Turbulent Session as Reed Faces Quorum Clash in Congress
Washington January 31 and February 1 recount chaotic House proceedings over counting members for a quorum. Speaker Reed’s refusals, Democratic protests led by Breckenridge Bland and Springer, multiple rolls, appeals, and adjournment motions sparked near riotous scenes as parties clashed over journal approvals and the power of the majority.
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Washington
Breckenridge
Kentucky
McKinley
Blanchard
Louisiana
Bland
Mr. Bland
Reed
Springer
Journal
Carlisle
Mr. Springer
Illinois
McCreary
Butterworth
Mr. McKinley
Yeas
Bynum
Indiana
Republican Party
House
Montana
Mr. Bynum
Philippie
Dalzell
Smith- Jackson
Elections Committee
Crisp Rose
Uses of palms. No end to the purposes to which the plant is applied
The Interior describes how palm species such as jara carana pashinba miiti tacum papunda assai and others supply most daily needs of native Amazonian tribes. Palm stems furnish rafters harpoons bows nets and musical instruments while palm fibers yield hammock bow-string fishing line and fabrics. Fruits oils and bark are used for food drink textiles and tools showing palms’ vast utility across huts clothing and implements.
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Rio Negro
South America
Fashion chat chat on black silk and hats of low crowns
Black dominates this season with a black silk gros grain praised for quiet elegance. The piece traces gros grain origin to Edward Vernon and notes price ranges from one to a dollar and a half, plus Henrietta cloth and various wool dress goods, hats, cloaks, and gloves reflecting current Empire influenced styles.
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Edward Vernon
Vernon
France
Be a man Francis S. Smith urges reform in NY Weekly
Despair not in sin and decline. A faith filled appeal urges the erring brother to renounce melancholy and reckless folly. Heaven is above, love surrounds, and a firm effort today can begin a lasting change toward redemption.
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Francis S. Smith
N. Y
Neighborly Yard Drama Ends In Comical Self Realization
In a Detroit Free Press column Evya Best recalls a streetcar ride where neighbors discuss a neighbor’s messy yard and a woman’s public duties. The narrator discovers she herself cleaned her own yard after overhearing the chatter and joins the cure for “the disease” of cleanliness in a light, humorous exchange about a sun bonnet and ash barrel.
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Patricia
Cedric Errol
Evya Best
Detroit Free Press
Prophecies of a Crank Foretells World End in 1896
An Oakland revivalist named Erickson predicts that San Francisco Oakland Alameda and Chicago will be destroyed eighty days from now by a great earthquake and a tidal wave. Chicago will be submerged and neither rebuilt, with towns on opposite river banks named Lake Michigan Destroyed. Wars in Europe precede the day of doom as believers prepare for a mountain flight.
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San Francisco
Chicago
Oakland
Erickson
Alameda
Lake Michigan
Europe
Lampson Marquis Contest Opened in Ohio Senate Vote
The Lampson Marquis contest was formally taken up in the Ohio Senate amid objections over depositions and testimony rules. Judge Nash objected to the process as the chamber votes 18 to 16 along party lines to proceed, Lampson insisting only a Senate trial can oust him, and the body adjourned.
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ColumeBus
Marquis-Lampson
Voris
Lampson
Senate
Adams
Converse
Powell
Kerr
Nash
W. R. Coates
Cuyahoga County
Committee On Privileges and Elections
W. A. Taylor
Contestor
William A. Taylor
State of
Ohio
Columbus
House
Lyon
William C. Lyon
E. L. Lampson
William C. Marquis
L. B. Logan
Francis L. Rice
Sixty Ninth General Assembly
William Ve Marquis
Elbert L. Lampson
William V. Marquis
Senate of
Supreme Court
Congress Debates Bills and Votes on Prison Edifice
In Washington the Senate considered a customs administration bill, debated the Aberdeen Mississippi outrage, and discussed enlarging the World’s Fair Committee. House actions included prison funding, pension rules, and a contested West Virginia district election record, with adjournments amid procedural clashes.
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Senate
Houst
Customs Administration
Hitt
Williams
III
Richard Townshend
Illinois
Clements
Secretary of War
Washington Aqueduct
Cockrell
Finance Committee
Spooner
United States
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Aberdeen
Miss
House
Isabella of Spain
U. S
Holman
Congress
Coveland
Hoar
Chatto
Chandler Mississippi
F. B. Taylor
Peters
Kas
Man's Land
Gettysburg
Ingalls
Secretary of the Treasury
Frye
Philadelphia
Mitchel
West Virginia
McPherson
Sherman
Morrill
Stoolbridge
Atchison, Kas
Executive Mansion
Vance
Hampton
Butler
McKinley
Turner
Butterworth
Smith
Jackson
E Brewers
Daughter of Captain Brown in Distress at South Pasadena
A daughter of Captain John Brown of Ossawattomie fame is reported in distress at South Pasadena California. The Czar declines to umpire the Franco Holland land boundary dispute. The Montana Supreme Court has affirmed the legality of the Republican Legislature.
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John Brown
Ossawattomie Fame
South Pasadena
Cal
Montana Supreme Court
Sateena
Woman's Veteran Relief Union leader arrested in Bradford flare up
Mrs E C Campbell of McKeesport Supreme President of the Woman s Veteran Relief Union was arrested in Spite Work Bradford on a charge of stealing a charter from the Bradford auxiliary. A row among members led to her investigation and a man named Kelly was arrested after he used violent language during her visit leading to her arrest for stealing.
Damp soil elevates consumption rates in populations
English physician researchers report that moist soil promotes consumption, with a 50 percent drop where proper drainage is installed. Dr Bowditch and other physicians corroborate that soil moisture correlates with consumption levels among residents, shifting focus from local causes to the infectious nature of the disease.
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Bowditch
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Ranks Second in Savings Bank Deposits
Massachusetts stands second nationwide for money deposited in savings banks. Last year 27 new cooperative banks opened and $25 million added to beneficent institutions. Total assets exceed $350 million, surpassed only by New York, with state safeguards for depositors. State agents supervise and deposit records are verified at intervals.
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Massachusetts
New York
General Assembly near Columbus rolls through bills and deaths
In Columbus on January 29 and 30 the Senate and House passed and introduced bills reallocating funds for town halls and county operations, approved measures on school and milk regulation, and reviewed investigations into false telegrams and county accounts. The Marquis Lampson seating, retirements, and several local notices followed, including a Canton hospital plan and a fatal horse incident near Newark.
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Columbus
Senate
H. B.s
New Carlisle
Clarke County
Norwood
Hamilton County
Schneider
Marquis- Lampson
HOUSE
B. F. Lemmert
F. H. Higbert
James McFarland
Washington County
Secretary of State
Brown County
Marquis-Lampson
Marquis
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Knapp
Presidents County
Sandusky
H.J. R
Alexander
Brown
Board of Pardons
House E
Athens Asylum
Zanesville
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R. T. Scott
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Exchange Hotel
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Mire Housh
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Zanesville, Ohio
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Mill Street
Wm Rainey & Son
Washington, Ohio
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Berwick
Cambridge, Ohio
H. F. Hunt
G. D. Miller
G. W. Broom
Ohto
James G. Johnston
West Cambridge
E. McCollum
South End Mill Street
Cambride, Ohio
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Boots and Shoes
West Main St
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Tohn ‘Moss
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Charity
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