State House Debates Mitchell Resolution on Investigation
The assembly debates the Mitchell resolution seeking a three member senate and five member house committee to probe treasury conduct. Key speakers from Philadelphia and Delaware press for accountability while critics warn of political motive. The measure passes the Senate and moves to the House for final action as the session adjourns.
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Todey
Essen
Philadelphia
Senate
House
Ann. Alles
Delaware
Brewers
Mhiladelwhia
Keyser
Milttan
Legislative Proceedings Highlight Senate Bills Read in Harrisburg
Harrisburg Pa January senate session features Mr Mrows Lawrence proposed ratifying and controlling all wiring in third class offices by May 21 with perition of property code. Mr Coyle drafts supplement to improve battery security of life and property from volunteers of coal and petroleum oils. Oil inspector in each county where oil is produced. McCarrell confirms Senators Golin James G Mitchell Jefferson as school commission members and Henaton Golly as Erie Soldiers home trustee. Senate adjourns until Monday evening.
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Smith
Jefferson
Indiana County
Keator
Philadelphia
Wilson
Lytoming
Noblltt
Pry
Washington
Speer
Willamsport Laut Ameret
Baldwin
Fayette
Notaries Publi
Cottwell
Harrisburg
Senate
Mrows
Lawrence
Coyle
McCarrell
Golin
James G. Mitchell
Sal Hers Orphate
Henaton Golly
Erie Soldiers’ and Sailers’ Home
Elevated Road Collision Kills Passenger Engineer in Brooklyn
An empty car train on the Brooklyn elevated railroad an open switch clogged with ice and snow at Fulton and Brailford Streets tonight, collides with an oncoming passenger train. The engineer Thomas Gaffney is killed with a fractured skull. Several passengers and crew are injured with serious burns and injuries. Heath is in critical condition.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Elevated
Fulton
Brailford
Thomas Gaffney
Aresses
Thomas
Albert Brown
Thomas Heath
Henry Sebers
Julius Hanbury
Andrew Gorgyans
Henry Hinke
Heath
Morton Dinner Hosts Honor of Vice President Elect Hobart
Mr and Mrs Levi L Morton hosted a dinner at 7 Fifth Avenue New York on January 28 in honor of the Vice President elect and Mrs Hobart. Guests included ex-Minister and Mrs Edward J Phelps James Carter Ogden Millis Z Astor Stuyvesant and Stanford White among others.
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New York
Levi L. Morton
Fifth Avenue
Hobart
Edward J. Phelps
James Carter
Ogden Millis
Z. 7. Astor
Marlon Crawford
M. de Madratu
Stuyvesantish
Stanford White
Julian Story
Thomas Cushing
Miss Brien
Miss Chaorrison
Miss Blight
Mr. Peters
Mr. Whitehouse
Mrr. Robbing
Mr Girinivel
Fire destroys eight frame houses in Pottsville blaze
A late night fire in Pottsville Pennsylvania destroyed eight frame dwellings on Wheeler Street near Lawton’s Avenue two blocks east of the Reading Railroad yard. The estimated loss is about fifteen thousand dollars with small insurance.
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Pottsville
Martin Shaffer
Pottsville Saving Fund
Treatel
Wheeler Street
Lawton
Reading Railroad Company
Contended Doctor Johnston Not Insane in Duncannon Case
In Bloomfield Pa on January 2 jurists debate Dr Thomas L Johnston charged with murdering Druggist Henry. Prosecution relies on medical experts to prove sanity while defense contends Johnston showed no sign of insanity. Witnesses recount calm conduct and prior care of Johnston’s patients.
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New Bloomfield
Thomas L. Johnston
Henry
Duncannon
Commonwealth
Johnston
George Freeburn
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Elizabeth Harper
Duncannon Machine Works
Jonnston
Tyrone Fire Destroys Mill. Fire Plugs Frozen
Altoona Pennsylvania June 25 Tyrone borough faced a threat as a fire in the Tyrone Junk company mill was brought under control by firefighters. The mill burned completely with a 4000 loss and 1500 insurance while frozen fire plugs delayed water access, causing additional outbuildings and stables to burn for a total loss around 6000.
