Court hints at arbitration deal in Bering Sea dispute
In a Supreme Court session the Sayward sealing case revealed an agreement between the United States and Great Britain to arbitrate the Bering Sea dispute. Attorneys General Miller and Taft confirmed an accord subject to Senate ratification, while details on arbitrators and terms remained undisclosed.
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Wasnis
United States Supreme Court
W. P. Sayward
Bering Sea
Blaine
Lord Salisbury
Senate
Tait
Gray
Miller
State Department
Taft
Associated Press
United States
Great Britain
Choate
Mint Earnings Surpass Expenses Amid Record Coinage
Director Leech reports last fiscal year saw gold deposits totaling about $59.6 million and silver purchases of 71.85 million standard ounces. Coinage reached a historic high with 119.55 million pieces and seignorage of $6.31 million. Silver dollars since 1878 total about $378.17 million in coinage. Silver prices fluctuated from 96.4 cents to $1.21 per ounce across the year.
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Washington
Edward 0. Leech
Mint
Secretary of the Treasury
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Sare
Precious metals stock and coinage data from 1891 report
On November 1, 1891 the stock of monetary metal in the United States was estimated at 1.21 billion dollars. The year’s gold and silver coinages totaled 149 million and 152 million dollars respectively, with overall exports and industrial use valuing metals at 15 million gold and 3 million silver.
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Msrr
United States
Supreme Court Delays McKinley Tariff Arguments
The U S Supreme Court postponed until November 50 the arguments on three McKinley tariff act cases and the challenge to the act classifying workers, arguing the Speaker lacked authority to count a quorum in passing the bill.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
German Plot to Blow Apia Jail With Dynamite
Captain T G Cushman confirms Baron von Pilsach hired him to bring dynamite to blow up the Apia jail and five native chiefs. Lieutenant Ullspar pressed Cushman to assist. Cushman refused and notified Consul Blacklock. Blacklock opposed the plan. von Pilsach later claimed consul advice to defuse the scheme.
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San Francisco
T.G. Cashman
Apis
Samoa
Apia
Baron von Pilsach
Ullspar
Coshman
Cushman
Consul Blacklock
Karon von Pilsach
Monona
von Vilsach
Blacklock
Outcast Hill Plot on Mt. Washington Sparks Jurisdiction Debate
A small, unincorporated knoll on the Southside rises above three wards with a turretlike iron structure at its summit. The site, technically outside Pittsburg, prompts questions of township or city ownership while residents note it simply holds thousands of gallons.
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Pittsburg
Mt. Washington
Patch of Ground Surrounded by City Yet Not Part of Pittsburgh
A triangular five acre plot formed by Ward boundaries near Mt Washington and Allentown sits entirely within city limits yet remains outside Pittsburgh. Monongahela Water Company owns the land previously part of Lower St. Clair township. City officials say annexation would require a special vote or state action and doubt the ground will ever join the city due to tax status and lack of residential value.
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Monongahela
Monongahela Water Company
Lower St. Clair Township
Mt Washington
Allentown
Thirty-second
South Pittsburg
City of Pittsburg
Chief Bigelow
Department of Public Works
Pittsburg
Lower St. Clair
Morrow
Safety Appliances Progress Report on Freight Cars
A railroad commission hearing in New York reports that only 129,504 of 978,161 U S freight cars have automatic couplers. Most use master car builders or vertical hook styles, with 110,127 equipped with train brakes, largely Westinghouse.
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New York
Chamber of Commerce
Edward A. Mosely
Crocker
United States
Westinghouse
Winnie Davis Letter Fraud Ties To Bold Forger Stoddard
Two mailed appeals claim to be from Winnie Davis daughter of Jefferson Davis seeking 1000 dollars. Letters targeted Dr Morrow in Nashville and Gen Gordon in Atlanta. Police trace to Stoddard a Hudson county jail inmate connected to similar forgeries and pardons requests. General Gordon advised caution after receiving one note.
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Stoddard
Nursery City
Jersey City
Winnie Davis
Jefferson Davis
W. M. Morrow
Nashville
Tenn
General Gordon
Atlanta
Hudson County
Tennessee
Smith
Morrow
Chief Murphy
Microscopical Society Meeting Highlights Vision Limits
The Iron City Microscopical Society held its monthly meeting with Prof. Breading Speer of Pittsburg High School presenting on The Limit of Vision with the Microscope. The paper argued objects closer than one one hundred thousandth of an inch cannot be distinguished, supported by illustrative demonstrations.
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Microscopical Society
Iron City Microscopical Society
Breading Speer
Pittsburg High School
Rev Dowie followers form temporary Divine Healers group
About 300 adherents met at Liberty Avenue Methodist Church to organize a temporary chapter of the National Divine Healers Association. Officers were elected including Georrison as president and Gee as treasurer. Dowie plans a return to Pittsburg in two months for permanent organization.
