Congress Will Talk Tariff Bill In House Arbitration Treaty In Senate
Washington reports the tariff debate in the House will run from 10 AM to 11 PM with 5 to 8 PM dinner pauses. General debate ends Thursday night and a vote on the bill and amendments is set for March 31. Bailey leads minority. Dingley opens for the majority. McMillin or Bailey may reply. Night sessions feature new members seeking record entries.
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Washington
Bailey
House of Representatives
Committee On Ways and Means
House
Dingley
Ways and Means
Will Debate the Treaty In Senate This Week
Washington March 22 The senate will devote most of the week to considering the Anglo American arbitration treaty. If the appropriation bills passed by the house are reported to the senate they will likely receive prompt attention though absence of committee members may delay action. Democratic leaders may delay the bills to shape tariff policy in the senate.
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Washington
Senate
House
House approves two leftover appropriation bills
Washington reports the house passed the agricultural bill funding 38182902 and the Indian bill granting 7670220. The Senate inserted a provision opening Uncompaghie Utah lands with gilsonite deposits, which was stricken out by unanimous consent. A resolution for extra mileage and stationery for the session was then adopted.
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Washington
House
Utah
Senate
Savage Arms Wins Hawaiian Contract for Rifles
Utica dispatch March 22 notes the Savage Arms company secured a contract with the Hawaiian government to furnish troops with high grade Savage military rifles.
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Utica
Savage Arms Company
Formal bid to rescind Washington forest reserves
A formal application to rescind part of President Cleveland's February forestry order has been filed in the interior department by Senator Wilson and Representative Jones of Washington. They seek immediate restoration of the Washington forest reserve and cite vast lands blocked from settlement, minimal rainfall, and limited public benefit. The secretary of the interior has the matter under advisement.
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Washinaton
Cleveland
Interior Department
Wilson
Washington
Jones
Washington Forest Reserve
Pacific Ocean
Bliss
Is Cisneros Dead Report From Havana March 22
Reports from Camaguey say Salvador Cisneros president of the Cuban republic is dead with Vice President Bartolome Masso to succeed and Dr Carpolt to be named vice president. General Quintin Bandera returns to Camaguey as insurgent forces concentrate near Sancti Spiritus.
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Bacvana
Havana
Camaguey
Salvador Cisneros
Bartolome Masso
Carpolt
Havana University
Quintin Bandera
Sancti Spiritus
General Weyler
Gomez
German Chancellor Denies Emperor’s Illness Rumor
The World reports that European dispatches claimed Emperor William’s condition was grave and his malady approaching insanity. The World cites a reply from German officials stating that the emperor’s condition is excellent.
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New York
Prince von Hohenlohe
Germany
Baron Marschall von Bieberstein
Europe
William
Battle in Manila Province as Insurgents Suffer Heavy Loss
Report from Maprip states government troops stormed insurgent trenches in Manila province Philippines. Insurgents suffered about 800 killed with many wounded. Government forces lost and wounded did not exceed 200.
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Philippines
Maprip
Manilla
Philippine Islands
Government forces defeat Uruguayan insurgents near Melo
Official report says government troops defeated the insurgents near Melo. Chief Chiquito Saraiva was killed and about six hundred insurgents were killed or wounded in the battle.
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Montevideo
Melo
Chiquito Saraiva
Tragic Fire Claims Two Ellenbeck Daughters in Holstein
In Kiel Wisconsin a Kiel dispatch reports two Ellenbeck daughters aged six and eight in Holstein Manitowoc county fatally burned when their dresses caught fire from a stovepipe passing through the garret. Their mother Mrs. Ellenbeck was seriously burned trying to rescue them.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Kiel
Wis
John Ellenbeck
Holstein
Manitowoc County
San Francisco Murder Suspect Dies in Jail
Joseph Blanther, arrested at Valley Mills as a San Francisco murderer, died by taking morphine in the county jail. He had been teaching school and stood well in the community at the time of his arrest.
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Houston
Tex
Valley Mills
Joseph Blanther
San Francisco
Mississippi River Falls at Memphis Amid Levee Breaches
Memphis reports the river at 37 feet and continues to fall for the first time in weeks due to crevasses between Osceola Arkansas and Memphis. Sans Souci breaks widen, worsening Eastern Arkansas suffering. Marion Arkansas floods grow as water covers nearly all land with few mounds visible. Rail lines see varied service with some trains resuming. The Cumberland River at Nashville sits at 48 feet and declines slowly, delaying factory resumption.
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Memphis
Mississippi
Osceola
Ark
Sans Souci
Arkansas
Yazoo
Mississippi Valley
New Orleans
Lakeview
Illinois Central South
Kansas City
Birmingham
Marion
Kansas City Railway
Jealousy Tragedy Ends Five Lives in Orrick
A Missouri farmer, B Rainwater, shot and killed his wife, her mother Mrs. William Artman, brother-in-law James Thurman, and his stepdaughter Ethel Gentry at the Artman home in Orrick. He then killed himself, ending a family feud rooted in jealousy.
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Rhcum Mono
Orrick
Here
B. Rainwater
William Artman
James Thurman
Ethel Gentry
Floods Subside Statewide Except Milwaukee River
Reports show floods have eased across Wisconsin with Milwaukee River north of Milwaukee remaining high. Loss estimates range from 200000 to 300000 dollars statewide. Water near the riverhead has subsided and sewers back up in parts of downtown.
