Senate Debates Cuba Question and Dupont Case Shift
Washington dispatch notes the Senate expected to vote on the Cuban question as Sherman presses for early action and Morgan faces floor time, with Platt White and Butler also set to speak. The Dupont case is briefly set aside to advance Arkansas compromise bill on state debts and bonds, while Lodge and Pugh outline immigration and tariff talks. The House week features suspension-day measures and the Oklahoma homestead location bill, plus naval appropriation and election committee actions.
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Sherman
Morgan
Alabama
de Lome
Platt
Connecticut
White
California
Butler
North Carolina
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Dupont
Carlisle
Smith
Clark
Arkansas
Pugh
Gray
Delaware
Chandler
Burrows
George
Oklahoma
Committee On Public Lands
Dingley
Committee On
Ways and Means
Payne
Election Committee No. 2
Charles J. Heather
Louisiana
Bookmakers Fleeced by Bogus Telegram Swindle
Chicago race fraud nets $15 000 to $18 000 as pool rooms nationwide fall for a royal Nettle false result. Agents flashed news 24 hours early from New Orleans and Chicago, causing massive bets before the scam unraveled and losses remained unrecovered.
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Chicago
Ald
United States
New Orleans
Crazy on a Pullman Car Ends With Passenger’s Solitary Hold
Chicagoan J D Cummings from Sixty second Street suddenly goes insane on a Chicago and Eastern Illinois train. He clears the Pullman coach with a revolver and holds the car alone until Terre Haute where he is jailed for safekeeping. Passengers flee in various attire during the wild ride.
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Terre Haute
Ind
J. D. Cum Fings
Sixty-second Street
Chicago
Illinois
Danville
Secretary Hoke Smith Declines Georgia Senate Run
Washington March 15 semi official word says Secretary Hoke Smith will not seek the Georgia Senate seat to succeed General Gordon. The race is now widely seen as tilting toward ex Senator Crisp who is already receiving congratulations from friends. Smith has supported a strong sound money campaign in Georgia aimed at aiding the Chicago convention efforts.
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Smith
Georgia
Washington
Hoke Smith
Gordon
Crisp
Chicago
Crats Pick Ex Speaker Criep for 6-Year Senate Term
Crats remain aligned and will elect ex Speaker Criep as their senator for the upcoming six-year term starting next March.
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Crats
Criep
Fusion victory settles Alabama Republican Populist split
In Birmingham March 15 a fusion vote in Jefferson county produced overwhelming support for cooperation between Republicans and Populists. About 300 party members attended and only about five opposed fusing and dividing county nominees. The result marks a win for Dr. R A Mosely Jr, Reed leader, over Vaughan McKinley leader.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
R. A. Mosely, Jr
Republican State Committee
Vaughan
Jefferson
Dr. Mosely
Reed
McKinley
Black Knight Caged in Bardstown Prison Tale
Kentucky paper reports Darnley Beaufort alias Adhemar the Black Knight is jailed in Bardstown awaiting trial for alleged crimes at the College of Gethsemanee Abbey. He is linked to the assassination of Czar Alexander II and claimed by The Justice to be a former grand master of the Knights of St. Andrew.
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Louisville
Darnley Beaufort
Bardstown
Gethsemanee Abbey
Caar Alexander II
Adhemar
Knights of St. Andrew
The
Justice
American Protective Association
Europe
Beaufort
Caar
Battle With Tramps in East Trenton
Detective Applegate went to arrest five drunks in East Trenton after a gang quarreled over jewelry from a Boston burglary. A tramp shot two men in the leg and fired on the detective, who barely escaped with a bullet hole in his coat. The officer's revolver failed, and after emptying his cartridges he retreated as the tramps fled toward New Brunswick.
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Trenton
N. d
Applegate
East Trenton
Boston
New Brunswick
Wealth on a string ends life of destitute woman
Jane Gorman, living in a Decatur street hovel, died recently. Neighbors had supplied her needs. After death a cloth bag tied to her neck contained six $100 bills and about $70 more in other notes. A Des Moines niece and a Philadelphia relative were notified.
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Jane Gorman
Trenton
N. J
Decatur Street
Des Moines
Philadelphia
Swine Attack Gashes Man in Barnyard Near Muncie
Paul P Layden of Lima fell unconscious in George Martins barnyard during an epileptic fit. A herd of swine tore at his clothes and lacerated his flesh before help arrived. The incident occurred yesterday near Muncie Indiana.
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Muncie
Ind
Paul P. Layden
Lima
George Martin
Layden
Martin
Wealthy Bachelor Ends Life Over Suit Rejection
In St. Joseph Missouri on March 15 Andrew Lowery a wealthy bachelor living near Maryville killed himself after his suit was rejected by a neighbor's daughter. He placed a double barreled shotgun to his mouth and pulled the triggers with his toe.
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St. Joseph
Andrew Lowery
Maryville
A Unique Settlement: Judge Key Ends Moonshine Case
The article recounts a Tennessee origin man in San Pedro harbor talks with Judge D M Key now retired. A mountaineer faces moonshine charges and the exchange reveals the judge’s doubt about the defendant's sanity. The case is ultimately dropped on both sides.
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W. A. Woolwine
Los Angeles
San Pedro Harbor
Tennessee
D. M. Key
Pap
Jedge
Hog Cholera Remedy Fails Hog mouths and manners
A customer in a faded brown hat complains the hog cholera mixture is worthless. The druggist's clerk explains a brutal handling method to force-feed hogs, detailing a rope and tree method and prying open mouths with a spoon. The tale ends with the angry hogs departing.
