Parkhurst seeks tough handling of Byrnes in Lexow hearings
The Lexow committee session nears end for 1894 as Dr. Parkhurst demands hard scrutiny of Superintendent Byrnes. Inspector Williams defends his career while denying corruption charges and accuses Captain Schmittberger of perjury amid testimony on bribes and district policing.
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Lexow
Parkhurst
Byrnes
Ed Stalvey
Shalvey
Doherty
Eakins
Schultz
Webb
Samuel Lohenthal
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Mrs. Blood
Captain Williams
Inspector Williams
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Air
Schmitthberger
Tenderloin
Stubborn Witness Faces Adjournment Request
The inspector paused unable to recall. Mr Goff then asked to adjourn until tomorrow morning. Inspector Williams left the stand smiling and the court anticipated a stubborn witness.
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Breckinridge Lectures Target Pollard Verdict Debts
Attorneys for Madeline Pollard plan to attach Breckinridge lecturing receipts nationwide. They will file Washington judgment transcripts in each city he lectures to base a creditor's lien on the Pollard breach of promise verdict. Colonel Breckinridge lectures in Cincinnati tomorrow night as the campaign begins.
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United Presa
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Washington
Doctor’s verdict deems Kalb sane in lunacy inquiry
Columbus, O Dec 26 Dr BE Wilson a leading physician testified in the George Kalb wife murder lunacy inquiry that Kalb was perfectly sane, showing he could feign insanity when watched but act rational otherwise. The jailer corroborated the defendant’s occasional signs of insanity.
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Columbus
BE. K. Wilson
George Kalb
Kalb
Croker Urges Meeting With Cochran and Enemies at Tammany
Richard Croker demands a public confrontation before the Tammany executive committee over the Cochran dispute. He invites enemies inside and outside Tammany Hall to meet him, insists he may appear, and plans a Florida trip in ten days. Some committee members refuse comment.
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United Press
New York
Evening Sun
Richard Croker
Bourke Cochran
Tammany Executive Committee
Cochran
Tammany Hall
Croker
Florida
Washington
Croker-Cochran
Sultan's Bluff Works Ends US Effort in Armenia Mission
Secretary Gresham reports from Minister Terrell that the sultan refused President Cleveland's demand for Consul Jewitt to join the Turkish commission to Armenia. The matter may be ended as no massacre evidence has appeared. Official circles say the United States would not be warranted to insist on an escort for independent inquiry. The decision rests on civilizations' interest rather than American participation.
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Armenia
United Press
Washington
Gresham
Terrell
Cleveland
Jewitt
United States
Man Sued Over Matrimonial Bureau Fee After Wedding
Jacob Redell of Johnstown faces an aldermanic summons for failing to pay the matrimonial bureau fee after marrying a New York woman advertised as seeking a husband with $1,000. He says he will remit once the agency sends the guaranteed amount, while the couple continues to live happily.
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United Press
Johnstown
New York
Jacob Redell
Redell
Featherweight Solly Smith Arraigned as a Vagabond
Solly Smith the featherweight pugilist was arraigned as a vagabond in Buffalo police court and ordered to leave town. Police superintendent Bull stated the city would be rid of such individuals.
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Solly Smith
United Press
Buffalo
Johnnie van Heest
Puginet
Bull
Had His Ear Cut Off in Wilkes-Barre Brawl
John Zuleken a Hungarian in a Kingston drunken brawl had an ear severed before the assailant escaped. In Vienna a land owner Pomperl his son and a maid were slain while trimming a Christmas tree and 1500 florins stolen. Mrs Sadie McGuire died in Clearfield from arsenic mistaken for soda phosphate.
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John Zuleken
Wilkes
United Press
Vienna
Pomperl
Ober-Hollarbrunn
Lower Austria
Sadie McGuire
Clearfield
Bodnar Arrested in Death After Pig Killing Theory
Bodnar is jailed in Trenton on suspicion in the death of Bernardo Condo whose body was found in a Morrisville creek. He was remanded for five days as Pennsylvania authorities decide on action. Blood stains at his Morrisville home are explained as remnants of slaughtering two pigs before moving.
