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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1888
Page
3
A broad roundup notes Governor Hill schedules an extraordinary legislature session on July 17 to debate and approve a state prison appropriation. Other items record Levi P Morton’s vice presidency nomination at Rhinebeck, a fatal shooting in Dutch hills, and various international and domestic political and crime briefs.
New York records a lively session with strong early buying led by Reading and St Paul stocks. Prices moved up 1 to 1 1/4 percent, then a late day dip but closed near the best levels. Bond and money markets were steady as the week closes.
In Curcase July 12 a mob of about 200 rail workers attacked a Burlington freight crew in St Paul yards injuring Engineer Fred Heete and Fireman Dan Barkyle. The crowd shouted scabs, fired links and pins, derailed the engine, then dispersed as police arrived. no arrests were made and the wounded were taken to county hospital.
Rumor of a general switchmen boycott is confirmed as grievance committee pressure leads nearly all road superintendents to await officials before acting. Burlington transfers halted until further notice and thirty five extra police sworn in, sixty special officers now in service. Carcaco habeas corpus bid for McGilvery and Kelly dismissed as prisoners insist on police custody. They fear Brotherhood retaliation over alleged disclosures about a circular urging Burlington property destruction.
The Pan Presbyterian council met in Loxpoy on July 12. Rev Dr Mathews of Quebec accepted the secretaryship and pledged to unite church factions. Dr Roberts of Cincinnati was elected secretary to reside in America. Dr Holmes of Albany reported on Dr Hopper’s £28,000 college offer in Canton, with endowment raised to £100,000, which was accepted. Mrs Ellen Wood denounced Africa’s liquor trade in a delegates’ paper. Dr Hall of New York argued Romanism is stronger in America than in Europe due to politics. A congratulatory resolution praised two American branches of the Presbyterian Church formed since 1878.
Rochester July 11 Edward A Deacons a 17 year old tramp was hanged for the August 18 murder of Alorzo Stone after a visit for food. He killed Mrs Stone by beating her then hid the body behind a sack. The execution followed a quiet process with Sheriff Hodgson, no religious service on the gallows, and the body prepared for burial at Mt Hope cemetery.
Albany July 10 Representatives of the State Trades Assembly in special session issued a circular urging labor organizations to oppose the $10 000 appropriation to extend the state account system into prisons and returnatories. They favor the county plan to reduce costs and call on workers to press legislators to deny further funding for the state account system. Delegations from manufacturers met and plan action with New York allies. The county plan bill is expected to pass while the $1 000 000 measure is opposed by Erwin and Vedder who are in Europe.
New York July 11 Isaac Waldorf a New York Jewish merchant reportedly learned he had married his own daughter after a sequence of marriages. He separated from his first wife in Austria, remarried, and had three children. A governess he took in later became his wife and mother to his children. When the mother from Vienna arrived, she identified Waldorf as her husband triggering questions of bigamy and legitimacy. authorities weigh the moral and legal angles as the tale unfolds. Additionally a child death in Sterling and a Brattleboro accident claim local tragedy.
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