Anti Bryan Faction Plans Cleveland Delegates at Demo Convention
New York dispatch reports a minority of the Democratic Party seeks Grover Cleveland as a delegate to the national convention to challenge William Jennings Bryan. The plan envisions Cleveland as one of four New Jersey delegates to influence the nomination, signaling a split in the party over Bryan’s leadership and strategy.
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New York
Grover Cleveland
Cleveland
New Jersey
Bryan
Conservatives Expect Cleveland to Influence Convention
The aged ex president's popularity sparks talk of him stamping the convention like Bryan did in 1896. Health concerns about Cleveland are seen as the main risk to any plan. Bryan supporters argue Cleveland is an anachronism and could offer at best courtesy and respect, not a strong nomination.
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Cleveland
Bryan
Snow slide caused blackout in Goldfield scare
Goldfield was plunged into darkness last night after an ice slide and snow in the White Mountains damaged the electric line. Initial fears of dynamiting gave way to the find that two poles had fallen. Workers repaired the line by 3 30 this morning and power was restored.
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Goldfield
White Mountains
Butcher Joseph Fischer Files Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition
Joseph Fischer, a city butcher, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition with Clerk Alfred H. Harrison. The case will be heard tomorrow.
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Joseph Fischer
United States Court
Alfred H. Harrison
Violence tops October deaths in Wisconsin reports
Madison December 18 official vital statistics show October deaths in Wisconsin reached 1,942 with violence at 151 and tuberculosis second at 145. The state rate was 10.4 per thousand, Milwaukee saw seven railway deaths, and La Crosse county counted 43 deaths amid widespread pneumonia and diarrheal tolls. Walsh testified in Chicago that he amassed 31 million from depositor funds, while a La Crosse bank closure occurred.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Health
Milwaukee
la Crosse
la Crosse County
Great Lakes
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Traction men fear three cent fare session in Washington
In Washington D C traction leaders meet at the Interstate Commerce Commission offices with Prof Adams pushing uniform accounting for street railways and interurbans. Begg of Milwaukee is among the leading spirits as 3 cent fare fears grow with greater disclosure of business methods profits and capitalization. About seventy five leaders debate how much information to reveal to avoid public agitation and tax increases.
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Washington, D. C
John L. Begg
Milwaukee
Interstate Commerce Commission
Adams
Traction
Banker Sargent Death Triggers Bank Loan Inquiry
Albert H. Wiggin, president of Jewelers' National Bank, says cashier Sargent’s death spurred an investigation into a loan Sargent made to a local concern in which he held personal interest. The bank, with $1000000 in deposits and $100000 capital, reopened after directors consulted Wiggin. Frederick E. Sargent, cashier and vice president, was found dead by his wife in his apartment, ruled accidental drowning by the medical examiner.
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New York
Albert H. Wiggin
Jewelers’ National Bank of
North Attleboro
Mass
Sargent
Frederick E. Sargent
Jewelers’ National Bank
Mar Business Enterprises
Chase National Bank
Angry giant boar treed on train trunks at Fort Wayne
N B Richardson an express messenger on the Wabash Continental was terrified when an angered 450 Poland China hog charged him on a moving carrier. The boar broke from its confinement on a pile of trunks and charged the messenger who leaped aside to safety. The train halted and the boar was captured and returned to its pen.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
N. B. Richardson
Richardson
Lawson at White House visit by Thomas W Lawson
Thomas W Lawson of Boston was among Roosevelt's earliest callers at the White House. He declined to discuss the purpose of his visit after leaving.
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Washington, D. C
Roosevelt
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
White House
Lawson
Illinois Central Directors Election Postponed to Tomorrow
Chicago Dec 18 Attorneys for Harriman and Fish agreed to postpone the election of directors for the Illinois Central until tomorrow at noon and to resume at 9 30 tomorrow morning the proceedings in Fish effort to enjoin Harriman from voting Union Pacific holdings Judge Ball hopes for a decision before noon All hands say the squabble is hurting the road
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Chicago
Harriman
Fish
Illinois Central
Union Pacific
Illinois Supreme Court patches blow to cigarette law
Springfield Ill Dec 18 The Illinois cigarette law suffered a setback as the supreme court upheld a Cook county circuit court writ of mandamus. The ruling compels Chicago mayor to issue a license for R M Berlizheimer to sell cigarettes, marking a notable legal reversal.
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Springfield
Ill
Supreme Court
Circuit Court of
Cook County
Chicago
R. M. Berlizheimer
Logging firm plots to remove Dietz from Cameron Dam
Madison reports that John F. Dietz of Cameron Dam Sawyer County, long defiant of state and federal authorities, may lose his claim as the Cameron dam dispute with Chippewa Lumber escalates. L B Nagler says Dietz’s three year stand has drawn national attention and Dietz seeks 100000 for settlement while logs rot.
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Madison
Wis
John F. Dietz
Camern Dam
Sawyer County
L. B. Nagler
Secretary of State
Cameron Dam
Dietz
Bood
Valentine Wiesenbach
Suit to restrain Panama bond issue filed in D C
George W. Austin of New York files suit in district supreme court to restrain secretary Cartelyou from allotting Panama bonds. He argues the government will lose nearly a million dollars if the bonds are issued, amid the political firestorm surrounding Cortelyou's bids for the presidency.
