Lyman J. Gage Accepts Treasury Post From McKinley
Lyman J. Gage the president of the First National Bank of Chicago accepts the U S Treasury portfolio offer from President elect McKinley after a dinner at the McKinley home Gage declines to discuss policy and notes a prior Democratic vote in 1884 for Cleveland He moved to Chicago in 1855 rising from bookkeeper to bank president and World’s Fair booster while serving as American Bankers association head and First National Bank president since 1891 The report also covers brief notes on Glove Contest bill passing in Nevada and Donnelly's opposition to arbitration in Minnesota politics
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Senate
Yeas
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Nevada
Stuart
Donnelly
Br. Paun
Minnesota
Ignatius Donnelly
Oscar
United States
Explosion in Foster coal mine injures ten workers
News from Foster Iowa reports an explosion in a coal mine that left ten miners seriously burned, one fatally. Officials cite natural phenomena as the cause, describing extreme cold air meeting warm gas and igniting from lamp flames as crews were leaving. Several named injured include Louis Faguier fatally and David Scott and others.
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Orrosiwa
Louis FaGuer
David Scott
Ropert Williams
John Farrell
G. Anderson
Connor
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Joan Prrrsox
Jones Arrested In England For Forgery Extradition
L R Jones an American and Hadale stud farm proprietor near Scarborough was arrested in England on an extradition warrant for forgery alleged in New York in 1886. He appeared at Bow Street and was formally charged. W J Bryan received a public welcome in Averni Texas with 4 800 attendees in two hours, many ladies, greeting him in the governor's private room.
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Two House Speeches Overshadow Indian and Agriculture Bills
Washington Jan. 29 The house passed the Indian appropriation bill and began on the agricultural bill as two remarkable speeches dominated. Grosvenor attacked ex Governor Altgeld of Illinois while De Armond ridiculed Secretary Morton over The Farmers Interest in Finance. The exchanges drew loud laughter and broad audience reaction.
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Ilinois
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Olinoia
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Secretary of Agriculture
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National Museum
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Kem
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United States Senator Elected in Idaho Heitfeld Wins
Henry Heitfeld, Populist, elected U S senator to succeed Dubois in Idaho. Decisive ballot 89 to 80 with 18 Democratic votes and one Republican. Heitfeld, 40, farmer from Nez Perces county, born January 1859 in St Louis. Career spans farming, fruit growing, cattle, and state senate terms as a Populist. Turner Nominated for U S Senator in Washington Turner of Spokane named by Populists and free silver Republicans with 64 votes. former territorial governor and lawyer with mining interests in Washington and British Columbia.
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Spokane
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British Columbia
Victory for German Knights Supreme Court Reverses Judgment
In Indianapo lis on January 29 the supreme court reversed the Koerner lodge No. 6 decision, depriving the German Ku Klux of property after it voted to recede from the Knights of Pythias to form a lodge of the Indiana Zeitung bund. The 1892 English ritual rule prompted resentment and a move toward secession. Meanwhile county auditors in Des Moines met with supervisors to discuss code revisions and county governance legislation. A fire in Centreview Mo killed an 8-year-old and endangered a baby. legal actions continued in Wiggin v Huston with $5,500 awarded for alienation of affection. A 9-year-old in Asmens Kan was killed in a quarrel with a 12-year-old. Justice Brewer declined to confirm Venezuelan arbitration commission rumors, and a rehearing was filed in Due stro’s murder case in St Louis. An explosion damaged Sioux Falls Gas works. President Cleveland planned a New York speech at Carnegie Hall. In Paris the chamber adopted sugar export bounty clause.
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Tragic double murder and family massacre near Wayne Neb
C K Rash, influenced by revival meetings, killed his wife and three children at his home ten miles southwest of Wayne Nebraska. Sheriff and coroner found the family frozen, with soapstone used as a weapon. Rash offered no resistance, asked for a Bible, and his sanity is questioned. Neighbors will oversee the remains. Locals debated mob action.
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Sugar bounty debate spans Nebraska Legislature
In Nebraska the senate opened with a sharp talk over a sugar bounty, moving to indefinitely postpone Senator Spencer's resolution pledging payment of last session’s sugar bounty. The house debated appointing a five member committee to draft a bill for new sugar beet factories as Soder man offered to table the measure. Fire brigade rift in Plattsmouth between life and active members ends with city council revoking paid offices. Senate debate over free silver continues with Ransom and Talbot trading sharp remarks. County clerks convene with a 35 county turnout and an executive committee named. Omaha charter changes inch forward with shifts in fire police commissions and tax administration. Norfolk beet sugar factory will close after a long run, expecting ~7,000,000 barrels of output.
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