National Callings on Tariff Action in Senate Caucus
Republican senators met at Senator Sherman’s home from 8 to nearly 12 in a informal caucus to chart a course on tariff action. No vote occurred and about 25 of 37 Republicans spoke, split on whether to beat the bill or if it could be beaten. Some claimed possible Democratic defections, others doubted any opposition, with timing seen as the only test.
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Sherman
Aldrich
Chandler
Frye
Ninth District Congressman to Resume Law Practice
Representative Daniel Waugh of Tipton Indiana will retire from Congress after his current term and return to practicing law. He is noted as industrious and defender of private pension bills and often attended Friday night pension sessions. A 1952 confrontation with Turpin of Alabama near the speaker’s desk is recalled as a notable house moment.
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WasahixaTox
Daniel Waugh
Tipton
Ind
Congress
Waugh
Indiana
State Bank Question Stirring Tax Repeal Debates
WashIndon May 14 Appropriation bills command house focus this week unless state bank advocates push the Brawley bill for Wednesday discussion The banking committee chair Springer plans a lengthy speech marking a detailed review of the banking system since the wartime national banks era.
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WashIndon
House of Representatives
Springer
Banking Committee
Indiana Tax Case Not Among Supreme Court Decisions
In WasHinetos Indiana, May 15, the Indiana tax case was not among yesterday's Supreme Court opinions. Chief Justice Fuller said the court would reconvene May 26 before the spring adjournment. One decision upheld an Ohio supreme court ruling against Eagle Insurance, requiring annual financial statements filing.
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Indiana
Supreme Court
WasHinetos
United States Supreme Court
Fuller
Ohio
Eagle Psurance Company
Lodge Tariff Amendment Laid On Senate Table
The Lodge tariff amendment to impose double duties on Great Britain until it agrees was laid on the table by a strict party vote. A pair indicates Senators Allen and Kyle will vote with Democrats on the tariff. Wheat prospects show winter wheat at 1.4 dollars per bushel. Cleveland visits her mother in Buffalo after the president’s departure, Mrs. Cleveland accompanying.
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Great Britain
Pepnnists
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Kyle
Washingtox
White House
Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Folsom
Mendenhall declines in Washington May 1 report
In Washington on May 1 Professor T. G. Mendenhall, chief of the United States, declines a stated request. The event centers on his official stance and future actions as he responds to the inquiry. Details remain terse in the dispatch.
Presidency on a Fishing Trip Reported by Officials
Washington notes on May 14 report President Cleveland and Secretary Gresham taking a week long fishing trip. Senate discussion spans tariff debates and votes on the compromise bill while House actions include navy appropriations and a bridge bill.
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Washington
Cleveland
Gresham
Largest Gas Well in Ohio-An Exploding Fire Drives Devastation
The Wallace farm near Fostoria saw the largest gas well in Ohio and Indiana brought in by the Chicago Oil Company. The well released 50 million feet of gas daily, ignited from the forge, and the derrick collapsed while workers fled. The site burned, woods blazed, and water gushed from the ground in over 100 spots up to 20 feet high.
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Chicago Company
Ohio
Totopo
Indiana
Wallace Farm
Fostoria
Chicago Oil Company
Conference Hopes For Mining Accord In Cleveland
Miners and operators meet in Cleveland at 2 PM to seek a settlement. Officials say the outcome is uncertain with strong demands on both sides and a mix of readiness to compromise and resistance to union recognition.
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Cleveland
Remorseful Father O Grady Faces Dying State
Cincinnati report says Father Dominick O Grady who shot Mary Gihnartin on April 25 appears near death from remorse. He is semi starved and unable to stand without help as court arguments proceed on a plea in abatement. The piece also notes a juror Tanner’s prior larceny disqualification question and a judge to rule today.
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Father O'Grady
Cincinnati
Dominick O’grady
Mary Gihnartin
Tanner
Indiana
End of government case in Indianapolis bank fraud trial
Reading state dispatch reports the government has finished direct testimony in the case against Fr. J Coffin Percival Coffin Albert Reed. The defense faces a difficult task to show non involvement with Theodore Haughey as the bank collapsed, with June 1 as a possible jury date.
