Carey the Assassin and the Plots Against Forster and Cowper
Witness Carey testified in a Dublin conspiracy trial that the Invincibles planned to remove Chief Secretary Forster and Earl Cowper. He detailed orders, meetings, and knife weapons used, naming Curley Mullett Brady Kelly and others, and said the organization aimed to shoot Forster at the Castle and later target Burke and Cavendish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mallett
Mr. Forster
Mallett
Earl Cowper
Carey
Londo
Walsh
Clerkenwell
Fenian Brotherhood
Edward McCaffrey
McCaffrey
James Mullett
Dublin
Invincibles
James Muller
Witness
Burke
Phoenix Park
Curley
Mullett
Forster
Rinkle
Leonard
Stephen
McCantlrey
Doyle
Danie
Sheridan
Angel Hotel
Father Murphy
Ireland
Society of Invincibles
London
Captain McCafferty
McCafferty
Kingston
MacMahon
John Street
Castle
Park Gate
Brady
Kelly
Martin
Fitzharris
Rose
Foster
Frank Byrne
Land Confederation
Cork Hill
Joe Brady
Westland Row
Number One
Mr. Burke
Patrick Delaney
Tom McCaffrey
Smith
Kavanagh
America
Land League
Royal Oak Tavern
Dwyer
Ex-Governor Morgan's Body Arrives in Hartford in Special Train
A special four car train bearing the late Ex-Governor Morgan and about one hundred friends arrived in Hartford at 12.80 o clock. Prominent attendees included Mrs. Morgan J Pierrepont Morgan Augustus Schell Charles A Dana Colonel George Bliss A A Low C P Huntington General Eckert Thomas C Acton Jay Gould and Mayor Morgan G Bulkeley. Ex-Lieutenant Governor William H Bulkeley and relatives met the party at the depot and fifty carriages followed the hearse to Cedar Hill Cemetery where the remains were placed in a costly mausoleum just completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Hartford
Tlaartford
Mrs. Morgan
J. Pierrepont Morgan
Augustus Schell
Charles A. Dana
George Bliss
A.A. Low
C. P. Huntington
General Eckert
Thomas C. Acton
Jay Gould
Little Chance for the Davis Court Bill
Washington February 17 A special dispatch reports low probability that the Davis court bill to create new courts for handling the vast current docket will pass this session. Lawyers urge action while Democrats prefer delaying to hope a Democratic president can appoint more life terms, citing patronage as the constraint despite acknowledged need to clear dockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tims
Washington
House
Burglary at Shannonville Targets McHarg Home
Last evening between seven and eight o'clock burglars entered the residence of Mrs. Rachael McHarg near Shannonville through a second-story rear window. They ransacked two bedrooms and stole four gold watches three chains and about thirty dollars in cash. A ladder provided access. The family heard nothing until the offense was discovered soon after. Despite alarm and armed men sent to search no suspects were captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hanlon
Smith
Caray
Corley
Pagan
Brady
Kelly
McCaffrey
Patrick Delaney
Lord Frederick Cavendish
Mr. Burke
Carey
Joseph Brady
Polo Ground
Curley
Burke
Island Bridge
Joe Smith
Kavanagh
Shannonville
Special Dispatch Town Times
Morristown
Rachael McHarg
Doylestown Democrats Renominate Local Officials
Doylestown February 17. Democratic Borough Convention drew a large crowd with spirited contests for Assistant Burgess High Constable and Assessor. Incumbents were renominated with the ticket featuring Burgess William H. Harrave Assistant Burgess Lycurgus Bryan Town councilmen O P James William Steckle and KR Knight High Constable John K. Tomlinson Assessor William Raike School Directors Henry P. Sands and Mablon K. Dungan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doylestown
Tak Times
Burgess
William H. Harrave
Lycurgus Bryan
William Raike
Henry P. Sands
Mablon K. Dungan
Oil City Exchange to Add Three-Story Brick Annex
Special Dispatch to The Times reports the Oil Exchange will erect a three story brick addition measuring 104 by 36 feet. The first floor will house a smoking room visitors' room and reading room. The second floor will include a clearing house occupying half the floor with the rest of the space allocated to offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City Exchange
the Times
Om Crry
The
Oil Exchange
Exchange
Minnie Sunter Runs Aground at Cape Henlopen Light
The American barkentine Minnie Sunter, sailing from Cardenas to Delaware Breakwater with sugar and molasses, ran ashore during the night on the point at Cape Henlopen about a half mile northeast of the beacon. Bug Protector reports the vessel is full of water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Henlopen
