Uganda War and Tanzanian Conflicts Highlight Weekly News
The week reports Mwanga’s struggle for the Ugandan throne with European aid and slave dhow losses on Lake Victoria, while in the senate and house debates center on Oklahoma No Man's Land, educational bills, and river improvements. Territorial amendments, Brazil republic congratulations, and the Sultan of Zanzibar’s death stir international headlines.
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Mwanga M
Kalomy
Ib Lake
Mwangay
Jackson
Gelge
Aravana
Senate
Indianapolis
Mair
House
Missouri
Committee On Rules
Oklahoma
Plumb
Hoar
Mobiic
Meatrice
Neb
Howe
Ace: Inc
Cannon
Springer Hiotfon
Hose
Wien
Brazil
Hawaiian Islands
Pan American Congress
Pimb
Tod
Miomb
United States
Wille
Mwanga
Zaimpam
Kalema
Balait
Zanzibar
We Ibe Inc Oo
Inter State Commerce Dismisses Cattle Shipment Case
The Inter State Commerce Commission dismissed the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company suit against Chicago and Alton over through rates and Chicago cattle shipments. The ruling says through rates apply only when no intermediate unloading or reloading is involved and warns carriers against circumvention at Kansas City. Also reports on Siberian prison horrors, an Omaha murder, a Dallas boxing death, Mwanga’s Uganda throne battle, and regional killings.
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Lenra
Glasgow
Galtivore
Mra Dasa
Tennessee
Thomoas L. Bean
Sanders
Perman Homes
Peru
Crawfordaville
Ark
Corvett
Sam Doses
Kentucky
Eminence
W. KA. Savynens
United States
Gadaden County
Fla
Kansas City
Derry
Great University
Toronto
Brows Broklins & Co
Baltimore
Vancouver Island
Jens
Chicago
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company of
New York
Missouri Central Railroad Company
Tis
Denver
Col
Senator Tabor
Robert Garnert
Th & O
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Chicago & Alton
Alton
Mitchell
Ind
Dun
Av Pentivy
France
Tom James
Mazina
Muldoon-Kilrain
Dallas
Tex
James
Carroll
Eversk Cantauay
Cheyenne
Wyo
Inter-State Commission
Favoratte
Chicaxe & Alton
Wasuixetox
Inter State Commerce Commission
Yeaterday
Cooley
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company
Chicago & Altus Railroad Company
Rock Island Company
Futtle
Alton Company
Commission
Mississippi Legislation Moves in House and Senate
Mississippi House and Senate consider numerous bills amending levies and funds, authorizing railroad actions, incorporating rail lines and associations, and reorganizing state offices. Key items include levee fund allocations, abolition of the Public Printer, railroad consolidations, and a new county naming debate amid budget talks for the Agricultural and Mechanical College.
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Yazoo Delta
Carroll County
Georgia Parific Railway Company
Board of Mississippi Levee Commissioners
Yazoo
Mississippi Delta
Uimbent
Rosedale
Mississippi Central Valley Railroad
Confederate Veterans’ Theme Association
Washington County
Pearl River Navigation & Improvement Company
Mobile, Hattiesburg and Jackson Railroad Company
Mississippi
Alabama
Brandon
Stricken
Aint
Alaevata, Mississippi & Western Railroad
Board of Commissioners
Motomark
Mississippi College
Yazoo-Missinsippi
House
Senate
New Orleans
Natchez
Jefferson Davis
Bolivar
Sunflower
Magruder
Warren
Tre House
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Terry
Leake
A Speech on Suppressing Ignorance in Mississippi
Senator Walthall argues that reducing republicanism through voter literacy and a poll tax is the practical remedy. He proposes every voter read the state constitution, with a two dollar tax as a voting test, financed by inexpensive pamphlets, to curb ignorance without disfranchisement.
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Missiasippi
Walthall
Aline
Missouri
Union
Mississippi
Minaissippi
Congress
Republican Party
St. Louis Republic
Advisability of a Negro State in Oklahoma Territory
A cited political article argues for settling Oklahoma Territory with African Americans to form a small self-governing state or territory. It envisions a future with black representation in Congress and seeks a land grant area where freedmen and loyal Indians might establish a distinct community to test self-rule and social equality.
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Republican
Oklahoma
Congress
Union
Indian Territory
Oklshoma
The New Autocrat and Congressional Quorum Debate
A Chicago Herald excerpt critiques a Speaker's power as unjust and compares it to a gavel with a gun. It notes Republican effort to unseat Jackson of West Virginia amid a quorum absence and calls for rules changes, citing Blaine and Garfield. The piece samples reactions from Chicago Times and other papers, reflecting party and tariff tensions.
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House
Jackson
West Virginia
Congress
Blaine
Garfield
Aggeed
Butterworth
Reed
Chicago Times
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Russell Fash
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Drovers’ Journal
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