India and frontier affairs spark intense post activity
Dispatches describe heightened tensions at a fort where Yellow Bear and Sioux engagements, including figures like John Richards, draw attention to frontier policy. Secretary of War and Douglass contemplate seizure of river railroads under 1869 acts. vast stores of surplus clothing and blankets are noted. Pennsylvania Central absorbs the Washington Alexandria Georgetown line, advancing southern rail access.
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Yelow Bear
John Richards
Yellow Bear
Ren Cloud
Douglass
Central and
Hudson River
New York Assembly
B. le Cin
Secretary of War
Congress
Sime-Quartermasters
Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company
Washington, Alexandria and Georgetown
New York May 22 58th Baptist anniversary and eight hour strikes
The 58th anniversary of the American Baptist order was celebrated in New York. Workers including carpenters upholsterers and pattern-makers discuss eight-hour demands while others keep ten hours. Senate actions on foreign relations and naval updates accompany domestic labor and international news.
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New York
Times’ Washington
Schurz
Foreign Relations Com
Sumner
Herald
White
United States
Kansas
Navy Department
Virginius
Pizarro
Ingulé
Secretary of the Navy
Aspinwall
Davis
Wyoming
Kingston
Edgar Stewart
Delegates to the State Convention Face Key Races
Delegates head to the state convention with best candidates on a Republican slate. Governor candidates omitted while temperance and political loyalties split GOP and Democrats in expected vote patterns. Harvey detained on charges of concealing letters as court action looms. Annie Peltzer, two, badly injured in a street accident near Joliet, facing severe injuries after a partial amputation. Joliet Iron and Steel Co resumes operations following boiler explosion.
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Conyen
Oglesby
Ares
Temperance
Greelepy
E. Harvey
Bisomingt
Night Toe
Harvey
Jolliet
Annie
Peltzer
Braidwood
Joliet Iron and Steel Co
Gold Discovery Spurs Rush in Upper County Diggings
In CzpaR aR RAPIDS on May 22 excitement rises as Jerome Schutliff’s farm yields gold while digging a well. A panful yields seven particles of pure metal. Spectators flock to the new diggings imagining gold as a circulating medium of old.
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Czpar Ar Rapids
Jerome Schutliff
Buried Alive Case Follows Mystery Burial
A man died Saturday and was buried Sunday in Colt aEys S Cortmans May 22. Neighbors heard cries Sunday night from the grave area but did not respond until Monday. They found the coffin broken with the glass window overturned and the man dead, evidently from fright. No name or further details could be learned.
Fort Wayne Nimrod Shooting Club organized in Fort Wayne
In Decatur Indiana yesterday a man was arrested for forgery and attempted suicide while in custody. The Fort Wayne Nimrod Shooting Club was organized with officers elected for the first year. Northern Indiana clubs are forming and a state shooting tournament may be held soon.
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Port Wayne
Decatur
Indiana
Jejait
Fort Wayne
Tragic Hatchet Attack and Judge Wilkins Death Court Action
In Detroit a federal court considered suitable resolutions over Judge Wilkins’s death. A German man named Charles Baez attacked his wife with a hatchet, wounded her, injured himself, then jumped into a shallow well and died after multiple hatchet blows. jealousy is suspected as the motive.
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Detroit
United States District Court
Wilkins
Charles Baez
German Catholic Benevolent Organization elects officers
Dayton reports the German Catholic Benevolent Organization of the United States met at 10 am with George Baldus of Buffalo named president and sixteen vice presidents elected. Officers include Rev Father Schweinger of Citellhnt as corresponding secretary M Hadford of Buffalo as recording secretary and Frederick Springmore of Cincinnati as treasurer. A resolution discouraged further public demonstrations. In Gainesville Margaret Stewer killed her six year old son with an axe amid family quarrels.
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Dayton
Uncertain Tale From Court Lodging and Weather Outlook
A jailed woman expresses no regret and hopes for execution as a court day is set. A weather forecast warns of rain from the Western Gulf states northeastward toward the Ohio valley and into New England, with generally unpleasant conditions and strong winds not anticipated.
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HinctTon
Western
Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Lake Erie
New England
Middle States
South Atlantic States
Island settlement near Juan Fernandez amid Chilean colonization
A historical note describes a Chilean led colonization effort on Juan Fernandez Island off western South America. It covers the 1969 cession to a German society under Robert Wehrhan for settlement, the expedition’s personnel, livestock, and the transfer of control to a Chilean manager named Juan Pernandez, with the island noted for its whaling station and resources.
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Chinea
Valparaiso
Prograb
America
Juandez
AL der Selkirk
Robert Wehrhan
Saxony
Robert Sarees
Germany
Cerapasco
South America
Iito
Obinson
Juan Pernandez
Murder of Telequah the Indian Doctor
The Puget Sound Courier reports the death of Indian doctor Telequah at the hands of Kanaka Jack and his wife after a dispute with the Tiye Mary druidic circle. Telequah was shot in the eye and buried near Maashville after a tarred rope and saddle blanket were used. a witness says the body was dragged by a horse. About one hundred mourners gathered to pay respects, and efforts to convict and hang Kanaka Jack are expected.
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Telequah
Tiye Mary
Kanaka Jack
Atonte
Jack
Kanaka
Maashville
Puget Sound
Carlist Organization Annihilated in Province
A later dispatch reports the Carlist organization in the province completely annihilated with five thousand children surrendering to loyal forces. In Madrid Hon. E. Bic Son arrives returning from America. Paris notes Adams and Rouher speeches amid debates on pending affairs and war responsibility.