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John Dowie
Liberty Avenue Methodist Church
National
Divine Healers’ Association
Army Beoret
Georrison
Ogereee Gee
Dowie
Pittsburg
Local Briefs Snapshot From City Hall and Rail Yard
H W Kowtens named janitor of City Hall by the chief. The body of a woman found in the Monongahela River remains unidentified. Pittsburg Exposition Society board met in Hamilton Building rooms. A freight wreck at East Liberty stockyards caused by boys placing an old tin boiler derailed one car. Damage was noted as the Allegheny Property Committee approved an $80 payroll and a $2143 post office rent claim. An infant boy two weeks old was found on a doorstep near Third and one street, taken to Central station for identification.
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Monongahela River
Pittsburg Exposition Society
Hamilton Building
East Liberty
Allegheny Property Committee
United States
Third A
Central Station
Non-Partisan WCTU Branches Face Consolidation
Mrs H C Campbell traveled to Brooklyn to attend the Non-Partisan WCTU Convention as the partisan group meets in Boston. She favors uniting if the constitution drops political features. Leaders like Mrs Ellen Foster push alliances with parties for temperance goals amid Prohibition backlash.
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Cc. T. U
Mra
H. C. Campbell
Brooklyn
Campbell
Boston
Pittsburg
Ellen Foster
Iowan
Partisan Society
Judge Campbell Sees Prohibition Growth in Uniontown
Uniontown Judge Campbell a Prohibition advocate, staying at the Monongahela House, reports rising Prohibition sentiment after a third vote swing by cold water supporters. He notes Iowa Prohibitionists with 55 lawmakers offset Boies's whisky stance and blames Republicans for lacking a cold water pledge.
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Judge Campbell
Uniontown
Monongahela House
Iowa
Boies
J P Witherow Company New Castle Works Under Receivership
The New Castle works of J P Witherow and Company started up yesterday under receivership. Mr Witherow visited the Monongahela House in a cheerful mood saying he asked creditors for seven to eight years to settle his debts. He believes creditors will grant the extension and that the New Castle plant is valuable, with buyers ready if a sale is forced.
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New Castle
J. P
Mary Burns Detained After Wandering With Infant
Mary Burns or Reilly wandered into Central station with a seven week old girl and an intoxicated state. Sergeant Gray placed her in custody. The infant was cared for by Matron Brennan at Roselia Fondlings in Oakland after being taken there last night.
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Mary Burns
Reilly
Central Station
Gray
Eir
Roselia Foundlings
Oakland
Brennan
County WCTU Meets at Smithfield M E Church
The county WCTU held a regular meeting yesterday at the Smithfield Street M E Church. Mrs M G Smith county superintendent of scientific temperance instruction submitted her resignation amid removals. Arrangements were made for the quarter convention on the second Tuesday of December. Mrs A F corresponding secretary was directed to invite Lady Henry Somerset to address the mass meeting then.
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Smithfield Street
M. E
M. G. Smith
A. F
Henry Somerset
Colfax Sub-District Seeks Extra Teacher Amid Tensions
At a Central Board of Education meeting the Colfax sub-district asked for one additional teacher citing sparse settlement and long walks to school. The committee sided with the central board, which already allocated six teachers to Colfax, despite local pleas. The dispute sparked talk of equity and welfare but resulted in no staffing change.
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Central Board of Education
Colfax
Wuenras
Arens
Central Board
Colfax Board
Galveston Discovers Fresh Water Source Eight Hundred Feet Deep
Galveston reports a successful well about ten miles from the city yielding 50 000 gallons daily. The 800 foot bore taps a fresh water formation matched to Houston beds, ending years of water anxiety. The salt lake location is noted as a feature of the find.
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Galveston
Tex
South Galveston Land Company
Houston
Held by the Enemy in Carson Street Altercation
Poles Stanislaus Klowinski and Julia Natousick clashed on Carson street near Eighteenth. Constable Linder took them to Alderman McGarey’s office where an interpreter learned Klowinski had paid for a wife from abroad. Natousick admitted plans with a McKeesporter, trunk dispute ended with $359 refunded and trunk returned.
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Stanislaus Klowinski
Julia Natousick
Carson Street
Constable Linder
McGarey
Klowinski
Miss Natousick
McKeesport
Alderman McGarey
Canton man returns from Washington with Blaine hopes
W. W. Crubaugh of Canton, a Government Printing Office worker, says Stark county fell to Democratic trading on the local ticket. He reports Republicans won all offices except Sheriff, traveled the district for Congress, and predicts Major will be President and Blaine in 1892.
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W. W. Crubaugh
Canton
Washington
Crubaugh
Ohio
McKinley
Stark County
Crabaugh
Congress
Dry Wells and Trains Stir Coraopolis Town
Coraopolis suffers water shortages as the Pitts burg and Lake Erie Railway plans to skip two fast trains, seen as retaliation against the borough for ending locomotive whistles. Residents resist slow trains and yet avoid launching an electric railway to the city via Neville Island.
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Coraopolis
Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railway Company
Sensoy Company
Boroug Council
Neville Island
Missouri Pacific Moves Depot Tonight
W. M. Clark, commercial agent, reports traffic strong east of the Mississippi but dull beyond. He blames the southwest trade lull and offers little encouragement. The Missouri Pacific offices, long opposite the Union depot, will relocate to the Lewis Block around December 1.
