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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1891
Page
3
Caicace, Feb. 19 The whisky trust divestors closed their meeting and visiting board members departed for home. Directors called the recent financial showing the most satisfactory in the trust’s history with ex‑secretary Gibson and President Greenhut among those traveling to the opera.
Metropolis reports grave arrangements and a mourning procession for General William Tecumseh Sherman. President Harrison, Vice President Morton, cabinet members, and a large congression al delegation attend a solemn, flags-draped city scene before the funeral train departs for St. Louis via Jersey City and Philadelphia.
Meetings of Sherman funeral committees in St Louis on Feb 19 discuss arrangements for the burial with large expected attendance from Grand Army posts and veterans. A salute by artillery is planned on the levee and in Ofalion park, floral tributes are limited, and a guard will monitor the grave. A separate report notes a Paris underground railway derailment with possible high casualties and hospitalizations.
On February 19 James Wilson of Bradford was declared insolvent for 39 000 pounds. They argue the McKinley tariff law damaged their large cash trade in packing cages for woolens bound for America, contributing to the business collapse.
Jacksonville dispatch reports two prisoners, a white man and a Negro, held for complicity in pemmerons eec, were taken to Gainesville and hanged by a mob. The incident adds to fears of vigilante justice in the region.
Delegates from forty seven tribes in Maryland attended the session. Officers including Great Sachem Robert T. Mallikin and Great Keeper of Wampum George T. Fowler spoke on the order’s thriving condition with 316 new members. Other items covered include tribal finances and census data on Maryland schools and enrollments for 1888–1890.
In a Monday night scene at 400 W Patrick street, a pleasant dance and pound party hosted by Wm E Foss D L Brachey C P Muscetter Barry Scholl George Abrecht and Harry Deter drew about twenty five couples from 9 pm to 2 am with a feast at 11. At Miss Minnie Hanshew s home on West Patrick street guests surprised her as about fifteen couples enjoyed games and refreshment till midnight then more dancing with Henry Coates Orchestra. A second social at Miss Rose Massetter s 300 West Patrick street drew about fifty couples from 9 pm to 2 am with coats orchestra providing music and the same committee in charge.
A list of guests registered at GROFF HOUSE, Gasius House and other hotels includes Orry Horen and C M Greineisen among travelers from Baltimore Philadelphia New York Chicago and Detroit with several residents from the county. Names include J R Ridgely Jr H B Lockwood T L Brice F Schulz J E Trippe Ki C Lupton A B Pine F H Vaughan J H Howland L E Ladd H C Gardner Wiedenburg W Feuchtwanger J C Nelson C5 5 Bromwell Atlas and others. The county connection is noted for multiple entries.
A chaotic account details the American association crisis over player transfers and jurisdiction. Thurman denounces the national agreement while a board of control meeting in Chicago deposes him and appoints new officers as Cincinnati and Boston clubs align with the American association. A guarantee fund is adopted to deter club jumps, with umpires named and a dramatic fire disaster reported in Brooklyn.
A convention in Maryland and a report from the Asheville gathering discuss immigration’s value and immigration policy. Debates cover attracting desirable immigrants, state organization, and private cooperation to develop Maryland resources. Senate caucus in February aims to pick a candidate to succeed Ingalls as president pro tempore.
Reports from February 19 in Wasuisotox say Senator Quay plans a Florida trip for several weeks and may resign as national Republican committee chairman with Gen. J. S. Clarkson possibly succeeding him. Quay has long sought retirement after clearing his name of slanders. Clarkson is in the city and has been here days.
Floods along the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers devastate Pittsburgh area from East Liverpool to Sharpsburg. High water topples bridges floods tracks and mills, wrecks gas works and houses, and forces riverfront residents to flee by boat while casualties rise.
The article reports a missing person case becoming fatal after discovery. A man identified as Collier Iron was found at a scene with injuries from animal factors and severe freezing. Suspicions surround disappearance during a three month interval, with Currier Post alerted and the body transported to hospital.
The German Lloyd steamer Havel struck the incoming Italian bark off buoy 29 near New York Bay. With ebb tide, the Havel, backing, cut the bark in two and she sank in about thirty feet of water. Eleven Havel crew were saved. two boys missing after boarding a Domingo voyage. Survivors taken to tug Tallman and revenue cutter Manhattan. Havel continued rescue efforts.
A Jefferson correspondent reports a double wedding most popular in the area. Miss Janet Kessler wed Mr McKendree BR. Etchison and Miss Lavie Kessler married Mr Charles Shalfall before a large congregation at SL. E. church. A reception followed at Edwin Dr. Kessler’s home with seventy five friends present. A Washington ceremony at Ryland M. E. church joined Edward Ford Simpson Jr. and Anna Creamer Price in a ring ceremony, with the couple traveling to New York then Albany for a week. Other notes cover F Vernon Aler’s marriage in Matinsburg to Mildred Thompson, Wm M McKinney’s marriage to Emma Shaw at Jersey Shore, Nora Theanna Witter’s planned wedding to Armstrong G. McKinney, Hartman Fisher’s wedding at Point of Rocks, Charles E Kling to Annie Rossmar near Liberty, and Richard P Whipp to Mary C Wiles at United Brethren church.
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