Senate and House Debates on Tariffs and Trusts Across Week
The document traces Senate and House discussions from early Sept through mid Sept on tariff bills and trust investigations. It notes delays in reporting the Senate tariff bill, amendments by Mr. George, and political exchanges over Standard Oil. It covers irrigation funding debates, Dakota and Oklahoma admission fights, interstate commerce, polygamy convictions tallies, and tariff hearing requests. It also notes motions on Chinese exclusion and a Western-dominated debate on railroad land grants.
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Lenate
Senate
Platt
Connecticut
Committee On Finance
Great Trust
Jones
Nevada
Pacific Coast
Dakota
Springer
Oklahoma
Baker
Committee On Territories
House
Northwestern
Western
Messrs. Macdonald
Wilson
Lind
Nelson
la Follette
Haugen
Michigan
Ontonagon
Wisconsin
Colorado
Territories
Messrs
Cullom
Platt and Harris
Idaho
House Committee On
Theresa Herbst
John Fierbst
14Th Regiment
New York Volunteers
Committee On Foreign Relations
Hoar
Appropriations Committee
Conference
Friends of the Oklahoma
Jacksonville Sinks Into Apathy Amid Yellow Fever Turmoil
Reports describe Jacksonville's collapse into inactivity as fever spreads through white and colored families. The Tray hotel serves as relief HQ while the medical bureau and commissaries operate. Delegates from Southern boards seek quarantine guidance. refugees face disinfection and travel decisions.
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Jacksonville
Tray Hotel
Medical and Relief Bureau
Relief Committee
W. B. Owen
J. G. Jones
Citizens’ Association
J. Wise
Camp Perry
Faget
New Orleans
Fernandina
H. E. Dotterer
Board of Health
Boards of Health
Illinois
Nashville
Tennessee
Atlanta
Gainesville
Fla
James L. Lengle
Hendersonville
N.C
Secretary of the Treasury
Reey
Mormon Converts From Sweden Arrive in New York
A Swedish Mormon group totaling 72 converts arrives in New York en route to Salt Lake City. Emma Nilsson, 15, declares devotion to Mormonism as elder Hagsberg’s polygamy beliefs surface. Ida Nilsson, in Brooklyn, claims Emma is affianced to Hagsberg.
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New York
Sweden
Emma Nilson
Salt Lake City
Ida
Brooklyn
Castle Garden
Emma
Utah
Hagsberg
Ida Nilson
England
Salt Lake
Blekings
Abram Johnson
John
Charles Laird
Charles
America
The Cuba Cyclone Devastates Havana and Cuba
A massive cyclone struck Cuba with widespread destruction and loss of life. Authorities report 500 to 1,200 dead, millions in damages, and severe damage to sugar and tobacco crops. Havana districts flooded, ships driven into streets, and coastal warehouses ruined.
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Cuba
Havana
Sagua
Venice
Guanajayvao
Father Shot by Son in Minnesota. Racial Killings Reported Nearby
Arola, a Fin, killed his father five miles south of New York Mills Minnesota after a quiet day in the field. He fled as the marshal pursued him. In Ville Platte Prairie Louisiana a mob shot two enslaved men, Jean Pierre Salet and Didacre, with buckshot after alleged incendiary language. George D. Bryson, once of Minneapolis, was jailed in Helena Montana on suspicion of murdering his apparent wife. detectives pursue further proof. Spokane Falls sees an incendiary fire at Cottage hotel spreading to Schaner’s livery and the Nevada house. an armed patrol restrains unrest as citizens blame arsonists.
