Morton's Rulings Mark Senate Clash Over Closure
Jan 2 dispatch from Washington reports Vice President Morton struggling in Senate debates over closure and the election bill. Republicans rely on prewritten rulings while Democrats press for decisive obstruction. Senate leaders foresee extended debate and possible substitutions as the silver and elections measures stir partisan contest.
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Harris
Morton
Senate
Stewart
Teller
Wolcott
Jones
House
Senators and Alliances Cast Shadow Over Capitol Return
Senators Squire Pettigrew Pierce Cameron Quay Moody and possibly Ingalls face tangled affairs delaying their Capitol return. Ingalls' absence deprives the slate of two votes as he is paired with Allison who is present but unable to vote. Lightner.
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Squire
Pettigrew
Pierce
Cameron
Quay
Moody
Ingalls
Allison
Lightner
Silver Scandal Hearings on Free Coinage Begin in House
Washington reports reveal a Silver Pool investigation hearing testimony about a possible fund and speech payments linked to the free coinage bill. Senator Teller and Senator Walcott deny knowledge of any pool while witnesses describe proposals for selling silver certificates and influencing Congressional members.
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America
Stewart
Silver Pool
F. N. Hill
Senate
House
Hedenberg
Heden
Con
Congress
Cong
Congressional
Dingley
Mr. Oates
Oates
James A. George
Hull
Edenberg
Hill
Teller and
Walcots
Rumors Surround Judge Acheson’s Circuit Court Nomination
Report from Washington indicates Judge Acheson may have his nomination sent to the Senate soon. Speculation grows about successors including Joseph Buffington who has broad but unsubmitted endorsements from Western Pennsylvania judges and bar associations amid competing local candidates.
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Acheson
Buffington
Pennsylvania
Pension Office Inquiry Adjourns To Monday
The Raum investigation in Washington on January 22 heard Pension Office employee James O'Donnell testify about leave and care of two horses tied to Green B Raum Jr. The committee then held Mr Cooper’s certified copy of the Columbia Universal Refrigerator Co agreement, which Raum said had not been incorporated and no stock issued. The session adjourned until Monday.
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Washington
Raum
James O'Donnell
Pension Office
Green B. Raum, Jr
Cooper
Columbia Universal Refrigerator Co
President nominates postmasters to Senate
The President sent to the Senate on January 22 nominations for postmasters including Miss Elizabeth V. Neyman of Grove City in Pennsylvania and Henry (surname not fully shown) in a move extending federal appointments.
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Washington
Senate
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth V. Neyman
Grove City
Henry
Peaceful scene in the Lower House after stormy session
In Washington on January 22 the House showed calm as 163 members were counted and the journal read. An appeal over the roll was overruled, and the District of Columbia appropriation bill passed its brief review before the naval appropriation measure prompted a committee session and adjournment.
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Washington
Rodgers
Arkanaas
Enloe
Tennessee
McMillan
Henderson
Illinois
Journal
District of Columbia
House
Boutelle
Pension Certificates Set New Daily Record in January
Washington report notes 10 377 pension certificates issued in the first 15 days of the month, most under the dependent pension act of 1890. The surge stems from heavy congressional inquiries that disrupt regular work, with about 2 086 inquiries appearing in one day. About 600 examiners were reassigned to handle the questions.
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Washington
Pension Office
Bureau
Congress
Taggart Unshaken by Cameron Exposure in Harrisburg
Harrisburg reports show Senator Cameron doubly secure after silver pool disclosures. Taggart says exposure would not have harmed Cameron's re election prospects, while Rep Coray echoes that high office is a snap for such figures and recounts party dynamics in the Pennsylvania legislature.
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Coray
Harrisburg
Frmom
Senator Cameron
Philadelphia
West
Washington
Cameron
Taggart
Luserne County
Pennsylvania
General O O Howard Loses Funds in Kean Failure
General O O Howard revealed he had 3300 on deposit with Samuel A Kean & Co Chicago bankers who failed. Of this 1000 was his personal funds and the rest a trust for the Camp Memorial Church on Chrystie street. He says he has covered all payments and the church suffers no loss. He also notes his own 1000 contribution and that an attachment was filed against Kean & Co through his attorney.
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New York
Samuel A. Kean & Co
Chicago
O. O. Howard
Howard
Camp Memorial Church
Chrystie Street
Attorne
Kean & Co
Colored lawyers appear before Maryland Court of Appeals
In Annapolis on January 22 the first colored lawyers argued before the Maryland Court of Appeals. Charles W. Johnson and George M. Lane, both residents of Baltimore, served as counsel for the appellee in Central Railway versus Elizabeth Smith, a colored woman injured in a railway accident.
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Maryland
Dispatch
Annapolis
Maryland Court of Appeals
Appellee
Central Railway
Elizabeth Smith
Baltimore
Charles W. Johnson
George M. Lane
Mrs Carnegie Improving After Prolonged Illness
Mrs Andrew Carnegie, ill for over eight weeks with typhoid fever, shows rapid improvement. Doctors Dennis and Janeway report her condition as very promising for a speedy recovery in New York on January 22.
