Pig Tails Captured in Chinatown Smuggling Ring
In Port Huron Michigan on March 6 officials exposed a regular route for importing Chinese into the United States. Four men were seized at Tick Chungs laundry and a separate thief fled after a store break in. A list of agents spanning Canada and the United States emerged from Wa Sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Huron
Mich
United States
Day
Treasury Department
Green
Sarani
Tick Chung
Wa Sing
Canada
Quay
Bunker Hill Street
Charleston
Detroit
Everting
Hong Kong
China
Victoria
B. C
Ottawa
Toronto
Hamilton
London
Sarnia
81. Clair
Monroe
Indianapolis
Washington
Marysville
Cal
San Francisco
Carthage
St. Paul
Au Sable
New York
Los Angeles
Springfield
Buffalo
St. Louis
Rochester
Manieter
Memphis
Cincinnati
Harris
Taulbee dies after Capitol shooting in Washington
Ex congressman William Preston Taulbee of Kentucky dies at Providence hospital from a February 28 shooting in the House wing. The case against Charles E Kincaid Louisville Times reporter rests on his and two eyewitness accounts. Eight injured in a separate Wisconsin sleigh crash and a bold diamond theft in Darvas Texas are also reported with details of victims and circumstances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Preston Taulbee
Congress
Kentucky
Charles E. Kincaid
Louisville Times
House
Capitol
Providence Hospital
Kincaid
Samuel Donaldson
Tennessee
House of Representatives
Donaldson
Taulden
Taulbee
Wassinetox
Haugen
Wisconsin
Committee On Elections
Threet Vs. Clark
Alabama
Clark
Senate
Sterling
Oakland
Cala
Cheyenne
Wyo
Chester
Helena
Mont
Ealt Lake City
Noth
Plumb
Pendleton Buried in Cincinnati Funeral Rites
The remains of ex Senator George H Pendleton arrived in Cincinnati and were laid in state at Christ Church. A guard of honor from the First regiment stood overnight. Memorial services at Episcopal church were led by Dr. Gibson and Dr. Forrest, followed by a long funeral procession to Music hall and Spring Grove cemetery. Distinguished figures from across the nation attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
George H. Pendleton
Christ Church
Hannaman
Episcopal Church
Gibson
Forrest
Music Hall
Isaac M. Jordan
Spring Grove Cemetery
Woman Thought Dead Returns Alive in Minnesota
A Minnesota woman presumed dead near Preston was found living after a funeral was planned. The priest refused the service, saying she was not dead, and doctors cannot determine her status. She has previously been in a multi day trance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fountain
Minn
Preston
Lottery foothold in Indian Territory raises stakes
The Choctaw nation laws publicized include a lottery with a share of receipts to the state treasury. The Louisiana lottery company appears to have secured a foothold in Indian Territory amid attention on North Dakota. An earlier London explosion at Glamordan Wales traps 100 miners. Robert Lincoln denies plans to resign as U.S. minister to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arora
I. T
Louisiana Lottery Company
Indian Territory
North Dakota
London
Morsa
Glamordan
Wales
Lonnox
Robert Lincoln
United States
England
Entombed Miners Believed Dead After Mine Disaster
London dispatch reports four entombed miners crawled through a crevice and passed heaps of bodies. They believe none of the trapped men survive. Governor Hovey’s condition in Indiana worsens as his daughters join family at Mount Vernon. In Ohio, Philip Seller, linked to the Crestline burglary, confesses to aiding George Deviney after the February 16 shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Morsa
Indiana
Loudenville
George M. Deviney
Justin F. Frengle
Crestline
Solar Refinery Reinforced With 300 Additional Troops
The article reports an augmentation of the Solar refinery guard by 300 extra men to bolster security and operations amid ongoing tensions. The move indicates heightened risk management at the facility and signals potential readiness for increased production or defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solar
Woman diamond thief returns for husband's funeral
David A. Davis once wealthy Newark milliner died in Roosevelt hospital after years of losses. His wife, a diamond expert, served two and a half years for pocketbook theft and was released eighteen hours before his death to attend the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
David A. Davis
Newark
N. J
Roosevelt Hospital
Union Hill
Europe
Davis
Hoboken Ferry
Ous
Mrs. Davis
Hoboken
Brooklyn
Court of Pardons of
New Jersey
County expenditures and debts from the prior year
A statistical bureau report lists county outlays for 1889 across categories such as officers, jurors, coroner’s inquests, roads, institutions, buildings, and bonds, totaling 6,565,002 in expenditures with net debt at 4,898,650 and free gravel road lands at 1,744,852. several counties report no indebtedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statistical Bureau
William A. Peele
Blackford
Boone
Cass
Dubois
Franklin
Walton
Henry
Jasper
Jefferson
Lagrange
Lake
Laporte
Morgan, Noble
Owen
Posey
Rush
Shelby
Lipton
Union
Wabash
Putnam
Opening of Second Presbyterian Church Temple in City
