Foraker Retracts and Threatens Fallout in Ohio Ballot Box Inquiry
The Ohio ballot-box forgery probe escalates as ex Governor Foraker vows to reveal letters to counter critics. Butterworth testimony clashes with Foraker allied accounts while Hadden’s role and a forged paper drive new lines of inquiry.
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Ohio
Butterworth
Foraker
Sherman
Chicago
Hadden
Campbell
Dieratch
Washinggton
Congressman Butterworth
Turner
Porakeer
Breckinridge
Kentucky
McAdoo
New Jersey
H. C. Magrow
Walters
Wood
Cincinnati
Conger
Ohio State Republican Committee
Washington
Wahi
Randall All Right Despite Fatigue From House Drama
Washington February 7 The sole cause of reports of Samuel J Randall's alarming condition is fatigue from frequent visits by Congressmen during the Smith Jackson election case dispute. Randall has improved since then and shows signs of improvement rather than retrogression, with no immediate alarm.
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Samuel J. Randall
Smith
Randall
Congress
Missié Randall
Lancaster
Swann
Delegation Seeks Postmaster Thompson in McKeesport
A McKeesport delegation led by Captain William E. Thompson seeks confirmation at the Post Office Department aided by Congressman Ray. They press Wanamaker for support while noting Thompson's high character and disputing charges. Harrison, another candidate, and a friend arrived in the day’s proceeding.
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Thompson
Mr. Wanamaker
Mr. Wanamsker
City Court declares Ada Dinsdale insane in Brooklvyn case
A Brooklyn City Court jury ruled Ada Dinsdale a sane or insane? The article states she was found insane and a committee will oversee her person and estate. Her husband died six months earlier, a Legion of Honor member with a $5 000 life policy. Secretary Riley testified he offered a $5 000 check she refused and threatened to burn it. Three children testified to unbalanced behavior.
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Brooklvyn
Ada Dinsdale
Legion of Honor
W. H. Riley
Dinsdale
Deadlock continues as House resumes balloting for Speaker
Des Moses reports the House took two more ballots with a 41 to 41 tie and adjourned until 10:30 tomorrow. Caucuses boosted conference committees to seven members each to prepare a compromise agreement for the next session.
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Des Moses
House
Merchants' Exchange opposes tonnage bounty bill
Charleston February 7 The Merchants' Exchange passed resolutions denouncing the tonnage bounty bill pending in Congress. They say it is wrong and useless to spend public money on subsidies for ships while cargoes are barred from Europe by tariffs and high protectionism.
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Charleston, &. C
Merchants’ Exchange
Congress
Europe
Monarch of France Revolt Signals Royalist Plot in Paris
Paris reports the Duke of Orleans, eldest son of the Count of Paris, arrived with a manifesto and abdication letter, was arrested in Paris and confined in the Conciergerie. Government rapid action thwarted what resembled a royalist coup d etat by a 21 year old claimant to the throne.
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Paris
Louis Napoleon
Boulogne
Orleans
France
Comte Paris
Training the Irish Volunteers for Field Operations
London reports that twenty battalions of infantry and artillery batteries in Ireland will be called out for training in field operations, outlining expansion of volunteer forces and new readiness requirements.
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London
Volunteers
Ireland
Path for Germain Emperor Decrees Faces Dangerous Path
Berlin February 7 The Post notes the emperor's decrees invite cautious optimism yet warn the policy is fraught with difficulty and danger. It recalls Napoleon III’s 1863 Congress attempt and questions whether allied consent will be secured.
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Berlin
Napoleon III
Praise for the KalSeR project praised by foreign journal
The Journal de St Petersbourg lauds Emperor William s plan to improve worker conditions as a move that could gain sympathy abroad. It argues only a strong government could undertake such reform, to prevent misinterpretation and maintain public order among labor elements.
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St. Petrissuna
Journal de St. Petersbourg
William
Milan King Said to Suffer Melancholy and Debts
Report from Vienna on February 7 says King Milan is described as melancholic due to gambling debts. He reportedly threatens self harm and requires constant surveillance by aides and guards.
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Vienna
Milan
Britain to renounce right of search on high seas
Brussels February 7 in the anti slavery conference it was intimated that Great Britain while maintaining the right of search may renounce its exercise on the high seas to defer to France. In Madrid on February 7 General J Chin chills, formerly Minister of War, was appointed to succeed Salamanca as Captain General of Cuba.
