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Atlantic Weekly Telegraph

Location

Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1895

Page

2

May Import Cattle Proposals From Mexican Trade

Washington April 16 1895 officials discuss beef price rises and cattle shortages. Dr Balman recommends admitting Mexican cattle under strict inspection to ease prices without harming beef producers. New rules authorize Mexican cattle via San Diego Eagle Pass Laredo El Paso and Brownsville for grazing or immediate slaughter with rail or boat transport. Dr Salmon to Chicago for investigation. Secretary Morton notes cattle shortfall about 278000 head and pending report.

Washington Bureau of Animal Industry Balman Secretary of Agriculture United States Salmon Morton Texas California San Diego Eagle Pass Laredo Paso Brownsville Tex J. Sterling Monto Chicago Washixeton

Rehearing Requested in Income Tax Case Before Supreme Court

Petition for a rehearing of the income tax dispute was circulated to Supreme Court members on Monday in Washington. No in-court action occurred. Government and appellants’ counsel, including Olney and ex-Senator Edmunds, attended. decision on the petition expected next week.

Supreme Court Washinatos United States Supreme Court Olney Edmunds Charles Pollock Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company Lewis Reid Continental Trust Company of New York Joseph H. Choate Clarance A. Seward Benjamin H. Bristow William D. Guthrie David Wilcox Charles Breele Marshall Waite Woods Jackson Washington Wasaumnaton Justice Jackson Franz von Suppe Merrimac Concord N. H C.T. Campbell South Dakota Scotland United States’ Supreme Court Simla Umra Khan Lieutenant Wards Queensland Braddon Maxwell Webster City

Court reargument sought on evenly divided questions

Bench filled. petition asks docket restoration for reargument on disputed questions. If denied, seeks lower court determination on statute invalidity in specified respects and constitutionality in undecided aspects. Also reports mint defalcation at Carson City and appointments, with related judicial notes and commissions.

Durants Arrest Linked To Church Murders In San Francisco

Theodor Durant, jailed in San Francisco, is accused of murdering two women found in Emanuel Baptist Church. Police search for Mrs. Forsythe, linked by church ties and alleged elopement, as a possible third victim. Reports mix weather storms and other brief items from across the country.

Durant

Peace terms from Shimonoseki and other world news

A long dispatch from Shanghai reports a peace convention signed at Shimonoseki by China and Japan with terms including independence for Corea, Japanese control of territories east of the Liao river and Formosa, a 100000000 dollar indemnity, and an offensive alliance. Other notices cover Nicaragua's reply to Britain, the Chinese emperor's retirement, King Oscar’s possible abdication, a Chilean treasury forgery by a prominent woman, Nansen’s pole rumor denied, Bismarck’s health unfounded, a royal wedding, the Empress's illness, a land title suit in Minnesota, fires in Nebraska, and civil service exams in Sioux Falls.

Lonpoy The Times Shanghai Li Hung Chang Shimonoseki China Japan Corea Liao River Formosa Washington Legation Viscount Matsu

Worst Flood in Thirty Years Destroys Mills Across Connecticut Valley

April 16 report details severe flooding across Vermont and Massachusetts with swollen rivers at Bellow's Falls Brattleboro Northampton Holyoke and Mount Tom. Rail lines flooded mills idle and thousands displaced as logs break from Hi ram boom and Merrimac freshet floods Everett mills shuttered.

Connecticut Valley Sprnnermp Bellow’s Falls Connecticut River Boston and Maine Railway Brattleboro Turner's Falls Consolidated Railroad Windsor Northampton Mass Holyoke Mount Tom West Springfield Westbrook Penobscot Saco Saco River Saco Lumber Company Hiram Lawrence Merrimac Everett Mills

Eminent domain ruling for irrigation canal in Nebraska

District Court at Plattsmouth ruled the irrigation act secures eminent domain for canal right of way, placing it on par with railway condemnation and affecting large Platte valley canal projects. Other briefs report murder case pivots, a Joliet sentence threat, a Greenland fauna expedition plan, a Colorado storm, a Berlin rumor about Yamagata, Holmes requisition, Harrison’s club invite decline, and Major Freeburn’s death.

District Court Nonx Plattr Neb Paxton and Hershey Farmers and Merchants Irrigation Company Farmers and Merchants Company Sinclair Platte Valley

Western passenger rates cut raise west demoralization

Burlington announces a 17 round trip rate from Denver to Omaha, with 10 day return limits, plus Kansas City to Nebraska and Sterling, Colo. rates. Western lines plan homeseeker excursions across Nebraska and the Dakotas.

Burlington Denver Omaha Chicago Missouri River Burlington and Nebraska Kansas Montana Dakotas Wyoming Illinois Central Alton Texas

Wedding Suit Kept For His Funeral

Franxfort Indiana April 10 Andrew Catron 75 died. His wife of 67 years survives him. He kept a wedding suit crafted by President Andrew Johnson when Catron married. Also in Annapolis a sailor John H Knowles who tied Admiral Farragut to the Hartford during Mobile Bay died there. He served four years in the navy.

Carson Washington Preston Mint Mason New York Carson City Nev John F. Jones Perry O. T Jennison McClure Joe Paul Paul Sam Franxfort Ind Andrew Catron Andrew Johnson Tennessee Catron Farragut Annapolis John H. Knowles Mobile Bay Hartford Navy

Ann Arbor Road Sold to Bondholders’ Committee

The Toledo Ann Arbor and North Michigan road was sold to R C Marvin on behalf of the bondholders committee for 200900 dollars. The transfer occurred on April 12 as part of proceedings to satisfy debts and reorganize assets.

Ann Arbor ToLedo Toledo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan R. C. Marvin Bondholders’ ‘Committee

Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Laxative Benefits

The California Fig Syrup Co promotes Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative that cleanses the system and relieves colds headaches and fevers without weakening kidneys liver or bowels. Sold by druggists in 50c and 1 bottles, the product bears the company name on every package and warns against substitutes.

California Fig Syrup Co

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