21 Nov 1885
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Newspaper
Marion Weekly Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1885
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports restless jockeying over party leadership. Dems weigh candidates for sergeant at arms and House roles as Ohio and New York factions push rivals. Curtis Curtin considered for military committee head amid calls to revise rules.
Washington reports a spate of resignations including Jas Crealy Buffalo cried clerk at the post office and law clerk David A. McKnight leaving the patent office. The dispatch also notes ship and treaty issues, President Cleveland’s cabinet outreach, and postal service changes amid broader government turnover.
Signor Ettore Barili, renowned in the Italian vocal method, died at 815 Booth Sixteenth street from catarrh of the stomach and liver congestion after years of illness. He hailed from a famed musical family including Adelina Patti and Carlotta Patti. Barili lived in Philadelphia twenty one years and directed St John’s choir for a decade, composing sacred music and training operatic repertoires. He was married to Antoinette Sempo of Barcelona who survives.
The New York audience views a vast Crazy Work and Art Needlework Show at Masonic Hall West Twenty third Street featuring 2,500 pieces from men and women ages six to eighty four. Exhibits include crazy quilts scarfs shams collars mantels and autographs from notable figures. A standout is an 8,700 piece William G Milligan created quilt valued at 3000 with officers and soldiers contributing squares. The event showcases rare antique textiles from royalty and historic pieces while a Turkish curtain once owned by Sultan Perdh and other heirlooms draw attention. The show runs continuously with crowds pressing for first viewing and commentary by curator Fred Kyla.
In Central Music Hall a crowded audience watched Vignaux and Schaefer play a long three hour and forty eight minute match. The French expert trailed early but surged with runs including 68 and 110 to lead, while Schaefer answered with a 97 and 110, eventually finishing with Vignaux 448 and Schaefer 448 as the decisive innings and scores built to a dramatic finish.
Whispers of a possible intentional death surround Dr William Frothingham after a pistol discharge while cleaning it. Letters sealed for wife and friends raise doubt of accident, though aim near the eye with spectacles in place is odd. Frothingham, once a professor and wartime surgeon, was famed for charity and public service. Embezzler Captured in Florida Trial unfolds over $25,000 shortage at New York Central accounts. Detective Cleary arrests ex cashier L M Shepherd in Waldo after months of pursuit. Shepherd protests innocence as wife faints upon hearing the accusation. He awaits extradition.
A roundup of scattered items lists incidents and notes from various locales. An insane mother fatally harmed her two children in a Brooklyn nursery. eight prisoners escaped Greenville jail with two recaptured. Thomas Tisnoe acquitted of murder in Annapolis. Jacob Thorpeon died from a fishbone mishap in Madison. Idaho and Maine figures linked to political and organizational matters surface amid storms and legal notes.
The last session of the National baseball meeting at the Fifth Avenue Hotel discussed key moves. Detroit to add Messia Rowe Richardson White and Brothers, Buffalo and Providence franchise changes hinted, salary rules unchanged, Spalding ball adopted, and next annual meeting planned for Chicago. Resolutions cover release terms, exclusive services, and arbitration procedures for players and clubs.
New York reports a front wall at 25 Bethune Street collapsing after a morning fire. One woman, Mary Kohn, died while others including five named workmen were seriously injured and taken to St Vincent Hospital. The wall had been deemed unsafe by the building inspector.
The morning trading session opens with a weak display of strength across stocks and commodities. Prominent moves involve Union Pacific and Jersey Central while earnings reports show upticks for Northwestern and Oregon Railway and Navigation, amid a generally feverish, irregular market and firm currency fixes.
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