Morrison Tariff Bill Faces Hurdles in Congress
Ways and Means committee to start Morrison tariff review this week with a decision expected within two weeks. House debate likely by March 15 and could last three months. Contingency to lay the bill on the table discussed. amendments and hostile Democratic sentiment loom large.
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Washington
Ways and Means
Herbert
House
Morrison
Democratic National Committee
Orlando B. Potter
Hewitt vows to cover Belmont with shame in House clash
Washington reports Hewitt, in good humor after the House foreign affairs committee balked at opening an investigation into the British minister. He promises a public explanation to vindicate himself over the O'Donnell resolutions and to cast Belmont in a harsh light. The Ways and Means committee says the Brumm resolution adds no merit and would not advance facts.
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Washington
Hewitt
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Brumm
Ways and Means Committee
Belmont
O'Donnell
Truam
Promm
House
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Payne Claims Senator Plumb Uses Indian Territory as Ranch
Oklahoma Payne of Indian Territory trespass fame says Senator Plumb of Kansas owns 40000 cattle pastured free in the sacred precincts of Indian Territory. He estimates 320000 a year cost to keep them outside the Territory and accuses Plumb of heading a syndicate that controls Teller lands for immense profits. Payne vows to withdraw only when a competent tribunal decides him wrong.
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Oklahoma
Payne
Indian Territory
Senator Plumb
Kansas
Plumb
Mr. Teller
Woman Appointed First US Commissioner in History
Mrs. Marilla M. Rickar, an experienced local attorney, was appointed by the Supreme Court of the district as United States commissioner and examiner in chancery. She may issue warrants, hear cases, commit to jail, take testimony, and dispose of divorce cases, marking the first woman to hold such a office in the government.
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Washington
Marilla M. Rickar
Supreme Court of the District
United States
Rear Admiral Shufeldts Intentions and China Move
Rear-Admiral Shufeldt, now on the retired list, will stay in Washington for weeks then likely proceed to China. He曾 previously visited China on a mission to aid its naval administration while remaining in the U S Navy with government consent, but the plan proved impractical. If the Chinese government hires him, he would devote himself entirely to Chinese service.
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Shufeldt
Washington
China
Ex-Governor and others to press interest claim at House
Ex-Governor William Gaston, Deacon Bishop, Willard Marey and ex Representative Claflin of Massachusetts arrived in Washington to appear before the House judiciary committee. They will argue for the payment of $200 000 interest to Newton National Bank for losses in 1867 due to corrupt practices. The bank has received its $371,000 principal from the Court of Claims. supporters say interest is equitable.
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Washington
William Gaston
R. Bishop
Willard Marey
Claflin
Massachusetts
House Judiciary Committee
Newton National Bank
Court of Claims
Lovering Named Democratic Member of Congressional Committee
Washington February 24 Representative Lovering will be the Democratic member of the Congressional committee from Massachusetts. His district is close and his rival in the next election may be Henry Jabot Lodge. Democrats believe Lovering can devote more attention to committee duties than the other two Massachusetts representatives.
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Congressional Committee
Washington
Lovering
Massachusetts
Kr. Lovering
Henry Jabot Lodge
Snember
Death of a Veteran in Washington
Washington dispatch reports Colonel Thomas Worthington dies at about 70. He claimed to have turned the tide at Shiloh in favor of the Federals.
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Washington
Thomas Worthington
Battle of
Shiloh
French Pork Embargo Sparks Chicago Board of Trade Debate
On February 23 in Chicago, Leon Chatteau urged Congress to oppose France's pork embargo. Prominent pork packers attended as Chatteau called the restraint an unpardonable fault by the French commerce minister and argued the measure harms American commerce.
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Chicago
Leon Chatteau
Chicago Board of Trade
Chatteau
United States
Resolution Denounces Meat Inspection as Impracticable
A resolution was unanimously approved in Havre denouncing microscopic inspection of American meats as impracticable and equivalent to prohibition.
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Havre
Adventures of a Lad Carried Off by the Chiricahuas
Denver News reports Z H Alden returning from the Mexican border with Juan an 18 year old Mexican boy rescued from Apache raiders. Alden describes the pursuit through the Gila, burning adobe fort, skirmishes, and the saving of Juan who became part of his household and aims to educate him as a gentleman. He plans to place Juan in a good school.
