British officers said killed near Sokoto in Nigeria
Unconfirmed dispatches claim five British officers and a company of native troops were killed by fanatics near Sokoto. Lagos reports a punitive expedition has been sent out. Separate items note temperance reform in Ohio, transit bids in Cleveland, and various personal tragedies and inventions.
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Sokoto
Nigeria
Lagos
Africa
Columbus
Ohio
House Committee On Temperance
Probing 19th Century Tragedies and Trials Across States
The Knoxville bridge tragedy claims three laborers believed to have fallen from a Tennessean river bridge while jumping from a freight tram. The Iowa Senate moves toward constitutional reform via national convention to enable popular-vote elections. A Chicago union case, Illinois Supreme Court ruling, and a New York construction firing headline a wave of legal and labor actions. Police investigate Big Four yards rail robbery as train crew faces theft allegations, with items recovered from a caboose rock era.
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Arcigaeres
Johann
Fat Peas
Knoxville
Iowa Senate
Senate
Frank WooSawser
John Stinson
Sanfrancisco
Illinois Supreme Court
Hig
Brink
Union No 4
Chicago
Othe
Ite Menters
Sagiteng
Sieger Manufacturing Company
Alans
Murphy
New York
Washington Monument
Middleown
Ohio
Aera
Caboose
Reforms for Life Insurance in New York Legislature
New York Legislature reviews a long report by the insurance investigating committee detailing reform proposals. Recommendations include banning campaign contributions, tighter life policy investments, limits on new business, and policyholder participation in director elections. The document lists reforms from organization and governance to lobbying, penalties, and public oversight.
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New York
Insurance Investigating Committee
Senate Passes Pure Food Bill After Fifteen Years
The Senate approved the Hey burn pure food bill by 63 to 4. It makes adulterated foods drugs and liquors illegal to manufacture or sell in DC and U S territories, with shipment or receipt prohibited. Penalties include a $500 fine or one year imprisonment or both. Regulators from Treasury Agriculture and Commerce and Labor would set collection and inspection rules. Proceedings start in federal courts if violations are found.
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Senate
Bacon
Georgia
Bailey
Texas
Foster
Louisiana
Tillman
South Carolina
District of Columbia
United States
Treasury Department
Departments of Agriculture and of Commerce and Labor
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
United States District Attorney
Political Figures and Parlia ment Panoramas Across the Era
A collage of remarks on Congressmen Senators and public figures from Olmsted Garrett Laurer Fairbanks Dy Rosated Roos Murdeck and Crane. Notes include McLaughlin Labouchere Harris and Morley with anecdotes on church work primrose league criticism and a printer’s condensation quip about a dot in a capital QO symbol.
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Omeressman Vaietor
Murdeck
Kanssis
Ito
James B. McLaughlin
District of Columbia
Ele
Washington
Henry Labouchere
Great Keira
Primrose League
Primrose Pollies
United States
W W. A. Harris
Kansas
Linwood
Crane
Massaachusetts
Senate
Rouse
Relain Dear
Vera Cruz
John Morley
Railways Cannot Mine or Sell Coal Under Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court holds common carriers cannot deal in the commodities they transport. Justice White’s decision undermines coal and beef monopolies by prohibiting railroads from owning mines or operating refrigeration cars to sell coal below freight rates. The ruling may affect private car lines and large breweries, with cases already in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice White
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chesapeake and Oriio
CATTLEMAN'S GHASTLY FIND IN ARIZONA CAVE
Arizona cattleman Jeff Adams discovered a 35 by 100 foot cavern in the Superstition mountains packed with 200 Indian skeletons. The cave, reached by a perilous trail, recalls a December 1972 cavalry siege where Mohaves and Apaches were killed after a sharpshooter enabled bullets to glance into the cavern. A year-old infant found beneath its mother was later adopted by a Maricopa squaw and became Dr. Carlos Montezuma. Also noted is New York's Metropolitan Street Railway testing cowcatcher like car fenders to shove obstructions aside.
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Jeff Adams
Arizona
Superstition Mountains
Phoenix
Adams
Fifth Cavalry
Babe
Carlos Montezuma
Deposed Insurance Chief McCall Dies Under Strain
John A. McCall former president of New York Life Insurance Company died at Laurel House Lakewood New Jersey after a breakdown linked to criticism over disclosures before the Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee He had resigned amid questions about Andrew Hamiltons financial methods campaign contributions and Hamilton account payments Born March 2 1849 in Albany NY he later served as New York States insurance commissioner under Governor Grover Cleveland and led New York Life from 1892 until his resignation in 1910.
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McCall
John A. McCall
New York Life Insurance Company
Laurel House
Lakewood
N. J
Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee
Andrew Hamilton
Long Branch
Hamilton
Albay
Life
Grover Cleveland
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Wholesale murder plots linked to Western Federation leaders
Idaho and Colorado authorities seek to pin a broad murder plot on Charles H. Moyer and William D. Haywood, based on a confession by Harry Orchard. The claim ties to plans to kill former Colorado Governor Wade Weabody, Chief Justice Gabbert, and ex-chief justice Campbell, with alleged headquarters in Denver and ties to Cripple Creek and Telluride. The report notes Orchard omits details of the Independence station explosion and links Cripple Creek and Telluride crimes to the Western Federation of Miners.
