Rear Admiral Alden dies in San Francisco
Summary of the news notes Alden death in San Francisco. General Miles defeats Crazy Horse Sioux. State appropriation bill totals 5 947 000 dollars. Treasury Secretary Morrill near death in Washington. Gold at 105 percent and various stock quotes noted. Susquehanna at Port Deposit rising with danger not past. Senate rejects District Police Commission abolition over presidential veto. Electoral Commission to decide on evidence today. Stanton colliery miners strike 1100 workers over wage cuts. Conkling criticizes Pacific Railroads debt liquidation bill. Witnesses dispute Vernon parish figures. Wells examination continues over confession claim. Weather indicators show warmer, partly cloudy with variable winds.
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James Alden
San Francisco
Miles
Crazy Horse
Secretary of the Treasury
Morrill
Washington
Pennsylvania
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Susquehanna
Port Deposit
Senate
District Police Commission
Electoral Commission
Stanton
Pottsville
Conkling
Pacific
Littlefield
Louisiana Returning Board
Vernon Parish
House
Wells
Nicholls
Victory Over the Indians by General Miles at Tongue River
General Miles defeats Crazy Horse forces after a long march up Tongue River from December 27. The battle near Wolf Mountains lasts over five hours amid heavy snow. Indian losses are high. several soldiers are killed or wounded. Miles returns to base in good condition despite severe hardships.
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Toncvue River
M.T
Nelson A. Miles
Crazy Horse
Miles
Tongue River
Wolf Mountains
Fifth United States Infantry
Twenty-second Infantry
Mene
Augustus Rathbone
Fifth Infantry
Batta
Bernard
McCann
Rodenburg
Daunha
Daily
Diamond
Ee D
Thomas Rehm
Hiram Spanger
Newark Killers Under Sentence Delay Bid
Two Newark men Ryan and Oschwald await execution for the shooting of Police Officer Brock. Attempts by the sister, a clergyman, and Oschwald’s mother to delay were rejected by Governor Bedle. Senator Magie pushed a bill to grant a writ of error on counsel’s request, staying the death sentence pending review.
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Newark
Trenton
Ryan
Oschwald
Brock
Bedle
Magie
Gobble cipher revelation from Portland dictionary key
The Detroit Gobble Dispatch notes that tomorrow the Tribune will publish a perfect translation of the Gobble cipher sent to Mr. Tilden from Portland on December 1. The message pledges to decide all points in the post office elector case for the highest Democratic elector and grant the certificate, with confidential timing.
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Detroit
Tribune
Tilden
Portland
Oregon
Post Office
the Tribune
Multiple incidents and trials cloud 19th century news
Postmaster Hicok of Southbury Connecticut admits to mail robbery. A Russian gunboat Garnastaj arrives in San Francisco from Vladivostock. A Buffalo tin and japanware factory burns, losses around 35000. James Flood surrenders after killing his wife at 62 Crosby Street New York. Prominent citizens named receivers of St Louis Mutual Life Insurance. Harrisburg mill and contents destroyed by fire. loss about 7000 with 4000 insured. Arizona Apaches report killings and plundering in southeastern territory. Senorita Valley killings noted. Carl Rathburn pleads guilty to post office theft. sentenced to two years. Missouri Pacific Railroad appeal granted to challenge foreclosure decree. John Schieider buried alive. body found erect with rope and stone. Mail service disruptions and other scattered notices about checks and bank affairs.
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BL. H. Hickok
Southbury
Connecticut
Garnastaj
San Francisco
Vladivostock
John C. Jewett & Son
Buffalo
Loum
James Flood
Mary
Crosby Street
New York
Brooklyn
Frederick von Phol
Silas Bent
Girard UW. Allen
St. Louis Mutual
A. L. Thomas
Kelker Street
Firth
Harrisburg
Tucson
Arizona
Serpene
Senorita Valley
Washington
Carl
Rathburn
Post Office
Missouri Pacific Railroad
United States Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Ailler
John Schieider
Flushing
N. Y
Lettore
Silligan
Newport
Cinetuna
Mt National Bank of Covington
and Sons
Saenradtarie Mae
Commission Deliberations Continue With No Decision Yet
A special dispatch reports the tribunal meeting behind closed doors in Washington on February 6 as members debate and the five judges remain noncommittal. Final voting is set for tomorrow at 3 PM while briefs are to be submitted. politics and strategy color the session as doctors treat typhoid symptoms in a 60-year-old man.
