Heath Known as McKinley Aide Shouldered By President Elect
Canton Feb 5 Among President elect McKinley’s guests was Perry S Heath of Muncie Ind who handled publication for the Republican national committee and was named for a top private secretary post He and Major McKinley are warm friends and Heath asked for the high honor Major McKinley said he would not hold any position he would not entrust to this friend Alger Defends Record In Shenandoah Episode General Russell A Alger rebutted eastern opposition claims about his 1864 Shenandoah valley absence saying his actions and the public record in 1891 92 prove he could not have disgraced himself The Boston reply and telegrams from field service peers support his case
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Canton
McKinley
Perry S. Heath
Muncie
Ind
Republican National Committee
Heath
Major McKinley
Mr. Heath
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Alger
Russell A. Alger
Shenandoah Valley
Boston
Sheridan
Custer
Lincoln
Leavenworth Soldiers Home Probe Ends After Testimony
The inquiry into the soldiers' home concluded with the defense dominating yesterday's session. Eight home police officers denied Miers Powell's claims of brutality, and no charge was sustained. Captain McDowell and H C Wheeler testified, Wheeler presenting Powell's original admission form claiming he was a widower. Governor Smith was the final witness.
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Kan
Warner
Washington
Miers Powell
Powell
McDowell
H.C. Wheeler
Smith
Wheeler
Governor Smith
Dixon and Palmer Draw Featherweight Title Bout
A $10,000-a-side match for the featherweight championship between George Dixon and Pedler Palmer was arranged in Boston with details pending. It is understood the managers will coin toss to decide if the fight occurs in the United States or England.
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Palmer
New York
Boston
George Dixon
Pedler
England
Young Indian Killed in Oklahoma Territory Ranch
A Creek Indian named Israel Carr was killed at his ranch west of Eufaula by tenant Wheeler. A second young Indian, John Tyler, was shot at a dance near here by a drunken man named Noah who acted as peacemaker. Noah has not been arrested.
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St. Louis
Republic
Eufaula
I. T
Israel Carr
Here
Wheeler
John Tyler
Noah
Duchess of Montpensir Dead in Seville
The Duchess of Montpensir, aunt of the late king of Spain and mother of the Countess of Paris, died in Seville on February 3. She was the second daughter of King Ferdinand VII and wed Prince Antonie of Orleans on October 10, 1846.
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Montpensir
Seville
King of
Spain
Countess
Paris
Fernado VII of
Antonie of Orleans
Receivers Appointed For Lead Company
Philadelphia Lead Company goes into receivership in Cleveland with liabilities of 1.5 million dollars. The action places the firm under court supervision as creditors seek recovery and restructuring options.
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Cleveland
Philadelphia
Coleman Released on Bail in Stamp Case
Coleman, a United States land office clerk from Washington, was released on bail after depositing $2,000 with United States Commissioner Shields. He was arrested for possessing uncancelled newspaper and periodical check stamps. The examination is set for the 10th.
General Weyler Alarmed by Harassing Raids in Havana Province
A Key West report dated February 5 says rumors claim General Weyler may return to Havana as frequent raids in the province alarm Spanish authorities. Officials fear General Rivera may strike the capital, with Marquis Abumada coordinating with Weyler. Rivera reportedly defeated De Lome's cavalry 650 miles northwest of Havana amid tight censorship.
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Cincinnati
Key West
Fla
Weyler
General Rivera
Itsel
Marquis Abumada
Rivera
Liberal gains in Ontario two seats in by-elections
The Liberal party won two seats in yesterday’s by-elections for three Ontario constituencies declared vacant by courts over corrupt practices. In South Brant Charles B. Hoyd was elected by 400 votes, in North Ontario Duncan Graham held a slim Liberal lead, and East Simcoe incumbent W. H. Bennett retained his seat for the Conservatives. The two districts previously carried by Conservatives in the general election were flipped to Liberals.
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Ottawa
Liberal Party
House of Commons
Ontario
Brant
Charles B. Hoyd
Duncan Graham
Simcoe
W. H. Bennett
Reform In Direct Taxation
Paris report states Finance Minister Cochery proposes reform of direct taxation to ease burden on poor families while rural assessments fall. The plan would increase revenue by higher duties on large businesses and financial instruments such as bonds and bills of exchange.
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London
Paris
M. Cochery
Venezuelans Pleased With Boundary Arbitration Treaty
A Caracas report states Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ezquiel Rojas says the government is pleased with the boundary arbitration treaty and wishes to thank the United States. Venezuelans are fully satisfied with the agreement.
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New York
Caracaras
Venezuela
Senor R. Ezquiél Rojas
United States
Bill Aims to Prevent Epidemics in Calcutta
The India council approved a bill to deter dangerous epidemics. It requires detention of vessels until inspection, systematic railway passenger checks, and the setup of camps and hospitals for isolating the diseased.
