Minnesotas Plucky Senators Refuse to Yield Coal Books
In St Paul on March 17 a replevin suit was started by Minnesota coal combine members to force the Senate sergeant at arms to deliver books and papers taken from John J. Rhodes. Bonds were posted, a court order sought, and threats of contempt discussed as the investigation presses on to publish contents.
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Sr. Paul
Minn
Replevin
Senate
John J. Rhodes
Minnesota Coal Association
Rhodes
Sheriff Chapel
Joint
Chappel
Senator Donnelly
Legislative Committee
Judge Egan
District Court
Ramsey County
Egan
Preparations to Open Cherokee Strip About to Begin
Washington reports active preparations by Secretary Hoke Smith to open the Cherokee Strip under the Indian appropriation act. The ceded tract of 43,144,622 acres is valued at 4,595,736 dollars with 295,746 paid at once and 8,310,000 in five annual installments at 4 percent interest. Indians may loan the full amount if they prefer. Settlement requires presidential proclamation and interior confirmation of allotments for bona fide residents prior to 1891. Land prices vary by location and include designated reservations while rules precede entry.
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Washington
Hoke Smith
Oklahoma Territory
Secretary of the Interior
Will Not Fight Nominations in New York
Senator Murphy of New York denies reports he will oppose President Cleveland's New York appointments. He says there is no truth and that New York senators will not delay and will aid in confirming Robert E. Maxwell and Edward B. Whitney.
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Washinatox
Murphy
New York
Cleveland
Robert E.maxwell
Edward B. Whitney
Senate Contested Elections Panel Opens With Three Appointments
Washington March 17 The senate committee on contested elections will meet to consider the senators chosen by Wyoming Montana and Washington governors. Mantle of Montana and Beckwith of Wyoming have credentials but Allen of Washington has not arrived. No oaths have been taken yet and the committee's report is expected to trigger a long debate.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Wyoming
Montana
Mantle
Beckwith
Senate
Allen
US Sweden extradition treaty ratification exchange set
President Cleveland has authorized Secretary Gresham to exchange certificates of ratification with Sweden’s minister Grip. The exchange will occur soon, and the president will issue a proclamation declaring the treaty in force immediately after.
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Washington
Cleveland
Gresham
Grip
United States
Sweden
Senate
Raum Resignation Accepted at Interior Pension Office
Washington March 17 The secretary of the interior accepted Green B Raum’s resignation as commissioner of pensions and designated Deputy Commissioner Andrew Davidson to run the office until a successor to General Raum is appointed.
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Raum
Washington
Secretary of the Interior
Green B. Raum
Pensions
Andrew Davidson
General Raum
Cholera Widespread in the Orient with Fatal Cases
A choleraic disease has been prevalent in the Orient for a week. In six cases it has been fatal. The report notes a rapid spread and a severe impact on affected populations as health authorities monitor the outbreak.
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Paris
Orient
Widespread Wreck Reveals Kans Trust Company Insolvency
Arcuson Kansas March 15 officers estimate liabilities at 800000 with assets including 40000 acres of Kansas farm lands and 10000 in Atchison city. Stockholders may face face value. Atchison residents suffer losses totaling about 125000. John J. Ingalls claims he withdrew before crash. Confessed judgments total 149000 plus 8000 in favor of company. The firm once capitalized at 1000000 with M G Manley and E G Armsby, linked to Senator Ingalls and others, bonds sold through Reginar in Germany. Ingalls held 7500 stock, Manley 75000, Armsby the remainder.
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Kauusac Trust Company
Arcuson
Kan
Kansas Trust Company
L. F. Bird
Kansas
Atchison
John J. Ingalls
M. C. Manley
George Manley
M. G. Manley
E. G. Armsby
C. N. Reginar
C. A. Shoup
St. Joseph
New Jersey
R. M. Manley
Charles N. Reginar
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Germany
Mr. Ingalls
Manley
Armsby
Ingalls
Electric Light Works and Factories Close on High Water
Graup Rapids reports a flood halting industry as streets go dark and 14 dynamos at the electric light works are submerged. Butterworth avenue near Standard Oil plant floods 18 inches, Lower Park avenue cut off, two families evacuate by raft, and widespread inundation forces residents to leave if water does not subside.