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Trenton
N. J
Bodnar
Pernandino Condo
Morrisville
Pollew
Croasly
Pennsylvania
Condo
Stephenson sentenced for bribery over four baskets of peaches
Ex Police Captain John T. Stephenson received three years and nine months in state prison and a $1000 fine after a December 12 conviction for bribery related to four baskets of peaches from Marila M. Edwards. The judge denied a new trial but the matter resumes Monday.
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New York
John T. Stephenson
Ingraham
Court of Oyer and Terminer
Stephenson
Marila M. Edwards
Duane Street
Edwards
Highwaymen Foiled in Carlisle Hold Up Attempt
Four masked men attacked Daniel Wollett his daughter and Mrs Frank Delancey on a public highway in Carlisle on December 26. Wollett fought back using the whip butt, knocked down one assailant, lashed the horse, and the party escaped without giving up money.
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The
United Press
Carlisle
Daniel Wollett
Frank Delancey
Far Flung Strays in Daily News Recap
A scattered set of small items reports J D Proudfit of Santa Fe estranged after a shooting, David Holmes inspecting Fall River textile trades, Charles Schall's suicide in Hagerstown, Mrs Kehler burning £240 in bills, Bishop Potter's probe into a rondout rector, a call for southern aid to Nebraska, Rev Ellis's Boston will favor Harvard, George A Carson forging checks in Marengo then Omaha, Annie Linderbland's suicide in Brooklyn, Colonel Archer N Martin's sudden death in Summit.
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Santa Fe
David Holmes
Fall River
Mass
Charles Schall
Hagerstown
James Kehler
English
Ind
Potter
Rondout
L. Wattson
Baltimore
George B. Ellis
Boston
Harvard
Divinity School
George A. Carson
Marengo
Omaha
Annie Linderblanrd
Vanderbilt Avenue
Brooklyn
Archer N. Martin
Summit
N. J
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Pennsylvania
Honest Brooklyn Bank Clerk Falls Into Police Hands
Edward H. Carter, 44, of 246 Monroe Street Brooklyn, a transfer clerk at the National Bank of Commerce on Nassau Street, was arrested after confessing thefts totaling about 20 000 dollars. Carter, who joined the bank as a messenger boy and rose to his post over 29 years, declined to explain how the money was spent. William Sherman presides over the bank.
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New York
West Tenth Street
East Sixteenth Street
Coa Cob
Conn
Perkins
Goff
Allie
Edward H. Carter
Monroe Street
National Bank of Commerce
Nassau Street
William Sherman
Carter
Bank Official Admits Defalcation Hidden in Railroad Accounts
Officers found a $28,000 discrepancy in the balance this morning while reviewing coupons and bonds. The official claimed an error in paying in that amount before maturity and could not produce the bonds. He admitted guilt and President Sherman said he concealed the defalcation by diverting small sums into railroad and corporate accounts, which were not paid.
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Carter
State Music Teachers Meet in Harrisburg Convention Opens
The sixth annual Pennsylvania State Music Teachers association convenes at the Harrisburg opera house. A 200–voice chorus rehearsed for thirteen weeks, Governor Pattison welcomed attendees, and the gala week features piano and song recitals with Mme Mario Deca and the Beethoven quartet performing in a miscellaneous concert. Williamport is chosen as next year’s meeting site.
