Architect Hill Resigns and Treasury Warning Issued
News of the Week covers the resignation of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury Hill effective October 1 amid investigation concerns. It notes a career shift to private life in Washington. Also warns merchants against counterfeit advertising devices resembling fractional currency or U S Treasury notes, with fines up to 100 dollars per offense. Includes details of a violent crime in South Carolina and an indictment of St. Albans Trust Company trustees for charter violations.
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Treasury Hill
Folger
Hill
Washington
Chief Brooks
Secret Service
National Bank
U. S. Treasury
Brooks
Fever Situation at Pensacola Reported to Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy in Washington receives a cable from Commandant Welch at the Pensacola Navy Yard dated the 9th. It states no fever cases among naval forces. Ten civilian fever cases are under treatment, two new today, most are children, with two showing symptoms.
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Secretary of the Navy
Washington
Welch
Pensacola Navy Yard
Wth
Forging a Congressman's Name Leads to Jail Term
Whiteford was committed to jail on the 20th charged with forging checks totaling about 700 dollars on the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. The forgeries used the names of United States Senator Gorman and Congressman Talbot. Whiteford had once served as private secretary to Gorman.
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Whiteford
House of Representatives
United States
Gorman
Talbot
Secretary warns on assistant marshal salary circulars
Cir culars claiming nationwide pay raises under Act of Congress are misleading. The Secretary of the Interior states only a limited number of cases qualify for increased compensation for Assistant Marshals involved in the ninth census and urges caution against fraudulent notices.
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Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Indian land cession talks and policy notes in Sioux Territory
Tax Secretary of the Navy says no law allows aid to poor residents on Pomsavett Naval Reservation. West and Maguire confer with Pegans as Indians consent to cede land on the east. Requests include cattle and farming tools. Treasury official rules Chinese sailors cannot land at U S ports, equating them with other laborers. Irish Republic five dollar note found in Boston, a claimed fair imitation. Treasury agents note a fake note. Senate Committee to visit Montana and Dakota to study Indian conditions and plans to oppose ratification of the Sioux Commission agreement.
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Pomsavett
West
Maguire
Pegans
James
Customs Division
Treasury Department
United States
Secret Service
Boston
Treasury
Tax Senate
Montana
Dakota
Wrecks on Great Banks Rise Toll to Nineteen
Information from Burin and Fortune Newfoundland on August 20 reports two more wrecks from the August gale. The bark Flying Arrow with seven crew and the schooner Freedom with six crew were lost with all hands.
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Burin and Fortune
N. F
Great Banks
Flying Arrow
Freedom
Poisoning at Camp Point Leaves Two Dead
O B Ward and Chas Johnston were accidentally poisoned at Camp Point Illinois on the 20th after buying what they believed to be bitters. They drank freely and died soon after. A third man who drank with them had spasms but is expected to recover.
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Chas. Johnston
Camp Point
Alabama Defalcation by Tax Collector Britton
Hall County Alabama tax collector T J Britton is a defaulter for seventeen thousand dollars. Friends insist no intentional wrongdoing, and the defalcation is said to have persisted for several years.
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T. J. Britton
Hall County
Ala
BoilER Explosion at Pittsburg Town Sends Death Toll Rising
A boiler explosion at the Sligo Iron Works in Pittsburg on the 20th shattered the building and caused mass devastation within a three quarter mile radius. Three workers died instantly and about fifteen were injured, twelve believed to die. Cause of the blast remains unknown. Massachusetts Prohibitionists held a Boston convention on the 20th and nominated Charles Almy after debating party loyalty. A decree in Providence enjoins Sprague and others from interfering with Quidneck Company management. Sprague vowed to resist the assignee. Ed Short, near Whiteside Texas, in 1875 killed his stepfather by splitting his skull and fled.