Washington
Signal Corps
Delaware
Minnie Sunter
Cardenas
Beacon Lighthouse
Bug Protector
Oyster Schooner Enterprise Sinks Off New Jersey Coast
Special Dispatch reports the oyster schooner Enterprise commanded by Captain John C. Johnson, from Chincoteague to New York with five hundred bushels of oysters, sprang a leak off Great Harbor Tilet and ran ashore near Life-Saving Station at 28 o clock today. Crew were rescued as the vessel sank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Enterprise
John C. Johnson
Chincoteague
New York
Great Harbor
Turmoil in the House over order delays tariff bill passage
A chaotic House session sees Dunnell denounce the tariff bill as doomed and Kasson defend debate limits. Members clash over points of order, gagging motions, and House procedures. The Speaker's desk endures as confusion peaks, later fading into a funeral-eulogies memorial for Shackleford amid postponed rules action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Morrison
Carlisle
Tucker
Kasson
Haskell
House
Hammond
Georgia
Blackburn
Kentucky
Randall
Kelley
Sunset Cox
Mr. Haskell
Robinson
Massachusetts
Shackleford
North Carolina
Reed
House Committee On Rules
Senate Tariff Battle Over Steel Duty Substitute
The Senate parsed the tariff bill as Sherman offered a substitute covering steel ingots shapes and tools at varied ad valorem rates. Beck attacked the measure claiming it would include hoops bands and straps of all gauges whether iron or steel and accused it of misrepresentation by tariff experts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sherman
Beck
Mr. Beck
Mr. Sherman
House
Ohio
Tariff Commission
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
Morrill
Free and Easy Raid Seizes Sixteenth Street Saloon Crowd
Police swooped Edward Ferry's bar at 513 South Sixteenth Street last night arresting forty-six patrons and workers including two young sparrers, a known burglar, and a thief. Officers seized three thousand six hundred dollars in stolen securities from the cellar. all captives, mostly teens, were taken to the station on Fifteenth Street for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ferry
South Sixteenth Street
Weir
Fifth District
Ferry
Fifteenth Street
Locust
Robert Clem
William Finnegan
Ladner
Central Station
J. T. Harrison
Sixteenth Street
Ferry’s Place
Mutual Concessions Reinstatement Plan for Rival Leagues
Special dispatch reports that conference committees of the League and American Association met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. After three hours they adopted a mutually concessions based report aiming to resume friendly play next season. They call for reinstating expelled players, settling player claims, and appointing an arbitration panel to review cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tae Tiss
New York
League and American Association
Fifth Avenue
League
Reilly
Cincinnati
Ewing
Welsh
Gillesne
Wise
Whitney
Boston
Safely
St. Louis
Dickerson
Allegheny
Denny
Radbourne
Providence
Bennett
Detroit
Williamson
Chicago
Galen
Buffalo
Jones
First Meeting Planned for New Pardon Board
Harrisburg February 17 The present Board of Pardons led by Lieutenant Governor Black will meet Tuesday next. Only nine new applications exist under board rules with six old cases likely to be disposed of. Two requests for re hearings appear among the新 cases. Ward McConkey of Allegheny seeks commutation from death to life imprisonment for the murder of George McLure. Silas W Gray of Westmoreland seeks a similar action after a murder four to five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Pardon Board
Times
Harrisburg
Board of Pardons
Black
Stenger
Lewis C. Cassidy
Aaron K. Dunkel
Ward McConkey
Allegheny County
Supreme Court
Silas W. Gray
Westmoreland County
A Lady Drowned in a Mill-Pond Special Dispatch
Meadville reports Mrs Brown aged 50 wife of William H Brown a respected citizen left her home at 487 North street saying she would return shortly When she did not she was missed and searchers found her body in a mill pond near her home It is believed she either fell in or threw herself into the water after a period of delicate health
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
Ayers and Sons Iron Firm Fails After Business Hours
Curiaco February 17 reports the iron firm John W. Ayers' Sons has failed after hours. The Portland block office and Clark Taylor warehouse are noted. Head Herbert Ayer reportedly sold his residence, suggesting distress. Estimated assets reach $2,000,000. accounts were kept at Union National Bank.
