Reproducing Burned Records And Navy Body Quest
Volume XIV's news covers the General Land Office’s $60000 effort to reproduce destroyed Surveyor General records, looming litigation over lost donation papers, the De Long body recovery mission, oil's disputed effect on waves, retiree army officer rulings, a fatal Albany boiler blast, weekly business failures, postmaster embezzlements, and tragic suicides in Pittsburgh and Celina Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Land Office
Washington
Surveyor-General
Washington Territory
Postal official Jupee Ray resigns from Post Office
Jupee Ray, chief of the Division of Postal Laws and Regulation, tendered his resignation to the Postmaster General on the 27th with no stated cause. Since September 15 the Post Office Department has issued 102,605,000 new two cent stamps. Work began on moving North Carolina Confederate soldiers' remains from Arlington Cemetery to their state on the 1st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Washington
Jupee Ray
Postoffice Department
Post Office Department
North Carolina
Arlington Cemetery
Aaron Gaw
Martin’s Point
Erie County
Frank Shafer
Gaw
Fellows
Ohio
Columb
Hubsky
Cincinnati
Eva Wertis
Aaron Nathan
Central Ohio Methodist Episcopal Church
Findlay
J. C. Crider
United Brethren Church
W. A. Yingling
Foster
Ich
Indianapolis
Cook’ & Morse
Raymond
Coffer & McFarland
Mt. c
Buck
Buck Lamb
Ene Lamb
Auditor of State
Hamilton County
Boltzer
Mannering & Co
Pearl Street
Harvey Allen
Bellefontaine
Buckeye Bayard
George N. Allen
James Pratt
Carey
Seneca County
Columbus
East Leadville
Adam Fischer
Fairmount
Kaiser
Vernon
Inland quarantine proposed at Yuma to curb fever
Domestic action aims to fence off Mexican yellow fever by establishing an inland quarantine at Yuma Arizona. The outbreak in La Paz drives intense heat and mass exodus as residents flee seeking relief from the fever and a cooler climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yuma
Arizona
United States
la Paz
Civil rights arrest at Degives Opera House Atlanta
Manager L Degive of Degive's Opera House Atlanta was arrested on the 7th following W D Moore a Black patron who was ejected last winter for insisting on sitting among white patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Degive
Degive
Operahouse
Atlanta
W. D. Moore
Great West India Cyclone reports and fatality toll
Capt Davis arrived in New York from San Domingo on the 28th with news that at least one hundred sailors perished in the recent cyclone along the San Domingo coast within eighty miles of San Domingo City. Destruction debases food sources as plantain trees are wiped out and half the coast villages are destroyed. The storm will require years to mend the damage and leaves the poor destitute.
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Davis
New York
San Domingo
Delaware River
Delaware
Milford
Cor
Sun
London Lancet
Maine
Boston Post
Chicago News
New York Comptroller’s Office
N. Y
N. Y. Times. ‘A Little Child of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Jaughn
Gentile
Valley
Utah
Denver Tribune
England
Bridgeport
Boston
Newark
N. J
Arizona
Rhode Island
Meagher
Chicago Herald
Ben Butler
Lowell
Sprague
Boston Transcript
Henry Harrris
Merriwether
Accident under Adams street viaduct ends in damaged pier
An accident under the Adams street viaduct in Chicago on the 28th toppled a sixty foot pier section of a schooner named David Vance. Several people fell with it and some were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adams Street
Chicago
David Vance
Explosion Kills Forty Chinamen at California Powder Works
An explosion at Stege's Station near San Francisco on the 29th killed forty Chinese workers and mangled many others. Only two workers remained. one white man is reported injured. The incident follows several recent disasters at the site.
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California Powder Works
Stege’s Station
San Francisco
Determined Action of Boston News Dealers
A circulated agreement among Boston newsdealers pledges to maintain the former uniform prices on New York dailies and not undersell, arguing that cheap newspapers harm business and that delays and handling risk justify stable prices. The resolution reflects news dealers as essential to circulation.
