Reform Club Dinner Sparks House Speaker Crisp Boom
Washington reports a sharp backlash among Democrats after the Reform Club dinner in New York. Critics say the invitation insulted Speaker Crisp, while Mugwumps and Cleveland allies face denouncement as factions clash over tariff reform and loyalty to the administration.
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HinGtos
Reed Congress
Ture
Maine
House
Crisp
Reform Club
House of Representatives
United States
Cleveland
Whitney
Bourke Cochran
New York
Carl Schurz
Campbell
Tom Johnson
Carlisle
Schurz
Democratic Dinners Stir Party Factions and Treasury Talk
The dispute over a Democratic leaders dinner pits Dewitt Warner against Mugwump critics as Speaker Crisp faces scrutiny. Speculation swirls about Treasury selections with Carlisle ruled out by Cleveland factions while Fairchild and Campbell vie for proximity to the President-elect.
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Democratic Party
Reform Club
Dewitt Warner
New York City
Warner
Crisp
Democrats
Mc Warner
Carlisle
Kentucky
Treasury
Washington
Cleveland
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Kney
Navy
Campbell
Ohio
Mr. Cleveland
Fairchild
Smith Guilty of Heresy by Cincinnati Presbytery
The Cincinnati Presbytery found Prof Henry P. Smith of Lane Theological Seminary guilty on two charges about inspiration. Second charge verdict 36 guilty 20 not guilty. Third charge verdict 32 guilty 26 not guilty. A committee will report proposed penalties. excommunication unlikely, possibly an admonition.
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Cryctxxati
Cincinnati Presbytery
Henry P. Smith
Lane Theological Seminary
Gladstone May Open The World’s Columbian Exposition
Chicago December reports that William Ewart Gladstone may deliver the opening oration for the World's Columbian Exposition next May. The Ceremonies Committee weighs Gladstone against Emilio Castelar, noting Castelar’s eloquence but English difficulty. Secretary Culp says the Board of Control will act tomorrow.
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William Ewart Gladstone
England
Gladstone
Emilio Castelar
Caxtelar
Arresting Yale Students In City Court
Fred M Wirheaus er Yale student charged with breach of the peace in a disturbance from the prior week was continued until next Friday. Prosecutor Dow said warrants were issued for several more students and would be served soon. Detective Sgt Cowles arrested James A McCrea of the Yale Football team for breach of the peace against Emil Adler of the New Haven Opera House orchestra. he was released on bonds.
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New Haves
Fred M. Wirheauser
Yale
Dow
Cowles
James A. McCrea
Emil Adler
New Haven Opera House
Cooley Trial Delayed Amid Court Press. Verdicts Stir Ramsey
In Asrortows Pennsylvania the Cooley family trial for receiving stolen goods was postponed due to a crowded docket, with the delay pushing proceedings to tomorrow. Ramsey reacted with rage after Saturday verdicts, and a related figure faced aggression toward a new danger. Shoat pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons in the morning session.
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Asrortows
Cooley
Ramsey
Wa Cunnoes
Enger
Coepees
Missourians Seek Cabinet Posts In Cleveland Era
Report from New York notes Governor-elect Stone and others press for Cabinet spots with Missouri contenders Francis Jones and Hatch. Cleveland weighs interior and war posts while Francis is favored for Interior. The Crisp incident sparks gossip as Democrats debate preconcerted acts and speakers at Reform Club dinner.
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New York
Dispatch
Cleveland
Mills
Fairchild
Wall Street
Stone
Francis
Charles H. Jones
St. Louis
Mills denial blocks Crisp dinner speech claim
A Dispatch reporter reported Democrats told Senator Mills that Speaker Crisp prepared a speech but would not be given the chance. Anderson denied the claim, insisting Mills had not mentioned any remarks and would take responsibility for the denial.
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Crisp
Mills
Johnson
Remar
Anderson
Judge Crisp
Fairchild
House of Representatives
Milla
Eays
Reform Club
Speaker Crisp
Mr. Anderson
O Benatar Mills and
Gorman
Carlisle
Dispatch
Senator Mills
Caprivi’s Power Trembles In Berlin Political Deadlock
Berlin talks of a crisis as Chancellor Caprivi faces a rebuff over the military bill and Center party opposition. Votes are estimated Center 109 Progressists 67 Socialists 35 Democrats 10 totaling 221. Caprivi’s retirement rumors rise amid arms quality debates and currency stance at Brussels talks.
