Big Fight in Senate and White House Debutantes
Washington dispatch notes a bitter tariff debate shaping for a Senate fight after March. It also outlines Queen Lil’s plea for 250000, a White House debutante season featuring Miss Ethel Roosevelt and the anticipated era under Vice President elect Sherman with ties to Speaker Cannon and the 1868 Colfax precedent.
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Sherman
Liliuvokolani
Washington
White House
Charles W. Arthur
House
Ways and Means
Treasury
Payne
Congress
Bratch
Senate
Jamess. Sherman
House of Representatives
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
General Grant
Cannon
Lil
Hawaii
Harrison
Prince Cupid
Sandwich Islands
Islands
Ethel Roosevelt
Ethel
Helen
Judge Taft
Bishopric Candidates Named for Peoria See
In Peoria Illinois on December 11 under Archbishop Quigley the College of Irremovable Rectors selected three candidates for the Peoria bishopric vacancy. The finalists are Rev Francis J O Reilly Rev H A O Reilly and Rev John P Quinn. Their names go to the Chicago bishops who may add three more before Pope Pius makes the final selection.
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J. J. O'Reilly
H. A. O'Kelly
J. P. Quinn
Peoria
Ill
Archhbidhop Quigley
Chicago
Diocese of
John Lancaster Spalding
Francis J. O'Reilly
H. A. O'Relly
Streator
John P. Quinn
College of Bishops of the Province of
Pope Pius
Powder Makers of World in a Trust
Cleveland date line reports a global agreement among powder companies led by Du Pont and Austin Powder, plus nearly 100 others, to stop a New Jersey detonation factory and to avoid underbidding on foreign smokeless powder bids. The pact, signed in 1897, runs ten years and then until revised, with a $50,000 penalty for breaches.
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Cleveland
Europe
Mahaffey
du Pont Company
Austin Powder Company
New Jersey
United States
Bryan in Northrop's place press club seeks Bryan as U of Minnesota president
Minneapolis December 11 The University Press club begins a campaign to urge W J Bryan as president should Cyrus Northrop not be persuaded to withdraw his resignation Active work waits for final action on Northrop's resignation and its outcome
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Cry of Minnesota
University Press Club
Minneapolis, Minn
The
W. J. Bryan
University of Minnesota
Cyrus Northrop
Northrow
Denial Bryan Arrest Report Refuted in Texas
Galveston Tex Dec 11 an authoritative denial was issued regarding reports that W J Bryan and party were arrested for violating the game laws.
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Bryan
Galveston
Tex
W. J. Bryan
Thompson jailed for eating apple during march
Chicago December 11 Three months imprisonment and pay loss await James R Thompson a private in Company C Tenth Infantry for eating an apple during a practice march toward Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana The court martial findings have been approved at army headquarters revealing the disciplinary action for foraging despite warnings
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Chicago
James R. Thompson
Tenth Infantry
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Thompson
Army
Mob threat spurs swift removal of accused Garrety
In Willow River Minnesota on December 11 a mob gathered in front of the jail with a rope to seize J. P. Garrety, a homesteader with a wife and twelve children. Prompt sheriff action moved him to Pine City for safekeeping after he was accused by two five year old girls Minnie Bochek and Elizabeth Sherrick. The man reportedly confessed to being drunk.
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Willow River
Minn
J. P. Garrety
Minnie Bochek
Elizabeth Sherrick
Garrety
Pine City
Plan to Aid Trade Here and Abroad
Washington reports the national council of commerce, formed from a meeting in the Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus's office, aims to boost U S foreign and home trade by aligning the commercial world with government departments and utilizing their data for trade advancement. Delegates will meet with the president as Secretary Straus and his wife host a reception that evening.
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Washington
National Council of Commerce
Straus
Castro to Go to Paris
Venezuelan President Castro will leave here today for Paris and see no one. An aide calls him extraordinary and notes he announced from Caracas that he travels for a short time. General Gomez will act as president. Castro urges rallying around him. A French agent said Castro may be welcomed as a private citizen without official declarations.
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Bordeaux
Castro
Venezuela
Paris
Caracas
Europe
Gomez
Pichon
Thief Chase in Big Street for Diamonds in Chicago
In Chicago on December 11 two men smashed the plate glass of Maurice Herrnreichs jewelry store at 111 Halsted street and grabbed a tray of diamonds valued at $1,000. They fled south on Halsted as bystanders scrambled for safety and police, though chasing with fifty officers, could not stop them. In Binghamton that day, the Erie Railroad cut shop time for 900 workers from full to two thirds.
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Whitson Colyer
New York City
Chicago
Maurice Hernreich
Halsted Street
Erie
Binghamton
N. Y
Erie Railroad Company
Susquehanna
Former Senator G B Ward Is Dead
Alexandria Minnesota dispatch reports the death of G B Ward banker and former state senator on December 11. Ward, a noted political and financial figure, passed away in his hometown prompting tributes from local officials and colleagues.
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G. B. Ward
Alexandria, Minn
Attell Fights Wolgast Tonight in Los Angeles
Abe Attell and Ad Wolgast are scheduled to box ten rounds in Los Angeles tonight as part of a featured boxing program. The event brings two top featherweight contenders against each other with local fans eager for the matchup.
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Attell
Wolgast
Los Angeles
Abe Attell
Ad. Wolgast
Patent reports issued to Iowa residents by K R Bishop Patent Attorney
PATENT REPORT. K R Bishop of Washington DC issued patents to Iowa residents for items including an auxiliary car step by Carroll Creston 05 843 a swingletree hook by Emery Thayer 906001 a ticket holder by Emery Thayer 906002 an railroad spike by Stevens Sidney 906079 a sadiron by Belle Mumby Waterloo 906150 a wrench by Mendenhal and Wonsmos Audubon 906257 a newspaper vending machine by Pohl Boone 906283 wagon body and hay rack lifter by Wilson Livermore 906349 a saw cabinet by Barger Albia 906368 a buckle by Dickson and McFarland Des Moines 906391 a fruit picker by Griffin Sac City 906422.
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KR. W. Bishop
Washington, D. C
Iowa
KE. L. Carroll
Creston
B. F. Emery
Thayer
B.F. Emery
C. W. Stevens
Sidney
Sadiron
Belle Mumby
Waterloo
Wrench
Hiram Mendenhal
B. R. Wonsmos
Audubon
F. Pohl
Boone
W. C. Wilson
Livermore
C. S. Barger
Albia
Buckle
G. C. Dickson
A. C. McFarland
Des Moines
Griffin
Sac City
Washington hair parlors close while Nora Motts is away
Ladies notice announces the Washington hair dressing parlors will be closed from Monday December 14 through Monday December 21 while Miss Nora Motts is in Chicago. The brief advisory notes the temporary shutdown and dates.
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Nora Motts
Chicago
Washington
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Mills
Corsicana
Gridiron Club
Southern Commercial Congress
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Roosevelt
Powder Makers OF World IN A Trust
Northrop
STECK
Foles
West Chains
H. F. Steck
Jawahar
Patent Report
C. E. Cawley
Rothschild & Company
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