Sherman and Foraker fight over Ohio Senate nomination
The article describes factional battles in Columbus over senatorial and speakership loyalties tied to ex-governor Foraker and Senator Sherman. It details pledges, alleged votes for Laylin, and possible open or secret ballots as supporters jockey for power, with key figures Dicks Welch Kessinger and Durker central to shifting alliances.
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Jekyll
Mr. Hyde
Columbus
Sherman
Foraker
Laylin
Senate
Welch
Pieter
Severs
Lavlin
McGrew
Miranos
Elaine
House
Jae
Shirase
Busemer
Fersker
Forsker
Foster
McKinley
Wy Iden
Vden
Oviens
Howe
Perscher
Poreker
Tio Cavcus
Lowes
Poraker Trinagers
Shertuon Met
Kessinger
Athens
Byron Inte
Ross
Dows
Douglass Hawlings
Clark County
Poraler
Lhen
Sherrar
Opposition Society faces funds and futures of exposition
Chicago last evening Martin and W. I. Lupton led debate as directors of the Opposition Society. They warned shortages and mismanagement risk another failed exhibition and urged funding, a trades school, and local industrial displays to revive the exposition amid blue outlooks and past floods.
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S& & Martin
Chicago
Eeaposition Society
Johiastown
Faposition Society
Trades’ School
Lupton
Quay Talks Fetterman Support and 1890s Erie Canal Plan
Senator Quay discusses indorsement for Fetterman and potential second-choice candidates. He notes Blaine’s status, naming Harrison or Alger as possibilities, and comments on the Erie Canal survey appropriation and Elkins as Secretary of War. He attends the Pittsburgh visit briefly before heading to Washington for the Senate opening.
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Blaine
Harrison
Alger
United States Senate
Mr. Quay
Dalxell
Robinson
Chester Jack
Mrr. Graham
Pennsylvania
Graham
Congressman Shively
Erie Canal
Quray
Shively
Senate
House
Washington
Democratic House
Elkins
Quay
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
General Dodley Backs Away From Interview After Attack
General W. W. Dudley of Washington and Indiana, returning from Indianapolis, lay in at Monongahela House for six hours after a road wreck. He telegraphed he would be home for breakfast and sent a brief note to a reporter declining an interview, amid newspaper attacks over the blocks of five incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Dudley
Washington
Indiana
Monongahela House
Indianapolis
Mr. Dudley
William Wade Dodley
General’s guarded stance grits with reporters and 19th century politics
The General grew wary with press inquiries after his pension tenure, courting reporters less while rumor swirled about Blaine and a possible presidential run. Dudley questioned the admin changes, while Indiana Democrats backed Gray though East and West factions favored Hill, Cleveland, Palmer, and Boies.
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Harrison
Blaine
Dudley
Indiana
Hill
Cleveland
Palmer
Boies
A Letter From Clarkson Seeks Landsay in Conference
Ex-Secretary Bob Lindsay of the State League of Republican Clubs left for New York Saturday night over a political matter he would not disclose. He said General Clarkson’s letter hinted at major federal appointments next week, naming no specifics but promising satisfaction.
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Bob Lindsay
State League of Republican Clubs
New York
Clarkson
National Republican Committee
Philadelphia
Lindsaye
Internal Revenue
United States Court
City Hall Clerk Vanishes With Funds In Suspense
City Hall turmoil as a well known clerk disappears taking cash from overworked officials. Rent money for several landlords remains unaccounted while other department chiefs and sympathetic colleagues discuss the loss and a near dismissal. The clerk allegedly used a sympathy racket to borrow and hide funds, prompting warnings and renewed chances rather than immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Tall
No Tower for 1893 at World Fair Admitted as Likely
The Morrison tower proposed as a World’s Fair adjunct, financed by Keystone Bridge, faces foundation problems scarce site options and slow capital. Critics say it cannot rival Eiffel tower elegance and will remain a paper scheme.