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Boston
Charles Almy
New Bedford
Sprague
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R. I
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Evan Randolph
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Fifth Street
Cincinnati
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Court of Common Pleas
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Youngstown
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Clark County
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Newark
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Cleveland
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Ohio
State Union Convention
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Oberlin
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Covington
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B. W. Chidlaw
Josiah Strong
Hudson
Cadets Dismissed and Suspended at Military Academy
Cadet John V. Hamilton of the fourth class is dismissed from the service for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. Cadet Thomas L. Kerin of the same class is suspended with loss of pay until July 41, 1884 for violating academy rules.
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John V. Hamilton
Military Academy
Thomas L. Kerin
Dissension in Knights of Labor Over Leadership Change
Reported fracturing of the Knights of Labor after Cincinnati General Assembly. Pittsburg members threaten withdrawal after Frank K. Foster, a known Free Trader, is named head of the executive board. Protectionist members may depart, claiming they form the majority but were outgenerated by Free Traders.
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Knights of Labor
General Assembly
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Order
Frank K. Foster
Lone highwayman robs Jacksboro stage near Weatherford
A stage robbery eight miles from Weatherford Texas was carried out by a lone highwayman. He and another man who took part in a prior robbery are linked as the same pair. The passengers, three ladies and one gentleman, were not assaulted. the robber demanded only the mail sacks.
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Jacksboro
Weatherford
Tex
The Horrors of Slavery on the Cuban Island
Three fugitive Cuban slaves reached Boston on the 22nd and described brutal labor from 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. with meager rations of nine bananas daily and periodic codfish. Women shared the work, punishments were brutal and sometimes fatal, escapes were met with shootings and chained punishment with iron balls on the ankles.
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Boston
Tragic Stabbings and Murders Across Regions
In a dimenity near Kaufman Texas Evans a farmer fatally stabbed by ton Smith and Smith escaped. Near Kaufman Jim Fields fatally shot his brother Sol after an old quarrel both intoxicated. Jim fled. At Aurora Nebraska EB Boyce station agent found murdered and robbed of 400 in cash a gold watch and a revolver.
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J. G. Evans
Evans
Smith
Kaufman
Tex
Jim Fields
Sol
Jim
Aurora
Neb
EB. Boyce
Arctic Expedition Penetrates Deep Into Greenland
Advices from Professor Nordenskjold's Greenland expedition via Thurso describe a September 4 start from Reykjavik and a land advance of 360 kilometers reaching 7000 feet, marking the first inland penetration into Greenland. The ice desert confirms no open water inland, with valuable scientific data and a cold northwest coast stream. The eastern coast is milder and reachable by autumn steamers, which will return via Reykjavik.
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Nordenskjold
Greenland
Thurso
Scotland
Reikjavik
We Want to Belong to Hungary Mob at Tarkaswinch
Six hundred peasants from Gradesez and Bellover gathered at Tarkaswinch on the 21st shouting We want to belong to Hungary. A small military contingent tried to disperse the crowd but withdrew after being attacked with muskets axes and cudgels. Reinforcements arrived and a volley of stones and shots followed the troops returned fire killing ten and wounding many of the mob. Two soldiers were wounded.
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Gradesez and
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Tarkaswinch
Palace Alarm Prompts Exile Of Heir's Chief Confidant
A Constantinople dispatch reports palace authorities again agitated by a recurring alarm. Suspected suspicion falls on attendants to the heir of the throne, and the chief confidant was secretly exiled.
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Constantinople
Fireworks Explosion Kills Boy at Pittsburg Exhibition
An outbuilding at the Pittsburg Exhibition exploded on the night of the 23rd. One boy died, three valuable race horses were cremated, and 900 feet of stabling were destroyed. The fireworks, intended for the 24th display, were stored in a large adjoining frame building. The cause is not known.
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Pittsburg
Five Die In Boiler Explosion At Shreveport Bridge
A boiler on an engine used in railroad bridge construction at Shreveport Louisiana exploded on the 22nd, killing five workmen instantly and fatally wounding two more. Five bodies were blown into the river and recovered. The blast was caused by the negligence of an inexperienced engineer.
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Shreveport
Beaten and Robbed of $300 in Ashland
Jabez Paine district land agent for Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company at Ashland Pennsylvania was attacked by a gang of masked men on the evening of the 23rd. He was beaten and robbed of 300 dollars while the desperados escaped.
