Senate and House action on retaliation and Indian treaty talks
August debates cover retaliation and tariff moves. Senators push for Washington state admission and Chinese exclusion while House investigates trusts and a bagging tie firm. Indian council signs rise with Bowed Head and Williams leading to broad enrollment as tribes discuss land transfers and peaceful reform.
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Senate
Hawley
Army Hill
Watervliet Arsenal
Ferris
Treasury Department
House
House Committee On Manufactures
Anderson Gratz
St. Louis
Warren, Jones & Gratz
Mune
Int
Washington Territory
Stewart
Mitchell
Congress
Supreme Court
West
Plumb
Vest
Select Committee On Civil Service Reform
Grover Cleveland
Scott
Pennsylvania
Newton
Louisiana
Monument to Emperor William Planned on Hohenstaufen
A proposal calls for a national monument on the Hohenstaufen rock in Württemberg to honor Emperor William. The circular Roman styled edifice would feature a central statue of the emperor, surrounded by statues of his ministers, with walls depicting Hohenstaufen rulers and key imperial events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Hohenstaufen
Wurtemberg
German Empire
Eight crew of Britisher Gylfe testify on scuttling in New York
The eight crew members testified in New York that Captain scuttled the Britisher Gylfe and left for England. they will repeat the tale before a board of trade committee in Liverpool. In Bran don Manitoba a laundryman W H Webb killed his wife as she ironed. he surrendered after the murder witnessed by four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
England
Liverpool
Board of Trade
Brandon
Manitoba
W. H. Webb
Webb
Martin Voss
Winona County
Minn
Winona
New Hartford
Wm. J. McCoy
Madison House
Middleton
N. Y
San Francisco
John Haggerty
William
Broom Street
Wm. Haggerty
William Haggerty
Oxford
North Carolina
Squire Grizzom
Henry Tanner
John Tanner
Alonzo Smith
Smith
Fire Destroys West Superior Hotel and Nearby Buildings
Fire in the American house at West Superior Wisconsin enveloped the hotel in flames before rescue crews arrived. Three men perished or were missing, including Pat Claire, with others possibly escaped or trapped in the second story. Simultaneously, a Baltimore blast at E A Prior Co sparked a chain reaction destroying a drug house and bat house as firefighters battled collapsing structures and shifting embers. John Kelly survived after crawling from the wreckage with injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Superior Wis
James
Walter Carter
Minch Storm
John Oleson
Pat Claire
E. A. Prior & Co
Baltimore
J. J. Winkelman & Co
Lombard
Pratt Street
John Kelly
Track No. 2
Labor Day Procession in New York City
On Monday September 3rd national labor holiday was observed with a large New York parade. About 15 000 workers marched, led by Marshal Sullivan and staff, followed by carriages carrying the Central Labor union committees of arrangement. The right of the line was held by the…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McKim
Vienna
Gambrinus
New York
Marshal Sullivan
Central Labor Union
Success at Crow Creek Indians Signers Increase
Indian commissioners leave Crow Creek agency after council with Chief Dog Back and Chief White Ghost. Dog Back supports signing the act while White Ghost and followers exit. Judge Wright delivers an eloquent appeal, urging adoption of the act to provide farms houses cattle clothing and schooling and to civilize the people. Enrollment progresses as more signers come forward and workers grow in number.