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Morrison
Keystone Bridge Company
Death of Mary Jane Stocks Found on Mulberry Alley
Mary Jane Stocks a 41 year old colored woman was found dead at Twenty seventh street and Mulberry alley. She had left Spruce alley between Thirty first and Thirty second streets the evening before to pay store bills. Dr J Guy McCandless performed the post mortem at the morgue and found death due to valvular heart disease. The coroner will hold an inquest today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Stocks
Ace
Twenty-seventh
Mulberry Alley
Spruce Alley
J. Guy McCandless
Coroner declines inquest into Willow Grove explosion cases
Coroner McDowell said he will not hold an inquest for John M. Fair and George Conday, killed in the nitro glycerine blast at Willow Grove Saturday. The accident is deemed accidental, with insufficient remains to identify the men, and no action will be taken unless the Mercy Hospital patient dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDowell
John M. Fair
George Conday
Willow Grove
Mercy Hospital
Robbery in West End: Henry Watkins Held Up by Two Men
Henry Watkins was robbed near the Stone tavern in the West End when two men, described as colored, took his silver watch and 30 cents. Police detained three suspects who offered alibis at morning hearing. officers continue to seek the pair responsible for the night assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watkins
Stone Tavern
West End
Train Collision Delays Line on Pittsburgh Rail
Two freight trains on the Pittsburg McKeesport Youghiogheny Railroad collided at South Twenty sixth street yesterday morning. Several cars were badly wrecked but no injuries were reported. The wreck caused notable travel delays across the line.
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Pittsburg
McKeesport
Youghiogheny
South Twenty-sixth Street
Murphy Seeks Coroner Post in McKeesport
Detective P. J. Murphy of McKeesport announces his candidacy for coroner. He was nearly killed by Fitzsimmons during the Gilkinson murder incident and now enters the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. J. Murphy
McKeesport
Fitzsimmons
Gilkinson
Tales of Two Cities Citizen Remanded After Break In
Whittam Joxrs was committed to jail from the Fourteenth ward police station to await the recovery of a woman assaulted during a burglary at Lohestreet. Grams D B Mat Walken, who attempted suicide by Paris green, remains in precarious condition, at his father's home 1 Mayflower Street. A funeral procession passed through the city bound for Brooklyn today. An epizootic is striking McKeesport horses, with deaths reported. Scotch residents plan Burns birthday celebrations. Wittias Cassone arrested on Fortieth Street for throwing stones at a policeman.
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Whittam Joxrs
Fourteenth Ward
Lohestreet
Grams DB
Mat. Walken
Paris Green
Mayflower Street
Terremins
Matheson
Youngstown
Brooklyn
McKeesport
Robert Burns
Wittias Cassone
Fortieth Street
A Touch of Winter Amid Little Gas Complaint
The piece notes milder days ahead but a cold snap looming with the thermometer down to 15 above at the Signal Office. It reports sparse street traffic, gas shortages in the hill district, and varying snow across Pittsburgh, Allegheny River areas, and mountains, plus a December weather crop summary from Chief Harrington.
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Tyre Mercury
Fifth Avenue
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Allegheny River
Stewart
Weather Bureau
Harrington
Rockies
Police Hearings Shrink as Holiday Dulls Cases
Yesterday's Allegheny hearings showed lighter activity with 11 cases before Mayor Wy man amid New Year celebrations. Fines ranged from 5 to 15 dollars for disorderly conduct, bare knuckle fighting, and disturbances, while several defendants jailed for ten days for suspicious behavior and wife separation disputes. Magistrates Succop Hyndmandis and others handled remaining cases, with most proceedings noting drunks and trivial matters.
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Wyman
Allegheny
J. C. Pardie
S& McElhinney
I. B
Federal Street
Pardie
McElhaney
Brown
Milligan
Succop
Twenty-eighth Ward
I. J. Banerho
Ed. McCloskey
South Seventh Street
Alonzo Thomas
Albert Lape
John Wood
Edward Jones
Hyndmandis
Fourteenth Ward
Nineteenth Ward
Mike Meyers
John Borland
Jack Albertson
Central Station
Italian Haven Raided By Police In Nineteenth Ward
Captain Mercer and Lieutenant Duncan led a ward squad in raiding two Italian run disorderly houses on River avenue near Butler street extension. Antony Carisacilio’s home yielded fifteen detainees while G Parificio’s place yielded fourteen. Neighbors had complained of Sunday gatherings with beer and music as entertainment. One man escaped by roof traversal to another building.
