Democrats Jubilant Over Retrenchment In House Spending
The House reduced the military academy bill to 196665 18, far below prior totals, as Democratic leaders push retrenchment. Key figures Dockery Sayers Livingston and others led the cut, replacing a gas plant with electric lighting and even cutting soap for cadets. Pattison boom in presidential whispers faces Hill Gorman Brice strategy seeking Cleveland rivals.
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Wasurvoron
D. c
Friends of
Committee On Military Affairs
Congress
House
Democratic Party
Holman
General Appropriations Committee
Messrs Dockery
Missouri
Sayers
Texas
Livingston
Georgia
Messrs. Blount and Watson
Robertson
Louisiana
Butler
Iowa
Livingstone
Ountehell
Holwan
Gorman and
Cockrell
Senate
Cleveland
Morrison
Palmer
Ilinois
Lown
Ipies
Kentucky
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
Pattison
Living From Hand to Mouth in Harper Baldwin Case
In DixnersNaTI on February 12 a Circuit Court session revealed a deeper issue in the Harper Baldwin case. Mrs. Harper, wife of the financier, faces immense sums at stake, her expression reflecting agony as the court weighs the final disposition of the vast money involved.
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Harper
Dixnersnati
Harper-Baldwin
Circuit Court
Cordage Conspiracy Pulls In Polk In Washington Probe
Chicago February report outlines Polk's denial of involvement with the Cordage Trust and National Union Company. McCune defends the trust while Simpson criticizes insiders. Alliance leaders debate investigations as the National Union affair collapses.
Defaulted treasurer pursued after indictment in Catholic Knights case
Crattancoca February 12 special report says M. J. OBrien the Catholic Knights of America supreme treasurer missing since his disappearance faces an indictment. A warrant for his arrest is issued and officers search toward Washington suburb with reports he may be in Dade County Georgia. An ensuing trial continuance was refused absent a definite oath on his whereabouts.
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O'Brien
Moore
Dade County
Strung Up by Masked Men Near Ottumwa
W L Morris of a farm north of Ottumwa was attacked by three masked men claiming to be white caps. They bound him and hoisted him by a rope over a tree limb before releasing him in a threatening escape attempt. Morris is in critical condition. one mask was removed revealing a suspect. Police hunt the assailants.
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Hill Democrats
New York
John R. Fellowsg
Hill
House of Congress
Bob Ingersoll
Cooper Union
Christ
Chicago
Cleveland
Mr. Cleveland
Ottumwa
W. L. Morris
Morris
Mr. Morris
The Defense Fund Abolished At Mine Workers Meet
At the United Mine Workers convention in Coteus on February 1 the defense fund was abolished and a 10 cent per capita monthly tax approved to fund organization. Funds now in the defense fund will be used for organizing. The General Executive Board may levy taxes for strike support. A resolution urging a Pinkerton investigation passed. The convention favored restricting Chinese immigration, popular US Senate elections, and national miner protection laws.
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Coteus
United Mine Workers
Defense Fund
General Executive Board
National House of Representatives
Pinkerton Detective Agency
United States
Kate Drexel’s Work Begins With Twelve Followers
At the Mother House of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament near Torresdale twelve young women entered the religious habit and vowed to renounce the world to pursue moral and intellectual uplift for Indian and negro communities, a cause Miss Kate Drexel has dedicated her life and fortune to. Pittsburg would profit by the canal system, details in The Dispatch tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Order of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament
Torresdale
Katharine
Kate Drexel
Drexel
Bold Butler on Lincoln Birthday Favors Free Silver
General Benjamin F. Butler is honored at the Butler Club dinner in Boston on Lincoln's birthday. He praises Lincoln, attacks free coinage of silver, and declares plans to expand U S influence including annexation of Canada with Monroe Doctrine rhetoric. Notable attendees include Governor Russell, Dan Sickles, Charles A. Dana, Alfred Pinkerton, J Q A Brackett.
