Tariff Debates and Capitol Bills Dominate Week
The Senate and House fished through tariff bills and amendments from December 10 to 13, with votes on duties for beams and cotton ties, and debates on irrigation, Idaho admission, and inter state commerce. Over the period several public measures passed, including pension and district appropriations, while incidents from a steam mill boiler explosion in Alabama to a dog-catcher case in Missouri highlighted a week of diverse events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agson
Senate
McPherson
Finance Committee
Sherman
Geological Survey
Washington
Idaho
Congress
District of Columbia
House
Cockerell
Secretary of War
Hancock
Yorktown
Cameron
George S. Anderson
Sixth Cavalry
Harris
Hopkins
Illinois
Messrs. Allen
Miss
Yeas
Coke
O'Neill
Committee On Elections
California
Sullivan
Felton
Oates
Alabama
Secretary of the Treasury
Alaska
Mitchell
Sion
Inter-State Commerce Committee
John ©. Fremont
Court of Claims
Oklahoma
Assignment to John Elrod for creditors by Brave and Lumber Co
A transfer to John Elrod for the benefit of creditors is reported for the Brave and Lumber Company, a Columbus Ind. consortium operating from Erin. Assets listed at 136000 with liabilities, and a pending appeal noted amid various regional legal and criminal items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Elrod
Brave and Lumber Company
Columbus
Ind
Erin
Oun
Aaborn
N. Y
Wallace
Rover T. Jones
Grant County
John A. Fleming
Jerome
Fleming
Grand Jury
Court of General Sessions
New York
Henry Hermann
Edward Meredith
Ella Hammond
Addie Stanton
Phil Daly
Thomas & Bons’ Tack Works
Norristown
Chicago City Railway Company
Frank Wilcox
Canolline Scawrer
Lewis
Asheville
N. C
Lizzie Bynum
Lake Shore
Buffalo
New York Central
Gettysburg Memorial Association damages Moss plaque
The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association tore out the foundation laid by Captain Reed of the Seventy-second Pennsylvania and filled the hole. Acquittals occurred for Thomas Weiss the cowboy and Ida Bricker in the Diggs Little killing case in Chambersburg on self defense grounds. Harry Smart was found guilty of murder in the Meisner Green and Belle Ward deaths in the Ohio River case with a death sentence. on a separate count he was sentenced to life imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association
Moss
Captain Reed
Seventy-second
Pennsyvania Regiment
Thomas Weiss
Cowboy
Ida Bricker
Chambersburg
Diggs Little
Harry Smart
Meisner Green
Belle Ward
Ohio River
Louisville
Smart
Colonel Bridgers Dies in Washington After Fainting on Committee
Colonel Bridgers longtime Atlantic Coast Line general manager and president of several major roads died in Columbia after fainting while addressing a legislative committee. Arrivals in New York included actress Miss Palmer and anarchist Lucy Parsons. Prohibitionists' national committee met in Pittsburgh with a treasurer's report showing 92000 spent. Boston elected Thomas Hart mayor with a Republican school board and eight Republicans to four Democrats on the aldermen. Virginia anti-Mahone wing to submit a statement to the President elect. Chaplain George W. Durrants US Navy died in Washington at 77. One Boston school board member re-elected. eleven new members, none Catholic. Women voters about 16947 of 21300 registered. Belgium's minister to Spain appointed, Garmer Heldewick named to succeed him in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Wilcox
Evergreen
Ala
Joan J. Jexxixes
James Jennings
Lackawanna
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Ithaca
N. Y
E. 8. Nevins
South Orange
