30 Jan 1889
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1889
Page
1
The appointed registration officers for Frederick City Maryland will sit with open doors to qualify voters in compliance with an Act of the General Assembly passed in January 1372 Chapter 338. This notice informs qualified voters of the district about registration proceedings and dates.
In January, about 4,550 street car workers across Brooklyn streets struck, halting service for ten hours daily. A violent assault on an Italian worker near Eighth Avenue and Forty-Eighth Street left him severely injured, prompting police mobilization and fears of broader conflict as unions press for a ten hour shift and seven dollar twenty five cent daily pay.
In Brooklin the police marshal and two patrols stand at key depots as workers set pickets along Grand Street. A car overturns amid clashes. one arrest recorded. Police vow to protect railroad property. rail cars are held at stables with no service planned while regimental leaders pledge readiness.
In Harrisburg Penn Jan 50 the Senate sent to second reading bills creating a Philadelphia nautical school extending soldiers orphans schools closing date to 1885 electing constables and ward councilmen. In Trenton New Jersey the house moved to relocate municipal elections to December first Tuesday and sun set election repealed signed by governor. Various local items include a poisoning incident in Philadelphia and White Caps activity in Maryland.
The Sun reporter quotes Secretary Bayard describing U S policy in Samoa as friendly and neutral between Britain Germany and the Samoan people. He notes German trading interests drive most trouble and that the United States took actions under treaty obligations without seeking war.
A patchwork of items describes parade preparations for a grand inauguration with divisions led by Gen. Hart maft and Col AL Mo Parks. Civic groups, state clubs, and 100 Colorado cowboys are listed among contingents. Separate notices involve Paterson damages, a San Antonio railroad wreck report, and a civil suit against the Erie company leaders.
Train collision near Antwaiv leaves 36 injured and unknown fatalities officials refuse to specify numbers. Westbound freight derailed at Pleo Creek bridge as eastbound passenger train aided by doctors began rescue. A second wreck near Rockport reports 36 passengers shaken but safe while others injured including Mix Kahn and Rev Ward. Separate notices mention oyster-planting bills in Suffolk and a Paris arrest involving an American girl in Nice.
The river swelled thirty to forty miles above Shreveport with multiple levees submerged and large lowlands underwater. Sunny Point levee below Shreveport also collapsed. No loss of life or stock reported.
Their business boomed as customers received free trial bottles of Dr King's New Discovery for consumption. The store highlights relief for bronchitis asthma cough colds croup throat and lung diseases with a test bottle and a large size priced at $1, all bottles warrantied.
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