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Denver
Z. H. Alden
Juan
Mr. Alden
Alina
Gila
Ick
Juan, Now Like A Son To Me, Hhs
Vermonter Leaves Funds to Fight Religion He Despised
A Vermonter, Bernardstown resident, left all his property to oppose religion in a curious will probated in Burlington. He earned a life marked by hatred of his fellows yet spent years in the orthodox church. He placed 5000 dollars in government bonds and entrusted lands in Boston to a man who despised religion, with some funds going to a Tom Paine Memorial building. The widow of that associate helped him avoid want, and he once planted a butterpot tree before choosing burial over Christian rites.
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Burlington
Bernardstown
Kingcraft
Warren
New Hampshire
Boston
Tom Paine
Christhau
Modesty Shocked by Lady Godiva Picture in Atlanta
In Atlanta on February 15 residents reacted to a small controversy after a picture dealer displayed a Lady Godiva image in his window. Women shunned the shop and police were called to remove it. The incident sparked debate on public morals and prompted sermons urging charity over luxury.
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Atlanta
Secret plan to use condemned vessel fund for politics
Rumor from Port TimMovnTH dated February 23 claims Secretary Chandler plans to divert money from the Sale of condemned vessels into a political fund for Maine and New Hampshire. The scheme allegedly withholds funds to hire men from September 1 until election day to disrupt rivals, avoiding House scrutiny and congressional approval.
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Port Timmovnth
Chandler
Maine
New Hampshire
Washington
Treasury
Mpu
Train Plunges Through Rotten Bridge Near Cambria
Passenger train No. 3 on the Hannibal and St. Joseph road fell into the Chariton river near Cambria Missouri after a weakened trestle gave way. One boy Baldwin was killed and fifteen others were injured seriously with several possibly dying. rescuers sent the wounded to Brookfield and travel will be blocked at least through Sunday.
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Kansas City
Hannibal and
St. Joseph
Chariton River
Cambria
Baldwin
Brookfield
Frightened to Death After Dog Attack at Jersey Store
Hattie Wilcox, 382 years old, a married woman, was attacked by a dog in a Jersey grocery store. The owner, Mr Helfer, drove off the animal, but she fainted repeatedly and died at home shortly after. Physicians say fright caused her death.
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Jersey City
Hattie Wilcox
Hair Cut Off in Dayton Robbery by Tramp
Miss Anna Stamps, a young society lady famed for her beauty and thick brown hair, was robbed of her braid late last night in a woodshed behind her home. A bold tramp seized the hair with a sharp knife and cut it from her head, then escaped with the prize. Local alarm was raised but the culprit eluded capture.
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Dayton
Anna Stamps
The First Death in Seven Families Story
Henry C. Decker died at his home on the Morning Star road West Brighton aged 78. He had been married fifty six years and left six children all married and fourteen grandchildren. His death was the first in any of the households where he was related.
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New York
Henry C. Decker
Morning Star Road
West Brighton
Decker
Tokar falls to rebels after garrison surrender
News from Suakin and Tokar reports a conditional surrender of the Tokar garrison amid a siege by rebels. Escapes and desertions followed, with terms believed to spare lives and allow movement to Cairo. Britain prepares in Khartoum and Suakin as troop movements and local petitions unfold.
Evacuation of Khartoum Amid Rebel Movements Reported
From Suakin on February 24 reports say Gordon has destroyed Khartoum stores and spiked its guns before evacuating. Colonel Coetogan leads 2,000 troops to Berber as Bishereen Arabs south of Khartoum reportedly rebel. Mahmoud Ali may join the rebels with his tribe. Osman Digna advances with 20,000 as Kassala faces siege and Nubians mutiny at Suakin.
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Gordon
Ana
Khirtoum
Coetogan
Khbartoum
Mahmoud Ali
Suakin
Baker Pasha
Burnaby
Tokar
Osman Digna
Osman
Kassala
Bone
Mahdi
Graham
Trinkitat
Teb
Suakin in danger and rebel threats loom tonight
Scattered refugees report rebels intend to kill the Tokar garrison after surrender while a spy notes seventy three prisoners and fifty grain camels captured. Reports from CaTRO claim Khartoum garrisons may be cut off if the Beshareen Arabs revolt. Nubian troops desert and mingle in bazaars as Mahdi emissaries prowl Egypt. London says an English regiment from Malta is ordered to Alexandria to replace drafts for General Grah am.
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Suakin
Tokar
Catro
Khartoum
Wady Halfa
Gorcon
Egypt
Trinkitat
London
Malta
Alexandria
Grajiam
Lasker incident noted amid strained relations
The Times comments on Prince Bismarck's dislike of the country that robs him of thousands of conscripts and criticizes Congress for its resolution. It argues Herr Lasker and Minister Sargent missteps risk widening rifts with Berlin and harming international law, urging caution in resignation moves.