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Calcutta
The
India Council
Disturbances Rumor Circulates About Johannesburg
London dispatch reports a Globe rumor in the city that serious disturbances have occurred at Johannesburg. The item notes the dubious nature of the claim and notes no confirmation.
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Johannesburg
London
the Globe
Five Thousand Plague Cases in Bombay Deaths Rise
Bombay reporting official returns show 5,000 plague cases and 8,841 deaths to date.
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Bombay
Bank of England Cuts Discount Rate to 3 Percent
London on February 5 reports the Bank of England reduced its discount rate from 3 1/2 percent to 3 percent. The move signals tighter monetary policy as authorities adjust borrowing costs.
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London
Bank of England
Nebraska House Calls for Inquiry Into Treasurer Office
Lincoln Feb 5 The Nebraska House adopted a resolution directing the speaker to appoint a three member committee to preliminarily investigate the state treasurer’s office. The move follows reports of irregularities and law violations including unpaid warrants and funds in banks contrary to law. The measure passed almost unanimously as the Senate worked on the bank tax bill.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
Gaffin
Gerdes of
Richardson
Senate
Special Train For Hobart From New York
Railroad plans are set to move Vice President elect Garret A. Hobart and his party from New York to Washington on March 2. The consist includes two private cars a dining car and a baggage car for the trip.
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Hobart
New York
Garret A. Hobart
Washington
Five Years For Infidelity Bill Introduced in Missouri House
Jefferson City Mo Feb 5 A house bill would punish a married man convicted of infidelity toward his wife with five years in the penitentiary, applying under any circumstances if enacted into law.
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Jefferson City
Resolution to recognize Cuban insurgents defeated in House
In Hart, Connecticut on February 5 the House of Representatives overwhelmingly defeated a resolution urging the president to recognize the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents, ending the bid to formalize U S recognition.
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Hart Trord
Conn
United States
House of Representatives
Abandon the Cutting of Ice at Swift's Lake
Ashland Nebraska February 65 The ice harvest has been abandoned at Swift's lake leaving 185 men unemployed. About 50 000 tons had been put up.
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Ashland
Neb
Swift’s Lake
Minneapolis Club Votes Against Sunday Baseball Next Season
MINNEAPOLIS Feb 5 By a vote of three to one the owners of the Minneapolis baseball club decided against Sunday games at home next season.
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Minneapolis
Minneapolis Baseball Club
Demise of Professor Harris in Virginia
Va February 5 Professor H Harris a renowned editor in the south died here after a long career leading major journals.
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Uuarris
Lyncueurg
H. H. Harris
South
Havemeyer After the Arbuckles
Trento New Jersey February 5 The American Coffee company was incorporated here by the Havemeyers.
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Havemeyer
Arbuckles
Trento
N. J
American Coffee Company
Havemeyera
Suit Over Bank Paper Lands in Court Fight
Drs Moines Feb 6 Receiver Blackburn of the German Savings bank sues C L Kahler to compel turning over 59000 in notes taken from the bank before its failure. Kahler says the paper was taken with directors consent as security for bonds for deposits totaling 48000. He claims trustee status and asks a receiver be named to hold and distribute proceeds to rightful parties. Court orders notice to city county and Odd Fellows attorneys, signaling a lengthy contest. collateral expected to be returned to the receiver.
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C. L. Kahler
Drs Moines
Blackburn
German Savings Bank
Knahler
County
City and Odd Fellows
City
County and Odd Fellows
Western Passenger association votes on fight prize rate
Voters in the Western Passenger association are weighing two fare proposals for the Corbett Fitzsimmons Nevada bout. One plan sets a $50 round trip from the Missouri River, about $62.50 from Chicago. Another would set a $20 reduction from the Chicago Reno round trip, about $90 from Chicago. The decision is not final, but the first option appears favored.
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Western Passenger Association
Corbett-Fitzsimmons
Nevada
Missouri River
Chicago
Reno
Three Men Abducted Near Strand Creek Fight Sparks Pursuit
GuTuRIE Feb 6. W E Larton E Larton and Charles Moore were surrounded near Strand sixty miles east of here by George Graham his three sons and four other men taken into the Creek country with intent to murder in revenge for depredations. Chandler citizens in the Sac Fox agency organized a posse and pursued.
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W. E. Larton
E. Larton
Charles Moore
Strand
Here
George Graham
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Moore
Chandler
Sac Fox
Venezuelans Present Testimonial to President Cleveland
Senor Andrade with Secretary Olney met President Cleveland bearing a testimonial from Zulia state Venezuela. The gift included a rosette of 172 rare wood samples and a cane made from 125 pieces of those roots acknowledging the president and Olney for aid in the boundary dispute settlement.
