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January 1890
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February 1890
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June 1890
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July 1890
In July of 1890 the Rex Organization stages a five day Rocky Mountain Carnival for the Order of Monte Cristo in Ogden, Utah. The peace of the festivities was threatened by non-Mormons who swore to kill the masked king of the festivities if he was a Mormon, but at the last moment he was replaced by Orleanian Major J. Henry Behan, the planner of the celebration. |
August 1890
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September 1890
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October 1890
David C. Hennessey is appointed police superintendent. On October 14 of 1890, after attending a police board meeting, he is attacked and murdered by a mysterious band of men with sawed-off shotguns. Seven Sicilians were arrested and indicted. The trial was held the following March. Jury selection took twelve days because hatred of the Sicilians was so high, The prosecutor described a Mafia conspiracy that grew from the chief’s war with Sicilians since 1881. The jury deliberated for 24 hours and acquitted four of the seven. On March 15 some of the city’s most prestigious civic leaders created a mob that stormed the parish prison and killed 11 inmates, many who had not yet been tried or were found innocent. The Italian government filed a protest and the City paid thousands in indemnity. There was a large Mediterranean immigrant population in New Orleans at the time and the Provenzanos and Matrangas were rumored to be feuding families of Mafiosos. But the Italians often became scapegoats to many crimes. October 3 The Comrade begins publication in Winnfield with a wide readership in north central Louisiana. The first Populist newspaper in the South is followed by at least 50 more in Louisiana in the next ten years. |
November 1890
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December 1890
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| Marie Laveau the younger dies. | Southern University becomes a land grant college. It is moved to Baton Rouge in 1914 with Dr. J.S. Clark, founder, as first president. | Trombonist and band leader Tom Brown is born. The property off north broad that replaced Congo Square is named Lincoln Park. Its owner Andre Poree, hires Buddy Bolden and his band to play there. | A Victorian mansion in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, overlooking the Bayou is built by Charles Wilbert. Today it a restaurant with Louisiana Seafood and Cajun and Creole Cuisine. | Autumn The Farmer's Vidette is established in Alexandria and is wholly owned and controlled by the Farmer's Union of Louisiana. It praises Anti-Lottery League. |
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