Venezuelan commission named five members in Washington
The 1895 lineup includes David J. Brewer Richard J H Alvey Andrew D White and Frederick R Coudert and Daniel C Gilman The selection elicits approval in Washington with English papers weighing the diplomats credentials and the aim of the inquiry as a political yet nonpublic inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
David J. Brewer
Kansas
Associateustice
Supreme Court of the United Sates
Richard J.H. Alvey
Marland
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Andrew D. White
New York
Frederick R. Coudert
Daniel C. Gilman
Maryland
Johns Hopkins University
Popular 100 Million Dollar Bond Offer At Four Per Cent
Secretary Carlisle issued a notice inviting sealed bids for 100 million dollars of four percent U S bonds, payable in coin, to be issued February 1896. Bids due February 5, 1896, with installments optional, and delivery by February 11, 1896. This marks a large one time issue by the current administration to support gold reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carlisle
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
D. C
United States
Treasury of the
Washington, D. C
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Chicago
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Francisco
J. G. Caruisin
the Treasury
Havana in a Panic as Havana Nears Fall
A Havana dispatch reports the city under siege with refugees fleeing by steamer and train. Insurgents burn bridges and houses while Gomez and Maceo approach. authorities strengthen fortifications as rumors of Havana’s fall within 24 hours spread fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Globe
Havana
la Corona
Gomez
San Felipe
Mozo Redondo
Maceo
Melena
Neuvitas-Puerto Principe
Iowa lawmakers prep for pivotal 26th General Assembly
Des Moines January 7 the 26th Iowa General Assembly will convene next Monday at ten oclock with dense lobbyist presence and crowded hotels. Key issues include resubmitting prohibition to voters and legalizing liquor manufacture, plus a thorough code revision by a two year old commission may extend the session beyond three months potentially into five or a possible winter special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
26Th
General Assembly of
Iowa
Satolli Elevated In Baltimore Cardinalate Rite
Francis Satolli was elevated to the cardinalate at the Baltimore cathedral under the rear dome, the nation’s mother church. The ceremony drew archbishops bishops monsignors and diplomats with Catholics and non Catholics witnessing the vesting in scarlet. The rites marked the second Baltimore cardinalate ceremony and the third in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
America
Francis Satolli
Lepanto
United States
Ohio Legislature Convened with Leadership Named
The Ohio legislature opened in Columbus on Monday with D L Sleeper as speaker John A Molloy chief clerk and Andrew Jackson sergeant at arms in the house. In the senate J C Huntsinpiller president pro tem Alex Caine chief clerk and RR Wayward sergeant at arms were chosen. The main task ahead is selecting a United States senator to succeed Calvin S Brice with ex Governor Foraker favored by the majority and Brice supported by the minority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
House
D. L. Sleeper
John
Molloy
Andrew Jackson
Senate
J. C. Hunts Inpiller
Alex Caine
RR. F. Wayward
United States
Calvin S. Brice
Foraker
Morton Declares Candidacy for President at New York Dinner
Gov Levi P Morton announced to friends he will seek the Republican nomination for president at the St Louis convention. The statement came at a dinner at Chauncey Depews New York residence Monday night with attendees including Thomas C Viilatt Benjamin F Tracy Warner Miller James A Roberts and Frank Ibiscock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Albany
N. Y
Levi P. Morton
St. Louis
Chauncey M. Depew
New York City
Thomas C. Viiaytt
Bejamin F. Tracy
Warner Miller
James A
Nine Miners Entombed After Mine Cave-In at Battle Mountain
At the Anna Lee mine of the Portland company on Battle Mountain around noon Saturday nine men were trapped in a cave-in. Four on the cage when the ground gave way are probably dead, and five others in the mine are also believed dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Col
Anna Lee
Portland Company
Battle Mountain
Reversal in Case of Maj Armes Upheld by Court of Appeals
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling in the Maj Armes case. It sustains Gen Schofield in ordering the arrest after Armes, a retired U S Army officer, wrote a threatening letter. Judge Bradley had released him on habeas corpus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Armes
Washington
