10 Dec 1895
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Newspaper
Middletown Daily Argus
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1895
Page
1
Advertisement notes far above all prior efforts by Trasic and promises deals on wealth referencing Marion Howlane Boske. Claims ladies and gentlemen’s handkerchiefs priced from four cents to five dollars, with no other stock matching the sale.
Six Studebaker buggies and six Studebaker farm wagons offered at cost to clear space for spring goods. Four two seated wagons also at cost. A few single and double harnesses available at old prices. Flexible wire horse brush advertised as the best on the market for winter wear.
The piece covers a Seventh annual convention of the American Federation of Labor with speakers like Samuel Gompers and Father Ducey. It discusses labor unity, rights to strike, and the growth of labor organization, noting improvements and ongoing social issues such as wages, poverty, and tenements. It includes a Cooper Union mass meeting led by Gompers and remarks on labor’s future.
Washington December 1 Senate focus centered on a Morgan resolution urging a new inquiry into American liability for seizures of British ships in Behring Sea 1890 130. Morgan argued lump sum settlement of 42500 John President recommended payment not wise. Mor one hour session devoted to house officer appointments and pensioner lists. Republicans proposed several resolutions but Democrats objected.
Rochester report notes a three week strike by housesmiths expanding with 40 new strikers and sympathy actions by plasterers laborers elevator constructors painters carpenters and wire men on ongoing builds. Sub contracts involve F Bo and J A Cornell.Iron League member Jackson Iron Works linked to dispute.
Mary Thurman, once the discarded daughter of ex-Senator Thurman, reputedly made the richest gold strike in desert camps. The report notes her three marriages and divorces, beginning with Lieutenant Cowles, now U.S. naval attache in London, and ending with the baseball man Bug Tolliday. Madrid Demands Municipal Reform Explodes in Demonstration
The body of a woman found on Marble Road near Pitmumisneke has been identified as Sarah Rass of Belvidere, missing for weeks. She was wealthy and rumored to possess a large sum of money. Prosecuting Attorney Sterker orders an investigation and the body will be exhumed and moved to Belvidere.
Australian boxer Kim Wall, Maher's sparring partner, says Pitz will defend Maher and he can beat Fitz as he did before. He recalls his second bout where he had Fitz at his mercy before a lucky blow changed the result.
Princeton N J Dec 10 Garrett Cochran has been elected captain of the Princeton football eleven to succeed Langdon. The selection was unanimous though departing from the usual practice of choosing a junior. Cochran is president of the current sophomore class and a popular student. He is also of State Senator Cochran of Wilmington Pa.
NeEwack New Jersey December 10 Lee A Harvey a young man suffered a broken back when jolted backward by a trolley reallision doctors report the spine bones snapped then resumed normal position surprising staff Harvey is expected to recover though may face a lengthy convalescence.
A Constantinople based correspondent urges United States relief to Armenians trapped in famine and exposure. He proposes an independent American relief commission with four superintendents operating from Alexandretta Trebizond Samsoon and Diabkir to reach Bitlis Van and Harpoot, while noting potential English aid and possible power tensions among Russia England France Germany and Austria. He warns of Turkic coercion and pending European war, urging active humanitarian action before more deaths.
President Rotchford of the Ohio Miners Association announces a convention to be held on Thursday at Shawnee to address rate questions. He says the current rate is temporary and miners will act to correct the injustice when able.
Seven men from Duluth Minnesota including Captain William McGilvy and chief engineer George McCort drowned when the tug Pearl B Campbell sank in Lake Superior near Huron Isle during a gale. The fishing and rescue attempts followed, with crew lists incomplete and a note of massive weather loss. A later dispatch mentions a separate report of the Campbell’s loss and a Marquette steamer adding to the tragedy. Local Venezuelan peace news, and a separate 190? cure by faith anecdote from Reading, Pennsylvania are also noted in brief.
Patrick Crowe, famed for felonies across several states and jailed in Buchanan County, was yesterday sentenced to the penitentiary. He had been indicted for robbing a Burlington passenger train near this city and pleaded guilty to jail breaking, with the jail break charge viewed as the stronger case.
A muddled report from Philadelphia describes Peter Maher and manager J. J. Quinn negotiating with Fitzsimmons over fight terms. Maher would accept a $200 purse and a $5000 side bet if Fitzsimmons signs, though Fitzsimmons reportedly refuses.
WASHINGTON December reports from a senate committee describe actions on a case involving Ruta Wy Peekham and the Nuvo Vos ToH. The text notes favorable outcomes and references Doctor Rovero’s release in a Mexico City context, with Colonel Roto er, a noted chivlist figure, sentenced previously for a killing and now released under unspecified operations.
Secretary Hoke Smith returns to Washington from trip. Admiral Selfridge arrives with flagship at Beyrut. Reports claim Chelton Wisconsin burns and Green Bay mobilizes. Actor Joseph Jefferson discusses Kate and Cleveland presidency in a published interview. Paris figure hints at President Paine family secret proved trivial. General Daniel P. 311 of Keokuk Iowa dies in Omaha while visiting daughter aged about eighty. A fleeting Jew poll mention appears amid damaged text.
Surprising political chatter centers on United States Senator J Donald Cameron announcing he will not seek re election. The move, aimed to give rivals time to enter, notes his term ends March 4 1897 after twenty years in the Senate with earlier service under Grant and as secretary of war.
Philadelphia dispatch reports Senator Cameron will not seek re election and sparks a crowded field for his senate seat. Names include George S Graham ex Lieutenant Governor Louis A Watres Boies Penrose Charles Emory Smith and others while Governor Eastings is floated in administration circles. A second item from New Castle notes Pittsburg telegraph operator M C Judd jailed for the murder of Henry Wad with a second possible murder under inquiry after a quarrel in Mahoningtown.
Fire on Depot square destroys all buildings on one side Sunday night. Loss will reach union status. Body of Charles Vorwald of Vorwald and Prince shop, found yesterday, three German family members missing, presumed buried in ruins. Wife also missing.
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