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Chicago
Armor for Battleships Seeks 28 Month Delivery
Washington March 15 The Carnegie and Bethlehem armor plants assure prompt delivery of armor for six battleships if authorized. They produced 1,176 tons in January and February with a 800 ton monthly combined average, enough for a 2,800 ton Kearsage class ship. If six ships are approved, about 15,000 tons could be delivered in twenty eight months.
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Congress
Sampson
Boutelle
House Naval
Carnegie
Bethlehem
Kearsage
Kentucky
Robinson
Pennsylvania
House
Carnegie and
Pethleion
Heiress Miss May Wood Found In The Fatal Card
Cleveland readers learn Miss May Wood, star of The Fatal Card, has discovered she is an heiress. The fortune, reported between 50000 and 7640 dollars, mainly Pennsylvania property, came from a Titusville father she had not spoken with since leaving the stage. He recently died, revealing the substantial inheritance.
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Cleveland
May Wood
Pennsylvania
Titusville
Wall Street Review of March 4 Copy
Speculation at the Stock Exchange was quiet and professional with Sugar and Tobacco strong at opening and General Electric weak. Northern Paris heavy, overall market mixed as rumors of dividend resumption and reorganization circulated. Total sales 18 771 with Tobacco leading and GE weakening to 36 percent level.
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Stock Exchange
General Electric
London
Cave of Northern Pariis
Wty
Sokon
Idea
Imi Shorts
Metilling
Yate
Promoters List and Teething Syrup Advertisement
An old newspaper fragment touts a promoter list detailing 140 names with addresses and large foreign investments, plus a note about bonds shares patents mines and a London bureau. It also advertises Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething babies claiming extensive use and a 25 cent bottle price.
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London and Universal Bureau of Investors
Cheapside
London
B.C
Edward C. Ross
Walter C. Pepys
Arthur Stiffer
Mrs. Winslow
Local Help Wanted and Home Based Jobs Collected
An assortment of classified ads seeking workers for at home piecemeal tasks, sales and canvassing. Offers include rayon portrait work, sewing apprenticeships, millinery and dressmaking training, and various agent or salesman roles with weekly or monthly earnings, no clear employer details, and requests for stamps or addresses to apply.
Agents Wanted and For Rent Classified Ads
A scanned clipping shows multiple short notices: agents wanted to sell cigars and other goods with salaries or commissions offered by several companies in Chicago and Baltimore. additional notices advertise products like lighting, hair wavers, and electro platers with mail-in requests. Also listed are rental offers for warehouses, houses, and rooms in Scranton and surrounding streets with various conditions and contact addresses. Strong entities include CONSOLIDATED Mfg Co Chicago, MICHIGAN MFG CO Chicago, BOLGIANO Co Baltimore, and local addresses in Scranton and New York.
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Permanen
Ry Bros. CO
Figa Gar Co
GAR CO
Chicago
Ab Alectro
Michigan Mfg CO
Necesary
Consolidated Mpa
van Buren St
Galebman
N. CO
Station L
New York
Quito
F'G Co
Baltimore
Hinde
For Rent and Help Wanted Notes From Scranton
Classified items include a for rent listing for The uEPee Two Assembly Halls at Lackawanna and Penn Aves with options to adapt halls for school or office use. Multiple help wanted notes describe a young man seeking office or store work, a coat maker seeking work, a butcher seeking work, and accountants or bookkeepers available for hire. Advertising also covers a civil war picture book and various notices.
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Lackawanna and
Penn Aves
Lackawanna Avenue
Samters
Randolph
Scranton
Summer Avenue
City
Adams Avenue
Tribune Office
Tribune Offer
Harevey
Hobert
Encod
Central Railroad of New Jersey Time Table
Train departures from Scranton and connections to New York Atlantic City Reading Philadelphia and local intercity routes with various express and parlor car options. Through tickets at lowest rates available from station agents. I. P. Baldwin general passenger agent J. H. Olhausen general superintendent.
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Scranton
Pittetun
Wilkes-Barre
Atlantic City
New York
Newark
Elizabeth
B. mi
Philadelphia
Reading Terminal
Mauch Chunk
Allentown
Bethleeem
Easton
Long Branch
Ocean Grove
Reading
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Pottaville
Liberty Street
North River
A. Om. Ld
Ps m. Sunnday
I. P. Baldwin
Poss
J. H. Olhausen
Erie and Wyoming Valley Train Schedule Note
Trains run from Scranton to New York points and intermediate stops on the Erie line, with Hawley and focal points listed. Departure times from Scranton are 6.23 p m and 4 57 p m for connections from above points, effective March 11 1896, with fares at 33 dollars a month.
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Scranton
Carbondels
Farview
Waymart
Honesdal
Albany
Saratoga
Adirondacks
Montres
Wilkes-B
Beranton
Carbondale
Hanesvale
Fargey
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Wilkes-Barre
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New York
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W. BR
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Pulman Parlor
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Philadel
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Syracuse
Cow Vlie
Richi
Bath
Northumberland
Pittaton
Wires
Plymouth
Bloomsburg
Ne Ville
St Chace Avenue
Erie and
Wyoming Valley
New Yorks
Erie Railroad
Honesdale
Hawley
Focal
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Lawrences, Mich
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