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Hovst
McMillan
Tennessee
Cox
New York
Carlisle
Weaver
Iowa
Morrill
Kansas
Secretary of the Interior
Dingley
Maine
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House
Sherman
United States
Canada
Foster
New England
Washington
America
Europe
Cannon
Columbus
Post Office Committee
Democrats
Oates
Alabama
Ily
J. Ellen Foster
Women's
Tomance Union of
Allison
Barnes
Robert Arola
New York Mills
Minn
Robert
Marshal
Porse
Ville Platte Prairie
Louisiana
Jean Pierre Salet
Didacre
George D. Bryson
Minneapolis
Helena
Montana
Bryson
Butte
Spokane Falls
W. T
Cottage Hotel
Schaner
Nevada House
Grand Army Veterans Parade in Columbia Ohio Draws Tens of Thousands
The great veteran camp fire in Columbia Ohio featured a parade with eighteen divisions led by drum corps. Generals Sherman and Alger attended with Gov. Foraker on the reviewing stand. crowds cheered as Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Indiana Kansas and many other states marched past. The evening meeting drew over thirty thousand as speeches praised the Grand Army of the Republic and commemorated wartime service.
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Columbia
Ohio
Grand Army
Ohio Department
Veteran Crippled Soldiers’ Association
Andrews
Naval Squadron
Fifth
United States Colored Volunteer Infantry
Department of Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
Pennsylvania
New York
Connecticut
Maassachusetts
Missouri
Minnesota
Maryland
Maine
New Jersey
Virginia
Michigan
California
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
West Virginia
Vermont
Arkansas
New Mexico
Utah
Tennessee
Georgia
Dakota
Potomac
Colorado
Delaware
Oregon
Kentucky
Washington Territory
Florida
Montana
Texas
W. T. Sherman
Logan
Alger
Gov. Foraker
Judge Thurman
Durin
Foraker
Algerant Fairchild
Rea
Hayes
Thayer
Nebraska
Illinois
Gov. Rusk
Lincoln Post
Curtis
Senator Miller
St. Louis
Farquhar Post
Detroit
Gen. Alger
Johnston
Fred
Acre
Comanaderie
J. P. Rea
Columbus
Republic
Gen. Fairchild
United States
North
Hovey
J. W. Feighan
North Nell Camp
Woman's Relief Corps
Deaf and Dumb
Diet myths and muscle power in explorers and coolies
Henry L. Sherwood of Astoria recounts experiences in China and with Northwest Indigenous groups to challenge medical views on diet and physical strength. He notes elite endurance among Blackfeet, Flatheads, and Gros Ven tre runners on meat and pemmican, and contrasts it with Chinese river workers and coolies who thrive on rice with minimal meat.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Henry L. Sherwood
Astoria
Ore
Post-Dispatch
China
Pacific
India
Northwest
Gros-Ventres
Sioux Treaty Moves Forward at Lower Brule and Crow Creek
Commissioners report about 250 Indians at Lower Brule signed in favor of the Sioux bill with more expected. 230 names enrolled at Crow Creek out of 290 adults. Chief White Ghost wavers as younger members sign. Gen. Arm strong tours agencies praising student behavior and predicting settlement by spring. Reservations at Crow Creek and Lower Brule influence Standing Rock and broader land opening.
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Lower Brule
Edward Ashley
Chamberlain
Crow Creek
Ashley
White Ghost
Gen. Armstrong
Hampton
Maj. Anderson
Standing Rock
Mother Hubbard Parties Create Secluded Morning Get togethers
In Philadelphia a new social fad called Mother Hubbard parties excludes men until after sundown. The morning gatherings feature women dressing in comfortable large garments to relax, snack on candy and tea, read aloud or to themselves, and enjoy a carefree day. The piece notes the trend and contrasts it with the traditional attire.
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Philadelphia
Charley
Mother Hubbard
Indian visits to cattle herds blamed as raids
Sioux and Cheyenne people near the Dakota and Montana reservations are urged to halt their annual intertribal visits claimed to be for cattle care. General Brooks states cavalry will pursue any Indians leaving reservations and escort them to their agency. Liabilities include $126,000 and $250,600 tied to timber lands mills logs and vessels.
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Sioux
Dakota
Cheyenne
Montana
Brooks
Department of the Platte
H. B. Mason
Ellsworth
Catfish Catch Turns Up Water Moccasin Attack at Seining
A group including J. H. Walker and J. W. Castleberry hauled a large catch when John Clopton seized a big catfish. The fish lurched as a massive water moccasin clamped the catfish by the head. The crowd fended off the snake. Castleberry was struck, Walker killed the snake, and liquor steadied nerves for the splashy retreat.