Pottsville Republican Nominations In Town Contest
Pottsville February 17 The Republican nominating convention named Chief Burgess James Derr High Constable Stephen Rodgers Assessor Joseph W Bowen Auditors Theo P Troyer Charles N Mainn is and Frank M Bertram B Bell a standing Burgess candidate was defeated by a small majority J Leitzinger the Democratic incumbent will be an Independent candidate and his election is probable
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
the Times
Chief Burgess
James Derr
Stephen Rodgers
Joseph W. Bowen
Theo. P. Troyer
Charles N. Mainnis
Frank M. Bertram
B. Bell
Burgess
J. Leitzinger
Postal Changes in Pennsylvania Announced Today
Washington February 17 The following postal changes in Pennsylvania were announced today A post office established Cobham Valley Tioga county Postmasters commissioned Miss Jane Losh Lebo Alfred B Day Nineveh Reuben Newhart Rossland Elmer T Beltz Spring meet David H Cost Chatham Valley and John T French Glen ron
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
The
Times
Washington
Cobham Valley
Tioga County
Jane Losh
Lebo
Alfred B. Day
Nineveh
Reuben Newhart
Rossland
Elmer T. Beltz
David H. Cost
Chatham Valley
John T. French
Glenron
Misdirected Postal Cards Misrouted Address Change
The First Assistant Postmaster General ruled that misdirected postal cards or those sent to the wrong post office may be forwarded to the new address upon payment of two cents. The decision applies when the recipient's address has changed or the card was misdirected in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Notable 19th Century Obituaries and Dispatches Across Cities
Items by wire report a spate of brief notices: Edward T. Carrington, New Haven Journal and Courier publisher, died aged forty from lung congestion. An unnamed rope fire-escape inventor fatally injured in Chicago. An insane patient at Brattleboro Asylum fatally scalded after boiling water exposure. Eighteen Mile Creek in New York rose fifteen feet, washing away a railway bridge and dam. January customs reports show 16,307 entrants across major ports, 12,940 immigrants. Ann Gerry, daughter of Bacch Gerry, dies at ninety-one in New Haven, recalling her father's 1814 Washington death. George Dawson, ex-editor of Albany Journal, dies in Albany. a Scottish-born writer with Baltic beginnings and later work in New York press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halstead
Madison Streets
Chicago
Oscar Richardson
Brattleboro
Lockport
N. Y
Rome
Watertown
Dasa
Bureau of Statistics
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
Huron
Minnesota
New Orleans
New York
Passamaquoddy
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Ann Gerry
Bacel Gerry
New Haven
Washington
Capitol
George Dawson
Albany
Yesterda
Canada
Damages by the flood as bitter cold hits Cincinnati
Reports from Cincinnati on February 17 describe widespread flood damage from Higgins port to riverfront districts. Homes, barns, and warehouses were swept away while rail lines, telegraph gear, and gas facilities suffered heavy losses. As waters recede, job demands rise and cold weather worsens conditions for families sheltering on upper floors with scarce coal and rising malarial risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Higginsport
Newport
Front Street
Telephone
Gas
Covington
Greatest Ice Gorge Reported at Delaware Water Gap
Special Dispatch from Port Jervis New York February 17 describes the Delaware River gorge at the Water Gap as the most extensive yet. Ice lodged along a 15 mile stretch from Bushkill with huge cakes piling up while rising waters threaten floods and prompt evacuation near river banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Port Jervis
N. Y
Delaware
Water Gap
Bushkill
Pike County
Delaware Valley
Over Kill
Beaver Dam
the Kill
Flood Floods Close Bridges and Inundate Burrawo
Burrawo on February 17 reports mild weather melting ice to cause a heavy flood. Wards One through Fourteen submerged and the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad bridge enters the city under threat. Areas near the race track flooded four feet until a dam breached, lowering water and allowing repopulation of nearby buildings. Large numbers of drowned farm animals observed. Railroad service severely disrupted with no trains run on the Buffalo, New York line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrawo
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Buffalo
New York
Flooding Bathes Toledo and Outlying Towns as Rivers Rise
Heavy rains push Maumee river above flood levels, flooding Defiance Napoleon Florida and surrounding areas. Defiance and Napoleon report higher water than last week, with many houses abandoned and depots evacuated. Bridges at Wheeling and Lake Erie and Cherry street suffer damage as ice jam floods the lower city. Dozens of homes for the poor lose power and gas works flood. hundreds of cattle drowned near Elk Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torpo
Maumee
Defiance
Napoleon
Florida
Union Depot
Water Street
Wheeling and Lake Erie
Cherry Street
Union Railroad
Lake Shore Railroad
Lake Shore