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Brussels
Great Britain
France
Cuba
Madrid
General J. Chinchills
Salamanca
Eneral
Arrests Continue in Panitixa Conspiracy Case
Soria reports three more officers arrested on suspicion of complicity with Major Panitixa's conspiracy. The February 7 dispatch notes ongoing police actions and adds to a growing case involving military authorities.
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Soria
Panitixa
Duke of Montezuma Dies, Mexican Royal Lineage Diminished
Mapgip reports the death of the Duke of Montezuma, a scion from the Mexican royal house. The notice notes his lineage and the passing on February 7.
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Ove
Montezumas
Mapgip
Duke of
Montezuma
Mexico
Three whites killed and others wounded in Bibb county clash
A telegram from Birmingham reports a fatal ambush in Bibb county when a white foreman Dennis Carney and a companion were killed and three white men Darnton Bracken John Bolton Pat Lawlor William Cunningham were wounded by negro attackers. Contractors left the city for the scene and further trouble is feared.
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Birmingham
Ala
Bibb County
Dennis Carney
Carney
Anthony Bracken
John Bolton
Pat Lawlor
William Cunningham
Leatherton Plan Buy English Investors for New Town
Philadelphia February 7 English capitalists aim to construct a town of morocco manufacturers and workers near Torresdale. An English syndicate led by F W Sutterlee subscribed 3 3500000 for Leatherton Land and Improvement Co 250 acre tract along Poqueasing Creek Delaware River and the Pennsylvania Railroad. The site will host about 25 factories with 11 firms already agreeing to rent space and nine more considering deals.
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Stacial
Philadelphia
America
F. W. Sutterlee
Leatherton
Torresdale
Morovco
Poqueasing Creek
Delaware River
Pennsylvania Railroad
Leatherton Land and Improvement Company
Eera
The American Hog Wins
Secretary Rusk praised Mexico for dropping quarantine rules on American hogs after a State Department telegram from Minister Ryan reported Mexico would issue orders to discontinue the regulations. Rusk saw this as a forerunner to liberal meat import policy by foreign nations and urged Congress grant full meat inspection powers.
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Wasninotos
Rusk
Blaine
Department of State
Ryan
Mexico
Congress
Indictments Dismissed Against Kerr and Richmond
New York February 7 Recorder Smythe dismissed 20 bribery indictments against Alder men Kerr and James A. Richmond from 1884 due to the district attorney’s failure to press them to trial. Colonel Fellows said no further action will be taken.
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New York
Smythe
Poe
Thomas Kerr
Agai James A. Richmond
Fellows
Ams
Kerr
Richmond
Ort letter Will appear ows PATOR Castle Garden
Fragmentary OCR reads like a note about an Ort letter and a location called Castle Garden. The readable terms suggest a historical pane or notice, but the full context and specifics are unclear from the fragment.
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Castle Garden
Lenox Hill Bank resumes brief business amid bank wrecking probe
New York February 7 says Lenox Hill Bank reopened for about half an hour as investigators consider further indictments on conspiracy in the bank wreckings. Bank officials describe solvency and announce a temporary directors’ slate while detailing refunds, certificates, and $398,000 in canceled checks.
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New York
Lenox Hill Institution
Lenox Hill Bank Wal
Wallack
Sixth National Bank
Hepburn
United States
Jees
Sixth Avenue National Bank
P. J. Curry
Vreeland
Firs Department
Lenox Hill Nk
Convict Attempts Suicide in Ohio Prison Cell
Columbus February 7 James O Neal a Cuyahoga county convict at the penitentiary was found at 11 PM in the act of slashing his wrists with a caseknife He had made about 20 gashes and was bleeding profusely A strap formed a rough noose and he evidently planned hanging if the cuts failed to kill him
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T. C. Campbell
Wood
Cincinnat
New Jersey
Congress
Boston
Senator Hoar
West
Representative Grosvenor
Representative Campbell
Governor Foraker
James Foraker
Dimratoh
CoLumBus
James O'Neal
Cuyshoga County
Gorman Fight Drives Baltimore Ballot Battle
In Baltimore on February 7 the reform movement attacks Senator Gorman over the Australian ballot law. Warfield claims detectives found ward managers implicated in bribery and re posting. A Congress redistricting bill could solidify two city districts for Democrats and shift ward lines affecting Compton and Stockbridge districts.
