Now Year Reception at the White House
The First Social Function of the Season is held at the White House marking the start of social events for the year. Officials and guests attend as part of traditional early year gatherings.
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1897
Page
1
New Year White House Reception Shines At Executive Mansion
President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland host a lavish New Year reception with seven thousand guests. Diplomatic corps in vivid uniforms and gowns mingle with army navy officers as the Blue Parlor and East Room glow with floral splendor and crystal chandeliers. The crowd includes Cabinet members, diplomats, and officials, greeted by a long line of carriages and a Marine Band performance marking the start of winter social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Cleveland
Arthur Simmons
Paris
Army
Navy
Washington
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Gas Asphyxiation Claims Struthers Family
Early today Joseph Best a blast furnace employee in Struthers his wife and their two year old daughter were found dead from gas asphyxiation. Four boarders from the house were revived after being overcome as others were working. The home had no ventilation and doors and windows were closed. police consider gas from the stove or furnace as the cause though the plant is some distance away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Youngstown
Joseph Best
Struthers
Ace
Ato
Four College Students Deceive Town With Shows
A group of four young men posing as Jefferson College students checked into a Moscow hotel one day before yesterday. They claimed to perform entertainment under the college president to fund their year of studies. After their show last night they departed quietly, leaving several unpaid bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Moscow
Tacoma
Jefferson College
Accused of Assault in Warren Ohio Bogey Ride Incident
Justice A. Oviatt of Braceville heard Mary Humphrey of McClintocksburg testify, leading to the arrest of David Ferrer of Newton Falls on assault and battery. Ferrer was held to court after allegedly gaining permission to ride with Humphrey, then compelled her to exit the buggy during a return from an errand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Warren
A. Oviatt
Braceville
Mary Humphrey
McClintocksburg
David Ferrer
Newton Falls
Ferrel
Humphrey
Miss Laura Pressly Strikes Tax Collector With Ax
In Vanceburg Kentucky Jan 1 Miss Laura Pressly struck school tax collector J W Thacher with an ax during a confrontation over a tax demand. Thacher seized Milton Gullet’s overcoat and fired a warning shot as the assailant’s blow left a four inch cut and skull chip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Vanceburg
Noah
Milton Gullet
Gullet
Thacher
Laura Pressly
Tramps Held After Man Found Dead in Kiln Mystery
Richard Vincent died after being found with a fractured skull in a pottery kiln. He refused to explain his injuries. Three tramps who slept in the kiln the night of the incident are under arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Akron
Richard Vincent
Vincent
Rev Caroline Bartlett Married in Kalamazoo
Mrs Caroline J Bartlett renowned pastor of the People's Church Kalamazoo wed Dr W Crane a leading local physician in a ceremony at the People's Church conducted by Rev Jokin Lloyd Jones of All Souls Chicago The bride will continue as pastor of the People's Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kalamazoo
Mich
Caroline J. Bartlett
People’s Church
W. Crane
Jokin Lloyd Jones
All Souls’ Church
Chicago
Gasoline Poisoning Sicks Greensburg Family
Rev. Hardeman of the African Methodist Church and his family fell violently ill last evening in Greensburg from gasoline poisoning. Neighbors found the house filled with gas escaping from a tank on the gasoline cooking stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Greensburg
Ind
Hardeman
M. E. Church
Paris of West Virginia murder on the Ohio River rail line
Passengers report that William Burke was fatally stabbed while trying to stop a fight at Hartford City. Middleton, the alleged assailant, was arrested and jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio River
William Burke
Hartford City
Middleton
Joseph Adkins Sentenced Life for Hazard Murder
Barbourville Ky jury returns at 8 am with Joseph Adkins given life imprisonment for the murder of Judge Combs in Hazard. Defense motions for new trial and appeal denied. case ties to the long running French Eversole feud dating to the 1870s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Barbourville, Ky
Ann
Joseph,kins
Judge Combs
Hazard
Eversole
The French Eversole Feud in the Mountains
The text recounts a feud between rival men over a mountain lass, escalating from rivalry to mortal hatred and murder. It notes the 1888 Battle of Big Creek where Joseph Eversole and followers were killed, and mentions Judge Combs emerging as leader though not actively fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Combs
Feud History and Assassination Tied to Judge Combs
The narrative recalls 1890s feuds linked to Winchester Kentucky and the Combs and Eversole families. Judge Combs prosecuted feud participants and was assassinated. Joseph Adkins was convicted of the murder on circumstantial evidence. multiple parties were present but no certainty who fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton French
Winchester
Judgé Combs
Combs
Eversole
Joseph Adkins
Judge Combs
Powder Mill Explosion Kills One in Xenia
A blast at the Miami Powder Company works north of Xenia Ohio injured two men named Hopplig and Greitzer. Fire spread through the building as crews from other mills hauled out debris and tended the wounded. one man was in critical condition.
