Battle in Tonquin and Wool Statistics Report
Paris reports a major clash in Tonquin at the Loo Chuan River with several hundred Chinese forces repulsed and French casualties including Captain Degnet killed and Lieutenant Battelle wounded. General Negrier’s column advances, forcing Chinese retreat toward Doangguan. Separate item covers a Bureau of Statistics update showing U S wool imports and duties rising sharply in 1884 due to tariff reductions. The report notes large increases in clothing and combing wool imports and duties compared to 1883.
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Paris
Briere de Lisle
Hanoi
Loo Chuan
Tonquin
Degnet
French Foreign Legion
Battelle
Negrier
Phulang
Omer
Doag Guan
Coosa Tecline
Pois
Briere de A
Kep
Wastreron
Bureau of Statistics
United States
Fatal Powder Mill Explosion at Cumaissvilx Ontario
A powder mill blast in Cumaissvilx Ontario killed William Murray Henry Sibbles George Matthews and William Heatherington. Injured Albert Culp badly head Daniel Doherty badly burned with broken limbs. Survivability doubtful. Cause of explosion unknown.
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Cumaissvilx
Ont
William Murray
Henry Sibbles
George Matthews
William Heatherington
Albert Culp
Daniel Doherty
Train Runaway Leaves Two Injured In Medford
An excursion train from Mount Holly sped around a Medford curve this evening. John Gandy of Winslow and Montgomery Stafford’s twelve year old son were thrown from the platform by the shock. Gandy was unconscious with internal injuries believed fatal. The boy suffered both legs broken and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campen
N. J
Mount Holly
Medford
John Gandy
Winslow
Montgomery Stafford
Umatilla Indians In Blood Fight Near Lastine Oregon
A group of Umatilla Indians camping near Lastine Oregon fought while intoxicated. One man died from knife wounds and two others were seriously stabbed. The attackers burned the slain comrade's body to ashes and held a grand war dance around the cremation as investigators probe the murder cremation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poricarp
Lastine
Oregon
Panic At St Sauveur Church Injures Several
A panic broke out at St Sauveur Church as a man named Martin suffered an epileptic seizure causing a loud cry and a sudden alarm among the crowd. People were knocked down while clergy attempted to restore order. Several injured, none fatally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Sauveur
Martin
Poe
Mine Foreman Kearney Crushed in Bon Harbor Mine
Evansville October 8 Ed Kearney foreman from Owensboro died in Bon Harbor Coal mines when a timber fell and collapsed a room. He was crushed into a shapeless mass and his body was recovered from the cavein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville, Inc
Ed Kearney
Owensboro
Bon Harbor
Farang
Cold Wave Hits Donee City Area Prompting Cattle Move
A cold wave brought hail snow and sleet to Lakin and a heavy frost to Donee City leaving stockmen hopeful as Texas fever fears ease. Cowboys plan to move beef cattle to shipping points now that germs are believed destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donee City
Kas
Lakin
Porter Meaders Sets Clay Pigeon Record at Nashville Shoot
In Nashville on October 9 at the fair grounds a shooting event for Andy Meaders of the city ended with him breaking ninety four clay pigeons at eighteen yards rise. The previous record was eighty eight. Dr Carver and Bogardus participated in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Andy Meaders
Carver and
Bogardus
Cannon accident kills Lewis Baker at Clinton meeting
Arnon October 9 Lewis Baker was instantly killed when a cannon exploded during a Democratic meeting at Clinton in this county. Two others were seriously injured. The names of the injured were not learned.
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Arnon
Lewis Baker
Clinton
Missing Postmaster Wylie Shocks Wasemerton Pa
Wasemerton Pennsylvania October 9 Postmaster W C Wylie has vanished suddenly a week ago with no trace found his family and neighbors fear foul play his wife lies ill with worry and a government officer will review his accounts in the morning noting his temperance stance and lack of extravagance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasemerton
W. C. Wylie
Wylie
Peter Doran Funeral After Abduction Incident Outcome
The report notes the death of Peter Doran, one of the vanes in the McDevitt abduction case, who died this evening at 10 o'clock. No further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connixe
Peter Doran
Clermont Gourier Advertisement Rates Note
The Clermont Gourier lists advertising charges per square for first insertion and sty cents for each additional insertion. It notes legal and transient advertisements priced at one dollar, with a liberal reduction for those adverts.
