Ohio ballot box forgery testimony dominates congressional hearing
Witnesses describe forged contract involving Governor Foraker and figures such as McKinley Butterworth Campbell and Sherman. Wood testified receiving $200 and a promised office to aid publication of the forged paper aimed at Butterworth. Ex governor Foraker faced cross examination while others revealed how signatures were obtained and autographs forged amid a widening probe into Ohio ballot box forgery.
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Wood
Congressional Committee
Foraker
Butterworth
Washioros
Ohio
Cros
Grosvenor
Major McKinley
Sherman
Campbell
Major Butterworth
Mr. Breckinridge
Kentucky
Mr. Campbell
Senator Sherman
John R. Mclean
Earnhostenor
Mr. Haletead
William L. Walters
Michigan
Capitol
F.D. Quigley
Mesars
McAdoo
McKinley
J. F. Campbell
Cox Ho
Senator Stockbridge
Senator McPherson
Senator
Cincinnati
Milward
Witees
Davis
Sigaa
Murray
Murra
Waabingwon
Washington
Foraker Cay
Sai
Witness
Ted
Danites Suspected in Utah Rancher's Death
A telegram from Ft Duchesne Utah reports William Whitney a noted Gentile ranchman in Ashley Valley found dead in his bed shot while asleep. Authorities suspect the Danites. Seymour had gone to Utah in 1882 and served as a post trader at Old Ft Duchesne.
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Denver, Cox
Ft. Duchesne
Utah
William Whitney
Ashley Valley
Seymour
Old Ft
Powderly Arrested Then Posts Bail for Court Suit
SCRANTON January 18 General Master Workman Powderly was well enough to walk out as the warrant for his arrest sworn out by Mr Callaghan was served by Constable Moran. He posted bail of 300 with his brother Patrick Powderly as surety and plans to answer in Westmoreland courts next week.
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Callaghan
Scrawton
Workman Powderly
Constable Moran
Powderly
Alderman Fuller
Joseph O'Brien
Westmoreland
Patrick Powderly
Carbondale
Ava Pee
Doctor Hauls Footsteps to Justice in Night Robe
Dr. H. P. Beam a noted local physician was arrested on a charge of malicious mischief after officers, serving a warrant, found him in bed at his Market street office. He was marched barefoot in night attire to Justice Hart's office. hearing postponed until Monday.
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Jonnsstown
H. P. Beam
Market Street
Justice Hart
Justice
Beam
Plot to ruin Ontario Bank uncovered in probe
Toronto reports reveal evidence of a conspiracy to wreck the Ontario Bank. Officials say no compromise will be accepted from any customer whose accounts show irregularities. W H Godwin, assistant accountant, is under investigation as part of the case.
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Toronto
Ontario Bank
W. H. Godwin
Investigation Demanded Into Conduct Of State Officers
A petition circulating in Torux a Kan calling Judge Guthrie to convene a special grand jury to probe acts of state legislators and other officers. By noon 200 names had signed the petition targeting State Treasurer Ha oe Saante, Commissioner Wilder, Burton, Gillette, and two or three other lawmakers.
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Toruxa
Kan
Guthrie
Tioners
Ha Oe Saante
Wilder
Messrs
Burton
Gillette
Flood waters recede with minimal damage in Evansville region
The flood scare ends with little harm as waters retreat. Farmers move corn from exposed areas while the Wabash and Ohio rivers show no significant damage. Cumberland River levels remain steady, easing flood fears.
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Evansvillle
Exp
Ohio
Cumberland
TURN ABOUT PAIR PLAY
Ottawa January 18 Mr Taylor M P has prepared a bill prohibiting importation and immigration of foreigners and aliens under contract to labor in Canada. It imitates U S statute and aims to retaliate. If passed it will impede many contractors on public works by restricting trained labor from abroad.
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Ottawa
Ont
Taylor
M. P
Canada
Jos
Uae
Les
Eaten by Wild Hogs Horrific Tragedy Reported
Gainesville Tex January 18 wild hogs entered a farmer cabin near Arbuckle in the Chickasaw Nation and devoured a five or six year old child left alone while the rest of the family worked in the cotton field. The mother returned to the house to find the body partially consumed and in shock.
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Gainesville
Tex
Chickasaw Nation
Arbuckle
British Agent Murray Seeks Evidence in Parnell Case
In Denver on January 18 an English agent identified as Murray, acting for the London Times and a lawyer in the O'Shea Parnell case, sought access to prominent witnesses. The British Foreign Office manager reportedly directed the inquiry through the Times in an effort to obtain usable evidence against Charles S. Parnell.
