Campaigns on the Queen City River stir Lower Mississippi
A mid February campaign aims to interest the Lower Mississippi Valley in the On to Cairo movement. Meetings will be held from Pittsburg to New Orleans led by President Vance of the Ohio River Improvement Association aboard the Queen City steamer and in chambers of commerce.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Mississippi Valley
Cairo
Pittsburg
New Orleans
Vance
Ohio River Improvement Association
Mississippi
City
Rivers and Harbors Committee
J. Frank Ellison
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Queen City
Tidewater
Ellison
Chambers of Commerce
Burton
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Maysville
Cincinnati
Louisville
Evansville
Paducah
Two Democratic Booms: Olney and Cleveland Rise in New York
A New York dispatch reports two Democratic booms forming for 1892. Olney gains backing from Tammany Hall and New England, while Cleveland seeks a fourth nomination aided by factional support and a tariff canal Monroe doctrine platform.
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Olney
Democratic National
New York
Tammany Hall
Hil Han
New England
South
Judge Parker
Albany
Cleveland
Mrs McKinley Visits Banqueting Hall in Canton
Special Despatch notes Mrs. McKinley visiting the banquet hall used for the late president’s honors after a tomb visit. She praised the decorations and appeared in good health. Dr. Rixey reported Mrs. McKinley’s health has materially improved since his prior visit.
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Commercial Tribune
Canton
New York Bill Targets Bachelors and Old Maids in Celibacy Tax
Albany January 28. Assemblyman Cohen introduces a bill taxing able bodied bachelors and old maids who remain celibate. Unmarried women 35 to 50 would pay 25 dollars yearly and bachelors 40 to 65 would pay 50 dollars. Revenue to fund schools. measure sparks House dissension. referred to committee.
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Commercial Tribune
Albany
N. Y
House
Kansas
Bucklin pleads not guilty to gambling house indictment
New York January 2 David W Bucklin reputed manager of Canfield s alleged gambling house today pleads not guilty to an indictment by the grand jury accusing him of abetting the maintenance of a gambling house a case linked to Canfield s alleged operations and an ongoing criminal probe
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New York
David W. Bucklin
Canfield
Poison Plot Strikes Birch Family in Kentucky Estate
In Owensboro and Louisville detectives probe a mass poisoning at Mrs. Nancy Birch’s Birchwood estate. Six women drank coffee laced with poison. two may die while others recover. An anonymous letter warned of assassination and investigators seek the culprit and motive tied to the $300,000 Birch estate.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Nancy Birch
Laura Froman
Birch Cooper
Emma Wade
Frank Cannon
Owensboro
Rachel Davis
Birch
Birchwood
Shelbyville Pike
Mrs. Birch’srandson
Philip Froman
George Birch
Bourbon Stockyards
Wreck Kills Twenty on Arizona Route Oil Ignites In Blaze
A Sunset Limited passenger train crashed near Tucson after a westbound collision with a second train. Twenty dead, sixteen unidentified, and many injured as oil tanks exploded and burned eleven cars, with evacuation ongoing and several bodies recovered at the scene.
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Tucson
Ariz
Sunset
Limited
Ager
Southern Pacific
Walls
George Clough
Vails
J. M. Hilton
Cambridge
Mass
Twcson
Joe McGrath
Bruce
McGrath
Wilkie
Crescent City Express
Morris P. Willard
Yaquis Attack San Marcial Seize Mining Town
At San Marcial in Cananea district the Yaquis attacked the mining center and nearly took the town. Defenders numbered over twenty Americans eight were killed including former mine superintendent McAllister and foreman Frank Pendleton.
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Cananea
Mexico
San Marcial
Amer 8
Mr. McAllister
Puerto Citos
Frank Pendleton
Ed. Schutt
George Carroll
Twenty Killed in New Jersey Wreck
Revised figures show twenty dead from the Central Railroad of New Jersey collision at Graceland, N J. Engineer Davis and Fireman McCarthy are hospitalized with serious injuries, thirteen others remain in hospital, and most victims resided in Plainfield. The crash followed a failed safety light expectation as the express sped past Cranford.
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New York
Central Railroad
New Jersey
Graceland
N. J
Davis
McCarthy
Philadelphia & Reading Express
Plainfield
Cranford
Cc. P. Thayer
United States
Thomas C. Platt
Saxony Crown Prince Divorce Suit Adjourned to Feb 11
A special court in Dresden hears the divorce action of the Crown Prince against his wife who eloped with Prof. Giron. Proceedings extend several hours before adjourning to February 11. The Dresdener Zeitung reports the King renounces confirmation rights.