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Boston
New York
Highway Robbers Sentenced in Pittsburg Case
At Pittsburg Pennsylvania John G. Gordon R M Geary and Albert Cruscan members of a band of highway robbers who operated in Maryland West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania during the past few months have been sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
John G. Gordon
R. M. Geary
Albert Cruscan
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Two Women Cremated in a Shelbyville Fire
Flora Garrett and Maggie Wells inmates of a house of ill fame in Shelbyville Indiana perished in a room fire on the morning of the 30th. Authorities suspect arson to conceal a crime. Two suspects have been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Garrett
Maggie Wells
Shelbyville
Ind
Verdict in Rose Ambler Case At Stratford Conn
Coroner's Jury finds Rose Ambler died by being choked by unknown person or persons. Suspicion points toward William Lewis based on past relations and conduct since her death. Lewis not arrested.
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Rose Ambler
Stratford
Conn
William Lewis
Fraudulent Filling of Postal Notes Reported
A clever method to inflate figures on new postal notes has been exposed by the Post Office Department. Thieves punch holes in a high value, insert a paper fill, erase the original figures with acids, and fill the holes to match the altered amount, creating nearly undetectable fraud.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Earthquake Felt in Hillsboro Missouri Morning
A slight earthquake shock was felt at Hillsboro Missouri on the morning of the 30th. The tremor appeared to come from the south and move northward. The rumbling was loud enough to resemble thunder, but the jarring of the earth and houses confirmed it was an earthquake. The shock lasted about twenty-five seconds.
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Misouri
Hillsboro
Trotting Showdown at Fleetwood Park Draws Huge Crowd
A $5,000 purse trotting race at Fleetwood Park New York featured Jay-Eye-See versus St. Julien before the largest racecourse crowd in America. Bets ran high at 100 to 60 and 100 to 40 for St. Julien. Jay-Eye-See swept the three heats by nose and half a length, with times of 2:20 2:18 and 2:20 on a heavy track limiting speed.
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Fleetwood Park
Jay-Eye-See
Philadelphia rector suspended for travel with parishioner
Rev Henry Polethorp Hay former rector of Rosemont Parish Philadelphia is suspended by his Bishop after traveling with a young parishioner and presenting her as his sister.
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Henry Polethorp Hay
Rosemont
Philadelphia
Polish Congregation Urges Priest Dismissal in Nanticoke
In Nanticoke Pennsylvania a Polish congregation of six hundred petitioned Bishop O'Hara to remove Father Grameurs. On the 30th the crowd blocked entry to the church preventing Mass as they accuse him of financial mismanagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanticoke
Father Grameurs
O’hara
Suicide and violence reported in multiple states
J M Barlow an express messenger on the Utah Northern Railway died by suicide in Ogden with cause undisclosed. In East Saginaw Michigan John F Sweeney shot Jacob Hauser a railroad conductor at the St Julien restaurant provoking a fatal wound. Henry Stewart a wealthy Washington County New York farmer killed himself on the 26th due to ill health. In Abingdon Washington County Virginia Ernert Gilmore and David Duff quarreled on the 28th with Gilmore involving a violent incident.
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J. M. Barlow
Utah Northern Railway
Ogden
East Saginaw
Mich
John F. Sweeney
St. Julien
Jacob Hauser
Flint and Perre Marquette
Henry Stewart
Washington County
N. Y
Abingdon
Ernert Gilmore
David Duff
Gilmore
Senate Labor Inquiry Committee
New York Produce Exchange
Congress
Roy
Cummings
Allegan, Mich
West Shore Road
Fort Plain
Trenton
N. J
Henry Kern
Conrad Best
A. J. Waihington
Amite County
Miss
Eugene McElwee
McElwee
Glamorganshire
Monmouthshire
Wales
Ashford
Wis
Ambs
Philadelphia
August K. Keidel
Building Association
Keidel
Reidel
Alfonso
Europe
Grevy
Paris
Madrid
Franklin County
Anti Jewish Riots at Nowomoiskowsk Details Emerged
Reports dated the 26th describe anti Jewish riots in Nowomoiskowsk Providence of Yeka terinoslav. Two hundred families were homeless after the synagogue and three Jewish houses were the only structures spared. Five rioters were killed and thirty arrested before order was restored. The disturbance began after a Russian church was plundered and Jews were blamed.
