Oklahoma land sale bill advances amid memorials
Senate reports a Illinois memorial urging settlement of the Oklahoma difficulty and passage of Dawes bill authorizing negotiations for sale of unused Indian lands. House and Senate debate civil and military appropriations, with pensions and river harbor matters advancing or stalling amid filibusters and votes.
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Cullom
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Modoc
Umatilla
Oregon
Secretary of War
House
Arthur approves court martial findings and Swaim suspension
President Arthur signs off on the court martial verdict suspending Brigadier General Swaim from rank and duty for twelve years and halving his monthly pay during the period. A separate note records other cabinet and federal actions, including nominations and a fire damage update in Washington.
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Swaim
New York
Philadelphia
Charlotte Smith
Blair
Warner Miller
Secretary of the Treasury
Adoniram J. Pierson
Ci Service Commission
Adams Express Company
Four Mile Run
Washington
United States Treasury
Department
Express
Francis K. Warren
Wyoming
Territory
Theodore I. Singisser
Mitchell
Dakota
Harris House
National Theater
Senate
George N. Craig
United States
Alabama
Francis E. Warren
James T. Kalcher
Kentucky
The
Revenue Service
William L. Scruggs
Georgia
United States of Columbia
B. C. Hammond
Iowa
Joseph A. Potter
Indiana
Ohio
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
New York port exports value and notable deaths and crimes
Weekly New York port exports totaled 25 417 015. Miss Mary M Fletcher of Burlington Vermont founder of the Fletcher Free Library and Mary Fletcher Hospital dies in Burlington at 24 after a long illness. John Barkle of Boyertown Pennsylvania goes insane over the presidential election and seeks self starvation in the county asylum. In Norwich Connecticut on the 25th bank cashiers Mead Webb and Roath noted in official records.
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Burlington
Fletcher Free Library
Mary Fletcher Hospital
Vermont
John Barkle
Boyertown
Norwich
Conn
James M. Mead
Charles Webb
Merchants’ National Bank
William Roath
Shetucket National Bank
Wills of Mrs Myra Clark Gaines rejected in New Orleans
Judge Houston ruled both wills invalid. A forgery favored Mrs Evans, while the nuncupative will favored the children. Succession to be settled under Louisiana law with an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Myra Clark Gaines
Houston
New Orleans
Evans
Louisiana
Supreme Court
General Grant Ill With Malignant Cancer Incurable
Dispatches from New York report General Grant is seriously ill with a malignant incurable cancer. Doctors say life can be prolonged only a few months at most. Other items note an inauguration excursion to Mount Popocatepetl, a Murphy murder verdict in New Orleans, and various Senate and House actions on fiscal and fortifications bills.
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Khartoun
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Joseph Edward Cauchon
Winnipeg
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Quebec
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Selkirk
Shoeburyness
England
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France
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America
Stafford Northcote
London
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John Dunn
Toronto
Cape Coast Castle
Winnebah
Ocean Steamship Companies
Montreal
New York
Grant
Mexico
Cleveland
United States
Popocatepetl
Murphy
New Orleans
Pat Ford
Policeman Murphy
Ford
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Tom Buckley
AtLin Duxon
Blount County
Ala
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George Thornton
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Beck
Horr
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Mooney Penitentiary
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Jeaf and Dumb
McLyman
Black
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Pruden
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Peet
Jones
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Bayard
Poe
Burnett
President-Elect Cleveland urges silver coinage suspension
In Albany February 28 1897 President-Elect Grover Cleveland replies to silver advocates in Congress arguing the nation faces a financial crisis if silver coinage continues. He warns gold displacement, shrinking treasury gold, and potential economic collapse unless silver purchase and coinage are halted to preserve gold reserves.
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House of Representatives
Lytter Albany
N. Y
Cleveland
Congress
A. J. Warner
United States
Loum
Grover Cleveland
Congo Conference Exposed in Belmont Report
At the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eaton said a report will press Germany to fulfill the 1820 treaty with the United States. Belmont presented an exhaustive brief criticizing the Berlin Conference and urging dissent from the President's participation, highlighting Africa opening to trade and Christianity.
