Mass Convention Calls Republicans to Statewide Meeting
The Republican state committee orders mass meetings in every township ward on Saturday January 11 1896 to select township precinct and county central committees and delegates to the district convention in Rensselaer Jasper county on January 21 1896. LaPorte county will send 21 delegates to the district convention to be chosen January 18 1896 at 1 pm at the chairman’s office. Wma. E. Hiccins is chairman.
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Republican State Committee
Tenth Congressional District
Rensselaer
Jasper County
LaPorte County
LaPorte
Ind
E. Hiccins
Royal Baking Powder and Chamberlain Cough Remedy Ad
The ad touts Royal baking powder as superior and a salve for skin conditions offering cures or money back. It promotes Chamberlain Cough Remedy with a testimonial from Robert Rawis and notes availability at 25 or 50 cents. Also mentions inexpensive trustee blanks and sample magazines.
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E. T. Scott
Notice to settle accounts from H B Herrold
A demand from H B Herrold for immediate settlement of all unsettled accounts. He warns that any outstanding balances will be placed with an attorney for collection.
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H. B. Herrold
Bond issue outlook and gold export options
Washington reports no immediate bond issue action with a possible postponement of weeks. A syndicate may supply 100 million dollars in gold with a later option for 10 million more. December receipts likely show a deficit for January and the fiscal year may total about 17 million.
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Washington
Sub-Treasury
New York
Anid
Treasury
Bond Issue on Similar Lines to Last Loan in New York
The impending government bond issue will be managed by J P Morgan & Co with a 3 percent net to the treasury. The plan requires gold delivery of 100 million dollars with an option for the same amount, and a first installment of 5 075 000 ounces. The syndicate, led by Morgan, includes City National Bank Hanover National Bank and a German bank with 50 million, 25 million, and 25 million respectively, and others may join in a blind pool.
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New York
Treasury
J. P. Morgan & Co
Geome
City National Bank
Hanover National Bank
Mesers. Morgan & Co
City and Hanover National Banks
Importing Gold From England Prompts New Premium in New York
In New York on January 1, Lawson, Weidenfeld & Co. ordered 8.5 million dollars in gold from London to pay for new government bonds. The move, linked to foreign exchange and expected simultaneous imports and exports, reflects a premium market with bullion dealers listing 34 percent premium but scarce supply.
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Lawson, Weidenfeld & Co
London
United States
Congress
Rgerecriats
Brewer and the Commission. Justice Talks About Men for That Line Fence
Justice David J. Brewer of the Supreme Court discusses potential nominees for a Venezuelan commission. He suggests Chief Justice Fuller could be offered a seat, but doubts Fuller would accept due to workload. He also questions General Harrison accepting, citing lucrative law practice and possible candidacy.
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David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Fuller
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Harrison
Commission
Bs. Pentisaeys
Justice Brewer
Scandal at San Francisco Promises Further Accusations
Mrs. Mary Abbot Davidson remains in the city jail after charging Dr. Brown with improper intimacy. Her attorney says dispatches about her eastern record hinder bail. Davidson vows more sensational claims at trial involving First Congregational church members. Miss Overman admits offering a $1000 story to ruin a prominent local man, later claiming influence by Davidson.
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San Francisco
Mary Abbott Davidson
Brown
Miss Overman
Davidson
British Invasion Follows First Transvaal Reports
Alarming telegrams from Pretoria say 800 men with six Maxim guns of the British South Africa Company invaded Transvaal and approach Johannesburg. Kruger orders burghers to defend the country as clash appears inevitable. London dispatches discuss Jameson’s 800 men and Uitlander grievances prompting a call for arbitration and British aid.
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Venezuela
British Guiana
London
Berlin
Pretoria
Transvaal
British South Africa Company
Rustenburg
Johannesberg
Kruger
Railways prepare to fight new rate alliance
President Caldwell of the Lake Shore road says the Interstate Commerce Commission plan will not stop rail executives from enforcing the Joint Traffic Association agreement on January 1. He predicts a legal battle royal but asserts they have a strong legal front.
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Cleveland
Caldwell
Lake Shore Road
Harmon
Railroad Rate Trust
Joint Traffic Association
Interstate Commission
Congressional Work Briefed and Local Antics
In Washington the Senate examined tariff policy with wool duties and armor price probes while debating greenback redemption plans and silver certificates. House adjourned to Friday amid tax repeal proposals. In Wichita a society parade ride in a jail wagon drew a 500-strong crowd as Mrs Brown and companions sparked a local sensation.
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Washington
Senate
Mitchell
McKinley
Sherman
House
National
Wichita
Kan
J. Sam Brown
Hamlin
Laura Blincoe
Union Station
Brown
Commission of Foreign Commerce Proposed in House Bill
A bill by Doolittle of Washington proposes a bureau named the commission of foreign commerce. Its objects include gathering and distributing information on foreign trade to aid manufacturing and commercial interests, focusing on foreign demand for American produced goods.
