Blaine Declines Nominations Ahead of Pennsylvania Play
Rumors say James G Blaine will formally decline the Republican presidential nomination while President Harrison backs Blaine and Secretary Blaine in a unified effort. In Pennsylvania Dalzell shapes as key leader amid Warmcastle issues with Magee Quay and Quay’s patronage power weighing on a Senate bid.
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Harrison
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Sherman
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Baine
Dalzell
Warmcastle
Bisine
Pennsylvania
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Magee
United States Senate
Congress
Maine
Texas
Pittsburg
Case
Cameron
Senate
Blaine Won't Run for Presidency Says Jones
B F Jones, former National Republican Committee chair in 1884, relays Blaine told him long ago he would not seek the presidency again. Jones, a close friend, says he sees no reason Blaine would change his mind and notes Blaine’s past ambitions and views on tariff policy and party strategy.
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B. F. Jones
Distator
Jones
National Republican Committee
Grover Cleveland
Mr. Blaine
Mr. Jones
Bar Harbor
Sesson
West
Harrison
Wall Street Agog Over Gould Shortage and Market Duel
New York stocks brace for a sharp advance as Gould and Vanderbilt factions tactics split the bear and bull camps. Brokers warn heavy short interest and a possible recovery in American equities amid reports of losses at Francis Baker & Co and a large gold export.
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New York
George Crouch
Jay Gould
George
Gould
Vanderbilt
London
Europe
Union Pacific
Charles Francia Adams
Morgan
Vanderbilts
Napoleon
Mr. Crouch
George Gould
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Byrnes
Missouri Pacific
Mercantile Trust Company
Decca White
W. White & Co
Wall Street
White
York
Chicago
Field, Lindley, Wiechers & Co
Chiore
Francis Baker & Co
Dry Goods Commission
Welcome S. Jarvis
Francis Baker
Wendell Baker
Harvard
Jarvis Enid
Baker
Bynum Forgiven as House Prepares Expunging Move
Washington dispatch recalls the last session when Representative Bynum was censured by Speaker Reed for calling Tom Bayne a sewer. Judge Wheeler wins election in the recent House lottery and may push an expunging resolution, while Cutcheon’s successor could be General Wheeler. Wheeler shifted loyalties in the Speakership fight before backing Mills.
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Wheeler
Ron
Washington
Bynum
Reed
Tom” Bayne
Pittsburg
General Cutcheon
Michigan
Army Board of Fortifications
Congress
Springer
Don Dickinson
Mills
Texas
A New Kind of Grip Tightens Mills in Bant Timorr
A peculiar epidemic described by doctors as muscular neuralgia or grip spreads through Bant Timorr. Victims feel shooting pains migrating through limbs settling in muscles and joints sometimes mimicking sciatica. Mills in Woodberry report idle looms as workers suffer, with widespread bed rest noted.
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Bant Timorr
Woodberry
An Old Club in Trouble in New York
Dissension roils the St. Nicholas Club, a leading New York society. Its constitution restricts membership to 400 descendants of New York natives or residents before 1785, but the roll has dwindled to about 200, and rumors claim the club may be disbanded.
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St. Nicholas Club
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Faeces Department
Fatal Midnight Accident at Mill in Allegheny
Christian Tisenkessler a mill worker at Marshall Kennedy flour mill Allegheny was injured at midnight when a West Penn Railroad coal car backed through the engine room brick wall. Her right leg broke and she suffered internal injuries. She was taken to her home at 107 Spring alley.
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Christian Tisenkessler
Marshall Kennedy
Allegheny
West Penn Railroad
East Maine Woman Dies After Horse Colic Fright
Mrs Charles Bliss of East Maine was killed when her horses panicked near Binghamton New York. She clung to the reins and steered the team into a barbed wire fence before collapsing inside the wagon. Nearby bystanders rushed to help, but she had died, likely from the shock of the fright.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Charlies Bliss
East Maine
Topper suit against ex police chief settled after mistrial
Edith Sessions Topper's lawsuit against ex Superintendent Martin Morin for false imprisonment was discontinued by stipulation. The case ended with a mistrial as the jury disagreed, and both sides agreed to a settlement with retrial anticipated.
Mills Will Fight If Ill He Fails To Outline Purposes
Histon December report notes Mills may resign to back seat or oppose Crisp Springer program. It describes the struggle between Mills and the new Speaker Crisp over tariff reform, with party factions lining up, while Mills remains ill and could return to press his free trade stance after the holiday recess.
