Civil Service Reform Faces House Inquiry in Reform Push
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee will likely back a reform resolution. Civil Service Commissioners claim impartial administration and improved government service, led by reformers like Lehrbach and Dargan’s prior defense, while hearings may cover lead and silver ore imports and pocket knife tariffs.
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Washington
House Committee On
Congress
Civil Service Commissioners
Thompson
Civil Service Commission
Lehrbach
Bayne
Butterworth
Greenhalg
Andrews
Dargan
Severe Storm Moves From St Lawrence to New England Coast
A severe storm crosses from the St. Lawrence valley toward the New England coast. Violent gusts prevail along the Atlantic coast with maximum velocities reported near Block Island and Boston, sixty miles at Sandy Hook, and thirty eight to forty eight on the Virginia coast.
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Washingtoy
Des
St. Lawrence Valley
New England
Bloch Island
Boston
Sandy Hook
Virginia
Kansas City Brewery Purchase Talks Involves London Group
Col S B Scott and Daniel Watney of Watney Brewing Company London plan to buy one or more Kansas City breweries. They reportedly offered 1,150,000 dollars for the J J Heim brewery and deposited 65,000 dollars to seal the deal if Heim consents. Local brewery owners have agreed not to sell their plants below certain sums.
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Kansas City
Col. S. B. Scott
Daniel Watney
Watney Brewing Company
London
J. J. Heim
Heim
Indictments Against Sherman For Grain Theft
Three new indictments by the grand jury accuse Stephen F. Sherman of grain theft totaling about 29000 dollars. Sherman pleads not guilty and keeps bail set at 25000 dollars. In Buffalo, thieves stole 5000 dollars worth of jewelry from the Bush residence on Summer street while the family dined. the culprits remain at large.
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Sherman
Buffaloo
Stephen F. Sherman
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Burra O
John Bush
No. 165
Summer Street
Mescal smuggling fight ends with killer smuggler dead
A running clash near Mendito between U S Marshals Kilgore Cuelleon and five mescal smugglers left one smuggler Oc taviano Cha dead and four others jailed in San Diego. None of the officers were harmed. Also a Vermont double homicide report: H N Bell and wife from Fairfax, separated, the wife fatally shot. The article includes various local ads and misc notes.
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New Orleans
the Times- Democrat
Laredo
Tex
United States
Kilgore
Cuelleon
Mendito
Octaviano Cha
San Diego
Bloody riot at Jessup sparks deadly clash and mob action
Savannah reports three whites and three blacks killed in Jessup Georgia amid a riot triggered by authorities whipping and expelling women described as of bad character. Whites Deputy Marshal Barnhill William Wood and Henry Anderson die. blacks Bill Hopp Pete Jackson and Bill Fluett shot. Emma Jones Sally Hopps and Hannah Waltham whipped and ordered to flee town.
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New York
Savannah
Jessup
Marshal Barnhill
William Wood
Henry Anderson
Bill Hopp
Pete Jackson
Bill Fluett
Emma
Tarent JM Murder Mystery Stirs Tarentum
County Detective Langhurst fails to identify the murderers amid the Tarentum case. Mrs. Killain, held with Clark alias Killain, may offer clues. Clark lived on a small boat near Crag Dell and Valley Camp. investigators question alibi as timeline challenges arise.
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Langhurst
Tarentum
Wind Storm Buries Carpenters and Injures Children
A strong wind storm swept You, Dec 37, injuring three carpenters buried in a Brooklyn frame building that collapsed. Two young girls were struck by flying timbers, one fracturing a leg and the other sustaining eye injuries. Samuel Boutcher, 52, was killed by a falling tree limb in Jersey City.
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Brooklyn
Jersey City
Samuel Boutcher
Atlanta Mourns Henry W Grady At City Memorial
Citizens of Atlanta gathered at Degives Opera House in a crowded public tribute to Henry W. Grady. Mayor led the meeting with flowers and mourning emblems as prayers opened the session and tributes came from leaders including Patrick Welsh Benjamin Hill John Temple Graves and Governor Gordon.
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W. Grady
Atlanta
Henry W. Grady
Degives’ Opera House
Opera House
Mr. Grady
Resolu
Patrick Welsh
Benjamin Hill
John Temple Graves
Gordon
President Harrison Ducks Hunt at Aguuta Creek
President Harrison and party sailed from Washington on Bateman's yacht for a duck hunting trip on the Potomac. They anchored off Richland for several hours, explored the area, and plan to return in a day or two to hunt the abundant game along the river and surrounding country. Richland, former home of Governor Lee, is a favored hunting ground.
