New Year Reception at the White House Refined
A detailed account of the White House New Year reception and the vice president Morton’s home reception. The piece highlights redecorations on the lower floor, electric lighting, and lavish floral displays in the East room, blue parlor, and other areas. It notes punctual scheduling, and lists gowns worn by Mrs Harrison and cabinet ladies, along with the formal order of visitors from diplomats to the general public.
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Wasninetos
Dan
White House
Morton
Rhode Island Avenue
Scott Circle
Executive Mansion
Cabinet Circle
Washington
Lincoln
Alto
Harrison
John Philip Sosua
Marine Band
Warrison
Mr. Sousa
Diplomatic Corps
Intercontinental Railway
Supreme Court of the United States
Federal Judiciary
Congress
Army
Navy
Foraker Attacks Interference in Ohio Senatorial Fight
Ex Governor Foraker denounces administration meddling in Ohio's senatorial contest in Collinsus. He predicts Blaine could win if named, and notes caucus plans to reveal candidate strength. Sherman forces are described as on easy street, with little doubt of Sherman’s re election. The senatorial caucus is set for next Wednesday.
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Collinsus
Ohio
Foraker
United States
Grandfather
Baby McKee
James G. Blaine
Blaine
White House
Senate
House Caucus
Sherman
Laylin
McGrew
Cincinnati
Foster
Welch
Knox County
McKinley
Senator
Smuggling Venture Ends in Boat Capsizing off San Francisco
Ten Chinese and two women started in a smuggling sloop to cross to Port Townsend and are believed drowned after their boat capsized in Esquinault harbor. The group included four notorious smuggling figures, while eight were victims. Also mentions Chief Justice Fuller seeking update on his daughter's illness in Berlin.
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San Francisco
Cal
Port Townsend
Esquinault Harbor
Rio Grande Patrol News From Texas Frontier Fight
Dispatch reports Captain Hardie of the Third Cavalry clashing with about 200 Garza followers near Garza's ranch. Rangers and federal deputies pursue bandits. prisoners and wounded are being processed at Ringgold and Brownsville. Hardie presses hard, bandits scattered, threat of renewed depredations persists.
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Las Asvosio
Texas
General Brooks
Gieneral Stanley
Rio Grande
Hardie
Third Cavalry
Garga
Garza
Cook
Texas Rangers
Beach
Short
Bourke
McKay
Ringgold
John G. Burke
Brooks
Haynes
Carrizo
Lorenzo Garcia
Resolutions Honor Women’s Relief Corps Christmas Gifts
By the Trustees of the Feeble Minded Home Indiana school for feeble minded youth adopted December 31, 1891 extend thanks to the Women’s Relief corps for Christmas presents to orphan children inmates of the home. Names listed include Paul Hubble Ed Boley George Perry Ollie Boner Jared Weible Jessie Weible Neal Harris Lon Lewellen Bert Bone Andrew Boner Joseph Weible Dennis Artley Albert Hartley John Wentenberger Ed Vert Eli Steinback Will Kane Jerry Slack John Woodward Levi Steinback Harry Leening Giles Wilber Emma Weible Flossie Bartley Annie Tinkle Rebecca Wallace Cory Zion Margaret Thompson Lottie Parker Emma Hutchinson Anna Jacobs Lovelace Runkle Ottie Shackles Hilda Pike Almeda Ice Mattie Buchmann.
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Board of Trustees
Indiana School For
Women’s Relief Corps
Indiana
Paul Hubble
Ed Boley
George Perry
Ollie Boner
Jared Weible
Jessie Weible
Neal Harris
Lon. Lewellen
Bert Bone
Andrew Boner
Joseph Weible
Dennis Artley
Albert Hartley
John Wentenberger
Ed. Vert
Eli Steinback
Will Kane
Jerry Slack
John Woodward
Levi Steinback
Harry Leening
Giles Wilber
Emma Weible
Flossie Bartley
Annie Tinkle
Rebecca Wallace
Cory Zion
Margaret Thompson
Lottie Parker
Emma Hutchinson
Anna Jacobs
Lovelace Runkle
Ottie Shackles
Hilda Pike
Almeda Ice
Mattie Buchmann
Harbound Wins Ferry Suit Over Toll Payments
The U S Supreme Court reverses a circuit court ruling in the Wiggins Ferry Company versus the Ohio and Mississippi railroad case. The dispute, tied to an 1858 contract granting ferry tolls for crossing the Mississippi between East St Louis and Bloody Island, was triggered after the railroad shifted to a bridge and refused to pay. The court remands for further action.
