Bear Killed in Hunt Near President's Camp
A 235 to 295 pound black bear, chased by hounds, fought the dogs at a sunflower camp. Holt Collier knocked the bear, then the President refused to shoot it. The bear was killed by Parker at the President's order, and camp life followed with guards keeping outsiders away. Journalists failed to reach the camp amid precautions.
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Smedes
Miss
Winchester
Pres- Ment
Foote
Mr. Parker
Holt Collier
Mr. Foote
Humane
Holt
Mr. Bear
Parker
Mangum
Cortelyou
Lung
Associated Press
Fitch
Dickison
Corteiyou
Press Association
Wallace
Minnots Central
Mistah
President Cleveland Visits Norfolk For Duck Hunt
Former President Grover Cleveland passes through Norfolk en route to Currituck for a week long duck hunt hosted by Joseph Zollinger. Accompanying him are Dr. Paul Van Dyke of Princeton Ernest Gittings of Baltimore and T Wallace Blackstone of Baltimore. Local workers and plantation hands react to the visit as photographers seek a likeness while calm at cotton fields and telegraph office chatter fills the lazy days before the hunt.
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Norfolk
Grover Cleveland
Currituck
Joseph Zollinger
Mistah Mangum
Maria
Bobb Bobo
Bobo
Chicago
Butler Millionaire Sentenced to Prison for Bribery Attempt
Col Ed Butler a St Louis financier and political figure was found guilty of attempting to bribe Dr Chapman of the St Louis Board of Health to influence his vote on a garbage contract. He received a three year penitentiary term and plans to appeal. The verdict was read in Columbia Missouri with Butler’s family and supporters present.
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Columbia, Mo
Col
Ed Butler
St. Louis
Chapman
Hockaday
Moward Butler
Butler
Edward Butler
State Supreme Court
Columbia
T. H. Hickman
W. H. Cochran
Dr. Chapman
Merrill
Ward Butler
Indianapolis
John R. McCarthy
McCarthy
Senate
Firemen Burned Rescuing Comrades in Building Blast
Seven Chicago firemen narrowly escaped death while carrying two unconscious colleagues from the Royal Insurance building on the thirteenth floor. A second explosion hurled them to the next landing as others arrived to help. All rescuers were severely burned, though building loss was small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Royal Insurance
Postmaster General urges two cent foreign letter rate
Washington today reports Postmaster General Payne plans a radical reduction of foreign letter rates to two cents. He will urge Congress to adopt treaties with England Germany and France to equalize rates with domestic mail. The move aims to boost U S foreign trade despite revenue losses, following similar border reciprocity experiences.
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Mr. Payne
Washington
Europe
Congress
Payne
Canada
Mexico
England
Germany
France
United States
Extortion arrest of Wilson and Whitmore in Jersey City case
New York dispatched report details the arrest of Henry C. Wilson and Benjamin F. Whitmore on extortion charges. They allegedly demanded 4500 dollars from Water Front Improvement Co. Jersey City, threatening to stop dredging and crib work on Rikers Island with government vessels. Evidence included marked bills exchanged in a cafe setup observed by detectives.
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New York
Harry A. Williams
Henry C. Wilson
Department of the East
United States Army
Army
Benjamin F. Whitmore
Water Front Improvement Company
Jersey City
Riker's
Piper
Whitmore
Partridge
Wood
Attroney Jerome
Titus
Detective Bureau
Oscar L. Gubelman
Water Front Company
Mr. Wilson
Washington
Wilson
District Attorney's Office
Upper West Side
Benjamin T. Whitmore
London
Fie
Mullanphy Hospital
St.uis
Cote Brillante College
Lotus Club
Drug Trade Club
Chicago Medical Society
Mississippi Valley Physicians’ Mutual Aid
American Aid Associations
Two-Thirds House Rule Majority and Nine Senate Home Rulers
The new Legislature repeats prior balance with two thirds required in the House and nine home rulers in the Senate. The chamber composition is again dominated by natives, reflecting regional and demographic continuity.
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House
Senate
Treachery Of Bryan In Indiana Loss Rumor Declines
Report says Bryan allegedly lost ten thousand votes in Indiana amid claims he wrote personal letters to thousands of Democrats. Republicans reportedly have knowledge of the letters and question his integrity.
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Indiana
Americans Alleged to Grab Part of British Columbia
Canadian authorities report that United States surveyors secretly advanced into northeast British Columbia beyond Cape Fox and claimed thousands of square miles along the Portland Canal. The line runs northwest then west to the Ykoot and Stikine rivers, ending near an old Hudson Bay post. officials note copper markers mark the disputed boundary and suspect the Americans placed instruments there, a claim disputed by Ottawa.
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Victoria
B. C
United States
Cape Fox
British Columbia
Ykoot
Stikine
Hudson Bay Company
Port Simpson
Ottawa
Boston Central National Bank Fails Under Temporary Receiver
Boston reports Central National Bank shuts its doors under a currency controller order with W E Neal as temporary receiver. Impaired assets cited. Eliot National Bank expected to liquidate. Depositors withdraw. clearinghouse relief sought. stock drops. figures show capital 500000 and deposits 2700000 with assets largely tied to loans and securities.