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New York
Gorman
Mr. Warfield
A. P. Gorman
Senate
United States
Grover Cleveland
Congress
Compton
Stockbridge
Maryland
Half a Million Involved in Baltimore Attachments
A Court of Common Pleas attachment against non residents was issued against the Mineral Range Railroad Company of Michigan versus Henry S. Ives, George H. Stayner, and Thomas C. Doremus. The action seeks 456 968 dollars from Ives & Co. and garnishee Robert Garrett for 200 000 dollars. Garrett contends the funds were forfeited by Ives and not subject to attachment.
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Baltinmore
Court of Common Pleas
Mineral Range Railroad Company
Michigan
Henry S. Ives
George H. Stayner
Thomas C. Doremus
Henry S. Ives & Co
New York
Alsim
Mineral Range Company
Ives & Co
Robert Garrett
Iyes
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Garrett
Ives
Murderer Hawes Implicates Others in Family Slaying
Dick Hawes, slated for execution on the 24th, confesses to a magistrate that he did not kill his wife and children but knows who did. He names John Wylie of Atlanta as principal and claims several accomplices. Wylie was arrested earlier and is again in custody in Atlanta. Hawes says more parties will be arrested as the investigation proceeds.
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Campbell
Wood
Jobo BE
McLean
Cincinnati Enquirer
Washington
John Sherman
Foraker
Hall and Wood
Hall & Wood Carriage Company
Gainsford
Turner
Hadden
Ohio
Congress
Judge Outealt
Aet
Smith L. Johnson
Columbus
Sherman
McKinley
Butterworth
France
Duke de Luynes
Henry IV
Duke of Orleans
Paris
d’Aumale
d’Orleson
Police
Concise
Central Bureau
Constans
Henry V
Laussane
Switzerland
M. de Freycinet
Onc
Count de Paris
America
bin MiIncuan
Dick Hawes
Hawes
John Wylie
Atlanta
Wylie
Wilie
H. E. Porter & Co
H. EK
Pontzsr
Presenvan
K. Porrsr
Black Diamond
Ee Ean
Divorce Suit in Newark Arising from Cruelty Claims
Mrs Iona Murray of South Orange sues Thomas Murray for divorce alleging cruel and inhuman treatment since 1882. They married in 1881. she cites a violent blow, repeated abuse and restricted access to his wealth and horses. He is a calcium light company head in New York and valued at about 70000 dollars with a 10000-dollar annual income.
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Newark
N. J
Iona Murray
South Orange
Thomas Murray
Orange
Murray
Essex Hunt Club
New York
Mayor Grant Opposes Equal Party Split in Albany Bill
Mayor Grant denounces a proposed 50-50 Democratic Republican committee in Albany. He pledges to block any $10,000,000 expenditure that benefits political parties and insists funds come from the city treasury only for the city's benefit and its business community.
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New York
Grant
Albany
Canadians Object To Cattle Exports Over Canadian Lands
York county council adopted a resolution urging the Government to block export of American cattle to Europe via Canadian lands. They argue such traffic harms Canadian farmers.
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Toronto
York County Council
Europe
Revision of the Religious Word Tus DisraTon Leaders
Unclear fragmentary note references revisions to a religious term or word and mentions opinions of leaders. Details and exact context are not recoverable from the provided text.
Profit Sharing Boosts Wages at H E Porter & Co Locomotive Works
At H E Porter & Co in Pittsburgh the 360 employees received annual profit shares in envelopes with a letter urging prudent use. The firm reported higher locomotive output than ever, with eight percent extra wages distributed, highlighting worker unity and a prior strike over material sourcing as the only notable disruption since adopting the plan.
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Lawiyee Campbell
Halstead
Commercial-Gazette
Jim Campbell
James E. Neal
State Democratic Executive Committee
Undy
Davis
Harman
Hamilton
Hadder
Ater Foraker
Republican Party
Palse
Mr. Halmesd
M‘kinley
James R. Foraker
T. Kates
Moseby
Randall All Right
Fils
Hanve Fa
Wanamaker
McKeesport
Charleston
Monarch OF
Caan
Conciergeria
Philippe Louis Robert
d’Orleans
Merel
Louis Philippe
Germain Emperor
Rosalia
Victoria
New York Bank
Lenox Hill
Jordan
van Zandt
Killduff
Simmons
M & Good
Jot
Lenox Hill Banks
Conrad N. Jordan
H. A. Smith
Western National
Anderson Fowler
Charlies Leibman
Jacob Beekman
Charles
Amuederer
H. K. Porter
Pittsburg
New York State
Carmen
Wally Salfish
H. N. Sprague
Sia
Gixegupee
Pena Teommentees
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