Civil Service Debate Ends with Bipartisan Exit
In Washington the civil service debate closed after a week of dispute. Republicans hint at future modification while Democrats push repeal. Meade daughters pension bill rejected by the Senate, with Allen pressing for discussion and Gallinger cautioning on nationwide pension expansion.
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Mississippi
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Senate
George Gordon Meade
Washington, Jan
Pearson
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Kansas
Ohio
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Civil Service Commission
N.C
Aho
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Carl Schurz
Carlyle
Maguire
Dem
Cal
Public Printing Office
White
Messrs
Bell
Pop
Colo
Eddy
Minn
Mr. Simpson
Hanna
House
Mr. Quigg
Mr.Allen
Mr. Allen
Tex
Gallinger
Committee On Pensions
Margaret Butler Meade
Henrietta Meade
Meade
Mr. Gallinser
Uprising in the Seminole Nation Rocks Oklahoma Territory
A special from Oklahoma City reports one hundred armed Seminole Indians killed twenty five Potawatomi county citizens. They seek vengeance for the burning of Lincoln McGessey and Palmer Simpson, accused of murdering and outraging Mrs. Leard of Maud. A train of armed citizens heads toward Burishoro amid high tension. A Wewoka dispatch notes rumors of cross border action, though officials say the Seminole nation remains quiet.
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Tex
Oklahoma City
Pottawatomie County
Lincoln McGessey
Palmer Simpson
Leard
Maud Post Office
Burishoro
Maud
Wewoka
I. T
Walhalla
Meat glut from Dawson City flares in B C camp report
Richard Morgan reports Dawson City conditions showing meat in abundance yet valued low at 30 to 40 cents due to large moose and caribou herds slaughtered wholesale by hunting parties bringing in up to fifty animals. The interior camp faces present necessities shaped by the bounty and price collapse.
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Victoria
B. C
Richard Morgan
Dawson City
Postoffice Investigation Opens Under Civil Service Scrutiny
Washington dispatch reports a preliminary postoffice inquiry into changes at Philadelphia postal offices alleged to violate civil service law. The Civil Service Commission will review the preliminary findings to decide if further action is needed.
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Postoffice Department
Philadelphia Postative
Civil Service Commission
Rice resigns as Civil Service Commissioner in Washington
Washington figures report Civil Service Commissioner Rice has resigned effective upon the appointment of a successor. The action is described as voluntary and the commissioner declined to discuss the matter.
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Civil Service
Rice
Florence McCusker Trial in Camden Sees Dramatic Testimony
The Camden county court resumed the Florence McCusker murder trial with the defendant recounting the night of Nov 9. Dr Daniel Stock testified the bullet entered the abdomen during a struggle. Witnesses including the defendant’s mother sister and brother-in-law said McCusker had beaten and abused his wife.
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N. J
Florence McCusker
Michael McCusker
Camden County Court
Daniel Stock
McCusker
Boss Croker Opposes Bryan In Democratic Power Play
Washington reports indicate Richard Croker is maneuvering to bar Buck Hinrichsen of Illinois from the Democratic congressional committee chair and install a more conservative ally. Hinrichsen has led the free silver faction. defections and reassignments hint at a wider realignment to weaken William J. Bryan’s influence.
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Buck” Hinrichsen
Mlinois
Democratic Congressional Committee
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Congress
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George B. McClellan
New York
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McClellan
Amos J. Cummings
Cummings
Senator Faulkner
Senator Jones
Arkansas
Jones
McRae
Himelf
Bryan
Expensive jury accounts disputed at Garden City hotel
Foreman Thomas Morse and eleven jurors who convicted Martin Thorn of murder disclosed at Queens County Court House that wine and cigar charges were misrepresented. The group admits some alcohol and smoking, but disputes total bills of 256.25 in wine and 218.40 in cigars, part of a 2000-plus hotel bill now before the board of supervisors.
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Thomas Morse
Martin Thorn
William Guidensuppe
Queens County Court House
Garden City
Morse
Queens County
Garden City Hotel Company
Board of Supervisors
Duel for a Girl's Love Ends in Fatal Wounding
August Miller dies in a Brooklyn hospital from a pistol duel with a man named Knutts over Sadie Miller. The men waited after midnight for her return, confronted each other on the street, and Knutts shot Miller after ordering him to defend himself.
