Reading Railroad Turmoil Quiets in Philadelphia Report
Philadelphia officials say operations run smoothly with workers at their posts and no immediate trouble. Reading convention calls a system wide strike but excludes passenger services and certain roles. Telegram delays are alleged by Port Carbon secretary, who plans to sue for twenty thousand dollars.
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Specia
Reading Railroad
Palo Alto
St. Clair
Shamokin
Benseman
Port Carbon
Philadelphia, Reading and
Philadelphia, Reading and Pottsville Telegraph Company
Defended Her Honor in Lodi Whipping Row
Marvin Phillips Harvard graduate and teacher faced a sharp assault as Miss Jennie Baxter struck him with a rawhide during Christmas exercises in Lodi New York. Lulu Young joined in striking Phillips after Baxter was restrained. Baxter claims remarks about her character provoked the attack. public opinion reportedly favors Baxter.
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N. Y
Marvin Phillips
Harvard College
Lodi
Jennie Baxter
Phillips
Miss Baxter
Lulu Young
O Brien Found Immobile by Freezing in Cincinnati
Police found Patrick O'Brien a contractor from Iowa near Firth and Eggleston in a doorway after a brutal cold night. He claimed visit to a brothel on Eastern avenue and had 8000 in cash 36000 in checks a gold watch and diamond jewelry on him. The location noted as the city’s worst, marking a remarkable escape from robbery and exposure.
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Cincinnati
Firth and
Eggleston Avenues
Patrick O’brien
Iowa
Eastern Avenue
O'Brien
Cox to lead Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee
Washington reports indicate Mr. Cox of New York seeks to head the Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee. The speaker planned to place Cox on the committee while preserving seniority among old members. Cox becomes successor to Mr. Newitt and aims to inherit the chair and membership.
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Washing'ton
Cox
New York
Democrats
Newitt
Prisoners settle dispute with three hour jail fight
In Champersparc Pennsylvania on December 30 two prisoners Michael Casey and William King agreed to fight under London prize ring rules. They were locked in a cell by other inmates to settle their difference and fought for three hours without relief or resolution.
Draw Declared After Water Incident At Fight
Disturbance arose when water and sponges toppled during the bout. Seconds and the referee agreed to declare the match a draw amid public uproar. Citizens expressed great indignation as the matter became public.
Far From Settled New Years News and Wires
The item compiles unsettled postholiday developments and assorted wire reports. It surveys lingering disputes, political tensions, and economic fluctuations reflected in diverse headlines.
Murderous Blow Targets Toledo Doctor in late Night Attack
Last night about 1 o clock a burly negro attacked Dr Will Coldham 23 son of a prominent Toledo physician with a gas pipe. He fled to Union depot but was captured before departure and jailed. Owl club Entre Nous club members protested lynching as guards held the suspect amid fears of a jail assault.
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Tour
Will Coldham
Toledo
Union
Dr. Coldham
Owl Club
Entre Nous Club
Will
Toledo Cadets
Reading Trouble Still Far From a Satisfactory Settlement
Philadelphia January 2 The Reading officials welcome the new year as a Godsend finishing accumulated work and awaiting new week troubles. Superintendent Bertolets says dispatches report smooth operations and denies that new men have stopped work. Port Richmond strikers stay firm and refuse to return until concessions. Agent Keim says no man can work on the road again. Little rail activity today. freight loaded for tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Reading
Bertolets
Port Richmond
Keim
Henderson and Farnsay reception scene called false
The Washington special from Ionia Michigan declares a reported confrontation between Congressman Henderson of North Carolina and Mr Farnsay of Missouri at a New Year reception here to be false in every detail. Henderson’s remarks honoring Union dead at the National Cemetery in Galesburg paused the event rather than provoking anger.
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New York
Washington Special
Ionia
Mich
Henderson
North Carolina
Farnsay
Missouri
National Cemetery
Galesburg
Mormon Power in Utah Threatens Western Government
Delegate Fred Dubois argues that Mormon influence in Idaho and neighboring territories undermines federal law and statehood. He cites arrests under the Edmunds Act and warns church control from Salt Lake City must be ended before it corrupts Utah and other western states.
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Idaho
Fred Dubois
United States
Congress
East
West
Arizona
Wyoming
New Mexico
Salt Lake
Utah
Church
Diormons
A Gift of the Vanderbilts Opens New Hospitals
The Sloane Maternity hospital and the Vanderbilt clinic near the College of Physicians and Surgeons opened with a prayer by Rev. Dr. John Hall and a keynote address by Prof. T Gaillard Thomas. Physicians say these buildings surpass others in the country and Europe. The gifts come from the children of the late Wm. H. Vanderbilt.
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New York
Sloane Maternity Hospital
Vanderbilt Clinic
College of Physicians and Surgeons
John Hall
T. Gaillard Thomas
Europe
Wm. H. Vanderbilt
Gould system orders ten percent cut in force
A Sedalia report says a company decree across the Gould system requires a ten percent reduction in all departments. Fourteen thousand workers are affected by the order which will last until March first, with employers fearing it may be permanent and idle fourteen hundred workers.
