Tammany in a trap and Croker urged to return
The Dispatch reports a scathing grand jury presentment against New Yorks Sheriff Office and Tammany Hall. It alleges decades of corruption and calls for reform while noting ex Sheriff and mayor Grant face possible indictment. Croker is urged to return from Europe to face inquiries.
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New York
Tomacy
Richard Croker
Europe
Grant
Hill
Grand Jury
Sheriffs Office
Sproul
Dispatom
Tammany
Flnck
Therand
Ludlow Street
J. Harsenth
Hessid
Sheriff's Office
City of New York
Feola
Tammany Hall Faces Leadership Shuffle and Corruption Claims
Transcribed testimony reveals pressures on Croker’s successor and potential resignation of James P. Keating as head of Ludlow Street district Tammany, with Mayor Grant questioned on handling of graft allegations. Governor could suspend the mayor for maladministration under the consolidation act while investigations continue.
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Alteged
Sheriffs Office
Tammany Hall
Sheriff's Office
Mittee
James P. Keating
Ludlow Street
District Tammany Hall
Keating
Croker
Tammany Hosts
Mr. Croker
Sheriff Flack
Widow Assaults U S Commissioner on Bank Steps
United States Commissioner Simon W. King was horse whipped by a widow, Mrs. Frank Kent, on the steps of the First National Bank in Chicago. The crowd watched as King resisted and struck back with his cane, then the woman was arrested amid disputes over property and defamation claims.
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Curiaco
United States
Simon W. King
First National Bank
Frank Kent
King
Mr. King
Hemitin
Desperate Escape Attempt From Ville Maria Convent
A young woman at Ville Maria Convent in West Chester leaped from a second floor window about 6 AM and fled 100 yards along a boardwalk in night clothes. Five nuns pursued and dragged her back to the convent amid cries of murder. She is described as about 18 and attractive. authorities have not begun an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chester
Ville Maria
Dooff
Healy Attacks Land Purchase Bill At League Meeting
March 25 Dvsks Mr Healy presided and criticized the land purchase bill as helping landlords. He objected to merging land courts and to the proposed guarantee, calling it a lawyers financiers and jogelers bill. Ulster Tories approve the bill and Sir Charles Lewis praises it while Mr Gladstone says the government floats down upon a Niagara.
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Dvsks
Healy
League
Gladstone
Charles Lewis
Antrim
Winndsor
Baseball Association Realignment Rumor Tests Cities
A telegram from Columaus dated March 25 reports a rumor that Syracuse and Rochester will be dropped from the Association. The Eastern division would align with Brooklyn Athletics Baltimore and Washington while Western cities Columbus Indianapolis St Louis and Detroit are mentioned as input.
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Columaus
Syracuse
Rochester
Association
Brooklyn
Athletics
Baltimore
Washington
Western
Columbus
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Detroit
Anglo American Treaty Proclaimed by Queen Victoria
The March 25 Lexpos report states a new extradition treaty with England, signed by Queen Victoria, has been proclaimed. The Dispatch previously exclusive announced the pact, now officially proclaimed.
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Lexpos
England
Victoris
Port Iispatch
Promei
May King Stallion Sold for 20000 to Franklin Pa Firm
Guess Falls reports the celebrated stallion May King was sold by W. E. Spier of Glens Falls to Sibley and Miller of Franklin Pennsylvania for 20000 dollars. The horse had been bought a year earlier for 8000 dollars.
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Guess Falls
May King
W. E. Spier
Glens Falls
Sibley & Miller
Franklin
Count de Montercoli Arrested After Plot to Seek Divorce
The Count de Montercoli, who claims Etruscan noble lineage, was jailed in Moyamensing prison on $400 bail after a plan to get arrested and call attention to his alleged wrongs. He sought work as a waiter and teacher while living on charity, with the motive of pursuing a divorce from Virginia Knox of Pittsburgh.