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Mercer
Duncan
Nineteenth Ward
Antony Carisacilio
River Avenue
Butler Street
G. Parificio
Gallinger Jeweler at the old stand on Penn Avenue
Gallinger, jeweler, remains at the same storefront at 1200 Penn avenue inviting customers to call and visit.
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Gallinger
Penn Avenue
Many Improvements Made During the Edgar Thomson Shutdown
During a short shutdown at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works, significant upgrades in the converting mill automate heat handling and streamline casting. Movable molds on wheels feed the casting train, cranes strip heats automatically, and the process cuts labor by about half while boosting output. The article denies crowding from government work and notes steady private orders.
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Edgar Thomson Steel Works
Bessemer
Boycott Begins to Show on Second Avenue Streetcar Line
Labor leaders say the boycott is in its infancy but already affects travel on the Second Avenue line. They report fewer riders, with many former patrons crossing the Monongahela bridge to Birmingham. No strike violence has been confirmed, and circulars urge Knights of Labor assemblies in two cities to stop patronage.
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Second Avenue
Baltimore
Ohio
Monongahela
Birmingham
Knights of Labor
Bandit uprising seen as Diaz's major challenge yet
Carlos Henriques a Mexican merchant in the Union depot says the Garaa revolt is the era's gravest threat to President Diaz. He notes Diaz’s bold tactic of co opting bandits into the army, creating a 3,000 strong rural army. With railroads aiding troop landings, Diaz aims to crush the revolt and win re election, while border tensions persist.
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Carlos Henriques
Union Depot
New York
Diaz
Rio Grande
Diax
Mr. Henriquez
Vioz
Notable arrivals and locals at Pittsburg hotels
Col B B Case of the Fourth Regiment and Capt B J Smith of Porreville reach Pittsburg, with Case to chair a court and Smith as judge advocate for an Ardjant Rees inquiry. Notables including F S Seagrave of Detroit visiting the Monongahela House, bank examiner Hugh Young resuming bank exams, Heinz agent Downes registered at the Central, and various figures staying at the Duquesne and Monongahela House.
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B. B. Case
B. J. Smith
Porreville
Pittsburg
Monongahela House
Ier
Smith
Ardjutant Rees
Seagrave
Detroit
St. James
McKeesport
Hugh Young
Wellsboro
Central Hotel
H BH. Downes
Denver
H. J. Heinz & Co
Duquesne
Nat Goodwin
Eastern Express
New York
Cincinnati
Ralph Delmore
John W. Reel
Clarion
James Dalzell
Findlay
E. G. Parkinson
Titusville
Mononenheln House
Coroner McDowell Calls For City Morgue And Hospital
Coroner Heber McDowell presents a five year report detailing inquests for 1887 to 1891 including 858 last year and 985 the prior year. He urges a city morgue a public hospital and new laws to curb railroad trespassing and fatal accidents and calls for better fire and elevator safety.
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Heber McDowell
Toe Disratcn
Wurner
McDowell
Tre Disraten
Congress
Commonwealth
Dickson
Potter’s Field
Temperance Meeting Draws Large Attendance in Moorhead
A well attended temperance meeting was held last night in the Moorhead building Grant street Mrs J M Foster presided Addresses were made by Mrs Getty Edward Finch John Lloyd William White Alexander Kennedy and W W Frances A large number signed the pledge.
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Moorhead
Grant Street
J. M. Foster
5. Getty
Edward Finch
John Lloyd
William White
Alexander Kennedy
W. W. Frances
Dixon Reported In Serious Condition At Home
Christ G Dixon at 42 Sherman Avenue Allegheny is laid up with pneumonia and under constant doctor care. his condition was reported as serious last night with three physicians in attendance.
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Christ. G. Dixon
Sherman Avenue
Allegheny
Famine Grimness Hidden by Banquets in Kowisk Province
A Kowisk estate proprietor visiting St Petersovere describes famine in his home district where peasants burn doors for fuel and strip thatch to feed cattle. He reports hunger-driven evictions, forced sharing of scarce resources, late government relief, and officials hosting banquets to conceal the crisis from the Czar’s emissaries. Local officials suppress appeals to the Czar with expulsions threats.