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Senor Andrade
Olney
Cleveland
Zulia
Venezuela
The Walford Mystery: Fire at Novak Store Under Inquest
Crepar Rapids, Feb 6. It is believed murder preceded the Novak store fire in Walford, but identification of charred remains is in doubt. Novak and Murray families clash over recognition as an inquest proceeds in secrecy. The life insurance company will contest the $33,000 policy.
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Crepar Rapids
Novak
Murray
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Nowale
Battle over Sac and Fox raid rumors near Wichita
A Beacon special says the Sac and Fox agency raid rumor stems from a clash between cattlemen and thieves about 20 miles east of the agency, with multiple deaths reported.
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Kan
Beacon
Sac and Fox
Premature Explosion Kills Two Masons Near Frangfort
In Frangfort Kentucky on February 6 two stone masons Joe Riche and John Thomas were mangled by a premature dynamite blast near town. One man is dead and the other dying as rescue efforts continue at the scene.
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John Thomas
Old Fort Hartcuff Is Sold in Burwell Nebraska
Burwell Nebraska February 6 The sale of Fort Hartsuff by government officials yesterday disposes of this military reservation established in 1874.
Oskaloosa Man Takes Morphine in Drunken Spree
John P. Lander, a patentee and manufacturer of patent trusses from Oskaloosa, took 10 grains of morphine at a hotel in Orrumwa while intoxicated. He is in a precarious condition but expected to recover.
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John P. Lander
Oskaloosa
Cashier Breder Absconds From Bethlehem Bank
Bethlehem, February 6. Cashier O. E. Breder of the First National Bank has absconded with a shortage of about 15 000 dollars as experts investigate the bank.
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O. E. Breder
First National Bank
Woman Suffrage Passes Second Reading in Commons
In London the parliamentary franchise for women passed its second reading by 228 yeas to 157 nays. Opposition from Labouchere and Harcourt cited demographic and constitutional concerns. A radical Labor candidate won in the Southwest Essex Walthamstow division, suggesting shifting public opinion away from the Conservatives.
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London
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William Vernon Harcourt
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Charles W. Radcliffe Cooke
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Washington
America
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Joseph Chamberlain
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Exysex
Walthamstow
E. W. Byrne
Woods
Dever
Essex
Cuban Reform Proposals Backed by Cortes Bill
The Cuban cabinet met to discuss reform schemes likely based on the cortes bill with broader liberal concessions. Spain retains power to negotiate foreign commercial treaties for Cuba and its administration remains less autonomous than U S claims. Weyler reaches Villa Clara while Gomez’s exact location is not disclosed by Spanish commanders. last heard from Sanct Spiritus district about forty miles away.
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Czar’s Condition Critical Reported by Daily Mail
London dispatches say the czar’s epileptic symptoms are returning and fears grow over an upcoming operation to remove a bony head protuberance. The combination fuels concerns of morbid melancholy affecting the Russian monarch.
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The
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Kneebs Case Again Up in Berlin Hearing
The appeal in the Kneebs case, involving American horse owner Robert E. Kneebs sentenced to nine months for trotting the mare Bethel under the name Nellie Kneebs, resumed today in Berlin with Mr Uhl and the U S embassy secretary present.
Carew Death Sentence Commuted in Yokohama
A Yokohama dispatch reports British minister Sir E M Satow commuted the death sentence of Mrs Carew for the death of her husband Walter Raymond Hallowell Carew secretary of the Yokohama United club. The punishment was changed to life imprisonment.
Sugar Trust Formed in Berlin Aims to Raise Sugar Prices
A Daily News Berlin special reports a newly formed sugar trust in Germany openly declaring its goal to raise sugar prices, signaling an organized effort to influence the market. The report identifies Lennon as the dateline point and notes the trust’s outspoken stance.
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Sugar Trust
Germany
Lennon
Berlin
State of Georgia Missing Halts Search Off Newfoundland Coast
The sealing steamer Nimrod continues cruising the ice off the Newfoundland coast seeking traces of the missing liner State of Georgia. No evidence of the ship has been found in the latest message. The vessel was due over a month overdue from New Fairwater in the Baltic to Halifax, carrying a crew of 81 almost all from Aberdeen, and insured for £4,000.
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Hallifax
Newfoundland
New Fairwater
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Halifax
Aberdeen
Woodmen of the World head camp adjourns to St Paul 1899
In Dusuque Iowa on February 4 delegates were chosen for the sovereign camp at St. Louis. Minnesota sent Jeremiah Towne of Minneapolis and M H Burgault of Duluth. Wisconsin’s T P Gates of Lacrosse and Jacob Busch of Racine. Michigan’s Philo Trues dell of Port Huron and E N Powers of Niles. Iowa’s L B Scott of Ottumwa and Dr. Lind ley of Davenport.
