Jackson Day banquets show new era for democracy
Reports from Chicago Cleveland Waterloo and Omaha describe Jackson Day events with Democratic leaders including John F Donovan John R Williams Mayor Rose Lawrence Stringer and Grover Cleveland's letter. speakers touted a new era for democracy and party unity amid protests of Republican ties to trusts. Lane arrest in Illinois ties to a bank robbery gang is also noted along with safety deposit box mystery in Chicago.
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Chicago
Sherman House
Cook County
Sou
Senate
House
Rose
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
John McGillen
John R. Williams
Senator Stringer
John F. Donovan
Hopkins
Sheriff Barrett
Thomas Gahan
C. F. Gunther
John B. Payne
Democracy
John Barton Payne
Jefferson—Jackson
Democratic Organization
Lawrence B. Stringer
Cleveland
Buckeye Club
Kennard House
Hollenden Hotel
Andrew Jackson
Johnson
New York City
Hollenden
Waterloo
Iowa
Henry Vollmer
Davenport
A. van Wagener
Horace Boies
A. L. Sorter
Mason City
T. J. Fitzpatrick
Dubuque
J. M. Parsons
Rock Rapids
Judge van Wagener
Nebraska
J. Hamilton Lewis
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
W. H. Thompson
William J. Bryan
Oklahoma
Princeton
Omaha Jacksonian Club
Grover Cleeland
Old Hickory
Carter H. Harrison
Charles A. Towne
Allen
Tom L. Johnson
Ohio
Omaha
Neb
Chamber of Commerce
Central Station
Masonic Temple
Edward O'Shea
Addison Avenue
Oficias
Osliea
McWeeny
de Roche
van B. Powers
O'Shea
Venezuela yields to force in evolving Venezuela crisis
New York reports say France may join a blockade of the Venezuelan coast after Caracas failed to make the first payment on a French claim. Castro seeks a loan, a stronger merchants push, and troops sleep in the capital plaza as censorship blunts unfavorable news. Caracas accepts powers conditions while deeming them unjust and promising to yield to force.
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New York
Caracas
Castro
United States
Mystery rapnings threaten life in Port Huron home
In Port Huron Michigan on January 9 Mrs T F Griggs lay near death from nervous prostration blamed on nightly rapnings in her house. Officers neighbors and friends searched the home but found no cause or intruders. Griggs alleges her spiritualist husband caused the sounds while he denies the claim.
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Port Huron
Mich
T. F. Griggs
Mrs. Griggs
Report Denies Chamberlain Assassination Claim
London reports there is absolutely no foundation for the US published claim that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain was assassinated in South Africa.
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London
United States
Chamberlain
South Africa
Fire damages Federal Manufacturing plant in South Chicago
Chicago Jan. 9 The Federal Manufacturing Company's plant at South Chicago was damaged by fire today with a loss of 150000 dollars. Death of Gov Hastings Bellefont Pa Jan. 9 Former Gov Hastings died this morning.
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Chicago
Federal Manufacturing Company
South
Gov Hastings
Bellefont
Gov
Hastings
Strawboard price raised to $26 a ton in Chicago
United Box Board company announces a $2 per ton advance in strawboard, increasing the Chicago price to $26 per ton. The move reflects market adjustments amid demand shifts.
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Stim
Chicago
United Box Board Company
Discipline debate within the Society over riot actions
The dialogue centers on whether civil authorities must convict before punishing members and if the organization should investigate itself. Mitchell presses for accountability while Gray cautions about mob violence and urges the group to rise above the mire and its baser acts.
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Philadelphia
Coal Strike Commission
Mitchell
Gray
Mitchel
Thay
Order
Shenandoah
Mitchell Defends UMWA Against Indictment At Greater Jury Hearing
Mitchell argues a higher moral tribunal weighs the strike action and warns against indicting the United Mine Workers without direct ties to lawless acts. Chairman Gray clarifies no indictment is intended against the organization.
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Mitchell
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America
Gray
Bone
the .Commis
Smallpox Situation Grows Worse in Two States
In Indianapolis Dr. Eugene Buehler warns of rising smallpox as forty nine new cases emerge in six days and predicts greater danger next year. In Madison Wisconsin a stir follows the wife of Dr. George Keenan and their two young children contracting smallpox and being moved to contagion hospital.
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Indianapolis
Eugene Buehler
Madison, Wis
George Keenan
Ohio to Commemorate Birth of William McKinley
Columbus calls for January 29 observances in schools colleges and universities marking the 60th anniversary of William McKinley's birth. Proclamation urged nationwide remembrance tied to the late president's legacy.