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St. Petersovere
Jan
Kowisk
Growing Better World: James and Miner Speak on Religion
Ex-Postmaster General Thomas L. James and Warner Miner address Asbury Church on faith and social progress. Miner argues optimism, cites thriving churches, charities, and education under Christ, while noting New York’s 560,000 below Fourteenth Street and 4,000 saloons.
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New York
Thomas L. James
Methodist Church
Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church
Washington Square
Warner Miner
Herkimer
James
Fourteenth Street
Kepple's roundabout mileage raises tax questions
Westmoreland County’s Jury Commissioner Kepple, elected last term, used three months to fill the jury wheel due to distance from Greensburg. He travels two miles to a Leechburg rail station, rides two miles to Leechbart, then to Greensburg, billing 3 400 miles at six cents a mile. Also, Lee Keyser reports a theft of 40 dollars while sleeping in a First avenue stable with a colored man who later left town.
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Greensburg
Kepple
Leechburz
Westmoreland County
Leechbart
West Penn
Plittsburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sril
Lee Keyser
First Avenue
Fires Across States Cause Heavy Losses and Fatalities
Fire reports indicate Sarmoos near Bloomington burned with near 100000 in insured losses. Pinto & Sons grain elevator in Brooklyn tallied 100000 loss from spontaneous combustion. Freeport dry house suffered 5000 loss partly insured. Nashville fire Saturday night estimated at 75000 to 95000 with three deaths. An alarm at 10 o clock from J B Larkin office caused damage around 1. The causes include a gas stove fire.
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Sarmoos
Bloomington
Brooklyn
Frank G. Pinto & Sons
Freeport
Freeport Phining
Nashville
J. B. Larkin & Co
Firthavenue
Big Reductions in Feather Trimmings at Campbell’s
Feather trimming sale announces deep price cuts across all stock. Entire stock marked well below cost with this season’s goods from A G Campbell & 808,25 and 2 Fifthav.
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A. G. Campbell
Crazed by the Grip Man Held for Drunkenness at Central
H. L. Meeke a young New Yorker from a wealthy family spent the night in Central police station on a drunkenness charge. Witnesses say a severe grip illness caused erratic behavior, signing another man's name to a check and making odd claims while awaiting investigation.
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H. L. Meeke
New York
Central Police Station
Merke
Central Station
Robinson
W. L. Leonard
Meeke
Leonard
Sen
Mr. Leonard
Portrait Offer From Hendricks & Co at 68 Federal Street
A 30 day portrait offer promises a handsome life size crayon or water color likeness for every dozen cabinets. The service is provided by Hendricks & Co located at 68 Federal Street in Allegheny.
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Hendricks & Co
Federal Street
Allegheny
January Musfin Underwear Sale At ALG Comprete & Sons
Great January sale offers the best values on drawers chemises corset covers skirts and more. Reliable goods guaranteed with new patterns available at 37 Fifth Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musfin Underwear Sale
Comprete & Sons
Mand
Silk lots offered today at premium prices
Two lots of 27 inch India silk expected to fetch 500 dollars and 75 cents as a short sale listing. The auctioneer Boces and Bri directs quick bids and notes strong demand for fabric from buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boces & Bri
Bargains in Ladies Cashmere Hose and Merino Underwear
Bargains in ladies cashmere hose and merino underwear offered with big reductions. Former prices noted, small lots available, hurry to A. G. Campbell & Sons at 25 and 2 Fifthay. Stars made to order from $25 at Schauer's, 407 Wood Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Campbell & Sons
Schauer’s
Wood Street
Odds and Ends at Nominal Prices in Spring Stock
Every department shows odds and ends from stock taking marked at nominal prices to clear space for new spring assortments. Extra values are highlighted in Silk and Dress Goods and Ladies' Jacket and Wrap departments.
Opening of New India Silk and French Chalinis Lines
We announce the opening this week of new lines of india silks and french chalni s. Choice printings exclusive styles and the best selections for the season will be shown.
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India
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