Cameron in a Corner Voted for Free Coinage
Illinois broker Littler testified before the Silver Pool Investigating Committee that Cameron likely bought about 100000 dollars of silver after his own initial purchase of 46000 to 50000 dollars. Littler said Cameron knew of the silver actions and asked him to buy more, while denying broader conspiracies or pool involvement. The session aimed to determine the influence on legislation and Cameron’s exact role.
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Ifrom
Wasuisertos
Littler
Silver Pool
J. Donald Cameron
Cameron
House
Senate
Slver
Thos
Senate Chamber
Dingley
Calcutta
India
New York
Pennsylvania
Witness testimony on silver investments and named associates
The hearing explored compensation from investments in silver with witness Littler estimating his gain between $600 and $800 while Cameron’s gain was a small, uncertain amount. The witness claimed no government official disclosed silver interest and he recalled conversations with Vest Cameron and others about silver speculation. He mentioned possibly speaking with Captain Rowell among Illinois associates.
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Oates
Cameron
Littler
Mr. Oates
Vest
Mr. Rowell
Rowell
Lightrer
Senate Climax Nears in Roll-Call Dispute
A staff correspondent reports that the Senate did not finish debating the closure resolution. Republicans expect a final vote possibly tomorrow evening as Aldrich manages for the party. The piece notes anticipated use of parliamentary tools to speed the vote amid opposition and the Vice President's role.
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Washingtorn
Senate
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Lightner
Contested Seats Contain Bills to Reimburse Contestants
Washington January 23. The House Claims Committee hears half a dozen bills to pay Representatives who contested their seats the excess over the $2000 allowed by law Representative Langston Virginia argues for these bills and a general measure to reimburse all 34 contestants for overages The committee took no action.
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Washington
House Claims Committee
Langston
Virginia
Testing the coinage commission appointed by the President
The President appointed a coinage testing commission for the year with members including Nelson W. Aldrich of the Senate Committee on Finance Thomas H. Carter of the House Coinage Committee Frank A. Leach G M Metten E S Willcox Irwin Sheppard Charles Parsons J M Bailey Jr W D Ewing and Charles W Parvey among others. The group includes officials from multiple states and positions in Congress and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson W. Aldrich
United States Senate
Thomas H. Carter
House of Resentatives
Frank A. Leach
Oakland
Cal
G. M. Metten
Helena
Mont
G. W. Moore
Boise City
Idaho
Willcox
Peoria
Ill
Irwin Sheppard
Winona
Minn
Charles Parsons
St. Louis
J. M. Bailey, Jr
Sioux Falls
W. D. Ewing
Evansville
Ind
Charles W. Parvey
Springfield
Senator Hearst Sinking For Death Imminent
Dr Ward, Hearst’s NY physician and friend, said he worsened yesterday and sank today. Uremic poisoning from kidney failure and stomach trouble worsen his condition. recovery seems impossible with the new complication, and death may be expected within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washincton
Dr. Ward
New York
Hearst
Secretary Blaine Urged to Interfere Over Russian Persecution
Representatives Cummings and Catchings presented to Secretary Blaine resolutions from the Hebrews of Greenville Mississippi urging action against the persecution of Jews in Russia. A digest of similar messages from many communities was being prepared for forwarding.
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Blaine
Washington
Cummings
New York
Catchings
Mississippi
Greenville
Miss
Russia
Russian Foreign Affairs Sees Message From U S Minister
The United States minister at St Petersburg transmitted to M Degiers the Russian Foreign Affairs minister received the communication and forwarded it to the appropriate channel for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
St Petersburg
M. Degiers
Judge Acheson Appointed To Circuit Bench
Washington news reports Judge Acheson has been nominated to the Third Circuit Court covering Pennsylvania New Jersey and Delaware. Early endorsements come from Judge Wickham and Joseph Buffington with strong Western county support. Senator Quay favors Wickham but will not block other candidates.
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Washington
Acheson
Third District
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Senate
Quay
Wickham
Vendetta verdict in Matranga Provenzano case not guilty
New Orleans. The jury in the Matranga Provenzano vendetta case returned a not guilty verdict on the second trial. The Provenzanos were cleared though the Matranga faction remains jailed for the assassination of Chief of Police Hennessy. The case underscores difficulties securing convictions in Italian vendetta actions. SHIRLEY Chri has been asked to help an able bodied college graduate into fame. In THE DISPATCH tomorrow he tells the young man to Root Hog or Die.
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Hennessy
Opveans
Matranga
Provenzano
Matrangas
Theupreme
Matranga Party
Provenzanos
Shirley ChRi
Dispatch
Spook Priestess Sets Ten Day Handicapped Fast Offer
Ann O Delia Diss Debar known as the fat spook priestess declares at a Brooklyn meeting she will accept Lucci fast challenge. She proposes a 50 day fast with four ounces of water daily and vows to stage seances in a public New York City hall with 30 foot ceiling and perfect sanitary conditions. Lucci reportedly fasted 40 days previously and Debar claims she can lose more weight while maintaining her stance as leading heavy weight in spiritualist circles.
