Kennedy Attacks Senate Edited for House Rules
Kennedy revises his attack on the Senate and Senator Quay to fit parliamentary rules. The report notes changes in wording, omission of Quay by name, and a shift toward a more cautious tone as debates over the National Republican Committee leadership unfold.
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Kennedy
Quay
Senate
Wasutsgtos
Bob” Kennedy
Matthew Stasley Quay
Ohio
Congress
Senator Ituly
Senator Quay
Judas
Republican Party
Teonerlvania
House
Clarkwre
National Republican Committee
Harrison
Cresson
Seoutor Uay
Clarkson
National Committee
Mr. Clarkson
McGrath
National League
Ballingarry
Constantinople
Mee Batanery
Lamont ‘Orte
Republican Campaign Committee gains perceived praise in reactions to Maine and South
The passage credits the rise of Clarkson as head of the Congressional Campaign Committee over Beldin and notes Republican pride at Maine gains and southern Democratic retirements linked to the Farmers Alliance, portraying Clarkson as the hour’s hero.
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Congressional Campaign Committee
Beldin
Maine
South
Farmers’ Alliance
Republican Congressional Committee
Clarkson
Tariff bill prospects split as debate time looms
Washington dispatch reports Democrats seek time to debate the revised tariff measure while McKinley resists reciprocity, favoring a brief debate window. Elusive quorum delays progress as committee and party leaders weigh length and scope of discussion amid looming conference talks.
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McHivley
IFEOM
Washington
Committee On
McKnley
House
McKinley
Canada
United States
State Department
Hite
Blaine
Hardships of Special Agents who Collected Census Statistics
A staff correspondent recalls the dangers and drudgery faced by special agents sent to 2,500 counties to gather data on farms homes and mortgages. The field work of this census branch nears completion amid stories of peril and varied travel in diverse communities.
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PROM
Washington
United States
Alger and Clarkson Confer Then Take Train to New York
General Russell A. Alger arrived in Washington and met at J. B. Clarkson's residence. They then boarded the limited express to New York for talks, amid reports of possible negotiations funded by Alger and related banking interests.
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Washington
Russell A. Alger
Clarkson
New York
Limited Express
Gen Alger
Starshall
Starshall Cashing, the Private Someies Tyling
Wanamaker Anamaker
Treasury calls bids for 16 million 5s in 1990
Treasury Department issues notice calling for bids to purchase 16,000,000 dollars of four percent bonds. Secretary Windom Isaacs invites proposals with a deadline and reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
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Windom Isaacs
WasHingpton
Treasury Department
Washington
Wellian Wirnos. Oy Secrewry
Republican Leaders Press Langston Venable Case Debate
The minority's opposition in the House to the Langston Venable election case prompts Republican leaders to proceed with action on both the Langston Venable and Miller-Elliots contests. The party faces pressure from members over handling the disputes and related eligibility questions.
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House
Abandoning Colored Republican Contestants After Seating Whites
A historical report notes actions to drop or exclude colored Republican contestants following the seating of several white Republican members. The entry hints at party faction tensions and organizational changes without detailing names or dates.
Duty on Electricity Sparks Niagara Falls Tariff Debate
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH Washington September 14 The tariff bill does not include a duty on electricity. A New York Senatorial constituent urges a $5 per horsepower duty on all electric currents from Canada to shield Niagara Falls power from foreign competition. The plea notes Niagara Falls could fuel New York State industry, but the amendment misses this year’s bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
New York
Canada
Niagara Falls
New York State
Treasury Department
Eulogies on Sunday Debate Spurs House Reform Talk
The Port land speech by Speaker Reed criticizes funeral oratory in Congress noting 21 days this session wasted on eulogies. Democrats hope to curb this on business days, favoring Sabbath speeches. A resolution to move eulogies to Sunday gains traction.
