The Death of Senator Preston B. Plumb Overwork
Kansas Senator Preston B. Plumb died of apoplexy from brain exhaustion after years of relentless labor in Washington and Kansas. He collapsed at his Fourteenth Street apartments then died at 11:30 am with Dr. Wales and clerk Fleeniken present. Funeral plans include a Washington service and burial in Emporia, Kansas, with Vice President Morton and numerous Senators in attendance.
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Wasnisctor
D. C
Preston B. Plumb
Kansas
Fourteenth Street
Philip S Wales
B. W.fienniken
Jennings
Senate
Plumb
Capitol
Wales
Senator Plumb
Philadelphia
Senator Quay
Dr. Pepper
Washington
Chamberlain's
Mahone
Linson JD. Jennings
Mr. Jennings
Dr. Wales
Mr. Plumb
Senator Ploomb
Peffer
Valentine
Charles B. Reade
Emporia
Kan
United States Senate
Morton
Mannerson
Paddock
Walthall
Cullom
Hale
Washburne
Teller
Wolcott
Crisp
House of Representatives
France and Germany back Bulgaria in Chadouine affair
Paris reports German support for Bulgaria over the Chadouine arrest and expulsion, while France sticks to its policy and pursues treaty rights. Ribot will address the Chamber about Bulgaria, with the Porte likely to deem the matter Bulgaria’s internal affair. France and the United States push toward a commercial treaty as Floquet plans a Chicago visit.
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Paris
M. Herbert
Berlin
Ribot
Bulgaria
M. Stambuloff
France
Germany
M. Ribot
Chamber of Deputies
M. Millevoye
M. Chadouine
M. Lanelle
Porte
M. Cambon
Turkey
Chadouine
Constantinople
Foreign Office
United States
Reid
Patrenots
New York
Floquet
Hungarian Ministers Duel With Swords After Pistol Fails
Baron Fejervary former Defense Minister and Diet member Herr Ugron fought a duel in public today. Each fired twice with pistols without effect, then swapped to swords. Both were wounded in the arm and Fejervary suffered an earcut. Fejervary had quit his portfolio to seek satisfaction for a speech by Agron.
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Bonafesta
Baron Fejervary
Herr Ugron
Diet
Agron
Fava Won't Return as Italy Plans New Ambassador Route
Baron Fava, former Italian Minister to the United States, has met with the President of the Council and returned to Naples. Diplomatic relations with America will resume soon with a new minister to Washington, as Fava will be reassigned to another port.
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Italy
Rome
Baron Fava
United States
The
Council
Harrison
Naples
America
Washington
Three More Embezzlers Arrested in European Countries
December 20 report from Lowpox states Conrad Zorn of Zorn and Kobell Munich was arrested aboard the Cunarder Aurania en route to New York on embezzlement charges. Directors Wuest and Kling of the General Credit Bank Basel were seized at Ostend. Mr Hastings MP for Worcestershire was detained on arrival at Folkestone for defrauding Malvern College of 15000 pounds under his trusteeship.
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M. Floquet
Major Brackett
Chicago Fair Commission
United States
Deschanel
New York
Chicago
Siegfried
Yomerecy
T. B. Bryan
Mr. Higginbotham
Bryan Ives
M. George Berger
Messrs
Higginbotham
Bryan
Rome
Lowpox
Conrad Zorn
Zorn & Kobell
Munich
Wuest and Kling
General Credit Bank
Basle
Switzerland
Ostend
Hastings
M. P
Worcestershire
Folkestone
Malvern College
Imperial army chief thrown from horse in Shanghai
The chief acting general of the Imperial army in Shanghai was thrown from his horse and killed when his neck broke. He was regarded as the finest Chinese commander and his loss will hinder China’s military leadership.
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Shanghai
China
Archduchess Stephanie Travel Work Sees Approval
Joseph approves publication of a travel work by Archduchess Stephanie featuring her journeys and her original pen drawings.
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Joseph
Archduchess
Stephanie
Death of a Philanthropist Henry C Gibson Philadelphia
Henry C Gibson noted art patron and philanthropist died in Philadelphia at age after anemia. He built wealth from whisky related ventures and outside speculation and retired four years ago to oversee his estate and art collection. He served as Reading Railroad director and endowed University of Pennsylvania incurables. fortune valued at about 20 million dollars. His heirs include a son and two daughters.
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Emporia
Plumb
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Senator Plumb
Delaware County
Ohio
Territory of
Kansas
Leavenworth
Henry C. Gibson
Mr. Gibson
A. J. Drexel
George W. Childs
William L. Elkins
P. A. B. Widener
Reading Railroad
Gibson
University of Pennsylvania
Chicago
Carcano
James Gavin
Maria
Benjamin Langlers
Gavin
Marri
Maria Gavin
Miss Gavin
St. Jarleth’s
George McAuliffe
McAuliffe
Father Cashman
St. Jarlath's
Policeman Langlers
St. Jarlath’s
Thomas
Langlers
Richmond Terminal Cuts Jobs Across Systems
The Richmond Terminal Ordered a wholesale discharge of its employees with over 300 machinists and shop hands suspended in Macon and more than 200 in Savannah. The cuts, aimed at saving money to meet trust and dividend demands, threaten local commerce and signal further layoffs next week.
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Atlanta
Richmond
Macon
Savannah
Macon Round House
Hoey Restitution Talk Triggers Express Company Silence
In Bridgeport on December 20 Special President Henry Sanford of Adams Express confirms Hoey repaid 500000 via his wife’s property. The company will not prosecute but Sanford says the deal does not affect Spooner who may also restitute. Spooner, ill, declined to comment.