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Bostos
Benjamin F. Butler
Butler Club
General Butler
Young's Hotel
Russell
Nook Plimpton
Dan Sickles
Charles A. Dana
New York
J. Q. A. Brackett
James Tanner
Washington
Alfred &. Pinkerton
Massachusetts Senate
John ©. Linehan
Concord
N. H
Army
J. C. B. Adams
Charles H. Taylor
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Butler
Mr. Lincoln
Ter
Company dispute over patent pattern sparks manufacturing stall
Bailes for the Elsner Company reached an agreement with Ira T. Clement of Sunbury allowing Clement to manufacture the booths, after claiming the State Board’s pattern infringed their patents and threatening suit against any producer.
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State Board
Hugh E. Bailes
Elsner Company
Ira T. Clement
Sunbury
German man jailed for vitriol attack on two women
Ludwig Pauer, 29, a German boarder, was committed to Harlem jail in $1,000 bail after flinging vitriol from a soda bottle at Mrs. Caroline Obergloch and Mrs. Felter as retaliation for alleged infidelity. The attack damaged dresses and skin but caused no serious injuries. Bauer claimed he planned to kill himself if the affair ended.
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New York
Ludwig Pauer
Harlem
Caroline Obergloch
Christian
Locust Avenue
Obergloch
Tremont
Warner
Mrs. Obergloch
Bauer
Friday Baur
Priest bars flag wrapped corpse from church in small town dispute
In Couxcot Bucks on February 12 a funeral for Patrick McCann, a G A R member, was diverted after Father H J O Rourke refused entry of the coffin into St Francis Xavier's Church because the casket and flag were draped with the U S banner. The body was moved to Weston. the priest later apologized, citing a misunderstanding of church rules.
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Father O'Rourke
Weston
St. Francis Xavier
Grand Army of the Republic
Cigarettes Declared Harmless by Analysis in Boston Hearing
Boston February 12 Special. The public health hearing on cigarettes within the Commonwealth heard Prof. Babcock who analyzed four brands found only nicotine as poison, averaging about 1 percent and less than in cigars. He noted only finest tobacco is used in cigarettes and questioned if cigarettes are as injurious as cigars.
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Boston
Commissioner of Public Health
Commonwealth
Babcock
Indians and Cattlemen at Outs in New Mexico
report from the White Mountain Indian reservation warns of possible trouble between Indians and cattlemen after the killing of squaw Ramirez Mexican vaquero Vincent Ramirez. Ramirez was arrested and jailed here as Interior Department orders cattle removal from the reservation. An illustrated article on Protestant sisterhoods in America is promised in THE DISPATCH tomorrow.
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Lorpspire
N. M
White Mountain Indian Reservation
Vincent Ramierez
Ramierez
Interior Department
America
Dispatch
Carnegie will appeal in United States Rolling Stock case
Judges Gresham and Blodgett issued a final order transferring all assets of the United States Rolling Stock Company to receiver W. C. Lane. Orvis Bros. Co Carnegie Phipps Co and others whose petitions for preferences were dismissed were notified. The court appeared doubtful an appeal could be taken and postponed the question for further argument.
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Curcaco
Gresham and Blodgett
United States
W. C. Lane
Orvis Bros. & Co
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Polling Booth Contest Settled in Harrisevare
The Polling Booth Contest is finally settled in Harrisevare on February 12. The Eisner Booth Company of St. Louis has been awarded the contract.
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Harrisevare
Eisner Booth Company
St. Lowis
General Alger retirement disputed by Detroit physician defense
The New York Sun questions the date and circumstances of General Russell A. Alger’s retirement from the army. Dr S R Wooster of Detroit corroborates that Alger was sick and discharged after a leave, while Merritt and Sheridan records are cited to challenge dishonorable dismissal claims.
