Rivalries Over Coprah Roil Samoan Trade Turmoil
A long dispatch outlines 1860 onward Samoan tensions driven by German American and British interests. It notes German moves to back Tamasese, deportation of Malietoa, and rising tensions amid copra trade pressures that sparked regional political upheaval and multiple diplomatic efforts.
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Tamasese
Trandeis Tamasese
Matasta
Malietoa
Samos
Toos Matasta
Matanis
United States
Whitney
Kimberly
Panama
Samoa
Death by Her Own Hand in Wellington
Telegram from the dispatch reports Mrs. Doctor Thomas McClarran of Wellington, wife of a surgeon at the Rosebud Indian agency, committed suicide at her sister’s residence. Chloral hydrate was discharged from markets, cited as a recovered inmate. The act followed alleged hardships with her husband at the agency.
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Woostre
Thomas McClarran
Wellington
Rosebud
Marketsum
Manufacturer Joseph Williams Sues for Slander in Sharpsburg
Joseph Williams a patent medicine maker sued Cecilia Bender for slander over an incident in Sharpsburg two years ago claiming $1000 damages. The court returned a verdict in favor of the defendant, clearing her fully.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Williams
Cecilia Bender
Sharpsburg
Williams
Miller's Trial Delayed Over Jail Break Attempt
William Miller was retried for stealing a watch and for attempting to escape with counterfeiter Thessen. District Attorney Porter was ill. W. D. Moore objected on a fine and legal point, and the case was postponed until this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Miller
Thessen
Porter
KR. H. Ee
W. D. Moore
To-Day's Trial Lists in Common Pleas and Criminal Court
The list catalogs numerous cases for Common Fleas and Common Pleas No 2, including McGeary vs city of Pittsburg and Dunkel vs Philadelphia Company, along with a Criminal Court docket featuring Commonwealth vs John Griffith and multiple defendants. Names span local individuals and corporate parties, signaling upcoming hearings and motions.
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Common Fleas No
McGeary
City of
Arrott
Ritchey
Borough of
Tarentum
Nesbit
Dunkel
Philadelphia Company
Too Et al
Jones & Laughlins
Brown
Hall
Durst
Schultz
Ectings
Jones
Sipes
Elssesser
Hitzler
Gold
Silbenstein
Pennsylvania Railroad
Criminal Court—Commonwealth
John Griffith
Henry Schmutz, Jr
Fred
Karl Grimpe
Local court outcomes and trials across multiple cases
A sequence of court actions covers a $8000 verdict against People’s Natural Gas for an 1857 explosion injuries, a miner’s injury suit against New York and Cleveland Gas Coal, damages for a broken arm in a B&O Railroad case, and a death damages suit against Pennsylvania Railroad. United States vs Monongahela Navigation condemnation arguments proceed. criminal liquor sale conviction in Beaver Avenue. a humane case over abuse of a 16 year old. Judge Hawkins orders guardianship of Magpie Dyer.
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Thomas McCann
B. & O. Railroad Company
Elizabeth Aiken
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United States
Monongahela Navigation Company
Acheson
McKennan
United States District Attorney
Allen
Mesers
Carnahan
Shiras
John Miller
Beaver Avenue
First Ward
Allegeny
Mstable D.S& McKnight
Miller
Desperate Pushes to Revive Electric Sugar Refining Co
A telegram from New York reports W H Cotterill, president, writing daily letters about a company fraud to the treasurer. Cotterill plans a cipher to reveal the secret by telegraph while junior officials promise a future boom. J J Powell returned home after inquiry. In Brooklyn, small debts were paid and building materials raised to the refinery’s top floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Sugar Refining Company
New Yeas
W. H. Cotterill
Cotterill
Sir. Cotterill
J. J. Powell
Brooklyn
Oil land sale shifts Northwestern Ohio field to Standard Oil
In Wood county, Duke, Conroy and Myers sold their entire oil holdings to Standard Oil Company for 140 dollars. The transaction consolidates a large tract of valuable oil land in the Wood county field and places Northwestern Ohio petroleum assets largely under Standard Oil control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
Duke
Conroy and Myers
Wood County
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
Great Corporation
Mayor Indicted for Dynamiting Fish in Toccarawas River
Coshocton county grand jury indicted Newcomerstown residents Thomas Hartehorn Caleb Crawford and W K Crater for dynamiting fish in the Toccarawas river Crater is the town mayor elected with Prohibitionist support The same wires report a Kentucky congressman proposing a resolution against building any bird across the Ohio river without engineer board approval.
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CosHocTex
Thomas Hartehorn
Caleb Crawford
W. K. Crater
Newcomerstown
Coshocton County
Grand Jury
Toccarawas River
Crater
Washington
Taulbee
Kentucky
House
Ohio River
Louisville
Jeffersonville
Come To Day for 500 Long Garments at Cloakroom
A literary advertisement offers samples and promotions from Colgate and John N.Y. with 2 cent mailings and a showcase of long garments and cloaks. It promotes Marvin's crackers and cakes and says US Huevs & Hacke and Jos. Houxe & Co. advertise 40 cent yard English suitings, 60 cent value.
