Residents seek street name change on Chestnut in Philadelphia
Van Wert P Bulletin reports residents on Chestnut street Philadelphia petitioning to change the street name. The item notes a cyclone in Eastern Virginia that shucked corn and mentions a burned house near Lonsdale Pennsylvania tied to General Hancock. It adds a forecast of melancholy days and local signs, with elephants causing crop damage in Southern India and Ceylon and a circus atmosphere when the elephant goes round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ceylon
Indiana farmer exhibits potato carrot freak
A farmer in Indiana showcases a vegetable freak where a potato and carrot are grown fused together so tightly that their distinct beginnings are indistinguishable. The unusual specimen draws curiosity from spectators at the farm exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Cumney Rock Traded For Smoke Claim Of Maryland Volcano
In the Blue Ridge in Maryland Cumney Rock is described as a chimney full of smoke and a clever liar to claim a volcano exists. The report casts doubt on the volcanic claim while noting the feature’s dramatic smoke appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumney Rock
Blue Ridge Mountains
Maryland
Congress Bill on Jacksonville Building Costs
It has been discovered that the bill passed by Congress authorizing the construction of a public building at Jacksonville Florida to cost 250000 dollars did not make one cent of an appropriation to build it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Jacksonville
Fla
Noted Youth Fires Revolver at Brother in Pittsburgh
Sixteen year old Jounx Bachman pointed a revolver at his eighteen year old brother Francis in Pittsburgh days ago. He did not know it was loaded but Francis did and was wounded in the face.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jounx Bachman
Francis
Pittsburgh
Campaign costs for Geronimo chase reach fifteen million
The New York Herald estimates that the campaigns against Geronimo and his band have cost the United States 15 million dollars and scores of lives, not to speak of the number of citizens massacred by these Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Herad
Geronimo
United States
Fees for Treasury claims lawyers upheld to protect soldiers families
The court ruled that the 1867 schedule of fees for attorneys and agents prosecuting claims before the Treasury Department remains in force. The decision safeguards widows and orphans of soldiers from extortion by claim agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Department
Foreigners gain naturalization after two years’ residence
A new Mexican law grants foreigners naturalization after two years of residence upon proof of full civil rights in their homeland and sufficient income. The provision underscores eligibility by showing assured support and continued civil entitlement before naturalization.
Maplewood Teacher Traces Russia On Tri Cycle
James Recalton a Maplewood New Jersey school teacher returned from a trip through Russia by tricycle. He left New York June 12 arrived Archangel early July and reached St. Petersburg August 11. The journey cost him only two hundred dollars.
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James Recalton
Maplewood
N. J
Russia
New York
Archangel
St. Petersburg
Indian Agency dispatch on removal of Warm Spring Chiricahua Indians
Acting Secretary of War receives a San Carlos Agency dispatch stating that the removal brings rejoicing to remaining Indians. They are relieved of fears of attack and offered better opportunities to acquire habits of industry.
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San Carlos
Nebraska man sued for damages in historic case
Homer duice of Nebraska faces a $50,000 damages suit by ex-convict Williams, who killed a father and son in Kearney County eleven years ago while Williams’ counsel was Homer. A ten year sentence was imposed in Buffalo County, where Williams did not want trial and sought a venue change.
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Duice Homer
Nebraska
Williams
Kearney County
Homer
Buffalo County
John Sherman
Ohio
Portsmouth
Morton Club
Sherman
Republican Party
Lberty
Lincoln
Democratic Party
Vallandigham
Grover Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Sherif
United States
New York
Great
Union
National
Cleveland
Wall Street
Presidents Mansion
Bow
Europe
Democrate
Senate
Republcan
Asia
Northern Sioux to Build Frontier Mail Routes by Foot
The Northern Sioux form a cooperative network to establish mail and transport routes across the frontier. Young men will perform the labor on foot with each runner tasked to cover seventy five miles weekly.
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Frontier Region
Harriet Beecher Stowe Faces Decline After Husband’s Death
The Washington Capital reports Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe has shown health and spirits decline since the death of her husband. A friend notes she feels unbound by ties at home and that she reserved strength to care for him, saying my task is at an end.
