Bonds Issue Blocked by Judge ruling Refused
Judge Cox of the district supreme court declined to grant the Knights of Labor request to compel Secretary Carlisle to show cause why he should not be enjoined from issuing 50 million dollars in bonds. He ruled the Knights lack standing as taxpayers and miners and that Carlisle had authority to issue and redeem bonds. The Knights will appeal to the district court of appeals with possible path to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Wasuixaron
Cox
District Supreme Court
Knights of Labor
Carlisle
District Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
Doings of Congress January debate on tariff and taxes
A recap of congressional activity from January recounting the house debate on the income tax amendment to the tariff bill with Meillin defending it, Senate finger pointing about New York election frauds, discussion of Hawaiian annexation, and court action against Secretary Carlisle over bond issuance plus weekly shifts in tariff provisions and internal revenue plans.
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California
Senate
Perkins
Cal
Washburn
Minn
St. Louis County
Spain
Stewart
Sherman
Quay
du Bois
Ida
Teller
House
Meillen
Hill
Cleveland
New York
Chandler
K. of L. Sejecteda
Carlisle
Froay
Jax
Ways and Means
House Judiciary Committee
J.C. Sibley
Pennsylvania
Pugs Under Arrest After Jacksonville Prize Fight
Corbett and Mitchell and seconds faced breach of the peace charges after a Jacksonville bout. Bonds set at 5000 for each principal and 2500 for others. Mitchell won in three rounds, with betting averaging 2 to 1 against him. Denver Ed Smith challenged the winner offering 10000. Duval Athletic Club paid 2500 training expenses to each fighter.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Corbett
Mitchell
Criminal Court
Denver
Brady
Fires Cause Massive Losses Across Several States
A string of urban blazes caused extensive damage and high losses. Bath Maine suffered half a million dollars in property destruction, while Lynn Massachusetts saw the Miles building gutted. Springfield Ohio faced a brief panic from a church home fire, and Palmer Massachusetts lost Holden’s opera house and adjacent property. Vickery Bros grocery stock in Evansville Indiana and the Purdu University mechanical building in Lafayette Indiana also incurred heavy losses. Sherman Texas’s oil plant, St Louis leather firm Otto Oeters Co stock, Akron Ohio’s oatmeal plant, and Salisbury Street German Lutheran Church in St Louis all burned, with multi locality insurance payouts totaling substantial sums. The Adler-Goldman building in St Louis and related stock were ruined in an elevator incident, pushing total anticipated losses around the mid six-figure range to well over a hundred thousand dollars.
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Bath
Miles
Lynn
Mass
New Presbyterian Church
Springfield
Holden
Palmer
Vickery Bros
Evansville
Ind
Main and
Walnut Streets
St. Louis
Theadler-Goldman Hide and Commission Company
California Midwinter International Exposition Opens
San Francisco on January 27 marked the formal opening of the California Midwinter International Exposition. Large preparations accompanied the event and Governor Markham issued a holiday proclamation, prompting widespread business suspension in San Francisco and major cities across the state, underscoring the celebration’s significance.
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San Francisco
California
Rosa Able Wins City Injury Verdict in Gaicago
Rosa J. Able of Ironton Ohio won a verdict for four thousand against the city of Chicago for injuries from a defective sidewalk on West Indiana street in Gaicago. She fell and sustained injuries from which she has not yet recovered.
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Gaicago
Rosa J. Able
Ironton, O
Agai City
Jeago
Able
Indiana Street
Boot dealer Balk vanishes after secret sale and debt flight
St Louis January 31 Harry Balk a noted South St Louis boot and shoe dealer disappeared leaving a young wife behind He secretly sold his store and fled to avoid paying debts totaling perhaps ten thousand dollars making his disappearance a local mystery and financial concern.
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St. Louis
Harry Balk
South St. Louis
Sullivan in Briegboro hotel with swollen hand
John L. Sullivan is staying at a Briegor r hotel with a badly swollen right hand. Rumors suggest blood poisoning may have set in.
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Briegerorr
Conn
John L. Sullivan
Oldest Portsmouth resident 96 breaks hip in fall
Mary E. Shops aged 96, one of this county's oldest residents, slipped on an icy sidewalk in Portsmouthy Ohio and fractured her hip. Doctors fear the injury may prove fatal due to her extreme age.