Island House
Marked Rise Submerges Tracks On Susquehanna River
February 17 report from Port Deposit describes a river rise causing the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad tracks to be submerged for miles under ice. Passengers were transferred after blockages formed at McCall's Ferry and Safe Harbor. No damage reported locally, though ice remains piled along the rails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Derosrr
Mount Ararat
Wilson's Island
Havre de Grace
McCall's Ferry
Columbia and Port Deposit
Safe Harbor
Water Receding at Louisville as Flood Fades
Louisville reports the river receding to forty four feet three inches with no new casualties. Property owners hope danger is over as relief spreads. Weather remains cloudy and cold with possible snow, and interest grows in flood news from other places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Intercollegiate Athletic Association meeting at New York
The Intercollegiate Athletic Association met in New York with W C Osborn of Princeton presiding. Delegates from Columbia Harvard Lehigh Amherst Lafayette Princeton Rutgers Trinity Yale UPenn and CCNY attended. Bowdoin Hamilton Union Wesleyan dropped for three years of no representation. Hobart admitted. May 26 field meeting planned at Polo Grounds or Mott Haven. Officers elected: President G E Lowell Harvard VP J B Baker Lafayette Secretary E W McIntosh Princeton Treasurer David Binney UPenn. Executive committee Thomson Yale and Wainwright Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Intercollegiate Athletic Association
W.C. Osborn
Princeton
Columbia
Harvard
Lehigh
Amherst
Lafayette
Rutgers
Trinity Colleges
University of Pennsylvania
Yale College
College of
City of New York
Association
Bowdoin
Hamilton
Union
Wesleyan
New York Athletic Club
Mott Haven
National Athletic Association
National Athletic Convention
Flobart College
G. E. Lowell
J. B. Baker
E. W. McIntosh
David Binney
Messrs. Thomson
Yale
Wainwright
Connor Brothers Suspend As Grain Shortfall Hits Margin
Short on grain to a considerable amount, Connor Brothers, commission merchants and Southern shippers at St Lovurs, halted operations today. They had advanced about 60,000 to customers for margins, received no further calls, and with market gains ongoing, decided temporary suspension. They report 120,000 in losses over two months but expect about 100,000 surplus if debtors pay up, enabling a resume soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lovurs
Connor Brothers
Commission
Southern Shippers
Treasury halts five cent piece issue until treasury review
Washington February 17. Treasurer Gilfillan will stop issuing the new five cent pieces until the Secretary of the Treasury approves the matter. The design on the reverse lacks a value designation, raising legal questions. If coinage continues it may be altered to comply. Coins remain minted at Philadelphia and sold in twenty dollar packages. No further circulation via the Sub-Treasury until clarity arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gilfillan
Secretary of the Treasury
Philadelphia
Sundry Civil Bill Advances in Congress
The House appropriation committee completed the sundry civil bill and handed it to the printer for Monday. The package totals about 24 million dollars and includes a repeal of preemption laws and funds to detect fraudulent land entries. It provides 100 thousand dollars for census expenses and cuts National Board of Health funds and Signal Service allocations, while Philadelphia receives 400 thousand dollars for the Post Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Committee On Appropriations
House
National Board of Health
Signal Service
Philadelphia
Phenix Iron Company Litigation Rule Dismissed
In the case of George H. Sellers against David Reese and Phoenix Iron Company officers, a writ of alternative mandamus was challenged as applicable to private individuals. Judges Hare and Mitchell held it cannot issue to a private person, dismissed the rule with leave to amend. the corporation remained a party and a new rule was ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phenix Iron Company
George H. Sellers
David Reese
James 0. Pease
George Henry White
William H. Reeves
John Griffen
Carroll Tyson
The
Phoenix Iron Company
Hare and Mitchell
David Harold's Mother Dead
WaAsu Mneton February 17 Mrs George Harold mother of David Harold who was hanged July 5 1865 for participation in Lincoln assassination is dead The immediate cause of her death was apoplexy She had been an invalid since her son's death never fully recovered from the shock to her nervous system Her husband for many years a clerk in the Washington Navy Yard is dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WaAsu Mneton
George Harold
David Harold
Abraham Lincoln
Washington Navy Yard
Ocean Steamship Arrivals Reported at Major Ports
Ocean steamers arriving in New York include the Brooklyn City from Bristol and Pavonia from Liverpool. Virginian reaches Liverpool from Boston, Bergenland arrives Antwerp from New York, America lands at Bremen from Baltimore, and Scandinavian arrives Glasgow with a Boston origin.
