Seventh Regiment Firefight and Borough Street Violence
Brooklyn on January 21 reports the Seventh regiment under Major Abrams clashed with a mob near Ridgewood depot. Private Ennis was wounded by a crowd shot as six companies guarded routes. police and militia returned fire, with several officers injured and a civilian arming incident noted. The State Board of Mediation issued a report on the Brooklyn trolley strike, detailing wage and hour disputes, with some settlements reached and others unresolved affecting multiple companies and unions.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Ennis
Seventh Regiment
Abrams
Ridgewood
Greene and Gates
Brooklyn City Hine
Bushwick Avenue
mUbi
Patrick Nupent
Hushiwick Avenue
Ridsiewood
Halsey Street
Tilkera
Degan
Gates
Stuyveant
Elmer P. van Dyke
New York
Twelfth Regiment
Shackleton, Comigen and
Burke
Hoogea
Shackleton
Board of Arbitration
Albany
State Board of Mediation and Arbitration
Knights of Labor
Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company
Stone
Brooklyn City
District Assembly
Qisen
Brooklyn Heights
Athletic Avenue
Queens County
Executive Board of District Assebly No. 7
Eah
Corty
Colored female barber slashes rival in prightful manner
Reading dispatch reports Mrs. David Cornish the city’s only colored woman barber committing an assault on her rival. A coupe stopped in front of Rachel’s home shortly before dusk and the incident occurred, marking her as an avenger in the night timeline.
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Reading
David Cornish
Mra
Rachel
Quigley’s Transactions Defraud New Jersey Bank
Vice President E. S. Campbell of the National Newark Banking Co says Edward Quigley, a New York defaulter, swindled the bank for about 20,000 with forged Harrisburg city bonds. The loan was on 20 percent margin and experts deemed the bonds good. The bank expects to recover the full 10,000.
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Newark
N. J
E. 8. Campbell
National Newark Banking Company
Edward ©. Quigley
New York
Harrisburg, Pa
Pattison Eligibility Questioned for Philadelphia Mayor
Ex Governor Pattison's eligibility to be Philadelphia mayor is debated by law professor Stuart Paterson. He argues city habitation rules may allow his election if absence on state business for five years exempts him from city residency requirements. Pattison, nominated by the Democratic city convention, was officially notified today and will respond by letter.
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Philadelphia
Pattison
Stuart Paterson
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Pattizon
Harrisburg
Patrison
Andauch
Philadephia
Eix
Robert BE. Pattlono
Mo. Ubed
Rich Strike at Lackawanna Lode Near Decorah
The Lackawanna lode adjoining the Decorah on Green Mountain, Lawrence county, yields rich gold ore. Owners James Collins and Curly O’Leary, working since 1885, report nearly 2000 tons on the dump with assays from 1000 to 1700 dollars per ton. The ore body runs twelve feet thick between shale rock and trachyte, with potential for greater width.
Elijah Emerick Trial Highlights Alibi Claim
Pottsville session reports ex Almshouse Steward Hijah Emerick testifying he was not at the almshouse when alleged improper relations with a Vic Institution inmate occurred. Several witnesses supported his account. The case closed and a sealed verdict was returned to be opened in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsville
Almshouse
Hijah Emerick
Vic Institution
Almahouse
Eimerick
Riverside Tron Works Resumes At Belwood Facility
The Riverside Tron works at Belwood West Virginia resumed operations in all departments today after a two year halt. The move provides jobs for 5 000 workers and marks a major revival for the plant and surrounding community.
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Tron
Bellaire
Riverside Tron
Belwood
W. Via
Bourgeois Forms Cabinet for President Faure in Paris
Paris reports M Bourgeois announced he has formed a cabinet for President Faure. The premier indicated the new government is ready to govern.
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Bourgeoiis
Paris
M. Bourgeois
Ite
Faure
Navy announces death of Col Willan Rettiey of USMC
The Navy Department reports the death of Colonel Willan TL Rettiey, ex Judge Advocate General of the Navy, from paresis at an insane asylum in Somerville, Massachusetts. In Pottsville, Pennsylvania, the house approved a 9000 dollar appropriation for a public building. Commissioner Miller reports half year Internal Revenue totals rising to 81817000 with an increase of 3919971 from the prior period.
