Senatorial Standoff Heats Up in Columbus
Conflicting camps claim votes to spare as Hanna and anti Hanna factions race to secure enough Republican and Democratic backing. Bets on Hanna stagnate while rumors of resignations and affidavits swirl amid mass meetings and inauguration preparations in Ohio politics.
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Griffith
Manuel Backss
Columbus
Hanna
Kurtz
Manuel
Montgomery
Union
Henna
Nell House
General Grosvenor
George K. Noah
Republican
Bushnell
Berrio
Watchman Shot in Middletown Murder Near Station
Frank Beckwith watchman for the Ontario and Western railroad was shot twice in the lungs by Edward Simpson in the Middletown freight yard. Simpson, a former inmate now on parole, confessed after the act and helped carry Beckwith home. Beckwith died the next day.
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Frank Beckwith
Middletown
Edward Simpson
WN. Y
Frank Meckwith
Ontario and Western Railroad
Looge
Beckwith
Filmira Reformatory
Simpson
Mirnamer Steamer Arrives with Yellow Fever Serum Packages
The Norton line steamer Mirnamer reached port from River Plate and Buenos Aires carrying three packages of yellow fever serum sent by Dr. J Baranelli of Montevideo's Institute de Hygiene Experimental. Two packages go to Surgeon General Wyman and one to Health Officer A H Doty.
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New York
Jan
Mirnamer
River Platt
Braxttun
J. Baranelli
Institute de Hygiene Experimental
Montevideo
Wyman
Marine Hospital Service
A. H. Doty
Brush denies buying St Louis baseball cup stake
Indianapolis Jan 9 John T Brush said today that neither he nor his friends had bought the St Louis baseball cup nor was there any prospect of their doing so. He stated in stating Von Der Abe out of financial difficulties he secured Messrs Dickson and Talbott as possible purchasers but they refused to consider Brush as he was heavily encumbered.
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Indianapolis
John T. Brush
Stouis Baseball c
von der Abe
Messrs
Dickson
Talbott
Brush
Will Fight Kid McCoy in Cincinnati Contract Signed
A contract for a twenty round fight at 155 pounds for 8.00 a side was signed in Cincinnati by Kid McCoy and Charles Goff with Billy Maaken for McCoy, agreeing to a bout within four months before the club holding the greatest inducements.
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Kid McCoy
Cincinnat,c
Charles Goff
Billy Maaken
Goff
McCoy
Cowboy dies after gunfight in Juarez border town
A Texas cowboy named Seth Burrows was killed after a gunfight across the river in Juarez Mexico. He engaged police for about an hour and killed a gambler and a policeman before his death. He fatally wounded no other officers.
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Paso
Tex
Seth Burrows
Juares
Mex
Juarez
Burrows
Starving in Havana Describes Weyler Era Suffering
The Sun reports harrowing scenes in Havana with 440 women and children dying of fever from hunger in Los Fosos hospital. Conversational accounts claim no food or medicines and no medical care, while questions rise about a $100,000 relief fund and Blanco’s silver.
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New York
Jan
The
Sun Today
Weyler
Havana
Key Weat
the Sun
Los Fosos
Hospital
Concentrados
Blanco
Villegas
Artemisa
Mariel-Majanta Trocha
Paez
Vicente Rubi
Nunez
Montoto
Artemian
Nunes
Four Italians Arrested in Swindling Ring
In St Louis on January 8 four Italians named Carlos Pasquino Jose Arno Charlies Cerutti and Frank Bassi were arrested on swindling charges after a bitter struggle. They face accusations of running swindles in major U S cities and Pasquino claimed possession of 4600 with no explanation of its source.
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St. Louis
Carlos Pasquino
Jose Arno
Charlies Cerutti
Frank Bassi
United States
Pasquino
Sewer pipe firms plan new pool meeting in Pittsburgh
Cleveland report notes sewer pipe manufacturers have not abandoned efforts to form a pool despite recent poor results. A fresh meeting of manufacturers will be held Tuesday at the Monongahela House in Pittsburgh to push another attempt at forming the pool.
