Weekly Sports and Industrial News Summary
Yesterday in Boston the Casino race showed horses leading bicycles by 15 miles. St Albans mills file insolvency with liabilities of 5 million dollars against 4.497 million in assets. Albany assembly passes a bill banning free passes to nonrailroad staff. Denver paymaster disputes robbery claims. Pittsburg tannery strike ends as workers return. Harrisburg Senate blocks impersonation of divine figures in public performances. Chicago street railway workers press for redress over conductors handling two cars. Boston Rubber Shoe factory grinding room resumes next Monday, reemploying over 2,000 after rubber price pressures. London extradition questions cloud dynamite conspiracy case. Dublin grand jury returns true bills against OBrien and McCaffrey. New York reports affidavits for Tynan extradition. Sheridan and Walsh remain at large. Washington notes no truth to London rumor on Sheridan.
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Boston
St. Albans
Iron and Steel Mills
Albany Assembly
Thomas
Denver
Wasson
Colorado
Street Cable Railway
Chicago
Boston Rubber Shoe Company
London
Gallagher
Wilson
Curtin
Ansbury
Whitehead
Dalton
United States
Tynan
Walsh
Sheridan
Dublin
Edward O’brien
Edward McCaffrey
Cavendish
Burke
New York
the Express
Lord Cavendish
Washington
Department
Counsel Decides in Star Route Case Defense To Submit
At the end of Colonel Bliss's opening address the defense plans to submit the case with no further argument. The president names the West Point board of visitors including Rogers Kip Arnold Whitman Day ton French and Potter. Porter and staff departed Washington to inspect the squadron at Hampton Roads. The president may attend the review, delayed by Secretary Chandler's illness in New Hampshire.
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Bliss
West Point
C. P. Rogers
Wm. J. Kip
California
N. J. N. Arnold
Ilinois
B. C.whitman
Howard Potter
New York
Asa French
Massachusetts
L. M. Dayton
Ohio
Porter
Washington Navy Yard
United States
Hampton Roads
Chandler
New Hampshire
The Small Decrease in the Public Debt for April
Washington reports a small debt reduction for April with under 3 million dollars cut, far below April 1882's 14 million. Receipts lagged by about 12 million while expenditures exceeded last year by over 5 million due largely to pension payments.
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Washington
Committee On Ways and Means
the Treasury
Crook Advances Across Mexican Frontier With Troops
A Tombstone special says that Crook crossed the Mexican boundary last Friday with troops and scouts and an outfit for a three months campaign. He sent a detached guard to bar dispatches, then moved toward Janez pass in the Sierra Madre, near Juh and Geronimo's old home. Juh's pass lies forty miles from Guadaloupe.
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San Francisco
Guadaloupe
Crook
Janez Pass
Sierra Madre
Juh and
Geronimo
Juh’s Pass
Lake Shore railway holds thirteenth annual meeting
The Lake Shore railway's thirteenth annual meeting in Cleveland ratified nearly all existing directors and officers. Vanderbilt’s report shows total earnings of 18,225,000 dollars, up 250,000, with net earnings of 7,160,000 dollars, a seven percent increase.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore Railway
Vanderbilt
Mayor W. B. Searight Dies By Own Action In Vincennes
In Vincennes Indiana early today mayor W B Searight shot himself twice after losing re election bid. He served six years as mayor and was a candidate yesterday who was defeated. The self inflicted wounds were near the right nipple and in the right nipple. The act is attributed to his electoral defeat.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Vincennes
Ind
W. B. Searight
Héx
Dublin Plea Deals in Murder Conspiracy Case
James Mullett and William Moroney pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder in Dublin. Lawrence Hanlon pleaded not guilty as Dennis Field's attacker. Grand jury returned true bills against Lynan Walsh Sheridan for murder and Fitzbarrin as accessory after the fact, with extradition expected.
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Dublin
James Mullett
William Moroney
Lawrence Hanlon
Dennis Field
Lynan
Walsh
Sheridan
Fitzbarrin
America
Pittsburg Conference Declines Wage Reduction Plea
The second conference of iron manufacturers and amalgamated association committees in Pittsburg lasts fifteen minutes. President Jarrett for the workers rejects wage cuts. Manufacturers adjourn without reply. Secret meetings follow, with no disclosure. Workers expect no strike before June 1.
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Pittsburg
Iron Manufacturers and Amalgamated Association Committees
Jarrett
Bliss Questions Dorsey in Star Route Trial
Washington May 3 Bliss continued addressing the jury in the star route trial. He argued that if Dorsey were innocent he would not have kept Revedell after learning his character and would not have tried to compound felony to silence him. Bliss noted Moore was not of high character but questioned whether contractors hire men of good repute to do illegal work.
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Washington
Bliss
Dorsey
Moore
Terrible Assault in Baltimore Leaves Anna Traverse Fatally Hurt
In Baltimore on a Monday night around 10 o clock Miss Anna Traverse was attacked by two colored men as she walked from her sister s house to her own. They struck her with a stone cut her throat and robbed her. She was found the next morning on a vacant lot and carried home. Daughter of former Dorchester county legislator William Traverse. Not expected to survive.