Sunday marked the opening of the Second Presbyterian church’s new temple on West Berry Street. Rev Dr Moffat conducted services due to Rev J L Leeper’s illness. the Haydn quartet sang and Prof Meyer played the organ. The building seats about 800, with memorial windows, a grand pulpit platform, and a $26 000 base cost plus interior finishings bringing near $29 000, funded mostly by the congregation and other churches. about $3 000 remains, with a $10 000 sinking fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Leeper
Moffat
First Presbyterian Church
Haydn Quartet
Meyer
Beny Street
Perlecbermar
Uor Sextinen
Jesse L. Williams
F. W. Autrup
Leeper
Ile
Sven
Mt Paul Lutherans Call One to Assint Rev Lindeman
At a congregational meeting of St Paul Lutheran church on Sunday a call was extended to Rev Lindeman of Boston to join as pastor. The split of duties due to size places Rev Sauer with a pastoral role while Rev Lindeman is expected to prove popular. Beucin dated March 11 reports Prof Geldemeister, the orientalist, has died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul Lutheran Church
Lindemin
Boston
Sauer
Lindeman
Deaths in City This Week Ended March
List of local deaths for the week ending March includes Maria Poole 53 dropsy Ednee Sixbey 33 hemorrhage William Clausmeier 6 months grippe Teresa Madden 18 days exhaustion Harrison Brown 52 pneumonia Jacob Coleman 70 old age Henrietta Beckstein 59 fever Catharine Mommer 83 old age Mrs Vortner 3 puerperal fever B Thatcher 1 year croup Agnes Schuricht 42 consumption Public notice of fatalities and ages by cause of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria I. Poole
Ednee Sixbey
William Julian Clausmeier
Ja Grippe
Teresa Madden
Harrison Brown
Jacob Coleman
Henrietta Beckstein
Catharine Mommer
Mrs. Vortner
B. Thatcher
Agnes Schuricht
George W Aldrich Back in Wabash With Meat Market Plan
George W Aldrich, former owner of the Pulls avenue meat market, was seen in Wabash on Tuesday. He now lives in Fort Wayne, rents the Racine house near Bloomingdale, and is operating a meat market nearby. The Plain Dealer editor replied to a rumor about his departure with a woman following Aldrich’s suggestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Delvin
Huntington
Aldrich
Cincinnati
Wabash
The
Plain Dealer
Wabash Plain Dealer Sinys
George W. Aldrich
Pulls Avenue
Fort Wayne
Racine House
Snburb
Bloomingdale
City Hospital Visited. Wounded and Ill Gather News
A Sev Tin el reporter toured the City hospital with Dr. Carl Proegler and Mrs. Smith detailing patients from two young girls Ida May Carpenter and Amelia Ackmer to adults like Henry Meyer and Joseph Oakley. The piece notes amputations, illnesses, and the hospital’s sanitary care plus quotes locals praising management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House Dome
City Hospital
Carl Proegler
Amelia
Warsaw
Johnson
Mab
Kenry Meyer
Meyer
Charles Osterman
Osterman
Kile
Henry Weiss
Lima
Ohio
Charles Berry
H. Pritchard
Joseph Oakley
Oakley
Cal Wagner
Macon
New York
Utue West
Geary
Museum
Mary
Jobn Ledd
George
Stimson
North Silo
Christian Kunkle
Poverty's Tones Fort Wayne Poor and Their Struggles
A Fort Wayne reporter visits a poverty stricken home in the city center to portray a mother and two children living in want. Township Trustee Brackenridge aids over 200 cases, with last year’s aid surpassing $13,000, and monthly disbursements of $1,085 this year. The piece details poverty’s persistence, fraud concerns, and the charity system’s limitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
London
New York
Grant
Brackenridge
Randall
No title in doorway as he leaves trustee's office
A man departs the trustee's office fearing temptation to write on poverty. He walks the hall to the street and wishes for vast fortunes like Vanderbilt or John Jacob Astor Jr., who died recently, echoing the remark that the poor are ever with us.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanderbilt
John Jacob Astor, Jr
Editor Rerrick Named Postmaster at La Grange
A government notice announces William Breeding of Edinburgh and J H Rerrick of La Grange Indiana as postmaster nominees. Rerrick, editor of the La Grange Standard, receives the appointment nomination from the president and addressed to the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rerrick
The
Standard
Lagrange, Ind
Washinaton
Senate
Indiana
Wm. Breeding
Edinburgh
J. H. Rerrick
Lagrange
Mx. Rerrick
Lagrange Standard
Popular Pittsburg Trainmaster Likely Promoted
Clinton H. Walton, longtime train master of the Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago line with headquarters in the city, is expected to become superintendent of the Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley railroad based in Zanesville Ohio. He would succeed F G Darlington who moves to the Chicago St. Louis and Pittsburg road. The Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley line runs about 148 miles as a branch of the Pennsylvania Southwestern system. Walton left for Pittsburg last night and will likely accept the new post, paving a potential chain of promotions. Charles Walton, chief train dispatcher, is considered a strong candidate for the job.