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Harrisburg
United Press
Pennsylvania State Music Teachers’ Association
Opera House
Kurgenknaube
Giitchrist
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Kurzenknaube
Williamaport
Edward A. Berg
Reading
C. D. Elliot
Pottaville
William Wolstoffer
Thomas A’ Becket
Philadelphia
Mra
J. G. Stanley
Williamsport
Pattlton
Executive Mansion
Mme. Mario Deca
Thinaty
Richard Zeckiner
Beethoven Quartette
Extra Session Seen As Likely by Republicans
Washington reports an extra session of Congress seems inevitable with Republicans preparing for the emergency. One favored plan is retiring 340 million in greenbacks via 3 percent or 24 percent bonds. Retirement would end the greenbacks as a treasury menace and ease financial disturbance, with any revenue gaps filled by targeted acts not disturbing tariffs.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
Treasury
Minister Attacks Judge Over Mrs Evans Case
In Stroudsburg Pennsylvania on December 26 Reverend L B Hoffman pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church publicly attacked Judge Allen Craig president judge of the Carbon Monroe courts for allowing Mrs Evans a self confessed proprietress of a disorderly house to go free without punishment. Mrs Evans threatened to reveal disclosures should her case be pressed and the matter was dropped with orders from the judge that she leave town.
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Allen Craig
United Press
Stroudsburg
L. B. Hoffman
Methodist Episcopal Church
Carbon-Monroe
Evans
Carnegie Demands Refund of Armor Plate Fines
Andrew Carnegie calls for repayment of the $140,000 fine imposed by the president for unloading defective armor plates. He asserts Carnegie Steel did not violate its contract and cannot be held responsible for defects revealed by the investigation.
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Washington
Andrew Carnegie
Tifa
Carnegie Company
Thrown From Train Ends Charles Lever’s Life in Harrisburg
Charles Lever of Reading was killed on the Pennsylvania Railroad near West Fairview Monday night. He claimed before death that companions threw him from a train during a planned robbery at Marysville. Laver supports a wife and two children.
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Charles Lever
Reading
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Fairview
Marysville
Laver
Largest Barn Burned in Highland Township Fire
The largest barn on William Walton’s Highland township farm in West Chester Pennsylvania was burned at dawn. The blaze destroyed the barn crops and farm implements and killed twenty seven cows and four horses. Officials suspect incendiary origin. Loss about 12000 dollars. A separate item from Birmingham Alabama reports the Alabama Nomad College for Girls burned last night with losses about 15000 dollars and insurance of 5800 dollars. No injuries reported.
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United Press
West Chester
William Walton
Highland Township
Exson
Birmingham
Ala
Livingston
Alabama Nomad College For
Curtin monument drive gains momentum in Bellefonte
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania on December 2 a Curtin monument fund drive reports $1,010 pledged toward a $15,000 goal. No subscriptions were listed as new supporters. The effort aims to honor Curtin with a lasting memorial in the area.
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United Press
Bellefonte
Curtin Monument
Goldman Surrenders in Williams Killing
Samuel Goldman, in Lambertville New Jersey, surrendered after the killing of Rufus Williams yesterday. He will face a hearing tomorrow.
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Goldman
United Press
Lambertville
N. J
Samuel Goldman
Rufus Williams
Anderson Miners Rally Over Wages Refuse Work Demand
The Anderson miners have aligned in protest and refuse to work until they receive improved pay and conditions. Union leaders and company officials remain at odds as talks stall. Local authorities monitor the standstill as workers press for a resolution.
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United Preas
Masailion
Anderson
Atiefac
First heavy snowstorm plagues towns from coast to coast
A massive blizzard arrives December 26 with rain turning to slush and then sleet across Pennsylvania New York and surrounding states. Reports indicate electric railway suspensions roadway travel disruptions and widespread snowfall depths from four to eight inches plus drifting.
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Reading
Harrisburg
Lebanon
New York
Sandy Hook
Clearfield
Clearfield County
Pennsys- Vauk
New York City
Wilkes-Barre
Wyoming Valley
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White Haven
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Minn
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Cincinnati
the Tribune
Ohio
Indiana
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Chicago
Miinois
Iowa
Wisconsin
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Fittsburg
Inventor Plans 50-Inch Sectional Lens Telescope
Louis Gahimanna announces acceptance of ten acres at Lake Geneva Wisconsin for an observatory and factory to start in spring. He will erect a fifty inch sectional lens he says will outdo the Lick Observatory telescope and any other in existence.
