Tilden Club Banquet Honors Samuel J. Tilden Birthday
Southexp Ind February The second annual Tilden club banquet honored Samuel J. Tilden's birthday with 500 banqueters. Prominent Democrats from Indiana and nearby states attended. Letters of regret from Cleveland Palmer Crisp Springer and others were read. Palmer endorsed Cleveland for president, drawing cheers. Harrison was mentioned with respect. Judge Woods' name drew jeers and a Dudley reference to the penitentiary.
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Southexp
Ind
Tilden Club
Samuel J. Tilden
Cleveland
Palmer
Crisp
Springer
Harrison
Woods
Dudley
Notable London Physician and German Historian Dead
Sir Morrell MacKenzie the London physician who cared for the late Empress Frederick died at his London home on February 3 after a long throat disease. Prof Theodor Mommsen the historian, born 1817 in Holstein, died announced February 3 in Kiel, marking the loss of a leading scholar of Germany's golden age. PUBLIC EXECUTION. Mavrin, Feb. 10. Four anarchists garroted in Xeres Plaza in front of the prison, amid troops and crowd excitement, with reports of plots and riots brewing in Barcelona and Xeres.
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Morrell MacKenzie
Frederick
London
Leystone
Essex
London Hospital Medical College
Paris
London Hospital
Imperial Royal Society of Physicians of
Vienna
Medical Society of Prague
American Laryngelical Association
Theodore Mommsen
Kiel
Germany
Mommsen
Gerding
Holstein
Altona
Breslau
Berlin
Royal Academy of Sciences
Italy
Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus
Mavrin
Xeres
Spain
Barcelonia
Panic at Chicago Board of Trade Ends Quietly
In Cariaco February 10 a scare at the Chicago Board of Trade caused a packed spectator gallery and a premarket buzz. Traders blamed operators for spreading a Hatch option bill rumor to create cover, but when the gong sounded the pit rush resumed with overall confidence as wheat traded around 587 1/8 cents.
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Cariaco
Board of Trade
Market activity at site with heavy trading
Market opened with heavy trading in corn, oats, and provisions in step. Offerings then declined and the market appeared firmer, suggesting the earlier flurry would not repeat itself.
Speculative bid to list gold bullion on New York exchange
Curiaco February 13 Francis J. Kennett says his firm will apply to the New York stock exchange listing committee to list gold bullion The move mirrors earlier listing of silver bullion which gained speculative interest Kennett predicts a premium for gold if listed and notes potential political and market implications including a Bland silver bill and possible investigations into Judge Wood in related cases.
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Curiaco
New York Stock Exchange
Francis J. Kennett
Kennett, Hopkins & Co
New York Exchange
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Addison Cammack
Camimack
Cammack
Sir James Caird Passes Away Noted Agriculturist
Sir James Caird KCB FORLS, born Stratraer and educated in Edinburgh, died today at Lespes. A prolific writer and agricultural reformer, he published High farming as the best substitute for protection in 1819 and led inquiries on English agriculture, fisheries, and famine commissions. He served in Parliament, chaired royal commissions, and was knighted in 1882.
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Lespes
James Caird
Forls
Stratraer
Isto
Edinburg
England
Caird
Robert Teel
Mississippi
Europe
Fishery Board
Royal Commission On Sea Fishery
United Kingdom
Professor Uuxley
Shaw Lefevere
House of Commons
Government of India
the Bath
Morton and Rusk ticket eyed by Republican senators
A Feb 10 discussion among Senators conjured a Morton and Rusk presidential ticket. Morton earns broad respect for honesty, probity, and business success appealing to commercial centers. Rusk is favored for agricultural appeal and strength in the northwestern and prairie states.
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Wastiseros
Morton
Rusk
East
Northwestern
Prairie States
Board Allows Withholding Dues In Pending Case
The board ruled that the association may retain the dues and refuse the payment while the case remains pending. The dispute centers on whether the funds can be held until the legal action concludes and the amount to recover is determined.
Typhus Fever Strikes New York Immigrant Tenements
New cases of typhus fever push total to sixty seven in the city, with most victims Jewish migrants from Russia and Poland aboard the Massila. Infected households quarantined, North Brother Island hospital nearing capacity, plans for a large wooden pavilion. Health officials warn the outbreak is not ended and expect new cases hourly.
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New York
Massila
Marseilles
North Brother Island
North Brother Islands
Edson
Health Board
United Press
Wannamaker Luck At Reading Stock Rise
Reading stock gains lift Postmaster General Wannamaker’s wealth by over 1 million dollars in a week. A Philadelphia magnate notes his luck, recalling past pressures from Drexel loans and Gould fights, yet praising his resilience and recovery. The figure cited suggests Wannamaker is about 1.3 million richer than recently.