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Borrauo
Lake Shore
Buffalo
Hamburg
Lake Shore Road
Henry Buterich
Rochester
George E. Martin
Boise City
Idaho
Johnson Myers
Cincinnati
J. HH. Fisher
Boston
F. A. Coombs
Philadelphia
Julia Hewitt
J. ©. Armstrong
Clinton H. Walton
City
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Cincinnati and Muskingum Valley Railroad
Zanesville
Ohio
F. G. Darlington
Chicago, St. Louis
Pittsburg
Muskingum
Pennsylvania
Walton
D. Law
Charles Walton
Monnerville
Tom Collins
Convoy
Farmers’ Alliance
O. Bowens
Tutheran Church
Concord Chapel
Bowen
M. E. Conference
M.E
A. E. Mahin
Nash
B. Hellipeter
H. F. Hayes
Hayes
Chicago
John Hayes
Henry
Thomas Murphy
Oliver Taylor
James Roy
E. Webber
Monroeville
Fort Wayne
Wm. Dickerson
Wm. Clem
Rammit Street
Clem
Dickerson
Niezer & Ridenour
Jackson Township
W. E. Tompson
Constant Pernot
John Culver
Frank Holaaple
John McConnel
Emanuel Funk
Louis
Mentzer
Taylor
Christ Hoffman
O. Myers
Alex. H. Anderson
Charles Geyer
James McCormie
Madison
State Millers Convention Planned for May in Fort Wayne
A communication from D. H. Ranx, secretary, confirms Fort Wayne will host the annual state millers meeting starting May 13 1890. He invites Ohio and Michigan associations and the National board to join, with local committees handling program and transportation details and urging broad participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inpranavrous
John B. Manning
Fort Wayne
Sim
Business Men’s Exchange
Ohio
Michigan
National Association
D. H. Rancx
Three Hundred and Fifty Tons of Iron Bridge Progress
Superintendent Lyons leads Massillon Bridge Company's contractor team on the St Marys river crossing at Columbia Street in Indiana. The 350 ton iron structure nears completion and a city street railway track agreement among commissioners, bridge company, and land company is approaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons
Massillon Bridge Company
St. Mary’s River
Columbia Street
Detroit
Indiana
Lsbor
Bridge Company
the Land Company
Medicine claims and cures in 19th century ads
A physician lauds Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a standard medicine with strong cures and tonic effects. The page promotes Swayne's Oasisment for skin diseases and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, plus fashion notes on sleeves. An injury at an electric works prompts eye treatment by an oculist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swayge
Swayne
Herbert Kemp
Electric Light Works
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Non
Himcard
Baldwin, Wis
Batowix
Wis
March
Eugene D. Marble
Minnie Pittman
George Islman
George Pittman
A. E. Brainer
Vn. Clark
Felix
Chamberlain
W. Va
Chicago Express
Tex
Thomas D. Banous
Saratoga Springs
Mr. Banous
Rome
West
Salina
Baucus
Central Depot
Auburn
J. D. Baucus
Saratoga
Bancus
Fitch Hospital
Stewart
Barcus
John W. Flynn
Canton
John T. Power
Pittsfield
Mass
Standard OH Company
Vima
Lita
Standard Oil Company
Deam
Sur Tima Oil
Pendleton
Germany
Spring Grove
Cincin
Nati
Wates
Breight Frade
Tiuntington
Tluntington
Chicago and Athletic
Albert Staltder
Fred Staltder
Young Staltder
Lis
Wright
Second Presbyterian Church
West Berry Street
Mt. Paul
HE Prat
Willista Cooper
Brad Menning
Hockhill Pros. & Vleming
Heining
Howard McCullough
Procyler
Hood
Charles J. Orff
Matthew Wilson
William Thompson
Elizabeth Neireiter
Itv
Indiana Miller’s Association
Dusties
Joe Sunderland
Joseph Sunderland
Cane
E. H. Bookwalter
W. W. Spaulding
James Kilpatrick
Amos Line
James Southern
C. B. French
Will Shorey
John Perrin
W. BR
Carey
E. W. Cook
S. Scoville
B. F
Thompson, Sr
Messrs
D. W. Bitner
B. F. Thompson, Jr
Hi Perrin
Lawrence McWhorter
Robert Douglass
Mesdames Griswold
Hurlburt
McNeil
Beaker
Bevelheimer
Smith
Seabold
J. E. Sunderland
J. W. Sunderland
Mary Sunderland
W. NM. Moore
Cuspidore
C. 5. Sunderland
Puff Buttons
T. J. Fleming
Ollie
Samuel Jordan
Milan Center
Berrick
J. Frank Snyder
Snyder
J. I.’. Masters
Emmitt & Co's
Bank of Waverly
George H. Loesch
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