Dual Personality Case Hints at Hypnotic Powers
A meeting of the American branch of the Society for Psychical Research reports progress on hallucination data and higher funds. Prof James discusses a striking ambulatory dual personality case of a 60 year old Rhode Island carpenter turned itinerant preacher, later a Norristown candy merchant, with hypnotic memory revealing two distinct identities and a verified boarding-house origin.
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The
Society For Psychical Research
Society For Psychient Research
Society of Natural History
Spirit Land
William Jones
Richard Hodgson
James
Mowrieg
Flue
Brteen
Department of Research
Prof
Treasury
Pawtecket
New York State
New England
Tames
Greene
Norristown
Brown
Rhode Island
Ordimants
Mains
Enode Island
Lut Brown
Rhode Doe
Pawtucket
New York
Grand Union Hotel
Philadelphia
Filbert Street
Prof. James
Society For Brical Research
Hodgson
Piper
England
Oliver J. Lodge
Iron industries in Pittsburg face material shortages and tariff debate
Gigi Florence Deegan of J FP Witherow & Co. discusses how politics affect business. He notes strong iron demand in Pittsburg but difficulty securing structural iron. He defends tariffs as beneficial, cites McKinley bill impacts, and contrasts American labor and capital dynamics with Europe.
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Iron Industries
Gigi
Pittsburg
Florence Deegan
J. FP. Witherow & Co
America
South America
France
Germany
England
London
Ckty
Week's patent awards to Western Pennsylvania and nearby states
Ingenuity Nearby lists patents issued to inventors in Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia for the week ending December 2. Names include Frank Barnhart Warren Pa on electric wire coupling J H Burkholder Ridgeville C corn cutter M F Carroll Hillsborough G vehicle spring J W Colmer New Brighton Pa gas producer C E B Dollenbatch Allegheny air brake W A Dunlap Pittsburg railway torpedo C N Dutton Pittsburg fluid S D Engle Hazleton Pa air gun T F Gray Monroeville Ohio scales J B Harvey Ohio extension ladder Gabriel Konigsburg Bpakoneta Ohio wheel barrow K R Lewis Union City tailors measure W S Lovell Charleston West Virginia animal trap W S Paterson Eny brush holder for electric motors or dynamos A J Pitney Pittsburg exth Tr George Heiseck Allegheny safety device for mills B K Schettlinger Roch Pa panoramic opera G S Smith Pashore oiler due cleaner J for BOE lock G S Tron Pieeapleer lifter Frank Delos Seteasaville Ga sawmill dogs it S Holibaugh Marlborough fence
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
C. D. Levis
Fifth Avenue
Pittsburg
W. & Banta
Sprinefield
Frank Barnhart
Warren
J. H. Burkholder
Ridgeville
M. F. Carroll
Hillsborough
J. W. Colmer
Newbrichton
C. EB. Doellenbatch
Allegheny
W. A. Dunlap
Raiway
C. N. Dutton
D. Engle
Hazleton
T. F. Gray
Monroevil O
Scales
J. B. Harvey
A O
Gabriel Konigsburg
Bpakoneta
K. R. Lewis
Union City
Lovell
Charleston
W. Va
Paterson
Eny
A. J. Pitney
Pittsvorg
George Heiseck
BK. Schetlenger
Roch
Strange muscular contractions break both legs in Paris Kentucky
Mrs. J Harry Brent of Paris Kentucky felt sudden severe contractions in her right thigh while talking with her children. The bone snapped, and while a physician was summoned her left leg also fractured in the same way. Doctors suspect muscular rheumatism.
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Kentucky
Lextxoton
Dee
Paris
J. Harry Brent
Koch Lymph Arrives in New Haven for Early American Tests
Special telegram reports Koch lymph arriving at Yale's biological laboratory via Prof. Russell Chittenden. Dr. J P C Foster administered a small dose to a patient with injections planned for lupus and tubercular laryngitis. Doctors Bacon Barstow Swain present. no results yet shared.
