Scotch Irish Congress Welcomes Delegates In Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh hosts the Scotch Irish Congress with Governor Beaver and Mayor Gourley welcoming delegates. President Harrison is expected and a special Cleveland to Pittsburgh train arranged. Attendees include Hon. Alexander Montgomery and Rev. Dr John Hall as well as Prof Perry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittaburg
Scotch-Irish Congress
Besger
Gourley
Harrison
Cleveland
Pittsburg
California
Alexander Montgomery
California Society
New York
Bonner
Robinson
John Hall
Perry
Williams College
Echols
Monongahela House
Great Britain
West
Massachusetts
Robert Beaver
The
New York Ledger
Joseph F. Johnston
Birmingham
Als
E. ©. McDowell
Nashville
Alex
Montgomery
San Francisco
T. T. Wright
Florida
Scotch-Irish Society of America
A. L. Perry
Williamstown
Mass
Robert Burns
Tacoma
Wash
L N. Hays
D. D
Beaver
Notable Scotch Irish Congress Opens in Pittsburgh
Florida Colonel Thomas T Wright leads a distinguished guest list at the Scotch Irish Congress in Pittsburgh. Delegates from Maine to California and Canada to Florida gather for four days of addresses by W E Robinson John Preston and descendants and D C Kelly with music and memorial services planned at Mechanical Hall and Carnegie Music Hall events.
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A. L. Perry
Williamstown
Mass
D. C. Kelly
Pillsburg
Maine
California
Canada
Florida
W. E. Robinson
Brooklyn
John Preston
BH. A. White
Lexington
Washington and Lee
Scotch-Irish University
John Dalzell
Pennsylvania
D. C.none
Tennessee
Sam Houston
Washington
Texas
James E. Cambell
Ohio
John Hall
New York
Conssa Central Bureau of Information
City Hall
Hamilton
Codeacelte House
Mechanical Hall
J. A. Ekin
Louisville
Great Western Band
Carnegie Music Hall
Allegheny
America
A Southern Colonel Tracks Scotch-Irish Roots in NC
Colonel William Johnston of Charlotte, a prominent Southern delegate, discusses Scotch-Irish heritage in North Carolina. He notes NC has more Scotch-Irish per capita than any state except Pennsylvania and recounts migration routes from York and Lancaster counties through the Shenandoah Valley to Mecklenburg and nearby border counties. He highlights the parallel German element and limited mixing between the two groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
South
Mecklesburg
Scotch-Irish Congress
William Johnston
Charlotte
North Carolina
A. F. Brevard
North Carolina Society
Anderson
Johnston
Secession Congress
S Road
Union
York
Lancaster
Chester
Shenandoah
Staunton
North Ene
Ilive
Mecklenburg County
South Carolina
Mecklenburg Resolves Antecedent to Jeffersons Declaration
A fragment discusses Mecklenburg county resolutions asserting independence from Great Britain before the Declaration of Independence. It notes similarities to Jefferson's later text and cites Colonel Johnston on race relations and wartime loyalties amid sectional conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
Mecklenburg County
Temselves
Great Britain
Jefferson
Mecklen
Johnston
South
Alabama Delegate Examines Farm ora Alliance Influence
Dr J H Bryson Huntsville Ala, longtime moderator of the Southern Presbyterian Church, discusses Scotch Irish in Alabama and the Farmers Alliance. He warns of secrecy, notes regional origins, and predicts the alliance could raise black political power while stressing white supremacy. Colonel Johnston echoes similar views on the colored race.
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Alabama
Farmers’ Alliance
Ie Coun
Metro
South
Johnston
Robert Bonner Defends Scotch Irish Celebration
Robert Bonner, a 65 year old gentleman, argues against odium toward Scotch Irish heritage. He says the St Patrick’s Day tradition shows how America blends distinct races, and the Scotch Irish deserve equal latitude to celebrate their ancestry and deeds. He notes Puritans and Knickerbocker clubs as examples of ethnic pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bonner
Bonner
America
Knickerbocker Club
New York
Race War Threatened After Six Mile Incident
A race clash erupts in Six Mile Bibb County as three Black women assault four White women. Whites lash out with fogging and whipping injuring the women. both sides arm themselves amid threats of violence and potential large-scale fighting overnight. Police guard the town as Black residents stockpile guns and call for reinforcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Six Mile
Bibb County
Dora Carter
Tillie Belcher
Manny Johnson
Man Dies After Ferryboat Dispute Over a Girl
William O Neal died today from a head blow delivered by Boss Sweeny on the ferryboat Maggie Paseserta. The altercation arose from a dispute over a girl on Parkersburg shore.
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Parkersburg
William O'Neal
Boss Sweeny
Maggie Paseserta
Speaker Reed closes House restaurant bar at Capitol
May 25 report notes Speaker Reed ordered the House restaurant to stop selling liquor. Congressmen must cross to the Senate for drinks as temperance pressure grows. The move prompts jokes about Maine connections and Capitol propriety, with debate over Senate action and original package control.
