Public Debt Statement and Interest in June 1883
The Public Debt Statement for June 1883 is published. The Marine Hospital Service reports United States free from yellow fever except two cases aboard a foreign vessel in quarantine at Ship Island, likely delaying further news. Grant County citizens seek State militia from the Governor amid local unrest. An Albany lawyer, Henry Wickes, embezzled about $50,000 from trust funds and has fled. Chicago Herald sued for libel by E. J. Lehman ends with $25,000 verdict against the paper.
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The
Marine Hospital Service
United States
Ship Island
Henry Wickes
Albany, N. Y
Catharine W. Rensselaer
E. J. Lehman
Chicago
Chicago Herald
John Reach Wins Navy Contract Bids For Four Cruisers
Bids opened at the Navy Department show John Reach as the lowest bidder for all four vessels the Chicago Boston Atlanta and Dolphin with prices 889000 619000 617000 and 315000 respectively Contracts likely to be awarded to him The four bidders per vessel totaled four. The exportation of bonded whisky to Bermuda to evade tax not a legal export says Attorney General though tax due on spirits is collectible upon return to the US The delay in opinion drew criticism The President appointed Colonel Holabird as Quartermaster General and Harry G Snyder as Superintendent of the new State War and Navy Department Building Snyder has navy service since 1857
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John Reach
Navy Department
Chicago
Boston
Atlanta
Dolphin
Secretary of the Treasury
Bermuda
New York
Newport News
Treasury
Folger
Holabird
Ingalls
Herry G. Snyder
State, War and Navy Department
Snyder
Navy
Redoes
Niger
Kentucky
Petroleum V. Nassy
Philadelphia executor embezzles $390000 in estate loss
Stephen S. Price of Philadelphia is held as an embezzler for losing through speculation $300,000 of the Richardson estate entrusted to him as executor and trustee. The case references a broader $390,000 embezzlement.
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Stephens. Price
Philadelphia
Richardson
County Treasurer Short Missing in St James Minn
County Treasurer E Dunn of St James Minnesota has vanished leaving a 6000 dollar deficit in his accounts. His whereabouts are unknown and authorities seek information on his location.
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NM. E. Dunn
St. James, Minn
Fatal Street Car Collision In Chicago
A Wa bash road express train struck a street car at a Chicago crossing on the 1st, tearing it to pieces. Lamps exploded, igniting the car and trapping passengers. Thirteen aboard, only one escaped unharmed. two or three severely injured may die. The crash followed a crossing signal misread by the street car driver.
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Chicago
Wabash Road
Tewkesbury's Traffic in Dead Bodies at Boston Court
A Boston examination reveals a letter to the State Board of Health showing dead bodies were handled by Thos J Marsh Jr. From 1863 to 1882 the medical college received 594 adult and 36 child corpses. Total payments amount to 8827 dollars with 5914 for Manning transportation 514 for T J Hall assistance and 1799 for Marsh oversight.
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Manning
T. J. Hall
Thomas J. Marsh
Pratt Free Library Gift to Baltimore Completed Soon
Enoch Pratt executed a deed transferring the Pratt Free Library to Baltimore and presented a check for 833333.33 to be invested in city bonds for library support. The library building is nearly finished and will open once interior preparations are complete.
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Baltimore
Enoch Pratt
Pratt Free Library
Ex United States Marshal Sentenced in Arkansas Case
J T Brown Jr formerly United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas was sentenced on two counts for forgery and perjury in vouchers while deputy The total penalty is five years imprisonment at Detroit and a one thousand dollar fine
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J.T. Brown, Jr
United States
Arkansas
Detroit
Five Men Shot by a Mob Dispatch from Hot Springs Col
A Hot Springs Colorado dispatch dated the 4th reports four commissioners and the Grant County clerk shot by masked men. Barney Day and Mills died instantly while E P Webber and J D Dean were mortally wounded. Grant County lies in the northwest part of the state.
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Hot Springs
Col
Grant County
Barney Day
Mr. Mills
E. P. Webber
J. D. Dean
Balloon ascent ends in fatal fall at Montrose
During a Fourth of July event in Montrose Pennsylvania Professor H H Lindlum attempted a balloon ascent. At about forty feet the trapeze rope snagged a tree and he was hurled to the ground. He struck a rock and suffered a skull fracture and internal injuries feared fatal.
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Montrose
H. H. Lindlum
Desperate Prison Revolt at Salem Prison
Convicts at Salem Oregon attacked officers on the 4th seeking escape. Three officers killed and two wounded, eight inmates remain at large. No officers were injured.
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Salem
Oregon
Death of Archbishop Purcell in St. Martin's Ohio
Archbishop Purcell died on the evening of the 4th at his home in St. Martin's Ohio from paralysis and general debility. Bishop Elder was appointed Coadjutor with the right of succession and becomes Archbishop without any formal action at Rome.