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Navy Department
Willan TL Rettiey
United States Marine Corps
Navy
Somerville
Maas
House
Pottsville
Miller
Sherman Proposes Popular Loans to Rebuild Treasury
Washington reports Senator John Sherman supports a currency bill enabling the treasury to issue certificates of indebtedness and other instruments to meet deficits. He argues such popular loans would absorb excess currency, expand money supply, and allow government debt to be held domestically, stabilizing finance without gold withdrawals.
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Washington
John Sherman
Sherman
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
Treasury
Italliana
National Banka
New York
Clergyman Turns Pulpit Into Stage in Richard III Portrayal
In Oakland California on January 21 the young minister Edward Davie preached on eternal judgment while acting as Richard III. He recited the soliloquy and a scene from the play in a dramatic, realistic manner. A large audience gathered to see the unusual sermon theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Cal
the New
Edward Davie
Keene
Warde
Lamp Victim in Pittsburg Drunken Fight Fatal Burn
Notorious Cora Richardson of Jeannette, linked to a former police killing in Pittsburg, was fatally burned during a drunken clash with Martha Curtisa. Curtisa, who threw a lighted lamp at Cora, was later arrested.
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Pittsburg
Cora Richardson
Jeannette
Adley
Martha Curtisa
Martha
Cora
Curtisa
Hawaiian questions dominate Senate debate in Washington
The Senate discussed the Hawaiian question with President praised by Mr Gray for upholding long standing precedents. A bank scandal involving Erastus Ross & Sons unsettled deposits as the Ross family moved to safeguard assets while merchants' bank deposits were reportedly secure. House proceedings centered on public buildings and Hawaii related resolutions amid adjournments.
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Erastus Ross & Sons
Ross
Merchants’ Bank
Ross & Sone
Washington
Senate
Republic
Lodgey
Rep
Mass
San Francisco
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
United States
Frye
Hawaiian Islands
Mr. Gray
Dem
Del
Lodge
Hawley
Verneth
House
Richardson
Tennea- Hee
Crisp
Asheville
Alfred
Mr. Boutelle
Sone Ively
Boutelly
Chicago Publi
Dilla
Patterean
N. Od
Pitts- Ville
Hawaii
France
Cyclone W. C.F. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Hawai
Mr. Storer
Ohio
William M. Breckner
Hawaiian
Abolition of Hanging Debated as Electric Chair Considered
Harrisburg, Jan 21 The Cotton bill to end hanging and substitute execution by electricity faces likely delay in the judiciary committee. A Vaughan measure may be substituted if Senate action allows, while concerns about the electric method linger. A second Cotton bill targets foreign building and loan associations, and OMalley proposes funding for Carbondale hospital as well as stricter constable reporting duties.
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Scranton Tribune
Harrisburg
Allegheny
Judiciary General Committee
Vaughan
Lackawanna
Senate
New York State
Cotton
Petittenthiries
Niicely
General Judiciary Committee
O'Malley
Carbondale Hospital
Eighteen Die as State of Missouri Sinks near Wolf Creek
Reports from Wolf Creek detail the steamship State of Missouri disaster with eighteen dead. Five crew and passengers from Titteburg and Barfield are named among the lost. five sailors survived, including five women who were saved.
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State of
Missouri
Tell City
Ind
Wolf Creek
Merchants' Bank of Binghamton Closes Its Doors
State examiner Clark ordered Merchants' Bank of Binghamton closed after days of book inspection. President Erastus Rosa, cashier Fred E B, and assistant cashier Clinton were named in the turmoil surrounding the institution's finances.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Funk
Clark
Merchants’ Bank
Instituton
Erastus Rosa
Fred EB
Clinton
Montrose Woman Arrested for Obscene Letters Sent By Mail
Montrose Pa January 21 reports say Mrs Edith Frink a well known married woman was arrested on a charge of sending obscene anonymous letters through the mails to John Sweet a grocery clerk. Bail set at 1000 with hearing at Scranton federal court. Witnesses named include Mrs Henry Patrick Mrs State Stevens Miss Della Sweet and others.
