Final Session Preview as Congress Nears End
The Fifty third congress faces a quiet final session with routine measures. Key items include pension and fortifications bills, possible action on the Nicaraguan canal, and contested elections such as Williams v Settle. Arizona and New Mexico statehood moves are noted amid Bluefields concerns.
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Unite Press
Washington
House of Representatives
Cleveland
House
Myron B. Wright
Pennsylvania
Interstate Commerce Committee
Williame Va. Settle
North Carolina
Sayres
Senate
Schofield
Hatchellor
General Schofield
Ordinance Board
Batchellor
Fortrees Mourve
Bluefields
Bluefelds
Morgan
Prye
Arizona
New Mexico
Faulkner
Lights Put Out by a Rat in Baltimore Electric Works
Baltimore on Thanksgiving night suffered blackout across parts of the city as a rat short circuited a switchboard in the electric light works. The animal touched two brass terminals, was fatally shocked, and the fire melted wires, burning insulation and causing major repair costs. The remains were preserved at the works.
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Baltimore
Electric Light Works
Octogenarian Secures Fourth Wife by Advertisement
Ephraim Walters an 82 year old from Uniontown Pennsylvania advertised in newspapers offering 5000 dollars to any woman who would marry him. He married Mrs Mary Madera in Morgantown West Virginia a milliner aged six years his junior.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Ephraim Walters
Uniontown
Mary Madera
Walters
Drink Drives the Brother of Justice Harlan to the Almshouse
Ex Judge James Harlan brother of Justice Harlan of the supreme court was taken to the alms house in Louisville on December 2. He is without a home and sobriety has failed him, leading to neglect by those who once valued his extensive Kentucky legal practice in Frankfort.
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Loulaville
Law and Equity Court
New Mexico
Texas
Louisville
Justice Harlan
United Press
James Harlan
Supreme Court
Harlan
Kentucky
Frankfort
Boston Doctor Arrested on Train in Texas for Chicago Fraud
Dr. B R Flower of Boston, a medical specialist, was arrested on a northbound train at Conroe Texas after a Chicago police telegram alleged he obtained 50000 dollars by false pretenses. An indictment in Chicago names Nathanial C Foster and relates to alleged fraudulent dealings with the Deming Land and Water Co of New Mexico. Flower agreed to accompany officers to Chicago. A delayed telegram also sought the arrest of P P Smith who was reportedly involved.
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Deming Land and Water Corporation
New Mexico
Dr. Flower
Chicago
P. P. Smith
Smith
Navajos Bold in Spring Mountains Stock Depredations
United Press reports trouble between ranchmen and roving Navajo bands in the Spring mountains. Gilbert Taber says the Navajos are bolder, threatening to scalp Thompson after he seized horses. They are slaughtering antelope and deer by the wholesale.
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United Preas
Albuquerque
N. M
Spring Mountains
Gilbert Taber
Thompson
Death of Miner Samuel Leggett Crushed Skull in Robbery Attack
Unknown assailants struck Samuel Leggett a miner at Scott shaft as he left Shamokin last night. They crushed his skull with an axe and robbery was the suspected motive. Found unconscious, he died at midnight.
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Samuel Leggett
United Press
Shamokin
Scott
Shaft
Various incidents and reports from 1895 news items
Health recovery of Supreme Justice Jackson in Thomasville Georgia. The National Educational Association to meet in Denver on July 6 1895. Clerk Kerr implicated in miscalculated $9 000 for the year ended June. Fatal scaffold fall in Topeka Kansas claims Charles Lidderstrom and Ernest Stone. Elevator shaft fall in Chicago breaks Charles Hubbel of Baltimore. Colima volcano eruption near Guadalajara Mexico feared for loss of life. Train wreck caused by unknown in Stevens Point Wisconsin William Jennings imprisoned five years. Burglars attempt to rob Los Angeles exposition building chased by watchmen. Examiner EF Waite Minneapolis indicted for bribing and intimidating pension witnesses. Missouri Pacific to suspend night trains through Indian Territory due to hold-ups. Albany fire commissioners resist pumps plan. Natlands underwriters may double fire rates. Thanksgiving dinner mishap dislocates Mint Panny Bexler New York. Edward Halpin captured by Chicago police with stolen property.
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Jackson
Thomasville
National Educational Association
Denver
Kerr
Stevens' Point
Wis
William Jennings
Los Angeles
Cal
EF. Waite
Minneapolis
Indian Territory
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Albany
Natlands
Report of Comptroller Urges Congress to Create Currency Commission
Comptroller Eckels in a forthcoming annual report urges Congress to appoint a non partisan currency commission to overhaul the banking system. The report details bank organization activity during the year ending Oct 1 1894 including fifty new banks and twenty seven in the north and east. It notes ten banks resumed after receiverships and analyzes deposits and specie fluctuations as well as recommendations for circulation reform and safety funds.
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United Press
Washington
Eckels
Congress
Comptroller
Mississippi
South Dakota
Alabama
Georgia
Texas
National Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Compt
United States
Cable Gullings Revival Threatened in Austria
A revival of snarphtut activity is threatened in Austria. Numerous changes in the Italian army will save $1,700,000. The papal budget for the coming year shows expenditures will be reduced. At the American Thanksgiving service in Rome, 1100 was collected to aid earthquake sufferers.
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Austria
Rome
Fatal Wreck in Fog Claims Two and Injures One
A fog bound collision near Lockport New York state killed engineer George W. Hull and conductor Thomas Lukins, with fireman Lewis Gordon gravely injured. Hulls engine rear ended a stopped freight train. Crawford oil barrel exploded in the caboose as Lukins perished.
