Sundry Civil Bill Passed in Senate Carrying 120 Million
The senate approved the great sundry civil appropriation bill totaling about 120 million dollars. Senator Allison led the measure with allies praising his long service as head of the appropriations committee. The session also debated delaying the penalty feature of the railroad rate bill’s commodity clause.
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Washington
Senate
House
Allison
Committee On Appropriations
Debs Nominated by Socialist Party for President
Eugene V. Debs of Indiana was named the Socialist party’s candidate for president on the first ballot at the national convention in Chicago. Benjamin Hanford of New York was chosen as vice president running mate.
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Chicago
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
United States
Benjamin Hanford
New York
Thaw asylum release case sees rapid progress in court
In Poughkeepsie New York May 16 the Thaw case moves fast as Justice Marschauser sessions run long. Attorneys call doctors including Dr Frank H McGuire and Dr Charles B Lane to show Thaws sanity while District Attorney Jerome fights for continued commitment. Dr Austin Flint testifies parroting a paranoiac view of Thaws illness as incurable.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Marschauser
Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Stanford White
Thaw
James G. Graham
Frank H. McGuire
the Tombs Prison
New York City
Charles B. Lane
Matteawan Asylum
Jerome
New York
Austin Flint
Flint
Warning on Nation's Resources Sparks Conference Debate
Washington May 15 governors at the White House debated soil waste and forest depletion amid alarm over resource loss. James J. Hill warned of political chaos when resources vanish and urged prompt action while others stressed state led conservation and proposed a permanent governors organization.
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Washington
White House
Resolutions Committee
Kentucky
Missouri
Nebraska
John A. Johnson
Minnesota
Deneen
Illinois
James J. Hill
Great Northern
Mr. Hill
Yale University
Hadley
Yale
Glenn
North Carolina
United States
Grover Cleveland
Congress
White Mountain
Appalachian
Carrion
South
House passes Vreeland currency bill amid party splits
Washington May 15 The Vreeland currency bill moved through the House 184 to 146 under a special rule with fifteen insurgents siding with Democrats who opposed the measure. Ninety three Democrats voted present, while a Williams substitute was used to probe party stance. The Senate is expected to act. a conference may be needed to merge Vreeland and Aldrich measures.
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Washington
House
Kahn
California
Vreeland
Bryan
Williams
Senate
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Bandits Escape Through Mountains With $35000 Loot
Pursued by men and bloodhounds, three bandits flee north of French New Mexico with $35000 after breaking into the depot at French. They bound and gagged the station agent and guard, blew the safe, and rode off, as lawmen close in along the Santa Fe line.
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el Paso
Tex
French
Las Vegas
N. M
Tornado Claims Thirty Lives in Northwest Louisiana
A tornado striking Gilliam and Bolinger in northwest Louisiana killed about thirty and injured around two hundred. Gilliam, with 200 residents, reported thirteen fatalities while Bolinger had six known deaths. Elmore saw several houses destroyed. many injured were sent to Shreveport hospitals. Only two Gilliam houses survived and Bolinger injuries numbered roughly forty with a few expected to die.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Gilliam
Bolinger
Elmore
Havoc to Discipline Among Atlantic Fleet Officers
San Francisco May 15 The Atlantic fleet's entertainment over the past month ends as ships prepare to sail for Puget Sound Monday at 10 am. Officers praise the sea voyage but say banquets balls and parades have harmed discipline and efficiency aboard ships after a long cruise.
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San Francisco
Puget Sound
California
Portions of Jawbones Found in Gunness Farmhouse Cellar
Portions of human jawbones and skin fragments were found in the Gunness farmhouse cellar at Portions of jawbones and skin fragments with hair traces may belong to a human scalp. Prosecutors deem the relics highly valuable to the case. Ralph N. Smith called the findings strengthening the prosecution. Discoveries included charred vertebrae and two watches among ten relics.
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Taperte
Ind
Gunness
Ralph N. Smith
Smutzer
Amount of Bandits Loot in Great Northern Heist
Seattle May 15 officials state the loss to the Great Northern Express company is 5540 from the robbery of the strong box by two bandits in the Great Northern tunnel Tuesday.
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Seattle
Wash
Great Northern Express Company
Great Northern
The French Tramp and a Reservation Ax Tale
A Vance Thompson essay in Outing Magazine portrays the French tramp as a rebel type tied to civilization, craving freedom and revolt, and likens an indigenous man’s ax repair incident to a cultural misunderstanding over a grindstone.
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England
Germany
Russia
Hayricks
Vance Thompson
Outing Magazine
The Limit Exchange Dialogue Over Lemon In Squeeze
A brief staged exchange contrasts enthusiasm with restraint as Howell quips about too many lemons and Powell counters with curiosity. The jokey banter hints at a humorous domestic moment.
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Addison -Jones
Lake Awe
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H. Johnson
Birsh Birock
Austin. Minn
Wallace Gregson
W. Mill St
Chicago, Great Western Railway
Buckbee's
Roy Oy
Buckbee
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
GrossBrosgey
Minn Land Co
Odd Fellow’s Block
Mower County
Minn
Gulf Coast
Texas
Debs
Socialist Party
Drawse
T. C. Chamberlain
R. A. Long
Kansas City
Pardee
H. A. Jastro
Carey
Wyoming
Wilson
New York State
J. S. Whipple
Forest, Fish and Game
Empire State
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Governor Fort
Wisconsin
Davidson
Folk
Forestry Commission
Northwest
Burke
North Dakota
Northern
E.H. Smith Land & Loan Co
Austin
Democrats
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Fleet
Nels Michelson, Prop
River St
A.B. Wese Wan
Cor. Bridge and
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M. D
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Homer F. Pierson
Main and
Bridge Streets
Harper’s
the Smith Insurance Agency
Austin, Minnesota
New Hampshire
British America
Palatine National Union
Milwaukee
Mechanics
Camden
Williamsburgh City
K. O. Wold
Ders
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Tovan
F I. Crank
Lamper
Copvriants &c
Eney
Munn & Co
Scientific American
St. Way
New
Chicago Great Western Railway
Howell
Powell
Schiewek the Tailor
Estern
Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
E. T. Holmes
Jackson Street
St. Paul
A. W. Allen
M & St Paulr R
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Pata Pas
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Curt
Hirsh
N. W
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McDaid, Mrras
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Austin National Bank
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