Cleveland backs seasoned NY senator pick to lead in Senate
A New York Times dispatch reports President-elect Cleveland opposes Edward Murphy Jr for the Senate seat. Cleveland says the state needs an experienced leader who can originate and promote major policies and faces a hard task to keep the party's word after a large national majority.
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Philadelphia
Zims
New York
Cleveland
Times
Edward Murphy, Jr
Senate
Peffer Likely to Back Democrats in Senate Reorganization
Washington dispatch reports Sen Peffer is expected to vote with Democrats in reorganizing the Senate. A Kansas Democrat cites Peffer’s no expectation of Republican aid while noting Populists feel slighted by Kansas Republicans. The piece compares Peffer to Mahone and hints at patronage gains from both parties.
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Washington
Peffer
Senate
Kansas
David Daviz
Mr. Peer
Davis
Mahone
Vic
Successor of Supreme Judge-Elect Mentioned in Hollidaysburg
Report notes the successor of Supreme Judge-elect John Dean from Hollidaysburg has not yet been seated. A misread line suggests August 5 in Hollidaysburg, with a claim of potential appointment in the same era.
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John Dean
Hollidaysburg
Augustus 5 Raeces
Hollidaynburg
Crisp Seeks Talks With Cleveland In New York
Speaker Crisp plans a New York visit to confer with President Cleveland. The discussions may cover the legislative outlook and the possibility of an extra session of Congress. A Cabinet post is not being urged and no final decision on a session date is expected soon.
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WasuineTos
Crisp
New York
Metropolis
Cleveland
My. Crisp
County canvass dispute shifts balance in Wyoming
In Cheyenne on December 27 a carbon county clerk excluded a large precinct citing fraud, while two Justices of the Peace disagreed and produced an alternate abstract. The state canvassing board accepted it, and the Supreme Court led by Republicans ruled the county board must have three members, tilting control toward Democrats as Warren nears replacement.
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Cheyenne
Wio
Carbon County
Supreme Court
Ers
Legisature
H. A. L. New
George W. Baxter
G. T. Beck
Washington
Warren
Manier Doubts Rumor of January GOP Meeting in New York
Joseph H. Manier of Maine, member of the Republican National Executive Committee, said he would likely travel to Washington soon. He dismissed reports that Chairman Carter would convene a meeting of the committee in New York on January 15, noting Carter may not come for two months and that the Legislature will elect a U S Senator on a date near mid January.
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New York
Joseph H. Manier
Maine
Republican National Executive Committee
Fifth Avenue
Washington
Carter
United States
Collins Refutes London Consul General Rumor
Boston reports General P A Collins dismissed a Washington telegram suggesting he was promised the London Consul General post by air Cleveland. He called the rumors purely problematical and said Cleveland has told no one his mind, predicting the rumors will fade in about ten weeks.
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Boston
P. A. Collins
Washington
London
Air
Cleveland
California Split Electors One for Harrison Eight for Cleveland
California's latest electoral tally shows one Harrison and eight Cleveland electors. The People’s party logged about 25,000 votes, Prohibition around 8,000, with three Republican and four Democratic Congressmen chosen. The direct election of U S Senators drew 187,958 for and 13,342 against.
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San Francisco
Speciel
California
Waite
Harrison
Cleveland
People’s Party
United States
Western headquarters closed as Illinois Democrats lock funds
The Western Branch Democratic Committee reports receipts and disbursements showing most outlays paid to the National Committee representative, with $5,000 remaining from New York. Separate dispatch notes a Tennessee contest notice against Hon. B A Enloe in the Eighth district after fusion candidate P H Thrasher.
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Crrcaco
Western Branch
Democratic Committee
Cable
National Committee
New York
Nashville
P. H. Thrasher
B.A. Enloe
Tennessee
Dull Trade in Steel Halts Bethlehem Mill
Bethlehem Iron Company shuts its rail, converter and puddling mill for an indeterminate period due to weak orders. Twelve hundred workers are laid off as the steel trade remains dull. In Oronwa Louisiana a man, A Byerly, died after turning on an electric light.
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Bethlehem
Bassemer
Bethlehem Iron Company
War plot near the Czar drives Russian discontent
A Moscow dispatch reports a broad conspiracy crime suspected by authorities near the Czar, with nine officers arrested and more under scrutiny. It notes growing army discontent during peace and a harsh campaign against Hebrews, including bans on lawyers and university closures, fueling unrest among officials and troops.