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New York
Brooklyn City
Bristol
Pavonia
Liverpool
Virginian
Boston
Antwerp
Bergenland
Bremen
America
Baltimore
Glasgow
Scandinavian
Woman in Frenchtown Tries Suicide in Temporary Insanity
Special Dispatch to Tax Times Frenchtown New Jersey February 17 Mrs Samuel Lewis lies at death's door after an attempt to take her life by cutting her throat yesterday. Authorities say she was suffering from temporary insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tax Times
Frenchtown
N. J
Samuel Lewis
Buried in a Mine at Brarpwoop Illinois
A landslide and flood trap seventy four miners at Wilmington Coal Mine near Diamond. The accident, in Shaft No 2, blocks escape routes. rescue is deemed impossible. Wages ranged from 50 to 75 dollars monthly, with many workers owning homes. Most miners were foreign born English Scotch and Irish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brarpwoop
Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
Wilmington Coal Association
Chicago, Wilmington and Vermillion Coal Company
Eureka Coal Company
Wilmington Star Coal Company
Coal City
Braidwood
Diamond
Wilmington
Mr. Fordyce
Barbey bill rejected in French Senate dispute
Paris February 17 Senate debates Barbey bill as MM Leon Lay and Waddington oppose, fearing autocratic drift. Senate votes 160 to 189 to table clauses separately. first clause 142 to 137 against, second clause also rejected. Grevy offers full bill but chamber rises. Deputies plan motion to expel pretenders under state police power. No ministerial breakthrough. Municipal Council seeks amnesty for Prom and Lyons anarchists and tighter supervision of未 tried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Senate
Leon Lay
Waddington
Barbey
Chamber
House
Chamber of Deputies
Grevy
Prom
Lyons
Wieland Grounding in Elbe After Hamburg Departure
The Hamburg American Line steamer Wieland grounded in the Elbe after leaving Hamburg and stole a plate. The incident likely led Vienna to report a Wieland collision injury. The ship undergoes repairs with passengers not landed and will sail again tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elbe
Hamburg
Vienna
Hersengers
Settlement between Russia and Vatican completes deal
St Petersburg February 17 a settlement between the Russian government and the Vatican has been completed Bishop Popil will assume the See of Warsaw confirming a major clerical appointment amid diplomatic accord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peterspurg
Russia
Vatican
Popil
Warsaw
Gortschakoff Not Dying as Reported in London
London dispatch reports that Prince Gortschakoff is not dying at Nice. The ill person there is identified as the Prince’s cousin, clarifying a circulating rumor about the ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gortschakoff
London
Prince Gortschakoff
Nice
Specie Payments Resumed in Italy Decree Issued
Romer February 17 reports King Humbert issued a decree ordering the resumption of specie payments on April 16. The move signals Italy’s return to gold and silver coin circulation after a period of suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Romer
Humbert
The Queen's Assailant Dead
Goodman, the man who attacked the Queen in 1837, has died in Broadman Asylum. Weather outlook for the Middle Atlantic states shows rain or sleet followed by much colder, partly cloudy conditions with northerly to westerly winds and a higher barometer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Goodman
Broadman Asylum
Middle Atlantic States
British Prince Arrives and Court Actions Highlight City Notes
The American Line steamer British Prince docked yesterday. On Monday the Supreme Court takes up county cases from Lackawanna Pike and Wayne. President Steel denies Southwark Bank loss tied to Follett failure. Navy Yard relocation debate to be reviewed by councils commerce committee Wednesday. A laborer fell into a coal-hole at Goldsmith Hall and likely death. hospital transfer completed. Hebrew Charity Ball netted 15665.10, distributed to six institutions including United Hebrew Charities and Jewish Hospital. Architect forecasts completion dates for federal buildings by spring and fall under a sundry civil appropriation clause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Line
Supreme Court
Lackawanna
Pike
Wayne
F. P. Steel
Southwark Bank
Alonzo Follett
New York
League Island Navy Yard
Committee On Commerce
Edward McLaughlin
Goldsmith Hall
Library Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
United Hebrew Charities
Jewish Hospital Association
Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum
Familien Waisen Elziehuns Verien
Hebrew Education Society
Society Estos- Noschin
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Cavendish
Forster and Cowper
Dublin Express Office
Freeman's Journal
Frederick Cavendish
Pat Delaney
Kilmainham
Sustenance Fund Committee
MR. Keifer
Washipton
Dunnell
Congress
Dannell
Edward T. Carrington
Ohio River
Pearl Street
Delaware Water Gap
Buffalo City
Elk Street
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Farthing Suillpens
Thirteenth Ward
Toledo
Tlinois
Wieland
City Notes
McArthur
United States Court
Ninth and
Chestnut Streets
House Committee
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