McKinnon Named Speaker As Ohio Republicans Organize
Columbus reports the Republican caucuses for the Ohio General Assembly chose W. S. McKinnon of Ashtabula as speaker on the first ballot over Aaron E. Price, amid a tense fight for House control and a pivotal split between Hanna and Foraker factions. Senate nominations favored Archer for president pro tem with a notable party divide shaping committee selections and future support plans.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Hanna
House
Senate
W._ S. M' KINNON
A. G. Comings
Burgess L. M’'Elroy
C. I. Williams
Pardee
William King
J. M. Beckett
H. W. Moody
FP. A. Isslier
B. T. Sullivan
Frank Watts
Cole
W. 3
McKinnon
Ashtabula
Foraker
Guerin
Aaron E. Price
Athens
Price
MccKinnon
Oberlin
Burgess L. McElroy
H. V. Speelman
Speelman
Fred Gienkner
F. B. Archer
F. Bd ‘Bey
W. B. Uhl
Hanna Man
Richard Neh
George B Cox
Cincinnati
Trice
Archer
Day
Cleveland
Cox
Scobey
Uhl
Legis
Ohio
Rcent
Congress
Fianna
Democratic Senate
W. E. Roadbush
Decker
Thompson
Temeocratic House
C. I. Brumbaugh
T. M. Gehrett
L. ©. Barton
J. B Albert
Messagelerk
James F. Meier
Cork
A. J. Pearson
Tee
Jacob Marchant
Charles Marsall
Andrew Jackson
M. G. Gallagher
Peter Boose
Fred Blenkner
Charles W. Poker
J. H. Clarke
A. W. Patrick
New Me
Republican Caucuses Shape Ohio and Kentucky Gubernatorial Drama
Senator J B Foraker comments on Ohio legislative contests and praises McKinnon and Price while noting McCreary’s Kentucky bid gains momentum. In Columbus the House race shadows the Senate, with Scobey defeating Uhl 14 to 7 and Republican unity seen as likely. Kentucky’s senatorial battle escalates as McCreary arrives with allies.
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Cincinnati
J. B. Foraker
Columbus
Price
McKinnon
House
Senate
Scobey
Mr. Uhl
Republican Party
Colored lights in engine cabs to prevent collisions
Chicago dispatchers urge replacing written train orders and unseen signals with bright colored electric lights in engine cabs. A. C. Miller of Aurora backs the plan after several wrecks blamed on misread orders. The movable light system, now tested by Chicago and Eastern Illinois, aims to improve safety at high speeds.
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Chicago
A. C. Miller
Aurora
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
Chicago& Eastern Illinois Railroad
Miller
Wrong Signal At Nineveh Tower Triggers Massive Rail Wreck
A wrong signal near Johnstown Pa last night caused a head on collision between a fast eastbound Pennsylvania Rail Road mail train and freight No 14, followed by a westbound freight collision. Four were killed and at least five injured. the wreck blocked a curve near the river and delayed traffic. Names of the dead and injured include engineers James Winters and James Black and fireman William Paul. injuries are serious but expected to recover.
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Johnstown
Nineveh
Pennsylvania Railroad
James G. Black
William Paul
Pitcairn
Robert S. Nolan
James Winters
Pittsburg
William Steele
Edward Gallagher
George Smith
John Fogarty
Jesse E. Butler
Carnegie project first step toward national university
The Carnegie Institution formed by Secretary of State Hay and other notable men aims to promote original scientific research. It pledges ten million dollars for public benefit and to invest in securities yielding higher returns than government bonds, funding future discoveries.
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Carnegie Institution
Secretary of State
Hay
Carnegie
Scotland
Carnegie Institution Formed For National University Effort
Washington Jan 4 Secretary Hay and others formed the Carnegie Institution to promote study and research in science literature and art. Carnegie's $10 million gift is understood to be the key step, with four articles of incorporation naming a perpetual institution to aid investigations, publish documents, run a library, and cooperate with governments and universities.
