Mob Hangs Omaha Charley Stevens in Missouri
In St. Louis sixty masked men seized Charles Stevens known as Omaha Charley from the jail after a sheriff stand off. They hanged him on a railroad bridge a half mile away amid a volley of revolver fire injuring one mob member. Stevens had earlier killed Herbert Kramer in Maryville and was pardoned from the penitentiary last winter for a prior murder.
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St. Louis
Charles Stevens
Omaha
Herbert Kramer
Maryville
Stevens
Anderson
Lynching in California Ends With Hasty Execution
Danorrr Cal reports a mob of twenty surrounded officers holding Lon Farthing and William White alias William Pitts for the death of Josiah O Harris. Pitts was hanged from a telegraph cross-arm, dying within minutes. Farthing fled the country after the mob’s demand.
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California
Danorrr
Cal
Lon Farthing
William White
William Pitts
Josiah O. Harris
Pitts
United States
Williamite
Independent Cavalry
Fort Ellis
M. T. Farthing
Brothers Reunited After Years Believed Lost
In Troy a tale unfolds of Edward and John Crocker reuniting after twenty years. Edward, now in Albany, had believed his brother John died at Antietam. A stranger in Edward’s turf room identified the likeness, guiding Edward to Brighton Beach where John, a horse trainer, proved to be alive.
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Troy
Edward
John Crocker
Crockers
Brooklyn
John
Antietam
Mr. Crocker
Albany
Crocker
Brighton Beach
Edward Crocker
Tariff Club urged to unite across industries
The Western Pig-iron Association under Henry S. Eckert of Reading issued circulars to manufacturers and prominent Americans calling for a tariff club based on protection. Membership would cross interests and regions with a pledge to promote American industry by restricting foreign goods. A Dec 17 meeting of the Pig-iron Association is set to plan the organization.
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ReApving
Western Pig-iron Association
Henry S. Eckert
Reading
United States
Friends of Protection
London
Cobden
Murder in Kentucky and Fatal Assault Near Madison
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports James Divine killed Lafe Gammons in Bedford Kentucky during a quarrel and was arrested after Gammons's father previously stabbed him. Separately in Trimble County opposite Madison George Erwin likely fatally assaulted Evans who was courting Ewing's daughter against her father’s will.
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Indianapolis Journal
Madison
Ind
James Divine
Lafe Gammons
Bedford
Gammons
Trimble County
George Erwin
Evans
Ewing
Dr Bull’s Good Syrup hailed as best cough remedy
Readers applauded Dr Bull’s Good Syrup as the standout cough remedy of the season. The ad copy extols its value and effectiveness, claiming superior results compared with rivals and urging buyers to try it for fast relief.
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Dr. Bull
National Capital News Highlights and Commentary
Captain W. R. Myers trains for the Pension Commissionership. The cigar trade faces no hardship from the new Spanish treaty. Belief grows that the agreement will be ratified. Southern congressmen remain in office longer. An example shows Senator Coke’s poor memory as whisky interests seek temporary relief.
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Coke
Preliminary Steps to secure Myers as pensions chief
Washington dispatch reports Indiana Democrats aim to appoint Captain William R. Myers to the pensions commission formerly led by Colonel Dudley. A Michigan ex-member says Indiana and other states' lawmakers support the move and the Grand Army of the Republic may sign petitions. Myers would take the role though he would not actively seek it, preferring to hold his current elected office.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Indiana
Myers
House Committee On
Pension Bureau
Michigan
House
The New Spanish Treaty and U S Trade Hope
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Treasury officials foresee no tobacco trade trouble from the Spanish treaty. Straiton and Storm cease operations in New York, but protectionists favor ratification, linking factory closure to potential internal revenue changes. General Foster promotes the pact as a boon to U S markets, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with reduced duties on sugar and most provisions.
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Senate
Indianapolis
Washington
Treasury Department
Straiton & Storm
New York
Congress
General Foster
United States
Spain
House
Foster
Gen. Foster
New York Tribune
Louisiana
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States Senate
West Indies
Madrid
Treaty Powers Expanded To Ministry For Negotiation And Ratification
The document states that full authority was conferred on the ministry to negotiate and ratify the treaty, a power that has been duly exercised. The move concentrates treaty authority in the ministry, enabling direct engagement and final approval of international accords.
Southern Congressmen and Patronage in Long Terms
Washington December 9 The article notes Southern members win repeated terms while Northern colleagues face patronage pressure. Judge Payson argues Southern reps represent constituents without trading favors, whereas Northern Republicans quickly gain multiple offices leading to backlash. He predicts Southern members will tire of patronage, shrinking long-serving Democrats.
