Private Centennial Ball Accounts Under Scrutiny
A New York centennial ball and banquet are described as private undertakings by Stuyvesant Fish and others. Questions rise over how proceeds were handled with tickets paid by other committees and whether public funds influenced the event’s finances.
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Stuyvesant Fish
New York
Harrison
Dispatch
Brayton Ives
Ives
Fish
Army
States
Navy
Frayton Bc
Mind Reader W Irving Bishop Dies After Trance at Club
Washington Irving Bishop known as the mind reader collapsed after a dramatic trick at the Lamb's Club in New York. He had recently begun suffering cataleptic fits, first noted five weeks earlier in Minneapolis, and died hours after the performance despite electric stimulation.
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W. Irving Bishop
New York
Minneapolis
E Frigit
Washington Irving Bishop
Lemwb
Lamb’s Club
West Twenty-sixth Street
Harry Dixey
Bishop
A Singular Career of Washington Irving Bishop Mind Reader
New York May 13 Washington Irving Bishop born in Boston 41 years ago rose to fame as a mind reader in England amid Slade fraud exposure. He boasted feats blindfold driving through crowded streets and perplexed doctors with alleged powers. Skeptics and exposers offered natural explanations yet Bishop’s death proving the feats intense. His life included marriages divorces and sensational reports, with his mother traveling to New York after his collapse and his hotel registration bearing a puzzling Hawaiian phrase.
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Distatch
New York
Washington Irving Bishop
Boston
England
Slade
Henry Labouchere
Charles Montague
Perman
Bishop
Bishops
Irwin
Mess
Lnte
Sirheen Neare
Helen
Pond
Australis
San Francisco
Pacific
Sandwich
Minneapolis
Hoffman House
Minneapolis Panic Brings Fatal Ride Alibi
Washington Bishop collapsed during a ride in Minneapolis after a hidden needle hunt set by a local committee. He suffered a cataleptic seizure and died, his delirious accounts describing a terrifying vision from that moment of loss of control.
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Minneapolis
Washington Bishop
St. Louisa
Exposition Building
Bishop
Performer recounts dangerous public feats in St Paul
The witness described a terrifying experience felt to impress events on his mind and stated he would not perform the test in public again, though he did later in St Paul. He acknowledged the dangers and risk to his life with every act.
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St. Paul
Blindfold Rider Impresses Pittsburg Crowd
Two years after his memorable feats in the city Young Bishop again drew applause by driving his carriage blindfolded along a secretly chosen route through Pittsburg streets. He avoided collisions despite navigating unfamiliar roads and a hidden knife found in a Penn Avenue house.
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Bishop
Penn Avenue
Mystery surrounds Cronin case lake burial theory
Captain Schaack claims the corpse linked to the Cronin case may lie beneath Lake Michigan waters after pond searches. An Anderson boat theft controversy persists with broken paddles found near the boats. Fisherman Frank Bock reported three men attempting to take boats near his dock, then heading toward Anderson’s house. Cronin's associates in Toronto say no solid evidence places the doctor in the city.
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Roo
Carcaco
Schaack
Cronin
Lincoln Park
Lake Michigan
Anderson
Frank Bock
Lake Shore
En Ae
Bock
Toronto
Brethren Bolt as New Constitution Adopted in Conference
Rev Metsgar opened the United Brethren Conference as Bishop Kephart announced the majority voted for the new constitution and faith. The minority walked out and held a secret session then a second convention with Bishop Wright presiding. the bolt faction plans a week of sessions.
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York
Wright
Ohio
Metsgar
United Brethren Conference
Kephart
Board of Bishops
Graham
Parkersburg
Opera House
Park Opera House
Bishop Wright
Musical director weds chorus girl in New York town
Franklin Nelson Darling, musical director of the Wilbur Opera Company, and Marie Robertson, a chorus girl, were married by Recorder Dorland in Povenx Erpsiz New York. The ceremony occurred in the Recorder’s office with Manager Sweet and L H Vail present. The couple listed New York City as their residence. he is 22 and she 25.
