Secret Conference in New York Delivers Reticence on Silver Policy
Secretary Windom met Dec 13 with bankers and dry goods leaders including J Pierpont Morgan and Cornelius Bliss to discuss silver purchases and bond plans. Negotiations focused on free coinage opposition, increased silver buys, and a 2 percent interconvertible bond proposal, with no formal action announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Windom
sub-Treasury
Wall Street
Roberts
Cole
American Exchange Nations Bank
Knox
Bank of the Republic
Williams
The
Chemical
Chase
Perkins
Ives
Western National
Baker
First National
King
Bank of Commerce
Stewart
United States Trust Company
J. Pierpont Morgan
Jesse Seligman
James B. Colgate
Cornelius N. Bliss
Nly
Bankers
Drygoods
Treasury Department
West 2Nd South
United States
Germany
France
England
Congress
Mercantile Trust Company
National Bank
Bankers Support Bond Salvage and Duty Extension Plan
Bank presidents back the bond description arguing deposits won’t fall and losses offset by bond quality. The group backs extending the $10,000,000 duty payment on goods in bonded warehouses from February to July with New York houses bearing much of the $8,000,000 share. Secretary Windom favors the extension to give merchants time, but Congress must act.
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New York
Windom
Congress
New Development Enjoins Banker Over Delamater Collateral
County Commissioners, via attorney George F Davenport, issue injunction against James F Mackarland Jr president of Merchants National Bank from using collateral or transferring county orders from Delamater & Co not canceled by the County Treasurer. Cyrus Kitchen, new county treasurer, cites neglect by his predecessor. Appraisers assigned to valuate the issigoors property begin work Monday December 15.
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Meadville
Delamater & Co
George Wallace Delamater
George W. Haskins
Delawater
George F. Davenport
James F. Mackarland, Jr
Merchants’ National Bank
Bank of Delamater & Co
Senate caucus to decide rate of force bill in Monday meeting
Washington December 13 Republican Senators plan a Monday caucus at Senator McMillan's residence to debate financial legislation and set the force bill rate. The Financial Committee met briefly without a formal agreement, while a broader plan contemplates silver purchase, bank bond reductions, treasury notes, and a convertible bond to fund currency needs.
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Washixeton
McMillan
Samuel Ca J Losseh
Bers
Sherman
Treasury
National Bank
Huston proposes silver surplus plan for relief
United States Treasurer Huston, visiting Cincinnati on route to Indianapolis where his wife is ill, suggests freeing a potential 5 million pound surplus by piling silver dollars and fractions. He asks Congress to authorize charging bullion and issuing Treasury notes, potentially easing current financial anxiety if rules are suspended.
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Crscrnati
United States
Huston
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Congress
Treasury
Lippincott Charged in Atlantic County Case on Forgery
Mrs Lippincott faced in Atlantic county on charges tied to the post season scheme of 1889. Allegations say she raised about 75000 by fake pretenses and forgery, much lost in stock speculation. She was a fugitive until last spring, arrested in Baltimore, and held in Camden jail.
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Atlantic County
Dancers in Flames at Buchtel College Birthday Party
A dozen or more lady students at Buchtel College Akron were burned during a birthday celebration when costumes of cotton batting caught fire from a gas jet. Eight masked celebrants wore cotton costumes. Miss Aurelia Steigmier and Miss Mary Steves were among the worst injured. Instructors and students aided by blankets and a fire extinguisher. The dormitories became temporary wards as physicians treated injuries. two may die.
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Akeon
Buchtel College
Indy
The
Cary Literary Society
Aurelia Steigmier
Utica
Mary Steves
Clifton Springs
Peru
Eva Dean
Storm Lake
Addie Buchel
Columbia
Kan
John R. Buchtel
Estelle Mason
Mogadore
Dora Merrill
Williamsport
Test Patent Suit Forces Royalty Payment in Haverhill Case
In Boston a U S Circuit Court decision orders J P Gilman's Sons of Haverhill to pay royalties on sweat band patents held by Hot Sweat Manufacturing Co of New York. The test case covers licenses used by 165 U S manufacturers. The decree totals 3 000 000 plus interest.