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London
the Times
Lasker
Bismarck
Congress
Herr Lasker
Sargent
Berlin
High stakes poker tales among fashionable society ladies
Washington February 23 Several clubs of society ladies reportedly play draw poker as their chief amusement in private homes and hotels. Games feature fifty cent blinds and pots reaching $55, with losses sometimes above $300. One young woman fainted after a loss, the daughter of a foreign minister, while other players cried or showed nerves. The episode at a diplomatic residence ended with money returned after threats of contacting her father.
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Washington
Assie
Diplomatic Corps
Toy
Pergon
Death in avalanche claims Mason near Ophir gulch
Leadville dispatch reports John P. Mason of Aspen killed in an avalanche while walking from Ophir into town. He was with mine owner Mat Schmidt when the slide struck at 10 a.m. and his body was found 10 feet under a fallen tree at 8 p.m., fifteen hundred feet below the trail.
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Leadville
John’Riser
Queen's Gulch
John P. Mason
Aspen
Martin Hogan
Mason
Louisa
Ophir Gulch
Mat Schrmidt
Schmidt
Fauli
Wicich
Tragic Shooting Attempt at St Elizabeths Hospital
A patient, Jacob Barth, 26, attempted to kill Sister Liberia at St Elizabeths hospital Belleville Illinois. He then shot himself, dying on the floor. Sister Liberia was wounded but recovering, with the incident leaving hospital staff shocked by the deadly outburst.
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Belleville
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Jacob Barth
Liberia
Barth
Alton
Liberla
Murdered for Their Corpses Three Men Arrested in Cincinnati
Three men arrested after three bodies found in the dissecting room of Ohio Medical College. Victims, all colored, reportedly killed for the bodies sold to the college. Fire at a Avondale log house led to discovery. suspects held at Avondale as investigation continues.
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Medical College
Cincinnati
Ohio Medical College
Collee
Avondale
Wis
William Taylor
Elizabeth Lambert
Kentucky's Version of Enoch Arden
Nine years after marrying a Chicago girl and settling near Milton Ky Stephens vanished while he went East to buy land. His wife remarried last summer. He returned on Monday and was recognized by the wife who kissed him before the new husband stabbed her, killing her instantly. Stephens then shot the murderer and was fatally wounded when we cut him across the neck.
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Kentucky
Enoch Arden
Madison
Ind
Stephens
Chicago
Milton
Courted by Telephone in Scranton Marriage Feud
In Scranton Penn February 22 John B Farr educated at Lafayette College city editor and part proprietor of a paper marries Justine Levy a 17 year old Hebrew girl after persistent courting and family opposition. The couple elude relatives by railway to Providence where a minister marries them.
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Scranton
Penn
John B. Farr
Lafayette College
Misa Justine Levy
Levy
The Levys Condemned Condemnation Sparks Hebrew Response
In Scranton on February 23 nearly all Hebrew residents condemn the Levy family for publishing that their sister Justine, who married John & Farr, is dead. Louis N. Kramer calls the act vile and inhuman while Rabbi Daniel Stern says such clannishness could be mistaken for American sentiment and misrepresents Judaism The Levys soften stance and the affair may fade. A crape marks the girl’s Franklin avenue residence.
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Scranton
Penn
Levy
Justine
John & Farr
Louis N. Kramer
Daniel Stern
Wilkesbarre
Crape
Franklin Avenue
Breach of Promise Sparks Century-Old Feud Between Families
In New York on February 21 Judge Truax hears Elizabeth Sause 35 sue John Morris a Brooklyn liquor dealer for 20000 dollars claiming he broke a promised marriage. The Sause and Morris families have been intimate for 150 years with intermarriage and sponsor roles, then a rift followed Morris after his wife’s death.
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New York
Truax
Elizabeth Sause
Rivington Street
John Morris
Brooklyn
United States
Sauses
Richard Sause
New York City
Alice Fitzgerald
Mary Sause
James Kerwick
Alice
Ellen
Broolyn
Jon Morris
Morris
Lizzie Sause
Miss Sause
Kien
Terrific Atlantic voyage reports from Sardinian and De Ruyter
The Sardinian arrived after a hurricane ravaging the Atlantic passage with monstrous seas and destroyed forecastle. The De Ruyter, from Antwerp, endured repeated hurricanes, damaged boats and rails, six feet of water in the forehold, and one fireman hurt. The City of New York also reports a brutal voyage from Glasgow with continuous gales, ships damaged, and cargo losses.