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Baltimore
Anna Traverse
Wom. K. Traverse
Dorchester County
General Assembly
Duel on Decatur Street Ends in Wounding and Arrests
In New Orleans a pistol duel between Jn O'Callahan and his brother in law Michael Nealen occurred on Decatur street at fifteen paces. Nealen was wounded and hospitalized. Both men are in custody.
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Chicago
The
Daily News
New Orleans
Jn O’callahan
Michael Nealen
Nealen
Decatur Street
Danville Saloon License Demand Sparks City Meeting
Danville Illinois council set yearly saloon licenses at 600 dollars but saloon keepers refused to pay and closed. Citizens urged a meeting to push the license to 1000 dollars. The saloon men yielded and agreed to pay 600 dollars.
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Danville
Ill
Teller Hill clash over Yellowstone lease and political clash
Secretary Teller told a Press representative he will not respond publicly to Senator Hill's letter, denying personal motives and defending the Yellowstone park lease as lawful. Hill defends his charges, asserting truth and demanding accountability for alleged election funds and influence.
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Washington
Teller
Associated Press
Senator Hill
Yellowstone Park
Joslyn and McCommon
Department of Law
Supreme Court
Executive Department
Department of the Interior
Colorado
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Walcott
Chaffee
Acts of an Insane Man in Omaha Fire and Fright
During a May storm Frank Meystrick attacked his two story frame house with an axe then burned it after forcing his wife and four children into the rain. He stood guard with a double barrel shotgun as neighbors helped. Meystrick is jailed and to be sent to an asylum. His long insanity included threats and strange acts recently.
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Omaha
Frank Meystrick
Rim
Lossea
Meystrick
Ohio Asylum
Stone cutters and plasterers strike in St Louis
In St Louis on May 2, about 500 stone cutters and 600 plasterers quit after employers refused a raise from 3.50 to 4.00 per day and a uniform rate. Bricklayers plan a similar demand for an extra half dollar per day and are expected to strike. Rumors of early spring strikes in other trades circulate.
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St. Louis
Usr
San Francisco Budget Items and Local News Highlights
A mixed batch of reports from San Francisco notes Jones 8 Co paying $100,000 into the custom house for an opium shipment with a larger haul expected next month as duties may rise. The steamer Granada to Panama carried 76,000 gallons of claret. Alfred A. Pardow, a prominent coast attorney from New Orleans, died. A mysterious milliner Lottie Hunsenger event near a millionaire raises questions about coroner disclosures and a pending analysis of the deceased’s stomach. Lincoln’s veto of Catholic church-building on military land provokes ire. Dickin Bros shipbuilders fail with $100,000 liabilities. A federal verdict finds W H Crane not guilty of forged receipts after earlier arrest. Los Angeles National Bank authorized to start with $100,000 capital. Standard Consolidated Mining declares 25¢ per share dividend payable the 12th. Total Wreck Mining of Arizona declares 50¢ per share dividend.
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Frahoisto
Jones 8 Co
Granada
Panama
Alfred A. Pardow
New Orleans
Lottie Hunsenger
Seth Cooks
Lincoln
Dickin Bros
United States Land Register
W. H. Crane
Andrew Miller
Crane
Los Angeles National Bank
Standard Consolidated Mining Company
Total Wreck Mining Company
Arizona
Berlin Times explains North German Gazette misrepresentation
The Times in London transmits a Berlin special explaining that the North German Gazette republished Sargent’s State Department report on the pork question from a translated version in New York. The Berlin piece argues the NY Handel Zeitung mistranslated the report, and that the Gazette’s apology is inadequate for the misleading attack on Sargent’s standing as a foreign ambassador.
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London
the Times
Berlin
New York
Sargent
Frelinghuysen
State Department
New York Handel Zeitung
North German Gazette
Times
Miners Strike Widens in Pittsburg District
Reports from the railroad coal region show complete union of miners in the strike against wage cuts. A delegation led by martial bands will encircle W P Read and Cherry Hill pits to block nonstriking workers. No violence expected as operators prepare defenses. In Shenandoah Lehigh Valley colliery loaders stop after reducing daily load from twenty two to sixteen cars.
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Pittsburg
Railroad Coal District
W. P. Read & Co
Cherry Hill Coal Company
Shenandoah
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Cree Indians Captured Near Bear Paw Mountains
Independent dispatch from Fort Assiniboine reports Lt. John Anderson with Company C 18th Infantry captured about eighty Cree Indians near the Bear Paw mountains. The captives were armed with a few guns and ponies and are being sent to the post en route to the boundary.
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Helena
Montana
Fort Assinaboine
John Anderson
18Th Infantry
Bear Paw Mountains
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Huarrisburg
Washington Notes
Vanderbilt Road
Minister Sargent
Fraser & Chalmers
Office & Works, Cor
Union & Fulton Streets
Chicago, Ill
Col
Butte City, Mont
Chambers Building
Wall Street
the Stockgrowers’ National Bank
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Thomas Sturgis
Presidenry
G. Hay
W. O. Lane
E. A. Abby
Aspr. Cashier
Aize
Parker
Druggleta
Larce
Elreulor
Mmcox & Co
Prof
Harris Iradical Cure
Vane
Wv. Rea
Harris Remedy CO. Mfg
Louis
Man
Hood
Mators Omaha
We Fortellir
Failroac
Ing Howe
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