Morill Attacks Populist Bills in Senate Debates
Washington notes show Senator Morrill deriding Peffer led bills as cranky overreaches while praising majority rule. The session featured few senators present and a sharp exchange on third party influence and finance.
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Berry
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Briely
Indianola
Indian Territory
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Morrill
Committee On Finance
Milton
Absalom
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Mr. Morrill
Israel
Hke
Wakte
Townsend Cleared as Mint Shortage Inquiry Continues
The mint director in Washington says no known shortage since Dr Townsend began as Philadelphia superintendent. He notes 50,000,000 silver dollars in vaults, with counting to establish any discrepancy. Townsend is defended as new management, while Colonel Bosbyshell and deputies must answer if a loss is found.
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United Press
Washington
Mint
Philadelphia
Townsend
Dy. Townsend
Bosbyshell
Bhondamen
Foreign Residents in Pekin Face Massacre Peril
A London telegraph from December 11 cites a British official in Pekin warning that mass killings could erupt at any moment as anti foreign sentiment rises. He says foreigners may be massacred if the capital is reached by Japanese forces and notes many soldiers belong to secret societies ready to act.
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the Globe
Pekin
China
Tien-Tam
Miss Schilling's Lover Trial Opens in St Louis
The Courtenay case charges Dr Edward St George Courtenay with assault and attempted murder of Miss Miri ne Schilling née Brewer Schilling. Arraigned yesterday, he pled not guilty. The shooting occurred March 20 1894 stirring Compton Hill society.
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United Press
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Mirinie Schilling
Brewer Schilling
Courtenay
Compton Hill Society
Schilling
Holmes Pitzel Trust Scandal Ties Fort Worth Bank
J W Spencer president of Mechanics National Bank Fort Worth Texas visited Philadelphia to confer with Holmes. He soughtFort Worth real estate transfer details tied to a Holmes confession and a bank mortgage on property claimed by Holmes amid the Insurance Fraud case.
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Phildelphia
J. W. Spencer
Mechanics National Bank
Fort Worth
Tex
Holmes-Pitzel
Linden
Spencer
Po-Ice
Fouse
Fidelity Mutual Life Association
Spender
Holmes
Williams
Mechanics Bank
Proposed Ship Canal Linking Delaware and Chesapeake Bays
The War Department board backs the back creek route for a Chesapeake and Delaware ship canal. The plan, extending from Baltimore to near sea, would be 150.13 miles long with a 27 foot depth and a projected cost of 7 million dollars.
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Chesapeake Bays
United Press
Washington
War Department Board
Chesapeake and Delaware
Back Creek
Chesapeake and Dilaware Bays
Congress
Lamont
New York Harbor
Baltimore
Miners Brace for Wage Reductions in Pittsburg District
Pittsburg district coal miners view the disavowal of the interstate agreement as a declaration of war by operators. They expect notices of wage cuts at nearly every mine to take effect by January 1, with organized workers prepared to oppose the reductions.
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Pittsburg
United Press
Columbus
Tillman A Senator The Ex Governor Elected to the Upper House
Tillman elected United States senator at noon receiving 26 of 36 votes in the Senate and 102 of 117 in the House. Butler 6 in Senate and 15 in House. Joint session to canvass and declare result tomorrow at noon.
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United Press
Columbia
Tillman
United States
M. C. Butler
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George Murray
W.D. Crum
Senate
Butler
French scientist Louis Pasteur dies at 72
Paris reports the death of Louis Pasteur, renowned French chemist and physiologist and discoverer of the rabies treatment. He passed away at age 72 after a career shaping medical science.
