Meadville Bank Embezzlement Case Arrests But Cashier Safe
All seven members of Delamater & Co. are jailed on embezzlement charges under the 1889 act for receiving county funds on deposit. Bail set at 10000 each. Ex-Commissioners seek thorough probe as county losses loom large and a compromise plan is promised for creditors. The cashier was not arrested, and questions arise over missing half a million and unrecorded deposits.
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Meadville
Run of Delamater & Co
George B. Delamater
George Wallace Delamater
T. A. Delamater
Edgar Huidekoper
Richmond
Walter Br, Lindsay
Henry P. Marley
Bailey
Old Board
George F. Davenport
Davenport
Victor M. Delamater
Henry M. Miller
Delamaters
Warren Insane Asylum
Linesville Initroad
John J. MacFarlane
Prosecution Fate to Be Decided by February Ses sions
Fragment discusses a small property and poor bank management. It notes the February Quarter Sessions may determine if criminality can be shown or if a compromise occurs. The text emphasizes potential judicial outcome and negotiations.
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Erty
Miners in Earnest Move Toward 8 Hour Day Demand
For months Pennsylvania miners organize largely through Knights of Labor. Robert Watchorn reports plans to meet January 16 in Clearfield with operators from Center Clearfield Cambria Blair and Jefferson counties to seek a five cent per ton wage increase. They push for a constitutional convention and expect broad union support including Italians and Hungarians. The group claims 100 000 members and anticipates May 1 as the eight hour day target with little trouble as many large mines have conceded.
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Dispatch
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Knights of Labor
Pittsburg
Robert Watchorn
United Mine Workers
Center
Clearfield
Cambria
Blair
Jefferson
Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Oes
Debtors Lose Ground as Cincinnati Brokers Break Up
The firm claiming to represent Bradley & Co. of Cincinnati collapsed after Fuller left and Murray stayed. Debts arise from customer certificates. a creditor seized office furniture for 82 dollars. Murray abandoned the office at noon with deposits, and has left the city. The group included old sports and bucket shop players, among those harmed are prominent business men who intend silence.
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Bradley & Co
Cincinnati
Fuller
Murray
Uelle
Hare
Starving Family Housed In Hole Digout Between Passaic and Paterson
A nearly 70 year old father and 68 year old mother live with their 23 year old son in a dirt dugout hut. The son is ill from malnutrition and overwork leaving the family nearly frozen and without clothing. Poormaster Crawbuck summoned city physician Erie for aid and hospital placement for the son, while the parents resisted. The mother claims her brother John Raedel of Orange hoards wealth, including a Newark South Orange streetcar line sale offer of 1.6 million dollars which he refused to share to help his sister’s family.
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Dia
PraTor
New York
Passaic
Paterson
Philip Schmidt
Poormaster Crawbuck
Erie
Maryland Oyster Industry Nearing Collapse? Fading Profits Hit Chesapeake Bays
A Baltimore telegram reports Maryland oyster beds are largely exhausted. From 6 million to about 1 million bushels in ten years, packing houses closed, dredgers discouraged, and law enforcement ineffective. Northern beds depleted, Kent Island shore idle, Choptank and Chester River areas show under sized stock and rising imports. Local dealers rely on North supplies.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Oxford
Nantico
Corsfield
Chester River
Poplar Island
Kent Island
Red Cloud describes siege as forces close in at Pine Ridge
The dispatch from Pine Ridge describes pandemonium at the hostile village after the Casey murder. Red Cloud and Jack escaped with 75 companions, while many Ogallallas flee to the agency. Troops tighten the cordon, hostiles skirmish, and disarmament looms as Pine Ridge becomes likely final theater of conflict.
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Standing Rock
Rosebud
Cheyenne River
Red Cloud
He Dog
Jack Red Cloud
Little Wound
Big Road
No Wake
Ogallahas
Taylor
Short Bull
Kicking Bear
Jack
Seventh Cavalry
Big Foot
White Clay Creek
Pine Ridge
Young Red Cloud
Casey
Peel
Tahoe
Rhode Island
Holt
Pneies “Ke
Boen
Forsythe
Elopement at Women’s College Shocks Baltimore Faculty
Miss Katie Gilbert 16 of Piedmont West Virginia elopes with Arthur Lee 23 also of Piedmont. They marry in Oakland after planning since Thanksgiving, then face parental rejection while boarding. The incident highlights strict college rules and enforcement at the Woman’s College.