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New Haven
Koch
Russell Chittenden
Yale Biological Laboratory
Heidelberg
Chittenden
Prof
Prof. Chittenden
Francis Bacon
Barstow
Flushing
L. I
Foster
Bacon
Connecticut
Henry L. Swain
Determined to Die A Man Tries Multiple Methods
Peter Held of Honey Creek Sauk county attempted suicide by multiple methods after ingesting Paris green and rat poison and injuring himself with shears shotgun and hatchet. His brother in law and a neighbor stopped him. he died Sunday morning despite efforts to save him.
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Baranco, Inc
Peter Held
Honey Creek
Sauk County
Held
Quieting Farmers Fears on World’s Fair Exhibits
After meetings with Col McKenzie Commissioner Hirst Hurt and Director General Davis a plan was made to reassure farmers about exhibit acceptance. A telegram to the Farmers Mutual Benefit Association at Ocala Florida requests a national convention deliverance on proper action by states to display agricultural resources at the World's Columbian Exposition. Ample space and classification will be provided for this feature.
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CuHicaco
McKenzie
Hirst
Hurt
Davis
Farmers’ Mutualnefit Association
Ocala
Fla
Farmers’ Alliance
Gronge K. Days
Belle McGowan Sinks on Freedom Wharf Injures None
Report of the Belle McGowan running aground on rocks at Freedom Wharf. No injuries, boat pumped out and headed to port. Owner listed as W. W. O Neill. Water levels rising slowly with 9 feet 4 inches at night, snow in the Alleghenies, and coal scarcity in harbor. Towhosts Little Dick and Frank Beaver departed for Beaver yesterday.
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Belle McGowan
Freedom
W. W. O' Neill
Alleghenies
Little Dick
Frank Beaver
Disaster to a village Brookville fire destroys town blocks
Reports from Brookville Kansas say nearly the whole town burned today. The fire began in the forenoon with a strong wind and burned a business block the Central Hotel and later the Bank of Brookville and three homes. Firemen had no extinguisher but buckets and by 1 PM the blaze was out.
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Satrmva
Kan
Brookville
Blows after talk over burial bill between Brown and Green
This morning after prayer Senator Brown called Frank Green editor of the Capital to discuss a criticism of the burial bill for Union soldiers. A fight followed when Green jerked a slung shot from his pocket but no serious damage occurred as bystanders separated them. A duel rumor circulated.
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Gotark
O. T
Brown
Frank Green
The
Capital
Green
Turpie's Aged Mother Burned to Death in Room
Sen Turpie's elderly mother, over 90, died in a fire in her room at Det rat Dec 4. An attendant found her on the floor near the fireplace with most of her clothing burned away and the incident described as a terrible fate.
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Senator Turpie
Detrat, Inc
Turpie
Express engine plunged into river after switch error
A Grand Trunk line accident near Lachine sent the Western express engine into the river this morning due to a switchman error. The cadet official Jeph Bane is reported among those involved.
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Maxntreal
Western Express
Grand Trunk Railroad
Lachine
Jeph Bane
Vilas Seen Politically Rising to U.S. Senate in Wisconsin
The Dispatch reports William F. Vilas and Don Dickinson poised to win Senate seats in 1893 as major Democratic gains from Cleveland’s cabinet. Vilas likely to be elected by Wisconsin's newly chosen Legislature, with Dickinson set to succeed Stockbridge in Michigan. Vilas, born in 1840, is a leading West lawyer and former cabinet officer.
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Cleveland
Interior
William F. Vilas
United States Senate
Wisconsin
Don Dickinson
Sennator Stockbridge
Michigan
Wiles
Mr. Dickinson
Colonel Vilas
Senate
Congress
John Mitchell
Milwaukee
Edward 8. Bragg
Nick Fratt
Gil Wooderd
Wilas
Badger
Vermont
Madison
Judge Vilas
Vilas
Colonel Vilas and Don Dickinson in Civil Service Era Portraits
The narrative portrays Colonel Vilas as a war captain turned lieutenant colonel and political figure, noting his Chicago Convention presidency in 1884 and roles in the Cleveland administration. Don Dickinson, Cleveland's youngest cabinet adviser, is described as discreet and energetic, with a profitable law practice and a large income from diverse sources.
