Congress Debates Oklahoma Statehood and World’s Fair Assignments
In the Senate a favorable report on a temporary Oklahoma government and statehood for the territory is filed, with free coinage debates and a Pasco election laws discussion. The House assigns members to a World’s Fair committee and allocation for Chicago St Louis New York Washington, with Speaker Candler viewed as balanced. Bills on salaries, grain and meat options taxes, and Indian Territory statehood are introduced amid adjournment without action on Oklahoma, as Windom currency proposals tied to silver bullion surface.
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Senate
Oklahoma
Pasco
Adler
House
Messrs. Candler
Massachusetts
Hitt
Illinois
Bowden
Virginia
Helden
New York
Frank
Missouri
Springer
Hatch
Wilson
West Virginia
Flower
Chicago
St. Louis
Belden and Flower
Washington
Bowden and Wilson
Candler
Silecott
Adams
Indian Territory
Windom
Treasury Department
Repres Diseu
Sherman
Republic of Brazil
Turpie
Republic
Saunas
Grant
France
Tlcott
Hemphill
Court of Claims
Finois
Butler
Senator Hoar
Hoar
McKinley
Ohio
Committee On Rules
Cannon
Ilinois
Committee On “Foreign Affairs
Messrs. Hitt
Morrow
California
McCreary
Kentucky
Chipman
Michigan
Hooker
Mississippi
Messrs. Hatch
Maine
Payne
Butterworth
America
Yeas
Nays
Wing
C Handler
Messrs
Belden
Wil
Washin Bowden
Dan
Siledtt
Coal Trade Crisis Hits Reading Collieries
Over a third of collieries near Reading Pennsylvania have shut down. Rail officials warn that unless coal trading improves every colliery owned by the company and many independent operators will close. About 8 000 men are affected.
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Reading
Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad
Nicetown
Port Richmond
Counterfeiting Ring Suspected at Private Bank in Mexico
The New York Evening Sun details a suspected extensive counterfeiting operation linked to a private bank in Mexico. Over the past two years, individuals across the border are said to have coined about $5,000,000 in American silver dollars and shipped them north for a profit of 28 cents per dollar.
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Mexico
New York Evening Sun
Nominations Sent to Senate for Various Federal Posts
The President sent nominations to the Senate for Collectors of Internal Revenue Ferdinand 1 and Marcus Johnson. United States Attorneys Lewis G. Palmer and Leonit H. Winston. United States Marshals John P. Tracey and Thomas R. Brown. Withdrawn were John Vigneaux of Louisiana and James R. Clark of Michigan. A wealthy business man plans a steamship line from a Mississippi Valley city to Port Eads linking Galveston with river trade to Mexico and beyond.
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Senate
Internal Revenue
Ferdinand
District of
New York
Marcus Johnson
Minnesota
United States
Lewis G. Palmer
Port Eads
Galveston
Mississippi Valley
Mexico
Central
South America
Congressman Randall Joins Metropolitan Presbyterian Church
The congressman Randall is admitted to Metropolitan Presbyterian Church after a critical illness. Dr. Chester baptized the ex-senator and welcomed him to church fellowship as the pulpit announced. Randall's family says his health is improving.
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Congressman Randall
Metropolitan Presbyterian Church
Chester
Randall
Mr. Randall
United States Attorneys and Marshals Listed in Districts
A catalog of United States District Attorneys and Marshals including Henry C Niles Carter B States Harrison J B Donnally RL Walker and others across the Northern Middle and Eastern Districts with names tied to Mississippi Nebraska Louisiana and Kansas.
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Cohnsen
John Dobbs
Paducah
United States
Henry C. Niles
Benjamin
Mississip
Baker
Nebraska
Carter
Harrison
Tennessee
J. B. Donnally
Louisiana
RL. Walker
Kansas
Bank Seeks Receiver for Tur State National Bank
Tur State National Bank of Irving Kansas has filed with the Comptroller of the Currency to appoint a receiver for the institution.
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Bank
Tur State National Bank of
Irving
Kan
Canada’s Horse Trade in 1559 Exports Value
The value of horses exported from the Canadian Dominion in 1559 totaled 2,226,892 dollars with 2,169,792 dollars shipped to the United States.
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Canada
Canadian Dominion
United States
Very Ill. London Preacher Mr Spurgeon Stricken Abroad
The famous Baptist preacher of London, Mr Spurgeon, is again very ill at Mentone in the south of France. Plans to move him have been abandoned as his condition remains precarious.
