Speaker Mason Names Ohio Pribery Investigators
Columbus Jan 19 Speaker Mason appointed a committee to probe an alleged bribery attempt aimed at Hamilton county Representative Otis to secure his vote for Marcus Hanna as senator. The panel includes Reps Rutan Spellmyer Boxwell Rankin Kenny. Spellmyer Kennedy are Democrats while Rutan McKisson backers reflect an anti Hanna majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Mason
House of Representatives
Otis
Hamilton County
Marcus A. Hanna
Rutan
Spellmyer
Boxwell
Rankin
Kenny
Kennedy
McKisson
Bid on Kansas Pacific and military instruction bill
Senator Foraker reports a bill authorizing the president to bid on the Kansas Pacific railroad if needed for government protection. The committee recommends a change. Acting Secretary Meiklejohn urges Congress to limit military instruction officer details to institutions with at least 100 enrolled students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foraker
Washington
Committee On Pacific Railroads
Kansas Pacific Railroad
Meiklejohn
Congress
Fish dealers form lake commerce combine in Cleveland
Cleveland January 18 fish dealers from Sandusky Lorain Erie and Buffalo have formed a combination to control lake fish prices in Eastern markets. A noticeable stiffening of prices has already resulted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Sandusky
Lorain
Erie
Buffalo
Steamship lines refuse to guarantee passenger bookings
The Pacific Coast Steamship company warns it cannot guarantee passenger bookings for specific dates as northern travel surges. With three large steamers between San Francisco, Seattle, and Puget Sound, and another three vessels north of Puget Sound, the firm says delays at ports are possible and does not promise to carry passengers on any single ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Pacific Coast Steamship Company
Seattle
Puget Sound
Western Roads
Demonstration in Paris Honors Saussier Ends in Arrests
A daytime parade of military officials, soldiers, veterans, and associations celebrated General Felix Saussier before his retirement as Paris military governor and army commander. Later bands of students marched shouting anti Dreyfus slogans. Cafes and a house window were damaged and police dispersed the rioters, making numerous arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Felix Saussier
Zola
Agent of Don Carlos Sails For Havre
Count de Pena losa a passenger on the steamer La Gascogne sailed for Havre. He arrived two months ago as the avowed agent of Don Carlos, pretender to the Spanish throne, and has spent much of his time visiting arms manufacturers in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Carlos
New York
Count de Penalosa
la Gascogne
Havre
Brazil to Sell New Warships
Buenos Ayres reports an official in Rio Janeiro telegraphs that Brazil is believed to sell the new warships now under construction in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Buenos Ayres
Rio Janeiro
Germany
Japanese Transport Nara Wrecked Near Pecadores
Orient reports the Japanese transport steamer Nara of 2510 tons bound for the Pec cadores was wrecked December 24 with about 80 lives lost. Only five seamen survived and were picked up by the Matsura Maru.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Orient
Nara
Peccadores
Anti Semitic Riot in Paris Sparks Wide Panic
Anti-Dreyfus and anti-Semitic meeting at Tivoli Vauxhall erupts into clashes as police, volunteers, and students clash over banners and slogans. Wounded, arrests, and street battles mark a day of unrest with Jewish communities fearing a broader flare up and guards at Rothschild properties. Reports from Marseilles and Nantes indicate shop and synagogue attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tivoli Vauxhall
M. Guerin
M. Rochefort
M. Drumont
Demonstration in Marseilles against Jews ends with police dispersal
A crowd of about 3,000 gathered to cheer the Army club and its officers on a balcony. A separate group marched shouting Death to the Jews and Shame upon Zola, then gathered in front of the synagogue until police dispersed them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Army Club
Zola
Terrible Zaborze colliery disaster claims many miners
Berlin dispatch reports a blaze at the Koenigen Luis colliery in Zaborze Prussian Silesia. Fifteen men were brought to the surface seven died and fears grow that about twenty five others trapped underground have perished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Gleiwitz
Prussian Silesia
Zaborze
Mrs Lane May Recover After Self-Inflicted Shooting
Washington January 19 Mrs Lucille Lane daughter of ex Senator Blackburn of Kentucky shot herself late Saturday night and is reported to be improving. No operation has been performed to locate the bullet or determine its course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Washington