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Tun Traces
WasningTon
Senator Morton
Morton
Garfield
House
Stanley Matthews
Returning Board
Clifford
Selden
Florida vote counting debate expected this week
A Washington dispatch reports that this week will see legal argument on whether the Tilde or Hayes vote should be counted in Florida. An executive session is planned Friday to consider the issue, with a decision anticipated Saturday.
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Tur Times
Washington
Commission
Florida
Tilde
Hayes
Government Seeks Return on Pacific Railroads Funding
The Senate debates how much the government should reclaim from the Pacific railroads after years of heavy outlays. Legislation split between three million a year and one and a half million, with total annual interest around three million eight hundred thousand. Senators differ on legal grounds, but railroads push for minimal repayment while critics cite monopolistic conduct and looming displaceable debt.
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Tax Times
Washington
Senate
Union Pacific
Judiciary Committee
Edmunds
Thurman
Conkling
Boutwell
West
Mitchell
Happenings at the Capital and Military Movements
The German minister denies reports of universal withdrawal of honorary consuls in the United States noting inland consulates only will be abolished and replaced by paid officers in St. Louis Chicago and possibly Cincinnati while harbor consulates stay. Five US Army companies arrived in Washington with one at the Arsenal Charleston and others moving to New York as two more artillery companies near. The Silver Commission chaired by Senator Jones heard M Henri Cernuschi discuss gold silver values and a bi metal standard. Internal Revenue reports indicate a raid on illicit distilleries in northern Georgia and South Carolina by mounted infantry. River and harbor funds include 30000 for Schuylkill 800 for Chester harbor and 34000 for Wilmington harbor. Cabinet met with all members present except Secretary Robe 501 and Secretary Morrill.
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United States
St. Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Washington
Frank
Charleston
S.C
Arsenal
New York
Silver Commission
Senator Jones
Nevada
M. Henri Cernuschi
Internal Revenue Office
Georgia
South Carolina
Schuylkill River
Chester
Wilmington
Delaware
Robe
Morrill
The Situation Still Alarming Above Port Deposit
A special dispatch reports the upper river rising rapidly on February 6 with ice jams near Port Deposit and Perryville. Rail travel was briefly threatened as ice formed a six mile gorge from McCall's Ferry to beyond Port Deposit, but by evening a passage opened and trains were halted outside town. Officials monitor the ice field from Mount Ararat to Havre de Grace for potential danger.
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Port Deposit
Perryville
Hutchinson
McCall's Ferry
McCall’s Ferry
Mount Ararat
Havre de Grace
River Ice Conditions Report Northumberland Area
Along the Susquehanna the river is very high and ice filled near Northumberland. At Dry Valley furnace four miles above, ice is firm and gorged. Ice moved slightly yesterday afternoon but is stationary now. McCall's ferry gorge extends five miles to Shank's ferry with no break signs last night. Lewisburg river rose about eighteen inches, ice moved very little. Keating water still falling, no danger without heavy rain. Harrisburg river ice free and about five feet above low water.
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Northumberland
Dry Valley Furnace
McCall’s Ferry
Shank’s Ferry
Lewisburg
Keating
Harrisburg
Miners Strike After Pay Cut at Stanton Colliery
In Porrsville on February 6 miners at Stanton colliery Mahanoy Plane met and resolved on a strike after a recent pay reduction. Work suspended today leaving upwards of eleven hundred men idle as many unemployed seek work elsewhere in winter.
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Porrsville
Stanton
Mahanoy Plane
Duffy the Mollie slated to die without a fight
Porrsville reports the governor signed the death warrant for Thomas Duffy for the July 1975 murder of Policeman Yost in Tamaqua. Execution is set for Wednesday April 4, with no Supreme Court action taken yet, and prevailing belief that legal avenues are exhausted.
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Porrsville
Thomas Duffy
Yost
Tamaqua
Supreme Court
Labor Wrestling with Capital and CulCaGo
The Post reduced its compensation rate to thirty cents yesterday attracting new reporters who faced a Printers' Union backlash. About half the new staff quit under union pressure, signaling a broader dispute that may spread to other papers once the Post finalizes its cuts.
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CulCaGo
Printers’ Union
Union
Passenger Run Down by Engine Claims Life at City Crossing
At about six yesterday Thomas Ramsey aged sixty four of 124 Walnut Place was run over by engine No 709 at the Pennsylvania Railroad crossing of Spring Garden Street and killed instantly. The body was taken to the home of H C Shartlif on Market Street above Thirty seventh where an inquest is to be held today.