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Jabez Paine
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Ashland
Train Collision Kills Engineer and Child in Seymour
A collision on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad near Seymour Indiana on the 23rd killed an engineer and a child in the sleeping car. Dozens of passengers were wounded with many bones broken. One engineer reportedly disobeyed orders.
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Ohio & Mississippi
Seymour
Ind
German Embezzler Arrested in St Louis
Sebastian Heide of Goldbach Rheinish Prussia is charged with embezzling 50 000 marks from Goldbach's municipal insurance system in early August and fleeing with the funds. He was arrested at his sister in law’s home in St Louis. He admits being the wanted man and says he lost the money. Fewer than $200 was found with him.
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Goldbach
Rheinish
Prussia
St. Louis
Tragic Acts Reported Across States Lead To Suspects
A series of suicides and a fatal shooting reported from Virginia Illinois Missouri Florida and Mississippi. Joan Jarvis shot Claddius Bonney in Princess Anne County. Minnie Bradford died by morphine overdose at Mt. Vernon. Acnes RaLt, a German resident of Glasgow, drowned in shallow water. B Wilson and two Raulersons were shot after a business dispute at White Sulphur Springs. Alex Kummelehn, a Dane with the Boston Foreign Exhibition, killed himself. At Brookhaven Mississippi a death noted on the 21st.
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Claddius Bonney
Princess Anne County
Minnie Bradford
J. B. Bradford
Mt. Vernon
Ill
Acnes RaLt
Glasgow
White Sulphur Springs
Fla
B. Wilson
Raulerson
Wilson
Raulersons
Alex. Kummelehn
Brookhaven
Miss
Cholera Deaths and Political Turmoil Abroad
A dispatch from Ireland reports a death from cholera in Sligo County Hospital. Efforts seek Charles Russell MP for Dun Dalk to lead O Ponnell’s defense. A central fundraising committee is formed for the defense. In Pekin a revolution mood grows with demands for the Empress to abdicate in favor of Prince Tun. Ten thousand English weavers seek union aid amid feared protracted strike. Russia readies vast military buildup along Austria and Germany fronts with depots, ships, and rail movements for supplies.
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Sligo
Charles Russell
Dundalk
O’ponnell
Imperial Palace
Pekin
Prince Tun
Russia
Fat man tales on Pullman cars spark humorous exchanges
In a Philadelphia Press account, J W Smittley recounts a lively Pullman car yarn about a jovial heavy passenger and the porter. A joking scheme prompts nervous travelers to seek upper berths, avoiding crushed mishaps, while the fat joker defuses anger with humor and earns lasting友 goodwill.
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J. W. Smittley
Philadelphia
New York
Mr. Smith
Jim
Philadelphia Press
Felling the Pine and a Sage's Marshfield Resting Place
A vivid forest lumbering scene describes pine logging in Michigan with teams, skids, and a water cooled ice road. The piece then shifts to Daniel Webster's Green Harbor Marshfield home and his grave plot, detailing his lands, park, and memorial inscription with surrounding coastal panorama.
Brisk Aging Viewpoint From Old Civic Observer
An octogenarian narrator cites Dr. Holmes on brains as seventy year clocks and the mortal wind of life. The New York Commercial Advertiser notes the man’s feeling of being run down at eighty, framing aging with wit and philosophy.
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Dr. Holmes
Angel of Life
N. Y
Topics of the Day and City Services Savings
Statistics show the Indian population rising while New York papers push a bridge as a winter resort. Boston praises a meter system to cut water use. Philadelphia has 206,586 voters in 31 wards, down from 209,173 in 1882. Government wary of Franco-Chinese muddle, Mormon issue seen as home problem. Bourne firm supplies schools with books 11.5 percent off wholesale, stationery 33 1/3 percent off.
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Philadelphia
Summer resorts suffer losses from fires at hotels
Many summer resorts were not paying property this season, and owners and insurance companies are suffering losses through the destruction of some of the hotels by fire.