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United States Senate
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Quay
Dalzell
Pittsburg
Congress
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Gorman
Hill
Cleveland-Mills
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Brice
Mills
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Wilson
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McMillin
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Speaker Crisp
Washington
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Capitol
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Chandler
Teed
Springer
Democratic House
Republican Senate
Northwestern
Free Trade
Northwest
Cleveland
New Ways and Means
Foster
Cleveland's New Bishop Succeeds Late Gilmour
Official notice from Cincinnati announces Rev. Dr. Ignatius F. Horstmann as Bishop of Cleveland to succeed the late Bishop Gilmour. Horstmann, native of Philadelphia and former Chancellor of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, is esteemed across denominations. Consecration date and details remain unconfirmed.
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Philadelphia
Glimour
Eighteenth Street
Cincinnati
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Archdiocese of
Cleveland
Gilmour
Florida
Old St. Mary’s
Ryan
Central High School
Probable Wreck of Lowande’s Circus Off South America
Special report from New York says the Lowande circus may have perished at sea after a schooner carrying about 25 performers including Martinho Lowande and Miss Stickney was struck by a cyclone off the north coast of South America. The one ring troupe toured Pennsylvania and the East before last summer.
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New York
Lowande
South America
Martinho Lowande
Martinho
West Indies
Bellows Dislocates Jaw During Card Game in Williamsburg
Albert T. Bellows praised a strong hand in a 1000 point game with William F. Barry and dislocated his jaw while taunting his opponent. An ambulance drove him to Eastern District Hospital after Dr. Gifford treated him for nearly an hour. Bellows was sent home with jaw bandages and a ten day restraint.
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New York
Albert T. Bellows
William F. Barry
Williamsburg
Barry
Bellows
Gifford
Eastern District Hospital
Supreme Court ruling raises Union Pacific taxes in Idaho
Idaho December 11. The State Supreme Court ruled the State Board of Equalization erred in class based assessment equalization. The decision will raise Union Pacific Railroad taxes by about 100000 dollars as a result of the ruling and set to affect further acts.
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Borse Crry
Idaho
State Supreme Court
State Board of Equalization
Peatiele
Iris
Union Pacific Railroad
Sensational suit over 200000 gas deposits and security
M M Stevenson files in Common Pleas Court No 3 against the Philadelphia Company alleging that deposits totaling between 150000 and 200000 were demanded as security for gas bills. He claims the practice is unjust, arbitrary and discriminatory while the company paid interest to few depositors and offered no security. A writ was granted by Judge McClung with a hearing set for Tuesday.
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Stevenson
Shady Avenue
East End
J. J. Vandergrift
Pennsylvania Company
Mr. Stevenson
Thia
Bill In
Equity
Asid
Joy
Jury Discharges Colored Panel After Larceny Trial
In Lake Providence Louisiana a larceny case against George McGowan ended with a not guilty verdict from a colored jury. The judge discharged the jurors for misconduct and prevented them from ever serving again, marking an unprecedented formal dismissal.
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Lake Providence
George McGowan
Blaine Declines Cited in This Morning's News Directory
The directory lists B. F. Jones predicting Blaine will decline. Early items note Free Traders trapped in trouble and a Wall Street swing expected amid talk of a gas company test. The page also mentions another home outrage and a thief's courthouse escape.
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Blaine
Wall Street
Court House
Warmcastle
Saudénuny
Dynamite Strike Breaks Mine Standstill in Indiana
A mine near Brazin is bombed by striking workers in an escalating dispute. The Pratt mine, owned by Coal Bluff Mining Co., shuts down with operations halted for at least a week after a dynamite blast. Miners and operators blame each other as violence and boycotts intensify, crippling regional business and closing two theaters for the first time in years.
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Brazin
Indiana Coal Region
Pratt
Here
Coal Bluff Mining Company
Indiana
Nihilist Spy From Boston Planned Secret Mission to Russia
Boston reports a Russian Nihilistic Society branch chose an exile as agent for a secret mission to Russia. He carries $6,000 and private dispatches to St. Petersburg, aiming to report on Russia's political scene. He departed for New York to sail toward Liverpool and Hamburg for frontier entry with a St. Petersburg contact.
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Russian Section
Nihilistic Society
St. Petersburg
Russia
Siberia
New York
Liverpool
Hamburg
Times letter from Valparaiso on Harrison message
Valparaiso correspondent reports indignation in the American colony over perceived misrepresentations by American agents. They blame personal motives and gambling in exchange, expecting Congress to demand full documents and a possible apology from President Harrison.
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Times
Valparaiso
Harrison
America
Congress
Whaleback libeled over salvage claim in court
Frank Upton owner of the steamship Zambesi has libeled the whaleback Charles W Wetmore in U S Court seeking 250000 salvage for saving the Wetmore which was towed into Astoria after being found without a rudder off Tillamook Rock valued at 200000 with cargo worth 500 Was Pron. The Wetmore lies in Astoria under U S Marshal control.
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Zambesi
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Tilamook Rock
Astoria
Wetmore
Great Foel Zambesi
Puget Sound
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