Congress Faces Heavy Bills in Short Session
The upcoming session opens with 1,465 bills on the calendars including 1,100 private measures and 96 public items. Key priorities include the Pacific railroad funding bill and canal guarantees, war claims, and reforms to second class mail matter. Committee power and vacancies shape early action while other public land and immigration bills await traction.
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House
State of the Union
Committee On Rules
Henderson
Iowa
Dalzell
McMillin
Tenn
Crisp
Pacific Railroad
Congress
Powers
Friends of
Doolittle
United States
War Claims Committee
Senate
Mahon
Pennsylvania
Post Office Department
Pickler Service
Wadsworth
Bureau of Animal Industry
Great Lakes
Hudson
Notice of Wage Cut at Anaconda Mining in Butte
The Denver Times reports Anaconda Mining Co in Butte Mont cut wages from 3 50 to 4 0 a day starting December 1 and that other big miners may follow. Union leaders plan a conference in Victor next week to discuss the situation with federation officials and Colorado unions. Barre Mont denies the report saying no official notice has been received and officials are out of town.
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Montane
Denver
Denver Times
Anaconda Mining Company
Butte
Mont
Joseph W. Taylor
American Federation of Miners
Victor
Boyce
Federation
Mesars
Marvin
Leonard
Colorado
Leadville
Barre
Anaconda Company
Burlington Takes Lead In Depot Plan At Omaha
General Manager Haldrege of the Burlington announces construction of a new depot and terminal facilities in Omaha. Other lines will vacate by March 1, 1897, with Burlington subscribing 30000 to the Mississippi Exposition. The move prompts rivals to consider joint tenancy or new terminals, shaping Omaha’s rail landscape.
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Haldrege
Omaha
Burlington Road
Holdregé
Burlington Company
Onaha
Burlington
Western universities discuss athletic rules at Chicago meeting
Representatives from seven leading western universities met at the Chicago Beach hotel to draft rules for athletics. The main actions extend the six month rule to one year for transfer students and raise eligibility for players on one team from four to six years, including a two year post graduate or professional option. Wisconsin and Illinois opposed the changes.
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Changs College
Chicaco
West
Chicago Beach
Wisconsin
Illinois
Madrid Press Fears U S Cuba Intervention Amid Congress Talks
The Standard Madrid correspondent reports Madrid papers show wide anxiety as Washington congress nears. Spaniards oppose any intervention in Cuba even by friendly powers, arguing it would tacitly recognize Cuban belligerency and prefer risking a clash with the United States.
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Uncle Sam
London
Standard
Madrid
Washington
Cuba
Spain
United States
Frothingham Will Gives Paullina Library Funds
Donation from Frederick Gray Frothingham of Boston is admitted to probate and awards Paullina Iowa fifteen thousand dollars for a public library and five hundred dollars for a fund to buy books.
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Paullina
Boston
Frederick Gray Frothingham
Pioneer Sheriff and Legislator Bayne Dies in Kansas
Thomas R. Bayne, a pioneer settler who arrived in Kanegas in 1864, became Jefferson county first sheriff and later served in the state legislature in 1882. He died suddenly from stomach inflammation in Lawrence on November 27. Fetes At Blenheim Castle Costly to Welcome Prince and Princess
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Kansas
Lawrence
Kan
Thomas R. Bayne
Kanegas
Jefferson County
The
Daily Mail
Blenheim Castle
Prince and Princess of Wales
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough
Disgrace and Protests Across Asia and Europe
In Yokohama society turmoil a poisoning case ends with Mrs. Carew charged but bailed after arsenic linked to her husband Mr. Carew’s death. Viceroy Li Hung Chang faces punishment though mercy reduces salary loss. London envoy Kong Chow Yuan urges recall. Russia-China talks about Manchuria rail and ports with Fort Arthur. Emperor William sends condolences for Prince Charles Egon Furstenberg. Hunger and strikes worry Hamburg, while dock owners resist arbitration as the emperor watches.
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San Francisco
Dorie
Hong Kong
Yokohama
Formosa
R. H. Carew
Yokohama United Club
Carew
Li Hung Chang
Imperial Park
Peking
Chihki
London
Kong Chow Yuan
Takio
North China Daily News
China
Russia
Manchuria
Kingshom
Shantung
Port Arthur
Talien Wan
Famine and Blizzard Strain Midwest Rail Lines
Nov. 0 reports severe cold from St Paul as lows reach 7 below. Bismarck NP line blockaded. Pacific coast trains stalled at New Salem. Deep snow drifts up to 50 feet halt movements. Coal famine grows. relief urged. Mandan and Devils Lake see new trains. stock losses feared as 600 of 2800 sheep perish in blizzard near Grand Harbor.
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St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Bismarck
N. C
New Salem
Mandan
N. D
Martinelli in New York Pontifical Mass at St Augustine
Archbishop Martinelli celebrated a pontifical high mass at St Augustine church in New York marking the first public appearance in the country of Mgr Satelli's successor outside Washington. In Abilene Kansas many horses die from a mysterious disease thought by some horsemen to be caused by worms in corn.
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Puyzies
Abilene
Kan
Bishop Keane Heads Home After Stopover in Curacao
Bishop J. C. Keane, recently with Washington University, passed through Curacao on route to the east. He will soon sail for Rome to join the Roman Propaganda.
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Keane
Curcaco
J. ¢. Keane
Washington University
Rome
The
Roman Propaganda
Perish in the Lizard Across Northwest Cold Snap
A severe November cold wave grips the northwest. In Moorhead Minnesota Thomas Anderson dies after guiding a woman home and is buried in snow. Henry Burroughs of St Paul is buried at Devil's Lake North Dakota. Frank Hach of Chicago freezes near Fargo. A trainman at Churchs Ferry North Dakota attempts to help cattle and freezes. Ten carloads of sheep bound for Chicago perish at Grand Harbor Devil's Lake. Stock ranges suffer. thousands of cattle may die if cold persists.