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Washington
Hay
Carnegie
State Department
Carnegie Institution
Edwin C White
Supreme Court
D. C. Gillman
Johns Hopkins University
Charles D. Walcott
Geological Survey
John S. Billings
Navy
Carroll D. Wright
Marcus Baker
Coast Survey
Recorder of Deeds
United States
District of Columbia
Annus
Althoust
Panama Canal Bid By LT Submits to Washington Through Bocufve
LT seeks 40 million dollars for its canal proposal and formally files a proposition with U S authorities via representative M Bocufve. The Washington submission marks a formal step toward consideration of the canal project and regional impact by the United States.
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Washington
M. Bocufve
Tragedy on Duck Creek Trestle Ends in Fatal Jump
Miss Anna Clark, a Cincinnati domestic, died after leaping from a fifty foot trestle on the Cincinnati Portsmouth and Virginia line to escape an approaching train. She was alive when found and died later at the hospital.
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Cincinnati
Anna Clark
Duck Creek
Cincinnati, Portsmouth & Virginia Road
Four Killed by Burlington Train At Monmouth
Four section men riding a handcar were killed when a Burlington passenger train struck them near Monmouth Illinois. The victims were foreman James McGrath and workers Joseph Brown Samuel Mettler and Mike Anderson. The accident occurred as the handcar could not be seen due to steam from a nearby freight train.
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Monmouth
Burlington
James McGrath
Joseph Brown
Samuel Mettler
Mike Anderson
Constable Fatally Shoots Himself in Scuffle
Oskaloosa Iowa January 4 Constable John Ruggerberg was fatally shot by the accidental discharge of his revolver during a struggle to arrest twelve men after a free for all fight that ended only when all participants lay exhausted or wounded.
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Oskaloosa
John Ruggerberg
Stole 620 Railway Tickets in Chicago Heist
James Roddy a colored man confessed to police he took part in stealing 620 railroad tickets worth 30 dollars from a wagon of American Express Company. The Chicago & Northwestern Railway tickets were for St Paul to the West and were easy to fill in with road officials’ names. Roddy alias William Jones and John Lewis were arrested as they tried to sell the tickets. Police found the balance hidden under a saloon stairway. ninety seven remain missing and were said to be destroyed.
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Chicago
James Roddy
Chicago & Northwestern Railway Company
St. Paul
American Express Company
William Jones
John Lewis
Roddy
James Howard Trial Juror List Demand in Kentucky Case
Attorneys for James Howard accused of killing William Goebel demand the Franklin Circuit Court clerk provide the veniremen list for the January term. The clerk, advised by Commonwealth's Attorney, refuses citing secrecy of jury lists under state law.
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Frankfort
James Howard
William Goebel
Franklin Circuit Court
Howard
Commonwealth
Franklin
Panama Canal Co Will Sell For Forty Million Says Paris Meeting
Panama Canal Company directors in Paris decide to offer the canal properties to the United States for 40,000,000 including excavations, canal, railroad, machinery and related items. M Boeufve in Washington receives cable instructions to submit the offer to the President and secretary of state. Admiral Walker knows the plan, with steps aimed at Congress for decisive action.
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Paris
Panama Canal Company
United States
Isthmian Commission
Washington
M. Boenfve
Panama Canal
M. Boeufve
Admiral Walker
Isthmian Canal Commission
State Department
M. Hutin
Panama
M. Edward Lampre
New York
L’aquitaine
M. Lampre
Secretary of State
M. Boenfoe
Canal Company
Congress
Total valuation figure for the Panama Canal disputed
The executive branch holds all known facts on offer to Admiral Walker and later to the President and secretary of state. The isthmian commission's report totals the Panama Canal value as $40,000,000, with $27,474,003 in excavation, $6,550,000 in Panama Railroad stock, and $2,000 in maps and records, plus 10 percent for commissions.
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Executive Branch
Admiral Walker
Isthmian Commission
Panama Canal
Panama
Man pleads guilty in Kansas City manslaughter case
Charles Hudspeth pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fourth degree and received a two year penitentiary sentence in a Kansas City case. He admitted sacrificing his liberty to save his wife's name after Curry allegedly enticed her away, with a public trial feared.
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Kansas City
Charles Hudspeth
Hudspeth
Chas. Curry
Curry
Argentina For War In Dispute With Chile
Buenos Ayres reports the dispute with Chile worsens over alleged unfair Chilean diplomacy. Argentina says peace efforts exhausted and proposes breaking negotiations and suspending diplomatic relations. Navy and army placed on war footing as public support grows.
