Opening of Pennsylvania Legislature Amid Salary Snags
The article describes the formal opening of Pennsylvania's legislature with a focus on salary grabs by six Philadelphia members, the party line vote for Speaker Skinner, and the caucus plans for nominating Senator Cameron. It covers caucus timing, interparty negotiations, and federal officials visiting Cameron's residence as support coalesces.
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Haxnemens
Pennsylvania
Simonton
John Fow
Philadelphia
State Treasury
Treasury
Captain Skinner
Thompson
Esame
Baker
United States
Cameron
Jesse M. Taker
House
George Handy Smith
Senate
Smith
Pittsburg Meeting Sparks State Committee Appointment Details
The report notes Tostead and Weaver as contenders for the State Committee with Weaver later named by Harrisburg caucus officers as one of three candidates. Stewart was appointed as a member at large. A planned Allegheny delegation meeting to harmonize city and country members did not occur. Senate and House reps from Allegheny county were named to arrange the Governor’s inauguration. Senator Flinn to introduce key Pittsburg bills on wharf condemnation and adding judges in Allegheny Courts Nos. 1 and 2.
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United States
Walter Lyon
Pittsburg
Cooper
Philadelphia
Harrison
Cameron
Delaware
Monongahela
House
Jack Robinson
Rome
Francis E. Lawrence
Philadelpha
Dennis
Farm Boys’ State Committee
Tostead
David Weaver
Weaver
Harrisburg
Stewart
Allegheny County
Heny County
Graham
John Neeb
Senate
E. Stewart
Flinn
Courts of Common Pleas
L. EB. Stofiel
A Rest for a Week and Political Appointments
The report covers the first day as the House organized with Speaker Thompson outlining virtues of a good legislator. Officers elected include John W. Morrison Chief Clerk and Voorhees Reading Clerk among others. Afternoon session featured the Governor's message and revenue and poor-law revision reports. An adjournment until Thursday was approved if the Senate concurs.
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John W. Morrison
Allegheny
Co. E. Voorhees
Philadelphia
Reading
J. BE. Rex
Huntingdon
W. I. Weaver
Lancaster
F. B. Holman
Washington
Alfred Groach
Law
George R. Hoops
KR. P. Pomeroy
Lawrence
David Jones
Robert McCallis
Armstrong
Thomas Wallace
George Hamilton
Mercer
E. H. Muner
Blair
Don M.’ Erick
Erics Milo
Re ‘Olders
A x
Padden
Venango
Henry Bolster
John E Orforer
Revenue Commission
Senate
Ballot Reform Highlighted in Senate Opening Address
Harrisburg January 6 Senate opened with Rev Baker leading prayer. Penrose of Philadelphia elected President pro tem after caucus. He noted ballot reform and tax equalization would be key topics. Governor and other state officers to be elected next Wednesday.
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Penross
Sial
Harrisburg
Senate
Davis
Mr. Baker
Simonton
Penrose
Philadelphia
Henninger
Lebich
Delamater Failure Prompts Creditors Meeting
Depositors at the Delamater bank call an unsecured creditors meeting at the Court House in Meadville to seek protection after a report shows liabilities exceeding assets. Creditors doubt a 50 cents on the dollar compromise while scrutiny grows over large preferred judgments and misused funds. Prosecution threats loom over G W Delamater for alleged trust fund misuse. Kipling to publish a seven letter America series in next Sunday’s Dispatch.
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Meadville
Delamater Bank
Court House
Messrs
Fahr
Veith
Miller
Judson Street Railway Company
G. W. Delamater
Farrell
Philadelphia Firm Keim & Co Faces Creditor Meeting
The long established George De B Keim & Co of Market Street announced temporary embarrassment and a creditors meeting for next Friday. No asset or liability details were released as books await examination, with rumors tying trouble to a surge of Welsh Lea papers from New York and the firm’s 1836 founding at Third and Race streets.
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Philadelphia
George Deb. Kerm & Co
Market Street
New York
Welsh & Lea
George de B. Keim & Co
Third and Hace Streets
Keim Firm Leaders in Saddlery and Harness Commerce
The Keim firm moved in 1889 to Market street and became leading wholesale dealers in saddlery ware and carriage harness. George De B. Keim partners Edwin I. Musselman and Augustus C. Gausler. Keim served one term as Philadelphia Sheriff and once ran for Mayor against E. H. Fitler, after which he pursued less political involvement.
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Market Street
George de B. Keim
Edwin I. Musselman
Augustus C. Gausler
Keim
Philadelphia
E. H. Fitler
Peculiar Marriages Highlight Century Spouses Unusual Matches
A California telegram reports on several unusual weddings in Rowena Purdy and nearby towns. Highlights include George Harlan, 107, marrying 83 year old Mrs. Kate Woodson. Tom Goldton, 99, marrying 23 year old Angie Desty. 87 year old Mrs. Sam Hoenig wed to 23 year old R. H. Hilton. and 27 year old George Maston marrying 49 year old Mrs. M Boyd who has 17 living children.