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Ferry Company
Railroad Company
Ohio and Mississippi
Circuit Court of the United States For
Southern District of
Ilinois
Supreme Court
Advocate General Remey heads to San Francisco probe
Judge Advocate General Remey of the navy was ordered to secretly travel to San Francisco to collect depositions from Baltimore sailors and obtain Captain Sehley’s statement as part of an inquiry into an assault incident. Remey departed Washington last Wednesday amid secrecy.
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Remeey
California
Wasiixeros
Remey
Navy
San Francisco
Baltimore
Washington
de Rmity Department
Ciqetain Sehley
United States
Noted Altercation Leads to Fatal Skull Fracture
Lan McCraw is under arrest after a New Year's Eve celebration dispute. Phelan suffered a skull fracture from a punch on Ure pavement, prompting police action and an ongoing investigation.
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Lan, McCraw
Phelan
Blizzard follows rain on New Year's Day with damage and injuries
Dispatches report a severe blizzard across Arkansas City Illinois and Wisconsin after New Year’s rain and fog. Eleven buildings blown down in Arkansas City with injuries. Chicago gale damages streetcar boxes and plate glass windows. a Milwaukee cigar maker dies when a tank falls on him. signs blown down and a Gimblerose window shattered amid widespread storm damage.
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Calvaro
Milwaukee
Wis
Little Rock
Ark
Iowa
Linais
Arkansas City
Cmiesco
Chicago
New Lake Tunnel
Minwackie
George P. Siedler
Bruss & Wollager
Gimblerose
Grand Avenue
Explosion Shakes St. Louis Bakery District
A morning blast at HE. J. Miller bakery, 301 South Fourth street, rattled glass and sent worker Frank Bach flying. Patrolman Goetz found him injured as investigators consider a dynamite attack and possible ties to a 3-year baker strike with nonunion staff.
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St. Louis
Frank Bach
Goetz
Bach
Miller
Parisians report Maupassant suicide bid in Can
A Can nes dispatch confirms that M. De Maupassant attempted suicide Friday night by firing a revolver at his head and then slashing his throat with a knife. His valet removed bullets from the revolver, and Maupassant wounded himself slightly before being overpowered. He has suffered nervous prostration and influenza, but rests quietly in Can nes with a forecast of recovery.
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Paris
Cannes
M. DeMaupassant
M. de Maupassant
Literatus
Maupassant
Annes
Tragedy at Brenton Station and Bunkie Parish Fatalities
Jan 4 report of two fatal train incidents. Mrs Belle Hutchison, 210 South Leflingwell Ave, struck and killed by a suburban train at Brenton Station while attempting to cross the track. Near Bunkie parish, two intoxicated Native men were run over by a westbound Texas and Pacific passenger train and died within thirty minutes.
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Sr. Locis
Belle Hutchison
Leflingwell Avenue
Rbrentot Station
Jatelison
Brenton
Alenandhia
Dan
Texas and Pacific Road
Bunkie Parish
Assets of missing broker Titus fall short of debts
Frederick T. Willetts, assignee for Titus firm, says assets likely about 85,000 against 200,000 liabilities. Glen Cove estate valued around 30,000, possibly in wife’s name. Affairs of the firm described as muddled and unsettled.
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Gies Cove
Frederick T. Willetts
Titus
United Press
Glen Cove
Roughly Handled Railway Strike Turned on Non-union Men
A mob at Argenta Arkansas violently expelled sixty eight non union railroad workers from two St Louis bound sleepers on the Tron Mountain Cannonball. Men were pitched from cars and valises ripped open as chairs and windows were wrecked. Bloodshed feared if further moves occur.
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Lorrie Roex
Ark
Dam
Tron Mountain
Ceannon Ball
St. Louis
Argenta
Arkansas River
San Antonio
Texas
San Antonio and
Arkansas
Union
Street Tragedy in Perry Leaves Three Injured or Dead
News of a deadly Perry street fight arrives from Greenville Florida detailing a vendetta between Parker Walters and Garnto. Robert Parker and John J Garnto are dead and Thomas Walters gravely wounded. The coroner rules Walters acted in self defense. Judge Garnto dies after three days of suffering.
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Greenville
Fla
Perry
Here
Robert Parker
John J. Garnto
Taylor County
Thomas Walters
Walters
William Parker
J. M. Garnto
Parker
William
Marion Murphy
Judge Garnto
Hie
Vail
Willi Parker
Sze Gern
Ad Free
Caruto
Slavin-Sullivan boxing match collapses after forfeit return
In New York the Slavin contest fell through as Charley Johnston and Arthur Lumley appeared for Sullivan while Slavin failed to seal a word after a two and a half thousand dollar forfeit was returned. Sullivan later told a United Press interviewer he had sworn off drink and hoped to arrange a fight in September, preferably in New Orleans, with Johnston authorized to arrange matches.
