Grubbs libel repeal bill eyed by state press
State papers urge repeal or liberal modification of the Grubbs libel law. House immigration committee favors a bill prohibiting Chinese immigration while winter cold dampens plans. U S service total 247294 with 134451 in postal. South Bend Post sold to J W O Bannon and G L Tufts, switching to Republican. Florida orange crop sets record, estimated 2,000,000 boxes, double last year. Divorce case in Indianapolis cites limited meetings and drunken husband. Democratic national committee names Bright as sergeant at arms and Canda as convention agent, with Sheerin coordinating efforts. Prize fund for Indiana essays announced by Bess L Buair. prize breakdown listed. English anti-slavery groups consider Chicago fair exhibit of slave control instruments. Joash Wanamaker reports December sales near one million and touts advertising. Iowa’s Allison foregoes presidential bid. Harrison favored at Minneapolis. Sherman rules out nomination. Northern Indiana penitentiary directors discuss chaplain resignation effective March 15. candidates for chaplain include Rev D P Breed, Rev M Sims, and Rev Gibons.
Blaine Letter Sparks Republican Drift and papal Succession Debate
The column discusses Mr Blaine declining a presidential bid as a possible strategic move while Harrison eyes the Minneapolis convention. It weighs Blaine's leadership of the party, potential future nomination, and health doubts. It then shifts to papal succession with Dr Bernard O Reilly and Dr Mc Glynn arguing for an Italian or American pope and Cardinal Gibbons as a candidate. It closes noting Lewiston Maine pupil Lewis P Clinton aka Sornayon, king of the Bassa, studying in rural Maine.
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Minneapolis
Mr. Harrison
James G. Blaine
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the Great
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Leo XII
Bernard O’reilly
American Catholic Quarterly Review
Rome
McGlynn
New York
Papal See
Italy
France
Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Manning
America
Peter
Nichols Latin School
Lewiston
Maine
Lewis P. Clinton
Sornayon
West Africa
Funeral of Rev Charles Spurgeon Ends in Metro Tabernacle
The final funeral rites for Rev Charles T. Spurgeon were held at Metropolitan Tabernacle at 1 am, with vast crowds mourning. Dr Pierson and others eulogized the preacher, whose death in Mentone prompted a four mile procession to Norwood amid somber, orderly observances.
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Mense
Harrold
Pierson
Charles Wesley
Tabernacle
Norwood
Salvation Army
Smash-Up In Curiaco Trains Collide With Street Car
At 1 PM yesterday the incoming Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago train No. 37 collided with a Thirty-first street car, demolishing it. Eight passengers were injured, four seriously. Fog obscured view. watchman failed to signal. Conductor Coughlin and the station flagman were arrested.
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Curiaco
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Julia Mandel
Ellen Hanna
John Moylan
E. W. Detzer
Coughlin
Mysterious death of Mrs Isabell Farquhar in Chicago
Isabell Farquhar identified after dying in an ambulance following discovery in a dim hallway at 40 Franklin Street. She had traveled from New York seeking shelter from a man she claimed as her husband. earlier she was seen wandering miles away, aiming to rent rooms at 375 Center Street before returning.
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Curiaco
Franklin Street
Isabell Farquhar
Chicago
New York City
Farquhar
Fixing for Cleveland Ohio confirms Neal and A C
Fixing for Cleveland Ohio Feb 11 reports Col James E Neal of Hamilton former democratic state executive chairman and Col A C with unspecified duties in a political alignment context. The note provides limited details and lacks full names or outcomes.
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Cleveland, Co.toxers
Ohio
James E. Neal
Hamilton
A. C
Prominent Democrats Meet Over Campbell Delegation Plan
Carlisle of Salent and other Democrats met with ex-Governor Campbell here yesterday. It is rumored the meeting aimed to arrange Campbell as a delegate at large to Chicago and to secure the entire Ohio delegation for Cleveland if possible.
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Salent
Campbell
Ohio
Chicago
Cleveland
Cabinet Changes Rumor Circulates in Pinnapeniona
A rumor from Pinnapeniona Pennsylvania says Postmaster General Wannamaker may resign within days and be sent to Paris to replace minister Whitelaw Reid. General James S. Chickson is expected to be named postmaster general. The moves reportedly stem from Wannamaker's New York Plaza Hotel meeting with Mr. Clarkson. verification was not obtained. Clarkson plans travel to Asheville North Carolina for rheumatic treatment.
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Wannamaker
Paris
Whitelaw Reid
United States
James S. Chickson
Wanamaker
Mr. Clarkson
Plaza Hotel
New York
General Clarkson
Asheville
N. C
Man Found Mangled Between Elevated Tracks In Brooklyn
A Brooklyn grocer, Christian Lankhoff of 10 Hamburg Avenue, was found alive but severely injured wedged between the ties on the Union elevated track near the Brooklyn Bridge. He claimed the bridge prompted his action while police suspect he fell from a train. He was hospitalized.
