Frenzied Madison Square Ball Ends in Multiple Fights
At the New York French ball in Madison Square Garden, a night of spectacle devolved into brawls. Otero the Spanish dancer sparked clashes with Steinberg, followed by a corridor melee as champagne bottles littered the box. Fred Gebhard and Thomas Maguire fought,Maurice Barrymore and Bob Hilliard joined, and police escorted combatants from the venue.
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Dispatch
New York
Madison Square Garden
Otero
Tenderloin
Jurgens
Eden Musee
Steinberg
Vox
Vive la Republique
Fred Gebhard
Mr. Thomas Maguire
Fourteenth Street Theater
Mr. Gebhard
Bob Hilliard
Langtry
Marcus Mayer
Maurice Barrymore
Meyer
Hilliard
Geshard
Count Sheldon
Millard
Gebhard
Myrie
Union Club
Leonard Jerome
DeCourcy Forbes
Mra Dizey
Gebhardt Nut
Indy
Mr. Wendall
Cafe
Savarin
Harlem
Leon Kaba
Achille
After Hours Busts At Welling Liquors
Police report two arrests near Welling Liquors after hours with Francois Favie taken into custody at 2 20 and Victor Mazzolin later at 6 25 for the same offense.
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Francois Favie
Victor Mazzolin
Briggs Installed at Union Seminary Adopts Higher Criticism
New York Jan 20 Prof Charles A Briggs was installed as Edward Robinson professor of Biblical theology at Union Theological Seminary. He announced adherence to higher criticism and argued divine authority lies in inner thought, not in wording, urging belief in continual grace beyond death.
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New York
Charles A. Briggs
Edward Robinson
Union Theological Seminary
Briggs
D. RB. Frazer
Newark
God
Ana
Chichester seated after contested Wilton election vote
Hartford lawmakers resolve Wilton contest with Chichester restored to seat by 151 to 0 vote. Senate opens with Lt Governor Merwin presiding as W J Alsop is absent. Both houses back United States Senate selection. Platt favored by Republicans, Democrats divided. Joint session planned for tomorrow.
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House
Wilton
Chichester
Senate
Merwin
Defrauded Georgia Negroes in Liberia Scheme
In Atlanta 2000 freedmen from Texas and Mississippi await ships to Savannah for Liberia colonization. Cold weather deepens destitution as city aids the homeless. The Kongo Company is under investigation amid restless donors and local anger. Courts discussed but unlikely due to small individual losses.
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Gaa
Liberia
United States
Congo National Steamship Company
Texas
Mississippi
Savannah
Africa
Kongo Company
Atlents
The Nicely Boys Death Warrant Kept From Them
A Somerset telegram reports the Nicely brothers unaware their death warrant has been signed. Joe warned the Sheriff he feared a new hearing with every click of the lock, yet they believed the Governor would not sign. They will learn only when the official notice arrives. They remain unable to walk after injuries from an escape attempt.
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Somerset
Nicelys
Joe
Dakota's Late Summer Mild Winter Across the Northwest
St Paul January 20 The season proves more unprecedented than the two before it with extremely mild weather. Warm rains are noted in South Dakota as some cities report above 60 degrees. Huron lists 42 degrees and its first January rain since the town was platted. Aberdeen also reports rain and warm weather. In Green Forks North Carolina the thermometer stood around 60 and residents lack overcoats while many wore shirt sleeves. The mildest winter in memory of the oldest inhabitants.
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St. Pau
South Dakota
Huron
Aberdeen
Green Forks
N. C
Double Life of Broker Vanishes Amid Divorce Rumors
Philadelphia reports stock broker C L Peter sen disappeared after failing to meet obligations. He allegedly lived a double life with Lizzie Wallace, and his wife plans an absolute divorce. furniture was moved from Lizzie Wallace’s home as Peterson and Wallace reportedly left the city together.