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Miller
Brooklyn
O& m
Knutts
Sadie Miller
Setile
Kuittle
Cadets Deficient at West Point from Examinations
The academic board announces several cadets found deficient after recent exams. Among Pennsylvanians listed are third class William Freesat Alfred Wilson at large fourth class John Kowerd Breth Wayne Ale Junkin Walker. The deficient cadets have been discharged.
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Jam IL
Academic Board Today
William cc. Freesat
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John Kowerd Breth
Wayne Ale- Junkin Walker
Plans to Reform the Currency in Congress Report
A House Banking and Currency Committee majority plans immediate reporting of the president's currency recommendations. Nine of seventeen members favor early action on bank circulation backed by bonds, rural branch banks, and tax reductions, while Gage and Monetary Commission bills remain on track for later consideration.
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Jan
House Committee On Banking and Currency
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Monetary Commission
House
Littl
George Spencer Arrested at Last in New England Swindle
George Spencer alias Greene and Grenhalge, a New York swindler, was arrested in Philadelphia on charges of larceny involving 3500 from Charles Sweitzer of Chelmsford Mass. He was to be sent for requisition papers. Authorities say he ran thefts across New England, financed with a tin box stash after a monte game. A companion woman was briefly detained but released.
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George Spencer
Greene
Grenhalge
New York
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Charles Sweitzer
Chelmsford
Mass
Massachusetts
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Greenharge
Sweitzer
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New England
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N. J
Captain Murphy's Trial Delayed by Legal Plea Withdrawal
In Wilmington Delaware Judge Frindford allowed Murphy's counsel to withdraw the not guilty plea in the Streamer Laurada case. Demurrer to the indictment must be filed by 10 tomorrow. A postponement was granted due to Senator Gray's absence.
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Del
Frindford
United States Circuit Court
Captain Murphy
Virginian Forger Ward Jr. Freed as Complainants Fail
George W. Ward Jr. a Virginian accused of forging checks on John Wanamaker and other New York City businesses was discharged after the complainants failed to appear in court. The incident occurred in New York on January 11.
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George W. Ward, Jr
John Wanamaker
Knapp Named Chairman of Interstate Commerce Commission
Martin A. Knapp was today elected chair man of the Interstate Commerce Commission to succeed Colonel William Morrison whose term expired at the end of December.
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Jan
Martin A. Knapp
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wiliam B. Morrison
Goulds fund gift to Mount Holyoke College from New York donor
Miss Gould of New York has donated a four hundred dollar scholarship in memory of her mother Mrs. Jay Gould to Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Massachusetts on January 1.
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Miss Gould
New York
Mount Holyoke
Jay Gould
Warmer Rain and Winds Ahead in Easter Time Forecast
A brief weather notice reports rain and warmer conditions with easterly winds. The item accompanies local briefs including political notes on Cantor Manna and Hosa Croker positions and civil service topics.
Roney Wins Delegates in Heated Philadelphia GOP Primary
In Philadelphia the Republican primary narrowed the field to delegates for the municipal convention. William J. Roney and Harvey K. Newitt vied over the tax receiver post with ward leaders backing their camps. Officials claimed Roney led with over six hundred delegates while Martin supporters held that results favored the antiMartin camp. Delegates to the representative convention were chosen as well to pick state convention delegates.
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William J. Roney
Secretary of the Commonwealth
David Martin
Harvey K. Newitt
Durham
League
Newitt
Martin
Republican City Committee
Roney
Consul Nominees Named for Matanzas and Philadelphia Mint
Washington announces Henry D. Saylor of Pottstown Pa as consul to Matanzas Cuba. He is 40, educated in Pottstown, studied law at the University of Pennsylvania, served on the Pottstown borough council, and was elected to the Pennsylvania senate in 184. John H. Landis of Lancaster Pa, a Republican leader, is nominated as chief corner of the mint in Philadelphia. He is 44, early life farming, served in the Pennsylvania legislature from 1878 and later one term in the state senate.