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Scranton Tribune
Montrose
Fd. Frink
John Sweet
A. W. Lyons
Airs
Minnie Stoddard
Justice of the Peace
John
Courtright Aid
United States Court
Scranton
Mra
State Stevens
Misa Della Sweet
Edson Warner
George Bostwick
George K. Stoddard
A. W. Ssone
John Bweet
Mex Frink
George Lohiman Funeral Fills Memorial Church
George A Lohiman died by his own hand and his funeral was held at 2 pm at North Main avenue residence. Dr Mills led services at Memorial Presbyterian with Concordia Male Chorus assisting. Mason lodge arranged arrangements. Pallbearers named. interment in Hollenback cemetery. Scranton and Wilkes-Barre mourners attended. restaurant to be run by brother in law Eugene Schimpit.
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Scranton Tribune
Wilkes-Barre
George A. Lohiman
North Main Avenue
Dr. Mills
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Concordia
Frank Larned
John Hughes
Joseph Steidel
Wadsworth Austin
Charles 8. Landis
Willim Reichert
Hollenback Cemetery
Scranton Masone and
Elke
George Lehman
John Lehman
Lewis Lehman
L. A. Puller
Schoenfelt
Rutter
August
Eugene Schimpit
Philip Lohman
Elijah Touler
Leo Schimpil
Lohman
Eugene Schimpilt
Scranton
State Snap Shops Lancasteria to Build Ice Plant
Lancasteria authorities announce an ice manufacturing plant with a sixty ton per day capacity. The Bchuylkill Electric Railway Company plans to raise its capital. The Independent Colored Club of Homestead protests low wages at the Carnegie Steel works with a circulating circular.
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Lancasteria
Bchuylkill Electric Railway Company
Independent Colored Club
Homestead
Carnegie Steelworks
Quay Introduces Bill to Form Northern Pennsylvania District
In the senate today Mr. Quay introduced a bill providing for the creation of the United States judicial district of northern Pennsylvania. The new district would include Wayne, Pike, Monroe detached from the eastern district and Susquehanna, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Columbia, Northumberland, Montour, Lycoming, Sullivan, Bradford, Potter, Tioga, Wyoming, Clinton, Union, Snyder, Centre and Cameron detached from the western district.
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Washington
Senate
Quay
United States
Pennsylvania
Wayne, Pelk
Monroe
Susquehanna
Lackawanna
Luserny
Columbia
Northumberland
Montour
Lycoming
Bullivan
Bradford
Potter
Tioga
Wyoming
Clinton
Union
Snyder
Center
Cameron
Murdered the marshal in Kansas post office burglary
Suspected burglars broke into a Kansas post office in Osmawatomle. They blew the safe with explosives. City Marshal James Helma confronted them. he was shot in the chest and killed. Alarm raised but no clues yet. Nearby, in Minneapolis, Hayward's trial began for Catharine Ging's death.
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Kansas
Osmawatomle
Kan
James Helma
Weather forecast for eastern Pennsylvania shows showers and colder turning Tuesday night
A weather notice for eastern Pennsylvania warns of showers and a sharp fall in temperatures. Winds shift from southerly to westerly as the night progresses, bringing chill air and unsettled conditions.
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Pennsylvania
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State Board of Arbitration and Mediation
Quigley’s Transactions
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MR. Pattison
BEATS
Holy Terror
Minera
South Dakota
Elijah Emerick
Washington Notes
Senator Sherman
California
Richard
Wade
Paterson, N. d
Gray
MR. Cotton
George Lotiman
Wilkes Barre
Ent
Finley
Anderson
Mr. Quay
Lackawanna Ave
H. A. Kingsbury
Spruce ST
Deweue
W. J. Weichel
Near Dime Bank
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