Cabinet in gloom as Chile dispute looms in Washington
Washington reports depict a somber cabinet meeting over Chile’s insults to the United States. President Harrison and Secretary Blaine weigh actions as debate over apology or war potential intensifies, with Congress to see the Chilean correspondence in ten days to a fortnight.
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Chile
America
State Department
White House
United States
Blaine
San Francisco
Congress
Remy
Cabinet
Ciileans
Balmaceda
Ezan
Admiral Brown
Schler
Tam
Washington intrigue over Quay Wanamaker clash in cabinet
A Philadelphia political confrontation unfolds as Senator Quay debates an investigation while Postmaster General Wanamaker presses to influence cabinet actions. Roosevelt and Foster are cited as potential players in a broader scramble involving the White House and Philadelphia power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Teddy Roosevelt
Wanamaker
Philadelphia
Chile
Congress
Quay Heads to Philadelphia for Primary Elections
Senator Quay travels to Philadelphia to oversee tonight’s primaries and vows a Senate investigation into administration interference in politics. He plans to introduce a resolution on return and promises a vigorous probe against President Harrison and Postmaster General Wanamaker.
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Senator Quay
Mortom
Civil Services Commissioners
Civil Service Commissiong
Internal Revenue’ Office
Philadelphia
Civil Service Law
Teddy
Roosevelt
Foster
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker
Harrison
Grand
Quay
Dalzell
Senate
Washington, D. C
Spein
The Code Duello Saved in Florida Verdict
In Jacksonvilly Florida on December 12 the Criminal Court of Record freed editors Sevier of the Evening Telegram and Morrison of the Morning Steamwharn. The jury found both not guilty as witnesses refused to testify and no challenge evidence could be produced.
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Jacksonvilly
Fla
Tan
Criminal Court of Record
Sevier
Targram
Morrison
Stewharn
Bar of Justice
Mob Stones Yorktown Gig in Chilean Waters
Commander Evans reports his gig was stoned by three men while off Valparaiso yesterday. He sought police protection and warned he would defend his men with arms if attacked again. Chilean authorities promised punishment and protection.
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Evans
Yorktown
Valparaiso
Washinctox
D. C
Secretary of the Navy
United States
pMest
Freshmen Triumph In Annual Princeton Snowball Fight
The annual snowball fight on Princeton campus in front of Nassau Hall saw about a hundred students in uniform clash with sophomores in a spirited display. The freshmen, already boasting victory in the rash and cane spree, secured another win as townspeople watched the tactical battle unfold.
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Princeton
N. J
Nassau Hall
Batthe
Not Compelled to Go West Opinion by Judge Rutter
Judge Rutter issues a ruling in federal court about Frank W. Fokes, assistant general freight agent, with the decision affecting his position and obligations. The order reflects the court’s interpretation of transportation authority and westward commitments in the case.
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Philadelphia
Rutter
United States District Court
Frank W. Fokes
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company Vouchsafe Trial Location
A Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company case requests not to be compelled to travel to St. Louis for trial alongside four freight agents of other lines. The charge concerns violations of interstate commerce laws regarding discriminatory freight rates.
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Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
St.wis
Bank Scandal Shocks Muncy as Cashier Denies Blame
In Muncy, the First National Bank's closure sparks a probe into missing funds. Former cashier De La Green, once cashier two years ago, says he resigned and denies involvement while claiming his name remains on records. Bank Examiner Dengler cannot determine the bank's exact condition, with estimates of $15,000 to $25,000 missing and a $5,000 bail set for Green ahead of a January 30 hearing.
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Williamsport
Muncy
First National Bank
United States Bank
Dengler
de la Green
Green
Bowman
S “T
Brown
Onshier
Ace
John M. Bowman
Bunko Tale Involves Judge Martine And Secretary Whitney
Gustav Barnald alias Count Gaston de Leon claims in a Brooklyn jail interview that he duped many people after posing as a man of wealth. He says Judge Martine lent him $400, President Cleveland gave him $150, and Secretary Whitney provided $100 plus further funds after a White House visit.
