Scandal over Hibernian invites at St Marys funeral
Philadelphia clergy dispute erupts after Father McDermott bars Ancient Order of Hibernians from John Daly funeral. McDermott claims Archbishop Ryan suppressed his memorandum detailing alleged Hibernian ties. The widow revokes the Hibernian invitation and the service proceeds sans members.
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Philadelphia
Jan
Order of Hibernians
D. I. McDermott
St. Mary's
John Daly
McDermortt
Hibernians
Daly
Esther Mearmott
Order of
Molly Mag
Father McDermott
Baltimore
Corcoran
Ryan
Cardinal Gibbons
Archbishop Ryan
Confederates oppose federal pensioning of soldiers
In Nashville the Frank Cheatham Bivouac of the United Confederate Veterans adopted a resolution urging Southern members of Congress to block a federal pension plan for Confederate soldiers. It argues states should fund worthy veterans from their own treasuries, as many already do.
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Confederates Cnoss
Nashville
Tenn
Frank Cheatham
United Confederate Veterans
Congress
Confederate States of America
Epitaph Reflection On Career And Marriage
A tombstone epitaph notes a young woman once planned for teaching but quits to marry, illustrating the tension between vocation and marriage in life choices. The remark reflects social expectations and personal decisions in a historical context.
A Hypocrite Teacher and a Pupil Exchange
A teacher explains the Pharisee’s character and asks what hypocrite means while a pupil challenges the term. The brief exchange centers on self interpretation and lessons in virtue within a classroom moment.
Tragedy on Collver Excursion Train in Georgia
A Collver special from Cleveland to Florida wrecked on Copper Mine creek trestle between Dallas and Hiram Georgia. Seven cars derailed into mud injuring over 20, three fatally including Engineer Edwards Road Foreman Snapp and a Black fireman. About 260 excursionists aboard escaped serious harm as passengers sought medical aid in Atlanta.
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Atlanta
Collver
Cleveland
St. Augustine
Fla
Dallas
Hiram
Southern Railroad
Copper Mine Creek
Ohio
Edwards
Snapp
Florida
Cuba
Lonergan San Francisco Supervisor Confessed Bribes
San Francisco public official Thomas Lonergan longtime under the Semitz administration died at his home of heart disease aged forty nine. A former Union Labor supervisor who confessed to taking bribes in trolley gas and telephone franchises he later drove a pie wagon and resigned after his admission. He testified for the prosecution in the Schmitz Glass and Ford graft trials and was a key witness.
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San
Burns
Lonergan
Ireland
Schmitz
Glass
Ford
New Japanese Ambassador Pick Reported for Washington
News from Tokio indicates Baron Takahira will be appointed Japanese ambassador to the United States to succeed Viscount Aoki. The nomination is believed decided, with instructions sent to the Japanese charge d affaires in Washington to inform the State Department.
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Tokio
Baron Tatahira
Totaly
Viscount Aoki
Washington
Washinston
State Department
Baron Takahira
Hoch Announces Special Session for Key Legislation
Topeka Kansas January 8 Governor Hoch will call an extra legislative session on January 16 to consider currency reform primary election and rate regulation measures.
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Hoch
Topeka
Kan
Governor Hanly Arrives to Review Muncie Strike
Governor Hanly arrived in Muncie Indiana to study the strike and rioting. He will scrutinize the situation and recall troops if he finds no need for them, amid rumors linking the local political scene to the unrest.
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Muncie, Ind
Hanly
Muncie
Wholesale Eviction Warrants Issued in New York Strike
More than 500 warrants for eviction of tenants in the rent strike have been issued in municipal court. Papers authorize immediate eviction against those named. Officials estimate about twenty marshals will need nearly two weeks to serve notices as tenants fight back. The landlords of fifty one houses had al-
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New York
Standstill in Bank Receiver Case Overseen by Indiana Court
State Auditor presses for change of venue from Judge Saunderson in Ambia and Fowler bank receivership. Debate over L A Knight versus F G Hall as receiver prevails. Judge Saunderson reluctant to appoint a special judge, leaving case stalled while Vinton of Lafayette to hear other matters. Local depositors favor Mehnisht and Rey as favored candidates.