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Ohio
William M’kinley
Columbus
J . Nash
William McKinley
Rights in a Cemetery Case in Jasper Ind
Peter Hopf a wealthy German farmer faced a new trial after a prior $500 fine for removing a cemetery tombstone and planting the ground in wheat. He pleaded guilty to a reduced charge and received $100 fine and ten days in jail. William C Brittain former county commissioner sues Hopf for $1,000 claiming Hopf removed broke and piled graves stones and plowed over the Calendar graveyard destroying pioneer graves. The action seeks to set aside Hopf’s land transfer as fraud.
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Jasper
Ind
Jan. S
Peter Hopf
Hopf
William C. Brittain
Association Withdraws Opposition to Cuba Reciprocity
The association voted 3 to 2 to withdraw opposition to ratifying the Cuban reciprocity treaty but urged amendments to protect U S beet sugar interests with a duty cut over 20 percent. Proxies could shift the tally to 12 to 2, while Michigan factories were largely unrepresented. The body also protested further tariff cuts for Philippine sugar and tobacco to avoid boosting island production.
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Washington
Jan
Michigan
Committee On Foreign Relations
American Beet Sugar Association
Arlington Hotel
Senate
Henry T. Oxnard
Association
Roosevelt
Oxnard
Cuba
United States
Julius Stroh
Detroit
Philippine Islands
Grazing Lands Legislation Talks In Interior Dept
Washington January 9 A conference at the interior department discussed fencing and leasing grazing lands in Nebraska. Present were Secretary Hitchcock Nebraska’s delegation and members of the senate and house public lands committees. The Nebraska delegation with Chairman Lacey agreed to draft a bill outline for prospective legislation.
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Washington
Interior Department
Nebraska
Hitchcock
Senate
House Committees On Public Lands
Congress
Lacey
House Committee On Public Lands
Firemen on the Alton Will Not Strike Yet
Bloomington report states Chicago and Alton firemen have not begun voting on a strike and will delay until one more conference between the union committee and officials. A brief note on Andijan earthquakes reports another tremor with no casualties.
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Bloomington
Chicago & Alton
Coal at Cost Helps Chicago Poor
Swift & Co will sell coal at cost to applicants to ease shortages. Surplus coal from their mine contract will be offered beyond employer needs. Limits: one bushel per person. Prices: bushel 20 cents, half bushel 10 cents, peck 5 cents. Available also in St Louis Kansas City St Joseph Omaha and St Paul.
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Chicago
Swift & Co
Peck
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Omaha
St. Paul
War on Chicago coal men
Illinois Manufacturing association committee probes coal famine causes in Chicago and asks State's Attorney Deneen to consider a special grand jury to act on evidence of possible illegal coal price increases. Deneen notes rights exist if sufficient evidence is shown and discusses scope and law.
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Chicago
Illinois Manufacturing Association
Deneen
Supreme Court rules Omaha National Bank not liable
Lincoln Neb Jan 9 The supreme court favors the Omaha National Bank in a Nebraska suit seeking 210000 recovered from a warrant presented by ex State Treasurer Bartley. The case centers on cashing a warrant tied to embezzlement and the bank as state depository resisting state sinking fund restrictions. The court's ruling reverses the state position.
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Lincoln, Neb
Supreme Court
Omaha National Bank
Nebraska
Joseph
Bartley
Carnegie Partner Killed by Engine at Pittsburg
Andrew McWilliams, junior partner of Andrew Carnegie and superintendent of carpenters at the Edgar Thomson Steel works, was killed by an engine today in Pittsburg.
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Carnegie
Pittsburg
Andrew McWilliams
Andrew Carnegie
Edgar Thomson Steel Works
House Judiciary Committee backs anti trust bill
The House Judiciary Committee voted to favorably report Littlefield's antitrust bill to expedite suits now pending or to be brought under the anti trust law.
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Washington, Jan
House Judiciary Committee
Littlefield
Disowned Archduke Leopold Ferdinand Ousted
A Tuscan Hapsburg council resolved to pay Leopold Ferdinand his share of the family fortune and eject him after his sister the crown princess fled to Geneva with M Giron. In Massachusetts Boston saw John L Bates inaugurated as governor and General Curtis Guild Jr inducted as lieutenant governor in traditional Bay State ceremonies.
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Leopold Ferdinand
Vienna
Hapsburg
Archduke Ludwig Vietor
Francis Joseph
Saxony
Geneva
M. Giron
Boston
John L. Bates
Curtis Guild, Jr
Massachusetts
Old
Bay State
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