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Lockport
George W. Hull
New Jersey Central
Jersey City
Hull
Lewis Gordon
Elizabeth
N. J
Thomas Lukins
Bayonne
N. Y
Lukins
Looked Like Holt Edward Willian Arrested in Wilkes-Barre
Edward Willian, a colored resident of Wilkes-Barre, was arrested on a shooting charge in Scranton weeks earlier. A mistaken identification linked him to Edward Holt, but investigators say Willian aided in Holt’s tracking. Scranton officers pursued Holt, believed hidden among friends of the colored community.
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Edward Willian
Wilkes-Barre
Scranton Tribune
Scranton
Roche
Wilkes- Barre
Willian
William Holt
Willan
Liem
Lehigh Valley
Holt
Hoche
Mienzer
Salvation Army Leader Balancing Booth Stricken by Typhoid
Commander Bal ington Booth, chief of the Salvation Army forces, is critically ill with typhoid fever and nervous prostration. He has stayed in his room for over a week as physicians confer. Salvationists observe a day of special prayer for his recovery.
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Chicago
Balington Booth
Salvation Army Forces
Salvation Army
English Labour Leader Arrives in New York on Etruria
John Burns member of parliament and labor representative arrives in New York aboard the Cunard steamer Etruria. Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor accompanies the delegation and greets him.
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Pnglish
United Press
New York
John Burns
Amalgamated Labor
England
Etruria
Samuel Gompere
American Federation of Labor
Oates Inaugurated Governor as Kolb Held Swearing
Governor W C Oates was sworn in by Chief Justice Breckinridge in the state house with 6000 spectators. Populist Reuben F Kolb was sworn in downtown in a small ceremony with about a dozen witnesses. State troops surrounded the Capitol with 20 companies, while police kept order amid Kolb supporters and no violence occurred.
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United Preus
Montgomery
Ala
W. C. Oates
Breckell
State House
Reuben F. Kolb
Dumont
Mobile
Capitol
Kolb
Governor outlines measures for public good in message
Harrisburg December 2 Governor Pattleon drafts his biennial address to the legislature. He will praise the amended ballot act, urge changes to improve it, urge forest preservation and water pollution abatement, and commend the National Guard for efficiency at Gettysburg encampment and during regional riots.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Pattleon
Commonwealth
National Guard
Gettysburg
Sugar Makers at Work in Brooklyn Refineries
Resumption of sugar refinery operations in the eastern district began tonight with 600 men returning to work at 6 o clock and 800 more at midnight. Tomorrow morning about 1,500 additional workers are expected to be hired, marking a significant restart after a recent shutdown.
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Brooklyn
ChoSE Death To Reprimands Sensitive Boy Killa Himself After Some Parental Chidings
A Baltimore boy, age not specified, shot himself after being reprimanded by parents for late hours. He had been a former student at Pimburat College near Chicago and died by suicide following parental chiding.
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Killa
The
United Press
Baltimore
John Maroneck
Pimburat College
Chicago
Lancs ter County Almshouse Charges Upheld as Not Sustained
The board of charities reports to Governor Pattison finds that Miss Anna M. Martin’s allegations against the Lancaster county almshouse hospital and insane asylum are not sustained.
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Safe Board of Charties
Lancaster County Almehoure, Hospital and Insane Asylum
Pattison
Anna M. Martin
Tragic Death of Rich New Yorker In Montreal Hotel
Samuel C Seely, a New York bank bookkeeper, died by self-inflicted wounds in the Windsor hotel parlor. Harry Faile, a wealthy New Yorker, was found dead in the same room after arriving too late to intervene. Inquest returned death by own action while insane. body sent to Jersey City for burial.
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Montreal
Que
Samuel C. Seely
New York National Shoe and Leather Bank
Windsor Hotel
Stely
Harry C. Faile
New York
United States
Horace C. Walt
Jersey City
Maile
Kenneth Cameron
General Hospital
Paule
Mr. Wait
Amazor
Walt
Law and Navy Posts Move in Washington Clerical Shuffle
From Washington reports indicate McDowell Pennsylvania could win the house clerkship next term. Judge Ricks of the northern Ohio federal district faces impeachment soon after Congress convenes. Chaplain Rose departs Richmond for the naval home in Philadelphia, relieving Chaplain Hopes. Rear Admiral Walker takes the lighthouse board post, succeeding Admiral Greer who becomes chair of the naval examining and retiring board.
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Congreatman
McDowell
Pennsylvania
House
Lonetess
Ricks
Federal Court
District
Ohio
Congress
F. P. Rose
Richmond
Naval Home
Philadelphia
R. R. Hopes
John G. Walker
Lighthouse Board
J. A. Greer
Walker
Naval Examining and Retiring Board
Weather Report for Eastern Pennsylvania
Forecast shows fair conditions in eastern Pennsylvania with colder air moving in and strong northwest winds. Temperatures drop through tonight with brisk gusts limiting outdoor activity and a cool, dry pattern persisting into tomorrow.
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Pennsylvania
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Jones
Arkansas
Harrison
Finance Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Canada
Judge Harlan
Edward Halpin
Review
Banking World
Pittston Borough
Burna
Gompers
Mr. Burns
United Trades Union of America
Dumis
Typographical Union No
Burns
Colonnade
David Holmes
London
Trades Union Congress Parliamentary Committee of
Ballington Booth III
Ment
Atlantic City
George Gerner
Frederik Myers
Sporsmen
Faile
New Yorker
Murray Hill
Finley
Lackawanna Ave
H. A. Kingsbury
Chas. A. Schieren & Co.’S
Spruce ST
Scranton, PA
el Es
W. J. Weichel
Spruce Street
Near Dime Bank
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