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Twenty-third Wisconsin Infantry
Chicago
Cleveland
Lamar
Vilas
New York
Don
Dickinson, Hosmer & Thurber
Political Maneuvering Shapes Michigan Cabinet Scene
An administrative officer quickly asserted himself in Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet and skillfully reconciled civil service reform with spoils politics, boosting his chief's standing. Michigan's Legislature leans Democratic with many hold-over Senators Democratic, while a redistricting plan seeks to bind Republican farming counties to Democratic cities, risking Dickinson's Senate bid unless Stockbridge fails to advance or he declines to go.
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Cleveland
Michigan
Dickinson
Stockbridge
Senate
Quay Allies Hold Washington Talks On Pennsylvania Factions
Washington reports say Republican leaders including Andrews Quig and Morrison met in the capital to discuss Pennsylvania politics and party organization. Senator Quay plans a Philadelphia visit as Cameron’s possible reelection fuels internal concerns and a desire to avoid factional strife.
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Quay
National Capital
Washington
Pennsylvania
Andrews
Quig
John Morrison
Rider
Philadelphia
Robinson
Ingalls
Florida
Pittsburg
Keystone Commonwealth
Cameron
Chester
Delaware
United States
Postmasters Named by President Sent to Senate
The President sent to the Senate nominations for postmasters in California Colorado Iowa Kansas Minnesota Michigan Nebraska New York Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas Vermont Wisconsin and West Virginia plus commissions during Senate recess and reappointment of Joseph T Jacobs to the Board of Indian Commissioners.
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Wasuixetox
Senate
Postmasters
California
E. M. Bennett
Paso
Fair Haven
Wisconsin
O. P. Stonerson
Menomonie
West Virginia
D. W. Weaver
Ronceverte
Joseph T. Jacobs
Ann Arbor
Mich
Board of Indian Commissioners
Increasing Their Pensions Bill Introduced by Senator Quay
Senator Quay introduces a pension bill for the blind and disabled on the pension list totaling 100 dollars a month for total disability such as loss of both eyes or both feet. Those losing an arm at the shoulder or a leg at the hip receive 60 dollars monthly and 55 dollars for an arm below the elbow or leg below the knee. Those who lose a hand or foot or are totally disabled receive 50 dollars monthly with combined disabilities totaled at the multiple disability rates.
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Hisgtten
Quay
Rep Vaux Drops Contest Plan Over McAleer Case
Washington dispatch says after a conference with Democratic leaders Mills McMillan and Breckinridge Representative Vaux will abandon his challenge to McAleer, the member elect from Randall's old district. The Democrats plan to discourage contests in the next House.
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Washington
Vaux
Mills
McMillan
Breckinridge
McAleer
Randall
Treasury official rules bondsmen liable for 16500 duty on The Angelus
Assistant Secretary Spaulding of the Treasury Department determines the bondsmen of Miller's The Angelus importers must pay 16500 in duties. The decision rests on customs liability for the celebrated painting, affecting the import transaction and duty collection.
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Hixerous
Spaulding
Treasury Department
Miller’s
Angelus
Sensational Discoveries At Freight Agents Meeting
Kansas City December 3 sensational discoveries were made at the Trans Missouri Freight Association session. Grain dealers sought readjustment of alleged discrimination in rates. Missouri Pacific showed forged bills by grain dealers and three Western lines on rebates for in transit shipments. Names not given. No action on readjustment or reconsignment privileges.
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Kansas City
Trans-Missouri Freight Association
Missouri Pacific
Western Lines
Chicago to allow gas mains by Chicago Fuel Gas Company
Dec 4 The City Council Committee on Gas Oil and Electric Lights favored reporting an ordinance granting Chicago Fuel Gas Company permission to lay mains in the city. The firm backed by Standard Oil reportedly controls gas fields and plans to supply natural gas to Chicago.
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Chicago
City Council Committee On Gas, Oil and Electric Lights
Chicago Fuel Gas Company
Standard Oil Company
Diane Natural
Naturel
Monongahela Navigation Case Seen By Judge Acheson
The court debated the value of Monongahela Navigation Company’s franchise for lock No 7 amid testimony by Colonel Roberts and engineer Jacob Wainwright. Witnesses discussed costs, dredging, and the river’s navigability before and after construction, with Judge Acheson signaling the case may go to the Supreme Court.
