Secretary of the Treasury bid by Dox Camenon
A wide ranged Albany and national item list notes Dox Camenon seeks the treasury post. Oscar Wips sails to England after bunco experience. Miss Kate Frerp’s Co operative Dress Association in New York faces $125,000 liabilities against $244,000 assets. Virginia Supreme Court allocates $400,000 to public schools and $100,000 to a Normal school for colored teachers. Immigration for five months ends Nov 30 at 244,611 with Germany, England and Wales, Ireland, Norway and Sweden, and Canada contributing major shares. Anast Pacha is degraded from his rank and exiled to Ceylon. Egypt shows sympathy with him against England and the Khedive. Chicago hosts most activity. questions on tyrants and emperors provoke debate. Senator Frye of Maine backs civil service reform and Pendleton bill against patronage. Oscar Wilde is exposed as a victim of a sharp swindle involving a counterfeit shipowner, with a $1,500 check halted on payment. Milwaukee Mayor Stowert battles with the city attorney over licensing druggists for liquor sales, while evidence remains contested. The blood is up to regulate traffic and enforce licenses.
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Germany
England and
Wales
Ireland
Norway
Sweden
Canada
Telegraph War decision halts dividend on certain stock
In New York, Judge Arnoux granted injunctions in two suits against Western Union Telegraph and its directors. The court barred payments of dividends on $15,526,590 of capital stock distributed as a stock dividend, while denying other requests. Notice reached the company today, but effect is nominal as most dividends have already been paid.
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New York
Wm. C. Williams
Western Union Telegraph
Arnoux
Superior Court
Rufus Hatch
Esme
Lumber Prices Kept Steady With Minor Joist Cut
Chicago December 27 Lumbermen’s Exchange after eight monthly meeting kept the old price list on most items. Only joist and scantling 2 by 6 inches and 12 to 14 feet saw a one dollar per unit reduction.
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Chicago
Lumberman’s Exchange
Washington Session Gathers As House Rests Three Days
Supreme Court in Indiana Drivewell case affirms lower court ruling with a four four vote. Justice Mathew absent. Japanese Prince and officials tour Mount Vernon aboard the Despatch with Secretaries, while juror Brown and testimony in star route cases stir courtroom drama. Mississippi River commission set to reconvene early February as nominations for postmasters are announced.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United
Mount Vernon
State, War, Navy and
Treasury
Gen. Suerman
Diplomatic Corps
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Brown
Driver
Bowen
Dickson
Cameron
Hoover
Mississippi Commission
Mississippi River Committee
Cowden
Mississippi River Commission
Mississippi
600th Anniversary of the Hapsburg Celebration
Vienna reports show the 600th anniversary of the House of Hapsburg is celebrated with notable enthusiasm across the empire. In Rome the Senate central bureau reports unanimous approval of the parliamentary oath bill.
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Vienna
Empire
Rome
Central Bureau
The
Senate
Distress Foreseen Despite Donations in Ireland
London reports that the Acting Governor of Ireland the Bishop and other notable figures write to the Times warning of severe winter hunger despite large donations. They urge relief measures to prevent widespread want among the population.
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London
Ireland
Times
Emperor regains health in Germany report
Germany reports the Emperor has recovered his usual health. In Cleveland, the business outlook notes Massillon district coal mines will cut mining price from 95 to 85 cents per ton and form a committee to negotiate with miners. Cedar Rapids oat mills, Douglass Stuart Co, will shut down due to high oat prices, affecting 20,000 bushels daily across Chicago, Oregon, and Illinois.
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Cleveland
Massillon
Cedar Rapids
Douglass, Stuart & Co
Chicago
Oregon
Illinois
Senate in session as pensions and tax reform debated
Washington delegates report forty three senators present, five above quorum. Petitions urge pension increases for disabled veterans and tobacco tax repeal or reduction. Various resolutions test opinions of the President on war damages and mail subsidies. House convenes briefly but adjourns until Saturday.
