Tariff Debate and Silver Bill Battles Across Congress
Report of Secretaries remarks on tariff reform aims to unite Democratic support with minimal changes to rates and structure. Widespread discussion covers sugar, income tax, and compromise limits while clashes over free silver dominate House and Senate proceedings.
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Wasuixarox
Carlisle
Senate Committee On Finance
Senate
House of Representatives
Meyer
Wasninczos
House
Representative Bland
Congress
Mr. Bland
Death of ex Postmaster General and editor in paralysis
Frank Hatton ex postmaster general and late editor of the Washington Post died yesterday. He had been stricken days earlier and there were brief hopes of recovery before death.
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Frank Hatton
Washington Post
Uninterrupted tariff debate in the senate. Coxey resolution fails
Wasnixeton reports an uneventful tariff debate as Senator Peffer fails to advance his Coxey committee resolution. The day centers on District of Columbia affairs.
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Wasnixeton
Senate
Peffer
Coxey Committee
District of Columbia
March to the Capitol Coxeyites Rally in Washington
Miss Mattie Coxey leads the procession as Goddess of Peace at the head of the Coxey army in brightwood park moving down pennsylvania avenue toward the capitol. Officers warn grounds cannot be entered and leaders plan a permanent camp at second and m streets sw.
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Capitol
Mattie Coxey
Brightwood Park
Pennsylvania Avenue
Congress
Browne
White House
War Department
Treasury
Second and
M Streets
S. W
Michigan Senator Stockbridge Dies in Chicago
Senator Francis B. Stockbridge of Michigan died suddenly at his nephew J. L. Houghteling’s residence in Chicago. He had arrived three weeks earlier from Kalamazoo with his wife to begin a pacific coast trip but suffered stomach troubles and heart pain before succumbing in his sleeping room where he sat in a chair. He had been weakened after a brief bed rest and death came unexpectedly as the couple planned to return home.
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Chicago
Francis B. Stockbridge
Michigan
J. L. Houghteling
Fatal Limb Crushes Girl and Unbalances Sister in West Virginia
At Near Central Dooridge county in West Virginia on May 1 a wind blown limb struck the elder daughter of Rev James Wyatt killing her instantly as they returned from church. The younger girl survived but her mind is greatly unsettled. The scene occurred during a violent banter term.
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Pakkersners
W. Va
Central
Dooridge County
James Wyatt
Bank's Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzlement
Joseph A. Mack pleaded guilty to embezzlement from the American National Bank in Kansas City and received a five year sentence. The prisoner was the bank's bookkeeper.
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Kansas City
Joseph A. Mack
American National Bank
Arm strong jailed after juror's bid for veto verdict
Alvin Armstrong, Lawrence county juror once involved with the Coffin bank case, is sentenced to 18 months in the northern prison for contempt of court. He offered to violate his oath and aided by Frank O. Stannard, while Stannard posted bond and a new juror was sought. Armstrong showed indifference as he was led away.
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Indianapolis
Alvin Armstrong
Lawrence County
Coffin
Armstrong
Frank O. Stannard
Baker
Owever
Mt . Armstrong
Stannard
Federal Grand Jury
Threatens Suit and Violent Incidents Across Indiana
Reports detail George W. Wilson planning libel suit against L. T. Michener after a GOP convention attack on Wilson’s politics. Other items describe a home invasion beating near Nelsonville, a Burlington mob destruction in Logansport, a boy injured in Newcastle, Harrison’s travels, two workers killed in Warsaw elevator collapse, and varied local notices.
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Indianapolis
George W. Wilson
Fort Wayne
L. T. Michener
Wilson
Obstinate Operators Read Likely to Desert the Cam of Mijas
The April dispatch reports coal strike leaders in Cancaco and Chicago area discuss settlement steps. J. P. insists miners may return to old rates if concessions are made, while some operators resist further pay cuts. Officials of the United Mine Workers in Pirissvuna say steps for settlement will be taken today.