Ten Laborers Drown Building Lake Michigan Water Tunnel
In Curcaco near Hyde Park, ten workers perish when a platform hut on Lake Michigan breaks apart during a gale. Eight survivors cling to timbers as Chicago Life Saving Station crews reach the scene and rescue several men amid dangerous surf. Names listed of drowned contractors and workers include Shehan, Corbin, Ainsworths, Manski, Folk, Smith, Moncoiski, and Clausen.
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Curcaco
Hyde Park
Lake Michigan
Chicago
William H. Shehan
Corbin
Lewis Ainsworth
Andrew Ainsworth
Charles Manski
Charles Folk
D. Smith
Otto Moncoiski
William Moncoiski
Klaus Clausen
Regular Riot Forces Out Chinese in Huntington Oregon
Information reports a riot in Huntington Oregon at the junction of the Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railway Navigation Company roads. A mob attacked the Chinese quarter, looted houses and drove Chinese residents away, then burned the schoolhouse used by railway engineers, with no arrests reported and order later restored.
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Portriano
Orecon
Huntington
Oregon
Oregonilway & Navigation Company
S Corps Railway Engineers
Honoring Red Jacket Chiefs at Reinterment
In BurraLo on October 8 preparations are underway for the reinterment of Red Jacket and other chiefs. The remains rest in cherry-wood coffins at the Historical Society rooms. A 10 a.m. funeral cortege will move to Forest Lawn Cemetery with six hearses and sixty carriages. Chiefs from Cattaraugus and Canada will attend. An Indian clergyman will offer prayer, a dirge will be sung, and an address delivered. Memorial services occur in Music Hall with John Jacket and Abby Jacket participating.
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BurraLo
Red Jacket
The
Historical Society
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Cattaraugus
Canada
Tigers Tear Man in Circus Cage Incident
WarTERBURY Conn October 8 Richard Clark of Caledonia Canada an employee of Forepaughs circus opened a ventilator in a cage this morning and his hand was seized by a tiger when he tried to free himself two more tigers seized him and dragged him inside the cage until guards beat the animals back with iron bars leaving his arms and legs horribly crushed and mutilated.
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Warterbury
Conn
Richard Clark
Caledonia
Canada
Forepaugh’s Circus
Dra
Clark
General Murray Dies After Plumed Knights Banner Event
Gen John B Murray of Seneca Falls N Y collapsed with apoplexy after receiving a banner for the Plumed Knights last night and died this morning He was an enthusiastic Grand Army man and helped originate Decoration Day leading the first flag processions to decorate soldiers graves
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Seneca Fatls
N. Y
John B. Murray
General Murray
Destructive Storm Hits Harrisburg At Dusk
A severe storm swept through Harrisburg pa at dusk with northwest origin. The half mile wide event toppled trees damaged roofs and carried away portions of a carriage bridge across the Susquehanna. Lasted about ten minutes and caused extensive damage downtown.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Gallant General Captured Marries Milwaukee Heiress
General McCook, West Point graduate of 1852 and former First Ohio Volunteers commander, wed Miss Annie Colt today. The bride is noted as a beautiful Milwaukee woman from an old wealthy family.
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Nas Horag
Wils
General McCook
Regular Army
West Point
Ohio Volunteers
Annie Colt
Milwaukee
Supreme Court strikes down tenement cigar bill
New York October 8 The Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion declaring unconstitutional the bill passed by the Legislature forbidding the manufacture of cigars in tenements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Strikes in United States Reach Ninety-Eight in Four Months
A report to the Federation of Trades and Labor Unions shows ninety eight strikes across the United States in the last four months, affecting fifty three thousand employees. Of these, fifty strikes targeted wage reductions and seven sought wage increases.
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Curiaco
Federation of Trades and Labor Unions
United States
Cincinnati murderer Palmer gets stay to appeal Supreme Court
Columbus Ohio October 8 The Cincinnati murderer Palmer, an accomplice of Berner, has been granted an indefinite stay of execution to allow time for presenting his case to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cincinnati
Palmer
Berner
Supreme Court
Health of Alfonso in Alarmed State Sparks Regency Debate
MaphripD October 9 report renews concern over Alfonso’s health. Political groups discuss a regency with sharp party lines. Moderates and Constitutional factions led by Senor Sagasta support Queen Isabella in the succession dispute against the Countess of Girgenti, ex Princess of Asturias.