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Count de Montercoli
Philadelphia
Tile Distatch
Mons Hercules
Romulus
Rome
Moyamensing
Clement
Virginia Knox
Pittsburg
Rocco Valinotto
Lafayette
Joseph Malatesta
Eighth and
Lombard Streets
Miss Knox
Eed
Bellevueotel
Francis Rowhe
Count de Montereoli
Italy
Montercoli
Landslide Sends Roadway, Tracks Into Monongahela River
The heaviest landslide on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie line at McKeesport and Belle Vernon slips the roadway into the Monongahela. Piles and crib structures fail, creating an island as workers lay a temporary track for two weeks while repairs are planned.
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McKeesport
Bellevennon
Pittsburg and
Lake Erie
Finton’s
Rhodes
Monongahela
Leint
Yellow fever death in Womelsdorf spurs fever inquiry
In Womelsdorf a nine year old boy dies from black vomit yellow fever after contact with Florida gifts. An alligator and lily bulbs from Florida are under investigation as possible infection sources. Doctor Sallada confirms high fever and delirium before death while authorities destroy the Florida gifts.
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Reading
Womelsdorf
John Lehman
Florida
Corey
Woman Fears Self Mutilation Ends in Death in NYC
A New York officer finds Mrs. Mary Giles, mother of three, with a severed left arm and a bloodied knife after a drunken spree in a Second Avenue home. She dies later that afternoon as neighbors report a history of abuse and neglect following her husband leaving a year ago.
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New York
Second Avenue
Seventy-second Street
Mary Giles
Giles
She Would Marry a Murderer in Court Testimony
The Caswell murder trial continued as Laura Cutter Gould testified she lived with J Sherman Caswell for 19 years but never married him. She said she would marry Caswell in a minute if he were free and has visited him often in jail.
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Mont Trevier
J. Sherman Caswell
George J. Gould
Hegan
Gould Hed
Laura A. Cutter
Caswell
Gould
Laura Cutter Gould
Caprivi Implies Short Stay as Crown Disputes End
Berlin reports General Caprivi has entered the abandoned Tron Chancellor residence and warned he will not stay long. He claims Bismarck has spent his honors and medals in the Reichsbank, valued at £5,000, leaving him with only the Black Eagle and Golden Fleece orders as he contemplates retirement in a frock coat and iron cross.
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Berlin
Caprivi
Tron
Bismarck
Lamentable Mistake Causes Death of Prof Owen in New Harmony
At New Harmony last evening a deadly accident left Prof. Richard Owen dead within five hours after he and merchant A H Fretageot drank embalming fluid by mistake for mineral water. Fretageot is critical and not expected to live.
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Evansville
New Harmony
Richard Owen
A. H. Fretageot
Owen
Mr. Fretageot
Tragedy as Three Children Die in Kansas House Fire
In Menicise Lower Kansas a residence owned by L. B. Root burned early today. His three children aged 6, 4, and 2 perished in the flames while the father was away and the mother attempted rescues. Mrs Root suffered severe burns while trying to save them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Menicise Lower
Kan
L. B. Root
Colored mob lynches murderer from own community
In Pensacola on March 26 a mob of white and colored men abducted Simon Simpson from the Jackson county jail in Marianna and shot him dead. Simpson had killed an innocent farmer about a week earlier. The event involved a mixed-race mob.
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Pensacola
Simon Simpson
Jackson County
Marianna
Steerage Passengers Landed in New York
The steamer Russia reached New York from Hamburg with 1,031 steerage passengers, the largest on a single vessel this year. The Italia also arrived from Hamburg with 6571 emigrants aboard.
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New York
Russia
Hamburg
Italia
Body washed ashore near Madison in Cleveland area
The body of an about 60 year old man was found washed ashore near Madison, Ohio. Papers in his pockets indicate he may be G. Crickmore, a Windsor Ontario attorney.
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Cleveland
Madison
G. Crickmore
Windsor, Ont
Chicago World’s Fair Bill Passed By House In 1893 Date Change
The House, by a large vote, adopted the World’s Fair bill with an amendment delaying dedication to October 1892 and opening to visitors by May 1, 1895. Chicago advocates praised the site while New York delegates faced criticism for opposition. Debate touched on funding, deadlines, and ensuring broad national benefit.