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Lafacette
L. A. McKnight
F. G. Hall
Renton County
Saunderson
Wood
Saunder Fow
Jude Vinton
Lafayette
Mehnisht
Mekinutzht
Experienes
Bank of
Denton County
Ambia
B. Reyer
Logansport
Bloomington post office clerk arrested for stealing letters
Frank Lease a 23 year old Bloomington post office clerk confessed to stealing letters with money after a decoy letter was taken at the Monon mail delivery. Inspectors Moore and Sason found marked money at his home. the thefts reportedly began last September as investigations broaden.
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Bloomington
Ind
Frank Lease
Moore
New Albany
S. A. Sasong
Louisville
Lease
Pickpockets in St. Joseph's Church Rob Miss Joyce
While kneeling during mass at St. Joseph's Catholic church two women picked the pocket of Miss Margaret Joyce sister of former Councilman Patrick Joyce a noted merchant. Joyce caught them and the trio chased them a mile until Joyce tired leaving the thieves at large with a purse jewels and $25 missing.
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South
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Margaret Joyce
Patrick Joyce
Death by live wire shocks Marion lineman at Mayer’s bakery
In Marion Indiana on January 8 Kemper Patterson twenty four a lineman for the United Telephone company was electrocuted while installing a telephone at Otto Mayer's bakery. Patterson stood on the ground and held a wire that touched a high tension line in the alley behind the bakery. About two thousand volts passed through his body.
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Marion
Ind
Kemper Patterson
United Telephone Company
Otto Mayer
Patterson
Mayer
J Proctor Knott Stricken in Kentucky
Former Governor and ex-Congressman J Proctor Knott suffered a slight stroke at his Lebanon area home and was resting comfortably today. He is advanced in years.
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J. Proctor Knott
Louisville
Lebanon
Mr. Knott
Wheat Market Slips as Profit-Taking Weighs on Chicago Trade
The Chicago wheat market showed weakness amid profit-taking, dampening enthusiasm in the principal trading session. European buyers offered limited support as prices drifted lower and market sentiment cooled.
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Chicago
Kentucky moves to rename institutions as Transylvania University
The Kentucky University board of curators voted to rename Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical College as State University and Kentucky University as Transylvania University, effective after legislative approval. The change recalls the historic westward institution’s landmarks and early donors.
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Kentucky University
Transylvania University
Lexington
Kentucky Agricultural and Mechanical College
State University
Kentucky General Assembly
State College
Transylvania
Weniveks University
Alleghey Mountains
Virsonia
George Washington
John Adams
Aaron Durr
Robert Morris
Seven contests set for seats in Kentucky legislature
In Frankfort Kentucky seven contests were lined up for legislative seats. Dems won control of leadership with James Stag as clerk and William J. Gooch elected speaker in a party vote. Senate session led by Lt Gov Fox. Democrats filled all Senate offices.
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John DB. Kasher
Demz
T. Finley
Hopkins
Ve. Tpiford
Hugh Mahin
Jessamine
A. J. Gord
C. C. Patrock
Fayette
FE. S. Howard
C. B. Cornett
Bells
Harlan
Perry
Leslie
James Stag
William J. Gooch
Simpson
Senate
Fox
House
Georgetown Citizens Plan Pardon Petition for Calib Powers
Citizens of Georgetown Kentucky forge a bipartisan effort to urge Governor Willson to pardon Calib Powers. The committee of four Democrats two ex Confederates and three Republicans leads the drive with petitions to every county in Kentucky. The address and petitions should be ready for circulation tomorrow.
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Georgetown
Kentucky
Willson
Calib Powers
Red Bank Oil Sells 680 Acres in Crawford County
The Red Bank Oil company sold oil properties in Robinson township Crawford county to the Ohio Oil company. The deal covers 680 acres on farms including M. J. Barrick E Quick May Burner Price Barlow J C Wilson and H C Wilson with 18 producing wells and one gas well yielding about 1200 barrels daily. Principal stockholder T N Barnsdall led the sale for Red Bank.
