Count di Montercoli Arrested for Libelous Circulars in Philadelphia
Italian nobleman Count di Montercoli arrested after distributing libelous circulars on Broad and Chestnut streets attacking his wife Virginia Knox. He failed to post bail, faced a magistrate, and remained in custody while authorities pursue the case.
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Count di Montercoli
Philadelphia
Virginia Knox
Parnaperruia
Pittsburg
Broad and Chestnut Streets
Clements
Juniper and Filbert
Count di Monticoli
Chestnut Street
Miss Knox
Italy
Paris
America
Lafayette Hotel
Count of Montercoli
Ameries
Lamon
Inter
Seventh and Bainbridge
Broad Street
Hotel Bellevue
Virginia Roor
Pittspurg
Groad Street
Fifteenth
Eighth
Broad and Chestnut
Cozens
Corens
Knox
Mr. Bausman
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Flack Impeachment and Sheriff’s Court Action in New York
Colonel E K Judson served papers on Sheriff Flack notifying charges by Attorney General Tabor and Governor’s removal show cause. Judge Barrett postponed judgment in the conspiracy case, planning to sentence at 10 30 next Friday morning as motions and affidavits are prepared.
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New York
E. EK. Judson
Hin
Albany
Flack
Tabor
Barrett
Russell
Magee to See McManes in Philadelphia Meeting
Philadelphia March 24 Elliott P Kisner Democratic State Committee chair arrived in the city. He hinted the Executive Committee will be called soon to set the State Convention date. C L Magee of Pittsburg and James A McDevitt of Lancaster visited, and a possible talk with James McManes was rumored before their western trip.
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Philadelphia
Elliott P. Kisner
Democratic State Committee
Kisner
Eisner
State Committee
C. L Magee
Pittsburg
James A. McDevitt
Lancaster
Senator Quay
Messrs
Mace and
McDevitt
West
Mr. Magee
James McManes
Farmers’ Alliance
Farmers’ League
Death in the pulpit shocks Morris City churches
The Rev. R. J. Shinn a Congregational minister from Morris City Illinois collapsed and died in his pulpit after a sermon on life’s brevity during a Southern Illinois Congregational ministers meeting. He had long wished to die from the pulpit.
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Carmi, Inn
R. J. Shinn
Morris City
Ilinois
Mr. Shinn
Soldiers' Orphan Commission Sees $100000 Annual Saving
Harrisburg report shows nine months of under state supervision cost about 145000, versus higher costs under the old system. The commission predicts annual savings near 100000 in the first year of its administration and orders annual examinations to start June 6 at Loysville Perry County.
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Disrator
Harrisburg
Soldiers’ Orphan Commission
Loysville
Perry County
No Proof of Negligence at Castle Garden Inspector
Special Treasury Agent Whitehead completed his examination and sent a report to Washington. The Brooklyn inquiry notes that the report contains sufficient proof to sustain the charge of negligence against the Contract Labor Inspector at Castle Garden.
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Castle Garden
Ted
New York
Treasury
Whitehead
Custom House
Washington
Whitehead Ce
Ireland Land Bill Aims to Free Tenants From Landlords
In the House of Commons Mr. Balfour introduced a land purchase bill for Ireland and a Land Department to consolidate valuation and sale bodies. The plan allows tenants to buy with security from imperial funds, limits advances to 20 years rent, and outlines a guarantee fund and dwellings program. Mr. Gladstone praised the effort and the bill passed its first reading.
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House of Commons
Balfour
Ireland
Great Britain
England
Land Estates Court
Boards of Commissioners
Commissioners of Valuation
Board of Works
Land Department
Scotland
Treasury
Regura
Con
Gladstone
Sham battle at East Hampton injures man with live rounds
Holyoke dispatch reports a staged Civil War scene at East Hampton where many guns carried live balls. Frank Snyder was wounded by a ball in the neck while Union and Confederate forces handled a chaotic charge. Investigators found one in three cartridges loaded with ball and stage mishaps explained the casualties.
