John Hudlett
Allendale
8. C
John
Tom
Evan
Joyce Strange
Frank Weaver
Aley Middleton
Stranges
L. B
Frank O’bryan
Gus Allien
Strange
Evan Strange
Tom Hudlett
John Hudletts
O’bryans
Gas Explosion Hits Buffalo Restaurant
A Buffalo restaurant blast occurred when a street gas leak fix left a stop cock loosely closed. Gas ignited by a lamp injuring head waiter Purcell and cook Charles Rederd, with two waitresses hurt. Dining room and furnishings destroyed. Loss about 99 000.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Purcell
Charles Rederd
Advertising Rates and Business Card Offers
The Glermont Courier lists advertising prices for legal and transient ads at four per square ten lines for first insertion and fifty cents for each additional insertion. Business cards up to six inches wide are $6 per year with liberal annual reductions.
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