Congress Short Session Prospects Amid Speaker Illness
The piece critiques a looming short session as leaders promise economy while progress stalls. It notes Speaker Crisp's illness delaying rule talks, debate over Reed versus Springer rules, and looming fights on free coinage and Mexican annexation questions connected to Senator Quay.
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Springer
Jackson
Garza
Shepherd
Senator Quay
Treasury Department Civil Service
Audience Asphyxiation At Grace Reformed Church
During Jan 10 services in Tirris O Grace Reformed Church a young woman fainted and, once outside, 14 more in the congregation collapsed. Doctors say natural gas from the church flue caused near suffocation. the crowd remained affected though recovering with difficulty. Dr Hirschman is prostrated and unable to preach tonight.
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Tirris
Grace Reformed Church
Hirschman
Indianapolis Streetcar Strike Ties Up Network
The entire Indianapolis street car system is shut down as employees walk. President Frenzel of Citizens' Street Railway Company removed badges and ordered workers to pay fare or walk, with fare checks issued by the company. The stalemate escalated at 2 o'clock this morning.
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Indianapolis
Frenzel
Citizens’ Street Railway Company
Secret meeting marks strike and car service disruption
A hidden meeting declared a strike while at four o clock it was announced that no car would run today. A noon duty notice failed to deter workers. a brick was thrown at a car window on its way downtown. The Citizens lines are controlled by Chicago interests via a stock company.
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Hood
Cara
Citizens’ Lines
Chicago
Wallace Declares Himself In Political Telegram
Ex Senator Wallace denies attending a Washington conference while sending telegrams from New York denying presence and naming Kerr for Chairman and Guffey for National Committee. Reports say a conference was held with Mitchler, Kerr and others invited. Wallace was present in spirit.
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Hill, Kerr
Guffey
Philadelphia
Wallace
New Years
Washington
Mnutchler
New York
Indiana
Cleveland
Kerr
National Committee
Williaw A. Waallacs
Gilsey House
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Mitchler
Narrow Escape of Durango Mining Superintendent Attacked
Thomas Guynon, mining superintendent for a St Louis syndicate in Connile Durango, Mexico, survived an ambush by five bandits. His Mexican boy companion was killed, Guynon was badly wounded, and the assailants looted 1500 dollars a watch and a revolver before fleeing. He crawled to aid after a day, aided by passing teamsters, with his condition believed to be grave.
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Durango
Denver
Con
Thomas Guynon
Pueblo
St. Louis
Connile
Mexico
Gugnon
Tron Mountain
Guignon
Guynon
Matrimonial tale ends in disaster for German groom
John Sweitzer a wealthy German of Wilkes Barre married a woman from a New York agency named Catharine Gottlieb who proved overpowering. She demanded property, tied the knot, then abused him and drove down children from the premises before beating him and fleeing to New York. Neighbors rescued the man and he never recovered from the injuries.
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Wilkesbarre
John Sweitzer
New York
Sweitzer
Castle Garden
Catharine Gottlieb
Bomb Plot Foiled Against Imperial Train
Two Nihilists arrested in Moscow and imprisoned in the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul. Authorities say evidence shows bombs with electrical attachments placed under the line for the Czarist train from the Crimea. Discovery traced to an anonymous letter to a government official.
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St. Peterspure
Moscow
St. Peter and St. Paul
Crimea
Anarchy to Erect Memorial for Waldheim Grays
Anarchists in Craco plan a memorial at Waldheim graves for Parsons Spies Linge Engle and Fischer. The Pioneer on Support Association has raised over half of the 26 000 dollar cost and will soon choose a monument design from many submitted.
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Crrcaco
Parsons
Spies
Linge
Engle
Fischer
Waldheim
Pioneer
The Prospective Royal Bridegroom II
An inquiry at Marlborough House Sunday night found no new information about the Duke of Clarence’s illness. As of 4 4 9 p m nothing has been issued, and officials provided no further updates on his condition.
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Marlborough House
Duke of Clarence
Harrison's Prospects Rise Amid Philly Political Feud
Philadelphia observers report unrest among Second and Fifth District officeholders as Harrison loyalists clash with Quay allies over delegate selections. Collector Cooper denies impending dismissals while warning that party intrigue and early delegate elections threaten Harrison’s renomination prospects.
City politics split between party factions and federal appointees
The text argues cordial ties exist between Blaine and Harrison while party loyalties divide Philadelphia. It notes 6000 city Republican employees versus under 1000 federal officeholders, with business leaders backing the Harrison administration yet opposing any affront to the President. The sentiment extends statewide.
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Republican Party
Blaine
Harrison
Civil Service
Philadelphia
One Flag One Destiny for Ireland at New York Meeting
Twenty branches reported as the Irish National League of America council met in New York City to endorse the Chicago 1891 platform. The resolutions urge unity, affiliate all societies, dissolve competing groups, and support a single national voice under one banner for Ireland.
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Ireland
National League
Isle
New York
New York City
Irish National League of America
M. D. Gallagher
William d. Lyman
Chicago
National League of America
John Fitzgerald
Lincoln
Neb
O'Reilly
Detroit
Jon P. Sutton
Lincoln, Neb
Burials Stir Bucks County Panic Over Alive Rumor
Ottsville residents refuse to bury the dead amid fears of premature burial after Miss Hager’s fainting spell and reports that others, including Wilson Silverthorn and John Taylor, may have been buried alive. Families guard coffins at home as doctors hesitate to confirm death.
