Hanna Still Lacks Votes In Ohio Senate Battle
In Columbus Ohio January 6 conservative Democrats press to block Hanna with ten Republican defectors and fusionists vowing to deny the senator a majority. Gerrard the Cincinnati magnate emerges as a possible January ballot leader while Burke Grumley and Fink maneuver for control.
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Hanna
Harry C. Mason
M. F. Bramley
Cuyahoga
J. P. Jones
Jeptha Gerrard
Gerrard
Senator
Cincinnati
James Joyce
Guernsey
Redkey
Nutan
Manuel
Combine
Britain Eyes New Reciprocity Deals Under Dingley Tariff
Washington reports Britain plans to lead in reciprocity negotiations under the Dingley tariff act. The British embassy has quietly engaged with Washington to extend treaty benefits to British West Indies possessions and colonies. Sir Julian Pauncefote has met officials as talks advance, with old reciprocity treaties serving as a basis but needing amendments for current trade conditions.
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Washington
Jan
Great Britain
West Indies
Julian Pauncefote
State Department
Uriuwn
Robbery at Adams Express Sighted in New York Heist
New York reports Adams Express Co was robbed of 10,682 dollars with Clark Braden Jr missing. The Central office on Forty seventh Street and Madison Avenue handled cash and five thousand dollars in Chicago Gas bonds destined for the Hudson River line. Braden, a longtime clerk, vanished after the theft, leaving a hurriedly emptied safe and unsigned morning receipts. Police and private detectives hunt Braden as banks are warned not to purchase the stolen bonds. Braden had recently returned to New York after a period away.
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New York
Adams Express Company
Clark Braden, Jr
Central Office
Forty-seventh Street
Madison Avenue
Braden
Grand Central Station
Hudson River Road
Oregon
Gloomy Views on Cuba Reported by Senor Canalejas
Havana dispatch notes Senor Canalejas receives a cool reception in Santiago de Cuba as opposition cites his Madrid editorship. General Segura reportedly believes war between Spain and the United States is inevitable and favors Polavieja or Weyler despite criticism of Fando’s campaign. General Begura urges restraint while warning of heavy expeditions.
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Senor Canalecjas
Segura
Spain
United States
Havana
Senor Canalejas
Santiago de Cuba
Bpaniah
el Heraldo de Madrid
General Weyler
Blanco
Parrado
Pando
Florida
Cuba
Begura
Fando
Bonin
Polavieja
Rowaris
Weyler
Washington
Polaviejan
Generi
Fegura Ateo
Benin
Five Rescued From Flames In East Eighty Eighth Street Fire
Five people escaped death in a tenement fire on East Eighty Eighth Street. Mrs Warner and her husband crawled through smoke to reach their unconscious children and carried them out. Patrolman Christ rescued two elderly women, Mrs Sarah Jacobs and Mrs Mary Sweeney, who were removed unconscious. Damage described as trifling.
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New York
East Eighty-eighth Street
Warner
Christ
Sarah Jacobs
Mary Sweeney
Dead Man Found Under a Trestle in St Louis
Charlen Dayton, 115 Fourth Avenue New York, was found dead under a railway trestle across Canokin creek Hast St Louis NL. He is suspected as one of two robbers thrown from an Illinois Central train last night after trying to rob a passenger in the smoking car. The pair boarded at Fast St Louis and demanded change. One robber grabbed Dayton’s money during a struggle and was thrown. the other jumped. Only 12 dollars was taken. Dayton, once a theater property man, was identified by memoranda in his pocket.
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St. Louis
Jan
Charlen Dayton
Fourth Avenue
New York
Canokin Creek
Dayton
We May Dodge A Comet
Professor C A Bacon of Beloit college discusses Winneck s comet discovered at Lick observatory January 3 He notes if earth and comet reach the same point simultaneously earth would swing the comet off course and no contact would occur
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Helolt
Wis
Jan
C. A. Bacon
Beloit College
Winneck
Lick Observatory
Cave
Fire Damage Total Set At Forty Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty One
Easton, January six 1923 contractors Lewis Havens of Philadelphia and James Woolsey of Scranton chosen by Lafayette College and the insurance companies report Pardue hall damage from the recent fire as forty four thousand seven hundred thirty one dollars. The total insured amount is twenty thousand dollars, leaving a shortfall of fifteen thousand to twenty four thousand dollars.
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Easton
Lewis Havens
Philadelphia
James Woolsey
Scranton
Lafayette College
Pardue Hall
Fire Rips Mahoning Supply Store and Adrian Doctor Office
A blaze in Dubois Pennsylvania destroys the Mahoning Supply Company's store and Dr Williams office at Adrian. The only person inside was a watchman awakened in his night clothes. Loss estimated over 30000 dollars.
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Dubois
Mahoning Supply Company
Dr. Williams
Adrian
Here
Mes
Schooner N E B Symonds Wrecked at Porto Plata
A private message reports the schooner N E B Symonds of 1 ton burden, Captain Bowman, wrecked entirely at Porto Plata. No details yet. no loss of life is presumed.
