Conductor Convicted in Conspiracy Case. Luckett Acquitted
Daniel Reiff, once a Pennsylvania Railroad conductor, was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the company. Thomas Luckett, initially charged with conspiracy, was acquitted as the prosecutor dropped that count and later faced embezzlement charges tied to the same matter. The judge ruled any crime would fall outside the court’s jurisdiction and the defendant was discharged.
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Daniel Reiff
Pennsylvania Railroad
Thomas Luckett
Luckett
Judee
Death from electric accident at Cambria Iron Works
JonesTOWN Pa Jan 30 A strange accident occurred Thursday night when Ferdinand Mitzloff an employee at Cambria Iron Works used a steel rod with cotton waste to grease a track rail. The rod touched an electric light wire and Mitzloff dropped dead instantly. All lights at the works went out from the same contact.
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Jonestown
Ferdinand Mitzloff
Cambria Iron Works
Mitzion
Fisherman and family missing after lake voyage in Vermont
Boston broker Moriah merchant Jan C J M Rifords and his wife with two daughters disappeared after setting out January 11 to visit his father. The party may have braved Lake Cham Plain or frozen near the Green Mountains, with fears they are lost.
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Boston
Jan. C
J. M. Rifords
Moriah
Warren
Lake Champlain
Bank of Commerce Leads $1 Million Lumber Co Failure
The American Lumber Company, formed years ago with a capital of one million dollars, owned extensive lands and title holdings. Its liabilities near one million, about half unsecured, with the Bank of Commerce, the Poco Bank and the Quebec Bank among its principal creditors.
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American Lumber Company
Arsicied
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Quebec Bank
Bank of Commerce
Governor Pattison to call extra session in two weeks
It is stated on good authority that Governor Pattison will issue a call for another extra session of the Pennsylvania Legislature within two weeks. It is believed that the action stems from fear that without Congressional apportionment the state will lack representation in the lower House in 1885.
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Harrisnena
Paydan
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Brigham Young Academy in Provo Destroyed by Fire
Salt Lake city dispatch reports Brigham Young Academy in Provo was burned Monday night, suffering about 30000 dollars in losses with no insurance. The Mormon school housed four hundred students and some narrowly escaped danger as the nitro glycerine laboratory was removed before the blaze gained headway.
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Salt Lake
Utah
Brigham Young Academy
Provo
Grand jury contempt in Sharon divorce case
In San Francisco on January 29, the day’s trial to set aside forgery indictments against Aggie Hill and W M Neilson in the Senator Sharon divorce case led to grand jurors being committed for contempt of court for refusing to divulge grand jury secrets.
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Aggie Hill
W. M. Neilson
Sharon
Ex-Treasurer Cowan Arrested in Cedar Rapids Case
Cedar Rapids January 29. The Republican's Endora special says ex-Treasurer Cowan of Hardin County was arrested in Freeport, Illinois for defalcation of over $8,000. Ex-Deputy Treasurer Race was also arrested in Cedar Rapids and is believed innocent. Race is thought to be a scapegoat. Cowan allegedly reused last spring's vouchers by altering dates.
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Cowan
Hardin County
Freeport
Lit
Mutilated remains found near Peters Creek trestle
ElLizaneth, Pa., Jan. 29. The mutilated body of Harvey Slacker, a prominent young man, was discovered yesterday morning near Peters' Creek trestle two miles from town. Blood stained the snow for about a hundred yards and signs of a violent struggle were evident. No suspect or motive identified.
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ElLizaneth
Harvey Slacker
Peters’ Creek
Hunter's fall derails with gunfire graze in brush
Newark Ohio January 29 William Wilkin of Washington township while hunting attempted to scare game from a brush heap and slipped and fell. In the fall his gun was discharged the charge grazing his head and badly burning his face and one eye destroying the latter.
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Newark
William Wilkin
Washington Township
News Office Advertises Cards and Invitations
Local notice offers business cards stationery and ball invitations at the News office.
Luther at Rega Refused by Russian Authorities
The Times notes Baron Rothschilds gift to the Khedive signals English support for Egypt. Luther at Rega is refused by Russian authorities. Sabieloff, a Russian gendarme, was assassinated at Kharkoff amid Nihilist plots to poison the Imperial family and a peasant uprising in Little Russia. Major Von Seckendorf slain. El Mahdi conflict continues. Vienna detective Bloch buried. German workingmen insurance bill moves to Reichstag.
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Edmund O’ Donovan
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Democrats Support Sherman Investigation In Senate
Washington January 30 Democrats in the Senate offered no opposition to the Sherman resolution to investigate election outrages in the South. They caucused to decide not to respond unless Mahone issued a clearly temperate speech. They aim for a thorough inquiry while avoiding a sectional row, and discussed how to secure Northern electoral votes for the party.
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Senate
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Mahone
Sherman
Democratic Senate
McPherson
New York
New Jersey
National Horse Show Plans Grand Madison Square Event
The National Horse Show Association will host another grand horse show at Madison Square Garden in the last week of May. Prizes in regular classes total about $15,000 with special awards pushing premiums over $20,000. Trotters receive extra focus with fifteen classes and $3,000 in premiums, while thoroughbreds hunters and carriage horses also see increased prizes.
