Jurists Meet as Cleveland Presides Over Centennial Court Speech
New York February 3 Ex President Cleveland presided at the Met Opera House as the centennial exercises for the United States Supreme Court opened. Members of the court officials and judges from federal and state courts attended with dignitaries and bar representatives.
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New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Metropolitan Opera House
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Federal District Courts
State Court of Appeals
Supreme, Superior, Common Pleas
Gover Cleveland
Argoux
New York State Bar Association
United Tes
William Aven
Butler
Supreme Court and Constitution
Henry Hitchcock
Missouri
Thomas James
Louisiana
Edward W. Phelps
Vermont
Justice Wield
Morgan Dix
Trinity Church
Blaine
Tracy
William S H. Arnoux
Judiciary Centennial Committee
William Allen Butler
Aipdth
United States
St. Louis
Flor
Georgia
Taney
Sree
Spekieres
United Eisses
Chisholm
Gibbons
Ogden
Pensacola Telegraph
Congress
Prince
Sias
Thomas J. Semmes
Edward J. Phelps
Justice Field
Talbot W. Chambers
Collegiate Reformed Church
Fatal Rail Crash at Peoria Traps Trainmen
Lower Peoria saw an Ohio Indiana & Western freight train plunge through a river bridge. Three men died: Fireman O'Brien Brakeman Lewis and Engineer Neville. Neville survived three hours in icy water before dying. O'Brien and Lewis were not recovered.
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Peoria
Preoria
Ilinois River
Ohio, Indiana & Western
O'Brien
Lewis
Neville
Lewiss
Remains of Mrs. Alice Coppinger Interred in Oak Hill
The funeral for Alice Coppinger eldest daughter of Secretary Blaine was held in Madison Place and at St Matthew's Church. President and Mrs. Harrison, Cabinet members and their wives, diplomatic corps and International American Conference delegates attended.
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Wasuinatox
Alice Coppinger
Blaine
Oak Hill Cemetery
Madison
St. Matthew's Catholic Church
Carolin Gibbons
Harrison
Cabinet
Diplomatic Corps
Jackson Ousted in House Contested Seat Vote
Washington Feb 5 The Smith Jackson contest case ends with Jackson unseated after 166 Republicans vote yes while Democrats abstain amid a charged debate on House rules and minority rights. Mr Carlisle releases a statement arguing the Speaker’s actions threaten constitutional procedure and minority protections.
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Smith
Carlisle
Washinetoy
House of Representatives
Jackson
Congress
Caswell
Wis
Wilber
N. Y
Presbytery backs Westminster revision by large majority
The New York Presbytery voted 95 ayes to 43 noes in favor of revising the Westminster confession. The changes would affirm God’s sovereignty in election, universal salvation, and preaching to all, with edits to passages on infants and Roman Catholic references.
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New York
Presbyterian Church
Calvin
John Knox
Knox
Westminster Conference
Tragic Tracy Family Sorrow Grips Washington
Washington mourns as Secretary Tracy recovers from a double loss. Funeral services for Mrs Tracy and Miss Tracy held in the White House East Room with Rev Dr Douglass presiding. Interment expected at Brooklyn while Rock Creek vault acts as temporary holds.
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Washington
Garfield
Tracy
Frank
Miss Wilmerding
White House
Dr Douglass
St John’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Rock Creek Cemetery
Windom
Proctor
Miller
Wanamaker
Noble
Rusk
Porter
Rogers
Brooklyn
Miss Tracy
Josephine
Harrison
Blaine
End of Iowa Deadlock Talks Hopes Rise
In Des Moines February 5 the Democratic offer to split permanent offices faced cautious Republican acceptance but the measure was dropped as the House adjourned with no action. Washington confirmed Taft as Solicitor General and Cluk as Chicago port collector, Fleming winning the Goff Fleming contest in West Virginia, while Chicago creditors assess a publishing company asset in a partial bankruptcy.
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Iowa
Des. Moines
Letbrook
Luke
Iouse
Holbrook
Washington
Senate
William H. Taft
Ohio
C. W. Chapman
John M. Cluk
Chicago
Augustus Heard
Massachusetts
Corea
Convention of Negroes Meeting in Washington
About 600 delegates from nearly every state gathered in Washington for the National convention of colored men. They urged Congress to pass the Blair education bill the Chandler election law and a bill to reimburse the Freedmen's Bank. Colonel Perry Carson presided and Bishop Wayman later elected president after a lengthy ballot with P B S Pinchback as leading rival.
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Washington
National Convention of
Colored Men
Union
Perry Carson
Congress
Freedmen's Bank
Colonel Carson
Wasnmarox
National Convention of Representatives
Bishop Wayman
Louisiana
New Mexico Petition to Admit to the Union
Washington reports show New Mexico seeking statehood as Senator Wolcott introduces a measure allowing New Mexico to frame a constitution and be admitted to the Union. Other items include per diem pension bills and Alaska fur bearing protection. Blair signals remarks on an educational bill. Senate moves to executive business.
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Congress
Washington
Senate
Morrill
Alaska
Wolcott
Col
New Mexico
Blair
N. H
Ten Lives Lost In Oregon Bridge Disaster
A train carrying laborers to lay track plunged from a sixty eight foot high bridge in The Dalles Oregon, killing ten and injuring sixteen as late heavy rains had weakened the structure. San Francisco reports also note the killing of Mark M Herr a former assistant Sergeant at Arms of the US House by Jack Naughton over insurance scheme funds. Additional items include a railroad sale in Indianapolis a Mint director’s figures on precious metals and other scattered notices.
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San Francisco
Dalles
Oregon
Mark M. Herr
United States House of Representatives
Jack Naughton
Naughton
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