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Washington
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Eaton
Germany
United States
Belmont
James Gordon Bennett
Stanley
H. S. Sanford
African International Association
Morgan
Senate Committee On Foreign Affairs
International Association
Prince Bismarck
England
Cemany
Berlin
State Department
Africa
France
Portugal
Congo
House
Detroit Woman Plans Exhibition Of American Beauty Casts
A Detroit woman aims to display about four hundred plaster casts of American women’s faces in New York. She travels the country to collect diverse types of American beauty and says she has obtained models including Lalla Rookh Hypatia Priscilla Corinne Enid Jeanne d Arc Gwen Dolen Lucille and Minnehaha but seeks a suitable Lady of the Lake.
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Detroit
New York
Lalla Rookh
Hypatia
Priscilla
Corinne
Enid
Jeanne d’ Arc
Gwendolen
Lucille
Detroit Press
Cincinnati Violin Maker Claims Pine Wood Recovers Cremonese Craft
A Cincinnati luthier says balsam pine contains wood that restores the lost Cremonese violin making art. He states two violins carved from this wood possess tone as pure and rich as genuine Guarneri instruments and has been compared to them by listeners.
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Cincinnati
Charity as a medical burden for London hospitals
It is stated that about 600,000 patients visit London hospitals yearly for treatment and roughly half of them can afford to pay, yet receive charity care.
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London
Boston Maiden Orders Gold Rimmed Glasses for Her Pug
A Boston woman commissions tailor made gold rim spectacles for her pet pug. The article notes the dog's intelligent appearance and charm as a light hearted human interest item.
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Boston
Six Months for One Day Sentence At Tombs Tale
A man in Kings County Penitentiary serves six months after a roommate in the Tombs recounts his one day commitment. The next morning the six months man is freed while the other inmate is taken to six months behind bars. Paper doors arrive, sturdier than wood and water and fire resistant. The Department of Agriculture cites domestic animal values in the United States totaling over 3.5 billion dollars.
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House of Representatives
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Alice
Columbus
Ohio
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Dr. Rogers
Ann Arbor
Mich
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Rome
Macdonald
Canada
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Ill
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Osman
Letha Moore
Harry Jennings
Akron
Union Coal Bank
Coal Valley
W. Va
Robert Logan
Ilinois
Lemars
Town
Vincennes
Ind
Cincinnati Warehouse and Malting Company
Frank Steele
Joe Ritchie
Chattanoo Bay Tenn
Chickaimenon
Bay City
Kings County
N. Y
Tombs
New York
N. Y. Herald
Department of Agriculture
Ington
Mountain Boomers Deter mined to Drive Negroes from Conway Pope Counties
In Arkansas a white faction called the Mountain Boomers threaten to oust Black tenants. After two raids in Conway and Pope counties, fences were torn down and guards dispersed revolvers. Leaders Walter Cole and J R Strickland were arrested but released amid riot fears. Governor Hughes promised protection and rights for the colored residents.
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Conway
Pope Counties
Ark
Little Rock
J. R. Alwine
A. Mill
Atkins
Conway County
Hughes
Pope
Alwine
Walter Cole
J. R. Strickland
S. S. Speers
W. P. Childrens
Messrs. Alwine and
Mill
Sledding accident harms five children on Williamsburg Hill
In Pittssuran on February 26 a party of nine children sledding on Williamsburg Hill collided with a wagon at the hill's foot. Lizzie Meeker age fifteen fractured her left leg. Sam Zitzman age thirteen dislocated his left shoulder and sustained internal injuries. Annie Gimmet age sixteen fractured her ankle and broke two ribs. Fred Fallech broke his nose and dislocated his elbow. Mamie Neubel suffered a badly sprained wrist and a badly confused head. The remaining children were bruised.
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Mamie Neubel
Smoke and Stench Warned of Thefts at Bloomingdale
The Butler Rubber Company in Bloomingdale obtained warrants to search workers' homes after goods vanished. Overnight dense black smoke poured from numerous chimneys and a pervasive burning rubber odor spread for miles, leading the firm to dismiss on suspicion the workers living in those houses.
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Halvert & Co
Portland
Stly
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