Eight of Fighty Votes for Spokane Judge Nomination
On February 1 in Spokane a legislative caucus selected a nominee in a tightly contested first ballot. Nineteen votes favored one candidate, mostly from the Populists, while fourteen votes from Westentt and ex-mayor fans backed Squire for A R Kreitz. Denny of Seattle abstained as the process continued toward majority support.
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F Spokane
Squire
Westentt
A. R. Kreitz
Vates
Denny
Seattle
Bill signed as assembly bill approves certain state actions
Feb. 1 dispatches report the bill permitting Corbett and Fitz to proceed in the state, with the author stating the majority supports the measure and that citizens guide policy by their wishes. Separate notes describe a schooner incident in Porto Rico, a war portfolio update from Detroit, and local tragedies on Olalla Beach with a woman’s death by suicide.
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Vada
Assembly
Corbett
Fitzht
Ermor
San Francisco
Nevada
Carson
Aim
Brooklyn Strikes Rock Damages Delaware Steamer Brooklyn
The U S steamship Brooklyn struck Schooner ledge rock in the Delaware river near Marcus Hook causing heavy damage to forward compartments. She tethered to icebreakers for protection and a court of inquiry was requested by Captain Cook.
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Philadelphia
United States
Brooklyn
Delaware River
Muarens Hook
Marcus Hook
Cook
Ledge Rock
Chester
League Island Navy Yard
Senate Tariff Victory Expected As Votes Secure
Washington notes an apparent majority in the Senate ready to pass a tariff bill with Republicans confident on securing sufficient votes. Some Democrats may back or abstain, and the silver faction may support or abstain. McBride reports favorable from Public Lands on Mitchells bill delaying land payments for settlers. The interior department backs the measure and suspends land entries pending passage.
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Senate
McBride
Committee On Public Lands
Mitchell
Interior Department
Oregon
House
California
Oregon Hill
Beer Monopoly Aims to Consolidate Cincinnati Breweries
In Cincinnati the Enquirer reports three representatives of a large London syndicate in town to acquire sixteen major breweries for about nine million dollars. The plan is to pay half cash and half in preferred stock, forming a single future holding. The syndicate also holds options on local machinery plants and other factories.
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Cincinnati
the Enquirer
London
Vranil Corporation
Fay-Egan
Haven, Owen & Kentschler
Hamilton
Corn and Chemicals Stir Maltsters Over Beer Recipe Claims
A Milwaukee dispatch reports maltsters claim barley malt use is dropping and corn and chemicals are replacing barley in beer. Aug A Busch of Anheuser Busch declines, stating their beers never use corn and that first class beer cannot be made with corn substituting for barley malt.
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St. Louis
Milwaukee
Aug. A. Busch
Anheuser- Busch Brewing Association
Pulpit and Stage: Hearne Speaks on Theater Critique
James A. Hearne lectured on The Theater as It Is before Kansas City's largest church congregation at the First Congregational church. He argued the theater educates society and should partner with the church to curb greed and vice, calling for joint efforts for the good of mankind.
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Kansas City
James A. Hearne
First Congregational Church
Henry Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University
Hearne
Shoreacres’’ Company
Church
Langley Airship Flights Reported Successful
Washington report on Langley experiments says flights of over half a mile were achieved on May 26 with a steel steel driven machine, no gas support, heavier than air. Bell witnessed first flight and informed France. later results nearly doubled.
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Washington
Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Board of Regents
Alexander Graham Bell
Academy of France
Explosion in Smock mines kills two miners in Uniontown
An explosion at the Smock mines of Hurst and Co. last night killed Peter Houser and Charles McQuister and injured seven others, three of whom will likely die. The blast stemmed from dynamite mined gas and an open lamp. All the injured were blasting coal. The text also notes state crime rates per 1,000 residents for California, Massachusetts, and Texas.
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Uniontown
Hurst & Co
Peter Houser
Charles McQuister
Bombs Blown Train Killings Report In Havana Provinces
Reports from Havana and Key West describe insurgent attacks across Pinar del Rio and Artemisa including a January 20 derailment near Ocemura that killed engineer Genaro Rodriguez and fireman, wounded several others, and sent bodies to Havana. Royalist and Cuban forces reportedly cross trocha into Havana, with further raids around Barrera, Guanabacoa, and artillery looting. Meanwhile sugar planters press Madrid and Washington over grinding rights amid escalating violence.
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Pinar del Rio
Thavana
Dupla
Artemisa
Ocemura
Candelaria
Mangas
Genaro Roderiguez
Chaco Carreras
Genavo Roderiguez
Tiamense
Manuel Roderiguez
Trocha
Ruis Rivera
Aguirre
Rafael de Cardinas
Rivera
Aranguero
Barrera
Guanabacoa
Cincinnati
The
Commercial Tribune
Key West
Weyler
Crete
Cienfuegos
Burke
Indiana
San Cristobal
Hernandez
San Martin
Yaelan
Heitfeld Wins Idaho Senate Seat in Fusion Victory
Henry Heitfeld, Populist, elected United States senator for Idaho to succeed Dubois after a fusion with Democrats. The roll showed Heitfeld 39, Dubois 30, with 4 Democrats joining Populists and one Republican supporting Heitfeld. Biographical details cover his St Louis birth in 1859, moves to Kansas and Idaho, and career as farmer, fruit grower, and cattleman. Wheat markets ended the week with heavy long liquidation and a drop in May futures amid scarcity of outside interest.
