East End bandit gang captured after fierce police chase
Pittsburg police captured three leaders of a housebreaking gang after a Sunday night raid at a lodging house on Second avenue and a later chase at the metal yards near Union depot. George Scott Frank Coates and Robert Richardson were arrested with jewelry found linking them to recent robberies. Richardson resisted, running through Liberty and Seventh avenues before being overpowered at the Central station.
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East End
Pittsburg
Central Police Station
George Scott
Frank Costes
Robert Richardson
Richardson
Weir
Denniston
Frank Coates
Second Avenue
Robinon
Alont
Scott
Coates
Central Station
Hogalley
No. 138
Third Avenue
Bob Richardson
Union
Coulson
Demmel
McTighe
Academy of Music
Liberty Street
Jemme
McTigle
Hichardson
Seventh Avenue
New Grant Street
Hob Richardson
Pittsboro
Basinalley
Peter Richardson
Newark
Newark, ©., About Ao Year Ago. He Was Sentenced To the State Reformatory
Rendle
Center Avenue
Ohio
Reformatory
Robbery Ring Suspects Nabbed at Hog Alley Hideout
Police seize Scott and Coates after raids linked to a spree of burglaries in the East End. Scott, from Dakota, and Coates, from Rochester, SN Y, claim varied identities. Jewelry found ties them to the hacks and a bracelet fragment recovered from the Bums Retreat supports ongoing investigations. The two men lived two weeks at a dingy Hog Alley boarding house run by Mrs. Dronple, where they crafted wooden fans during daytime and used the back room as they plotted.
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Scott
Shanahan
East End
John Hazlett
Ward Street
Denniston
Robinson
Brlett
Hogalley
No. 158
Third Avenue
Arg Pie
Scott and
Coates
Bank Director Duty Defined by State Supreme Court
Philadelphia January 4 Chief Justice Paxson dismisses Henry Warner's Penn Bank appeal ruling directors duty centers on discounting papers with annual or biannual inspections. He asserts directors bear limited liability for others frauds not personally participated in, emphasizing core role and rare active involvement.
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State Supreme Court
Penn Bank
Philadelphia
Supreme Cort
Paxson
Henry Warner
Penn Bank of Pittsburg
Tis
Legal notice on error liability for recipient loss
A firm decision confirms that the condition ex page the company bears liability when repeated messaging errors occur and cause loss to the recipient. The ruling states no application to the recipient or the message negates the companys responsibility for such damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Eees
Sympathy for Graves Sparks Denver Demand for Probe
Denver dispatch reports public pressure to investigate deputy sheriffs over the Dr. Graves case. District Attorney Stevens has placed deputy statements before the grand jury while defense counsel promises new developments. Graves denies confessing, vows if hanged to proclaim innocence. Ballou reportedly left town amid unresolved pressures.
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Denver
Graves
Con
Stevens
Wilson
Means
Ballou
Supreme Court
John Conrad
Pinkerton
Chicago
Colonel Ballou
Providence
Lake Shore
Denver Times
Barton
Murder at Slavonian church door shocks Pa town
In Mudeedee, Pennsylvania, Jan 4, John Saduskie was stabbed to death after an argument with Michael Chumas and John Stephens outside Slavonian Church. Saduskie died shortly after. he named Chumas as the killer and Stephens as an accessory before fleeing with Chumas. Both suspects remain at large.
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Carmen
John Saduskie
Michael Chumas
John Stephens
Saaduskie
Stephens
Chumas
Saduskie
Woburn Crank Sentenced After Threats and Rant
In Woburn Massachusetts on January 4 John Robinson described as a Norcross type crank was sentenced to two years in the House of Correction. He demanded money from jeweler Charles Hertkorn and threatened to shoot him and kill himself. He later assaulted John Gilcreast at the gas office after declaring he would attach angel wings. Robinson said malaria drugs from Chicago unsettled his mind.