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Thomas Ramsey
Walnut Place
Pennsylvania Railroad
Spring Garden Street
H.C. Shartlif
Market Street
Pennsylvania Pickings and Local Incidents
Seventeen hundred pounds of chain are produced daily at the Weatherum Iron Works Sharon. Four of eighteen iron furnaces on the Susquehanna south of Harrisburg are in blast. Lautz, who killed Haney near Altoona, has been tried convicted and sent to the penitentiary for twenty five months. John D Forrest of Newcastle Lawrence county died by own action on the 2d inst. The Beaver Falls Cutlery Works cashier Le Wad. Coal miners and coke-drawers of Scottdale Westmoreland county struck for four cents more per hour. Taxpayers meetings sweep Pittsburg Allegheny City and threaten party tensions before the election. Building one Reed of Pittsburg reports two hundred plus two brick buildings and seventy did an arising year cost 9803 200. Frank Wyman of Bridgeville Allegheny county is missing after going to Misburg. An uncle left him 560 by will. checks were to be collected but confusion followed.
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Weaterman Iron Works
Sharon
Susquehanna
Harrisburg
Lautz
Haney
Altoona
John D. Forrest
Newcastle
Lawrence County
Beaver Falls
Scott
Frank Wyman
Bridgeville
Allegheny County
Misburg
Bness
Frank
Will
Marine Miscellany and Vessels In Distress
The Reading from Portland arrived Allentown for Boston and Hercules for Fall River sailed yesterday. The schooner J. Wood Smith bound for New Orleans arrived yesterday and was damaged by a collision with an unknown schooner on the 2d off Fenwick Island. The schooner Nancy M. Roge from Philadelphia for Cárdenas is ashore on reefs at Cruz del Padre Cuba and will be a total loss though cargo may be salvaged.
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Reading
Portland
Allentown
Boston
Hercules
Fail River
Midhat Pasha’s Downfall and Edhem Pasha’s Rise
Pall Mall Gazette reports Midhat Pashas fall stems from imperial jealousy and Midhats resistance to reform. Sultan’s liberal aims clashed with Midhat, leading to arrest and exile after secret plotting surfaced. Edhem Pasha’s accession signals no guaranteed policy change.
Prince Gortschakoff Circular Note On Eastern Crisis
A dispatch dated January 31 outlines Gortschakoff's note to Russian envoys concerning the Constantinople conference. It reports the failure of the Porte to honor European wills, critiques Ottoman conduct, and asks allied cabinets to declare their planned response to the Turkish refusal. The note seeks guidance and requests copies for the foreign minister.
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London
Prince Gortschakoff
United States
Constantinople
Europe
East
Porte
Ottoman Empire
Fead
Gortschakofpf
Conditions Offered by Porte to Servia
Vienna reports that the Porte proposes terms to Servia including diplomatic representation at Belgrade, equal rights for Catholics and Jews, prohibition of armed bands and Turkish territory violations, banning secret societies, proper maintenance of Servian fortresses, and joint hoisting of the Turkish and Servian flags.
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Vienna
Politische Correspondenz
Porte
Servia
Belgrade
Manchester Chamber notes shift in exports to US
At a Chamber of Commerce meeting on February 6 the president said Manchester exports to the United States are now nil, despite strong trade in cotton fabrics manufactured in America, indicating a costly reversal in our traditional market.
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Manchester
Chamber of Commerce
United States
America
Medium Meenek Sentenced Under Vagrant Act in England
The Court of Exchequer affirmed Huddersfield Magistrates verdict convicting Dr Meenek, a spiritualist medium, under the vagrant act and sentenced him to three months in prison.
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England
London
Court of Exchbequer
Huddersfield
Meenek
Lyons Silk Makers to Receive Government Aid
The French government plans aid for Lyons silk workers, about 50,000 unemployed, with two thirds out of work. Economiste Francais cites stalled recovery until raw silk falls 15 percent. Prefect of Rhone allocates 63,000 from local funds for relief. Lyons business likely won’t recover soon.
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Lyons
Economiste Francais
Rhone
Lyonomdiete Francais
Loyds
Vienna
Austria
London
Amsterdam
Berlin
Frankfort
Brussels
Antwerp
Russia
Paris
London Standard
Pruth
Porte
Constantinople
Salisbury
The King of Momus and the Mardi Gras Carnival Event
The Mennerchor Ball on the 13th promises scenes of the Roman Carnival. The article extols the Carnival as the festive lead up to Lent, noting Mardi Gras traditions and celebrating the god of unreason and merry undertakings before forty days of fasting.