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Wasuthorox
Reed
Portland
Congress
House
Senate
Capitol
Anti Lottery Bill Likely Up in Senate Today
Wasa Hindon September 14 report says Senator Sanderu will finish his conference report speech on the lead grant forfeiture bill and the anti lottery bill may be called next. If delayed, private pension bills may be disposed of first. Gibson of Louisiana and Spooner Casey of North Oakots are named in supporting roles.
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Wasa Hindon
Sanderu
Sawyer
House
Senate
Gibson
Uisiana
Spooner
Casey
North Oakots
Supreme Court
Opposition grows to dual site plan at world's fair
Chicago officials and commissioners voiced strong opposition to a two site concept for a major livestock exhibit. Commissioner McDonald urged a single principal site with staged displays at the Lake Front limited to avoid diverting attention from the main show. Wyoming's Commissioner Mercer demanded suitable grounds and drainage and a unified site for livestock and other industries.
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Chiaco
McDonald
Jackson
Lake Front
Mercer
Wyoming
General Commission
Chicago
Devel i
Department of Mines and Mining
Pate
Back Number Riot and Bismarck Controversy Drifts
A late 19th century dispatch reports a diminished public interest in the Bismarckian feud as charges of financial irregularities surface but lack proof. It notes renewed accusations against Prince Bismarck over misusing funds once meant for poor school teachers and cites hostile outcomes for his interviewers and editors linked to the affair.
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Prince Bismarck
Dunlap
Berlinx
William
Bismarck
Elog
Berlin
M. Abranyi
Simon
New York
Rittershaus
Frankfort
Hunger and Emigration Rise as German Tariffs Bite
Berlin reports hunger typhus returns in Upper Silesia as high corn duties and meat bans drive prices up and poor living conditions worsen. Pork costs triple, emigration to America surges, and reports include line customs for flour smuggling and families forced into shallow underground lodgings fleeing poverty.
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Germany
Dunlap
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Bismarck
America
Saxony
Mysloesitz
Promeza
Prussian
Austria
Prussia
Benthen
Lost Every Strike In Berlin Building Trade
The Berlin organ of German architects asserts that workers in the building trade have lost every strike this year and now earn less than at the season's start. It also notes higher capital costs for building due to lender distrust of relations between employers and workers, with first mortgages not valued at face value for the first time in a decade.
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Dunlap
Berlin
Hamburg Hotel Keeper Convicted for Horse Ragout Servings
Berlin report states hotel keeper Sacht in Hamburg was sentenced to three weeks for serving dishes made from horse meat without guests consent. Trial revealed he supplied 7,000 pounds of horseflesh in ragout and used names borrowed from French restaurants.
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Hamburg
Dunlap
Berlin
Sacht
Colonists Face Backlash Over German Colonial Drive
Berlin reports reveal a revived German colonial campaign led by Major Von Wissmann and Peters to raise funds for a fleet to Africa. Public sentiment brands the venture a fraud, despite 80,000 marks subscribed and 3,000 marks from the Emperor, as officials push for a single steamer to pursue slave dhows aboard Victoria Nyanza.
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Geman
Dunlaf
Cable Company
Berlin
Germany
Major von Wiesmann
Colonial Society
Wiesmann
Peters
Major von Wissmann
Fearful Flood Likely to Spark Epidemic Fears
From Dunlap’s Cable. Floods across Saxony Austria Silesia and Switzerland devastate water works and reservoirs. Saxony faces 15 million marks in losses and may push state insurance on losses. Prague cremetories submerged two metres, raising fears of a drinking water driven epidemic as waters recede.
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Dunlap
J Beris
Saxony
Amstria
Silesia
Switzerland
Friends of Cretation
Prague
NOT A REVOLUTION. Riot at Ticino described as a picnic
Brenner reports a Ticino riot misrepresented as a revolution. Federal authorities are irritated by locals treating troops sent to quell the disturbance with banter and hospitality, signaling the government doubts the outbreak merits a serious response.
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Brenner
Ticino
Will iam Walter Phelps Sets Sail For Return Home
Sovut Hampton September 14 state the Elbe sails today with Minister William Walter Phelps and his wife en route to America for a visit. Also aboard is Henry Leslie of the Lyric Theatre London.