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Washington
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Items Found in Sofa Reveal Unmarried Daughters Owner
An upholsterer in Chicago repairing an old sofa discovered items slipped between the back and cushion. The cache included forty seven hair pins three mustache combs nineteen suspender buttons thirteen needles four photographs two hundred seventeen pins coffee grains cloves twenty seven cuff-buttons six pocket-knives fifteen poker-chips a vial of homeopathic medicine four lumps of chewing gum fifty nine toothpicks twenty eight matches and fourteen button hooks. The sofa belonged to a man with seven unmarried daughters.
Experts Find Charleston Quake Ruins Poorly Built
Experts examining Charleston quake ruins say buildings were poorly constructed with inferior mortar and materials. They argue the collapse was expected and blame the builders, not the devils, suggesting milder earthquakes are preferable.
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Charleston, & C
Smuggling Trick Found at Chicago Post Office
An inquiry into a Chicago post office case revealed an ingenious concealment. An old book with torn wrapper hid a tiny jewel box in a cutout square between the leaves. Inside lay a jeweled monogram pin bearing the initials R. O. C2. No sender or addressee could be identified without the wrapper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inquiry Division
Ad Oryssun
News of the Week From Washington 1886 Treasury and Debt Figures
Washington briefs summarize treasury bond totals and currency fixes, public debt and September changes. Public Printer work force size, bank failures in the United States and Canada, and Geronimo capture details are reported, including coinage totals and silver dollar output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Royal Arch Masons of
United States
Washinton
D. C
Turre
Treasury
Canada
Lawton
Geronimo
Miles
Connecticut Governor Nominated At Democratic State Convention
At New Haven the Democratic State convention nominated Edward G. Cleveland of Hartford for governor. The platform calls for a well regulated liquor license law denounces foreign pauper labor and endorses the President’s Administration.
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Connecticut
New Haven
Edward G.cleveland
Hartford
Elizabethtown
Republican State Committee of
New York
Judge Daniels
Court of Appeals
Democratic State Committee
Rufus W. Peckham
Massachusetts Republicans
Boston
Alt
Oliver Ames
Congress
Massachusetts
William Coggswell
W. W. Rice
W. G. Laidlow
New Jersey
William Walter Phelps
Pennsylvania
John Chambers
W. E. Thomas
Samuel J. Randall
W. G. Smith
W. G. Stabbecker
J. W. Westcott
Rhode Island
A. C. Howard
A. B. Chance
Ditmar
Baychester
N. Y
Daniel C. Knowles
New Hampshire
George W. Dyer
Lynn
Mass
Orricens
D. M. Cadwick
Albany
Earthquakes, fires, and political notes across states
Reports from Charleston to Brownsville relay shocks, floods, and property loss. A Baltimore council meeting and Chicago rail crash kill one and injure twenty five. Texas floodwaters wreck hundreds of homes, Matamoras flooded, and Manitowoc fire razes several buildings. Congressmen nominated in multiple states amid party platforms. Frosts hit Illinois to Iowa, an onion crop short, and a Chowin Bridge double tragedy. Nebraska Republicans nominate Thayer for governor. Multiple congressional nominations follow across states with party platforms.
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Charleston
3. C
National Council of the United Order of American Mechanics
Baltimore
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago
Texas
Brownsville
Matamoras
Manitowoc
Wis
Ohio
Benjamin Butterworth
Charles E. Brown
Missouri
O. H. Pitcher
Wisconsin
James R. Doolittle
Minnesota
Edmund Rice
A. J. Warner
Wheiner
South
California
Co.orapo Republicans
Denver
William H. Meyer
George G. Symes
Illinois
Michigan
Iowa
Petersburg
Chaltin Bridge
Edwin Clark
Nina Fultz
Clark
Nebraska
Lincol
John M Thayer
Louisiana
J. 8. Davidson
J. K. Cummings
H. D. Johnson
A.B. Norton
F. G. Wilkin
Political nominees and early 19th century unrest in multiple states
A dense report lists congressional nominations across several states including Ohio Missouri Illinois Indiana and Iowa with various party labels and renominations. It notes prairie fires in Southern Manitoba a Supreme Court denial in Illinois and a Chicago firm insolvency amid diverse 30th ult events.