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Martine
Whitney
New York
Gustav Barnald
Count Gaston de Leon
Brooklyn
Germany
Bart 7
tJnat
Cleveland
White House
Funda
Dockstader Comic Opera Company Arrives From Bremen Steered to New York
Mr and Mrs Charles R Dockstader and ten Black performers arrived on the North German Lloyd America from Bremen. The company left New York last May with about 40 vocalists and musicians. They had saloon chartered for backers and performed in Hamburg for four weeks before sickness and dissatisfaction forced a return. The Copenhagen closure in December cost backers 60 000 marks, though members claim full payment.
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Combination
Hamburg
Copenhagen
Dockstader
Westminster Confession Revision Committee Reassembles in New York
The General Assembly's committee on revising the Westminster Confession met in New York for the first time since last spring. They will review reports from presbyteries and prepare a final report to submit to the General Assembly in Portland, Oregon, next May. The group includes members from across the country and will convene for about two weeks.
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New York
General Assembly
C. Roberta
Portland
Ore
Severe winter weather grips Southern and Eastern Texas
Dispatches from about 50 points report the worst weather in years with ice sleet and snow cover across the region. Cattle injures feared in some areas as the cold stretches persist.
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Houston
Texas
Brooke Iron Company announces wage cuts in Birdsboro
The Brooke Iron Company notified employes of wage reductions affecting puddlers from 3.50 to 3.15 per ton sheet workers from 40 to 36 cents per ton and nailers about one cent. The firm employs over 400 workers in Birdsboro. Fire and gas explosion report indicate three men buried at the works in Thrix, O. Jan 12.
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Reading
Brooke Iron Company
Birdsboro
Thrix
Aioe
Secret Mugwumps Form For New 1892 Party
Twenty leaders meet in Clark's restaurant New York to plot a third party opposing Blaine and Hill. George William Curtis presides as they push tariff and civil service reform with committees to raise funds and craft a platform and a name. The group bets on unseating old party leaders and unveiling a veiled candidate.
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New York
Clark's
West Twentythird Street
Blaine
Senator Hill
Massachusetts Reform Club
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Party of the Future
Civil Service Reform
G. William Curtis
George William Curtis
Carl Schurz
E. L. Godkin
Horace E. Deming
Matth Hane
Albany
William Dudley Foulke
L. B. Swift
Indiana
Merrill Wrytian
H. L. Pierce
Moorfield Story
Boston
H. Elbert Welsh
Philadelphia
Seth Low
Columbia College
Curtis
Hill
Mugwumpery
Cleveland
Hewgag
Reform
Hastings accident finds signal failure and block system plan
Albany authorities ruling cites Herrick's criminal failure to signal the St. Louis express as the immediate cause of the Hastings crash. Other staff are censured by the State Board of Railroad Commissioners, which also approves equipping the line with the block system.
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Albany
Hastings
State Board of Railroad Commissioners
Herrick
Ohio Lawmakers Weigh Gerrymander Bill and Primary Measure
A bill introduced by Representative Lillard of Hamilton county proposes restoring the congressional districts from two years ago. The measure would divide Eastern Ohio in a specified way as part of the redistricting proposal.
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Columnus
Lillard
Hamilton County
Ohio
Primary election bill backed to curb bossism in Senate
A Senate bill proposes holding primaries under the Australian system with multiple parties voting on the same day where boards of elections exist. Counties would pay nominating expenses for county officers while municipalities cover municipal officer costs. Proponents say the measure would curb bossism and favor merit-based candidacy.
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Fifeenth
Meigs
Athens
Washington
Monroe
Belmont
Harrison
Jefferson
Guernsey
Noble
Carroll
Columbiana
Mahoning
Stark
Portage, Lake
Geauga
Ashtabula
Trumbull
Senate
Indianapolis Streetcar Strike Causes clashes and arrests
In Indianapolis on January 12, a streetcar strike halted services since Saturday midnight as workers demanded free rides. Police faced a fierce clash with about 1,000 strikers who barricaded tracks and fought detectives, leading to arrests and a narrowly avoided crash when a motor man resisted an attempted start at 4 15 p.m.