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St. Louis
Sedalia
Missouri
Washington
Pacific Railroad Commission
Union Pacific
Union Pacific Company
Union Pacific Railway
Central Pacific
United States
Gould
Missouri Pacific
Kansas Central
Central Branch
Pacific
Central Pacific Company
Glass Workers Strike Halts Boston and Sandwich Factory
In Sandwich Massachusetts on January 2. Glass workers at the Boston and Sandwich glass factory did not return to work. Saturday afternoon many removed tools and some departments will run until stock is exhausted. If disputes remain unsettled a general suspension is likely.
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Sandwich
Mass
Boston and Sandwich Glass
Lightweight bout ends with Harding victory in 20th round
In Troy New York a boxing match at a road house began at 1 a m with Don Duggan of Brooklyn and Jack Harding of Philadelphia. The 20 round fight ended when Harding landed decisive blows in the final round and Duggan failed to rise. Both fighters slept with wet cloths on their faces. Two women witnessed the bout backing Duggan.
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Troy
N. Y
Don Duggan
Brooklyn
Jack Harding
Philadelphia
Duggan
Harding
Double murder and arson linked to fleeing husband
A man shot and killed Matthewson then compelled his wife to drive to Matthewson’s son’s house with the corpse. On returning home she found her house on fire and was shot dead by her husband. The suspect Herrig fled the scene.
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Matthewson
Herrig
Panic at Haymarket charity hall injures children
In Curicano a holiday event at Seaman's Hull Corner run by First Congregational Church faced a deadly panic after a stove was toppled during a pretend fire. About fifty children crowded the narrow stairs. Emil Way aged 9 died and sisters Lilie Lemker 10 and Louise Lemker 11 were seriously hurt. Superintendent Richard D Lay was arrested.
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Seaman
Hull
Lake and
Desplaines
First Congregational Church
Richard D. Lay
Emil Way
Lillie
Louise Lemker
Wm. Sanders
Sioux allotment bill progress and interior view on Indian consent
The Indian affairs committee sent the Sioux bill to the secretary of the interior with demand for maps of proposed allotments and lands to be opened. Interior officials oppose requiring Indian consent, arguing the Indian should be treated as a separate nation and that consent delays opening. They favor pursuing their own civilization plan to solve the Indian problem.
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Washington
Indian Affairs Committee
Senate
Jones
Secretary of the Interior
Indian Bureau
Congress
Indian Service
Bland
Indian Defense Association
Interior Department
Driving Snow Storm Delays North Central Trains
A blizzard rages from Calgary to St. Louis with zero temperatures and 38 degree NW swings. Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois face heavy snow and late trains while several lines report abandoned schedules and relief efforts underway in Sioux Falls and Arlington.
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St. Paul
Lieut. Woodruff
Nebraska
Calgary
Northwest Territory
St. Louis
Ohio Valley
Minnesota
Dakota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Northwest
Jamestown
Pioneer
Northern Pacific
Watertown
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
Bismarck
International Boundary Line
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Sioux Falls
Huron
Chicago Mail
Arlington
Flandreau
Brainard
Rotary
Shakopee
Missouri River
Prominent Ohio Bookkeeper Missing After Grain Speculation
Jacob H. Delaplaine, confidential bookkeeper at Portage strawboard works and local figure, vanished yesterday. An audit shows a $4,000 shortage tied to grain speculation, leaving his whereabouts unknown.
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Circleville
Ohio
Jacob H. Delaplaine
Portage Strawboard Works
President's Reception Begins New Year Ceremonies
The New Year festivities started with the president's reception in Washington. The cabinet was received at 11 a.m. and doors closed at 2 p.m., marking the principal feature of the day.
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Washington
Robbery in Cincinnati Sees Texan Merchant Robbed
Wm. T. Young a Waco Texas shoe merchant was held up in Cincinnati early today and robbed of cash and diamonds totaling $11000. The robbers escaped.
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Cincinnati
Wm. T. Young
Waco
Texas
National Bank Notes to Fade From Currency
Washington on January 2 reports strong opinion among leading lawmakers that national bank notes will be discontinued. Proposals center on replacing with gold and silver certificates or treasury notes to standardize currency, saving banks engraving and printing costs and eliminating redeeming processes. Experts predict national bank currency will vanish within a few years.
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Washington
Congress
United States Treasury
Quiet backing for Gray seen in national ticket push
Washington reports indicate active behind the scenes work to place Gov. Gray in second spot on the national Democratic ticket next year. Voorhees supposedly recognizes Gray's strength in Indiana and may not oppose him, while Illinois outlook suggests Gen. Black is popular with Democratic troops but not winning Republican soldiers and faces grumbling from non-federal Democrats over exclusive military favors.
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Washington
Gray
Indiana
Voorhees
Illinois
Black
Fire destroys vast Alhambra theatre in Antwerp
Last midnight the Alhambra theatre in Antwerp was destroyed by fire. The building was empty at the time, preventing injuries.
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Antwerp
Alhambra
Dakota constitutional convention called to assemble January 9
Huron December 30 Judge Edgerton issues formal call for the Dakota constitutional convention to assemble here on January 9.
