Compromise Immigration Bill Tweaks Readiness for House Action
The agreement among conferees preserves the first senate section excluding aliens over 16 who cannot read English or their native language, with a reading test using a constitution excerpt. A Corliss plan would bar alien men lacking citizenship declarations from certain mechanical or manual labor. New penalties and deportation follow violations, with limited employment carve outs for seamen and railroad workers. A Cuba-entry exemption is kept, and a new clause sets penalties for uninspected entries. The bill takes effect July 1, 1897.
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Washinaron
House
Senate
United States
Bartholdt
House Committee
Representative Corliss
Michigan
Secretary of the Treasury
Cuba
Tucker Seated in Virginia Contested Seat Dispute
After two days of debate and a partisan clash the House denied Yost his seat from the Tenth Virginia district and confirmed Tucker as the rightful representative. A narrow eight vote margin triggered a filibuster by Yost supporters who were eventually overruled as roll calls proceeded and resolutions approving Tucker’s title passed. Tucker is Randolph Tucker’s son and has served in the four prior houses. He did not seek renomination over money-policy disagreements.
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Tucker
Washington
House
Yost
Virginia
Mr. Yost
Mr. Tucker
Randolph Tucker
Murderer Dies In Jail In Missouri
Carthage Missouri January 22 Grant Edwards the youth who killed his sweetheart Lois Hodge at Webb City died in jail last night from congestion of the lungs. He had been held for trial on murder charges.
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Carthage
Grant Edwards
Lois Hodge
Webb City
Blizzard Rages as Winter Storm Halts Rail Lines
A severe blizzard hits Farno North Dakota forcing rail blockages. By midnight the storm rivals the winter’s worst, crippling railroad travel and causing widespread disruption in the region.
Dry Goods House Damaged by Fire in Deapwoop
Fire damaged the stock of W. H. Lowe & Co. wholesale dry goods by 10000 dollars and the building by 1500, partly insured, at Deapwoop North Dakota on January 22. The incident aroused repairs and insurance steps as investigators assessed the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deapwoop, N. D
W. HE. Lowe & Co
Senate Deadlock Looms Over Nicaragua Canal Vote
The Senate teetered toward a deadlock as Morgan pressed to set a final vote on the Nicaragua Canal bill. Turpie and Vilas resisted, leading Morgan to threaten a continuous session. Vilas used a dilatory move, a quorum absence halted the plan, while Turpie kept up invectives against the measure. Chandler presented Addicks credentials, with Dupont’s claim already filed. Hill argued against trusts amid debate on electric conduits.
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Morgan
Nicaragua Canal
Washinaton
Senate
Nicaragua
Turpie
Vilas
Hermann's Irrigation Bill Introduced in Congress
Representative Hermann of Oregon, chair of irrigation committees, introduced a bill reflecting Phoenix National Irrigation Congress recommendations. It would create a public land commission including the land commissioner, the director of the Geological Survey, and three presidential appointees.
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Hermann
Washington
Hermann (Or
National Irrigation Congress
Phoenix
Ariz
General Land Office
Geological Survey
Senate panel backs liquor ban for Indians bill
The senate committee on Indian affairs authorized a favorable report on the bill to prohibit liquor sales to Indians and it was later reported to the senate by Senator Pettigrew. The bill has already passed the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettigrew
Washington
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Senate
House
Leavenworth Soldiers' Home Probe Nears End
Washington January 22 special committee on the Leavenworth soldiers home will close the hearing with an exam of Colonel A J Smith from the Western home. He is expected to come to Washington this week for questioning.
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Leavenworth Home
Washington
Leavenworth Soldiers
A. J. Smith
Western Home
Second White House state dinner hosted by President Cleveland
The diplomatic corps attended the second in a series of state dinners at the White House last night hosted by President and Mrs Cleveland in Washington on January 22.
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Diplomatic Corps
Washingtton
Cleveland
White House
Ex President Starts Home
Ex-President Harrison left Washington on January 22 to return to his Indianapolis home.
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Washington
Harrison
Indianapolis
Illinois freshmen sophomores clash leaves eye damaged
Serious brawl between University of Illinois freshmen and sophomores erupts in Urbana. Windows smashed at Busy Hall, foul chemicals thrown, a freshman woman, Della Rodenbaugh of this city, at risk of losing sight. Fire department dispersed rioters as chaos followed in January report.