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Wille Wallie Phelps
Dunlap's Cable Company
Sovut
Hampton
Elbe
William Walter Phelps
America
Henry Leslie
Lyric Theater
London
Postmaster General Denies Wanameker Visit Report
Postmaster General Stephan denies a circulating report that he planned to travel to the United States to study the American postal system. The denial clarifies no such trip is planned.
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Wanameker
Dunlat
Beewtrx
Stephan
United States
Honor Berta Ericsson body arrival ceremony in Stockholm
The body of Captain Ericsson was landed from the USS Baltimore in Stockholm with a formal ceremony. Salutes to the Swedish flag marked the event as planners announced ceremonies and a special train would take the body to Warmland, Ericsson’s birthplace.
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Stockholm
Ericsson
United States
Baltimore
Navy
Schley
Admiral Peyton
Warmland
Novel Reader's Tragic Suicide on Poplar Street
Caserswall September 14. Joe Keller mann aged 4 and 14 years old hanged himself on Poplar street with a handkerchief to a wardrobe. He was an avid dime novel reader. No other cause is given.
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Caserswall
Joe Kellermann
Poplar Street
Opening Guns Begin Pattison Campaign Tour Across State
The Democratic assemblies in Reading will launch the campaign as Governor Pattison defines issues. Pattison plans a state tour with readings in Reading and Pittsburgh, aided by leaders like Singerly and Donnelly. Senator Delamater logistics span Chester to Lancaster with travel along the Reading road.
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Reading
Pattison
Philadelphia
General Assembly
Democratic Societies of Pennsylvania
John D. Worman
Chauncey F. Black
Commonwealth
Orf
Mr. Pattison
William M. Singerly
Sheriff Krambhast
Charles P. Donnelly
William 8. Stenger
Reading Road
Reinholds
Lancaster
Democratic General Assembly
Delamater
Ashland
Wth. General
Liastings and Jena Company
Geohn B
License issue dominates county election plans
In Huaxusepos September 14 the license question shapes November politics. Judge McCarthy’s anti license backers push an independent run. Simeon Wright the Republican nominee pledges to enforce statutes as written, rattling temperance forces and risking an independent anti license candidate. Current slate: Republican and Democratic nominees back Judge Furst’s license grant.
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Huaxusepos
McCarthy
Simeon Wright
Furst
Campaign wrapup hint from Warren Franklin Venango primaries
Disjointed dispatch notes September primaries in Warren Franklin and Venango counties. Early returns suggest Stone leads in Warren, Smith leads in Franklin, and Lee wins in Venango with Stone close behind. Oil City cast a close vote with Stone narrowly behind Lee. Overall voter turnout appears light.
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Orry
Warren
Franklin
Venango
Stone
Warren County
Smith
Franklin County
Venango County
Lee
Oil City
Mc Laughlin Likely nominee on first ballot for Treasurer
Returns from Clearfield County show Mc Laughlin winning the Democrat Treasurer nomination on the first ballot at the upcoming convention. Weber and Farrell look set for re election to the Assembly on first ballot. Commissioner and Auditor results remain uncertain.
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DuBois
McLaughlin
Weber
Farrell
Assembly
Dames Kerr
Congress
Mati Sa
Unt Seren
Savage Art Public Kit
Clearfield
Beginning the Campaign Captain Dorener Sees Line Form for Convention
Wheeling dispatch reports Captain B B Dorener likely the Republican nominee for the congressional district. After W Atkinson withdrew, W P Hubbard moved forward to front, with Dorener appearing to secure delegates from Marshall Osceola Brooke Hancock counties, positioning for a clear majority at the convention.
