National Law Makers Discuss Bimetallism and Immigration
Washington reports outline Senate proceedings with Senator Walcott on international bimetallism, Hanna’s oath, and the Lodge immigration bill. The measure requires literacy in English or another language for most immigrants, with exemptions for elders and family members.
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Washington
Senate
Walcott
Bimetallic Commission
Hanna
Ohio
United States
Cuba
Morgan
Hawaii
Lake Michigan
Wabash River
Teller
Joseph McKenna
Blizzard Smashes Through Midwest and Rivers
A western blizzard and widespread snowstorm lash Illinois Wisconsin Michigan and Indiana on January 2 3 24. Strong winds up to 50 mph piled deep drifts in Milwaukee and flooded river towns with overflowing banks. A houseboat near Evansville sank after being swamped, killing three aboard. Chillicothe and nearby towns report record wind damage with unroofed blocks and downed lines.
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Severin Mintes
Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas
Nebraska
Northern
Mixeousi
Mississippi
Ohio
Milwaukee
Evinsville
Ind
Ian
George Atkins
Chillicothe
Foulke
Seloto
DOLE REACHES CHICAGO IN 1900S INTERVIEW
President Dole and Mrs. Sanford reached Chicago with a notable party including Judge Grosseup and J C Black. Officials from the state and city met them at the doorway to the Auditorium hotel. The Hawaiian leader spoke on social and political life, tariff issues, and municipal improvements, but refused to discuss the annexation question before Congress. He blasted rumors of a Japanese threat as unfounded.
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Ikeception
Chicago
Sanford &, Dole
Hawaii
Grosseup
United States
J. C., Black
Thomas W. B. Critter
State Department
Harrison
Auditorium Hotel
Dole
Republic
In- Waliana
Congress
Japan
Monoaly
Senate
Nawaii
Schaefer Beats Ives In Tight Central Hall Billiards
The Chicago billiard tournament at Central Music Hall ends in a tie for first between Jacob Schaefer and Frank Ives. Schaefer wins 400 to 378, with averages near 224 and highest runs 198 and 100 respectively. Schaefer secures a $140 high run diamond ring. In Aurora Illinois, Miss McCracken and others face grand jury on $200 bonds for alleged neglect in Ruth Paree death at four months amid Christian Science treatment and convulsions.
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Kirst
Chicago
Central Music Hall
Jacob Schaefer
Frank Ives
Schaefer
Ives
Aurora
Lll
Jag
Rod Myre
Jerome Paree
Williette Mel Cracken
Batavia
Ruth Paree
McCracken
Eight Hour Day Adopted For Coal Fields In Five States
Chicago January 24 The joint convention of coal miners and mine owners agreed on an eight hour workday in Illinois Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia starting June 1 1895 Aimed at 400000 miners the measure could add 8000 jobs and expand future output The proposed ten cent per ton wage increase was defeated after two hours of debate and multiple amendments suggesting a long struggle over pay and conditions continues.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Chapman
Dr. De Witt Talmage Weds Mrs Eleanor Collier
Noted preacher Rev Dr De Witt Talmage married Saturday at the bride's Allegheny home to widow Eleanor M Collier of Philadelphia The couple plans to reside at 1400 Massachusetts Ave Washington where Talmage serves as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church The ceremony was performed by Rev Dr William Robinson and the age and prior marriages of Talmage are noted along with his late wives and children.
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Cal. Wer
Allegheny
Pittsburgh
de Witt Talmage
Eleanor M. Collier
Charles. Collier
William Robinson
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington
Talmage
First Presbyterian Church
Miss Avery
Brooklyn
Behaylkill
Philadelphia
Jin
Busani, Whittemore
Danville
Japan Ready for War Fleet Leaves for Chinese Waters
The St James Gazette notes a Yokohama dispatch stating nine Japanese warships will leave for Chinese waters within a week. It suggests Japan is mobilizing and implies Wei-Hai-Wei as a likely destination, signaling no alteration of the Manchuria and Korea status quo by Russia or its allies.
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London
St. James
Yokohama
Japan
China
Manchuria
Corey
Russia
Defiancce
Great Britain
Elected Chairman of Democratic Congress Committee
Minor news items report Part ie Weel Ending Jan 24 naming Senior White of California as chairman of the Democratic congressional committee Jeferson Knight of Pensacola Fla tied to a murder in Mobile Ala and other brief notes across the country including floods fires and political moves.
