21 May 1886
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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1886
Page
1
Principal business houses of Frederick listed for subscribers and general public. It covers all trades and professions and highlights interests to be found for conducting Frederick commerce.
Chicago police report a significant arrest and confession in the Gales Woods case. The day’s updates include the Maxwell trial progress, a bigamy case, and a weather driven rail accident in North Carolina with heavy rains. A Western streetcar driver was shot by a mysterious passenger, and a St Louis asylum wall collapse is noted. In New York Jaehne receives a nine year ten month sentence at Sing Sing, with judge Barrett denying post trial motions. A second vice president bill proposes chain of succession and district ballot voting. The report closes with a drowning near Lake Roland and a Baltimore death under the bridge, plus anticapitalist Parsons search updates.
A May 21 dispatch from Huron reports a unanimous resolution urging Congress to admit Dakota under the Harrison bill or to pass the Hill bill for division if admission fails. Another resolution backs immediate admission but presses action on division by Congress, with the state to act if an ordinance section is repealed by the people. In Norfolk a bigamy trial ends with a guilty verdict and a five year sentence for J. A. Johnson after a Baltimore marriage controversy.
The Maxwell case in St Louis drew prominent clergy and many spectators. A barber witness, John B. Armo, described Maxwell asking if he could recognize him with altered hair and beard. Separate reports note an insane asylum scare, a fatal streetcar shooting in Denver, and heavy rains causing railroad damage in North Carolina.
Reports from New York recount Mrs. Alice Pendleton's fatal carriage accident. Governor Lloyd pardoned burglars Win Gordon and Benjamin Stineman. Naval Academy admissions announced. Prince George of Wales and entourage attend Lisbon wedding. Louis Willett alias Charles Crusby hanged for murder in Kingston. Hanlan welcomes Beach reception. start date uncertain. Col John B. Folsom dies. McNulty gravely ill after Chicago Haymarket shooting. W D Hammond in Virginia captured. two wives disclosed. Francis M. Taylor faces removal after probate court case.
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