Brimfield News: Tragic weekend reports and crime notes
The Brimfield News outlines a series of incidents including a fatal freight accident at East Crossing near Marfa involving Mrs Lacey Duncan and Mrs Krupp. It also recounts a pistol fight near Bengetown, Ky, a death from a coffee cup blow in Dayton Obigg, and the Alaska execution case of JWiomer Bird. Other items include a Cleveland Akron and Columbus rail collision at Newburg, Ohio, indictments for Miller’s murder in Eden Valley jail, and a Cincinnati detective killing. Agricultural statistics cite U S wheat production for 1800 and notes on trade activity and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marfa
Texas
East Crossing
Lacey Duncan
John Krupp
William Coalgyon
Krupp
Philpot-Griffin
Bengetown
Sam
James Philpot
Ed Rogers
Henry Hampton
Rogers
Philpots
William Morganrath
Dayton
Obigg
J. I. Jones
Morganrath
Hugh
Jones
J. Wiomer Bird
Alaska
Johnson
United States Supreme Court
Topeka
Bird
Cleveland
Akron
Columbus
Newburg
Ohio
Ohio State Hospital
Alonzo Sherman
Charles R. Ehlers
Litchfield
Minn
John Dougherty
Carlos Brest
Philip Howe
Casper Schmidt
William Kockbush
Miller
Eden Valley
Schmidt
Dudley Ferguson
Cincinnati
August Mehan
E. A. Ferguson
Southern Railroad
Ferguson
Mehan
Department of Agriculture
United States
Bradstreet's
Notable deaths and corporate moves across cities
A roundup of prominent passings includes T Benton Weller of Chicago in Baltimore at 35, Very Rev P V Cavanaugh of Niagara University in Buffalo, and John C. Donner of the American Sugar Refining Co. in New York. Industry news notes Mergenthaler Linotype dividends, Rockefeller backing a rival iron steel plant, and Colonial Sugar Refining’s planned NJ incorporation. Debts and losses are reported for Epping Savings Bank, a Nelson, and the Welling mansion fire in Washington. Reform affects Hoboken with indictments against officials, and leadership shifts at Vandalia Line and Pressed Steel Car Co. in Meltee’s Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Benton Weller
Chicago
Baltimore
P. V. Cavanaugh
Niagara University
Buffalo
John C. Donner
American Sugar Refining Company
New York City
John Sreymerhoffer
Galveston
Texas
Broadway
New York
Swift Brothers
Squire Packing Houses
Cambridge
Mass
Col
Julius Walker Adams
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Bridge
Omer W. Roper
Newark
Mergenthaler Linotype Company
John D. Rockefeller
H. C. Frick
Carnegie
Eppig Savings Bank of
Epping
N. 11
Stephen P. Anderson
Robert Cosman, Jr
St. John's Church
Boston
Protestant Episcopal Diocese
Maine
Colonial Sugar Refining Company
New Jersey
RE. 2. Wood
Washington
Petre
Manila Bay
Welling
Fourteenth Street
Welling Place
Hoboken
William Wright
Vandalia Line
Pressed Steel Car Company
Meltee's Rock
Briefs of Fires, Deaths and Disputes Across North America
A summary of multiple terse items: Henry C. Niese killed in St. Louis prize ring by Fred Bellerson. Shearer & Co. lumber yard in Point St. Charles badly damaged by fire. Brown & Hinman plant at Columbus Ohio damaged $6500 by fire, insured. Jan 1 furniture price advance of 10 percent by National Association of Chamber Suit and Case Work Manufacturers. Lieut. Thomas M. Brumby, Dewey’s flag lieutenant, dies of typhoid at Garfield Hospital Washington. Meriden dispatch notes old H D Smith Co of Stonington in financial embarrassment with $200,000 capital. Moorhead police chief Murphy shot during burglary arrest. suspect Collins shot and killed after surrendering revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Niese
St. Louis
Fred Bellerson
James
Shearer & Co
Point St. Charles
Canada
Brown & Hinman
Columbus
Ohio
National Association of Chamber
Thomas M. Brumby
Dewey
Garfield Hospital
Washington
Meriden
Conn
H. D. Smith Company
Stonington
Murphy
Moorhead
Minn
Collins
District news roundup from American Midwest and West
A sprawling items digest reports fires damaging the City Elevator Company warehouse in Minneapolis and the State reformatory in St. Paul, a North Amherst Ohio packing plant loss, new corporate filings in Missouri, land and rail incidents, and multiple court and political notes across Nebraska Kansas Minnesota Illinois and Texas. Notable items include a grand wreck near Grand Island, a 1 250 000 stock tobacco company filing in St Louis, and indictments quashed for Louis F. Menage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Elevator Company
Minneapolis
North Amherst Packing Company
North Amherst
Ohio
Joss
Poyntery
Nebraska
Allen
Sengier Wayward
J. J. Axtell
Royal Oak
Detroit
State Reformatory
St. Cla Nie Minn
Beiler House
Mo Wetmore Tobacco Company
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Cecil Rhodes
Jameson
Rainy Lake
Minnesota
Standard Malting Company
Milwaukee
C. P. Perkins
Revenue
Michigan
Topeka
Kan
S. FE
Youman
David Jackson
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic
Mission
Keweenah Bay
Belden
Ned
J. X. Blinkiron
C.F. Harris
Linkiron
Harris
James Graham
William L. Cunneen
St. Mary's
Ian
Wastacl
Weber
Traivis
Salt Lake City
Ben Zedler
Carbondale
Wash
Robert Cox
Zedler
San Francisco
United States
Morrow
Internal Revenue
O. M. Welburne
Tyndall
Mary Stafford
Jenry
