31 Jan 1889
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1889
Page
1
The undersigned appointed and qualified 23 registration officers for the Aldermanic Districts of Frederick City Maryland give notice to qualified voters that in compliance with the 1872 Act the officers of Registration will sit with open doors.
Reported clashes erupt between police and strikers as crowds hinder Fifth Avenue cross-town lines and barricade streets. Cars faced brick and truck obstructions. police and militia potential aid discussed as riders, mostly women, fill early ferries.
Reports describe a tense standoff as strikers and rioters block Sixth Avenue and threaten to flood cars into the river. Police move crowds from stables corner and a volley from officers ends in injuries and at least one arrest.
An obituary note surveys Archduke Rudolphe of Austria born 1851, his literary and military pursuits, and his sudden death near Baden. It references his education, travel writings, languages, and public role, with context on his marriage to Archduchess Stephanie and his line of succession.
The trial of ex-Aler map Thomas Clary for alleged bribery is transferred from New York to Broome County. Judge Patterson ordered the change. District Attorney George B. Curtis will oversee proceedings with aid from DA Fellows.
State lawmakers in Trenton debate prohibition amendments with party lines. Republicans back the measure as Decmocrats oppose the process while the governor is expected to sign soon. Separately, counterfeiters are exposed in Pittsburgh with detectives tracing fakes and bogus evin. A new Atlantic Baseball League forms, with talks of four eastern clubs and two western clubs. W.L. Trenholm resigns as comptroller of the currency, to be replaced after a transition. A motorist is injured at a grade crossing in Elizabeth, and two fatal accidents report a 14-year-old boy serously injured in Mansfield and John Burns killed in Hebronville.
In New Iberia Louisiana on a Sunday mob violence erupts as Regulators whip three Negro men, banish several families, and demolish homes. Authorities report 50 arrests with little investigation while pistol fire briefly targets officials. The Times-Democrat urges Gov Nicholls to act to quell lawlessness.
Pansperruin January report says a joint Baltimore and Ohio Lehigh Valley line could be built cheaply for traffic gains. Baltimore and Ohio policy under Vice President Lord boosts Philadelphia tonnage by about 40 percent in eight months and contemplates cutting a locomotive near Race street. Sehey Hull Junction road from Pennsylvania centre to Tabor Junction to be underground with contracts out this spring.
Clairette Erskine known as Clairetia of Pearl of Pekin dies after a two to three day illness in New York. Sir Roderic Cameron faces a New York suit over alleged advances to a maid. A Harrisburg Knights of Labor meeting weighs pending labor legislation. James M Cottrell is arrested in New York for wrongful conversion of 10000 from Thomas F. Breen. Louis A. Kuackstedt of Mullanphy Savings Bank absconds with 7000. Senator elect W D B Waishburn in Minnesota is critically ill. George B J Hunt of the Soldiers Home in Washington is seriously ill. The foreign affairs committee favors a resolution enabling indemnity talks with Venezuela over seized American steamships. John E. Sullivan in Indianapolis faces 150000 debt, 20000 short. Master Howes Decorators’ second annual meeting held in Pittsburg. Defaulter Moore of Indianapolis missing, possibly in Canada. Proposals to inspect Delaware peach orchards to halt yellows and related diseases.
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