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Haverhill
Dispatch
Boston
New York
United States Circuit
Hot Sweat Manufacturing Company
J. P. Gilman's Sons
Haverhill,Maes
Colt
Fire destroys Birkersville stores and traps rescuers
Early morning blaze in Birkersville Missouri razes P. M. Smith furniture and hardware, spreads to the Masonic Hall housing town and county offices, and to an adjoining building and William Hart’s jewelry shop. The collapse buryes several escapees, killing Volney Sweet and injuring others, with total losses estimated at 40 000 to 50 000 dollars.
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Birkersville
P. M. Smith
Masonic Hall
William Hart
Volney Sweet
Cholera Ravages Guatemala Reported by San Juan
The San Juan from Panama arrives with grim cholera news for Guatemala. Over 12 000 cases and about 1 200 deaths in seven weeks in the city. An ice famine is described at Colon with ice priced at 70 per ton. The Ranger steamer contends with sickness at Corinto.
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Fepecial Thlegham
San Francisco
San Juan
Panama
Guatemala
Colon
United States
Ranger
Corinto
Foraker Exits Politics Ahead of 1892 Election
Ex-Governor J B Foraker of Ohio declares he is out of politics at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and discusses the West outlook. He says Ohio is ahead of other states and predicts Republican victory in 1892. He notes James G Blaine remains widely popular and could be nominated if the path opened.
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Blaine
New York
J. B. Foraker
Oho
Fifth Avenue
Ohio
Reform Club Dinner Honors Election Winners at Madison Square Garden
At the Reform Club dinner in New York to celebrate the late election the signatories include Grover Cleveland Carlisle Boles Russell Hensel Wilson Mills Johnson and others. They plan to respond to toasts on topics such as Education Popular Government reciprocity and a changing political landscape.
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New York
Reform Club
Madison Square Garden
Grover Cleveland
John G. Carlisle
Horace Boles
Northwest
William E. Russell
New England
William A. Hensel
William L. Wilson
Roger Q. Mills
Thomas Wilson
Tom L. Johnson
McKinley
Another Camden Murder on the Tracks
A new Camden homicide shocks residents as Bridget Fleming is found dead with a crushed skull on the West Jersey Railroad tracks at Lin editch near South Camden station. The body was placed on the rails after an assault.
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Philadelphia
Camden
Leconey
Miller
Bridget Fleming
Mount Vernon Street
West Jersey Railroad
Line Ditch
Seventh Street
Ksighn
Forger Mrs Lippincott Released From Camden Jail
Philadelphia report says Mrs Jnnes C Lippincott famed forger who and her husband ran Hotel Haddon Hall Atlantic City was freed from Camden jail after about five months. Release ordered by Wilson Jenkins Camden County Court of Pleas chief. One forgery charge remains.
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Philadelphia
Jnnks C. Lippincott
Haddon Hall
Atlantic City
Camden
Wilson Jenkins
Court of Pleas
Camden County
Wedded Actress Margaret Mather Seeks Divorce From Emil Haberkorn
New York dispatch reports actress Margaret Mather plans a divorce from Emil Haberkorn, her Pittburg Duquesne Theater husband. Haberkorn, former Union Square leader, faced rumors of non support as Mather stars in Joan of Arc at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. The couple married secretly in Buffalo in 1887 and have since separated amid mounting rumors of dispute over maintenance and possible cross actions.
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Miss Mather
Union Square Theatre
Mr. Haberkorn
Mr. Hill
Union Square
Mather
Buffalo
Ballard
Bureau of Vital Statictics
New York
Los Angeles
Fifth Avenue Theater
Haberkorn
Hubert Wilkes
Kansas City
Marriage Announcement Appears for Frau Haterkorn Partner
A brief note states the engagement of a female partner to Herr Haterkorn and that the marriage announcement followed several weeks later, highlighting social notices of union in the community.
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Herr Haterkorn
Big Fire Ravages Rochester Damages Freight Depot and Mills
A severe blaze in Rochester destroyed W A Miller Sons planing mill and Kaercher Sons bar mill along with the Ft Wayne freight depot, causing an estimated $50 000 in losses. With no local fire department and no nearby water supply, residents fought flames with buckets and private cisterns. The Doncaster House narrowly escaped total destruction as WU wires were downed, and Beaver Falls refused aid without payment. About 150 mill workers and their families faced winter unemployment.