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Altoona
Tyrone
Tyrone Junk Company
Explosion near Pottsville rattles town
Several heavy explosions were heard at midnight near Pottsville. It is feared the Indian Run powder mills, three miles west, have blown up. No communication with the site is possible at 2 a.m.
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Pottsville
Ta Dan
Indian Run
National Manufacturers' Association Adjourns in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia convention closes sine die with New York as next year’s site. The consular service report backs civil service rules and fair salaries. The merchant marine restoration resolution passes. Officers re elected: President Theodore Search Secretary Wilson and Treasurer Laidlaw. Headquarters move to the president residence city. A Philadelphia banquet at the House Building caps the event as a major affair.
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Philadelphia
National Manufacturers’ Association
New York City
Committee On Consular Service
Committee On Restoration of the
American Merchant Marine
McKinsey
Theodore Search
BP. Wilson
Robert Laidlaw
Cincinnati
Hourse
End of the Steel Pool in Pittsburgh
Pittsburg January reports the American Bessemer association’s steel billet manufacturers poised to dissolve after a meeting in Pittsburgh tomorrow The plan to curb external competition and consolidate with larger firms faces opposition from a special committee which will report against continuing the pooling Brokers may be shut out while most firms have sold six months ahead at 15 to 16 50 dollars per ton
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Pittsburg
American Bessemer Association
Bellaire Steel Company
Bituminous Coal Magnates Convene for New Soft Coal Pact
Eastern coal road presidents and leaders from New York Central Reading Lehigh Valley DL&W Big Four Chesapeake and Ohio Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburg Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio met in New York to pursue a fresh agreement on soft coal traffic. Stakeholders debated all issues to remove demoralization and uncertainty.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
New York Central
J. 8
Harris
Reading
PP. Wilbur
Lehigh Valley
Samuel Sloan
Delaware, Lackawanna and
Big Pour
Chesaneake
Ohio
AL G. Yates
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburg
Frank Thomson
Pennsylvania
Murray
Baltimore and Ohio
Stone
Blizzard Buries New England in Snow and Wind
A New England blizzard leaves 14 to 24 inches of snow with five to ten foot drifts. Roads are impassable and rail, electric, telegraph, and telephone networks are disrupted. Schools close and mills suspend operations as crews await relief and rescue.
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Boston
Mnistard
New England
Holse City selects Hettfelt in Minho senatorial race
In Minho state a Populist ticket won the senatorial contest with Hens Hettfelt defeating Dubois and Nelson. The vote totals show twenty five Populists, thirteen Democrats and one Republican backing the successful candidate. Hettfelt, age 40, is a German-descended farmer with limited schooling and prior legislative service. he is described as a quiet, non-speaking figure.
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Holse
Waho
Minho
Lapheli Tire
Hens Hettfelt
Avoweul
Dubois
Hettfelt
P. Nelson
Pop
Orandidate
Helitteltle
Beth
With
Harrisburg Session Passes Petitions and Bills in Morning
At 1416, a large number of petitions urged passage of a bill to prevent desecration of the American flot. Committees reported bills to establish separate orphan’s courts in counties over 100,000 population, fix election compensation, and make borough tax collectors ineligible for re election. Also read were bills on governor appointed commissioners for a Western Pennsylvania asylum site and land, and regulation of street railway openness and indebtedness limits.
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Harrisburg
Shaw
Allegheny
Pyoniaydvania
Mynnesylvania
Hoynelis
Lackawinna
Ro- Pelli
New Parties Forming On Silver Lines In 19th Century View
Senator Palmer of Illinois predicts in Washington that the coming campaign will fuse the two old party wings into two new parties. He says sound money Democrats and Republicans join to form one party while silver Democrats and silver Republicans form the other.