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Spurgeon
London
Mentone
France
Elliott Cresson Medal Awarded to Otmar Mergenthaler
Otmar Mergenthaler of Baltimore receives the Elliott Cresson medal from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia for the invention of the linotype printing machine.
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Elliott Cresson
Otmar Mergenthaler
Baltimore
Committee On Science and Art
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia
Multiple 19th century news items and notices recap
Damages to storage warehouse of O'Reilly Bros in New York reach 500000 chiefly from water. News items include editor Cuarurs B. DANFrorth's death, Kelley will probate issues, Ax-Makers' Aviation meet at Pittsburgh, Stewart will case outcome, Yale instructor Honey dismissed, Newfoundland dog saves five lives, pardons and hangings, mining boom near Parkersburg with oil strike, a racial execution in St John Louisiana, and Baltimore fish market changes due to warm winter.
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New York
O'Reilly Bros
W.ter. Cuarurs
B. Danfrorth
Boston Herald
ParLa A del Pata
Wm. D. Kelley
Kelley
Aviaton
United States
Pittsburgh
Stewart Will
Hilton
Rosalie Butler
Allegheny City
F. D. King
King
Fires and tragedies sweep through towns and rail lines
Reports describe Boyle Building fire narrowly escaped by occupants including Thomas Graham and family. a dog saved many. Fire caused about 15000 dollars in losses. Accidentally shot SipNiy Dillon near Omaha. Gallagher siblings killed by a train in Morrelville Pennsylvania. A German shoemaker Farley and family tragedy with oxalic acid poisoning. St Mary's Catholics discuss a church collection incident. Portuguese protests to Lisbon over Africa actions. New York clergymen plan Cathedral of St John the Divine.
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Boyle
Thomas Graham
Ritchey
Arnfeld
SipNiy Dillon
Sidney Dillon
New York
Omaha
Edward
Michael Gallagher
Kate Stackhouse
Pennsylvania
Morrelville
Frank Farmury
Myer
Suffalo
Farley
Fenriey
M.moBers
St. Mary’s Catholic Congregation
Pittsburgh
Tobin
Swift
Boston
Vicinity
Lisbon
Africa
Serpa Pinto
Ex Senator Dorsey Stops at Washington Hotel in Ill Health
Ex Senator Seph en W Dorsey once listed as dangerously ill at his New Mexico ranch has been staying several days at Wormsey s Hotel in Washington D C where he is reported to be in good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sephen W. Dorsey
New Mexico
Wormsey’s
Washington
Bursting furnace blast injures workers at South Chicago steel works
In the Illinois Steel Company's South Chicago plant a burst furnace No 4 killed one man and seriously hurt four others with several more sustaining minor injuries. Damages and details follow in a string of industrial disasters and weather driven cattle shipments across the Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Steel Company
South Chicago
Fink
Clauss
Fremont
Ohio
Clifton
Mankato
Mine
Uintah Range
Kansas
Nebraska
Louise Belpine
Norwalk
la Grippe
Death of Mr Chapman after grippe worsens old kidney ailment
In his sixty sixth year Mr Chapman died following a grippe two weeks earlier which aggravated a longstanding kidney condition. The report notes the illness and its role in the death.
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Mr. Chapman
Senate confirms several presidential nominations for federal posts
The Senate approved nominations including Chris Mamer as Collector of Internal Revenue for Illinois First District and A J Rocks as Judge in the Northern District of Ohio. It also named Theodore Roosevelt and H B Thompson as Civil Service Commissioners, and listed various district and land office appointments across Nebraska South Dakota Minnesota Indiana Idaho Wyoming.
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Mr. Brice
United States
Ohio
Ephraim K. Wilson
John M. Clark
Chicago
Chris Mamer
Internal Revenue
Ilnois
Senate
Hias
Illinois
Theodore Roosevelt
H. 8. Thompson
Blanchard
Sidary
Neb
James Elton
Grand Forks
Bennett
Gillespie
O'Neil
G. W. Ayres
Rapid City
Charles F. Johngson
Duluth
Joseph Cook
Michigan
John Ingle
Indiana
Memorial funeral for Walker Blaine draws national figures
A large Washington ceremony honored Walker Blaine with services at his father’s home and the Church of the Covenant. Attendees included President Harrison and cabinet members, senators, and representatives from Maine and other states. Bishops, diplomats, and Congress members filled the crowds, with Walter Damrosch playing the organ and Oak Hill cemetery chosen for interment. The service reflected broad official and social mourning.
