Will Soon Vote on Tarif Question in Senate Caucus
Washington Feb 28 Democratic senators left caucus未nconcluded talks before the Senate convened with no vote taken. The session adjourned to 3:30 as debate over tariff schedules continued amid calls for full, free exchange of views. Brice urged patience and criticized haste while White urged specific changes for his California state.
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Washmorton
Senate
Cancun
Gormen
White
California
Brice
Martin
Kansas
Gladstone resignation rumors shake British leadership
The Edinburgh Evening News and The Times report Gladstone may resign as premier and that Rosebery is favored to succeed. The Times suggests home rule could be dropped, while the Independent signals a likely withdrawal. Gladstone meets the Queen, then returns to Windsor, with no official statement issued by 4 p.m. March 1.
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Edinburg Evening News Today
Gladstone
Lord Roseberry
the Times
Sir William Vernon Harcourt
Downing Street
Buckingham Palace
Windsor
Noted scoundrel Farnalds trail of robberies and schemes
The Examiner profiles Walter Guy Farnald now jailed in San Francisco for the Jackobson trunk theft worth 10,000 in diamonds. The report traces Farnalds illicit career in London New York Chicago Kansas City and San Francisco with partners Hurt and a string of cons including forgery false imprisonment and a mythical mine racket.
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San Francisco
The
Examiner
Walter Guy Farnald
Jackobson
Furpald
Europe
William W. Hurt
Hurt
Furnald
London
New York
Acarcel
Newbedford
Chicago
Farnald
Hart
Robbed Uncle Sam Deeds Steal From Washington D C
William Jamison of Port Townsend Washington is charged as the principal in a plot to steal deeds to five large tracts from the land office in Washington D C. The theft ties to James T Elder of Whatcom Washington who deeded the land to the United States before 1891. Relatives planned the theft and Jamison allegedly had the deeds lithographed. He and a relative of Elder are under bonds awaiting trial in the U S district court.
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New York
William Jamison
Port Townsend
Wash
Washington
D. C
United States District Court
James T. Elder
Whatcomb, Wash
United States
Jamison
Elder
J. T. Elder
Beer Goes Up In Explosive Brewery Fire
Tirrix Ohio March 1 At 3 12 this morning an explosion wrecked Hubachs brewery after natural gas leaked into beer cellars and night watchman Anthony Meyer entered with a torch. The brewery was razed to the ground and nearby Wagner residence suffered heavy damage. Meyer escaped unharmed with minor injuries. Loss is between 4000 and 5000 dollars.
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Tirrix
Ohio
Hubach
Anthony Meyer
Wagner
Meyer
Tragic Home Invasion Ends in Double Slaying
John Baker of Franklin Park New Jersey woke to robbers in his home. He killed one burglar with a gun then fatally wounded another with an axe after the assailants killed Mrs. Baker and a sick child. Baker, a wealthy farmer, reportedly had a large sum of money in the house. The surviving intruder cut off Baker’s nose during the attack.
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New Bruxawicx
N. J
Moore Baker
William Thompson
John Baker
Franklin Park
Baker
New Brunswick
Mr. Harte
Emerson
Five Min Rescued as Boston Run Mine Debacle Ends
A mine collapse at the Boston Run site trapped five men until a rescue team freed them. All five were rescued unharmed and preparations to repair the damaged workings and resume operations soon were announced. The incident followed a slate quarry collapse in Williamstown that buried several workers, with one man fatally injured and others presumed dead.
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Attsntown
Owen T. Williams & Sons
Williamstown
Lehigh County
Joseph Reamley
Samuel Kreitz
Griffith O. Pritchard
Wm. R Jones
Jones
Reamley
Ashlanp
Boston Run
Romantic divorce suit from Fort Waste Texas
A divorce suit reveals a tale of a man married under threat of death after being urged to wed a woman who produced a revolver. The groom claims the minister and witnesses were present but the bride threatened violence. the court case proceeds as the grand jury investigates. The report mixes other brief items on Wilson’s health, and a fatal accidental fire at a county infirmary.
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Fort Waste
Tex
Thomas L. Llyn
B. Fontelear
J. Morgan Wells
Girl Still Missing in Chicago Abduction Case
A fifteen year old girl is missing after an alleged abduction by a bartender on Calhoun street. Police traced a frightening scene at a Harrison street tenement where a woman cried I want to go home. Meals were regularly taken to a room, but no trace of the girl has been found and the search continues.
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Chicago Street
Calhoun Street
Tos Senrixne
Harrison Street
Lapp
Hiram
Hamlet
Ophelia
James Owen O'Connor
Johannes
Euripides
Gurley
Hamiet
Mr. O'Connor
Bret Harte
Mom
Muggins
Reat
Hole
Coach
Demise of Theodore Gotach a Thia City Man
Theodore Gotach aged thirty three died last Wednesday evening of consumption at his home east of the St. Joe river bridge near the feeble minded home. He worked for Morgan & Beach twelve years and had earlier been with Prescott Bros now Seavey Hardware. He leaves a widow sister Lena M Gotch brother Chris W Gotch and his mother. The funeral was at 12:30 from the house then 1 from St Pauls Lutheran church and remains shipped to Kendallville for interment.