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Portsmouthy
Mary E. Shops
Crimes and Casualties Across the Nation
A list of grim incidents including two Black individuals found frozen on the Upper Red River Arkansas. diphtheria outbreak in Sullivan and Delaware counties. Annie Carver shot at a Cleveland wedding. McIntosh suicide in Sharpsburg Pennsylvania. Charles Owen killed wife and child near Benton Missouri and set house ablaze. Peter Baumer fatally injured in New Philadelphia wagon accident. Mexican bandits near Durango seize silver ore and kill a guard. Pittsburgh police chase McKeever tied to Perrine Richey beheading in Mansfield Pennsylvania. a girl beaten near Aurora Missouri with rumors of burning. train robber John Dalton captured near Deadwood South Dakota. James De Witt coerced to reveal money hiding by robbers in Gallipolis Ohio with sister held at gunpoint.
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Red River
Ark
Sullivan
Delaware
N. Y
Annie Carver
Louisa Mayer
Cleveland
Robert McIntosh
Sharpsburg
Peter Baumer
Philadelphia
Durango
Pittsburg
McKeever
Perrine Richey
Mansfield
Aurora
John Dalton
Deadwood
Miners Riots Burn Two Tipples Near Mansfield Pa
In Mansfield Pennsylvania on January 30 rioters from Tom's Run district attacked several mines, burned a Beadling tipple valued at about $5,000, damaged railroad lines and telegraph wires, and looted a general store. About 22 Slavs were arrested and a posse pursued the mob, with a boy among those jailed. Estimated property loss near $100,000.
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Mansingip
McDonald
McCue
Cherry
Hays Station
Thomas McMahon
Tom’s Run
Steen
Richards
W. J. Steen
Chartier Black Coal Company
H. K. Wick
Beechmont
Bridgeville
A. J. Schulte
C. P. Mayer
Panhandle
Dick Layton
Mansfield
Co. Vyer
Robert Marshman
Edward Hastings
J. H. Lutz
Jules Pickart
R. H. McMillen
W.A. Wilven
Frank Decker
Henry Bower
Henry Goldbough
Harry Chisler
Gus Woods
W. M. Wilson
Matthew Mallory
John Marshall
Jesse McMillen
FE. C. Hastings
W. H. Wansdrof
David Jones
W. H. McMillen
Charles Rowley
Painter's Run
Panhandle Coal Company
Essen’ Coal, Company
Beadling Bro
Bowers’ Hill
Thomas
William Beadling
Harry Beadling
Frank Stalbin
Pittsburg and Leake Erie Railway
Wilson
Citizens’ Committee
Pittsburg
John Novak
John Rovandosky
John Aratke
W. Casock
Roman Lucca
D. Bogvock
Rivia Warcellan
Eugene Chiere
Felix Sierce
Joseph Novak
Acaro Ratti
C. Fabieno
C. Cobilinski
Jules Plintier
Charles Spirek
Cleve and Rolling Mill to Restart After New Plant
Cleveland January 31. For the first time in many months work in all departments of the big plant will be resumed this week. The company has completed a new Bessemer steel plant at a cost of over $500,000 and it will be started.
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Cleveland
Cleveand Rolling Mill Company
Bessemer’ Steel
Defender Commissioner Blount Sparks Honolulu Testimony
P W Reader of Cedar Rapids Iowa testified before the senate Hawaiian investigation committee. The US citizen was in Honolulu during the revolution studying the islands and institutions and said the landing of marines was entirely unnecessary.
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Washingtion
Blount
P. W. Reader
Senate Hawaiian Investigation Committee
Reader
United States
Cedar Rapids
Honolulu
Immigrant arrivals fall at Pittsburg station this winter
Immigrant Agent Petgin at Union station notes Pittsburg sees far fewer arrivals than usual this winter. After 30 years in the post he cites daily averages dropping from about 60 to roughly 10 as a result of hard times and strict pauper immigration enforcement.
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Pittspura
Petgin
Union Station
Pittsburg
Smallpox Outbreak Traced to Paper Mill Worker
Abraham Burnside, an employee at a Mich paper mill, fell ill with suspected scarlet fever and died after escaping his home. Posthumous diagnosis revealed smallpox, prompting Dr. Chase and an assistant to disinfect the house. both have contracted the disease and are now in quarantine.
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Orszco, Mich
Abraham Burnside
Chase
Markets and Livestock Prices Across Regions
Commodity quotes span butter eggs and dairy from Elgin to New York, with live poultry prices and dressed fowl notes. Wheat corn oats futures show No 1 red and No 2 yellow specifics while cattle hogs and sheep prices adjust to light receipts and fair demand in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh markets.
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Pittssuna
Jan. C
Elgin
Ohio
New York
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Lisexry
Boys' Two Piece Suit and Long Pants Set
A reader note lists a boys' two piece suit and a pair of boys' long pants likely for a resale or catalog entry. The items are described as separate clothing pieces suitable for a young male wearer. No further details on size color or brand are provided in the readable text.
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