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Church of the Covenant
Washington
Walker Blaine
Harrison
Morton
Maine
New England
Hamlin
William F. Wharton
John Davis
State Department
L. A. Brown
Marcellus Barley
M. L. Ruth
A. F. Jenks
F. B. Loring
William Haywood
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Walter Damrosch
Oak Hill Cemetery
Blaine
Gov
Robie
J. H. Manley
Augusta
Death of Walker Blaine in Washington D C
Washington dispatch reports the death of Walker Blaine on the fifteenth. He was the eldest son of Secretary Blaine and was born in 1855. Once Commissioner of Claims he served as Third Assistant Secretary of State and contracted influenza before pneumonia proved fatal. The Blaine family mourns as other relatives had died in the previous month. The Ways and Means panel closed hearings on mica tariffs with manufacturers advocating relief. Mrs Charlotte Smith urged a one dollar per pack tax to curb cigarette consumption. Orton W Chapman, Solicitor General, died of kidney disease.
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Washington
Walker Blaine
Blaine
Detment
Garfield
Ways and Means Committee
Charlotte Smith
Woman's National Labor League
Orton W. Chapman
Department of Justice
Afro Americans Form League and Elect Officers
Chicago dispatch reports an Afro American league of the United States organized by the Afro American convention. Officers elected include President J C Price Secretary J Thomas Fortune Treasurer George H Jackson and Attorney Edward H Morris. The constitution vows action on taxation representation school funds fair trials anti mob law railroads convict reform and immigrant assistance.
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Chicago
United States
Blair Educational
League
J. C. Price
Livingston School
Salisbury
N. G
J. Thomas Fortune
New York
George H. Jackson
Cincinnati
Edward H. Morris
Senate and House Debates on Recognition and World's Fair Plans
The Senate discussed recognition of Brazil and a concurrent arbitration framework. In the House, debates centered on member losses from Tlcott detaliation, a World’s Fair committee, and a townsite entry bill for Oklahoma alongside other finance and tariff measures.
Wealthy and Happy Duchess Orders Marlborough Estate Sales
London reports Duchess of Marlborough directs trustees to sell valuable Hammersley estate parcels in New York including Broadway near Franklin Street and a block along Sixty first to Sixty second streets and Fifth and Madison avenues. Proceeds go to reinvestment for higher income. she has drawn 450000 since last July.
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New York Dispatch
London
Duchess of Marlborough
Hammersley
Broadway
Franklin Street
Fifth
Madison Avenues
Blenheim Castle
Slavin Seeks Sullivan Fight Under Varied Stakes
The Sportsman’s office reports Frank P. Slavin posted a £500 forfeit and pursues a match with John L. Sullivan. Terms consider London prize-ring rules for £2,500 per side in America, or £100 for Belgium, or California Athletic Club with small gloves and Police Gazette rules for £1,000 per side plus a $15,000 purse.
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New York
Richard K. Fox
Frank P. Slavin
Sportsman's Office
John L. Sullivan
Sullivan
Slavin
London
America
Belgium
California Athletic Club
Police Gazette
Kunze Released From County Jail
Chicago dispatch reports John Kunze one of Cronin suspects was freed from county jail Saturday morning. Three year sentence in the penitentiary was overturned by release secured by a dime museum manager who signed Kunze's bonds. The German, in JOAN KUNZE, will appear at the museum exhibition to repay the favor.
Woman's Kindness Nearly Led to Death in Civil War Rescue
Mrs. Wheeler, a Union nurse at Spotsylvania, sheltered papers for a doomed officer. Captured by rebels, she faced execution but discovered a tunnel, escaped on a disguised guard's horse with Dr. B. F. Russell, a guard, guiding her to Union lines. They later reunited years later by the Mackenzie River.
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Wheeler
Eugene
Spottsylvania
Mrs. Wheeler
Remarkable cure from Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup
Epwakp Baker, Master Mechanic and Blacksmith of 202 Jackson Street in Jackson Michigan, details a twenty year stomach ailment finally relieved after using Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup for thirteen bottles. He notes prior incurable status two years ago and business inactivity before treatment began last June.
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Hibbard
Rheumatic Syrup Co
Jackson, Mich
Epwakp Baker
Jackson Street
Process of turning gold bars into rings detailed
A gold bar fifteen inches long yields 400 four pennyweight rings after a twenty minute, twelve step process. Cutting, slicing, rolling, annealing, copper oxide pickup, acid pickle, stamping 14k to 18k, bending, soldering with lower fineness alloy, turning and polishing complete the manufacture of merchantable rings.