Peaches and Canners Boost Prices in Rochester Ad
The Rochester Democrats and Chronicle reports canning factories are buying all the best peaches, driving up prices and signaling strong demand. Factories seek quality fruit, boosting market activity and supplier interest in the region.
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Rochester Democrats and Chronicle
St Louis Actor Debuts Amid Violent Storms
A St Louis actor made his debut during a violent storm, praised by a local critic who said the heavens recognized true greatness and thundered their applause. Nearby New Hartford, Connecticut, a stone spear head was plowed up, prompting debate on whether Indigenous inhabitants in the region fought with spears.
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St. Louis
New Hartford
Conn
Sub Treasury Vaults Display Vast Gold and Silver Wealth
The Sub-Treasury in Wall Street guards about one hundred five million dollars in gold and nine hundred tons of silver in a massive subterranean vault. Doors of solid steel and clocklike locks protect the treasure, while daily activity includes paying thousands of pension checks and signing bond and gold certificates. maintained by an efficient system praised by Mrs. Lamb of the Magazine of American History.
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Wall Street
New York
Sub- Treasury
Croesus
America
Treasury
Congress
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Daniel Webster
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Sub-Treasury
Lamb
Magazine of American History
McCullum Appointed Agent of Indian Mission Agency
The President selected John G. McCullum of San Francisco to serve as agent of the Indian Mission Agency in California, succeeding Samuel S. Lawson who resigned.
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John G. McCullum
San Francisco
The
Indian Mission Agency
California
Samuel S. Lawson
Gladstone's wardrobe thefts amuse household staff
A Victorian rumor claims Mr Gladstone loves old clothes so much that servants lift his bedchamber suit at night to replace it with a fresh outfit, keeping him in proper raiment while he remains unaware of the swap.
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Mr. Gladstone
Massachusetts man proves eight acres can feed six people
A Massachusetts man spent twenty years testing a self sufficient plan and claims one can support a family of six on eight acres with proper cultivation. He initially doubted the size but now regards the land as ample for a family.
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Massachusetts
VanderbiltOffers $10000 Year For Singers At St Bartholomew
The offer by Mr W H Vanderbilt of 10000 a year to Miss Thursby to sing in the choir at St Bartholomews Church New York Sundays has brought out the statement that the average salary of a singer in a quartet choir in that city is 600.
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W. H. Vanderbilt
Notable Acreage and Livestock Figures Compare Nations
The data shows Enevano holding 2,000,000 acres in wheat versus 39,000,000 in America, no corn compared with 64,000,000 in America. Enevano also has 6,000,000 cattle and 25,000,000 sheep, while America reports 30,000,000 cattle and 50,000,000 sheep.
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Enevano
America
Dressmaking sharpens ire as girls seek lessons
The Philadelphia Press notes many country girls chase dressmaking lessons from a sharper who charges ten dollars a head and then vanishes, a figure likened to the number of girls who attempt kerosene lighting.
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Philadelphia
Method to deter liquor with bark tincture treatment
A preparation of red Peruvian bark powder soaked in diluted alcohol is evaporated to half a pint. The resulting tincture is given to the inebriate in teaspoon doses every three hours for one or two days, then reduced gradually for eight or ten days to five drops. It is claimed to produce a permanent detestation of liquor in any form.
Plan to attack by torpedo and submarine gun
The Ericsson torpedo "The Destroyer" is planned to run within three hundred feet of a hostile ship and be shattered below the water line by a submarine gun shot. It is claimed there is no danger of a premature explosion when fired as the torpedo displaces the valve at its mouth.
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Michigan
Michigan Cor. N. Y. Evening Post
Ericsson
Philadelphia schools appoint six assistants to reform system
Mr. MacAllister, formerly of Milwaukee and now Superintendent of Philadelphia schools, has named two men at 2500 dollars and two women at 1600 dollars as assistants. He plans to add two more men, creating six aides to restore order and bring the demoralized system toward first class operation.
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MacAlister
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