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TEE
Philadelphia
C. L. Petersen
Exchange
Peterson
Reading
Drexel Building
First National Bank
Tulpehocken Street
Germantown
Lizzie Wallsce
Seventeenth
Diamond Streets
Wallace
Lizzie Wallace
Robbery assault mars Miss Gilbert in Conn home
Miss Jessie Gilbert of 12 Grandview avenue, bound and gagged by an intruder, was found by Henry Haggaman after a late afternoon break in at the Oakley residence. The assailant moved through rooms, binding her before fleeing the scene. She later recovered enough to recount the assault.
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Conn
Jessie Gilbert
Grandview Avenue
Gilbert
William H. Oakley
Miss Gilbert
Henry Haggaman
Minnesota Senate Protest Sparks Heated Intercession
In St Paul Jan 20 the State Senate returns to the week’s dispute over committee divisions. The Republican minority protests that 26 Republicans have less committee sway than 14 Alliance or 15 Democratic senators. A counter protest by 28 Alliance and Democratic senators is admitted after a tense parliamentary clash. The two protests frame a partisan clash over representation and procedure.
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Democratic
Senate
Merchant Bank Demands Assignment From McLachlas Brothers
A demand of assignment was made today on behalf of the Merchants' Bank upon McLachas Bros. & Co. with hopes for a compromise. Their debts are said to be 600000 dollars.
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Mostreal
Merchants’ Bank
McLachas Bros. & Co
Allen & Co. resumes business after lull
The cramped bucket shop firm Allen & Co. has resumed business. Reports from various parts of the country note resumed activity and ongoing market chatter, with an air of cautious revival among traders.
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Halifax
Bering Sea
Key West
Havana
Photographers’ Association of America
Buffalo
Bethlehem (Pa) Iron Company
Charles P. Jones
New York Times
St. Martin Deer
Island of
Revere
Philadelphia
Reading Railroad
Connecticut River
Miser
Gad
Kansas City Enock ed Out
Judge Black of the Missouri Supreme Court rules the city charter extension to annex new areas unconstitutional. Officials in annexed districts may be unseated, ordinances invalidated, and police supervision withdrawn as the Westport revival reverts to its former status.
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Black
Missouri Supreme Court
Westport
Annered
Debates on Debate Limits and House Adjournment
The House discussed closing debate on a paragraph and an amendment to limit debate to one hour. Republicans McComas Adams and Grosvenor faced Democrats Blount McMillan and McCreary. The session adjourned after a quorum doubt paused business and a Senate bill for Sarah E. Perine’s relief was returned for enrollment error.
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Boutelle
Maine
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Sarah E. E. Perine
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Rogers
Arkansas
Closure in the Senate Fails to Force Elections Bill
Washington Jan. 20. A day of political theater as Republicans clash over the closure rule for the elections bill. Senator George holds the floor for hours, fights procedural orders, and yields only briefly to read from the Revised Statutes. Debate ends with the Senate adjourned until tomorrow after a unsettled vote and lingering questions of floor rights.
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Mississippi
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South Carolina
South
Butler
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George Was Entitled To the Floor, and Mr. Edmunds
Hoar
Mr. Edmunds
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Ohio
Theo
Columbus
United States
America
Mr. Aldrich
Carlisle
Rock Island
Mr. Morgan
Ransom
Miss Melvin White Awakens From 25 Day Trance in Wisconsin
Eau Drane Wisconsin January 20 Miss Melvin White of Wheaton emerges from a 25 day trance after receiving only small amounts of milk. She remains motionless with eyes closed yet responds when asked and is reportedly conscious throughout. Shae notes the condition centers on a single brain lesion and believes the patient will recover.
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Eau Drane
Wis
Melvin White
Wheaton
Shae
O Brien Dillon Gibbs Emphasize Quiet Efforts for Peace in Russia
O Brien Dillon and Gill, staying with Raffaelovitch in Paris, report progress toward a settlement on persecution in Russia. They warn silence is necessary, vow patience, and expect decisions within a few days, while Boulogne talks may not resume.