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Count von Waldersse
Rector Ablwardt
Loewe & Co
Reichstag
Eellor von Caprivi
Count von Mirbach
Brussels
von Caprigi
Conce
Germany
Armour's Princely Gift to Chicago Institute planned
Philip D Armour sails for New York to Europe after bequeathing Chicago over 1.5 million dollars. He funds a five story Armour Institute on Armour avenue and 1.4 million more for the institute's operations. The building and funds go to a Board of Directors for a public manual training science and art school opening September 1.
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Chicago
Philip D. Armour
Packer
New York
Europe
Armour Avenue
Armour Institute
Drexel Institute
Philadelphia
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
Forts
Man Held After Bushwhack Attempt in Beaver County
A Ohio man A L Davis was jailed in Beaver for allegedly trying to murder Matthew Bradshaw of North Beaver Township. Bradshaw was shot at by a hidden attacker on a roadside as he returned from Beaver Falls. he survived with a neck wound and led officers to the suspect. The feud reportedly stems from a family quarrel.
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Beaver
A. L. Davis
Matthew Bradshaw
North Beaver Township
Bradshaw
Beaver Falls
Uietly
A Stream of Flame Engulfs Miller's Run in Pennsylvania
A break in the Crescent Oil Pipe line in Manor township released heavy oil into Miller's run near Hazelton. Hunters set the oil ablaze turning the creek into a furnace with flames 50 to 100 feet high. Trees and limestone formations were damaged as crews dammed and burned upper oil and repaired the leak. losses were large.
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Miller's Run
Hazelton
Lancaster
Crescent Oil Pipe Company
Manor Township
Conestoga Creek
Heaters Triumph in Pottstown Iron Mill Dispute
In Pottstown on December 12, the nail plate mill heaters won relief as the Pottstown Iron Company backed down from plans to shift furnace duties solely to them at 20 cents per ton and to replace three workers with two helpers. The firm restored the previous pay and duties, paying heaters 18 cents per ton and their helpers 11 cents.
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Pottstown Iron Company
Pottstown
Minnesota Iron to Build Northwestern Line to Mesaba District
At a December meeting the Minnesota Iron Company Executive Committee ordered a road from a Duluth Two Harbors point into the Mesaba iron district. A survey party under Engineer Angst will mark the proposed loop line to boost fruitful operations.
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Curiaco
Minnesota Iron Company
Duluth
Harbors
Mesaba Iron District
Angst Moe
Poison plot looms in Homestead case tied to Beatty
Pinkerton detective Ford describes discovery of a poisoning plot at Homestead and asserts rival theories about Glosser’s death. He says Paulson’s death not connected and Gallagher remains in town. The detec tives pursue Beatty’s habeas corpus while Kentucky hearing looms.
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Dr. Petit
Patrick Gallagher
Paulson
Canada
Brennen
Robert J. Beatty
Louisville
Homestead
J. T. O'Neill
Matt O’dougherty
Toney
Law and Equity
Beatty
Carnegie
Kentucky
E. Breck
Pinkerton
Pat Farrell
Harrisburg
Breck
Pennsylvania
Ford
Homestead Mills
Gallagher
Poe
Anto
Captain Breck
Kenk A Te Lo
Saya
Kaolin King Tom Lamar fatally shot in Aiken melee
The Kaolin King of Aiken, Tom Lamar, killed Mayor R A Chaffee and wounded Chief Marshal Robert Gaston and another officer after Lamar drew a pistol during an arrest in a barroom. Lamar was then shot and killed by the mayor. All three victims were rushed to a drug store with fatal injuries feared.
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Charleston, & C
Tom Lamar
Aiken
Ator. Wm
R. A. Chaffee
Langley
BR. A. Chaffee
Aiken, Co. B. Lawman
Langdon
Chaffee
Robert Gaston
Lamar
Makine
Green Glassworkers Vote to Strike for Union Flights
The United Green Glassblowers' Association announces a strike of Cumberland Glass Company workers in South Jersey to press for union integration with the American Flint Glassworkers' Union. The move follows years of seeking an alliance and a stipulation that scab factories be unionized before Amalgamation.