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Dinfatos
Rochester
W. A. Miller & Sons
Western Union
Doncaster
Beaver Falls
OLD FIGHT REVIVED AT THE BUREAU OF ENGRAVING
A staff correspondent reports a bitter clash at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing as Meredith’s leadership angers plate printers allied with Knights of Labor while Federation influence grows. Jordan, a plate printer leader and ally of Powderly, is dismissed amid investigations prompting industry wide tension.
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Meredith
Moore
Moore and Cinsone
Permas Bomine
Maredith
Eatline
Secretary of the Treasury, Knights and Federation
Knights of Labor
Federation of Labor
Pirate Printers Assembly
Federation of Labor of
District of Columbia
Gompers
New York
Jordan
Plate Printers’ Assembly
Bureau of Engraving and
Bureau
Federation
Powderly
Windom
Knights
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Four killed in rail crossing crash at Bristow Mall Street
At a Mall street crossing four people died when the safety gates rose before the westbound New York express arrived. A wagon carrying John Mellvain and his 13 year old son Neil was struck. Neil and two others died and John Mellvain and John McGee were badly hurt. A bystander Joseph Johnson was also killed. The gatekeeper may face arrest.
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Bristow
Mall Street
New York
John Mellvain
Joseph Johnson
John McGee
Fire at Barnaby Co. injures men. many saved by fire escape
A fire at the J B Barnaby Company clothing store in the Dorrance building caused heavy smoke as 100 workers faced danger. The new Middle street fire escape aided rapid evacuation of women and saved many lives though a fall injured a bystander and a wall collapse damaged a ladder truck. Loss estimated around 500000 dollars, mostly insured.
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Providence
R. L
Middle Street
Committee backs DC liquor ban bill for medical science use
The Committee on the Alcoholic Liquor Traffic voted to report favorably to the House a bill prohibiting manufacture and sale of spirituous and intoxicating liquors in the District of Columbia except for medicinal, mechanical and scientific purposes.
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House
District of Columbia
Pension Office Inquiry Reopens Amid Favoritism Claims
The House Committee resumed its probe into the pension office after a three month pause. Green B. Baum Jr. testified no favoritism by Pension Attorney Lemon in appointments, noting limited overlaps and that McGilley denied stock in the refrigerator company. Senate confirms H. B. Bengough as Pension Agent at Pittsburgh in executive session.
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Lemon
WasHixotos
House Committee
Cooper
Indiana
Baum
Green B. Baum, Jr
Ebaum
H. B. Ramey
Ramey
Civil Service
Witness
Lepen
Pension Office
Peg de Baum
John M. W. Rye McGilley
Rfey
McGilley
Coker
The New Castle Bribery Case Opens in Court
In New Castle on December 15 the case of W. D. Wallace accused of bribing delegates to the Twenty fifth district convention began in Lawrence county courts. The day focused on jury selection with no juror chosen by adjournment. Attorneys clashed and the trial is set to continue Monday afternoon as a crowd watched the proceedings.
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the Commonwealth
W. D. Wallace
Lawrence County
Tagcott Bobs Up Again In Police Case
Port Huron police arrest a young man who claims the name John Bradley. Authorities believe they have captured Tascott the murderer of Buell, Chicago banker. The suspect matches the scar on hip and elbow, and Chicago officials have been informed.
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Port Huron
John Bradley
Tascott
Buell
Chicago
Adjutant General Helps Reinstatement Of Cadet Cruse
Adjutant General Hastings visited the Navy Department to press for the reinstatement of A. J. Cruse a Bellefonte youth and former Naval Academy cadet. Cruse refused to name hazers in a recent hazing scandal and was dismissed. his friends urged action and he was reinstated today.
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Yertra
Hissegton
Hastings
Secretary of the Navy
A. J. Cruse
Bellefonte
Naval School
Annapolis
Cruse
Hazers
The Dispatch Directory Classified for Readers Convenience
The issue notes 24 pages in three parts with sections on news Europe Christmas shopping and domestic items. It lists contents by page numbers and features including Queen Victoria's Hounds secret societies and a variety of notices and features across periods.