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Nowomoiskowsk
Providence
Yekaterinoslav
Municipal Matrimonial Agency in the City
A city bureau within the Department of Charities and Correction handles neglected husbands' support by compelling weekly payments to wives. William Blake runs the office, delivering stern mandates and delivering relief to wives, with many men complying to avoid charity. The process is presented as saving city funds and preventing pauperism.
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Department of Charities and Correction
Commissioners’ Office
William Blake
Blake
New York
Col
Utica Observer
Salvation Army meetings banned in Savoy prefecture
Waldeck Rousseau the Minister of the Interior in Paris telegraphed the Savoy prefect prohibiting Salvation Army meetings in the department and ordering expulsion of members who disobey the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldeck Rousseau
Interior
Paris
Savoy
Salvation Army
Alleged Scab on Canadian Sheep
Canada imports 1000 sheep from Canada report slaughtered after one sheep allegedly had scab on landing. Prof McEachren doubts scab presence, saying voyage would have affected all penned sheep. Other items note Paris mediation appeal in France China dispute and London trial developments. Orangemen meeting at Omagh denounces Irish National League. Gunpowder explosion in Villena kills fifteen, injures six.
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Canada Department of Agriculture
Liverpool
Canada
McEachren
Point Leir
International Arbitration and Peace Association
Paris
France
China
America
Switzerland
James eDermott
Quesien
London
Charkoff
O’donnell
Carey
Orangemen
Omagh
Ireland
Irish National League
League
Villena
Spain
Cleveland Shootings Stir Crowd With Revolver in Ohio Town
A black man named Carter fired at a street crowd in an Ohio town after a remark displeased him. A bullet hit a man in the breast, splintered on an iron pump-handle, and wounded a second man with fragments, as reported by the Cleveland Leader.
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Carter
Ohio
Cleveland
Providence man recovers antique ship table on Block Island
Mr. Moses B. I. Goddard of Providence Rhode Island found a mahogany table on Block Island that once belonged to the cabin furniture of the Ann and Hope of Brown and Ives. The piece, lost on the island in 1806, had been in a farmer’s possession and was rescued from a kitchen where it was misused.
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Moses B. I. Goddard
Providence
R. I
Block Island
Ann and
Hope
Hoase
Brown & Ives
Goddard
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Bitters
Eoa
Bibsizes Aslow
Nasy
Aia No
Aurora, Kane Co
Londo Tea Co
Trent
Biase
Rieu
Snowdon &Co
W. Ij O
Anakesis”. Sates
Ieee Eas Makers
Conee YY Bronson
Detroit
Anette
Acd
Cineinnati of
Enorme Eratei
Tagi
Dr. Chase
TON &Co
Ann Arbor
Uae
News OF the
de Long
Navy Department
Harber
Siberia
Jeannette
DeLong
Dr. Ambler
Jerome Collins
Irkoutsk
B. C. Sparrow
Second Lifesaving District
Kimball
Comptroller of the Treasury
Daniel E. Sickles
Adam Badeau
Benj.p. Runkle
Hayes
Benj. F. Pope
Johnson
Crittenden
J. S. Robinson
Albany
Warner
Robinson
R. G. Dunn & Co
San Angelo
Tex
Fort Concho
Duff
Fanny Bryant
O. E. Newton
Dr. Newton
Joan Cantwell
Celina
Texas
Sipe
Centre City
Carroll County
North
Western Union
Samuel Hand
Western Union Telegraph Company
Sawney Younger
Reuben King
Isaac Evans
Chatham
Wm. F. Sheppard
St. Louis
Forreiga
Bradlaugh
Stafford Northcote
House of Commons
Northcote
Michael Farrell
Phelps
Baltimore
The
Bowling Green
Louisville
Nashville
Yaas
Lemuel
Garfield
White House
Jay Gould
Vanderbuilt
Jerusha
Detroit Free Press
Georgia
Brooklyn Bridge
Massachusetts
Gulf of California
Chicago Times
Lay
Oil City
Wyoming
Y. Sun
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