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Dresden
Saxony
Giron
Dresdener Zeitung
Fanshawe Sale Fetches 650 Dollars in Boston
A copy of Fanshawe Hawthornes first edition from his Bowdoin student years sold in Boston today for 650 dollars. The sale highlights the early, lesser known Hawthorne work among collectors.
Century's First Primate Friend Of Dead Queen
Dr. Davidson named the first Primate of the twentieth century and is among the youngest archbishops in a century. He served as private secretary to Archbishops Tait and Benson, married Tait’s daughter, and remained at Lambeth Palace at Queen Victoria’s request. He stood by Victoria at her death and has been bishop of Rochester and Winchester for twelve years. He is now recovering from an illness.
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Senator Lodge
Senator Quay
House
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Arizona
Dr. Quay
Senate
Quay
London
Davidson
Canterbury
Tait
Dr. Benson
Lambeth Palace
Benson
Queen Victoria
Rochester
Winchester
Editorial alarm over Roosevelt policy sparks race crisis fears
New Orleans editorials warn President Roosevelt’s approach to Booker T. Washington could ignite violence and reshape the South’s schools. The Picayune and Times-Democrat frame the policy as fire that could provoke massacres and social upheaval, urging action as the Louisiana Board of Education weighs the issue.
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Commercial Tribune
New Orleans
Hays
Afro-American League
Press of
Roosevelt
the Picayune
Times-Democrat
South
Booker Washington
White House
Louisiana State Board of Education
President to Dedicate World’s Fair on April 30
St Louis report says the Louisiana Purchase Exposition grounds and buildings will be dedicated April 30 by the President with an address by Grover Cleveland. Major General Henry C. Corbin will serve as Grand Marshal. The ceremony features a large military pageant, a two-brigade regular and National Guard display, and a Libera Arts Palace seating 60,000. Fireworks cap the dedication in the evening.
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ST. Louis
Committee On
United States
Grover Cleveland
Henry C. Corbin
Mississippi Valley
Palace of Liberal Arts
Prince de Mokena Reported Missing After Month
London reports Prince Athrobald Stuart de Mokena has been missing since December 30. The prince, married December 17 at Portsmouth to a former countess, is said to be staying in London with a companion amid a divorce history dating to 1901.
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Prince DE Mokena
London
London Daily Express
Athrobald Stuart de Mokena
Portamouth
Eee Aes
Ene van Harki Russell
Areta Gs Hee de
General Samuel Thomas Will Cuts Off Black Sheep Son
Westchester County Surrogates Court today probated General Samuel Thomas’s will. The estate, estimated near 15 million dollars, leaves the widow and decedent’s children the principal, while Harold Thomas receives no income due to his alleged incapacity. The narrative traces Harold’s Amherst education, travels, and scandalous marriage to Dr Porter’s wife, including Porter’s death and subsequent divorce, ending with Harold’s disinheritance.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Samuel Thomas
Westchester County
Harold Thomas
General Thomas
Harold
Amherst
Missouri
Chicago
J. D. Porter
Zanesville
Porter
Young Thomas
Bears Kill Two Year Old In Virginia Incident
In Bedford City Virginia a mountaineer Parker’s three children were playing near their home when three black bears attacked. The two older children fled to the house while the bears killed and devoured Parker’s two year old baby on the edge of the woods near the James River road from Mone to Arcadia.
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Bedford City
Parker
Mone
Arcadia
James River
Jilted Lover Charged in Bear Creek Fire Destruction
Miss Lucille Cobert of Bear Creek Wisconsin was arrested after a letter claiming a Chicago hospital patient death confession named her as the jilted lover who caused the July blaze that destroyed Bear Creek and caused $25000 in losses. She faces $2000 bond and owned a millinery store with insurance.
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Appleton
Wis
Bear Creek
Lucille Cobert
Chicago
Reevenge
England Asked for Alliance and Vindication
The Empire Review will publish articles from Berlin and London arguing England and Germany sought better relations. It asserts the cabinet urged cooperation with Venezuela coercion, denying that the alliance arose from pressure by the Emperor or his chancellor. It says public opinion in the United States would not have blocked the alliance.
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London
Empire Review
C. Kinlock Cooke
Berlin
England
Germany
Venezuela
Sandringham
William
United States
Downing Street
Washington
Germany threatens publish of correspondence in Venezuela crisis
Washington Jan 2 The German Foreign Office pressured Britain to bear responsibility for the alliance with Venezuela and threatened to release diplomatic exchanges. A joint Allied cable urged prompt acceptance of Bowen's proposition to lift the blockade. Bowen outlined Venezuela debt repayment from port customs and pledged pro rata claims for France and Italy, while German interests urged protection amid ongoing upheaval.
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Washington
London Foreign Office
Great Britain
Germany
Venezuela
United States
Bowen
Des Planches
M. Pierre de Margerie
Foreign Office
Paris
South America
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