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Theodore Gotsch
St. Joe River Bridge
Gotech
Mr. Smith
Morgan & Beach
Julius Gotach
Theodore
Chris. W. Gotsch
Misa Lena M. Gotsch
Prescott Bros
Seavey Hardware Company
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Kendallville
G W Wilson of Fort Wayne A Republican Auditor Candidate
The Indianapolis News features sketches and a portrait of G W Wilson, known as Billy Wilson, Fort Wayne native and Fort Wayne business figure. Born February 6, 1862, he rose in local politics, joined multiple labor unions, and earned high ranks in the Masons Scottish Rite. He announced his candidacy over a year ago.
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G. W. Wilson
Billy Wilson
Fort Wayne
George W. Wilson and Sona
Wilson
Allen County
Scottish Rite
Candidate nomination remarks amid late stage candidacy
A fragment notes discussions on nomination timing as some competitors had fallen behind. The speaker suggests the nomination effort was nearly settled once other candidates had exited, reflecting a statewide political maneuver in progress.
Gas outage hits Fort Wayne as repair work near Sheldon
A large gas service disruption affected Fort Wayne residents Wednesday night as a pipe break near Sheldon necessitated shutting off gas at 7 40. The Salamonic gas company dispatched all staff to repair routes, with full restoration expected by 5 am. Northern Indiana M E conference planning a reception and banquet hosted by Hugh Dougherty at Bluffton.
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Ft. Wayne
Salamonic 3S Company
Max Hoffman
Sheldon
Indiana
M. E
Bluffton
Hugh Dougherty
Methodist Church
Dougherty
Epworth League
Astor Estate Sells Indiana Rail Line Portion
The Astor estate via A A Purman wins sale of the Findlay to Jackson township rail segment in Indiana, 60 miles, at court, with Ohio portion set for April 7 and soon after the company will be reorganized and extend to Fort Wayne. Doctors Stemen announce plan to open a sanitarium and private hospital in Fort Wayne with modern treatments, location to be decided.
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A. A. Purman
Findlay
Fort Wayne and
Fort Wayne
Stemen
Gas Explosion At Bloomingdale Causes Injuries And Warnings
A gas blast at 6 AM in Bloomingdale injured night fireman L A Logan who was near the furnace door when gas ignited. He recovered from the shock. Other reports include a possibly fatal fall by Mrs William Klinschmidt, a nose injury to E Staub, and a boy accidentally shot in the head but the bullet did not penetrate the skull. Congressional convention set for June 28 with delegates allotted by votes for General Harrison. several candidates named.
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Government
Mr. Logan
Logan
Harrison Street
William Klinschmidt
South Clark Street
Bloomingdale
Fatas
Klinschmidt
Schilling
The
Peter's Box and Lumber Company
Justice Hayes
Wayne Knitting Mills
C. B. Stemen
Wayne Hotel
Harrison
L M. Ninde
J. W. Hayden
Professor Deidrick
Congress
W. J. Vesey
Allen
J. E Leighty
DeKalb
Ed P. C. Shaw
Lagrange
S. E. Skinner
Noble
Sol. A. Woods
Steuben
W. H. Magley
Whitley
Prof Brannon Resigns for North Dakota University
Professor Melvin A Brannon of the city High School resigns to accept a biology chair at the State University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. He came from Wabash College in 1890 and will depart with his wife in about two weeks. she will stay for several weeks.
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Melvin A. Brannon
Grand Forks
North Dakota
Wabash College
State University of North
Ano
Honors to Mr Spencer by Democratic Old Soldiers
The Democratic Old Soldiers club held a lively meeting at their rooms. Hon M V B Spencer received a standing ovation and delivered a speech praising Hoke Smith as capable and conscientious in serving soldiers. Spencer resigned as club president. James C Peltier was chosen treasurer. Fred Myers is very ill at 328 West Wayne Street.
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Democratic Soldiers’ Club
M. V. B Spencer
Hoke Smith
James C. Peltier
Fred Myers
Weat
Wayne Street
Barbara Frietchie and historic yarns in Frederick tale
Frederick Maryland February pieces recount Barbara Frietchie and Stonewall Jackson with a window display of John Brown’s pike used to arm Harper's Ferry Negroes. The essayist riffs on Hamlet Euripides and Bretten Harte travel anecdotes with a comic, rambling style.
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Barbara
Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Shack
Barbara Frietchie
Maryland
Frederick
United States
Queintrell
Washington
Mra
Jackson
William Tell
John Brown
Harper's Ferry
John
Wild banquet tale tied to Mr Harte or Emerson
An anecdote recounts a chaotic dinner where a man carves steak wildly, drenches a preacher with gravy, nearly harms a hired girl, and boasts odd culinary schemes with a watermelon's flavors. The narrator questions whether the tale belongs to Mr Harte or Emerson, noting excess and confusion.
Like a Mummy And Other Comic Exchanges
In a New York Weekly style gag a wife says talk to a mummy, a husband retorts a mummy is pressed for time. A Philadelphia Record quip recalls Jones Baron Munchausen and Rip Van Winkle about sleeping twenty years in the woods.
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New York Weekly
Jones
Baron Munchausen
Rip van Winkle
Philadelphia Record
Curious relics and letters from a rural collector
The account surveys wood handles used as garlic prizers after the Brown execution, a Siamese twin hickory specimen, and a skeptical owner who wished to donate items to the Smithsonian but kept them. It includes a long, misspelled letter about Hamlet and Euripides with a response from TRAIN GURLEY and reflections on the play’s forces of individual, epoch, and race.
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Smithsonian Institution
County Association
Hamlet
Ophelia
Gurley
Euripides
Dante
Hiram
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