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Boston
Central National
National Bank
W. E. Neal
Eliot National Bank
Central Bank
Burrage
Eliot Bank
Central
Musneasinensit
Ius Fund
Sas Sth United Bia
National Shawmut Bank Today
Central National Bank
Election Frauds Shake Ninth District as Captains Arrested
Two district captains in the Ninth assembly district were held in bonds of 4800 each on election law violations. Six college students, a millionaire, a physician, and four medical students say they posed as tramps to vote multiple times using slips with registered voters names. The scheme, aided by McCullagh's election staff, allegedly paid $3 per ballot and exposed weaknesses at West Twenty sixth Street polling sites.
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New York
Barlow
McCullagh
West Twenty-sixth Street
Becker Held on Charge of Attempted Blackmail in New York
William Becker was held in $1,000 bail on a charge of attempting to blackmail after sending threatening letters to wealthy New Yorkers. The missives claimed to be from Russian Nihilists and demanded $14. Fifteen recipients received the letters, none a notable wealth holder, with one letter threatening death in red ink.
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New York
William Becker
Presbyteries Back Creed Revision in Pittsburg Vote
Pittsburg reports 110 of the Presbyterian Church presbyteries have voted in favor of revising the creed reflecting broad support. The tally equals about half of all presbyteries, needing fifty more to enact the change. Letters urge members of the Pittsburg Presbytery to maintain harmony.
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Pittsburg
Presbyterian Church
Isburg
Bryan Letters Said To Swing Indiana Vote
A prominent Republican claims William J. Bryan influenced Indiana results by urging followers to defeat the Democratic ticket. He cites 10,000 to 15,000 Bryan letters and 10,000 pamphlets that allegedly shifted votes from free silver Democrats to the Republican ticket, warning of a future split in the party led by reorganizers.
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William J. Bryan
Indiana
Bryan
Democratic Party
Indianapolis
Free Silverites
Taggart-Shively
Is Mr Kuhn a Joker Probable Reason for Withholding Statement
August Kuhn announced Thursday that the question as to whether he would contest the election of O P Ensley as treasurer of Marion county would be settled.
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August Kuhn
O. P. Ensley
Marion County
Hinsey expelled by Illinois Knights of Pythias Grand Tribunal
Chicago November 14. After a week long hearing the Grand Tribunal of Illinois Knights of Pythias voted unanimously to expel John A. Hinsey, ex head of the Endowment Bank board. Hinsey has appealed to the Supreme Tribunal meeting in Indianapolis in February. The Illinois action follows suspensions of Dr. Albert I. Douffieur and the late Secretary H. D. Stokel. The Endowment Bank reports paid $500,000 of overdue death claims in sixteen months with about $200,000 cash on hand. Hinsey, claim agent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, denied wrongdoing. The Supreme Tribunal will decide final expulsion.
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Chicago
Grand Tribunal of Illinois Knights of Pythias
John A. Hinsey
Endowment Bank
Hinsey
Supreme Tribunal
Indianapolis
Supreme Lodge
San Francisco
Illinois Grand Tribunal
Albert I. Douffieur
H. D. Stokel
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Knights of Pythias
Union B. Hunt
Robert A. Brown
Supreme Court
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David Harum
Mitchell
Mr. Mitchell
Prisent
Col. Butler
Mine’ Workers’ Union
Scranton
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
John Mitchell
David W. Willcox
Delaware & Hudson Company
Willcox
Pennsylvania Superior Court
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Simon PF. Wolverton
Sunbury
H. T. Newcomb
J. Ff. Whalen
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal
Compan Deforest Brothers
A. H. Clintock
Wilkesbarre Temple Iron Company
Willard
Warren & Knapp
Pennsylvania Coal Company
Hillside Coal and Iron Company
Wayne McVeagh
George F. Brownell
Everett Warren
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Coal Company
Walter W. Ross
J. R. Wilson
Scranton Scranton Coal Company
Elk HW Coal and Iron Company
John B. Kerr
Alfred Hand
James F. Burr
Carbondale
Delaware and Hudson Company
David Willcox
Jame’ i. Torrey
Lehigh Valley Coal Company
Francis J
Willard, Warren & Napp
H. Burns and
H. ©. Reynolds
John T. Lenahan
Thomas
Erie
E. E. Loomis
Lackawanna
C. C. Rose
Delaware & Hudson
J. R. Bryden
Ontario & Western
May
Phillips
Thorpe
Temple Coal Company
Richards
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Comany
D. Warneck
Lehi Varley Coun
Mitchel
Ict
Nicholls, Duffy
Fahy
Anthracite Feld
Gray
Uni
Sareaments
Cou
H. C. Wilson
Water Improvement Company of
Prince Cupid
Honolulu
Wilcox
Conn
Boston Bank
Neal
MR. Kuhn
Joker
J. A. Hinsey
Grand Tribunal OF Illinois Pythians
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