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Prose
Paris
Dee
Louis Pasteur
Bears Shot in Sullivan County and Other Local Feuds
Hunters in Sullivan county killed two bears with the largest weighing MO pounds. Iyanlel Sheckter, 30, of Lehighton, found dead near Easton amid shifting carn. Schenley Park Pittsburg near 400 acres to be nearly doubled. A 00 reward offered for information on George Jones who disappeared from Tamaqua weeks ago. Near Homestead Thomas Morgan and James McCormick renewed quarrel. Morgan likely fatally shot McCormick. Harry Devoy of Pittaburs and Frank Taylor of Elwood captured after three days in woods near Wurtemberg. Berlin County Farmers' Alliance asks legislature to prohibit intoxicating square at primary sections and to revise costs in trivial cases.
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Iyanlel Sheckter
Lehighton
Easton
Schenley Park
Pittsburg
Alge
George Jones
Tamaqua
Homestead
Thomas Morgan
James McCormick
Harrisburn
Harry Devoy
Pittaburs
Frank Taylor
Elwood
Wurtemberg
Lawrence County
Berlin County Farmers’ Alliance
Armenian outrages debated. President explains lack of direct evidence
President Cleveland informs the Senate he has no verified information on Armenian cruelties in Turkey beyond newspaper reports and Turkish denials. Secretary Gresham and Consul Jewett outline dispatches from Constantinople noting initial exaggeration then rising losses, and Jewett is sent to assess truth at the scene. Bandits rob a Rock Island train near Red River, Terral, Oklahoma, identified by victims.
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Washington
Senate
Gresham
Turkey
Oud
Constantinople
United States
Lse
Armenia
Suicide by dynamite in Walton Quarry tragedy
Michael Davis Beomes, living in Marvin Hollow near Walton, committed death by own action with dynamite Sunday evening. He thawed a stick of dynamite in a storehouse and then returned to the fields. The blast blew his body into fragments, with parts scattered up to 300 feet away and flesh found on trees and bushes. His father, awoken by threats, heard the explosions and found a large hole at the scene.
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United Press
Binghamton
Dee
Walton
Michvel Davis
Joseph Davis
Marvin Hollow
Here
Davis
Dresant
Nathan Barnes Greely Dies at 82 in Erie County
Nathan Barnes Greely, last surviving brother of Horace Greeley founder of the New York Tribune, died Monday at the Greely homestead in Wayne Township Erie County Pa aged 82. He left grown sons and daughters and was noted for peculiarities and spiritualist beliefs.
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Jamestown
N. Y
Nathan Barnes Greely
Horace Greely
New York Tribune
Reading and Lehigh Valley Collieries to Shut December 18
Philadelphia reports that Reading and Lehigh Valley coal companies will close their collieries on December 18 and not reopen until the new year. Officials say the shutdown aims to avoid exceeding each companys monthly production allotment.
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Lehigh Valley
United Press
Philadelphia
Ela
Bold Train Robbery Near Red River Reported
Three men held up a Rock Island passenger and express train one mile south of Red River near the Indian Territory line. The bandits took about 900 in money and several watches from passengers. Pullman conductor Brown was shot in the leg. Deputized marshals pursue possible Cook gang members.
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United Press
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Pullman
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Cook Gang
United States Marshals
No More Souvenirs Medals Seized by Secret Service
Philadelphia officer William J. McManus halted manufacture and sale of a Washington bust medal inscribed God and Our Country and bearing the Lord's prayer on the reverse. The items were sold as souvenirs by mint employee George B. Soley but not minted there. A related book History of the Philadelphia Mint was halted for printer coin facsimiles pending Washington ruling.
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Philadelphia Mint
United States
Desperate Gun Battle in Hazard Court Over Feud Case
In Hazard Kentucky Judge Hall narrowly escaped bullets as Jesse Fields and Joe Atkins opened fire in a crowded circuit court over the murder case of Josiah Combs. Fields fled with accomplices, Eversole was wounded, and the judge fled to safety amid threats of further violence.
