Speaker Crisp faces scrutiny over house committee power
The Courier-Journal previews an elaborate piece on Speaker Crisp and his committee selections. Watterson criticizes the method as personal aggrandizement and factional power, warns of consequences if results prove unfavorable, and questions Springer’s fit as Ways and Means chair. The piece notes the potential New York influence and calls for restraint and integrity to preserve tariff reform.
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Louisvillle
Courier- Journal
Crisp
Watterson
Democratic Party
Congress
Springer
Ways and Means
Mr. Watterson
New York
Hill
House
Recount Shows Narrow Path To Election In Ward 1
The Board of Aldermen concluded the Ward 1 school committee recount revealing Mr Ailen with a 13 vote net gain, equal to Humphrey's lead in ward returns. If Ailen gains 5 more votes in remaining wards, the recount could declare him the elected candidate.
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Ailen
Humphrey
Island Ship Ashore in Fog Near Sweden With 240 Passengers
In dense fog the steamship Island bound from New York to Stettin ran aground off Nidingen Sweden. All 240 passengers and crew were safely landed by small boats and later sent by rail to destinations. Captain Skjordt led the vessel, with salvage mixed reports on damage.
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New York
Thingvalla Line Steamship Island
Stettin
Nidingen
Guttenburg
Skjordt
Geiser
Danmark
Whingvalla Line
Pope affirms peace mission at Sacred College reception
In Rome the Pope addresses the Sacred College and lauds the encyclical on labor for sparking worker support of the Holy See. He plans to extend pilgrimages in Europe and America, while noting undignified interruptions to worker visits. The Pope reiterates peace, charity, and perseverance despite adversaries.
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Rome
Sacred College
Holy See
Europe
America
Papacy
Eviction of 130 in Leather Lane block shocks London
A condemned Leather Lane block in Holborn forced 48 families to leave after the legal waiting period expired. Police restrained any disturbance as tenants, many in rags, spent the night on the street amid cold and fear while coke fires offered scarce warmth and neighbors offered aid.
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London
Leather Lane
Holborn
Abyssinia Disaster Account From Purser Admonition
London December 23. Purser Brandt led thirty four passengers and eighty eight crew to Waterloo after escaping Abyssinia fire on December 18. He described the blaze starting mid afternoon and the crew fighting it with hoses and donkey engines before flames overtook their efforts. The convoy reached Liverpool for onward care.
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Liverpool
Brandt
Abyssinia
Murray
London
Waterloo Station
Southampton
Purser Brandt
Antwerp Explosion Kills Two in Dynamite Blast
A French lugger named Pilote unloading dynamite into a lighter exploded in Antwerp, blowing the vessel apart. Initial reports claimed thirty dead, but later confirmed two fatalities with several men still missing yet expected to be found safe.
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Antwerp
Kris Kringle Doll Gift at New Home Sewing Machine
Kris Kringle will give each child a lovely dressed doll valued five dollars. The dolls are offered through the New Home Sewing Machine shop at 160 Tremont, whose mamma buys the gifts for the season.
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Kris Kringle
Tremont
Russians Seek Roumania Influence in Vienna Report
Vienna reports that the Roumania Chambers dissolution is seen as a victory for Russian intrigue. Russians are said to push for dominant Roumanian influence, awaiting Roumania neutrality before a possible attack on Bulgaria. The push to force King Charles into abdication is attributed to Russia.
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Vienna
Roumania
Russia
Bulgaria
Charles
Explorer Dr Peters Slaughters 120 Natives in One Day
A private letter from Dr Peters published in the Kreuz Zeitung details his killing of 120 Africans between 8 and 3 in one day. He compares his actions in Africa to Frederick the Great and his German contemporaries express disgust at the routine slaughter.
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Berlin
Dr. Peters
Kreuz Zeitung
Africa
Frederick the Great
Death of Figaro's Critic Albert Wolff
Paris mourns the death of Albert Wolff noted dramatic critic of the Figaro at age 56 born in Germany.