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Harrison
Washington
Bateman
Potomac
Richland
Dent
Lee
Buffalo Hurricane Blasts City Trains And Tracks
A hurricane struck Buffalo with winds around sixty five miles per hour. Waves from Lake Erie threatened to wash out New York Central railroad tracks at least once. Spray battered peeling trains and water covered tracks near Hudson Street. Weather eased by afternoon but waves continued to wash over rails.
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Buffalo
Erie
New York Tral
Hudson Street
Pardon Outlook For James Dunlap Delayed
Governor and council receive prison commissioners report urging no pardon in James Dunlap Northampton bank robbery case, with a recommendation for favorable action by the 1890 council. Also includes assorted medical cures and patent remedies advertisements.
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Boston
James Dunlap
Northampton
Unclear text item about Hervey Laney held by an individual
Fragmentary line reads active and pure Fer fed ine ache with disordered stoma0 toss see oe im ard blikvusncey. It suggests possession or detention by Hervey Laney.
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Hervey Laney
Fatal shooting toll reported at Jessup with ten dead
Savannaud December 27 report says ten people are killed in Jessup: Barnhill and Woods by Bower Anderson (white) accidentally. Johnson and Hoppe in jail. Fillett on the street. and two whites plus two pets unnamed.
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Savannah
Jessup
Johnson
Hopp
Hussars
Wick Company
Hobbs
Brewer
Brunswick Rifles
Yallep
Savannaud
Barnhill
Woods
Bower
Anderson
Johnson and Hoppe
Fillett
Pettoes
Guard to protect Jessup as coroner rules killings unknown
A Savannah dispatch reports Jessup forming a 40 man guard after a coroner’s jury finds the murder of Marshal Barnhill and youth Woods was caused by parties unknown. The jurors also rule the killing of two jailed black suspects Brewer and Roford as killed by parties unknown.
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Savannah
Scaffold Collapse Hammers Omaha Electric Plant injuring workers
In Omaha on December 27 a scaffold fell at the Thompson Houston Electric Light company building at Jackson and Fourth streets. Frank Wert is gravely injured, John Michel sustained minor bruises, and L Anson lost an eye with other painful injuries.
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Omaha, Neb
Thompson Houston Electric Light Company
Jackson and
Fourth Streets
Frank Wert
John Michel
L. Anson
Buffalo clerk confesses to stealing mail letters
Edward F. Bapst a Buffalo general delivery clerk was arrested and admits stealing letters over the past four months taking about $60 in total. He is married and his father is a prominent citizen. his mother was greatly upset by the disgraceful revelation.
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Buffalo
Edward F. Bapst
Three Children Die in House Fire Tragedy
In Omana on December 27 a benefaction house caught fire during Mrs. Lena Schip’s absence. Three children aged 7, 4, and 6 months were locked inside and burned to death as about a hundred witnesses watched unable to rescue them.
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Omana
Lena Schip
Benetion
O'Connor Plans Regatta Rowing Debut Plans
Toronto dispatch reports William O'Connor the oarsman wired he will row in the Thayer regatta and, if the Boston arrangement fails, will row at any other suitable location per competitors wishes.
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O'Connor
Toronto
William O'Connor
Boston
Fitchburg Railroad Directors Report Reveals 1889 Earnings
The Fitchburg Railroad directors report gross earnings of 5,824,811, up 361,548 from 1888, with net earnings of 1,559,991, up 105,283 and a surplus of 332,115. A 4 percent preferred stock dividend is predicted for 1890.
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The
Fitchburg Railroad
Influenza Strikes the Rockies in Denver and Cheyenne
The Russian influenza has reached the Rocky Mountains with three fourths of Denver residents affected. Cheyenne reports similar impact as the illness spreads across the region.
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Denver
Col
Rocky Mountains
Cheyenne
China Sails for Yokohama and Hong Kong
The Pacific mail steamer China departed San Francisco for Yokohama and Hong Kong. Seabury plans to complete the voyage between the port and Yokohama in fourteen days. The notice then pivots to health ads about consumption cures and cough remedies mentioning Chamomile Porous Plasters and Laney's Drug Store.