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Maj. Armes
United States Army
Gen
Schofield
Bradley
District Court
Alleged Defaulter Arrested in Canandaigua Case
Des Moines reports Tracy W Douglass alias CoO Davis Misner accused of defalcating from East Peru bank. Arrested Monday in Canandaigua New York where he is said to run a bank under Misner name. He allegedly fled April in East Peru after starting a private bank and vanished with about $15,000 to $14,000 from partner investments deposits and overdrafts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Jam
Tracy W. Douglass
Coo. Davis
Aling
Misner
East Peru
Banteer
Canandaigua
dWvoean
N.Y
Douglass
Carlisle's Bond Plan Screens Politics and Markets
Washington and New York reports show mixed reaction to Secretary Carlisle's bond circular as Congress weighs a $100 million four per cent 30 year bond loan options. The plan would let Congress set terms while preserving the treasury and Morgan Belmont syndicate role, with small investors and foreign buyers invited amid volatile gold and bullion markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Morgan-Belmont
United States
House
Carlisle
Crisp
McMillin
Tenn
Ways
Quipe
Patterson
New York
Treasury
J. Pierpont Morgan
Ecorner
Iowa News Letter Fifty Years a State and Upcoming Assembly
Des Moines Iowa January 4 1896 report notes Iowa enters its fiftieth year since admission with population growth to 2 058 000. It lists G A R aid de camp appointments and details state debt repayment progress. Also covers the Orion steamer voyage to the Gulf of Mexico and a preview of the next General Assembly with party balance ages and origins of senators and representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
N. Walker
Indianapolis
R. I. Chase
J. Memery
le Mars
J. A. Wheeler
Manchester
Harry B. Shaw
Nora Springs
John Ja. Jayne
Town City
M. D. Burkett
Oskaloosa
J. B. Soper
Immetsburg
Peter Kinne, Jr
Dubuque
David B. Hammill
Keokuk
J. J. Moore
Thomas Bell
Fairfield
A. R. Dewey
Washington
John Cook
West Tinion
C. A. Stanton
Centerville
I. R. Hutchins
Nes Moines
M. B. Davis
Sioux City
F. D. Bayliss
W. T. Rigby
Stanwood
T. J. Fletcher
Marshalltown
W. N. Parker
R. P. Clarkson
California
Iowa
Union
Illinois
Northwest
Ohio
Texas
Chicago
Tona
Gulf
Orion
Dubuque Levee
Gulf of Mexico
Upper Mississippi
Capt. Dixon
Chris Byer
Johnson
C. M. Kendrick
Vera Cruz
Melarland
General Assembly
Assembly
Senate
House of Representatives
Pennsylvania
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Englend
Ireland
Netherlands
Sweden
Germany
Henry Hospers
Orange City
Holland
Robert Benson
Tlinois
East
Switzerland
Canada
Scotland
D. H. Scott
Albia
C. Rt. Porter
Cecil Rhodes resigns premiership in Cape Colony
Jan 7 Cape Town reports Cecil Rhodes, premier of Cape Colony, resigns. Sir J Gordon Sprigg succeeds Rhodes as premier. Jameson’s column near Johannesburg fought by 4,300 Boers after advancing from Wednesday night. 130 Jameson followers killed, 37 wounded. Natal governor reports Boer and allied casualties clarifying toll. Johannesburg notes Uitlanders and allied groups forming National Union. arms refused, armed body parading town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Gordon Sprigg
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Cape Colony
Hercules Robinson
Jameson
Vinkvontein
Johannesburg
Dr. Jameson
National Union
Mercantile Association
Uitlanders
Record Cold Wave Threatens New England and New York
Frigid conditions sweep New York and New England with temperatures from 12 to 43 degrees below zero. Boston reports extreme cold with over 100 frostbite cases and hospital strain. rivers freeze thick and electric cars stall. Across New York state, towns from Saratoga to Poughkeepsie report record lows, disrupting transport and heating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
Boston
Jone
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont
White River Junction
Saratowa
Syracuse
Whitehall
Middletown
Auburn
Poughkeepsie
Debs On A Tour Denounces Presidential Venezuela Message
Eugene V. Debs spoke at Uhrich's hall Chicago denouncing the presidents Venezuela message as jingoism and diverting attention from national labor woes. He urged arbitration in the Pullman strike and warned workers would face any Britain related war. He planned a Milwaukee stop on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Uhrich
Milwaukee
Pullman Company
Ile
Britain
Hints to Maidens and Notions on Marriage
The Philadelphia Press notes differing views on gender, marriage, and affection. It cites the idea that happiness comes from developing distinct mental traits between sexes and warns against pursuing likeness rather than complement. Also mentions Pasteur memorial plans in Paris and Archibald Geikie’s upcoming U.S. lecturing tour.