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Graup Rapids
Butterworth Avenue
Standard Oil Company
Lower Park Avenue
Watson and Hovey
Kalamazoo River Rises For Half Mile In Flood Wake
Kalamazoo Michigan reports the river out of banks for half a mile along lowlands forcing residents to use boats. Heavy rain turning to snow has kept river rising with several dams upstream at risk of failure and potential widespread damage. Saginaw Michigan also facing high water with a continuous lake from here to Bay City. Lumber washed from docks and docks submerged as the river climbs.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Kalamazoo
Saginaw
Saginaw, Mich
Here
Bay City
Flood recedes as danger eases at Jonta point
Passed the Danger Point Jonta Michigan March 13 the flood situation is not much changed water is gradually receding at about a foot daily and the danger at this point is thought to be over
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Jonta, Mich
Attorneys Awarded Judgment in Johnson County Case
In Cheyenne Wyoming on March 15 Judge Ballard of Denver Judge Davidson and Attorney Breckens of this city awarded judgments totaling 5000 against Johnson county after the county paid 3000 and refused further claims. They had sought 19000 to prosecute cattlemen who invaded the north last spring. The indictments for murder and arson against the cattlemen were dismissed in January.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Johnson County
Ballard
Denver
Davidson
Breckens
Arresting Anarchists Raids In Maprio March 15
Police arrested several anarchists in Maprio and raided bomb factories and small printing shops. They seized literature and explosives, and an Italian was killed when a bomb he charged exploded. No others were injured.
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Maprio
Harrison Duck Shooting Visit Near Canton Illinois
Ex President Benjamin Harrison and his party arrived at Liverpool on the Illinois river for a hunting expedition aboard the steamer City of Peoria. They expect to stay several days but report poor duck prospects as it is early in the season.
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Harrison
Canton
Ill
Benjamin Harrison
Liverpool
Illinois River
Peoria
Salmon canners trust dissolves amid packer withdrawal
In Portland on March 17 the salmon canners trust dissolves after Haprood and Winter pull their packing house from the combine. The move threatens nearly 800000 dollars in losses and marks a dire setback for Columbia River packers. In Bernin on March 15 a Heast Africa dispatch reports German forces defeating hostile natives, killing Silkki and several followers with no German casualties, five native allies dead.
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Portland
Ore
Salmon Canners’ Trust
Haprood & Winter
Combine
Columbia River
Bernin
Heast Africa
Silkki
Revolutionists Surrender at Fort Ringgold
General Frank Wheaton in San Antonio reports six more members of Catarina Garza's revolutionary army surrendered at Fort Ringgold. The voluntary surrenders increase the number of rebels yielding to U S forces in the border region.
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San Antonio
Tex
Frank Wheaton
Fort Ringgold
Revolutionary Army of
Catarina Garza
Chairmanships Found for All Amid Senate Reorganization
The Democratic caucus completed senate committee reorganizations with Peffer and Kyle named chairmen and Stewart retained as chair of mines and mining. Republicans receive equal chair assignments. Northwest senators press for representation on the mines committee as Dawes retires. Nominations expected to move swiftly.
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Stewart
Committee On Mines and Mining
Washington
Senate
Nevada
Gorman
Committee On Appropriations
Northwestern
Dawes
Northwest
Civil service cancels exams across multiple states
The civil service committee cancels all examinations set from March 21, 1898, to June 30, 1894 in Missouri Illinois Ohio Indiana New York Wisconsin Iowa Nebraska New Jersey Connecticut Delaware Idaho Wyoming and in Pittsburg Garden City Grand Junction Salt Lake City. Roosevelt cites congressal failure to fund examiner travel costs as the reason for the cancellations.
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Washington
Civil Service Committee
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
New Jersey
Connecticut
Delaware
Idaho
Wyoming
Pittsburg
Garden City
Kan
Grand Junction
Colo
Salt Lake City
Utah
Roosevelt
Congress
Directors Fail to Declare Dividend at Peoria Meeting
The Distillers' and Cattle Feeders' company directors, meeting in Peoria on March 15, announced no dividend for the first time in the corporation's history and plan to continue this policy. They cited large funds tied up in goods and growing opposition as reasons for the decision, with the session to continue.
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Peoria
Ilis
Rabbi Finkelstein Arrested Over Divorced Husband Trick
In Cincinnati on March 15 Rabbi J S Finkelstein of the Carlisle Avenue Jewish church was jailed in the county jail on a charge of practicing a trick game. Lena Barken of Pittsburgh, whose husband deserted her, reported that he had left and returned with a divorce for which she paid eight dollars.