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Milwaukee
Railroads In Bad Shape After Missouri River Gorges
The Missouri river gorges at Yankton, South Dakota, floodbound the Northwest and damage rail lines. Only the Milwaukee with eastern traffic links uses transfer boats at Vermillion and Sioux City. Officials estimate ten days to replace damaged bridges after the water subsides.
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Yankton
S. D
Missouri River
Milwaukee
Vermillion
Sioux City
Through a Bridge Freight Train Plunges Toward Sauk Creek
A Northwestern freight train wrecked while crossing a bridge near Port Washington. Fifteen cars fell into Sauk creek as the locomotive cleared the bridge just before it collapsed. the engineer acted quickly to keep the engine from going over.
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Milwaukee
Northwestern
Port Washington
Sauk Creek
Missouri River rises as ice frees near Omaha
The Missouri river rose less than a foot at Omaha with ice running freely and no gorging. State tributaries cause most damage. At Norfolk the north fork Elkhorn overflows its banks, leaving the valley between Norfolk and Pierce a sea of water.
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Omaha
Missouri River
Norfolk
Elkhorn
There
Pierce
Fire destroys Conigsky block in Proria with 20 rescued
At 3 a.m. in Proria Dis on North Adams street the Conigsky block burned, trapping about 20 occupants on the second and third floors who were rescued with difficulty. The building and all its contents were destroyed while the Murphy and Farrell blocks nearby suffered heavy damage.
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Proria
Dis
Conigsky
North Adams Street
Murphy
Cooler Weather Halts River Rise in Iowa Cities
Cooler weather stopped the rise of the Mississippi at Dusugue. Charles City reports a four foot Cedar river rise. Cedar Falls mobilizes many workers to build dikes all day and night to guard lowland areas from floods of the Cedar and Shell Rock rivers.
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Dusugue
Charles City
Cedar River
Cedar Falls
Cedar
Shell Rock
Flood Waters From North Inundate Quincy Illinois
The march 22 report notes flood waters from the north inundating the area around Quincy Illinois. Authorities assess rising water levels and potential impact on nearby communities as preparations intensify. Local residents brace for continuing runoff and possible evacuations.
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Quincy, Ils
Mississippi River flooding expands across unprotected lands
The Mississippi River has breached its banks in this section, inundating low lands outside levee protection and causing crop damage as floodwaters surge through the area.
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Mississippi
Locomotive Explodes on Lake Shore Line Killing Two
A boiler blast on the Chicago and Boston special of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern railroad instantly killed engineer Alexander Franks and fireman Edward B. Smith, both of Chicago, as the locomotive burned and tore apart. The engine was hurled 200 feet into telegraph wires. the engineer lost his right leg. The fireman suffered multiple severe injuries. no passengers or other crew were hurt. The train allegedly traveled 200 miles per hour at the moment of death.
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CuicaGco
Boston
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Alexander Franks
Chicago
Edward B. Smith
Big Blaze at Ottumwa Destroys $180,000 in Property
A rapid, wind driven fire in a Main Street brick block owned by the Seth Richards estate caused about 180000 in losses. The blaze raged for three hours with extreme danger. Losses included Cullen and Co 50000 Donlan and Co 25000 Prugh and Co 15000 J G Meek 15000 the Richards estate 60000 and office tenants 15000. Insurance on the destroyed property was 100000.
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J. G. Meek
Seth Richards
VESSELS DAMAGED AS ICE FLOWS DOWN THE RIVER
A Sheboygan dispatch reports ice swept from the river carried three vessels into the lake. They struck bridges and docks and fouled other craft. many other ships along the docks were damaged. Two men Otto Staegel and John Forkins were swept from a attempted boarding of the schooner Baker and are missing.
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Milwaukee
Sheboygan
Wis
Otto Staegel
John Forkins
Schoomer Baker
Alger Aids Refugees in Mississippi Flood Relief
Secretary Alger moved quickly on Senator Cul lom’s plea for Cairo aid and ordered the government fleet deployed to relieve suffering and prevent loss of life and property in flooded Mississippi river districts.
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Washington
Alger
Cullom
Cairo
Mississippi River
Boxing fatalities shock Philadelphia crowd at club bouts
Philadelphia reports two boxing deaths in 12 hours. Edward Gibbons died at Hahnemann Hospital from a heart blow delivered by Samuel S. Perry during a friendly bout at the Tenth Ward Democratic club. Christian Kiebecker died at St Marys Hospital after a match with Frank Connelly on Thursday. Arrests will follow.
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Philadelphia
Edward Gibbons
Hahnemann Hospital
Samuel S. Perry
Tenth Ward
Democratic Club
Christian Kiebecker
St. Marys Hospital
Frank Connelly
Senate Drops Provisions on Kelley Army Criminal Penalty
In Des Moines on March 22 the senate unanimously rejected a code commission proposal that would have made participation in Kelley’s industrial army a crime punishable by six months to three years of imprisonment, addressing the enterprise that crossed the state in spring 1894.
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Des Moines
Senate
Code
Kelley
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