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New York
Frank P. Slavin
Herald
Charley Johnston
Brooklyn
Arthur T. Lumley
The
Illustrated News
John L. Sullivan
T. A. Steimer
Johnston
Slavin
Mitchell
Brooklyn Sport
Aimateh
Shiyin
New Orleans
Charlie Johnston
Amatels
Illness Delays Speaker Crisp as House Near Reassembly
Jan. 3 report shows Speaker Crisp slightly improved but still weak. He wishes to open the house tomorrow, yet doctors advise rest until full strength returns. Rep. McMillan likely to be named to call the house to order. absence of rules leaves no speaker pro tem named.
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Honsie Dias Noules
House
Crisp
Voastiveros
Representative McMillan
McMillan
Gould in Danger From Threatening Letters and Arrest
New York January 4. Threatening letters aimed at Jay Gould have appeared, allegedly written by a well educated German who cites Erie Railroad incidents and demands 10000 dollars to avoid harm. Police traced letters via Canada to New Jersey, with no public details released. George and Edwin Gould were queried. Prington Michaels, arrested for loitering near Gould's Fifth Avenue home, claimed schemes and marriage ambitions before being committed to Bellevue as insane.
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Gould
Jay Gould
ISTO
Fiould
Fisk
Erie Railroad
Canada
Byrnes
New Jersey
Hey
George
Edwin Gould
Prington Michaels
Leitering
Fifth Avenue
St. Louis
Vows Taken at the Altar Several Marriages
A wedding ceremony was held at St. John's Reformed Church at 10 o’clock for Miss Augusta Krause of this city and Mr. E Reble of Crestline Ohio, performed by Rev. Schaaf. They plan a eastward wedding tour and will reside in Crestline upon return. Invitations issue for Miss May Hutchurd to George Clarendon Parsons on January 12 at the bride’s Lakeside home. Also invited is the marriage of Fred J Bechtold and Miss Emma Dendel of Kalamazoo Michigan. the bride is a visiting young lady and the groom works at McDonald Watt and Wilt.
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St. John's Reformed Church
Augusta Krause
E. Reble
Crestline
Ohio
Schaaf
Miss May
L. P. Hutchurd
George Clarendon Parsons
Lakeside
Hulburd
National
American Express
Fred J. Bechtold
Emma Dendel
Kalamazoo
Mich
Laly
McDonald, Watt & Wilt
Hill campaign clubs form in Missouri amid Hill boom
Crosses the Mississippi and spreads westward as Democrats in Missouri prepare to organize Till clubs in each congressional district. The move follows rumors of Hill backing and signals a push to elevate David B. Hill’s candidacy while Senator-elect Hill hints at Cleveland declining to seek the presidency this year.
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St. Louis
David B. Hill
Mississippi
Eighth
Missouri
Wasutyetos
Cleveland
Stage Robbers Loot Minnesota Border Region Hole Up Near Boundary
Stage robbers in Montana near the Minnesota border attacked a station near Bowser’s Ferry, securing about 6 000 in jewelry from Ed L Huntley representing a Chicago wholesale house and 10 000 in cash. Three masked gunmen entered a dense woods area with three feet of snow. Huntley offers 100 reward for jewelry return. No robber descriptions available. The Ohio Legislature Opens Its Session in Copeland Ohio. General assembly met at 1 am with no seating of contesting Muskingum district seats. Governor Morrison to be reappointed interstate commissioner William McPherson term just expired.
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Hwenexs
Mont
Bower’s Ferry
Ed. L. Huntley
Chicago
Huntley
Died in his chair and other local deaths
Fred W. Berens a book and picture dealer on South Calhoun street died suddenly while seated in his home at 1 Grand street. He had throat consumption and had worked to support his wife and children. Several other obituaries follow including Mrs. David Craig of Ossian, Walter Moran, Phoebe Haslanger, Earl Funk, Floyd Whitten, and Mrs. Jared Tilbury. The notices note ages, funerals, and church ties. Also mentioned are Grandma Johnson and Mrs. Weaver of Zanesville, Gabriel Parnin, and Mrs. R Randall with burial plans. A United Press dispatch reports Hawley Chapman missing after a wife shooting incident in Brooklyn.