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Mass
Woburn
John Robinson
House of Correction
Robinson
Charles Hertkorn
Hertkorn
Woburn Gas Company
John Gilereast
Boston
Gilereast
Angel
Gilcreast
Chicago
Roads to top topic at farmers institutes in Harrisburg
Secretary Edge of the Department of Agriculture plans a special feature on road construction and laws at farmers institutes. Roads will be the primary subject this year as taxation revisions rise in importance. Most counties will hold institutes, Allegheny including under W. H. H. ee of Tarentum, date pending.
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Harrisburg
Edge
Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia
Allegheny County
W. HH. Eee
Tarentum
Double Murder Shocks Creswell Village Georgia
In Creswell near Atlanta a double murder occurred last night in the Barrets home. Dr R Barrett and Mrs Barrett were found murdered in their room by their grandson Will Nanally who found them weltering in blood and near the bodies lay a coupling spin. No robbery motive. The physician was well known and 65 years old. The grandson heard a knocking and found the lights burning. The scene remains a mystery with no clues yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Creswell
Atlanta and Florida
R. Barrett
Dixey Arrested Again Over $3000 The Seven Ages
Actor Henry E Dixey was arrested in a civil suit filed by William Gill for 2705 due for writing The Seven Ages. Gill to receive 5000 for his work. Dixey had been paid 2300 between October 1889 and January 24, 1890. Isaac B Rich stood bail. The writ is returnable the first Monday in February. Dixey plans one night stands this week and moves to Pittsburg next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Henry E. Dixey
Columbia
William Gill
Gill
Dixey
Isaac B. Rich
Rich & Harris
Pittsburg
Supreme Court holds saloon keepers liable for liquor injuries
Philadelphia report states the Supreme Court ruled a saloon keeper can be liable for damages caused by selling liquor to intoxicated persons. The plaintiff claimed the husband became intoxicated after a sale, fell into a gutter of water, and contracted pneumonia while lying there.
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Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Rules in Tobias vs Western Union Appeal
Philadelphia Jan 4 The Supreme Court today reviews Tobias versus the Western Union appeal from the Common Pleas Court of Allegheny county. The decision could affect corporate communications law and interstate business practices in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Supreme Court
Tobias
Western Union
Comon Pleas Court
Allegheny County
Type Founders Sell Out in Major U S Deal
Charlston M. Lyman reports a large transaction where an English syndicate invested between 25 and 30 million dollars to purchase all type foundry interests in the United States. The move signals a sweeping consolidation in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BurFa O
Charlston M. Lyman
United States
Salvationist Grit In East Bourne Riot At Beach And Barracks
In East Bourne a Salvation Army clash with authorities and a mob ends with police on horseback charging the crowd and the army regaining its standard after brutal attacks. Salvationists endure injuries as they march back to barracks amid continued abuse.
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Lowpos
Salvation Army
East Bourne
Salvationists
English Channel
Government circular calls for wage cuts in state railways
Berlin reports a leaked government circular to state railway directors demands wage reductions and dismissal of nonessential workers. Labor agitators claim the memo shows government hostility to workers and political leverage for opponents.
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Berlin
Arrested Russia's Grand Duke in Bread Dispute
St Petersburg Jan 5 report says Grand Duke Sergius, in disguise to study bread shortages, had a quarrel with a baker. He was hustled by three policemen and about to be arrested when he revealed his identity, spurring officials to commit death by their own hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersnbvrg
Sergius
Rising in Pahang Suppressed by British Malay Force
Advices from Pahang the Malay Peninsula report a native uprising that began December 24 has grown general. The British Resident and the Sultan, with a strong Malay force, have moved to suppress the revolt. Also noted is a Paris dispatch about the French writer Guy de Maupassant, described as an author bent on death by his own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpon
Pahang
Malay Peninsula
Paris
M. Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant
Author seeks Cannes recovery from nerves. suicide attempt
An author in Cannes attempted suicide last Friday night using a revolver, but family intervention saved him by removing bullets from cartridges. He then cut his throat with a razor, but the injury proved not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
Came to Life in His Grave in Russian Poland
In a village graveyard near Pros chovitsaks in Russian Poland, a physician reportedly buried after illness was found alive in his coffin. He had struggled to escape, biting his fingers and beating his head, and died from suffocation.