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Cleveland, O
Pittsburg
Shovel Mew Weel Session Closes of Engineers Union
The annual convention of the Brotherhood of Steam Shovel and Dredge Engineers and Cranesmen of America adjourned after a three day session. Delegates attended from nearly every state and from Canada.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Steam, Shovel and Dredge Engineers and Cranesmen of America
Union
Canada
Steamship Arrivals in New York with Liverpool and Queens Town Calls
Steamship arrivals list ships arriving in New York in January. Umbria from Liverpool, Gueens town from Liverpool, and Bervin arriving in New York are noted. La Champagne also arrives in New York.
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New York
Umbria
Liverpool
Gueens Town
Cailed
Bervin
Imavre
la Champagne
Percy Kelcy Explosion at Pitteborg Pontoon Disaster
Eight dead and several injured after the Percy Kelcey boilers explode at Pitteborg Pittsburg. Daniel Gamble the second cook dies at Mercy hospital and others named include Milton L Wood pilot Thomas Flynn second engineer Lee Weinster freeman Joan Smith deck hand with two bodies unre covered. Wreck in the river at Glenfield causes the towboat Hornet and barges to be lost while other boats halt due to obstruction.
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Pitteborg
Pittsburg
Elx
Daniel Gamble
Mercy Hospital
Daniel: Gamble
Cook
Milton LY Wood
Thomas Flynn
Lee Weinster
Fremin
Joan Smith
Lee Bechtold
Harry Hammers
William Alexander
Glenfield
Hornet
James Jones & Sons
Semino le Indians Burned At The Stake
A mob on the Oklahoma border executed Seminole Indians Markus McGessey and Palmer Simpson for the murder of Mrs. James Simmons. After burning their house and possessions, they were carried across the line and burned at the stake by a lynch party. The public alarm spreads along the border over the incident and fears of further bloodshed.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Henry Smith
Paris
Tex
Oklahoma
Markus McGessey
Palmer Simpson
James Simmons
Lynch
United States
Creek council votes to hire attorneys against federal act
The Creek council at Muskogee defies Secretary Bliss warning and appropriates 20000 to hire attorneys to challenge Congress after January 1 granting U S court jurisdiction. Agent Wisdom wires Secretary Bliss of the council action. All acts after January 1 require presidential approval. Bliss said he would not recommend approval of such an act.
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Muskogee
I. T
Creek Council
Bliss
Wisdom
Act of Congress
United States Courte
Biles
United States
Fire aboard Lamberts Point cargo steamer at St Johns
The steamer Lamberts Point capt Humphreys, docked at St Johns with a cotton cargo, sailed for Liverpool today still afire on deck. Crew refused to sail unless authorized by police. If the fire worsens, the crew may jettison cotton. Almwyck repaired and departed for Baltimore. Penarth reached Manchester nine days from Norfolk with cotton and cargo, short of coal after severe weather.
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Norfolk
Manchester
Portland Set to Host State Conventions for June Ballot
Portland, Jan 8 1896 Action taken in the city to unite free silver forces ahead of the June state election. The state central committees of Democrats and Free Silver Republicans plan conventions in Portland on March 8. Moowists and the Union party may also hold conventions on the same date.
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Portland
Ore
Free Silver
Democrats
Free Oliver Republicans
Moowists
Union Party
Duty on Petroleum Set by Weight in Germany
Berlin January reports indicate changes foreshadowed by Count Posadowsky minister of the interior are implemented. The petroleum duty will be fixable by weight, applying to mixtures of Caucasian and American oils henceforth.
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Berlin
Jan
Madgeburg “Eitung
Posadowsky
Klondike Food Shortages Stir Alarm Among Miners
Seattle reports over 100 Klondike returnees with four months to three years in the mines. Prospects vary but provisions are scarce and starvation fears grow. Miners like Charles Shade and Zack Hickman warn of harsh winter and urge continued relief.