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Monongahela Navigation Company
Acheson
Jacob Wainwright
Shiras
Monongahela
Lyon
Cowan
Navigation Company
Brownsville
Moeser Sues Partners Over Pittsburg Lumber Firm
Louis Moeser files a bill in equity against L D Strauss and L L Satler alleging misrepresentation of firm assets and diverted capital in the Pittsburg Lumber Co. He seeks nullification of the partnership, an accounting, a receiver, and an injunction restraining asset collection.
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Louis Moeser
L. D. Strauss
L. L. Satler
Moeser
Strauss and Satler
Pittsburg Lumber Company
Strauss
Satler
Strauss & Satler
Suit on an Insurance Policy Involving Lenora Hamil Declared
The case of Lenora Hamil against the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum sits before Judge Ewing on trial. The Chin suit is mentioned in court records as part of the proceedings.
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Lenora
Hamil
Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum
Ewing
Insurance dispute over Hamill policy after death
A life policy for Mrs. Hamill's husband, a Sharpsburg council member, was denied after his death due to suspension for non payment of dues, leading to an insurance dispute.
Acquittals and Convictions Reported in Criminal Court
In the Criminal Court yesterday Joseph Snyder and Arnold Keller were acquitted of assault and battery on Daniel and Jacob Dougherty. Louis Weber was convicted of an offense against morality on information of Maggie Lauer. Paul Ambro pleaded guilty to felonious assault and battery on John Zooke and was sent to the workhouse. A. 8. Gray admitted guilt to larceny of a coat and was sentenced 20 days to the workhouse. Samuel French was convicted of selling liquor without a license on information of Inspector McAleese. Owen Quinney pleaded guilty to selling liquor without a license and was fined 500 dollars and sent five months to the workhouse. E. B. Price was convicted of a serious offense on information of Mary Price, his step daughter. The parties are colored. The jury is out in the case of Norris ee tried for the larceny of some scrap.
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Joseph Snyder
Arnold Keller
Daniel
Jacob Dougherty
Louis Weber
Maggie Lauer
Paul Ambro
John Zooke
Gray
Samuel French
Inspector McAleese
Owen Quinney
E. B. Price
Mary Price
Norrisee
Grand Jury Returns True Bills and Ignored Counts
The grand jury yesterday returned true bills against multiple defendants for assault and battery larceny embezzlement horse stealing keeping a ferocious dog selling liquor without a license and related charges. Several bills were ignored including forgery mayhem and felonious assault.
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M. Bell
John Boyle
Maggie Diamond
Catharine Frommer
Edgar Gilmore
Henry Hungerman
Mary Hungerman
Alex. Loefler
Samuel Markovitz
Phili Steiner
W. J. McDonough
P. F. Mangan
LaRue
A. Ae
Saareneees
Lewis Baur
Harry Brackenridge
Fannie Campbell
William Jones
Harry Reustock
H. Ulrich
William Dorie
P. L. Kunz
Joan Mehring
David McCrae
Robert Sweeney
Edward Tolever
Multiple Common Pleas Filings Named Against Gas and Electric Firms
A backlog of Common Pleas dockets lists cases including Mollyain va Alter and McJankin versus Equitable Gas Company, Arn heim Live Stock Company against Davis et al, Fidelity Tithe and Trust Company versus Peoples' Gas Company, Grant versus Carnegie and Phipps & Company, Berberich versus Ebach et al, First National Honal versus Cummer & Son, Herron versus Cummer & Sona, plus numerous other actions in Common Pleas No 2 involving Baer & Garzam v National Wrapping Company O'Brien v East End Electric Light Company and additional executors and individuals.