Lovinger
Theity Council of
Toledo
J. N. Bick
New Alexico
Centaur
St. Louisans
Union Pacific
Grand Island
Neb
Meyers
Murphy
G. R. Robbins
Lincoln Park
Chiurch
Cincinnati
Ball Brothers
Muncie
Ind
Cleveland
Sigler Bros
Black Diamond
Rockdale
Texas
Thomas Johnson
St. Tovis
Willian E. Bremser
Martha A. Willetts
Sarah
J. Bremser
Faith Curixtx
Bremser
Lima
American National Bank
N. N. Michael
Gus Kalb
Ohio Supreme Court
Mennett
Monnet
Louis F. Menage
Northwestern Guaranty Loan Company
Mexico
Southern Governor Installed in Frantic Frankfort Ceremony
William S Taylor was installed as Governor at Frankfort Kentucky amid a smaller crowd caused by rain. The piece notes deaths and incidents including Charles H Bhacklety in Louisville and a fatal train wreck involving Norfolk and Western No. 3 near Panther, Wisconsin. A Southern Railway order bans cigarette use by all employees. In Irvine Kentucky a town marshal, Edward Parks, was killed by Fred Ashcraft, with Charles Wallace fatally injured during the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S Taylor
Frankfort
Charles H Bhacklety
Lausville
Louisville
Norfolk and Western
Panther
W. S. Bishop
Huntington
Coontz
Bluefield
Southern Railway Company
Southern Division
Irvine
Edward Parks
Fred Ashcraft
Charles Wallace
Ashcraft
Wallace
Betrothal of Princess Matthilde and Prince August
A European royal engagement is announced as Princess Matthilde of Bavaria becomes betrothed to Prince August of Saxe-Coburg. The report notes a formal engagement in a period of shifting dynastic alliances and public interest in royal unions across Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthilde
Bavaria
Prince August
Saxe-Coburg
Transvaal
Max Lange
Leipskc
Wars and Disasters Mix in Distant News Digest
A naval figurehead dies at 91 in Rome. Dewey’s actions prompt Filipinos to seek damages from the U.S. A Japanese plan to deploy forces to Korea is reported from Shanghai. A theater bombing in Murcia destroys the venue with no major casualties. A vast earthquake in Ceram claims thousands of lives. The British bark Shute, carrying coal, sinks near Callao after aiding the French cruiser. The St Helens is lost near the Paracels with five crew drowned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Rome
America
Dewey
Aguinaldo
Shanghai
Japan
Korea
Murcia
Spain
Ceram
Sdvices
America Maru
Britishabarka Indian Empire
Shute Company
Callao
Peru
Fleetwood
Saigon
Cochin China
St. Helens
Luckham
Singapore
Paracels
China Sea
Britain’s 1890 Wheat Yield Reported Decline
A preliminary Board of Agriculture statement estimates Britain’s 1890 wheat production at 65,529,325 bushels, down from 73,028,856 last year, signaling a drop in grain output amid varying harvest conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papat
Eanlduiahie
Board of Agriculture
Great Britain
William Weir
Ville Marie Bank of
Montrea
Victoria
B. C
Cumberland
Ortiz
Torres
Chumeanpaco
United States Supreme Court
Buena Ventura
Spain
D. B. Green
John F. Gaynor
William T. Gaynor
Oberlin M. Carter
Savannah River
Cumberland Sound
United States
Shields
New York
United States Grand Jury
Savannah
Market Reports From Major U.S. Cities
Market figures cover cattle hogs and sheep prices, plus grain and dairy quotes across Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York. Values span livestock ranges from common to prime and grains such as wheat corn oats rye with regional price bands in cents per unit and butter eggs and clover seed prices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Milwaukee
New York
Debates and committee actions in early Fifty sixth Congress
The House debated currency legislation as speakers from multiple parties argued for and against. Senate discussions included commissions on Persian law, naval questions, and a Webster statue unveiling plan. Committees were formed or confirmed, recesses set, and leadership actions outlined for the new Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epentes
Overstreet
Rep. Ind
Deilver
Rep.lewa
Maddox
der. Ga
McCleanem XII
Mason
Dewey
Pettigrew
Clark
Scott
Gem Leesanl Wood
Culieen
Prince
Illlinois
New Jersey
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Powers
Vermont
Messrs. Xeulatd
Nevada
Cochran
Missourit
Shafroth
Colorado
Sims
Tennessee
Spaker
Senate
Congress
Washington
Galfinser
McMian
St. Mary's Canal
Secretary of War
House
Secretary of the Navy
Manila
Fouse
Aldrich
Thesr
Daniel Webster
Sulson Hutchins
Odds and Enos and a string of local disasters
A jumble of brief items reports school board actions in Louisville condemning self skirts, a Georgia anti bill killed in the Senate, fires destroying structures in Arkansas and Kentucky, a mining accident in Ohio, a Philadelphia editor’s death, a wife stabbing in Celina, potential corporate consolidations, and various other incidents including gas asphyxiations, quarantines, and political staffing changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
James Gergen Bennett
Fred
Sandy Hook Proving Ground
Pete Thompson
el Eeno Okla
John Curtis
Robet Curtis
Romz
Wm. Shockley
Henry’ Shockley
Columbus
Okia
United States Srand
Coor L
T_ Jobe
Ape
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