Congress Week in Dull House and Turbulent Senate Fisheries Talk
Week ending Aug 18 details dull House attendance and stalled bills while the Senate roiled over the fisheries treaty. Debates on protection, rights at sea, and the treaty's fate dominate the session as Republicans push arbitration and possible retaliation amid vivid exchanges on Chinese labor and public works.
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Monroay
Call
Florida
Sherman
Key West
Mainand
Alaska
Theorthwest
Gray
Delaware
Scoti
Republican Party
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George
Boston Herald
Deep Sea Assembly
R. of L
Gloucester
Fish Trust
Oar
Hoar
Jin
Gloucester Knights of Labor
Registrar French Short at Wells College Credit Fraud
REGISTRAR FRENCH at Wells College Aurora defrauded the school of about 0000 from tuition receipts over several years. A judgment for the missing funds was filed June 9 but unsatisfied. French resigned, returned, and was later found to have appropriated $500 to $600 yearly for his own use. trustees delayed prosecution out of consideration for his wife.
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Austry
N. Y
Wells College
Aurora
Edward L. French
French
Board of Trustees
Bisbee
Frisbee
Wells Famil
Romantic wedding tied to Shohola disaster in Port Jervis
In Port Jervis on August 18 at the Delaware House a romance born of tragedy culminated in a wedding. Miss Hannah Yearsly, English, and Cyne Arthur Slater, a printer, wed after years of courtship and her recovery from injuries from the Shohola railroad wreck. The ceremony followed a hospital bedside union conducted by Rev. Calvin S. Hare with witnesses present.
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Port Jervis
Delaware House
Shohola
Delaware River
Hannah Yearsly
Congleton
Keshire
Liverpool
New York
Kansas City
Cyne Arthur Slater
Cyrus Slater
Calvin
Hare
Monarch Laundry Works Free Self-Operated Washers Offer
A promotional notice offers 1000 self operating washing machines with no washing by hand required. Readers are asked to send their name at once to Monarch Laundry Works located at 420 Wabash Avenue, Chicago Illinois.
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Monarch Laampryy WoRks
Wabash Avenue
Chicago
Ill
Political Doings At American Party Convention
The American party convention reassembled at 4 p.m. with 126 delegates. Illinois claims 7 delegates and a proposal to let each state cast votes equal to its congressional districts sparked debate. News from Hewitt and potential ticket plans emerged as leaders discuss future nominations and regional strength, including fringe sympathies and secret societies supporting the ticket.
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Committee On
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California
Florida
Illinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Minnesota
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Virginia
District of Columbia
Hawley
Ilinois
Committee On Platform
Wreginton
Hewitt
J. H. Cole
Mary
Unionalommittee
American Party
New
Hewtt
Nomiee
Order of Patriotic Sons of America
British America Society
Order of the Minute Men
Ifornia
Bynum to Grill Harrison on Chinese Record in House
Washington August 15 Representative W D Bynum Indiana will argue next Saturday that Republican anti Chinese actions were led by Democratic votes and that Harrison Hoar and General Harrison supported Chinese immigration. He will cite Indianapolis Chinese citizens voters in 1880 and claim a Republican bias misled workingmen nationwide.
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House
W. D. Bynum
Indiana
Harrison
Republican Party
Bynum
Congress
Democratic Party
Asia
Senate
Hoar
States Senate
Nisianapolis
Weaker Indiana nomination draws GOP ire in Lafayette
F eight Stritter, longtime Republican activist and ex chairman, called General Hovey the weakest governor nominee and charged Indianapolis leaders with a bad bargain. He said statewide dissatisfaction could make a Republican defeat in Indiana certain after the convention.
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Lafayette
Ind
Stritter
Republican County Central Committee
General Hovey
J.C. New
Huston
Bruce Carr
Indianapols Gang
Republicas
Abortive Polish vote deal taints Morrison Morton bid
In Burva New York on August 15 Joseph Bork and brother George promised 8000 Polish votes for Harrison and Morton. Borks, real estate men with mortgages on Polish homes, pressed influence via their priest Father Pitass of St Stanislaus Church. Poles form Cleveland and Thurman Club, reject Bork leadership as scandal spreads.
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Joseph Bork
George
Harrison
Morton
Borks
East Bual
Joe Bork
Cleveland
Nono Cleveland
Bork
Hill
Father Pitass
St. Stanislaus Church
Thurman
Times
Polish Vote Pressure Ties to East Buffalo Market Offer
The Polak newspaper cites W Ameryce editor claiming Yor Becker sought to sway Polish voters by promising to locate the East Buffalo market on their lands if victorious. Father Pitass allegedly offered $800 to secure protection, which he declined, prompting a mass meeting of Polish citizens at Washington Koscinsko Park tomorrow evening.