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Mininx
Terx
Rowena
George Harlan
Kate Woodson
Woodson
Purdy
Tom Goldton
Angie Desty
Miss Desty
Sam Hoenig
R. H. Hilton
Mexia
Lake County
George Maston
M Boyd
Gas Shortage Forces Coal Use in Columbus Area
A Columbus dispatch reports the Thurstan gas field supply dwindling. North of Union Station, about a third of the city is told to prepare for coal as gas may be shut off tomorrow. Officials cite leaks and overdrawn reserves, with estimates of daily flow around 21.98 million cubic feet and line losses.
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Sipatoch
ColvumbsBus
Thurstan
Union Station
Com
Ruffner
Columbus
Important National Convention Called to Most Next Month
John B Rae president of the United Mine Workers calls a Columbus convention for February 10 with one delegate per 500 and a fraction. Key topics include price scales screens cash payments and the eight hour movement. Delegates should prepare and meetings of the secret branches are to elect attendees.
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Ispaor
Columbus
John B. Rae
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Detroit
Natio Trades Assembly
Knights of Labor
Riot at West Fork Ends In Wounding and Fear
Dispute over a young woman sparked a riot at West Fork seven miles from Encliss Inc on a Sunday night. Pistols, stones, and knives were used as several men were seriously wounded and fear spread through the thickly settled neighborhood. The confrontation began in the chapel and continued in the churchyard, with names such as William Lowe, Robert Baggerly and Wine yan Eawand linked to the violence.
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Encliss, Inc
West Fork
Wiseman
West Fork Chapel
William Lowe
Robert Baggerly
Wineyan Eawand
Pad May Qis
Massacre fears as Pine Ridge Indians desert town
Reports from Rushville Nebraska describe mass panic at Pine Ridge as Indians armed with guns converge on the town amid threats of internal fighting. Soldiers are few and reinforcements rush in while casualties mount on both sides during hours of skirmish around the agency.
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Ermpez
Rushville
Neb
Pine Ridge
Colonel Forsythe’s Conduct Sparks High Level Mail
Public correspondence reveals suspension of officers and an investigation. General Schofield and General Miles exchange messages over the Seventh Cavalry incident. Reports say 400 soldiers with four artillery pieces were mishandled, causing mass casualties including women and children.
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Miles
Schofield
Stampede of Redskins in camp sparks clashes and pursuit
A chaotic daytime scene sees a large Indian force fledging in panic while at night the line weakens and a rush appears. Citizens reporters and soldiers learn the news as hostiles retreat toward settlements. General Miles orders a peace mission with bombardment if demands are refused.
Miles and Noble Differ Over Indian Agency Reforms
Washington January 6 The Interior Department reports General Miles pressed for swift approval to replace South Dakota Indian agents with army officers. Secretary Noble declined to comment while aides say he will oppose the plan, fearing it would undo progress for Northwest tribal advancement.
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Washington
Interior Department
War Department
Miles
South Dakota
Nobl
Atiretary Noble
General Miles
Northwest
One More Battle Near Wagon Train Repulses Indians
Indian clash as a detachment of 30 men tried to intercept a wagon train bound for the camp ten miles out. The engagement ended with repulse and casualties. Wompen Eye Crown Camp, 8 D., Jan. 6.
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Wompen Eye Crown Camp
President weighs Sioux settlement efforts amid Wounded Knee
Telegrams from General Miles and General Schofield discuss handling Sioux hostility after the Wounded Knee incident. The President directs cautious action to protect settlements, avoid further bloodshed, and investigate any misconduct while pursuing peace and surrender.
Canon Omahony blasts Parnell in Irish conference notes
In Loxpox on January 6 the Irish Parliamentary Party conference near Boulogne is described. Canon Omahony accuses Parnell of actions harming MPs, threatening to publish if silence breaks. O'Brien joins Redmond and Gill as talks continue with funds held by Munroe Co and arrangements to transfer assets after the Boulogne meeting.
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SY Dunlap
O'’Shea-Parnell
Canon Omahony
Parnell
Mr. Parnell
O’brien
Boulogne
Messrs. Parnell
Messrs. Redmond
Gill
United States
Joseph G. Biggar
Mr. Biggar
Messrs
Patrick
Richard Power
Sauna & Co
Dillon
F. J. Xavier
O'Brien
Clancy
Noted humorist Rudolph Loewenstein dies at 70 in Berlin
Rudolph Loewenstein founder of the Kladderadatsch and famed satirist dies in Berlin at age 70. A political wit and after dinner speaker, he endured imprisonment during the 1848 revolution and was banished in 1852 for a humorous story about the Russian emperor before leaving the Kladderadatsch.