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Bowton
Symonds
Boowman
Porto Plata
New York Woman Shoots Self in Apparent Suicide
Mrs Marion A Peters aged years fatally shot herself at her city home last High. Physicians had recently declared her insane. Peters came to the United States with her family from New South Wales Australia a year ago and was said to be wealthy.
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New York
Marion A. Peters
Thin City
Kid Murphy Slain in Saloon Gunfight in Chicago
In Chicago January 6 a shooting at Martin Donahue’s saloon left Kid Murphy dead and Frank Dean with a head wound while Donahue lay mortally wounded. The incident stemmed from a three month old stabbing feud between Murphy and Joe Genet with Donahue. Other patrons included Major Sampson amid past election riot tensions surrounding Alderman O Malley.
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Chicago
Kid
Murphy
Frank Dean
Martin Donahue
Donahue
Dean
Major" Sampson
Guy Collander
Thomas O’ Malley
Joe Genet
Luke Collerain
Collerain
Randolph Street
Final Struggle of Durrant's Attorneys
Washington and San Francisco reports detail counsel for condemned murderer Theo dore Durrant failing to delay his execution. Judge Brewer declined intervention, while federal appeals efforts failed and Governor Budd refused clemency. Durrant's parents planned a last appeal as hangman Amon Lunt measured the cell and test ran the gallows.
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Washington
Theodore Durrant
California
Justice Brewer
Supreme Court
San Francisco
William Henry Theodore Durrant
Blanche Lamont
San Quentin
United States
Marshal Baldwin
Warden Hale
Attorney Duprey
Duprey
Quentin
State Attorney General
United States Circuit Court
Durratt
Budd
Durrant
Amon Lunt
Hule
Anthony Comstock Wins Six Cent Verdict
New York reports Anthony Comstock received six cents in a $60 000 damages suit against Montague Severson. Comstock claimed his character was damaged by a public accusation at Albany station calling him a notorious blackmailer.
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New York
Anthony Comstock
Montague Severson
Comstock
Leverdon
Albany, N. Y
Big Railroad Deal in Erie Purchase
The Stock of the Susquehanna and Western is bought by the Erie New York January Morgan Co. It is understood the purchase was in Eries interest. It was learned today that a majority of the stock has been turned into the company office to transfer.
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Susquehanna and Western
Erie
New York
Jan
P. Morgan & Co
Susquehanna and Western Railroad
State Printer bound legislative record and index for 1807
Attorney General McCormick announced that State Printer Roy must bind the legislative record and index for 1807 under his contract. Former State Printer Buech previously held the contract, and Mr. Hay claimed no involvement.
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Harrinnburg, Jen
Robinson
McCormick
Roy
Buech
Hay
Wheelman Wedded in Hinsdale Marriage
Nathaniel R. Butler the noted Cambridge bicycle rider wed Grace Wren Robertson daughter of George A Robertson a manufacturer in Hinsdale New Hampshire on January 6.
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Hinsdale, N. H
Nathaniel R. Butler
Cambridge
Maas
Grace Wren Robertson
George A. Robertson
China and Britain press for open ports if loan is guaranteed
London reports Britain may guarantee a 16 million pound Chinese loan at 5 percent, demanding new treaty ports open to all nations. Berlin notes Germany’s lease of Kiao-Chou Bay is not a partition, while Russia’s cruiser Russia arrives at Port Said en route to China with orders to disembark a gun.
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China
Berlin
Germany
Russia
London
Great Britain
Globe
Stock Exchange
Kiao-Chou Bay
East Asia
Magowan Again On Deck In Turbulent Split
In Trenton New Jersey on January 6 ex mayor Frank A Magowan has been ejected from the American house. Reports say he and Mrs Barnes Magowan have separated after the incident. She is staying at Barrow hotel with Magowan leaving last night with his belongings. He spent the night at the Trenton house with his son Spencer. No comment from either party. Mrs Haines Magowan is expected to return to Canada. Their young daughter Deryl remains with her father in Ohio.
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Barnes-Magowan
Trenton
N. J
Frank A. Magowan
Barlow's
Magowan
Barlow
Spencer
Settlement of Chestnut Street Trust Liquidation Approved
The Chestnut Street Trust and Baving Fund liquidations plan was approved by common and select councils with one dissent. City money totaled 239000 dollars at bank closure and will be secured by preferred stock in Record Publishing Company. Creditors who opposed the plan later met and decided to assent for their interests.
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Philadelphia
Chestnut Street Trust and Baving Fund Company
Chestnut Street National Bank
Instituton
Record Publishing Company
Bank and Trust Company
Wedding Party Chases Thief After Hen Roost Attack
At Parkerford near Pottstown Pennsylvania on January 6 a wedding anniversary party disrupted by a knife attack. Guest Harry March confronted a man in the hen roost, grappled him, and received a long cut in his clothing before the intruder escaped with a surrounding posse in pursuit.