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Paris
Messrs
O’ Brien
Dillon
Gill
Raffaelovitch
O'Brien
France
Lord Greville Receives Pasteur Treatment Progress
News reaches that Lord Greville, bitten by a dog on his Westmeath estate at Cloughneb, after going to Paris, is progressing very favorably under Pasteur treatment.
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Dunlap
Lord Greville
Cloughneb
Westmeath
Paris
Bribery Accusation Involving Russian Interior Minister
A well known Hebrew banker Baron Ginzburg met M. Durnovo and handed a 1,000,000 rouble check indorsed by Mendelssohns of Berlin to influence repression edicts in Russia. The check reached the Czar, who ordered arrest but later released the Baron and directed half the sum to charity and half to aid the poor. The event followed a partial admission by the Baron that the check was a banking transfer.
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Prerenssuge
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M. Durnovo
Interior
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Mendelssohns
Berlin
M. Durnoyo
Czar
King William of
Prussia
Glascow
Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Company
Foreign Flashes from the Old World
Brief notes report Greece snowed under and seismic shocks in Belfort and Geneva. Canada invited to Vienna postal convention. Tas French Deputies provide 200000 for cold and storm relief. Sardinia’s rivers turn to ice, revolutionary talk in Saragossa. Russia protests Bulgar employment curbs. Central Asia Moslems oppose Koran expunging. Western Australia opens parliament seeking 9 million for railways. Abyssinia seeks a French port near Obock in exchange for concessions.
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Indorse Parnell
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Tagus
Ebro
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Saragossa
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Russia
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Perth
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Geneva
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Obock
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Abyssinia
Dispatch to Times Sparks War Vessel Mobilization Talk
A city figure discussed his dispatch to the Times about a fleet planned for the Bering Sea before fishing season. The dispatch reportedly summarized a longer New York Times report from Annapolis detailing vessels, armament, and crews.
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Times
Bering Sea
England
Washington
Cook
New York Times
Annapolis
Suppression of Vice Seventeenth Annual Meeting Held in New York
The seventeenth annual meeting of the Society for the Suppression of Vice convened at Association Hall with Samuel Colgate presiding. Anthony Comstock reported 1890 arrests, seizure of obscene material, lottery tickets, and gambling aids, and recounted an actress who offered bribes to allow printing a wicked book.
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Society For the Suppression of Vice
Association Hall
Samuel Colgate
Anthony Comstock
Comstock
H. L. Wayland
Philadelphia
Mr. Comstock
Mr. Wayland
St Paul
General Grant
George Washington
St. Paul
Washington
Powderly Attacks State Mediation Board in Rail Strike Row
In a wireless dispatch the Knights of Labor leader denounces the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration in New York. He urges abolishment, saying the board has no power to compel parties to mediate or arbitrate and only draws a salary. He calls its report unfair and misleading and mocks its authority with sharp criticism.
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Sfecial
Diafatch
New York
Official Journal
K. of L
Powderly
State Board of Mediation
Central Railroad
State Board
Bridegroom Abandons Wedding Plans in Hoboken
Mrs Ahrens of Jefferson Hoboken reports to police that Martin Doerig failed to appear for the marriage to Miss Nellie Ahrens. Guests waited past midnight. Miss Ahrens is heartbroken but not vindictive. Doering reportedly fled the city. civil damages are sought by family.
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Ahrens
Nellie Ahrens
Jefferson
First Street
Hoboken
Martin Doerig
Miss Abrens
Anoe
Doerig
Miss Ahrens
Doering
Three Men Arrested in Bond Robbery Pawn Plot
CarcaGo reports Charles Thompson known as Dean, John O Hearn, and Edward BR Long were arrested in a pawn shop while trying to dispose of half of a $4,000 bond haul obtained by blowing open a sale. Thompson has two Ohio penitentiary terms. O Hearn is from Kansas City and Long from Chicago.
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Charles Thompson
Dean
John O’ Hearn
Edward BR. Long
M.C. Buxbaum
Cincinnati
Thompson
Ohio
O’hearn
Kansas City
Long
Judge declines Canton Bank receiver request
United States Judge Edgerton refused the application to appoint a receiver for the Canton Bank finding the bank solvent. The ruling centers on who shall control the bank rather than any insolvency issues.