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Huron
Edgerton
Dakota Constitutional Convention
Jealous Husband's Crime Reported in St Francis Arkansas
A St Louis dispatch describes William Herrig, a wealthy Arkansas planter, jealously forbidding his wife’s acquaintance with William Matthewson. Matthewson was invited to drive with the wife, and as she prepared, Herrig acted, leading to a fatal confrontation.
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St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
St. Francis
Arkansas
William Nerrig
Wim. Matthewson
Matthewson
Palmer on Prohibition from Dernick Michigan Interview
Senator Palmer voices support for Republican alignment with public sentiment on liquor. predicts GOP will push prohibition, noting the saloon as enemy to homes schools and churches. He cites District of Columbia as testing ground and mentions a bill by Mr Platt to abolish the traffic, to be urged this session.
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Dernick
Mich
Palmer
Michigan Club
New York Tribune
Republican Party
District of Columbia
Congress
Senate
Platt
Buncombe
Meddling Alleged in North Dakota Election Returns
Report from Bismarck says the governor will dispatch messengers to counties that did not file division election returns. The governor will compute the result after securing the missing data, suggesting the official canvass issued earlier may have been compromised by meddling with the returns.
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Yankton
Bismarck
Local Option In Sioux Falls Rumors Stir City Hall
Sioux Falls officials discuss granting liquor licenses after January 1 under the special city charter. Aldermen seem inclined to approve licenses, signaling a potential policy shift in the city.
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Sioux Falls
The Lady and the Tiger Died in Paris
New York mourns as Sarah Bernhardt loses her tiger in Paris after gastritis and eight hours of excruciating agony. The tiger was a constant companion during her U S tour and was treated as a tame pet by Bernhardt.
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New York
Sarah Bernhardt
Paris
Sarah
Miss Bernhardt
Tigrette the Tiger Dies in Paris After Theater Night
The tiger Tigrette, kept in a hotel enclosure while Sarah was away, was released and held by La Tosca after the theater. A friend asked if a doctor could have saved the pet, and Sarah replied that doctors for tigers cannot be found in Paris, and Tigrette died of an incurable disease.
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Ligrette
la Tosca
Paris
Pacific railway reports debate debt plans and governance
New York dispatch summarizes two Pacific railway commission reports. The majority favors long debt extension to fifty years, government mortgage control, three percent funding, and trustee appointments. Pattison’s minority urges charter forfeiture and receivership with lawsuits against fraudsters.
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New York
the World This
Pacific Railway Commissioners
Anderson
Littler
Pattison
Terrible Collision Near Meadville Kills Forty
A passenger train on the New York Pennsylvania Ohio line smashed into a double header freight four miles west of Meadville Pennsylvania. At least forty people were reported killed and city physicians and hundreds rushed to the wreck scene.
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Meadville
Penn
New York
Pennsylvania & Ohio
Wreck Report Confirms Four Dead and Three Wounded
Meadville Penn reporters report that four people were killed and three injured in the wreck. No passengers are listed among the fatalities.
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Meadville
Penn
Meadville Collision Kills Five Engineers in Pennsylvania
A Meadville collision in Franklin Pennsylvania kills five engineers and injures twelve to fifteen others with more minor casualties. Officials estimate total wounded may reach one hundred.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Franklin
Pennsylvania
Meadville
Knights of Labor Strike Numbs Reading Freight Hands
In Philadelphia the Knights of Labor strike halts about 500 freight handlers at Noble and Willow streets wharves. Most workers abstain, engineers and switchmen remain. Italians and Hungarians fill new roles as officials scramble to resume work while police bolster guard.
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Penn
Knights of Labor
Reading
Noble and
Willow Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Broad
21St Street
Bernard Sharkley
Lee
Pottsville
Will of William Lilton Filed in Probate Office
The will leaves $300 000 each to his wife and daughter Caroline Hilton Fiske and makes several conditional public bequests. Major gifts include 350 000 to Massachusetts General Hospital and 50 000 each to Phillips Academy Andover Williams College Harvard College Amherst College American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions American Home Missionary Society American Missionary Society of New York Boston City Missionary Society Salisbury town Boston Dispensary Boston YWCA Home for Little Wanderers Children’s Hospital Abbott Academy Andover.
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William [Lilton
Caroline Hilton Fiske
Massachusetts General Hospital
Phillips Academy
Andover
Williams College
Harvard College
Amherst College
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign
Fine Church Burned In Milwaukee Fire
Milwaukee today reported the Immanuel Presbyterian church the city’s finest religious building caught fire at six this morning and was almost totally destroyed. The 1875 church cost about 180000 dollars and carried 85000 dollars in insurance.
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Milwaukee
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Referee Postpones Ridge Kelly Prize Fight
Police presence on the ground leads to delaying the Ridge Kelly prize fight until a new venue is chosen.
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Piraspura
Penn
A Horse That Talks and Miracles of Medicine
A curious comparison likens speaking horses to past miracles and praises Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as capable of restoring diseased lungs when other methods fail. The ad claims the remedy cures consumption by improving lung health and cites widespread testimonials.
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