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the Dispatch
Europe
Sundsay
Amazon
Keebet
Queen Victoria's
Frank A
Doee
Business Carda
Diseased Cattle Probed in Chicago Slaughter Yards
The grand jury is expected to investigate claims that diseased lumpy sawed cattle were received at Chicago stock yards slaughtered and sold for food. A jurisdictional fight between the State Live Stock Commission and the City Board of Health has delayed inspections and sparked accusations of improper disposal of diseased meat into the local market.
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Chicago
State Live Stock Commission
City Board of Health
Postponed Again on Border Raid Claims in Rules Committee
The border raid claims bill faces delay as Democratic Rule Committee members Blount and McMillen call for a formal committee meeting rather than relying on informal ascent. A decision is expected at an early next week meeting.
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Wasuixetos
House Committee On Rules
Representatives Blount
McMillen
Committee On Rules
Terrible Fate of Two Men Caught in a Snow Storm
A special telegram from Parkersburg reports the bodies of James Lane and George Siuken found near Clay Court House. The two eastern Clay County farmers died after being frozen during a mountain snow storm that began Wednesday. Their horses were located several miles away.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Clay Court House
James Lane
George Siuken
Clay County
Miss Mather and Ernest Haberkorn Named Duquesne Theater Leaders
Ernest Haberkorn, husband of Margaret Mather, is announced as the new engaged leader of the Duquesne Theater Orchestra, slated to take the post for the first time tomorrow evening. He has been in Pittsburg about six weeks and recently left the Seventh Avenue Hotel. his current address is unknown.
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Miss Mather
John Mather
Anna Finlayson
Tiebury
Canada
Detroit
Mich
George Edgar
Miss Mathers
J. M. Hill
Ernest Haberkorn
Margaret Mather
Duquesne Theater Orchestra
Pittsburg
Seventh Avenue Hotel
Mr. Haberkorn
Miss. Mather
Battle rumor in Hermosa area reports Indian and settler clash
Governor Mellete received telegraphs from Buffalo Gap and hills recounting a yesterday fight on Wrench Creek near Hermosa in which three Indians died. Pine Ridge Agency confirms, location about 200 miles southeast. Separate reports suggest two Indian bands fought. rumors of a large trooper versus Indian battle are unfounded.
Collins not named postoffice inspector yet
Washington December 13. The Postoffice Department stated there is no truth to the report that Stephen Collins of Pittsburg had been appointed a postoffice inspector. The item suggests it would be futile for Collins to seek a position within the Post Office.
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Stephen Collins
CORI
Washreton
Pittsburg
Mr. Collins
Unknown Robber Attacks Aged Couple Near New Castor
Near New Castor Indiana an elderly couple Asa Wallace and his wife were beaten fatally by an unknown robber who stole $1,000 and fled in the night. The incident stands as a brutal crime in the region.
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New Castor
Asa Wallace
Gas Strike At Exposition Well Promises Pittsburg Energy Boom
Gas flows from a 1,985 foot Exposition ground well proving the fifth sand under Pittsburg. Drillers report 47 613 cubic feet per day and plan deeper drilling as directors eye gas displays to ease Exposition debts. Crowds gather as specimens of the stratified sand are displayed and bids for turning gas to exhibition use begin.
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Exposition Grounds
Pittsburg
James C. Boyce
Washington County
Iron City
Painter Bros
West Carson Strees
Exposition
Painter Venture
McElroy
Fifth Avenue
Smithfield Street
Johnston
Exposition Society
D. D. Herbst
Bratton Crawford
W. H. Adams
Messrs. Rosenbaum
Marvin
Pl An
Mr. Nee
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McFarland
Delamater
Mre
Missouri
Foraker
Banqueet
Emil Haberkorn
Thel, New Duquesne Theater
Duquesne Theater
Cupid
Girlhood
Knights of Labor and Federation
Wasurxoron
Graves
Peril
Raum Investigation
New Castle
Tagcott
COBRE
Allegheny Court News
Grand Army
Henry Clews
Sanesere E
Ringle
Pillsburg
kupyAmp Krpiing
Charles T. Murray
London
Tower
Esteessees Macleod
Howana
Howard Fielding
Advent
George Hoppers
Shirley Dare
Craig Royston
William Black Sueel
Frank G
Carpenter the
Arc Light
Wreseceeses
Reece Serena
Duquesne Orchestra
Morrow
Wasspryaroy
Board of Directors
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