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Death OF Figaro
Paris
Albert Wolff
the Figaro
Crank Roth on Trial for Shooting Rev Dr John Hall
Real estate dealer John George Roth goes on trial in New York charged with felonious assault after firing three shots at Rev Dr John Hall on November 29. Hall testifies Roth appeared abstracted and claimed he would explain later. defense contends Roth is insane and lunacy commissioners concur. Roth to testify tomorrow.
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New York
John George Roth
John Hall
Tudge Martin
Roth
Hall
Weather Indications Forecast Rain Across New England
The Weather Indications bulletin from Washington on December 23 at 8 p m projects rain for Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut with likely rain on Friday. Winds to shift northeast and usher in slightly cooler air across the region.
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Washington
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Death of Dr. R A Kinloch In Charleston At 65
Charleston report states Dr. R A Kinloch eminent surgeon and dean of the South Carolina Medical College died in Charleston today at age 65. He was ex vice president of the American Medical Association. Neuralgia treatment note mentions Salvation Oil.
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Charleston
S. C
R. A. Kinloch
South Carolina Medical College
American Medical Association
Paderewski Talks Life Habits and Boston Praise
After a Boston concert, Paderewski chats in the Artists Room about his living routine, practice hours, and dislike of interviews. He praises Boston's Symphony Orchestra, notes his irregular meals, and recalls a dramatic impersonator at Tony Pastor's. He plans to go to Chicago, England, then Australia, and hints at a Chicago Fair offer.
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Poland
Paris
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St. Botolph
Lavern
New York
Steinway Hall
Boston
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Symphony
Nikisch
Madison Square Garden
Music Hall
Chicago
England
Australia
Tony L’astor
Red Cross to Aid Starving Russia and Sudbury Murder
Washington reports the Red Cross under Clara Barton solicits grain aid for famine areas in Russia. In Sudbury House at 1:30 AM a couple register as Scannell and wife from Lawrence Mass and a woman named Josephine Brown is found dead from a head wound after a man fled through a fire escape. Police search the hotel for the suspected killer.
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Clara Barton
National Association of the Red Cross of America
Russia
Read Cross
Oxford
Fourth Street
New York Avenue
State Department
United States
St. Petersburg
James G. Blaine
Czarevitch
Kaufmann
Bobedonostoff
Domains Ostrovasky
Dournovo
Strogonoff
Ploewe
Annekoff
Charles Emory Smith
Despatch Publishing Company, Ltd
Kemp, Penn
Erie
England
Germany
Sam
KK. P. Mason
Eric Despatch
Washington
New York
Minneapolis
Red Cross
America
Legation
Imperial
Mason
Russ
Robert Ritchie
Falls of Schuylkill
Sudbury House
Hosea Barton
KR. F. Scannell
Lawrence
Mass
Tighe
Station 3
Josephine Brown
Robbery on Congress Street by Garroters in Boston
Walter A. Johnson reported a robbery at about 7 PM near Congress Street and Atlantic Avenue. He was grabbed by two assailants and relieved of his pockets while three others stood by. Johnson, a Nova Scotia immigrant living at 53 Carver Street, could not identify the attackers.
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Walter A. Johnson
Congress Street
Atlantic Avenue
Johnson
Division 2
A FEW SUCH BRUTES LIVE
James Burke of 4 Bay State place assaulted his wife while drunk last night. Burke knocked her down and kicked her abdomen, badly injuring her. Division 12 police arrested him and a physician was summoned as the victim likely requires hospital care.
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James Burke
Bay State Place
Division 12
Burke
Shoplifter Annie Ray Arrested for Third Offense
An inspector arrested Annie Ray also known as McLaughlin yesterday afternoon for shoplifting in Jordan, Marsh and Co. and R. H. White Co. She is an longtime offender and this marks her third arrest for the same crime.
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Annie Ray
McLaughlin
Jordan, Marsh & Co
R. H. White & Co
Annie
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