Fifty second Congress Ends With Silver Tariff Debates
The Fifty-second Congress expired at noon amid continued fights over silver, tariff and antioptions. Neither silver repeal nor free coinage secured passage, while the McKinley tariff and related measures advanced minimally. World’s Fair items, car coupler, immigration, and quarantine acts passed or stalled as lawmakers faced retrenchment pressures and a tight treasury.
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Legislative Doings and Signings Across the Nation
Lincoln Senate and Nebraska House spent a Saturday session on routine work after approving the journal with no votes on measures. In St Louis Jack Glasscock signed with the Browns, quieting talk of a reduced offer. Mrs Von der Abe departed for New York. In Wrst PiLaixs Missouri, William Vilet, an elderly recluse, was found burned to death in his home, likely after drunkenly stumbling into a stove. his wife resides in Kansas City.
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Great Storm Destruction Spurs Nationwide Relief Appeal
Atlanta reports describe Friday night cyclone devastation across Piedmont and Green ville with houseless families, destroyed churches, a college, and widespread destitution. Doctors report 28 injuries treatment while others die. aid pleas extend from Meriotan Mississippi to Marion and Toomsuba urging funds and church collections for victims.
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Barnett
FIRE RAVAGES COVINGTON FACTORY DISTRICT
A major blaze in Covington Kentucky destroyed the Meyers Manufacturing complex and neighboring properties on Madison Avenue. Losses estimated at about 200000 with heavy insurance on the Crawford tobacco works and Meyers car. Three tenement houses burned and surrounding dwellings damaged by collapsing walls. Firefighters battled high winds but could not save the Fifth Street Christian church.
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Millionaire Glaspie killed in Wisconsin train wreck
Northwestern railroad accident near Esravoo Wisconsin at 11 Saturday night killed John Glaspie a Stillwater resident and noted racehorse owner. H J McKusick of Munsser Sannixy Logging Company aboard as passenger described the sleeper wreck and Glaspie’s death. The train left the track due to a broken rail or wheel. three other passengers injured but not seriously. Glaspie about 40 had traveled widely for horse racing and had gone to Chicago to ship running horses south.
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Stillwater
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Chicago
Homeward Bound: Harrison Attends Church Service in Hawali
Ex-president Benjamin Harrison and party were hosted by Rev J E P Kummer at East Liberty Presbyterian Church in Hawali. About 2,500 filled the 1,500-seat church for the morning service, with Harrison greeting friends afterward. He announced duck hunting on the Kankakee river near Indianapolis, then plans lectures on international law at Stanford and a forthcoming book on his administration.
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News Notes and Inaugural Commentary From England and US
English newspaper comment on President Cleveland's inaugural address is favoring. News items report a Kent landslide wrecking many houses, a chess match in Havana won by Walbrodt, ore found near Prairie du Chien likely gold with silver, and Illinois Stephenson county completing a World's Fair school display. Other notes mention Freeport street paving ruling, George Kennan's illness and convalescence, Caleb Foote's long editorial career, a Kentucky mother harming her child, a revival trance in Isleport, and various legal and political updates. A murder case on liquor sale near the Navajo reserve prompts renewed violence warnings.
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Minister Sues Zeitung For 25000 Damages In Chicago
Michael Pfitzinger files a $25,000 suit in Chicago against the Deutsch Allgemeine Zeitung, publisher of the German Evangelical association’s organ. He alleges an article severely defamed his character amid factional disputes led by Bishop Rudolph Dubs’s opposing faction.
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