Foreign Intelligence Chronicle of Crises Worldwide
Reports from Ottawa Crow Creek agency Northwest Territory indicate Blood Indians on war-path with one hundred white deaths and many houses burned. Colima Mexico eruptions active for a third time this year alarm villagers. British Columbia Alaska gold find yields 24000. German Lifeboat Association saved 1578 lives last year. Newfoundland cod herring catch fails amid winter destitution. Godavery floods devastate villages. one hundred natives killed in dam conflict. Ontario towns report cold and snow. cholera deaths six with twenty new cases. Bulgaria reports thirty Russian sympathizers whipped to death. Quebec convict lashes for escape attempt. Austria Italy report deaths and new cases.
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Cape of Good Hope
Ottawa
Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Alaska
German Lifeboat Association
Newfoundland and Labrador
Manorasadvness
Godavery
Ontario
Austro-Hungary
Italy
Bulgaria
Quebec
Political Nominations and Various World Events Reported
The Republicans nominate G. W. E. Dorsey for Nebraska Third district and George D. Stizel for Pennsylvania Eighth. Democrats nominate S. A. Miller First Ohio, Hugh Shields Second Ohio, M. D. Logan Second Louisiana. Madrid sentences fourteen revolutionists to death. U S exchanges weekly totals rise to 1,055,246,270. Quincy lynching. Springfield 101st birthday. punishments in Delaware. snow in Northern Michigan. postal delivery extension. Northwestern League pennant won by Duluth. Wakefield coal mine explosion claims 24 lives. Union Dime Savings Bank fraud uncovered. Otto Baumann er. German earthquakes. frost damage in tobacco regions. Charleston quakes. 255 U.S. business failures. National League standings show Chicago leading, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, St Louis, Kansas City, Washington.
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Greenbacker
Iowa
Nelson
Manitoba
Tur Supreme Court of Illinois
Joseph ©. Mackin
Chicago
Tur
A.S. Gage & Co
Andrew Lucas
Tennessee
Jackson
Brantford
Lake Michigan
St. Louis
Tuer
Drarles Epwanos
New Orleans
Steeleville
P. F. Wallace
Logan
Hamilton
Missouri
James H. Harris
William C. Wilson
Emerson R. Grant
Arkansas
Samuel W. Peel
Cheroygan
Mich
Bringhurst
Ind
Mr. Kearns
Beaver Dam
Samuel Weaver
Manly
Charleston
Summerville
Plaquemine
Mississippi River
G. W. E. Dorsey
Nebraska
George D. Stizel
Pennsylvania
Samuel A. Miller
Ohio
Hugh Shields
M. D. Logan
Louisiana
Madrid
Spain
United States
Quincy
Fla
Ottve C. Crankr
Springfield
Mass
Williamsburg
Newcastle
Del
Michigan
Duluth
Eau Claire
Oshkosh
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Wakefield
Eng
Union Dime Savings Bank
New York City
Otto Baumann
Germany
Detroit
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
St Louis
Kansas City
St. Washington
War on the Coal Kings Looms Over Pennsylvania
Governor Pattison asks the Attorney General to sue the six major coal railways and break the anthracite pool. He recalls the 1884 New York based agreement among Lackawanna Lehigh Valley Reading Lake Erie Pennsylvania Delaware & Hudson and Lehigh Coal and Navigation to restrict production and fix prices. The move targets alleged price manipulation and reduced competition hurting 100,000 miners and Eastern industries. The case pivots on Pennsylvania law against corporate combinations and may trigger a major legal battle with railroads and coal interests nationwide.