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Maphripd
Alfonso
Isabella
Girgenti
Asturias
Senor Sagasta
Government grants land subsidies to railways in Manitoba region
Ottawa reports the Dominion Government has approved land subsidies totaling six thousand four hundred acres per mile for the Manitoba and Northwestern Railway and the Manitoba and Southwestern Railway projects. The move supports railway expansion across Manitoba and adjacent areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion Government
Canada
Manitoba and Northwestern
Manitoba and Southwestern
Lynch Justice in Rural Indiana Mob Hangs Son After Confession
Evansville dispatch reports a grisly homicide near Troy Indiana in which Mrs Stilwell Hindershot was decapitated. The husband Stilwell Hindershot and two sons faced warrants as a mob seized the eldest son from Troy jail and hanged him, with authorities foiling further lynching and arresting the father and remaining son in Tell City jail.
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Evansville
Ind
Peter Backer
Troy
Stilwell Hindershot
Hindershot
Tell City
T. H. Hindershot
Drouillard
F. H
William Hindershot
William
Sas
Cannelton
Paper Makers Plan Price Rise After Rag Shortage
Philadelphia reports from a secret conference indicate rag supply shortages nationwide due to a Government embargo on East imported rags. Mills may raise prices by two cents per pound, with supplies expected to last only until December 1. Chicago dealers inform customers of fluctuating or withdrawn quotations as writing paper makers had already agreed to the price hike.
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Philadelphia
Cleveland
Chicago
Boston
Stewart Possibly Still Alive in Nile Region
Cairo reports via telegraph that Ambukoi rumor claims three Europeans and their dragoman were captured by rebels. If true, they may include Col. Stewart, Power of the London Times, and M. Herbin the French Consul at Khartoum. News notes Nile expedition boats reach Assouan and Canadian contingent passes Assiout.
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Cairo
Kitchener
Ambukoi
Col. Stewart
Power
London Times
M. Herbin
Khartoum
Assouan
Assiout
Colonel Stewart
Counterfeiters Den Discovered in East Rock Vault
In demolishing an old East Rock building in New Haven on October 10, workmen uncovered underground passages leading to a subterranean vault. The site contained counterfeit silver pieces and a broken die. Milton J. Stewart, the last occupant, denies knowledge of the matter. The location had an unsavory reputation with murder and various crimes once reported there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
East Rock
Milton J. Stewart
Masked robbers raid Pa. farmer's home for $1100
Five masked men with revolvers forced their way into Joseph Gates's White Township house near Johnstown Pa. early yesterday, demanding and taking more than $1100 Gates had hidden. The assailants fled firing their pistols as they left.
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Johnstown
Joseph Gates
White Township
Gates
Youthful Fiend Arrested for Malicious Injury in Allegheny City
Leo Brigal, thirteen, arrested in Allegheny City for destroying the sight of Bertie Black, four, by throwing mortar into her face. He also seriously burned two other children. No motive given for the act.
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Pittssourg
Leo Brigal
Allegheny City
Bertie Black
Financial Failures Reported Across Regions and Week
New York reports 10 day failures in the United States 196 and Canada 24 totaling 220, up from 217 last week. Failures fall short of the average in the Western New England Pacific States, while rises occur in the Southern Middle States and New York City.
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New York
United States
Canada
Western
New England
Pacific States
Southern
Middle States
New York City
Ice Frost Covers Ground in Monticello New York
A heavy white frost blanketed Monticello New York as of October 10, with ground ice measuring about half an inch thick. The item notes the cold snap and resulting ice, reflecting on a past fashion critique about the era's style.
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Monttcomery
N. Y
San Francisco
Mercer Plow Ties Family In England to Georgia Traditions
Mercer of Webster County Georgia preserves a plow used yearly for over a century and a half. The English made implement, brought by his great grandfather to America, symbolizes enduring farming heritage. The Interior notes that prompt payment honors the confidence placed in lenders and condemns delaying payments for selfish reasons.
Fire at Mission Street Winery in California Extinguished
A small fire at a Mission Street winery in California was extinguished after authorities found a lack of water supply hindered firefighting. No injuries reported, and investigators are assessing damage and cause.
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Mission St. Cal
Ohio State News Items From Cleves to Dresden
A sequence of terse Ohio items notes lethal self defense near Cleves involving Brooks and an unspecified colored man, a Brooks family link, and a Fostoria area death by hanging of Mrs. Henry Rice. Reports describe a thief cutting a cowhide theft in Hancock County, a Dayton baby show, long threshing results across counties, drought impacts, and farm yields. Additional items cover accidents in Youngstown and Tiffin, a bridge incident at Tiffin, a man fatally injured near Bellaire, hospital injuries in Manchester, and a wave of patent grants to numerous Ohio inventors with varied devices. The column also mentions suicides near Huron and detailed local mishaps, plus a Dresden derrick collapse.