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Crow Creek
Lower Brule
Pratt
White Ghost
Judge White
Pierre
Standing Rock
the Tribune
Williams
Friends of the Oil
Dog Back
Dog- Glack
Dog- Back
Judge Wright
Ife
Ingo
Ottawa Cabinet Meeting on Canadian US Trade Retaliation
All ministers except Mr. Browell attend the Ottawa cabinet meeting as Britain seeks a full text of Canada US commercial relations since the federation. Lord Salisbury urges utmost caution while Sir John Macdonald faces lively debate over a retaliatory order affecting American vessels and potential withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Browell
Ottawa
Canada
Cleveland
Congress
Sir John Macdonald
United States
Dominion
Lord Salisbury
Sir John
John Prowess
Yellow fever cases rise as fears over reporting grow
The city reports 37 new yellow fever cases and 2 deaths raising totals to 245 cases and 36 deaths. Some physicians report that posting yellow flags and boasting of yellow feet frightens patients, while many fever cases go unreported. A Georgia conference discusses Jacksonville measures and quarantine rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Ronee of Health
John B. Gordon
Augusta
Georgia
Hamilton
Jacksonville
Atlanta
Mississippi State Board of Health
Lovers survive buffalo stampede on western divide
In a dugout settlement near the divide a rancher Frank Reed helps Margie amid a buffalo herd threat. Frank fires to save them from death, the herd splits and disappears over the divide. Ten years pass with the couple settled, Margie haunted by the memory of the hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Lewis
Margie
Buffalo Wallow
Frank Reed
Belle
Jim Hamill
Mary
Frank
Jim Hamil
Jim
Lawrence
Oscillations of Continents Alter Stream Energies
The text explains how continental uplift or subsidence changes river flow and erosion. If land rises by 100 feet, rivers like the Mississippi quicken and tributaries gain energy. if it sinks, erosion and transport lessen. It discusses the principle noted by J. W. Powell and its impact on stream behavior relative to sea level and rock inclination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Powell
Diamonds Too Rich for That Cow
E O Bancroft of Warehouse Point owned a valuable cow that died after a post mortem found a diamond ring embedded in the cow’s stomach. The ring had caused inflammation leading to peritonitis and the animal’s death. Dr Alfred J Weed and King Bennett conducted the examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor Locks
E. O. Bancroft
Warehouse Point
Bancroft
Alfred J. Weed
King Bennett
Presidents Without Middle Names in Early U S History
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes that among twenty two presidents, fifteen had no middle names. It lists Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, and others with none, while seven presidents did have middle names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
J. Q. Adams
Jackson
van Buren
Mr. Harrison
Wm. H
Tyler
Mr. Polk
Taylor
Filmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Log Cabin Remedies Promoted as Healthy Dwellings
Log Cabins are neither fashionable nor in demand, yet they offered comfort and health. Warner's Log Cabin Hops and Buchu is presented as a reproduction of a simple remedy used by old Log Cabin dwellers. Have you tried Tippecanoe.
Life in Dakota Sod Houses Warm and Hardy
A Dakota settler explains how people live in sod houses and log homes. Sod houses, built with thick root-filled ramps and carefully laid sod, stay warm in winter and allow barefoot floors. Log houses follow after, while dugouts on hillsides offer additional shelter amid harsh first-year costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakota
A writer suggests trade not missions with Japan
A Globe Democrat writer argues Japan should send a batch of items rather than missionaries. He praises temperance hospitality and restraint in Japanese society noting polite conduct, honesty, humane treatment of animals, and mild governance in daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Globe-Democrat
Wild Man Captured Near Coosa Mountain in Shelby County