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Washington
Pendleton
Summit Street
Cleve
Miller
United States
House
Keifer
Rice
Missouri
Crimes Report From Kentucky and Ohio And Pittsburgh
A Kentucky report says Col Crawford shot and killed Peat Lyons after a quarrel at Canton Creek near Lully's store. Crawford escaped in court after friends aided him at the examination. In Kentucky a man Norris shot James Montgomery during a Christmas night fight in Staple's grocery, Montgomery dying from a gun wound. In Pittsburg this morning James Clark fatally shot his wife in a Sixth Avenue bagnio. Clark hails from a well known family and the wife had a notorious reputation for years.
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Cincinnati
Lewis County
Kentucky
Col
Crawford
Peat
Lyons
Canton Creek
Lully
Owensboro
Staple’s Grocery
Norris
James Montgomery
Norcia
Montgomery
Pittsburg
Des
James Clark
Sixth Avenue
Black ballots deemed illegal by New Haven judge
Chief Justice Park ruled that the Democrats use of black ballots in the New Haven city election is illegal and void. The decision transfers the municipal government to the Republicans.
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New Haven, Conn
Justice Park
Tabor Scandal Sparks Denver Over Divorce Action
Denver reports reveal Lieut. Gov. H A W Tabor filed for divorce from his wife in La Plata county January last, with service disputed by Mrs Tabor. The March decree was kept secret, with evidence, immunity claims, and a alimony suit in Denver. Tabor, a Senate candidate, faces potential fraud defences and public scrutiny.
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Denver
Col
H. A. W. Tabor
la Plata County
Mra. Tabor
Tabor
Gov. Tabor
United States Senate
Weather forecast for Lake Region and adjacent areas
Weather report indicates occasional light snow in the Lake Region with colder, partly cloudy conditions. Winds shift from southwest to northwest in the south and east portions, readings rise and fall with a varying barometer through the period.
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Washington
Lake
Tragic Cistern Accident Ends in Drowning at Syracuse
Anna Obrien fell into a cistern while drawing water. her mother went to rescue and also drowned. The father found the bodies on his return home. Also a brief note mentions autumn throat irritation and advertises Dr Bull's Cough Syrup at 25 cents.
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Syracuse
Anna Obrien
Wes
Dr. Bull
The Mareats by Telegraph Commercial Milwaukee Dec 27
Wheat firmer and corn steadier with quiet activity in Milwaukee markets. Hogs and cattle receipts large, prices mixed across grades. Oil market episodic with 611 opening high then 75 cents close amid speculation on new wells.
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Milwaukee
Chicago
Dee
Fires Ravage Warehouses and Mills in Three States
On December 27 reports say English and Hugenin warehouses in Macon Georgia burned, 2256 bales of cotton and guano lost, Henry and Cherwood grocery destroyed, total losses about 110000 with 85000 insured. In Fairfield Maine the Somerset Fibre Co building burned, a digestor exploded, John Pooler killed, losses around 55000. In Lancaster Pennsylvania a large barn near the city burned by arson, ending the season’s tobacco crop, loss 12000 insured.
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Macon
English & Hugenin
Henry & Cherwood
Fairfield
Somerset, Fibre Co
John Pooler
Lancaster
Wm. McGovern
West Pointer Commits Death By Own Action
Tucson December 27 Sergt Rufus Somerly Sixth Cavalry shot himself with a carbine in front of his company. A West Point graduate and former lieutenant he resigned due to drunkenness and misconduct. The death by own action is attributed to drink.
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Tucson
Rufus Somerly
Sixth Cavalry
West Point
Oscar Wilde Sails Home From New York Farewell Pier
Oscar Wilde departed New York for Europe today in a brief farewell scene at the pier. A small group of friends gathered to bid him goodbye as he set sail, marking the playwright’s return across the Atlantic.
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New York
Oscar Wilde
Europe
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Co-operative Dress Association
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H. P. Wadhams & Co
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