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Indianapolis
Tom Lewis
Lewis
Esr
Four Burdick Siblings Die of Flu and Pneumonia in NY Village
Jay Burdick and his three brothers plus their mother in a New York village died after influenza led to pneumonia. The family, poor and isolated, cared for the mother at home. Neighbors and clergy witnessed the funeral in the yard, and the brothers perished around the stove before burial. Jay died shortly after being taken to the poor house.
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New York
Morris
N. Y
Jay Burdick
Miles Burdick
Ballot Saxes and Booths Chosen by Commission in Harrisburg
Harrisburg January 12 The Baker ballot bill commission selects a G F Honesdon ballot box at 3 each and rejects all booths submitted They set specs for white pine folding booths not to exceed 475 each with annexes up to 350 Each Buffalo Portable Steel guard rail 480 and total state cost about 125000 The county commissioners will be notified to requisition booths and guard rails from the Auditor General
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Hannrispere
Baker
G. F. Honesdon
New York
Buffalo Portable Steel House Company of
Buffalo
Auditor General
Buckeye Lawyer Charged With Forgery in Defiance Case
Frank L. Farlow a Hicksville attorney and Methodist church member was arrested in Defiance on forgery charges filed by his father and grandfather. The forgeries allegedly total about 4000 dollars. Farlow denies guilt claiming his relatives signed the notes.
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Buckeyé
Cleveland
Frank L. Farlow
Hicksville
Farlow
Hawaiians Defend Monarchy at December Meeting
Native Hawaii leaders held a large gathering December 29 and passed resolutions denying the people are ready to embrace a republican form of government either independently or otherwise.
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Howonene, Jan
Native Sons of Hawaii
Weather Bulletin From Sandringham Hall
Lexpos reports from Sandringham Hall at 8 o'clock state that although there is no exchange a condition of a growo somewhat wane continues to be noted in the bulletin.
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Lexpos
Sandringham Hall
Rain Patters as Quay Faction Dominates Philadelphia Primary
Philadelphia Republican primary results show Senator Quay's machines winning 55 of 58 delegates. Leeds and Henry failed to win any delegates, while Blaine supporters organize in the city. Tension rises as graft and tactics are alleged amid the Blaine faction's near sweep.
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Philadelphia
Quay
Harrison
Marshal Leeds
Charles W. Henry
Congressman Bingham
Oliver Wilson
Jacob Wildemore
David H. Lane
Theodore B. Stulb
James B. Anderson
George H. Graham
J. Shields
David Martin
John 5. McKinley
Wanamaker
Blaine
Minneapolis
Pennsylvania
Quayites
Leeds
Charles W. Heory
Thomas Kelley
Park Carter
William Henry Lex
Bailiwick
John Lucey
Custom House
James G. Blaine
Ohio Senatorial Rows and Brice Investigation Stir Ohio
Ohio lawmakers move toward finalizing Sherman’s re election as Senate choice with a joint session looming. A Breeze over the Brice issue provokes debate on legality and process while Rep Daugherty denies bribery allegations amid a smearing attack from a partisan newspaper.
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Sherman
Daugherty
Cotumaus
Spreial
General Assembly
United States
James E. Neal
Senate
Neal
House
Washington
Brice
Surgeons Say Turnbull Died After Refused Care in Baltimore Inquiry
Chilean surgeons Stitt and White testified that Turnbull died from hospital neglect after police carried him there. They reported Chileans blocked treatment, delays by Judge Foster, and that maltreatment harmed sailors aboard the Baltimore, with multiple deaths and wounds among the crew.