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University Ofllinois
Busy
Urbana
Della Rodenbaugh
Irrigation Contract Let for Lincoln and Dawson Canal
Mr J E Doty returns from Gothenburg with contract for Lincoln and Dawson county irrigation district canal the largest project of its kind in the state. Main ditch runs 60 miles to irrigate 50 000 acres.
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Daviv City
Neb
J. E. Doty
Gothenburg
Lincoln and
Dawson County
Female Bicycle Record Smashed in Indianapolis Race
In Indianapolis on January 20 Dotty Farnsworth won by three lengths over Anderson setting a new female four hour distance, finishing 83 miles. The record surpassed the St Paul mark from April 1896 by seven miles.
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Indianapolis
Dotty Farnsworth
Anderson
St. Paul
Editor for the Code Seeks Lincoln Editor Post in Nebraska Senate
In Des Morins on January 22 the Nebraska Legislature debated appointing an editor for the code with a salary of 3500 dollars annually. Senator Trowin proposed creating the office and thoroughly editing the code. H S Burkit, ex assistant secretary of state, is a candidate. In the House, a clash over cutting committee clerks left one clerk per chairman. Walter I Hayes, former congressman, was elected to fill the vacancy from Rep Merritt’s death after taking oath.
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Walter I. Hayes
Merritt
German Savings Bank Fails in Des Moines After Run on Funds
The German Savings Bank of Des Moines assigned to H. T. Blackburn after opening with only 5000 cash. Assets total 611000, deposits 540000, capital 75000. Depositors will be paid in full, but capital stock wiped out. failure blamed on borrower nonpayments from small traders. No other local banks affected as Des Moines banks bolster defenses. About 500000 dollars influx from Chicago and other points.
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Des Moines
German Savings Bank
Chicago
Victory for the Exposition Roundabout Attack In Senate
Lincoln Jan 22 The senate debated a Beal resolution to withhold statewide appropriations this session. It was laid on the table by an overwhelming vote with two dissenters. The house opened with readings before recess. bills set salaries for state institutions in Kearney and Omaha.
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Lincoln
Senate
Beal
Custer County
House
Industrial School For
Kearney
Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Omaha
Votes to Impeach Mayor in Nepraska City
The city council met last evening and after routine business went into executive session. A rumor says a resolution preferring impeachment charges against Mayor C. W. Stahlhut was introduced and passed. Feb. 1 is set for the mayor to answer. The move stems from a dispute over city attorneyship.
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Nepraska City
C. W. Stahlhut
Webster man begins Bible translation then goes insane
Webster City Iowa January 22 Lewis Olsen long in Bible translation with over 1800 closely written sheets of paper shows signs of mental breakdown. Tuesday he began to exhibit insanity and yesterday was taken to the Independence asylum as a raving maniac.
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Webster City
Lewis Olsen
Independence
Marble Dealers Reelect Iowa Officers
The Marble and Granite Dealers' association of Iowa re elected the old officers J. M. Graham of Des Moines as president and G. J. Grueber of Muscatine as secretary and treasurer. The next meeting will be held in Des Moines with a midsummer meeting planned at Clear Lake in August.
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Marble Dealers
ES Moines
Marble and Granite Dealers’ Association of
Iowa
J. M. Graham
Des Moines
G. J. Grueber
Muscatine
Clear Lake
Miners' Strike Averted in Des Moines Meeting
Des Moines January 22 miners in this district agreed to the operators price demand of 70 to 80 cents per ton for coal. About 20,000 miners contemplated a work stoppage, but the agreement averts the strike.
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Des Moines
Nanum Chapin Wreck Off Quogue Claims Six Lives
The schooner Nanum Chapin from Rockland Maine went ashore near Quogue Long Island at 430 a m. Six men clung to the foremast rigging and three others to the jibboom as the vessel broke apart. All hands were swept to sea and drowned despite the crew's best efforts and heavy surf. Wreckage identified the vessel.
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New York
Nanum Chapin
Rockland
Quogue
L. I
Pioneer stockman James R Johnson dies at 71
Cheyenne Wy January 22 James R Johnson longtime stockman died suddenly from cerebral hemorrhage. Johnson aged 71 had resided near Cheyenne for two decades leaving a legacy in local cattle business and county farming circles.
