Alliance Convention Turmoil Sparks Charges Over Georgia Senatorship
The Alliance National Convention opens amid factional clashes between supporters of President Polk and Dr. Macune. A Georgia senatorship scandal surfaces with alleged $60,000 payments to secure a candidate, prompting calls for investigations while efforts aim to preserve harmony.
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Diefatch Ocana
Fun
Alliance
Pelk
Dr. Macune
Georgia
Livingston
Gordon
No More Sectional Solidity in National Farmers Alliance
The Ocala meeting of farmers draws national attention as the Polk era references shift toward centralizing money power and reform. The speech urges education, legislative leverage, and a National Legislative Council to push reforms while colored and white Alliances plan parallel conventions and consider a third party path.
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Ocala
America
Polk
Order
Indus
American Congress
Congress
Alliance
Humphreys
Texas
White Alliance
National Council
South
Colored Alliance
North Carolina
Cashier Is Held Up At Allerton Packing House
In broad daylight at Allerton Packing Company in Chicago, cashier Joseph N. Asher was relieved of 3200 dollars by two men of orange-like appearance. The crime occurred on pay day as 5000 dollars had just been brought from the bank. A teamster who entered during the robbery was also threatened. the pair fled in a buggy.
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Gordon
Patrick C. Calhoun
Alliance
Senster
Richmond Terminal
Macune
North Carolina
Georgia
Livingston
Dr. Macune
Eivery
Rittenhouse
Bankrupt Railroad Foreclosure Case In U S District Court
Charles Armour of New York holder of 200 first mortgage bonds on the failed railroad sues Arkansas Pass Railroad Company and others in United States District Court in Chancery. Armour seeks foreclosure per mortgage terms and provisions.
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San Axtoxio
Charles Armour
New York
United States District Court In Chancery
Arkansas Pass Railroad Company
Not Guilty of Forgery: Mrs Lippincott Acquitted
Julia Culin Lippincott once linked to Haddon Hall Atlantic City faced three forgery indictments in Camden Court House. After a full day of testimony and argument the jury returned a not guilty verdict concluding the case.
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New Jersey
Dispatch
Philadelphia
Julia Culin Lippincott
Haddon Hall
Atlantic City
Jenkins
Camden Court House
Huge
Gaunt
McDowell
Hogg
Lippincott
J. A. Somers
F. C. Lippincott
Edwin C. Lippincott
Wilson Jenkins
Richard Ridgway
Howard Carrow
Camden
R. O. Moon
Senator Mahone Foiled Overnight Burglary Attempt
Ex Senator Matthew Mahone of Virginia, staying at John Chamberlin's hotel, woke to find a man crawling toward his trousers. Mahone grabbed for a pistol but had forgotten it, shouting thief as the intruder fled the room in a red flannel attire. Authorities made little progress in capturing the would be burglar.
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Ras Hed Wasui
Mahone
Virginia
John Chamberlin
Mr. O'Kelly
Mr. Parnell
Westminster
Wil Vernon Harcourt
Mr. McCarthy
Sir William
McCarthy
National League
Dublin
Wayne
Healy
Sexton
Parnell
Ireland
Shanks
Ladensack Accused Of Bribing Baltimore Jury
Theodore H. Ladensack tried to bribe the jury after a City Court case over a street improvement award. He offered a bank note to the foreman and approached other jurors. they refused and reported the attempt. The matter goes to the grand jury.
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Baltimore
Wee
Theodore H. Ladensack
Luadensack
Jan
Ladensack
Thomas E. Mason
Grand Jury
Fowler Key Witness in Isaac Smith Murder Conviction
Guy Fowler, principal witness, testified Smith confessed on a train to Cincinnati after the Pike county murder of Stephen Skidmore. Attacks on Fowler’s testimony target reliability. Fowler refused to recant when confronted by Smith. Smith faces execution December 19 with possible commutation.
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Disratoe
CoLttumaus
Guy Fowler
Isaac Smith
Stephen Skidmore
Pike County
Fowler
Smrith
Cincinnati
Campbell
Smith
Creighton
Kissed His Fair Pupil: Minister Resigns After Incidents
In Martinsville Indiana on December 2 a local tale reports Rev E B West kissing Miss Mary Hubbard, daughter of County Treasurer Hubbard, in private. The incident led to church board action and West's resignation after the town judge’s notice and time to leave.
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Mr. West
Martinsville
Lip
Mary Hubbard
Hubbard
James Sedgewick
E. B. West
West
A Sure Way to Death By Cyanide Suicide
Norval O. King, 23, formerly of New Haven Connecticut, was found dead in his room at 2322 Pine Street Saint Louis. He had ingested cyanide of potassium in a deliberate self destruction. A note to the coroner asked not to be mutilated.