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Palmer
Washington
Clinois
Plague Toll Reported Across Indian Cities
The official Bombay plague report shows 454 cases and 327 deaths in Bombay. Karachi records 91 cases and 44 deaths, with Poonah at 61 cases and no deaths. A few cases are also noted in Surat Baroda Ahmadabad Kathiawar and Cutch.
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Bombay
Karachi
Poonah
Surat
Baroda
Ahmadabad
Kathinwar
Cutch
Wemile championship postponed to next Saturday
New York January 24 The Wemile championshi p of the United States initially set for Sliver Like Staten Island has been postponed to the following Saturday.
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New York
United States
Staten Island
Lebanon Boiler Plant Damaged by Fire in Morning Blaze
A Lebanon Pennsylvania plant, Jin 26 The Lebanon Boiler Pounds and Machine Works, sustained major damage in an early morning blaze. Fire officials have not yet determined the cause or the extent of losses.
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Lebanon
Jin
President Cleveland Heads to New York for Convention Evening
Washington January 26 President Cleveland will travel to New York for a greeting engagement and to attend the opening of the National Mellowanciuty convention at Carnegie Hall in the evening.
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Washington
Cleveland
New York
Carnegie Ball
Populists Demand Legislation Against Live Stock Exchanges
The Populist state central committee issues a manifesto to the state legislature urging action against the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange and the Kansas fly Stock Yards company. It seeks protection for farmers and stock raisers from alleged exorbitant charges on live stock shipped to the Kansas City market. The Kansas City exchange operates under Kansas law and yard facilities are on the Kansas side of the line.
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Topeka
Kan
State Central Committee
Kansas Fly Stock Yards Company
Kansas City Live Stock Exchange
Kansas
Kansas City
Kansas City Exchange
State Board of Agriculture Adjourns in Harristirs Iowa
The State Board of Agriculture adjourned at noon. It was decided to dispense with the customary meeting in Cameron County and Wieb selected as the site for the autumn meeting.
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Board of Agriculture
Harristirs
Boar of Agriculture
Tollas
Cameron County
Wie
Train Fatalities Hit Connecticut Tracks
In New Haven on January 3 a group of men attempting to move a teenage worker off the track were struck by the Colonid Express. Several victims were killed or seriously injured as the train collided with the group.
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New Haven
Conn
Fatal accident at Consolidated Steel and Wire mill
Ralph Reed was killed and William Leth injured in a wheel bursting accident at the Consolidated Steel and Wire Company plant in Allentown Pennsylvania. Reed, about 11 years old, suffered fatal injuries when a piece of metal struck him and his death is reported to be promptly confirmed.
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Allentown
Pau
Ralph Reed
William Leth
Consolidated Steel and Wire Company
Reed
Marrial
Tragedy at Grounds as Vehicle Crashes Two Workers
In Norristown Padan today 24 Michael Mc Dermott and Jusvepiy Hail were fatally crushed when a cowl car backed down a slope while workers labored on the grounds of the state hospital for the insane. The incident occurred during routine maintenance prompting an investigation by local authorities.
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Norristown
Padan
Michael Mc-Dermott
Yhen Thom
Body of Jainea Neel Found on Lonely Path
The body of Jainea Neel of Locust Gap was found on a lonely path in January in Pa. The report notes exposure and unclear time of discovery with authorities investigating the scene.
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Hagleton
Jainea Neel
Locust Gap
Local News Digest Hints Snow, Then Fair In Morning
Snowfalls give way to clearing skies as morning forecasts promise improving weather. Lawmakers push for state appropriations while local councils discuss improvements in the south side. A canine story and miscellaneous society items fill the week’s West Side gossip column.
Burglars Kill A Merchant In Lasablick
A murder occurred in Lasablick early today when Vine Moore a prominent grocery merchant confronted burglars in his store and was shot and killed. Deputies pursed two suspects as a lynching mob gathered, and authorities warned residents to remain indoors until the suspects are captured.