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Sweet
Opera House
L. H. Vail
Dutchess Mutual Insurance Company
Grand Duchess
New York City
Contents Of A Cow's Stomach Shock Minneapolis
Meat Inspector Richardson condemned a cow in South Minneapolis after a post mortem revealed a stomach filled with nails from tack to tenpenny, a rubber ball, beer corks, a sleeve button, a paper chip, and a Nicollet House bar check. The mass was traced to suspect feed from hotel waste mixed with other substances.
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Richardson
Minneapolis
Blackmail charge filed against George M. Storrs in New York
Detectives from the District Attorney's office arrested George M. Storrs of Chicago on a blackmail charge brought by his wife Eileen Storrs. She is said to have received a scurrilous letter from Storrs, with proceedings reportedly set in motion.
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New York
District Attorney's Office
George M. Storrs
Emery Storrs
Chicago
Eileen Storrs
Torrs
Return of the Presidential Party from Chesapeake Cruise
President Harrison and party arrived in Washington after a weekend cruise in Chesapeake Bay. No cannon fire greeted the return. the group headed to their homes as changes in the Civil Service Commission prompted district concerns about census clerk appointments. The White House renovations were complete and the party may repeat the voyage soon.
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Harrison
Chesapeake Bay
District of Columbia
Civil Service Commission
Washington
Fortress Monroe
Arthur
White House
Lord
Scott Lord
Holliday
Indianapolis
Persis
Halford
Census Clerkships of District of Columbia in Question
Washington May 18. The Civil Service Commission faces a key issue over whether census work appointments should fall under its rules. Officials fear under Civil Service control the District would lose its local share as posts would be apportioned by state population.
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District of Columbia
TIS Dispatch
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Porter
Ney Noble
Washingto
Pope
Civil Service
Supreme Court Affirms Ruling in Hill Terry Equity Case
The Supreme Court on May 13 affirmed the U S Circuit Court ruling in Terry ex ux v Sharon executor. It held that the original suits rested on prima facie jurisdiction due to citizenship differences and the aim to cancel a foreign instrument. Any errors must be raised on appeal from the original decree, not in the revival appeal. Justice Miller wrote the opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court
Northern District of California
David
Terry
F. W. Sharon
Sarah Althea Hill Terry
Sharon
Justice Miller
Two Hundred Five Postmasters Appointed May Day
Washington May 13 Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson announced 205 new postmasters for the week many from Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Local entries include Peter Klinger Fishersville D C burg ville City H A Shirer New Berlin Patty M 40ns Roylum C F Miller Rockwood Charles L Pultzer rigeke ville W W Myers Uriah H G Mac Welsh Hill for Pennsylvania and W R Hannah Frost George W W Honersville D J Vestor Kasson Pee H Pine Scott's Depot for West Virginia.
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Sprotal
Dispatch
Washington
Clarkson
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Peter Klinger
Fishersville
D. C.burgville City
H. A. Shirer
New Berlin
Patty M. 40Ns
Roylum
C.F. Miller
Rockwood
Charles L. Pultzer
Rigekeville
W. W. Myers
Uriah
H.G. Mac Welsh
Roosevelt Takes Oath as Civil Service Commissioner
Washington May 13 Theodore Roosevelt was sworn in as Civil Service Commissioner. The board now includes Charles Lyman of Connecticut Honey T thom of South Carolina and Roosevelt of New York. After qualification the commission elected Lyman to a leadership role.
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Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Messrs
Charles Lyman
Connecticut
Honey
Thom
South Carolina
New York
Roosevelt
Lymen
Body of Franklin girl found ashore at Clifton
The corpse of Miss Mary E Tobin of Franklin Pennsylvania was identified by Dr S A Robinson of West New Brighton. Her trunks were sent from Brooklyn and Franklin, with relatives notified. An autopsy will determine whether death was from natural causes, accident, or foul play.
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Franklin
Staten Island
Dispatch
New York
Clifton Boat Club
Clifton
Mary E. Tobin
Franklin, Pa
A. Robinson
West New Brighton
Miss Tobin
Brooklyn
Stapleton
Rossa Denies Libel Charges in Tombs Court Exam
Special Telegram reports P 8 Cassidy libel case. John McGinness testifies Cassidy wrote the article. Rossa defends his name and says he wrote it from a village in Ireland. He denies swindling accusations, asserts charity and family claims, and calls grave desecration charges false. examination set for next Monday.