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New York
National Horse Show Association
Madison Square Garden
Mob Hangs two men in saloon row near Rosita
In Rosita Colorado Frank Williams and John Gray were hanged by a masked mob from a jail rafters after the shooting death of Orion Furtz in a Sunday morning saloon brawl. Gray died game Williams pleaded self defense and mercy. Coroner's jury returned verdict hanging done by parties unknown.
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Col
Rosita
Frank Williams
John Gray
Orion Furtz
Gray
Williams
Ottawa Postage Plans and Negotiations
In the House it was stated the government does not intend to cut letter postage from three to two seats and will not merge express business with post office work. Negotiations with other countries continue for commercial treaties, France excepted, where arrangements were unsatisfactory.
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Ottawa
France
Springer gift funds art school expansion in Cincinnati
Cincinnati dated January 30. Reuben Springer contributes twenty thousand dollars to furnish buildings for the Art School and to add two stories to the Cincinnati College Building on Walnut near Fourth. The endowment follows the wishes of the late Joseph Longworth as advised by Judge Nicholas Longworth.
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Cincinnati
Reuben Springer
Nicholas Longworth
Joseph Longworth
Springer
Cincinnati College
Walnut
Stock Traders Kable Brothers Assign Assets in Vincennes
Vincennes Indiana January 80 B F and J W Kable stock traders have assigned liabilities totaling 10000 with assets about half that amount In Boston January 30 Forbes Wright and Co dry goods firm failed with liabilities around 25000
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Ind
B. F
J. W. Kable
Boston
Forbes, Wright & Co
Louisiana Justice Aroused After Deadly Seventh Ward Shootout
Grand Jury reports indictments from investigation into the December 14 Seventh ward poll killing. True bills issued for three murder counts and related charges. Named defendants withheld. alleged murder suspects include John Brewster, David Douglas and John Dominick. All indicted to be arrested tomorrow. James D. Houston freed after manslaughter charge bail set at 10,000.
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Seventh Ward
Captain Fortier
Gustave Renaud
Eugene Masson
John Brewster
David Douglas
John Dominick
James D. Houston
Murderer Henry Augustein Captured After Multi-State Manhunt
Henry Augustein, who killed his uncle and cousin and wounded another relative near Laporte Indiana on December 31, 1880, was arrested on a farm near Cawker City Kansas. Traced for three years by detectives, he traveled from Iowa and California under various identities, finally found via a correspondence with a woman in Reponsett Illinois. He claims the murders arose from a quarrel over finances. authorities note the victims were found in bed, three in night clothes, and Augustein fled barefoot and half-clad.
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Henry Augustein
Laporte
Ind
Cawker City
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John Weaver
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Western Territories
William Strothers
Reponsett
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Bank cashier Abbott case turned over to detectives
Watertown Mass Jan 30 The Union Market National Bank has handed the case of absconding cashier Abbott to detectives. A nationwide description has been telegraphed. Abbott allegedly squandered 800 to 900 dollars last August and forged a check signing Luther Bent & Co names to cover the loss as an examiner drew near.
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Watertown
Mass
Union Market National Bank
Abbott
Luther Bent & Co
Brutal Attack on Arcadia Teacher Spurs Security
Fostonia O Jan 30 Arcadia residents report a midnight assault on Miss Ashcome, a public school teacher. A hammer shattered her bedroom window and shots were fired as attackers fled after the door was opened by the house proprietor. Letters threaten her discharge over her father's offenses. Guards posted to guard against incendiarism.
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Arcadia
Miss Askeome
Father Reunites With Lost Daughter After Snowbound Trip
James Bannon, who searched along the Rochester and Pittsburgh line for his missing daughter, found her safe at a small Machias area station. She was with kind strangers she had met by chance as a storm delayed a post office visit. the father then brought her home.
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James Bannon
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Pittsburgh
Machias
Gravel train derailed after collision on Boston & Albany line
Boston January 30 a gravel train switching on the Boston and Albany road was struck by a freight train causing twenty nine cars to derail and suffer varying damage no one was hurt
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Boston & Albany
Nation's capital Chinese bill and land grants to soldiers
Washington Jan 29 The House considers a district race intermarriage ban amid Douglass Pitts marriage fallout. A Chinese immigration bill report favors the delegation version, Rice opposes. World Cotton Centennial Exposition opens next December with growing state appro priations led by Texas and Mississippi. Banking measure strengthens the National system while not extending the public debt. Townshend introduces bounty land grants for Civil War soldiers with 80 to 160 acre awards, awaiting committee action.
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Rice
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Congress
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Pittsburgh Stove Makers Face Impending Strike
Pittsburgh and Allegheny's stove industry could suspend as molders denounce wage cuts. Molders' Union members from all local foundries gathered to chart a plan to resist reductions, with a strike feared if concessions persist. The move remains largely quiet as talks continue.
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Allegheny
Molders’ Union
Glass Wage Clash Near Settlement In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh January 30 The conference of window glass workers and manufacturers pressed a fresh attempt to settle wage difficulties. Committees met from 2 PM to 11 30 PM with progress reported though no agreement reached yet. Both sides reportedly made concessions as factories have been closed for five months awaiting a settlement to avert further disruption.
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Ontalde Paren
Dbs Te Reliabe
Anl
Seaton Benue
Secret oath bound brotherhood vows boycotting French goods
In Greensburg a Chronicle Telegraph report says on a January night twenty seven men formed a secret oath bound brotherhood. They pledged not to buy French goods and to boycott all dealers until the embargo is lifted.
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