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Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Congress
Payson
Illinois
Soom
Men With Short Memories Senator Coke's Forgetful Trait
Washington dispatch notes a Texas Senator Coke who after election shows uneven memory and odd etiquette habits. A Texas constituent tries to visit. Coke rejects unannounced calls, demanding a visiting card, then prompts staff to announce the senator is not at home. Constituent learns etiquette lesson.
Congress weighs whisky relief and nine month export plan
Washington December 9. Congressmen push for executive backed action to relieve whisky dealers. They seek a nine month bonded period and possible export with prior bond. Government foresees tax losses from exports and hopes to stabilize prices while reducing over reduction. In Senate executive session Hugh McCulloch’s confirmation as Secretary of the Treasury faced debate and was adjourned.
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Washington
Executive Department
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Riddleberger
McCulloch
Senate
Hugh McCulloch
Indiana Patents Issued to Indiana Inventors
Indiana patents granted to Horace L. Henson Oscar Nitchell James A and F H Marshall Matthew R Moore John L Qobenchain Edward C Phillips William W Wallace Jessie Warrington and others cover sash tastening egg beater band cutter and feeder reversing valve gear tires grinding mill chop grader gradual reduction mill roller skate clay crushing machine baiting reel plus legal and political notes on Ellsworth Bush and the Harrisons pending arrival of their granddaughter Mrs Robi McKee
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Indiana
Indianapolis Journal
Washington
Horace L. Henson
F. Woodbridge
Indianapolis
Oscar Nitchell
Valparaiso
James A
F. H. Marshall
Darlington
Matthew R. Moore
John L Qobenchain
Logansport
Edward C. Phillips
Richmond
William W. Wallace
Frankfort
Wallace Manufacturing Company
Jessie Warrington
Nordyke & Marmon Company
Political gossip and appointments in the nation
The excerpt covers wedding plans for Miss Harrison, postal schedule changes from Richmond to Liberty, Odell appointed postmaster at Odin, Holman aiding Hewitt on the Mexican reciprocity treaty, hotel rates for inaugural events, possible challenge to Toledo Mayor Romers by Frank Hurd, Southern members backing a Hurd contest, Colonel Dudley subpoena for Marshal Wright probe, Senate confirmations of James Harlan and Walter Gresham, Follett’s contest bid against Butterworth, and chatter that Bainbridge Wadleigh may become naval officer at Boston.
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Frank Hurd
Jacob Romers
Toledo
Hurd
Dudley
Marshal Wright
Ohio
Senate
James Harlan
Iowa
Court of Commissioners of
Alabama Claims
Walter Q. Gresham
Indiana
United States
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Follett
Butterworth
Washington
Bainbridge Wadleigh
Boston
Methodist Centennial Reception in Baltimore Conference Delegation
Batimore December 9 A reception for delegates to the Centennial Conference of Methodism was held at First Methodist Episcopal Church with Bishop Andrews and others present. About three hundred delegates attended as leaders from various Methodism branches spoke of the churchs growth, missions, and the emancipation of slaves, ending with the Lord's Supper.
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Batimone
First Methodist Episcopal Church
German H. Hunt
Foster, Fowler and Andrews
M. E. Church
Granberry and Wilson
Methodist Church South
Wayman
J. C. Price
Methodist Zion Church
North Carolina
M. C. Briggs
California
Mr. Gardner
Canada
McFerrin
Nashville
Parks
Georgia
Andrews
Baltimore
Nova Scotia
New England
Pacific
Church South
Africa
China
India
Tragic Fire Claims Six In Pottsville Patch
A mining patch house near Delano caught fire as an Lehigh Valley engine crew passed Tren tom. Neighbors tried to help but the head of the family dropped a child to safety then vanished. Three adjoining houses burned as the blaze spread. Six people died in the start house Frank Farrill and wife their daughter two sons and a boarder named James Fitzgerald. The rescued child is seven. Four bodies were recovered.
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Pottsville
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Trentom
Delano
Frank Farrill
James Fitzgerald
Mignonette Cannibals Guilty of Willful Murder Sealed
The Mignonette case ends in verdict of guilty with death sentences deemed formal by observers. Pardon chances discussed as nearly certain. Empress of China seeks renewed peace talks. Jerome Napoleon schemes for Napoleonic restoration. England accepts Congo proposals in a shifting imperial agenda.