Gold and Silver Mine Output Valued in 1895 Estimates
Washington reports preliminary figures on 1895 mine output. Gold value estimated at about 46 to 47 million dollars with total silver production near 46 million fine ounces. State by state tallies place Oregon Montana and South Dakota among questioned overstatements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
FR. . Preston
Mint
United States
Oregon
Montana
South Dakota
Stage Notes and Society Links in London and Bangor
Miss Dorothea Baird may wed Sir Henry Irving’s heir as gossip spreads through London society. Fannie Brough refuses to pose for the Prince of Wales at Drury Lane while Mrs. Keeley marks her 90th birthday with a historic Oberon performance. Tubert Herkomer proposes a movable proscenium to vary scene frames. Gen. Charles Hamlin and son visit Bangor to collect data for a Yannibal Hamlin biography. Lake Nemi’s depths appear inexhaustible as a second Roman barge surfaces beside the first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Baird
London
Trilby
Sir Henry Irving
Fannie Brough
Drury Lane Theater
Prince of Wales
Keeley
Oberon
Weber
Tubert Herkomer
Charles Hamlin
Charles I. Namlin
Bangor
Yannibal Hamlin
Boundary dispute narrows over land strip ownership
The Missouri Iowa boundary conflict narrows to ownership of a four mile by 107 foot strip. A commission of Iowa’s Peter A. Dey and Missouri’s Gen Harding with state supreme court aid will survey the line amid concerns the land harbors criminals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri-Iowa
Remley
Des Moines
Washington
Missouri
Supreme Court
Peter A. Dey
Iowa
Gen. Harding
Ot tumwa Tragedy: Man Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself
John Winneger, described as an insane laborer, fatally shot his wife and then died by suicide. The woman is expected to die, leaving four children ages 18, 15, 12, and 11 to become orphans. Officials attribute the act to jealous insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
John Winneger
Dawson Bound Over for Grand Jury in Father-in-Law Murder
S. R. Dawson was ordered bound over to the grand jury at Des Moines without bonds on a charge of murdering his son-in-law Walter Scott on Christmas Eve. He says his mind has been a blank since December 9. The coroner's jury ruled Scott died at Dawson's hands and the killing was premeditated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. R. Dawson
George Eudberg
Buriton
Hatergon
Clinton
Kane Pennington
G. M. Lamb
Creston
Fourth Indiana Artillery
William Ilawkins
Greenfield
Iowa
Dubuque
J. M. Cleland
Owen MccGloughlin
Cleveland
Larson Berg
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge
William
Krauser
Jennie Eckelbarger
Homer
George W. Prugh
Burlington
Samuel Wade
Webster City
Young on Ice Fatality Shocks Sioux City Community
Fred Whitten aged 13 shot his companion Harry Bloomington 17 during a game on the ice in Sioux City after Bloomington refused Whit ten’s request for tobacco. Burglars blew a safe at B F Gregory store in Geneva and escaped with 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Whitten
Harry Bloomington
Sioux City
Whitten
Bloomington
B. F. Gregory
Geneva
William Thompson
Iowa River
Iowa Falls
New York
Tramp Irwin
Peoria
John Avery
Burlington
C. F. Lourecof
Woodville
Miss.) Institute
Miss Dix
Chicago
Carthage
Sources
Sibleys
Dix
Sibley
Hubbard
Belle Plaine
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Venezuela
England
Brewer
David Josiah Brewer
Supreme Court of the United States
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Josiah Brewer
David Dudley
Cyrus W
Stephen J. Wield
Justice Brewer
Wesleyan University
Yale
David Dudley Field
Albany Law School
Stockbridge
Mass
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Kan
Leavenworth County
Supreme Bench of the
Andrew Dickson White
Hel
Yale University
States
White
Santo Domingo
Gen. Harrison
St. Petersburg
Judge Alvey
Richard Henry Alvey
Presigent Cleveland
Fourth Circuit
Gov. Hamilton
Bartel
Federal Court of Appeals
Alvey
Gilman
Johns Nopkins
Daniel Colt Gilman
Yale College
Europe
Johns Hopkin’s University
James Monroe
American Statesman
Frederick PR. Coudert
Coudert Brothers
Behring Sea Commission
French Republic
Glace
Coudert
Ughattan Club
Agats
Promi
Nent
Cooper Union
Westminster Gazette
Great Britain
St. James
Lincoln
Phelps
Messrs
Gliman
The
Daily News
Morning Post
Andrew J. White
Justice David Blewer
Frederick N. Coudert
Satolli
Gen. Schofield
Carlisle’s. Call
Harmon
Coffin Bank
Guelph
Ont
J. D. Williamson & Co
Grand Army
Walker
Cecil’ Rhodes
Debs
Philadelphia Press
Pasteur
Paris
Napoleon
the Invalides
Pasteur Institute
Archibald Geikie
Lake Nemi
Iowa State News
George Wisher
Missouri River
Fisher
Covington
Cedar Falls
Northwestern
Briets
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