If Flirting Caused All My Trouble in Ohio Tale
A 23 year old girl from Chattanooga Ohio tells at Morrisania jail she was wed to Harry Ellicott but is claimed by James Sullivan and James Fox Jr. She recounts meeting Jimmie Sullivan who gave a ten cent ring and claimed a church wedding. The tale describes labor at a candy and comb factory and a web of marriages built on deception and flirtation.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Chattanooga
Harry Ellicott
James Sullivan
James BE. Fox, Jr
Morrisania
Jimmie Sullivan
Flotz
Jimmie
Harry Ellecott
Ellecott
John O’brien
Holy Rosary Church
James Fox
Fox
Harry
Ellicott
Dominican Treaty May Be Doomed by Party Lines
Senate executive session hardens party lines over the Dominican treaty. Democrats oppose. Republicans rely on Louisiana Senators McEnery Foster and Clarke Arkansas, while Gorman warns of likely defeat if party unity holds. Dillingham’s actions at Monte Cristi criticized. Spooner defends State Department. Senator Bacon suffers gastritis and leaves.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate
McBenery and Foster
Louisiana
Clarke
Arkansas
Gorman
McEnery
Cullom
Teller
Morgan
Dillingham
Monte Cristi
Spooner
Department of State
Department
Bacon
Dubois Attacks Mormonism as Nation Menace
Senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho told the Mothers' Congress that Mormonism threatens the United States. He urged Congress to act on Reed Smoot’s case and to amend the Constitution to outlaw plural marriages and church political control, calling polygamy a grave menace and criticizing the tithe system. Delegates later visited Mount Vernon.
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Washington
Senate
Fred T. Dubois
Idaho
Congress
United States
Mormon Organization
United States Senate
Apostle Reed Smoot
Letter to Dead Husband Moves Hospital Readers
A Hungarian immigrant John Koenig, who died in Cincinnati and was buried at St. Mary Cemetery, is described after a touching letter arrived at City Hospital. The note, postmarked Csene Hun, was written with a feminine hand and read after Koenig’s illness, leaving readers moved by the letter’s sorrowful lovelorn plea.
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John Koenig
St. Mary Cemetery
Koenig
America
Cincinnnati
Harrison Avenue
Bernard Chosen as Cincinnati Mayoral Candidate
Lewis G. Bernard, longtime figure in Cincinnati Democrats, was unanimously endorsed by the Hamilton County Democratic Executive Committee at the Duckworth Club. He confirmed to The Commercial Tribune that he will run for mayor next fall and pledged a ticket of "simon pure" old-line Democrats with no affiliations.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Democratic Executive Committee
Duckworth Club
Lewis G. Bernard
City of
Bernard
The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton Democratic Executive Committee
Simon
Democratic ticket pledge by Lewis G Bernard reforms and change
Lewis G Bernard announces a Democratic platform aiming to refresh city state and county administration. He urges selecting the best candidates and offering voters a chance to judge past actions, signaling readiness for change after years in party leadership and service as City Clerk in the early 1880s.
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Bernard
Penrose tipped for vice chairman of GOP committee
Washington March 14 Forces move to name Senator Boise Penrose of Pennsylvania as vice chairman and acting chairman of the Republican National Committee. A Cortelyou statement signals Penrose as the leading candidate to head the committee and avoid being a mere figurehead. Penrose, a strong party leader, would not favor any presidential aspirant and could control Pennsylvania’s influence.
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Watts
Commercial
URHAD
Wasuhineron
D. C
Washington
Boise Penrose
Pennsylvania
Republican National Committee
Cortelyou
Penrose
Cornelius N. Bliss
New York
New
Indiana
Senator Quay
National Committee
Senator Boise Penrose Declines Campaign Leadership
D E Strayer, a Degraff Republican, says opposition to Governor Herrick's renomination is growing among rural voters and predicts a likely defeat in county politics. He believes Senator Dick's push for renomination weakens Herrick and could doom his statewide bid.
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D. E. Strayer
Degraff
Logan County
Herrick
New York Tenement Fire Roasts Dozens as Escape Fails
A deadly New York fire in a five story tenement killed nineteen, injured about forty, and left nearly two hundred homeless. Flames from a kerosene lamp engulfed the building as obstructed fire escapes and a blocked skylight trapped residents on upper floors.
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Commercial Tribune
NEW York
East Side
Richard Solomon
Jacob Solomon
Isaac Solomon
Jessie Cohen
Rose Wiener
Sander
Wiener
Ida Muskowitz
Harry Kauffman
Rose Miller
Morris Miller
Sarah Kline
Beila Siedler
Harry Siedler
Rachel
Russian and Japanese maneuvers around Tie Pass reported
London dispatch describes Oyama's turning movement aimed at tying the Russian rescue beyond Tie Pass. Japanese forces press to cut off retreat from Kuropatkin's army, with mixed results and heavy losses on both sides as both armies reorganize for renewed action.
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Oyama
Kuropatrin
Tie Pass
Santaise
La@junin
Liao Yang
Armleder plans flat building to solve servant problem
Otto Armleder, a prominent manufacturer and Fall Festival Association president, plans a $20 000 flat on a hilltop and will sell his palatial Wyoming home. The four apartment structure will house three Armleder friends and the couple, aiming to avoid servant hassles.
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Otto Armleder
Fall Festival Association
Wyoming
Catholics May Purchase the Hospital
Official circles report overtures from the Roman Catholic Church to buy the Presbyterian Hospital property for use as a hospital. The Second Presbyterian Church holds title amid friendly litigation. a settlement is expected in 30 to 60 days.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Second Presbyterian Church
Moeller
Father Mulvihill
St. Peter Cathedral
Three doctors fail to kill patient revived by salt infusion
Mrs Charles A Sweet wife of a provision merchant in St Louis was pronounced dead by two physicians and a nurse after her heart stopped on February 13. A third doctor revived her with a salt solution infusion and she has since begun recovering at home after five weeks in Hot Springs seeking relief from gastritis.
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Commercial Tribune
ST. Louis
Charles A Sweet
Hot Springs
Sweet
Mrs Stanford Death Likely Natural Says Stanford Doctor
Honolulu March 14 Doctor and Stanford University president James H. Jordan, a physician, refute poisoning theory in Mrs. Stanford death inquiry. He notes the strychnine amount was within a medical dose and that symptoms do not indicate foul play. Inquest continues as Territorial Senate adjourns tomorrow and funeral arrangements begin.
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Honolulu
Jordan
Territorial Senate
Will. Pygee
Stan
Man Pays Fourfold Restitution To U S Treasury
A letter from an unnamed man claims prior theft from the government and deposits $12000 into the Treasury for the conscience fund. He says the money was repaid fourfold and cites religious reasons, while Secretary Shaw receives the communication in Washington on March 14.
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Shaw
Commercial Tribune
Washington
United States
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Tween
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Czar
Council of War
Tinue
London
Field Marshal
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Tured
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