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Holyoke
Mass
East Hampton
Frank Snyder
Snyder
Colored boy seeks vengeance ends in fatal explosion
Jones the jockey once spared for stealing 300 from a horse shoer planted a powder pipe on robber John Allen. Allen lit it, exploded, losing an eye and likely his sight in the other. Jockey Henry Owsley had urged mercy, but the act may prove deadly for Allen.
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Louisville
Jones
Henry Owsley
John Merrill
Owsley
Merrill
John Allen
Allen
Funeral of Major General George Crook in Cumberland
The funeral proceeded at Oakland with G A R Post No 35 as guard of honor. About 1000 viewed the casket on a temporary stand before burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery on Quality Hill. The Presbyterian service at the grave was led by Rev J E Moffatt of Cumberland with assistance from Rev Bolton of Palestine WV.
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Odd Fellows’ Cemetery
Quality Hill
J. E. Moffatt
Cumberland
Bolton
Palestine
W. Va
Ebert
Ewing
James B. Faber
Thirty-fourth Street
Albin Farley
Black Diamond Steel Works
Amaloon
Butler Street
M de Tobias Finkbelner
Smallman
Wing
George Gruber
Attormey Ledmanp
Murder on Washington Avenue Streetcar Ends in Death
Cecil English, a former streetcar driver, shot conductor Thomas E. Fitzgerald on a Washington Avenue car in St. Louis. He fired three times, then drove the car to the stables with the victims aboard before being captured half an hour later. The motive remains unclear.
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St. Louis
Washington Avenue
Cecil English
Thomas E. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
McKeesport Delegation Presses for Locks and Dams Plan
Washington March 24 The McKeesport port delegation heads to the House River and Harbor Committee to advocate a river improvement using locks and dams. Hearings are set as the committee completes the internal improvements appropriation bill, urging speedy attention this session.
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Washington
MeeKeesport
House
Foughiogheny River
McKeesport
Strikes Both Ways on Senate Tariff and Trust Battle
Washington notes report a heated Senate debate over the anti trust bill aimed at unlawful combines. Key figures including Hoar Yeat Sherman and Teller sparred over constitutionality and the bill’s reach to labor unions and farm groups. The measure stalled with no immediate action as March 24 concluded.
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Senate
Knights of Labor
Hoar and Yeat
Blaine in Excellent Health Despite Tragic Losses
A trusted associate reports Secretary Blaine remains in strong health despite recent bereavements including a brother, a son, and a daughter. He continues to work vigorously at his office, his pallor noted yet no evidence of illness, and he refused to have his name linked to the Chicago convention.
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PROMA
DENT
T Washington
James G. Blaine
Biniie
Walker
New York
Blaine
Bis
Supreme Court Reverses Minnesota Granger Ruling on Rates
The U S Supreme Court today reversed Minnesota’s railroad rate ruling in the Minneapolis Eastern and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul cases. It held that final commission decisions without due process deprived railroads of property. Justice Blatchford delivered the opinion with Justices Bradley Gray and Lamar dissenting. Justice Miller concurred in result but not in the opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Minneapolis Eastern Railway Company
Railroad and Warehouse Commission of
Minneasota
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Blatchford
Bradley
Gray
Lamar
Miller
Smitten with the South Special Telegram Dispatch
Vice President Morton praises the South’s postwar recovery during a recent southern trip. He notes rapid prosperity in cities, a shared sense of progress among business leaders, and good relations between Democrats and Republicans in urban areas. He adds he did not visit rural areas.
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Dispatch
Wasninetor
Morton
South
Congress Bill Seeks Charter for Columbia Electric Company
Congressman Marsh introduced a bill to incorporate the Columbia Electric Company. Incorporators include James B Humbird P Foley Gilbert T Kafferty James Atwell and George T Oliver of Pittsburg Caleb H Jackson BE T Platt Paul W Cravath and others of New York and the District of Columbia. The company aims to supply electricity for lighting telephoning and motive power in the district with capital stock set at 250000, 25 percent payable within 60 days after passage, and authority to raise stock to 5000000.