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Bucks County
Philadelphia
Ottsville
John Taylor
Washington's Crossing
New York Liquor Law Proposals Face Legislature
Albany July special report outlines a Liquor Dealers Association plan to allow Sunday selling, permit all night hours, relax damages and illegal-sale liability, and set license costs and hours. The measure proposes three license types general, Sunday, and special night licenses amid home rule debates.
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Albany
Dan
Liquor Dealers’ Association
Panhandle wreck injures conductor after late train collision
A Panhandle Railroad wreck at Steubenville’s passenger station injures Conductor Brown whose back is badly hurt. A vestibuled sleeper Venetia is damaged with five occupants shaken. The second section engine plowed into the sleeper after disregarded signals and brakes failed despite engineer Coniff’s warning.
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Steubenville
Panhandle
Venetia
Brown
Coniff
Revolver Faction Turmoil Strikes Hungarian Church
In Wilkesbarre on January 10 the Hungarian church at Plymouth again erupts as a faction rebells against the new priest. They entered the church with revolvers demanding submission and a body of armed men used the sacred edifice. Serious trouble is anticipated.
Mutchler Pushes Special Probe Into Bank Failures
Congressman Mutchler of Pennsylvania announces a plan to form a special committee to probe the Keystone and Spring Garden National banks of Philadelphia. The move targets possible government negligence and may involve high officials as the investigation aims to reveal failures and remedy the banking system.
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Washiseton
D. C
Mutchler
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Spring Garden National Banks
Philadelphia
Bank of Philadelphia
Spring Garden
Wanamaker
United States
Quay
Senate
George Sheppard
Pittsburg
Treasury
Congress
Pattison
State Senate
O'Neil
Maassachusetts
Boston
Maverick
Lacy
Foster
Committee On Banking and Currency
Mutebler
Military Escort to Inaugural Exercises Arrives
CoLtemars January 10. Several clubs and military groups arrived for the inaugural exercises of Governor-elect McKinley scheduled for tomorrow. The main body is expected to arrive tomorrow including the Blaine and Lincoln clubs of Cincinnati and the Garield Garfield?
Inauguration Day Parade Attracts Large Ohio Delegation
The Club of Dayton numbering 400 prepared to host visitors as preparations for a grand parade accompanied the Ohio Governor's inauguration. Major McKinley attended Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church with the Cleveland Grays, and the Euclid Light Guard joined Trinity Episcopal Church services. A large crowd gathered all day, with the governor and his wife receiving much attention.
Severe Snowstorm Delays Boomers and Settlers Across Plains
Dispatches describe a widespread snowstorm across Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska delaying trains and streetcar service. Boomers along the Cherokee Strip endure cold tents and scarce fuel with cow chips and driftwood as major shortages. Weather eases in some areas but patterns remain harsh and temperatures drop nights.
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Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Kansas City
Oklahoma Territory
Guthrie
Chandler
Arkansas City
Kas
Cherokee Strip
Omaha
Millie Dow Seeks Support as Divorce Talk Roils Denver
Denver special reports Millie Price Dow demands financial support from husband Clarendée Dow amid marital strife. The couple married amid showbiz ties to the 1890s gas era. after four days they separated, with Dow threatening legal action if support isn’t provided. A compromise and possible divorce are anticipated as legal avenues.
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Denver
Millie Price Dow
Windsor Hotel
Clarendée Dow
Lnw
Donnelly and Girard’s “Natural Gas
Clarence Dow
Millie
Mike
Dow
Plot of the Police in Curtis Murder Trial
San Francisco reports the trial of M. B. Curtis alias Sam? of Posen for Policeman Alexander Grant’s murder. A conspiracy theory claims Curtis’s innocence and a police cover up. Defense seeks two men with Grant. one fired the shot, Curtis the other suspect.
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San Francisco
M. B. Curtis
Sam
Posen
Alexander Grant
Lost
Curtis
Grant
Lees
Curtis Reoreat
Blind salesman found dead at St. Cloud Hotel
New York telegraph bureau reports Samuel Sickel, a 43 year old former traveling salesman who became blind six months ago, checked into the St. Cloud Hotel and was found dead in his room with a revolver in his hand after requesting dinner in his room. The man had been despondent since losing his sight and had pledged he would rather be dead than blind.
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Custom House
Field
Ridgeway
Whse
Leeds
Henry
New York
St. Cloud Hotel
Samuel Sickel
Sickel
Two Distilleries Planned to Undermine Whisky Trust
In St. Louis on January 10 two large distilleries are planned to challenge the Whisky Trust. The Madison Distilling Company is already incorporated with capital of $200,000, and a second firm will be incorporated within a week.
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Whisky Trust
St. Louis
Jan
Madison Distilling Company
High Explosives Factory Burns in Butler District
A fire at the High Explosive Company's shell factory and stables in Butler, Pennsylvania, destroyed the building eight valuable horses and eight ee. Loss estimated around 3000 dollars with origin traced to a stove.
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BouTler
High
Silver Question Delayed in Face of Chicago Congress Plan
A Washington dispatch reports Democratic leaders push delaying the silver issue to avoid harming tariff reform. Prominent backers favor an international monetary congress in Chicago 1892 to frame a uniform system of coinage and weights and measures before the next Congress convenes.
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Wasnixeton
D. C
William M. Springer
Illinois
Carlisle
Kentucky
Finance Committee
Senate
John M. Palmer
Ilinois
H. O'Neill
Massachusetts
Chicago
Democratic
Thia Meress
Associated Press
Springer
Hener
New York
Congress
International Monetary Congress
United States
The
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