European and American dispatches recounts and civic notes
Reports from Zanzibar to Havana note fever outbreaks and panic in Havana with 40 to 50 daily cases. France and the United States discuss McKinley tariff effects. Senate moves on Fremont widow pension. Arkansas judgeship shifts and Parker to Little Rock. Whipple to Fort Smith. Siege notes from Corean troubles and Erzerum disorder. Safety recalls on lake lifebelts follow Lake Pepin wreck. A French War Ministry prize for a swift bird winner covers 310 miles in 7 hours 34 minutes.
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Perigneux
Paris
News of the Week reshaped by telegraph and mail
A long mixed summary covers Senate and House sessions with quorums, pension and Sundry Civil bills, and in depth motion debates. Personal and political items note clergymen, arrests for forgery, resignations, nominations, and a rash of regional incidents from Vermont to Maryland.
Contempt Proceedings in Riley County Federal Suit
Judge Spillman and Riley County officers face contempt questions as George Hemsley seeks to bar prosecutions of his original package liquor business. Federal judge weighs enjoining state officials and notes conflict between courts while ordering temporary measures against the Riley County sheriff and county attorney.
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Toraxa
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Spillman
District Court of
F. J. Irish
D. W. Naill
United States District Court
George Hemsley
Manhattan
Glassner & Gorse
Kansas City
Splilman
Irish
L. B. Kellogg
Ton
Sameel Kimball
Hhis
Foster
Hemsley
Poster
M. Samuels
Four Million Acres Open to Settlers Under Cheyenne Treaty
Fort Reno July 1. Indians agreed to sign a treaty allowing lands in severalty with 100 acres per person and $1,500,000 in cash and bonds. The pact opens 4,000,000 acres to Homestead settlement at $1.25 per acre. About 1,200 adult males must sign. regions include Washita and Canadian river basins. School lands and agency reservations set. mission schools receive 160 acres. Census cites Columbia MO population at 4,084, up 614. Sheriff Smith withholds confession details in Pryor Crook robbery case. Turlington’s corroborating statements noted.
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Turlington
Vonfess
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Ellis Smith
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Funeral of General John C Fremont at St Ignatius NYC
Large turnout of civil and military leaders attended the funeral at St Ignatius Church New York. General Sherman led pallbearers with other officials and dignitaries, followed by the family and clergy. The service adhered to Episcopal ritual and bodies were taken to Trinity Cemetery for interment. A Native Sons of the Golden West proposal to relocate Fremont’s remains to Golden Park drew local responses from California. The Bear Flag symbol remained at half mast in Boston until the burial is completed.
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Richard C. McCormick
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Henry V. Gorgas
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World's Fair Sub-Committee Sees General Goshorn as Possible Director General
A Chicago World's Fair commission sub committee met at the Continental Hotel with Judge J A McKinzie and others forming a five member group. They discussed appointing General Goshorn director general and keeping the fair open Sundays while stressing absolute director general authority and swift prep. A separate New York dispatch reports a large oil development plan in West Virginia led by Blaine Elkins Camden and Standard Oil, with 100 wells sunk and tanks for 200000 barrels and a large pipeline project costing near $1 million.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
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Herald
J. G. Blaine
Elkins
Camden
Standard Oil Company
Manhington
West Virginia
Eureka
Republicans Fight Over Federal Supervision of Elections
The piece argues that federal supervision of congressional elections would allow Republican candidates to secure seats by appointing supervisors and deputy marshals to oversee ballots, counting, and certification. It criticizes the measure as a power grab to maintain Republican control, noting open ballots, potential canvassing boards, and the chance that the clerk of the House would accept such elections. It frames the proposal as a dangerous shift toward partisan manipulation.
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Senate
United States Circuit Court
Wells
Louisiana
House of Representatives
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Chicago Times
Prohibition Gov nominee resigns amid church objections
Riv. Davin C. Kenney of Gallatin Tennessee resigns as Prohibition party nominee for governor due to Bishop Keener's objections. Weather and crop damage reports from Arkansas and Mississippi note drought, winding heat, and boll worm issues. A cholera case in Atchison Kansas is described, with medical opinions debated. Louisiana and Mississippi wealth figures cited. Lightning destroys property in Minturn Arkansas. New Orleans post office funding trimmed in Senate bill. Census rough count of New York City shows 1,514,501 residents, up 25.5 percent. Tennessee plans Science Hall a Romanesque structure costing about 70 thousand dollars, with 14 November completion target.
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Miss
Canistrax Schwantz
Natchez
Mississippi
Louisiana
J. A. Lindsey
Minturn
Senate
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Paxien
New York
University of Tennessee
Wages and Protection in Massachusetts Industries
Analysis of the Massachusetts Labor Reports wages tables casts doubt on tariff claims to raise wages. Comparison of paper and woolen industries shows paper workers more often earn over $10 weekly than woolen workers, despite woolen’s higher protection. Woolen workers also have fewer earning above $15 weekly and more fall under lower wage brackets.
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Detroit Free Press
Massachusetts Labor Reports
Massachusetts
The Republican press chorus on tariff and state rights
Press comments from multiple papers lampoon tariff revisions and Republican figures. Reports criticize McKinley Blaine Quay Reed and Butterworth while debating federal authority over state prerogatives, with Kansas border imports provoking strong reactions and notes on political fealty.
Pennsylvania's Shame and the Quay Nomination
The World condemns Senator Quay for backing George W. Delamater for governor while Quay faces embezzlement charges. It notes Delamater allegedly bribery and forgery, cites ex Senator Emery, and argues that silence implies guilt. The piece asks what Republicans in Pennsylvania will do about it.
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George W. Delamater
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Bia Carcer
Treasury
Pennsylvania
Emery
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