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Idaho
Colorado
Charles H. Moyer
William D. Haywood
Western Federation of Miners
Boise
Harry Orchard
Eoise
Steunenberg
Orchard
James Weabody
William H. Gabbert
Colorado Supreme Court
John Campbell
Denver
Cripple Creek
Telluride
Independence Station
Ohio and national notes from the era
A roundup of items including Ohio's Werts bill abolishing prison contract labor, naturalization fraud probes in Youngstown Pittsburg and Cleveland, a South Carolina dispensary bill advancing, a Johannesburg flood death toll, Nordenskjold a farewell dinner in New York, a Philadelphia warehouse fire, a live rooster sent through pneumatic tubes in Philadelphia and a Philadelphia burglar who endowed his brain to science and a manuscript defending crime.
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Ohio
Johannesburg
Transvaal
South Rose
Arctic and
Explorers’ Clubs
New York
Otto Nordenskjold
Glasa, Hall & Co
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Vagin
Orient
Lieut
Schmidt
Edward Dunlap
Senators push for Reed Smoot ouster amid pure food debate
In a long Senate session on Monday and Tuesday, petitions from California and Colorado women urged Reed Smoot's ouster while pure food legislation dominated discussion. Rail and tariff topics surfaced with army and canal funding, and Congress observed moments of respect for the late Rep. Castor as funeral arrangements proceeded.
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Senate
Parkins and Patterson
California
Colorado
Reed Smoot
Mr. Warren
Wyoming
Panama Canal
Committee On
Batan
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Lake Erie and Ohio Ship Canal Company
Rayner
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Red Rock Fuel Company
West Virginia
Gallinger
Oklahoma
Representative Castor
George A. Castor
House
Cannon
Philadelphia
Smort
Warren
Women of
Utah
Hull
Military Affairs Committee
Orient
Department
Hopkins
United States
Sheppard
Texas
Mr. Powers
Mr. Macon
Ark
Rheumatic Pains and a Blood Cure Claim
A testimonial from Mrs. Frederick Brown of Sandill New York describes inflammatory rheumatism from youth and winter bed confinement. After using Dr Williams Pink Pills for about four months she reports full recovery and return to work, attributing cure to cleansing poisons from blood.
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Frederick Brown
Sumpter Street
Sandill
N.Y
Dr. Williams
Mrs. Brown
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
N. Y
Appalling Effect of Prosperity on a Writer
A struggling author opens a publisher letter containing a large check. He laughs that he has found the secret of write living at last, suggesting sudden prosperity after decades of effort. The scene captures a dramatic shift from hardship to financial windfall.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offer and Claims
A scanned old advertisement promises a 100 dollar reward for any catarrh case Hall's Catarrh Cure cannot cure. It asserts the medicine treats catarrh as a constitutional disease, taken internally to affect blood and mucous surfaces, and urges readers to seek testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, with bolded notes on distribution and a side recommendation for Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Ben
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Drocrlats
One Cause of Poverty in a Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt
A Philadelphia reader praises Mary Mapes Dodge for favoring direct personal charity over organized aid. He recalls a Maryland tramp tale where the beggars discuss why the poor accept help yet the rich refuse, concluding those who give away stay poor.
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Mary Mapes Dodge
Mia ’Ige
Maryland
Philadelphia Bulletin
Non Election Best Man Should Win Senator Says
Senator Sorghum declares in a non election setting that the best man should win and that he will ensure his chosen candidate prevails regardless of voting results, signaling strong partisan resolve.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
A College Man's Experience With Grape-Nuts Food
A student recounts diet changes from greasy foods to Grape-Nuts, noting improved strength weight and mental sharpness. He cites his sister and brother also benefiting, and says many peers saw similar gains after adopting the cereal. The account promotes Grape-Nuts as a healthful aid to study and daily work.
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Frank
Weashbington City
Postim “Co
Battle
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Irondequoit
Pauline Skillman
Indianapolis
Tayl Ve Skillman
Thomas Nagle
Finsingg
Winslow
Cardenas
Norfolk Navy Yard
Fedig
Payal
Mohawk
Woanslawder
Cape Henry
Tome
William Dubsky
Mro
J Joe Dubsky
Ober
Young Dubsky
Aghicago
South Africa
Alaska
Oler
Hun
Ptwruas
Addison Jr Forney
Mars
C Byte
Spe SS
Olmsted
Henry I. Garrett
Vorgenen
Foraker
Ovni
Wifrid Laurer
Eon Mero Hangier
Vier Presnert Fairbanks
Dyrosated Roos
Williamsport
Grit
Metropolitan Street Railway Company of
J. A. M'Call
Knox
Independent Oil Refiners’ Association of
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Oi City
New York Harbor
Clapp
Committee On Indian Affairs
Five Civilized Tribes
Island of
U. S
McCreary
George Washington
Gilbert
Gras
Tennessee River
Alabama
Department of Commerce and Labor
James P. Goodrich
Indiana State Republican Committee
Joseph B. Kealing
Hemenway
Indiana
Krauskopf
Inttniacher
Baltimore
Simon
Wabington
Herman F. Hahn
National Conference of Rabbis
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