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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1891
Page
3
Advert reads Freer or application offer for GEOSCHWIM FREDERICH at 29 South Market Street Frederick MD. Pianos described as scarce and priced to clear with special inducements. Opened both in price and terms, easy monthly installments offered. Write for prices and terms to WH Oberlander Frederick Maryland.
The list records yesterday's hotel arrivals including numerous individuals from Baltimore Philadelphia and nearby counties. It notes ten names from the county and mentions county residents among guests. Arrest reports show Deputy Stern D K Cramer charging Thomas Weizel with larceny of chickens, brought to the city and held for a Saturday hearing. Magistrate Eckstein committed Thomas Butcher to Monteyre Hospital for 90 days as a vagrant.
Several shares of Hacerstown Park stock sold at 4955 dollars with par value £13. Eighty shares of the Union Nations Bank of Westminster stock sold at public sale for 50 dollars per share with par value £25.
A sensational report tells of Robert J Cascaden aged 18 who shot and killed Policeman Elmer E Findley and wounded Policeman John J Nesper after a theft attempt. He was identified by his mother in the Fourth district station, denying until confession. Mrs Cascaden recalls a troubled youth shaped by sensational literature and a deceased husband. The hearing occurred as the coroner prepares charges.
Accused financier held on $30,000 bail in connection with a scheme involving the First National bank of Clearfield and the Houtzdale bank. Witnesses testified drafts were used to divert funds to Dillark, with the Chestnut Street bank statements confirming overdrawn accounts and transfers to Dill. Bail posted. Dill to appear at quarter sessions. Died from injuries after a police shooting in Shenandoah left Michael Bobbin mortally wounded. another man jailed in Bristol on murder allegations. Also reports self-inflicted death by a Mint town groom, a burglary with arson attempt in Kansas, a deadly Union Pacific wreck, quarry explosions killing two men, and a lunatic taken to an asylum in New York.
In a special election, residents approved a 2 93 to 122 vote to fund a new plant costing about £29.00. The borough will issue thirty year bonds for the repayment, enabling street lighting for a 2,000 population area where none exists currently.
A kited gang led by Bert Sly is detained in St Louis after a November 30 Frisco Road Glendale robbery. A female accomplice is in custody and Sly, aka Bert Sly of Oshkosh Wisconsin, faces renewed charges and possible long-term imprisonment. Prior crimes include Omaha and Kansas City robberies and a 1884 St Joseph Express theft.
Irvin g Jenkins, a colored man, is under arrest in Deland jail after large crowds gathered and a police guard of twenty is posted. Captain Cooper and county officers offer a 3100 reward for the arrest and conviction. The Packwood murder victim Mrs Hatch and her son and others were found shot and slain at the Packwood residence near New Smyrna. The case has electrified the town and county as officials plan a preliminary examination. In Ohio, political talk centers on the senatorial struggle with Sherman and Foraker allies aligning as campaigns heat up in Columbus.
San Francisco telegraphers' strike ends as General Manager Towne agrees to withdraw the disputed affidavit claiming nonmembership in the Order of Railway Telegraphers and to reinstate about three quarters of the striking workers. In separate brief items a boy drowns in corn, two men die in Rhode Island while moving cars, Jersey City prepares for a spring mayoral election, and Dr Des Anges is released on bail after a Thanksgiving Eve operation death inquiry.
Elizabeth Wilson of this city died during the night from asphyxiation caused by coal gas escaping from a stave in the room where she slept. Her husband is in critical condition from the same cause. Also reports British diplomatic changes with Baron Vivian named ambassador to St Petersburg and Morier assigned to Italy. Weather notes northerly winds and slight temperature changes. Night News recalls fatality at Red Bank New Jersey and obituary for Jonas S. Hinckley, inventor of the knitting machine.
Reports from the Texas border describe Garza strengthening his revolt with Mexican support, with Texas troops moving in from Starr and Valverde counties. Garza recruits near Roma and Casa Blanca as U.S. Rangers monitor incursions along the Rio Grande.
Oscads and Anstrebe bios inevitably become independent as Labouchere predicts a future where Canada breaks from Britain. The notice notes a Canadian jurist Sir Adam Wilton dies, plus Yemen siege horrors, Indian messiah craze, and a man maimed by a railroad accident.
A wedding set at Upper Seneca Baptist Church in Mont Montgomery County unites Simon D Best and Ruth A M Beall with Rev Milburn officiating. The couple plans a Washington DC and Massachusetts tour for ten days. Other nuptials include Namer Harding at Linden near Lorettaville, Poole Harbaugh in Sibillasville, and Joseph F McAler to Eliza A Fank at Lime Kiln. The Frederic County Agricultural Society holds its annual meeting Saturday at 4 84 m in the grand jury room to elect officers.
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