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Norval King
St. Lovurs
Norval O. King
New Haven
Conn
Pine Street
Desperate consumptive commits suicide in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Indiana December 2 Martin Mergel son of a leading merchant has been ill with consumption and after failing to obtain Dr Kochs lymph this morning he blew out his brains.
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Dr. Koch
Fort Wayne
Ind
Martin Mergel
Force Bill Debate Spurs No Rule Change
A Washington dispatch reports Republicans in the Senate oppose changing rules to speed elections or apportionment bills. They favor a timed vote after ample debate, arguing no gag law should silence members while Democrats push lengthy tariff and labor measures.
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Wasnixeton
Senate
Republican House
Blair
New Hampshire
House
Ex-Superintendent Malone Grieved Desires Charge Details to Pittsburg
Ex-Superintendent Malone, visiting Washington, says he is deeply grieved by his removal and seeks any charges against him. He notes he reported contractor delays to the department, cites penalties on the Pennsylvania Construction Company, and doubts reinstatement. he wants Pittsburg to know if charges exist or if he was unfairly removed.
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Pittsburg
Wasnixyetox
Malone
Pennsylvania
Postmaster McKean
Pennsylvania Construction Company
Malone Therore
Copyright Bill Faces Filibuster In House Debate
In Washington the House considered a copyright bill from the Patents Committee. After filibustering and an amendment setting July 1 1891 as effective date the previous question was ordered and the bill left unfinished. Vote 132 to 74 on taking up the bill. The proposal would allow foreigners to secure American copyright under three conditions including reciprocity.
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Washington
Simonds
Committee On Patents
Provisions on US literary copyright and domestic printing
The bill's core would extend copyright rights with reciprocity terms for foreign nations and allow US participation at will. A key provision requires books under the act to be printed from type set in the United States or from plates produced domestically.
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United States
Crisp Sees House Passing Reapportionment Bill
ISTATIAL telegram from Washington reports Representative Crisp of Georgia, viewed as leading candidate for the Speakership, says Democrats will not push hard for a reapportionment bill this session. He expects the reapportionment bill to require much work, notes potential for a Senate force bill, and urges a fair basis in construction to avoid disturbance.
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Waasuhington
Crisp
Georgia
Senate
Daily Telegraph
Parnell
the Chronicle
Healy
McCarthy
Chronicle
House of Commons
Clancy
Cleveland to Attend January Banquet in Philadelphia
Ex-President Grover Cleveland will visit Philadelphia January 8 as guest of honor at a banquet by the Young Men’s Democratic Association. Ex-Secretaries Vilas and Dickinson, Gov-elect Pattison, and many Democratic leaders will attend. hall capacity may necessitate a larger venue.
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Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
Young Men's Democratic Association
William F. Vilas
Don M. Dickinson
Robert E. Pattison
Democracy
Cleveland
William F. Harrity
Charles H. Krumbhaar
Clement R. Wainwright
Harrity
Association
Lief
St. George's Hall
Academy of Music
Horticultural Hall
Miners Strike Deepens Across District With Idle Mines
In Birmix Guam on December 3, striking coal miners won support from nearly all workers. eight thousand miners are idle as furnaces face shutdowns. Convicts operate at Brockton mines with about 2,000 men employed while the conservative faction fails to rally return-to-work. The conflict promises a long, bitter struggle as coke stocks dwindle.
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Birmix
Guam
Brockton Mines
Manitoba Swine Quarantine Lifted Amid Scarcity
Ottawa reports the Manitoba hog quarantine is raised due to a shortage of hogs in the province and no disease in adjoining states. A good winter for hog feeding is anticipated because damaged grain is available for feed.
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Otttawa
Manitoba
Union
No Delays for Judge Lynch Murderer Hanged by Roadside
In Danville Virginia on December 2 Thad Fowles who killed a Charlotte County citizen named Hancey was arraigned for trial. The case was postponed as the Sheriff moved the prisoner toward the station. A force of men intercepted the prisoner and hanged him roadside.
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Danville
Thad Fowles
Charlotte County
Hancey
Fire destroys seven stores and dwelling at Collinwood near Cleveland
A disastrous blaze in Collinwood five miles from Cleveland started at 4 this morning behind a hardware store. Seven business houses and a dwelling burned with estimated losses around 51000 pounds, partly insured.