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Louis Gahimanna
United Press
Chicago
Loula Gahimann
Lake Geneva
Wis
Lick Observatory
Pottsville Scandal Probe Advances at Court House
Hartman, Pottsville, Pa. December 26. The county auditors investigation into rumors about the county almshouse resumed at the courthouse with a larger crowd of witnesses. Ten witnesses were examined this morning but nothing of importance was disclosed.
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Pottaville
Court House
Auditors Press Hartman Case as OBrien Allegations Fall Short
The auditors focus on charging Steward Hartman with alleged malfeasance at the almshouse. No witnesses corroborate Lizzie O Briens accusations. Justice of the Peace Fisten testifies collecting affidavits from women at two disreputable houses stating Hartman never visited them.
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Steward Hartman
O'Brien
Justice of the Peace
Fisten
Potteville
Hartman
Lizzie O'Brien
Pretty Mary Powers Named In Liquor Addiction Case
Buffalo report of Mary Powers a young woman who was jailed at a police station and sent to the Home of the Good Shepherd for four months after a protracted intoxication crisis. She said her Philadelphia dentist father opposed marriage to drummer Harry Bodkin who later deserted her in Buffalo. She sought asylum to escape a drunkard’s grave.
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Mary Powers
United Press
Buffalo
the Good Shepherd
Philadelphia
Harry Bodkli
Bodkin
California
Ryan to Probe Death of Thomas F P Burke in Pottsville
District Attorney Ryan orders a thorough investigation into the death of Thomas F Burke found near his home on Sunday morning. Four colored men Kid Brown Henry Harper Otto Robertson and James Shields await a magistrate hearing on the killing after a fight near Burke’s house the night before. The coroner’s inquest has not yet returned findings and may reopen the case.
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Thomas FP
Burke
United Press
Pottsville
Ryan
Thomas F. Burke
Kid Brown
Henry Harper
Otto Robertson
James Shielda
Baldorffe
Berks County Criminal Court Term Costs Soaring
Berks county officials report the recent two week criminal court term cost more than any prior session. Witnesses swarmed court, with some in attendance ten to twelve days each. No total bill yet, but estimates will run thousands of dollars higher. An alderman’s bill tops $400 and a constable’s exceeds $600.
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United Press
Reading
Thrown Out Of Church In Bremen Congregation
In Bremen Indiana a ministerial clash ended with Rev Kean being thrown out of the Congregational church after he assaulted the presiding Rev Arthur. The revolt split parishioners and warned of further trouble as authorities consider next steps.
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Indiana
United Press
Elkhart
Ind
Congregational Church
Bremen
Kean
Arthur
Keane
Deathbed of Naples King Francis III Reported in Vienna
Vienna reports Francis III the last king of Naples is dying at Arce. He received extreme unction today according to the Neue Freie Presse.
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Presa
Vienna
Neue Froie Presse
Francis III
Arce
Treasury Balance Report From Washington
Treasury balances today show 10,637,104 dollars in currency and 99,009,081 dollars in gold.
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Treasury
United Press
Washington
Dec
Collapsed effort to form plate glass trust ends in defeat
Police raid a turkey raffle or pool amid a gambling scheme. William Travers is robbed and stripped by tramps in Palo Alto. Bethlehem miners uncover a thin coal vein in Ross township. Alderman Irvin Rutledge dies of paralysis after toe injury. Thomas Combuleck burns in a Sugar Notch mine indicating fatal injuries. Peter C. Hollia, president of the National Bank of Commerce of Philadelphia, dies in West Philadelphia. Executions for 14974.19 issued against Alfred Diller of Lancaster amid widespread liabilities.
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William Travers
Palo Alto
Bethlehem
Ross Township
Monroe County
Irvin Rutledge
Burgese
Johnstown
Thomas Combuleck
Sugar Notch No
Peter C. Hollla
National Bank of Commerce of
Philadelphia
West Philadephia
Alfred Diller
Lancaster
Weather Outlook for Eastern Pennsylvania Briefing
A weather note for eastern Pennsylvania indicates rain or snow with a cooler trend and high northwest winds. Winds shift to the north as conditions evolve, shaping a cooler, unsettled day.
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