Surprise in the Brown case letters surface at trial
In San Francisco March 11 the prosecution revealed ten more letters written by Miss Overman to Mrs Tunnel. The court overruled efforts to suppress them as testimony continues. Mrs Brown testified about Overman’s meetings, while the trial also covered stock raisers and new legal actions in Montana.
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Miss Overman
Mr. Brown
Brown
Dr. Brown
California
Wiletta H Robinson
Hoar Praises Olney and Urges Caution on Cuban Question
The Cuban debate in the senate intensifies as Senator Hoar appeals to postpone action to April 6. He honors Senator Sherman and Secretary Olney, urges calm, and warns against foreign policy meddling by Congress. The House passes a postoffice appropriation bill, trimming salaries and funding, with votes of 70 to 67 on the postponement and 111 to 134 on a service line item.
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American Congress
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Grant
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Fish
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Cuba
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Cleveland
Congress
America
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Quigg
Yeas
Brownell
Boston
New Orleans
United States
South Dakota
Kentucky Lawmakers Escape Mob Violence in Joint Session
March 12 report from Frankfort Kentucky describes a near mob scene as the house unseated Democrat Kauffman and the senate unseated Republicans James and Walton. Armed guards and tense corridors preceded a smooth joint assembly roll call and adjournment in good humor. Elsewhere James Clarkson of Iowa with party colleagues passed through Kansas City en route to California denying political significance to their visit while predicting Alison as St Louis nominee and next president.
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Prankfort
House
Kauffman
Senate
James
Walton
Joint Assembly
Te House
Worthing
Allison
Kansas City
James S. Clarkson
Iowa
E. M. Ford
New York
Andrews
Philadelphia
B. A. Barnes
Santa Fe Road
California
Clarkson
St. Louis
Populist Meeting planned to nominate delegates
Populist state central committee chairman J A Holgerton called a meeting at Hastings on April 17 to formulate plans for electing 57 delegates to the national convention and likely call the state nominating convention.
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Lixcoln
J. A. Holgerton
Populist State Central Committee
Hastings
Dubuque elects BH Paul mayor and aldermen
Fast Dubuque Iowa elects BH Paul as mayor and voters choose P L Hale John McGuire C P Ox and Charles Ozborne as aldermen. Striking coal miners in East Peoria Illinois accept lower pay to return to work. A revival in Kankakee Illinois adds over 500 church converts. Anderson Indiana Masons set March 24 and 28 for opening a new temple costing 40000 dollars. County Treasurer Schroeder of Dubuque receives 100 dollars for conscience fund. Paroled murderer John McGee from Albia Iowa is freed by legislature. accomplices to be tried. Sioux City Commercial association moves to finalize Kearney Wheel Company relocation from Kearney Nebraska.
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BH. R. Paul
P. L. Hale
John McGuire
C. P Ox
Charles Ozborne
East Peoria
Ills
Kankakee
Ree Masons
Anderson
Ind
Schroeder
Dubugrie
Wratsway
John McGee
Noah Wilson
Albia
Allison for President Iowa Republicans at convention
Des Moines March 13. Iowa Republican state convention rallied behind Senator William B Allison as the party’s future president. The event featured booming support, delegates elected, and resolutions advocating true tariff policy, solid money, and Allison’s proven leadership in finance and national policy.
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Iowa
Blaine
Harrison
Jacob Rich
Drake
Allison
United States
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Henderson
Town
Washington
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Gear
Savoy House
Allison Man
Republican Party of
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Alison
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Ici
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Seth Baker
Jackson
George French
Scott
Edward Scott
Bremer
J. F. Merry
Delaware
B. Zeigier
Fayette
Ho. Collins
Worth
G. BR. Struble
Tama
S. W. Rathburn
Linn
Calvin Manning
Wapello
W. H. Needham
Keokuk
A. B. Cummins
Polk
J. &. Clarkson
D. B. Henderson
W. P. Hepburn
G. M. Curtis
H. O. McMillan
Rock Rapids
J. Ericson
Boone
Phils Schaller
Bronx
Dupogue
Waterman
Rat and mouse plague reported by US consul at Odessa
A US consular report from Odessa describes a rodent plague in southern Russia from 1893 onward, with mice overwhelming towns and rats destroying buildings. The outbreak ended in 1904 after disease inoculation. Separate notes recount solitary Maine gum harvesters and a California woman who captured burglars, boosting her suitor prospects and fortune.
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United States
Heenan
Odessa
State Department
Washington Post
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