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Reed
House
Senate
PROMA
N.nc
Washington
Capitol
House of Representatives
Congress
Howse
Page
Maine
Congressional Hotel
Capitol Grounds
Morton
Lightner
Hennepin Canal Clause Fails. River and Harbor Bill Passed
The House called the river and harbor bill for final action. Missouri's Mr. Dockery moved to recommit with Hennepin Canal clause stricken out, but the motion failed 61 to 128. The bill then passed without division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dockery
Missouri
Committee On
Commission to Inquire Into Effects of the Liquor Traffic
Senator Bilash reported favorably a House bill to appoint a five member commission chosen for personal fitness and impartiality to conduct a thorough investigation of the liquor traffic. The bill was amended during the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bilash
Committee On Education and Labor
House
Senate Finance Committee to fret tariff bill hearings
The Senate Finance Committee will start consideration of the tariff bill tomorrow at 10 o clock. The initial decision awaits on whether hearings will be granted to those seeking changes to schedules as approved by the House. Pennsylvania appointments include Joseph O. Kerbey named second secretary to Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Committee On Finance
House
McKinley Feels Better After Sherman Move
Major McKinley and Senator Sherman effected a surprise on Senators Allison Aldrich Hiscock and Jones of the Senate Finance Committee. The plan aimed to save the tariff bill from defeat and kept the Allison bill from replacing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washineron
Major McKinley
Cleveland
Harrison
Sherman
Allison
Aldrich
Hiscock
Jones
Senate Finance Committee
McKinley
Senate Committee
Senate
House
Senator Sherman
Finance Committee
Vigilant enforcement urged on alien contract labor law
Secretary Windom cites a Canadian newspaper ad offering 500 carpenters at low pay as evidence that the Builders' Exchange in Chicago could violate the alien contract labor law. He urges inspectors to uncover and report such cases with evidence to the proper customs district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windom
Washington
George F. Stitch
Chicago
Canada
Builders’ Exchange
la Salle Street
United States
Builders' Exchange
Eas
Immigrant Inspecta
Mystery Death of Kimber Mirrors Benwell Case In Montreal
Thomas Kimber, English heir missing since April, is found in Montreal reservoir with throat cut and stones in pockets. Coroner rules death by own action, but evidence and police doubt foul play, linking to the Beowell tragedy and prompting calls for a full investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kimber
Montreal
City
Benwell
Kimber
Topsham
Exeter
England
Berrichon
Grose
Dominion
Sarnia
Styles
Major Sherwood
Dominion Secret Service
Colonial Office
W Kimher
Surrender Seen On Census Questions After Porter Memo
Washington May 28 The Census Bureau under Porter is viewed by Congress as backing down with no action needed to limit enumerator duties. Porter defends the questions as vital to statistics for medicine and foreign inquiries while opposition leader MacAdoo signals no further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Porter
Department
United States
MacAdoo
President and party depart for Garfield memorial in Cleveland
Washington May 25 The President and a distinguished party including Vice President Morton, Secretary Windom, Postmaster General Wanamaker, Secretary Rusk, Attorney General Miller, Representative McKinley and Marshal Ransdell left Washington at 7 40 PM on a special Pennsylvania train to attend the Garfield memorial services in Cleveland on Decoration Day. The party was not able to accompany the entire delegation and telegrammed their regrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washingrton
Morton
Windom
Wanamaker
Rusk
Miller
McKinley
Marshal Ransdell
Washington
Pennsylvania Road
Garfield
Cleveland
Ohio convict escapes penitentiary over wall
May 28 report Timothy Whalen a three year prisoner from Licking county escaped the penitentiary at 10 o clock by climbing the wall with a ladder rope and gas rod supplied by outside parties the guard was asleep when the escape occurred Whalen had been jailed in 1688 for burglary and larceny and was employed as night engineer at the gas office
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Ohio
Sheploy
Ispfeclu
Costummbus
Timothy Whalen
Licking County
Whalen
Arrest of a former Red lieutenant in Haymarket case
Chicago dispatch reports New York tinsmith Joseph Kaiser, linked to the Johan radical wing, arrived in Chicago a month earlier. Kaiser, once a Most admirer, stayed near Hay market and was found at the Central police station under guard after resisting arrest.
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Chicago
Haymarket
Ripley
Joliet
Joseph Kaiser
New York
Johan
Radicals
Kaiser
New York Reds
West Huron Street
Haymarket Square
Central
Ex-New Orleans Detective Passo Captured After Forged Marriage
Thomas J. Passo former New Orleans Chief of Detectives was captured in Philadelphia after forging a marriage certificate to conceal a prior marriage. Catharine Kuhn fired at him but he survived. Kuhn was arrested. Passo was convicted of forging a judicial document and sentenced to 14 years, escaping after 11 months and hiding in South America until recently.
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Philadelphia
Thomas J. Passo
New Orleans
Broad Street
Passe
Catharine Kuhn
Miss Kuhn
Judge Voorhis
Passo
South America
Mother Recovers Abducted Daughter in Court Case
Laura De Salva, formerly Laura Russell, sought her 12 year old daughter Laura Enasell taken from Notre Dame in San Francisco. After a long search aided by detectives and thousands spent, a writ of habeas corpus brought the child to the circuit court where she was produced. The matter was continued until Saturday with the mother recognizing her former husband, William J. Russell, in court.
