El Paso Tax Suits Voided School and Sewer Bonds Declared Invalid
A Fourth district court of appeals decision holds all taxes for public schools maintenance, sinking fund and school bonds and sewer bonds invalid. Interest on delinquent taxes prior to 1895 also void. City officials and attorneys weigh options for further appeal and possible supreme court review.
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the Herald
San Antonio
Court of Appeals
Fourth Supreme Judicial District
A.C. V
T. H. Conklin
City of
el Paso
Millard Paterson
D. Storms
W. M. Coldwell
M. W. Stanton
Wealthy London Woman Florence Stansfield Sentenced
Florence Stansfield, educated and described as beautiful, received eighteen months in prison for writing letters to the Earl of Carrington demanding funds for her maintenance. The case alleges she believed a aristocratic benefactor, treated as her lover, had supported her for fifteen years. The court has largely suppressed details. a judge must decide if the man she addressed is indeed the Earl or someone posing as him.
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London
Florence Stansfield
Earl of Carrington
Lord Carrington
Lod Carrington
Engineers Report Highlights ASME Session in New York
New York, December 30. At the national convention of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers a long report contesting the international congress at Stockholm on material testing was read by Henning. Woolbury described conference results on Standard electrical rules. F W Dean presented a paper on steam power cost reduction from 1870 to 1897. W W Christie reported on boiler tests as delegates visited local iron works.
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the Engineers
New York
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Stockholm
Henning
Woolbury
F. W. Dean
W. W. Christie
Married the Countess in Secret Wedding
Miss Alice Starrt holder of a Danish countess title and Robert Teizioff a Valentie telegraph student wed secretly in Janesville and departed on a welding trip to Milwaukee. The 20 year old bride was educated at a Lemars France convent and had a Danish court presentation years ago.
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Janesville
Wis
Alice Starrt
Denmark
Robert Teizioff
Valentie
Milwaukee
Lemars
France
Six Jurors Secured in Solleert Case CHICAGO
Six jurors had been secured by noon in the Solleert case in Chicago as the jury panel was assembled for the trial.
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Chicago
sOlLeert
Judge Stephen F. Field retires from the Supreme Court
Washington reports Justice Stephen F. Field resigns after thirty four years and seven months on the Supreme Court. He is eighty one and will receive the full salary of an associate justice for life. Speculation swirls about a successor and possible cabinet move for either McKenna or Judge Day.
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Stephen F. Field
Supreme Court
Washington, D. C
United States Supreme Court
Abraham Lincoln
Mde
Field
Marhall
Cleveland
Tha Bes
McKenna
Judge Day
Washington
Canton
Patent Office to Rush Foreign Patents After New Year
The patent office in Washington expects a surge of foreign patent activity as a new law takes effect on New Year s Day. American manufacturers may use unpatented foreign patents for domestic manufacture without paying inventors. After Jan 1 no patent can be granted for inventions already patented abroad unless the foreign filing is very recent. Flyers of foreign patents must file claims within four weeks or lose rights to this side of the water.
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Washington, D. C
Patent Office
Cleveland
America
Greater New York Commission Forms in City Hall
A commission created by the Greater New York bill gathered in the mayor’s room to designate department staff from current borough employees. The lack of wording guarantees means selections will mostly be recommendations, with favored individuals drawing early advantage. Members include Mayor Strong, Mayor Wurster, Mayor Gleason, Judge Moore, and President Feeney.
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Greater New York Commission
New York
City Hall
Strong
Wurster
Brooklyn
Gleason
Long Island City
Moore
Queen's County
Feeney
Board of Supervisors
Richmond County
Burt Poised to Lead Union Pacific Amid Consolidation
Omaha dispatch reports Horace G. Burt, third vice president of no North eastern railway, likely to be named president of Union Pacific as it consolidates with the Vanderbilt system. Burt arrived to open quarters in Omaha and confirm the move.
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Omaha
Horace G. Burt
Northeastern Railway
Union Pactic
Vanderbilt
Burt
Murderer Caught In Texas Rail Murder Case
Paris Texas December 1 Tom Joel was arrested this morning for the murder of W M Flynn a railroad man at Greenville Flynn was returning from his mother s burial at Fort Worth Monday when he was shot dead and robbed
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Paris
Texas
Tom Joel
W. M. Flynn
Greenville
Flynn
Fort Worth
Cassius M. Clay’s Wife Critical in Valley View
Mrs. Cassius M. Clay the child wife of the Statesman is critically ill this morning. Doctors say without a marked improvement in the next hours she cannot recover.