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Dispatch
New Yeas
Cassidy
O’donovan Rossa
Tombs Court
John McGinness
Catholic News
Rossa
Colonel O'Byrne
Jeremiah O'Donovan
Irewhere
Toowa
Immy McDermott
Brice for Chairman of National Democratic Committee
Colonel J Grif Prather of Missouri announces support for Brice as chairman candidate at a forthcoming New York meeting. Prather says resolutions will honor the late chairman and Brice likely will be elected, with Senators Gorman and Scott favorable to his candidacy.
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Isfaoial
St. Louis
J. Grif Prather
National Democratic Committee For
Missouri
Fifth Avenue
New York
Calyin 8
Brice
Prather
Barnum
Gorman
Maryland
Scott
Pennsylvania
Contempt Convictions Upheld For Bribe Attempt In Court
The Supreme Court sustained a Los Angeles court’s contempt rulings against Thomas J. Cuddy and Alexander Savin for alleged attempts to bribe a witness and misbehavior in a courthouse hallway. The decision confirms contempt extends to any misbehavior within the court’s premises. Justice Harian wrote the opinion.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Ross
Los Angeles
Thomas J. Cuddy
Alexander Savin
Court House
Harian
Hotel Men In Convention Gather In Chicago
Prominent hotel men from across the country converge on Chicago for a national fraternity meeting starting tomorrow. The largest delegation comes from New York and is greeted by a local reception committee at the depot.
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Chicago
New York
The Chief Justice's Daughter Swindled
Mrs. Pauline Fuller Aubery once eloped and caused a stir. She was swindled by a bogus customs agent who collected duty on a pair of French vases that have not appeared. The scam has affected others as well.
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Curiaco
Pauline Fuller Aubery
Custom House
France
Conscience Contributions Reported From Two Donors
On the first day of his tenure Treasurer Huston received two conscience contributions. One donor from New York City contributed 200 dollars and another signer from Cincinnati identified as Will B. Tig quoted 360 dollars.
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Wasuixetox
Huston
New York City
Cincinnati
New Public Printer Takes Charge in Washington
Public Printer Palmer assumed control of the Government printing office at Walsumpton on May 13. He appointed W Jeane Tlliois as Chief Bookkeeper replacing Booth who resigned.
German Government Intervenes in Great Mining Strike
Reports from Beaurs May 13 describe a Prussian Ministry council on the coal miners strike with Prince Bismarck presiding. Emperor William appears in the council and may push for arbitration, while miners and mine owners are to be summoned to Berlin to seek government settlement. The Dortmund and Essen districts see continued walkouts totaling about 90 000 workers.
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William
Lordly Gamblers
London
Prince Regent's
Dortmund
Baute
Scroeder
Siegel
Essen
The Gamblers in Court
Earls Dudley and Lurgan were arraigned after raids on the Field and Adelphi clubs. The peers claimed to have visited the Field Club for ramb ling, with Dudley appearing ashamed and Lurgan defiant. Bail was set for next week as spectators, including aristocrats, filled the courtroom.
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Adelphi
Earl of Dudley
Lord Lurgan
Conspiracy Reported in St. Petersburg Officers
A discovered plot by military officers in St. Petersburg led to numerous arrests. Investigators found letters and papers indicating plans to assassinate the Czar, with several Bolshevik sympathizers identified among the group.
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Lowpox
St. Petersburg
Socialist Victory in Narbonne Municipal Election
Narbonne municipal election results show a Socialist candidate victory. During voting a fight broke out in the polling hall. Socialist supporters led by M. Ferroul paraded the streets singing the Marseillaise.
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France
Paris
Narbonne
Party of Socialists
M. Ferroul
Chamber of Deputies
Royal Geographic Society hears on reemergence of Bay Me Sickiey
Loypox May 13 Sir Francis DeWin ton, President of the Emin Bay Relief Com ae, spoke before the Royal Geo ral Society tonight predicting the return of Bawty Me Sickiey. He described several routes now open to the coast.
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Loypox
Francis DeWinton
Emin Bay
Samoan Conference progress noted. Mataafa issue undecided
Brewis reports that the Samoan Conference is progressing satisfactorily to all parties. The status of Mataafa's designation remains undecided.
