Judge Swayne Impeachment Talk Sparks Senate Inquiry
Washington January 13 Special. Impeachment efforts against Judge Swayne of Florida provoke committee scrutiny and mixed views in Congress. Debate touches on Cleveland Roosevelt politics, Lodge leadership, and postmaster appointments while Delaware rivals and Capitol room battles surface in the broader power play.
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Hilland Gorman
Washington
Swayne
Florida
House
Senate
Accident in Mammoth Cave Delegates Plunge Into Echo River
Eighteen delegates to the National League of Commission Merchants convention were swept into Echo river in Mammoth Cave Louisville January 18. Guide John Nelson and Charles A. Muehlebrenner of Pittsburg saved the party as the boat sank in eight feet of water. They escaped by clinging to a chain and awaiting a boat before reaching daylight.
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Louisville
National League of Commission Merchants
Echo River
Mammoth Cave
John Nelson
Charles A. Muehlebrenner
Pittsburg
Briggs Sparks Fresh Controversy Over Anglicans and Rome
Rev. Charles M. Briggs of Union Theological Seminary stirred attention after a club talk in New York. Bishop Potter requested a copy of Briggs’s paper and the sermon suggested that apostolic succession hung by a slender thread and that Anglican orders were invalid from Rome’s view.
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New York
Charles M. Briggs
Union Theological Seminary
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Potter
Church of
Fire Devastates Wheeling Daily News Plant in W Va
A massive blaze in Wheeling West Virginia destroyed the Daily News plant along with a liquor house and the Locke Shoe Company facilities. Firefighters saved other buildings as the six story walls collapsed after workers fled. The blaze started in a boiler room from a hot box on the engine. the editor and an assistant jumped to the street with minor injuries.
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Wheeling Daily News
Wheeling
W. Va
Daily News
Locke Shoe Company
Allen B. Smith
P. M. Archer
Big Guns Surprise Indians Visit Warship at Colon
Colombian Indian commissioners led by Chief Joe toured the U. S. Navy battleship Olympia off Colon. Rear Admiral Coghlan welcomed them as they marveled at the ship’s big guns. The visitors said their followers sympathize with Panama. Bailey Will Not Vote for Treaty. Senator Bailey declares he will retire from public life rather than vote for ratification of the Panama treaty.
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Cleveland
Lodge
Roosevelt
Massachusetts
Blutting
Hanna
Joe Cannon
Colon
United States
Olympia
Dixie
Topeka
Stewart
San Blas
Joe
Coghlan
Panama
Bailey
Houston
Tex
J. W. Bailey
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Cicely
Prohibitionists to Appeal Change of Convention Site
Kansas City reporter H P Ferris says the Prohibition party will appeal the national committee vote that moved the convention from Kansas City to Indianapolis Ferris traveled from Chicago to advocate for Kansas City and to file the appeal on behalf of the party leaders
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National Committee
The
Prohibition Party
Indianapolis
H. P. Ferris
Clinton
Chicago
Death of Mrs Hobson in Boulder
The mother of Richmond P. Hobson died at Shirley Davis's home after a long illness. Her son was with her at death and will accompany the remains to Greensboro Alabama for interment.
Ancestral Tree and Maid Servants in Old Advice
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece contemplates future American lineage spanning many nationalities and regions. It also condemns harsh treatment of maids with stark prescriptions about thrashing, punishment, and dressings for dairy maids, warning against neglect.
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United States
Sam
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Threshing Servants and Tudor Domestic Life Chronology
The passage notes a detailed English domestic life portrait from Henry VIII era, referencing Tusser’s Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry as a source. It suggests the chronicle reveals daily household tasks and social norms of servants during Tudor times.
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England
Henry VII
Henry VIII
Tusser
Reflections on Gender Roles and Male Egos
A historical column notes perceptions of women's privileges and men's self praise. It discusses envy of attire, deference to women, and wives influencing success while husbands seek credit. The piece then mocks male vanity and young men boasting about worldly knowledge.
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