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Commercial Tribune
Xenia
Miami Powder Company
Hopplig
Greitzer
Doubt Cast on Honesty of Prager Failure by Affidavits
Creditors crowd in as lawsuits rise in the Prager bankruptcy case. Benjamin Friedman of Baltimore files for $7,000 and attachment against the firm with two suits. Strauss Brothers of Cincinnati and Lehman Cohen of Baltimore also sue. H B Claflin & Co of New York, a major creditor, claims $36,000. Merrick & Smith report $7,000 in claims received yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
Benjamin Friedman
Menke Friedman
Baltimore
H. H. Moss
Friedman
Strauss Brothers
Cincinnati
Lehman & Cohen
H. B. Claflin & Co
New York
Katzenstein
Merrick &Smith
Elaima
Murdered Sister Sets Fire to Clothing of Agnes Casale
Hartford, Jan 1 Agnes Casale aged 9 died from injuries after her four year old sister Lucia set her dress alight with a burning stick. The incident occurred while Carmine Casale worked, leaving Agnes to care for the baby. A woman upstairs smothered the flames but the child died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucia Casale
Agnes Casale
Commercial Tribune
Hartford
Prosecutor says lynchers wrong. two men innocent
Lafayette County Prosecuting Attorney Aul declares Jesse Winner and James Nelson were innocent of the murders of Mrs. Winner and her children. He says evidence could indict fifty lynchers and that actual murderers were among the mob, aiming to shield themselves. He promises sensational developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Aul
Lafayette County
Jesse Winner
James Nelson
Lexington
Clay County
Winner
Perry Fair in Jail Indicted in County Order Scandal
Waterloo Indiana January 1 Perry Fair son of ex Treasurer David W Fair arrested on indictment alleging fraudulent raising of county orders and details about his father s shortage of 11500 Fair, an expert bookkeeper, reportedly offered deputy sheriff 200 for liberty and claimed 7000 was stolen from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Waterloo
Ind
Perry Fair
David W. Fair
Youngs Fair
Young Fair
Plater
Fair
Murderer Edward Wright Hanged in Wilmington
Wilmington reports that Edward Wright was hanged at 10 o'clock this morning for the July 1896 shooting on Water Street. He killed Ida Krummel after jealousy over her refusal to talk with him and leave his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Edward Wright
Wright
Water Street
Ida Krummel
Remarkable Oldest Relative Told Of Maysville Native
In Maysville Kentucky on January 1 Rebecca Bolender of Bracken County born in 1800 is described with a large family: eight children forty four grandchildren fifty five great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Commercial Tribune
Maysville
Rebecca Bolender
Bracken County
Sawmill Boiler Explosion Claims Four In Tennessee
In Tazwell Tennessee a sawmill boiler exploded killing Joe Neal and fatally injuring Joe Brewer while severely scalding Oscar Neal and Ben Bo mar the mill’s owner.