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Denver
Col
Associated Press
Murray
London Times
O'Shea
Charles 8
Parnell
Thes
Times
English-Portuguese affair unsettles residents in Portugal
Reports from London describe ongoing English Portuguese tensions despite nominal settlement. Czar reportedly drinks champagne as Abraham Lincoln bound for London recovers in ill health. Talmage travels to London as Portugal crisis provokes international denunciations and reaction in Portugal.
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England
Portugal
Abraham Lincoln
Versailles
London
Dr. Talmage
John Rogers Hopping Mad Over Cinderella Salary Dispute
Minnie Palmer quits Her Majesty's Theater after failing to receive salary for the title role in Cinderella. John Rogers vows to act despite whom pays, as he seeks the treasurer and legal counsel George Lewis handles the matter. A Motte Carlo boat project linked to a syndicate led by H. J. Leslie is also noted.
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CABLE
Lorpox
Minnie Palmer
Her Majesty's Theater
John Rogers
Rogers
Bismarck Rumors of Ill Health Stir Berlin Visitors
Berlin dispatch reports questions about Chancellor Bismarck's health as rumors spread. Officials deny illness while private conversations hint at fatigue and melancholy affecting him, though he remains vigorous in public appearances.
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Dunlap
Berlin
Bismarck
Lincoln Boy Brought to London for Life Saving Care
A Paris Versailles report says young Abraham Lincoln, gravely ill for ten weeks, was moved to London today to improve his chances. Dr Sidney Jones deemed transport the only hope, and a special invalid carriage carried him to Dover where a train carried him onward. moral support from the American Minister aided the journey.
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Lorpor
Abraham Lincoln
Versailles
London
Sidney Jones
Little Abraham
England
Nord Railroad
France
Fred Thorne
London, Calais and Dover
Calais
Channel
Dover Pier
TAKEN TO DRINK IN RUMORS OF RUSSIA POLICE PLOTS
Lorven January 18 report says the czar’s secret police unravel a vast conspiracy with clergy clerks guards and officers involved. The tale claims the czar drinks and Bulgarian loan fears ease as Ferdinand at Sofia flaunts power and a rumored marriage complicates royal relations.
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Cby
Dispatom
Lorvon
Cear
St. Petersburg
Ferdinand
Sofia
Cesar
Barnum Blamed for It as Theaters Clash Over Greatest Show on Earth
London theaters blame Barnum Bailey for slipping audiences as Cinderella falters and Covent Garden Drury Lane lament circus competition. Olympia crowds are turned away while Barnum Bailey receives continental bids. The decision to close the circus on February 15 is announced and plans to tour America follow. Bailey travels to Paris to scout a site but no suitable hall exists.
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Manegeres
London
Dispatch
Loxpor
Her Majesty’s Theater
Barnum & Bailey
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
Olympia
Yar
Barcum & Bailey
Continent
United Kingdom
America
Baidgeport
New York
Bailey
Paris
Meters Hall
Exposition Grounds
Not A Pleasant Journey
Herman Zeitinger a Viennese tailor attempted to travel in a pecking case parcel loaded with straw and water on a Paris railway his plan failed he was left exposed for hours and was arrested by the customs for defrauding the railway company.
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Dunlaf
Cable Company
Paris
Herman Zeitinger
Inness
Aesi Paris
Talbot of the House of Commons Dies Richest Commoner
Talbot, long a member of the House of Commons and father of the Hones, died this week. He was described as the richest Commoner in England and known for eccentric habits and wandering life. He was also noted as a yachtsman with worldly renown.
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Hones of Commons
Dispatch
Loepow
Talbot
House of Commons
England
Palace of a Dog House at St Duslap’s Cable Command
Colonial era note describes a dog house as a canine palace with a dressing room cloak room and dogs coats. It highlights a humorous scene of dogs and motion in a January date.
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ST Duslap's
Colonel North
Talmage In Town While Illness Slows Return
Dr. Talmage of Brooklyn is in Lorpox en route home to America after a stay that includes influenza. John Lobb, editor of the Christian review, reports on the visit and health.
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Talmage
Lerdes
Pisratem
Lorpox
Dr. Talmage
Brooklyn
Amn
Resiri
John Lobb
Christian Re
Odd Club Formed in Loxpox by Biblio Fans
January 18 reports the start of a new club of biblio maniacs in Loxpox with members adopting quirky names and cryptic phrases. The text shows garbled OCR but indicates a literary society forming under odd monikers.
Bisland Reaches London After World Venture start
Elizabeth Bisland arrives in London after racing Nellie Bly around the world. She enjoyed a pleasant channel crossing and dinner at the Grand Hotel, reporting fatigue from the York to Pacific coast railway but no major illness aside from seasickness on Oceanic. She heads next for Holyhead to sail home via Queenstown and the Bothnia.