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Union
Brooklyn
Fulton Ferry
Christian Lankhoff
Hamburg Avenue
Not Dead Woman Revived in Near Burial Ordeal
Mrs Wilson of Warsaw Nebraska Territory twelve miles from town fell ill last Saturday and appeared dead. Prepared for burial and no physician summoned. A neighbor fetched a coffin but got drunk delaying return until Tuesday morning. The woman woke when watchers moved her, captured an attendant, and later revived with mirrors and restoratives. She recalls being prepared for burial and credits a superhuman effort for her revival.
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Warsaw
Wilson
Political Factions in New Crleass Fight for 1868 Race
New Orleans era this item reports a split in Louisiana Democrats with antilottery forces in McEnery districts backing Leonard to sway black votes, while white districts align with Warmouth Republicans. It notes a Washington letter proposing a nationwide campaign including fraud monitoring, evidence before a senate committee, and Leonard forming a dual government to redirect the election. Ex-Governor Yarmouth says the administration will back his nominees on February 17.
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McEnery
Leonard
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Senate
Yarmouth
Free Wool Conference Signals Likely Favorable Springer Bill
Democratic members of the ways and means committee held a conference on the Springer free wool bill in Washington. No conclusion reached but expect favorable reporting with minor changes. Another meeting is planned for tomorrow. Richard Doggett of Yorktown sues John Harmon, his father in law, for $10,000 alleging a breakup of the household.
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Ways and Means Committee
Richard Doggett
Yorktown
John Harmon
Thurman letter and McKinley talk roil Ohio politics
A February 12 letter by Allan W Thurman in a Democratic paper urges harmony while warning against raids on the party by Brief MacLean and others. The piece hints at ex Governor Campbell and criticizes the February 22 movement as intolerant. In San Francisco, ex Governor McKinley gains favor as a potential 1892 Republican nominee, with ex Governor Mansfield praising him alongside Hill.
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Ohio
Allan W. Thurman
A. G. Thurman
Campbell
San Francisco
Blaine
McKinley
Pacific Coast
John Mansfield
Hill
William McKinley
Shelby Cullom Rising as Republican Presidential Contender
Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois gains traction as a presidential possibility after Blaine withdraws. Born 1829 in Kentucky, he moved to Illinois in youth, studied law at Springfield, served as speaker of the Illinois House, was a U S senator, and previously governor from 1877 to 1883. Cullom remains a devoted party man.
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Commonwealth
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Illinois
Springfield
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Washington
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Merchant's Bank President Arrested for Depositor Fraud
Morenrin Minnesota February 12 Henry A Bruns president of the Merchant's Bank is under arrest charged with defrauding depositors of more than eighty thousand dollars. Bookkeeper George Engedahl says over four months Bruns drew funds and bought wheat against market and vaults show about one hundred thousand instead of two hundred thousand. Cashier Thomas C Kurtz not implicated. Trial before Judge Mills is set for tomorrow.
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Chicago
Anarchists in bands alarm suburbs and Cadiz unrest
Exess reports February 12 that anarchists in bands cause fear near suburbs, deterring people from leaving homes. City streets are deserted at dusk while authorities report arrests of three anarchists with arms and incendiary paper at Cadiz amid broader provincial predatory band activity.
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Exess
Cadiz
Disturbance Suppressed by Gentle Arms in Barracks
Reports indicate priests lead cases and troops remain in barracks while peaceful measures suffice to contain disturbers of the peace. The situation rests on restraint and orderly conduct as authorities monitor developments.
Work of Shame: Detroit Girls Vanish Under Chicago Procuress
Detroit police link five missing girls aged 13 to 17 to a Chicago procurer active in Detroit and elsewhere. Mabel Scott, Rosa Basowich, Hattie Lesnow, and Lottie Griffiths vanish after encounters with a woman named Brownell who lures girls abroad and to Chicago. Police suspect Brownell remains in Detroit aiding further disappearances.
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Mich
Chicago
Mabel Scott
Thomas Scott
Russell Wheel and Ironworks
Rosa Basowich
Chenn Street
Hattie Lesnow
Hattie
Alfred Street
Lottie Griffiths
George H. Griffiths
South Clark Street
Brownell
Lottie
Board of Trade
Behring Sea Commission Secrecy Sparks Debate
February 12 report notes a mystery around Behring Sea settlement talks. It mentions alleged attempts to hide the commissioners' finding, disputes over open sessions, and tension between American and English delegates amid secrecy and misrepresentation by administration papers.
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Wasuixday
Behring Sea
State Department
National retail implement dealers meet in St Louis
The national association of retail implement dealers closed its annual convention with resolutions urging Congress to curb trusts and abolish the tariff on twine. It denounces the national cordage company as the country’s largest monopoly dictating prices. A Keller of Minnots was re elected president and B M McNeely of Missouri secretary. then the gathering adjourned sine die.
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National Association of Retail Implement Dealers
Congress
National
America
A. Keller
Minnots
B. M. McNeely
Missouri
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