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Valley View
Cassius M. Clay
the Statesman
Durrant Defense Loses Bid for Second Trial
The supreme court denied the application of Theodore Durrant's attorney for a writ to compel Judge Behr to proceed with another trial in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court
Theodore Durrant
Judge Behr
Emanuel Bennett Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
In Telluride Colorado Emanuel Bennett was found guilty of murder in the first degree for shooting his brother. The defense argued drunken insanity. The verdict was delivered today by the jury. Our stock is getting lower daily and we plan a late month stock take with reduced prices on dry goods and hosiery to clear odds and ends. I Blumenthal & Co., wholesalers El Paso street.
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Telluride
Col
Emanuel Bennett
I. Blumenthal & Co
el Paso Street
Bargain in Underwear at California Store
A week long sale offers ladies white wool union suits valued at 52.00 for 1.50. The California Store advertises a full line of sizes and warns the stock sold quickly.
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California
News In Brief Summary and Telegraph Nibs
The item presents a condensed worldwide telegraph brief of events as they occur, offering quick updates on political, social, and economic happenings in a minimalist daily format. It encapsulates multiple topics in a compact, time-of-day snapshot style.
Oil for Klondike voyage departs from New York
The steamship City of Columbia leaves East Ninth Street dock for the Klondike via Cape Horn with over three hundred passengers from across the United States and Canada. Among them are fifty plus women, three nurses, five physicians, six lawyers, a banker and twelve Yale students. Captain Z. C. Baker commands. calls at South American ports en route. Seattle arrival expected in April.
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Klondike
New York
City of
Horn
Seattle
Representative Bell Opposes Hawaiian Annexation Plan
Representative Bell of Colorado denounces the Hawaiian annexation scheme as a business speculation. He notes Cuba lies under a hundred miles from the coast and seeks liberty, while Hawaii sits farther than Ireland and its natives oppose annexation.
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Washington
Bell
Colorado
Cuba
Hawaii
Ireland
Republican Congress cautious on Cuban question
Washington dispatch reports Republican members arriving today avoid public opinion on Cuba until they hear the president's proposed plan. Representative Cannon of Illinois quipped he does not know what speeches will be needed for the topic.
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Washington
Congress
Representative Cannon
Ilinois
Wage Increases Reach Limestone and Iron Trades
In Youngstown Ohio nearly 7 000 workers in limestone and iron trades gain new wages. Limestone workers receive a 420 percent advance affecting 30 000 men while Mahoning Valley iron trades raise pay by 50 percent impacting about 4 000 employees.
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Youngstown, O
Mahoning Valey
Engineer Alfred Gould Arrested as Alive After Five Years
In Jackson Michigan Alfred W Gould a railroad engineer long thought dead was arrested after his wife learned he was alive Five years earlier his clothing was found on the river bank sparking belief of his death His supposed passing ended when his wife secured custody of him and had him detained today by authorities The case hinges on his return and alleged failure to support his spouse
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Jackson, Mich
Alfred W. Gould
Three Die From Wood Alcohol Poisoning In Alabama
From Mapleville advices Birmingham reports three men died after drinking a mixture of wood alcohol and cheap whisky. Ten deaths in three days from this poison, with fourteen more ill and expected to die within eleven hours.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mapleville
Tulane Athletic Club to Host Ten-Round Bout Tonight
New Orleans reports a re opening of the Tulane Athletic club with a ten round fight between Typ Ryan of Australia and Gus Rublin of Akron Ohio. Ryan is already slated to face Maher but Maher may meet Rublin if Ohio man wins.
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New Orleans
Tulane Athletic Club
Ryan
Australia
Gus Rublin
Akron, Ohio
Giant
Maher
Rublin
Ohio
Iron Mountain Announces 10 Percent Wage Increase
In Iron Mountain Michigan the five major iron and ore companies implement a voluntary ten percent wage rise today affecting about two thousand two hundred workers. Mines will operate through the winter.
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Iron Mountain
Mich
Two Fatal Train Accidents In Cleveland This Morning
In Cleveland Ohio this morning two men died in separate train accidents. Yard master Henry Evarts of the Cleveland Rolling Mill was run down and mangled by a train. Coal worker Fred Rice was struck on the tracks and killed instantly.
No Woman Need Apply
Paris court rejects Mile Chauvin's appeal to practice law amid a strong sentiment in the legal profession that no woman need apply.