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Disfator
New York
Ann O'Delia
Fat Ann
New York City
Washington Square
Booth
Brooklyn
Lucci
Kean Bank Cash Tangles African Mission Funds
In Judge Seale's court, Ross Taylor testifies that S A Kean as Foreign Mission fund treasurer mixed mission money with his insolvent bank. He notes donors paid about 30 dollars to buy African children and assign names, but funds tangled in the bank’s finances leaving some children with their original names. The Dispatch notes exclusive cable letters in Sundays issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicaco
S.A. Kean
Kesn
Railroads threaten town station closures over strikes
Iowa dispatch reports the C M and St P railroad scrambled to notify agent lines to withhold telegraph services as a strike threat grows. The Iowa State Railroad Commissioners also received a petition from Brown urging an investigation into closing a station and the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eee
Amp
Noble Count Seeks Marriage in Exchange for Wealth
London Jan 23 A prestige bearing noble count seeks an American wife to restore fortune and status. He offers marriage to a woman of means, Catholic, or middle class, promising affluence in his declining years. The advert stirs speculation about motives and identity among the American colony and local readers.
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Dunlap
London
Nice Gazette
Curious Lincoln Post Office Mixup Reveals Language Gap
A letter addressed to Monsigneur L Eque de Lincoln caused confusion at Lincoln and London offices. Post staff misread the recipient, returning the mail with no such person, then relabeled it This for the Bishop of Lincoln before it reached Rev Edward King.
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London
Lincoln
Lincoln Post Office
L’eveque de Lincoln
L’eveque
Edward King
D. D
Bernhardt to Take 100 Elaborate Costumes to America
Sarah Bernhardt will carry 100 elaborate costumes valued at about 2500 francs each on her trip to America for La Tosca and other roles. She will receive a large regular salary and plans to retire wealthy within two years. She sails from Havre on La Champagne, with a public welcome planned, and will bring an unpublished Ginacone play to stage in New York.
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Dunlap
Sarah Bernhardt
America
Cleopatra
Bern Aes
Havre
New York
Mme. Bernhardt
Signor Ginacone
Duke of Bedford death sparks coroner inquest hush
The growing outcry over the coroner's inquest into the Duke of Bedford's death questions if he killed himself. Suffering from lung inflammation and pain, critics doubt he could load a pistol and shoot himself, raising concerns about public safety if such deaths are secretly cremated.
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Dunmlap
Loxpos
Duke of Bedford
Starving People Counted for Public Works Plan
In CoLocye on January 23 officials census the unemployed and homeless at 13,145 then placed all on public works earning 150 pfennings daily until spring. Berlin officials refuse similar action saying they must stay within budget and will not feed poor schoolchildren.
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CoLocye
Berlin
Salisburys New Plan for Bering Sea Proposals
The Marquis of Salisbury plans to send fresh proposals to Sir Julian Paunceforte to settle the Bering Sea dispute. The aim is to allow current controverted questions to lapse while focusing on industrial aspects of the case. Also notes a calico printing syndicate seeking a large amalgamation and warns of an imminent coal famine.
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Bering Sea
ST Dunlafp's Cable Company
Loxpox
Marquis of Salisbury
Julian Pauncefote
It Is Hard to Tell Which Measure Will Eventually Be on Top
A cautious assessment notes that the final outcome of ballot measures remains uncertain as voters weigh competing options. Analysts expect shifting public opinion and possible late developments before results are finalized.
Weather Disrupts Coal Trains For City Tomorrow
Weather may block coal trains reaching the city tomorrow causing factory shutdowns and raising fears of a famine among the poorer classes. Officials warn ongoing shortages could worsen if transport remains limited.
French Flower Markets Suffer Huge Winter Losses
Paris flower markets decline as six weeks of severe weather ravages gardens around Paris. Rose growers report losses from 6 000 to 23 000 dollars each, with total estimates around 200 000 dollars and Chevreuse losses near 80 000 dollars. About 2 000 gardeners and assistants remain out of work. wider economic impact weighs in millions of francs.
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Duslap
Canse Company
Loxpon
Paris
Europe
Ivry
Malakoff
Erie
Chevreuse
Yvette
Versai
Jack Frost
Separation From Him Judicial Separation Sought by Boulanger Wife
Paris reports show Agale Luele Jeanne Alise Benouard wife of George Ernst Jean Marie Boulanger has filed for judicial separation. The action names M Brilade Domains director and legal sequestrator of Isid Boulanger and Maitre Husson as attorneys for Madam Boulanger. The couple have lived in Paris and now reside in Jersey.
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SY Duslap
Paris
Boulanger
Tered
Agale Luele Jeanne Alise Benouard
George Ernst Jean Marie Boulanger
Versailles
Rue de Samony
Jersey
Villa Sainte
M. Brilade
Isid Boulanger
Maitre Husson
The
Seine
Madam Boulanger
France proposes end to Newfoundland dispute through East Africa deal
France and England move toward a settlement on Newfoundland by France buying Portugal's East Africa claim. In exchange France would gain recognition of its sovereignty over the territory and relinquish Newfoundland claims causing colonial friction.