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Chattanoiga
Tenn
Lasablick
Vine Moore
Jealousy Sparks Bonding Hall Shooting Incident
A 6 year old and two adults were involved in a shooting at a bonding hall this evening. The incident followed jealousy linked to a person named Little Alla and a youth named Dan Morele Jack son. The assailant reportedly attempted to kill himself after the act.
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Little Alla
Dan
Morele Jackson
Red Mclntosh
T. M. Alaman
Lil
Senate clears glove contest bill amid assembly passage
Fragmentary Nevada report notes the senate approves a bill after assembly passage on Monday. General Spineto is mentioned as governor’s potential ally to sign the measure into law.
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Senate
Family of Five Dead in Arkansas Home
A Montgomery County Arkansas tragedy reports a father, mother and three children killed in their Mount Juda area residence near Little Rock. Police and investigators probe the cause as neighbors recall routine family life. No further details available in the fragment.
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Little Rock
Ark
Norton
Wand
Chiliren
Frage
Mount Juda
Montgomery County
Notable test event announced for March seventeenth
Dallas reporter cites SB Dean Stuart announcing that Verbete and Mita Simmons will test in Nevada on March seventeenth. The town details remain unclear within the article.
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Dallas
Tex
Jan
Dean Stuart
evVettog
Verbete
Mita Simmons
Nevada
Des Moines Suffrage Convention Reelects Officers
At today's session of the National Woman's Suffrage convention the officers were reelected. Susan B. Anthony presiding, Rachel Foster Avery as corresponding secretary, Allice Stone Blackwell as recording secretary, Harriet Piglar Toy as treasurer, Lucy Stone as auditor, and Ward Lane Chapin as chairman and organizer.
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Des Moines
Lit
Jin
Susan J. Anthony
Rachel Foster Avery
Alliestone Blackwell
Harriet ‘Piglar Uytoy
Luli Chis
Yarfle Lane Chapin Cath
An Or Quinigaton
Boxing draw ends scheduled bout at Olympic Sporting Club
The match between Direk Burge and Bid Connolly, both formerly of Great John Street and Burton, ended in a draw after ten rounds as both fighters faded, with neither able to continue. The contest was set for one thousand pounds a side.
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Girmingham, Din
Direk Burge
Bid Connolly
Gt. John, N. G
Burton
Olympic
Tonneth
Christian Endeavorers Plan Eastern Delegation to San Francisco
W A Gilles-Tie seeks hotel accommodations for the Pennsylvania delegation to the Christian Endeavor convention in San Francisco. He estimates about 454 attendees with three auxiliary trains and a District of Columbia group of 125 joining, plus accompanying friends and family.
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San Francisco
W. A. Gilles- Tie
Penneylvania
Christian Endeavor Convention
Jude
Hbe
Chtumibia
Abses
Stranger Leigh Captured After Attacking Women
In Strowlsburg Pennsylvania January, Watson Leigh, a wandering man with signs of insanity, attacked women and children. Constable Stolth led a long search culminating in Leigh’s capture at a farmhouse where he demanded food before deputies arrived. Earthquake shocks reported nearby during the incident.
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Strowlsburg
Janus
Watson Leigh
Stolth
Leigh
Utah Dedimand
le Sires
Deserting to the Cubans and the Havange incident
A fragmentary report notes a desertion toward Cuban forces with mentions of Havange and Miajar Veaineto Salt of the Spunteh. It references rifle actions and a recommendation related to Chie Het Erie WER Beet.
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Havange
Weather Forecast From The Middle States To The Coast
New York reports brisk, chilly conditions across the Middle States with strong winds. Forecasters expect a cold Saturday with slightly higher temperatures, but still freezing, and fresh breezes along the eastern coast from Wednesday through the weekend.
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New York
Middle States
Toihay
Clit
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