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Bridgeport
Henry Sanford
The
Adams Express Company
John Hoey
Hoey
Express Company
Mr. Spooner
Sanford
Mr. Hoey
Walt Whitman Deteriorates in Camden Home
Walt Whitman the poet remains bedbound at his Camden home as bronchial pneumonia weakens him further. He eats little, relies on milk punch and alcohol rubs, with a male attendant aiding his movements. Doctor Longacre of Philadelphia attends him as the condition remains grave though not immediately terminal.
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Philadelphia
Walt Whitman
Camden
Longacre
A Thousand Waifs Fe d F Dinners In Minutes
At Cariaco Cavalry Armory a crowd watched 1000 waifs eat a Christmas dinner in about 6 minutes 30 seconds. The Waits Mission held the meal with a 50 piece orchestra and abundant floral decorations. General Nelson A. Miles and States Attorney Longenecker addressed the boys after the feast.
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Cariaco
Cavalry Armory
Grace
Nelson A. Miles
Longenecker
CORPSES RIDE ON A PILOT
A. L. Ferguson and wife were killed and their 3 month old child fatally injured when their spring wagon was struck by a Burlington and Missouri freight train near Pawnee City Nebraska. The wagon was carried about three quarters of a mile before the train stopped. The engineer found the wagon astride the pilot with the occupants in the debris. Both adults died at once.
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Pawnee City
Neon
A. L. Ferguson
Burlington and Missouri
Mrs. Ferguson
Thieves Break Into Washhouse on Sandusky Street
Thieves entered the washhouse at 121 Sandusky Street Alleghany in the early morning and stole six sheets bed clothing a ringer two wash boards and other items. Detectives Aiken and Kornman were notified and a clothing bundle found along the West Penn Railroad yards contained the stolen items except for the ringer and boards.
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Sandusky Street
Alleghany
Aiken and
Kornman
West Penn Railroad
Cotton crop strain tests Southern railroads
C. A. Egley, commercial agent for the Queen and Crescent route, reported in Cleveland that Southern lines are overwhelmed by the cotton harvest. Cars are scarce and shipments are difficult, but the huge crop could push plantation prices up next year and provide a surplus to carry the country through another year.
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C. A. Egley
Queen and Crescent
Cleveland
Insanity Plea Raised in Mallison Murder Case
Philadelphia dispatch reports Josephine Mallison’s family planning an insanity defense after she killed John Hobbs at Powleton avenue station and attempted to kill Commodore Hendricks and herself. Doctors and relatives portray long illness and monomaniacal tendencies while the father calls it a sad Christmas. The suspect is jailed at Moyamensing. post mortem and inquest are planned.
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Thlegham
Philadelphia
Josephine Mallison
John Hobbs
Powleton Avenue
Commodore Hendricks
Josie Mallison
Hobbs
Chief Wood
Central Station
Moyamensing
Graham
Assassin Surrenders Request as Passenger Is Found Dead
In San Diego on December 20 a steward named J W McKenzie aboard the steamer Carlos Pacet pleaded for arrest after claiming he killed a man. Captain learned no further details. Passenger C Murillo, a prominent citizen, was found shot in his cabin. McKenzie wore three cuts in his clothing. No knife found. case remains a mystery.
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San Drego
Can
Carlos Pachet
Ensads
Lower
California
J. W. McKenzie
C. Murrillo
McKenzie
English Colonel to Wed New York Widow Arrives in City
Colonel Ralph Vivian of England arrives with Colonel A Stracey to wed Mrs. Marshall O Roberts widow of Marshall Otis Roberts. Roberts an influential New York businessman died 1880 leaving her an annuity of 40000 dollars and use of 105 and 107 Fifth Avenue.
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Ralph Vivian
England
Marshall
Roberts
Etruria
A. Stracey
London
Vivian
Scots Guards
Marlborough
Sandingham
Rocky Mountains
Colonel Stracey
Breyport House
Marshall Otis Roberts
Saratoga
Joan Endicott
Salem
Knights of the Road Tramps Form Secret Trust Across Southwest
GutTuRiz December 20. A sensational find reveals tramps and thieves in the Southwest forming a secret society called the Knights of the Road. The network spans Northern Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri with a town agent in each location lodging in cheap houses and plotting beggar schemes to raise funds. They use crippled beggars to evoke pity and move money to the group while using lodgings as cover for goods.
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GutTuRiz
Southwest
Knights of the Road
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Srs Ta
Fire records from Croton Landing and Tamaqua mine blaze
At Croton Landing New York eight buildings burned with losses around 50000 and half insured. In Tamaqua Pennsylvania a West Lehigh colliery mine fire raged with over 200 workers, plant in danger and flooding needed to access distant water sources.
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Croton Landing
N. Y
Tamaqua
West Lehigh
Dunkleberger & Young
James
Murder at the Fair In Pottsville
Henry Shaw fatally stabbed David Quinn in Centennial Hall during a fair after an insult accusation. Shaw fled down a side street as Quinn died instantly from a heart wound.
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Pottsville
Henry Shaw
Centennial Hall
David Quinn
Quinn
Shaw
Alabama Campaign Ends in Jefferson County Today
In Bremingham Alabama a dramatic campaign closes today as 800 plus candidates vie for local offices. The February primary follows a push to oust all State officers by next August with factions backing Governor hopeful R F Kolb or Jones.
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Bremingham
Ala
Alabama
Jefferson County
R. F. Kolb
Alliance
Jones
Findlay Republicans Split Over U S Senator Choice
Findlay leaders favor Sherman by a wide margin while Foraker and Foster receive fewer endorsements. A county senator and representative say they reflect their constituents by backing Foraker despite the broader Republican lean toward Sherman.
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Findlay
The
Sunday Herald This Morning
United States
John Sherman
Foraker
Charles Foster
General Assembly
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