Lucille Lane
Blackburn
Kentucky
Augustin Cossio Arrives On Saratoga From Havana
New York dispatch notes Augustin Cossio father of Evangelina Cossio y Cisneros among Saratoga passengers from Havana. Cossio was released by General Blanco on Sunday January 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustin Cossio
New York
Ward Line
Saratoga
Havana
Evangelina Cossio Y Cisneros
Cossio
Blanco
New Bedford Cotton Mills Strike Grows Across New England
Boston reports the nationwide wage cut in New England mills has thousands idle as New Bedford mills go silent. Biddeford sees 3200 workers refuse to work while 127000 workers in about 150 mills face reductions. Strikes will get funds from other unions, withheld until hardship rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New England
New Bedford
Biddeford
New Bedford Strike Shuts Down Cotton Mills Citywide
New Bedford Massachusetts reports a strike causing the most complete shutdown in the history of local cotton mills. Nine corporations with 18 mills employ over 9000 workers, with a uniform ten percent payroll cut of about $70,000 weekly as Bristol and Whitman mills briefly run before also stopping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Bristol
Whitman
Mills shut down as workers resist wage cut
BippEFORD Me January 19 workers at Pepperell and Laconia mills shut down all departments except carding and mule spinning in protest against a 10 percent wage reduction. Weavers at the fork mills joined by slashers and ring spinners followed suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bippeford
Pepperell and Laconia Mills
York Mills
Saco
Androscoggin Mill Workers Return with Wage Cut
Lewiston Me Jan 19 operatives at all mills except Androscoggin resumed work under wage reductions of 10 to 15 percent. Only 7 of 400 Androscoggin weavers returned to work amid the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Wages to be cut at Chicopee Manufacturing Company
Notices posted in Chicopee Mass inform 1100 employees that wage reductions take effect January 31. The exact amount of the cut was not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicopee
Mass
Chicopee Manufacturing Company
Fall River Mills Running Mills in Fall
Fall River Mass Jan 19 all mills in Fall River are running in fall in all departments except the spinning department of the King Philip mill where some activity continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
King Philip Mill
Mills Cut Wages In Rhode Island Mills Reduction
Providence January 19 cut of 10 to 15 percent took effect in a majority of Rhode Island cotton mills during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Providence
R. L
Commerce Not To Suffer In China Policy Statement
London Jan 19 Rt Hon Sir Michael Hicks Beach speaking at Swansea echoed Premier Balfour on the government Eastern policy. He said Britain would risk war if needed to keep the door of Chinese commerce open and not close it to Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
China
Lonpoy
Michael Hicks-Beach
Exchequer
Swansea
Balfour
Treasury
Manchester
Special lighting election invalid in Des Moines ruling
Judge Bishop of Polk district court declared the municipal lighting election invalid and the contract with McCaskey & Holcomb company illegal. The decision exposes the election and agreement to judicial nullification, pending further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Bishop
Polk District Court
McCaskey & Holcomb Company
Butterworth dies after pneumonia in Thom asville
Logan Carlisle, son of the ex secretary, dies suddenly in New York. Benjamin Butterworth, United States commissioner of patents, died in Thom asville at Piney Woods hotel after a pneumonia attack and convulsions. He served in the Ohio state senate and five terms in Congress and was a major in the Ohio regiment during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Benjamin Butterworth
United States
Piney Woods
Warren County
State Senate of
Ohio
Warren
Butler
Congress
Cincinnati
Garfield
Arthur
McKinley
Logan Carlisle Dead After Heart Failure
Logan Carlisle chief clerk in the treasury during the last Cleveland administration died at his father John G. Carlisle’s home in New York from heart failure. Born 1860 in Covington Kentucky, he studied at the University of Virginia, practiced law, moved to Wichita, Kansas, and was active in politics including the 1892 campaign. He served in the treasury from March 1883 until McKinley’s inauguration and recently joined his father’s firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Logan Carlisle
Treasury Department
Cleveland
John G. Carlisle
The
Treasury
Hot Springs
Covington
University of Virginia
Kentucky
