Dalzell Campaign Opening Planned in Philadelphia
Representative C Harry Fletcher of Philadelphia publicly declares support for United States Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, becoming the first Philadelphia figure to openly back him. Dalzell’s campaign opening is slated for February 12 at the Pennsylvania Club banquet with remarks expected from Dalzell. The Pennsylvania Club leans Mugwump and has backed Dalzell in prior campaigns as preparations intensify for upcoming Republican events.
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C. Harry Fletcher
Henry F. Walton
Harrisburg
Senator Quay
Quay
Fletcher
Republican City Committee
Chestnut Street
Twelfth
Matthew Stanley Quay
United States
Dalzell
Theennsylvania Club
Grant
Pennsylvania Club
League
Dal
New York for Blaine Says City Supports Him For Next Nomination
A prominent unnamed Republican in New York asserts Blaine will be the presidential candidate if he runs, with Harrison if Blaine does not. He claims New York City and Brooklyn delegates favor Blaine, and that Blaine must run to ensure strong national leadership and progress. He warns against four more years with Harrison.
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New York
Blaine
Minneapolis
Harrison
New York City
Brooklyn
Blain
Fight over Scull's successor sparks county contest
Bedford County Republicans name Ed Ashcam as first candidate for Congress in the wake of Scull's departure. John H. Jorga, linked to Stone's political faction, also may run as a patronage dispenser in the county. Longnecker allies gain influence as party lines shift. In Carrollton, Carroll Harrison area newspapers publish Kean’s Foraker support. Harrison sentiment favors Foraker, while a ballot in Carroll reportedly hints at Sherman advantage.
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Congressman Scull
Bedford
Ed & Ashcam
Republican County Committee
Ashoom
Longnecker
Stone
John H. Jorja
Jusin
Secretary Elkins Arrives in Washington for Work
WasutxeTox December 25 Secretary Elkins reached Washington and immediately checked into the Shoreham Hotel.
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Eline
WasutxeTox
Elkins
Washington
Shoreham Hote
President slated call and plans for future arrangements
A statement notes that the individual will call on the President tomorrow and then organize subsequent plans for the future.
Milwaukee Hosts Democratic National Convention Prospects
Milwaukee reports confidence as Eastern politicians arrange hotel rooms ahead of the convention. Mayor Somers notes encouraging National Committee letters. A 100-member committee is to be chosen for January 18 travel. Hotels in Milwaukee can accommodate 51 000 attendees and many Eastern delegates seek nesting spots, signaling a likely convention here.
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Manvavker
Milwaukee
Somers
Crisp and Mills Reported Improving After Sessions
After the House adjourned Speaker Crisp retired to the Metropolitan Hotel, exhausted from labor and chilled. He plans a few days rest to regain health and had abandoned a planned visit. Mills’ condition showed some improvement today according to dispatches from Washington.
California Corruption Report Hidden by Supreme Court
San Francisco December 23 The grand jury reported indictments against a legislator amid a broader corruption probe. The court ruled the jury’s composition invalid, but the document describes extensive graft in the last Legislature and municipal operations including political allocations and salary deductions.
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San Francrsdo
Dee
Supreme Court
Elier
Ee Court
Nonsiella
Wallace
Blaine Divorce Case Settles on Abandonment Grounds
New York December 23 Special Friends of Mr and Mrs James G Blaine Jr have been seeking to avert a trial for divorce but Blaine insists on abandonment as the sole ground Mrs Blaine refuses a family compromise and plans to move to Dakota for the decree The Nevins family is ill and bedridden as the case proceeds with a report to the referee expected next week.
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New York
James G. Blaine, Jr
Blaines
Dakota
Saloonkeeper Threatens Doctors During Life Saving Operation
In Williamsburg on December 2 Mrs. Peter Reiss underwent emergency surgery performed by Dr. Hess and Dr. Smylie. Her husband, a saloon keeper, returned with a shotgun and declared he would avenge his wife if she died, but the operation was completed and successful. He later admitted he was crazed with fear.
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New York
Sperial
Peter Reiss
Williamsburg
Lewis Hees
Hess
Arthur Smylie
Reiss
Hopkins Searles will case ends in extended delay
In Boston the Hopkins Searles will case saw Judge Endicott ask for more time to prepare interrogatories. Counsel for Searles filed questions and Endicott sought an extension to contact Timothy Hopkins in California before filing. Judge Holmes indicated remote litigation requires telegraph use and set December 29 as the deadline for Endicott's interrogation.
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Boston
Hopkins-Searles
Supreme Court
Endicott
Timothy Hopkins
Mr. Searles
Hopkins
California
Atiff
Holmes
Watterson Red Hot And New Speakership Clash Hinted
Louisville dispatch previews Courier Journal analysis of the House speakership fight with Democrats and reform aims in Ways and Means. It warns against rewarding friends over tested leaders and questions Springer and Crisp leadership, foretelling party turmoil and tariff reform stakes.
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Louisville
Courier-Journal
Watterson
Democratic Party
Congress
Crisp
Epringer
Ways and Means
Springer
Ringer
Wars and Means
Chileans dismiss US sailors killing as trifling affair
Correspondence from Santiago dated November 21 reports strong anti American sentiment in Chile since the Congressional party took power. It notes the Baltimore incident drew police limits and that 36 American sailors were arrested without serious weapons. President Montt shows no sympathy for the US notice and Chilean cabinet may resign December 26 with Senor Barras Lucor expected as premier.
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Egan
San Francisco
Santiago
Chile
Congressional
United States
Valparaiso
Baltimore
London
Senor Barras Lucor
Christmas attachments threaten World's Fair subscribers
Nearly 200 delinquents face immediate writs of attachment as Chicago's World's Fair finances remain strained. Treasurers and contractors push for vigorous collection to cover expenditures at Jackson Park, with fears of another large stock assessment before February. The exactions come as funds drop below seven hundred thousand dollars. In New York, the Produce Exchange Board considers a legislative recommendation following today’s meeting.
