28 May 1897
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Newspaper
Aurelia Sentinel
Location
Aurelia, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1897
Page
1
The Senate opened debate on a tariff measure with Aldrich and West leading the discussion. Senators from Rhode Island Missouri Utah and others offered opposing views while stressing revenue needs and treasury balances.
Rio Grande overflow floods El Paso Texas as levee on Stanton Street breaks, inundating the lower city. Fire alarm rouses residents while workers rush to stem the surge with sandbags but a second breach backs up floodwaters. At least 130 homes swept away and hundreds seek shelter in freight cars as crews race to build a new levee.
A wife confronted her husband and his lover Maude Devers in Maude Pevere's rooms. She shot her husband five times, the lover lightly, then surrendered to a St Louis court. Campbell hospitalized, husband dying. Devers lightly wounded. Also reports on specie payments suspension and other distant incidents.
Gen Weyler comments on Morgan Cuban resolution and Senate action. He expects the House to concur if sent to the president. He accuses critics of seeking foreign entanglements to distract from an approaching crisis. Recognition could aid the Cuban junta but also affect a proposed Spanish loan in Paris London and Vienna.
A Vienna dispatch reports the Reichsrat amid weeks of obstruction erupted Monday into a violent upheaval. The president fainted before opening, the deputy presiding, and opposition members overturned desks, smashed inkstands, and clashed with speakers as insults and rivalries escalated into blows.
Judge Dilton in New York finished arguments at St Paul Saturday morning as Coombs for the petitioner Credits Commutation Company concluded. Judge Sanborn later denied the application stating the prayer was denied for lack of sufficient facts to show a legal right to intervene. An appeal was allowed to the United States circuit court of appeals.
In the lower house Monday Mr McMilin Tennessee introduced a resolution for Senate recognition of Cuban insurgents belligerency and asked for day to day consideration until disposed of. It was referred to a rules committee, unlikely to be acted on soon. Leaders will decide when to act. The house adjourned at 10:25 p.m. due to Senator Farle of South Carolina.
In Snowden Allegheny County Pennsylvania a poker dispute turned deadly when Albert Grier challenged George Douglass during a draw poker game. Douglass killed Grier then fled into the woods but was captured by a pursuing crowd until officers reached him and took him to Pittsburgh jail.
Fragmented dispatches report Greece refusing direct negotiations with Turkey after insisting on terms set by major powers. Other items note a Texan murder, a tunnel project near Pike's Peak, and various world events including Victoria’s birthday salutes and Uruguay rebel defeat.
A masked robber attempted a holdup on a Tavona Washington electric car near four miles from town. Superintendent Dame and motorman Dayne exchanged fire, fatally wounding the robber after Dame fired five shots. Passengers Jewett Suit and Dame were wounded, Dame in the arm and Suit in the leg, with a through-and-through bullet passing the robber.
Insurgent attack on a Santa Clara hospital leaves about thirty five hurt and dead. Guerrillas set fire to buildings as nurses and convalescents flee doors and windows. women nurses saved but later unaccounted for. News reaches Havana junta via Santa Chiara courier.
London Daily Mail reports Signor Crispi facing trial over Bank of Naples scandals. An earlier audience with King Humbert ends with Crispi warning two men will be exiled for the alleged campaign against him while he asserts his innocence and vows to justify his ties to the questioned transaction.
Jutland Hawthorne returns to New York from India where he spoke of scenes of fallins and bubonic plague. He claimed millions of Himbos and Bengalesa died from starvation as plagues raged across nalise villages. A Louisville fire event caused $120,000 in damage to the City Railway Company building. several firefighters were injured. Texas lawmakers reconvened after adjourning sine die to pass appropriation and fellow servants bills. News also notes Menelik plans to oppose Anglo Egyptian efforts in Soudan and the death of Father Kneuplog, famed for his water cure.
A garbled, OCR heavy listing of commodity pricing across cities like Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit and Milwaukee. It notes cattle hogs sheep wheat corn rye oats butter eggs potatoes broom corn and other items with varied grades and prices, reflecting regional market quotes.
Comprehensive digest notes a Tuesday Senate session dominated by Cuba and foreign policy debates. Morgan resolution support, bitter exchanges, and references to Cuba threats frame the day, with discussions on river projects and federal appropriations shaping the conference reports and House actions.
Five year old Fred Lawson of Edgewater narrowly escaped a fatal accident on a Northern Pacific bridge. As an express passed, he clung to the end of a tie outside the trestle and survived when the car narrowly cleared him. Witnesses were horrified by the danger but the boy's quick grip and calm hold averted tragedy.
Lawrence Dumaresq is severely injured after a collision on a train near Alexandria Station where a Greek passenger clashed with Harold Eastlake. He suffers a leg fracture and is moved to a nearby house for care as doctors advise six weeks of rest. Nurse Anne Carteret and Mrs. Dumaresq host a Christmastide gathering to lift his spirits while Michelle Bandake harbors distress over the strange events surrounding the accident.
In 19th century Woburn Massachusetts Bartlett, a gifted yet eccentric lawyer, contends with a series of pantaloons disappearing from his home the Black Virus. Nightly watchers and a cautious patrol fail to stop the phantom thefts, culminating in a dramatic confrontation with the mysterious ghost. The tale blends local rumor with comic bravado as townsfolk speculate on the eerie intruder and Bartlett’s relentless pursuit of the truth.
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