Epitome of the Week Catalogs 1890 Capitol News
A condensed wrap of Congress and domestic happenings. The Senate met at noon on the 87th but adjourned without action. Idaho senators presented credentials. Brown's Supreme Court nomination confirmed. Alaska railroad bill discussed. House adjourned to January 2. census and elections topics feature amid a flood of 1890- era briefs.
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Idaho
Henry J3. Brown
Michigan
United States Supreme Court
Alaska
United States
Conention
Bluffton
Ind
Tom Marshall County
Marysville
Kan
Louisiana Electric Light and Power Company
New Orleans
Henry Lutz
Mick's Mills
Columbus
American Harvester Company
Joan J. Reep
Troy
N. Y
New York Central
al Tucson
A. I
M. S. Snyder
Milton
Del
Warntsoy
Henry B. Brown
Supreme Court of the United States
Mercury
Richford
Personal and Political Obituaries of Selam Chamberlain and William Roach
Selam Chamberlain, famed railwayman and capitalist, died in Cleveland Ohio at age 78. William Roach, Ohio’s oldest man, also died in Cleveland at age 104 years and 10 months.
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Selam Chamberlain
Cleveland
William Roach
Ohio
United States Senate adjourns as House debates taxes and currency
Reported items include a Senate adjournment to the 5th, House proposals to cut domestic mail registration fees in half, and a Treasury printing order for 50 million dollars in fractional currency. The nation faces fires, explosions, deaths, and military skirmishes abroad with injuries and fatalities across several incidents.
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Secretary of the Treasury
United States
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Youngmouth
Broadway
New York
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Dirrange
Mex
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Germany
Corsiestna
Tex
Rey
Ascar
Lina
Grass Creek
Nebraska
Cegeral Miles
Iadiusmau
South Dakota
Massacre at Wounded Knee Ends in Fierce Battle
Reports from the Pine Ridge agency describe a deadly morning clash at Wounded Knee when Big Foot and his band resisted disarmament by Troop K. Captain Wallace was killed, a long casualty list includes several privates, with many wounded. Major Whiteside demanded surrender and troops closed in, triggering a brutal counterattack by the Sioux.
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Merchants’ Exchange Bank
South Chicago
Ill
Tax American Historical Association
Washington
Grance D. Saxcen
Macon
Peter Boose
Lima
C. Micuan
Curtney
Bronerick Patch
Michael Hoduk
John Vivello
Monacomeny & Co
New York
Big Fout
Seventh Cavalry
Porcupine Creek
South Dakota
Willace
Garlington
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Hhlinois
Selliet
Boston
San Augustine
Tex
Mary Morris
Dubuque
Lucinda G. Potter
Barnegat
Big Foot
Walt
Pine Ridge
New York Central
Buffalo
Fullerton
Neb
A. E. Bateman & Co
Lamour, Kenxs
Philadelphia
United States
LSBC
Fairfield
Turre
American Express Company
Albia
P. D. Purdy
R. M. Patrick
Marengo
Leo Klein
Chicago
Tur
Wallace County Bank
Abilene
Kane
Scott Thompson
Bayboro
N. C
Srnme
Pine Ridge Agency
Leroy
N. Y
Keachi
Muasonie
Tan People’s National Bank
Payetteville
Peter Brennine
Litchfield
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Clinton
Augusta
Durine
Colorado
Congress
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Parkersburg
W. Va
Boldleta
Wallace
Beven
Bigfoot
Wounded Knee
Forsythe
Whiteside
Kruce
Jarlington
Cook
Father Crafts
Privat Prank Lewis
Stone
Sullivan
S. B. Smith
Clifton
Davis
Hazelwood
Toohey
Garrngton
Lloyd
Wells
Kinzie
James Choedenson
Camell
Zetter
Dyer Hodmoar
George Elliott
Ward
Sargeant Hotchkiss
Hipp A. Cook
Adams
Newell
Miles
Rapid City
Schofield
Brooke
Proctor
Sitting Bull
Battle near Pine Ridge agency slows后 Sioux retreat
Omaha Nebraska dispatch details heavy fighting near Pine Ridge with 1 800 Sioux facing Seventh and Ninth Cavalry. Casualties include 24 dead and 83 wounded with dozens missing. Troops exhausted. only one private killed identified. General Miles reports large losses and shifts in refugee defense in surrounding towns.
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Dee
Ninth Cavalry
Agency
Henry
Ninth
Forsythe
Mann
Seventh Cavalry
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Kirkpatrick
R. J. Nolan
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Little Wound
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Schofield
Miles
Hermosa
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Forsyth
Big Foot
Brules
Crook
Rosebud Wiil
Sitting Bull
Cheyenne River
Kump
Sittng Bull
Fort Bennett
Roof Collapses at Koehler Brewery Building
Workmen inside Herman Koehler’s brewery on First Avenue between Twenty ninth and Thirtieth streets escaped a sudden roof collapse. The accident left seven seriously hurt including James Dorween with a fractured skull who is not expected to survive. Others are recovering.
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Louisiana State Lottery Company
New Orleans
Grorak Hurt
Cardiff
N. Y
Binghamton
New York City
Tomes H. Stokes
Franklin Chase
United States
Legislative Assembly of
New Mexico
Santa Fe
House
Lanny Jump
Coldwater
Mich
BA Lewis
Marshall
Dayvin Curren
Lima
County Kerry
Ireland
Beizanwrit Mivewen
Monticello
Wis
Francis E. Spinner
Florida
General Spinner
Congress
Bow R. Winans
Michigan
New York
Herman Koehler
First Avenue
Twenty-ninth
James Dorween
Western Canada prairie lands lure settlers with promise of wealth
The Samerville Journal notes rapid settlement of Western Canada, from barren wilderness to thriving agricultural regions within a few years. It highlights Manitoba, Assiniboia, and Alberta as prime tracts along a one thousand mile prairie belt, praising abundant land, crop potential, and diverse farming presses for new colonists from around the globe.
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Canada
Globe
Prairie
Manitoba
Rocky Mountains
Assiniboia
Alberta
Map of the United States issued by Burlington route
A large map of the United States mounted for office or home use is issued by the Burlington route. Free copies available when transmission is feasible. otherwise mailed for six cents postage to P. S. Hyatis, Gen’s Pass. Agent, C. B. & Q. By, Chicago, Ill. The quotation about pedestrianism from Washington Past adds a sidelight about diversions.
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Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Mina
Jacob Litt
Herty
St. Louis
Belmont
New York
Mike Dwyer
Potomac
Slunter & West
Greeley
Col
City National Bank
Mastings
Web
Columbia
Tenn
Henry M. Stanley
Gloucester
Mass
Sesason
Great Lakes
United States
Llano County
Texon
Wyman & Rand
Burlington
Bismarck
N. C
Jamestown
Geological Society of America
Washington
Grentach & Wangus
Philadelphia
Hyatis
C. B.a&q. BR. By
Chicago
Ill
Through Lines to California by Burlington Route
Advertisement style travel note inviting readers to travel to California via the Burlington Route through Chicago or St. Louis to Denver and over broad gauge lines to Leadsville Glenwood Springs and Salt Lake with dining cars. Includes a sample line from a newspaper joke and a prompt to receive a map of Chicago showing the World’s Columbian Exposition site.
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Pacific Coast
California
Burlington
Chicago
St. Louis
Denver
Denver & Rio Grande
Colorado Midland Railways
Leadville
Glenwood Springs
Salt Livke
Binghamton
W. A. Thrall
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
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