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Purcell
St. Martin’s
Ohio
Elder
Rome
Steamboat Boilers Burst Injuring Several Employes
Boilers on the Susquehanna steamboat exploded at Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on the 3rd tearing the craft apart. No passengers were aboard but several crewmen were injured including John P Ditwiler fireman with arm broken and brain concussion Perry Hughes engineer with burns on hands and face and Charles Miller pilot with cuts and bruises.
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Susquehanna
Wilkesbarre
John P. Ditwiler
Perry Hughes
Chas. Miller
Anti Monopolists Platform at Chicago Meeting
A Chicago meeting of the Anti Monopolists adopted a platform calling for a postal telegraph system abolishing the National banking system a graduated income tax and postal savings banks It denounces gambling in grain and the protection of patentees.
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Chicago
Duel Between Texas Editor and New York Sculptor
John Armoy Knox editor of the Texas Siftings and David B. Sheehan sculptor of New York dueled at Far Rockaway Beach on Sunday. Each fired twice with Knox wounded in the arm. The quarrel followed a banquet discussion where Sheehan allegedly gave Knox the lie.
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Texas
New York
John Armoy Knox
The
Texas Siftings
David B. Sheehan
Far Rockaway Beach
Sun
Knox
Sheehan
Destructive storm floods Dover area causing deaths
A severe storm in Dover New Hampshire on the night of the 4th caused massive flooding at the Cocheco Print Works with damages estimated at 30000 dollars. Lightning struck several houses, three men were killed, and crops suffered extensive losses.
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Dover
N. H
Cocheco
Fatalities of the Fourth in Chicago and Surrounding Areas
The Fourth of July celebration results in thirty eight casualties across Chicago and nearby towns. Three die, five fatally wounded, twenty three maimed for life, and five slightly injured. Toy pistols and small cannons blamed for most injuries. At Joliet Illinois a firecracker set a home ablaze, killing two children aged six and eight. In Kansas Illinois the Korster House balcony collapsed during fireworks, seriously injuring seven.
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Chicago
Joliet
Til
James Mulhern
Korster
Kansas
Ill
Yellow Fever at Pensacola Quarantine Extends
Two ships arrived at Pensacola from Vera Cruz with yellow fever and were placed in quarantine. authorities isolated the vessels to prevent spread.
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Pensacola
Fla
Vera Cruz
Careless Engineer Blamed for Four Lives Lost at Texas Mill
A blast at J F Kelly's saw mill near Huntsville Texas killed a fireman and three convict laborers instantly. Four other convicts were seriously wounded. The accident is charged to the enginers carelessness. Separately Rev Carl Schmolz of Callicoon New York died after a period of heavy drinking and alleged improper conduct toward a vulnerable female parishioner.
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J. F. Kelly
Huntsville
Texas
Tragedy in Erie as Two Brothers Fire Shot, Suicide Follows
On the Erie street car, brothers Kuhn, Al bert and Frank, were intoxicated when Al bert fired a pistol at a nine year old girl named Steiner. She died instantly. Franks suicide occurred hours later. George Kuhn injured driving to tell their father.
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Kuhn
Erie
Albert
Steiner
Frank
George
Tragic double suicide attempt and multiple deaths amid unrest
In Brooklyn Henry Whiting aged 75 and his 74 year old wife were found with injuries after a pact to die rather than starve. The woman is dying and Whiting will survive. In Texas Mrs. Rogers died after a brutal assault that led to a premature birth. Two black men were lynched at Jefferson. Capt M T Coxe of Vicksburg was killed by buckshot from ambush. In Omaha Ed Sears and Michael Knight quarrelled. Sears shot Knight in the abdomen and fled. Jupge HauGan of Jefferson Texas was mentioned.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Henry Whiting
M. T. Coxe
Vicksburg
Omaha
Neb
Sears
Michael Knight
Knight
Jupge HauGan
Jefferson
Texas
Court adjournment murder and suicides in New York and Missouri
A man unknown assailants killed a person returning home after court adjournment. Westchester County reports a 24 year old man named William H. Seaman shot his invalid sister then killed himself. In St. Louis a 25 year old woman Mary Birkenstock attempted suicide by jumping into a pond then hanged herself in her garret.
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Throgg’s Neck
Westchester County
N. Y
Wm. H. Seaman
Mary Birkenstock
St. Louis
Deputy of ex State Treasurer Polk arrested in Arkansas
James C. Fleming, former Chief Deputy of ex State Treasurer Polk, was arrested in Hot Springs Arkansas on a Tennessee governor issued requisition charging him with false entries totaling 40 dollars while serving under Polk.