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THE
Disratch
St. Louis
Circuit Court
Laura de Salva
William J. Russell
San Francisco
Russell
Laura Enasell
Notre Dame
E. de Salva
Convent of
Sacred Heart Convent
Two Escaped Convicts From State Prison Motive Robbery
Henry Jackson and Thomas Thomas, sentenced in February 1884 to 30 years, trusted inmates, bound and gagged Doorkeeper Charles Parker at the prison night scene while most guards attended night classes. They stripped Parker of $300 and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TrEewToy
Henry Jackson
Thomas Thomas
Patterson
Charles Parker
Mystery Murder Near Stamford Village Unfolds
In North Adams Mass on May 26 authorities say John Dilworth’s home near Top Mountains two miles west of Stamford Village Vermont became the scene of a death initially thought natural from hard cider excess but later deemed a brutal murder. The victim is identified as Mag Shea and the suspected killer as Nick Bradley a Black man who had been employed by the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Mass
John Dilworth
Stamford Village
Mag” Shea
Nick Bradley
Bradley
Madame Devere Sentenced For Forgery In Common Pleas
Madame Devere found guilty of forgery and sentenced to ten years at hard labor in the penitentiary. She used a $25,000 forged signature of iron master Richard Brown in Youngstown on votes. Lam faced forgery charges. one indictment was dismissed, two more pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Totepo
Court of Common Pleas
Madame Devere
Richard Brown
Youngstown
Buster Lamb
Nstates Express Company
Lam
Hackman Swindler Nabbed After Delmonico's Dinner
John McDermott former New York hackman was arrested after dining at Delmonico's with two Englishmen. He was wanted for swindling widow Thayer of 1250 dollars and promising marriage. Detective Byrnes' men arrested him. Sir Robert Peel and Mr Talbot aided and then left for Chicago. McDermott, 44, will face arraignment tomorrow.
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Hackman
New York
Dinine
Delmonico’s
John McDermott
Sir Robert Peel
Clifford Tal
Aurania
McDermott
Inspector Byrnes
Germany
Sir Robert
Mr. Talbot
Delmonico's
McClusky
Mullholland
Thayer
Muntsy
Robert Peel
Chicago
Canadian boodle suspect Charlies Dempser returns to New York
A Canada based boodle colony figure, ex Alderman Charlies Dempser, lands in New York amid talk of posting a 240000 bail to cover bribery charges from 1854. He sought bondsmen and was said to have fled to Jersey City to avoid a bench warrant from the Court of General Sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charlies Dempser
Jeff Mountrestsat
Bedu
Jersey
Tragic wedding ruse ends in suicide at Lapponta
Miss Susan Richardson aged 24 in Lapponta Missouri is found dead after taking strychnine just as she prepared to wed William Dandervan despite parental opposition. Dandervan is kept under restraint as grief overwhelms him.
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Lapponta
Susan Richardson
Escaped Buckeye Burglar Nabbed in Ravenna Disguised
Frank Hook, a recently escaped convict, was captured in Ravenna while dressed in female attire to gain access to houses. He attempted to flee when flirtation from bystanders triggered his disguise, revealing boots, and he was seized by police to return to prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hook
Ravenna
Hook
Strakosch Remains Unable to Pay Judgment
In supplementary proceedings lawyers Steiner and Steckler questioned Carl Strakosch, manager and Louise Kellogg’s husband, regarding a judgment for 916.23 by William G. Dietken. Strakosch claimed no means, with his wife owning their furniture and paying their flat rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Steiner
Charles Steckler
Carl Strakosch
William G. Dietken
Strakosch
Louise Kellogg
Fritz Emmet Granted Absolute Divorce in New York
Albany May 23 A decree of absolute divorce was entered against Fritz Emmet by his wife in New York Courts. No defense was offered and the divorcee was cited on the grounds of incompatibility. Fritz cannot remarry but his wife is free to act as she chooses.
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Congress
Bonner
Albany
Frits Emmet
Ares
Frits
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Sill
Halford
Pitcairn
Citizens’ Committee
J. W. Echols
Blaine
Thos. T. Wright
Rockety
Richelieu Robinson
New York Tribune
Scotch Irish Congress
Breckinridge
Democratic Party
Farmora Alliance
J. H. Bryson
Huntsville
Presbyterian Church
Virginia
Shenandoah Valley
Bryson
Speaker Reed
Closes the
Bar
Morten
Hennepin Canal
Joseph O. Kerbey
Wice
Pare
David L. Barton
Mercer
Mkinley
Charles Tupper
Sherwood
Secret Service
Mount Royal
Antoine Berrichon
Woodstock
Ont
Burchell
LEGE
Ane
Herr Mont
Ispacual
Delmonica's
Him
Diafatch
Fritz Emmet
New York Courts
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