Inauguration plans draw vast Harrisburg concourse
Harrisburg reports expect an immense crowd for General Hastings inauguration. Scranton clubs and Luzerne County groups rally to parade from the Capitol to the executive mansion after the ceremony. Major Everett Warren eyed for judge advocate general, with possible shifts in Farr’s education chairmanship and road construction bills advancing in the legislature.
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Wilkes-Barre
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Scranton Tribune
Harrisburg
Committee On
Pattigon
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Pennsylvania
Smith
General Hastings
Everett Warren
State League of Republican Clubs
Dewitt Cuyter
Philadelphia
Warren
Bradford County
World's Fair Commission
Thig Chy Heave
Congrese Miéin Scranton
Fietiz
Repre
Gentunlye Farr
Fleliz
Watton
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Ploits
Inaugural Parade Proclamation by Chief Marshal Olmstead
United Press dispatch from Harrisburg announces Chief Marshal M. E. Olmstead issuing orders for the inaugural parade. Organizations wishing to participate in General Hastings inauguration must report details including organization name formation date number of men marshal and arrival time in Harrisburg.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Maretal Olmeted
Daniel H. Hastings
Commonwealth
Harriabureg
M. BE. Olmsted
Indian Romance Ends In Tribal Warpath Marriage
Rosebud South Dakota January sixth. Past Thumber and Plenty Bird killed Red Horse, a Sioux chief, on the reservation. They were jailed on bail while Cantisle Indians claimed divine sanction. A curious sequel follows as Susie Red Horse, equal to the slain chief, goes on the warpath with a large knife under U.S. Marshal supervision.
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United Press
Rosebud
Thumber
Plenty Bird
Red Horse
United States
Liddiard
Susie Red Horse
Death From a Live Wire in Camden Street Tragedy
A man was fatally electrocuted on a Camden street after stepping on a broken live wire. A crowd watched as the current distorted his features and fire burned his shoes and face. The incident occurred near Carpenter Street on a cold January evening and the body was later removed after power was shut off.
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United Preas
Camden
N. J
Jan
Penth Street
Carpenter
Harry Schaeffer
Silk Weiver
Tenth Ghort
Schacfer
Schaeffer
Sacramento Vigilantes Drive Tramps From Town
Vigilantes in Sacramento report crowds of tramps and thieves driven from the city following raids. Camps along the levee and lumber yards yielded two rifles and firearms. five tramps were arrested. Photographs will be taken and trespassers ordered to leave or face consequences. A possible link to a Davisville overland train robbery case is suspected.
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United Press
Sacramento
Davisvil
Orth Levee
Woman to write book on asylum experiences in the east
Jun 6 report says Harriet Hubbard Ayer plans a memoir detailing her time in private and public asylums including Bronxville New York. She claims she was sane and restrained and notes conflicts with the Seymour family and her ex husband. She asserts the project is not for money and recently gained control of her property through a New York Supreme Court decision.
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East
United Press
Chicago
Harriet Hubbard Ayer
Bronxville
N. Y
Seymour
New York
Ayer
New York Supreme Court
Nude Art Ruling Grants New Trial for Mrs Ketchum
The Michigan Supreme Court grants a new trial for Mrs Catherine J Ketchum a local WCTU worker convicted of sitting for nude pictures The court says the statute requires exhibition or circulation and there was no direct evidence of such acts, so a not guilty verdict was proper if no intent to exhibit was proven.
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Lansing, Mich
Supreme Court
Catherine J. Ketchum
Missing Skaters Raise Alarms In Wilkes-Barre
Friends report Joseph Hill 14 and Edith Potitebone 1 died after being seen on the Susquehanna River at night. Hill’s hat found later, authorities fear both fell into a hole and drowned amid snow. Separate report: Allegheny mountains snow slides trap a Philadelphia and Erie railroad train near Ritchie to Hyner. crew tunnels through five miles to free passengers.
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Joseph Hill
Edith Pottibone
United Press
Wilkes-Barre
James Hi
Edith Potitebone
Susquehanna
Young Hill
Allegheny
Renovo
Philadelphia and Erie
Ritchie
Hyner
Here
President Cleveland Explains Hawaii Interview With Royalists
Washington 6 The senate debate on Senator Lodge's resolution regarding Hawaiian matters yields a polished statement from President Cleveland. He confirms he met private commissioners from Queen Lilian Kolani and approved no official action. Cleveland notes Congress ended official duty and Hawaii now governs itself, denying future American aid to restore prior rule.
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Washington
Dan
Senate
Senwator Lodge
Pawalan Islands
Committee of Miyarets
Hawaii
W. Q. Gresham
Lilian Kolani
United States
Hawiiiin Islands
Blened
J. A. Cummae
AL AL Widemann
Laniel Parker
Mawallin Lelands
Congress of the
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Illess
Representative Post
Wayne's Candidate Homer Greene Wins Reagan County Primaries
In Wayne county at Honesdale the Republican primaries chose Homer Greene for congress with 140 votes to 60 for Chairman Wood. Delegates were instructed for Greene. The convention is set for Monday evening.
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Momer Greene
Congress
United Press
Honesdale
Pas
Wayne County
Homer Greene
Greene
Wood
Strikers Return to Work at Carnegie Steel Brad dock
About 140 of the striking laborers at the Carnegie Steel Edgar Thomson furnaces Brad dock returned to work and a main meeting was set for 10 oclock tomorrow. A few new hands hired recently destroyed any hope of the strikers winning.
