Senator Mason wins Illinois Republican senatorial nomination
Springfield reports William E Mason captured the United States Senate nomination at a bitter Illinois Republican caucus after Lorimer withdrew. The win signals a McKinley aligned victory over the reform machine. Mason, born 1850 in New York, rose from Bentonport to Chicago, serving in the Illinois House and Senate. He married Edith White and has nine children, famed as Illinois’ top campaigner.
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Birmingham
Des Moines
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Wallace
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Illinois House of Representatives
State Senate
Ilinois
Senator Bushnell Denies Hanna For Sherman Unexpired Term
Governor Bushnell of Ohio says he has not decided whom to appoint to the Sherman unexpired term and denies Murat Halstead’s Cleveland interview claiming he would appoint Hanna. Bushnell states he will decide only if Sherman resigns and has not committed to any successor as of now.
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New York
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Ohio
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Murat Halstead
Cleveland
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Hanna
Halstead
John Sherman
Platt Leads In Senate Vote For U S Senator
Albany Jan 20 The state senate vote for United States senator tallies Thomas C Platt 35 votes B Hill 11 Henry George 2 with Senators Guy and Coffee backing Mr George In the assembly Platt 112 Hill 31 Henry George 2 Cain and Zurn of Kings voting for George.
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United States
State Senate
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Assembly
Hill
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Kings
Populist Lawmakers Fail To Pick Senator In Kansas
Topeka Kansas January 20 after twenty four ballots last night for United States senator the Populist caucus of the Kansas legislature adjourned without a choice Peffer and John W Breidenthal chairman of the state organization are clearly out of the race.
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United States
Kansas
Peffer
John W. Breidenthal
Bismarck Senator Hans Brough Wins Senate Vote
In the senate yesterday united states senator tally Hans brough Rep 24 fusion Bentley 7 In the house the ballot Hans brough 48 Bentley 17 for the U S Senate race reported from St Paul on Jan 20 by a Dispatch special.
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United States
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House
Poor Outlook for Buildings in House Budget Clash
Washington Jan 20 A committee led by Hicks Hooker Herman and Henry urged Reed to allow debate on 22 public building bills. Reed warned the fisc running $58 million behind revenue and questioned mortgaging future revenues. The committee argued the bills set building cost ceilings with appropriations left to future congresses. Meeting left in gloom.
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Oregon
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Gen Harrison at Washington and Ambassadorship Talk
Gen Harrison arrived in Washington and stayed at the Arlington hotel. He met Attorney General Miller and plans to argue in the Indiana case Forsyth v Hammond in the Supreme Court. Reporters asked about the St James ambassadorship. he said he had not been offered the post and would not discuss acceptance.
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Court of
Steel plant shutdown in South Chicago halves jobs
Chicago Jan 20 The rail department of the Illinois Steel company works in South Chicago shut down yesterday leaving about 1200 men unemployed. President Gates said order volume did not justify keeping the department running.
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Ilinois Steel Company
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Lumbermen in Council Open Northwestern Convention
Minneapolis January meeting marks the seventh annual gathering of the Northwestern Lumbermen's association with strong attendance and official proceedings underway.
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Lumbermen In Council
Minneapolis
Northwestern Lumbermen’s Association
Queen's Speech Highlights Arbitration Pact and Indian Distress
London, Jan 20. The queen's speech at the Parliament opening reiterates Britain’s friendly foreign policy, cites Turkish massacres and arbitration efforts with the United States on the Guiana boundary, and notes bills for voluntary schools relief, employers' liability, Irish agriculture, and reformatories for inebriates. It mentions a defence buildup and a ruling on goods from foreign prisons.
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Bismarck
Arbitration and jingoes shape ministerial leverage across nations
Lord Salisbury talks on arbitration as a bulwark against criticising jingoes who inflame patriotism. He argues impartial tribunals let ministers negotiate with freer, firmer hands without risking national honor. He warns growing military burdens may push nations toward war.
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Rector Conaty Installed at Catholic University of America
Very Rev. Thomas J. Conaty, D. C., was installed yesterday as rector of the Catholic University of America in Washington. Cardinal Gibbons led the procession to McMahon hall, with Mgr. Martinelli and several archbishops and bishops in attendance. Cardinal Gibbons praised the Constitution, saying its paragraphs and words suit the growth of Catholic religion and the nation.
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Fierce Street Battle in Placetas As Insurgents Press On
Havana dispatch reports insurgents entered Placetas on Jan 11 at 8 pm, expecting only a garrison. Pavia battalion arrived unseen at midnight, fort opened fire, fighting spread to markets. Six insurgents killed, seven troopers wounded, three civilians dead, a wounded woman and baby reported.
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Tragic deaths headline spans multiple regions and events
The telegrams report William E. Jones a Havlin's theatre manager and brother in law of John Havlin shot himself in St Louis Arad Hungary actor Koloman Balla died on stage after a staged self kill tragedy al read public apparently applauded. Alaska Puget Sound merchants brace for 10000 15000 miners this spring obituaries include Eleanor C Leggett M D 60 Greensburg Ind Dr Littlepage 73 Washington Tfa J A Henderson 75 Wartville Tl E G Cole Franfort Mnd ex Judge Samuel H Dyal Manitowoc Wis P W Weiboldt 61 Brooklyn James P Wallace four men died from gas in Boston nine days into a gas asphyxiation epidemic.
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