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Paris
Mile. Chauvin
Court of Appeals
Col W D Chipley Dies After Morning Illness
Washington dispatch reports Col W D Chipley of Florida died this morning. He led the Pensacola and Atlantic railroad and was a prominent candidate for United States senator from Florida in the recent election.
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Col. Chipley
Washington
W. D. Chipley
Florida
Pensacola & Atlantic Railroad
United States
Chicago Banker Sentenced for Embezzling University Bonds
Charles Warren Spalding, formerly president of Globe Savings Bank and ex-treasurer at the University of Illinois, was sentenced to prison for embezzling University of Illinois bonds. Spalding faces hard time as authorities condemn the breach of public trust.
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Cihcago
Chas. Warren Spalding
Globe Savings Bank
Univesity of Illinois
University of Illinois
French Minister Resigns Over Senate Rejection
Paris reports that M. Darlan minister of justice submitted his resignation at a cabinet meeting after the Senate rejected his demand for the order of the day yesterday.
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Paris
M. Darlan
Justices
Senate
Severe Engagement Near Manzanillo Cuba
A dispatch reported a severe engagement near Manzanillo with heavy losses on both sides. The notice cites a report reaching Madrid from Imparcial. No further details on forces or outcomes are provided in the fragment.
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Cuba
Madrid
Imparcial
Manzanillo
Interstate Commerce Meeting On Car Safety Delays Across Railroads
At the Interstate Commerce Commission headquarters a large gathering of railroad men discusses extensions to the time required for equipping cars with automatic couplers and train brakes. The act, signed in March 1883, becomes effective five years after passage, with Burlington and New York Central already compliant and many others seeking relief amid hard times. The five railroad brotherhoods oppose several extension requests.
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Washington, D. C
Inter-State Commene Commission
Burlington
New York Central
Harrison
Prague Rioters Clash with Police Amid German District Attacks
Crowds fill Prague streets on December 1 smashing windows and damaging German owned houses and shops. German clubs and cafes were vandalized as mobs tied to the young Czech party attack. Police efforts yield limited success with several officers injured.
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Prague
Young
Czech Party
Chicago plans tourist train links to Alaska steamers
Arrangements push for next year a continental tourist train network. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Rock Island and Colorado Midland combine to run regular tourist cars from eastern cities to a Seattle connection with Alaska steamers.
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Chicago
Klondike
Milwaukee
Stingy Statesman Travels Coachless With Family
Congressman Callahan of Oklahoma travels from Oklahoma to Washington with his family. He rejects sleepers and buffet cars, choosing to sit up for the entire trip. Each family member carries basket provisions for the journey.
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St. Louis
Callahan
Oklahoma
Union Station
Washington
Oklahoma Statesman
Trade unions threaten general strike over eight hour pay
Delegates from various trades visited workers on active building sites in New York on December 1 and warned that if the Electric Workers union demands four dollars a day for eight hours are not accepted a general strike could be ordered. Upwards of 10,000 men would be involved.
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New York
Electric Workers’ Union
Jury verdict in Logan beating by Rio Grande watchman
A jury found Stewart Logan was beaten by a Rio Grande railway watchman after being found in the company's cars. The court ruled the man could be arrested but not assaulted, and sentenced him to either a two thousand dollar fine or one year in prison.
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Grand Junction
Col
Stewart Logan
Rio Grande
Judge Goff for the Cabinet
United States Judge Nathan Goff of West Virginia could become attorney general in President McKinley s cabinet if he desires McKinnas transfer to the Supreme Court opens a second opportunity for Goff to join the cabinet as McKinley reshapes his administration.
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Judge Goff
Washington
United States
Nathan Goff
West Virginia
McKenna
McKinley
Supreme Bench
Judgment Set Aside in Affection Case
Justice Wilmot Smith in Brooklyn today set aside a $65,000 judgment awarded to Mrs. Florence Vanshaack of Chicago for alienating her husband's affections.
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New York
Wilmot Smith
Supreme Court of
Brooklyn
Florence Vanshaack
Chicago
So Much Rot. Dem caucus to nominate anti Hanna in Ohio
A Cleveland era column notes the democratic caucus in Columbus plans to nominate a Republican anti Hanna for senator, predicting the likely electoral outcome.
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Columbus
Thorn Found Guilty in Murder Trial
New York December 1 Thorn the murderer was found guilty last evening and will not be sentenced to death until Friday. This morning he declared I deserve my fate.
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Thorn
New York
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