A 50 year old man with long hair and beard was captured in the woods near Coosa mountain Shelby county. He is confined in the insane asylum at Tuscaloosa Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Alabama
Coosa Mountain
Shelby County
Remarkable Claims For Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery
A newspaper column extols the remedy for consumption praising its effects and urging timely use to halt ravages of the disease. It emphasizes the incurable tone of the illness and promotes the product as a sure-restorer of lungs damaged by consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Quackery and Advertisements From a Century Ago
A physician brags of a $40 000 yearly practice and $10 per patient while denouncing rival remedies as exploiting women. An article notes Emperor William of Germany's Rome visit planned for Oct 6 with a Capitoline Hill reception. Bradstreet Thurber & Co. offers fright charges on orders $30+ to the Upper Midwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
William
Germany
Rome
Capitoline Hill
Bradstreet Thurber & Co
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Dakota
Rev George H Corey to Succeed Bishop Newman in Washington
A dated notice reports Rev George H Corey of Brewster New York chosen to succeed Bishop Newman in Washington. Additional lines tout Allen's Tron Tonic Litters and Allen's Lang Baltam as universal remedies sold by J P Allen Druggist St Paul Minn. Also sales pitches for horses and Bradstreet Thurber furniture in Minneapolis. Edison illness noted and critique of druggists stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Corey
Brewster, N.Y
Bishop Newman
Washington
Allen
J.P. Allen
St. Paul, Minn
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Lenatr
Culiom
Dolph
Committee On the Lands
Northern Pacific Railway Company
Board of Army
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Judge Ilson
Fairchild
Belmont
Government Printing Office
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Houst
Woodburn
Nevada
Breckinridge
Kentucky
Mr. Cullom
Secretary of War
Detroit River
St. Clair Flats
Cullom
Committee On Finance
Hovst
Kelley
J. L. Smithmeyer
Blount
Kelly
Emperor
Labor Day
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Moxie
Wilkie Collins
Directory of
Minneapolis Wholesale Houses
Oe Commission-Hillman Bros
Bridge Square
Lush & Curtin
ERS
Paris-Morton&Co
WashAv N. Drugs
Lyman-Eliel Drug Co
Geo. HK
Newell & Co
N. Guns
Mantels&c-Farnhai Marble&Mantel
Col. Lamont
Fred Schuneman
Chicago
Philip Best Brewing Company
Ada
Randolph
Bradstreet Thurber & Co's
Thomas A. Edison
Gladstone
Potter Devug and Chemical Co
Boston
Mass
Carters
Carter Medicine
Castoria
Miss
Acera
Selagha
Interior
Bageidas
Congo
P. V. Antwerp
Cincinnati
van Antwerp
Frank Kline
Julius Hueston
Kline
Monticello
NES
Ifood
Hood
Lood
W. RK. Bava
Wilmington
Ohio
C. J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Tutt’s
J. H. Athey
Holly Springs
Tutt
Murray Street
Brewster Safety Vellmolder
Holly, Mich
J. D. Hess
Union Block
St. Paul
St.Paul
One Price
Price Clothing House
Third St
Cor
Robert, ST. Paul
Joseph McKey & Co
St. Paul’s Reliable Outfitters
Millis Carriage CO
East Sixth St
E. Holloway & CO
Minneapolis Exposition
Nicollet Avenue
Minnneapolis
Saleratus
S. E. Olson & CO
Mammoth
Northwest
Harrison Ce
Lew Wallace
Esman
Portes
Ind
Ben Har
Wan Harrison
Moncey
Clart &T
Mens
Ben Hur
Hay
Bryant & Stratton
Chicago Business College
Northwestern Conservatory OF Music
Nicollet Ave
Chas. H. Morse
S Jacobs
Maple Hill
Mich
John J. Smith
Ensley
Michigan
Bt. Jacobs
McCreary
No. Branch
J. H. Vandecar
Charles A. Vogeler CO
Ely
Evy Bros
Warren
N.Y
Combi
Porter Deve & Coxmicar Co
Bosto
U.8
Expresa
Bradstreet, Thurber & CO
Schiffman
St, Paul School
Catao D
Providence
Hartford
New Haven
Bridgeport
Worcester
C. D
Perry Davis
Druccists
Jones
Binghamton
Binghamton, N. We
Farker
Universal Provider Co
Paul
Glek
Glek Co
Warte
Gen. Sheridan
Empyreal Pub. House
St.Paul,Minn
Boliers
Sors
Cnet
Alee Laceae
Farrell
Washington,d. Cc
Densterbrook
Thayer
Wm. A. Hamemond
Daniel Greenleaf Thompson
A. Loisette
Fifth Ave
Emmert Proprietary Co
I. Schi
Montgomery Ward & CO
Michigan Avenue
Ming
Schliek
Schliek & CO
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