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Polk
James C. Fleming
Hot Springs
Ark
Tennessee
Biggar Charges British Gov Has Lied At Manchester
County Cavan MP Biggar told a Manchester audience on the 30th that the Government’s main trait is falsehood. He claimed Errington was sent to Rome to allege Parnell and allies colluded with murderers and that Irish grievances exist. He doubted Trevelyan’s honesty compared with Forster and said Trevelyan recently lied about paupers sent to the Atlantic.
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Biggar
County Cavan
Manchester
Errington
Rome
Parnell
Trevelyan
Ireland
Forster
Atlantic
Slaughter at English temperance fete in Sheffield
A temperance fete at the Botanic Gardens in Sheffield England is marked by a deadly dray incident when frightened horse bolted, killing two children instantly and injuring over twenty others as panicked youngsters fled the scene.
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Botanical Gardens
Sheffield
England
Calamity at Renfrew: Daphne Steamer Capsizes
A new steamer Daphne, with about two hundred aboard, capsized after entering water near Renfrew, Glasgow. Panic caused mass movement to one side, estimated deaths reach one hundred fifty. The wreck is a terrible disaster for Scotland.
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Renfrew
Glasgow
Scotland
Daphne
Fatal Tramway Accident Capsizes Steam Car at Hiddersfield
An inclined tramway descent at Hiddersfield England ended in disaster when the brake failed and a steam tram capsized. Two people were killed and thirty injured, with several in a precarious condition and feared dead.
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Hiddersfield
England
A King's Narrow Escape From Factory Elevator Disaster
The King of Saxony narrowly escaped death while visiting a Milan factory when the elevator machinery failed. The governor of the district and the factory manager were killed. the king sustained only minor injuries.
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Saxony
Milan
Algerian ban on Mecca pilgrimage amid cholera fears
The governor of Algeria issued an order prohibiting the usual pilgrimage to Mecca this year due to cholera prevalence in Egypt. In Damietta, 113 deaths occurred on the 30th alt., with the disease still rising. In Sunderland, during the inquest into the disaster that killed 182 children, witnesses described a man bolting doors as children descended stairs, though details varied. The Times reviews Lord Randolph Churchill documents to Gladstone and finds no strong ground to question the Khedive’s conduct over Alexandria massacres. Jupe O’Brien, before the Limerick grand jury, said outrages declined since last assizes signaling a social revolution.
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Algeria
Mecca
Egypt
Damietta
Sunderland
London Times
Lord Randolph Churchill
Gladstone
Alexandria
Jupee_ O’BRIEN
Limerick
Emigration debates and fires mark 6th day in 1882 news
In Dublin motions condemned state aided emigration and urged cultivating Ireland to curb surplus. A Far Rockaway duel hoax was exposed as an advertising stunt. Little Bay Newfoundlands burned leaving hundreds homeless as forest fires spread. other fires hit Sargent Nichols ice houses, Elgin manufactories, Burns store, and oil wells with substantial losses. Cadet engineers refuse discharge and plan to sue for pay. cholera deaths rise in Egypt with 68 at Mansourah and 109 at Damietta. Mecca pilgrimage banned by Persian government. possible link in Supervisor Cole murder to Dr Cook. Amos Bidwell’s wife shoots man near Otsego Lake. Grimley aeronaut reports landing in Catskill Mountains amid hurricane.
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House of Commons
America
Dublin
Ireland
Far Rockaway Beach
John Armer Knox
Texas
David B. Sheehan
New York
Little Bay
N. F
Sargent & Nichols
Haverhill
Mass
Elgin
Ill
Ashland
Ohio
Bradford
Navy
Alexandria
Mansourah
Damietta
Mecca
Black Sea
Supervisor Cole
Vicksburg
Dr. Cook
Lily
Cole
Captain Cole
Amos Bidwell
Otsego Lake
Mich
Alexander Penney
Grimley
Honesdale
Catskill Mountains
Cincinnati Mayors nominees confirmed by Common Council
Mayor Stephens of Cincinnati nominates C. J. Marshall as Smoke Inspector Wm T Smith as City Sealer and Henry Mulhauser as Director of the Workhouse. all three confirmed. State University Board submits reasons to Governor Foster for deposing President Scott. J H Anderson dissents. Captain J N Horne of the Barracks Band Columbus dies. A nine year old finds blasting powder in Bellville Township. a boy named George Yarbough is scalded to death in Gore. Ex Postmaster Krebs arrested in Indiana and returned to Fremont. A Massillon man killed drilling for coal. Train from Springfield to Kenton hits cattle and a handcar. five killed. Insane Benjamin Larnich near Valley Township attempts suicide by fire. house destroyed. William H Bear sues Pennsylvania Railroad for damages. Governor Foster pardons Daniel Downing. Willie Sinnamire, nine, injured by railroad torpedo explosion. Cleveland dispatch notes an armed search for a tramp who assaulted Mrs Burns near Fostoria. Commentary from Mix Nasby on the Corners political scene in Kentucky. National Republican summarizes Civil War loyalties and Democratic party role.