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St. Paul
Moorneath
Minn
Thomas Anderson
Devil’s Lake
N. D
Henry Burroughs
Fargo
Frank Hach
Chicago
Churches Ferry
Grand Harbor
Deadly plague reported in Kentucky and other items
A new malignant disease blamed on Erysipelas appears at Coral Hill, Kentucky, with rapid, often fatal outcomes and quarantines. Also noted: Premier Allison speculation as McKinley visits Canton. Warren woolen mills restart. a physician reports an insane patient murder-suicide in Columbus. Captain Templeton missing near Savannah. Halifax dock strike and Charles Colombo voyage. Prof Boaz obituary. Oregon presidential vote totals. French ship Drone fire damage.
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Kentucky
Guascow
Coral Hill
Barren County
United States
Boys Desperadoes Attack Hutchins Family in Nebraska
Two boys Otto Schonfelt and his 18 year old brother shot farmer Owen Hutchins near Silver Creek Nebraska then looted his home of 21 dollars and assaulted Hutchins' wife before fleeing. Hutchins lay severely wounded and may die while constables pursue the pair toward their home five miles north.
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Sitven Creek
Neb
Otto Schonfelt
Owen Hutchins
Silver Creek
Dr. Young
Constable Carson
Mr. Hutchins
One Man's Run for Election in Garfield Township Kansas
In Garfield township Seward county Kansas the official returns show only 10 votes cast in the recent election. Eight voters with four Populists and four Republicans produced five ballots after a grudge influenced a split vote for county attorney. Five voters served as judges and clerks for $2 each.
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Nebraska
Lincoln
McKinley
Bryan
Holcomb
MacColl
Supreme Court
Jans
Toreka
Kan
Kansas
Garfield Township
Seward County
Reception to General Herron in Dubuque
Major General Francis J. Herron returned to Dubuque from Mexico on his way home to New York. He met the Governor's Greys and old comrades at a public reception. Ex Senator Graves, chairman of the reception committee, fell while boarding the train and suffered a severe facial injury.
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Herron
Dvergur
Francis J. Herron
Mexico
New York
Dubuque
Governor’s Greys
Fort Sumter
Graves
Dawes Named McKinley Private Secretary Choice
The Canton special notes Charles Gates Dawes of Evanston Illinois as slated for President-elect McKinley’s private secretary. Other candidates James Boyle Joseph P. Smith and Perry S. Heath may be considered for different roles. Dawes, former Cincinnati resident, is married to a Blomer daughter and is the son of ex-Congressman R R Dawes of Marietta Ohio.
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McKinley
Cincinnati
The
Commercial Tribune
Canton
Charles Gates Dawes
Evanston
Tfl
Republican National Executive Committee
James Boyle
Joseph P. Smith
Perry S. Heath
Mr. Dawes
Fire destroys courthouse in Bastiann Texas
The courthouse and all furniture burned this morning. The records and vault contents are thought to be safe. The law library and other property of many attorneys with offices there were destroyed. Masons Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows rooms suffered loss of paraphernalia and records. Building cost 600000 insurance 40000.
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Bastiann
Tex
Law Library
Masons
Knights of Pythias and
Odd Fellows
Destructive cyclone hits Ralston Arkansas region
Destructive cyclone reached Ralston on the Arkansas River, about 50 miles northeast of Perry. The town of 200 houses was nearly wiped out with many homes blown down and several injuries reported, though names are unavailable. Ralston lies in the Osage Indian nation, 55 miles from a telegraph office.
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Perry
C. T
Ralston
Arkansas River
Here
Osage
Two Big Claims Filed in Iowa Ex Tort Action
Sioux City reports two amendments totaling 19 000 filed in the federal court in favor of the Grain Dealers association of northwest Iowa against the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railway. The cases add 5 000 and 14 000 respectively. Des Moines dealer vows to defy anticigarette law by selling cigarettes openly shipping in closed original packages to evade the ruling. Senator Julian Phelps of Atlantic plans another anticigarette bill for the extra session.
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Sioux City
Grain Dealers’ Association of
Iowa
J. H. Ellsworth
C. Il. van Patten
Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul
Des Moines
Julian Phelps
Atlantic
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Louis Maverich
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Summitt
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Ala
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A. J. Slidell
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Tykig
Bern
Emperor William
Charles Egon Furstenberg
Prince Charles
Germany
House of Furstenberg
Emil Egon von Furstenberg
International Club
Baden-Baden
Prince of Wales
Lonpor
Hamburg
Chronicle
von Boetticher
Interior
the &Lizzard
Allison
Major McKinley
English Lutheran Church
Rocxvittz
Conn
Warren Woolen
Stafford Springs
Underwood Belting Company
Tolland
Colomats
B. Richardson
Saylum
Marion
Henry Powers
Templeton
Savanna
Janet Ferguson
Brunswick
Savannah
HamaBure
Halifax
Haliifax
Christofer Colombo
Prince Luigi of Savoy
Boaz Dies
Clarleston
S. C
Beauregard Boaz
College of Charleston
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Breer
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Jane Flowers
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Post
William E. Chandler
New Hampshire
National Review
Exas Bank
Microritan
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Satolita
Vatican
Cardinal Satoli
Clercy
America
Sadie McDonald
Charles H. Hoyt
Melbourne
Australia
N. Y
Luther Greenman
Mrs. Greenman
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Lottie Greenman
Arthur Greenman
Omron
Martha Seetor
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