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Brewis
Mataafa
Fireman Dictates Will Before Death in Railroad Crash
Denver dispatch tells of Fireman Charles Lappan trapped beneath a burning locomotive after a Bailey station collision with a derailed freight engine. He dictated a will giving $15,000 to two San Francisco brothers and named funeral plans before dying. Several crew members were injured but not seriously.
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Denver
Bailey Station
Here
Charles Lappan
San Francisco
Skeleton of a Murdered Man Unearthed After 63 Years
Workmen digging a cellar on George and Howe streets in New Haven unearthed a complete skeleton. The site formerly housed the Wayside Inn run by Mark Travers, a noted stopping place for travelers until about 1826, raising decades old mystery about the remains.
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Dispatch
New Haven
Conun
George and
Howe Streets
Mark Travers
Ehemees
Jealous husband kills wife then kills himself at Memphis boarding house
George Ward an engineer at Memphis Gas Works shot his wife Corsa Ward and then himself in their home at 34 Marshall Avenue. The couple had a four month runaway marriage after six years of courting. Corsa, 18, was first cousin to Ward. Jealousy and an insurance payout dispute are cited as possible motives.
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Husson
Marshall Avenue
George Ward
Memphis Gas Works
Ward
Corsa Ward
Brazil War Talk Warns of Impending Conflict in South America
Translation from Jornal da Commercio Rio de Janeiro argues Brazil is preparing for war with Bolivia and Paraguay. It cites silent government responses, a Brazil Paraguay treaty, and claims of Brazilian frontiers sending forces well beyond necessity. The piece frames war as imminent, with cost in money and blood.
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Panama
Jornal da Commercio
Rio de Janeiro
Bolivia
Paraguay
Brazil
Republic
Rowment
Brothers of America
Philadelphia Licenses Cut Affects Saloons Under Law
Philadelphia liquor license judges released decisions on 13 of 33 wards. About 1,000 drinking spots remain in the city, down from 1,300 last year, with 513 of 1,185 applications approved. The court followed police reports, closing many known trouble spots. remaining rulings to be announced tomorrow and Wednesday.
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Brock
Philadelphia
Distatch
White
Pittsburg
Police Department
Wiped Out a Family Spaton
Morris Blane and Grace Blane, both divorced, quarrel over Grace leaving. At Diehl Manufactory in Cincinnati, Moritz shoots Grace in bed, then kills their daughter Flora and shoots himself. Grace survives briefly.
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Spaton
Crncinnati
Morris Blane
Boston
Diehl
Grace
Flora
Moritz Blane
Moritz
Harry Hoffman
Oritz
After the Politicians St Louis Boochers Learns Bard
Adam Neiberla Republican Sergeant-at-Arms of the Municipal Assembly in St Louis has fled after being indicted for aiding fraudulent naturalisation of foreigners before city elections. U S Marshals seek him. The grand jury may indict more local politicians from both major parties for the same crime.
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St. Louis
Adam Neiberla
United States
Mars
Isthmus Declares Historic Slowdown Hits Panama
Panama on May 15 reports unprecedented disruption as Sea Thousands flee work along the canal. Centers of activity lie abandoned and hundreds leave their homes while smaller communities become nearly empty.
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Panama
Maller
AFL Leaders Meet in New York on Eight Hour Day Drive
The American Federation of Labor Executive Council met at Clinton Place New York with President Samuel Gompers and officers present. They reported the federation in flourishing condition and discussed forming eight leagues to press for eight hours as a standard workday beginning May 1 1890. Another session was scheduled for tomorrow.
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American Federation of Labor
New York
Clinton Place
Samuel Gompers
Daniel McLaughlin
Braidwood
Inl
William Martin
Pittsburg
Henry Emerich
P. G. McGuire
Philadelphia
Eneenry
Ee Oe
Robert Lincoln Heads to England from New York
Robert T. Lincoln United States Minister to England is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York. He travels from the West today and plans to depart the day after for England aboard a European route.
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Robert Lincoln
England
New York
Robert T. Lincoln
United States
Fifth Avenue Hotel
Ein GE
Eero Wolaeuay
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Emery A. Storrs
Bareh
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