N. J
Maggie Sullivan
Alabama
M. E. Church
South
Mobile
B. K. Hargrave
Board of Missions
Oberkampf
Mack
Esrr Dursam
Sadsburyville
Seaman Place
Western Union Telegraph Company
Supreme Court of Ohio
Staynor and Ives
Charles F. Hepperson
Taylorville
Henderson
Henry C. Anderson
Arkansas
Little Rock
George M. Bain, Jr
Virginia
Albany
Federation of Labor
St. Louis
Committee On Defense Fund
Committee On
Odessy
Illinois
Clara Mackin
Joseph Mackin
Chicago
H. F. Howe
Denton
Tex
Pacific Express Company
Howe
Berks
Lancaster Counties
Reamstown
Deke Rambo
Register of Wills
Montgomery County
Rambo
Rosert Jeepae
Port Huron
Mich
Detroit House of Correction
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Wabasha
Minn
Brooks
Mead
North Chicago
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Governon Tarion
Tennessee
Memphis
Tenn
Isaac 8. Warren
L. F. Jones
Benjamin Gratz
Anderson Grat
Joel Wood
Cane Lisburne
Tur Board of Apportionment
New York
Hewitt
Badger
Fort Arthur
Williamsport
Reading Road
West Milton
Wallace Matress
Shamokin
Derarment Commaxpen Seaton
Llinois
Chicago Post No. 7
Poat
Standard Oil Cou” Pan
Pittsburgh
R. R. Brideers
Columbia
D. C
Bridgers
Atlantic Coast Line
Amon
Aurania
Miss Palmer
Lucy Parsons
Boston
Mass
Thomas H. Hart
Republican Party
George W. Durrants
United States Navy
Washington
Ohe
Miss Hastings
Schendler
Department of State
Baunder de Melsbrock
Spain
Garmer Heldewick
United States
Rothschilds plan Baton Rouge storage project
St Petersburg dispatch notes Rothschilds contracted to build fifteen reservoirs at Baton storing kerosene with capacity 150000 barrels each. Russians demand government limits as they react with aghast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Baton
Rome
Ireland
Dillon
O’brien
Irish Patriotic Union
Houston
Parnell
London Times
Richard Pigott
Madrid
Gulf of Juan
Mixed 19th Century News Items From Various Locales
A roundup of brief notices reports changes in anarchist groups and notable arrests and crimes. Items mention Harper’s recovery from illness, inauguration hotel rates, a renamed Chicago group, a Kansas City consumptive with temporary insanity, and a medical society stance on Jack the Ripper. The Logansport citizen recognized as a Brooklyn boy, a Mercer County counterfeiters capture, a Vandever Station fatality, and a Erie grocer’s suicide are noted alongside shipwreck notes, a schooner Captain’s loss, and a storm note. Also included are a Dawson death on tracks, Newton politicians’ suicides, a Big Rapids ex-postmaster convicted, sparrow bounty proposal, and a Canadian MP’s unseating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. L. Harper
Washington
Vandever Station
Ala
Wm. Blockley
F. W
Morgan
Erie
Mob Clash in Birmingham Ends in Deaths and Arrests
A Birmingham mob pressed the county jail alley at night, opened fire after warnings, and at least nine were killed or wounded. Officers and deputies face murder warrants as Colonel Jones arrives with troops to restore order. The mob’s violence follows the Hawes murder case and a death toll rises with Throckmorton later dying in Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Richard R. Hawes
Emma K. Hawes
Lakeview
Eastlake
May
Thompson
Packard
Mrs. Hawes
Atlanta
Twenty-first
M. B. Throckmorton
J. R. McCoy
A. B. Tarrant
A. D. Bryant
O C. Tate
Colbert Smith
Charles Jenkins
Brandon
Charles Bailey
A. J. Schiede
J. W. Monntgomery
Berkeley
John H. Merritt
Att Kennedy
W. Owen
J. W. Gilmore
Albert Smith
Montgomery
Colonel Jones
Wesley-Posey
Hawes
Smith
David Pruett
Babbett
Justice of the Peace
J. M. McMasters
Louisville
Mr. Throckmorton
Kentucky