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Baltimore
The
Woman's College
Katie Gilbert
Piedmont
W. Va
Arthur Lee
Gilbert
See
Drowned Clerk’s Office Loot Prompts Bond Inquiry
After the flood in Jonestown John H. Fisher, clerk of the Borough Councils, died. His uptown office was looted weeks later, with ten redeemed $500 bonds of Johnston Town Borough stolen and a broker seeking market value. Fisher’s son reports the loss and questions how a client acquired a bond. Special telegrams note Europe coverage for tomorrow’s dispatch.
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Jonestown
Jac
John H. Fisher
Johnstown
Fisher
Wall Street
Chair once owned by Burns sold at Farish estate sale
At Silo's sale of James A. Farish's effects in New York a chair presented by Robert Burns to Farish's grandmother fetched $28, purchased by L D Wing. Silo had paid $930 for advertising and hoped for hundreds more from Caledonian Club and Lennox Library figures. Books and pictures averaged about framing costs.
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New York
Silo’s
James A. Farish
John Street
Robert Burns
Farish
L. D. Wing
Silo
Caledonian Club
Lennox Library
Professor Honored by French Academy for Spectroscopy Work
Prosceton New Jersey January 9 The French Academy of Science has notified Charles A Young Professor of Astronomy at Princeton that he won the Janezen prize for 1890 for discoveries in spectroscopy The announcement pleased students He authored several astronomy texts and led the 1883 Russian eclipse expedition results studied at Princeton
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Prosceton
N. J
French Academy of Science
Charles A. Young
Young
Russia
Princeton
Harrison A Candidate for renomination in Indiana
Notice has been given to Indiana Republican leaders that President Harrison will seek renomination and supporters are urged to work to keep him in the line. The item notes efforts and hints at endorsements within the party.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Harmazon
Isbor
Harrison
Buesell Harrisor
Beck
Ieee Aoe
Bucket Shop Sharps Target Columbus Victims
Murray and Fuller bucket shop operators allegedly fleeced a number of innocents in Columbus. They carried out an estimated $1,500 loss and fled after their scheme was exposed.
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Bucket Shop Sharps
Columbus
Murray and Fuller
Bucket Shop
Donsidilie Beslaeen
Indian Besiegers Threaten Warpath Near Pocatello
Sioux Pass dispatches describe Black Foot residents fearing an Indian uprising near Pocatello Idaho. Militias are under arms and ammunition is being requested as forces prepare to move townspeople and property protection teams.
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Black Foot
Idaho
Boise City
Esus
Pocatello
C.F. Bessigui
Willey
N. B. Willey
Horse City
Cc. F. Ressrert
Crry
Jan
Plot Against a School Sparks Military Guarding Action
A dispatch reports General Miles ordered extensions to the school grounds breastworks after a plot by hostile factions to attack the school. The plan allegedly depended on timing with children leaving and teachers overpowered, then destruction. Miles has guards in place to prevent the outrage.
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Pise Eines
Miles
Canadian Indians Dancing On Turtle Mountain Reserve
The Bottineau County Sheriff reports Turtle Mountain reservation on the Canadian side has begun war dances. He asks the Canadian Mounted Police to act at once to protect North Dakota settlers, with a detachment ordered to the reserve. The Indians are American Sioux living on the small reserve.
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Wirsies
Man
Bottineau
N. D
Mounted Police
Manitoba
Turtle Mountain
North Dakota
Indian Matters Grow Serious Near Pine Nut
Carson Nevada January 9 1878 or 76 report says over 200 bucks gathered near Pine Nut with war paint. All able Indians have left with arms and ammunition. Carson Guards may be called out. Bannocks allied to Piates in constant communication, risking a massing of forces.
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Carson
Nev
Sinate
Pine Nut
Carson Guards
Stand off at Springfield delays unseating attempts in state
In Springfield Int on Jan 9 the parties halted plans to unseat members to gain a joint ballot majority. Democrats threaten to unseat McCrane while Republicans vow to unseat Noonan and others, urging restraint. A Senate caucus backed a bill to repeal the compulsory education law and replace it with provisions favorable to sectarian opponents.
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Springfield
Int
Democratic House
McCrane
Senate
Noonan
House
Distinguished German to naturalize in St Louis court
Hermann Albrecht von Buelow son of a former German Interior Minister has taken his first naturalization paper in the Circuit Court of St Louis. He arrived in America some time ago with Mr Von Bluecher a Prussian general's son and has begun to determine his home in the United States.