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Huevs & Hacke
Olsters Andinos
Jos. Honwe & Co
Behind the Scenes at a Female Variety Company
A detailed look at life backstage reveals the rigors of stage makeup costumes and nerves of performers and staff. It notes strict access rules chaos behind the scenes and late night camaraderie among performers and crew.
Railway Suit Filed Against Baltimore and Ohio
Joseph Riber and seven other stockholders of the Newark Somerset and Straitsville Railroad sue the Baltimore and Ohio and road Company in Common Pleas Court asking for a receiver and biannual accounts to liquidate debt. They claim the B and O leased the line in 1872 and bought a majority of stock in 1875, with alleged false accounts and failure to pay 30 percent under the lease.
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Dispatch
Newark
Common Pleas Court
Joseph Riber
Daniel D. Wilson
O. F. Mehurin
John KE. Fulton
Joseph Kuster
Silas B. Woolson
William H. Davis
Addison Englich
Newark, Somerset and Straitsville Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Newark, Somerset and Straitsville Railroad Company
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Youth Thieves Nabbed After Store Pilfering Sale
In Cridersville Hoover Bros. general store was repeatedly robbed of boots and shoes. A 14 year old, Samuel Shiver, confessed joining a gang with Willie Crider aged 6 and Johnny Frasier aged 8. All three were arrested and jailed.
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Hoover Bros
Cridersville
Samuel Shiver
Shiver
Willie Crider
Johnny Frasier
Pers
Booth and Barrett receiver case argued in New York
Judge Patter son heard Henry F. Gillig's bid for a receiver and accounting in the Booth and Barrett case. Gillig says Barrett owed him 15 000 after 10 percent earnings agreement. Ingersoll counters Gillig seeks a fee for loans, and Barrett's solvency disputed. Court reserved decision.
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New Yorks
Patterson
Supreme Court Chambers
Henry F. Gillig
American Exchange
Europe
Booth and
Barrett
Gillig
Lawrence Barrett
Exchange
Booth
Robert Ingersoll
Booth-Barrett
Ingersoll
Late News In Brief From A Busy Day
Treasury accepted bond offers of registered 4 cents for thirty thousand dollars at 109. A shooting near Burlington killed Frank Allen. Earl of Lucan offers tenants on Castlegar estate relief from arrears upon one year back rent. Captain Wiseman to serve civl duties in East Africa and become German Consul General at Zanzibar. The Sarag Sed the Nevy reports Admiral Luce announcing Galena at Key West and good health of crew. Father Dowd condemns the Catholic Foresters of Illinois. Immigration trends favor Bohemia Hungary Russia over Italy and Ireland. No duel between Whistler and Stott. Harriet E Coffin deemed insane and to be placed in private asylum. Peter Tilton found dead in woods near pth ton by gunshot linked to wife’s loss. Grand Opera House fire in St Paul gutted after roof collapse. cost and insurers listed. White Caps organizing in Iowa. anonymous warnings issued. Large South Chicago oil tank burst. 95,000 barrels released and fire risk. Mrs Call and son assaulted in Hill New Hampshire. three men arrested and held.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Burlington
Frank Allen
Earl of Lucan
Castlegar
County Mayo
Wiseman
East Africa
Germany
Zanzibar
Sarag Sed
Nevy
Luce
Key West
Fla
Galena
Father Dowd
St. Patrick's Church
New York City
Order of Foresters
Illinois
Europe
United States
Italy
Ireland
Bohemia
Hungary
Russia
Messrs. Whistler
Stott
Nefedtiont Agaiit
Harriet E. Coffin
Bellevue Hosital
Bellew
Dongple
Peter Tilton
Three Ear
Pth Ton
Grand Opera
St. Paul
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
York
New York
Liverpool
London
Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Lima C
David Call
Franklin
Hill
N. H
the Gulf
Lawce Hon
Lovering
Rowell
Call
Horne & Co. Penn Avenue Stores to Close Parts Stock
The note states Jos. Horne & Co. plans to close parts of its Penn Avenue Stores this week to reduce an oversized stock. It lists damaged ends of tables and assorted items including towels napkins scarfs and tidies among the goods to be cleared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Horne & Co
Penn Avenue
Huaus SB
Marvin's Orange Blossom Soda Cracker Ad Claim
An advertisement extols Marvin's Orange Blossom soda crackers as the best and sweetest, and lauds Rosalia flour from Whitmyre & Co as the best flour used by top housekeepers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin
Whitmyre & Co
Ruling in City vs Shenango Natural Gas Case
Judge Mc Michael refused to continue the preliminary injunction in the case of New Castle versus Shenango Natural Gas Co, citing recent Supreme Court decisions. The decision halts further restraint on increasing natural gas rates. A brief market note promotes Rosalia patent flour by Whitmyre & Co.
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Supreme Court
Dispatch
New CaStle
Mc Michael
Shenango Natural Gas Company
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