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Distatch
Louoon
Elizabeth Bisland
Nellie Bly
Miss Bisland
Cannon Street
Sir William Lewis
Grand Hotel
Trafalgar Square
Euston Station
Holyhead
Queenstown
Bothnia
Luck Against Her Miss Bisland Missed La Champagne
New York reports Miss Bisland failed to catch the French steamer La Champagne at Havre after a special train was arranged to move her from Paris. The Champagne waited until 10 AM and sailed, leaving Bisland en route to London, with confusion over the Brindisi to Paris routing and the Ems withdrawal.
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Telligham
Dispatch
New York
Brindisi
Miss Bisland
Havre
India Mail
Sante
London
Fontainbliesau
Paris
Bijon
Fast Mail
Brindiai
la Champagne
Queenstown
Freon
Saelbeny
Reneh Company
Waa O
Western Railroad
France
Nellie Bly Nearing San Francisco on Eastward Journey
New York January 18 Nellie Bly the globe trotter remains about 400 miles from San Francisco and is expected to enter the Golden Gate Monday barring accidents The eastward route will depend on weather conditions and the current delays from winds and seas are noted as the voyage continues toward New York.
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AORT
Nellie Bly
San Francisco
Golden Gate
Five Trenton Pottery Firms Sold to English Trust
A cable gram reports an English trust accepting terms for sale of five Trenton potteries. Potter refuses to name the plants but confirms East Liverpool potteries are included. The deal reportedly involves International Prospect Hill Mercer Delaware and Crescent potteries for about 5 million dollars with 1.5 million to the Trenton firms. Lawrence J. Mott of Newark led negotiations.
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Taextos
N.J
Trenton
Potter
East Liverpool
International
Prospect Hill
Mercer
Delaware
Crescent
Lawrence 3. Mott
Newark
Auditing Committee Sought by Irish National League
A telegram from New York reports President Fitzgarrald of the Irish National League pressed for a secret committee to audit the treasurer Rev Charles O Reilly of Detroit without national convention oversight. A New York confidant refused, alerted the League counsel, and a protest was issued against such an unauthorized audit panel.
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New York
Fitzgarald
Irish National League
Charles O'Reilly
Detroit
League
Fitzgerald
O'Reilly
Eloped With a Lunatic Onceler Telegram to The Dispatch
A patient from the asylum eloped with McGill and Miss Green, taking about $400 from Citizens' Savings Bank and leaving 80 cents with Mrs McGill. Dr J W McMillen offers a reward for capture and return. Relatives search for the pair.
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Hattie
McGill
Mim Green
Making bricks from coal dust in Reading area plant sale
An English syndicate bought Reading Railroad’s coal dust brick plant near Manowoy City Pennsylvania. The deal includes supplying cost dust at 25 cents per ton and securing monopoly over the railroad track operations. The process blends cost dust with pitch then compresses into 18 inch by 6 inch bricks.
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Manowoy Ciry
Reading Railroad Company
Reading Company
Peu Bey Froetn
Esa
The Dispatch Directory Hints at City News Recap
A terse notice from The Dispatch Directory describes a well written budget of city news and assorted items. It notes Part One covers city happenings and late wire items, with Part Two and Part Three detailing the following topics.
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DisPatch
Quay Favoritism and County Nomination Fears Grow
Political chatter centers on the junior Senator Quay as factions argue over his influence in county and state nomination plans. Rumors note Beaster’s preparations, Senter’s Southward departure, and a looming Republican State Convention where candidates may be selected. Delamater of Crawford County is named among possible aides.
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Quay
Florida
Philadelphia
Delamater
Rutan
Allegheny County
Montooth
Quay Finvers
Atores
Christopher L
Magee
Lish Ignunas
Pitta
Allegheny
Mats Gy
Ian Im Hi
Ines Senter
Srtlemier
Ttes Ae Ee
Aed Hard
George Wallace Delamater
Crawford County
Lawrence County Delegates Back Pattison for Governor
Lawrence County Democratic Committee elected W. B. Cleudenin and Norman Martin as city delegates to the State Convention. They were instructed to support Robert E. Pattison for Governor and endorsed tariff reform ballot reform tax revision while praising ex President Cleveland.
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Lawrence County
Dmraton
Democratic Committee
W. B. Cleudenin
Norman Martin
Robert E. Pattison
Cleveland
Pattison
Pattionn
Teraatv
Oman
Robert
Baron Scheliha Charged In Madison Square Hotel Case
Baron Joachim von Scheliha, once locked up, faced Jefferson Market Court on charges related to a board bill at the Madison Square Hotel. The hotel proprietor, Mr. MeKasier, testified, alleging the German baron’s involvement in the dispute.
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Diapatha
New Yeak
Baron Joachim
von Scheliha
Madison Square Hotel
Vesarvsigner
Jefferson Market Court
MeKasier
Peared
Cou
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