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Buenos Ayres
Chile
Burned in Their Home Burned Edmund Peck and Daughter
Bethany Conn January fourth retired Methodist minister Edmund Peck eighty and his daughter Mary Peck thirty five perished in an early morning fire that destroyed their Bethany turnpike home. Son Charles Peck Waterbury was seriously injured jumping from the second story as neighbors woke to the flames. The house burned within an hour and neighbors could not rescue the occupants. Mr. Peck had long been active in the Methodist ministry before retiring two years ago.
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Bethany
Conn
Edmund Peck
Mary Peck
Charles Peck
Waterbury
Edmund
Mr. Peck
Fires Devastate Multiple City Firms Across United States
A series of early January fires caused extensive damage from Omaha to Wisconson and Virginia. In Omaha the Douglas Printing and Western Electric units suffered losses near 40 000 dollars with hotel guests escaping in night attire. Chicago saw 2000 fire loss at Curtis & Co.’s undertaker supplies plant. Pittsburg reported 50 000 plus loss at Hamnett block after an explosion. Toledo Fire devastated Franklin Printing and Engraving, with 75 000 stock and 17 40 building losses. The Eastern State Hospital at Williamsburg burned, two patients unaccounted for and Henry Driscoll body found. Owatonna dry goods store also destroyed.
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Omaha
Neb
Douglas Printing Company
Western Electric Supply Company
Frontier Steam Laundry Company
Karbach Hotel
W. H. Hawkins
Sac City
Chicago
James C. Curtis & Co
West Monroe
Jefferson Streets
Pittsburg
Hamnett
Frankstown Avenue
Wood Street
Brushton
L. Finkberk
Toledo
Franklin Printing and Engraving Company
Richmond
Eastern State Hospital
Williamsburg
Henry Driscoll
J. B. Dunnvant
Owatonna
Wis
Charles I. King
Sheriff Shot Down in Cold Blood Near Woodward Ranch
Casper reports Sheriff Ricker of Natrona County was killed after pursuing the Woodward brothers and two other escaped prisoners. He was shot in the barn, robbed, and his head beaten. a deputy allegedly joined the outlaws and fled. Posses from Lander and Casper number over a hundred in pursuit.
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Cheyenne
Wryo
Casper
Ricker
Natrone County
Woodward Brothers
Woodward Ranch
Lander
Sweetwater County
First Named Has Grown Stout During His Imprisonment
Yesater day Was in Good Spirits.
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Yesater
Cuban post office embezzlement trials begin in Havana
Five judges preside at the Audiencia Court as 182 witnesses are called in the Cuban post office embezzlement cases. Neely and Rathbone face new counsel after refusals to delay. Reeves asks to plead next session. Defence protests the length of the read indictment and cites massive documentary evidence.
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Havana
Audenciia
Neely
Rathbone
Reeves
Moya
Mascara
Senores
Lanuza
Desvernine
Pascua
Senor Zaya
Desveraine
Mrs Hobart Visits Canton With Mrs McKinley
Mrs Jennie T Hobart widow of Vice President Hobart and her son Garrett A Hobart visit Canton to see Mrs McKinley. They join a morning drive to the cemetery and a short city ride. The Hobarts plan to stay until tomorrow evening before returning to Paterson. Mrs McKinley shows slight improvement and enjoys the visits from former intimate friends, a trend that reassures Canton friends.
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Canton, O
Jennie T. Hobart
Hobart
Garrett A. Hobart
Paterson
Frank J Schell's Death and River Tragedy
A coroner's jury in Chicago found Frank J. Schell was beaten by two highwaymen who left him in a deranged state before he walked to the river and plunged in. Schell and his brother had recently acquired a $100,000 estate, and the robbers took his overcoat with papers tied to the estate.
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Chicago
Frank J. Schell
Schell
Bank Safe Burglarized in Bethany Heist
Four men cracked the Bank of A. R. Scott in Bethany Decatur Illinois last night, blew the safe and took $2 in bills. A large amount of gold and silver was left behind as the robbers fled after an explosion. Police or sheriff reports indicate hours of disturbance and investigation ongoing.
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Decatur
A. R. Scott
Bethany
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