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France
Republic
Cancaco
Chicago
Ns Ae Ieee
J. P
Nate
Pirissvuna
United Mine Workers’ Union
Teepe
Ferris
Ohio Central Railway
Hocking Villey
Berlin
United States
Jeremiah Sullivan
Washington
M. Ludger Larouche
New York
Long Branch Road
Eldridge Gerry
Alice Pierce
Jefferson Barracks
St. Louis
Uniontown
Frederick Charles
Prussia
Dr. Meyer
Brandt
Monumental Square
Cleveland
United States Association
NO COMPROMISE IN SIGHT
Colonel W. P. Rend, back in Chicago, says coal operators refuse interstate wage conference. Some owners would concede part of the demands, but major operators in Indiana and Illinois reject any agreement fixing labor prices.
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Pittsstrg
W. P. Rend
Chicago
Indiana
Ilinois
Sullivan Hissed on Bowery Stage During Benefit Night
Former boxing champion John L Sullivan, prominent as a Boston sports icon, appeared in a drunken, maudlin act at Miner's Peonies theater Bowery. The benefit for Harry Hill drew a crowded audience of sports who laughed and jeered him off stage.
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Bowery
New York
John L. Sullivan
John Barleycorn
Miner's Peonies Theater
Boston
Harry Hill
Sullivan
Harry
Inhuman Swindlers Burned Horses To Claim Insurance
Five men Patrick Mullins Peter Donnelly John Sharkey Timothy Rafferty and Bernard Kirwan are under arrest in New York for an insurance swindle involving broken down horses and a staged stable fire. One member was caught after arranging a candle to ignite kerosene soaked paper and the scheme included oil and gunpowder around stalls. The gang member confessed.
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New York
Patrick Mullins
Peter Donnelly
John Sharkey
Timothy Rafferty
Bernard Kirwan
Historic St. Charles Hotel Destroyed in Fire
New Orleans reports the St. Charles hotel in parlor P, where Jefferson Davis and southern leaders mapped Southern strategy for the Charleston convention of 1860, was burned with four lives lost. The blaze caused an estimated 400000 dollars in damage.
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New Orleans
St. Charles
Jefferson Davis
Charleston
Burglar lynched after jail take in Iowa town
A. M. Johnson, accused burglar who shot the marshal at Missouri Valley, was taken from jail by a mob shortly after 2 a.m. and lynched. The incident follows a period of unrest and heightened tension in the town as authorities investigate the shooting.
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Iowa
A. M. Johnson
Missouri Valley
Streetcar Robbery in San Francisco Delivers $500
Mrs. Rose Dawes of Tacoma was robbed on a San Francisco streetcar yesterday afternoon as three men stole $500. Two suspects fled, one escaped in a car, and police pursued. The incident occurred on a city streetcar during late afternoon.
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San Francisco
Rose Dawes
Tacoma
Indiana Republicans Set Platform and Court Ticket Details
Indiana Republicans open their state convention in Indianapolis with Colonel Richard W. Thompson named permanent chairman. The platform calls for protection and reciprocity, a gold silver and paper currency, and strict immigration enforcement while condemning Cleveland's policies and state tax burdens. The ticket includes Owen Cass as Secretary of State and Ketcham Marion as Attorney General with other judicial and educational posts listed.
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Richard W. Thompson
Terre Haute
Harrison
Cleveland
Wners
Owen
Cass
Dailey
Boone
Seehelz
Vanderburg
Ketcham
Marion
Fifty Die In Hungarian Danube Pier Disaster
Reports from EsaniLov and Beparost detail a Danube accident where the pier collapsed as holiday crowds awaited a steamer to Gala tea. Estimates range from fifty to two hundred nine drowned, with about 120 plunging into the water as the platform gave way. Meanwhile a separate note from Kixusrox notes a handbag theft involving George and Mrs. Gould.
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EsaniLov
Roumania
Galatea
Danube
Brahilov
Kixusrox
N.Y
George Gould
Market Cagtations and Livestock Prices Summary
Market cagtations report bids and prices for cattle sheep and hogs with details on shipments and weekly open close prices. Entries reference various commodities including steer weights, pork products, lambs and lard alongside buyer names and price figures from May and July trading sessions.
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