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Otto Oil Company
Robinson, Ti
Red Bank Oil Company
Robinson Township
Crawford County
Ohio Oil Company
M. J. Barrick
E. Quick
May Burner
Price & Barlow
T. N. Barnsdall
Red Bank Company
Reprieve Granted for Knox County Double Murderer
Nashville Tenn January 8 John Mee Pherson of Knox county has been granted a twenty day reprieve from death for the murder of two men including an officer. A group of ministers signed the petition hoping the condemned man will seek repentance.
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Nashville
Tenn
John MeePherson
Knox County
Couple Found Dead in Carbondale After Domestic Tragedy
In Carbondale Missouri January 8 the bodies of Clarence Snyder and his wife were discovered in their home. The woman was shot through the heart and the man through the heart and temple. Authorities believe Snyder killed his wife then took his own life. Snyder worked in the Illinois Central bridge department. The couple had quarreled and planned to separate.
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Carbondale
Clarence Snyder
Snyder
Illinois Central
Singular case of Mrs John Van Ness Roberts in New York
Funeral services were held for Catherine Roberts aka Louise Vermuele alias Katherine Stuyvesant in New York. Identified by Col. Haire as the forgery defendant Luise Vermuele, she allegedly attended high society events including Prince Louis of Battenberg’s ball. Acquaintances doubt the identity but offer no contradicting facts.
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New York
Katherine Stuyvesant
Robert Haire
Luise Vermuele
Richard Rocloff
Cripple Creek
Col
Mabel Finley
Philadelphia
Louise Vermuele
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Drake
Dixon the Featherweight Champion Dies in Bellevue Ward
George Dixon known as Little Chocolate, former featherweight champion, died at Bellevue Hospital after a long struggle with drink. He fought hundreds of bouts from 1886 to 1900, losing only to Terry McGovern, and died penniless at age thirty seven.
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New York
George Dixon
Bellevue Hospital
Dixon
Johnson
Halifax
N. S
Terry McGovern
Cal McCarthy
John Barleycorn
Hope for the Mount Royal Ends in Sight
Hope for the Canadian Pacific steamer Mount Royal, overdue from Antwerp, revived after a Liverpool manager’s cable reporting a vessel resembling the Mount Royal seen 250 miles west of Fastnet, southwest of Ireland. Lake Manitoba dispatched from Liverpool to assist the missing ship.
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Mount Royal
St. John
N. B
Canadian Pacific
Antwerp
Liverpool
Fastneight
Ireland
Lake Manitoba
Trade Quiet After Holidays with Mixed Signs of Recovery
Bradstreet reports general post holiday quiet in trade and industry but notes ongoing improvement in overall finances. Retail activity varies by region with mild weather dampening distribution in the North West and cotton held in the South. Banks resume cash payments, currency premiums fade, spring orders begin, and rail traffic remains weak across the nation.
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New York
Bradstreet
Review of
Trade Today
Gillette's Fate Ahead in New York Court of Appeals
Albany Jan 8 The appeal of Chester Gillette convicted of murdering Grace Brown by drowning in Big Moose lake Adirondacks will be argued in the court of appeals tomorrow. Gillette was sentenced to death but the appeal has stayed the execution.
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Albany
N. Y
Chester Gillette
Herkimer County
Grace Brown
Otselic
Chenango County
Big Moose Lake
Adirondacks
Court of Appeals
Gillette
Judge A. S. Berry Dead in Kentucky at 73
Cincinnati report notes Judge A S Berry a prominent Kentucky Democrat and former congressman died of pneumonia at his Newport home. He was serving as Campbell County Kentucky circuit court judge and was seventy three years old.
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A. S. Berry
Cincinnati
Jan. S
A. S. Perry
Kentucky
Congress
Newport, Ky
Campbell County
Market snapshot from Indianapolis to New York livestock markets
Indiana wheat at 98c bid, corn at 56 to 64c, oats 50c. Cattle and hog prices vary by city, with cows at 2.25 to 6.25, hogs 3.00 to 6.10, sheep and lamb ranges broad. Receipts 14,000 hogs, 1,800 cattle, 400 sheep. demand steady to fair at opening auction.
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Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York
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