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Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Washington
Commission of Foreign Commerce
Doolittle
The Dunraven Defender Case Under Yacht Club Probe
New York January 1 The special New York Yacht Club committee finished taking testimony on Lord Dunraven s charges. No decision has been reached yet and an announcement is unlikely within a week or ten days.
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Dunraven
New York
New York Yacht Club
Lord Dunraven
Australian Premier Teases Britons May Flop Together
Premier Reid warned Britons and Anglo Saxons risk war over a small jungle border. He said America’s unrest could force a united Britain Canada and Australia to stand shoulder to shoulder. He doubted federation on guns but urged closer ties to survive.
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Sydney
Reid
Henry Robert Hampden
America
Union
Britain
Canada
Australia
Westminster Gazette Hails A Way Out In Franco American Row
The Westminster Gazette argues for a conciliatory approach between Britain and the United States to escape the current deadlock. It proposes an impartial board of conciliation not binding like arbitration, suggesting two chief justices could settle the dispute. Pall Mall Gazette cites Flourens praising arbitration in principle but opposing Cleveland’s view.
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Loxpon
Westminster Gazette
Great Britain
United States
the Gazette
Pall Mall Gazette
Flourens
Olney
Francoia
England
Cleveland
British Guiana notes on Cleveland policy and Venezuela dispute
British Guiana papers discuss President Cleveland's message and U S as arbiter. The Demerara Chronicle warns Britain may seek protectorate terms or avoid further Caracas talks if reparations for Venezuelan outrages are not made. It also covers a Demerara meeting to form a $600,000 colonization company along the Cayunl river amid Venezuela boundary disputes.
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British Guiana
Cleveland
Demerara Chronicle
Great Britain
United States
Caracas
Venezuela
Demerara
Chamberlain
London
Cayunl River
Two Die in Donkey Kentucky Mountain Shootout Over Woman
Information from Donkey near Pound Gap Wise county Virginia reports a two hour gun battle between Bill Wells Gus Osborne Jim Cox and Ab Williams over a woman. Wells and Osborne were killed Cox wounded deputy sheriff hit Williams fled toward Cumberland Mountain. The incident echoes a 1892 Pound Gap massacre.
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Donkey
Pound
Pound Gap
Wise County
Bill Wells
Gus Osborne
Jim Cox
Ab Williams
Wells
Osborne
Cox
Williams
Cumberland Mountain
Kentucky
Mullins
Doc Taylor
Flempgs
Miners and Operators Reach Bipartisan Pay Agreement
Columbus January 1 coal miners and operators sign an agreement to pay cash for mining twice a month starting February 1. Mining price set at 55 cents or a 9 cent differential from Pittsburg general price, to be determined by five Ohio operators, five Ohio miners, and eight Pittsburg editors. Operators stores checks and tickets for goods are to be abolished.
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Columbuus
Pittsburg
Ohio
Terrific wind storm sweeps Buffalo area
A January 1 wind storm in Buffalo reached 73 mph sweeping the city. Waterfront basements flooded driving residents from homes and belongings. The Kellogg iron works roof was blown off. Strawberry Island and Squaw Island were submerged as the Erie canal overflowed across several areas.
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Buffalo
Kellogg Iron Works
Strawberry Island
Squaw Island
Erie Canal
Alfred Austin Named Poet Laureate and Other Honors
London January 1 Among the New Years honors Alfred Austin is appointed poet laureate of England Sir Frederick Leighton and Henry Hucks Gibbs named peers Richard Temple and C B Stuart Wortley made privy counsellors Colonel Howard Vincent and Judge H P P Crease of British Columbia knighted.
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London
Alfred Austin
England
Frederick Leighton
R. A
Henry Hucks Gibbs
Richard Temple
C. B. Stuart- Wortley
Howard Vincent
H. P P. Crease
British Columbia
Voluntary wage increase at New York and Cleveland Coal
W P DeArmite of the New York and Cleveland Coal company informs employees that starting January the mining rate rises to 64 cents per ton, a 5 cent boost. The raise, voluntary, suggests a uniform 64 cent rate for the year to be set by the joint operators and miners scale committee meeting here on Thursday.
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W. P. DeArmit
New York and Cleveland Coal Company
Joint Scale Committee of
No Compromise with Bill Doolin
Bill Doolin, the outlaw, was pursued by armed deputies after failing to compromise with territorial authorities. He offered to surrender for a light sentence but the proposition was refused by the United States marshal.
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O. T
Doolin
United States
Four McFadden Brothers Die in Frontenac House Fire
In Frontenac Kas four brothers Robert 18 John 16 William 12 and Arch 11 were burned to death while asleep in their home. The fire near Frontenac claims the lives of the McFadden siblings with hints of foul play as investigators probe the blaze.
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Kas
Frontenac
Robert
John
William
Arch McFadden
Dug-Out Collapse Fears Lifesaving Escape Near Perry
Mrs Daniel Love and seven children escaped a flooded dug-out east of Perry Oklahoma after a wave caused the collapse. Mrs Love was seriously hurt and two children are not expected to live.
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Perry
O. T
Here
Daniel Love
Mra Love
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