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Pottatown
Mra
Daniel Trexler
Parkerford
Harry March
Mareh
Pottsville Store Burns in Mineville Fire
A general store operated by Howell, Courtney and Co. at Mineerville, Pottsville, Pa., was destroyed by fire last night. Stock losses reach $10,000 with full insurance on the goods. The building, owned by Theodore Merkel of Lunsford, is insured for $2,000. Origin of the fire is unknown.
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Pottsville
Howell, Courtney & Co
Mineereville
Theodore Merkel
Lunsford
Lown
Tragic double murder suicide shocks Greenville
At 3 o clock this morning Alexander Carter a white citizen killed his wife and his 12 year old daughter Mantle while they slept and then shot himself. He had been mentally unbalanced for some time.
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Thristol
Tonn
Alexander Carter
Greenville
Ead
Mantle
Death by Own Action Marks Wealthy Merchant Buckley
New York jan 6 William T Buckley a member of the dry goods firm Dunham Buckley and Co shot himself in a boat house near Wave Crest Long Island He was about 88 and famed in New York trust ice and social circles His home and stable were among the largest and costliest in Wave Crest Buckley had long been in poor health and recently retired from business listed among many clubs and societies including Union League Players Century Merchants Down Town and Cedarhurst Hunt club
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New York
William T. Buckley
Dunham, Buckley & Co
Wave Crest
L. L
Buckley
Townsend Buckley
Princeton University
Rockaway Mint Club
Dunlap Society
Cedarhurst Hunt Club
Heirs of Jacob Baker Fight For Philadelphia Land Claim
An association of Jacob Baker’s heirs, veterans of the Revolution, seeks to claim 16 acres of land now in a dense Philadelphia district. The property, valued at about 00, was handled by the Bank of North America through Baker’s estate after his death, and the heirs vow to pursue their rights within city limits.
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Jacob Baker
Toronto
Ont
Philadelphia
Bank of North American
Baker
Opposition to Mr Lodge Bill Spurs Local Protest
A preliminary meeting at the Astor House organized opposition to Senator Lodge's education based immigration bill. Prominent figures including W Bourke Cochran and Dr J L Benner formed the committee, with plans to elect officers and push a constitutional reading requirement before immigration landing. A wide list of pro opposition groups nationwide was read.
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New York
Congress
Senator Lodge
Astor House
Oxcur
Straus
W. Bourke Cochran
Robert Gung
J. L. Benner
Roman Catholic Central Society of North
North American Bymastic Union
St. Louis
Liderkrang
German-American Society
Dayton
Allegheny Gymnastic Society
Allegheny
Central Labor Union
Chicago
Social Turner Union
Cleveland
Omaha Gymnaste Union
Bavarian Benevolent Society
Cincinnati
General Workingmen’s Union of
State of
Michigan
German-American Central Union
Denver
Postal notes on Greater New York consolidation
The post office department clarifies that the Greater New York consolidation did not alter postal arrangements for localities. Mail addressed to trends within the metropolis should specify the city location instead of using the general term Greater New York to avoid errors.
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Washington
Jan
Post Office Department
Greater
New York
Greater New York
Vessel wreck obstructs navigation near Queenstown
The Furness line steamer Virginian reports that about 26 miles west of Queenstown she passed a portion of a large vessel wreck lying hull down in the track of waterways, presenting a dangerous navigational hazard after its London to Boston voyage.
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Boston
Furness Line
London
Queenstown
Queentown
Shipping News Briefs From Queenstown and New York
Queenstown reports Britannic sailing to New York while Rotterdam arrivals list Amsterdam and New York. A Nordic vessel named Nomandic passes Rowhead New York en route to Liverpool.
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Queenstown
Britannic
New York
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Rowhead
Nomandic
Liverpool
Weather outlook for the middle states this week
The forecast reports fair weather today with light snows in northern districts and heavy rain along the upper coast. Temperatures will fall slowly as fresh westerly to northwesterly winds ease. Saturday brings clear skies, colder air, and stronger northwesterly winds, with temperatures rising afterward in this section.
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New York
Middle States
General Opponents Claim Recruits and Civil Service Debate
Reports refer to Hanna opponents recruiting and civil service discussions in Congress. The British government guarantees the Chinese loan. Adams Express Company robbed. Local notes mention mayoral gossip and potential new trial for Van Horn, plus editorials and regional items.
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Hanna
Discu
Congress
Adams Express Company
Bailey
van Horn
War of words in Congress over civil service law
In Washington and New York on Jan 6 heated exchanges raged in Congress over the civil service reform bill. Grosvenor assailed Carl Schurz and named traitors among reformers while Johnson defended merit and warned of party betrayal. Galleries backed opponents as debates continued amid procedural delays and related measures moving forward.
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National Civil Service
Hetorm Lenagne
Carl Schurz
Republican Party
New York
Washington
Civil Service Law
Grosvenor
Ohio
Johnson
Indiana
Mr. Lloyd
Missouri
National Civil Service Reform League
George William Curtis
Civil Service Commission
American Congress
van Wyck
Black
Rep
Ind
White House
Uem
Friends of the Law
Bryan
Republcan Party
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