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Lexington
Hazard
Perry County
Judge Hall
Commonwealth
Jesse Fields
Joe Atkins
Josiah Combs
Combs
Field
Joe Nversole
Atkins
Fields
Eversole
Fire destroys large Buffalo wallpaper plant
Big fire in Buffalo at Birge's wallpaper factory on Niagara and Maryland streets destroys the plant. Loss about 250000 dollars with insurance nearly covering. Second time the Hirges suffer a factory fire, previous blaze occurred fourteen years ago on Perry street. About 600 workers unemployed.
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Birge
Niagara
Maryland
Hirges
Perry Street
Wall Paper Trust
Jolm
Missing bicyclist Frank Lenzs feared murdered in Turkey
Attorney J J Purinton of East Liverpool reports a letter from K W Graves British consul in Free Roum Turkey. Graves suspects Frank Lenzs, the Pittsburgh cyclist, was robbed and killed by brigands in eastern Asiatic Turkey after last contact from Tabreeze Persia on April 28.
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East Liverpool
J. J. Purinton
Frank Lenzs
Pittsburg
Tabreeze
Persia
K. W. Graves
Ereeroum
Turkey
Health authorities begin extensive anti-diphtheria serum work
St Louis health officials initiate preparations for large scale culture and distribution of anti-diphtheria serum. Deputy Sheriff George C. Tyron was drugged and robbed in New York by Frank Curtis, who remains jailed pending investigation. Warden J A Doblenty of Washington state penitentiary committed suicide when approached on a malfeasance warrant. Springfield salesman Guy Coye, $100 short in accounts, died by his own hand rather than face disgrace.
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George C. Tyron
New York
Frank Curtis
J. A. Doblenty
Washington State Penitentiary
Jell
Guy Coye
Springfield
Seely Admits He Is the Man in Bank Heist Case
Chicago authorities report Samuel C. Seely the defaulting bookkeeper for the National Shoe and Leather Bank of New York admitted he was the man who fled with $304,000. He agreed to be placed in New York custody as federal authorities prepare to extradite him. Seely said he acted as a dupe for Baker and sought a “clean breast” as officers closed in.
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National Shoe and Leather Bank of
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Shea
Shoe and Leather
United States
Arnold
Marshal McCarthy
Harricon Street
McLaughlin
Crane
Shoe and Leather Bank
William McLaughlin
H. BE. Mac Farland
Jong Seely
MacFarland
Beer Theft by Mayfield Youths Leads to Warrants
Special to the Scranton Tribune Mayfield December 11. Teens at the Delaware and Hudson Canal depot steal beer left by Conductor Newton. A keg was hidden until night when a crowd drank it. Police Officer Mullerig caught three youths removing the keg and warrants issued for many others. Hearing set for tomorrow afternoon before Sullivan.
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Mayfield
Scranton Tribune
Delaware and Hudson Canal Company
Newton
John Mullerig
Sullivan
FIRE AT FACTORYVILLE ARMY HALL BURNS TO GROUND
In Factoryville the Old Armory of Company F burned completely last night after an eight fifteen alarm. The building stood unused but had served as an armory skating rink and opera house. A gang of Italians formerly connected with water works ditching were named by locals in connection with the blaze.
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Scranton Tribune
Factoryville
Man in Barn Holds On After Fourteen Days With No Food
Thomas P. North of Baltimore was found in a West Livingston barn with a bullet wound and claimed to have survived fourteen days without food or water. He was taken to Memorial Hospital and expected to recover. authorities say the self inflicted wound was an attempted suicide.
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N. J
Thomas P. North
Baltimore
West Livingaston
Memorial Hospital
Mad Dogs Terrorize Mt Vernon As Panic Spreads
Dec 11 Mt Vernon residents were terrified when two mad dogs roamed the streets charging people. Witnesses described the animals with foam at the mouth and bloodied tongues as they lunged through the town creating widespread alarm.
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Madness of roaming dogs terrorizes streets and bites victims
A pack of mad dogs roamed Main Street biting multiple bystanders as women and children fled in panic. Armored bystanders and locals pursued and killed the animals, injuring at least eleven people including Paul Hennegan, Harl Davis, Eddie Singer, and others. Hospitals later treated the victims with care.