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Partie Weel
White
California
Democratic Congressional Commaniies
Jeferson Knight
Pensacola
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Frank Dantzlex
Nova Scotia
Dawson
Troy
Til
Willis G. Neff
Greencastle
Ind
Observatory
San Jose
Cal
Union
de Reyey
Matanzas
Cuba
Hartsville University
Indiana
Havana
Lee
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Alaska
Charles Tuckner
Chicago
New York World
New York Journal and Advertiser
San Francisco
Seth Coffman
New Albany
Masonic Mutual Benefit Society of Indiana
Indianapolis
John Mall
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Eastern Strike Grows Tense Across New England Mills
In Boston on January 22 the employers’ committee at New Bedford appeals for aid as unrest widens in the cotton industry. Biddeford plans soup for non union workers while Fall River nears a critical strike stage and fears of a citywide breakdown loom for about 30,000 mill workers across New England. Narragansett spoolers at Fall River reflect rising sentiment.
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New Bedeford
Boston
New Hedford
Biddeford
Fall River
New England
Narragansett
Pall River
Riots in Algiers and Early 20th Century News Highlights
Reports from Algiers describe anti Jewish rioting in the Rue Babazoum with shops looted and merchants driven into the streets. A squadron of chasseurs intervened as the mob reformed, with revolvers and daggers used and fatalities including Cayol. Other items include labor law definitions on intimidation, ships from Honolulu arriving together, treaty-port diplomacy from Peking, a police officer killed by a woman in St. Louis, a tramps incident near Wilson Ohio, a teacher killed by pupils, and a Wisconsin man jailed for burglary.
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Algiers
Babazoum
Cayol
Unique Milwaukee wedding unites a legal family
Miss Caroline St Pier wed John Henry Roemer in a quiet residence ceremony at 577 Van Buren Miukee. The wedding party all belong to the legal profession, with the bride’s family a long line of lawyers led by her father the late Col. C. K. Pier. The ceremony was conducted by the bride's mother serving as court commissioner, with Henry M. Baminton giving away the bride and Rev. W. G. Ellet officiating. A large American flag framed the bridal couple in the parlor setting.
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Kate D Pier
van Buren Street
Miukee
Caroline St. Pier
John Henry Roemer
Destman
Regil
Col. C. K. Pier
van Dyke, van Dyke & Carter
Kate Vier
M. L. Wilfly
St. Louis
Best Min
Kate M
Harriet H. Vier
Henry A. Hamilton
Cedar Rapids
Maj
Courtland P. Larkin
Fond du Lac
Col. Pier
Thirty-eighth Wisconsin Infantry
Henry M. Bamitton
W. G. Ellet
Unitarian Church
Question Immigration Commissioner Powderly May Have to Decide
Commissioner General Powderly of the immigration bureau has not been advised of New York officials refusing landing for six Mohammedans over polygamy beliefs. The bureau would likely bar entry if it can prove advocates of polygamy, deporting those admitting advocacy. prior cases lacked proof.
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Questian
Powderly
Immigration Bureau
New York
Bureau
Burial Traditions Of The Sherlock Family In Tennessee
John Costello of Blakely, Georgia, arranged for the remams of John Sherlock's uncle to be shipped to Nashville and interred in Mount Calvary cemetery. The Sherlock family, noted horse traders across several states, maintains a vault in the city where remains are stored yearly in May and then interred with services.
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Garions Cuptam
Nashville
Tenn
Wilson & Slowey
John Costello
Blakely
John Sherlock
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Mount Calvary
Sherlock
Tennessee
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
Thoroughbred shipment to Japan for Mikado's Domini ons
Seven dark bay stallions, each about 1000 pounds and 15 hands high, are being sent from Lexington, Kentucky to Yokohama aboard the Coptic. They were bought by Y Matsmokes, Japan export manager for a major trading firm, at about 4500 dollars each. The goal is to cross with Japanese horses to yield progeny combining top American and European traits.
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Mikado
San Franccisco
Orient
Japan
Lexington
Y. Matsmokes
Great Japanese Trading Company
New York
Yokohama
French sculptor makes snow statues permanent
Pierre Roche devised a method to create lasting snow statues by hollow copper forms filled with freezing fluid. Moisture from the air coats the metal as snow within minutes, prevented from thawing by the freezing mixture. The technique yields delicate effects suitable for midsummer ballroom decoration.
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Hawthorne
Pierre Roche
Heat Holidays in Swiss Public Schools Declared
Law establishes heat holidays in public schools of Switzerland acknowledging heat impairs brain work. The notice cites cooling periods and restrictions during extreme temperatures to protect students.
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Switzerland
Taokes
How to Pray in Secret Heart Worship Lesson
The lesson explains heart worship through giving praying and fasting with sincerity. It cites Matthew 6 on praying in secret, warning against vain repetitions, and urges seeking God’s will, forgiving others, and valuing true devotion over public display. Endorses The Lord's Prayer as a model and stresses inward discipline over external show.
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Matt GiGord
Peloubet
Holls of Fattin
Jesus
Christ
Luke
Matthew
Gethsemaine
Hifmself
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Cramer
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Denmark
U.S. Grant
Pickinson College
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Patente
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Ming
Sheldon
Superior Criminal Court
Honolulu
Peking
Ching
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England
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