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Albert Reed
Cabinet Company
Theodore P. Haughey
Indianapolis National Bank
Boston
New York
Lydia E. Coffin
Rival Candidates and Train Trick Shrugs Lake County Politics
In Hammond Indiana on May 14 a train stealing incident splits Lake county Republican delegates between Charles B. Landis and William Johnston. Johnston preloaded both trains with his supporters, winning delegates at Crown Point while Landis held his own meeting. The episode sparks heated conflict to be decided at the district convention. Ralph Drake stands trial in Greesxseune for the June 1893 Ward murder. Drake abducted Mrs. Ward, shot her, and wounded himself after a drunken spree, with insanity defense planned. In Manson Indiana Judge Friedley rules McGuire Democrat wins mayoralty over Linck, who blamed a McHugh bill vacancy.
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Ind
Lake County
Charles B. Landis
William Johnston
Crown Point
Johnston
Landis
Andis
Ralph Drake
Greesxseune
Columbus
Manson
Friedley
Jefferson Circuit Court
McGuire
Linck
McHugh
Six Months in Jail for Hogan Coxeyite Train Gang
Helena Montana May 10 Judge Knowles sentenced Hogan the Coxeyite leader to six months in county jail for leading a Northern Pacific train theft. The engineer and fireman received 60 days each, while 40 captains and lieutenants were jailed for the same period. Remaining members to be tried in groups of 40 with early release on oath not to reoffend. In Lemaks Iowa Annie Hansen 14 was shot by her uncle Herman Peters 28 and Peters afterward killed himself claiming it was an accident.
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Helena
Mort
Knowles
Northern Pacific
United States
Lemaks
Annie Hansen
Herman Peters
Peters
Multiple local items mix in disruptive 19th century notes
The clipping reports varied Indiana incidents including public works in Lebanon valued at 2 100 000, a recovering Richmond project, a Frederic Warner incident, party conventions in Rush and Decatur counties, Fifth district Republicans nominating Jesse Overstreet, jail attack on visitors in Cannelton, missing deputy clerk Henry Baumywertner, Anderson’s George W. O Neill involved in a divorce case, Parker and McAfee convicted for murder, and life sentences. Also notes on William Huff turning 90 and oddly detailed cows born in Cohmbri.
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Richmond
Warner
Connersville
Ghoree W
Congress
Klee
Decatur County
William Artolan
Cannelton
Jes Kila Dro CG. W. Lada
Henry Baumywertner
Spencer County
George W. O'Neill
Anderson
Mary A. Wood
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McAfee
Franklin
Driggist Eyster
Indianapolis
William Huff
Clay County
Huff
John L. Owens
Cohimbri
Tel ler Letter Warns Coxey Protests Cause, Remedies Hazy
Senator Teller expresses sympathy for Coxey army in Washington and calls their arrest a farce. He blames bad legislation for the laboring classes misery and says immediate relief seems unlikely while Congress debates possible remedies. He cannot foresee the near future.
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Colo
Teller
Coxey
Washington
Browne
Jones
Congress
Conviction of Coxey End of the Great March
Washington May 9 The three leaders of the commonweal Coxey Browne and Christopher Columbus Jones have been found guilty of violating the laws by a jury. They face sentences to be imposed later with bail possible for two weeks while a motion for a new trial is considered. Maximum penalties range up to 200 and 120 days for Coxey and Browne and 100 dollars and 60 days for Jones.
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Commor
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Commonweal
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Christopher Columbus Jones
Capitol
Coxey and Brown
Christopher Laas Jones
Sudden Storm Kills Child and Wrecks City
A fierce May storm struck Indianapolis at 4 PM yesterday with flying bricks and debris. A three year old child of S J Huntsman was killed by bricks from a top floor, while Amanda Miller and Dibbie Jones were buried under the Riley building debris. Major damage to streetcars and roofs reported citywide.