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Commercial Tribune
Tazwell
Tenn
Joe Neal
Joe Brewer
Oscar Neal
Ben Bomar
Systematic robbery at Lewis department store cracked
In Louis on January 1 six William Barr Company employees Cassius English P J Lee William Haupt William Jacks William McWarland and Luther Shobe were arrested and confessed to a conspiracy spanning years to rob a major department store. The losses run into thousands with more insiders and outsiders expected to be implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bader
Cassius English
P. J. Lee
Wm. Haupt
Wm. Jacks
Wm. McWarland
Luther Shobe
Wreck on Keokuk & Western injures many near Norwalk
A heavy Keokuk and Western passenger train wrecked south of Norwalk Iowa this morning. Several passengers were seriously injured and one died. The train carried teachers from a state association meeting. the ground under the track was softened causing rails to spread. One coach and an observation car overturned, fires tipped over, and passengers suffered bruises. Conductor Ed Cavanaugh was among the hurt. Wugeke Chapman was seriously cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk & Western
South Bund
Norwalk
Gme
State Association
Wugeke Chapman
Ue Chapman
Des Moines
Ed Cavanaugh
Sinks on New Year's Day in collision at sea
The fishing schooner Norwood, forty nine tons, struck the ree masted Sarah E Ward off Minots Ledge at midnight. Norwood crew of Captain Murphy and thirteen men escaped. Ward sank. John Savay of Norwood with leg crushed, taken to Marine Hospital Chelsea for treatment. Two Norwood crew injured by flying splinters. blame disputed between vessels.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Norwood
Sarah E. Ward
Minot’s Ledge
Murphy
Ward
Warwood
John Savay
Nox
Savay
Marine Hospital
Chelsea
Cecil Divorce Suit Shocks Kentucky Social Circles
Mrs. William A. Talbott Cecil of Danville sues Granville Cecil for divorce alimony and custody of the youngest child claiming cruel treatment and aggravated ill health. She seeks 15009 from the late Talbott estate. The Cecils are prominent bluegrass figures with ties to Cecilian Park trotting farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Danville
William A. Talbott Cecil
Granville Cecil
Albert Gallatin
Talbott
John W. Yerkes
Kentucky
Mrs Granville Cecil Sues For Divorce In Danville
Lexington society reacts to Mrs Granville Cecil filing suit for divorce from her husband at Danville. Mr Cecil co owns the Kentucky Stock Farm trotting horse paper and the Cecil family are prominent in local society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Granville Cecil
Danville
Cecil
Kentucky Stock Farm
Mount rules out Senate bid after term ends
Governor-elect Mount rejects a bid for Senior Turpie's seat two years hence, saying he will serve four years and then retire to his farm. He predicts upcoming laws on township trustees, supervisors, and county expenditures along with a strong anti trust measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Crawfordsville
Ind
Mount
Turpie
Emancipation Day Violence Patrols After Cooper Shooting
A crowd deputized by a magistrate hunted Simon Cooper after he killed Henry Davis at an emancipation celebration in Timmonville. A fusillade wounded six. Cooper was shot three times and now parades the streets with a shotgun. Racial tensions rise as whites stay uninvolved.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbia
8. C
Timmonsville
Simon Cooper
Henry Davis
Cooper
Rader Sisters In buggy Collision Near Ebenezer Church
Miss Nettie Rader and her two sisters were tossed from a buggy returning from an event at Ebenezer Church. Nettie sustained a severe head injury and almost tore off her right ear. the others had minor bruises and the condition is listed as critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Circleville
Nettie Rader
Ebenezer Church
Witnesses sought in Seeley dinner scandal case in New York
The police board will indict Mr Seeley, Mr Rich, Phipps and others for indecent exposure and procurement related to the Sherry Seeley dinner. Dancers Annabelle Whitford and Little Egypt testify. Subpoenas issued for witnesses, with plans to call several guests and agents as the grand jury weighs misdemeanor charges.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
napman-Seeley
Chapman
Seeley
Rich
Phipps
Grant
West
Sherry
Annabelle
Moore
Mr. Seeley
Chaplans
Annabelle Whitford
Conlon
West Point
Herbert Barnum Seeley
Military Academy
Chicago
Cameron
Robert G. Ingersoll
Olcott
Herbert Barnum
Clarence A. Postley
Horatio R. Harper
Nathan Seeley
A. Gould Hamilton
H. H. Plagler
Charles Tobias
Theodore Rich
Mesdames Glad
Wilson Marshall
Little
Egypt
Cora Routt
Olympia Music Hall
Sherry’s
Governor Bushnell Fends Off Politics As Cold Binds
Springfield Ohio January 1 General Bushnell rests at home with a severe cold and a touch of grip hoping to be well enough to travel to Columbus Monday. He declines to discuss politics or the Cincinnati murder report claiming no knowledge of Haas and no timing to consider the case. He also refuses to comment on Senate discussion and rumors amid a noisy newspaper scene.