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Western Union
Cleveland
Harl Davis
Eddie Singer
Lillie Barnest
Chambers Lefevre
John Brown
James Wolf
Cleming Jackson
John
Gompers Throne in Jeopardy as Prescott Claims Lead
Denver Dec. 11 Delegates to the Federation of Labor toured Clear Creek today and discussions indicate a spirited race for president. Prescott of Indianapolis, representing the Typographical union, is backing the Gompers opposition and is said to command a majority of the delegates present.
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Cal
Federation of Labor
Clear Creek Canyon
Indianapolis
Typographcal Union
Gompers
Cork and Bottle Colliery Explosion Severs Burns to Foremen
Special to the Scranton Tribune reports at Pittston that the Fairmount colliery known as Cork and Bottle endured a gas explosion as foremen William Brown and William Roach entered the mine. Roach suffered severe facial and hand burns while Brown escaped with minor injuries. The men, both married, live in Mill Creek and Avoca respectively. The mine, run by P. J. Mallory of Towanda, sits near the Delaware and Hudson railroad about 500 yards from Cork Lane depot.
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Fairmount
William Brown
William Roach
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Brown
Mill Creek
Avoca
P. J. Mallory
Towanda
Delaware and Hudgen Railroad
Cork Lane
Suit for Forty Thousand Against Insurance Firms
Davies and Griffin sue twenty seven insurers to recover 40000 on fire loss policies covering stock damaged by a June 17 fire. Arbitrators J W Carpenter C L Hawley and C B Woodruff heard testimony from P F Griffin Chief Ferber John Shadwick and T Ellsworth Davies. Hearing to continue today. ex judge Jessup and W H Jessup plus J N Willard represent plaintiffs.
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J. W. Carpenter
Charles L. Hawley
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J. N. Willard
P. F. Griffin
Ferber
Fire Department
John Shadwick
Wilkes-Barre
T. Ellsworth Davies
Return of a Wanderer. Brook Reunites with Family
James F. Brook, superintendent of Brook & Olyphant Rubber, reappears after vanishing on March 4, 1801. Once presumed dead, he had traveled in Texas and the South while relatives settled his finances. He returned to his Trenton home to a warm, affectionate welcome from his family.
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United Press
Trenton
N. J. Dee
Brook & Olyphant Rubber Company
Trenton Board of Aldermen
Texas
Morgan's Light Sentence in Slasher Case
In Norristown Virginia December 11 Joseph Morgan stage carpenter of the Eight Hells company was fined for drunkenness and disorderly conduct after a drunken assault on Andrew and Matthew. The injured men would not testify and Morgan left for Cincinnati while Morgan’s face bore injuries from the encounter.
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Norristown
Joseph Morgan
Eight Hells” Company
Andrew
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British Parliament Session Opens in February
The next session of Parliament will begin February 5. The Prince of Wales telegraphed sympathy to the widow of Count Ferdinand de Lenseps. Mary Anderson Navarro shows favorable recovery progress. The Duc d Orleane and adherents travel to Brussels to shape policy for French monarchists. At Smithfield cattle show prizes include Queen Victoria for Hereford steers and a Hereford heifer, with the Prince of Wales and Lord Rosebery winning additional prizes.
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Ferdinand de Lenseps
Mary Anderson Navarro
Duc d’Orleane
Brussels
Smithfield
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Prince of Walesa
Southdown
Lord Rosebery
Aberdeen
Senator Call Pushes Cuba Annex Talks and China Restraint
From Washington Senator Call urges negotiations for Cuba annexation and hopes Japan will ease pressure on China. Secretary Smith orders Agent Day to compel Ute Indians in Southern Utah to return to their reservation to avert trouble.
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Weather report for eastern Pennsylvania
A weather notice reports rain across eastern Pennsylvania with northeast winds. The advisory notes potential localized showers and gusty conditions, urging caution for outdoor activities and travel.
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