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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1894
Page
1
Hats trend toward medium sized forms with small bonnets and heavy black accents. Black lace and jet dominate new headgear with steel or gold bead accents and plaited lace brims. Ostrich tips and velvet trim appear, while safety wings in steel are fading. The piece also cites Shiloh's Cure as a cough remedy via local druggists.
Memorial services in New York honor George W Childs late Art Ledger proprietor. Typographical Union No 6 and prominent editors attend as Amos J Cummings praises his charity and leadership. Stories recount his aid to distressed journalists and commitment to workers. Also note Merrimack Woolen mills strike for old wage rates in Lowell.
The week in Congress centers on Bland seigniorage settlement with a vote expected Thursday while sundry civil appropriation and other bills move. Reports from Zanesville Plymouth Wilkes Barre Reading Caricao Pittsburgh note miner strikes, mine casualties, fraud suit, Republican League call, and a swift penitentiary sentence for John Myers alias Frank Evans.
San Francisco March 12 Attorney H. B. Kowalsky denies telling police that M. B. Curtis confessed to murdering Policemen Grant Chief Cowler and Detective Lees say Kowalsky did report the confession. Curtis was acquitted, affecting any further action. In Louisville captain Devan’s crew saved three medical students from a falls’ edge as a boat neared wreck. A separate item notes two Lawrence Cement workers overcome and their companions.
An editor named Victoriana reports a personal encounter sparked by a public dispute with a merchant. The altercation grew from a publication in The Newsdealer that Mr. Orr took exception to, highlighting a disputed editor merchant feud in the town.
In Qowingsvil l on March 12 the seventh trial of George F ed for the murder of John B. Davidson returns to court after an earlier acquittal was set aside. The outcome is not stated in the fragment.
Langton W. Moore a reformed bank burglar again faces trouble after a dispute with his nephew John W. Henry at their James Terrace home. Moore stabbed Henry over the left ear with a jack knife and escaped.
Savannah reports confirm British landing at Bluefields Mosquito Coast amid Nicaraguan advance. Boatloads of British troops landed to protect locals. Nicaraguans hoisted the flag over public buildings and faced no resistance before the British presence calmed fears.
The body pulled from Conestoga creek is identified as Ma Elizabeth Hart a former inmate at the almshouse who disappeared on Feb She was old and had been seen around the institution A coroner jury returned a verdict of death by self inflicted actions. Rubber works close down indeterminate periodCutting workers at Sew Brunswick Rubber factory and Meyer Rubber plant in MM tgown Glow ed today resulting in about 140 workers losing jobs.
Autopsy on Mrs. Holmes reveals stomach destruction from a strong drug and fatal congestion. Coroner believes death not criminal. daughter Joseph Matthews overdosed on alleged liver medicine given by her father. Mrs. Holmes also took a double dose to quell gossip. Dr Rowley treated Mrs. Holmes and is vindicated. Funeral held yesterday afternoon.
Hartford March 12 The body of Robert H. Peck 24 was found in a Bloomfield ditch with a head wound suggesting murder. He traveled from Hartford on the last car and was slain after being left off near West Hartford. Two rough men aged around 4 years are suspected as amateur killers. robbery appears motive.
Minister Thurston comments on reports of a rising movement on the Hawaii islands. He says the provisional government administers well and fears of the queen’s followers are exaggerated. He notes some government workers might be swayed if signaled by the ex-queen.
Reformer Coxey returns from Pittsburg radiant with faith that bills will pass Congress by mid March. He predicts 5,000 marchers to Washington and at least 26 good wages for every man seeking work, saying salvation is near.
Fragmentary text references a congressman from a Tennessee district and a New York figure, plus a shipboard crew of seventy nearing starvation as provisions run out. The garbled lines mix names, places, and events with unclear context, yielding no coherent report.
A chaotic Enid city scene reports graft and fraud charges against officials. Resignation of Mayor Moore and acting mayor Greg, injunction battles, armed guards over city records, and fears of bloodshed mark a bitter race as Captain Musster may enter the contest amid a citywide weapons scare. Meanwhile elsewhere incidents include failed bombing of an anti faith paper in Indianapolis and a lynching report near Little Rock with a dead mulatto woman bearing a threatening placard.
In a March 12 report the queen's speech promises relief for Ireland evacuees, local Scottish government reforms, Welsh church disestablishment, one man one vote, and labor dispute conciliation, with no mention of home rule or Lords reform. Maver and Sexton killed in a separate item. a dramatic petard explosion described. Denver canvass notes twelve thousand women voters registered in the Center and Highlands districts.
Albert Barkow and George Dunn faced assault charges after they heated a red hot poker and burned body parts of Thomas T. Davies in Barkowsky’s saloon. Davies suffered extensive burns to the face head limbs and torso and may be crippled. Authorities describe the act as cruel and without reason.
A local Mulberry township killing is linked to a farmer faction intent on horse stealing. A deputy squad surrounded John Rodgers premises after a confrontation, leaving Rodgers dead from gunfire. Also: Walter Wellman leaves Washington for a polar expedition, with colleagues sailing to Europe. Grace Walter is assaulted in Nortistown, and the Chester family case is under investigation. Brooklyn Hibernians protest Mayor Schieren’s St Patrick’s Day parade ban.
Jamaica March 12 steam yacht take captured by Haytians and crew shot on order of President Hippolyte. Vessel landed cargo. mission tied to General Manigat overthrow attempt. Captain Maxwell’s Expedition Safe in CalcuTa with British column destroying Abor stronghold after fierce defense. An Ilindls Murder Mystery in Paris Illinois reports Max Blackburn found shot in ditch. several arrests. Pa. March 12 district attorney acts against aldermen and constables over illegal county fees. warrants issued for Alderman Wicker and Constable Borrell.
A chaotic long strike report from Mount Washington Glass Works workers outraged by a 29 percent pay cut and a push to resist the firm's policy. Apprentices halt work and pledge to hold for a year if needed in a show of solidarity.
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