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Chicago
Wasninetos
New York City
Messrs. Belden and
Flower
New York
Tom Platt
Candler
House
Oandler
O'Neill
Pennsylvania
Herbert
Alabama
Congress
Carlisle
Kentucky
Cummings
Benedict Arnold
Board of Managers for National Soldiers' Home to Expand
House Military Affairs sub committee adopted a report to fill vacancies on the National Soldiers' Home Board, adding one seat for a new Marion Indiana branch. Selected are General A L Pearson Major Morrill Colonel Farnham General Black and Colonel Steele. The panel favors Black’s retention amid party balance concerns.
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Waashington
House Committee
National Soldiers’ Home
Marion
Ind
A. L. Pearson
Pittsburg
Hartranft
Franklin
Connecticut
United States
Morrill
Kansas
Farnham
Maine
Black
Illinois
Steele
Indiana
Pearson
Pennsylvania
Dalzell
Pensan
House
Senate
Postal Telegraph Gains Momentum in Government Plan
Washington March 25 The Postal Telegraph project receives fresh advocacy in the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Gardiner G Hubbard father in law of Alexander Graham Bell argues for a Government telegraph while F B Thurber of New York Board of Trade makes a strong, influential plea. The idea, once stalled by political inaction, now shows brighter prospects than during earlier enthusiasm after the Bastien Ohio Telegraph Company merger.
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Washington
Committee On Post Offices
Gardiner G. Hubbard
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone
F. B. Thurber
New York
New York Board of Trade
Bastien Ohio Telegraph Company
Jay Ould
Sugar duties clash as Ways and Means splits on cuts
In Washington on March 25 the Ways and Means Committee debated sugar duties. Refiners from New York Boston Philadelphia argued that a 25 percent cut would harm the refined sugar industry while Western members urged further reductions. Wool dealers also voiced concerns about duties on carpet wool.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
New York
Boston
Knight
Frazier
Philadelphia
Soda Ash Shortage Impacts Local Glass Makers
Charlies E Baker of Baker Bros & Co says the Liverpool dockers strike cuts soda ash supply used by local glassmakers and may force factory shutdowns. He notes price rise blamed on the strike is exaggerated and Western plants hold cost advantages. A Chicago dispatch reports a Pittsburg firm seeking all visible soda ash.
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Baltmans
Liverpool
Charlies E. Baker
Baker Bros. & Co
Chicago
Pittsburg
Express Wreck Destroys Train Near Missoula
The east bound Northern Pacific express derailed two miles east of Missoula Montana. The engine fell through a culvert and the train including mail baggage emigrant cars and a first class coach burned. The express messenger was killed and four passengers injured. A wrecking crew was dispatched from Missoula.
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Missoula
Mont
Northern Pacifie
Here
Attorney Drowns as Boat Upsets at Twelve Pole Creek
A boat capsized at the falls in Twelve Pole creek Logan county during a trip. J A Bing an attorney drowned while Hon Joseph Miller an ex revenue commissioner sustained injuries deemed likely fatal. Rev Mr Medley escaped with narrow loss.
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Wheeling
Twelve Pole Creek
Logan County
J. A. Bing
Joseph §. Miller
United States Revenue
Mr. Medley
Four Boys Drown Near Florence After Sunday Hunt
In Omaha Nebraska on March 25 report says two former boys named Shipley and two unknown neighbor boys drowned in the Missouri River near Florence six miles north of Omaha while out hunting Sunday. The bodies were not recovered.
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Omaha
Nes
Shipley
Missouri River
Florence
License Court to Hear Applicants in Four Pittsburg Wards
The License Court will hear applicants from the Nineteenth to Twenty third wards today and the east end of the Southside Thursday as judges tackle knotty cases. Five licensed houses remain in five wards, four in Nineteenth and one in Twenty first, while other wards are prohibitory per Judge White. Speak easies persist in East End beyond Lawrenceville, with licensed outlets scarce. many sell beer only in summer. In Sixteenth ward no licenses yet 24 applicants, Seventeenth ward one licensee Charles E. Smith at 4918 Butler street but 34 applicants, Eighteenth ward current licensees ex-Councilman M C Dwyer and Dennis Haggerty facing 16 applicants.