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Cleveland
Collinwood
Governor Peck's Successor Elected in Light Vote
MiL Wauker December 2 reports a special election to fill Mayor Peck's Governor vacancy drew a light vote. The winner appears to be Democrat Peter J. N. berg with Republican John Stipp among the candidates in a closely watched local race.
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Mil Wauker
Peck
Er Peter J
Democrat . N. Berg
Apety Yok
John Stipp
Connecticut Farmers League Holds First Annual Meeting
Connecticut Farmers League held its first annual meeting at the capitol today and adopted resolutions favoring distinct political action.
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Hartyond
Connecticut Farmers’ League
Capitol
Parrell’s Plucky Stand Amid Irish Leadership Contest
Irish Parliamentary party meetings overwhelm Parnell as Nolan’s postponement amendment fails 29 to 44. Telegraph cables and internal clashes spark debates on leadership. Liberal leaders confer on Gladstone statement and possible dissolution while National League supports Parnell.
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London
Irish Parliamentary Party
Nolan
Parnell
Ireland
America
Harrington
Chicago
United States
Kenny
J. O'Connor
Mr. Parnell
Mr. Campbell
Campbell
Healy
Ambassadors Lose Hope on Lymph Supply in Berlin
Bern reports ambassadors in Berlin have abandoned hopes of securing lymph supplies until the government equips all hospitals. They find Koch lectures dull and say the sole valuable aspect is patient observation. They aim to witness dissections of lymph victims if allowed.
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Bern
Berlin
Koch lymph may cause serious neck swelling in Bonn patient
In a Bonn hospital a patient developed severe neck swelling after inoculation with Kochs lymph, threatening suffocation. The essay in Medizinisch Wochenschrift was cited in discussions, noting Koch may need to retract some promises.
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Koch
Bonn
Water famine feared on the Rocks at Gibraltar
Dispatches from Gibraltar report grave fears of a water shortage on the Rocks. Since September only 0.21 inches of rain has fallen and private and public tanks are nearly dry. Wells yield water only for 20 days for the garrison, leaving military authorities alarmed.
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ANT
Gibraltar
Fears For The Ethiopia Sails From New York
Guascow December 2. No tidings have reached by late night of the steamship Ethiopia which cleared New York November 16 with 25 first cabin 85 second cabin and 70 steerage passengers and a crew of 100. Anchor Line offices are besieged by inquiries but no information is available.
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Ethiopia
New York
Mixed marriage rumor links Duke D Aosta to Princess Letititia
Court circles report Duke D Aosta seeks marriage to his cousin and mother in law Princess Letititia. The proposed union is tied to the arrival of Prince Napoleon at Mont Coliori Castle in Rome.
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Duke D’ Aosta Wantato
Rome
D’aosta
Letititia
Napoleon
Mont Coliori
People of Silesia Suffer Extreme Food Shortages
Dispatch from Bex reports typhus and widespread hunger in Upper Silesia as meat and good flour vanish from diets of residents. Mills closed by the McKinley tariff worsen scarcity, with Schweinbochlowitz and nearby areas hit hardest.
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Silesia
Schweinbochlowitz
Upper Silesia
Fragmentary World News Roundup
The British House of Commons debated land bills while the German Reichstag met. A Halifax fortifications bill passed its first reading. Cosco natives reportedly rebel and a battle left eight dead and twenty wounded. Dutch Republicans push propagandist activity after King William’s death. Hungarian German talks on a commercial treaty opened. France’s President signed a most favored nation grant to Greece with limited suspensions on goods.
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House of Commons
Reichstag
Cosco
William
Ean Noxy
Presidentuarnot
France
Greece
Somnen
Redusoa
Rencen
Pittsburgers Elected to New Board of P C T Railroad
At the annual meeting of the Pittsburg Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company in Youngstown directors elected include C H Andrews L E Cochran W W Peabody Orland Smith H W Oliver William McCreery J S McCleaves David Lee KR F Devries T M King J H Collins. Orland Smith was chosen president and J B Washington secretary and treasurer.
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Cleveland
Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toledo Railroad Company
Youngstown
C. H. Andrews
L. E. Cochran
W. W. Peabody
Orland Smith
Cincinnati
H. W. Oliver
William McCreery
Wright
J. S. McCleaves
Pittsburg
David Lee
Zanesville
KR. F. Devries
Newark
T. M. King
Philadelphia
J. H. Collins
J. B. Washington
Compromise Likely Ends New Hampshire Session
The New Hampshire special legislative session met as the Judiciary Committee failed to report on member qualifications and adjourned until tomorrow. A compromise appears to allow a swift end to the session. The House Judiciary Committee voted to strike 22 members from the roll, including 12 Democrats and 10 Republicans.