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Tripoli
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Wedding Tour Passed In A Train Car
The narrator notes a young couple on a wedding tour aboard a train toward Gotham. The bride's white feather and a newness about her reveal the occasion while the couple share smiles and light chatter as they ride, oblivious to a delay and the surrounding travelers.
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Gotham
Jigoku Hells and Dark Chambers in Japanese Belief
The Denver Republican describes Jigoku as a system of 156 hot hells stacked in tiers and 156 cold hells, each with 16 ante-hells. It adds 20 vast realms of utter darkness for lost spirits of children who misuse the name of Dal Butsa or Great Buddha.
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Wily &Ps
Denver Republican
Syrup of Figs Promotes Health on Every Trip
Whether for pleasure or business, take a bottle of Syrup of Figs on every trip. It acts pleasantly and effectively on the kidneys liver and bowels, helping prevent fevers headaches and other sickness. Sold in We and $1 bottles by leading druggists.
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J. A. Lahmand
Washington
BD. C
Bae
Senator Refuses to Call It Gambling Over Marbles
In a playful exchange a dignified Senator tells his son to return marbles won from a boy, noting that playing keeps is not gambling. The boy explains he drew a paper from a hat to win them, and the Senator finally allows him to keep the marbles. A second item is an 1887 Toledo testimonial for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming universal success and a $100 reward for any uncured case.
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Edward
Chicago Herald
Tolepo
Ohio
Messrs
F. J. Cheney & Co
Ontlemen
Hall
L. L. Gorushc
M. D
Summit Street
Props
Toledo
Photography in Medicine Gains Hospital Role
Photography has attained a recognized position in medicine with amateur photographers on staff at nearly every hospital. Extensions at the English Royal College are creating a "photograph room" and surgeons may soon carry cameras as routinely as stethoscopes.
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English Royal Colere of
Sunfish Produces Large Spawn Despite Small Size
A sunfish measuring six and a half inches and weighing about five and a half ounces can produce up to 44 000 eggs in a single spawning. The extraordinary fecundity is noted for such a small fish.
Mexico to Build Magnificent Congressional Palace by Lacentini
Mexico plans a grand Congressional Palace designed by Lacentini, famed for the Palace of the Fine Arts in Rome. The project signals a landmark civic landmark and national prestige as construction details unfold.
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Mexico
Lacentini
Palace of the Fine Arts
Rome
The Barber and the Chief Justice’s Birthday Memory
An old Boston barber recalls Chief Justice Shaw as a longtime customer who once missed his monthly visit, remarking that he likely had something else on his mind. The tale highlights the barber’s place in public life and the informal bonds formed in his shop.
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Boston
Shaw
Nature in Convulsion and the Bitters Remedy
The piece extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a wholesome alternative to violent purgatives. It claims the tonic strengthens the intestines, spurs natural bowel action, and stimulates the liver and kidneys. It also asserts the medicine helps conquer malaria nervousness and rheumatism.
How to avoid steam on wash day with 1 as Fiective Soap
The message urges readers to ask their grocer for a bar of 1 as Fiective Soap to learn how to have no steam and reduce wash day work. It warns to avoid imitation products.
Calcium nitrate and phosphate caves in Venezuela
Venezuelan caves rich in calcium nitrate and calcium phosphate host friable mammalian bones. The bones are preserved but crumble when extracted, with gelatin dissolved and bone carbonate neutralizing nitric acid. Deposits feature abundant nitric ferment. one vein reaches ten meters in thickness.
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Venezuela
Cordillera
Andes
Soe
Chem
Ind
Curious Hant custom in Chota Nagpore tribes
A colonial-era notice describes a ritual called the women's hant among aboriginal groups in Chota Nagpore India. Women wear men's clothes, hunt in nearby villages, extort liquor purchase funds, and later retreat to a stream to eat and drink before returning home. The chain of visits spreads calamity away from the district. Also mentions Kemp's Balsam and a note on watchmaking with the balance wheel's wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chota Nagpore
India
Correct Diagnosis. Patient Doctor Exchange
A patient reports severe pain in the right foot toes and arch. The doctor responds that the pain is a sign of rein.
Fragmented Arkansas Traveler quote on love and betrayal
A fragment from Arkansan Traveler discusses gender dynamics and love, noting a woman's complexity and contradictions. It references distrust between women and a belief that men love what women have to fear, ending with a remark about marriage patterns.
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Dar
Oman
Arkansan
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