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crEcia al
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Dennis
Janeway
Bank Ban at Omaha Ends After Depositors Paid
The run on the South Omaha branch of Nebraska Savings Bank continued for two hours this morning. Depositors were paid in full and confidence returned, ending the run.
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Omaha, Nes
South Omaha
Nebraska Savings Bank
Sioux Ghost Dance Review Under Bitter Gusts and War Parade
Pine Ridge Agency January 22 Ten thousand Sioux watched as General Miles led a vast army review amid blinding snow and sand. The spectacle included infantry regiments cavalry units and hotchkiss guns with 3 inch rifles. The parade recalled Wounded Knee and featured famed scouts and veteran officers amid a fierce blizzard.
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Pine Ripce
United States Army
Indiana
Miles
Buttes
Taylor
Redshirt
Yankton Charlie
Casey
Angel Island
Cal
Geneva
Dougherty
Reda
Omaha
Butler
Seventeenth
Cheyenne River
Captain Capron
Carr
Sixth Cavalry
Rio Grande
Brooke
Leavenworth
Sanford
Wounded Knee
Guy W. Heary
Ninth
Seventh Cavalry
Custer
Catholic Mission
Thornburg
Destructive Morristown Flood Destroys Historic Iron Works
A freshet in Morristown New Jersey flooded the lower city after the dam on Speedwell Lake broke. The Vail iron foundry building housed Morse telegraph equipment once used on the first Atlantic telegraph line. The flood submerged homes and killed many horses and cattle while residents fled by boat.
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Morristown
N. J
New Jersey
Speedwell Lake
Stephen Vail
Morse
Boston
New York
Vail
Lake Pocahontas
Dam Failure Threatens Housatonic Valley Towns
A severe flood from the Housatonic dam breach near Ansonia Connecticut threatens Birmingham and Shelton. The east gate house collapsed and over 100 feet of dam top fell away, releasing vast water. The dam powers about 40 factories and employs 5,000. Derby and Naugatuck Railroad tracks are washed out, stopping traffic for 24 hours and alarming residents.
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Housatonic
Ansonia
Conn
Birmingham
Shelton
New England
Housatonic Valley
Derby
Naugatuck
Wilkesbarre Flood Submerges One Third of City
A heavy rain storm drenched the Wyoming Valley washing over Wilkesbarre this morning and into the afternoon. One third of the city lies underwater, street traffic halted, and the steam heating plant submerged. Two fire engines pump water from the lowest areas as the Susquehanna's ice gorge stretches 37 miles from Tonkahannock to Nanticoke, raising fears of wider flooding.
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Wilkesbarre
Wyoming Valley
Lee
Tonkahannock Nanticoke
Absconding with diamonds from Lowesohn Co
William C. Duncan, a New York diamond salesman for Lowesohnlen & Co of Maiden Lane, disappeared with about 30 000 dollars in diamonds and pearls mostly in India money. He left about five thousand dollars worth with firms for approval, then vanished. he was last seen returning to the city and has not been located. He is about 18, with an uncle in the same trade on Maiden Lane.
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New York
William C. Duncan
Lowesohlen & Co
Maiden Lane
India
Lexow
Lewsohn & Co
Duncan
Lowesbon & Co
Block
Maiden Inne
Mine Disaster in Missouri Claimed Six Likely Dead
Six lives likely lost after a Missouri mine accident at Marissa. William Dobson of Wilkesbarre died, and William Straker died the next morning. Four more workers John Troutner John Coover William Harris and Thomas Biggs are gravely ill from inhaled flames.
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St. Louis
Marissa
William Dobson
Wilkesbarre
William Straker
John Troutner
Jobn Coover
William Harris
Thomas Biggs
Arkansas House Acts on World’s Fair Funding Bill
In Littis Rock on January 22 the Arkansas House adopted a joint resolution delaying action on a $100,000 appropriation for the World’s Fair until after Congress acts on the federal force bill. Only 20 members dissented.
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Littis Rock
House of Representatives
Congress
Attacks on Booth Strain Salvation Army Leader's Credibility
London reports detail criticism of General Booth over alleged £5000 loan to Stead and £185000 lease on Queen Victoria Street HQ. A police denouncement contests a claim about 164 people found on Blackfriars bridge. Bramwell Booth confirms the count referred to bridge approaches. Descriptions of homeless figures and a grim night on the riverfront are recounted.
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Iby Duxlap
London
General Booth
Stead
Salvation Army
Queen Victoria Street
Blackfriars Bridge
Bramwell Booth
Irish Armistice Talks Reported Between Parnell McCarthy Factions
London dispatch says O Brien proposes a simple status quo until the general election. Par nellite and McCarthyite leaders would stop public attacks and drop personal feuds in hopes of uniting against a common foe. Parnell and moderates favor the plan, aiming to restore strength before polls.