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Henry D. Saylor
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Matangas
Cuba
Saylor
University of Pennsylvania
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania Senate
John H. Landis
Lancaster County
Mint
Philadelphia
Landis
Pennsylvania
State Senate
Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad buys big coal assets
A deal valued around one million dollars consolidates the Buffalo St Marys and Southwestern railroad and Shawmut Mining interests with the Western New York and Pennsylvania railroad. The purchase covers 57 miles of track across four collieries and thousands of acres of coal lands in Elk county Toby district, excluding Brock mine. More than a thousand workers are affected by the transaction.
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Elk County
Buffalo
Brock Collierien
Elopement In Rockland Involving Salvation Army Captain
John Bucklin, captain of Rockland Salvation Army, elopes with Lizzie Curtis, 16 year old daughter of James Curtis, leaving the city after three weeks in command. City Marshal Crockett reports from Fall River that Miss Curtis has been arrested and will be held for further action.
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John Bucklin
Salvation Army
Lizsie Curtis
James Curtis
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Miss Curtis
Crockett
Fall River
Death of German American Captain Reading in Berlin
Berlin reports the death of Captain Reading, a wealthy German American, under circumstances suggesting suicide. He was believed to have left an estate in America to relatives. He lived in isolation in a room filled with loaded weapons, a scene noted as unusual by locals.
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Reading
Keadng Wa
America
Hanna War Not Over As Hanna Wins Narrow Majority
Columbus January 1 The Hanna faction clashes continue with a one vote Senate majority and a near equal House tally. Hanna secured 73 votes to McKisson 19 in the Senate while the House shows Hanna leading but with absentees. Absentee Representative Cramer is seriously ill, potentially affecting tomorrow's joint ballot amid bribery charge rumors and ongoing investigations.
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House
MecKisson
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Scott
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Jones
Rutan
Otis
Bramley
Hamilton County
Franklin County
Cincinnati
Ole
Snyder
Green County
Nell Hous Ee
Boxwell
Republican House
Maiddey
Nell House
Madden
Weavers Strike Over Wages at Wansuck Mills
Weavers at Wansuck woolen mills strike after rejecting a proposed wage scale change. Superintendent Metcalf offered raises on some classes, but workers also oppose the double loom system. Mills halt, loom fixers laid off, yarn mills close. about 200 employees out. Geneva mills may strike tomorrow.
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BR. I
Wansuck Woolen Mills
Weavers’ Committee
Jetee Metcalf
Metcalf
Geneva
Military Park Issue Moved by Gen Gobin and Others
General Gobin and Colonel Fred Grant representing the Army of the Tennessee and the Loyal Legion urged Speaker Reed to support a bill designating the Vicksburg battlefield as a national military park. The G A R backed the measure at the Bullion encampment, calling it the top battlefield yet to be set aside. Reed pledged every possible consideration.
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Gobin
Fred
Grant
Hero of
Vicksburg
Army of the Tennessee and the Loyal Legion
Rigby
Vicksburg Association
Everett
Soldiers of
Tulinoig
Reed
G. A
Traveling medicine seller tied up in lynching scare
A medicine seller accused of assaulting a 1-year-old girl in Searsboro was captured by the Cedar Rapids sheriff at Montezuma after an angry mob attempted lynching. The suspect, who refused to reveal his name, is detained as authorities prevent further violence.
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Iowa
Jan U
Searsboro
Montezuma
Drop In Privilege Defies Princeton Grill Ban
Princeton students defy the trustees ban by using the grill room at the Princeton Inn. They claim the rule says no student shall frequent yet they “drop in” for refreshment, while upperclassmen acknowledge the order but justify informal entry.
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N. J
Princeton Inn
Weather forecast for middle states and New England
The Herald reports a mixed forecast for today across the middle states and New England with partly cloudy to cloudy skies, fresh northeast to southeast winds, and rain that may turn heavy. Warmer temperatures follow, with possible clearing in the western area tonight. In the eastern sections, colder conditions may arrive after rain or snow on the coasts.
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