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Brinceton
D. J
United Green Glassblowers' Association
United States
Canada
Lass
South Jersey
Cumberland Glass Company
Green
American Flint Glassworkers’ Union
Rochester
Corning
N. Y
Will of Jay Gould Filed for Probate in New York
The will of Jay Gould disposing of 72 million dollars is filed in Surrogate Ransom's Court. Judge John E Dillon notes no new facts beyond prior publications. Executors George J Gould Helen M Gould Edwin and Howard Gould file affidavits showing New York real estate worth 2 million and personal property 70 million with a state tax of 700 thousand.
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New York
John E Dillon
Jay Gould
Dillon
Tierney
George J. Gould
Helen M. Gould
Edwin and
Howard Gould
Judge Dean Resigns as Pennsylvania Judge
The resignation of Hon. John Dean of Hollidaysburg, President Judge of the Twenty fourth Judicial District, takes effect December 31. His successor will not be appointed until then. Aaron Augustus Chase of Scranton is urged for the new Lackawanna Law Judge seat by local supporters. A hearing for another candidate, District Attorney Kelly, is set for tomorrow.
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Harrisburg
John Dean
Hollidaysburg
Twentyfourth
Pennsylvania
Dean
P. A. Walton
Shamokin
James Milton
Scranton
William Gable
Luzerne
Pattison
Aaron Augustus Chase
Lackawanna
John Connolly
Case
Friends Oistrict
Kelly
A Rich PlacER Found and Railroad Men Deserting Posts
Excitement runs high in PHENIX Arizona as a rich placer is reported on the San Juan river. Trainmen telegraph operators and rail officials desert their posts crippling service. A party left Canon Diablo for the mines. Business hampered by 86 hours' work on one man.
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Phenix
Arizona
San Juan
Atlantic and Pacific
Canon Diablo
Ala Coed
Sought a Gretna Green
Pretty Lala Watt aged 16 and Porter H. Ferree aged 19 eloped on Sunday evening and are believed headed to Cumberland to be married. Watt family fears the couple fled after Lulu’s clothes disappeared and Ferree left a note saying he would return from Maryland with a secret to tell. Ferree works as a bookkeeper and boarded nearby. brothers vow consequences if he returns.
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Lala Watt
Porter H. Ferree
Cumberland
Kelly Street
Broshton
Lulu
Joseph Watts
Ferree
Homewood Avenue
M. & Church
Ats
Eas Brothers
Mr. Watt
Maryland
Mrs. Watt
Brushton
Laflin & Rand Powder Company
Watt
Dying Child Forces Witness Removal in Court
In a case of William Bendel v Fritz Ewald, Mrs. William Bendel left the Criminal Court when her six months old baby, suffering with diphtheria, was dying in her arms. Mia Bendel was the key witness, but she could not stay as her child required care and the judge allowed her to retire.
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William Bendel
Fritz Ewald
Bendel
Mia Bendel
Close Shave For Pittsburg Coal Fleet On Steubenville Run
Thirty Pittsburgh coal boats passed Steubenville last evening amid close shaves and hard rubbing on the river shoals known as the clusters. Barges rose 12 to 18 inches on the bar with one Gilmore vessel rising higher. Several boats leaked badly and three Gilmore crew left the boat as pumping labored. Below Steubenville boatmen planned to push coal downstream despite flood risks.
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Pittsburg
Steubenville
Frank Gilmore
Gilmore
Across the Monongahela A Bridge by Union Railway
Harrisburg reports Representative Dalzell introduced a House bill authorizing Union Bridge Company to span the Monongahela between Mifflin and Wilkins townships Allegheny County. The bridge must rise at least feet above full pool, align piers with the current, and place the main span over the main channel. Plans require approval by the Secretary of War before construction.
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Union Railway Company
Harrisburg
Dalzell
Monongahela River
Union Bridge Company
Miflin Township
Wilkins Township
Allegheny County
Miss Van Voorhis Located After Mysterious Disappearance
Miss Van Voorhis of Monongahela City had vanished from her home last week and was found with friends in Spearsville Kansas. Family and friends learned she was with them yesterday. no motive or reason for the earlier disappearance is provided.
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Kansas
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