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Prince Jerome Napoleon
England
Congo
Dudley and Stephens Sentenced to Death in Mignonette Case
London December 9 Captain Dudley and the mate of the wrecked yacht Mignonette were found guilty of willful murder for killing Parker to eat and were sentenced to death by Lord Chief Justice Coleridge. The court noted self-defense cannot justify murder and urged clemency, with Home Secretary advising a royal respite.
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Dudley
Stephens
London
Parker
Coleridge
Captain Dudley
Mate Stephens
Lord Coleridge
Secretary of State For the Home Department
Peace Talks Fracture In Franco Chinese Negotiations
London dispatch reports Paris Nationale stating Li Hung Chang and the French consul at Tientsin have halted talks after a Tamsui rebuff. Granville and Marquis Tseng talks are likewise interrupted by the Chinese diplomat’s cold. Vienna sources say the Empress of China will summon a war council soon while Courbet and Briere de l Isle receive orders to hold defensive posture.
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London
Paris Nationale
Li Hung Chang
Pee Chi Li
Tientsin
Tamsui
Earl Granville
Marquis Tseng
Congo Conference News Sparks Railway Plan and Neutrality Debate
Berlin dispatch reports General Sanford pushing a Vivi to Stanley Pool railway project despite sub committee rejection. The Congo Niger neutrality schemes favor England with coal restrictions and free merchant traffic to a lagooned zone. The conference approves private appeal rights and awaits Kasson's neutrality ideas for tomorrow.
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Berlin
Sanford
Congo
Vivi
Stanley Pool
National
England
Niger
France
International Commission
United States
Kasson
Loss of a Portion of the Wild West Show on River
The steamboat W. P. Thompson sank after colliding with the Captain Miller below St Joseph Louisiana. The Wild West show aboard lost its horses buffalo and mountain sheep as a barge from Vicksburg retrieved the vessel and its two surviving horses. The rest of the show heads to New Orleans tomorrow.
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Ropsey
Miss
W. P. Thompson
Miller
St. Joseph
Vicksburg
Thompson
New Orleans
Murderous Young Desperado in Sage Shooting
Lynxcovre Virginia December 9 Charlie B Palmer a gambler from Chatham Pittsylvania county fired on William Akers after an altercation in Sage Akers died Palmer then beat a black man nearly to death and fled A citizen posse searched all day vowing lynching if caught Palmer though only eighteen is already notorious as swindler and desperado
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Desperado
Lynxcovre
Charlie B. Palmer
Chatham
Pittsylvania County
Sage
William Akers
Akers
Palmer
Prince Jerome Bonaparte weighs Napoleonic restoration plan
Paris reports Prince Jerome Bonaparte plans a manifesto to attack the government and call for a plebiscite backed by a national election. He accuses Ferry’s cabinet of blunders in foreign policy from China to Egypt and Western Africa and denounces the Republic while urging a countrywide appeal for deputies opposed to current policy.
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Loxpon
Paris
Juel
Jerome Bonaparte
M. Ferry
Jerome
France
China
Egypt
Africa
M. ‘Erry
Depties
Wall Street financier Col. Brown dies in jump from apartment
New York reports Col. Fielding C. Brown known as Colonel Brown, a Wall Street figure, leaped from the second story of his residence at 2012 East Ninety ninth street and was killed. He was about seventy one, born in Kentucky, a Forty-niner, and had long California ties and large Tombstone, Arizona interests. He leaves a widow.
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New York
Fielding C. Brown
Wall Street
Brown
East Ninety Ninth Street
Col. Brown
Kentucky
California
Tombstone
Arizona
Re election of Senator Hampton in the Legislature
The Legislature today re elected Wade Hampton United States Senator. He received every vote in both houses, except three colored representatives from Beaufort county who voted for Smalls and two colored senators from Beaufort and Berkley counties who voted for Whipper.
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Hampton
CoLlumsia
D. C
Des
Wade Hampton
United States
Beaufort County
Smalls
Beaufort
Berkley Counties
Whipper
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Praised as Top Throat Remedy
A historical testimonial asserts Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has done vast good and remains foremost among throat and lung remedies, deserving its honored place at the head of all such medicines.
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Ayer
Ferry of that power to which he clings tenuously
A fragment notes a figure clinging to power amid repeated pages of want of confidence. The garbled text suggests political instability and diminishing support, with emphasis on a leader maintaining grip despite criticism.