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Cariaco
Seeberger
Jackson Park
Uverger
Ing Torrent
New York
New York Produce Exchange
Appropriation for World’s Fair Referred to Law Committee
The appropriation was referred to the Law Committee and the President who will recommend immediate action by the Legislature.
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Law Committee
Court Declares Edward Field Mentally Irresponsible
Edward Field was declared mentally irresponsible after a Sanity inquiry in New York. The court may place his estate under guardianship, and he could face new indictments. Field continues fasting in Ludlow Street Jail with deteriorating health.
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New York
Edward M. Field
White Piains
Robertson
Field, Lindley, Wiechers & Co
Cyrus W. Field
Drkman
Ludlow Street
Field
Secret early marriage exposed in divorce case
In St Louis on December 23 a secret marriage between Sara G Darrow and Constance Darrow was revealed in the divorce suit Sara v Darrow. Sara aged about 19 testified she married at Lockport New York on February 16 1889 when 16. The marriage was kept hidden from her parents and the husband later abandoned her.
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St. Louis
Lockett
Niagara County
New York
Missouri
Buchanan County
Darrow
Funeral Train Bears Plumb To Emporia Home
The special funeral train bearing Senator Plumb arrived in Toreka from Kansas City. The body lay in state in the Senate Chamber and was viewed by thousands. At 5, the casket left for Emporia, with G A R escort at Lawrence and other towns watching. Interment planned at a wood cemetery where his mother rests.
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Plumb
Kansas City
Capitol
Senate
Emporia
Lawrence
Official Gazette Dissolves Legislature and Names Royal Commission
An extra of the Official Gazette will be published today dissolving the Legislature and appointing a Royal Commission to investigate alleged boodling by the internment. Nominations set for March 1 and Negras opt bade arch a.
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Quibec
Negras Opt
Boy Counterfeiters Cave Unearthed by New York Police
Police in New York arrested Lloyd and Paul Rogers for stealing doorknobs and uncovered a cellar workshop where counterfeit 5 and 10 cent pieces were produced. They met a boy named Charles Peachin who claimed to have learned coin making from the American Bank Note Company. Peachin was arrested as he entered the cellar cave. Rogers and Peachin face United States Commissioner Shields tomorrow. both are choir boys at Jane Street Methodist Church.
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New York
Lloyd
Paul Rogers
Ninth Ward
Lloyd Rogers
Rogers
Charlies Peachin
Clinton Place
American Bank Note Company
Fourteenth Street
Huber
General Grant
Peachin
Consackers
National Academy of Design
United States
Shields
Jane Street Methodist Church
WeD Eesday Tuesday Unfortunates Injured In Pittsburgh
Four people were injured yesterday in various incidents with one likely to lose sight. Hannaves Jas Harbaugh, a Solar Iron Works employee, was struck in the face by metal damaging his nose and face. severe eye damage expected. Casattios Perse Carrinio, a laborer at Edgar Thomson Steel Works, has a crushed right hand from a railroad tie. An Allegheny truck driver on Robinson street dislocated left shoulder and suffered severe bruises. A wagon driven by P B Cain was struck by a Duquesne traction car near Seneca street leaving Cain cut and injured.
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Btn
Casattios Perse Carr
la Duquesne
Seneca Street
Cain
Arnheim Live Stock Company advertises horses and stock
Draft horses and matched teams weighing 4200 to 3700 pounds are offered at Arnheim Live Stock Company Limited stables 52 Second Avenue ae Pa. They emphasize first class stock and lower prices than rivals and announce sixes mules suitable for draught or mining. Also James H. Aiken & Co. 100 Fifth avenue promote silk umbrellas and embroidered swo and new pare Ascot scarfs for Christmas presents.
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General Purhorses
Arnheim Live Company, Limited
Second Avenue
Ae Pa
Arnheim Live Stock Company, Limited
James H. Aiken & Co
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Ave
Philadelphia Millinery Firm Fails as Widow Faces Ruin
Adolph Heller once led a top Philadelphia millinery and fancy goods firm. The widow, who kept the business after his death, faces heavy liabilities and judgments totaling tens of thousands, with debts to newspapers and New York importers. She is reportedly prostrated at home, and her son will not speak for her.
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Philadelphia
Adolph Heller
Eighth
Arch Streets
Marks Brothers
Heller
New York
J. Alfred Smith
Dryfuss, Kohn & Co
Kaufman Bros. & Co
Ir. Erdman & Co
J. KR. Simon & Co
United States Banking Company
Phillips & Meret
Juling Sichel
A. I. Friedlander & Co
Wertheimer & Co
Jacob Phillips
Marriage Threats Spark Baltimore Divorce Action
Andrew J. Bowers sues to annul his marriage to Emma A. Bigelow claiming he was already married. He alleges coercion at Calvert and Lombard streets with pistol threats by Bigelow family leading to a forced wedding arranged by the Bigelows.
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Baltimore
Circuit Court
Andrew J. Bowers
Emma A. Bigelow
Miss Bigelow
Ulster County Savings Inst. Fails, Resumes Business in Kingston
Justice Fursman signed an order allowing Ulster County Savings Institution of Kingston to resume operations. The court credits fifteen percent of the deposits to the bank and bars paying out more than twenty six percent of deposits until further order. A local jeweler at 580 Smithfield Street promotes various jewelry wares to buyers.
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Justice Fursman
Ulster County Savings Institution of
Kingston
Smithfield Street
Royal Hangar
Bonn
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