Wichita
Kan
McKinley
Carlisle
Sixty Years A Member Rt Hon Charles Villiers Dead
London Jan 18 Rt Hon Charles Pelham Villiers longtime member of Parliament for South Wolverhampton and famed father of the house of commons died at 9 pm aged 96 He had sat in the house continuously since 1835 and was also known as the father of the English bar having been called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1827.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Villiers
House of Commons
London
Charles Pelham Villiers
Wolverhampton
Villiers
Lincolns Inn
Meir to Ute Throne Is Dead
Cortorapbo Sprinas Colorado January 18 Capetaneto Indian youth of the Southern Ute nation and last of the famed line of chiefs has died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meir
Cortorapbo Sprinas
Colo
Capetaneto
Bullet in Her Breast at Wellington Hotel
Mrs Lucille Lane daughter of ex Senator Blackburn of Kentucky shot herself in her Wellington hotel rooms around midnight as she prepared for bed. Family says accident caused by a small pistol caught in drawer. wound in left breast and probably fatal. Physicians have not located the bullet due to severe shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lucille Lane
Blackburn
Kentucky
Wellington Hotel
Lane
Eight Hour Demand Withdrawn by London Engineers
London officials report the engineers joint committee has informed the employers federation that workers withdraw the eight hour demand. The date noted is January 18, and the report emphasizes the collective action by the engineers to suspend the demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Engineers’ Joint Committee
Employers’ Federation
Floods Near Valencia Cause Collapses in Spain
Maprio dispatch from January 18 reports serious floods near Valencia, the province’s capital, with 30 houses collapsing and extensive damage reported in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Maprio
Valencia
Belgians Seek Sugar Conference Invitations
London dispatch reports The Times Paris correspondent says the Belgian government has issued invitations to a sugar conference. The move signals Brussels interest in multilateral talks on sugar policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgans
London
Paris
the Times
Britain Offers 12 Million Loan to Aid China Negotiations
London Jan 18 The Times Pekin correspondent reports Sir Claude MacDonald said Britain would aid China in paying indemnity by a 12 million pound loan over 50 years at 4 percent net. Conditions include opening three treaty ports Talien Wan Siang In Nan Ning increasing customs, no Yangtse valley alienation, and Burmah railway access through Hunan. If China defaults, revenues may be placed under imperial customs. France and Russia fear openings threaten negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonpoon
Pekin
the Times
Claude MacDonald
China
Tsung-Li-Yamen
Board of Foreign Control
England
Talien Wan
Siang In
Nan Ning
Yangtse F‘ang
Hunan
France
Russia
Kasagi Launch Marks Japan’s Rising Naval Power
Philadelphia January 18 The launching of the Japanese warship Kasagi built at Cramps ship yard is set for Thursday noon. It is described as the most important ship built in the United States for foreign account and the first foreign warship launched here since 1878. The Kasagi is part of a broad program yielding a fleet expected to place Japan among the world’s leading naval powers within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Cramps
United States
Japan
Pacific
England
France
Germany
Yokosuka
Pacific Ocean
Kid McCoy Challenges Corbett And Fitzsimmons For World Title
Kid McCoy posts $1000 to bind a match and declares he will fight neither opponent but Corbett or Fitzsimmons. He says he can defeat either and challenges both for the heavyweight championship of the world in New York on January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kid McCoy
Robert Fitzsimmons
James J. Corbett
Corbett
Fitzsimmons
Hood's Sarsaparilla Rebuilds Health After Stomach Ailment
A North Brookfield woman details a year of catarrh and stomach pain, marked appetite swings, and rapid decline until Hood's Sarsaparilla restored strength and flesh. The ad touts Hood's as the best blood purifier sold by druggists at $1 or six for $5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Mary L. Cum ™ Mines
North Brookfield
Mass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anti-Hanna Committee
Ohio Pribery
Kansas Pacific
Fish Dealers Combine
Porter Dawn C. Corr
Sole
Militia
Streets of
Merous
M. Thiebaud
L’armee
Avenue de l Opera
Place de la Republique
Nantes
Rothschilds
Zeborze
Opera
Saco and
Butterworth
Patents
Exp
New York City
Royal
Roya As
Oya
Royal Baking Powder CO
Sions
Sian
Kid M
Coy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!