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Commercial Tribune
Springfield
Bushnell
Columbus
Cincinnati
Wm. Haas
Haas
Emancipation Day Observed in Danville
Emancipation Day was celebrated by Danville’s colored citizens with speeches by Prof. John M. Worrall of Centre College and Dr. T. W. Jones. A mile long procession led to the Opera House, featuring two brass bands and the Colored G A R Post Drum Corps. About 350 school children rode in wagons singing hymns, and 400 horsemen attended from distant areas.
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Commercial Tribune
Danville
John M. Worrall
Centre College
T. W. Jones
Opera House
G. A. R. Post
Death of Prof Loades Formerly of Victoria Court Windsor
Sandusky Ohio Jan 1 Prof W A Loades 64 a prominent local musician died tonight He once belonged to the royal court at Windsor Castle in London His training came from the Royal Academies in London and Paris He worked with Her Majestys Orchestra and toured England with Jenny Lind The singer's success brought him to this country though he earned money he died poor.
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Commercial Tribune
Sandusky
W. A. Loades
Royal Court
Windsor Castle
London
Paris
Her Majesty’s Orchestra
Loades
England
Jenny Lind
Williamstown Bank Statement Reports Assets and Liabilities
A sworn statement from Williamstown Kentucky officials details the Grant County Deposit Bank's condition. Resources list loans and discounts 213553.26, other items bring total resources to 269963.36. Liabilities show capital stock 80000, surplus 73000, individual deposits 116000, with undivided profits balancing the figures. The twenty sixth semi annual dividend of 5 percent was declared today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Williamstown
Grant County Deposit Bank
Two Bodies Unidentified in Alabama Wreck Remains
In Birmingham undertakers report two charred remains uniden tified from last Sunday's wreck. Authorities believe they may be S. W. Tibbs and wife who were on the train and missing. Tom Gilead and Sam Weaver of Aldrich remain missing with no body recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
S. W. Tibbs
Tom Gilead
Sam Weaver
Aldrich
New Year's Gifts: Muncie Street Railway Raises Wages
In a New Year gesture the Muncie Electric Street Railway Co revived several laid off workers and restored wages for motormen and conductors to the old scale an uplift of fourteen cents per day. Some lines also had motormen perform conductor duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Muncie
Ind
Oldest inmate到 West Virginia prison jailed for wife murder
Parkerburg report notes 67 year old Jack son Jeffers of Preston County received a life sentence for wife murder and was placed in Moundsville penitentiary on Tuesday. He is the oldest convict ever entering the state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W.va
Jackson Jeffers
Preston County
Moundsville
West Virginia
Cleveland Mediation Offer Seen as Spain Overthrow Plot
Washington reports James Creelman claims President Cleveland and his Olney aides covertly aided Spain to crush Cuba, with no written document and a secret verbal deal routed through Madrid. He says Cuba’s independence is endangered by U S pressure and urges Congress to act against the plan.
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Washington
James Creeiman
Cleveland
Spain
Republic of
Cuba
Olney
de Lome
Madrid
Republic
Congress
Camol
Dama
McKinley
New Republic
Havana
el Soe
United States
Canovas
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