News of the Slate Recaps Maryland Local Affairs
Crittenden Bensons dwelling near Oxford in Talbot county burned. Baltimore county officials named for the year. Baltimore Democratic convention for party reorganization set tonight. Baltimore mayoralty reform movement gains shape. Comptroller Goldsborough refused Adjutant General Wilmer salary warrant. George's Creek coal output may hit 4 million tons this year. Carroll County Circuit Court acquits Robert Wlis Birt Nelson in Beaver murder trial. Mayor Malster to contest mayoral nomination. Amicable partition suit over John W Garrett real estate filed in Baltimore Circuit Court. A dog near Delmar goes mad, bites a man and several dogs. all dogs killed. man sent to Pasteur Institute. Day Basket Factory contract to supply 5,000 large baskets for U S Navy yards completed. Seventeen of twenty one Baltimore breweries absorbed by Maryland Brewing Company. three of four remaining negotiating. Capital stock to rise from 500,000 to 3,250,000. Court of Appeals issues opinions and adjourns to January. Sheppard Asylum case affirmed to the asylum. Simeon Brady, former Ashly Villa owner, dies in Easton at 76. Widow and daughter survive. Maryland Agricultural College scientific society formed with officers Townsend president Taliaferro vice president Buckley secretary treasurer.
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Crittenden Benson
Oxford
Talbot County
Baltimore County
Baltimore
Goldsborough
Wilmer
George's Creek
Carroll County
Robert
Wliis Birt
Nelson
Charles A. Beaver
Malster
John W. Garret
Barclay Bihs
Delmar
Pasteur Institute
Day Basket Factory
North East
United States Navy Yards
Maryland Brewing Company
Court of Appeals
Sheppard Asylum
Pratt
Asylan
Enochtt
Simeon Brady
Ashly Villa
Boss Tweed
Easton
New York
Maryland Agricultural College
Experiment Station
C. C. Townsend
W. T. L. Taliaferro
Visitation Academy Mourns President Mrs Raymond
The Alumniae announce the death of Mrs. Chas. H. Raymond. A solemn high requiem mass will be held tomorrow at o'clock in the Convent chapel.
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Visitation Academy
Chas. H. Raymond
Dunning Trial and Aristocrat in London Workhouse
San Francisco reports show John P. Dunning testifying to implicate Mrs. Botkin after being released from contempt. The London marchioness seeks aid at a workhouse amid estrangement from her bankrupt husband. Chicago sees a detective killed in a street shootout. coal mine sabotage near Lentzberg and a moonshiner clash in Virginia with multiple deaths.
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London
Deneral
Great Northern Hosital
Islington
Marquis
Weyler in Effigy as Cuban Tensions Rise in Havana
In Cerro Havana on December 22 crowds hung an effigy labeled General Weyler and forced shopkeepers to shout Viva Cuba Libre. Delegations protested, bands paraded, and civilian life slowed amid Cuban greetings to officers, while a message urged possible invasion of Cerro.
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Athan Ofa Lavan
Havana
Weyler
Cerio
Cuba
Senora Farres
Sanguilly
Latret
Cerro
United States
Ruit
Harrison
Alcalde
Santiago de Las Vegas
Civil Service Law Violations and Public Work Notes
Civil Service Commission questions Comptroller Trarewell’s right to audit accounts of appointees made without examination or certification. Atlantic City pioneer Colonel Daniel Morris dies at 79, having shaped streets and first railroad works and donated much wealth to orphans. In Mississippi, damages sought for injuries of Ella Brown allegedly beaten by a convict guard. Madrid reports Sagasta pursuing a fragile alliance with Weyler. Werler to meet the premier amid cabinet doubts. Samuel Sloan’s retirement from Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad presidency confirmed. Counterfeiters Edward and David Johnson sentenced to nine years hard labor in Detroit. A Havana dock project contracted to Drake & Strattan, with $300,000 rail link plan and machinery shipment.
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Civil Service Commission
Trarewell
Treasury
Atlantic City
Daniel Morris
Camden
Colonel Morris
Bopewell, N. 7
St. Michael Orphan Asylum and Industrial School
Pennsylvania
Vicksburg
Miss
Voller & Mounger
Ella Brown
T. R. Foster
J. J. Mulligan
Brown
Detroit
Ber
Cdward
David Johnson
Julie Swan
United States District Court
Detreit House of Correction
Roth
Johnson Brothers
Hitchcock Named Secretary of the Interior by McKinley
President McKinley nominated Ethan A Hitchcock of Missouri for secretary of the interior. Hitchcock, now ambassador to Russia, has a long St. Louis business background and is a distant descendant of Ethan Allen. He is praised for diplomacy and ties to tariffs debates during his career.
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Washington
Deco
Ethan A. Hitchcock
Missouri
Hitchcock
Russia
Ife
St. Louis
Ethan Allen
Vermont
Vermont, But His Father Moved South, and Mr. Whitchcock
Mobile
Ala
Proctor
St. Petersburg
Dthan Allen Hitchcock
China
McKinley
Hitchceck
Ways and Means Committee
House
Bliss
Congress
John C. Spooner
Spooner
Interior Department
Department
Another War Hero Baslen H Ward Informant of U S Navy
Washington reports released by the navy department highlight Baslen H Ward a navigation bureau officer who volunteered for secret service duty. He operated in Cadiz Porto Rico and Indepgulse and provided crucial intelligence on Spanish naval strength and defenses aiding the American navy. He was later believed to be involved with signals on the New England coast while another agent observed Mediterranean movements of Admiral Camara Throbeh squadron.
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Toston Ward
Washington
Dec
Mae
Navy
Navy Department
Naval War Board
Nahe
Baslen H. St War
Navigation Bureau
Whittiesey
Bureau
Ife
Jowan Jn Cuby
Whitney
Porto Rico
San Juan
Defensea
Bpanlah Squadeon
Gervera
Charisy Department
Ward
Conti
New England
Tgn
Buck
Mediterranean
Camara
Senate and rouse. to Investiente Army Offcers Right to Seats
The last session before recess saw the Halley resolution probe the right of Spanish American War volunteers to seats in the House pass. Praector's Cuba and Porto Rico inquiry failed for lack of quorum in the Senate. Daniel's bid to revive it drew only eight votes. otherwise, only routine business and private pension bills were acted on.
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Investiente
Congress
Washington
House
Halley
Senate
Praector
Cuba
Porto Rico
Daniel
Virginia
Trains Collide in Fog Kills and Injures Dozens
A fog bound collision on the Pennsylvania line near Rahway killed two and injured ten others as the Washington express rear ended the Chicago and New York through train. The Bartholdi Pullman car toppled and 18 passengers faced debris and steam as rescue operations began. Separate fog related incidents include a Jersey Central rear collision at Roselle and a fatal engineer accident at Westfield.
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Noj
Pennsylvang
Colonia
Rahway
Washington
Chicago
New York
Julia Levy
Brooklyn
J. E. Welsh
Jersey City
Bartholdi
B. Moad
Frank Irish
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
L. B. Kepney
J. Vandergrift
Philadelphia
Washington Express
Zane
Princeton
N. J
G. T. Roberts
Newark
C. B. Ewing
Newton
G. Geary
Morrisburg
John Vanderveer
Reading
Jersey Central
Roselle
R. H. Whitty
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Westfield
Whitty
Pennsylvania
Pearl Street Crossing
Elizabeth, N.J
John Nierbler
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