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Seattle
Wash
Klondike
Bonanza
Eldorado
Charles Shade
Juneau
Boulder
Hunker
Moosehide
Dawson
Eldorado Creek
Zack Hickman
Klondikers
Beram
Last Chance
Dominion
Moose
Bonanga
J. M. Kempner
Chehalis
Beattle
Yukon
Quiet Lynching Report Shocks Colefax Wash
Dakota Slim McDonald was moved to Walla Walla for safety after Chadwick Marshall, a Virginia Marshall family member, was quietly lynched in the jail. The town largely denounced the act as residents slept through the incident. Marshall learned of his father Judge Thomas Jefferson Marshall’s death in New Mexico.
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Colefax
Wash
Dakota Slim
Thomas Jefferson Marshall
W. F. Smiley
Santa Fe
N. M
First U S Supplies Distributed in Havana
At Dr Villionola residence the special committee under Governor Sener Bruson and Consul General Fitzhugh Lee distributed the initial supplies from the United States consulate for the robe nowntradus.
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Havana
Jon
Villionola
Sener Bruson
Fitzhugh Lee
United States
Weather and World News Briefs
Weather indications show southeasterly winds with no change in the Ohio ben torial situation. Reports cover the Congress programme for the week, a Havana misery spectacle, Klondike state affairs, and local items including elopers at Clark’s Summit and a recluse’s death from starvation.
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Ohio
Congress
Havana
Klondike
Ashland
Pittston
W. Clark
Outrage in Asia Minor Prompts White House Meeting
A New York committee led by William E. Dodge Everet Wheeler and Darwin R. James with ex Secretary John W. Foster met the president to press remedies for Turkish outrages against Christians in Asiatic Turkey. They urged swift punishment of offenders and insistence on full protection for American citizens and property. The president, supportive, indicated measures were being prepared to bring the issue to a head and to back American rights with government power.
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Washington
Jan
William E. Dodge
Everett P. Wheeler
Darwin KR. James
New York
John W. Fouter
Turkey
Porte
United States
Wheeler
America
Angell
Madrid Cabinet Considers Fresh Inquiry Into Weyler
Madrid reports the captain general has received documents to proceed against Lieutenant General Valeriano Weyler. A Madrid dispatch says the cabinet council decided to submit Weyler's conduct to a fresh inquiry under Lieutenant General Pabín, head of the first army corps.
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Madrid
Valereinn Weyler
Weyler
McKinley
First Army Corps
Pabin
Engineers Favor Panama Route For Canal In Nicaragua
Lyman J. Cooley and fellow engineers bound for Nicaragua have studied the Culebra cut from Pedro Miguel to Has Obispo. They report the Panama canal is feasible along that route and contend obstacles elsewhere would be greater.
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Colon
Colombia
Galveston
Tex
Lyman J. Cooley
Chicago
Weather forecast for the middle states and New England
The Herald's Weather Forecast reports today cloudy weather with rain turning to snow in the middle states and New England. Northeasterly to southeasterly winds shift to brisk northerly on the coasts, followed by a lake-region cold wave, with Tuesday turning partly cloudy to colder and snow in the upper north.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jan. W
Middle States
New England
Briak
Debate on the Treaty of Annexation of Hawaii
Washington dispatch reports key senate moves on the Hawaii treaty with Senator Davis planning daily executive sessions to advance the measure. Debate expected to dominate the week, with opposition concerned about defeat and Republicans and Democrats weighing votes to modify or repeal the law.
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Washington
Senate
Hawaii
Davis
Pettigrew
Morrill
Money
Butler
Civil Service
Fairbanks
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Alexis Keeler
Nash
Walter Weaver
Springfield
A. ¢. Caine
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House
Foraker
Charles L. Kurts
Republican National Committee
Monpo
Manuel, Montgomery
Grimth
Mason
Grimith
Joyce
Guernsey
Boxwell
Jones
Stark Rutan
Carroll
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Combine
Hannon
Grand Jury
Ohie
Democratic
Havana City
Bianco
Mendez
Guana Jay
Senor Gonzalez
Spain
Pando
Canasi
Matanzas
Betancourt
Guanabana
el Reconcentrado
Fernandez de Castro
Preas
St. Loais
Lambert's Point
Prevent
Marshall
Rey
Giffin
C.tl A. U
Republican Mineontana
Peper E BooTe
Pocama
the Herald
House of Representatives
Milliken
Maine
Cuba
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