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Harrrisnere
Pattison
New York
Lackawanna
Lehigh Valley
Reading
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Puinaveronia
United States
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Philadelphia & Teading
Lake Erie & Western
Delaware & Hudson
Great failure hits Chicago dry goods house Gage & Co
A. S. Gage & Co., Chicago wholesale and retail millinery and dry goods firm, failed with liabilities about 825000 and assets near 1,000,000. The collapse followed inability to raise 5000 to satisfy Claflin & Co. Attachments and court action preceded a sheriff’s eviction, then assignment to H. J. McFarland. Store to reopen with assets largely in stock and unpaid accounts. causes include rising costs, declining goods values, and poor retail expertise. The business had about 200000 stock, 200000 wholesale millinery goods, and 500000 outstanding accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cmeaca
Gage & Co
Gage
H. B. Claflin, & Co
New York
Franks
Western
Claflin & Co
H. J. McFarland
McFarland
Boston
Philadelphia
A. 8. Gage
A.S. Gage & Co
AIS57
Webster & Gage
Gage Bros. & Co
Seth Gage
John N. Gage
A. S. Gage & Co
Wabash Avenue
Adams Street
Damages for Horses Killed in Illinois Suit
In Pekin Illinois on October 4 a verdict of 2100 dollars was awarded to Christian Zehr of Lilly against the State Live Stock Commission for four horses killed as allegedly glandered. The ruling tests livestock compensation laws and the board plans to appeal while quarantining glanders horses to deter further suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin, Ill
Christian Zehr
Lilly
Livestock Commission
Bank Teller Vanishes After Suspected Theft
Otto Baumann, a receiving teller at Union Dine Savings Institution, left the Dime Savings Bank on September 4 after a planned two week vacation and never returned. A later audit revealed a $19,152 deficit, and police have been unable to locate him despite days of searching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Otto Baumann
Union Dine Savings Institution
Treasury Gold and Bullion Totals for September
The total gold and bullion in the treasury as of September 30 stood at 242 609 018 dollars, up from 235 430 635 dollars on September 21. Net gold in the treasury after certificates and circulation was 157 017 211 dollars, compared with 157 732 288 dollars on September 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineton
Treasury
A Sale of New Corn at Baltimore Md October 4
The first coin of the new crop, white, was prime on Change Saturday. It was in good condition and brought fifty cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimorte
Mine Disaster at Wakefield Colliery Reported
An explosion at Altoft's colliery near Wakefield Leeds on Saturday left eight men rescued alive while seven were found dead and seventeen remained missing. No hope is entertained for the missing men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Altoft
Wakefield
Leeds
Irish National America appeals for aid to evicted tenants
Lincoln Neb Oct 4 President Fitz gerald of the Irish National America issues an address calling for contributions to a special fund to aid evicted tenants in the old country. The appeal seeks broad financial support from Irish Americans to relieve hardship and restore housing for those displaced by landlord actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Fitzgerald
The
Irish National America
Old Country
Acue
Four Deaths From Powder Explosion in New York State
Terrific blast at Ditmar Powder Works Baychester New York isolates four workers. Packing-house demolished bodies scattered up to 600 feet, still no survivors. Foreman Cruger cites two men firing at squirrels as possible cause. nearby buildings report extensive damage and shock waves across Westchester and Connecticut.
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New York State
Banrron-on-the-Sounp
N. Y
Ditmar
Baychester
Harlem River
New York & New Haven
Aqueduct Works
Ernest Dralen
John Rusch
Max Shafbolt
Mr. Reinhart
Max Cruger
Ditmar Works
Barlow
John Elliott
Bay View
Phelam Bridge
Thomas Dinwoodie
Westchester
New York
Westchester County
Connecticut
N.Y
Pension Office reports by state for year ending June 20 1856
Washington reports from the Pension Office show 4 727 applications from Illinois and 5 271 from Indiana. Of these 4 319 Illinois and 4 664 Indiana were granted. Illinois grants: 3 467 invalid soldiers 481 widows 134 minors 197 mothers. Indiana grants: 3 714 invalids 511 widows 131 minors 227 mothers 71 fathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washngton
Faulkner
Pension Office
Illinois
Indiana
Anarchists motion for new trial details and affidavits
The written motion for a new trial for the Anarchists is filed with affidavits challenging the verdict as legally and evidentially flawed. It alleges improper instructions, prejudicial juror conduct, exclusion of defense questions, and excessive state peremptory challenges, with affidavits from residents and associates citing hostile comments about the defendants.