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Cheyenne, Wy
James R. Johnson
Mgr. Johnson
Married the Man She Loved A Sheep King Heiress
Alfred Ashbrook, Melbourne sheep magnate, died 1896 leaving one third of his estate to his estranged daughter Edith, believed in Chicago area. Estate valued at least 2.5 million with two other daughters as beneficiaries. Edith’s romance with Edward Townsend led to disinheritance, but the promise was never fulfilled. Townsend later moved to San Francisco and Port Townsend then Victoria, B C where he died of pneumonia. Edith reportedly last seen in Chicago two years ago.
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Cuicano
Alfred Ashbrook
Melbourne
Australia
Edith
Chicago
Ashbrook
Miss Edith
Edith Ashbrook
Edward Townsend
Townsend
San Francisco
Port Townsend
Wash
Victoria
B.C
Harvard Athlete Fails In 205-Pound Dumbbell Lift Attempt
Cambridge, Jan 20. Luther G. Rood of Harvard tried lifting a 205 pound dumbbell with one arm from the shoulder at Hemenway gymnasium. He failed in public with about 100 spectators present but had earlier lifted 195 and 205 pounds for witnesses. He sought to set an amateur world record, the previous mark 201 pounds five ounces set by Dick Pennell in 1874 in New York.
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Cambridge
Mass
Luther G. Rood
Harvard
Hemenway Gymnasium
Rood
Dudley
A. Sargent
Dick Pennell
New York
Transcontinental lines weigh rates for Christian Endeavor meeting
CuicaGo Jan 20 A meeting of transcontinental lines discussed rate plans for the Christian Endeavor meeting in San Francisco The western roads will wait on action by the transcontinental lines If any rate is opened it could affect most Pacific coast traffic this summer The proposed plan favors a one fare round trip plus $2 and is likely to apply to all routes handling the business.
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CuicaGo
Christian Endeavor
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Pulmonary tuberculosis declared an infectious disease
New York board of health amends sanitary code to treat pulmonary tuberculosis as an infectious disease dangerous to public health Reports of all cases must now be filed in writing with the sanitary bureau Palmer Still at Large after murdering his brother and fatally wounding his mother and sister Gertrude Mrs Palmer and Gertrude died. Palmer may have frozen to death Wolcott at Opening of Parliament US Ambassador Bayard and Secretary Carter attended Lords' opening Senator Wolcott in Commons gallery Bayard to stay at Sandringham with the Prince and Princess of Wales
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New York
Board of Health
Sanitary Bureau
Palmer
Arthur Palmer
Leonard J. Palmer
Gertrude
Mamaronock
Wolcott
London
United States
Bayard
Carter
Hoase of Lords
Edward O. Wolcott
House of Commons
Sandringham
Prince and Princess of Wales
Sioux City Property Attached in Boston Trust Action
The Boston Safe Deposit and Trust company filed a $20,000 attachment on the Sioux City Iowa property of Frank C. Miles, its defaulting treasurer, seeking recovery of part of a $300,000 shortage after Miles disappeared following the discovery of the shortage.
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Sioux City
Boston
Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Frank C. Miles
Miles
Sash and Door Makers Vote 5 Percent Price Rise
Representatives of 30 concerns attended the Northwest sash and door manufacturers annual meeting in Osakosa Wisconsin. An advance of 5 percent in No 1 doors was decided on.
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Osakosa
Wis
Sash and
Northwest
Dissolution of Haliun Chamber Reported in Rome
London January 20 The Daily News Rome correspondent reports the cabinet council has finally decided to dissolve the chamber. The move signals a major political shift as authorities act to dissolve the legislative body.
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Haliun
London
Daily News
Rome
Dinner hosted for the President and Mrs Cleveland on K street
Secretary and Mrs Carlisle entertained the President and Mrs Cleveland at the White House on K street last night with a dinner at their residence detailing a formal social gathering in Washington January 20.
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Washington
Carlisle
Cleveland
K Street
Mark Dunham Dying in Tlinois at Wayne home
Mark Dunham the foremost stock breeder in Tlinois is reported to be dying at his home near Wayne on Janu 20. The obituary note highlights his standing in the livestock industry and his residence in Wayne.