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Cincinna
J. S. Finklestein
Carlisle Avenue
Central Police Station
Lena Barken
Pittsburg
Agrarian Conservatives Demand Policy Link in Army Bill
March 11 Lerpsic Agrarian Conservatives meeting featured Count Mirbach Baron Manteuffel and other leaders pledging support for the army bill only if the government halts plans for a Russia trade treaty. This marks their first public platform threat. Two troopers drowned near Caldwell while fording a creek south of the Cherokee Strip en route to patrol the border.
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Lerpsic
Count Mirbach
Baron Manteuffel
Russia
Wichita
Kan
James Howard
William Morgan
Fifth Cavalry
Caldwell
Cherokee Strip
St. Reno
Dredging Plans and Tragic Incidents Across Towns
Notes report harbor dredging at Vera Cruz and a string of local tragedies and legal cases. Dempsey appeal in Homestead. 64 barbers’ delegates in Dittsburg. Jailbreak and wounding in Centerville. Reprieve for Amos Avyory in Missouri. Drownings, shootings and stabbings across Indiana to Kentucky. Local court verdicts and medical cases. homeseekers urged on Cherokee Strip opening. officials delaying action.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Hugh * Dempsey
Homestead
National
Barbers’ Association
Dittsburg
Liss Edwards
Centerville
Amos Avyory
Lanny
Oliver Symoons
White River
Noblesville
Ind
Fred Stanke
Minn
Lewis Kirehn
William Rhodes
Otis
Lake Shore
Benjamin Randolph
Central City
Frank Rosengard
Bay City
Mich
Velgin
Greenville
Tex
Albert Lawrence
Joe Winters
Tom Jones
Nashville
Tenn
James von Durant
Cass Hamlin
Cleveland
Betsy Smyth
Findlay
J. A. Bristol
Charles Tankersley
Little Rock
Ark
Bristol
Tankersley
Rome delegation officials sail to join apostolic mission
Satolli isles New York March 15 The Rome correspondent reports Mgr Donatus Barretti and Rev Hector Papi have sailed from Liverpool by Cunard on March 25 They are auditor and secretary to the apostolic delegation respectively with independent duties and direct reports to Rome Their terms endure regardless of any change in the delegation’s titular head
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New York
Rome
Catholic News
Mgr
Donatus S. Barretti
Hector Papi
Liverpool
Cunard Line
Apostolic Delegation
Apostolic Delegate
Nowise
Holy See
Republicans Move to Set Aside Apportionment Act
In Annapolis on March 17 a conference of Republican politicians agreed to file suit to set aside the legislative apportionment act passed by the recent session.
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Piranapolis
Bank collector held up at courthouse stairs in Chicago
H G Tox, a collector for the First National Bank, was robbed of 1209 dollars on a courthouse stairway in Chicago at noon Thursday.
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Chicago
H. G. Tox
First National Bank
Daly's Horses Going East Race Team Heads for New York
Fourteen of Marcus Daly's top race horses arrived in Curcaco after a Montana special train, rested two hours, and began their long journey to New York.
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Daly
Curcaco
Marcus Daly
Montana
New York
Winter Racing Uniawsus
Trenton New Jersey March 16 Governor Werts has signed a bill making horse racing for purses or prizes unlawful in the months of December January and February
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Uniawsus
Trenton
N. J
President Cleveland Cousin Dies in Avron
Miss Lucy H. Cleveland, a cousin of President Cleveland, died here Tuesday night after a brief illness. She resided in Avron, Illinois, and her death follows months of illness and a long life in the community.
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Avron
Ills
Lucy H. Cleveland
Cleveland
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Senators
Traove
Grand Rapids
Electric Light Works
Salmon Trust
Democratic Caucus Committee
Smith
Arkansas City
Satolli
Keystone Watch Case Company
Philadelphia
Samuel Pitcher
Castoria
G. C. Osaoon
Lowell
Mass
J. F. KincuHerer
Conway, Ark
H. A. Ancuer
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn
Children's Department
Surra, Pres
the Centaur Company
Ti Murray Street
New York City
Sioux City
Physio-Medical Dispensary
S. Mosher
John H. Wood
Atlantic
Fec
Her
Martin
Dean’s
King Cactus Oil
Yellow Creek
Til
Dean
C. J. Hooker
Cuba City
Wis
Mo Faritans Bros. Stock
W. L. Douglas
Stalin Ad
L. Douglas, Brockt
Christensen Bros, Mercantile
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