Weekly Street Department Actions and Repairs Report
The board noted removal of occupants from canal bank between Twelfth and Fifteenth streets granted to Exposition. It called out danger at Eggleston avenue canal raceway pier and referred to Engineer. Approved Abraham Miller 1500 damages claim for Main street improvements. Extended paving contractor R H Rabe timeline. Grand avenue plank sidewalks near completion with five hundred feet remaining. referred to Engineer. Granted sewer tap in front of 404 West Eighth Street under Engineer. Weekly payrolls totaling 511787 ordered paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 8
Larkin
Eee
Canal Bank
Twelfth
Fifteenth
Canal Raceway
Eggleston Avenue
Abraham Miller
Main
Fulton
Council
R. H. Rabe
Dorman
Powers
Cumminsville
J.C. Harper
Grand Avenue
Price Hill
West Eighth Street
Eleventh Ward Hosts German Union Labor Rally
A Saturday German mass meeting at McMicken and Main supported Union Labor candidate for Board of Public Works Carl Raeder of Cleveland with Frank Ronza Edward Hoffman Otto Zeusser and Oswald Deitz addressing about a thousand Eleventh Ward Germans. Republicans and bread and butter factionists watched as the effort was described as the death knell of Know Nothing Republicanism over the Rhine and the ward predicted a 500 vote majority gain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMicken Avenue
Main Street
Union Labor Party
Carl Raeder
Cleveland
Union Labor
Board of Public Works
Frank Ronza
Edward Hoffman
Otto Zeusser
Oswald Deitz
Eleventh Ward
Bread and
Rhine
Misuse of the Mails Arraignments in Florida Case
Guy Webber of St Andrews Bay Florida land fame was arraigned in the United States Court before Judge Sage on misuse of the Post Office establishment charges. He posted a $1000 bond with Dennis J Kenney as surety. Frank R Morse faced the same charge and bonded $1000 with Samuel R Ferris and James A De Armand as sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Webber
St. Andrews’ Bay
Florida
Land Fame
Sage
United States Court
Dennis J Kenney
West Eighth Street
Frank R. Morse
Samuel R. Ferris
Linwood
Bursted Boilers at Lawrence Iron Works Kill Three
An explosion at the Lawrence Iron and Oil Works in Tronton Ohio this morning killed three workers and seriously injured seventeen others. Several persons are reported missing as rescue operations continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tronton
Ohio
Lawrence Iron and Oil Works
Venteen
Under the Wheels
A Vine Street cable car near Inwood Park struck a pedestrian named Fred Huncher and he was crushed. The incident occurred in the morning as the man attempted to board the car and he later died at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Huncher
Inwood Park
Fey
Dramatic Affairs and Local Theatre Deepens Week
A busy week includes the Gettysburg cyclorama show drawing crowds and Jin performing twice yesterday. At Grand House Blakely's Novelty Company presents a first class variety show while Effie Eilsler and company opened at Heuck's with a notable matinee audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fer and Blakely
Jim
Uare
Effie Eilsler
Heuck
Baseball Notes and Scores Amid Confusing Fragments
Fragmentary report records several baseball scores and matchups. Mentions Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, St. Louis games with mixed results and unclear dates.
Warren County Grand Jury Indicts Sixteen Defendants
The Warren County Grand Jury returned sixteen indictments including Thomas Kelly for second degree murder and Mary Coleman for cutting with intent to kill. Other counts include four for selling liquor on Sunday keeping open on Sunday and permitting gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren County
Ohio
Thomas Kelly
Mary Coleman
Child Labor and the Tariff Debate in Philadelphia Herald
A Philadelphia Herald piece argues against tariff protection underscoring child labor as a poverty result. It cites Cohoes mills with 1200+ underage workers, illiteracy among parents, and Massachusetts figures. The article asserts protection raises prices, harms workers, and fails to educate children, urging fair competition and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohoes
N. Y
Castlearden
New York
Massachusetts
Bay State
Commonwealths
Republic
United States
Indictments Pending Against Gould and Sage in Bond Heist
New York on October 24 reports indictments before the Grand Jury against Jay Gould and Russell Sage for grand larceny in stealing bonds valued at six million dollars. A Coroner’s Jury ruled George Bangs killed William McWilliams in self defense per eyewitness testimony and that the murdered man’s son had the four individuals arrested for conspiring to kill his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jay Gould
Russell Sage
George Bangs
Wm. McWilliams
The Right Sort of Talk.
The Union Labor Advocate denounces treason to labor as a crime against liberty and accuses betrayers of desiring to place their name first on the damning roll of infamy amid the fight for liberty of speech and suffrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Workingmen of
America
G A R Celebration Planned With Parade And Reception
General Committee of the G A R announces Grand Army Day events. Private Dalzell will arrive Thursday. Music and carriages are arranged for the parade and a reception will be held at G A R Headquarters on Walnut Street after the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Rt
Dalzell
Walnut Street
Cleveland Home Arrives in Washington After Six Weeks of Honors
President Cleveland and his party completed a 4 500 mile tour through seventeen states. They were greeted by crowds totaling near five million as they made a quiet 6 40 a m arrival in Washington DC after three weeks of ovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Cleveland
Preston vs Hocking Valley Railroad in U S Court
Equity case Isiah W. Preston and others move pro se before Judge Sage in the United States Court. The matter involves a dispute with the Hocking Valley Railroad and is presented as an equity action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isiah W. Preston
Hocking Valley Railroad
Sage
United States Court
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Goearly
Veual
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Pittsburgs
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Mute
Reds
Crn
Reeday
Brooklyn
Sturday
Detroits
St. Louis
Philadelphia Herald
Gould
G. A. R. Celebration
Hasz
de Smiths
Hyman’s
Avllel
NEETS
John Strobel
Henry Gewert
Gents
Vine Street
Twelfth Street
Cincinnati
Fifth Street
F. A. Fhalbusch
Workmen’s Hall
Mike Hoffman
Walnut St
Owio
Kohl & Middleton
Vine-Street
Babel
Mattie Babel
G. Jozhnk
Canal
ORTO
Nineteenth Ward Labor Club
D. H. Mackenzie
W. Cor. Fifth and Park Sts
Max Davedofp
Fifth St
Bet
John and Smith
A. Sternberger
Sixth St
Race
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J. W. Schragh
Fourth and
Warner
J.W. Acomb
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