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W. M. Clark
Missouri Pacific Road
Brooklyn
Mississippi River
Southwest
Clark
Missouri Pacific
Union Depot
Lewis Block
Robbery at Fort Clark Steals 3300 from Paymaster
Paymaster Major C. C. Sniffin of the U S Army was robbed of 3300 at Fort Clark Friday night. The money stored in sacks inside the guard house cell appears untouched by lock or door tampering, suggesting extraction with a hooked implement via a long pole. Two discharged soldiers are suspected. John J. Sullivan was arrested locally. Simon's sale of fine men s wear advertised in Allegheny.
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San Antonio
Tex
C. C. Sniffin
Fort Clark
John J. Sullivan
From Death to Life and a Divorce Case in Findlay
A Findlay report outlines George Holbrook and his wife separated long ago after his first spouse became mentally ill. She seeks a share in his property, while Holbrook plans divorce from his second wife to avoid legal trouble over a possible bigamy claim. The case unsettles a prosperous firm as motives and legitimacy are questioned.
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Findlay
George Holbrooke
Holbrooke
Molbrooke
Western Reserve
Holbroke
Ills and incidents fill columns of scattered town notes
Reports from the era recount ill health at Col umbos Penitentiary and various local events. Mentions imprisonment deaths, a railroad fatality, a jury award for injury, a missing Syrian peddler, a child’s death by overdose, embezzlement arrest, a robbery case, a troubled marriage, election day events, elopement, and a pig truffle hunting aside note.
Religious War Brews in Sugar Creek School District
In Sugar Creek, Miss Alice Kane a Catholic teacher faces a dispute over daily scripture readings. Protestants refuse to participate, a Catholic catechism reading occurs, and the Junior Order of American Mechanics demands a Protestant Bible. The board split signals a political clash into the next campaign.
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Franklin
Sugar Creek
Alice Kane
Order of American Mechanics
Mies Kane
McKeesport's New Turner Hall Dedicated Soon
McKeesport officials report the Turners plan to dedicate a new $30,000 hall 50 by 166 feet tall three stories covering two streets. The ceremony will feature prize turning singing elocution and a grand ball. Prof Lohman leads the Pittsburg Frobsinn choir for the event.
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McKeesport
Turners
Lohman
Pittsburg Frobsinn
Corps of Singers
Diamonds Stolen From Dayton and Michigan Train
Twenty thousand dollars in diamonds and jewels disappeared from a Dayton and Michigan passenger train at the depot during noon. The thief or thieves remain at large and no crew is identified. Traveling salesman Mr. Keming of Herman and Keck lost the grip sack containing the diamonds.
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Dayton
Michigan
Keming
Herman & Keck
Cincinnati
Wilson College Students Robbed During Chapel Service
Carlisle reports a theft at Wilson Female College in Chambersburg as a thief climbed the fire escape and entered the girls dormitory stealing watches money and jewelry totaling about 1000. The item occurred while students attended chapel services. Miss Gaddis Still Holds the Fort noted from Connellsville in a separate blurb.
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Carlisle
Wilson Female College
Chambersburg
Denver Livery Fire Kills Four in Mansion Stable
Fire at Mansion Livery Stables on Eighteenth and Lawrence streets in Denver between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m. suffocated four men and about 34 horses. The blaze gutted the building owned by Smith & Sombart with losses around 20000 and 10000 insured. Names listed include Thomas Bower, George Richards, David Elmore, and Otto Helbin. two more missing men feared among the ruins.
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Denver
Eighteenth
Lawrence Streets
Soree
Smith & Sombart
Thomas Bower
Peo- Tin
George Richards
Linco Neb
David Elmore
Otto Helbin
St. Louis
Escaped Like Fitzsimmons Four Kendall Boys Break Jail
Lexixeros Kentucky November 10 four Kendall gang members escaped Georgetown Jail at 5 pm by sawing bars of a window while the jailer lay ill. The prior Georgetown blood feud between Milton Kendall Sr and Jarvis brothers over a watermelon patch led to multiple killings and injuries in August. The four Kendall youths fled. Milton Kendall Sr remains jailed.
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Lexixeros
Kendall
Georgetown
Milton H. Kendall
Jobo
Burell
Dade
Russell B
Jarvis Brothers
Jarvis Boys
Jarvis
Milton H., Sr
Cone Jarvis
A. J.ontgomery
Burrel
John
Milton Kendall, Jr
Kendalls
Prominent Politician Sent Up in Wisconsin Burglary Case
RACINE Wis Nov 10 Dr Charles N Palmer the Raymond physician who pleaded guilty to burglary was sentenced to one year in the State penitentiary this morning Palmer about 49 a Bush Medical College graduate who served as Presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1884 and until a few weeks ago was a member of the Board of Pensioners He was detected breaking into a store in the village of Raymond last August.
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Racine
Wis
Charles N. Palmer
Raymond
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