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Chiaco
Captain Black
Grinnell
Spies
Fielden
Schwab
Neebe
John Sorrell
Cook County
United States
S&s
G. Randall
Fisher
Parsons
Indianapolis
John Philip de Luse
New York
Chicago
Sachel
de Luse
Haymarket
J. L. Biller
Oscar South
The
Save Place
Rail accident at Greegs injures many. one dead
Patal Disaster, Tuxspane, Ill. Sept 29. The Sterling passenger train on the Chicago Burl ington and Quincy railway broke a rail east of Greegs station while traveling about thirty miles an hour. The entire train except the engine and tender was thrown down a fifteen foot embankment. One passenger, Mrs. M. L. Baldwin of Rock Falls, was killed and sixteen others were badly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuxspane
Ill
Sterling
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Greegs
M. L. Baldwin
Rock Falls
Geronimo's Conquerors Honored in New Mexico Parade
Autuvavergur New Mexico September 29 There was a grand street parade in honor of General Miles and his staff including Captain Lawton with the General and staff and Governor Ross taking part A reception banquet and ball followed General Myles urged respect for the troops and their hard won victory stating attempts to belittle the results are unjust and tarnish the dead laurels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Autuvavergur
N. M
Miles
Lawton
Ross
Myles
Oklahoma boomers occupy no area after price report
Washington dispatch cites Captain Price of the Fifth cavalry reporting that the Oklahoma region between Beaver and Stillwater counties is free of intruding whites and cattle. Boomers have mostly joined railway work at the state line and in Indian Territory, with leaders like Captain Crouch pledging no further occupancy until Congress acts. In San Antonio a murder case involves two youths and a teen accomplice who killed a Mexican herder and sixty sheep, then confessed. Boston reports a Cape of Good Hope comet discovery by Prof Linley near the 26th inst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Price
Fifth Cavalry
Oklahoma
Beaver
Stillwater
Indian Territory
Crouch
Congress
San Antonio
Tex
Brown
Wood
Scavalla County
Joe Burris
Muala
Boston
Cape of Good Hope
Linley
Political Press Snips on Elections and Cabinet Blunders
A collection of editorials and commentary from Chicago and New York papers on Iowa district chances for Republicans, third party reaction, Cabinet rumors, and Democratic reform critiques. The pieces discuss Bayard’s rumors, Cleveland’s role, and New Hampshire naval funding tied to election dynamics. Strong entities include Republican and Democratic parties, Senator Allison, Bayard, Cleveland, Indiana, New Hampshire, and the N Y Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Iowa
N. Y. Tribune
Rose
Cleveland
Chicago Journal
Hay
Bayard
Bep
Chicago Tribune
BarIt
Democratic Party
Indiana
Indiana State Journal
Nes
New Hampshire
Portsmouth Navy Yard
N.Y
Corruption in Indiana State Benevolent Institutions
An investigation reveals corrupt management of Indiana state benevolent institutions under Democratic control. The Indiana Hospital for the Insane in Indianapolis allegedly employs staff due to political favors, with inmates facing abuse. Contract corruption is claimed with suppliers tied to Democratic service, including a $25,000 butter contract. A quoted past remark from State Printer Bright is cited regarding public office ethics.
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Indiana
State Hospital For the
Indianapolis
Marion County
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Irsett & Arnold
Chestnut Street
Virginia
General Hancock
Lonsdale, Pa
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Spalding
Reaping
Mary Wagner
Bingen
Lehigh County
Mexico
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Monterey
Point Isabel
Colorado
Corpus Canisti
FE. D. Sidbuary
Mobile
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General Robinson
House of Representatives
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