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Baltimore
Turnbull
Vallrso
Stitt and White
Foster
Sisters of Charity
Riggin
Allegheny Finance Committee Sets Nine‑Mill Tax Rate
The committee approved a 9 mill tax and allocated 2,500 to the Auditing Committee for experts. An Allegheny Reform Association request for extra counsel to aid City Solicitor Elphinstone in prosecuting Mayor Wrman ex Mayor Pearson and Market Clerk Hastings was defeated. Contingent fund estimates were read, with cuts totaling 41,200 from engine houses libraries parks smoke devices water extension streets and City Hall painting.
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Allegheny Finance ‘Committee
Gilliford
Allegheny Reform Association
Elphinstone
Wrman
Pearson
Hastings
Brown
Carnegie Library
Park
New Streets
City Hall
Rochester's Big Fire Destroys Sibley Seed House Block
A daylight blaze devoured the eight story Sibley seed house on East Main Street Rochester New York injuring no one seriously and wrecking the Sibley block including tenements and a church. The fire collapsed walls burying the Second Baptist Church chapel and caused about 2100 000 in losses.
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Rochester
Dan
Hiram Sibley
East Main Street
Sibley
Second Baptist Church
Howe GS Bassett
Bonaparte in Jail in Jewelry Fraud Case
Louis Clovis Bonaparte, son of the late Prince Louisa Lucien Bonaparte, was charged at West London Police Court with conspiring to defraud Rosalie Clovis Bonaparte of a diamond necklace and jewels valued at 100000 dollars. The charge stems from Mrs Bonaparte s divorce suit. The prisoner was ed.
Carriage Painter Fatally Stabs Wife in Liquor Quarrel
In Cincinnati on January 12 Frank Rutherford, a carriage painter, after a drinking dispute with his wife Lizzie, fatally stabbed her in the back with a large pair of shears. He attacked during the evening and she died almost instantly.
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Cincinnati
Jao
Frank Rutherfort
Lizzie
Pennedy
Edwards Named Chairman of Senate Railroads Committee
Edwards the Independent Republic used his presence at Senate organization to help the Democratic majority, and he has been made Chairman of the Committee on Railroads.
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Republican City Committee
Ward
United States
Leeds
Second
Harrison
Combiné
Edwards
Albaxy
Senate
Committee On
Bank Closure Hurts Vanceburg Deposit Bank Stockholders
Louisville Jan 12 The Vanceburg Deposit Bank closed to dig on account of a run caused by stockholder dissatisfaction. Stock stood at 25000 dollars. The business will be wound up. The bank was sound financially.
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Louisvillle
Vanceburg Deposit Bank
Judge Gresham Foiled by Desperate Crank in His Chamber
Walter Q. Gresham, U.S. judge, faced a madman in the Government building in Chicago. Deputies and five officers fought for minutes to restrain the assailant, who brandished a heavy cane and demanded $5,000 said to be sent by Jay Gould. The man was finally subdued and taken to a detention hospital.
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Jay Gould
TexHicano
Walter Q Gresham
United States Court
Judge Gresham
United States
Marshal Bliteheock
Jay Geals
J Gresham
Hitchcock
Gresham
Bla Eves
Iesire
George
Allen
George Steitz
Foley
O'Connell
McDonaha
McConsh
Harrison Street
McConaha
Cincinnati
Te Detentio Hospital
Femine
Heavy snowfall begins. sleighing returns after three years
Crxcrxxartt reports a heavy snow from 3 PM continuing at midnight. The Weather Bureau notes a broad storm affecting adjoining states with Little Rock also reporting snow. First sleighing in three years is noted tonight.
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Weather Bureau
Ottawa Reports Friction Eased Between Nations
Telegrams from Washington show tension between the United States and another country easing. a confirmed report here notes a friendly atmosphere developing despite earlier friction. The dispatch highlights improved sentiment and cautious optimism about future relations.
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Ottawa
Washington
City Hall Gas Works Upgrade Reworks Interior
Work crews repaired gas lines and installed jets in City Hall yesterday. Officials plan to resume electric service and quote the project cost as part of maintenance funding.
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Ateeet Prit
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