Colin Throckmorton
Aris Throckmorton
Robert J. Ward
Alabama
Throckmorton
Miss Martin
State News Roundup From Ohio Cities And Courts
A Toledo Cadence reports widespread incidents from Cincinnati to Tope through Dec 14. Bank cashier E L Harper of Cincinnati’s Fidelity Bank is declared insane amid his fortieth birthday. White Caps lashings in Wood County target workers and residents including ex Governor Foster’s home. Allen Myers case proceeds with venue disputes and witness Joyce. McDonald Breck case reaches Ohio Supreme Court over admissibility and family letters. George C Johnson found dead under circumstances in Toledo area. Dr F W Floor dies at 52 after long illness in Youngstown. John L Sullivan jailed for diseased meat sales to locals including a children’s home. Attorney General sues county auditor over tax duplicate valuations. Snooten case arguments conclude in Cannurpar with Power and Durban presenting for State and defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Co.umavs
E. L. Harper
Fidelity Bank
Cincinnati
Coffin
Cherrington
Clemmer
Dennis
Insane Department
Insane Asylum
Tolevo
Wood County
Martin
Miller
Fostoria
Foster
Perrysburg
Napoleon
Maumee
George W. Wilson
John J. Joyce
Franklin County
R. B. Montgomery
Corumecs
McDonald-Breck Will
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Mary E. Breck
State of Ohio
Mary E
L. A. Breck
Arnold Green
Epo
George C. Johnson
Charles Jones
Toledo National Bank
Monroe
Mich
Jones
Johnson
Aknox
John L. Sullivan
Boston Township
Sullivan
J. W. Powell
Cincinnati Attorneys and Orgs Listing in 1860s Notice
Southeast corner Fifth and Walnut Streets Cincinnati and Batavia Ohio law firm notices announce partnerships and offices. G A Frazier Razier & Roudebush W A Townsley eee Woodlief T Q Ashburn R Paeues Hulick Esplanade Building promise prompt legal service in Hamilton Clermont and adjoining counties with loans negotiated and offices in Dennison Building and Batavia law building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth and
Walnut Streets
Cincinnati
Ohio
Amelia
Dennison
Clermont
Rata
Courthouse Row
Attorneys At Law
Batavia
Tatman Building
Main Street
Esplanade
Fifth and Walnut
Hamilton
Clermont Coun
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News OF the
Barrie
Sandwich
Masy
J. R. Humphrey
Bath
Osman Diana
Emin Bey
Stanley
General Gronfell
McGahn
Miss Quinlan
Dawson
Nob
Benx and Kilpaiy
Newton
Cons
D. Cranpdals
Big Rapids
Pennsylvania
Mowracuit
Haldimand
Bia
Miners’ Progressive Union
H. P. Stanley
Matlach Dry Goods Company
Arkansas City
Canada
Mamma
State News
Warden Coffin
Board of Managers
Department For the Insane
The
Youxastown
F. W. Floor
University of Philadelphia
Cleveland Medical College
Europe
Masonic Fraternity
Couns
Watson
Raine
Hamilton County
Heing
Captain Power
Frank Durban
Matthews
Train
Clermont County Board OF School
Via
Board of Examiners
Hulick
BaTavia, Ohio
Byron Williams
G. J. Swing
A. West
We & Hicks
Kline
Opera House
A AS. E. Robinson
Attorney At Law
G. A. Frazier
Razier & Roudebush
W. P. Bucdebush
Law
W. A. Townsley
Eee & Woodlief
J.B. Woodlier
T. P. Breeding
Nichols & Nichols
T. Q. Ashburn
Rpaeues & Hulick
Geo. W. Hulick
Urban G
Creamer
Williamsburg
Ames B. Swing
Undertakers
N. T. Dailey
Undertaker
Jentiitcon
J. A. Jones
W. B. Motsinger
Motsinger, Undertakers & Embalmers
Milford
Motsinger
Owensville
Anson Wilson
Brice
Monterey
Joseph H. Hanwold
Gras Agen
Cora Kemper
Race Stret
Gymtet
Lincinna Rives
New Richmay
Nectio de Wi Ole Halve
Carmel
Aaco
Pleasant
Nine Mile
Locust Corner
Palestine
Batrville
New Richmond
Ager
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