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San Francisco
Pacific Mail
China
Yokohama
Hong Kong
Seabury
Our Best People Endorse Dr Acker’s English Remedy
A claim that Dr Acker's English Remedy is in every war and suitable for root and lungs. It is said to treat Whooputog Cough and Croup as magic, with a free sample bottle offered. Sold with a positive guarantee by Hervy Laney.
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Shiloh
Laney
Red Lion Pharmacy
Longenecker Confident All Jury Bribe Defendants Will Go To Penitentiary
State's Attorney Longenecker returned to Chicago after Christmas with plans to proceed after the Cronin murder motion on January 13. He said the jury bribing conspiracy defendants would be punished and believes all seven will be sent to Joliet. He declined to guess how long the trial will last.
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Chicago
Longenecker
Robinson
Cronin
Forrest
Joliet
Destructive Rain Flood Hits Los Angeles Rail Lines
A heavy rainstorm in Los Angeles crippled rail traffic with north east and south lines cut off. The Santa Fe rail line faces about 200000 in losses while Southern Pacific lines may reach 150000. Flooding washes away the El Monte bridge and floods streets and lowland houses leaving families displaced and a missing riverbank family.
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Los Angeles
Hemi
Santa Fe
Southern Pacific
Elmonte
Western College Toledo Burned In Windy Fire
Fireat 1 45 am destroyed the main building of Western College in Toledo Iowa. Loss placed at 150000 with 22500 insured. Library and treasury contents saved. origin unknown. Citizens plan rebuilding and say winter term will begin next Thursday.
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Cepar Rapids
Western College
Toledo
Treasury
Electo
Ape
The Entombed Miners
A disaster report says at least one teen and up to nineteen miners are buried in the mine. Rescue work continues as miners attempt to reach the burial site and recover bodies amid dangerous conditions and collapsed timbers.
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San A
Powderly Rescues a Young Lady in Scranton Incident
In Scranton Pennsylvania on a cold December night a burly assailant assaulted a young woman as she returned from a friend's home. Kerosene Powell Powderly heard screams, confronted the man, who fled, and the victim was kissed by Powderly’s household women until she regained consciousness.
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Powderly
Scranton
Hem
Herald Company Hosts Banquet For 100000th Issue
The Chicago Herald staff celebrated printing the 100,000th copy with a banquet at Tremont House. Nearly 100 editors reporters printers and clerks attended. The event fulfilled the promise to honor employees when circulation reached the milestone.
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Chicago
Chicago Herald Company
Tremont House
Herald Company
Herald
Fort Bend White Caps Held for Examination
Galveston Texas December 27 Boardman announced he would not remit the Fort Bend county premier to bail without examination. The alleged White Caps twenty three in number were thereupon turned over by the United States district attorney to the sheriff of this county for safe keeping until their cases are oi ef.
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Galveston
Tex
J Boardman
Fort Bend County
United States District Attorney
Rubber Advances in New York on December 27
C R Flint reports from Paris indicate rubber prices rising rapidly. The New York stock is 40 percent lower than the five year average for this season. If receipts continue to decline, many manufacturers may be forced to shut down.
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New York
C. R. Flint
Para
Ang Ber
City Officials Face Eight-Hour Work Law
Philadelphia December 27 The city solicitor rules the eight-hour law applies to departments under city government. Enacted twenty one years ago the statute had long been unused until the United Labor league drew attention to it.
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Philadelphia
United Labor League
United States Cruiser Charleston Goes Into Commission
The United States cruiser Charleston is commissioned at the navy yard in San Francisco with Captain George C. Remy in command. Commodore Benham and many citizens witnessed the ceremony as the band played The Span fed Banner. The ship will be ready for use by February 5.
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San Francisco
Charleston
Navy Yard
George C. Remy
Benham
Browna’s Troll Bitters Promoted For Various Ailments
An old testimonial touts Browna’s Troll Bitters as a cure for back pain kidney disease wasting affections and nervous complaints. It claims to purify the blood and improve health, with endorsements from physicians and ministers.
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Irowa
Sample Offer for Kemp’s Balsam At Drugstores
A newspaper fragment advertises Kemp’s Balsam for throat and lung relief. It touts a free sample from the proprietor and promotes large bottles priced in cents at druggists.
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Tarent JM
Mr. Killain
Pittsburg
Daniel J. Herty
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George D. Noremac
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John Spicer
Charley Smith
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