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Newspaper
Chehalis Bee
Location
Chehalis, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1897
Page
4
Canadian distillers rush whisky shipments to the United States as tariff fears loom. The report covers a banking of topics including a bankruptcies bill, a Bloomington fire, and various political appointments and international treaties.
In Washington on March 24 and 26, Senator Dolliver delivered a commanding tariff speech drawing GOP fervor as Democrats rally behind a cotton duty. Senate debate on civil service, sparked by administration change, features Gorman Hawley Lodge Hoar and Lodge defending the bill while critics call the system a humbug amid a probe into South Omaha removals.
Ambulatory dispatches report 100 Christians killed by Turks during a Sunday attack on Armenians in Tokat Asia Minor as Armenian dwellings were looted. Diplomatic efforts to curb Turko-Russian tensions show limited impact while sultan seeks to weather foreign pressure.
A devastating cyclone swept southwest Georgia and southwest Alabama with deadly force. Arlington academy in Early county reported eight killed and many injured as two cabins were lifter and debris crushed students. Floods followed along the Chattahoochee with a family of eight drowned near Geneva and a river crossing at Columbia noted.
The House opened the tariff debate with a calm session. Dingley led for the majority, Wheeler defended the opposition, and Bailey and Hopkins spoke for the minority as Bailey released the caucus report opposing the bill.
The Ville Ste Nazaire wreck near Hatteras left only four of the 31 aboard alive after a night of storm and sinking. Survivors include Senor Tagado and Captain Jaguena, rescued by the Perth Amboy Idlewild, with many perishing from exposure. Captain Berri and others aided by Dr L Deplesse are attending to the injured.
The United States versus the Trans-Missouri Freight Association decision reverses the lower court ruling and holds the anti trust law of 1890 applicable to railroad transportation. the traffic agreement pool is declared illegal. Justice Peckham delivered the opinion at Washington on March 24.
In Washington on March 24 the senate passed a resolution seeking information from the president about Dr. Ruiz's death in Cuba. The Lodge immigration bill was reported, Pettigrew announced action on a free homes on public lands measure, and several Indian affairs and public lands bills were placed on the calendar.
Appointed by McKinley on March 24, the president sent nominations to the senate. State Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas for fourth assistant postmaster general. Interior Binger Hermann of Oregon as general land office commissioner. Justice J D Elliott of South Dakota as district attorney. Treasury Ernest G Timme of Wisconsin as fifth auditor. Navy Commodore Joseph N Miller to be rear admiral.
Special agents of the treasury arrested sixty Chinese girls in San Francisco during the Dick Williams inquiry for landing without proper registration and without a Chinese interpreter. All women lacking registration papers will be deported.
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