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National Assembly
M. Rouher
Rouher
Kao
Daar
Various 19th Century News Bits and Events
A collage of brief items notes ongoing investigations in New York, cricket and athletics tours in Canada and the United States, political appointments in New Jersey, and emigration at Castle Garden. It mentions a Prison Congress in London, a Greeley ratification meeting in Union Square, and a large Emigrant influx. Other items include missing funds, a morphine death in Omaha, and legal actions over rail and public-building finances.
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New York
Mutuals
Cleveland
Forest City
Congress
Liberia
Gentlemen’s Cricket
England
Canada
Thomas Dakin
London
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington
Daniel Hawes
New Jersey
New York Custom House
Greeley
Union Square
American Institute of Homeopathy
Nemaha County
Nebraska
John
Hershay
Lexington
House
Remains of Wilkie B. Brown Arrive After Kansas City Assassination
The body of Wilkie B. Brown, killed by an unknown assailant in Kansas City, arrived in Hamilton and was taken to Greenwood Cemetery vault for interment. The item also notes Hon. S. Berry recovering from illness and Murray Gaylord visiting Hamilton, with a call to elect good men to the Board of Education on June 1, 1972.
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Wilkie B. Brown
Kansas City
Greenwood Cemetery
Board of Education
Directors elected for new hotel company and June site teardown
The gentlemen were unanimously elected directors. Mr Cook was chosen permanent president and Mr Carlisle temporary secretary. The company plans to begin tearing down the existing buildings on June 1.
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New Hotel Company
Cook
Carlisle
Short Line Railroad issues dominate local politics and transport
Warders oppose the Short Line project while tolls rise on the Covington and Lexington turnpike as trains stop. Ransom’s Minstrels visit Dayton School House Hall. A Chancery Court injunction blocks a $10 000 bonus to the Short Line. Farmers urge a daily Worthville to Covington tram. Republican committee to name a new Kenton chairman after Runkle’s resignation.
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First
Chancery Court
United States
Lower Market and
Scott Streets
J.J. Macklin
Short Line
Covington and Lexington
Ransom
Dayton School House
Harvey Myers
Committee of Ways and Means
Short Line Railroad Company
Newport Offers Water Works Bonds for Sale
Newport offers for sale water works bonds totaling 150000 dollars bearing 7 3-10 percent interest with principal due in thirty years from May 1, 187X. The city’s faith, credit and waterworks property pledge the bonds’ redemption. The Mayor’s office is quiet. routine cases include drunkenness and disorder.
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Newport
Tim
Woodruff
Schol House
Dayton
Covington
County Board of Equalization
Grace M. B
Lockland Citizens Honor Dr Dalton With Lectures and Resolutions
The Lockland community praised Dr E G Dalton of Cincinnati for a ten lecture series on physiology and hygiene. At the closing Baptist church session, residents adopted resolutions thanking him and urging continued lectures, while town plans included a town hall library, mill safety upgrades, and fire apparatus for mills.
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E.G. Dalton
Cincinnati
Lockland
Baptist Church
Dampness delays content hall concert in Dayton
Local notice from Dayton Kentucky warns damp weather may affect this evening's program at Content Hall. No trials are scheduled for next week, and a grand concert is planned at School House Hall with a social dance to follow by special request.
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Content Hall
Duttlex
Stone
Election of Church Elects Andrews and Haven
Ballot tally shows 404 votes cast with 203 needed. E G Andrews 236 votes and Gilbert Haven 209 were declared elected. Subsequent totals for T Peekme Haven Eddy Read Cubrey Waldron and others noted as discussion on the state of the church resumed.
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Committee of the State of the Church
E.G. Andrews
Gilbert Haven
T. Peek
World Denies Change of Proprietors and Sale Plans
In New York on May 22 The World denies reports of changing owners and selling after the Democratic Convention. The paper reiterates Marble remains sole proprietor and argues Grant’s election would be the worst political calamity if Henry Cabot Lodge or others endorse his candidacy, warning against Grover Cleveland’s support.
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New York
the World This
the World
Aeilce
Grant
Greely
Homeopathic Institute Members Visit the President
Washington May 22 The Homeopathic Institute members now in session here visited the President this morning accompanied by their wives. An olda of the Simicon of the Ten fee ariing it the way returned to ten dollars to the conscience.
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Washington
Homeopathic Institute
Local youth lured into betting scam on river steamer
Preston Sutphin of Hillsville Virginia, about nineteen, was approached on a river levee near Pickett's and lured into a gambling scheme. He bet twenty dollars after two men presented deceptive cards and promises of easy money, losing all his funds and belongings aboard the Mitty Hégler, while a bystander was arrested for theft and another juvenile was lodged after the incident.
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Preston Sutphin
Hillsville
Pickett
Preston
Virginia
Sutphin
Hlocoan
Slippery Cl ork house theft leads to jail terms
A man stole shoes on Fifth Street and received six months in jail. Another rioter from Deer Creek was jailed for six months, and a third for thirty days with $50 fine. A strawberry festival is planned at the Home on West Third Street next Friday evening. A servant girl was seriously scalded falling with boiling water at Allison Street.
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Et St
Fifth Street
Judge Straub
Joux Pryik
Deer Creek
MacFarland
John Landers
Lady Angers
Childreng’ Hostel
West Third Street
Charlotte Hage
Allison Street
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