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Wasnixerox
Philadelphia
Reading
Drexels
Gould
Mr. Wannamaker
Stallion Alcyon Expelled From National Trotting Association
New York news reports the National Trotting Association expelled Stallion Alcyon and owner Frank L. Noble after a long dispute tied to the Nelson Alcyon affair. The board heard driver George G. Robins on a suspended case and deferred action until March. Also discussed was L A Davies of Chicago fined 1000 dollars for dropping heats with Roy Wilkes, with legal action ongoing.
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New York
Alcyon
Frank L. Noble
National Trotting Association
Nelson-Alcyon
Buffalo
Boston
C. H W. Nelson
Nelson
L. A. Davies
Chicago
Lexington
Roy Wilkes
Kentucky Association
Davies
Governor Thayer Travels Through Kansas City With Banner
Kansas City report says Nebraska governor Thayer, who abdicated Monday per supreme court order, rode through the city in a car bearing a large banner reading Governor Thayer and party enroute for LaPorte. LaPorte is a young town, seen as its fate under Thayer's influence.
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Kansas City
Thayer
Nebraska
Boyd
United States Supreme Court
LaPorte
Young Brewery Employee Kills Superintendent in Merrinysnone
Louis Miller, 19, a former Murphysboro brewery worker, shot and killed Joseph Schille the brewery superintendent after a reprimand and denial of a drink. He fired three shots in the boiler room, striking head and heart. Miller fled and remains uncaptured as authorities search.
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Merrinysnone
Louis Miller
Murphysboro
Joseph Schille
Schille
Sehiile
Buffalo Bill Returns to America for UK and World’s Fair
Buffalo Bill and Col. John E. Bell return to the United States after a stop in Chicago. The show will resume in Glasgow then London on April 1 and run through the summer, with Nate Salisbury directing in Britain. Bill notes strong profits, plans winter layoff in the west, and a North Platte visit before returning to England.
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America
London
Chicago
North Platt
Colonel Bell
England
Leland
United States
Elwood Youth Recalls Grim Fort Wayne Abduction Tale
The Elwood Free Press recounts Omer Reddick's startling story of being lured to a Fort Wayne residence, finding a dead man with a throat cut, trapped on the third floor, escaping through multiple locked doors, ending with a call for police to investigate the sensational tale as a possible fabrication or crime.
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Elwood
Ind
Free Press
Omer Reddick
John Reddick
Duckcreek Township
Omer
Fort Wayne
Ile
Dagey Ferguson Goes Dimamia in Greenvines Miss Note
Dagey Ferguson goes dimamia for large amount. Greenvines Mississippi February 1. Yesterday in Leesburg twenty miles north of Greenvi nes.
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Dagey Ferguson
Dimamia
Greenvines
Miss
Leesburg
Man Killed in Shooting Tied to Old Quarrel
Jonas Goodman, a merchant and large planter, was shot and killed by Dugay Ferguson, son of General W Ferguson, secretary and treasurer of the Levee board. Goodman's brother was wounded. No cause is known, but the incident is believed to stem from an old quarrel.
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Jonas Goodman
Dugay Ferguson
Goodman
Ferguson
General &. W. Ferguson
Levee Board
Reciprocity Talks Seen Delaying U S Canada Accord
In the cabinet rooms two sides debate Behring Sea sealing and a reciprocal treaty with Canada. Secretary Blaine and Gen Porter host Canadian commissioners while Behring Sea agents meet. agreement seems unlikely as congress doubts full Canada entry for trade gains. Canada plans return to Ottawa soon.
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Wasiuixerox
Cabinet Department
United States
Britain
Board of Arbitration
Lord Salisbury
United States Senate
Blaine
J. W. Foster
Behring Sea
State Department
Phelps
England
Cleveland
Harrison
Canada
Porter
Congress
Ottawa
Ex President Cleveland Joins Hunt Party in North Carolina
In Wilmington area Ex-President Cleveland will join H. M. Flagler aboard the Oneita yacht after it arrives, with a large party planning deer hunting in Brunswick County where game is plentiful. Robert T. Lincoln denies any presidential candidacy in telegram from London.
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Wiiesoros
N. C
H. M. Flagler
Oneita
Mr. Flagler
Cleveland
Pembroke Tones
Wilmington
Brunswick County
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Mommecs
Madrid
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Jason Brown
Uneliana
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Coy
Sir James Caird
Morton and Rusk
Heard of Review
Texas
Buffalo Bill
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Cane
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