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United Press
Pittaburg, Jan
Carnegie Bleel Company
Edgar Thomson
Braddock
Barbarity of the Turks recounts Armenian massacres
A Boston letter from Athens dated December 10, by an Armenian of Sassoun, details brutal Turks sieges from April to August, tiny villages destroyed, 325 homes burned, mass killings including elders and clergy, and claims of “unparalleled atrocities” with staged desecrations and fires across Gely-Guse and other settlements. The writer seeks international sympathy amid reports of Kurdish participation and Turkish soldiers.
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United Press
Boston
Athens
Sassoun
Turka
Varteniss
Selo Rey
Sonal
Mbo
Konk
Pakran
Khisan
Alpak
Bell and Lowa Company Store Destroyed by Fire
Fire swept the Bell Lewis and Yatex Con mining company store in Maze Dubois Pa this morning causing losses estimated at $10 000 to $50 000. Miners at Maze and Steynoldsville had struck Friday over mass layoffs, and many suspect incendiary origin. A mass meeting of miners and citizens was scheduled for tomorrow morning.
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Dubois
Bell & Lowa
Bell, Lewis & Yatex Con
Steynoldsville
Ike Hill Apology Stirs Capitol Funeral Scene
Washington report recalls Colonel Ike Hill a veteran Democratic whip who served as host at a congressional funeral attended by the Chinese minister and Yang Yu, with tensions noted over the minister's presence amid careful captioning of the event.
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John
Wo Yu
State Department
Gresham
Hill
Ike
Washington
Jan
Tke" Hill
House
Capitol
Domo
Ike Iy
Chinene
European boycott grows against American exports over sugar policy
Reports from Washington indicate a coordinated European response led by Germany to protest the U.S. sugar tariff and treaty terms. Belgium and France reportedly join the boycott, while cattle shipments to France face quarantine and banking concerns over bills of lading. Berlin debates U.S. sugar tax enforcement as lawmakers weigh retaliatory cattle bans and domestic political alignment.
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United Press
Washington
Jan.é
Germany
Department of Arrivnuiture
Belgium
France
Bordeaux
New York
New Jersey
Berlin
Gresham
United States
Alma
Oil Tank Explodes in Canton Warehouse Fire
A blast at a Standard Oil warehouse in Canton yesterday evening ignited burning oil that ran down streets and set ablaze nearby properties. Griffith & Boyd fertilizer works with stables and an office were destroyed. Davidson weld works and several other structures also burned. Losses are estimated in the hundreds of thousands with no cause yet determined.
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Canton Tomicht
Griffith & Boyd
Filso
G. H W. & C.T. Davidson
Standard O1 Company
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Standard O1
Thieves threaten torture after theft in Monongahela City
In Monongahela City Pa a gang entered the Solomon Snyder residence in Fallowfield township bound and gagged Snyder his sister and the hired man. They demanded $100 and after threatening torture and locating the money they ate a hearty meal and fled.
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United Piety
Monongahela City
Solomon Snyder
Fallowfield Township
Snyder
Rain
Kerosene Lamp Tragedy in New York's Chinese Quarter
During a drunken quarrel in January Bridget Gorman 25 and Elisa Bogun 30 inhabited a Chinese Quarter apartment Bogun threw a kerosene lamp at Gorman setting her body alight Gorman died within twenty minutes Bogun was arrested for the fatal blaze.
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United Press
New York
Bridget Gorman
Elisa Bogun
Sbe
Toronto's Great Blaze Kills Firefighter in Million Dollar Fire
A major Toronto blaze began in the Globe office basement and spread to nearby businesses. Firefighter Khotur't Bowery died, five others were injured by collapsing walls. Loss nears a million dollars as a severe snowstorm and high winds hindered and then helped suppress the fire.
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United Press
Toronto
Ont
Globe
Nwnepaper
Khotur't Bowery
Globe Office
Johnstown Faces Daunting Flood Threat From Conemaugh
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a thaw and rain flood the Conemaugh River and Stony Creek. Water damage includes a bindery and many buildings. Police warn merchants to clear water from roofs as river rise threatens a potential ice dam and gorge near the Pennsylvania stone bridge.
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United Press
Johnstown
Fee
Herman Williams
Hook Bindery
Wees
Conemaugh
Stony Creek
Pennsylvania Stone Bridge
Death of General Post Heartsily Noted Statesman Soldier
General Philip S. Post died this morning in his hotel apartment after a brief illness. He served in the Union Army rising to brigadier general and held posts as consul to Vienna and consul general of Austria-Hungary. A Republican, Post was elected to the Fifty-fourth Congress and previously to the fifty-first through fifty-third. Born in Orange County New York his long career included leadership in Grand Army circles and a 1906 command of the department of Texas.
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Posses Amway
United Proes
Washington
Ja. G
Philip S&s. Post
Hotel Hiamilton
Pruseitia
Most
Orange County
New York
Vienne
Austria-Hungary
Papal Encysliclal Enlarge Delegation in United States
The Apostolic Delegation in the United States may be enlarged as reported by wire service sources. The papal encyclical to American bishops was delayed but appears to be on its way to Washington again. A rumor says the document will announce expansion of the delegation without altering the church's position in the United States.
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Flinn
Allegheny
Brown
Westmoreland
United States
United Press
Frome
Washington
Nagles Courier
America
Queen Louise Reported Seriously Ill in Copenhagen
Copenhagen dispatch to the Central News reports Queen Louise is seriously ill, with details emerging on her condition and potential implications for royal duties. The report notes medical attention and uncertainty regarding her prognosis.
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Queen Louise
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United Press
London
Central News
Copenhagen
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