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Pittsburg
White
Lawrence
Charles E. Smith
Butler Street
M.C. Dwyer
Dennis Haggerty
Prohibition License Hearings Open as Court Hears Speak-Easies
The court resumed Sixteenth ward proceedings with noise improvements in the room. County officials ordered carpet and French matting to reduce noise before weighing dozens of license applications for homes and businesses along Liberty Avenue, Penn Avenue, and Butler Street, including Kalchthaler, Mayer, Mulzer, Campbell, and Hufnagie, with remonstrances, past licenses, and potential new saloons debated.
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Magee
O'Donnell
John 8
Oehling
Pent Avenue
J. O. Brown
Joseph Kalchthaler
Old Green Tree House
Christy
Kalchthaler
Barbara Onenholz
Iss
Frauenholz
Mistakes Cited in Licensing Court Explanations at Lawrenceville
Chief Brown defends license hearings for applicants in Lawrenceville area as Jacob Metz, Patrick Maher, Charles Naser, Patrick O Maher, and Thomas Perry testify about past licenses, tavern operations, and alleged noncompliance. Judge Ewing moderates the proceedings amid disputed claims.
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Mayor Grant
A Cay
Pallic Works Gilroy
Consi Oon
Mare
Gilroy
John F. B. Smythe
William P. Kirk
T- Easaliaer Stayner
Wardeg ® Keating
Napoleon Ives
Eral
Wet Chester
Balfour
Dispatch
Keough Br
Tailam
Telegham
Blemarck
Richard
House of Representatives
Gen. Pearson
the Soldiers’ Homes
Wao
Cess
York
Mr. Frank
Missouri
McCreary
Mason
Messrs. Hooker
Mississippi
McAdoo
New Jersey
Mansur
New York St. Louis
Belden
Yeas
Lightner
Board of Managers of the Soldiers’ Homes
General Black
Ifrom A
Caauses
J. S. Miller
Lawrence Willians
Speak-Easles
Brown
Old City
Southside
Henry Mayer
Laberty Avenue
Henry Meyer
Mayer
Mr. Christy
Edward Mulzer
Volksblatt
Penn Avenue
Fred Schaaf
Mr. Mulser
Mr. Muiser
Rms Hutier Street
Thomas McCabe
Liberty Avenue
Johin J. McCabe
Edward Scanlon
Fetterman
Ike
Vincent Simon
Thoma
Li Avenue
Seventeenth Ward
Patrick Allen
Hatfield An Ortyninth
Byrnes
E. J. Berninger
Charles Campbell
Bernard Campbell
Hatfield Street
Michael Curran
Emi
Phenix Roll
Joseph A. Carline
Strange
Naz ‘Orty-Third Street
Pillsburg
Secreey Bee
Levis
William Clifferty
Brooks Simeon
John Dann
Forty-eighth
Carlton
Michael J. Diskee
Porty-eighth
Harrison
Henry Fuchs
James S. Giles
Joseph Hufnagie
Fortysixth
Butler Streets
Pd D
John Runette
Joeph
Charles Bickell
Mr. Hufnugie
Chiristy
Mr. Hanagie
Mr. Bickell
Witneses
Porter
J. H. Jackson
Forty-eighth and
Harrison Een
Fiftieth Harrison
J. W. Walker
Sheffieldry Works
A. Leslie
Jackson
Lorenz Kern
Penne Avenue
W. EK
Pottery
Mi. Kern
Ewing
Kern
The
Lorraine Anow
John Lanahan
Bauer
Oin A. Morehouse
Bull's Head
Tarentum
Carnegie
Central Traction Line
Chief Brown
Lawrenceville
Jacob Metz
Patrick F. Maher
Harrison Street
Mr. Naser
Soeecalps
J. Brown
Patrick O'Maher
Forty-sixth
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