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Antwerp
de Ruyter
Victor Vandergane
City of New York
Portland
Glasgow
New York
Manitoba Secession Implied as Foregone Conclusion
Winnipeg report on February 21 notes broad belief that Manitoba will secede from the Dominion. Rumors claim Premier Norquay and Ottawa-based senators and MPs may be recalled. Proposals include forming an independent crown colony and appealing to Britain to repeal the British North America Act.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Dominion
Norquay
Ottawa
Northwest
Dr. Fleming
Farmers’ Union
Pitiful Fall of a Young Woman Once In Good Society
Nellie Babcock formerly of fashionable Brooklyn society and daughter of a New York wholesale druggist was arraigned in Kings County Court. Previously released on recognizance after a robbery arrest with Curman, she was rearrested on a bench warrant and sentenced to the penitentiary for two years and three months.
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Brooklyn
Nellie Babcock
New York
Kings County Court of Sessions
Judge Moore
Curman
Body of Passion Play Producer Found in North River
Salmi Morse, known for the Passion Play, was found drowned in the North River in New York on February 22. His companion Miss Susana Geult spoke of his recent wretched mood and financial troubles. Morse had not returned home since Wednesday, and a desperate telegram from "Sara Blackburn" urged him to come home. The question remains who played the lead in the Passion Play.
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New York
Salmi Morse
North River
Susana Geult
Morse
West Twenty-first Street
Mr. Morse
Sara Blackburn
Sara Olining
Washington's birthday observances eclipsed by Jeannette head parade
New York on February 22 held Washington's birthday services amid a grand procession for the Jeannette recovered head. Hearses arrived at Pier 1, marines and navy troops marched in formation, floral tributes were lavish, and a 100-strong seamen detachment followed. The cortege moved via Broadway to City Hall Park and the Brooklyn Bridge toward the navy yard, with graves at Woodlawn Cemetery planned for all but one.
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New York
Washington
New York City
Jeannette
Pier 1
North River
Nina
Navy Yard
Steamship Company
Harber
Schultz
Sam Sloan
Heywoul
Battery Place
de Long
H. B. Robeson
Meeker
United States Marine Corps and Aids
Stuart
Navy Yardant Aids
Conterne
Martes
Heywood
Brooklyn
United States
Broadway
City Hall Park
Brooklyn Bridge
Oe Collins
Woodlawn Cemetery
Burial Ceremonies Honor Arctic Heroes at Holy Trinity
Crowds braved cold rain at East Twenty third Street pier to honor the remains of Arctic expedition sailors. Bishop Potter led services at the Church of the Holy Trinity with survivors, Jeannette relief officers, and naval guards in attendance before interment at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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New York
East Twenty-third Street
Catalpa
Marine
Uhe
H. C. Potter
D. D
Jeannette
Twenty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Mast Forty Second Street
Church of the Holy Trinity
Madison Avenue
Potter
W. F. Watkins
Commodore Upshur
de Long
Brooklyn
Stadford
Danghters
Arctie
Messrs
Melville
Ninderman
Noros
Watkins
Heven
Conrere
Mother and Son Laid to Rest at Fifth Avenue Cathedral
Immense crowd at Fifth Avenue Cathedral gathers for the funeral of Jerome J. Collins meteorologist of the Jeannette expedition. The Sixty-ninth Regiment guards the casket as Gilmore's Band plays Nearer My God to Thee. Mother’s coffin rests beside him. both destined for Cork family vault.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Jerome J. Collins
Sixty-ninth
Mr. Collins
Gilmore
Collins
Arctic
McKenna
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Canal Street
Inman Line
Chicago
Mother
Ireland
Cork
Starving Sheep and Cattle In Clinton Farm Scene
Harvey Buell of Clinton, former SPCA member, owns large flocks of sheep and many cattle found in misery due to lack of food by state humane agents at his farm after his Hartford trip. Stock fed and cared for in his absence, authorities to act.
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New Haven
Harvey Buell
Clinton
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
State Humane Society
Hartford
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Hussein
Sennaar
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Times
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Thames
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Henry W. Brand
Natonal League
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National League
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Lasker Resolu
John FP. Mason
Crbit Gulch
Charity
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Miss Levy
Farr
Providence
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Henry Ape
Port Seather
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Mr. Farr
Henry Levy
Cawley
Jones
Richard Sause, Jr
Mr. Morris
Goung
Wielle
Miss Satie
Mary Maher
St Paul's Church
William J. Hill
Eleryman
Mr Mortis
Atlantic
Terble
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Mother and Son
Fifth Avenue Cathedral
J. A. Sherman
Milk Street
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