No Work for Kickers President Corbin's Ultimatum
An open letter from New York outlines a strike threat against Reading system operations. It declares workers will not yield to Knights of Labor dictates and threatens to put new hires in place if orders are disobeyed. Officials in Philadelphia report delayed trains and mixed views on arbitration, with some predicting a major labor upheaval amid the Reading strike.
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Governor Marmaduke Dies. Missouri Governor Succumbs in Jefferson City
The Missouri governor Marmaduke died in Jefferson City after a sudden illness from pneumonia. Lieutenant Governor Morehouse assumed control of the state capital as the pair had differed on prohibition. Marmaduke, born March 14 1833 in Saline County, Yale and Harvard graduate, West Point cadet, Confederate general, had long held anti prohibition views.
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King Kalakaua Threatened With Dethronement In Hawaii
Private advices from the Hawaiian Legislature report King Kalakaua facing dethronement. He vetoed further bills, claims debts totaling 70,000 plus 71,600 borrowed to obtain a license for a site, and owns limited crown lands. A revolutionary mood grows as foreign warships deter action, with officials warning of a provisional government.
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Reagan Denounces Blair Bill Over Federal Control of Schools
Texas Senator Reagan attacks the Blair bill calling it a scheme to federalize common schools. He cites proposed grants of 77.606 million for instruction and 2 million for schoolhouses, arguing the measure aims to place education under federal control. He plans to argue against it in the Senate after holidays and predicts House defeat.
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Riot on Chesapeake & Ohio train near Hinton leaves one dead
A crowd of about six intoxicated men attempted to seize a passenger coach on the Chesapeake and Ohio line near Hinton West Virginia Monday night. Conductor Frank Atkinson fired to defend the train wounding one man in the abdomen. A brother of the wounded man fired at the conductor, Brakeman William Netherland was struck unconscious, and a colored man was shot through the body.
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Congress to settle vexed express company question
The Commissioners refer the doubt to Congress on the scope of the Inter State Commerce Act affecting express companies. They note limited public data on capital, debt, and rates, and cite three companies already complying while debates continue on how to apply provisions to express operations and contracts.
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North man kills infant in drunken home assault
John North aged 42 returned home drunk on South Twenty-fifth street Thursday night and fought his wife while she nursed their three month old child. In a rage he struck at his wife, but the blow crashed the child’s skull killing it almost instantly.
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South Twenty-fifth Street
Drunk Iowa man found with theft loot in Cinemnati
Patrick O'Brien of Iowa was found drunk and nearly frozen on a street night, with $8,000 in cash and $6,000 in checks payable to him, plus a valuable gold watch and diamond jewelry. The incident occurs in a city district noted as among the worst in the area.
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Snowstorm in Riviera region blocks railways
Riviera reports the region endures the heaviest storm on record with unprecedented cold. Dispatches from Spain indicate two feet of snow and railways blocked, affecting travel and regional infrastructure.
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Assignment In Dry Goods Firm In Wisconsin
A. G. E Homer made an assignment to J. H Leonard of his dry goods business an interest in the firm of Marshell & Homes, lumbermen. Liabilities, $15,000, assets, $41,000.
A Vea Company Goes Under in Toronto
Toronto December 30 Grorsje Mann of the L Qvier Vea Gongring has made an assignment Liabilities 6000 assets 4000000 numbers appear garbled but indicate a company failure with substantial asset and liability totals and a formal assignment filed in Toronto Ontario.
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Consular Reports On Wool And Silk From Europe
Consuls report improved Australian wool quality and shipments to the United States. Australian bale exports totaled 14,000 from Melbourne and 160 from Sydney with total sheep in Austria at 82 million. Milan consul notes crop gains in 1857 and silk production progress making Italian raw silks superior to hand-reeled Chinese silk. Warns American buyers against overpaying for inferior French wool and mentions deception in the market.
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Aamir Gala Wayers
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Henry Crouch
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New York
Lansdowne's Successor in Canada Governor Generalship
The Manchester Courier reports Lui Siamier of Prescou accepted the Governor-Generalship of Canada. The Rt Hon Frederick Artisy Stanley is described as the youngest son of the fourteenth Earl of Bercy and brother to a notable figure. The article notes STANLEY as a member for a district and mentions roles in War and Treasury, with references to administrative positions and a potential reshaping of offices in Lancashire.
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State of the Union and a pending message to Congress
It is intimated the messagent will send to Congress after the recess a state of the Union message with recommendations across executive departments. Traditionally given by the President, Cleveland broke with custom this year focusing on revenue. The expected dispatch may arrive after House committees are organized.
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Albany Dedication of The Lathrop Memorial Home
A munificent gift by Mrs. Senator Stanford dedicates The Lathrop Memorial, a home for working women's children on Washington avenue Albany. The $25,000 building and $50,000 furnishings complete a long planned charitable project.
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Northwest Cold Wave Wraps River Trade With Freeze
At Chicago and across the Northwest temperatures plunged to as low as 40 below in North Dakota and Minnesota with readings around zero to 38 below in some states. The cold spell halted river navigation from Pittsburgh to Louisville and further delayed coal movements, while warmer weather was forecast for the region.
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Gifts to Charity Endowed by Mrs Astor’s Bounty
The will of the late Mrs Charlotte Aurasia Astor filed in New York Surrogate lists gifts to Women’s Hospital of the State of New York 25000 St Luke’s Hospital 25010 Young Women’s Christian Association of New York 2300 Children’s Aid Society 25000 and Industrial School on Avenue thie Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute Hampton Va 225000 A 825000 set aside for Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society of the Episcopal Church one half to Indian youth in South Dakota and the other for repair and enlargement of schools in the same district Smaller bequests to charitable institutions in the city The estate goes to husband John Jacob Astor Boston Dec 30 Much attendance at Boston Merchants’ Association bungie with speeches on commercial union with Canada.
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Illinois River Ship Canal Plan Wins Support
A conference of the Illinois River Improvement convention executive committee and leading citizens from Illinois Missouri and Iowa discussed waterways. A bill and memorial seeking a $100000 Congress appropriation for surveying a ship canal from Chicago to the Illinois river were adopted with a subcommittee named to present them to Congress.
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Hay ward disputes impostor of Babcock extinguisher fame
New York reports Charles F Hayward refuting the California almshouse death as the inventor or relative of the Babcock fire extinguisher. He asserts Boston chemist Charles F Babcock invented it in 1867 and remains alive and wealthy. The California impostor gained notoriety entering the alms house there. Senator Spooner favors tariff tweaks but wants free sugar tobacco and alcohol for manufacturing while keeping certain import duties. In San Francisco a post office site bid exceeds 350000 dollars and the chosen site has not been found. A lumberyard fire at Cutoaco damages the Thompson Walkup plant and causes losses around 40000 dollars.
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Cleveland
Storms disrupt Atlantic cable and telegrams on Dec 30
Wires fed by the Storms New Yeas report serious disruption to cable and telegraph transmissions along the Atlantic coast due to a Wednesday storm. Other items note a January 1 consolidation of Duluth and Union National banks with $1 million paid-in capital, a post office safe robbery in Charlestown West Virginia, a sword duel in Paris between Mayer and DeWoestyne, Wake of Galveston’s dry goods merchant making a famemt, Canadian customs seizure of the ship Ira Wilson off San Juan island with stock, fourteen horses drowning in Eau Claire river snow removal, and a Fenecus Falls high school building fire causing substantial losses.
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