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Woodmen of the World
St. Paul
St. Louis
Minnesota
Jeremiah Towne
Minneapolis
M. HE. Burgault
Duluth
Wisconsin
T. P. Gates
Lacrosse
Jacob Busch
Racine
Michigan
Philo Truesdell
Port Huron
E. N. Powers
Niles
Iowa
L. B. Scott
Ottumwa
Dr. Lindley
Davenport
Rev J A Brooks Dead Meupuis Feb 4
Reverend J A Brooks a Prohibition candidate for the 1888 vice presidency died in Meupuis after returning from London England where he was invited to lead the Christian Tabernacle. Ill health caused his return and death ends his long ministry in the Christian church.
Senate session fuels clash on immigration bill and liberty
In Washington the senate held a lively session with sharp exchanges and large gallery attendance. The debate began with Morrill’s bill to ban alcohol in the capitol, Hill attacking it, and the immigration bill moved to conference amid a heated contest. Lodge and Chandler traded barbs with Gorman, while Vilas pushed his Nicaragua canal speech as the chamber adjourned.
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Denial Sealed by General Curtis Over Fort Fisher Remark
In Washington on February 5 General N M Curtis representative of New York’s Twenty second district strongly denies using the phrase coward liar or cur during a New York Loyal Legion banquet last night replies to General Ames Massachusetts remarks on Fort Fisher capture in the late war.
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N. M. Curtis
Congress
Twenty-second
New York
Military Order of the Loyal Legion
Ames
Lowell
Mass
Fort Fisher
Swede John Lawson Sets 60 Mile Ice Skate Record
Washington report notes John Lawson, the Swede long distance skater, broke the world mark by skating 60 miles in 3 hours and 12 seconds on an ice palace rink. Wore off skate edges after 20 miles, forced careful turning that slightly slowed him, crowd praised the feat.
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Washington
Ice Palace
John Lawson
House Proceedings Dull With DC Appropriation Vote
Washington February 5 The house met in a bland session devoted largely to the District of Columbia appropriation bill. The body agreed to the senate request for a further conference on the immigration bill.
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House
District of Columbia
Senate
Secretary Lamont Entertains at Washington Dinner
Secretary Lamont hosted a dinner at his residence in Washington with guests including the vice president Speaker Reed Senators Cameron Sherman Lodge Hale Chandler Aldrich Gray Carter Murphy Smith Brice General Miles and Representative Benton McMillin in attendance last night.
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Cameron
Sherman
Lodge
Hale
Chandler
Aldrich
Gray
Carter
Murphy
Smith
Brice
Miles
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Senate panel backs mileage cut for steamboat inspectors
Washington February 5 The senate committee on commerce has agreed to report favorably a bill reducing inspectors mileage from eight to five cents per mile.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Commerce
Dinner to Supreme Court at the White House
Washington Feb. 5 The annual dinner for the Supreme Court members was hosted by President and Mrs Cleveland at the White House last night.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Cleveland
White House
No Information on Sac and Fox Agency Outbreak
Washington reports no information from the Indian bureau regarding any outbreak at the Sac and Fox agency as of February 5.
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Washington
Indian Bureau
Sac and Fox Agency
President approves act on mortgages in Indian Territory
Approved by the President on February 5, the act relating to mortgages in the Indian Territory gains formal enactment. The measure outlines the legal framework for secured loans and property rights within the territory under federal authority.
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Washington
Indian Territory
Senator Harris in critical condition in Washington
Delirious at times today Senator Harris remains in critical condition. In Indianapolis on February 5 the Knights of Pythias Supreme Tribunal convened to hear the case addressing the new ritual for the uniform rank, debated after the supreme lodge convention in Cleveland.
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Washington
Harris
K. of P. Supreme Tribunal
Indianapolis
Knights of Pythias
Order
Supreme Lodge
Cleveland
Major Bendive Dead in Jacksonville at 60
Major Charles Bendive of the U S Army died in Jacksonville Florida from Brights disease at age sixty He had come to the city recently for his health and his remains will be sent to Washington for interment.
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Fla
Charles Bendive
U.S. A
Bright
Washington
Lynching of Robert Morton Despite Insulting Note Incident
In Green Kentucky on February 5, Robert Morton a 21 year old Black man was lynched last night at Rockfield ten miles from Lynached For Writing x Note. The charge was writing an insulting note to Tommie Johnson a notable white woman. The body remained hung until nine o clock this morning.
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Bowine Green
Robert Morton
Rockfield
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Tommie Johnson
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