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W. I. Coamm Berain
Joan Lidle
J. B. Simon
Youngstown
Lidle
Iyn
Tiffin
Sandusky
Higginsport
Robert Shaw
Kendell
Frank Moork
Bellaire
Aaron Drakke
St. James
Manchester
Ohio
John A. Barnes
Akron
Henry S. Belden
Canton
Otto C. Berchtold
E. I. Lauffer
H. J. Lehman
Cleveland
John Birch
W. E. Sparks
Dayton
Frank J. Borth
J. Allen
Charles C. Campbell
Cincinnati
James A. Carpenter
Marion
Edward Clark
Henry J. Cordesman
Wm. H. Doane
Robert H. Dowling
C. H. Follette
Newark
Jas. Darrough
Hamilton
Isaac M. Fink
Levi Gallaher
Businessburg
Pick
Martin V. Garver
Bryan
Oscar Hanna
H. W. T. Earns Shaw
J. Earnshaw
Dover
J. Womeldorff
C. F. Corden
Middleport
Peter Harsh
Malvern
Edmund N. Hatcher
Himself
H. C. Emmick
Columbus
James J. Johnson
Columbiana
W. W. Gibbs
Philadelphia
A.C. Ellis
Pittsburg
Wm. H. Paige
Knight K. Parker
Circleville
Adam Rhein
Hamiilton
Castor
Joseph H. Roberts
Toronto
Worcester R. Warner
A. Swasey
Charles L. Wilkins
Joan Coney
Huron Township
Erie County
Churchill
Myrtle Hayes
Zanesville
Acton
McSweeney Case Explained by John Finerty
John Finerty lays out the McSweeney affair with focus on Irish politics, American citizenship, and Blaine's handling. He argues McSweeney acted as a British subject, notes consular actions, and defends Blaine against criticism while detailing how American policy sought balanced treatment for citizens abroad.
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McSweeney
Daniel McSweeney
California
United States
Ireland
Cardonagh
Donegal
Dunfanaghy
Land League
Sweeney
Lowell
Simms
Belfast
Garfield
Frelinghuysen
Blaine
Secretary of State
Treasury
Great Britain
Mr. Blaine
Dunfanaghy Union
Londonderry
Union
Joseph B. Walsh
Castlebar
Mayo
Maest
United Kingdom
Walsh
Barrows
Dublin
Guiteau
John Finerty
England's Path to World Domination Through U S Manufacturing
A terse opinion notes that England must crush American manufacturers to become the true mistress of the world. The statement frames economic dominance as contingent on defeating U S industry in global trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
Schurz as wandering Ishmael targets Blaine neighbors
The piece attacks Carl Schurz as a political drifter who distrusts neighbors and casts doubt on Blaine’s integrity. It contrasts Schurz’s disdain with Beecher’s loyal followers, arguing neighbors’ verdicts matter in politics and praise for Blaine’s Maine support as proof of character. It notes Beecher’s need for lawyers and argues public faith of local friends strengthens innocence.
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Schurz
Atlantic
Maine
Blaine
Mr. Schurz
Mr. Beecher
Ishmael
Republican Party
Flymouth Church
Beecher
N. Y. Tribune
Political Debates Over Maine Voter Influence
A Democratic authority claims the Republican National Committee failed to extort votes from Maine clerks and voters. The report asserts GOP lavish behavior and voter debauchery, contrasting with Democratic gains of over twenty thousand votes, while acknowledging conflicting statements and public skepticism.
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Republican National
National Committee
Republican National Committee
Maine
Dem
Enna
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Stewart
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Henry Rice
Fostoria
Andrew Powell
Liberty Township
Hancock County
Findlay
Marrk Thomas
Fresmont
Herman Hendricks
Mason
Alex. M. Hopgeeans
Adena
Croft
Covington
San Frorpd
J. Lacy
Dresden
McSweeney Case
Sher Cobden Club
Grover Cleveland
Frank Hurd
Toledo Blade
Confederit
Kentucky
Deekin Pogram
Deekin
Feecher
bin Sittin
Jeffson Davis
Conederit Soljers Wich
New Orleans
Mobeel
Atlanta
Hale Columby
Stranes Uv
Bonnie Bloe
Dixie
South
Perteckshun
Labor
Confedracy
Fedrel Goverment
Confedict
John Morgan
Parson
Lubbock
Wichher
Grant
Bascom
Pollock
Bigler
Pune
Kevin
Ishosing
Nashnel
Stnwall
Crik
M’pelter
Kevin Contrax
Kentry
Perro_eum
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Mulligan
New Times
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Washi
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Lamar
Thurman
Harpers
San Francisco Chronicle
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Hendricks
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