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Mollyain Va Alter
McJankin
Equitable Gas Company
Arnheim Live Stock Company
Davis Et al
Fidelity Tithe and Trust Company
Peoples’ Gas Company
Grant
Carnegie, Phipps & Company
Berberich
Ebach
First Na- Honal
Cummer & Son
Herron
Cummer & Sona
Baer & Garzam
National Wrapping Company
O’brien
East End Electric Light Company
Sorg
Mathes Et al
Herron & Co
Vale
Qlualich Va
Pitsburg Incline Company
Seee
Wwater Barns
Jobottinger
H. J. McElroy
Hauft
William Keyser
L. B. Schaffer
C. F. Cooper
Eenes Eyes
Robert Miller Alias Peters
James Startin
John McMahon
Bridget McLaughlin
C. L. Fredericks
Legal Notices and Trial Updates From Local Court Docket
The docket reports several trials and rulings. A. Hemiman sues Hoelscher remains in court. a verdict for plaintiff was returned in the 8. Coursin v John Shrader case. A. J. McKean wins divorce from Ida M. McKean on desertion. Aikin v Hannah KR Aikin testimony recorded with infidelity alleged. Matthew winner sues John Gardner for damages. Gardner accused of betraying his 17 year old daughter Maria. B Voure and W E Harrison named appraisers in Johnston & Olwen assignment for creditors. Philip Gugel administrator v Miller Forge Company on trial for damages to Adam Shearer. Deed of assignment filed for creditors from Neuman to Eleazer Fink. Charles Meres awarded 84595 4 in right of way damages against the Pittsburgh and St Louis Railway. Harry Rech v Brath and Flinnin trial after gas pipe cap injury incident.
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Coursin
John Shrader
A. J. McKean
Ida M. McKean
As Aiken
Hannah KR
Aiken
Matths
Ooll
John Gardner
Birch
Gardner
Maria
B. Voure
W. E. Harrison
Johnston & Olwen
Philip Gugel
Adam Shearer
Miller Forge Company
Shearer
Neuman
Main Street
Braddock
Eleazer Fink
Recorder
Charles Meres
Pittsburgh and St Louis Railway Company
Harry Rech
Brath and & Flinnin
Rech
Arizona’s irrigation valleys praised as richer than Nile
Ex governor Louis Wolfley declares Southern and Central Arizona valleys superior for irrigation. He touts crops along Salt, Gila, and Santa Cruz rivers including grapes figs prunes and citrus. He predicts Arizona will become a major agricultural hub with perpetual summer climate and thriving home gardens as irrigation expands.
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Arizona
Louis Wolfley
St Louis
Globe-Democrat
Gila
Santa Cruz
California
Glucose Production Expanded Around St Louis Area
The St Louis Globe Democrat notes glucose, made from corn, is wholesome when well made and now openly produced in the West. About 1,000,000 pounds daily, with over 20 factories within a day’s ride of St. Louis, and tariff protection expected to bring more.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
West
St. Louis
Tillman Inauguration Speech Promotes White Supremacy
South Carolina Governor elect B C Tillman, sworn in at the State House, proclaims Democratic victory and white supremacy. He calls for strong state control, urges suppression of lynch law, and outlines drastic reforms including school segregation, debt reforms, and a constitutional convention.
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Columba
S. C
B. C. Tillman
Reform
Farmers’ Alliance
State House
Democratic Party
South Carolina
Jefferson
South Carolin I
Citadel Academy
Need for More Rapid Transit Spurred by Southside Delays
In a report from the lower Southside a proposed electric runway to ease city access faces skepticism among middle aged residents. Two men, McCaba and a civil engineer, recount a strange delay on a Davis Island stretch where a freight train blocked and both passenger and freight trains halted for hours as engineers slept awaiting orders.
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McKee's Rocks
Phillipsburg
Canaan
McCaba
Davis Island
Ivis
Five stake holders receive charter for Monongahela bridge project
A charter is granted to five stakeholders of the Second Avenue Electric road to build a bridge across the Monongahela near Glenwood. The company plans extending the road to Homestead with the bridge as part of the project and expects work to begin in the spring.
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Second Avenue Electric Road
Monongahela River
Glenwood
Homestead
Wreck at Cliff Mine on Montour Railway
A Wednesday evening wreck at Cliff Mine on the Montour Railway damaged several cars and scattered coal over a wide area after a cable broke on an incline plane.
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Cliff Mine
Montour
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