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W. Ameryce
Yor Becker
Borks
Promsing
East Buffalo Imarket
Father Pitass
Harrison and Morton
Washington-Koscinsko Park
Indiana Democrats favored by labor in Augur of state vote
R L Deakers, a leading Knights of Labor figure, reports Indiana's political climate favors Democrats. He notes strong anti-Harrison sentiment among organized labor, a doubtful Greenback presence, and a likely Democratic majority in Indiana barring unforeseen events. He warns labor voters will not sell out to the Republican ticket.
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Knights of Labor
Order
Indiana
Massachusets
Dreamland
Harrison
Harrisf
Greenock
Ofatof
Colored ministers plan campaign stumping for Republican ticket
In New York a secret gathering of about a dozen Baptist and Methodist ministers from multiple states met at the Grand Union reading room to discuss party plans. They resolved to stump from pulpits in support of the Republican platform and ticket.
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New York
Brand Union Hotel
New Jersey
Maryland
Virginia
Connecticut
Kentucky
Florida
Carolia
Louisiana
West Virginia
Massachusetts
South Carolina
Georgia
Flushing
L. 1
Grand Union
Withdrawal of the Fisheries Treaty Questioned by Bayard
Washington August 17 secretary Bayard says he has no knowledge of any intention by the President to withdraw the fisheries treaty prior to Senate action The secretary notes the President has full power to withdraw before a vote and says he is not sure of future policy He mentions Senator Morgan and Edmunds but asserts Republicans may oppose any new treaty and leaves the matter to the Fifth Page.
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Disaster at Sea Claims Over 100 Perished Off Nova Scotia
New York and Hoboken reports tell of a collision between the Thingvalla and Geiser steamers off Sable Island 30 miles south, 200 miles from Halifax. The Geiser sank with 119 lost. 455 passengers and crew aboard the Thingvalla survived, saved by the Wieland after a perilous transfer. ships and captains recounted hours of terror and near-sinking, while the Thingvalla limped to Halifax for repairs and the Wieland headed to New York with rescued souls.
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New York
Hoboken
Wielanckot
Hamburg
Sable Island
Malifax
Copenhagen
Geiser
Hobken
L 1St
Providence
Uscessa
Galla Almot
Wieland
Thingvaila
Romansbure
Albert
Geier
Salvation
Nova Scotia
Cappie
Cappio
Brdge
Laub
Account of Deaths as Boats Were Lowered Quickly
Hawrrax Aug 17 Captain Laub stated that cries of the dying haunted him as boats were launched to rescue passengers from the doomed steamer Geiser. Three boats managed to reach survivors while others struggled. two vessels lay about 100 to 150 feet apart when the ship sank, with drowning screams lasting about two minutes before resuming a state of calm.
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Ioan
Crista
Thingvalla
Harman
Collion
Firs
Muller
GLOBE
Geiser
Thinevalla
Illiam Dennis
Laub
Unclear collision scene saved some crew after wreck
Survivors were aided with coffee and wine as the vessel sank after a collision. The first and second engineers were rescued from a lifeboat with injuries, while others were lost. Daybreak revealed the extent of the disaster and the rough seas hindered rescue.
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Rey
Lisien
Neer
CAPTAIN MULLER REPORTS COLLISION INQUIRY ADVANCED
Captain Muller filed his collision report with the Danish consul in New York. The investigation will be held by Copenhagen courts, not locally. Survivors and passengers depart on the Slavonia. ship logs valued at 350000 dollars with 120000 dollars cargo lost. insurance remains unsettled. company to indemnify survivors as possible.
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Muller
Fuieh, Edge & Co
Copenhagen
Slavonia
Cunard Line
Mystery of 120 Lives Sacrificed Near Sable Island
Halifax observers blame criminal carelessness in the Thingvalla and Geiser collision off Sable Island. No fog, calm seas, both lights aloft at impact. Night watches, sleepiness, and misjudged steering cited as likely causes, with signals and close proximity blamed for the disaster.
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Geser
New York
Sable Island
Laub
Cer
Cupid
Geiser
Atlantic
Oregon
Cantain
Cline
Lan Oxain
Ibis
Thingvalla's Damage Forces Half Million Dollar Repair
The Thingvalla shows a torn bow with a large hole exposing iron plates broken off. Crowds gather at the wharf as port authorities decide on inspection and probable repairs at the port. no passengers are aboard.
Cost of Thingvalla repairs tops twenty thousand dollars
Halivax N S Aug 17 The whole cargo of the Thingvalla will be discharged and the cost of repairs will exceed 20000 dollars. The baggage of the passengers will be returned tomorrow on the Red Star line steamer Portia.
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Thingvalla
Red Star Line
Portia
Irish Heir Porter Confesses Lost Mind After Mob Chase
Regina NC Aug 17 A young Irish nobleman Robert Leeson Porter once jailed as Scott Partin, believed a murderer, arrived in Regina in poor health after a harrowing escape from lynching. He wandered hundreds of miles fleeing fear, learning only then that he was heir to a fortune and not the criminal he was accused of being. He is drinking a bath and wearing fresh clothes as he recovers.
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Portenoatte Va
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