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St. Permassone
Czar
Central Asia
Great Britain
Afghanistan
St. Petersburg
Kieff
Sergius
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth
Moscow
Secret 4 Million Florins Embezzlement in Hungary
A Grosswardein newspaper reports a 4,000,000 florin deficit in Hungary's Department of Education and Public Instruction. It attributes the shortfall to embezzlement by high officials and influential families, while officials deny fraud as a cause and seek to shield those involved.
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Bupa-Pesth
Grosswardein
Trefort
Peta
Count Czaky
Famine in North Finland Worsens as Snow‑bound Villages Vanish
Stockholm dispatch reports a widening famine in snow‑bound North Finland with many villages cut off. Renewed Swedish subscriptions aid for starving Finlanders. fear grows that entire communities have perished after days without contact.
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Finland
Stockholm
Sweden
London Gloomy Christmas Deepens Unemployment Tide
Dec 27 London reports severe winter weather with dense fog and low temperatures. The article notes growing hardship among the unemployed, with districts around cotton factories seeing rapid recruitment of workers as poverty bites, reflecting a grim holiday season.
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Loxpow
England
London
Winter Hardships Hit Locked Out Cotton Workers
Advices from Lancashire report locked out cotton workers facing a hungry holiday. Thousands depend on charity for sustenance as hundreds wander begging, with harsh winter risking many lives.
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al Parta
Lancashire
Reinach Tragedy Incomplete Murder Suspicions Linger
Paris and Pans reports the Reinach murder case with autopsy findings described as highly remarkable but inconclusive. A warrant is issued for a Neuvillers residence search while socialists promise renewed international action against capital oppression. European powers monitor France closely amid possible revolutionary risk.
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Pans
Baron de Beinach
Paris
Dispatch
Reinach
Snow
Nevilliers
Guesde
Rome
Italy
Austria
France
Europe
Explosion ties blamed on rival Fenian factions
The government pursues a possible conspiracy link to the Dublin explosion. Both Parnellite and McCarthyite factions deny involvement while James Stephens’ Fenian followers face scrutiny. Debris including a five inch thick granite slab is sent to the lab for analysis.
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Stephens
Ireland
Man Aeaseeye
Nenagh
County Tipperary
Dublin
Kevans
Count Roumanoff Killed In Duel Near Brooklyn
Rumor from Nice reports Count Peter Roumanoff fought a Brooklyn man at the Casino tables, then dueled with pistols on the seashore this morning, resulting in the Count's death. No confirmation available.
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Nice
Peter Roumanoff
Brooklyn
Suit for Usury Against Illinois Central World’s Fair Builders
Western National Bank of New York sues Allison Shaffer & Co in Superior Court seeking 2.1 million dollars claiming void notes for usury. Plea says loan carried 6 percent interest plus large commissions 25000 and 28895 and asserts the bank holds 1.2 million dollars in railroad bonds. The defendants build the Illinois Central Railroad World’s Fair building.
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Curiaco
Western National Bank of New York
Allison, Shaffer & Co
Illinois Central Railroad
Allison, Shafer & Co
Priest Bernard Schwalen Buried With Full Rites
The Catholic Diocese in Covington held funeral rites for Rev. Bernard Schwalen who killed himself due to ill health. Bishop led the service with priests from the vicinage and affirmed burial in consecrated ground despite church teachings on self murder, citing the priest as bereft of reason.
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Orsers Natif
Covington
Bernard Schwalen
Father Sechwalen
Ohno
Generous Rockefeller Gift To University Of Chicago
Milton to Chicago's University. John D. Rockefeller has made a huge gift to the University of Chicago. The sum is understood to be over 1,000,000 dollars though exact figures are not released. Trustees have sought 2,000,000 but Rockefeller proposed a vast sum contingent on carrying out his suggested plans.
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Milton
Chicago
University
Curiaco
John D. Rockefeller
University of Chicago
Rockefeller
New York
Boy Dies From Joy At New Skates
South Brip, Inn, Dec 27. Paul Gearhart aged 14 was thrilled by a gift of skates and cried out with joy then collapsed at the door and died from heart failure.
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South Brip
Inn
Paul Gearhart
Battle near Los Animas leaves 13 Mexican soldiers dead
Report from Las Animas says a clash near Guerrero between 300 Mexican regulars and 250 Revolutionists left 13 soldiers killed and many wounded. Revolutionaries led by General Estrada claim victory. Mexican forces under General Garcia routed. U.S. troops and deputies pursue the attackers, with three companies of the Seventh Cavalry deployed to the river region.