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United States
Edgerton
Canton Bank
Lymph Patients Admit Two More at St Luke’s
Curiaco January 3 two additional Koch disease patients were admitted to St Luke's Hospital today, bringing the total under treatment in Oklonge to fifteen. Early reports indicate the lymph infection's effect has been favorable so far.
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Curiaco
Koch
St. Luke’s Hospital
Oklonge
The Origin of His Dispatch About the Bering Sea Naval Force
Philadelphia report from January 20 notes Joel Cook, London Times correspondent, sent a dispatch detailing naval force actions in the Bering Sea. The piece discusses sourcing and the credibility of the telegraphed message.
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Bering Sea
Philadelphia
Joel Cook
London Times
Governor Hogg and Pendleton Inaugurated in Austin
Governor Hogg and Lieutenant Governor Pendleton were inaugurated before about 7,000 spectators in Austin. The report notes Governor Taylor of Tennessee had sentenced men to imprisonment and fines, and a separate item states opium valued at about $7,000 was seized at Oakland.
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Tex
Hogg
Pendleton
Taylor
Tennessee
Oakland
Review of Indian Fighters at Pine Ridge and Wounded Knee Tragedy
General Miles plans a major review near Wolf Creek with all service branches. A brutal storm hit the campaign, and a detachment found the bodies of a woman and three children tied to the Wounded Knee aftermath. Sioux chiefs and former prisoners discuss next week’s Washington visit amid ongoing tensions.
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Shafter
Miles
Chicago
Bear Butte
Wounded Knee
Red Hawk
Washington
Red Cloud
Little Wound
Big Read
Missing John Relyea Named in Town as Maller Firm Partner
Rumor places John Relyea of Homer Relyea Son missing from Kixesroy New York with over $20000 of others money. He is a 30 year old junior partner in Colonial Malls and active in the YMCA church and social circles. Allegedly forged a $6000 check using his fiancée Emma Vandeusen's mother’s signature and victimized a bank president and others.
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Kixesroy
N. Y
John Relyea
Homer, Relyea & Son
Young Men’s Christian Association
Missinng
Wn Ae
Emma Vandeusen
Catharine E. Vandeusen
Wanted in Windsor and Denver Captain Beach Robber
Detectives from Windsor arrive with requisition papers for Frank West known as Captain Beach. He is jailed in Denver for blowing the Denver Brewing Company safe and stealing 1500 dollars. He faces warrants in Windsor for jail breaking and has past assault and burglary indictments. Authorities fear an attempted rescue by West’s associates if not watched.
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Denver
James McDonald
T. L. Nash
Windsor
Canada
Frank West
Sliss
Captain Beach
Denver Brewing Company
West
Detroit
Duluth Moves to Annex Suburban District
The Duluth chamber of commerce approved annexation of the suburb, proposing charter amendments to absorb a 2 60 mile strip from Brighton to Carlton county. The target district includes about six thousand residents.
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DoutorTs
Mixwy
Duluth
Chamber of Commerce
Brighton
Carlton County
Second State Dinner Hosts Diplomatic Corps Guests
The second state dinner of the season by President and Mrs. Harrison was hosted tonight. Guests included the Italian minister, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, seated to Mr Blaine's right, with the Italian minister opposite. The guests were pleasantly paired.
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Washington
Harrison
Blaine
Vance Wins With Ease In North Carolina Senate Vote
In Erazion North Carolina on January 20 the Legislature voted for United States Senator. The Senate results show Vance 40 and Pritchard 7. The House tally was Vance 86, Pritchard 13, and Dockery 1.
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Erazion
N. C
United States
Senate
Vance
Pritchard
House
Dockery
Too Late to Classify Lady Companion FC For RR
A brief note indicates a domestic matter involving a lady companion and an FC designation for an RR case. The readable text lacks clear names, places, or dates to provide full context.
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Lady Companion
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