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Washington, D. C
Tillman
Senate
Cortelyou
George W. Austin
New York
District Supreme Court
Panama
Hoffman Wyandottes Sweepstakes Await Final Awards
Western Wisconsin Poultry association awards for the North Third street show have been finalized for premium classes. Sweepstakes will be decided in a few days. Winners include Barred Plymouth Rocks with multiple names and placements, Buff and White Wyandottes, Partridge Wyandottes, Silver Laced, Golden Laced, and related varieties across Wisconsin and Minnesota exhibitors.
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Western Wisconsin Poultry Association
North Third Street
Plymouth Rocks
A. J. van Poll
Hopkins
Minn
G. H. Tubbesing
Red Wing
Robert Lafka
Winoha
Irvine & Romick
Lake City
Poehling Bros
la Crosse
Buff Plymouth Rocks
W. P. Palmer
Sparta
Wis
F. E. Nichols
Onalaska
L. Lemke
White Plymouth Rocks
wMrs
J. F. Bloom
Houston
C. M. Butt, Jr
Viroqua
G. W. King
Dexter
Partridge Wyandottes
E. H. Hoffman
J. J. Frisch
W. W. Powell
Victory
Frank J. Jueck
Mineral Point
George Knopp
George Hayek
Buff Wyandottes
Sunbeam Poultry Yards
Chippewa Falls
Henry Hess
Winona
Wheat Jump 10 107 in Bull Run
Chicago, Dec. 18. The Bartlett Frazier Carrington group and Jim Patton drove wheat prices sharply higher in today’s pit, lifting May futures to 1.67 and pressuring bears. Walker and Armour faced heavy losses as large buyers pressed ceres, Partridge and Patton expanding positions amid a final rally.
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Chicago
Bartlett-Frazier-Carrington
Jim” Patton
Bears
J. Brandt Walker
Armour Outfit
Bartlett
Ceres
Finley Barrell
Partridge
Patton Ball Alliance
La Follette Not on Coveted Committee
Six new senate committees were created to add Republican chairmanships and seats for new senators. Democrats hold ten chairmanships, their highest yet with limited representation. New panels cover war department expenditure, agriculture, justice, navy, interior, treasury. Stephenson of Wisconsin gains one chair. La Follette misses interstate commerce despite expertise. Hopkins wins finance chair replacing Spooner. La Follette retains Fiton’s post on military affairs and chairs the Potomac committee.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
War Department
Department of Agriculture
Department of Justice
Navy, Interior
Treasury Departments
Stephenson
Wisconsin
la Follette
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
Senator Hopkins
Senator Spooner
Committee On Finance
Beveridge
Senator la Follette
Fiton
Committee of the Potomac
Illinois Supreme Court strikes down Busse appointees
The Illinois supreme court ruled Mayor Busse had no power to remove school board members last May and that his appointees hold office illegally. It ordered quo warranto proceedings be brought against the Busse appointees through States Attorney Healy.
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Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Busse
Healy
Fear Mob Gathers to Lynch Alleged Attacker in Greenville
Greenville guards protect the jail as a mob fears to lynch Charles Summers of Turnersville. Summers was captured last night and charged with an attempted assault on Miss Maude McCrumb, a local school teacher, in Greenville, Pennsylvania, on December 18.
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Greenville
Charles Summers
Turnersville
Miners Resume Work at Consolidated Mines
In Goldfield on December 18, reports show more workers back in the mines and the mill of the Consolidated company than on any day since the mine reopened last Thursday.
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Goldfield
Consolidated Company
Stickney Denies Retirement Plan at Chicago Great Western
President A B Stickney of the Chicago Great Western railway says he has no intention of retiring and that there is no criticism of his administration from directors or stockholders.
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New York
A. B. Stickney
Chicago-Great Western Railway
Road
Justice Gould Finds AFL Unlawful in Open Shop Case
Justice Gould held the American Federation of Labor actions against Buck’s Stove and Range Co. of St Louis to be an illegal conspiracy. He labeled the federation’s publication of unfair lists as not protected free speech and cited Taft era rulings in the DC Court of Equity. This decision is cited as a campaign issue against Taft by labor foes.
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Washington
Gould
Federation of Labor
Taft
American Federation of Labor
Buck’s Stove and Range Co
St. Louis
Court of Equity of
District of Columbia
American Federation
Federation
Lord Kelvin Dead in London After Long Illness
Lord Kelvin, famed English scientist and one of the world's leading figures, died in London after a prolonged illness. The death closes a career marked by landmark work and international recognition.
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London
Lord Kelvin
Weather outlook and cold spell sweep western states
Forecast calls for a cold wave across Wyoming and Kansas with a low pressure system. Lander Wyoming reported 22 below, the coldest in the region, while Galveston recorded 70 degrees as the warmest. Wisconsin and Minnesota expect partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday, Iowa generally fair, with light rain or snow in the Mississippi valley and lake region.
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Lander
Galveston
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Wyoming
Kansas
Montana
Rocky Mountain Districts
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Lake Region
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Perople
Moxey
Attleboro
Traction Men
I. C
Illinois
Logging Company
Action Iollows
Tillman’'S
Agin’ Cortelyou
George B. Cortelyou
the Treasury
Poultry Ass
Hoffman
Wyandottes
Labor Federation
Patton
Walker
Armour
Patton and the
Frazier-Carrington Combine
Fear Mob
LABOR
Jeurge Taft
Lord Keman
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