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Rudolph Loewenstein
Kladderadatsch
Chauncey W
Berlin
Russia
Kladdera
Bismarck
Europe’s Cold Weather Sweeps Across Denmark and Schleswig
Bern reports terrible snow drifts across the country with traffic halted in coastal provinces. Schleswig-Holstein trains are stranded while Denmark endures severe cold and widespread snow, icebound waterways, and suspended steamboat and rail services amid ongoing distress reports.
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Bern
Schleswig-Holstein
Denmark
Retrenchment at Baring Brothers Realigns Devon Staff
In London on January 6 Lord Revelstoke head of Baring Bros sharply cuts expenses. He dismisses about 120 retainers from his Devonshire establishment including domestic servants grooms gardeners and laborers. The move underscores a sweeping retrenchment.
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London
Lord Revelstoke
House of Baring Bros
Devonshire
Rai Tan Aber
Suburb City Union Banquet Celebrates Vienna Project
Vienna hosts a patriotic event to celebrate uniting the city with its suburbs to form a larger Vienna. A grand banquet featured Somerling, former President of the Council of Ministers, presiding and toasting the Emperor, who supported the plan.
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Dunlap
Vienna
Somerling
Council of Ministers
Gladstone Says His End Has Come in Public Life
The Dublin Express reports Mr. Gladstone wrote to a prominent social reformer stating that practically his era in public life and politics has ended. The note appears in a letter dated January 6 and attributed to Dufanx, with reference to public life implications.
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Canse Company
Dufanx
The
Dublin Express
Gladstone
Ena
Settlement of Their Troubles With the Turkish Sultan
Constantinople January 6. The Turkish Porte and the Greek Patriarchate face a dispute over authority and duties prompting mediation attempts. Officials report ongoing negotiations aimed at resolving tensions without further escalation.
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Dunlaf
Constantinople
Archandrite Dyonissos Takes Patriarchal See
To day the Sultan endorses settlement and in the evening the agreement is arranged. Christmas is celebrated in the old style with Greek churches reopened. Archinandrite Dyonissos assumes possession of the Patriarchal See and presides over the religious fetes.
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Archate
Riza
Archinandrite
Dyonissos
BLAINE'S BERING DISPATCH DISCUSSED AT LONDON
Lord Salisbury weighs Blaine’s 40 page dispatch of December 30 on sealing disputes in Bering Sea and arbitration timing. Blaine does not accept Salisbury proposals. no fleet expansion planned. Spain-US reciprocity talks edge forward while weather disrupts Denmark and German railways and Uruguay to redeem currency.
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Loupon
Lord Salisbury
Blaine
Washington
Bering Sea
Julian Paineefote
United States
North Pacific Ocean
Edward Clarke
Plymouth
England
Sir Edward
Lord Isbury
High Seas
Spain
Marrip
E. Burd Grubb
Spanish West Indies
Fight Over Harvester Notes in North Dakota
Arrangements are under way to oppose the collection of about 3 000 000 in notes held by harvester companies. The contest rests on the binder contract promising free repairs, the American Harvester Company rule now charging cash for repairs, and the claim that the new company forms a trust. Antagonism also targets the American Harvester Company in favor of the Independent Beaver Company as prices rise by 40 per machine. EUDYARD KIPLING has written a series.
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Fazroe, N. D
Jac
American Harvester Company
Caach
United States
North Dakota
Beaver Company
Oil in Florida Light Houses Gives Out In Peril
An assistant keeper at Sombrero reports nearly exhausted lighthouse oil, risking darkness tonight. Other reef lights share the shortage as the supply steamer is overdue, threatening Gulf shipping. Wrecking vessels at the port prepare for a rich harvest if conditions worsen.
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Florida
Ker
Riot at West Fork Church Leaves Five Clinging to Life
During a Sunday night religious meeting at West Fork a riot erupted among followers of three large families. Pistols knives stones cudgels and fists were used and five men lie in critical condition including William Law William Wiseman John Wiseman Robert Baggerly and Edward Jones with others seriously injured.
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ExoGuiss, Inc
West Fork
William Law
William Wiseman
John Wiseman
Rober Baggerly
Edward Jones
Anxious Nation Eyes Front Lines and Indian Agency Garrison
War Department weighs sending more troops to the front and may summons the National Guard to guard Indian territory as disaffection rises among tribes. Colonel George S. Gallupe, veteran frontier fighter, says he is healthy and ready to move if called. He recalls service with Terry and Custer and urges disciplined coordinated action to defeat Indian forces, noting rations and policy criticism while commenting on squaws and papooses casualties in the broader conflict.
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George S. Gallupe
Pittsburg
Germania Fire Insurance Company
Pennsylvania
Abie
Gallupe
Terry
Custer
Regular Army
Indian Territory
Posta
Department
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Calif
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