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Lanepo
Tex
Los Animas
Mexico
Guerrero
Estrada
Garcia
New Laredo
United States
Hedikin
Maranals
Guerrerra
Benavides
Seventh
United States Cavalry
Laredo
Las Animas
Blaine Reports Improve in Washington
In WashIndon on December 27 the Blaine family was told at 9 30 p m that Mr Blaine was resting easy and improving and expected to sleep well that night Dr Johnston had visited twice that afternoon saying there was no special significance to the repeated calls While health improves the patient remains very ill and can only sit erect with pillows and assistance Officials expect he will not leave Washington for months even if steady improvement continues
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WashIndon
Blaine
Mr. Blaine
Washington
The Cold, Cold World. Immigrant Child Dies at Union Depot
An 11 day old Bohemian immigrant infant, born at sea, died in the arms of its mother at Kansas City Union depot. The penniless parents learned of the death from a policeman. a local subscription aided them before coroner’s custody and burial in the potter's field at Jennings, Kay.
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Kansas City
Carl Waldo
Union Depot
Jennings
Kay
Potter's Field
Iron Wages To Drop as Delaware Mills Cut Pay
Wage reductions planned for iron workers in Willinotor Newport and Marshallton to align with lower rates elsewhere. Diamond State Iron Co. to cut puddlers' wages from 375 to 320 per ton, reflecting a 25 percent lower level in the region.
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Willinotor
Newport
Marshallton
Diamond State Iron Company
Mayor Gourley Taken Ill in Pneumonia Crisis
At a late hour last night Mayor Gourley lay in extreme danger with five day pneumonia. Doctors Nelan and McKelly held a consultation but would not quantify his condition beyond warning it remained very serious. Overwork and a run down system were cited as factors, with access to his room restricted to his wife and two physicians.
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Gourley
Dra. Nelan
McKelly
A Human Balloon At City Hospital
In Baltimore on December 27 Frederick Otte a 48 year old driver was crushed between a paving car and a wall. He developed emphyema or air swelling that has inflated his body like a balloon the doctors fear he may burst or die soon.
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Baltimore
City Hospital
Frederick Otte
Powderly's New Plan At Hyattsville
Grand Master T V Powderly buys 71 acre farm near Hyattsville to host factories and cooperative workers. Syndicate of workingmen aims to found a model colony under a new single tax framework with proximity to the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio rail lines.
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Washington
Hyattsville
Baltimore
Henry George
Maryland
T. V. Powderly
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Snowstorm Paralyzes Norfolk With Two Foot Depth
Norrouk Virginia reports the heaviest snowstorm since 1856 with continuous snowfall for 24 hours and ground depth of two feet. A high wind may strand vessels along the coast while telegraph wires fail and rail and air traffic falter. The schooner Thomas J Seward lies aground on the James River and the four masted Dow hits near Cape Charles. Additional vessels ashore near Willoughby Spit and Cape Henry.
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Mary E. H. G. Dow
Baltimore
Cape Charles
Willoughby Spit
Cape Henry
That Miraculous Church Star Sighted on Christmas Night
The Assumption Church sexton and J. J. Collins of Monroe county Wisconsin swore they saw a bright star about six inches across ascend from the church roof on Christmas night. The affidavit was filed before 5. Boyd today.
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Castors
Mixn
the Assumption Church
J. J. Collins
Monroe County
Wis
Boyd
Fatal Flobert Shooting During Skating Incident
Charles Edwards of this place was fatally shot in the breast by a flobert rifle while skating. George Franz, who was loading the weapon, accidentally discharged it as a Nesst was being prepared for shooting. The tragedy occurred in Sr. Cuarn, Pa, on December 27.
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Cuarn
Charles Edwards
Flobert
George Franz
Haromony Society mortgage details tied to Father Henrici death
Details of a 400 000 mortgage covering Harmony Society lands at Economy name Harry Darlington as trustee of the McCullough estate. Mortgage signed by Father Henrici days before his death. Society expands with two new offices. John J. Duss elected president. Samuel Siber named junior trustee and vice president.
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Harmony Society
Harry Darlington
McCullough
Father Henrici
Board of Hiders
John
Duss
Samual Siber
Funeral of Harmonites Leader Father Jacob Enrici
The remains of Father Jacob Enrici, leader of the Harmonites, were buried with simple, solemn rites. Elders carried the coffin from the church to the crypt as mourners filled the edifice, flowers laid around the casket, and a bilingual sermon followed by organ music and a final graveside service.
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Jacob Enrici
Harmonites
Mra B. M. McCargo
Lord R
Duss
Prince Albert
Dussenid
Mr. Duss
Jesus
Mr. Doss
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Golden State
Illinois
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A. Byerly
Laplede
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