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J. H. Walker
J. W. Castleberry
Dave Jenkens
Mat Suggs
John Clopton
Walt Clopton
W. H. Harris
Clapton
Castleberry
Walker
Sumter
From Pit Coal Wealth to Endless Products and Uses
The article surveys the vast range of coal derivatives beyond heat and light, noting dyes, flavors, perfumes, medicines, and industrial chemicals derived from coal. It cautions against fraud in labeling foods and cosmetics and ponders coal’s future role in sustaining posterity while celebrating historical cabins and early American life.
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Europe
Young suitor recalls elusive romance and retreat
In a quoted reminiscence Mr. Brentwood describes courting a 17 year old girl, noting his hopeful advances and daily parlor visits. He recalls a dramatic interruption by the girl's mother asking if Mrs. Good's boy has gone home, after which he left and never returned.
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New York Evening Star
Grubbe Explores Telegraphing by Clouds and Arc Lamp
Grubbe experiments with cloud telegraphy using arc lamp rays reflected on clouds and interrupted by the heliographic code to transmit signals.
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Grubbe
Contagious Yawning on the Harlem Line
A round faced youth riding the Harlem train demonstrates a contagious yawning prank. He yawns at least twenty seven times in front of a Chambers Street to Forty second Street passenger, triggering yawns from a laborer in blue overalls and an elderly woman, as the car fills with yawns and amused stares.
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Harlem
Chambers Street
Forty-second Street
Dawn of a New Life and the Dawn Experience
A reflective meditation from Atlantic Monthly on seeking fresh beginnings and the need to witness sunrise properly. The essay urges quietly approaching each daybreak, stalking the dawn from a rock, to avoid the glare of rushed sightseers and the harshness of a gaslit civilization. It laments civilization turning night into a harsh perverse day.
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Atlantic Monthly
Infant dies after glass from bottle ingested
The wife of New York carpet dealer Berman found portions of a milk bottle with a broken neck in the crib. A nine month old baby later died after swallowing glass fragments that passed into the throat, amid suspicion the infant broke the bottle and chewed the pieces.
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New York
Berman
He Was Ahead Story From Barrington Resident
A Barrington man recalls a noted resident known for buying items offered to him and slow paying. The man allegedly cut on the narrator’s land, prompting a confrontation when asked if he had overstepped the boundary. The exchange ends with a quip about his earlier claim of having nothing to trade.
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Buzzell
Dover
N. H
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Praised in Blood Disease Claims
An old established remedy touted as the best for blood diseases. The advertisement claims Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery has been weighed and found fulfilling every claim after many years of testing in thousands of cases. It is promoted for throat and lung troubles catarrh kidney disease liver complaint dyspepsia sick headache and disorders from impoverished blood.
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Dr. Pierce
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St. Jacobs Oil
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Dallimore, Md
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lEvy Bros
Warren St. N.Y
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Tutt
Seary
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Atty
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St. Paul, Minn
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Ricnaromm & Co
Burlington, VI
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Saleratus
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Nicollet Avenue
Ben. Harrison
Low Wallace
Ben Har
Ben Harrison
Soda
BB. Imp
Ben Hur
Gen. Harrison
Y. Porter
Ind
Clark St
Chicago, Ill
Dryant & Stratton
Chicago Business College
Inc School
Atandaki
Worezi
Bryan & Son, Proprietors
Lil
J. B. Wheatley
Minneapolis, Minn
Supreme Court
Wm. A. Hammond
Daniel Greenleaf Thompson
A. Loisette
Fifth Ave
Common Sense Cure Co
State St
Bingham
BIG Boston Clothing Store
PEN Esterbroge
ST. Paul School Furniture Ci CO
Ssee
New England Furniture & Carpet Co
Liberal House
GAT Market
Street
Eilert’s
Emmert Proprietary &Co
Ill
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Michigan Avenue
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