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Ferry
Thomas a Becket drama by Lord Tennyson praised and censored telegraph notes
London reports Lord Tennyson dedicates the new drama to Earl Selborn and notes its length for the stage with Rosamund choosing death and Becket’s murder scene. In London telegrams under censorship reveal garbling by military censors, with letters from correspondents showing delays and distortions that newspapers compare to transmitted messages.
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Tennyson New Drama
Thomas a-Becket
London
Lord Tennyson
Earl Selborn
Eleanor
Rosamund
Becket
Lowxpon
Soudan
London Vestry Barbs Turn to Muted Courtesy
From Loxpon December 8 a Strand vestry row shows fierce language with Dart calling Hutchinson a liar and Hutchinson replying with insults including worm varmint and stinking varmint. Reconciled this week, Hutchinson says he dislikes being called a liar while Dart accepts being a worm but objects to a stinking varmint. Bomay December 9 marks Lord Dufferin’s arrival as Viceroy of India with a grand reception and 4000 rupees allotted for illuminated addresses and silver caskets for the viceroys.
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Loxpon
Vestries
London
Strand
Europe
Mr. Dart
Mr. Hutchinson
Bomnay
Lord Dufferin
India
Earl of Dufferin
Marquis of
Ripon
What Bismarck Really Meant
The North German Gazette quotes Prince Bismarck as saying his Reichstag remarks were aimed at coalition ministries, not at Gladstone. He argues such ministries are hindered by the need to respect diverse party opinions within coalitions.
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Bismarck
Berwin
Prince Bismarck
Reichstag
Gladstone
Chamber rejects Floquet reform amendment on suffrage
Dec. 9 report: The Chamber of Caunties rejects Floquet's universal suffrage amendment to the senatorial reform bill by 67 votes. The bill is adopted without amendment, seen as a vote of confidence in the government.
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Chamber of Caunties
Floquet
Death and political shifts ripple through British circles
The Russian Nihilist executive issues a manifesto denouncing Count Volstoi to death. Joseph Warner Henley, once President of the Board of Trade and Privy Councilor, is dead. The Prince of Wales delays Parliament action on an allowance for Prince Albert Victor. Henry Hartley Fowler will replace John Hibbert as Under Secretary of the Home Department. The daughter of Matthew Arnold married Frederick W. Whitridge in New York yesterday.
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Count Volstoi
Joseph Warner Henley
Board of Trade
Lord Derby
Prince of Wales
Prince Albert Victor
Henry Hartley Fowler
Wolverhampton
John Tomlinson Hibbert
Home Department
Matthew Arnold
America
Frederick W. Whitridge
Messrs. Carey & Whitridge, Lawyers
New York
Boston Mass Mayoral Result Reports Big OBrien Victory
Massachusetts Municipal Elections show OBrien Democrat winning Boston mayoral race with 27,287 votes to Martins 24,176. Aldermen split six Republicans five Democrats and one independent Democrat. canon council Democrats 41 Republicans 81. Wright Democrat elected street commissioner by 4,600. Lynn mayors race favors John R Baldwin Workingman. Worcester reelects Charles G Reed Citizens candidate by 5,141 to 3,626 for Hilberth. Two women join school committees. Lowell Noyes Republican defeats Fifield Democrat by 535.
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Massachusetts
Boston
O'Brien
Martin
Citizens
Lynn
John R. Baldwin
Workingman
Worcester
Charles G. Reed
Samuel E. Hilberth
Lowell
Noyes
Fifield
Read & Co. Case Against railroad Settled Amicably
The W P Read & Co versus Columbus Hocking Valley Toledo railroad suit over coal car supply and freight rates was amicably adjusted today in U S Court Toledo. Judge Baxter noted no discrimination by the railroad and all parties expressed satisfaction with the settlement.
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Toledo, O
W. P. Read & Co
Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad
Baxter
United States
Straitsville
Burke
Read & Co
Vanderbilt Loans Grant 150000 Then Seeks Recovery
In New York on December 9 Vanderbilt loaned General U S Grant 150000 before Grants Ward failure. The loan was not repaid but action only recently began in Supreme Court for recovery. Grant consented to judgment for the full claim with interest and costs, and the judgment of 155407 was entered in the county clerk's office today.
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New York
Grant & Ward
Vanderbilt
General U. S. Grant
Supreme Court
General Grant
Not a Candidate Declines U.S. Senate Bid in Letter
Not a Candidate, New York, Dec 9 Chauncey M. Dopew writes to decline any bid for United States senator. The letter clarifies he will not seek the senate seat and outlines his reasons for refusing candidacy.
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New York
Chauncsy M. Dopew
United States
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