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Dunlap
Loxpun
O'Brien
Parnell
McCarthy
House of Commons
the Times
Gladstone
Davitt
Tragic Trio in Saxony Weavers’ Guild Robbery Plot
Burgomaster Fischer of the Saxony Weavers Guild at Eade gorst Anhalt killed himself at the Leibig Hotel after learning of a planned 500 mark theft. His wife and father followed suit upon hearing the news. All three had plotted to rob the City Treasury and feared exposure.
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Brewin
Fischer
Saxony Weavers’ Guild
Eadegorst
Anhalt
Leibig
American swindler posted in Reinhardt Bros case
In Beards, January 22, police label John Brown of Reinhardt Bros New York a swindler for attempting to obtain goods under false pretenses causing wild excitement in local trade circles.
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PSY Dunlaf
BeEaurs
John Brown
Reinhardt Bros
New York
Dying Cardinal Spon Of Grau Hungary Wounds Rail Plans
European politics and health concerns populate the page. Cardinal Spon of Grau Hungary is dying while debates over British capital for railroads in German Africa unfold in Berlin. A Belgian minister faces treason accusations via Brussels press. The Reichstag debates ending the ban on American pork. Melbourne Cathedral consecration draws officials. A 3,000 miner strike at Sosnowice echoes broader labor tensions. A Russian dockyard strike accompanies Paris foreign affairs notes. An advanced pulmonary cancer patient is treated in a Berlin hospital.
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Cardinal Spon
Grau
Hungary
Panama
Belah
Sosnowice
Russia
St Petersburg
Foreign Affairs
France
Berlin
Murdered Actress in sensational WS trial
In Warsaw on January 22 Prince Bartineff faces a murder charge for shooting actress Wisnouski in a jealous rage. Court readings include letters allegedly written by the actress urging death and naming Bartineff as killer, while defenders argue the affair spiraled toward tragedy.
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Mpant. Waarsaw
Prince Bartineff
Wisnouski
Jouska
Seta
Bartineff
Funeral of Kalakaua Draws San Francisco Crowds
Royal funeral rites for King Kalakaua drew massive crowds in San Francisco as streets filled with spectators. Regular troops and California National Guard guarded the procession, with Admiral Brown and staff and Knights Templar acting as a guard of honor. Delegations from foreign governments, civic officials, judges, and various societies attended the Episcopalian services before the remains departed by cruiser Charleston.
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San Fernrcisco
San Francisco
Kalakaua
Presidio
National Guard of California
Admiral Brown
Pacific
Sanderson
Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of California
Supor
Boards of Health and of Education
Society of Pioneers
Kip
Charleston
Golden Gate
Canada Crisis Pushes Britain Toward Quick Parliament Dissolution
Ottawa dispatch reports Britain seeks to avoid further clashes with the United States over Canada and Newfoundland’s stance with France. Lord Salisbury reportedly agrees to a broad reciprocity treaty as a means to settle irritants with the U S. He will not take on greater responsibilities or new risks in Canadian affairs.
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Lord Salisbury
Defaton
Ottawa
Ont
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Newfoundland
France
Lord Staine
Sceound
Foy
Kansas City Banks Resolve Run on Safe and Savings Bank
The run on the Kansas City Safe and Savings Bank, tied to its location with American National Bank, ended at 10 o’clock this morning. Since Monday the savings bank faced 150000 dollars in demands, with 900000 dollars to pay accordingly. The Central Bank merged into Merchants' National Bank which will honor all claims and transfer funds. The Central Bank was solvent but closed due to insufficient profits to offer adequate interest on its 100000 dollar capital.
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Kansas City
Wheeling Re-elects Democratic City Officials in Low-Turnout Race
Wheeling voters re-elected Mayor Seabright a Democrat by 416. Louis Delbrugge remained Chief of Police by 186. F. Thoner was Clerk by 996. Democrats hold joint ballot by 18. Election results dated January 2.
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Wheeling
Seabright
Louis Delbrugge
F. Thoner
Corneile
City Eyes Board of Viewers to Test Street Act Civil Case Opens
City Attorney Moreland seeks appointment of a Board of Viewers to assess Pittsburg street improvements under 1864 act as four test cases challenge 1887 1889 provisions and seek Supreme Court ruling on constitutionality and validity of liens and assessments.
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Pittsburg
Moreland
D. T. Watson
W. B. Rodgers
Justice Williams
Stowe
Court of Quarter Sessions
Williams
Board of Viewers
Court of Common Pleas No. 1
J. B. Attersbury
George L Whitney
Counseilwarm
T. A. Gillespie
Acta
Slagle
Common Pleas Court No
M. A. Woodward
Johns McCleave
J. H. White
Atterbury
Gillespie and Whitney
P' i
Common Pleas
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