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Mark Dunham
Onivaco
Janu
Tlinois
Wayne, Lils
Reed Talks Economy and Public Works Plan
A committee of five House members visited Speaker Reed in Wasu Me Hinaton to urge time for 22 public building bills, noting a House majority support while Reed warned of a revenue shortfall. Secretary Francis announced a new policy tightening patenting of bond aided railroad lands requiring purchaser affidavits, with Wyoming State University president Downey filing the first proof for about 84,000 acres.
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Wasu Hinaton
Messrs. Hicks
Pennsylvania
Curtis
Kansas
Hooker
New York
Herman
Oregon
Henry
Indiana
Reed
House
Francis
Francia
S. Downey
State University of Wyoming
Immigration Conferees Reach Agreement on Bill
Washington January 20 conferees from both houses reached a compromise on the immigration bill. The measure as agreed remains distinct from both bills but retains many provisions with modifications. The Lodge educational qualification is kept for ages 16 through 20, the Corliss amendment is restored in a modified form, and the burden of prohibiting employment of aliens is narrowed to those who habitually travel as birds of passage.
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Washington
Senate
House
Corliss
United States
Resolutions Seek Closer Trade With Pacific Ports
Representative Beach of Ohio introduces two measures in Washington on January 20. One calls on the president to begin negotiations with China Japan and American hemisphere nations Hawaii and Canada to establish a uniform standard of value in trade. The other asks the House Commerce Committee to report if there is any justification for continuing bonded privilege between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean.
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Washington
United States
Pacific Ocean
Beach
Ohio
China
Japan
American Hemisphere
Hawaiian Islands
Dominion of Canada
House Committee On Commerce
Great Lakes
Turpie Opposes Canal Bill In Senate Action
Washington January 20 The senate session was uneventful with Turpie speaking against the Nicaragua canal bill. The legislative appropriation bill was read in full except for sections on the Congressional Library which were postponed due to missing interested senators.
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Turpie
Washington
Senate
Tarpie
Congressional Library
Private Pension Bills Passed in Five-Hour House Session
Washington January 18 The House spent the day on private pension bills under a special order. Of about 900 on the calendar, 52 were disposed of during the five hour session.
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Washington
Graphite Mine Owner Fails In Ottawa
Ottawa report states W. H. Wilkes, an extensive graphite mine owner, has failed. Claims against the estate total $175,000, and a vast amount of money has been sunk into developing the mines he owned.
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Ottawa
Ont
W. H. Wilkes
Wilkes
Boundary Line Between Iowa and Missouri Set
The Supreme Court entered a decree fixing the boundary line between Iowa and Missouri in line with the committee’s findings. The ruling confirms the agreed division along the agreed geographical markers and establishes the official border.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Iowa
Missouri
Minnesota Savings Bank Closes In St Paul Assignment
Minnesota Savings bank closed its doors this morning and filed a deed of assignment naming William Bickel as assignee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota Savings
St. Paul
Minnesota Savings Bank
William Bickel
Harper's Magazine 1897 Subscription Offer
Ad invites subscriptions to Harper's Magazine for one year at 64.00 with postage free to the United States Canada and Mexico. Highlights include Africa and the East by Poultney Bigelow Eastern Siberia transformations by Stephen Bonsal Hungarian sketches by F Hopkinson Smith and the coronation story by Richard Harding Davis illustrated by R Caton Woodville.
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The
du Maurier
Trilby
Frank R. Stokton
William Dean Howells
Mark Twain
Thomas Nelson Page
Richard Harding Davis
Owen Wister
John Kendrick Bangs
Ruth McEnery
Mexico
Harper's Magazine
Woodrow Wilson
John‘ Bach McMaster
James Barnes
Sheridan
Gen. G. A. Forsyth
Howell
Africa
East
Poultney Bigelow
Stephen Bonsal
Siberia
F. Hopkinson Smith
R. Caton Woodville
Queen Victoria
Harper’s Magazine
United States
Canada
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A. Slocum
M.C
Pearl St
Ria Paver
Mary
Meelbee
Harper’s Bazar
the Bazar
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Paris
Sandoz
Baude
Chapins
Red Bridge
Maria Louise Pool
Octave Thanet
Mary E. Wilkins
Harriett Prescott Spofford
Marion Harland
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Viola Rose
T. W. Higginson
Harper's Bayar
Harper & Brothers
Harpers' Bazar
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