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Stephens
Cincinnati
C. J. Marshall
Wm. T. Smith
Henry Mulhauser
State University Board
Foster
Scott
J.H. Anderson
J.N. Horne
Columbus
Joseph Hunsinger
Bellville Township
Sandusky County
George
Henry Yarbough
Gore
Hocking County
Krebs
Fremont
Indiana
Peter Crone
Massillon
Stark County
Springfield
Kenton
Benjamin Larnich
Valley Township
Guernsey County
Launch
Will
Willliam H. Bear
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad
Common Pleas Court
Canton
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Bear
Gov. Foster
Daniel Downing
Court of Common Pleas
Mercer County
Downing
Willie Sinnamire
Harrison
Cleveland
The
Fostoria
Henry Burns
Rising Sun
Ohio
Duel on the railroad ends in deaths near Perth Amboy
Two drunk men fought a fist duel on a railroad track near Perth Amboy. A passing locomotive struck and killed both combatants. The paper notes the iron horse carried water while the men carried whiskey, a grim moral on reckless quarrels.
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Perth Amboy
N. Y
Glanfort Brigg Insured Births Deaths Highlight Health Risk
Health inspector warns Glanfort Brigg in England faces an exceptionally high child death rate in the past year amid a local practice of insuring lives from birth. Syracuse women form syndicate to craft cakes marmalades and jellies for neighbors preferring non summer work. Some native Mexicans still worship Montezuma praying for his return and awaiting his golden chariot each morning.
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Glanfort Brigg
England
N. Y
Syracuse
Montezuma
Northern Democrats and the Union coalition in Civil War era
A historical article argues that Northern Democrats aided the Union to save the nation by joining coalitions with Union Republicans and independents. It notes Democratic opposition to the war and traces coalitions in New York Ohio and beyond, while warning that Southern Democrats increasingly court Black voters to maintain power.
First American newspaper in Massachusetts the Massachusetts Gazette News-Letter
The earliest known American newspaper appeared in Massachusetts named the Massachusetts Gazette News-Letter. After the editor died, the widow steered it with vigor for two or three years. It notably did not suspend during the siege of Boston by the British.
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America
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Gazette
Boston
Fool's gold and the perils of misseen ore in history
A historical meditation on gold imposters in nature, detailing mica in sand and iron pyrites as deceptive "fool's gold." It cites colonial Virginia seeds of mistaken gold finds, common misperceptions in Michigan Wisconsin Mississippi and beyond, and argues for practical mineral literacy in schools. It ends with a caution about superficial shine masking real metal.
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Mica
Virginia
Jamestown
Smith
England
Willson
United States
Mississippi
Michigan
Wisconsin
Walter Lee Brown
Mining Review
Electric safety warning for bare outdoor wires
The Cincinnati Times cautions that bare outdoor wires used to convey electricity always pose danger to people and property, urging careful regard for safety near lines and infrastructure.
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Cincinnati Times
Advertising Rates in The Glermont Courier
The Glermont Courier lists advertising terms: legal and transient ads at $1 per square for first insertion and $0.50 for each additional insertion. A yearly rate offers a six line reserted ad for $6, with liberal reductions for yearly bookings.
Odd Notes and Quips Parade Through Gossip Columns
A collage of wry anecdotes from late 19th century papers. Jokes on fashion, umbrellas, and romance mingle with quirky quotes about carriage lint humor, a French tragedy, and light criminal chatter. A comic panorama of social foibles and newspaper wit.
Science and Industry Across the Era and Fields
The era highlights new lighting tech tiny electric lamp for interior body illumination. Wood specimen counts from Laurens County. New levee building method uses wood or iron enclosures with pumps and dredges. Albumen paper production consumes millions of eggs in U. S. Each insight reflects expanding science and industrial practice.
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Cleveland Herald
Laurens County
South Carolina
Stoddard Howell
New Orleans
N. ¥. Times
United States
Cincinnati
State Forest Association
Popuar
Scientific American
Chicago Times
Tropics
Reat Heights
Europe
First American Schooner Built at Gloucester in 1713
The Century recalls 1713 as a landmark year when Captain Andrew Robinson built the first schooner in Gloucester. A bystander praised the rig and Robinson quipped about naming it a schooner, after which the new design quickly gained acceptance.
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Andrew Robinson
Gloucester
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