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Lowpox
France
England
Newfoundland
Portugal
East Africa
Eloping Count Renounces Title to Seek U.S. Citizenship
A son of an ancient noble family, Count Pista Kirolyi, who eloped with singer Boriska Frank, has written from Boston to his parents saying there is no hope of reconciliation or pardon and he will become an American citizen and reside permanently in the United States.
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Duslap
Pista Kirolyi
Boriska Frank
Boston
Mass
United States
How to the Front by Duklap's Cable Company
Lowpow January 23 Mr Labouchere will again raise the question of atrocities by Emin relief officers. He says associations that agitated the Stanley revelations should pursue prosecution of the offenders as the public prosecutor cannot act.
No Force Bill Stalls New World’s Fair Aid Debate
Austin Texas January 23 The House debated a resolution opposing any appropriation to represent Texas at the Worlds Fair if the force bill now before Congress passes Representative Moody introduced the joint resolution amid legislative wrangling over federal military measures and state participation.
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Austin
Tex
House
Moody
Texas
Congress
Child Hypnosis Mystery Solved by Doctor in Philadelphia
A Philadelphia couple’s infant Lucy fell asleep after father George Stearns hypnotized her by stern commands and stroking. Dr. Rogers identified the method and warned of nervous excitement but no danger. Paris and New York cases noted.
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Philadelphia
George Stearns
Lucy
Mr. Stearns
Stearns
Mrs. Stearns
Heat produces contraction before expansion says Rogers
Prof William A Rogers of Colby University, in a Waterville telegram, demonstrated that heat initially causes contraction in metals before expansion, a result aligning with long held views on cold effects. The experiment, using reflected light on metal bars, suggests a general pattern across heating and cooling and may illuminate scientific pathways.
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Waterville
Met
William A. Rogers
Colby University
Rogers
Harvard College
Hest
Ponhaw
Manual training debated at New York educators meeting
The January 23 conference at Rutherford Place and Sixteenth Street focused on manual training in schools from kindergartens to colleges. Miss Grace H. Dodge urged nationwide adoption of school workshops for boys and girls, noting Swarthmore College as a model for craft training. COL. FRANK A. BURR will describe royal household discussions with Queen Victoria’s Lady in Waiting in tomorrow’s Dispatch.
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New York
Friends’ Meeting House
Rutherford Place
Sixteenth Street
Grace H. Dodge
Atea
Swarthmore College
Baltimore and Ohio
Philadelphia
Frank A. Burr
Queen Victoria
Royal Household
Missouri House Reasserts World’s Fair Stand
The resolution tabled yesterday in Jefferson City was brought up today and passed. It states no appropriation for World’s Fair purposes while the election bill is pending, and that Missouri shall not spend any money if the force bill becomes law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Googrens
Missouri
Impeachment Trial of Speaker Hanna Reported
Fragmentary telegraph dispatch from Denver reports the Supreme Court of Peace delivering a decision on the impeachment of Speaker Hanna. The terse item notes a ruling affecting the Speakership and mentions political controversy without detailed context.
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Denvex
Supreme Court of Peace
Mepemseatet
Speakerahi Teat
White
Religious Maniac Faulk Kills Wife After Rat Prophecy
William J Faulk of Kilbuck township a 36 year old farm hand attacked his wife and child after being guided by religious fanatic Knauft who claimed the end of the world neared He caught a rat in the barn and fled toward Laurel schoolhouse firing twice at his wife before pursuing two young daughters and engaging in a struggle with school trustee John Truss Neighbors intervened and Faulk fled toward West Bellevue where he was further resisted by James Bell and others before pursuit ended in disarming him.
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Kilbuck
Emory Gibbons
William J. Faulk
Laurel
Kilbuck Township
Faulk
John Wilson & Bro
Allegheny Liverymen
Laurel Station
Ft Wayce
Mary Ann
Agnes
Annie
Ketten
Paulk
J Christ
Knauff
Knauft
Knanff
Jesus Christ
McDowell
Gibbons
Oak Grove
Mr. Truss
Truss
Jues
West Bellevue
James Bell
Dr. Bell
Mr. Ball
Bell
Snodgrass
D. C
del Arthur
Davis Dean
Lock
Waiting for His Wife Faulk Tells Crime Tale to Brother
Shortly before 4 o clock William Faulk appeared at the Davis Island dam in Belle Vue and told his brother David that he had carried out the crime as prescribed by man and the book. He made no attempt to escape and insisted his wife would awaken and meet him.
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Faulk
William Faulk
Davis Island
Bellesvue
David
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New Orleans
Succi
Kean and
Hill
Great Britain
TRY Dunlap’s Cable Company
Sarah
Cologne
Dunlap’s Cable Company
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Calico Trust
Duklap
Loxspox
Pant
Missouri Falls
Hanna
Court
Ah Disfator
Welien
J. Fawlk
Mary
Mrs. Faulk
Eun
Midbonna Milliam Chase
Art Sans
Unin
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