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Idaho
Henry Heitfeld
United States
Dubois
Treitfeld
T. F. Nelson
Feitfeld
Democras
Dulge W. Hi. Claguett
St. Louis
Henry Meifeld
Seneca
Kaw
Heifield
Northwest
Pomeroy
Wash
Northern Pacific
Sprague
Nez Perce County
Heitfeld
Farmers’ Alliance
State Senate
Chicago
Liverpool
Senate Opens Briefly as Debates Fill Day Budget Sights
Washington reports a largely closed senate session with debate on an international monetary conference led by Chandler and Stewart. Pettigrew’s speech may delay a vote while Nicaragua canal and bankruptcy bills see little progress. A sharp clash over Allen’s foreclosure resolution followed by Thurston’s planned address. House action centers on Indian and agricultural appropriations amid two speeches targeting Altgeld and Morton.
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Washington
Senate
Chandler
Stewart
Chanber
Pettigrew
Nicaragua
Allen
Pacific
Thurston
Prices on flour, grains, livestock and produce in Portland
Portland market notes list prices for flour, wheat, oats, hay, barley, millstuffs, butter, cheese, potatoes, onions, poultry, eggs, beef, mutton, hogs, veal, and store goods. Quotations cover Oregon, California, Puget Sound, and Eastern markets with per ton, per hundred, per sack, and per dozen figures. Several farms and varieties appear, including Burbanks, Early Rose, and River Burbanks, along with regional brands and dairy products.
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Salem
Cuascadia
Dayton
Benton County
White Lily
Graham
Walla Walla
Valley
Oregon
California
Young America
Wool—Valley
Dakota
Puget Sound
Washington
Salinas Burbanks
Choice Mountain
San Joaquin Plains
Five men killed by freight train near East Norwalk station
South Norwalk Conn Jan 80 five men were killed when a freight train struck them on the track. Foreman James Powers and four others including John Griffin John Shea Spleen and an unknown man died instantly Shea survived five minutes. The workers were on the road bed and moved from one track to avoid an approaching express. Washington Feb 1 a plan to settle the Alaska boundary questions moves toward senate action a commission will visit to fix the 141st meridian which marks the boundary between Alaska and British Northwest Territory under the 1867 transfer agreement.
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Conn
East Norwalk
James Powers
John Griffin
John Shea
Shea
Foreman Powers
Washington
Senate
Alaska
United States
British Northwest Territory
Unemployed Rally Expected in St Louis for Washington’s Birthday
In St Louis on February 1 the Coxey movement is forecast to draw about 20000 idle men from the city with 15000 affiliated with the Federation of Labor unions. Of the union members about 2000 are unemployed while over 15000 additional unemployed clerks and unskilled workers are unaffiliated with any group.
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St. Louis
Coxey
Washington
Federation of Labor
Swiss Artillery Regiment Crosses High Pass in Snow
Reports say a Swiss artillery regiment is crossing the Col des Mosses near 5000 feet, marching from Agile to Thun. The unit has not been heard from for five days as heavy snowstorms threaten a disaster.
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Paris
Col Desmosses
Agile
Thun
Kansas City Grand Jury indicts seventy six more gamblers
The Kansas City grand jury, which had indicted fifty seven gamblers a week earlier, returned seventy six additional indictments today. Fifteen men were arrested tonight under the new charges.
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Kansas City
Burglars Strike Hobart Street. Deputy Sheriff Sandbagged
A gang of burglars broke into three Hobart street houses in Oakland on Monday night and fought a deputy sheriff, sandbagging him before escaping with small articles and some champagne. In Salt Lake, legislators named commissioners to negotiate Utah’s potential add of the Colorado River strip from Arizona.
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Oakland
Cal
Hobart Street
Salt Lake
Arizona
Utah
Colorado River
Burglars Blow Open Reeves Shop Safe in Fifth Avenue
Burglars entered A. H. Reeves gold leaf manufacturer at 185 Fifth Avenue last night and blew open the safe, securing $5,000 in gold in various stages of manufacture.
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Chicago
A. H. Reeves
Fifth Avenue
Petrified Foot of Texas Cowboy Amazes Hunters
Bill Merkle, a Texas mountain man and former cowboy, suffered a left leg fracture in 1874 after a cattle stampede. The lower leg and foot gradually petrified, yet remain attached to living flesh. He can stand and take a few steps with no pain, using the hardened foot as a whetstone to sharpen knives.
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Bill Merkle
Texas
el Paso
Merkle
Professor Hinton Pitching Machine Demonstrated at Princeton
Professor Hinton showcased his automatic baseball pitching machine in Princeton New Jersey gymnasium. The breech loading device twenty four inches long fired several balls to a net with curves visible like those from top varsity pitchers. The demonstration drew attention to the invention’s potential for baseball training.
Mechanical pitcher machines teased in early experiments
The article describes an inventor's early experiments with a mechanical pitcher. It details components labeled A powder tube B screw rod governing false breech CC wind sights and explains the shooting method by holding the rifle stock firmly under the right arm to align sights with the eye. The gun's “fingers” are concealed within the muzzle.
A New Version Of The Burning Deck Rhyme
A gloss on the famous line from The boy stood on the burning deck references a fearless stance and jokes about asbestos in a suit. The snippet combines quip and architectural publication tone as a playful aside.
Rule of Paganini's Violin Dinner Anecdote
A social leader invited Paganini to a dinner with famed artists hoping for a performance. Upon arrival Paganini revealed he had no violin, saying his violin never dines out.
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Paganini
Signor
Stand Against Tipping At New York Hotel Raises Wages
An uptown New York hotel owner boosted waiters wages by 40 percent on the first of the month to abolish tipping, aiming to end a practice seen as harmful to both patrons and management.
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Washington
Cuba
Olney
Madrid
Spain
State Department
Weyler
General Weyler
Vienna
Venice
Mecca
Chicago
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