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Concomno
N.H
New Hampshire
Committee On Judiciary
Judiciary Committee
House Judiciary Committee
House
Northwestern failure at Bank of Commerce West Superior
The Bank of Commerce in West Superior Wisconsin closed its doors and assigned its assets. Deposits fell from 608000 to 468000 since last Wednesday, with the city holding 230000 among depositors. The bank has a 600000 bond and other banks will advance this to the city. assets exceed liabilities and full dollar for dollar payment promised.
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Bank of Commerce of
West Superior
Wis
Bank of Commerce
Indiana Mets Form Association Amid Price Schedule Hints
Indianapolis report notes Indiana mets organize an association not as a trust and plans to push a price schedule. The piece highlights the potential for a coordinated approach to pricing and business practices within the group.
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Indianapolis
Mets
Indiana
Four Florida Settlers Drowned in Lake Tohopekaliga
Four members of a New Haven party were drowned when their sailboat capsized on Lake Tohopekaliga near Jacksonville Florida. The incident occurred December 2 as the settlers attempted a voyage across the lake. Rescue efforts were unsuccessful and authorities began investigations into the accident.
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Jacksonville
FuLa
New Haven
Lake Tohopekaliga
Campaign to Save Sophie Gunsberg Condemned in Russia
A mass meeting at Cooper Union protests the execution of Sophie Gunsberg a 21 year old Russian girl sentenced to death for political alleged Nihilism. Dignitaries and supporters sign a petition urging Russian intercession and Blaine to intervene citing a closed military trial and civil-rights concerns.
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New York
Cooper Union
Sophie Gunsberg
Russia
Archdeacon Mackay Smith
United States
Washington
Blaine
Mra
Margaret
Q Thaddeus B. Wakeman
Aren Blake
Han
Aber
Grover Cloved
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chauncey M. Depew
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Mary Putnam Jacobi
George Innes, Jr
Mary E. Shone
Florence Howe Hall
Major Grant
Governor Hill
Bishop Potter
Lyman Abbott
William Steinway
Theodore W. Myers
Heber Newton
Cyrus W. Field
John Hall
Francis Thurber
Cornelius van Cott
Thomas E. Pratt
Hamilton Fish
William E. Evarts
L’ Brice
Albany whispers on Cleveland Hill deal for 1892 senate
A rumor from Albany circles suggests a peace between Cleveland and Hill with Colonel Dan Lamont meeting the Governor. If true, Hill could be the next United States Senator, clearing the track for Cleveland in 1892 while Flower is named Democratic Governor nominee and others are sidelined.
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Cleveland
Hill
Albany
Belmont
Dan Lamont
United States
Roswell P. Flower
Jones
Whitney and
Chapin
Courship by Proxy on Shipboard Romance
Ada Gunn, an English immigrant, arrives in Ottawa from Liverpool aboard a ship destined for Port Moody, B C. A Canadian father, seeking a wife for his son, proposes to his son through the prospective bride, and she promptly accepts after learning of the plan.
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Ottawa
Ada Guon
Liverpool
Canada
Port Moody
B. C
Miss Gunn
British Columbia
Thieves Fall Out in Murder Over Robbery Loot
In Curiaco on December 2, William Sinnott was found dead with a bullet wound to the chest. Frank Hartnett, a fellow thief, killed Sinnott during a quarrel over robbery proceeds. Both attackers fled. a saloon keeper and a woman witnessed the event but delayed testimony until tonight.
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Curiaco
William Sinnott
Sinnott
Frank Hartnett
Hartnett
Dr Mary Walker ill but hopeful for justice from country
Dr Mary E Walker is reported ill at her Southwest Oswego home with pneumonia, yet she says she will live until the country grants her justice for her service as assistant in the Indiana Hospital in Washington. The Dispatch notes her condition improved but still weak at night.
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ITCR
OsweGo
Mary E. Walker
Dispatch
Indiana Hospital
Washington
McCormick Elected First President of Big Harvester Trust
The American Harvester Company, capitalized at 55 million dollars, elected officers to curb ruinous competition. Cyrus H. McCormick was chosen as President. Also reported is a severe earthquake felt in Mexico City on December 2, with tremors lasting minutes and causing residents to flee homes.
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Cyrus H. McCormick
Chicago
American Harvester Company
Q BH McCormick
City
Mexico
Detained La Normandie Passengers Discharged at Hoffman Island
Steerage passengers from the steamer La Normandie who were kept at Hoffman Island for 14 days for observation were today discharged and landed at the nearby Barge until transfer to shore.
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New York
Hoffman Island
Goatanal
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