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Marsh
Columbia Electric Company
James 8. Humbird
P. Foley
Gilbert T. Kafferty
James Atwell
George T. Oliver
Pittsburg
Caleb H. Jackson
BE. T. Platt
Paul W. Cravath
New York
John W. Thompson
Lewis Clephane
Fred W. Joyce
Green B. Baum
Thomas
Alliance Opens Washington Headquarters to Influence Congress
The Farmers Alliance has established headquarters in Washington to educate Congress on preferred legislation. President Polk advocates the new sub treasury plan to aid farmers, deeming it the product of Alliance minds and likely to become law this or the next Congress. The Alliance's pressure unsettles lawmakers across parties.
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Farmers’ Alliance
Washington
Congress
Polk
Sub-Treasury
Tariff Bill Delayed in Ways and Means
A majority member said the tariff bill will not be reported to the Ways and Means Committee until Friday and to the House until April 10 to 15. A vote on the bill is not expected before about June 1.
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Washington
Committee On Ways and Means
Pension Office reports 4250 certificates issued week ending March 22 1890
A Pension Office statement shows 4250 pension certificates issued during the week ending March 22 1890. The report covers four weeks of activity and compares with the same period in 1889.
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Washincoton
Pension Office
Engineer Draws Ward Maps to Check Saloon Licenses
A civil engineer under Judge Ewing is mapping every ward to locate saloons tied to license applications. The Seventeenth ward map, inked with red squares, helps the court see proximity rules and potential violations. Duplicates will be bound for judges to comment, aiming to curb last year’s license grouping issues.
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Ewing
Lee
India
Seventeenth Ward
Forty Seventh
Forty-eighth
Forty-first
Yiz
Lawrenceville
Brown
Beers and licenses debated at Allegheny boarding houses
A court session examines applicants for licenses to sell beer in boarding houses across Allegheny's wards. Judges question whether venues run saloons or speak easy operations, citing past violations, family ties, and residency. Several cases involve single-room houses, restaurants, and delivery tactics for beer to workers and friends.
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James Madden
Second Avenue
Brady Street
Caroline Mayer
Forbes Avenue
Caroline Kurtz
Edward Moran
Fifth Avenue
Soho
Moran
Thomas Murray
Patrick Murray
Forbes Street
Sandy Crusade
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Hill
Agalin
Magee
M'Manes
Orphan Commission
Syndicate
Relief For Ireland
Erin
Relief of
Fishery Board
George Crook
Thlegham
St. Louise
Jonkounsy
M'Kreesport
Youghiogheny
Omana
Neb
Midway Hotel
Kearsey
Henry Deming
Lincoln
UT Duslap
Lownox
Sherman
Standard Oil
Blaine I8
Turpie
Hiscock
Teller
Knights
Mr. George
Reagan
Stewart
Iowa
Kansas
Hoar
Massachusetts
Mr. Horn
Mr. Hoar
Wr. Hoar
Mr. West
Mr. Sherman
Supreme Court
Ohio
Judiciary Committee
Cannon
Illinois
Committee On Rules
Minnesota
Electrion
Pension Bureau
Tment
Charley O’ Brien
Felix McKnight
Elix
Richard R. Plunkett
Tustina
Mra. Harris
Nation Store
Wallace
Catherine Howley
Plonkett
Pordon
Michael Rogers
Canton Street
Ernest F. Rasch
August Saalbach
Philip Sweeney
Seconda Avenue
Whitehouse
Frank
Farmers
East End
Boniface
Anton Buchell
Chariotte
Thirty-fifth Streets
W. J. Brennen
C. Dickey
Buchell
Fourth Ward
Allegheny
Dickey
Bucchell
Catharine Howley
William Clark’s Son & Co
Edward Baro
Smallman Street
Albert Garnier
Baro
Barney Rengers
Barney
Garnier
Ju Ewing
C. C. Dickey
Alderena David Doughty
John House
L. W. Ebert
Jude Ee
Ross’ Grove
E Ewing
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