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Dorener
Wheeling
B. B. Dorener
W. Atkinson
W. P. Hubbard
Doreper
Marshall
Osle
Brooke
Hancock
Boy admits self staged kidnap and robbery in office
A Philadelphia 11 year old errand boy Georgie Martin bound and chloroformed in Judge Biddle and Charles Biddle’s West Washington office. He later confessed he acted as a bogus hero and robbed himself to fund a reckless life. Witness Rev. Dr. E Yale and detectives investigated.
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Iladelphia
Georgie Martin
Judge Biddle
Charles Biddle
West Washington
E. N.yelland
West
Washington Square
Georgie Martian
Georgia
Georgie
Theo
Wreck on Missouri Pacific express near St Louis
The Kansas City to St Louis Missouri Pacific express partially wrecked at Glencoe about 27 miles west of St Louis. One passenger killed and 15 injured, four of whom fatally. Passengers Lott Danby Fnahan Norton injured as relief trains rush to scene. Victims transported to hospital or home.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
Missouri Pacific Railway
Glencoe Awitch
St. Joseph
Wichita
Twenty-second Street
Ee Lott
A. C. Danby
Lebanon
Ind
A. C. Fnahan
E. L. Norton
Street
Mra EL. Norton
Reporter shoots city engineer after critical article
Thomas Riley, reporter for the Daily Commonwealth of Covington Kentucky, fatally shoots Cr L Jungerman Newport Kentucky city civil engineer after a public rebuke. The men met at Newport City Hall where Jungerman struck Riley and Riley shot back. Jungerman dies. Riley is taken to Covington for police custody.
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Cradysatr
Thomas Riley
Daily Commonwealth
Covington
Cr. L. Jungerman
Newport
Commonwealth
Riley
Jungerman
Riley Serosa
Tley
Tile
Grand Central Chicago Elevates Terminal Railways Plan
Wall Street paper says a huge Chicago terminal system will be built by the Chicago Elevated Terminal Railway Company with Chicago New York and European capitalists involved. An immense Grand Central station near Twelfth and State streets will serve as a general union depot with elevated iron and brick arches and hydraulic freight elevators handling both passenger and freight trains. The independent corporation will coordinate lines from the East South and West and work is to start soon.
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New York
Wall Street
Daily Financial
The
Journal of Finance
Chicago
Europe
Grand Central Station
Twelfth and
State Streets
General Union
London
Massive Texas land deal seals 700000 acres
Kansas City report confirms William Specht founder of Specht's colony and Gustave Ranger purchase 700000 acres in No 6's Land Northwestern Texas. They claim a syndicate holds a clear title from Spanish grants after review by Senator Edmunds and other eminent lawyers. Large grazing land intended for cattlemen.
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Kansas City
Texas
William Speeht
Speeht
Gustave Ranger
New York
Messrs
Sprecht
Ranger
Edmunds
Drowned Discoveries Tie Hamilton to West Idaho Ranch
Special dispatch reveals Robert Ray Hamilton was found dead in the Snake River near his Idaho ranch said to be an outfitting point for Yellowstone visitors. He disappeared weeks earlier after a hunt with horse and dog, a discovery tied to his looming divorce proceedings and political ambitions.
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Robert Ray Hamilton
Wild West
Civilization
Helena
Evangeline
Hamilton
Snake River
Idaho
Yellowstone National Park
Union Pacific
Green
Oroft
Vah
Beaver Canyon
Enet
Mamilton
New Yorker
Mr. Green
New York
Mrz. Hamilton
Ooe
F . N.S. Special
Trenton
N. J
New Jersey State
Patterson
Mr. Hamilton
West
Supreme Court
Root and Clark
Schuyler Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton
Columbia College
Columbia Law School
Union League Club
University Club
Tuxedo Club
Mary Ann Donnelly
Mra. Hamilton
Mra Hamilton
Embezzler Clerk Kept on Job Amid Losses
Philadelphia dispatch reports Lewis T. Young chief clerk in the Health Office acknowledged embezzling funds found as early as 1883. Total stolen over nearly three years nears $13 000 with present year losses around $5 000.
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Philadelphia
Lewis T. Young
Patterson
Young
Dechert
Smee Young
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