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Probas
The Broken Insurance Company Swindle at New Jersey Mutual
In Trenton today Thomas N. McCarter sought a postponement to answer in the New Jersey Mutual case. The Chancellor set a Thursday 10 o clock deadline for a written or oral reply. A counterfeit endowment story follows as a cautionary tale of the insurer’s tactics. The session also notes education and public school reporting shifts, as well as nominations for state offices and comptroller candidate hints.
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Tum Tists
Trenton
New Jersey Mutual
Thomas N. McCarter
New Jersey Mutual Insurance Company
Senate
Bordentown
G. N. Abeel
Essex
Charles T. Cowenhoven
Middlesex
Scott
W. A. Logue
Ocean
R. I. Stockton
W. McMichael
Burlington
Defalcation Scandal Hits Franklin Bank Cashier Flees
Richard T. Taylor, cashier at the First National Bank of Franklin Indiana, absconded after a long-running fraud. He cashed large exchanges in Indianapolis and other cities, leaving the bank short over sixty thousand dollars in bills receivable and a vanished general ledger. The bank closed as Taylor reported the situation to his brother, admitting the worst financial condition.
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the Times
Indianapolis
Richard T. Taylor
First National Bank
Franklin
Indiana
New York
Taylor
Young Men's Christian Association 22nd Anniversary Held at Association Mall
The Young Men's Christian Association celebrated its twenty second anniversary last evening at Association Mall on Chestnut Street. President B B Comegys presided and summarized the annual report. A notable program featured hymns and addresses by Rev He Clay Trumbull Rev John DeWitt and Rev Noah Hunt Schenck D D of Brooklyn. The event concluded with benediction and a lit up building, with music by Professor William G Pischer and a stage troupe including Wanamaker Stuart Simons Mears Graeff Corbin Evans Kennedy and Redner.
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Association Mall
Fifteenth and
Chestnut Streets
B. B. Comegys
He Clay Trumbull
John DeWitt
Noah Hunt Schenck
D. D
Brooklyn
New York
Jesus
William G. Pischer
Messrs
John Wanamaker
G. H. Stuart
Peter B. Simons
George W. Mears
John FE. Graeff
E. A. Corbin
Nelson F. Evans
Francis W. Kennedy
Lewis H. Redner
Seventh ward Democrats consider coalition ticket proposal
At a Seventh ward Democratic meeting to fill a vacancy caused by Mr. Husband’s withdrawal a colored citizens committee led by Mr. Robert Jones Sr proposed a coalition ticket with Derringer for Select Council and Samuel M Williams for Common Council. The proposal was narrowly rejected. A. P. Douglass was nominated in place of Husband.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Husband
Robert Jones
Derringer
Select Council
Samuel M. Williams
Common Council
A. P. Douglass
Tlusband
Stea
City Notes Headlines From A Misspelled Ledger
The city page recounts seizures of under valued silks by the Appraiser of Customs. Noted health trip by William V. McGrath of Union Passenger Railway to Florida. Ward committees endorse nominees Cayen Craycroft and Sellers. Lectures continue at Second United Presbyterian Church on California. A hydrant leak damages J. Is. Winner’s stock. Annie Manning sustains facial injuries from an unknown man. Ellen Martin suffers a severe cut from a stove plate handled by Mary Glaze. Eleventh ward Republicans back Mayor Stokley. Robbery suspects Robert Bains and Henry McIntyre face charges after assault on Robert Gray and theft near Hart Lane. Mint employee William H. K. Smith missing after leaving his boarding house. Fryer and Mitchell to appear for counterfeit cent pieces production. Mary Ster Weare linked to uttering bogus instruments on the Jersey side.
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William V. McGrath
Union Passenger Railway Company
Florida
Fifth Ward
Democratic
Cayen
Spring Garden Street
J. Is
Winner
Annie Manning
South Seventh Street
Pennsylvania Hospital
Ellen Martin
Bainbird Street
Mary Glaze
Charles Hucker, Esq
William D. Moore
Thomas Ft. Seabourn
Stokley
Robert Bains
Henry McIntyre
Robert Gray
Hart Lane
Kensington Avenue
William H. K. Smith
Mint
Redwood Street
Third
Mreggs
James Fryer
Thomas Mitchell
Mooroe Street
Valea
Smith
Mary Ster Weare
Seaven
Camden
Alan Athe von Chm
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