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St. Louis
Hermann Albrecht von Buelow
German Empire
Circouit
America
von Bluecher
Louis
Two Governors in Nebraska Cause Constitutional Crisis
Nebraska faces a constitutional crisis as James E. Boyd claims the governorship while Governor Thayer remains in office. The Legislature and Supreme Court struggle over legitimacy, militia tensions, and contested authority as officers shift allegiance and the frontier state braces for further developments.
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Sixcons
Nes
Nebraska
Supreme Court
James E. Boyd
Powers
Boyd
Thayer
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
Governor Boyd
J. G. Higgins
Rand
Et See Ao
Gensel Cole
Victor Viequain
State House
United Ees
Jom
Mc Tuarne
Bey
Engineers and Firemen Win Increased Wages on Rail Line
Chicago reports that engineers and firemen of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad gained wage increases after a five day conference. Wages rise to 370 and 3865 dollars for ten hour runs on eight and ten wheel engines for engineers, 220 and 240 dollars for firemen, with scale extended proportionally for longer runs.
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St. Paul Win
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad
Erling
Arthur
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Sargent
Firewell’s Association
Ee Ae
Anale
Boi Sacmpany Sereed Se
York
Union Leaders Exit for Northwest Wage Negotiations
Neers and firemen at St. Paul Minneapolis and Milwaukee receive the same wages as in Chicago yards. Chief Arthur and Master Workman Sargent departed for the Northwest immediately.
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Neers
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Arthur
Sargent
Northwest
Recruit Influx Ignites Newark Spinning Mills Clash
New York reports from January describe Clark's thread works in Newark and Kearney under tension as Adam Greel, a Clark clerk in Kearney, recruits ten Canadian spinners from Holyoke. Pickets guard mills while bedding and provisions are stockpiled. workers vow no violence but fear the newcomers. Four cotton spinners arrive in Newark and are escorted to mill No. 1, with uncertainty whether they are genuine or hired to mislead.
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New York
Clark's Thread Works
Newark
Kearney
Holyoke
Mass
Adam Greel
Clark
Boston
Passaic Bridge
Barbed wire firms move to end patent wars in private meet
Major U S barbed wire manufacturers convene at the Wellington Hotel Chicago to discuss a formal combination aimed at ending costly litigation with the Washburn Moon Company of Worcester. A settlement is expected to set terms governing patent rights and royalties, with a final agreement anticipated tomorrow. Also notes an upcoming piece How to Dress the Baby by Countess Annie de Montaigu in The Dispatch.
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Chicago
United States
Wellington Hotel
Washburn- Moon Company
Worcester
Mass
Mgree
Annie de Montaigu
New Canal Route Chosen Separates From Illinois and Michigan Canal
The Chief Engineer's report on the ship canal route between Chicago and Joliet will be presented to the Board of Trustees. The proposed route is independent of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and aims to advance construction of the new genetaee project.
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Chicaco
Ch and
Joliet
Board of Trustees
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Posal
Advan
Qeneataee
Fatal derailment on Vernon Greensburg line injures two
A misplaced switch on the Vernon Greensburg and Eaushville Railroad in Jennings county caused a wreck this morning. The locomotive and combination mail baggage and express car plunged down a 40 foot embankment. Engineer George Berras and Fireman Lewis Lemaster were fatally injured.
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Indiana
Merchants Form Freight Pool for Better Rail Rates
Sart Sage City merchants unite through the Chamber of Commerce to create a freight pool to pressure railroads for improved rates and service toward Utah trans continental trade.
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Sart
Sage City
Chamber of Commerce
Sasaie City
Utah
City Street Bill Hurdles in Council Debate
The article reports a council meeting over a new street bill with jurisdictional disputes. Mr Holiday pushes rapid adoption of resolutions creating a five member committee to confer with Allegheny, while Mr Robertson opposes duplicating work and urges general, joint action with Allegheny and the second class cities. The vote passes with amendments adding Chief Bigelow and continuing committee action.
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Holiday
Robertson
Committee of Five
Select Council
Bready
Holliday
Allegheny
Magee
Cae Ty
Eare
Eultyme
Mr. Robertson
Morrow
Bigelow
Legislative Committee
Keating
Supreme Court
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