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General Alger
Detroit
New York
Alger
Russell A. Alger
Michigan
Sheridan
Shenandoah Valley
Trevillian Station
Mich
Fifth Michigan Cavalry
Jubal
Washington
Wesley Merritt
Merritt
War Department
the Sun
The
Sun
Department
Philip J. Sheridan
Annapolis
United States
Algers
Custor
Hia
Thomas Guster
5. R. Wooster
First Michigan Cavalry
Toribal
New York Sun
General Custer
Cohinel Alger
Hiim
St. Wooerin
Michigan Cavalry
St. Paul
Custer
Mexican Circus Manager Captured Smuggling Run to Eagle Pass
Benigno Martinez a Mexican circus manager who trailed Garza from Galan Coutails tried to smuggle his entire circus across the Rio Grande below Eagle Pass. He was captured and brought to San Antonio to answer in Federal Court, with the circus seized by officials. Murat Halstead previews Werence in his travel letter for The Dispatch tomorrow.
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San Antonio
Tex
Benigno Martinez
Garza
Galan
Coutails
Texas
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
General Merritt Debunks Alger Misfortune Rumor
General Merritt spoke firmly and dismissed the tale of Alger's misfortune, showing no belief in the report and taking no stock in the story.
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Merritt
Alger
Death Linked to Keeley Cure in Ex Senator’s Family
San Francisco reports the death of James G. Fair Jr after bi-chloride gold treatment and Keeley cure failed to curb his dipsomania. Doctors attribute the fatal heart condition to treatment side effects amid broader family struggles with alcohol. Ex Senator Fair, noted for wealth and real estate, faces uncertainty as heirs prove unable to manage the fortune.
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San Francisco
James G. Fair
Fair
Jimmie
Charles
England
Frisey
Old Fair
Five Black Men Hanged After Vigilante Fire Crimes
In Sylvan, Virginia near Tuscaloosa, five imprisoned Black men pleaded guilty to arson and theft and confessed to other burns. A mob of about 30 overpowered guards, hanged the prisoners from a tree, and left notes warning burglars and promising protection of homes.
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Tuscaloosa
Axa
Sylvan
Robertson
Master Masons Association in Philadelphia Falls Apart
The Master Masons' Association of Philadelphia and vicinity collapsed as only three contractors responded to a meeting. The trio, once firm supporters, plan to petition court to relieve chartered responsibilities. The rift began a year ago over mason wages and led to bitterness and disintegration. Florence has fogs worse than those of Pittsburg, per Murat Halstead.
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Philadelphia
Master Masons’ Association of
Philadelphia and Vicinity
Florence
Pittsburg
Murat Halstead
A Baron's Money Troubles In New York Market
Baron Amond Seilliere faced debts in a tight financial moment. He settled with Henry L. Johnston, delivering 16 trunks and aiboxes after a secret compromise. A further $312,000 judgment from Charles E Miller stood unresolved, with officials unable to seize valuables from the trunks.
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New York
Amond Seilliere
Henry L. Johnston
Breyport House
Arden
Johnston
Lawer
Charles E Miller
Miller
Wyman Still Mayor Amid Protests and Budget Fights
Morning edition reports Wyman remains mayor as residents in two citheens protest ongoing issues. No early appropriation ordinance passes, while multiple classifier ads and editorial notes appear. Lincoln Day utterances and local notices touch on public affairs and insurance shows.
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Tonie
Page
Wyman
Endeaeantsshee
Citheens
Orens
Canada
Washington Walls
London
House
Ben Butler
Lincoln
Dana
Alger
Penney
Reading
New York
Delamater
News of the Sporting World
Last
Cooley Gang
Ireland
Bradstreet and
Don's Reviews
The
Ol Scout's
Reading and coal deal shake Philadelphia markets
The Pennsylvanian coal combine draws heavy trading in Reading stock with bonds and Lehigh Navigation rising on lease news. A. J. Cassatt denounces the plan as audacious and unlawful, citing constitutional limits on railroad control and potential monopoly creation across the anthracite region.
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Philadelphia
Third Street
Reading
Stock Exchange
Hensel
McLeod
Reading Railroad
Lehigh Navigation
Board of
New Jersey
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