Court Proceedings Chronicle of Warren County Week
A weekly resume outlines trials and indictments in Warren County. Abram Priest was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter over Louie Hagel’s shooting, with two thirds of costs to the defense and one third to the prosecutor. Multiple cases, including perjury, gambling, assault, and theft, were resolved with verdicts, guilty pleas, or continued to December sessions, and a Warren fair association presentment urging action against gambling at the fair grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Abram Priest
Little Louie Hagel
Pittsfield
Com
Cynthia Shirley
Rose Shirley
Wm. Dunn
Thos. Dunn
J. W. King
Thomas Kingsley
Georgiana Irvine
Wm. Hoop
O. Campbell
G. W. Moorehouse
James M. Thompson
Peter M. Smith
Trix
Julia Fogles
John Ryan
Dalrymple
Chas. Routstein
Frank Murphy
Gov
A. F. Morrison
W. G. Reeves
Jerome White
Chas. Rogers
James Gaylord
Bert Livingston
Lou Arters
Robert Mitchell
John Youngquist
Warren Fair Association
Mason Phelps
Jay Harry White
Garland
Spink
Eli Bailey
Warren County Fair Association
Congressmen Cox Dead In Quiet Ending
New York on September 10 Congressmen Sunset Cox died at 8 38 PM after a quiet battle with heart trouble peritonitis noted by Dr. Lockwood. A colored servant present when he died and a witty remark to the doctor marked the peaceful close to a long political career. Cox, born 1824 in Ohio, served in multiple Congresses and held posts including speaker pro tem and minister to Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Congressman Sunset Cox
Washington
Providence
Columbus (Ohio
Peru
Chicago
New- York
Columbus
New York City
Lyman‘Lremain
James Brooks
Turkey
Joseph Pulitzer
Wagener
WANTS TO BE GOVERNOR Chas W Stone Seeks Republican Nomination
Erie Observer reports Secretary of the Commonwealth Chas W Stone of Warren openly seeks the Republican nomination for governor next year. He traveled from the east to Erie, spoke with leading Republicans, and predicts a possible compromise candidate amid Hastings Dela mater and Quay faction tensions. Stone believes he has the qualifications and left for home with ex-Representative Henry Brace, a Warren official serving as special government agent for fraudulent land claim examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. W. Stone
Warren
Erie
Commonwealth
Eric
Gen. Hastings’ Boom
Quay
Delamater
Meadville
Stone
Henry Brace
Tanner Resigns as Commissioner of Pensions
Washington Sept 12 President Harrison has received James W Tanner's resignation as commissioner of pensions saying differences with the secretary of the interior over pension bureau administration are radical and require resignation. Later dispatches say Tanner was suspended. He refused to resign or be removed until forced out.
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Black
Cleveland
Explosive factory blast shocks NTWERP crowd
A cartridge factory near the Bourse exploded sending flames and debris across a crowded area. The disaster, at the Uarvileian factory, killed an estimated 200 and wounded about 1,000 as two acres burned and ships at docks suffered damage. Window destruction reached miles away amid a massive fire and panic.
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Ntwerp
Uarvileian
Common Council
Doctor Strong to Visit Carver House for Treatment
Dr. G William Strong a New York lung and throat specialist will be at the Carver house on Thursday September 12 to treat patients. He cites hundreds cured from consumption debility and poverty of the system and includes testimonies from Troy New York and New York City families and physicians. He is a regular physician not a traveling quack and will tour the country before retiring, spending about two weeks in Warren offering renewed hope to those formerly deemed incurable.
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G. William Strong
New York City
Carver House
Strong
Nathan Warren
Troy
Warren
Warren fair leaders named from borough merchants and farmers
The Titusville Herald questions why 15 000 people attended Thursday’s fair while under 5 000 gathered. It denounces business and farming leaders forming a Warren county stock association with officers: B F Morris president Willis Cowan secretary Frank Cogswell grounds manager, and a director board split between farmers and merchants.
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Titusville Herald
Warren
Warren County Association
Farmers’ Club
B. F. Morris
Warren Ledger
Warren Fair Association
Willis Cowan
the Mail
Frank Cogswell
Tariff Reform Picnic At Cogswell Draws Ten Thousand
Missouri tariff reformers held the seventh picnic in the series at Cogswell with about ten thousand attendees from eleven counties. Delegations bore badges reading Cleveland 1892 while Congressmen Dockey and Tarusey of Missouri addressed the crowd amid evident enthusiasm.
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Missouri
Kansas City
Cogswell
Cleveland
Dockey and Tarusey
Farm for Rent in Pleasant Tp Warren Pa
Farm for rent for a term of years. The Mrs E Berner farm in Pleasant Township. Enquire of John Sill and Son at Exchange block Warren Pa. 5th.
Great Atlantic Coast Storm Devastates Atlantic City and New York
A massive storm floods waterfront areas from Atlantic City to Manhattan Beach, destroying piers, pavilions, and rail lines. Waves breach sea walls, flooding basements, and washing away structures along Coney Island, Brighton Beach, and Rockaway. Telegraph lines fail. many ships unable to reach port. hundreds of lives lost with days needed to assess full damage.
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York
Atlantic City
Coney Island
Manhattan
Brighton Beach
Manhattan Hotel
Sandy Hook
Manhattan Beach
Marine Railway
Brigton Beach
Seidle
Rockaway Beach
Rockaway
Avern
Jamaica Bay
Hog Island
New York
the Tribune
New York Yatch Racing Association
Man Goes Over Niagara Falls in Rubber Suit
Steve Brodie reportedly went over the Niagara Falls in a rubber suit yesterday. Four witnesses corroborate the event and say he spoke of the plunge as a mania he could not resist. He survived, was arrested for attempted self harm, and released on bail to avoid another attempt for a year.
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Steve Brodie
Witneses
W. E. Harding
Police Guztte
Brodie
New York
Strike at Punxsutawney Coal Miners Strike Over Wages
About 1,500 Walston & Adrian miners struck for a five cent per ton wage increase. Police, 150 strong with Winchester rifles, lined the Buffalo Rochester Pittsburgh line to guard support for bringing 400 to 500 workers into mines to break the strike. Tensions rise with potential for violence as demands spread to Reynolds, DuBois, Beech Tree, Coal Glen, Clarion Cagus mines. Also notes Odd Fellows grand lodge meeting in Columbus, Ohio, Sept 16 to 22 with up to 15,000 attendees and Pennsylvania railroad excursion plans for travelers.
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Purxautawszy
Walston & Adrian
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Reynoldsville
DuBois
Beech- Tree
Coal Glen
Clarion Cagus
I. C. C. F. Grand Lodge
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburg
Hiie
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Free trader Tom Johnson attacks tariff barriers
Ohio steel magnate Tom Johnson owner of Johnstown Steel Rail Works argues against imports tariffs as a crime against the people, saying removing barriers would let Yankee steel rails pave Europe. In Chicago the Cronin trial pauses after a week with over 100 juror candidates rejected by both sides, risking seven weeks to seat a jury.
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Tom” Johnson
Ohio
Johnstown
Europe
Cronin
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congressman Cox
William Findley Siggins
Youngsville
William Siggins
W. F. Siggins
H. P. Kinnear
W. H. Shortt, Brace
Meads
W. ¥. Siggins
Warren County
Edith D. Nelson
Busti
C. H. Siggins
Bradford
E. L. Siggins
Nebraska
Frank H
Allantic
Niagara Falls
Punxsutawney
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