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St. Peterspore
Proschovitsaks' S
Russian Poland
Davitt Answers Times Over Dublin Castle Explosion
Loxpox Jan 4. Michael Davitt defends himself against Times insinuations about responsibility for the Dublin Castle explosion. He calls the Times’ Pigott reference a false gospel of forgery and suggests a government official may have caused the blast to influence the Rossendale by election and a Commons vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpox
Dublin Castle
Michael Davitt
The
Times
Davitt
Ford
Pigott
Rossendale
House of Commons
Lord Hartington
Duke of Devonshire
House of Lords
A Bigger Man Than Hill in Albany Politics
New York January 4 Edward James T Edwards, a clergyman professor and Independent Republican, holds pivotal sway in Albany by potentially deciding Senate quorum and seating. With 16 Democrats to seat Walker and 15 Republicans including Edwards opposing, the outcome hinges on Edwards stance though he signals he would not vote to seat Walker. Republican leaders meet as Democrats caucus to name Speaker Robert P Bush in Chemung and General James W Husted as Republican leader.
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New York
James T. Edwards
Commodore Perry Vedder
Chautauqua
Hill
Flower
Senate
Edwards
Platt
Walker
Sherwood
Albany
Robert P. Bush
Chemung
The Red Messiah Threatens warns Indians of war
A Bannock runner from the Ft. Hall reservation reports the Red Messiah at Wilker Lake Nevada sending good words to tribes west of the Mississippi. He predicts whites will be overthrown within months and urges all tribes to prepare for war, with runners dispatched to summon camps for a future rendezvous.
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Borst Crry
Pano
Special
Dispatch
Idaho
Ft. Hall
Wilker Lake
Nev
Mississippi
Wilker
Bannock
Witker Lake
Train Off a Trestle Kills Four Near Louisville
Four people die when the Dairy train of the Kentucky and Indiana Railroad derails from a high trestle three miles from Louisville. Several others are injured. No further details available. In Philadelphia a mentally ill man forces a rosary bead down his throat using a stick, the cross catching and saving him.
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Louisville
Kentucky and Indiana Railroad
Philadelphia
James Mullen
Bethlehem Iron suspends curved armor plate work
Bethlehem Pa Jan 4 suspension of curved armor plate production for the Monterey cruiser barbettes after unsatisfactory Indian Head tests. Bethlehem Iron Co instructs halt on all curved plates pending further evaluation.
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Bethlehem
Indian Head
Monterey
San Francisco
Bethlehem Iron Compan
Sherman favored to win Ohio Senate race as Foraker trails
Columbus dispatch reports near consensus that Senator Sherman is likely elected in the Ohio Senate caucus with 53 to 60 votes versus ex Governor Foraker. Key figures like Iden and Rawlings switch to Sherman. doubts linger about several lawmakers and possible last minute maneuvers amid open caucus. Foraker pledges to fight on, while Sherman supporters claim a strong margin in the joint caucus.
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Columans
Sherman
Foraker
Alyore
Herman
Iden
Licking
Gaumer
Hahn
Senate
House
Ogre
Thompson
Grosvenor
McKinley
Rawlings
Ohio
J. B. Foraker
John Sherman
Clapp
McCoy
Kessinger
Lutz
Dunn
Pudney
Lampson
Messrs. Welsh and
Foster
H. V. Boynton
Ashington
Labor Committee
Boonton
Pacific
Logan
Farmers’ Alliance
State Trades and Labor
cco —_— een
Friends Ofovernor Foraker
Laylin
McGrew
Depew Eyes Seventh Union League Club Nomination
New York reports that Dr Chauncey M Depew will accept a seventh term as President of the Union League Club despite opposition within the club. Gossip says Depew aims to attend the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis as club head. Le Grand B Cannon urged he decline. many members favor fresh leadership and blank ballots are expected.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Union League Club
Dr. Depew
Minneapolis
Union League Club of
le Grand B. Cannon
Malignant diphtheria outbreaks hit Burrawo New York
Burrawo New York reports deadly diphtheria with at least a dozen deaths in three days. Dr George Gilroy of Black Rock is said beyond hope, with his brother Charles and brother in law William Ross among the deceased. The Health Department withholds further names as residents flee Black Rock. Grip also spreading with about 6000 affected and 41 patrolmen off duty.