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Fred W. Berens
South Calhoun Street
Mr. Berens
Ile
Grand Street
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Walter
D. C. Moran
Hoagland Avenue
St. Patrick’s Church
Phoebe Haslanger
Broadway
John Haslanger
Plymouth
Ind
James Butler
Haslanger
Germany
Earl
Jacob Funk
Lakeside
van Slyke
Floyd
Charles W. Whitten
Horace Street
Jared Tilbury
Bilderback
New Haven
A. K. Zartman
Martha Forbaugh
Magnus Rhorback
Madison Township
Frank L. Hough
Adrian
Mich
Lake Shore Road
Electric Light Works
Frederick Brandt
Harrison Street
la Grippe
Brandt
Fort Wayne
Keilher
Lau, Brandt & Bayer
Concordia College
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Frederick
Christian
William
August C
Henry
Logansport
Sophia Schwier
Clara
Emma Brandt
Zanesville
Weaver
Gabriel Parnin
Aboit Township
August
Morgan & Beach
Frank Chauvey
R. J. Randall
Toledo
West Superior Street
Living Wreck Escapes Watcher and Goes on Spree
Six weeks ago a sensational shooting case involved Cora Rapp raised in this city. She later married Hawley Chapman and moved to New York where Chapman fell into fast company and suffered a physical wreck. While a nurse tended him, Mrs. Chapman nee Rapp was...
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Cora Rapp
Hawley Chapomai
New York
Chapman
Nee Rapp
Las
Burglaries Reported as City Sees Amateur Raid
Police note two burglaries and an attempted break in within twelve hours. A grocery at 84 Maumee Avenue lost eggs coffee socks gloves cigars apples sausage, and a fruit shop at 156 Calhoun Street suffered cigar thefts. An iron sash was cut at H J Ash store but no one found. thieves likely fled after alarm.
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Knights of the Jinmy
Celestian Jourdain
Maumee Avenue
Frank Casco
Calhoun Street
Borgman
Columbia Street
H. J. Ash
Wilkinson
Repentant Groom Rehorst Seeks Bride In LA Comeback
Miss Mary Long of Bloomingdale faced humiliation when William Rehorst vanished before their wedding. He later repented, sent a contrite letter, and offered to fund her travel to Los Angeles where they reportedly plan to reunite and move past the episode.
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Mary Long
Bloomingdale
William Rehorst
Los Angeles
Cal
Golden State
William Rehurst
Withal
Miss Long
President Harrison Seeks Navy Charter for Russia Relief
President Harrison asked Congress to authorize the Navy to charter a suitable vessel to transport famine relief flour and meal to Russia. The plan calls for the naval officer in charge to oversee delivery to a Russian port for redirection to those in need, with funding from charitable gifts. The message was referred to the Naval Affairs Committee.
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Harrison
Congress
Russia
Committee On Naval Affairs
Senate
House of Representatives
Secretary of the Navy
Bess. Harrison
Niccoli Trezza Murderer Reprieve Pending Investigation
Secretary Blaine reports a telegram from Governor Flower stating a reprieve for Niccoli Trezza the Italian condemned to execution by electricity in New York would be granted while awaiting state department guidance and an inquiry into the case. Also noted is a $50 judgment against Nickel Plate railroad by Jontee France for a horse killing.
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Wasnisetox
Blaine
Flower
Niccoli Trezza
New York
State Department
Trenza
Marquis Hisperiali
George Hlickenberger
Jontee France
Nickel Plate Railroad
Sherman Ahead In Senate Battle For Ohio Seat
In Couranvs Ohio on Jan 5 the senate seated Iden for Gaumer, boosting Sherman’s tally to about 55 votes in caucus forecasts. Foraker faction claims seven votes shifting, while Lamp son Dunn McCoy and Lutz switch to Sherman, narrowing the margin ahead of the 8 pm caucus.
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Couranvs
Ohio
Senate
Iden
Gaumer
Sherman
Foraker
Lampson
Rawlings
Dunn
McCoy
Lutz
Laylin
House
United States
Hahn
State Republican Executive Committee
United Press Today
Fuifteen
Senator Sherman
Redistricting the State Shapes GOP Control
In Colvanus Ohio Jan 5 the first bill in the general assembly after its organization proposes redrawing state districts for Congress to yield seventeen Republican seats and four for Democrats. Colvanus shifts Democratic areas into GOP districts, with four Democratic districts carrying large majorities and Congressman Outhwaite moved into a Republican district.
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Colvanus
Ohio
General Assembly
Congress
Congressman Outhwaite
Chilean Foreign Minister Matta Sends Reply Dispatch
A Valparaiso despatch says Minister Matta sent his dispatch replying to U S demands without presenting it to President Montt or cabinet. The ministry plans another document as substitute. A rumor says Emperor William may be named arbitrator in the Baltimore case.
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New York
Valparaiso
Matta
United States
President Montt
Senor Matta
Vairaratso
Dan
William
Baltimore
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