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S. J. Huntsman
South Meridian Street
Washington Street
Riley
Amanda Miller
Dibbie Jones
Exploding Gas Kills Miner and Haynes at Two Pa Mines
In Ashland Pennsylvania last night at East Bear Ridge colliery exploding gas killed John Hartenstein and gravely injured Michael Ryan Robert Dalton Mahoney Blane and William Mining. At Locust Gap mine a dynamite charge killed John Franks 40 and John Paul 32 injuring Henry Ernal.
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East Bear Ridge
John Hartenstein
Michael Ryan
Robert Dalton
Mahoney Blane
William Mining
Ryan
Dalton
Hartenstein
Locust Gap
John Franks
John Paul
Henry Ernal
Lillian Russell Separates From Perugini
The Herald reports that Lillian Russell has separated from her husband Signor Perugini after a serious quarrel in Philadelphia. She announced last night at a Brooklyn theater that they are permanently apart, though they remain in the same company.
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New York
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Herald
Lillian Russell
Signor Perugini
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Brooklyn
Girotte
Miss Russell
Lunatic Cooked to Death in Paris Hospital Bath
A Swiss patient named Tabotteer at Bicotre hospital died after being left in a hot bath for about thirty minutes. Hospital officials call it an accident caused by a mistaken hot-water turn on during a violent episode. The routine used to calm him involved warm baths.
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Tabotteer
Bicotre
Harrison Boosts Nomination Foresight In Eastern GOP Talks
General Harrison has met nearly all major Eastern Republican leaders in New York and plans a bid in 1895. Friends say he is confident of broad support, especially from New Yorkers who backed him in 1892. Also, Fort Worth banker M B Lloyd criticized overdrafts and urged eliminating repeated note renewals.
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New York
Harrison
Indianapolis
Paybog For Her Ihpudence Cabinet Indemnity Announced
May 15 cabinet meeting decides to pay 17000 dollars in gold as indemnity to an American Methodist missionary unlawfully expelled from the Caroline Islands during Spain’s annexation. The amount equals 23000 Spanish currency.
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Caroline Islands
Spain
McKane Appeal Decided Against by Supreme Court
The appeal of John Y. M McKane to the United States Supreme Court was rejected with Justice Hurán delivering the opinion.
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Washington
John Y. M McKane
United States Supreme Court
McKane
Hur‘an
Family Slaughter in Missouri Sparks Lynching Fears
Four men tied to a brutal scene in Browse where Gus Meeks his wife and two children were found murdered in a straw stack. Two suspects William and George Taylor are alleged accomplices and a 17 year old survivor reported the crime. Police seek the rest of the party as arrests continue.
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Tabernacle in Ashes as Great Church Burns at Close of Service
In Brookyig on May 14 fire broke out after Dr. Talmage greeted parishioners and quickly destroyed the Tabernacle. The blaze spread to the eight story Hotel Regent and adjoining homes along Green and Waverly avenues. Total losses reach about 2 000 000 though no single structure exceeded 15 000. Trustees plan to rebuild on a new site with funds from insurance receipts and sale of the old property, aiming to raise 200 000 and start construction within a year.
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Grand jury discharged over ex convict juror from Indiana
Cincinnati May 12 A grand jury term ended abruptly when juror Albert Tanner a Harrison plasterer revealed an earlier year in an Indiana penitentiary for watch theft. Despite the lapse his life since release is described as exemplary. Providential Discoverer Killed in Amsterdam NY Horatio Nelson Clark aged 63 died crossing tracks on West Shore road with his horse near Aubersville. Mrs Raum Jr files for divorce in Philadelphia May 11 desertion cited after a year apart. Connellsville area strike status shows little change with Hill Farm resuming and more applicants than openings
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Indiana
Cincinnati
Albert Tanner
Harrison
Market Quotations for Grain and Cattle on May 1
Conn-Sol receipts show 440 head with light shipments and a steady market vs a slight decline. Prime shipping steers 4.30, good to choice 4.00, feeding heifers 23.00–23.40, cows 22.60–23.00. Wheat May opened 5 3 4 percent, closed 5 6 1 4 cents. oats May to July mixed. Sheep receipts light with spring lambs 32.00–22.60. pork and lard futures quoted with 12.00 and 47.45 respectively.
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