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Burrawo
N. Y
George Gilroy
Black Rock
Charles Gilroy
William Ross
Not Dazed by Football in Princeton Star Ralph Warren
Princeton football player Ralph Warren, who wandered from friends in Washington last week, has been examined by specialists who report no brain harm from the Thanksgiving Day game. The shock to the nervous system and study worries caused temporary mental aberration. he hopes to return to Princeton after a few weeks’ rest.
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New York
Ralph Warren
Princeton
Washington
Warren
Removal Sear Helps Hartford Democrat Die
Hartford special reports Colonel John H. Barro of Meriden received notice of removal from the Postoffice Inspector post on New Year’s Day. He died the next morning, physicians citing apoplexy. Friends link his death to his removal, noting he had seemed in good health New Year’s Day. Barro was a popular Democrat in Connecticut.
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Hartford
Conn
John H. Barro
Meriden
Bei
Bario
Connecticut
Sudden Call at Midnight in Lawrenceville Woman Dies
Elizabeth Amelia Billings aged 83 of 255 Main Street Lawrenceville died very suddenly shortly after midnight after becoming ill before 12 o clock. Dr Buvinger summoned but arrived too late. Cause of death not yet known. Coroner notified.
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Elizabeth Amelia Billings
Main Street
Lawrenceville
Buvinger
Temperance Lecturer Among Fire Dead Identified
The body of the Waverly Hotel fire victim identified as Rev. J. H. Meredith of St Louis. The unknown John Meredith earlier reported as dead is confirmed to be the temperance lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Meredith
Waverly
J. H. Meredith
St Louis
Garza Revolt Pressing Yet Not a Strong Force on Border
Telegraph reports from San Antonio and border posts describe Garza revolutionists breaking up into smaller groups as U S troops push to scatter them. News notes ongoing Mexican political turmoil, famine in Chiapas, Puebla priests arrested, and growing border concerns amid Diaz era tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
San Antonio
Tex
Schofield
Garza
Fort Ringgold
Courterin
Lieutenant Beach
Pinnoe
Hardie
Salieno
Johnson
Fort Brown
Rio Grande
Wheeler
United States
Texas
Mexico
Romero
Washington
Ceja del Prieto
J. P. Martin
Third Cavalry
George Chase
Palido Blanco
Duval County
Hunter
Fort McIntosh
Los Angeles
Fricke
City of
State of
Chiapas
Rabasa
Carrosos
Diaz
Puebla
Maruez
Garm
Color Line Breaks in Grand Army Posts in New Orleans
In New Orleans on January 4 special reports say the color question within the Grand Army of the Republic has revived. White posts in Louisiana face dissolution as a vote favors recognizing negro posts on equal terms, with charters to be surrendered at the February 10 state encampment unless a white minority remains to avert forfeiture and keep posts open to black members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orneans
Grand Army of the Republic
Louisiana
Grand Armmy
Grand Army
Jealous Husband Shoots Wife Then Self in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on January 4, Joseph Garrison, driven by jealousy, shot his wife Cecelia then killed himself. Both victims were hospitalized, with degrees of injury not confirmed. The couple’s ages are cited as approximately the same, and investigators began examining the incident as a domestic tragedy.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Garrison
Cecelia
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Salvationist
Salvationiste
Russia
the Times
Hoe
Red
Columbus
John
Nator Sherman
W. T. Sherman
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Jarza
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